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It's April Fools' Day, which means you never know what kind of nonsense might be lurking on the internet. From McDonald's "Shake Sauce" to Tinder's "Height Varification", it's the wild west out there with pranks aplenty for no real good reason.
The most common corporate play around April 1st is to debut a brand new idea or service that you never really wanted, but looks just plausible enough to make you question the validity. Would we love to dunk our fries in a milkshake and know that the dude is 5'2 before we agree to dinner? Maybe. Are those actual things that are happening? Probably not. It's just the wacky world of April Fools' Day.
Related: SCREEENSHOTS: Zendaya Stumbles Through Life in First Trailer for Drake-Produced HBO Series ‘Euphoria’
Which brings us to Elon Musk. The 47-year-old entrepreneur, investor, and engineer is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, and maybe the reason we're vacationing on Mars in the future, but he's not a rapper. Is he?
Musk made his debut as a SoundCloud rapper this weekend by uploading his track "RIP Harambe." Just in time to cash in on the stale 2-year-old internet uproar over a gorilla shot at the Cincinnati Zoo, here is Musk in an auto-tuned homage to the bro-opted meme machine. Did we want this? Probably not. Is it a plausible development for the guy who sells flamethrowers? Maybe.
The ode to the deceased gorilla is silly, sophomoric, and unfortunately an absolute earworm. "RIP Harambe, sipping on some Bombay" has been set on a loop in our brains since the moment we heard it, and now we long for the days of "Baby Shark."
The song was tweeted out by Musk over the weekend, and has already been listened to over a million times. Is it an April Fools' Joke? Who knows. Nothing makes sense anymore. RIP Harambe.
Be careful out there.
Harambe
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examples of independent and dependent variables in research studies
Dependent variables (aka response variables) The amount of salt added to each plant’s water. dependent variables and to narrow down the effects of the vitamin on life span under difference circumstances. Understanding Dependent and Independent Variables. In modeling ecosystems, if either of the variables could influence the other, these are called feedback loops. An independent variable is a variable that is changed in an experiment to produce a result. Experiment 1: You want to figure out which brand of microwave popcorn pops the most kernels so you can get the most value for your money. ABSTRACT. Examples of Independent and Dependent Variables in Experiments. Independent variables may be the dependent variables. Every experiment has at least two types of variables: an independent and dependent. The independent variables are the administration of the drug - the dosage and the timing. Independent vs dependent vs control variables; Type of variable Definition Example (salt tolerance experiment) Independent variables (aka treatment variables) Variables you manipulate in order to affect the outcome of an experiment. Here are some other examples of dependent and independent variables in scientific experiments: A scientist studies the impact of a drug on cancer. An independent variable is measured, manipulated, or selected by the experimenter to determine its relationship to an observed phenomenon. dependent variables are considered to be functions of the independent variables, changing only as the independent variable does example A scientist studies the impact of withholding affection on rats. The term “dependent variable” is self-explanatory because dependent variables are said to be reliant on other variables and values. The objectives of the study will define which one/s is/are the DV or the IV. As the name suggests, experiments are designed such that an independent variable isn't influenced by the other variables in the experiment. We concluded, after reviewing 130 articles related to adolescent and young adult sexuality, that efforts to understand sexuality in this population are hampered by three aspects of typical approaches to the research process: (a) examination of single classes of predictor variables; (b) differences in operationalization of dependent variables; and (c) sampling differences. The results of an experiment are known as dependent variables. Independent and dependent variables are common in statistical modeling and analysis, research, mathematics, and other experimental science fields. An independent variable is the variable that the researchers systematically manipulate in the experiment. Below are overviews of three experiments, each with their independent and dependent variables identified.
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We have great staff to help you with whatever you need – child care, discount tickets, counseling, activity registration or information on almost anything. We value the relationships we’ve built with our community members over the years and if you’re new to town, we look forward to welcoming you into the family!
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Liz Marks Community Event Coordinator liz.marks@calgarymfrc.ca
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Learn More About Our Team
Warren Hartwell
Warren joined the Calgary MFRC as our Executive Director in February of 2020 and adeptly lead our team through the changes due to COVID-19 within weeks of joining us. Warren is a retired British Army Major with 31 years of military service under his belt and has as BSc (Hons) degree in Sports Science and a Masters Certification in Leadership and Management. His favourite part about working with the MFRC is leading the MFRC team and creating meaningful and measurable impact on our military community.
Warren is married to Gaynor and has two adult children, Rebecca and Jack, and became a grandparent in July of 2019 with the birth of his son’s daughter, Luna. Warren is an avid outdoor person who takes every opportunity to visit the mountains whether to camp, ski or canoe. He also enjoys his fitness and is regularly seen running in both half and full marathon events.
Audra de Molitor
Audra started with the Calgary MFRC in 2000 and has worked her way up to Program Manager where she ensures that all our programs and services align with our Mission statement, follows the Military Family Services parameters for practice, and meets the needs of our military community. Audra came to us from an Early Childhood Education background. As former army brat and military spouse she shares her lived experience with our whole community.
Audra's favourite parts of working with the MFRC are staying connected to the military community, supporting military families by sharing her experiences as a military spouse, and knowing she is making a difference in someone's life. When not at work, you can find her enjoying her grandkids, travelling the world, and playing golf.
Shelagh Cox
Joining our team in 2017 as the Veteran Family Program Coordinator, Shelagh provides resource referrals and support to CAF members and their families in the areas of mental health, employment & finances, workshops, events, and other community resources. She came to us with a background as an English teacher having started her teaching career in Japan.
Shelagh loves meeting with people and assisting them in overcoming challenges and barriers unique to the military lifestyle. She feels that helping veterans is a way to honour their commitment and show her respect for the sacrifices they make. When not at work, she enjoys both playing and listening to music, watching movies, and entertaining guests by treating them to her mad barbecuing skills.
Kristin Lailey
Kristin joined the MFRC in 2018 in the role of Child, Youth and Parenting Support Coordinator. She runs all of our programs for children and youth, including our spring and summer camps, and our youth volunteer group, Helping Hands. She also manages the Strengthening Families program which offers low-cost events for military families in and around Calgary. She also oversees our affiliate program with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, our Tutoring Subsidy Program, and addresses any childcare or schooling questions your family may have.
Kristin comes from an Education and Museums background. Before coming to the MFRC, she worked at Heritage Park for almost a decade. She is still passionate about museums, history, and learning and listening. When not at work Kristin can be caught creating many different things from knitting socks and sewing clothers for herself or for friends to baking and preserving berries into jams.
Liz Marks
Liz joined the MFRC in 2017 as the Community Event Coordinator and she also runs the Second Language Program. She organizes the large annual events such as the Stampede Breakfast, Family Christmas Party and Ski Trip, as well as the adult social and recreational events, workshops, and weekend getaways. She loves getting creative when planning new and exciting events for the adults in our military community. Seeing families enjoy themselves and build new relationships within the community is very rewarding to her. She's also very fortunate to work closely with volunteers on many projects and events.
Liz comes to us from a Business Management and Marketing background and is currently continuing her education in Graphic Design and Digital Marketing at the University of Calgary. When not at work she enjoys adventures with her rescue dog, Ted, as well as cooking, crafting, DIY projects, and refinishing furniture.
Cassie Reeves
Joining our team in 2019 as the Community Engagement Coordinator and Deployment Coordinator, Cassie is responsible for looking after the family members of military personnel who have been deployed. She is the military liaison, which means that she has the privilege of attending swearing in ceremonies and welcoming new recruits and their families to our military community. Cassie is also in charge of the Volunteer Program. She offers a great deal of experience to her role as a military spouse of a WO1 in the British Army having lived in three different countries.
Cassie came to the MFRC with a rich background as an associate lawyer in a leading personal injury firm of solicitors in the UK, then worked as the regimental accountant for the Alpine Training Centre in Germany, and worked for the Government’s Department of Work and Pensions in the UK, where she helped people with significant barriers return to work. When not hard at work, Cassie can be found on the ski hills.
Naomi Murray
Naomi started with the MFRC in 2018 and is our Administrative Coordinator in charge of all our administrative and IT needs, Welcome Services, and is our Quality of Life Coordinator. Her favourite part of her job is meeting all the amazing families, and individuals that are a part of our community.
She came to us with a background of coaching hockey for two highly established female hockey teams--Warner Hockey School and Banff Hockey Academy. She also managed a local coffee house for four years. She is currently completing her BA in Psychology. When not working or studying you can find Naomi enjoying all things outdoor: camping, hanging out with her two dogs, sledding, and biking.
André Thibodeau
André joined the Calgary MFRC in July 2008 as the Accountant. André is a retired Master Warrant Officer who has served in the Regular Air Force and the Army Reserve unit. As the MFRC Accountant André ensures that all revenue and expenses are properly recorded and is prepared to debrief the Executive Director or the Finance Committee on any questions they may have.
André lives in on a small acreage on the outskirts of Calgary where he and his wife, Ellen, are enjoying a peaceful life gardening, woodworking or just relaxing in the yard. They really enjoy the company of their two youngest grandchildren Jackson and Nicholas who are learning to enjoy a bit of country life- feeding the horses, driving the lawn tractor or just running around.
Tami Hutchinson
Joining the MFRC in 2016, Tami leads the Communications team. Her role is to make sure that the military community knows what the MFRC is working on, what events we have coming up, and what services are available. This includes things like updating our website, creating brochures, editing videos, and creating promotions for upcoming events. If you receive our newsletter or follow us on social media, then you have seen the work of the communications team.
Tami's background is communications rich. She is the founder and principal of Hutchinson Communications. While working at a major international oil and gas company for nearly a decade, she specialized in communications strategy and reputation management. She also received a Gold Quill from the International Association of Business Communicators, which is the organization’s highest honour, for a communications recruitment campaign that she developed and managed in 2015. When not at her computer you can find Tami enjoying photography, running and yoga.
Tammy Plunkett
Tammy started with the MFRC in 2019 as Communications Assistant and Community Engagement Representative. With both roles, her responsibilities are to help our team get the word out about our programs and services to our community and make sure they know all about what we offer. She is married to a veteran. Retiring as a Major in the military police, he spent his entire 23-year military career in Ottawa and then they moved across the country.
Tammy started her career as a registered nurse in cardiac surgery intensive care, then turned to her love of writing and ran a writing coaching business as a certified professional life coach. She continues to write articles, fiction novels, and self-help books, volunteers on the Airdrie Pride board of directors and is completing her Bachelor's Degree in Human Services. When not at work she can be found hiking in the Rocky mountains she loves so much.
Candace Driscoll
Candace is the new Outreach Coordinator For Lethbridge. She started working with our families to discover the needs of the Lethbridge CAF Community in July of 2020. Candace is a full-time mom of four kids ages 19, 16, 5 and 3 years of age. She grew up in Edmonton, AB and then Calgary where she went through the Air Cadet program for Seven years and met her husband. She's called Lethbridge home for 7 years now and loves it. She is a Naval Reservist's wife and the mother to an Army Reservist.
Megan is our new Family Outreach Coordinator at the Red Deer branch of the Calgary MFRC starting in January of 2021. A born and raised Calgarian, Megan has deep roots within military circles. She is the daughter of a Veteran reservist, Calgary's King's Own, and the spouse of a Veteran who served with Calgary's 742 Sig Squadron. She has also volunteered with the Calgary MFRC for eight years in various capacities.
Megan studied Administrative Information Management at SAIT from 2014 to 2016 before going into administrative positions that gradually took her up the ladder to where she is now. She also obtained her Safety Basics certificate from the MHSA in 2019 as she held a leading safety position in her last role.
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#72 The Stuff of Legend – Book 1: The Dark by Mike Raicht, Brian Smith & Charles Paul Wilson III
August 31, 2010 in Comic, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, History, Supernatural, War | Tags: Bleeding Cool, boogeyman, Brian Smith, Charles Paul Wilson III, Dean Trippe, Jinxworld, Mike Raicht, nostalgia, Read Comics In Public, Saqib Ali, Senator Nancy King, The Stuff Of Legend - Book 1: The Dark, Toy Story, World War II | 1 comment
Originally I had intended to review something else, but this caught my attention. Read Comic In Public Day was on Sunday and rather unexpectedly, comics have entered the political arena in the States. Maryland Senator Nancy King issued a mailout to voters that seems to imply comics harm children’s education. Links for coverage can be found here and here, as well as a comment from King’s Democrat rival Saqib Ali.
Anyway, I chose this book to illustrate why this is an important medium and not shorthand for teen delinquency & illiteracy.
Writers Mike Raicht and Brian Smith have crafted a magical tale of toys coming to life to protect their owner from the malevolent Boogeyman. Charles Paul Wilson III provides the art and it is simply gorgeous. First to the story.
Set during the events of World War II, a young boy plays with his toys and waits for his dad to return from the conflict in Europe. One night he is awoken by the family dog, a small puppy, growling at a door standing ajar in his bedroom. Suddenly his teddy bear Max is flung across the floor by an invisible force and as the pup becomes increasingly anxious, black tendrils stretch out from the darkness of the closet and snatch the boy from his bed. After a moment the toys in the room all come to life. They know the Boogeyman is responsible for this attack on their owner. The Colonel asks for volunteers to accompany him into the Dark, the realm of the Boogeyman. Max the bear, a faceless Indian Princess, a jack-in-the-box Jester, a tin fairy named Harmony and Quackers the duck agree to volunteer for the mission. The boy’s piggybank has to be coaxed by the Colonel into joining the group also, as well as the eager pup Scout (whose presence the toys barely tolerate as he is not one of them). Together they step through the closet door, which shuts firmly behind them.
On the other side of the door, in the Dark itself, the toys find themselves transformed into living, breathing beings, stranded in a world filled with hostile subjects of the Boogeyman’s. The Colonel leads them in an assault against a waiting army of soldiers from different periods of history and they succeed in forcing their opponents to retreat. A group that numbers a giant bear, a mad axe-wielding Jester and an Indian Princess fed up to the teeth with being rescued the entire time, is a force to be reckoned with. Seeing this the Boogeyman attempts a different tactic. The heroes travel onward to the strange town of Hopskotch, not realizing that there is a traitor among them, slowly wearing down their resolve.
Raicht and Smith have crafted an endearing fable that at first glance resembles the Toy Story series, but proves to be a much darker tale. The heroes suffer loss and death shortly after becoming ‘real’ and the Boogeyman is a terrifying symbol of innocence corrupted made manifest. The toys themselves also develop alarming character traits when they cross over into the Dark. Max in particular is transformed from a cuddly teddy into a savage beast. Gruff and impatient, his desperate need to rescue his owner whom he has been with the longest proves to be a weakness that the villains easily exploit. The noble Colonel can easily be viewed as a symbol for the boy’s missing father, whose stoic bravery in the face of conflict represents a child’s understanding of the realities of war. Then there is Percy the pig(gybank) who is counting down the days till his owner smashes his body to recover the money he has been saving. In the Dark Percy is a real pig and his intelligence exposes him to doubts about the rescue they are attempting. My favourite of the bunch is the formerly faceless Princess of course, with the sinister Jester a close second, both interesting inversions of their toylike forms.
The art is wonderful. The sepia colourings throughout lend a nostalgic tone to the real world scenes. However, it is the splash-page revelation of the toys’ transformation, leaping into battle against impossible odds with limbs hacked at and torsos stabbed, that proves to be an astonishing moment. Wilson’s art transforms this book, like its toys heroes, into something strange and wonderful.
I’d read this in public every day!
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#219 Classless: Recent Essays on British Film by Carl Neville
January 25, 2011 in Cinema, Criticism, History, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Political, Review | Tags: Adam & Paul, Blairism, Carl Neville, Classless: Recent Essays on British Film, Cool Britannia, Danny Boyle, Evelyn Waugh, football hooliganism, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Green Street, heroin addiction, I.D., Jameson Dublin Film Festival, Javier Bardem, Jim Sheridan, Morvern Callar, New Laddism, New Man, Philip Davis, Ray Winstone, Richard Curtis, Sexy Beast, Thatcherism, The Queen, Tony Blair, Trainspotting, zer0 books | Leave a comment
In the past fifteen years, I have watched British film attempting to assert its Britishness, but I have found that the terrain it maps out seems wholly foreign to my own experience. Largely this felt like someone else’s cinema, or rather a cinema functioning almost exclusively as PR for the notion of that New Modern Britain every successive government has offered up and failed to deliver.
The best job I ever had was as a volunteer with the Jameson Dublin Film Festival in 2003. In exchange for a measly three hours handing out tickets, I could go see as many festival screenings as I wished and rub shoulders with the invited cinema personalities. I met Javier Bardem! I got into a fight with Jim Sheridan‘s wife (less proud of that one). It’s as close as I am ever likely to come to the ‘film industry’.
And yet looking back it was a surprisingly hollow experience. I have been to film festivals since and they are all quite similar in their fascination with celebrity and the glossing over of any genuinely startling work of film into single word reviews exchanged over a cocktail. ‘Controversial’. ‘Disturbing’. ‘Perverse’. There is a sense that the naieve aim of film festivals – the promotion of film as an artform – has been lost in favour of celebrity gossip and flashy marketing.
Every now and then I am reminded of the true value of film criticism, of the pleasures it can offer and the engagement with the medium it encourages. Enter Carl Neville.
This book contains a series of linked essays describing the rising star of the British Film Industry in concert with the populism of Blair’s ‘Cool Britannia‘. Neville identifies how the films of Richard Curtis and Danny Boyle combined to elide the recent memory of Thatcherism. Realism in cinema is eschewed by the popular box office hits of the period and the new gloss of paint given to government by Blair‘s success in defeating the Tories allows for an aspirational tone to enter political discourse – that of course was not acted upon. Neville also treats of the rise of ‘New Laddism‘, as both a reaction to the ‘New Man‘, of the 1980’s and an endorsement of consumer culture.
All of this, Neville argues, is encapsulated in 90’s cinema and onwards. In Four Weddings and a Funeral he finds an attempt to turn back the clock on Thatcherite Britain to the bucolic era of Waugh, whereas Trainspotting obscures the realities of drug addiction and a crime-ridden underclass by fixating on the notion of ‘choice‘. This nominally Scottish film is revealed to be a voyeuristic skin designed for middle-class England. Its magic realism and irony does not serve to deepen its themes as a work of cinema, but to raise a laugh and replace the awareness of the realities of heroin-addiction and social depravity with a hyper-kinetic cartoon:
The opposition between a non-judgmental imaginative rendering and a patronizing realism assumes that in some way McDonald, Boyle and Hodge are more on the side of the underclass by representing them as attractive, even enviable, rather than suffering and pitiable.
It’s a startling critique of a film that has transcended its initial controversy to become one of the best-known recent films in British history. The films of Danny Boyle in particular are focused on throughout this book, with the author calling attention to how the use of vicarious fantasy avoids any encounters with harsh realism. Another example given for this process is the evolution of the football hooligan sub-genre, from Philip Davis’ I.D., with its disturbing account of an undercover cop embracing the weekend violence of hooliganism, to Frodo Baggins enjoying a thoroughly middle-class misadventure in Lexi Alexander’s Green Street.
Fantasy has replaced any concern with the realities of life in modern Britain. It is not all doom though. Nevillie is particularly appreciative of films like Adam & Paul and Morvern Callar (that rare thing, a masterpiece in its every iteration – the soundtrack is an absolute delight). Sexy Beast compares the misery of London’s criminal underworld to sunny Spain, where Ray Winstone‘s Gal can finally build a life for himself. But it is The Queen which offers Neville the opportunity to return to the boogieman of this piece, Tony Blair, media literate, hysterical, with a canny ability to replace ideology with emotionalism.
This book gave me a welcome slap in the face. Impassioned argumentation and impressively cineliterate.
With thanks to Zer0 Books for my review copy.
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Todholm Primary School Outreach
During March 2018 we worked with Todholm Primary School in Paisley delivering a talk and handling kit sessions with two Primary 3 classes, followed by 4 sessions of stitching workshops, For the younger children we used hessian, tapestry wool and plastic needles to stitch a bobbin outline, and then and then let them add their…
Kilbarchan Primary School Participate in our Schools Outreach
During November and early December 2017 we have been working with two primary 7 classes at Kilbarchan Primary Schools. Both classes have been looking at the rise of the thread industry in Paisley during the term, and we went along with our handling box followed by 4 stitching workshops, where pupils were asked to create…
Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufacturing & Improvements in Scotland
When investigating the rise of linen manufacturing in Scotland you cannot avoid looking at the minutes of the Board of Trustees for Fisheries, Manufacturing & Improvements in Scotland which was established in 1727. The minutes contain lots of information pertaining for Christian Millar (Shaw) and her connection to Spinning Schools in Scotland, along with details about linen…
The Rev John Millar
One of the earliest mentions of Christian Shaw starting the thread industry in Renfrewshire appears in the Church of Scotland Fasti. Chrsitian married John Millar on the 11th September 1719 at Bargarran. His entry in the Fasti has been transcribed and can now be read in one of our research blogs here.
Further Funding Success
We have been awarded a grant of up to £5000 which allows us to do everything we want to do as part of our Family of Threads project. The Funding form Renfrewshire Council’s Culture, Heritage & Events Fund is being used to buy equipment for our school, care home and hospice outreach, along with further…
Bushes Primary School – February 2017
Family of Threads – News Bushes Primary School – February 2017 As part of our exciting new community outreach programme, supported by Heritage Lottery Funding (‘Stories, Stones and Bones’), two of our volunteers recently paid a visit to Bushes Primary School in Paisley, to participate in their Design Day. We took along a selection of…
Paisley Thread Mill Museum awarded funding for Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology 2017
Paisley Thread Mill Museum has been successful in gaining funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund for Stories Stones and Bones project. ‘A Family of Thread’ will look at the development of the Paisley and Renfrewshire thread industry, and will also have outreach programs aimed at schools, care homes and hospices.
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“Their use of colour remains peerless and their aesthetic vernacular is consistent without getting repetitive — and for our money their Obama is as strong as they come.” — It’s Nice That
Craig Redman and Karl Maier are an illustration duo who collaborate over the Atlantic, Craig based in New York and Karl in London. Their distinctive graphic visuals and typography have seen them create murals, typefaces, set design, packaging and editorial illustrations for a whole host of high-end clients, publications and brands. The two met at art college in Australia, and have been collaborating as an artistic duo ever since. “We live in different parts of the world,” they say. “But we collaborate daily to create bold work that is filled with simple messages executed in a thoughtful and humorous way.” Craig & Karl have exhibited across the world, most notably at the Musée de la Publicité, Louvre.
LVMH, Google, Air France, Nike, Apple, Vogue, Microsoft, Converse, MTV, The New York Times, New York Magazine, MCM, Herman Miller, Kiehl’s.
The Business of Fashion, Designboom, The Dieline, Vogue, It’s Nice That, KNSTRCT, The Pop Manifesto, Hypebeast, Fast Company Co.Design, Milk Made, Highsnobiety, Creative Review, i-D, Creative Bloq, Trendland, WGSN, Refinery29, We Heart, FormFiftyFive, AnOther Magazine, Design Envy.
Still Life 2020
Enter the Rainbow Craig & Karl designed a luminous entrance at The London EDITION hotel.
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Craig & Karl designed a luminous entrance at The London EDITION hotel.
Shoes A personal series by Craig & Karl.
A personal series by Craig & Karl.
Wimbledon Craig & Karl's ode to Wimbledon.
Craig & Karl's ode to Wimbledon.
Chromagic 'Chromagic' is an installation suspended over three levels at the Siam Center in Bangkok.
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'Chromagic' is an installation suspended over three levels at the Siam Center in Bangkok.
Where Do We Go Now Craig & Karl's sculpture for LIFEWTR — 'Where Do We Go Now' — consists of two expressive shapes captured in a state of flux as they negotiate each other and weave together.
Where Do We Go Now
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Craig & Karl's sculpture for LIFEWTR — 'Where Do We Go Now' — consists of two expressive shapes captured in a state of flux as they negotiate each other and weave together.
Museum of Brisbane An installation of portraits for the inaugural 'BAD' exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane, Australia.
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An installation of portraits for the inaugural 'BAD' exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane, Australia.
Esprit + Craig & Karl Collection A capsule collection for Esprit in celebration of Pride.
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A capsule collection for Esprit in celebration of Pride.
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FILA Tennis Craig & Karl for FILA's P.L. Rolando Tennis Collection.
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Craig & Karl for FILA's P.L. Rolando Tennis Collection.
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Totems Craig & Karl's new installation of sculptures in Seoul.
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Craig & Karl's new installation of sculptures in Seoul.
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C Craig & Karl's take on illuminated lettering.
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Craig & Karl's take on illuminated lettering.
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Baskin-Robbins Baskin-Robbins asked Craig & Karl to develop new packaging artwork for their brand across South Korea.
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Baskin-Robbins asked Craig & Karl to develop new packaging artwork for their brand across South Korea.
Harry's Craig & Karl worked with grooming brand Harry's to design a limited-edition shaving kit available during the month of Pride. The artwork celebrates and inclusive and eclectic LGBTQ community from diverse backgrounds.
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Craig & Karl worked with grooming brand Harry's to design a limited-edition shaving kit available during the month of Pride. The artwork celebrates and inclusive and eclectic LGBTQ community from diverse backgrounds.
Zoom Zoom is an installation of inflatable objects that offers visitors a chance to interact with a blown-up slice of daily life.
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Zoom is an installation of inflatable objects that offers visitors a chance to interact with a blown-up slice of daily life.
Tate Modern Craig & Karl were asked by the Tate Modern to create a collectible poster that celebrates the iconic London institution.
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Craig & Karl were asked by the Tate Modern to create a collectible poster that celebrates the iconic London institution.
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Variety Cover artwork for Variety's annual Oscars issue.
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Cover artwork for Variety's annual Oscars issue.
Süddeutsche Zeitung Cover for Süddeutsche Zeitung.
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Cover for Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Universal Love Craig & Karl were approached by the team at McCann to create album artwork for a new project called Universal Love, a collection of reimagined wedding songs for the LGBTQ community, celebrating the enduring and overwhelming power of love and music to unite.
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Craig & Karl were approached by the team at McCann to create album artwork for a new project called Universal Love, a collection of reimagined wedding songs for the LGBTQ community, celebrating the enduring and overwhelming power of love and music to unite.
Nespresso Limited Edition Variations Nespresso's recent Limited Edition Festive Collection, in collaboration with Craig & Karl.
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Nespresso's recent Limited Edition Festive Collection, in collaboration with Craig & Karl.
Minions Craig & Karl collaborated with Minions on a capsule collection of holiday themed souvenir items to coincide with the release of Despicable Me 3.
Universal Studios »
Craig & Karl collaborated with Minions on a capsule collection of holiday themed souvenir items to coincide with the release of Despicable Me 3.
Jay-Z Portrait of Jay-Z for the Village Voice.
Village Voice »
Portrait of Jay-Z for the Village Voice.
20 Fifth Ave. From a series of facades by Craig & Karl.
20 Fifth Ave.
From a series of facades by Craig & Karl.
Gorky Park From a series of facades by Craig & Karl.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina From a series of facades by Craig & Karl.
Temple of Antoninus and Faustina
Round It Goes
So It Grows Key image for the campaign promoting Wacom's new Cintiq Pro 13" display.
So It Grows
Wacom »
Iris Worldwide »
Key image for the campaign promoting Wacom's new Cintiq Pro 13" display.
Here After 'Here After' is a new installation by Craig & Karl in White City, London, and the second coming of a once neglected petrol station.
Here After
'Here After' is a new installation by Craig & Karl in White City, London, and the second coming of a once neglected petrol station.
Brainz
Happy Holidays from Air France Craig & Karl illustrated a set if New Year's greetings for Air France.
Happy Holidays from Air France
Air France »
BETC »
Holidays »
Craig & Karl illustrated a set if New Year's greetings for Air France.
Science Cover illustration by Craig & Karl for the latest issue of Science.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science »
Cover illustration by Craig & Karl for the latest issue of Science.
Les Soldes Craig & Karl were commissioned by BETC to design the identity for Le Bon Marché's summer sale campaign.
Le Bon Marché »
Craig & Karl were commissioned by BETC to design the identity for Le Bon Marché's summer sale campaign.
Guess the Artist An art quiz game designed by Craig & Karl for Laurence King Publishing. Released on August 28.
Guess the Artist
Laurence King Publishing »
An art quiz game designed by Craig & Karl for Laurence King Publishing. Released on August 28.
Slayer Poster for Slayer's recent gig in San Francisco.
Another Planet Entertainment »
Poster for Slayer's recent gig in San Francisco.
Grammy Voter Guide 2017 Cover for Billboard magazine.
Grammy Voter Guide 2017
Billboard »
Cover for Billboard magazine.
Pohoda Festival 2017 A set of icons for the branding of this year's Pohoda Festival.
Pohoda Festival »
Milk »
A set of icons for the branding of this year's Pohoda Festival.
Matisse Portrait of Henri Matisse.
Portrait of Henri Matisse.
Snoop Dogg Portrait of Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr.
Portrait of Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr.
Fazer Marianne A set of three illustrations for the current Fazer Marianne campaign. The illustrations were inspired by the peppermint and chocolate candy's classic red and white wrapper.
Fazer Marianne
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Folk Finland »
A set of three illustrations for the current Fazer Marianne campaign. The illustrations were inspired by the peppermint and chocolate candy's classic red and white wrapper.
Bread and Butter 2016 New identity for Bread and Butter 2016, Berlin, encompassing the theme 'NOW'.
Bread and Butter 2016
Bread and Butter »
Zalando »
New identity for Bread and Butter 2016, Berlin, encompassing the theme 'NOW'.
Happy Holidays from Air France Craig & Karl collaborated with BETC on a set of New Year's greetings from Air France.
Craig & Karl collaborated with BETC on a set of New Year's greetings from Air France.
National Geographic Traveler Magazine Cover for the August/September issue of National Geographic Traveler Magazine.
National Geographic Traveler Magazine
National Geographic »
Travel »
Cover for the August/September issue of National Geographic Traveler Magazine.
Globe Magazine Cover for The Boston Globe's magazine.
Globe Magazine
The Boston Globe »
Cover for The Boston Globe's magazine.
Edinburgh International Book Festival Illustration for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival »
Tangent Graphic »
Illustration for this year's Edinburgh International Book Festival.
The Guardian at Glastonbury Craig & Karl designed a set of tote bags for The Guardian for Glastonbury Festival.
The Guardian at Glastonbury
The Guardian »
Craig & Karl designed a set of tote bags for The Guardian for Glastonbury Festival.
Craig & Karl for Who Gives A Crap Craig & Karl teamed up with Who Gives A Crap to design a set of 100 % forest friendly toilet paper.
Craig & Karl for Who Gives A Crap
Who Gives A Crap »
Craig & Karl teamed up with Who Gives A Crap to design a set of 100 % forest friendly toilet paper.
Animal Feelings ‘Let Go’ Cover for Animal Feelings' release 'Let Go'.
Animal Feelings ‘Let Go’
Animal Feelings »
Cover for Animal Feelings' release 'Let Go'.
Animal Feelings Cover for Animal Feelings' self-titled release.
Animal Feelings
Cover for Animal Feelings' self-titled release.
Animal Feelings ‘Chook Tribes’ Cover for Animal Feelings' release 'Chook Tribes'.
Animal Feelings ‘Chook Tribes’
Cover for Animal Feelings' release 'Chook Tribes'.
Modern Dating An editorial piece for Vogue.
Vogue »
An editorial piece for Vogue.
Animalanimal Editorial piece for Wired magazine.
Animalanimal
Condé Nast »
Wired »
Editorial piece for Wired magazine.
Variety Cover for Variety's annual awards nomination issue.
Cover for Variety's annual awards nomination issue.
Lost It A signed and numbered screen-print.
Lost It
A signed and numbered screen-print.
Air France Campaign Craig & Karl collaborated with BETC on a set of campaign illustrations for Air France.
Air France Campaign
Craig & Karl collaborated with BETC on a set of campaign illustrations for Air France.
Yle FOLK Interchangeable identity for Yle FOLK, a content funding platform, consisting of various illustrations and typographic combinations that can be randomly generated.
Yle FOLK
Yle »
Interchangeable identity for Yle FOLK, a content funding platform, consisting of various illustrations and typographic combinations that can be randomly generated.
Jordan x Foot Locker : The Art of Flight A short animated piece celebrating the launch of the latest Air Jordan 6 Retro.
Jordan x Foot Locker : The Art of Flight
Jordan Brand »
Nike »
A short animated piece celebrating the launch of the latest Air Jordan 6 Retro.
Pori Jazz 2016 Poster by Craig & Karl for the 51st Pori Jazz festival.
Pori Jazz 2016
Pori Jazz Festival »
Double Happiness »
Poster by Craig & Karl for the 51st Pori Jazz festival.
Cityscapes »
NYFW SS16 Series created for milkmade.com covering the best of New York Fashion Week SS16 shows held at Milk Studios.
NYFW SS16
Beauty & Fashion »
Series created for milkmade.com covering the best of New York Fashion Week SS16 shows held at Milk Studios.
Minna Parikka Branding Craig & Karl redesigned the branding for Finnish footwear designer Minna Parikka.
Minna Parikka Branding
Minna Parikka »
Craig & Karl redesigned the branding for Finnish footwear designer Minna Parikka.
Minna Parikka Stickers Craig & Karl redesigned the branding for Finnish footwear designer Minna Parikka.
Minna Parikka Stickers
Monica Lewinsky Portrait of for Monica Lewinsky Dutch Volkskrant Magazine.
Volkskrant Magazine »
Portrait of for Monica Lewinsky Dutch Volkskrant Magazine.
Das Magazin Portrait of Albert Einstein for the cover of Das Magazin.
Das Magazin »
Portrait of Albert Einstein for the cover of Das Magazin.
Sephora Collection A limited edition collection of beauty and bath products created in collaboration with Sephora.
Sephora »
A limited edition collection of beauty and bath products created in collaboration with Sephora.
Sweet As One Thirteen tonnes of candy, 607 feet long and nearly 14000 square-feet assembled by 2000 volunteers over five days, Craig & Karl's installation for the 'Sweet as One' exhibition in Chengdu bought in the Chinese New Year. The exhibition was curated by AllRightsReserved to bring awareness to the plight of underprivileged children in rural areas.
Sweet As One
AllRightsReserved »
Thirteen tonnes of candy, 607 feet long and nearly 14000 square-feet assembled by 2000 volunteers over five days, Craig & Karl's installation for the 'Sweet as One' exhibition in Chengdu bought in the Chinese New Year. The exhibition was curated by AllRightsReserved to bring awareness to the plight of underprivileged children in rural areas.
Kiehl's Collaboration Following in the tradition of Kiehl’s annual artist collaboration comes the new collab with Craig & Karl. Embracing the duo's signature use of bright colours and graphic patterns, the Kiehl’s line embodies the festive season with all proceeds going to charity.
Kiehl's Collaboration
Kiehl's »
Following in the tradition of Kiehl’s annual artist collaboration comes the new collab with Craig & Karl. Embracing the duo's signature use of bright colours and graphic patterns, the Kiehl’s line embodies the festive season with all proceeds going to charity.
The Washington Post Cover illustration for The Washington Post's Arts & Style section.
Cover illustration for The Washington Post's Arts & Style section.
OH A print released with Print For Good. An edition of 50 with proceeds going to charity.
Print For Good »
A print released with Print For Good. An edition of 50 with proceeds going to charity.
Agony & Ecstacy Personal work.
Agony & Ecstacy
Personal work.
Vogue Editorial illustration for British Vogue.
Editorial illustration for British Vogue.
NYFW A series covering the best of New York Fashion Week SS15 shows held at Milk Studios.
Milk Made »
A series covering the best of New York Fashion Week SS15 shows held at Milk Studios.
Speyed
OpenAir St.Gallen Illustration for the OpenAir St.Gallen 2014 festival.
OpenAir St.Gallen
OpenAir St.Gallen »
Die Gestalter »
Illustration for the OpenAir St.Gallen 2014 festival.
Jordan Flight Tour Typographic pieces for the Jordan Flight Tour across China.
Jordan Flight Tour
Typographic pieces for the Jordan Flight Tour across China.
120 Wall St. Private commission at 120 Wall St.
120 Wall St.
Private commission at 120 Wall St.
Modern Weekly A series of portraits for Modern Weekly in collaboration with MCM showing various celebrities with pieces from the brand's SS14 collection.
Modern Weekly
MCM »
Modern Weekly »
A series of portraits for Modern Weekly in collaboration with MCM showing various celebrities with pieces from the brand's SS14 collection.
Dazed Digital Channel ident for Dazed Digital.
Dazed Digital
Dazed »
Channel ident for Dazed Digital.
Beyond Snowdome Fall/Winter 13 collection for MCM.
Beyond Snowdome
Fall/Winter 13 collection for MCM.
Monument Magazine Illustration for the cover of Monument, celebrating 20 years in print.
Monument Magazine
Monument Magazine »
Illustration for the cover of Monument, celebrating 20 years in print.
Best Doctors 2013 Cover for New York Magazine's annual 'Best Doctors' issue.
Best Doctors 2013
New York Magazine »
Cover for New York Magazine's annual 'Best Doctors' issue.
Eyes on the Horizon Spring/Summer 13 collection for MCM.
Alex Sainsbury
Spring/Summer 13 collection for MCM.
The xx Poster design using 3D for The XX's summer 2013 show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California.
Poster design using 3D for The XX's summer 2013 show at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California.
Vox Populi In a project with The Bavarian State Opera and Bureau Mirko Borsche, Craig & Karl illustrated multiple posters inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance of the opera's 2012/13 programme.
Bayerische Staatsoper »
Bureau Mirko Borsche »
In a project with The Bavarian State Opera and Bureau Mirko Borsche, Craig & Karl illustrated multiple posters inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance of the opera's 2012/13 programme.
Written on Skin A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Written on Skin
A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Rigoletto A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Simon Boccanegra A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Hänsel und Gretel A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Boris Godunow A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Babylon A series of posters for The Bavarian State Opera created in collaboration with Bureau Mirko Borsche. The images are inspired by the sounds and emotions related to each performance.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Contribution to British Vogue's The Culture Edit, covering various cultural events in London and the UK.
Contribution to British Vogue's The Culture Edit, covering various cultural events in London and the UK.
Beyoncé Contribution to British Vogue's The Culture Edit, covering various cultural events in London and the UK.
David Bowie is Contribution to British Vogue's The Culture Edit, covering various cultural events in London and the UK.
David Bowie is
Bayerische Staatsoper A project with Bayerische Staatsoper and Bureau Mirko Borsche illustrating multiple components of the 2012/13 program.
A project with Bayerische Staatsoper and Bureau Mirko Borsche illustrating multiple components of the 2012/13 program.
Outside Pass Personal work.
Outside Pass
Dries van Noten Work inspired by Dries van Noten SS13.
Work inspired by Dries van Noten SS13.
Fashion Floating Personal work.
Fashion Floating
Food Face 3D work by Craig & Karl.
Food Face
3D work by Craig & Karl.
David Hockney A portrait of David Hockney.
A portrait of David Hockney.
Dreams Craig & Karl's contribution to a charity exhibition for DACS.
Craig & Karl's contribution to a charity exhibition for DACS.
Annie Hall A portrait of Annie Hall.
A portrait of Annie Hall.
Obama A portrait of Barack Obama for the cover of New York magazine's post election issue.
A portrait of Barack Obama for the cover of New York magazine's post election issue.
Blow Up A print inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's classic film 'Blow Up' for Print Club London's 'Blisters The Director's Cut' exhibition.
Print Club London »
A print inspired by Michelangelo Antonioni's classic film 'Blow Up' for Print Club London's 'Blisters The Director's Cut' exhibition.
Charles & Ray Eames A portrait of Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller's 'Then x Ten — The Power of the Poster'. The exhibition showcases archival posters and new work by ten artists.
Herman Miller »
A portrait of Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller's 'Then x Ten — The Power of the Poster'. The exhibition showcases archival posters and new work by ten artists.
Bless This Mess Custom artwork for each of Enjoi's riders that celebrates their individual loves, loathings, artifacts and most importantly, bad habits.
Enjoi »
Custom artwork for each of Enjoi's riders that celebrates their individual loves, loathings, artifacts and most importantly, bad habits.
;) Craig & Karl reinterpret an emoticon for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note at TED.
Studio Number One »
Craig & Karl reinterpret an emoticon for the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Note at TED.
Google Illustration for Google's Think Quarterly.
Illustration for Google's Think Quarterly.
Peace An illustration for Google's Think Quarterly.
An illustration for Google's Think Quarterly.
Terry A portrait of Terry Richardson for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
A portrait of Terry Richardson for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
Sophia A portrait of Sophia Loren for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
A portrait of Sophia Loren for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
Antonioni A portrait of Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni, which was later made into a sculpture and installed in the city of Antonioni’s birth. The portrait was created for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
A portrait of Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni, which was later made into a sculpture and installed in the city of Antonioni’s birth. The portrait was created for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
Kanye A portrait of Kanye West for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
A portrait of Kanye West for an exhibition at Slam Jam, Italy.
Nicabate Icons A set of icons illustrating a variety of tools to aid in quitting smoking on Nicabate's website.
Nicabate Icons
Nicabate »
Naked Communications »
A set of icons illustrating a variety of tools to aid in quitting smoking on Nicabate's website.
Love Personal work.
Twas a Dark and Stormy Night Typographic piece for the 'Special Characters' show at Compound Gallery in Portland.
Twas a Dark and Stormy Night
Compound Gallery »
Typographic piece for the 'Special Characters' show at Compound Gallery in Portland.
NYC Restaurant Week Illustrations for NYC Restaurant Week showing the variety of cuisine on offer across the city during the event.
NYC Restaurant Week
NYC & Company »
Illustrations for NYC Restaurant Week showing the variety of cuisine on offer across the city during the event.
Art vs Commerce Illustration using typographic characters to make a humorous comment on the ever present battle to maintain a balance between the need to make a living with the desire to maintain creative integrity.
Art vs Commerce
Illustration using typographic characters to make a humorous comment on the ever present battle to maintain a balance between the need to make a living with the desire to maintain creative integrity.
Peggy A portrait of a friend named Peggy.
A portrait of a friend named Peggy.
God Illustration taking a humorous look at giving form to that supposed big dude up in the sky.
Illustration taking a humorous look at giving form to that supposed big dude up in the sky.
Pleasant Pheasant A t-shirt design for Australian designer James Cameron for a collection exploring themes of escaping the city for a piece of the quiet life.
Pleasant Pheasant
James Cameron »
A t-shirt design for Australian designer James Cameron for a collection exploring themes of escaping the city for a piece of the quiet life.
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news and resources for INDIVIDUALS
The spread of COVID-19 is affecting each of us and our sense of what we consider normal is changing every day. AHP will continue to update this page as news becomes available that will affect your personal financial matters.
12/28/2020 - Pandemic Relief Package for Individuals and Businesses Signed by President Trump
Congress has passed new stimulus relief legislation which contains multiple provisions to help taxpayers, including individuals and businesses. The President signed this legislation yesterday after almost a week of uncertainty about whether he would or would not sign it. After review and analysis of the new legislation, this article highlights what we believe will be of most interest.
8/18/2020 - Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of President Trump’s Executive Actions
On Saturday, August 8, 2020, the President issued four executive actions to provide relief from the economic strains caused by COVID-19. Of these four directives, one was an order and the other three were memorandums. This article focuses on the deferment of taxes but gives a brief overview of the other three directives as well.
6/4/2020 - As Summer Approaches, So are Tax Deadlines
Heading into June, many of us are excited about warmer weather and our economy opening back up. For the majority of us, it is not the time of year that we are typically concerned with taxes. We understand. It is unusual for us as well.
5/7/20 - Governor Whitmer Extends Stay Home, Stay Safe Order and Releases Details on MI Safe Start Plan
Earlier today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the extension of Michigan’s Stay Home, Stay Safe order through May 28th. She then released details on the phased approach of the MI Safe Start Plan, a plan to re-engage Michigan’s economy. Michigan is in phase three.
4/14/20 - Self-Employed Workers, Gig Workers, 1099-Independent Contractors and Low-Wage Workers Can Now Apply for Federal Benefits
Workers need to use the UIA’s daily filing schedule based on their last names. Lean more about the COVID-19 CARES Act. The UIA assures every eligible worker in Michigan who applies for unemployment benefits that they will receive them. The UIA will be accepting claims and benefit applications back-dated to reflect the date on which the claimant was laid-off due to COVID-19, beyond the previously established 28-day period ($600 federal payment is only retroactive back to week ending April 4, 2020).
4/13/2020 - Additional Tax Extensions Announced Due to Coronavirus
On Thursday, April 9th, the US Department of Treasury and IRS expanded upon its previously announced tax filing and payment extensions.
4/2/2020 - Changes in Unemployment Benefits for Michigan Workers
In the wake of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act being signed into law, Governor Whitmer signed an agreement between Michigan and the U.S. Dept. of Labor to implement Pandemic Unemployment Assistance and Compensation programs. This article includes details on the agreement and the new unemployment filing schedule.
3/30/2020 - CARES Act Provides Relief for Individuals and Businesses Negatively Impacted by COVID-19
President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law on Friday, March 27, 2020. The purpose of the CARES Act is to provide relief for individuals and businesses who have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updated 3/29/20 - Federal and State Tax Filing Deadline Moved to July 15
On Friday, March 20th, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the federal tax filing deadline would be moved from April 15th to July 15th. Information on other states can be found at the AICPA’s website. Click here for a downloadable chart.
3/20/20 - Treasury: Michiganders Unemployed Due to COVID-19 Eligible for Collections Assistance
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the state’s workforce, the Michigan Department of Treasury is offering collections assistance to newly unemployed Michiganders currently paying on past-due state tax debts or other state debts. Effective immediately, individuals who have been laid off or had their place of employment closed due to COVID-19 should reach out to see what options are available. To receive assistance, individuals are encouraged to contact Treasury’s Collections Service Center at 517-636-5265.
3/17/20 - Tax Payment Deferment Until July 15, 2020
On March 17th, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that taxpayers will receive an extra 90 days to pay their federal taxes due to the coronavirus pandemic. This doesn’t delay the filing deadline, only the payment. To file after April 15th, taxpayers will need to file an extension. This relief also applies to the first quarter 2020 estimated payments with a deadline of April 15, 2020.
Each state is to determine how they will handle tax filings and payments. Michigan has chosen to follow the IRS’s approach, allowing 90 additional days to pay income taxes owed, but keeping the filing deadline of April 15th.
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According to German football expert Raphael Honigstein, Arsenal tried and failed to sign RB Leipzig winger Emil Forsberg in January, reports The S*n.
The 26-year-old has been linked with the Gunners all season, having scored and created 27 goals in 2016/17. He was reported to have a release clause of £20m inserted into his contract but Leipzig had no desire to do business with any suitor.
Forsberg’s agent was public in his criticism of Leipzig turning down interest in the summer for the winger, and Honigstein revealed Arsenal were one of the sides rejected in the winter transfer window too.
He said on the Totally Football Show podcast: “Emil Forsberg is still a guy who really wants to go to the Premier League. He was very upset when Arsenal’s offer was turned down straight away by Leipzig. I think (Arsenal) will come back in for him because he has got a lot of talent.”
Honigstein thinks Arsenal will come back in for Forsberg this summer, but the Gunners may feel they already have enough in attack.
The 26-year-old is no doubt talented, but he would struggle for regular playing time in a side containing Mesut Ozil, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi, Alexandre Lacazette, Danny Welbeck and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Arsenal have a greater need to strengthen their midfield and defence, rather than adding more attacking players to the squad.
What is interesting about the Forsberg revelation is when it must have happened. Alexis Sanchez was on his way out of the club in January so perhaps Arsene Wenger opted for the Swedish international as his replacement.
Forsberg’s injury problems and inconsistent form (11 Bundesliga games, 1 goal, 2 assists) may put Arsenal off an improved bid while the squad is overstocked in attack.
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Band of weirdos —
Delightfully bonkers Doom Patrol is coming back for a second season
The show’s second season will air both on DC Universe and HBO Max.
Jennifer Ouellette - Jun 11, 2020 1:13 am UTC
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Doom Patrol returns later this month for a second season on both HBO Max and DC Universe.
Chances are you missed Doom Patrol when it debuted last year, due to the fact that it aired exclusively on the DC Universe streaming platform. (It's based on the DC Comics superhero team of the same name.) That's a shame, because it proved to be a delightfully bonkers show about a "found family" of superhero misfits. For its forthcoming second season, the show will air both on DC Universe and HBO Max, hopefully expanding its audience. Judging by the official trailer, we're in for another crazy ride.
(Some S1 spoilers below.)
Timothy Dalton plays Niles Caulder, aka The Chief, a medical doctor who saved the lives of the various Doom Patrol members and lets them stay in his mansion. His Manor of Misfits includes Jane, aka Crazy Jane (Diane Guerrero), whose childhood trauma resulted in 64 distinct personalities, each with its own powers. Rita (April Bowlby), aka Elasti-Woman, is a former actress with stretchy, elastic properties she can't really control, thanks to being exposed to a toxic gas that altered her cellular structure. Larry Trainor, aka Negative Man, is a US Air Force pilot who has a "negative energy entity" inside him and must be swathed in bandages to keep radioactivity from seeping out of his body. (Matt Bomer plays Trainor without the bandages, while Matthew Zuk takes on the bandaged role.)
Cliff Steele, aka Robotman, is a former NASCAR driver whose brain was transplanted into a robot body after a horrific crash. (Brendan Fraser plays the human Cliff, and Riley Shanahan plays the robot version.) Finally, there is Vic, aka Cyborg (Joivan Wade), whose father gave him cybernetic enhancements to save his life after an accident. Together, they make up the titular Doom Patrol.
There's also Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man (he's a mismatched fusion of all three); a superpowered bounty hunter who tracks people down by eating their facial hair; and a metahuman superhero named Flex Mentallo who can alter reality by flexing his muscles—because why the hell not? This is a show with a talking cockroach, time travel, a talking horse/oracle named Baphomet, a cross-dressing cabaret singer, world-destroying interdimensional entities, a farting goat, and sentient Nazi puppets, after all. Doom Patrol goes all in on the crazy train and somehow makes it work.
Meet the Doom Patrol.
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Cliff aka Robotman (portrayed here by Riley Shanahan).
Larry Trainor, aka Negative Man (portrayed here by Matthew Zuk).
Diane Guerrero shines as Crazy Jane, who has 64 distinct personalities.
Vic, aka Cyborg (Joivan Wade).
Rita, aka Elasti-Woman (April Bowlby).
Timothy Dalton plays Niles Caulder, aka The Chief.
He has a troubled superpowered daughter, Dorothy Spinner.
Dorothy can bring imaginary friends to life, among other abilities.
Like this one.
Blasting away.
Where could Dorothy be heading?
Each Crazy Jane personality has her own superpower.
Cyborg locks and loads.
Negative Man trying not to be noticed.
Crazy Jane considers the patrol her family.
The Doom Patrol, ready for their next mission.
In S1, the team faced arch-villain Eric Morden, aka Mr. Nobody (Alan Tudyk), who can travel through dimensions and alter reality, frequently breaking the fourth wall—as the only character who's aware he is on a TV show—to narrate the action, thereby manipulating events to his liking. Mr. Nobody kidnaps Caulder and holds him captive in a dimension called the "White Space," and the Doom Patrol spends most of the first season trying to rescue him, wrestling with their personal demons along the way.
In the end, the Doom Patrol defeats Mr. Nobody, but they also discover that The Chief is the one responsible for all the tragedies that gave them each their powers. Let's just say the team is dealing with some intense feelings of betrayal right now. Caulder had his reasons: he has a super-powered daughter, Dorothy Spinner, who is deeply troubled, and his actions were a means of trying to extend his own life as much as possible so he could continue to protect her. Oh, and the entire team, except for Larry, is now the size of a cockroach. For reasons.
Judging by the S2 trailer, Dorothy is going to be the season's Big Bad, as Caulder admits he can't control his daughter (her mother is an immortal cave woman), and begs the team to help. ("She will unleash hell on Earth.") In the comics, the character has the power to bring her imaginary friends to life, and we see Dorothy appear to do just that here. A pint-sized Robotman gets the better of an attacking giant rat. We see Rita trying to control her elastic powers in hopes of becoming a true superhero. And we meet a few more of Jane's personalities. "Those annoying feckless losers I live with are my family," Jane says. "They may be spineless but I know deep down they all care about me."
The first three episodes of Doom Patrol will drop on June 25, 2020 [corrected], on both HBO Max and DC Universe. After that, there will be a new episode each week for the next six weeks.
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El Casco Gold & Black Post-it Holder
This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring 23ct gold plated and black laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring 23ct gold, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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El Casco Satin Post-it Holder
This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring matte satin, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and black laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and blue laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and grey laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and orange laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and red laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and white laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
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This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome and yellow laquered, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
El Casco Shiny Chrome Post-it Holder
This elegant post-it holder is handmade in Spain by El Casco, a world-renowned metalwork company specialising in gold, silver, and chrome desk accessories. Made of solid brass, the post-it holder of El Casco is plated in an alluring shiny chrome, then hallmarked with the company's logo, and finally hand-polished to give a magnetic finish. The El Casco holder is suitable for memo/post-it pads till 7,5 x 7,5 cm. Because of its weight of 580 grams it also be used as paperweight. The leaves are held in place by four points. In Spanish El Casco means "helmet". The company was founded as a firearm factory on September 7 1920. In the crisis years from 1929 all the arms industry was struggling and the management of El Casco decided to expand the range with high quality staplers and pencil sharpeners of replaceable spare parts. The products of El Casco have a very long lifetime and even after heavy use it can still be repaired, even after years. Despite some modern adaptations El Casco products are still largely made by hand . Each part of the El Casco products are individually numbered and based on them put together. The models that have been created at the beginning of the thirties are still being produced currently, which makes it possible that each individual component can be provided till today. The products from El Casco enjoy a lifetime manufacturer’s warranty...
Graf von Faber-Castell Notelet Box Black
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Venvstas Bohème Montmartre Dark Blue Notebook
The Venvstas Bohème Montmartre is made from certified vegetally, natural tanned leather and acid-free paper, perfect for your notes, drawings and sketches. Includes 2 notebooks (20,5 x 14,5 cm) with 140 pages (70 sheets) of perforated 100% recyclable, acid-free 120 grams paper. The latin word ‘venvstas’ (pronounced venustas) refers to the characteristic of Venus, the roman goddess of beauty. Venvstas is mentioned in Vitruvius’ treaty "De Architectura" as one of the three property a building should have. To achieve the harmony between the three principles of aesthetic, function and durability, is Venvstas mission. Founded in 2019, Venvstas Italy is a new reality that aquired the initial work developed by Atelier Venvstas Paris to improve those stunning designs in a much larger facilty plenty with skilled artisans and advanced machinery...
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Features, The War Years (1775-1783) April 9, 2018 April 9, 2018
The House at Penny Ferry, Burnt: Skirmishes on the Mystic
by Katie Turner Getty
"To the Hone. Jno. Hancock, Esqre. president of ye Continental Congress, this map of the seat of civil war in America, is respectfully inscribed by his most obedient humble servant, B. Romans." [Detail; N.P, 1775] (Library of Congress) Chelsea can be seen above Hog Island to the east of the Mystic River. Penny Ferry is located in the upper right of the inset showing the situation in Boston in 1775.
In the summer of 1775, American forces had succeeded in bottling up the British army on the Boston peninsula and laying siege to the town. Although virtually surrounded by thousands of Continental soldiers, the British did not remain perfectly contained in Boston for the duration of the siege. Nor did the two forces maintain a polite distance from one another pending the British evacuation in March 1776. Rather, skirmishes and irregular fighting between smaller groups of troops were occurring in the immediate Boston area, such as along the Mystic River in the nearby towns of Malden and Chelsea.
Lying to the northeast across Boston Harbor and the mouth of the Mystic River, the two towns were strategically located. Charlestown, its soil lately consecrated by the blood of hundreds of fallen men at the Battle of Bunker Hill, lay to the southwest across the Mystic. Three companies of Continental soldiers were stationed in Chelsea under the command of Lt. Col. Loammi Baldwin[1]and served as the leftmost extremity of the Continental Army. At least one company was stationed in Malden.
In late July 1775, refugees escaping the sickness and starving conditions of British-occupied Boston streamed across the Winnisimmet Ferry and landed in Chelsea. As free travel and communications between Boston and the countryside were blocked during the siege, the refugees served as valuable sources of firsthand information concerning British activities in Boston. In interviewing the displaced inhabitants, the soldiers at Chelsea gained intelligence which Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin included in his daily reports to Gen. George Washington at army headquarters in Cambridge.
On August 4, Baldwin wrote to Washington with intelligence gleaned from a boatload of Bostonians that had landed at Chelsea earlier that day. British soldiers in Boston had taunted “that they ware Fools to go to Chelsea for tomorrow they (the Regulars) ware a going to take possession of that Place & burn & distroy all before them.”[2]
A Captain Morton who had recently arrived in Chelsea reported that he had heard the British were considering taking Green’s Hill in Chelsea, slightly west of the Winnisimmet Ferry. Taken together, the accounts from Captain Morton and the others seemed to point toward an alarming possibility—an impending British attack on Chelsea.
Having no feasible way to validate the information, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin expressed his hope that the general would be “pleased to Excuse it if I Should Sometimes trouble you with imperfect accounts & matters of Little consequence as I cannot tell what may or what may not prove true.”[3]
Later that day, Baldwin received a reply from Headquarters. Though appreciative of the lieutenant colonel’s diligence in apprising him of the information, General Washington could notthink that “if any such affair was on foot, the Soldiers would be allowed to know any thing of it,” concluding that “we need not be under any Apprehensions on that score.”[4]
Late in the afternoon on August 6, Baldwin was startled by “the report of Cannon from the floating Battery’s & Soon found they were upon the move[.] I emediatly ordered all the Companies to turn out.”[5]At that moment, it must have seemed as though the warnings about the British taking Green’s Hill and burning and destroying everything before them were about to be proven nightmarishly true.
Racing ahead of his men to see what was happening, Baldwin rode toward Malden. “When I came to Greens Hill Point, I saw the Buildings at Penny ferry in flames.”[6]
Penny Ferry was a ferry service that transported passengers from Charlestown Neck across the Mystic to Malden and back. A ferryhouse was also located at the site.[7]British soldiers, under the cover of floating batteries, had sailed up the Mystic and landed slightly upriver of Chelsea, in neighboring Malden. They torched the ferryhouse, burning it to ashes.
The skirmish drew the attention of Continental soldiers from different regiments on the other side of the Mystic. Lt. Paul Lunt, stationed at Prospect Hill, wrote in his journal, “Sunday, 6th… the Regulars went from Bunker’s Hill and set fire to a house at Penny Ferry; they fired a number of cannon from their floating batteries.”[8]Lt. Benjamin Craft, stationed at Winter Hill, relayed how “two floating batteries came up Mystic River and fired several shots on Malden side, and landed a numbers of regulars which set fire to a house near Penny Ferrys which burnt to ashes.”[9]
Upon seeing the ferryhouse in flames, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin scrambled to organize his men. He ordered them to “go emediatly up to the top of Greens Hill & watch the Motions of the enemy and if they Should attempt to land to Salute them with Powder & Ball in the most Vigourous maner.”[10]
After ensuring that all of his men were well-positioned to defend their post in case the British decided to take Green’s Hill after all, Baldwin rushed back to Malden. There, he found to his astonishment only a lieutenant and a few other men of the company milling around the smoldering ruins of the ferryhouse. The lieutenant reported that their captain, Eleazer Lindsey, had “gone home [and] near one half the Company was fled [and] where they were gone he could not tell.”[11]
Questions about the suitability and trustworthiness of Capt. Eleazer Lindsey and some of his company had already reached General Washington. About a week before the blaze at Malden, Adjutant General Horatio Gates wrote to Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin that “the company posted at Malden, under the immediate command of Capt. Lyndsey behaves in so disorderly and unsoldierlike a manner that they are of no sort of service in that post.”[12]The general had even heard that Captain Lindsey ordered any men who were “guilty of offenses to pay so much rum to him as a punishment for their crimes.”[13]
With the captain vanished and half the company gone, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin ordered the remaining lieutenant to rally his men and guard the post. The floating batteries and boats had by now moved away from Malden toward Charlestown. Baldwin watched as British soldiers paraded along the Charlestown shore. Feeling anxious, he headed back to Chelsea where he doubled the number of guards and posted numerous sentries.
Soldiers from the different regiments across the Mystic aided in repelling the British and driving them away from Malden. Lieutenant Lunt stated that upon the British firing of the cannon at Malden, “we returned the fire and silenced them.”[14]Lieutenant Craft reported that “We were all alarmed and immediately manned our lines and our people went down to Temple’s Point, with one field piece, and fired several shot, at the Regulars, which made them claw off as soon as possible.” Scornfully, henoted that “Capt. Lyndsly, who was stationed there, fled with his company, and got before the women and children in his flight.”[15]The same day, Timothy Newell, a Boston Selectman who remained in Boston throughout the siege, commented in his diary “Skimishing up Mistic River, several [British] Soldiers brought over here wounded. The House at Penny Ferry, Malden side, burnt.”[16]
After spending what likely had been a fretful evening in Chelsea, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin finally settled down at midnight to write a report of the skirmish for General Washington. He had just learned a few hours earlier that the British had “Returnd to Boston on the Ships Just in the Grey of the Evening”[17]and so might have breathed easier, no longer expecting an attack on Green’s Hill that evening.
Two days later, Baldwin headed to Cambridge to report to Washington on the conduct of Capt. Eleazer Lindsey. On the way, he met Maj. Gen. Charles Lee who informed him that Lindsey had already been arrested for fleeing his post on the day Penny Ferry was burned.[18]
The British, perhaps emboldened by their success of the week before, attempted one last foray against Malden. One week later on August 13, two barges and two sailboats traveled up the Mystic River about noon, moving toward the cover of the floating batteries. This time, the men of Captain Lindsey’s company did not flee. Later, reflecting upon the fiery response of Captain Lindsey’s company in driving off the enemy that day in contrast to their panicked flight the week before, Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin mused that perhaps “Capt. Lindseys Company Suspected [the British] had Some Evel designe, or a mind to Reveng passed Injuries.”[19]
This time, the men at Malden peppered the British with a “pretty Smart fire”, causing them to turn away and head back downriver.[20]Passing along the Chelsea shore they started firing at Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin’s men “with their Swivel guns and Smal arms.” The Americans returned fire. “We gave them the Best we had … we Sufferred no Damage by them … there was a great number of Balls Struck one of the Boats & belive wounded if not killed Some of the [British], Some of our men declare they saw a number drop as if they were Shot dead whin a Volley was fired from our men its certain they nevr appeard much in Sight again.”[21]
Ultimately, these two skirmishes along the Mystic during the summer of 1775 were inconsequential. They had no meaningful effect on the siege and certainly not on the outcome of the war. However, these skirmishes demonstrate ways in which British and American soldiers interacted outside of clearly defined battles or engagements—and continued to do so even after the last large-scale battle occurred in the immediate Boston area.
A few days after the skirmishes on the Mystic, Capt. Eleazer Lindsey was tried by a general court martialfor “absenting himself from his post, which was attacked and abandoned to the enemy.” The court recommended that Lindsey be “discharged from the service, as a person improper to sustain a Commission.”[22]Lindsey was cashiered and returned home to Lynn. He died in 1783.
Penny Ferry was never restored to service, nor was the ferryhouse ever rebuilt. After being burned by the British, it lay unremembered and in disuse for over a decade. Penny Ferry was replaced by a bridge in 1787.[23]
[1]Richard Frothingham, History of the Siege of Boston(Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851), 178, books.google.com/books?id=p8rTAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA234&dq=ten%20hills%20farm%20cannon%201775&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[2]Loammi Baldwin to George Washington, August 4, 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0148.
[3]Ibid.
[4]John Trumbull to Baldwin, August 4, 1775, Loammi Baldwin papers 1768-1872, A.L.s.; Cambridge, MS Am 1811 (58). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:34725874?n=1.
[5]Baldwin to Washington, August 6, 1775,” Founders Online,National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0163.
[7]In 1751 this particular ferryhouse was advertised as featuring a tavern which could serve as a waystation for travelers. It might also have served as the ferryman’s dwelling. See The Register of the Malden Historical Society, Number 4, 1915-1916, (Lynn: Frank S. Whitten, printer, 1916), 48, books.google.com/books?id=TyoWAAAAYAAJ&dq=penny%20ferry%20tavern&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[8]Paul Lunt, Paul Lunt’s Diary, May-December, 1775, ed. Samuel A. Green, M.D. (Boston: For Private Distribution, 1872), 10, Internet Archive, archive.org/details/paulluntsdiaryma1872lunt.
[9]Benjamin Craft, “Craft’s Journal of the Siege of Boston,” Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. 3, (Salem: G.M. Whipple, 1861), 56, books.google.com/books?id=PG8MAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA51&dq=crafts%20journal%20essex%20historical%20collection&pg=PR2#v=onepage&q&f=false.
[10]Baldwin to Washington, August 6, 1775, Founders Online.
[11]Ibid.
[12]Horatio Gates to Baldwin, July 27, 1775, Loammi Baldwin papers 1768-1872, A.L.s.; Headquarters, MS Am 1811 (21). Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.HOUGH:34725707?n=1.
[14]Paul Lunt’s Diary, 10.
[15]Craft’s Journal, 56.
[16]Timothy Newell, “A Journal Kept During the Time Boston Was Shut Up in 1775-6,” in Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. I, Fourth Series (Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1852), 265, archive.org/details/s4collections01massuoft.
[18]Baldwin to Washington, August 8, 1775,” Founders Online,National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0174.
[20]Baldwin to Washington, August 13, 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0202.
[22]“General Orders, 16 August 1775,” Founders Online, National Archives, founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-01-02-0212.
[23]Memorial on behalf of the remonstrants, Review of the Case of the Free Bridge Between Boston and Charlestown(Boston: Dutton and Wentworth Printers, 1827), 43.
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Katie, you have a real knack for uncovering some lesser known (unknown!) events during the Revolution. Thanks for your article, I found it both enlightening and entertaining.
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Thanks for the kind comment. I love when thoroughly-footnoted historical accounts read like action-adventure novels. 🙂
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ZTE’s woes have been well documented but the end may well be in sight after they signed an escrow agreement with the US Commerce Department overnight.
After signing the escrow agreement all ZTE has to do is deposit US$400 million in escrow to being operations once again. At the moment they are working under a temporary agreement that lasts until August. Bloomberg are reporting a source as saying the escrow payment will be completed within a day.
As part of the agreement to get the ban lifted ZTE have sacked their entire board and appointed a new chairman and paid a massive US$1.3 billion dollar fine. They still also need to appoint a compliance monitor to oversee the running of the company to ensure there is no further indiscretions.
The US Commerce Department has released a statement that said:
Once the monitor is selected and brought on board, the three-pronged compliance regime — the new 10-year suspended denial order, the $400 million escrow, and the monitor — will be in place. The ZTE settlement represents the toughest penalty and strictest compliance regime the Department has ever imposed in such a case. It will deter future bad actors and ensure the Department is able to protect the United States from those that would do us harm.
It has been estimated that the ban has cost ZTE over US$3 billion in losses, not including the fines imposed. At least after the ban is lifted they can begin operations and go back to trying to win business back.
Of course there is still the Bill heading through Congress that seeks to reinstate the block on ZTE operations in the US. While that is not law just yet, negotiations around it will begin the week but it is hopeful that the concerns over ZTE’s relationship with the Chinese government and possible security issues will also be weighed up with efforts to get them back into business.
We hope that ZTE do make it back into and remain in operation in the US. The smartphone market is too small as it is so to lose one would mean less choice for consumers.
Source: Bloomberg.
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Posted on September 11, 2020 November 20, 2020 by joel.pfahler@athletesinaction.org
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In response to ongoing concern and public outrage over players kneeling during the national anthem, the NFL announced today that all players on the field must henceforth stand while it is played. Players now have the option of staying in the locker room during the anthem without penalty, but teams will be subject to a fine should any player on the field diverge from standing. As expected—and as has been the case since Colin Kaepernick first knelt before a game in September 2016—reaction is both heated and extreme, revealing many layers of emotional history for everyone participating and watching.
This piece was first published in September 2017 in an effort to answer the question, “Why is this happening?” Like today’s decision, it was also met with extreme reaction, ranging quite literally from “This is the best thing I’ve read on the subject yet,” to suggestions that “The author should burn in hell.” Ironically, rather than take sides, this essay attempted to bring understanding between the extremes. Whether it succeeded or failed, in light of the NFL’s most recent decision, we still think its central arguments remain worthy of consideration and discussion. Read and judge for yourself. (Updated May 23, 2018)
As the pre-game kneeling drama continues on, the conversations taking place around the gestures grow more disturbing every day. The protests themselves will eventually fade, but the lack of understanding on both sides may not. That’s concerning.
Our national inability to have civil discourse around difficult subjects is alarming. While there’s no shortage of anger to go around, patience and a willingness to empathize seem scarcer by the day, making genuine communication and actual learning rare in the midst of the nasty rhetoric. People are upset on all sides—and rightfully so—and they are more than prepared to let everyone know about it.
Scrolling through social media rants by both Christian and non-Christian friends, it’s disturbing how little historical perspective we bring to discussions on behalf of the people with whom we disagree. Everything is knee-jerk and visceral, self-centered and myopic. Very little that gets exchanged is helpful, even less brings healing.
Regarding Christians, it’s surprising how little actual discussion and debate exists on social media around Biblical ideas like “justice,” “humanity in the image of God,” “reconciliation”—even “grace”—all themes begging for engagement as each new round of players kneel. Instead, a glut of posts involve hurling insults back and forth in a way that’s hardly befitting those destined for another kingdom.
We don’t seem much interested in learning or growing anymore and that’s disappointing.
Many struggle with accepting that a symbol can mean different things to different people at the same time. In particular, there seems to be an historical gap regarding the African-American experience and why they might view the national anthem, the flag, law enforcement, and perceptions of justice through a very different lens.
I assume this gap exists mostly for White folks, who inherently own the option of not paying attention to that history unless it’s forced upon them. But if a person genuinely wants to understand what’s going on beyond the immediate offense of the Sunday afternoon kneeling, engaging that history becomes a necessary place to start.
If you already have your thinking solidified regarding the players kneeling and feel there’s nothing more to learn or think about the issue, then this essay won’t be helpful.
But if you choose to continue, know in advance that this will not be an easy read. It is neither short nor comfortable, but in tracing several historical yet ignored realities, what follows may add perspective to your future conversations.
I came across two gut-stirring conceptions of the flag recently, both with disturbing but important implications for all of us.
The picture above is a mash-up by Cleveland.com editorial cartoonist Jeff Darcy. Darcy juxtaposed an iconic, emotionally charged black and white symbol of American sacrifice—the flag being raised victoriously by soldiers into the bloodstained terrain of Iwo Jima—with an almost cartoonish, irreverent looking color shot of a player kneeling comfortably in their shadow.
After chiding players for turning their stage into a political performance, Darcy wrote,
“Americans stand for the national anthem and the flying of the flag to honor what they represent, the highest ideals of the nation and those who fought and died for those ideals.
The anthem and flag, that the players are slighting, represents the best of what this nation stands and hopes for. They do not represent the societal failures the players are protesting.
The flag’s stripes are white, to symbolize purity, and red, to symbolize the valor of those who shed blood and gave their lives for the players right to protest freely. Given what it cost, that right should be practiced wisely and appropriately to honor the sacrifices that made it possible.” (italics added)
The contrast is alarming and should illustrate to anyone shrugging their shoulders at players kneeling that against this backdrop, folks who fought have good reason to be offended.
Curiously, in explaining the meaning behind the flag’s colors, Darcy left out blue, a color purposely included in the flag to represent vigilance, perseverance, and justice. But he argues that the anthem and flag “represent the best of what this nation stands and hopes for” and that “they do not represent the societal failures the players are protesting.”
Many people wholeheartedly agree with Darcy on this point. If you don’t, before offering resistance to the message he’s communicating, take time to at least appreciate it. Many years of emotional narrative lie behind images like the one above for every American—regardless of racial heritage. Pause long enough to let it sink in.
But after pausing, recognize that for many others the anthem and flag actually _do_ represent the societal failures the players are protesting. What if the kneeling players targeted the anthem moment precisely because they believe it should “represent the best of what this nation stands and hopes for,” but many elements of their experience suggest that it’s still not happening?
Contrast Darcy’s framing of the flag with this one.
This is “The New Age of Slavery”, a painting by Washington, D.C., artist Patrick Campbell. Campbell painted it in response to Eric Garner’s 2014 death. Garner is the NYC man who resisted being arrested for selling loose cigarettes, then wound up dead after a police chokehold triggered asthma and heart failure as he plead with officers that he couldn’t breathe. None of the officers were charged, including the one administering the illegal chokehold that took him to the ground.
Note the seven bodies being lynched in the red stripes—including a young child—blood from their bodies staining each band. Note the broken stars, surrounded by humans pointing guns down at folks on their knees begging for mercy.
“I agree that my flag is disrespectful but it’s grounded on hard truths,” Campbell said. Not the “truth” of one man dying—although that would be tragic, it seems a singular death could hardly elicit such a dramatic painting—but rather the deaths of thousands of Black men over 400 years at the hands of people with power. He traced the motive for his painting across centuries—and continents.
“I was tired of the deaths of one ethnicity, especially coming from a people who are supposed to protect us from crime and keep us safe. The art piece is connected by truth, past and present, hoping that these instances won’t happen again in the future…It’s not just happening in the states but all around the world. History talks about African American and other ethnicities getting killed, being sold into slavery, etc. I just had enough of history essentially repeating itself, hence, ‘The New Age of Slavery.’”
Campbell’s flag is disturbing, grotesque, offending. Darcy’s flag is proud, noble, offended. How can men living in the same cultural moment have such divergent views of the same flag?
“How” has both a complex yet simple explanation: their conceptualizations have completely different histories in mind.
Most people shouting back and forth at each other—whether Black or White—seem to genuinely understand why the player protests are offensive in the context of the anthem.
But it’s equally apparent that a lack of knowledge exists concerning the Black experience in America among those who are unable to see the point of their protest in the first place.
“Why are they doing this? How can they be so disrespectful? Why won’t they just play their game and leave politics out of it?” These are the gentler versions of anger we’ve read thousands of times on social media. As these reactions continue to pile up, if we actually want answers to those questions, a slice of Black American history could help fill the vacuum in understanding.
Everyone—including the protestors themselves—seems to comprehend Darcy’s flag, but far fewer seem to have categories for Campbell’s. Why do Black folks have such a problem with law enforcement? What is their issue with the flag? Why “protest” anything at all?
What you’re seeing on the field before these games is not just about the last few years—it’s about the last 400.
If you find yourself aghast at the players kneeling during the anthem or if you conclude the police have “just been doing their job” in every one of the Black deaths the past few years, interaction with this extended and gruesome compilation regarding the history of lynching in America might help you understand a broader context for current manifestations of Black outrage.
Take some time to scroll through that link. (Don’t do it before a meal or with young kids around.) Make sure to learn about Jesse Washington. Bennie Simmons. Henry Smith. Laura Nelson. Meditate on the pictures of them hanging grotesquely from trees and bridges and local landmarks in the towns they called home.
Across centuries we find American law enforcement incriminated not only for what they’ve done regarding Black people, but even more often for what they have not done.
Acquaint yourself with Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy beaten, eye gouged out, shot in the head, thrown in the Tallahatchie River weighed down by a cotton gin fan tied around his neck with a barbed wire. Take in the view of his face people saw at his funeral. He was allegedly guilty of whistling at a White woman.
Law enforcement allowed the two men who did it to walk free. That happened in 1955, when you or your parents or your grandparents were alive and could read about it in the newspaper. It’s not that long ago.
In Without Sanctuary, historian Leon F. Litwack writes about the postcard industry that rose up in the early 1900s around the spectacle of public lynching. Think about the sentence you just read.
Then take your time reading this disturbing paragraph.
“The photographs stretch our credulity, even numb our mind and senses to the full extent of the horror, but they must be examined if we are to understand how normal men and women could live with, participate in, and defend such atrocities, even reinterpret them so they would not see themselves or be perceived as less than civilized. The men and women who tortured, dismembered, and murdered in this fashion understood perfectly well what they were doing and thought of themselves as perfectly normal human beings….What is most disturbing about these scenes is the discovery that the perpetrators of the crimes were ordinary people, not so different from ourselves—merchants, farmers, laborers, machine operators, teachers, doctors, lawyers, policemen, students; they were family men and women, good churchgoing folk who came to believe that keeping black people in their place was nothing less than pest control, a way of combating an epidemic or virus that if not checked would be detrimental to the health and security of the community.”
Black lives did not matter as police and law enforcement stood idly by while vigilantes hung more than 5000 Black bodies from post-Civil War trees across the country then took pictures of them to sell. They did not matter one hundred years after the Civil War ended, as Black lives were ruthlessly kept from society at every level and lynched—both literally and figuratively—every day across the country.
Reasoning now that most cops are “good guys who are doing difficult jobs”—while true—is a convenience essentially unavailable to the educated Black person. For literally hundreds of years in this country, law enforcement actually supported the inhumane treatment of African-Americans—not as an exception but as a rule. That’s not a politically slanted opinion. It is an historically supported fact.
Your African-American friends and their parents draw on this history whenever something negative happens with police. So do the Black players who are kneeling.
People keep asking me what I think of the players kneeling before games. On behalf of my Grandfather and uncles who fought and bled in past wars for the opportunities I now get to take for granted, there can only be one right answer: It’s wrong.
But limiting our interactions with one another to what _we_ think about their demonstrations is also wrong and misses the point.
Of course it’s wrong. Of course players shouldn’t kneel during the national anthem. That’s the intention of the action—doing something that shouldn’t be done in order to get people’s attention. The purpose of a protest is to disturb the normal order, to disrupt in an effort to catch people’s focus and concern, especially those who have not responded to other, less offensive means of alert.
It sounds ignorant to just keep pointing out how wrong their behavior is without ever transitioning to really struggling with why they’re doing it. They are purposely doing something wrong. Why?
History repeatedly shows—and it has shown again in this case—that talking about injustice rarely works until somehow those with power feel or at least empathize with the pain.
We should be asking these questions until we acquire understanding: What are these men or the people they represent experiencing that would cause them to do such a socially unacceptable thing? What are they begging us to see with these offensive acts?
Disrupting people’s sense of ceremonial rhythm is cold water in the face, a taser to the ribs, smelling salts up the nose. It shouts, “WAKE UP! We need your help!! If things don’t change we’ll be forced to do something more drastic.”
But when the post-protest discussion becomes entirely about cold water, tasers, and smelling salts instead of the injustice prompting those actions in the first place, we wind up spinning in circles and arguing among ourselves about secondary issues.
One of the pivotal moments in the foundation of this country involved our European ancestors boarding boats and illegally pouring an entire shipment of English tea into the Boston Harbor, a disrespectful, insulting offense that had both symbolic and financial significance for the King of England whose attention they sought.
The protesters didn’t have an issue with tea. They had an issue with what it represented (taxation without representation) and concluded among themselves that the only way to finally get the King’s attention would be to “disrespect” the very symbol that represented their concern.
Assuredly, there were British citizens who argued for weeks after the protest occurred, debating among themselves over “Those uppity dissenters and their hatred for tea!” and “What kinds of tea could justly and perhaps even deservedly be thrown into a harbor” and “Knowing how much tea means to us as a people, how dare they desecrate the tea,” etc. While those conversations may have been interesting, they missed the point entirely.
The King understood accurately, however, and translated their desire for just representation into an act of war. We all know how that turned out.
Ironically, the very flag now in question was itself constructed and first flown as a symbol representing the success of their protest, a testimony to the just cause of their rebellion.
But when the flag first hung proudly above government buildings and outside the homes of its citizens starting in the late 1700s, it didn’t even have people of color in mind. In fact, the flag hung for ninety years in this country while people brought from Africa worked as slaves under its symbolic stars and stripes.
Then, for the next hundred years after the Civil War, Black folks in this country were still forced to scratch and claw their way into White consciousness, pleading with people in power to acknowledge that the flag’s promises should include them, too. That pleading fell upon deaf ears decade after decade, until various forms of “offensive” civil protest finally captured people’s imaginations.
An act of protest is supposed to offend, and Black folks throughout our history have been left with little choice but to offend norms or they’d still be without basic civil rights. Remember?
It’s offensive to the norm when a person sits in a seat on a bus they aren’t supposed to sit in because they are Black.
It’s offensive to the norm when a person sits at a lunch counter they aren’t supposed to sit at because they are Black.
It’s offensive to the norm when a person moves into a neighborhood they aren’t supposed to move into because they are Black.
It’s offensive to the norm when a person enters a school building they aren’t supposed to walk into because they are Black.
But each of those offenses—acts of disrespect toward the current symbolic order of the time—brought change. If not for those offensive disruptions, we’d still be living in a completely segregated society.
We should fear that far too many people raging today on social media and network airwaves would be fine with that arrangement—even within the Church—and that is a tragedy. We should fear that the current uproar isn’t really so much about the flag as it is a reaction to disruptive, justice-seeking Blacks—even if they’re also millionaire athletes—who need to be kept in their place.
That’s our chronicled history as a nation, a shameful weight that continues to cloud current events—regardless of how far we’ve come on our collective journey.
Now that we’re all being made to think about it, don’t be amazed that Black people are kneeling during the national anthem. Rather, be amazed that they’ve so willingly stood when for decades they were forcefully denied experiencing the very ideals it represents. Though much has changed in the last 60 years, we can easily argue that nothing would have changed apart from disruptive, offensive protest on the part of those whose voices were easiest to ignore at the time.
Consider too that the player protest isn’t really about the flag—it’s about you. It’s about me. It’s about people who proudly sing “Oh, say can you see,” but then show with every Facebook rant against the players that they either can’t or won’t.
Like the original makers of the flag whose protest wasn’t really about tea but about a king who ignored issues of justice related to the tea, these athlete-protesters aren’t against nylon and stitching and certainly aren’t against what the flag represents. They are against people who desecrate the ideals of the flag by selectively ignoring the purpose and meaning of the blue that surrounds its 50 stars: justice for all.
Let’s move beyond marveling and hyperventilating at the insult of their action and start redirecting that energy toward asking more personal questions: What am I missing in my own education regarding the issues being discussed? What has the Black experience in America been and why does it matter today? Why are people within the same Christian faith arguing against one another primarily from political positions instead of theological ones? What does “justice” mean and look like in God’s economy related to the issues being discussed?
“I don’t believe in the supernatural, but if there were a devil, he would be laughing his head off right now as we all whip ourselves into a murderous frenzy against each other,” said cultural critic Robert Tracinski.
How then should people who _do_ believe in a devil respond to all that’s going on?
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Former Pro Football Player Kyle Queiro Gets Dragged and Apologizes After Questioning If Jill Scott Is Attractive, Singer Seemingly Responds
Posted byBy Chantel Rusher | July 13, 2020 CommentsComments (0)
Former NFL and XFL linebacker Kyle Queiro issued an apology to Jill Scott for seemingly questioning why the singer-songwriter is thought to be a sex symbol. On the night of Friday, July 10, the 25-year-old athlete asked in a now-deleted tweet: “People are attracted to JILL SCOTT!? And by no means is she ugly, but ya’ll really sexually aroused by her?”
Fans instantly jumped to the “Golden” singer’s defense, expressing that they believed Scott is attractive. “She’s actually f-cking beautiful,” someone said. Another person asked: Who is this🤡?” Other people accused the former Dallas Cowboys player of fat-shaming the actress. “Wow!! How TF dare he!!! Let me guess? He only date “exotic” skinny tra-ps?!🙄🤡🙄.”
Kyle Queiro seemingly questions why Jill Scott is a sex symbol. @Kyles_Style/Twitter
Shortly after he received backlash from fans, Queiro admitted in a now-deleted tweet that his message was “poorly worded and conveyed”. By the evening of Saturday, July 11, the New Jersey native shared an extensive apology on Twitter and implied that he did not intend to make anyone feel like their appearance was not good enough.
“First and foremost, I would like to to apologize to Miss Jill Scott,” he started. “The topic of your beauty should not have been shared over social media for public discourse. There’s truly no excuses or explanations to be made. My comments were distasteful and unbecoming of a Black man to speak negatively of a Black woman under any circumstance.”
Kyle Queiro apologizes to Jill Scott in a lengthy Twitter post. (Photo): @Kyles_Style/Twitter
“Second, I would like to apologize to all of those who were also offended by my post. I’m aware of the layers of hurt I peeled back with my words. I had no intention to make people feel less than, but that’s simply not good enough. Intention doesn’t equate to impact. I am aware of how much more important one’s impact is than their intention. Knowing this, I still offended a large number of people and for that I am deeply sorry.”
Kyle Queiro and Jill Scott. (Photos: @kyles.style/Instagram, @missjillscott/Instagram
Queiro concluded his message by explaining that he would use his platform to promote “positivity and empowerment within our community” and then praised Scott for shedding light on the injustices in the nation.
The apology came after the Philadelphia native noticed she was a hot topic on Twitter and responded to his message by speaking out against racial injustice and crimes against Black women.
Jill Scott seemingly responds to Kyle Queiro for questioning her appearance. @missjillscott/Twitter
“Wait…I’m was trending again??? Ok then-JUSTICE for Breonna Taylor!!! Justice for Oluwatoyin Salau!!!! Justice for Sandra Bland!!!!! Loving ourselves and each other is respectful and uplifting; supportive. EYES ON THE PRIZE, LOVE VILLAGE, EYES ON THE PRIZE” she wrote in July 11 tweet.
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Amit Rawal
To Apple, with love!
Today, I feel I’m home. But I wandered for a long time and traveled really far to get here.
Circa October 2004, Atlanta, GA — my love affair with Apple started when I held my first iPod in my hands. The simplicity of its design and purity of its aesthetics were captivating. While at school, I saved up $300 from my summer internship to acquire this prized possession. With up to 5000 songs in my pocket, the possibilities seemed endless and the world, a tad bit better.
Over the next decade, with every new Apple product that I used and the stories I heard about its obsession with details, even those details that no one would ever see, my world-view of “how to create products that deliver joy” was formed, through Apple’s lens. …
Peloton x Beyonce: Will Peloton follow Netflix’s playbook?
Original Source: Peloton.com
Last week Peloton grabbed headlines after partnering with Beyonce on a multiyear deal that will include a curated series of themed workouts across all categories offered on the Peloton app, including cycling, running, strength, boot camp, yoga, and meditation. As a result, the Shares of Peloton surged 8 percent on Tuesday after the partnership announcement. In other words, Peloton’s market cap went up $2.5 billion in 3 hours of announcing the deal with Beyoncé.
“Music is a core part of the Peloton business model and is responsible for much of the brand’s swift success,” said NMPA President and CEO David Israelite said in a statement. “Thousands of exclusive videos and playlists are a major reason hundreds of thousands of people have purchased Peloton products.” True? This may be a bit of a stretch but it is undeniable that music is an integrated part of the business of a company that in my view is more of a content business than a hardware business. …
Published in The Startup
What Drives Apple’s Innovation Engine?
How to design an organization for continuous innovation
Over the last decade, I have held roles with complete P&L ownership of a business unit, as a result often believed that greater end-to-end control led to more effectiveness. This of course refers to conventional management wisdom, where business units are run as independent divisions, and GMs have complete accountability and control of the business. I was a staunch believer in the absoluteness of this model, until now.
What changed? I came across this HBR article that presents a case study of an ‘unconventional’ model that Apple has used so effectively to drive innovation. It quotes:
“Apple is not a company where general managers oversee managers; rather, it is a company where experts lead experts”. …
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Why are we swimming in dashboards but deprived of insights?
The Future of Analytics
Augmented, Personalized and Omnichannel
Image credit: Anahat Rawal
“It’s very straightforward. I want to push a button and get a ride. That’s what it’s about.” Travis Kalanick, Uber co-founder
This very statement represents the most basic need of human beings — to make things easy for us — the desire to improve our efficiency has been the single biggest driver of our progress as a race. So naturally, when Uber came out, it was an instant hit with the users. …
·Jun 10, 2020
The Future of Grocery Retail
Five strategies retailers can use to deliver joy to customers
·May 13, 2020
Is Peloton’s economic moat defensible?
The path to sustainable growth post-COVID-economy
Source: Peloton
Some people argue that Pelaton is Apple (HW), Tesla (DTC), and Netflix (Content) combined into one company. While it doesn’t match the scale of any of these iconic brands, it is certainly matching them in their early growth rates. Peloton recently released its Quarterly numbers, and as expected, the demand for its bikes and subscription service exploded in the Corona economy. I will split this write-up into 3 parts: Signals, Analysis, and Predictions.
Personalization Playbook: A Practitioner’s Perspective
Personalization Playbook — Copyright: Amit Rawal
Personalization: one of the most talked-about ‘levers’ of customer experience that can unlock billions of dollars of value for retailers. But how many retailers can do true one-to-one personalization at scale? Very few, if at all.
The simple answer is that it is extremely hard. So, if you are in limbo thinking about personalization and need a stepwise playbook, here’s one that I used to build such a capability.
The Playbook:
1. Create Vision and Alignment
The value and definition of Personalization are not very well understood within an organization. Digital marketing feels it’s about sending targeted campaigns; the Visual Merchandising team thinks it’s about showing relevant products to consumers, and the Product team thinks its about running experiments and optimizing the UI/UX. …
How COVID-19 is changing Hollywood forever
Source: Dreamworks
For a movie buff like me, going to the movie theatre every weekend has been a ritual. But increasingly, I’ve enjoyed the movie-watching experience at home — plus, I don’t get sucked into eating unhealthy treats that I usually do at the theatre 😅. This made me wish that new movies be released on digital platforms at the same time as they did in theatres. My wish has just come true.
For years, the Hollywood machinery has been trying hard to resist this change. First, NATO (National Association of Theatre Owners) refused to release movies in theatres as Netflix, Amazon, and other streaming services broke the industry’s traditional theatrical window of 72–90 days. Second, even the Academy made sure that movies that were released online were not eligible for Oscar nomination unless they had been running in a Los Angeles theatre for at least a week. …
·Apr 30, 2020
How to make your AI applications ready for prime time
Machine learning led applications for use in real-world settings
How deeply do you think about the real-world environments in which you will be deploying your AI applications?
A few of us at Stanford did a study on Google’s AI ambitions in healthcare and the detection of “diabetic retinopathy” emerged as a successful case study. But now it seems that success was limited to the lab and that Google has had challenges in making it work in the real world.
In countries like India and Thailand, the number of diabetes cases is significantly more than there are doctors to test and detect early signs of diabetic retinopathy, which if left unchecked can lead to blindness. The tool that Google built can be a boon for such countries in effectively managing this condition. …
What I Learned from an Olympic Goal Medalist about Goal Setting & Mindset
Tips, tricks, and mental hacks
Source: Airbnb Online Experiences
Just as many of you, I have struggled to adjust to the new working environment. It’s been hard to be productive given all the distractions and fears. In my quest to find ways to improve my focus and enhance my productivity, I came across this amazing new online experience that Airbnb just started.
One such experience was “Goal Setting with an Olympic Goal Medalist” with Breeja Larson and I said, “wait, what?” I have an opportunity to learn the techniques she used to become a world champion? All for $40. That’s a no-brainer. …
On a mission to connect the dots amongst data, emotions & randomness. Love using tech and data to deliver joy. Currently at Stanford chasing the next big thing.
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Andrea Feczko
TV Host, Writer, Producer
Here’s The New Demo Reel!
This has been a long time coming!
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the date on my last demo reel: 2015. Really?! Wow! The past few years have been an absolute whirlwind.
I have been so fortunate to have been working essentially non-stop since 2015. After leaving The QYOU as Senior Producer and Host, I was traveling sometimes twice a week for Major League Soccer and TV Land’s 100 Best Places. Oh, and I also was still doing the Ultra Live Streams around the world. Then, the call came. The call I never thought would actually happen: I was going to host a network travel show called Vacation Creation. Over 70 episodes later, I am still pinching myself that I have had this opportunity in my life.
But I will say, watching 70 episodes of Vacation Creation alone – not counting all the other work I did since 2015- has 100% caused my eyes to bleed. This was a crazy, hard demo reel to edit, but I am really proud of my work. I hope you have as much fun watching as I did filming it!
We Won Three Telly Awards!
It’s the 40th anniversary of The Telly Awards and Vacation Creation walked away with three awards! It’s fitting as we are in Season 3 of Vacation Creation.
If you’re not familiar, The Telly Awards celebrates the best work created in television across all screens. We won in the Children, Education, and Travel/Tourism categories. If I must say, I think it’s well deserved. 😉 A travel show is always incredibly difficult to produce, because of all the moving parts and logistics, and this team is absolutely amazing. Congrats to everyone who has worked so hard on this show- you deserve it!
Big News: I Am The Solo Host of Vacation Creation
After more than two years as a co-host, I am now hosting Vacation Creation by myself!
This is only for a short period of time, but I have had so much fun filming these episodes. I am really grateful to everyone who supported me and gave me this opportunity to carry the show!
7 Must Have Items for a Cruise
Who knew traveling on water could come with a whole different set of accessories to pack? Well, obviously you do now! After spending 8 months a year on a cruise ship with Vacation Creation, I can now proudly say I’m a professional cruiser and here are my 7 must have items that I never get on a ship without!
Vacation Creation Season 2 Premieres!
Yay!! It’s finally here!
Vacation Creation is back for another season. It’s bigger and better- and on a new network! We’ve moved to ABC, which is a huge move for our show!
This first episode really meant a lot to us. There was an “a-ha” moment that something was very different this season. Our goal with Vacation Creation is to take deserving people on a vacation of a lifetime- it’s a way to speed up karma, if you will. We want to show them a good time, but this season we go a bit further into helping heal the families.
The Bowlick family had been through a near death experience and they were still recovering from it. We took them to an eagle rescue sanctuary in Alaska where we would help release once-injured eagles back into the wild. The parallel between the eagles and the family was not lost. As they released one of the eagles back into the wild, there was not a dry eye in the place- including mine. It circled back around to almost say “thank you” and take in the moment – and then it was gone. There is really something special about being in nature, being with animals, and being in the moment that touches your soul.
We have many moments like that throughout the season. I hope you guys like this first episode in Alaska and continue to stay tuned!
Vacation Creation is syndicated, so use this handy dandy link to find out when it’s airing around you: http://bit.ly/LWASchedule
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Andrew’s Catering
Andrew's Downtown
Andrew's Downtown 228 S. Adams Street (850) 222-3444
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Andrew’s celebrates 45 years on the corner of Adams and Jefferson in the heart of downtown Tallahassee.
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Andrew’s is in the business of serving our community and making memories through the love of delicious food and warm hospitality. For over 40 years, Andrew’s has delighted guests in downtown Tallahassee and at thousands of custom catering events throughout the region. Today, Andrew’s is better than ever in the Capital City. Come make memories with us.
Andrew's Catering
Whether it is a rehearsal dinner, wedding reception, birthday party or corporate meeting, our experienced staff will guide you in the right direction to make choices that fit your style and budget. Andrew’s Catering focuses on the details of every event allowing you to relax and enjoy your special occasion.
We’ve got exciting news coming soon! Please call 850-644-2767 or [email protected] with questions about our available event space. Stay tuned.
Andrew’s is a great venue for birthday parties, bridal brunches and office gatherings. Andrew’s has a long tradition of hosting election night parties. In fact, Andy and staff believe that every candidate they have hosted for election has gone on to win his or her election!
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Why is a true diversity receiver required for professional performances?
Before choosing professional wireless receivers for live performances, please study the following issues:
Why signal drop-out and noise occurs during the usage of wireless microphone systems
How to prevent signal drop-out and noise problems in wireless microphone systems
Why signal drop-out and noise occurs during the usage of wireless microphone systems:
When the antenna of a receiver receives the direct signal from the transmitter, it also receives the indirect signal reflected by the surrounding environment at the same time. As these two signals are out-of-phase, the signal strength will be canceled out; when the signal strength is lower than the receiver’s muting threshold, then the output of the receiver will produce the signal drop-out and noise caused by the “dead point”. The weaker the signal, the greater the noise.
How to prevent signal drop-out and noise problems in wireless microphone systems:
Using Switching Diversity Receiving mode to resolve the reception problems:
In order to overcome the defect of the single antenna receiving signal drop-out and noise, the “Automatic Switching Diversity Receiving” design has been developed to solve these problems .The design employs two antennas set at different locations to receive the signal from one wireless microphone transmitter, which then automatically switches to the one which is receiving the stronger signal.
With this reception mode, when receiving weak signals, the improvement probability of signal drop-out is about five times higher than with a single antenna; while the signal intensity is increased about three times (10dB). The probability can be improved to about 45 times and there’s almost no signal drop-out in short operating distances. The higher the sensitivity of the receiver, the longer the reception distance and the less signal dropout and the noise will be lower when the signal strength drops close to the receiver’s muting threshold.
Switching Diversity Receiving Categories:
Using a single antenna to directly connect to the tuner is known as “Non-Diversity Receiving”, as shown in Figure 1. The Automatic Switching Diversity Receiving has two modes: “Dual Antenna Diversity Receiving” (Ant-Diversity) and “True Diversity Receiving” (True-Diversity).
Figure 1: Non-Diversity Receiving
Dual antenna diversity reception or “Predictive diversity reception” employs two antennas in different locations. A specially designed CPU control circuit automatically switches to the antenna which is receiving a stronger signal and connects its signal to the tuner. The output signal of the demodulator provides a control voltage to the CPU control unit to quickly determine whether to switch to the other antenna or not, in order to achieve the best antenna connection. This allows the receiver to always keep on the antenna which has the stronger signal, thus eliminating the signal drop-out and instability caused by the “dead point”. As shown in Figure 2.
Figure 2: Dual antenna diversity or called Predictive-Diversity Receiving
True-Diversity also employs two antennas in different locations connecting respectively to dual tuners which have the same characteristics. The output signals are demodulated from the tuner and connected to the comparator and switching circuit for fast switching to the stronger audio signal output. This receiving mode perfectly prevents the signal drop-out and instability caused by the receiving “dead point”. As shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3: True-Diversity Receiving
The advantages and disadvantages of Antenna Diversity and True-Diversity:
To lower cost, many wireless microphone manufacturers employ the dual-antenna diversity receiving design. Though two antennas are applied to prevent signal drop-out, the result is not ideal because only one tuner is used. Therefore, it will not perfectly resolve the signal drop-out and signal instability issue, especially under complex reception environments and when longer distance operation is required.
The True-Diversity receiving design utilizes two antennas connecting to two tuners respectively. The output signals from the demodulator are connected to the comparator, and its output signal is always switched immediately to the better quality signal. Although the cost of this true diversity receiving mode is greater, it improves the quality of signal reception, free from signal dropout and noise interference.
Select “True Diversity” receivers to ensure wireless microphone perfect sound quality!
The true diversity wireless receiver eliminates signal dropout and signal shift during performances. The choice of a “True Diversity” receiver meets the audio quality requirements of professionals. Although it is more expensive, it is the only choice for professional stage and live performances to ensure perfect sound quality!
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Lil Swang, Avonworth’s Breakthrough Artist?
By: Ally YovetichPosted on January 9, 2019 January 10, 2019
Freshman Neo Miller has been causing a lot of noise among Avonworth students ever since he released his first song as “Lil Swang” on SoundCloud.
The song was called “Bankrupt” and caused a lot of controversy, leading to its removal from his account.
His most statistically popular releases are “Luv the Hate” with 6,986 views and “Dennis The Menace” with 6,234 views.
Lil Swang’s header for SoundCloud, designed by his brother Jax Miller.
When Neo, or rather Lil Swang, first started up his SoundCloud and began to release songs there was a lot of commotion among students across all grades at Avonworth.
“Just me listening to music and loving music” Neo answered when asked how he started his career.
Neo was inspired to release his first song when other people began to support him and “all the hype from it.”
Neo said that he could see himself continuing to make music as he gets older, saying, “My voice will get [more mature] and I will make better lyrics.”
When asked what he thought about his brother making music, Junior Jax Miller responded, “I don’t have a problem with it. He does whatever makes him happy and it gives him more creativity. One day he’ll blow up.”
Lil Swang and his friends during the making of his first hit “Bankrupt”.
The students of Avonworth have varying opinions of Lil Swang, some being criticizing and some being uplifting.
One student, who requested to remain anonymous, stated, “It was funny at first but now it’s just really stupid.”
Senior Hayden Robinson said, “It’s stupid.”
Freshman Lois Bennett stated, “I don’t have a standpoint on it. People think its a joke but he takes it seriously.”
However, with all of the criticism Lil Swang receives, he also gets positive comments.
Junior Park Penrod said, “He’s lit.”
Mrs. Swaney stated, “Lil Swang is better than Drake.”
Neo Miller and his Lil Swang identity have made waves here at Avonworth, and you can often see people listening to his music in class.
We will end on a quote from Junior Josh Elm: “Neo is not worth the hype right now but if he masters his craft he can do great things in the future and potentially do great things for himself.”
Reporting done by Sarah McAdams, Josh Elm, Julia Libbon, & Ally Yovetich
Gaming Community Finds Voice
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82. When a sexual song comes on the radio
August 24, 2011 by Edwin C. 26 Comments
..And you’re around little kids, your grandparents, or your church friends.
Imagine an upbeat rhythm. Come on.. do it. Now after you can hear that in your mind, lightly shake your head to it. Oh yeah! Keep it going, O.K? Now think of words related to the following that we will be adding to your made-up beat (synonyms are preferred for this experiment):
Breasts, butt, bed, sexual intercourse
Then think of a one or two line story about getting ready for work (or any other every day thing), and make it rhyme. For example:
“Wakin’ up to my alarm, my shower do no harm”
Then combine by saying four of your random words, pause, and then continuing with “the line” repeating it three to seventy-five times, casually throwing in some of your random words. Congratulations, you are now a songwriter!
..uh..
Have you ever been listening to the radio around children when suddenly you hear
“Booty booty booty rockin’ everywhere!”?
Children might even like the beats of this music without having any idea about what they are listening to. And how about when your parents or grandparents ask “What did that song just say?” Of course you can’t say “Oh, mom, it said ‘booty is rocking everywhere.'” it just doesn’t sound right without the music. Have you ever read the lyrics of one of those songs without knowing what it sounds like? Haha! I recommend it for good laughs, or to intentionally feel uncomfortable/ashamed.
Someone out there HAS to have a story regarding a sexual song, please share!
Filed Under: Awkward Moments Tagged With: awkward, humor, life, Music, random, sex, thoughts
Yesss! I’m usually in the car with my mother. Or it’s on the radio at work. Cringe!
The Awkward List says
Same with me! Ahh!
TBM says
I hate when this happens. I blush very easily! It is such a giveaway that I am totally uncomfortable. The other day I was at the bus stop and this car was playing a rap song and it had a very sexual theme. I stood there staring ahead and tried not to look at the others waiting for the bus.
Pffffft… LOL!!!!
Megan DaGata says
When the 4 year old (now 5) started singing Get Low ooooor Blame it ooor Back It up…they you HAVE to consider that maybe you should change radio stations while in the car with the kiddos. Granny on the other hand…she may not like the KIND of music, she laughs at the lyrics. 😛
Some of these lyrics are so hard to believe.. seriously.. haha
Optimus the Ninja says
How about a sex scene during a movie… with the whole family.
PCC Advantage says
Oh my gosh, yes!! SO awkward!!! At least with the sexual songs on the radio, you can turn the volume down so your mom doesn’t hear it, but when you’re watching a movie with the fam and a sex scene starts up, everyone always starts shifting uncomfortably in their seats, someone will get up to get a soda, and everyone else is looking for the remote control to fast-forward the scene.
And that’s only if you’re watching one at home…when you’re in the theater, it’s the WORST! There’s nowhere to go and nothing you can do! It’s awful!!
VERY awkward!
mimosacafebakery says
Or even worse, the fake orgasm scene in “When Harry Met Sally”. My mom rushed in to ask me what the heck I was watching, then saw the screen. The silence afterwards…awkward.
my0wneyes says
I absolutely hate when that happens, and it seems to always happen when we are in the car. My daughters sing along and I immediately change the song, and I used to get so upset when their dad would blast hard core rap around them but they never paid any attention to those songs because there were no catchy beats, so of course my type of music, all the catchy beats in the world…my kids want to sing along to.
And also, being in the car is even more uncomfortable since you’re all strapped to your seats in there, no escape! Haha
Domestic Goddess in Training says
It is funny and a bit disturbing when my 7 year old sings some of the songs on the radio today.
A 7-year-old singing about a menage-a-trois is just wrong.
It also makes me laugh that on one song they bleep out the word “sex” and then in the next minute they leave in something like menage-a-trois. Really, if you are going to bleep out the word sex, can’t you bleep out a word that means sex with multiple people. Let’s get consistent or don’t worry about it at all.
Someone once showed me a video of a little girl and a little boy dancing to those songs, and they were doing all of those sex movements people do in the clubs nowadays.. JEEZ. Talk about disturbing..
Sandi Ormsby says
Ohhhh, I have a GREAT one for you. There is an old early 80’s rock song by artist Billy Squire. He had a big hit called STROKE. I’m sure you’ve heard it, as all guys for some reason (of ages) have. If you haven’t, trust me, you’ll now be intrigued.
It’s a great beat, and you can’t help but sing along…I had my then 4 year old daughter in the car and normally, I would have changed the channel but I knew she couldn’t understand what it was so I let it play, and actually turned it up a bit.
The FOLLOWING DAY, she comes into our bedroom, and she’s always singing a song and if she doesn’t know the words, she’ll make them up BUT she has an incredible knack for getting a tune/melody down…she started singing a song to Stroke. I recognized what she was doing and my husband is staring at her as she is getting some of the words right…
“What is that? I recognize that tune. What is she singing?”
I had to confess. Bill just looked at me “That’s great, hon.” And we both laughed! 🙂
Okay, just put it on and my daughter (now 5) came running into the room and has been dancing. That’s a bit disturbing. hahah!
**Down 10lbs in 2 weeks! Wahoo!
Oh yes, I know that song. Hahaha.. its awesome but so, agh! Its just awkward. Oh, the innocence of your daughter 🙂
ashleyjillian says
yup, super awkward.
DesiValentine says
Ludacris “What’s Your Fantasy” via iPod playlist on the house stereo, in the presence of my father-in-law and his 88 year old mother. Yes, I died six times.
I can imagine. WOW..
chunter says
This video is not safe for anyone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp5l4-sfFA
I think this subject is very similar to “The Talk,” if a child doesn’t really know what the lyrics mean, it’s completely harmless! I remember finding a record of Donna Summer’s “Love to Love You Baby” and having no earthly idea what the song meant, I just thought it sounded pretty if not for the moaning. Long before that, the music of Buddy Holly was going to send people straight to hell, we all know how that turned out. 😉
Have I ever changed tracks or channels because of my present company and I knew an F-bomb was incoming? Yes, usually as discreetly as deciding I didn’t want to hear the song in the first place.
I cannot believe that video!
I also forgot to mention the Heavy Metal “Devil Horns” which are sign language for “I love you.”
One more song that makes the point but is absolutely not safe for anyone and was deleted (its master tapes were destroyed) by a court order: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6gPSSYxex0
Me, my sis and her friends went out for a movie… I was 16 or 17 then and a very adult scene came up and I think its sole purpose in the movie was to cause me embarrassment. Being shy, I was already embarrassed and my cheeks were flaming… that was without my sisters friends all turning to stare at me. Imagine how I felt when they all turned to stare at me and I had no idea what to do… look away? Or keep watching? I just hope they didn’t notice all that blush!
Daniela says
wow, yes. I had just finished having dinner with my boyfriend and his mom. I was driving them home and we ran out of the things to say. After hours of forced conversation, I just didn’t feel coming up with another way to get the conversation going. So I turn the music on. Sure enough, Fucking Problems starts blaring from the speakers.
I LOVE BAD BITCHES THAT”S MY FUCKING PROBLEM AND YEAH I LIKE TO FUCK I GOT A FUCKING PROBLEM!
This is my boyfriend’s CD so obviously there is no way that he doesn’t have the explicit version.
The worst part is that my boyfriend thinks that any kind of talking inherently implies no awkwardness. He turns to his mom and goes, “Daniela knows all the lyrics to this song, show her”.
Well, she was not amused.
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Diverging Diamond Interchange - I-10: Houghton Road Traffic Interchange
Diverging Diamond Interchange
The Diverging Diamond interchange was first proposed in the U.S. by the University of Maryland in 2000. Following an intensive study of the design by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the first such intersection in the U.S. was completed in Springfield, MO in 2009.
How Diverging Diamonds Work
A DDI is a diamond interchange on which the two directions of traffic on the cross street (above or below the freeway) cross to the opposite side on both sides of the bridge at the freeway.
Vehicles are guided safely through the interchange using signals, signs and pavement markings.
Drivers moving from south to north through the interchange will first have the opportunity to make a free right onto eastbound I-10 using the far right lane. If they continue straight, they will approach a signal at the south crossover point. When the signal is green, vehicles will cross left onto the west side of the bridge over I-10. If they are in one of two left turn lanes, they will enter the ramp to westbound I-10 without waiting for a signal. If they wish to continue north on Houghton Road, they may continue through the interchange moving back to the right side of the road at the north crossover signal. Traveling from north to south will work the same, except in reverse.
Drivers on eastbound I-10 exiting at Houghton Road will either turn right onto southbound Houghton Road, similar to a traditional interchange. Or drivers will turn left at a signal onto the left side of Houghton Road to cross I-10. They will approach a signal at the north crossover point, and when the signal is green, they will switch to the right side of the road and continue north.
If you’re curious to see how a DDI works, watch this video from the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Recently IDOT constructed a DDI at I-88 and Route 59 near Chicago. This DDI’s design is similar to what is I-10 and Houghton Road.
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Brazilian firm in Dar recycling deal (The Citizen (Tanzania))
May 21, 2015 Governance
Dodoma. The government has expressed hope of making Dar es Salaam a dirt-free city after it entered into an agreement with a Brazilian company, Best Green Solution, to clean the region using a new recycling technology.
Deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (Regional Administration and Local Government), Mr Kassim Majaliwa, told the Parliament yesterday that the dumping site had already been prepared in Mkuranga District.
“Now, every trash is going to be turned into another useful product, there is no reason to expose piles of trash,” he said.
The decision to bring in the Brazilian company came after realising that the three municipalities in the region were overwhelmed by the burden of garbage collection.
Statistics show that the authorities in the city managed to collect only 2150 tonnes of trash out of 4200 tonnes produced every day.
Mr Majaliwa noted this after Bumbwini lawmaker Haji Ramadhani Salehe (CCM) wanted to know measures the government had taken to make the environment clean in the city.
Dar es Salaam currently holds the 12th position worldwide as the dirtiest city, according to the 2008 Forbes magazine report on the “25 Dirtiest Cities in The World.” In 2010, the city was ranked the eighth dirtiest, according to the international rating company NYC Partnership Consulting.
In the firm’s rating of the 30 dirtiest cities around the globe, Azerbaijan city of Baku was rated the dirtiest, followed by Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa (2nd), Mexico City (3rd), Argentina’s Buenos Aires
(4th) and Madagascar’s Antananarivo (5th).
The capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, was rated number 6, while
Nepal’s Kathmandu was on number 7, followed by Dar es Salaam.
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Home Culinary Herbs The Ultimate Guide to Grow Marjoram in Pots
The Ultimate Guide to Grow Marjoram in Pots
One of the most fantastic herbs for the kitchen, you can Grow Marjoram in Pots successfully and enjoy its fresh aromatic sprigs in your cuisines!
Marjoram, also widely known as the ‘Knotted Marjoram,’ is a perennial herb. It is sometimes confused with the herb oregano, but marjoram is different, both in its appearance and flavor. Its flower buds have a knot like appearance; thus, the name. The herb has a distinctive sweet and pungent aroma, making it a preferred choice for many Mediterranean delicacies. Let’s see how to Grow Marjoram in Pots.
Botanical Name: Origanum majorana
USDA Zones: 7 to 9
Type of Plant: Perennial plant of the mint family
Plant Form and Size: Oval looking foliage, growing up to 1 meter (3 feet) in height.
Soil pH: 4.9 to 8.7
How to Propagate Marjoram
The seeds of marjoram are very tiny and fine, making them difficult to handle individually. To grow the plant from seeds, sprinkle 5-10 seeds over the soil and cover them up with a very fine layer of multi-purpose compost. Cover the top 2/3 of the container with a cling film, ensuring it is not hindering the light. Place the container in an airy location with plenty of sunlight, at a temperature of around 21-25C (70-77 F). The seeds will germinate in about 8 days.
2. Cuttings and Layering
Marjoram grows relatively easy from cuttings and stem layering, especially in spring and early summers. Take marjoram cuttings in fall and grow them through winters. Weigh down the stems of the plant in the soil for layering; this will cause new roots to sprout. You can then divide the plants further.
You can divide the marjoram clump in the fall when it reaches its second season of growth. Using a sharp spade, divide the clump and cut them into mounds of about 8 inches from the edge, severing its root runners. Make sure that you are keeping the crown intact. If you have made a division in fall, do not divide the marjoram clumps again in spring, as it will hamper the growth of the plant.
Marjoram Varieties to Grow
Sweet marjoram (Origanum Majorana) is the most widely recognized form of marjoram, and you can easily find it at a store near you. It has a grey to green looking foliage and grows about 12 inches tall.
1. Pot Marjoram
Pot marjoram (Oreganum Onites) has white or pink flowers, and as the name suggests grows easily in pots. It has wide applications, thanks to its aromatic leaves. The pot marjoram has a much strong aroma than the sweet marjoram.
2. Wild Marjoram
Wild marjoram (Origanum Vulgare), also popularly known as oregano, has a strong flavor and smell. It only grows well in a hot climate with good air circulation. With purple, pink, and occasional white foliage with beautiful looking flowers; it attracts lots of bees and butterflies as well!
Choosing a Container
Choose a container that is at least 6 inches wide and has holes at the bottom for the water drain. Pick a one that has a depth of minimum 6-8 inches. Once your marjoram outgrows the current pot, you can transplant it into a new one.
Growing Marjoram Indoors
Growing marjoram indoors is relatively easy. As the plant is very drought-tolerant, this makes it a perfect choice for beginner herb gardeners. Keep it at a sunny windowsill or a balcony that gets plenty of air circulation and the plant will continue to thrive, giving you fresh marjoram leaves to add flavor to your food.
Requirements to Grow Marjoram in Pots
Plant marjoram in an area that gets full Sun. The plant also tolerates light shade as well, so you can put the plant in a balcony or near a window that gets ample sunlight. This will aid in the optimum development of the plant indoors.
2. Soil Preparation
Use a loose, well-drained soil. Though it grows well in neutral soil as well it is recommended to use soil with a pH of 6.7 to 7.0.
3. Watering
Water marjoram regularly until it establishes well in the pot. Once mature, water the plants only when the topsoil is dry. Do remember that constant moist soil causes marjoram to be less flavorful.
Marjoram Plant Care in Pots
1. Fertilizer
As marjoram is hardy, you don’t have to worry much about fertilizing the plant. However, if you do feel like feeding, using a half-strength, balanced fertilizer, after planting marjoram and then twice during the growing season.
2. Pruning
Start pruning the plant, when it reaches about 6 inches of height. Removing the spent flowers and leaves of the plant encourages the growth of new buds and also helps to enhance its flavor. Regular harvesting automatically prunes the plant.
Pinch or cut the flowers, right before they start to appear, using a pair of scissors or pruning shears. During warm/dry season or summers, you might have to prune the plant twice; once at the beginning and once, when the season ends.
For the marjoram growing in the garden, right after the first frost cut the plant to the ground. Marjoram usually goes dormant during this time and cutting its stems short, protects the plant in the winter season. Cover the stub after cutting, with a layer of mulch; about 5-inch soil, for added protection.
3. Mulching
Mulch the marjoram plant in warm weather to keep it safe from too much heat. Mulching also protects its roots.
Marjoram faces no significant pest problems. Though aphids and spider mites may attack the plant, they can be easily taken care of, by spraying a strong stream of water on the leaves.
Marjoram is also relatively safe when it comes to serious disease problems. If you have grown the plant in wet soil or weather, it may suffer from root rotting and might damp off.
Storing and Harvesting Marjoram
Marjoram is ready to harvest after sowing, in 60 days. Snipping leaves with a garden pruner or scissors is the best way to harvest it. Cut leaves as you need, once the plant reaches 6 inches in height or above. The flavor of marjoram intensifies in summers and hot weather. Regular harvesting will renew the plant’s growth. Do remember to harvest before it flowers to get the best taste. You can also extend the harvest by regularly removing the flowers.
1. Refrigeration
Keeping the leaves in a plastic bag helps them to remain fresh and retain their flavor for 3-4 days.
2. Drying
To keep the flavor intact, dry the leaves in a refrigerator. Spread fresh leaves on a baking sheet and cover them with a paper towel. You can also use an uncovered bowl to dry out the leaves. Stir the leaves daily and they will dry in about 3-7 days. Marjoram leaves can also be dried using a mesh bag by hanging them in a warm, dry, and a shaded place.
3. Storing
Once the leaves are dried, store them in an airtight container to retain their flavor for long.
Cooking with Marjoram
Marjoram is a key ingredient in Greek, Italian, and Middle Eastern dishes. It is also used fresh in salads, cheese, and oils. Thanks to its strong aroma, it is used to add a distinctive flavor in stews and while roasting meat. Wrap it in a cheesecloth or a bundle to use it as a ‘Bouquet Garni’ to greatly enhance the flavor of slow cooking dishes.
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Mouse and Positions #2 at Ranga Shankara
April 4th, 2008 @ 11:40 PM City,Culture,Entertainment,Events,Theatre
The First City Theatre Foundation, a Delhi-based group, is staging “Mouse” and “Positions #2” at Ranga Shankara today and tomorrow, the 5th of April, 2008, at 7.30pm.
(Publicity Design, Yashas Chandra)
Today’s show made it immediately apparent that we had a director, playwright (Neel Chaudhuri) and cast which are a force to reckon with.
The first play, “Mouse”, is a play about a “monologue without words”. The person who plays the character, “Mouse”, and the director, Maya Puri, interact and several issues are thrown up…powerful performances by Kriti Pant and Momo Ghosh. When an actor has a mask on, and yet manages to convey deep emotion so well, one is impressed.
(A scene from “Mouse”)
After a ten-minute break, we had six vignettes: sleepers awake, winter bliss, tilted, icing gun/disco ball, tadpoles, and lovers die.
These were true “slices of life”…humour, relationships, lust, the urban employer’s insensitivity towards domestic help…all of these were bound up in a deftly interwoven, yet independent pastiche of six stories, with true-to-life dialogue, that the actors delivered well. And the end of the last story brought us back to the opening of the first… a very well-written and complex piece, that I really admired.
(A scene from “Positions #2”)
The cast, apart from Momo Ghosh and Kriti Pant, comprised the equally talented Arunabha Deb and Atreyee Majumdar. There was a lot of Bengali dialogue in the tableaus, but nothing that the audience could not understand; but it was striking to see so many Bengali actors and the Bengali touches (“let’s go to Keventer’s and have a milk shake or something!”) in a theatre group that is from Delhi!
Fairly complex lighting by Rahul Rai, excellent music by Sama Grewal, good production values from Kuhu Tanvir, all added to the appeal of the plays.
Stage properties were stored right on stage; that was innovative, and they were quickly brought forward or taken to the background.
The brochure was also very well designed, and was very informative.
These plays are being staged as a tribute to J T M Gibson on his birth centenary, by the Mayo Association of Southern India, who, among various other achievements, was actively involved with theatre at Mayo College.
I have only one negative to record…2 hours and 20 minutes (including the intermission) is a very long stretch for the audience, and I do hope they all had transportation to get home at nearly 10pm….perhaps the time could be shortened a little.
Strongly recommended, even though tickets are Rs. 200 apiece! (English play ticket rates have shot up from Rs.100 to Rs.200 suddenly..surely too steep a change at one go.)
Contact 98860 25725 for tickets; the Ranga Shankara landline no. is 2659 2777.
anushsh on April 5th, 2008 @ 2:18 am
Lovely writeup.
sunil on April 5th, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
Nice writeup.
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Co-op Bank report reveals extraordinary picture of amateurism
The Guardian:
Sir Christopher Kelly’s report on the “sorry tale” of the multiple failings of the Co-op Bank contains no great factual revelations. But the forensically-recorded details of this “sorry tale” are devastating – as bad as feared. Any Co-op member or official doubting the need for a complete overhaul of how the movement is governed should read and digest the central message: the Co-op Bank and the Co-op Group were the authors of this “debacle.”
No senior figure at the Co-op emerges with credit. The Co-op conducted only “cursory” checks on the Britannia Building Society but the board deluded itself that a thorough job had been done. Nobody bothered to consider seriously that the Britannia’s collection of property loans fell outside the Co-op’s traditional appetite for risk. Capital forecasting and planning were “poor.” The bank board and executives were crossing their fingers and engaging in “unwarranted optimism” that an economic recovery would lift the value of the property assets.
Neville Richardson, the Britannia boss who became the Co-op Bank’s chief executive, told the Treasury Select Committee that when he left in 2011 the bank was in good condition. “The evidence that it was not is overwhelming,” says Kelly. Barry Tootell, who succeeded Richardson, “struggled in the role”.
As for Peter Marks, the group chief executive and driving force behind the pursuit of 631 Lloyds branches, “his relative lack of banking expertise, and his commitment to finding a way of making the transaction succeed, made a dangerous combination.” Paul Flowers, chairman of the Bank, “manifestly did not have appropriate experience” and, though the regulator did not object, he was the group board’s appointment.
Add it all up and the picture of amateurism, reinforced by lack of challenge from the boardroom, is extraordinary. Kelly takes a side-swipe at JP Morgan Cazenove, which advised on the Britannia deal, saying “it is not easy to understand” how it came to the view that the due diligence undertaken by KPMG “exceeded that normally undertaken for listed companies,” which is what the board minutes record the investment bank as having said. But Kelly concludes that “a more informed board might have been expected to probe these issues more carefully.” Quite.
In a rational world, Kelly’s report would have been followed by the resignations of all those directors who served in the critical 2009-2013 period (there’s still a few on the group board, including chair Ursula Lidbetter). This being the Co-op, the story instead moves on to 17 May and the vote on governance reform.
The Co-op is just another example of the conundrum about management vs. shareholders: what structure is required for effective oversight? In the past 20 years, I’m struck by the Coop’s sad decline vs John Lewis’s success.
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Heroes, Villains, Oddities and Minutia–The Forgotten History of the National Pastime
Baseball History Daily
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“Probably the Best Known bad man”
In 1908, Malcolm Wallace Bingay, the long-time writer for The Detroit News told of the “nervy ballplayers,” who were tough on the field but afraid of a “personal encounter,” while, ”There are some quiet ball players who play an ordinary game on the field who, when occasion demands, can show gamesmanship tom a degree that would surprise the average follower of the fighting business.”
Bingay named the current toughest man in baseball:
“Big John Anderson, now with Comiskey’s White Sox, as handsome a figure as there is in baseball, could, if he but cared, hold his own with most of the wrestlers in America. Not only this, but the big Swede, although naturally quiet, when thoroughly aroused, can put up a terrific battle. Among ball players he is probably the most respected man in the league when it comes to a personal mix-up. Anderson is a clever boxer, has a wicked punch in either hand and doesn’t seem to know what pain is when angry.
“Anderson is a physical culture crank. He is probably the most ideally built man in baseball. The grace with which he carries himself on the diamond is only brought out more clearly when he is boxing. And John doesn’t stop with the gloves. He is as wicked a rough-and-tumble fighter as one would care to run across.”
George Moriarty—then with the New York Highlanders—was, according to Bingay, “another bad man to bother.” Bingay said in 1907 in Chicago:
“(A) big fellow came from the bleachers. He hit the Yankee on the jaw and sent him staggering against the fence.
“’Moriarty seemed to come back like a piece of rubber,’ says (New York catcher) Ira Thomas, who saw the battle. ‘The fellow was far bigger than he, but Moriarty didn’t seem to care. Before the mob could get to him he had the man from the bleachers helpless.”
George Moriarty
Thomas said the New York players were concerned about getting Moriarty out of the ballpark past the large throng of White Sox fans, until the fans realized it was a Chicago native involved in the fight:
“’Going from the grounds there was fear of a riot, and about 200 big men were lined up near the gates as we passed out.’
‘”Is George Moriarty there/’ the leader yelled to me.’
“’He is,’ I said, ‘expecting a fight.’
“’Well, tell him that we’re from the South Side and don’t go back on the boys who come from here. Tell him we’ll fight for him if he needs help.’”
But, said Bingay:
“Probably the best-known bad man, when he wants to ne, in baseball is Bill (Kid) Gleason.”
Gleason was just 5’ 8” and weighed 160 pounds, but Bingay said he was “the biggest little man that ever stood in shoe leather.”
Kid Gleason
Despite his size:
“He has the strength of a giant and is as agile as a wild cat. Bill was the man who kept Kid Elberfeld playing good ball around Detroit. When the Kid wouldn’t behave himself, Bill would take him out back of the clubhouse and give him a thrashing.”
Jimmy Williams, the St. Louis Browns infielder, was, according to Bingay, “as quiet as any of them and yet he is as wicked a man when crossed as there is.”
Tigers pitcher Bill Donovan told Bingay a story about Williams when the two played together on the “all-American” team that barnstormed the West Coast during the off-season. There was a fan in one town who “was a giant in strength, always in an ugly mood, and always hunting for trouble.”
Donovan said:
“’Now Jimmy wasn’t hunting for trouble, understand. He was minding his own business when this chap got gay. Williams knew of his reputation but never hesitated. He gave the big duffer such a whipping that he begged for mercy. After that anybody in town could chase the bully up an alley. The citizens warmly thanked Jimmy for what he had done.’”
Bingay said the manager of the Tigers, was the opposite of the quiet players on the field who had no problem throwing a few punches:
“No man ever displayed more nerve on the ball field than Hughie Jennings, who for years was a league sensation. Yet, Jennings never had a fight in his life. He’s as peaceful as a Quaker off the field.”
Tags: Bill Donovan, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, George Moriarty, Hughie Jennings, Ira Thomas, Jimmy Williams, John Anderson, Kid Gleason, Malcolm Wallace Bingay, New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns
“It was Hard for me to get Used to Some of the Boneheads”
Most baseball writers and dozens of baseball figures caught the twenty greatest “fever” during 1911 and 1912.
After Frank Baker hit .375 with two home runs and five RBIs, leading the Philadelphia Athletics to their 1911 World Series victory over the New York Giants, Grantland Rice opined in The New York Mail:
“The twenty greatest ballplayers, picked exclusively for this column by John McGraw and the Giants—John Franklin Baker.”
The Washington Times said Germany Schaefer was asked to put his twenty greatest list together shortly after the end of his best season in 1911:
“Write ‘em out and send ‘em to me,’ the newspaperman suggested.
“Germany did. The list read as follows: ‘Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, Germany Schaefer, and Germany Schaefer.’”
The Philadelphia Record asked Connie Mack for his twenty greatest list, Mack refused but told the paper “if his life depended on any game of ball,” he would start Chief Bender:
“Do you know, Bender has never yet failed me in a crisis? Whenever there is a game that the fortunes of our club hinge on I’ve sent in the Chief and he has delivered every time.”
Billy Hamilton, who made a couple of the lists that circulated during 1911 and 1912, told The Boston Globe he was upset no one had named his former teammate Marty Bergen:
“Why, I can’t see how you can possibly leave him out…He and Buck Ewing were in a class by themselves among the men I have seen behind the bat. I have never seen anything like that snap throw of Martin’s, with the ball always on the runner.”
Wild Bill Donovan then put Bergen on the list he chose for The Detroit News:
Ed Walsh
Christy Mathewson
Duke Farrell
Marty Bergen
Hal Chase
Fred Tenney
Napoleon Lajoie
Jimmy Collins
Hughie Jennings
Herman Long
Bill Lange
Ed Delahanty
Willie Keeler
Fielder Jones
Donovan told the paper of Ed Walsh:
“If Walsh were worked about once in four days, instead of being asked to go in three times a week as often is the case now, I believe that he would be unbeatable.”
In lauding Farrell, his teammate in Brooklyn, Donovan took a swipe at many of the catchers he worked with during his career:
“The big Duke was a wonderfully heady man, and the only catcher who ever lived on whom it was impossible to work the hit and run game. Any time Duke called for a waste ball, you could bet your next paycheck that the runner was going to go down. After pitching to man of his intelligence it was hard for me to get used to some of the boneheads that I encountered later.”
One more list—attributed to several papers and sportswriters at the time—appeared first in The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times, and chronicled the “Twenty greatest blunders in baseball:”
As the craze was dying down, The Chicago Tribune said Ted Sullivan, the man who I credited with discovering Charles Comiskey—and Comiskey’s favorite scout, would put together “a list of the twenty greatest baseball actuaries of all time were he not a bit doubtful about the other nineteen.”
Tags: Bill Donovan, Billy Hamilton, Brooklyn Superbas, Buck Ewing, Charlie Comiskey, Chief Bender, Connie Mack, Duke Farrell, Ed Walsh, Frank Baker, German Schaefer, Grantland Rice, John McGraw, Marty Bergen, New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Ted Sullivan
“The Twenty Greatest Fever”
In November of 1911, an interviewer asked industrialist Andrew Carnegie to name the 20 greatest men of all time. Within days, Carnegie’s list was parsed and picked apart, and led to what The Chicago Daily News called “The twenty greatest fever.”
Lists of the twenty greatest everything appeared in papers across the country for the next year. Of course, the question was put to many baseball figures and led to a number of interesting lists and quotes.
One of the first to weigh in was Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey, in The Daily News:
Buck Ewing
King Kelly
Cap Anson
Charlie Ferguson
Fred Pfeffer
Jack Glasscock
Harry Lord
Charles Radbourn
Bobby Caruthers
Clark Griffith
Charles Comiskey
Comiskey said Eddie Collins, who would acquire for $50,000 three years later, was the best current player:
“He’s got it on all the others in the game today. I don’t know that a good lawyer went to waste, but do know that a mighty good ballplayer was found when Eddie decided to give up the technicalities of Blackstone for the intricacies of baseball. There isn’t much use saying anything about Connie Mack’s star, everybody knows he is a wonder as well as I do.”
Cy Young was asked by The Cleveland News to name his 20 greatest:
“I guess we’d have to make a place for old Amos Rusie, ‘Kid’ Nichols should be placed on the list too, ‘Kid’ forgot more baseball than 90 percent of us ever knew. And there was Bill Hutchinson, just about one of the greatest that ever lived. You can’t overlook Walter Johnson, and, by all means Ed Walsh must be there. The same applies to Mathewson. Then comes my old side partner, Bill Dinneen. Bill never was given half enough credit.”
Amos Rusie
Young rounded out the battery:
“I’d pick old Lou Criger first of all the catchers. George Gibson of the Pittsburgh team, to my way of thinking, stands with the leaders. Give the third place to Oscar Stanage of Detroit, and I feel safe in saying that I have chosen a really great catcher.”
Young said:
“Doping out the infields is comparatively easy. Without hesitation I would name Hal Chase, Eddie Collins, Nap Lajoie, Hans Wagner, Bobby Wallace, Jimmy Collins, Herman Long, and Charlie Wagner.”
Young said of his infield choices:
“You can’t get away from Bobby Wallace for a general all round gentlemanly player, he has never had a superior at shortstop unless that man was Honus Wagner. Maybe Johnny Evers is entitles to consideration, but I never say him play.”
As for his outfielders, Young said:
“Ty Cobb’s equal never lived, according to my way of thinking, and I doubt if we will ever have his superior. Say what they will about Cobb, but one who is true to himself must acknowledge his right to rank above all other players.
“I chose Cobb, Fred Clarke of Pittsburgh, Tris Speaker of Boston and Bill Lange for the outfield, and regret that the limitations prevent me from choosing Jim McAleer. McAleer was the best fielder I have ever seen. I say that with all due respect to Cobb and other competitors.
“Tris Speaker is a marvel, and only because of his playing at the same time as Cobb is he deprived of the honor of being the greatest outfielder…Many fans of today probably don’t remember Bill Lange. Take my word for it, he was a marvel. He could field, bat, and run bases with wonderful skill. No man ever had the fade-away slide better than Lange.”
The reporter from The News noticed that Young had, “chosen his twenty greatest players without mentioning his own great deeds,” and asked Young whether her felt he belonged on the list. Young said:
“Oh, I’ve heard a whole lot of stuff about myself as a player, but I was but ordinary when compared to the men I name as the greatest in the game.”
Cy Young
When Ty Cobb presented his list of the 20 greatest current American League players to The Detroit News, the paper noted his “Very becoming modesty” in leaving himself off of his list. Cobb’s picks were:
Bill Donovan
Walter Johnson
Jack Coombs
Vean Gregg
George Mullin
Billy Sullivan
Oscar Stanage
Ira Thomas
Jack Berry
Owen Bush
Sam Crawford
Clyde Milan
Tris Speaker
Cobb included Bobby Wallace, Russ Ford, and Heinie Wagner as honorable mentions.
More of the lists and quotes from “The twenty greatest fever,” on Thursday
Tags: Amos Rusie, Bill Dinneen, Bill Donovan, Bill Hutchinson, Billy Sullivan, Bobby Carruthers, Bobby Wallace, Buck Ewing, Cap Anson, Charles Radbourn, Charlie Comiskey, Charlie ferguson, Chicago White Sox, Christy Mathewson, Clark Griffith, Clyde Milan, Cy Young, Detroit Tigers, Ed Walsh, Eddie Collins, Fred Clarke, Fred Pfeffer, George Gibson, Hal Chase, Harry Lord, Heinie Wagner, Honus Wagner, Ira Thomas, Jack Coombs., Jack Glasscock, Joe Jackson, Kid Nichols, King Kelly, Lou Criger, Napoleon Lajoie, Oscar Stanage, Russell Ford, Tom McCarthy, Tris Speaker, Ty Cobb, Vean Gregg, Willie Keeler
“They Have Baseball ‘Rooting’ Down to a Science in Chicago”
The 1907 Chicago White Sox stayed in the American League pennant race all season, they were within one game of first place as late as September 24.
Eddie “Hotspur” McBride, the sports editor of The Buffalo Enquirer, credited some fans for the club’s success:
Eddie “Hotspur” McBride
“They have baseball ‘rooting’ down to a science in Chicago, according to baseball fans from other cities who have taken in games in the Windy City this year. In fact, they have their own poet laureate and every now and then he spiels off a few verses, has them printed by a committee appointed by the fans and the slips are passed through the grandstand, where at a signal they are sung in unison by the big crowds and many is the opposing pitcher on the White Sox grounds who has gone down to defeat unable to stand the awful shrieks of those singing fans.”
McBride said he received a “Dissertation on scientific rooting,” from the leaders of the singing fans “an attorney by the name of Cantwell,” and the “poet laureate,” a man named Robert Farrell:
“’A lot of rooters go to the park and just yell,’ said Cantwell. ‘They don’t know what they yell and they don’t know why they are yelling. They just yell because it’s customary to yell when you attend a baseball game.’”
Cantwell said:
“’That used to be the theory of rooting. But that isn’t effective rooting.’
“’Today’s rooting is a science.’
“’When you root you root because you want to gain some effect. For instance, you know the pitcher can be sent into the air. So you root to send him on his balloon ascension. But you can’t hope to do it by just exercising your lungs.’”
Cantwell offered “the most effective manner” for rooting:
“’Just yell one sentence at him for a long time. Keep it up. Don’t get discouraged if you don’t rattle him in the first inning.’
‘”If you’re a wise rooter you won’t expect to.’
“’Take (Ed) Siever of Detroit for instance. He’s a grand pitcher, an icicle, but can be sent on a balloon ascension. How? By yelling the same sentence at him time after time.
“’This is a good one to hand him: you can’t put it over. You can’t put it over.’
“’At first it doesn’t bother him. Inning after inning passes and he sticks to earth. But pretty soon it begins to worry him. You don’t yell another thing at him. All the time it’s just ‘You can’t put it over.’
“’Thousands are now yelling that sentence. It gets on his nerves. He begins to lose to control. The next thing you know he’s up in the air, you’ve got three or four runs and the game is won.’”
Ed Siever
Cantwell said the fans had gotten to Siever earlier in September:
“He was pitching in grand form. We conceived the idea of predicting.’
“’When he went into the box we yelled: ‘We’ll chase you in the fifth,’ He just smiled at us All the first inning we yelled nothing else…well, we were so persistent in it that finally it began to tell:’
“’In the fifth inning the Sox scored six runs, drove Siever from the box. Wild Bill Donovan finished the game which we lost, 9 to 6.”
Cantwell got a couple key details wrong—Siever lasted until the seventh in the September 3 game, although he did allow six runs in that inning, and he was relieved by George Mullin, not Donovan.
The Detroit Free Press said the group totals around 150 in total and was primarily comprised of employees of the Chicago Board of Trade.
McBride claimed that Charles Comiskey said the rooters were “worth ten games a season for the Sox.”
Cantwell told McBride:
“(T)he men in the stands can win every doubtful game.”
The rooters and the White Sox fell short, finishing in third place, five and a half games behind the champion Tigers.
Tags: American League, Bill Donovan, Charles Comiskey, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Ed Siever, Eddie McBride, George Mullin
“Frank Chance Stands Forth as the Biggest Individual Failure”
It was widely assumed that American League President “Ban” Johnson had a hand in the transactions that resulted in Frank Chance coming to New York to manage the Yankees in 1913—Chance was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds in November of 1912, then waived again and claimed by the Yankees a month later.
Ban Johnson
William A. Phelon, the sports editor at The Cincinnati Times-Star noted “(T)he strange fact that all the clubs in the older league permitted him to depart without putting in a claim,” as evidence of the fix being in. And, in “Ban Johnson: Czar of Baseball,” author Eugene Murdock said “Johnson masterminded a series of intricate maneuvers,” to bring “The Peerless leader” to New York.
Chance’s arrival in New York was heralded as a turning point for the franchise, and he made no effort to downplay his confidence. On January 9, 1913, The Associated Press reported that chance told Yankees owner Frank Farrell:
“I will win the pennant for you before I get through in New York. That may sound like a bold statement to make at this time, but I ask you to remember my promise.”
Frank Chance
Despite the maneuvers on Chance’s behalf and Chance’s own confidence, he failed miserably in New York. The club finished seventh with a 57-94 record in 1913. The following season, the team was 60-74 when Chance resigned. The resignation came after a tumultuous season which included charges by Chance that the team’s failures were largely the result of scout Arthur Irwin’s failure to sign decent players. He also secured a guarantee of his 1915 salary from Farrell before he resigned.
Two months after Chance’s exit, the man who “masterminded” the moves that brought him to New York, unleashed his wrath on the former manager to Ed Bang of The Cleveland News:
“You can say for me that Frank Chance stands forth as the biggest individual failure in the history of the American League. That’s the sum and substance of what B. B. Johnson, president of the American League said a short time since when “The Peerless Leader” came up for discussion, ‘and what’s more, you can write a story to that effect and quote me as strong as you’d like,’ Ban continued.
“President Johnson had great hopes of Chance molding a winner in New York, and when, after almost two years as the leader of the Yankees, he quit a dismal failure, the blow all but floored Ban for the count. The American League has always played second fiddle to the Giants in New York, and Ban and other American Leaguers figured that Chance was the man to bring about a change in the condition of affairs.”
Bang said Johnson took Chance’s failure “to heart,” because he believed he “made a ten-strike” for the league when Chance came to New York. Johnson told him:
“’Chance had the material in New York and I think any other man would have made a success og the venture,’ said Ban. ‘Surely no one could have done any worse. Of all the players that were on the New York roster in 1913 and 1914, and there were any number of likely looking recruits, Chance failed to develop even one man of class. Why, it was an outrage.’
“’And then when he made up his mind that he was a failure, or at least when he was ready to step down and out he had the unmitigated nerve to ask for pay for services that he had not performed. That surely was gall, to say the least.”
Johnson finished by comparing Chance unfavorably with the Yankees’ 23-year-old captain who replaced him and guided the team to a 10-10 finish:
“’Why, Roger Peckinpaugh, youth though he is, displayed far more class as manager of the Yankees in the short time he was at the helm than Frank Chance ever did.”
Roger Peckinpaugh
Irwin left the Yankees in January of 1915 when Farrell and his partner William Devery sold the team to Jacob Rupert and Cap Huston. Peckinpaugh remained captain but was replaced as manager by Bill Donovan, who guided the Yankees for three seasons–a fifth, a fourth and a sixth-place finish with an overall record of 220-239.
Tags: American League, Arthur Irwin, Ban Johnson, Bill Donovan, Cap Huston, Cincinnati Reds, Ed Bang, Frank Chance, Frank Farrell, Jacob Rupert, New York Giants, New York Yankees, Roger Peckinpaugh, William A Phelon, William Devery
“It’s Strange how these Stars of Balldom have such Beliefs”
Throughout his career as an American League umpire, Billy Evans, who had covered baseball for The Youngstown Vindicator continued to write syndicated newspaper articles. He was fascinated by the superstitions that controlled the actions of so many players.
Billy Evans
He followed a 1907 article about the subject, with more stories the following year:
“Of all professions, that of baseball player is the most superstitious…Of course, there are many superstitions in common, yet most of the players have pet ideas of their own on which they place much reliance. The data of origin of many of the superstitions is a deep, dark mystery.”
Evans said:
“There is certainly nothing out of the ordinary to be seen in a load of hay, yet most players welcome the sight of one during the playing season. In the dictionary of baseball a load of hay signifies two hits that afternoon for the discoverer, and history tells us there is nothing dearer to a player’s heart than base hits…While its supposed strange magic often fails, still the players retain faith in it. On the other hand, the sight of a load of empty barrels is always dreaded, for some it means a shutout, to others merely defeat.”
Of one popular superstition of the time, Evans said there was “no greater believer in shaking up the bats when a rally is on” than Cleveland Naps pitcher Charles “Heinie” Berger:
“Ordinarily a team keeps its bats lined up in front of the bench in a fairly tidy manner. According to Heinie’s code that is all well and good when everything is moving along smoothly, but when a rally appears to be in the air, the proper way to encourage it, according to Berger, is to scatter the bats in every direction.”
Heinie Berger
Evans told the story of the Naps’ August 21, 1908, game, although some of the details regarding the scoring wrong, he got most of the facts correct:
“One day last summer during an important game at Philadelphia, the Athletics got away with a seven-run lead in the first two innings. When they added another in the third, it certainly looked as if things were all off so far as Cleveland was concerned. Until the seventh inning the Naps bench was not unlike a funeral. Two runs in the seventh stirred up a little hope, and caused Heinie to heave a few big sticks in different directions. His actions caused Umpire Jack Sheridan (Sheridan and Evans both worked the game, Sheridan was behind the plate) was to offer a mild rebuke and incidentally warn Heinie that he wanted nothing but silence during the rest of the afternoon.”
Cleveland scored two runs the following inning, and had the tying run on base:
“Heinie proceeded to scatter the two dozen or more bats in all directions. That was too much for the veteran Sheridan, and after he had made Berger replace all the bats back in a straight line, he tied a can on the Teuton and chased him from the lot.
“Berger viewed the remainder of the game from the bleachers, failing to carry out completely the edict of the umpire. When the Naps scored the two men on the sacks and tied up the game he was happy. Heinie was confident that the bat superstition had aided in the victory that he was sure would result, now that the score was tied. When the Athletics scored a run in the eighth that proved to be the winner his confidence in the theory was not shaken in the least. He blamed the defeat on Sheridan, claiming that as soon as the umpire ejected him from the game the spell was broken.”
Evans also wrote about his favorite superstitious player, “Wild Bill” Donovan, pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Evans had previously mentioned Donovan’s fear of throwing a shutout during his first start of each season, and his actions in one game in particular, but now gave a more detailed account:
“It all seems rather foolish, yet I have worked back of Donovan on two such occasions and have every reason to believe that Bill makes it possible for his opponents to score. In one of the games Detroit had the affair clinched 8 to 0 in the eighth. With one down and a man on second Charley Hickman stepped to the plate. A straight fast one is the most delicious kind of dessert for Charley, although he likes almost any old thing in the shape of curves and slants.
“There is no more strategic pitcher in the league than Donovan, yet he started off the reel to hand them up to Hick’s liking. After fouling off three, Hick met a fast one on the nose and was blowing hard at third by the time the ball was relayed back to the infield. He scored a moment later, but Detroit too the game easily, 8 to 2. Bill had escaped the much despised shutout. By the way that year was the most successful of Donovan’s career, and, of course, merely served to strengthen his belief.”
Again, Evans got nearly all the details correct—except the final score was 9 to 2. The May 24, 1907, game was Donovan’s first start of his best season in baseball (25-4, 2.19 ERA for the American League Pennant winners), and he did lose a shutout to Washington in the eighth inning on a Hickman triple.
Evans said a superstition often attributed to Cy Young, was not a superstition at all:
“The veteran Cy Young, the grand old man of them all, is one of the few players who doesn’t take much stock in omens of good or bad luck. Cy, however, has one big hobby. He always prefers to pitch on dark days…The dark day idea is no superstition with Cy. No one except the batters perhaps realizes how hard it is to hit his fast ball when the light is dim. It is really a pleasure for him to work out of turn on such days, for he knows what a big handicap he has over his opponents.”
Evans said another Hall of Fame pitcher had a bizarre habit, that while perhaps not a superstition, bears mentioning:
“Jack Chesbro, the famous spitter, is always of the opinion that someone is slipping a doctored ball over on him, and quite often asks for a new one when the cover doesn’t taste just right.”
The umpire concluded:
“It’s strange how these stars of balldom have such beliefs and stick to them, but they do. The ball player lives in a world of his own, more than any other profession with the possible exception of the actors.”
Tags: Bill Donovan, Billy Evans, Charlie Hickman, Cleveland Naps, Cy Young, Detroit Tigers, Hall of Fame, Heinie Berger, Jack Chesbro, Jack Sheridan, Philadelphia Athletics, superstitions, Washington Senators
“I Object to Being Made a Freak.”
In 1913 American League President Ban Johnson set out to put an end to the practice the Baseball Writers Association called “A growing Evil,” ghost-written articles appearing under the by-lines of famous ballplayers.
William Peet of The Washington Herald revealed the identities of the ghost writers in March of 1913; Gerhard “Roger” Tidden of The New York World had been the man responsible for articles bearing the name of Ty Cobb, but Tidden died just three months after the revelation. While the practice waned after 1913, Cobb remained defiant, and continued “authoring” a syndicated column for the next several years.
Cobb’s articles, for the most part, steered clear of trouble with the league president, but the assertions he made about the Chicago White Sox and manager Clarence “Pants” Rowland in June of 1915 caused a major stir.
Cobb said:
“Battery signal stealing, which has been the cause of several scandals in big league baseball threatens to make more trouble this season if anyone is able to prove what is generally suspected about one of the American League clubs.
“I will not mention the name of the organization which has been accused by the opposing players…because I couldn’t present any proof.”
Cobb then went on for seven paragraphs trying to present proof, and provided enough hints to make it clear he was talking about the White Sox.
Cobb’s said
“The team I have in mind has won almost all its home games…It looks mighty funny, though, the way this club could hit at home and the feeble manner in which it has been swatting on the road and almost all of the Tigers will take an oath that something out-of-the-way is coming off.”
Chicago, through 49 games, was in first place; 22-8 at home and 9-10 on the road. Detroit was in second place a game back. If he left any doubt Cobb said later in the column when discussing the American League pennant race in general:
“The White Sox, who burned up things at home, have not been doing so well on the road.”
Everyone, including American League President Ban Johnson, assumed Cobb was talking about the Sox. Johnson said:
“(Cobb) must prove the charges, or I will keep him from playing baseball. If any man in the American League makes a charge of dishonesty and refuses to back up his charge with the absolute evidence, that man will have to get out of the game.”
The White Sox were less concerned; The Chicago Tribune said the charges made Sox players “grin,” and Rowland told reporters:
“I suppose we had out tipping instruments planted in the Polo Grounds when we made nineteen hits in New York the other day.”
Clarence “Pants” Rowland
In his next column Cobb issued a non-denial denial and at the same time openly, and loudly, defied Johnson:
“I made no specific charge against the White Sox…What I did say was that a strong rumor of sharp practice was abroad, and I reiterate that statement right here.”
“Mr. Johnson even went to the extreme of saying that he would drive me out of baseball. He hasn’t done this yet and I expect to stay around for a few more days. If the league president is willing to pay the salary that my three-year contract calls for, I will be perfectly willing to take a vacation at that, for I have long wanted to do a number of things that baseball interferes with.”
Cobb reiterated the charges and offered no evidence, but said he was justified in making the claims because his manager might have believed them:
“(Tigers) Manager (Hughie) Jennings thought the report sufficiently serious to detail one of our players for plain clothes duty in the bleachers, and he also wrote Manager (Bill) Donovan of New York, telling him of a warning we had received and cautioning him to be on the lookout. So you see the signal tipping report was not a creature of my own imagination, but a matter of sufficient seriousness to warrant an investigation by our manager in his official capacity.”
Cobb’s only bit of backtracking was to say that if “it should be proved the White Sox tried signal stealing it would be without the knowledge of Mr. (Charles) Comiskey.” Cobb said Comiskey “wouldn’t countenance anything of this sort for a moment.”
Cobb took one last swing at Ban Johnson, charging the league president with giving “sensational interviews” about him to get “the people excited artificially. If this is Mr. Johnson’s idea, I wish he would abandon it. I object to being made a freak.”
If there was any doubt whether the American League’s star player or the league president wielded more power, it became obvious within a week.
Johnson, who The Associated Press said “long has been opposed to players permitting their name to be used over baseball stories,” decided not only had Cobb not written the columns, but claimed “a Detroit newspaperman” made up the allegations “out of whole cloth,” and incredibly said that Cobb had “no knowledge,” of the columns despite Cobb being quoted by numerous sources discussing the charges.
Hugh Fullerton of The Chicago Examiner summed it up best:
“We are rather surprised each morning upon picking up our newspaper to discover that Ty Cobb is still making two-base hits, two steals and catching a few flies instead of being driven out of baseball by (Ban) Johnson. By the way how did Johnson get into baseball?”
As quickly as Johnson backed down, the charges went away. Despite the strong start the White Sox faded, and continued to fade even after the acquisition of “Shoeless Joe” Jackson on August 21, finishing third, nine and a half games behind the pennant-winning Boston Red Sox and seven games behind the Tigers.
Cobb led the league for the ninth straight season, hitting .369.
The one legacy from the brief 1915 controversy seems to be Cobb’s dislike of Rowland, who later became a scout for the Tigers. In his 1984 book “Ty Cobb,” Charles C. Alexander said Cobb only agreed to manage the Tigers before the 1921 season because he was told:
“Pants Rowland, whom Cobb considered an incompetent fraud, might very well get it and Cobb would have to play for him.”
Rowland, who remained in baseball until 1959 as a manager, scout and executive with the Los Angeles Angels in the Pacific Coast League and Chicago Cubs in the National League, appears to have also held a grudge. Up until his death at age 90 in 1969, Rowland often said two of his former players, Jackson and Eddie Collins were better than Cobb.
In 1953 at the Old Timers Baseball Association of Chicago Banquet Rowland said “I wouldn’t have traded (Collins) for Cobb. What made him greater than Cobb was that he inspired the entire ball club. Ty was an individualist. He was interested only in Cobb.”
Rowland called Jackson the “greatest natural hitter,’ he ever saw, and said Ted Williams, not Cobb, was the only player “of the same make-up.”
Tags: American League, Ban Johnson, Bill Donovan, Charlie Comiskey, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Eddie Collins, Hugh Fullerton, Hughie Jennings, Joe Jackson, Los Angeles Angels, National League, Pacific Coast League, Pants Rowland, Ted Williams, Ty Cobb
More Superstitions
Billy Evans, “The Boy Umpire,” joined the American League staff at the age of 22. Before becoming an umpire, Evans was a reporter for The Youngstown Vindicator and continued to write occasional, syndicated newspaper articles throughout his career.
In a 1907 article he wrote about superstitions:
“Baseball players are the most superstitious class of people in the world. There are many superstitions in general in which all members of the profession have implicit confidence and nearly every player has some pet belief that is all his own.”
Evans mentioned one of the most superstitious players of all-time, Detroit Tigers pitcher “Wild Bill” Donovan, who as mentioned in an earlier post, believed that striking out the first batter he faced was bad luck. According to Evans he also had a strange belief about the first game of the season:
“Donovan has a dread of working in shutout games on his first appearance. He believes it a season hoodoo and would do almost anything to prevent it.”
Evans worked as an umpire in Donovan’s first start of the 1907 season, and the pitcher took a shutout into the ninth inning:
“I happened to be working back of Donovan that day and noticed that he seemed to let up in the ninth , also that he used nothing but a straight fast ball. A pass, an error and a cracking hit by Charley Hickman sent a couple of tallies over the pan.”
Evans said he asked Donovan after the game if he “(lost his stuff,” in the ninth, Donovan said no:
“I have no desire to win a shutout game right off the reel…shutouts on your debut are not lucky.”
Evans said Fred “Lucky” Glade, a St. Louis Browns pitcher who had just been traded to the New York Highlanders, had a phobia of pitching if the sun wasn’t out:
“According to Glade, he has never during his career won a game on a dark day.”
The pitcher also “started each inning…by tossing a ball to (Browns first baseman) Tom Jones. Next year he will have to use (Highlanders first baseman) Hal Chase”
Chase must not have been an adequate substitute; Glade struggled with arm and stomach problems, posted an 0-4 record in five starts for the Highlanders, before returning home to Nebraska in June. He signed a contract for 1909, but never reported and never pitched again.
Fred Glade
Ty Cobb had numerous superstitions; one had to do with the “position of the broom with which the umpires use to dust off the plate.” Evans said:
“The umpires find it handy to keep the broom to the left of the plate, while Cobb, when at the bat, always desires it to the right. Whenever he steps to the plate Cobb always picks up the broom and tosses it to the right side of the batter’s box.”
“When in a batting slump Cobb always makes three crosses as he takes his position at the plate. When Cobb reaches first base on his journey from right field to the bench he always gives the bag a terrific kick in the direction of the plate…Cobb insists that the short distance he moves the bag toward the plate with his kick often is the means of winning a close decision at first for his team.’
Evans said of superstitions in baseball:
“No doubt a close investigation would reveal that every player from the smallest bush league up has his pet theory.”
Tags: American League, Bill Donovan, Billy Evans, Detroit Tigers, Fred Glade, Hall of Fame, New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns, superstitions, Ty Cobb
Superstitions and Eccentricities
A 1912 wire service article that appeared in The Lexington Herald revealed some of the “superstitions” and “eccentricities” of several ballplayers:
“Nap Lajoie always draws a line in the dirt in the batter’s box before taking his position. He will not face the batter without this preliminary.”
“Bill Donovan dislikes to strike out the first batter. He believes it the forerunner to bad luck.”
“Barney Pelty must throw a curve ball just before starting to pitch. His last to the catcher when warming up between innings is always a curve.”
Barney Pelty
“Rube Oldring insists on the little mascot of the Athletics standing in a certain place when he is at bat.”
Rube Oldring
“Heinie Peitz, when manager of the (Louisville) Colonels, was averse to having any pictures taken of his team. He believed it hoodooed the game.”
Heinie Peitz
“Rabbit Robinson never touches the plate with his bat, but he says he is not superstitious.”
William Clyde “Rabbit” Robinson
Tags: Barney Pelty, Bill Donovan, Heinie Peitz, Nap Lajoie, Rabbit Robinson, Rube Oldring, superstitions
Stallings Stealing Signs
George Stallings had turned the New York Highlanders around.
Hired by owner Frank Farrell after New York’s disastrous 51-103 season in 1908, Stallings guided the Highlanders to 74-77 record in 1909.
George Stallings
American League President Ban Johnson said he knew why Stallings’ team had improved.
During a series with the Highlanders in the summer of 1909 Washington Senators Manager Joe Cantillon thought he noticed something unusual past the center field wall in Hilltop Park. He passed his suspicions on to Detroit Tigers Manager Hughie Jennings.
Tiger Manager Hughie Jennings
The Highlanders hit Detroit pitcher Ed Summers hard during the first game of Detroit’s next series in New York. Jennings sent pitcher Bill Donovan out to center field to investigate, but according to The Sporting Life:
“Bill returned without having shown any ability as a Sherlock Holmes.”
Jennings then assigned trainer Harry Tuthill to the job. Tuthill noticed that the letter “H” in a hat advertisement on the center field fence was moving, scaled the fence and made a discovery.
Initially the Tigers did nothing, Jennings had more on his mind; Detroit was headed to the World’s Series and despite New York’s improvement they were a fifth place team.
But rumors spread and the story was picked up by The Sporting Life, getting the attention of the American League president.
Johnson sent a telegram to Tuthill threatening to bar him from the league if he did not provide the his office with a full report of what he knew. Tuthill said that after he noticed the letter in the sign moving he went to the center field wall and upon climbing to the other side discovered a small area behind the sign where a man sat with a pair of field glasses. According to Tuthill “The man ran out as I came in, I think I know who it is but can’t be positive.”
In other reports Tuthill said he was sure who the man was but would not reveal his identity—it was later alleged to be former Major League pitcher Gene McCann.
Trainer (and detective) Harry Tuthill with Tigers first baseman Del Gainer
Jennings was convinced the Highlanders were stealing signs all year as did The Sporting Life:
“It has been a noticeable fact all season that the Highlanders always hit like fury at home and were punk batters on the road.”
The Highlanders scored 338 runs in 76 homes games; 251 in 75 road games.
The Sporting Life also speculated that Stallings, who had a poor relationship with the American League president, might be expelled from the league as a result of the allegations:
“President Johnson has conclusive evidence…and it is all but natural to suppose that the man in charge of the team which benefited by the system employed knew of its existence, and it is on this theory that Stallings’ resignation will be asked.”
Despite the speculation there was no rule at the time which prohibited stealing signs in the manner the Highlanders were accused
At the winter meetings that December the American League Board of Directors exonerated Stallings, but in their ruling vowed that any team official found stealing signs in the future would be “Barred from baseball for all time.”
Stallings was at the helm of the Highlanders for most of the 1910 season, and became embroiled in another sign stealing controversy in late July when “Big Ed” Walsh and several members of the Chicago White Sox accused the Highlanders of stealing signals in the same manner.
The Chicago Tribune said:
“There is not a player on the Sox club who isn’t confident the catcher’s signs are being tipped off.”
Stallings again denied the charges and said the White Sox pitching staff was tipping their pitches:
“What are you going to do when practically every Chicago pitcher insists on giving his own signals from the box and the signals get familiar, they are repeated so often?”
Stallings was again cleared of wrongdoing, but in spite of a guiding the Highlanders to a 78-59 record through September 19, he was replaced as manager after losing a struggle for control of the team with first baseman Hal Chase, who was named as his replacement.
Stallings went on to manage the World’s Series winning Boston Braves in 1914.
Tags: Ban Johnson, Bill Donovan, Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Ed Summers, Ed Walsh, Gene McCann, George Stallings, Hal Chase, Hughie Jennings, Joe Cantillon, New York Highlanders
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'I was blown away': Guitar from 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined
Camille Bains
Published Tuesday, December 1, 2020 7:18AM PST
Mike Miltimore, seen in Kamloops, B.C., an undated handout photo, says the Gretsch electric guitar that a woman brought into his store is from 1955 and similar to one played by country music legend Chet Atkins before he developed his signature series of guitars. The Canadian Press/HO-Mike Miltimore
VANCOUVER -- When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dollars.
“It's in a ratty old guitar case. But I remember my aunt saying, 'I don't know what to do with this when I pass away.' ”
Sherrie Favell died in March, leaving Latheur wondering about the instrument and its connection to the woman she loved as an aunt even though they were not biologically related.
It wasn't until Latheur recently walked into the music store and saw the owner's eyes sparkle at the sight of the case that she began to learn more about the guitar and its value to Favell's father, who bought it nearly 65 years ago.
Mike Miltimore, who owns the store, said the worn tweed and leather case was a telltale sign that it may contain a unique instrument.
When he opened the case, he saw a Gretsch from the 1950s, featuring a big brass buckle on the top and a leather studded “belt” around the outside.
“It's a played instrument, you know. It's been loved. If it could talk, it would tell probably about hundreds of concerts played throughout its life,” Miltimore said.
He said his research from the serial number revealed the electric Gretsch, or Roundup 6130, was made in 1955 and similar to the instrument later played by country legend Chet Atkins.
“It's a hollow-bodied guitar and a lot of companies were doing solid bodies at that time,” Miltimore said, adding a hollow instrument was used for the country style of picking that Atkins popularized.
The guitar that Latheur thought may be worth $200 is actually valued at between $12,000 and $26,000, Miltimore said, adding about 400 of the instruments were made in the 1950s.
“I was blown away,” Latheur said.
She recently learned her aunt treasured the mahogany guitar that kept her connected to her father, Roy Favell, who played his beloved instrument in a band called McKinna Gold.
“He caught his hand in a planer at a mill in Salmon Arm and he actually had to retrain to play the guitar,” Latheur said.
Favell lost his thumb at age 21 but still managed to perform with it.
However, Favell inexplicably sold his guitar at a pawnshop. It was later rescued by Sherrie Favell and her mother, Latheur said.
Sherrie bought it back again when it was hocked a second time, Latheur said, and she kept it after her father died about 20 years ago.
Sherrie sometimes played the Credence Clearwater tune “Bad Moon Rising” on the guitar, but her prized possession spent much of its time hidden away, Latheur said.
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Optimizing enzymatic pretreatment of recycled fiber to improve its draining ability using response surface methodology
Liu, J., Hu, H., Xu, J., and Wen, Y. (2012). "Optimizing enzymatic pretreatment of recycled fiber to improve its draining ability using response surface methodology," BioRes. 7(2), 2121-2140.
A three-factor, three-level Box-Behnken Design (BBD) was used with enzyme dosage (0.05-0.15‰ o.d. fiber), enzymatic contact time (20-40 min), and pulp consistency (3-7%, o.d.) as independent variables to understand and optimize the enzymatic pretreatment conditions of mixed office waste (MOW) for maximum improvement of its drainability. All the independent variables considered were found to have significant influence on the drainability of the pulp. The enzyme dosage had a predominate effect, the pulp consistency took second place, and the contact time seemed to have low priority. A quadratic polynomial model had high Adj-R2 value and low p value for predicting the decrement of beating degree of the pulp. Applying desirability function method, the optimal pretreatment conditions were found to be an enzyme dosage of 0.11‰ o.d., enzymatic contact time of 31.0 min, and pulp consistency of 4.50% o.d. The optimal pretreatment resulted in a maximum decrement of 10 units of beating degree, a decrease by 20% when compared with the control sample. The observed and predicted values of beating degrees were in close agreement. Results of fiber morphology analysis and physical property tests showed that the optimal pretreatment partially recovered the fiber flexibility and retained the strength properties of the handsheet even under the lower beating degree. Isothermal (Thermogravimetric Analyzer) TGA experiments of the fibers confirmed that the enzymatic pretreatment decreased the fiber hornification.
Jun Liu,*,a Huiren Hu,a Jianfeng Xu,b and Yangbing Wen a
Keywords: Response surface methodology (RSM); Box-Behnken Design (BBD); Recycled fiber; Drainage; Cellulase modification
Contact information: a: Tianjin Key Lab of Pulp & Paper, Tianjin University of Science& Technology, Tianjin 300457, China; b: Key Lab of Wood Science and Technology of State Forestry Administration, Research Institute of Wood Industry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Beijing 100091, China;
* Corresponding author: junliu115142@hotmail.com
Recycled fibers have become increasingly important as raw material in the pulp and paper industry (Dienes et al. 2004). Paper recycling offers several advantages. Substitution of virgin pulp with recycled fibers preserves and economizes scarce forest resources, reducing the exploitation of forests, and contributing to the sustainable development of the forests resources. Recycling also minimizes environmental pollution and contributes to water and energy conservation. Wastepaper is a low-cost source of fiber for paper and board manufacture, and the use of recycled fibers can greatly reduce the cost of the final paper (Verma et al. 2010; Singh and Bhardwaj 2011). Although utilization of secondary fibers has environmental and economic advantages, unfortunately the deteriorated drainability of secondary fibers undermines the advantages of the recycled fibers and causes decreased productivity (Dienes et al. 2004). The mechanical properties of fibers, as well as their ability to swell, are diminished after they are exposed to pulping and drying conditions imposed during the paper making cycle (Pala et al. 2001; Pommier, Fuentes, and Goma 1989; Nazhad and Paszner 1994; Marton et al. 1993). Several problems are associated with the recycling of fibers. The main problems include the deteriorated drainability of recycled fiber by the inferior fiber quality (shortened length, more fines, and less flexibility) which causes higher drainage resistance, hornification of the fibers (inability to regain the original water–swollen state due to stiffening of the polymer structure of fibers during drying), less effective inter-fiber bonding (which consequently decreases paper strength properties), and higher energy consumption in the dryers. Chemical analysis of the recycled fibers suggested that the low molecular weight xylans in the fibers become gradually depleted with the recycling of the pulp. The aging and heating stiffen the fibrils and xylan that attached to the fibers, thereby inactivating the surface of the fibers.
Mixed office waste (MOW) is an available and inexpensive source of high quality bleached chemical fiber. It can be hand-sorted to exclude lower value fiber and debris, leaving a relatively clean pulp furnish. Novel and highly effective methods to modify the deteriorated properties of MOW fibers will be bound to releave the shortage of fiber material and be benefit to the promising sustainable development of pulping and paper making industry (Kraschowetz 2009; Sykes 1995).
There are a variety of approaches, such as mechanical treatment, chemical treatment, or chemical additive and enzymatic treatments, that are available for improv-ing the drainage or restoring strength of recycled fibers. Among all these methods, the use of enzymes for modification of the recycled fibers is the most promising approach. It is gaining popularity in the pulp and paper industry and providing benefits to mills. It has been suggested that these problems in the reuse of the recycled fibers can be overcome by treating the pulp slurry with enzymes (Garg and Singh 1997; Bajpai and Mishra 2003). Since the 1970s, enzymes have been introduced into biomechanical pulping, modification of fiber properties, deinking, and improvement of drainage (Dienes et al. 2004). Enzymes have great potential in solving many problems associated with the use of recycled fiber, especially related to deinking, drainability, hornification, refining, and strength. The potentials of cellulase have also been demonstrated for reducing the energy requirement in pulp refining, improving the machine runnability, and controlling stickies when recycled fibers are used. Enzymes can also be considered as “green” products (Bajpai 2010). The cellulase system hydrolyzes cellulose chains with a synergistic effect: Cellobiohydrolases hydrolyze cellulose chains from the ends and release cellobiose; endoglucanases randomly attack the amorphous regions of the cellulose substrate, yielding a high degree of polymerization oligomers; and β-D-glucosidases further break down dimers into glucose (Liu and Hu 2012). Researchers from La Cellulose du Pin were the first to show that the reduced dewatering properties of recovered paper can be improved by enzymatic treatment (Pin 1990). The improved drainability of the pulp resulted in higher productivity in the manufacture of corrugated board (Stork et al. 1995). Dienes et al. (2004) used cellulase to treat lab-recycled kraft sack paper, and the drainage of the pulp increased by 16%; similarly Shaikh and Luo (2009) used cellulase to treat the mixed pulp of old newsprint and old corrugated containers; such treatment increased the freeness by 13 to 40% (Dienes et al. 2004; Shaikh and Luo 2009).
Optimization of pretreatment conditions is one of the most important stages in the development of an efficient and economic pretreatment method. The response surface methodology (RSM) has been recognized as a useful technique to optimize the process variables, and is used only when a few significant factors are involved in optimization (Palamakula et al. 2004). Various types of RSM designs are available now, including 3-level factorial design, central composite design (CCD), Box-Behnken design, and D-optimal design (Boza et al. 2000; Singh et al. 1995; Sánchez-Lafuente et al. 2002). Among all these RSM designs, the Box-Behnken design requires fewer runs (17 runs) in a 3-factors 3-levels experimental design. In addition, the Box-Behnken design, a modified central composite experimental design, is an independent, rotatable or nearly rotatable quadratic design (contains no embedded factorial or fractional factorial design), in which the treatment combinations are at the midpoints of the edges of the process space and at the center (Ragonese et al. 2002). Hence, the Box-Behnken design was applied to optimize the combination levels of the process parameters that play important roles in modification of the recycled fiber. These parameters include the enzyme dosage, contact time, pulp consistency, temperature, pH value, etc., which have been considered by previous researchers. However, little research has been carried out to optimize the interaction of these main influential factors. According to our previous study, the enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency were three of the most important influential factors (Liu et al. 2012). Thus, the main objective of the present study was to maximize the drainability of the pulp by using the RSM to optimize the main influential factors during the enzymatic modification of recycled fibers. Meanwhile, the present study also tries to investigate the influence of enzymatic pretreatment on the physical properties of the final paper.
The cellulase used in the present study is a commercially available pure endoglucanase, with an EG activity of 1070 u/mL, obtained from Trichoderma reesei supplied by an enzyme corporation in the USA. The optimal temperature and pH of the cellulase were 40 to 50 oC and 4.0 to 6.0, respectively. It has been proved to be one of the most effective enzymes during the modification of recycled pulp in our previous screening experiments. The mixed office waste (MOW) used in this study was supplied by the Chen Ming paper company in Shandong Province, China. The pulps were obtained from the end of the deinking process.
Experimental Design and Analysis
The main objective of the present study was to use a Box-Behnken design with three variables to statistically determine the optimum combination levels of the enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency for maximizing the drainability of the deinked pulp (DIP) and to evaluate main effects, interaction effects, and quadratic effects of the formulation variables on the modification of the pulp by enzymatic pretreatment. A 3-factor, 3-level design was adopted to explore quadratic response surfaces and constructing second-order polynomial models. Thus, each variable was coded and run at three levels: -1, 0, and 1, as shown in Table 1. The interaction of the three parameters was also investigated. The nonlinear quadratic model is given as:
where Y is the predicted response associated with each factor level combination, b0 is the interception coefficient, bi is the linear coefficient, bii is the quadratic coefficient, and bij is the interaction coefficient. Xi is the independent variable under study, and ε is random error. Regression analysis and estimation of coefficients were performed using Design Expert ® (Statease Inc., Minneapolis, USA). The optimal pretreatment conditions from the RSM were validated by pretreating the pulp at the identified optimum enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency.
Table 1. Box-Behnken Design Showing Both Coded and Actual Values of Independent Variable (Xi) and Dependent Responses (Y)
Characterization of the Hornification of Fibers
For the quantitative study of the hornification of the recycled fiber, Jayme’s method (Luo et al. 2011; Jayme 1944), which characterizes the hornification degree by water retention value (WRV), is still prevalent and is given as,
where WRV0 is the original water retention value of the fibers and WRV1 is the water retention value of the fibers that had undergone a papermaking process in Jayme’s research. In this study WRV1 represent the water retention value of the fibers after the enzymatic pretreatment, and WRV0 is the water retention value of the fibers without enzymatic pretreatment.
A thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) was used to measure the “hard-to-remove (HR) water content,” which was defined as the ratio of water mass to fiber mass at the transition between the constant rate zone and the falling rate zone from the isothermal TGA experiment, so as to evaluate fiber hornification (Park et al. 2005). A 10 mg fiber sample (10 g/g moisture ratio) was placed in the furnace, which was under the flow of dry nitrogen. The TGA experiment was conducted isothermally at 90 oC to dry the fiber sample until the weight change was less than 0.001%/min in the derivative of the weight loss.
Enzymatic Treatment
30 g oven-dried (o.d.) MOW were processed in each experiment. The pulp suspensions were prepared by disintegrating the samples in a disintegrator for 10000 revolutions following the ISO 5263 procedure, which can separate the fibers completely and without appreciably changing their structural properties. Then, a certain amount of water was added to adjust the pulp consistency to the desired values. The pulp suspen-sions were warmed up to the desired temperature (45 oC), and pH values were adjusted by addition of sulfuric acid (0.1% w/w).
After the disintegration and adjustment steps, the enzymes were added to the pulp suspensions according to the values listed in Table 1. The enzyme preparation was diluted 100 times with pure water before being added to the pulp suspensions so as to achieve better dispersion. The enzymatic reactions were carried out with intermittent manual mixing (10 minutes per time) under constant temperature and pH value. The enzymatic reaction was stopped by boiling the pulp suspension for 5 minutes to deactivate the enzymes. The control samples were prepared following the same procedures without the addition of enzymes.
Evaluation of Pulp and Handsheet Properties
Schopper-Riegler beating degree values were measured according to the ISO 5267-1 standard procedure. The water retention values (WRV) of the pulp were determined according to ISO 23714:2007(E) standard procedure. Laboratory handsheets were prepared on a standard sheet former, according to ISO 5269-1 method. Tensile index and tear index were determined following the standard procedures of ISO 1924-2 and ISO 1974 respectively.
The fiber morphology was measured by using the Fiber tester 912 (L&W). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images of fibers were obtained in a JSM-6380 scanning electron microscope after combined dehydration treatment of fibers with increasing concentration of ethanol and the freeze dehydration treatment.
Model Fitting
To check whether the second-order polynomial response surface model (Eq. (1)) was well fitted to the response variables (Y) and for the corresponding fitting of the explanatory model and variation of the enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency, the sum of squares of the sequential model was analyzed.
Table 2. Sequential Model Sum of Squares
In Table 2, the mean, linear, interaction, quadratic, and cubic headings represent the sequential sum of squares for the linear terms, the two-factor interaction (AB, BC, AC) terms, the quadratic (A-squared, B-squared, C-squared) terms, and the cubic terms respectively. The F-value tests the significance of adding higher terms to the lower terms model. A small p-value (Pr>F) indicates that adding terms has improved the model. In Table 2, it is obvious that adding terms up to quadratic significantly improved the model (Table 2, p value<0.0001, sum of squares is maximum) and, therefore, could be the most appropriate model for the response.
To further examine the statistical significance of the terms, as well as fitting the model, the regression analysis and ANOVA were calculated by software based on the data in Table 1. Table 3 lists the estimated regression coefficients of the quadratic polynomial models for the response variables, along with the corresponding coefficients of determination (R2). In addition, adj-R2 and coefficient of variation (CV) were calculated to check the model adequacy.
Lack of fit measures how well the model fits the data, indicating the failure of a model as a means of explaining the experimental data. Specifically, the observed data cannot be attributed to random error that by chance happens to fit the model (Neter et al. 1983; Koocheki et al. 2009). If the model does not fit the data well, this will be significant. Lack of fit is an undesirable characteristic for a model, so we generally would want this to be insignificant (P>0.10 is better). Strong lack of fit (p<.05) is an undesirable property, because it indicates that the model is a poor choice for representing the data. The lack of fit illustrated in Table 3 (p value of 0.1193) did not result in a significant p-value for selected variables, meaning that these models were sufficiently accurate for predicting the relevant responses.
R2 is a measure of the amount of variation around the mean explained by the model, it is the proportion of variation in the response attributed to the model rather than to random error. It has been suggested that for a good fitted model, R2 should not be less than 80%. The higher of R2 value (approaching to 1.0), the higher likelihood of fitting a model to the actual data is (Koocheki et al. 2009). By contrast, a lower value of R2 shows the inappropriateness of the model to explain the relation between variables. The R2 value shown in Table 3 was higher than 0.80, indicating the regression models were suitable to explain the behavior. However, adding of variables to the model will always increase R2, regardless of whether the additional terms are statistically significant or not. Thus, a large value of R2 cannot always imply the adequacy of the model. For this reason, it is more appropriate to use an adj-R2 of over 90% as a criterion of model adequacy. Adj-R2 is a measure of the amount of variation around the mean explained by the model, adjusted for the number of terms in the model. The adj-R2 decreases as the number of terms in the model increases if those additional terms do not add substantial value to the model (Koocheki et al. 2009; Little and Hills 1978). The adj-R2 value listed in Table 3 is higher than 0.90, indicating that non-significant terms have not been included in the model.
Moreover, the coefficient of variation (CV) describes the extent to which the data were dispersed. It is the standard deviation expressed as a percentage of the mean. As a general rule, the coefficient of variation (CV) should not be greater than 10% (Koocheki et al. 2009; Daniel 1991). The CV shown in Table 3 is 1.43% and less than 10%, suggesting that the model developed was feasible and adequate for response.
Table 3. ANOVA and Regression Coefficients of the Response Surface Quadratic Model for the Response Variables
As shown in Fig. 1, the predicted values calculated from the polynomial regression model and the actual observed values of the beating degree of the pulp were found to be in good agreement. All the results discussed suggest that the model used in this research can be used to navigate the design space and to identify operating conditions for modifying the drainability of the pulp.
Fig. 1. Comparison between the predicted values calculated from the polynomial regression model and the actual observed values of the beating degree of the pulp
Table 3 also lists the F values and P values for the model and each term. The p value is the probability value that is associated with the F value for this term. It is the probability of getting an F value of this size if the term did not have an effect on the response. In general, a term that has a probability value less than 0.05 would be considered a significant effect, and a probability value greater than 0.10 is generally regarded as not significant (Kanakambaran et al. 2011). In Table 3, the Model F-value of 18.80 implies that the model is significant. There is only a 0.04% chance that a “model F-value” this large could occur due to noise. In this case, A, C, A2, B2, and C2 are significant model terms. The “lack of fit F-value” of 3.69 implies the lack of fit is not significant relative to the pure error. There is an 11.97% chance that a “lack of fit F-value” this large could occur due to noise. Non-significant lack of fit is what is desired.
After generating the polynomial regression model relating the dependent and independent variables presented in Table 1, the pretreatment processes were optimized for the response of Y. Optimization was performed to obtain the levels of X1, X2, and X3, which minimized Y. The responses obtained for each experimental run performed according to Box-Behnken design were analyzed by multiple regression analysis, and the second order polynomial equation was derived to represent the beating degree of the pulp as a function of the variables tested as below:
where Y=predicted response (beating degree), and X1, X2 , and X3 are actual factors of enzyme dosage (‰, o.d.), contact time (min), and pulp consistency (%, o.d.) respectively.
The polynomial equation represents the quantitative effect of process variables (X1, X2, and X3) and their interactions on the response Y. The coefficient values of X1, X2, and X3 are related to the effect of these variables on the response Y. Coefficients with more than one factor term and those with higher order terms represent interaction terms and quadratic relationships, respectively. A negative value represents an effect that favors the optimization (decreasing the beating degree), while a positive value indicates an antagonistic effect. The values of X1, X2, and X3 were substituted into the equation with actual values to obtain the theoretical values of Y. (Palamakula et al. 2004). It was confirmed from the p values of linear terms shown in Table 3 that the enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency had a strong influence on the beating degree of the pulp. Among the independent variables, enzyme dosage had a more prominent effect on decreasing the beating degree than that of other variables, as evident from their linear coefficients and sum of squares in Table 3. Enzyme dosage also had a favorable influence (decreasing the beating degree as we desire). The magnitude of the pulp consistency was lower than that of enzyme dosage for decreasing the beating degree, whereas it was higher than that of the contact time and had a positive influence (increase of pulp consistency might result in the increase of beating). The linear terms and cubic terms of enzyme dosage and pulp consistency contributed to the decreasing of beating degree, as evident from the coefficients and sum of squares in Table 3.
Interaction Effects of Variables on the Modification of the Drainage of the Pulp
In order to visualize and understand the interaction effects of the variables and for identifying optimal levels of each parameter for attaining minimal beating degree of the pulp, significant interaction response surfaces generated by the model are plotted in Figs. 2 to 4. The response surfaces were based on the coefficients presented in Table 3, and the data were generated through keeping one variable at its respective zero level (center value of the testing ranges) and varying the other two within the experimental range. In general, exploration of the response surfaces indicated a complex interaction between the variables (Koocheki et al. 2009).
Figures 2, 3, and 4 illustrate the interaction effects of X1, X2, and X3 on the response Y. The variation of beating degree with enzyme dosage and contact time at a given pulp consistency (5%, o.d.) is presented in Fig. 2. At both medium levels of enzyme dosage and contact time, beating degree of the pulp was lower. At lower enzyme dosage, a longer contact time was needed for decreasing the beating degree, but even extending the time to 40 min, the decrease of the beating degree was still insignificant.
Fig. 2. Response surface plots showing the effect enzyme dosage (X1) and contact time (X2) on response Y (i.e., the beating degree of the pulp) (Pulp consistency=5%, o.d.)
Fig. 3. Response surface plots showing the effect contact time (X2) and pulp consistency (X3) on response Y (i.e., the beating degree of the pulp) (Enzyme dosage= 0.1‰, o.d.)
Fig. 4. Response surface plots showing the effect enzyme dosage (X1) and pulp consistency (X3) on response Y (i.e., the beating degree of the pulp) （Contact time= 30min）
However, at a higher enzyme dosage the situation was somewhat complex. Shorter and longer contact times in combination with a higher enzyme dosage were determined to be detrimental to the decrement of beating degree. Since the modification of fibers by enzyme requires several steps (transportation, adsorption, hydrolyzation, and desorption) which might take a certain amount of time, the shorter time may not reach the requirement. On the other hand, longer contact time and higher enzyme dosage might result in excessive hydrolysis of the fibers, and such an effect might release more fiber fragments and fines, which undermine the decrement of the beating degree of the pulp.
Figure 3 presents the variation of beating degree with contact time and pulp consistency when the enzyme dosage is constant (0.1‰，o.d.). From the plot it can be seen that when pulp consistency was decreased from 7.0% to 3.0% the beating degree changed in a parabolic manner, dramatically decreasing to a trough and then increasing slightly. At medium consistency, efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis is favorable. Lower pulp consistency is instrumental in the dispersing of the enzymes. More free water content heightens the efficiency of enzyme transportation mass transfer of intermediates and enzymes (Felby et al. 2008). However, too much free water can also adversely affect the decrease of beating degree, with the decreased modification efficiency at very low pulp consistency being due to the lessened adsorption of cellulase on the cellulose fibers (Kristensen et al. 2009). In addition, the contact time also demonstrated a similar change as in Fig. 2.
Figure 4 shows the interaction between enzyme dosage and pulp consistency on the beating degree of the pulp. As the previous ANOVA revealed, enzyme dosage had a more prominent effect on the modification of the drainability than that of other variables, and it had a favorable influence (decreased the beating degree as we desired). The magnitude of the pulp consistency was lower than that of enzyme dosage for decreasing the beating degree, whereas it was higher than that of the contact time and had a negative influence (increase of pulp consistency might result in the increase of beating that we dislike). In the examined range of each parameter, with the increase of the enzyme dosage and decrease of pulp consistency, the beating degree decreased rapidly. Similarly, higher enzyme dosage and lower pulp consistency also caused damage to the improvement of the drainability of the pulp.
Therefore, choice of enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency has to be made very judiciously to decrease the beating degree of the pulp. An enzyme dosage of about 0.1‰ o.d., a contact time of about 30 min, and pulp consistency of about 5% o.d. were found to be optimal for minimizing the beating degree of the pulp.
Optimization of the Enzymatic Pretreatment to Increase the Drainability of the Pulp
The response surface pilots discussed above revealed the trends of variation of the responses with the independent variables, but there were no accurate conditions obtained; therefore further optimization is needed. Optimal conditions for minimizing the beating degree of the pulp were predicted using numerical optimization function in Design Expert software.
Fig. 5. Optimum conditions by contour plot of the responses evaluated as a function of pulp consistency vs. contact time (at a given enzyme dosage of 0.1‰ o.d.)
Fig. 6. Optimum conditions by contour plot of the responses evaluated as a function of enzyme dosage vs. contact time (at the optimal pulp consistency of 4.6%)
Fig. 7. The optimum conditions by contour plot of the responses evaluated as a function of pulp consistency vs. enzyme dosage (at the optimal contact time of 31 min)
The levels of independent variables are tabulated in Table 4, and the objective of the optimization is to minimize the beating degree of the pulp. The optimum pretreatment conditions were determined by the contour plots of the responses, and the contour plots were evaluated as functions of each pair of variables when other parameters were given. For instance, when the enzyme dosage was given as 0.1‰ o.d., the optimum conditions of contact time and pulp consistency were 31.62 min and 4.66% o.d. respectively, and it brought a beating degree of 40.1 ºSR. When the optimized pulp consistency was given as 4.6 % o.d., the optimum conditions of enzyme dosage was 0.11‰ o.d., contact time was 31.40 min, and the beating degree under these conditions was 39.9 ºSR. When the optimized contact time was given as 31 min, the optimum conditions of the enzyme dosage and pulp consistency were 0.11‰ o.d. and 4.55% o.d. respectively, and the beating degree was predicted as 39.9 ºSR. In summary, the final optimal enzyme dosage was 0.11 ‰ o.d., pulp consistency was 4.55% o.d., and contact time was 30.88 min; under these optimal conditions, the predicted beating degree was 39.9 (Table 4). The actual beating degree of the pulp that was treated under the same condition was found as 40.5 ºSR, which was close to the predicted value.
Table 4. Predicted Optimum Condition to Minimize Beating Degree of the Pulp
Effect of the Enzymatic Pretreatment under the Optimum Condition on the Properties of Pulp and Handsheet
According to data of optimization experiments, the effect of enzymatic treatment on the drainage of the pulp and physical properties of the handsheet at the optimal enzyme dosage, contact time, and pulp consistency was investigated, and the results are shown in Table 5.
Table 5. Effect of Enzymatic Treatment on the Pulp and Handsheet Properties
Note: Handsheet grammage is 40 g/m2.
As shown in Table 5, the beating degree of the pulp, which was pretreated at the optimal conditions, decreased by ca. 20%, indicating that the drainability of the pulp was significantly improved. A similar trend has been reported (Bhardwaj1995; Bajpai 2003; Shaikh and Luo 2009), where the drainage of the recycled fiber decreased by 5% to 40%, depending on the kind of fibers. The cellulase preferentially hydrolyzes the fines with high specific surface area and the gel-like polysaccharide layer on the surface; such features ordinarily would contribute to the deteriorated drainability of recycled fibers. Some authors also have pointed out that cellulases may behave in a manner similar to retention aids, facilitating the flocculation of the small fiber particles, thereby enhance the drainability of the recycled fibers (Jackson et al. 1993; Mansfield and Wong 1999). However, most of these improvements of the drainability were at the expense of the strength properties of the paper. Our results in Table 5 suggested that the tear index of the handsheet decreased slightly, the tensile index remained unchanged or increased slightly, while the air permeability was improved due to the enzymatic treatment. The lower value of the tear index can be explained in terms of a weakening effect of the intrinsic fiber strength. Surprisingly, the tensile index of the optimal treated sample remained unchanged even with a lower beating degree. It is likely that the fiber bonding surface, which may contribute to the interfiber bonding, was recovered and increased by enzyme acting on the surface of the fibers. Besides, the decreased fines content alleviated its negative effect (non-effective bonding and filling among the inter-fibers) on the development of strength properties of the handsheets.
The effect of enzymatic treatment on the WRV was investigated as well, and according to equation (2) the hornification degree of the fibers was calculated. Results show that the enzymatic treatment at the optimal conditions could improve the WRV of fibers that were deteriorated due to drying in the paper making process causing hornification of fiber. We hypothesize that the hornification degree of the control sample is zero. Therefore, the negative values of the hornification degree means that hornifica-tion degrees of the fibers were decreased, and the fibers become more flexible. Such a finding was in agreement with Stork et al. (1995) who treated recycled pulps with cellulase and found that WRV value could be recovered.
Results from the fiber quality analysis proved that the enzymatic treatment hydrolyzed partial fines and fiber fragments and increased the proportion of the long fibers, which plays an important role in the strength properties of the handsheet. With the decrease of the fines in the pulp, the increase of the air permeability of the handsheet is inevitable.
Analysis of the Fiber Morphology by SEM
As shown in Fig. 8(A), scanning electron micrography of the single control fiber revealed a smooth surface which seemed as if it were covered by a layer of hard crust, and a few fines can be seen attached with the fiber surface. This may be due to the hornification effect of the fiber caused by the previous drying step in the papermaking process. When a fiber is dried, physical continuities in the cell wall are collapsed by high surface tension forces that pull the surface together. Therefore, much of the fibrillation that was developed in the previous beating process had become flattened, lying on the fiber surface, where it had also become hydrogen-bonded, forming the crust, which reduces swelling in the next cycle (Fig. 8(A)) (Bajpai 2010; James 1994; Dienes et al. 2004). However, when the cellulases were applied at the optimal conditions, the hydrolysis of fibrils from the crust of the fiber proceeded readily. The electron microscopic analysis showed that the crust covering the fiber surface was digested or destroyed by enzyme, restoring the rough surface with large specific area, and releasing some fibrils from the surface, which might have a positive effect on the development of the strength properties of the handsheet.
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Cooling specialist Noctua has announced the launch of its first fan to be constructed from Sterrox Liquid-Crystal Polymer (LCP), a material which it claims better resists thermal expansion: The NF-A12x25.
Designed for all-round use, being equally at home pushing against a radiator or pulling air into a case, the 120mm NF-A12x25 has been in the company's labs for a surprising amount of time. 'The NF-A12x25 is our most advanced fan today. We've spent more than 4.5 years developing it and it’s been easily the most thorny, intricate development project we've completed so far,' explains Noctua's chief executive officer Lars Strömbäck in his company's launch announcement. 'In order to achieve our goal of surpassing our renowned NF-F12 and NF-S12A, we went for a completely different approach and had to use a tip clearance of only 0.5mm, which poses various new difficulties in manufacturing.'
A small tip clearance - the distance between the very ends of the fan blade and the frame in which they are set - could spell problems for fans operating in high temperature environments owing to issues surrounding thermal expansion. That, however, Noctua claims to have addressed with a switch to a freshly-developed plastic: Sterrox Liquid-Crystal Polymer (LCP), which the company claims offers improved tensile strength, low thermal expansion coefficient, and increased dimensional stability compared to its previous plastics.
The new fan launches in three flavours, the company has confirmed: the flagship NF-A12x25 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), the FLX variant with bundled low-noise adapter, and a three-pin Ultra Low Noise (ULN) variant. At the same time, the company announced a complementary mounting adapter, the NA-SFMA1, which allows the 120mm fan to be fitted to 140mm radiators.
Noctua is clearly pushing its new fan design heavily, and has a range of supporting materials up on its website including a head-to-head comparison to its existing NF-F12 and NF-S12A fans, a look at the design and manufacturing challenges it faced, and even an interview with Strömbäck.
All three models of fan are available to buy now on Amazon, priced at £26.49 (inc. VAT) per fan and £10.59 (inc. VAT) for the 140mm adapter, with stock expected at other suppliers imminently.
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Hellspark
Janet Kagan (1988)
mystery , scifi , language , five-stars
Hellspark is not without faults, but faults do not remove a five-star rating given out of pure joy. This is what I want my scifi to be like, and the fact that Kagan has not published much (and died in 2008) was rough to discover in a world where it seems like every book has a sequel. Sadz.
So what made me so happy and so sad? This book is about language. But it’s not just “scifi author has a language idea”, it’s about everything that makes up a native speaker’s fluency. It’s about gestures and body language, it’s about the distance you keep from others and how you approach them, it’s about your constructs of status and gender and civility. It’s also about your concept of consciousness, as all this takes place in the midst of the culturally (planetary) diverse survey team figuring out if a native species on this survey planet is intelligent.
Our protagonist is a Hellspark, a culture which trains its children early in all other human(oid) languages and cultures. Hellspark people, as a result, can switch nearly effortlessly between cultures and as a result often work as merchants or judges to settle intercultural problems.
She is on a mission to figure out this whole intelligence business for the survey team, smooth over problems, be hilariously inventive in settling cultural disputes, and she is also accompanied by the second- or third-best character in the book: Her spaceship’s computer, Lord Magarete Lynn (a useful name that will, implicitly, teach you about names and titles in several other cultures in this book, if you pay attention). Adorable, adorkable, lovable Maggie, learning about human behaviour. I’m very into spaceships who assist their captain, so: yes. Much yes.
The one weakness of this book is that the villain is obvious and shallow, and the mystery easily solved – but the book continues for quite a bit after the formal resolution, and I’m not much of a mystery reader, so I mostly ignored the plot arc in favour of the worldbuilding and the delightful characters.
Because, and this is important: Everybody is having fun. The protagonist is a whirlwind, slightly Milesian (though not angsty), and is just enjoying the hell out of everything. And, following her, so did I.
Babel-17
by Samuel R. Delany · published 1966 · read 2018-08-18
Another high-energy scifi book that takes language and relentless enjoyment seriously.
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On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, family members, friends, and members of her beloved Sorority (Alpha Tau Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated) honored their sister Ms. Gertha Murphy as she celebrated 107 years of life. A parade with of over 100 cars including the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department and a Fire Truck from the San Antonio Fire Department caravanned through her neighborhood to let her know that she was well loved and not forgotten on her birthday.
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The legacy and homage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lived on, however, the traditional celebrations and one of the largest marches in the country was reimagined this year due to COVID concerns. San Antonio city officials and the MLK, Jr., Commission had the public’s best interest in hand and held a commemorative virtual march.
This year marked the 53rd anniversary of the first March for Justice in San Antonio. The march that San Antonio participants know and observer well was organized by the late Rev. Dr. Raymond “R.A.” Callies, Sr., a San Antonio teacher and pastor. He began the March in 1968 as a call to bring awareness to the need for basic infrastructure on the east side. His efforts have resulted in what has became one of if not the largest MLK march in the US, hosting over 300,000 participants of all ages, ethnic backgrounds, and creed.
The commemorative virtual march kicked-off with a premiere of native San Antonian and accomplished filmmaker Ya’ke Smith’s Dream: Rising Up For Justice film. The film celebrated organizers, community leaders, past marches, and featured musical performances. The premiere aired on News4SA, and the city’s TVSA.
Around town caravans, neighborhood marches, and a few community block parties took place with COVID safety measures in order. Many still wanted to honor Dr. King’s legacy by celebrating with family, friends, and neighbors to carry out his message of unity and building better communities while echoing the continued push for justice and equality for all.
MLK Day 2021 was not shuttered. One march didn’t stop the show. As the opening words of the film read and reminded us… “The Dream Continues!”
The City of San Antonio is accepting applications for the SA: Ready to Work Advisory Board.
In November, San Antonio voters overwhelmingly approved SA: Ready to Work, a training and education initiative to assist San Antonio residents impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Last week, City Council approved the creation of a nine-member SA: Ready to Work Advisory Board to provide feedback on program objectives.
“During the campaign this fall, voters asked how this initiative would incorporate diverse community feedback and remain aligned with business and resident needs. The timely creation of this board establishes a transparent and inclusive process from the start as City Council considers the various policies associated with this workforce and training initiative,” said Mayor Ron Nirenberg. “I encourage employers, participants and stakeholder organizations interested in playing a role in this important initiative to apply to serve.”
This Board will consist of representatives from four local employers with in-demand occupations, two current/previous participants in the City of San Antonio workforce development programs, one trade or labor organization, one community organization, and one workforce training provider. In additional, two City Council members appointed by the Mayor will serve as liaisons to this Advisory Board.
Applications for the Advisory Board positions can be found at the City of San Antonio’s Board and Commissions website (https://www.sanantonio.gov/Clerk/Legislative/BoardsCommissions#13319780-apply-for-a-board). Applications will be reviewed for eligibility beginning in mid-January and forward to City Council for review and potential appointment. Potential applicants are asked to consider that no appointed members of this Advisory Board may have direct relationships with entities that contract with the City for implementation of the SA Ready to Work program.
SA: Ready to Work will be tax supported through a 1/8th cent sales tax. This education and workforce program would begin serving San Antonio residents in fall 2021 and extend through December 2025. Each year of the initiative, up to 10,000 residents will be served with a total of up to 40,000 residents served over the four years.
The City of San Antonio’s Department of Arts & Culture’s Public Art Division is seeking applicants for the 2021 Public Art Pre-Qualified List for Artists and Support Services.
The Pre-Qualified List works as a roster of emerging and experienced individuals and organizations who are pre-qualified by City Council to work on designing, building, and promoting future projects within the Department of Arts & Culture’s Public Art Program.
We are seeking professional qualifications from area, state, national, and international artists and arts organizations as well as individuals and businesses that provide support services including, but not limited to, consulting, curating, writing, project management, art history, art handling and shipping, art appraising, restoring and conserving art, art fabrication and installation, photo and video documentation, graphic and web-based design, and technical design.
· Deadline to Apply: January 18, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. CT
· Optional Virtual Informational Workshop: December 8, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. CT.
Register for the webinar here.
All Open Call details and application instructions can be found at http://www.sanantonio.gov/arts/open
Applying for the Pre-Qualified List allows applicants to be selected for future projects, inclusion does not guarantee selection for a public art contract.
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Ferries to Eastern Aegean: Samos, Chios, Lesvos and other islands
Although the Greek islands of Eastern Aegean are not as popular as other island groups, like the Cyclades or the Dodecanese, ferries to Eastern Aegean islands are frequent. Attracting mostly families and people looking for authentic experiences, the islands of Eastern Aegean have faithful visitors every summer. Most ferries to Eastern Aegean depart from the port of Piraeus in Athens, although there are also ferries departing from less busy mainland ports.
#Ferries to Eastern Aegean: Samos
Samos is the most popular island of the Eastern Aegean group. It distinguishes for the wonderful beaches, the green nature, and the relaxing atmosphere. Samos is a great holiday destination for families with kids and hikers. Although the ferry to Samos is long and takes about 13 hours from Piraeus, once you get there you have all chances to relax at the crystal beaches with pine trees that almost touch the seawater.
The most tourist places in Samos are Kokkari, Pythagorion and Karlovassi, however there are many other small and cozy seaside villages to look for accommodation. The countryside of Samos, dotted with mountainous villages, monasteries and green forests, is a fantastic place to discover by foot.
#Ferry to Chios
Chios is a Greek island that keeps intact its traditional style. The special character of Chios is seen in the Medieval villages on the southern side, the Byzantine monasteries spread in the countryside and the secluded beaches with very few visitors. Although there are some tourist-developed spots in Chios, like Agia Ermioni, Agia Fotini, and Vrontados, the largest part of the island remains off the beaten track even in high season. The ferry to Chios departs from Piraeus and the trip is usually overnight. In summer, there is also a ferry from Kavala to Chios three times per week.
#Ferry to Lesvos
Spread with olive trees, picturesque villages, and cozy beaches, Lesvos is a great island for families with kids and tourists looking for peaceful moments. A drive around Lesvos will unfold a traditional Greek landscape, interesting sights, and museums as well as organized or secluded beaches. The ferry to Lesvos departs from Piraeus, the main port of Athens. In summer, there are also ferries to Lesvos from Kavala, in northern Greece, three times per week.
#Ferry to Thassos
The ferry to Thassos departs only from the ports of Kavala and Keramoti in northern Greece. These ferries depart almost every hour and the trip is short, from 40 to 60 min.
#Ferry to Lemnos
There is no ferry to Lemnos departing from the port of Piraeus. Ferries to Lemnos island depart from the port of Lavrion, in southern Attica, three times per week. In summer, there are also ferries from Kavala, northern Greece.
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How to operate technical building systems to prevent the spread of COVID-19
The scientific community still lacks knowledge about COVID-19. But based on what we already know, both the World Health Organization and the Portuguese Ordem dos Engenheiros (Engineers’ Order) recommend a series of measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 in buildings. In addition to social distancing and other prevention measures in facility management, maintenance managers should take extra care with HVAC systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) and water distribution.
All the measures that we will talk about for facility managers are valid for residential and non-residential buildings where large numbers of people are gathered, such as offices, hotels, schools or shopping centres. Hospitals, health centres, clinics and other places of clinical activities should always follow the latest guidelines and regulations from the government.
Is it possible for COVID-19 to spread in buildings?
Short answer: yes. So far [as of 9 April 2020], we know of at least three methods of SARS-CoV-2 infection (the virus that causes COVID-19):
Direct contact with an infected person or surface, if afterward the hand comes into contact with a mucous membrane (mouth/ nose/ eyes);
Inhalation of viral droplets, which infected people expel when they talk, cough or sneeze (which can stay up to 3 hours in the air and spread for several meters);
Oral-fecal contamination (acknowledged in March, since the virus is excreted in feces).
It is in these last two forms of contamination that facility managers need to focus on. We know that SARS-Cov-2 has been detected in the exhaust ducts of wards and COVID-positive zones (i.e. intended to treat patients with the disease). This reaffirms the hypothesis that particles are projected much farther than 1-2 meters in enclosed spaces and forces us to re-evaluate the best way to ventilate these spaces.
On the other hand, the particles entering the water distribution system were an active transmission route of SARS-CoV-1, the virus responsible for the outbreak of SARS in 2002-2003 in Asia. The transmission of SARS through pipelines was proven in Hong Kong, where 107 people living in the same vertical block of flats were infected by the virus. Therefore, and yet without certainty about the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2, European norms call for an ALARA (“as low as reasonably achievable”) approach to risk, which means that prevention is the way to go.
Maintenance management measures to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 in buildings and workplaces
Based on the information available to us, these are the recommended procedures that maintenance managers should adopt to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in buildings through HVAC systems. (Note: As we find out more about COVID-19 and the behavior of SARS-CoV-2, it is expected that the instructions of REHVA will be reviewed and improved).
Ventilation and air extraction during the COVID-19 epidemic
The best way to ensure that viral particles do not “hover” in common areas is to increase the ventilation of buildings and extract the air:
Turn on the ventilation 24/7, even at a low rate;
If possible, to avoid oral-fecal contamination, ventilate the toilet facilities with negative pressure;
Open the windows more than usual, even if it may compromise thermal comfort, especially in rooms that have been previously used by third parties;
In case a room has been occupied by someone with a suspected or confirmed infection of COVID-19, it should be aired naturally for at least 3 hours.
Air Recirculation in HVAC & Heating Systems
Since the SARS-CoV-2 particles can remain in exhaust ducts, it is essential to avoid air recirculation in HVAC systems to prevent COVID-19:
In Air Handling Units that take advantage of the air and recirculate it, the mixing sections must be closed even if they have filters (since these are non-HEPA filters that let SARS-CoV-2 microparticles through);
Ventilation fans must be switched off or, if this is not possible, they must be thoroughly disinfected;
Heat exchangers and heat recovery devices must be switched off, except for systems that can fully separate the intake and return air;
Air purifiers only work in very small rooms (<10 m2) and therefore only provide benefits if they are installed very close to people – overall, adequate space ventilation offers many more benefits;
You should install HEPA filters in windowless rooms and in closed circuits, which are the only ones capable of filtering out virus microparticles.
Changing your maintenance plan because of COVID-19?
There is no advantage in doing additional duct cleaning as long as you avoid 100% of air recirculation and ventilate the rooms. Clean and sanitize the ducts as planned.
Replace the filters only when they have exceeded their usable time or there is a break in the load input. There are no advantages in changing it more often if there are no malfunctions in the filter performance.
There is no need to change the external filters as current ventilation systems have F7, F8 or ISO ePM1 filters. If you have any questions, please see the technical details of the equipment to confirm.
Maintenance personnel should wear masks, goggles, and gloves to replace the filters, as they can reservoirs for the virus. You should always assume, even in normal public health situations, that the filters have potentially contagious microbiological material.
The filters must be stored in sealed bags.
Ionisation or UV disinfection is not recommended for common buildings and only makes sense in a hospital setting.
Water distribution and contamination of COVID-19 through plumbing
Problems in the water distribution system and in the pipelines enhance the possibility the fecal-oral contamination. So there are two things you should pay attention to:
Always flush the toilet with the lid closed to prevent the propagation of particles;
Prevent siphons from running out of the water and maintain the water level, which prevents discharges and virus particles from “re-entering” the environment – to do so, use all water points every three weeks.
Humidity and temperature regulation to prevent COVID-19
Although some viruses are highly sensitive to changes in humidity and temperature levels, the new coronavirus is especially resistant. SARS-CoV-2 is only sensitive to humidity above 80% and to temperatures above 30ºC, which are not viable conditions for office buildings (nor for housing patients). Therefore, it is not worth making adjustments to humidity and to the temperature of the air conditioning to prevent COVID-19.
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200 Special Trains 200 Special Trains News Tickets for these trains would only be available in online mode. Trainman <html> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Ministry of Railways have decided to run 200 non-ac timetabled passenger trains on a daily basis from June 1. These trains will be in addition to the <b><a href="https://blog.trainman.in/blog/shramik-special-trains/" target="_blank">Shramik special trains</a></b> and 30 <b><a href="https://blog.trainman.in/blog/covid-19-special-trains/" target="_blank">COVID-19 special trains</a></b> flagged off earlier this month. The routes and schedule of the 200 non-ac passenger trains are yet to be announced. The move is expected to provide relief to migrants across the country as passengers would be able to make online bookings for these trains. No tickets will be sold at any railway station and passengers should not come to the railway station to buy tickets. </p> <div class="admob-ads"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Responsive Blog --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7159304429864193" data-ad-slot="5773289261" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Till now more than 21.5 lakh migrants have been transported to their home states through 1600 Shramik special trains in 19 days. The railway board has also asked the state governments to identify and locate the migrants, who have been walking on roads to reach their native places and ferry them to the nearest mainline railway station so that the arrangements could be made for their further travel through Shramik trains. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/stranded-shramiks.jpg" alt="Stranded Shramiks" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Additionally the centre has also revised standard operation procedure (SOP) for the railways to run the ‘Shramik’ special trains. In its new guidelines the Ministry of Home Affairs has given more power to the railway ministry to plan shramik special trains without the consent of the state governments. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also said that within the next 2 days Indian Railways will double the number of shramik special trains to 400 per day. </p> <img class="replace-for-mobile" style="text-align: center;" src="/static/blog/images/200specl-train.jpg" alt="200specl Train" width="100%"> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The decision to introduce 200 more passenger trains has come two days after the Central government extended the nationwide lockdown in view of the soaring cases of coronavirus. The number of daily coronavirus cases hit a new high as India reported 5,611 cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus patients in India rose to 1,07,021. Death toll has increased to 3,303. The fatality rate in India is relatively low at 3 percent. To know the state-wise coronavirus outbreak in India check <b><a href="https://www.trainman.in/covid" target="_blank">real-time COVID-19 updates</a></b>. </p> <div class="admob-ads"> <script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- Responsive Blog --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7159304429864193" data-ad-slot="9989836060" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Stay home, stay safe! Keep reading the Trainman blog to know the latest updates on railways and COVID-19 virus. Download the Trainman app to check <a href="https://www.trainman.in/pnr">PNR Status</a> of your booked ticket, train between stations, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=in.trainman.trainmanandroidapp&hl=en_IN">Running Status of Covid special trains</a> and many such exciting features. The Trainman team appeals to all the people to abide by the guidelines of the Ministry of the Home Affairs and follow the lockdown 4.0 guidelines. </p> </html>
200 Special Trains
The Ministry of Railways have decided to run 200 non-ac timetabled passenger trains on a daily basis from June 1. These trains will be in addition to the Shramik special trains and 30 COVID-19 special trains flagged off earlier this month. The routes and schedule of the 200 non-ac passenger trains are yet to be announced. The move is expected to provide relief to migrants across the country as passengers would be able to make online bookings for these trains. No tickets will be sold at any railway station and passengers should not come to the railway station to buy tickets.
Till now more than 21.5 lakh migrants have been transported to their home states through 1600 Shramik special trains in 19 days. The railway board has also asked the state governments to identify and locate the migrants, who have been walking on roads to reach their native places and ferry them to the nearest mainline railway station so that the arrangements could be made for their further travel through Shramik trains.
Additionally the centre has also revised standard operation procedure (SOP) for the railways to run the ‘Shramik’ special trains. In its new guidelines the Ministry of Home Affairs has given more power to the railway ministry to plan shramik special trains without the consent of the state governments. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal also said that within the next 2 days Indian Railways will double the number of shramik special trains to 400 per day.
The decision to introduce 200 more passenger trains has come two days after the Central government extended the nationwide lockdown in view of the soaring cases of coronavirus. The number of daily coronavirus cases hit a new high as India reported 5,611 cases in the last 24 hours. The total number of coronavirus patients in India rose to 1,07,021. Death toll has increased to 3,303. The fatality rate in India is relatively low at 3 percent. To know the state-wise coronavirus outbreak in India check real-time COVID-19 updates.
Stay home, stay safe! Keep reading the Trainman blog to know the latest updates on railways and COVID-19 virus. Download the Trainman app to check PNR Status of your booked ticket, train between stations, Running Status of Covid special trains and many such exciting features. The Trainman team appeals to all the people to abide by the guidelines of the Ministry of the Home Affairs and follow the lockdown 4.0 guidelines.
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Alan Grayson’s Got Your Back on Foreclosure Fraud. Won’t you get his on November 2nd? UPDATED
by John Amato
You know, when America’s worst columnist devotes an entire piece to his eliminationist right-wing wish for the voters to “purge” you from the American scene, you have to figure you’re scoring, and against some sensitive targets. Why else target you?
Well, Alan Grayson has been fighting the good fight for the people of Florida 08 since he hit the halls of Congress in 2009. And he’s been out in front of every other politician in the country in demanding accountability for the greatest banking fraud scandal in American history. When he heard reports of banks foreclosing on homes they didn’t own, he didn’t consult pollsters or political strategists, Grayson took action and requested that the Florida Supreme Court step in. That public request got the ball rolling and Attorney’s General and state officials across the nation looked at the evidence of similar fraudulent behavior and called for moratoriums on foreclosures.
As this foreclosure fraud scandal unfolds, Grayson remains at the forefront of those demanding accountability, speaking plainly and assertively of the need for this criminal behavior to come to and end so the country can finally start to rebuild from the rubble. And like Republicans running for national office all over America, his opponent has breathed nary a word about it, fearing, as they all do, the wrath of the big banks and wealthy financial interests who want to sweep this under the rug to protect their profits.
If you want someone who isn’t afraid to take on the big corporate interests, someone who isn’t afraid to take on entrenched political power, who isn’t afraid, period, you’ll vote for Alan Grayson. He’s got your back — won’t you get his?
You can donate to his campaign to help him keep fighting the good fight, here.
VP Joe Biden and the White House stepped up their support for him even after the DCCC snubbed Alan Grayson and are hosting a fundraiser for him. This is great news, but remember that Grayson is the #1 enemy of Republicans and Tea Partiers.
Please help him out if you can especially after George Will unleashed a vicious attack on him. This only proves how effective Grayson has been at fighting back against the Republicans every day he’s spent in Congress.
Tags Alan Grayson, Blue America, foreclosure fraud
President-elect Joe Biden will preside over a national memorial ceremony on Tuesday to honor the nearly 400,000 Americans who have died of the coronavirus. It will kick off “a national moment of unity” with similar memorials across the country.https://t.co/ZbvuY1epdD
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 18, 2021
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All About The Balmain x Global Fund (RED) Limited-Edition Sneakers
11/18/2020 Bluegrass Direct News Balmain, Fund, Global, LimitedEdition, Red, Sneakers
In 2020, supporting fashion with a purpose has never felt better. That’s the idea behind Balmain’s (Balmain)RED B-Court sneakers—a limited-edition launch that benefits The Global Fund‘s fight against HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. Designed by creative director Olivier Rousteing, the unisex accessory continues a long-standing partnership with the Global Fund and (RED) to provide funding and resources to countries impacted by both viruses.
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The coronavirus pandemic has reduced access to healthcare for many fighting against AIDS, meaning it’s never been a more vital time to support the cause. In a statement to ELLE.com, Rousteing recalled being introduced to (RED) by Bono, who inspired him to design for the initiative. “Having begun my life in an orphanage, the struggles of vulnerable children across the globe is something that’s extremely personal for me,” he explains. “With AIDS killing more young people (aged 15-29) and more young women (aged 15-49) than any other disease worldwide, there are now almost 14 million children worldwide who have lost a parent to AIDS. Most of those children live in sub-Saharan Africa, and the work (RED) does is critical to the education, empowerment and protection of those children and their families—which is why I am thrilled to do anything that I can do to support it.”
Rousteing admits he became a bit “obsessed” with designs for the (Balmain)RED B-Court sneakers, jotting in sharpie on prototypes of the product. “Finally, we all realized that all my scribbles, notes and measurements were the ideal reflection of the devotion required from all of us to face this critical moment,” he recalls of the shoe’s graphic red-and-black look.
The (Balmain)RED B-Court sneakers are now available exclusively at Balmain’s new storefront on Madison Avenue in New York City, Balmain.com, and as part of the (RED) Shopathon event, for $595. 25% of all sales will directly benefit the Global Fund’s COVID-19 Response Mechanism. The organization hopes to raise $5 billion in the next year to fight against COVID-19 and provide healthcare for those impacted by the pandemic.
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Mom who jumped to death off Manhattan building with daughter, 5, was reducing depression treatment that made her suicidal
New York City news, New York news.
A 39-year-mom who had recently divorced took her own life and that of her 5-year-old daughter on Sunday after jumping off the 12th stories of a Manhattan building.
The family and friends of Oksana Patchin said that she was struggling with depression and took three prescribed drugs but was progressively weaning her treatment.
“She was taking less and less,” the grieving mother of Patchin said adding that the victim planned to stop the medication completely by February or March.
A friend of the family confirmed that Patchin was taking Klonopin and Trazpsychiatrist to treat her panic and anxiety but that only made her situation worse as she became addicted and suicidal.
Woman scheduled suicide note to post on Instagram days after jumping to death from highest Hudson Yards Vessel
At around 1:40 p.m., Patchin walked to a Hell’s Kitchen building in Manhattan, got to the roof, climbed over a safety gate, and picked up her daughter before leaping to her death with the toddler.
At Patchin’s Brooklyn Height apartment, officers discovered bottles of medication.
The woman suffered depression after she filed for divorce last summer.
She worked as a French Bank CIC officer and provided for her special needs daughter and mom.
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See all Mickey Mouse sets
Mickey Mouse is a LEGO category that had 5 sets released in 2000. This page details statistics of this theme, derived from all of the reviews Brick Insights has gathered and interpreted. You'll find a breakdown of the following:
Best rated Mickey Mouse sets of all time
Average rating of Mickey Mouse sets compared to other categories
Mickey Mouse rating over the years
Let's get the best part done first. These are the highest rated Mickey Mouse sets of all time.
All Mickey Mouse sets by rating
is the average rating of all Mickey Mouse sets.
This rating is the average of all 0 scored sets in Mickey Mouse. Compared to other categories this is bad. 5 unscored sets are not included. 0% of all sets in this category are scored. Here's the distribution of all categories and where Mickey Mouse is in relation to the others.
Alright, so that's the rating. But are the sets generally recommended? The data we've collected shows that the majority of Mickey Mouse sets are considered not recommended:
Not all sets in our database are marked as recommended or not. We currently have 0 sets in Mickey Mouse that are considered unknown. They are excluded from these calculations.
Since part prices vary a lot depending on part types, Brick Insights attempts to group similar categories together. We call these meta-categories comparable categories. Mickey Mouse is bundled into System along with these:
The average price per part (PPP) of all System sets is 0.21. The average PPP for Mickey Mouse is 0.41. Meanwhile, the average price per minifig (PPM) in System is 17 and the average PPM for Mickey Mouse is 20.93.
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Extra Extra! Amir is SPILLING THE TEA!
MISSIN’ US? Don’t worry we know it’s Quarantine so we are giving you a super SPECIAL extra dose of The Take On and it’s just Amir this time. We are spilling some major TEA! We are diving into the world of celebrities and unveiling the dark side of being a publicist in Hollywood. From working with the nightmarish Erika Jayne from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to the lovable A-List actor Michale B. Jordan, Amir has worked for all the creme de la creme of Hollywood. Working as a publicist means not being seen, which was very difficult for someone as big a personality as Amir. From Taco Bell runs at 4AM to bags of weed during the Emmy’s no job was ever too small for Amir, and we’re going to spill all this tea in this special episode. PR (public relations) taught how Amir how to be himself, it taught him to deal with big personalities, and it taught him to leave PR as soon as it wasn’t serving him anymore. Thanks to PR, Amir finally stepped into his most authentic self and further leaned into his divine purpose, which is to entertain not work for entertainers. Amir Yassai worked as a publicist and assistant to a talent manager for almost a decade in Hollywood before pivoting to be talent himself behind the camera and the podcast mic.
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Amir Yassai is an LGBTQ activist and regularly hosts panels at the LA LGBT center battling transphobia, femme bashing, body shaming, and racism in the queer community. Interviewing a diverse group of people from Carson Kressley to Johnny Sibilly to Eureka O’Hara and Ongina from RuPaul’s Drag Race. Amir has worked as a publicist for LA Fashion Week, Golden Globes, and The Emmy’s. Amir has worked with everyone from Erika Jayne from Real Housewives of Beverly Hills to Michael B. Jordan to Donald Glover & has survived to tell the tale. As an actively visible Queer Muslim Amir hopes to change the way religion and sexual orientation are mutually exclusive. Amir is a self proclaimed “human unicorn.” Three words to explain Amir are Queer, Compassionate & Colorful.
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Graduate changing perceptions with vegan cookbook
Date: 18th Jan 2018
A Buckinghamshire New University graduate is on a mission to change perceptions of vegan food and has written a cookbook with 34 recipes to appeal to people who follow the diet.
Sarah Hrycyk graduated in BA (Hons) Advertising Management and Digital Communications last year and says her eBook, All Vegan, is perfect for anyone looking for tasty recipes and taking part in the charity-organised Veganuary.
The first-time author said: “I wrote this eBook for a number of reasons.
“Firstly, when I transitioned to a vegan lifestyle I struggled to find comforting, easy, store-cupboard-ingredient vegan recipes that I would like and my family would too.
“Secondly I believe there is somewhat of a misconstrued perception around veganism - that we only eat grass, rice and beans and that it’s an exclusive ‘club’.
“I want to share with the world how vegan cooking is yummy, flavoursome and easy, whilst getting all of your daily and vital nutrients and satisfying non-vegans.
“I want to show that the vegan lifestyle is not an exclusive club and that anyone can enjoy scrumptious vegan food.”
The recipes include lasanga, pasta carbonara; one-pan veggie fajita pasta; shepherd's pie; tikka masala curry; paella, mushroom; chestnut and red wine pie; Oreo brownies; chocolate cake; and gooey chocolate chip cookies.
It’s been a busy time for Sarah as she and fellow BA (Hons) Advertising Management and Digital Communications graduate Katie Pink also own their own digital marketing consultancy, KAS Digital Insights, specialising in content marketing, social media marketing and SEO, and based in Thame and Milton Keynes.
Sarah added: “Things are going extremely well. We actually set up the business while still at university and since running it full-time from early September the business has snowballed and we now have six new clients on board.
“If you had told me at the start of university that by the end of my degree I would become a CEO of a business and a vegan cookbook author I would’ve laughed.
“No way would I have the confidence or the right skillset to do that. The experiences gained throughout my business degree has given me a strong foundation of knowledge and skills and the people that I have had the privilege of making connections with have all contributed to me being able to go out and do what I want to do and to make successes from these initiatives. I’m excited to see what else I’m capable of.”
For more information of Sarah’s All Vegan eBook, and to buy a copy, go to: http://amzn.to/2CPHsPi.
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The 21 Best Places to Camp within the U.S.
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Visit a Pocono Mountains campground and revel in all of the fun of a country camping trip with a couple of further facilities. Choose from tent websites, RV sites, camping cabins and even glamping. Pocono Mountains campgrounds present every thing you need, from cabin rentals to campfire supplies.
The campgrounds embrace swimming areas and nearly 400 miles (636 kilometers) of hiking trails. Some campgrounds are available yr-round, whereas others are only out there from May via October. The Grand Canyon is a gorge of the Colorado River and lies inside Grand Canyon National Park. While there isn’t any camping allowed in the canyon, the park does have a number of campgrounds out there.
Minaret Falls Campground is open through the summer season months, and camping is feasible without reservations, since it is first-come, first-served.
Fires could also be built in fire rings only and useless wooden can be collected off the ground, however it is scarce, so rangers recommend you deliver your personal.
In one path, the Boston city skyline, glittering and proud.
Sleeping under the stars and waking as much as the breathtaking desert landscapes of Southern California is an outside expertise like no other.
I spent a few months wild camping all through Britain a few summers ago.
While few nationwide parks enable free of charge camping, many national parks are bordered by national forest or grasslands. Drive a few minutes out of the park, pull into a quiet spot in the nationwide forest, and enjoy the solitude. However, if you would like a lake front web site, or the right view of Big Pocono, you will need to make your reservations early.
Make lasting memories whenever you set up camp within the Pocono Mountains. View our Pocono Mountains Campgrounds Guide onlineor learn our Four Styles of Camping within the Pocono Mountains blog. Francis National Forests are two separate forests, Ozark and St. Francis. Between the two forests, there are 23 campgrounds alongside the rivers and lakes or in the mountains. Primitive camping is allowed wherever within the forest where signs aren’t posted prohibiting it.
A. T. T. In the name, it is a transitional town,” she stated. In the meantime, he said his group would start a dialog with the people on the location. But Rhodes, one of the camp’s authentic residents, mentioned he’s worried it might mean an finish to plans to make Camp R.
People forget their umbrellas on a regular basis, and umbrellas on a rainy day must be a straightforward sale. ”
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Long journeys are attainable (as much as 30 nights. ), either as one epic journey or as a collection of brief routes, damaged up by bus trips or stays in different campgrounds within the park.
Spending a while in cool water might help you keep clear and refresh your spirits, so a little swimming can soothe the a part of your heart longing for a bath. Bears have become quite savvy these days and have found out that these coolers normally carry meals items and it will entice them to your campsite.
I can be very appreciative should you might ship music individuals over to return and read the article above and in the event that they do discover time, take heed to my station on /stations/djtot12 and the stations is known as FASTTRACKS.
Much to my amazement, this phrase is used four occasions within the Scriptures. The Fourth Intercostal Space or Fifth Rib. We see this imaged in the biblical account of the planting, improvement, and function of what was to be the “coronary heart” of the created world, that being Eden representing the life of a paradise in unhindered fellowship with God.
God certainly does elevate the kings of this world just as His word says. Exodus 9. 15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence. and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
In bop melodies, there seemed to be an countless changing direction, stops and starts, variations of impetus, a jaggedness that reached out of the rhythmic bases of the music. Certainly the re-establishment of the hegemony of polyrhythms and the precise subjugation of melody to these rhythms are a lot nearer to a purely African means of Making music, than they are to any Western ideas(except, as I mentioned, in the acutely aware attempts of certain modern classical composers like Stravinsky to utilize non-Western musical ideas).
For several days, a car driver found himself giving a carry to a World War 2 pilot, who would all of a sudden seem on the again seat of his car when he reached a sure level of his journey.
Overlooked by the Eildon Hills, every caravan has a different, jewel-colored decor drawn from the influences of Moroccan, Oriental, Indian, and Celtic cultures. If you are on the lookout for RV or caravan accessories , you possibly can’t go incorrect when you shop with Camec.
But at that time, we also decided that the safest option for us and the households that trust us was to close all of our day camp places at the same time,” mentioned Tyler Shaule, government director for Forest Cliff Camp.
What we’re doing in New York,” Mr. Salazar said in Brooklyn at the future web site of the campground in Jamaica Bay, will create a model for a new technology of nice city parks in America.
It originated because the official eyewear of the United States Air Force. It is the top of the thoughts model for any buyer who appears for high quality and magnificence in a sunglass pair.
Pulling into caravan parks at night, they barely had time to unhook Driftwood from their car before they are surrounded by curious onlookers. A lot of people think truck drivers could be fairly aggro towards us, but we discover they’re usually the alternative,” says Bob.
Primitive camping allows for you to get away from the bigger, crowded campgrounds, and get out into wild. If you want to camp in a more secluded location, look into primitive campsites” or state/nationwide parks that let you camp nearly anyplace you can pitch a tent.
On 21st June 2012 a neighborhood newspaper reported that a man referred to as the police after witnessing an plane barrel-roll and head in the direction of the tree line. In addition to RAF Halifaxes a Canadian squadron RCAF 405 flew Wellingtons from here, but sadly misplaced 20 plane.
I havnt set up the website but, but when it goes live search for ERA Beach chalet Humberston Fitties and you will discover it. It is an authentic 1930’s chalet proper subsequent to the seashore and I shall be furnishing it in utterly vintage style, together with ashtrays.
My chronology of the presentantion of the musical histories, bio and so forth below, I just to give a way that there was a music scene in South Africa, and this has many interesting and engaging aspects to it, and we need to start to hint it, and comprehend it, very well, amongst ourselves and our people, kids, friends and so forth what it was and still is all about.
The vintage caravan motion is not solely taking holidaymakers on a visit down memory lane but in addition strengthening their social interactions. I personally discover it very hard to consider that thousands of individuals woke up in the future and magically came collectively to form a giant “caravan,” (from three different nations up to now.
, I’d love to. ”
What is disarming is that people attempt sending postcards you wish to obtain. A Postcrosser with a Postcard Blog Award. If you don’t know the way to write hieroglyphics, likelihood is you’ll mess it up past any recognition and your postcard will never arrive.
That is why I say, you made a mistake and not inform me on time so that I could prepare and are available and jam with these Hip individuals’ and you, and just lift the Jam from it solely being Gotham’s vibes and Sounds solely, however take you into sounds of the Bright and Starry evening Beats of African villages.
If you’ve learn by way of my articles right here, you will see that I by no means omit any a part of the word. Also, Israel was invaded by Rome, through the lifetime of Jesus, Pontius Pilate was that Roman who stood earlier than the crowd with Jesus when they known as for Barabbas to be let loose, as was the customized.
If you are keen about what you are selling or buying and selling, other individuals might be too. It’s a fantastic technique for reaching individuals as a result of it is free, it would not take very lengthy to send out a Tweet and if individuals are interested, the feedback is sort of prompt.
In 1987, Sakhile was revived, and tours to Switzerland, Italy, Britain, Germany and a number of other African nations followed. Gumede additionally recorded with jazz legends such because the American Timmy Thomas, Kippie Moeketsi, Stimela, Margaret Singane, Abdullah Ibrahim, Winston Mankunku and Brenda Fassie.
The Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association (WETRA) runs a summer time day camp of its own between early June and August end, welcoming about 20 youngsters in rotation per week.
Hurricane Fred was the easternmost Atlantic hurricane ever to kind within the tropics , and the primary to maneuver by way of Cape Verde since 1892 The second hurricane of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season , Fred became a Category 1 hurricane on August 31 because it approached Cape Verde, which was placed under a hurricane warning for the primary time ever.
Both musicians have commented on the joy they felt, at being able to finally pursue jazz careers in the United States, and the honour of playing alongside their jazz heroes. Originally educated in classical piano, his musical profession started in Brussels and Paris within the 1950s.
Opened on 13th May 1937 as a bomber airfield for the RAF and RCAF additionally operated from here, through the Second World War. As they passed by a hanger, they had been all of a sudden surrounded by the sounds of activity – they might hear the hanger doors screeching open, the engines of plane starting up, and the sound of many pairs of trainers working by them, though nothing could be seen.
“I do not think God answers “each single time. ”
Sometimes, as it was with His own Son, He is silent. It isn’t that God would not reply prayers- I would by no means say or imply that.
In 1969, Marvin Joined singer Rocky Roberts’ band and moved to Italy. Marvin believes the best way he can honor jazz music, its historical past, and himself, is to move along the knowledge and lessons he discovered along his journey.
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That Bond Sound
Posted by Edward McCue in Bach's Life, Bach's Predecessors, Bach's Successors, Bach's Works, Films
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While the greatest musical dynasties ruled over vast empires of the imagination, their geographic domains were small. The Couperins held the organist post at the church of St. Gervais in Paris for nearly two hundred years from middle of the seventeenth century to well into the nineteenth. For a still longer period legions of Bach relations spread out through the Lutheran heartland of central Germany like industrious musical beavers. Churches, court chapels, schools: these were the modest and often confining venues where the Bachs practiced their craft.
The reach of these august families is dwarfed by that of the most influential of all musical lines – the Newmans of Hollywood. Not yet extending across as many generations as the clans just mentioned, this movie-music dynasty rules the multiplex and therefore the world.
Whereas the most august of the Couperins and Bachs produced some of the monuments the Baroque, from elegant and profound keyboard pieces to monumental vocal works, the Newmans have given the world countless soundtracks and orchestrated even more. J. S. Bach produced more than two hundred cantatas in a handful of years, but the greatest of the Newmans – Alfred the Indefatigable – was still more prolific. This Newman’s career spanned Hollywood’s Golden Age, from City Lights of 1931 (Chaplin himself wrote the score; Newman was his music director) to the star-studded flames of Airport released in 1970, the year of the composer’s death. What is the majesty of the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) as against Newman’s most familiar (and perhaps shortest) piece – the Twentieth Century Fox fanfare, that proudest signal of America’s enduring moving-picture pride and the ultimate Pavlovian cue to moviegoers that two-hours of generally mindless escapism will immediately ensue? Just look at the Academy Award tally: Newman forty Nominations and nine Oscars; Bach zero. (True, the latter should have posthumously gotten the bullet-headed statuette for his laudable work on Silence of the Lambs.)
The next generation of Newmans is at the height of its powers. Nephew Randy approaches seventy and has twenty Academy award nominations to his credit; he’s won only twice, and not for scores, but rather for original songs. When he received the award in 2011 for his song for Toy Story 3 he joked that he was so often at the nominee dinner that the Academy had named a chicken dish after him. Busy in TV and video games and with a few less-than-distinguished features to his credit, Joey Newman represents the third generation of this film composing dynasty. He chose to take his mother’s family name for obvious reasons.
Alfred’s son Thomas Newman was born in 1955, educated at Yale, and already has ten Academy Award nominations, though in line with the low Newman family winning percentage he has yet to win the foolish thing. In a faintly just universe, his 2008 score for the Disney feel-bad-but-then-feel-good-in-spite-of-the-environemtnal-apocalypse WALL-E would have received the award. But no awards in this or any other universe are as arbitrary as the Oscar.
The first forty-five minutes of WALL-E follow the ceaseless diligence of an endearing binocular-eyed robot on a lifeless planet earth reduced to a landfill by human wastefulness. Since the first half of the movie is completely without dialogue, vast sonic space is cleared for Newman’s soundtrack. He makes the most of the opportunity to demonstrate a command of orchestral sonority as nuanced and imaginative as that of his father. The robot’s sense of wonder at the arrival of a spaceship is captured with the shimmering strings and oscillating harmonies beloved of film composers, but here enlivened with winking references to classics like Bizet’s Habanera and maybe even that very same Alfred Newman Fox fanfare. The younger Newman has a great sense of timing, one that must of necessity follow the dictates of the on-screen action. But his score bravely follows its own musical logic as well. No one sends out rushes of sound to collide with silence more dramatically than Newman. Even his rests make sense, something that cannot be said for many a soundtrack.
In his father’s era, the ability to allude to a wider repertory was also vital to film composers, but nowadays the poaching of elements from disparate musical styles is a prerequisite for success in a gourmandizing culture that starts pawing through the fridge for left-overs of yesterday’s feast before the plates heaped with today’s faddish fare have even been cleared from the table. The scene in which WALL-E goes on a first date with a sleek, white and apparently female robot steps around its own maudlin ooze thanks to Newman’s scoring of the encounter with a smoky shuffle and close-harmony doo-waps. Newman supplies the needed comic effect by surrounding an earnest android suitor and airy super model with the sonic haze of a retro 1970s lounge. But even here Newman does not drown in his own irony, but instead splashes happily about on its surface; among other life rings, it’s ardent Bacharach violins that keep the music afloat.
Ease with both the symphonic tradition and world music have equipped Thomas Newman to take up his latest and most ambitious mission: a James Bond soundtrack. Other illustrious film composers, Marvin Hamlisch and John Barry have preceded him. Barry rendered service to eleven of the Bond films, that is nearly half of the current total of twenty-three. Although Barry didn’t compose the theme song (that was done by Monty Norman), he did provide its distinctive sound – the dissonant brass chords, the lecherously distorted guitar riff, the slinky flutes, the bawdy trombones with plunger mutes. That immediately defined the martini swilling, dinner jacket-wearing toff flying around the world keeping its casinos, bars, and beaches safe for democracy. Here was a sound that conveyed chutzpah and cunning and encouraged, even more quickly than one of those martinis, the necessary suspension of disbelief in order to swoon before his literally lady-killing cool.
Each new Bond actor and each new Bond film is now accompanied by pr-driven talk of transformation. The pugilistic face of Daniel Craig certainly helps present an agent who’s been a few times around the bloc, both East and West. Craig’s status as a bona fide A-list leading man helps too. That the auteur Sam Mendes is in the director’s chair – or more frequently helicopter – lends class to the project: Mendes is a fellow Brit who came to Hollywood from the London theatre-world and with his first feature film, American Beauty of 1999, landed one of those Oscar I somehow keep referring to. Newman’s percussion-driven score for the movie was also nominated. American Beauty was pretentious and ponderous, and the music did nothing to relieve the suffocating aura of self-seriousness.
But the Mendes-Newman team certainly provides the kind of prestige that the hoary Bond franchise thinks it needs to trudge on in the post-Cold War era. Before we are even oriented in Skyfall and the sweaty danger of a hot-spot, third world locale in which it opens we get two shock chords which are meant to jolt the audience into knowing immediately that Bond is back and that the he’s still got it. With the sparsest of sonic means, Newman and Mendes literally trumpet their pledge that the brand is intact. Over the subsequent two hours kinetic chases using various kinds of vehicles – from motorcycles to subway cars – are separated from one another with set-piece speeches in which distinguished British actors pontificate about the lasting value of the old human methods of intelligence and espionage that are threatened with obsolescence in the digital age. These intervals of soporific calm are even more boring than they otherwise would because of the absence of music. At least there’s bad-guy Javier Bardem to have some campy fun with his lines. When Dame [!] Judi Dench’s M begins quoting Tennyson before a parliamentary panel, the Bond corporation might as well be appearing in creative bankruptcy court.
When allowed to, Newman’s score tries its best to keep this rambling wreck on the road. After that salvo of vintage chords from his predecessor Barry, Newman is given space after the credits to show his majestic talent by weaving in the sinuous and instantly recognizable Bond chromatic thread into expansive orchestral textures of his own. In Newman’s hands the Bondian motive becomes a kind of cantus firmus; he sneaks it in in one spot and brandishes it like a rocket-launcher in another. With each stop on Bond’s Condé Nast itinerary, Newman amps things with global rhythms, from the techno hustle in the dazzling nocturnal neon of modern Shanghai to the beach drums of what might be Bali. Newman keeps things moving along, but when, like Bond, his hands are tied and his music silenced you feel the movie slump forward in its chair.
The producers think the easiest way to cut him free is with the old gags: I suspect the Broccoli heiress (Barbara) and her half brother Michael Wilson are responsible for bringing the Aston Martin with machine guns hidden in the fender out of mothballs so 007 can road-trip it back to his ancestral manse called Skyfall with M, evil ex-agent Mr. Silver (Barden) close on their heals with an army of cinematic cannon fodder.
As soon as we see that silver sports car the soundtrack reverts to Barry’s Bond music in all its big band glory. This knowing ploy is meant to let is in on the irony of infinite regression: Craig playing the new Bond playing the old Bond. But it’s all been done before: the Aston Martin and the blaring brass have been de-mothballed for at least a couple installments from the Pierce Brosnan interregnum. That Newman is made in Skyfall to reheat the Barry’s classic material is hardly a humiliation – especially at the kind of fees Newman likely pulled in for his work. But it becomes immediately clear that what began with the fresh treatment of overused musical themes, ends in a rout of the new. It is telling that the soundtrack is the first to hoist the white flag of surrender to the imperatives of the brand. In the random darkness of this untethered romp, the music piped in from the past allows one to close the eyes, lean back, and think of an England that doesn’t even qualify as myth.
David Yearsley – CounterPunch
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Quantative Analysis of Data
Making Inferences Based on a Single Sample
I. Explain what the phrase 95% confident means when we interpret a 95% confidence interval for mu.
a. In repeated sampling, 95% of similarly constructed intervals would contain the value of the population mean.
b. 95% of similarly constructed intervals would contain the value of the sampled mean.
c. 95% of the observations in the population fall within the bounds of the calculated interval.
d. The probability that the mean falls in the calculated interval is 0.95.
e. None of the above.
II. Find z(alpha/2) for alpha = 0.06.
a. 1.88
b. 1.645
d. 2.33
III. Private colleges and universities rely on money contributed by individuals and corporations for their operating expenses. Much of this money is put into a fund called an endowment, and the college spends only the interest earned by the fund. A recent survey of eight private colleges in the United States revealed the following endowments (in millions of dollars): 60.2, 47.0, 235.1, 490.0, 122.6, 177.5, 95.4, and 220.0. Summary statistics yield a sample mean of 180.975 and a standard deviation of 143.042. Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the mean endowment of all private colleges in the United States. The best answer below is:
a. 180.975 ± 181.387 Note: ≠ symbolizes + or -.
b. 180.975 ± 176.955
c. 180.975 ± 169.672
d. 180.975 ± 189.173
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Posted July 29, 2020 by BusAndTrainUser11 Comments on Metrolink’s £350 million extension Trams
Metrolink’s £350 million extension
I thought it was time to take a ride on Mertrolink’s brand new line to the Trafford Centre so I headed up to Manchester today to take a look at what £350 million gets you in the way of a tram extension.
The new line has been in the offing since an extensive public consultation was held back in the summer of 2014.
In a piece of imperfect timing it finally opened to the public on Sunday 22nd March 2020.
The new line’s launch PR blitz saw Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, telling the media: “it’s great that the Trafford Park line will open for business on Sunday 22 March. It is a much-needed addition to the Metrolink network and will encourage more people to use public transport to journey around our city-region, and in doing so reduce congestion on our roads and improve the quality of our air”.
And in case you’re wondering about no mention of ‘world-class’ in that PR puff, have no fear, it came in the next sentence: “last June I set out Our Network – a vision for the type of world-class transport network I want us to have here in Greater Manchester. This new line is a great step towards that, and a shining example of what we can deliver with the right funding and powers”.
Meanwhile an excited Alison Niven, Centre Director at the intu Trafford Centre, which forms the line’s eastern terminus, added: “we were presented with an incredible opportunity by TfGM to call the new stop ‘intu Trafford Centre’ and promote our destination across the network. We look forward to welcoming the first tram and our very first Metrolink customers on 22 March, in what is a really exciting time for the centre with Primark opening in the newly completed Barton Square development.”
Sadly the day after a rather low key opening on Sunday 22nd March Prime Minister Johnson locked us all down with the infamous ‘simple instruction’ to all ‘stay at home’ while in another twist of bad fortune, two months later came news the ‘intu’ company had been placed into Administration with a shopping mall full of debt.
But TfGM had set the wheels in motion and reckoned it was too late to change plans so trams continued running to the closed shopping centre throughout lockdown as well as serving a rather deserted business and leisure Trafford Park along the way.
“Trafford Park is the largest major employment centre outside Manchester city centre with more than 1,300 businesses and more than 33,000 employees travelling from across the region” according to the promotional blurb about the tram extension. Those were the days when people went to work in offices rather than work at home and spent leisure days shopping in vast centres such as intu’s Trafford Centre.
So what about that £350 million? It turns out £350 million buys you 3.4 miles (5.5 kms) of double track with associated highway improvements and cycle lanes, catenaries carrying overhead power lines and six ‘stations’, as well as additional trams – an order for 27 is in the pipeline for delivery in the coming months. Presumably that many extra trams are needed for the eventual planned cross-city running to Crumpsall on the line to Bury (where a turn back facility has been built) as well as increased frequencies along the way.
Back in 2014 the twelve week public consultation received an impressive 89% favourable comments. The biggest concerns came from ITV. As well as construction noise, they were worried wheel squeal and vibration noise on the tight bend alongside their Trafford Wharf Studios (where Coronation Street is made) would cause problems with filming.
ITV suggested a modified route avoiding this area but the Inspector ruled the original plans were the best option at a Public Inquiry held in 2015. He pointed out changing the route would lead to more difficulties with events at Old Trafford which is close to the Wharfside tram stop and less convenient access to Imperial War Museum and Media City.
After the Public Inquiry, Secretary of State Chris Grayling granted TfGM the necessary legal powers under a Transport and Works Act order in October 2016.
On ITV’s concerns Grayling accepted “construction noise should be able to be controlled through the Code of Construction Practice; that occurrences of wheel squeal could be reduced by changing the wheel profile of trams, by control of the track gauge at the bend and by the use of a vehicle-mounted friction modification system; and that the effects of groundborne noise could, if necessary, be reduced by use of a ‘floating track slab’ design in the vicinity of the studios”. So now you can watch Corrie in peace and still take a tram right alongside the studios.
The new Trafford Park line increases the size of the Metrolink network to over 66 miles (106.5kms) with a tantalising total of 99 stops.
It branches off the line to Eccles just after the Pomona tram stop passing under the Trafford Road Bridge to run alongside the promenade next to the Manchester Ship Canal before joining Trafford Wharf Road.
The route then turns left onto Warren Bruce Road, bears to the right onto Village Way and up to Parkway. It then crosses over the Manchester Ship Canal before turning right onto Barton Dock Road where the vast new Primark has opened, terminating alongside the intu Trafford Centre.
The six new tram stops are at Wharfside, near to Old Trafford football stadium, the Imperial War Museum then Village, Parkway and Barton Dock Road each of which serve key business areas through the industrial park and visitor destinations such as Event-City with the final stop at intu Trafford Centre.
The majority of the new route is ‘off road’ or segregated from the adjacent carriageway with the aim of achieving quicker, more reliable journey times.
The £350 million funding package to build the line was secured by Greater Manchester Combined Authority through the ’earn back’ funding arrangement as part of the Greater Manchester devolution deal. Trafford Council contributed £20 million.
Pre Covid, Metrolink was carrying 35 million journeys a year.
So that’s the background. How’s it doing in practice now in its nineteenth week?
Answer: very quietly.
Trafford Centre bound trams are currently only running a shuttle service from Cornbrook (located just to the west of the city centre and Deansgate). Interestingly I recall the same arrangement applied for the first few months when the new line to Manchester Airport opened in 2014. I suppose it’s a way of building up the new line gradually.
Cornbrook is also served by trams on the Ashton-under-Lyne to Eccles and Piccadilly to Altrincham lines and both also run under Manchester Piccadilly station which is handy for train connections.
I found a ticket machine on the platform below Piccadilly station and with two taps on the screen had purchased a reasonably priced £4.30 day ticket covering zones 1, 2 and 3 – intu Trafford Centre being in zone 3.
Frequency of trams to Cornbrook is very good so I was soon on my way on a lightly loaded tram to Eccles via Media City.
As we passed through the three platform Deansgate stop I spotted an out of service tram laying over on the ‘middle’ platform which shares the same ‘island’ as the city centre bound platform.
This is where the Trafford Line shuttle trams are waiting time in between journeys as there’s no room at Cornbrook with its single island platform for them to wait and there are facilities for drivers at Deansgate
Passengers make the change at Cornbrook as in the westbound direction there’s no cross platform interchange at Deansgate.
It’s not particularly efficient as I noticed just as the tram arrived at Cornbrook from the Trafford Centre to run out of service to Deansgate to layover, the next tram to the Trafford Centre had just left Deansgate heading for Cornbrook to start its journey.
The journey time from Cornbrook to the Trafford Centre is 16 minutes but with the dead time to Deansgate and layover time it’s taking five trams to run the shuttle at its current 10 minute frequency. So that’s 18 minutes dead time per tram in every 50 minutes. Quite an expensive and inefficient method of operation.
The journey was very quiet with just a handful of passengers travelling – which was the case on all my journeys along the route today and with other trams I saw.
As you can see from the map shown earlier it’s a journey with quite a few twists and turns.
It diverts off from the Eccles line immediately after the Pomona stop – actually it carries straight on over a new incline that’s been built as the Eccles line turns right.
We proceeded over the newly created junction at crawling pace so I don’t know if there’s something not yet in place as a permanent link but it seemed an odd start to the newly installed track riding experience.
The first ststion, Wharfside, is close to Manchester United’s ground which you catch a glimpse of as you pass by.
The next stop, Imperial War Museum is obviously alongside that venue as well as close to a cut through for Media City and old style employers like Rank Hovis – although now known as Whitworth Bros Ltd.
After the infamous sharp left hand turn, with its risk of wheel squeal to disturb patrons in The Rovers Return, the Trafford Centre bound track doubles up with a centrally located passing loop and crossover to the city bound line – which I’m guessing is there to provide a facility for short working trams to wait time in the event of extra journeys when Manchester United are playing at home.
The next two stops, Village and Parkway, are alongside industrial units, factories, offices and wasteland waiting development. Walking time to and from the stops to ultimate destinations is quite high though.
There’s a natty piece of highway engineering which takes the tram tracks through the centre of a large roundabout at Parkway and it’s always reassuring to know trams have priority as they glide through the middle non-stop.
I noticed signs for a Park and Ride appropriately enough at Parkway but didn’t spot the car park so I’m not sure how close it is to the tram stop.
The penultimate stop is Barton Dock Road which is part of the vast intu Trafford Centre complex and where the new Primark has opened.
And just a short distance further on is the island platform and ‘buffer stops’ at the end of the line by another part of the sprawling, and to my mind, unappealing huge shopping centre.
Surprisingly the terminal stop (see red arrow on map below) is located ’round the corner’ from the bus station and although the shopping centre is a destination in its own right I would have thought the opportunity for a transport interchange between bus and tram would have brought some benefits.
There were two cleaners at the terminus who gave all the terminating trams’ touch points a disinfectant spray and wipe down during the layover.
There was no information about times or frequencies here or at any of the tram stops nor anything to explain the new arrangements for the shuttle service. I suppose TfGM think everyone studies the information provided online before setting out. But even there you have to know the extension has opened to find the relevant information. It didn’t seem a very ‘shining example’ of a ‘world class’ tram extension in that respect. But I acknowledge Covid has intervened.
There is a poster setting each stop in its local context with basic information about nearby bus routes.
There are aspirations to extend this newly opened line beyond the Trafford Centre as far as Port Salford which is a freight terminal on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford but for the immediate future there’s the small matter of having enough funding to keep the existing wheels turning.
Mayor Burnham has already threatened to mothball the entire system in the run up to that initial Government funded £30 million Covid bail out for England’s tram systems announced in May but that money is going to run out in a few weeks.
Based on today’s experience, much as it’s lovely to see a shiny new tram extension open, and I appreciate it’s cost a cool £350 million, in the current demand dampened climate I can’t help thinking it would make financial sense to save the operating cost of those five trams, drivers and cleaners currently carrying minibus size loads by mothballing this extension until better travel times beckon.
In the meantime I notice Stagecoach’s alternative route X50 is still providing a frequent link to the Trafford Centre with a journey time of around half an hour from Piccadilly Gardens – about the same as the tram journey takes including that connection at Cornbrook.
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Daniel Wallinger says:
Wow this is a great post! I especially like it because i am only a 27 train ride away from Manchester Piccadilly!!! If you like trains, check out my blog at https://dwbusroom.travel.blog and do send a comment if you look. Metrolinks are very interesting! 🚃
Keep up the good work 👍😁
TfGM have created this chart showing the quietest time on the Metolink network – it shows the Trafford Park Line as quiet all day
https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/quietest-times-to-travel-on-metrolink
Not only do Stagecoach run the X50 from Piccadilly Gardens to the Trafford Centre (every 20 mins, journey time 32 mins ish) but also the 250, also from Piccadilly Gardens (starting 4:54am running every 10 minutes, journey time 39 minutes).
I think intu are building a covered walkway from the Trafford Centre bus station to the Metrolink stop, via the car park – why it’s not complete yet I don’t know.
There is a Park and Ride under construction at Parkway. It is at the opposite side of the roundabout, with a few crossing to get to it!
Thanks Rob for that – very interesting.
Nigel Turner says:
Good Review. I thought I would be trying out this line soon as I was supposed to be visiting a trade exhibition at Event City but, like so many things, that has been postponed to next year.
Paul the cyclist says:
Beginning of March i went to a trade event @Event City, bus over to Liverpool,from Birkenhead, TPE train to Manchester Victoria, shuttle bus to Piccadily bus station, and X50 to event city, with a Plus Bus ticket, the tram link was getting a polish when i arrived and how good it looked,i was going to go back a few weeks later before the Boris Shutdown to see it in action, its been built for future demand, not demand during a shutdown of most shops and warehousing around there, so running a vastly reduced service currently.
On the tram leaving Piccadilly , the tram trundles along till it approaches a very sharp right turn/curve 5 mph, towards Media City, you think its going to come off the track then up a hill and down the other side then trundles around some buildings and eventually arrives at Media city, a great ride plenty to see and wonder at.
X50 is 30 mins between the city and Trafford Centre, but chatting to a lovely lady driver on the way back, she said the day before she had taken 1 hour plus to do the journey due to road traffic, and that it was often the case both ways.
Strangely the bus station is shoved right at the back end of the Trafford Centre, a fair walk from the trams, and a bigger walk to the Event City, the bus station leaves room for a lot of improvement, as its open air, i didnt notice any waiting room, staff or toilets when i visited, as i was more interested in the buses.
Finally there are small yellow boxes on poles on all tram stations, just put your credit card against one and it registers your arrival leave the tram, and tap out of station and it registers your departure, and use it all day and its a maximum fare of less than a fiver as far as i remember, oh and fare enforcement is pretty rigid plain clothes staff in all coaches and at all doors, when i traveled.
There are plenty of toilets just beyond the bus station at TC. You are right, the waiting concourse a the the bus station needs some attention, although covered it is a windy and cold place with only stone seats!
Event City is due to close and relocate. The present site will be a 28-acre well-being resort ‘Roman Spa’ and Tropical Paradise’ – apparently
https://traffordcity.co.uk/blog/therme
Event City is moving to near the Ship Canal
Terry Ough says:
Bridgewater Ship Canal !!
Met Driver says:
1 -it takes 5 trams to run the Trafford line.
2- the slow pace at Pomona is a speed restriction due to track issue.
3- we run to deansgate as it’s better for driver change over and we have toilets there
Thanks for that info. Much appreciated. Updating the post.
And now Greater Manchester and district is locking down …
School Bus Service Confusion Continues
With the reopening of Schools scheduled for September LA’s are still in the dark as to the regulations. . Most LA’s are playing save and assuming the current restrictions on seating capacity on buses will continue but that leave the problem here will not be enough seating capacity. Another problem for some LA’s and parents is that they made available spare seats to those not entitled to free travel for an annual fare but of course this has had to be put on hold
The current arrangement for free fares has always seemed to me to be illogical and unfair and very expensive. It would be more logical for every child to have to pay the fare for the first 2 miles (Primary) & First 3 Miles(Secondary) with the LA’s only reimbursing any actual extra faire for those over the 2 0r 3 mile distances. This being to the nearest school only unless the nearest schools is full
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Big Love Comes Out
June 12, 2007 by Guest
From MikeInWeHo
HBO kicked off the new season of Big Love with big hopes that it will replace The Sopranos as its primary moneymaker. The series has received excellent reviews, lots of positive buzz, and a multi-million dollar marketing campaign. The executives at HBO are good at what they do.
If HBO succeeds and the show is a hit, it may present PR issues on a scale never-before encountered by the contemporary Church. Why?
This season, the gloves are off. These characters are portrayed as Mormons. Big Love was always chock-a-block with Mormon imagery, but there are significant differences this year:
The disclaimer stating that polygamists are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been dropped. On the contrary, the complete name of the Church is actually mentioned in the dialogue. Polygamist sect leader Roman Grant asks an investigative officer of the state if he is a “man of faith.” The officer’s reply: “I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.” Roman nods approvingly. Roman is a very nasty man.
At another point, the show’s main character is shown reading scripture and praying. The camera zooms in on the book that Bill Henrickson lays down. It’s a hardcover blue missionary edition of The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ. At another point, “Brother Henrickson” is shown teaching his children something about the BoM and Central American geography. Later, his priesthood is mentioned.
It goes on and on, but you get the picture. This season, it’s out in the open. Big Love is all about Mormons. The Church can issue all the style guides it wants, but if the show obtains a mass audience tens of millions of people around the world will identify “Mormon” with the fictional, polygamous Henricksons.
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I can’t help thinking that the gay producers of BL are tasting the delicious irony that their pro-alternative-marriage show rides on the back of the anti-alternative-marriage Mormons. I also think it’s deliberate.
I thought last season was excellent. When Barb was outed, it was just awful!
Still, given that BL is shown on network TV in Britain, it makes for a tricky time.
Makes me wonder if real mobsters watched the Sopranos and said, “No! That’s wrong! We’re not like that at all!”
A few other thoughts:
We’ve lost the “we’re not polygamous” battle, haven’t we? In terms of public perception, I don’t think there’s been a shift in the last 100 years. Given all the efforts we make, this is a sobering realisation.
Also, given the movement towards the tolerance of alternative, adult marriage arrangements, I think one day we may see a stunning historical quirk where the Mormons are some of the last people to oppose polygamy (of the benign, charming, Henrickson-style).
john f. says:
The strange thing is that we really are not polygamous. I don’t see why the BL producers are doing this. It is simply dishonest. Do you have any insight, Mike, into why they are championing this mischaracterization of modern Latter-day Saints?
I think technically they’re not making that characterization — having Henrickson read the BoM is something a Mormon polygamist would also do — but I think they don’t mind the blurred edges.
From Mike’s description, it sounds far more egregious than having Henrickson reading an LDS blue-cover BoM. It sounds like the name of the Church is used deliberately in a way meant to convey the message to the viewers that these people are all Latter-day Saints, i.e. members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The disclaimer has been dropped.
In other words, worse than just ignorantly or negligently conveying the message that Latter-day Saints practice polygamy when they do not, the producers are affirmatively acting to convey this message.
I am wondering what Mike’s view is of this. The effect on the Church is obvious. What I think is the more interesting aspect of the story is why the BL producers have made this change and are being dishonest?
ed johnson says:
I don’t know why they dropped the disclaimer, but I don’t think regular viewers will be confused. Indeed, it’s impossible to even understand much of the plot unless you understand that this is a fringe practice that needs to be concealed from the mainstream Mormons. Of course some non-viewers or infrequent viewers could get the wrong idea, but if the show were to get anywhere near as popular as the Sopranos, I think it would actually substantially improve public knowledge about the true place of polygamist practice in contemporary Mormonism.
Ed, that’s a fine comment. I think I agree with it. Still, as I said, I would be interested in Mike’s view on why the BL producers are doing this. The effect on the Church is obvious. But the motivations of the BL producers are not so obvious, although it is easy to impute sinister motivations to them. It would be preferable not to do the latter, so I would be interestered to know what Mike thinks is the reason for this change and obfuscation.
Peter LLC says:
The effect on the Church is obvious
Not to me; do you think it will have an unadulterated negative effect? While I’m sure people all over the planet within range of the show will suffer from confirmation bias, I don’t see the program worsening the perception of the Church.
angrymormonliberal says:
Could we consider that Big Love could be a good thing in at least a few ways? First, it’s subtle. Mass media doesn’t do subtle very often. The characters are complex (some of the time, i have my stylistic quibbles) and there are mormon characters who are very complex but good people, Bill’s oldest daughters friend for example.
Second, while I’m all for demonizing polygamy of the Colorado City variety, perhaps there is somthing to be said for genuine religious belief in a modern context. Moderates of any stripe appeal to me. And, with enough sex thrown in just to prove it’s HBO, that’s what the show gives, genuine religious belief, coupled with an agressive American captialism.
Peter, I don’t see the program worsening the perception of the Church.
I agree with you on this. The effect to which I am referring which is obvious is that people will feel informed that Mormons are polygamists. Since that is not the case, I wonder what motivation could be behind the changes to BL that actively promote this confirmation bias.
J. Nelson-Seawright says:
john f., in context of the show, there’s no ambiguity at all. The show makes extensive plot noise about the distinction between polygamist fundamentalists and members of the LDS Church. In fact, the scene Mike mentions in which the full name of the church is used is a dramatic confrontation in which that church name is shown as being in clear tension with the polygamists.
As Mike says, the characters in this show are and have been very Mormon. I don’t think we’ve ever seen people this Mormon on a national TV show. It’s our day in the sun, folks; viewers will learn more about us as a culture through Big Love than through the PBS documentary, the Romney campaign, or any number of Larry King appearances by Gordon B. Hinckley.
The effect to which I am referring which is obvious is that people will feel informed that Mormons are polygamists. Since that is not the case, I wonder what motivation could be behind the changes to BL that actively promote this confirmation bias.
There’s really no possibility of such a bias. The show’s dramatic structure hinges around the conflict between LDS Mormons and polygamist Mormons. What the show will leave many viewers with is the sense that LDS Mormons are bigoted toward polygamist Mormons.
RT, why have the BL producers dropped the disclaimer? Why does Roman nod approvingly that the investigative officer is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Why is Henrickson reading an LDS BoM?
Roman nods approvingly because Roman is the spider to his fly. Right after nodding approvingly, Roman tries to engage in theological debate with the officer — who refuses to participate. It’s played as a failed religious seduction scene.
Bill Hendrickson is reading an LDS Book of Mormon for any number of reasons. 1) He only left the LDS church for polygamy 6 years ago. 2) He is, after all, still very much a believer in the Book of Mormon. 3) He lives in Sandy, Utah; what other kind of Book of Mormon is he going to have? Actually the polygamist fundamentalist family that I knew in my high school in Holladay, Utah, used LDS quads. So a touch of realism?
Regarding the disclaimer, it was redundant to the plot of the show — which is very heavy, indeed centrally reliant, on the distinction between LDS folks and polygamists — the show makes absolutely, painfully clear that the Hendricksons would be shunned in Utah if they were exposed as polygamists. I don’t know exactly why the producers dropped the disclaimer, but I also don’t know why they had it in the first place. Maybe they should also include a disclaimer explaining that women are not men?
Matt W. says:
As a former non-member, I can say it was not obvious to me that being shunned in Utah was being shunned by Mormons.
Matt W., Big Love takes pains to show that basically all of the anti-polygamist characters are faithful members of the LDS church.
I should reiterate, though. The show does try to communicate one very specific negative message about members of the LDS church: that we’re bigoted and hateful toward polygamists. That’s the concern we should, perhaps, have about the show.
JNS- Do you feel like the message then is that the church is bigotted towards those who do not have the same marital persuasion that they do? I honestly haven’t seen the show (can’t afford cable.) so I probably ought to reserve judgment on it, but I am curious as to your persepective.
Well, Matt, the only alternative marital structure the show has taken seriously is polygamy. Same-sex marriage hasn’t come up at all, other than a throw-away gag in which — as a failed attempt at PR — the crusty, vicious polygamist prophet Roman Grant tells a reporter, “We’re just like the gays.” But the show certainly does have a message that LDS folks are persecuting polygamists, and a lot of the drama revolves around the consequences for the Hendrickson family of that.
Northerner says:
The disclaimer was there only at the end of the very first episode of the first season. So it’s not like something changed all of a sudden with the second season.
#10 “While I’m all for demonizing polygamy of the Colorado City variety”
Have you ever been to Colorado City or have you just taken Jon Krakauer’s words as gospel? I’ve actually been there and had a chance to interact with the citizens. This is a group just like any other group of people, the good with the bad. The polygamists I met with were pleasant and gracious to me, very nonjudmental of my beliefs (which obviously differed from theirs since I was wearing a skirt and short sleeves) and their teenagers were without a doubt the most well behaved bunch of teenagers I have ever met (I’ve met a lot, I used to be a secondary ed teacher). I’ve only seen Big Love once, but it sounds as if the Colorado City citizens are at least as “good” if not even better than the Henricksens.
Nick Literski says:
First, let me say that I’ve just begun watching the first season, on my newly-upgraded digital cable with “on demand.” So far, I’m honestly impressed. Take just the first episode, for example. Surely a large portion of viewers came with preconcieved notions that plural marriage was all about sex (something that a few comments from LDS leaders have encouraged, in fact). Instead of feeding this idea, the writers portrayed Bill in the first episode as having…ahem…”ED.” I thought it was masterful. Rather than “who’s Bill sleeping with tonight,” the audience was led to focus on the family dynamics, including how the wives managed to interact and cooperate (mostly).
Keeping in mind that the public continually tends to link “Mormon” with “polygamy,” I think the series could be good for the LDS church. The Henricksens are portrayed as a loving family, albeit with very normal family struggles. They are “normal” in most respects. They are contrasted heavily against more destructive polygamist groups. The net effect, in my mind, is to suggest that plural marriage can be lived in a very decent, moral, “normal” family.
While the LDS church doesn’t practice plural marriage, this positive portrayal of the principle is helpful, in creating a more sympathetic view toward the LDS church’s historical practice. If there is anything in the series that is critical of LDS-ism, it’s the portrayal of the Henricksen family’s need to avoid persecution from LDS members, as noted above. Can anyone argue that this is unrealistic, given the LDS church’s history of assisting, if not actually urging, government action against polygamists? If the portrayal makes LDS uncomfortable, perhaps they should consider their ways on this point?
john f. raises the question of “motivations” which the writers/producers have in perpetuating this series (aside from making profit, of course). I don’t think for a moment that Tom Hanks and his co-producer sat down one day, and said, “Hey! Let’s create a television series that makes everyone think that Mormons are polygamists!” Contrary to john f., I don’t see dark shadows around every corner, lurking in wait to persecute the LDS church. (Mind you, I understand why john sees things this way. He appears to be an activist by nature. So am I, on other topics, and I understand the tendency that comes with it.)
It may be that the creators of “Big Love” want to illustrate that love can exist in a non-traditional family structure. It may be that they simply find plural marriage fascinating, and believe the public will feel likewise. Maybe they think it’s unfair that virtually all polygamists are portrayed in the media as Ervil Lebaron types.
Steve Evans says:
Consensus is that this season thus far is dull as dirt, which will be the real downfall of the series. Polygamy is a nice gimmick for a show, nothing more — without an interesting story Big Love is over.
Steve, there’s only one episode of this season so far, so if you’re talking about viewers’ experience, there isn’t that much to go on. (At least some viewers thought last night’s episode was good.) The reviews from professional critics are actually pretty positive overall. Big Love Season 2 has a 67 (generally favorable) rating at metacritic. Here are some of the pull quotes:
The second season… crackles with high drama, suspenseful twists, unexpected humor and emotion. (TV Guide, Matt Roush)
“Big Love” does more this year than you might expect, and more richly, more provocatively, more dramatically and amusingly, too. (Newsday, Diane Werts)
“Big Love†derives suspense, humor and thrills from HBO’s signature insight: that Americans are profoundly anxious about how their families are different from other families… the tension is just as high [as in the Sopranos]. (New York Times, Virginia Heffernan)
There isn’t a total consensus, of course, that Big Love is a great drama, although from what I can see that seems to be the plurality opinion. But there are a handful of reviews like this:
“Big Love†is a waste of time, and an excruciating waste of these actors’ talents…. It’s just that sanctimonious people with persecution complexes make for terrible drama. (Chicago Tribune, Maureen Ryan)
re # 23, Nick you have misunderstood me. I am not questioning why the producers are perpetuating the series. I was asking Mike his opinion of why the BL producers have made changes that have the potential of blurring the distinction between Latter-day Saints and polygamists. JNS has assured me that nothing could be further from the truth. So, there’s my answer.
JNS, 67 a Metacritic is not a ringing endorsement by a long shot. I’ve read those reviews as well (and more). It’s just not that great a show, and if it weren’t on HBO and part of a massive marketing campaign I think it would be long dead.
Steve, I think it’s great — but not of universal appeal. I think the reviews probably reflect that. There are a lot of legitimate reasons for people to have differences of opinion here, even beyond aesthetic issues.
By the way, a 67 in the television section of metacritic is actually pretty strong. For example, it’s exactly the same score Heroes got. A 67 rating would have made Big Love tied for the 9th-best reviewed show of the fall tv season this last year.
JNS, I agree with you (except for the “great” part). I think that it’s trying to be polemical but it just flops. There are other shows that do a better job of showing familial tension and subverting suburbia (Weeds, for example).
Heroes is an off-and-on show — I should know!
bbell says:
My wife and I have had 3 neighbors recently ask us about Big Love.
I actually thought the conversations went well. These Big Love viewers seemed to think that the Poly family was not really LDS but from a splinter group.
I am wondering if anybody is of the opinion that all the focused attention on us is in the long run good for us? That all publicity in the end is good publicity? Has anybody ever met a convert who first started investigating the church because of the Osmonds back in the 70’s?
Jothan says:
I think this is great exposure for polygamous lifestyle. There is already increased awareness and viable acceptance among christianity to some degree as more and more preachers accept it and teach it from the Bible. There is even in our secular culture more push for acceptance of alternative lifestyles and marriages. This might be a good thing if some time soon the laws are changed to allow polygamous relations then maybe the Lord could send the prophet a revelation to reinstate His New & Everlasting Covenant. The Church is officially prohibited from teaching polygamy by the Edmonds Tucker Act and that if the Church did anything to endorse or teach polygamy in any way the Church would lose all it’s assets.
This is why the Church needs to be portrayed as completely against polygamy until other secular or chirstian forces cause a change in the laws and the Edmonds Tucker act overturned.
I find it interesting that two professed homosexuals are the producers of BL.
We may have to face or concede to secular acceptance of homosexual marriage to finally acheive polygamous marriage acceptance.
Thanks for the clarification, john f.
MikeInWeho says:
Time will tell, J. and Steve. It seems clear that the reviews are quite good, but nobody can really predict these things. For me Big Love is much more interesting and compelling than Weeds (which I hate, cough cough), but we have some massive observer bias here. I wonder if they’re discussing Weeds over in the Stonernacle?
As for the motives of the creators, who knows what they’re thinking. I tend to agree with Ronan that it’s all deliberate, though. These guys are a gay couple, and at least one of them is from a Mormon background. How could they not have an agenda? I certainly would.
We may even be able to discern it. Last night I convinced my partner (“I don’t want to watch your weird Mormon stuff!â€) to sit through Big Love with me. He quickly got into it and said “this is just code for gays.†It’s no great stretch to substitute a benign, charming gay family for the Henricksons as they face persecution at the hands of their moralizing neighbors. (For what it’s worth, Pete was also convinced that this show will never become the new Sopranos and he’s much more qualified than me to speculate on that — so don’t get too excited, bbell : )
From my perspective, it’s a brilliant effort. What better way to neutralize your fierce critics’ cultural influence than by co-opting their portrayal in the popular media? I hope it’s a huge hit.
re: 33 I’ll accept that deal, Jothan.
…this show will never become the new Sopranos…
I think that’s probably right. But it might become the new Six Feet Under.
a random John says:
john f.,
Have you watched the show?
Ben There says:
A point needs to be made that the “disclaimer” that was allegedly “dropped” aired only ONE TIME, at the very end of the first episode of the first season, and it was not even a disclaimer in the strictest sense. It was not a lasting feature, just a tiny footnote they added to appease the church, noting that the modern LDS church does not practice polygamy. It was never dropped this season, for it didn’t need to be dropped, as it never existed as a regular disclaimer, certainly not of the variety that we often see, such as “This program may not be suitable for younger viewers” or “Viewer discretion advised”.
13 JNS:
What the show will leave many viewers with is the sense that LDS Mormons are bigoted toward polygamist Mormons.
They largely are. LDS are among the most bigoted against Mormon polygamists. Most non-LDS just don’t care. It’s the LDS who get most riled up when they learn that there are Mormons who are not LDS and who practice polygamy.
14 John F:
See comment 38 about the so-called disclaimer. This is being blown way out of proportion.
Roman nods more in a “ah, I see” way, than “approvingly”. Its as though Roman is nodding that he understands that the deputy’s performance of his official duties might be influenced by his LDS religion, which disapproves of polygamy.
Bill Henrickson is reading an LDS printing of the BoM because he is an independent fundamentalist, and most independent fundamentalists read copies of the LDS scriptures, as they do not publish their own BoM, as do the larger fundamentalist groups.
re: 38 I stand corrected, Ben. Thanks for the clarification. Seems clear that they’re not too concerned about appeasing the church anymore, regardless.
17 and 18 JNS:
Anytime polygamy comes up in any context with LDS members, many said LDS members trip over each other trying to denounce polygamy the loudest. This is something I have seen time and time again.
Also, I know fundamentalist families whose children go to public school, and said children are taunted by their LDS classmates as being “plygs”.
Let’s face it: most LDS do not go out of their way to befriend non-LDS people, and in some cases they go out of their way to avoid certain people. Not exactly the friendliest message being sent there, eh?
If LDS people are not bigoted toward polygamists, then they need to prove it by their behavior.
And it’s not that I don’t understand WHY LDS people are often bigoted toward polygamists: they resent that non-Mormons confuse fundies with LDS, and this causes some embarrassment. But that doesn’t make it right to call the children names in school.
Here’s a related story which just popped up on Yahoo! news:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070612/ts_nm/usa_mormons_polygamy_dc
Continue to the bottom to see a reference to Big Love.
…that doesn’t make it right to call the children names in school.
I agree entirely. There’s no excuse for any of us to mistreat anyone else — children or adults.
40 Mike: I’d say the producers were awfully nice to include the footnote at the end of episide one, to make the church happy, when really there was no reason they had to do that. As has already been mentioned, much of the drama in this show hinges on the fact that the protagonists are on the receiving end of disapproval from their largely LDS neighbors, coworkers, employees, etc. The whole “LDS don’t approve of polygamy” is a crucial plot element that hardly requires a disclaimer.
Besides that, why should the producers have to appease the church? The show is not about the church, nor is it about church members. It is about independent Mormon fundamentalists, who have family ties to an FLDS-like Mormon fundamentalist group. This is based on a situation that exists in many families who practice plural marriage.
The producers have done so much research to get things right in this show. Even down to the whole “Mother of the Year” thing. In 1999 a similar event actually happened in Utah.
The one thing about the second season that got me, was that they are pulling away from the Juniper Creek/UEP = Short Creek/UEB equation that I thought was pretty solidly defined last season. But by showing the pretend news reports of a fugitive “prophet”, it was established once and for all, that aside from any similarities, Juniper Creek is not Short Creek (now known as Colorado City/Hildale, the base of the FLDS). I wonder where this is going.
23 Nick:
“Applause”. Nice comment!
“…that doesn’t make it right to call the children names in school.”
It depends. Do any of the children have really large heads? If so, you could call he or she “Big Head.” If one of the kids had red hair you could refer to him or her as “stupid red head.” And so forth.
This may indicate a certain level of popularity: Big Love was the 11th most TiVo’d show for the week ENDING Sunday, 6-10-07. That is, the RERUNS of last season, were the 11th most recorded show among TiVo households. I am sure the TiVo rankings next week will indicate that the season opener was even more popular.
ronito says:
So then, here’s my question.
In today’s accepting world. What if polygamy was legalized. Would the church then reverse it’s stance? If so what would it do to the membership? I know several people would leave the church if it did. I know it’s just a game of conjecture. But it’s an interesting one.
…..and I’d also point out that due to an unfortunate mishap, my new office nickname is “Chocolate Pants.” Which just goes to show you that such things happen. And I’m not even a polygamist.
….YET.
amri says:
Steve is right. Sometimes it’s so right to call other kids names that it seems wrong. But it’s so right.
Like Chocolate pants.
What could be wrong about that?
gst says:
The disclaimer that the show should carry is this one:
Viewers should be advised that Chloe Sevigny is not as attractive as reputed. In fact, she is unattractive.
22 Steph: Now why would anyone want to confuse themselves more by actually learning the facts before spouting off?
I know former FLDS members, and none of them like Warren Jeffs very much, but they all love their community, and they love what their church was before Warren Jeffs turned it into his own little kingdom.
I think that any objective observer would note what you noted, not only about Colorado City, but also about Centennial Park, AUB members, and the majority of independent fundamentalists. As a group, these are some very nice people.
And, when the question of polygamy isn’t being discussed, the LDS as a group are some really nice people, too. But so many LDS lose that when the topic of polygamy comes up, and then their nasty sides come out.
Susan M says:
I refuse to watch any show I see advertised on the beach by planes pulling big banners, including this one.
“The show is not about the church, nor is it about church members.”
I’m not so sure. It’s about Mormon culture and society in Utah, at the very least. Many LDS (including the leadership, it seems) feel a need to assert there’s an absolute boundary between themselves and the polygamists, but this appears driven by some psychological or PR need more than fact.
The Church is hard-pressed to convince the public that it has nothing to do with polygamy when a certain minority of members in good standing clearly sympathize with its practitioners, defend its theological necessity, and expect its return. You can see proof of that in this very string (Comment #33, etc).
Steve, amri, and gst…you all are too funny.
Actually, Chloë Sevigny is not all that unattractive. When she tries to dress all hip, she looks like a freak. But in her modest, prairie garb, she’s kinda hot.
Margene is my favorite, though. She’s as cute as a button.
55: Seriously? They have airplanes advertising Big Love? Cool.
When I was a child and lived in an area with a much greater population density (that is, in a major city), I used to love watching the airplanes fly by with their banners. I had forgotten all about those until now, since they have not been part of my life in decades.
Steve, I certainly hope that your new Nom de Bureau is related to the color of today’s Dockers and not some unfortunate episode of incontinence.
Mike, it’s a long story.
Actually it’s a short and humiliating story.
Thomas Parkin says:
ronito,
I think there is a better chance of Elvis being called to the Q of 12 than for the church to reverse its position on polygamy.
For at least the next 40 years.
Viewed from a purely non-revelatory point of view: look how long it took to reverse the position on polygamy in the first place, how long it took to reverse the Preisthood problem. How long it took to allow missionaries to have conversations rather than recite memorized dialogues. The church is a large, conservative boat, desperately concerned that it is moving in the right direction. You don’t just turn that big boat on a dime.
oh I know. but it’s a fun thing to think about like Elvis being an apostle.
that means Steve’s Dockers are not chocolate colored on purpose.
re: bigotry towards polygamists.
I hear members of the church are also bigotted towards child molesters, convicted murderers, and rapists.
Those jerks!
#56 last paragraph.
There may be some but in my experience they are few and far between. Lets not forget one of the questions in the temple interview. Its largely designed to catch polygs.
The Jothan types are quite rare.
Ben There: Why do you have so much contact with polygs? I have been in the church my whole life and never spoken with an open practitioner of Polygamy. And yes I have spent some time in Utah and Idaho.
Yes, airplanes. Last weekend at the beach I saw banners for Big Love, a car dealership, and something else, forget now. I can’t stand those things. Like we’re not bombarded with enough billboards and advertising everywhere, we have to have it at the beach, too.
bbell, ah, the word “open.” There’s the rub.
56 Mike: I guess that what I said was not entirely accurate. Certainly, some church members play into the drama, but at its core, but the show is not really about them. The family we are watching (and presumably rooting for) are not LDS. If the church has anything about this show to be upset about, it might be that so many of the “bad guys” in the show are presumably LDS.
But, I don’t see this as being altogether unrealistic, given that so many LDS do behave that way when confronted with polygamy. And we all know that the church has never really seemed concerned that its members might be uncharitable toward polygamists, whom the church generally sees as usurping their name and besmirching their hard-won reputation.
Oddly enough, your comment illustrates LDS bigotry toward those engaged in consensual plural marriage. Many practitioners of plural marriage are wonderful, kind, devout people, simply trying to live what they believe deity expects from them. To lump them in with “child molesters, convicted murderers and rapists,” is really, really offensive.
Ted Bundy was baptized LDS, you know. Should someone spout off about LDS being serial killers?
Nick, I ask you this: is it worse to be a serial killer, or to have no sense of irony?
64: Except that, like the vast majority of LDS, the vast majority of fundamentalist Mormons are neither child molesters, convicted murderers, and rapists. While some fundies might do some of these bad things, so do some LDS, even LDS from good families.
You can’t seriously be equating plural marriage with those crimes against persons, can you? Or maybe you are! In which case, my hypothesis of frequently-occuring irrational LDS bigotry toward polygamists might be true.
To lump them in with “child molesters, convicted murderers and rapists,†is really, really offensive.
Good, that’s what I was going for.
Anyway, the point is that Latter-day Saints are pretty much like everyone else, and what is considered criminal or immoral by any group is going to be punished in one way or another.
Whether or not Polygamy should be considered criminal and immoral is another question, but it is obvious that it is, and so it is perfectly reasonable that it is punished.
65 bbell:
True. And over the last couple years, BYU and all other church colleges have added a specific question to their application asking whether the applicant believes in–not practices, but BELIEVES in plural marriage.
I wonder what about this issue is SO upsetting to the church that they have to set up all these filters to catch someone who might just BELIEVE in it? To me, that seems awfully paranoid.
As are, I suspect, the Ben There types. :)
For the same reason I have friends who are Lutheran, friends who are Pentecostal, friends who are Jewish, and friends who are SDA. I don’t restrict myself to being friends only with people in my ward! I get out more than that! And as JNS mentioned earlier, the keyword in your question is “open”. Most practitioners of plural marriage are not “open”, which means that they blend in with the regular LDS folk around them pretty dang well. Oh the Horror!!!!!
Oh, one more thing: using the word “plyg” is like using the word “nig—“. No one polite does such a thing. I am sure you just didn’t know. But now you do.
Matt, I think your equation of polygamy with violent crimes of various kinds is probably hard to sustain, morally — setting offensiveness aside completely for the moment. Polygamy in itself is a victimless crime; the crimes you discuss are not. Are you equally repulsed by tax fraud as by polygamy?
72 Matt,
If it weren’t for that fact that your and my ancestors fought so hard against people with your very attitude, it might be understandable. But given that the Church’s fight for acceptance–no, not even acceptance, but merely tolerance–is such a HUGE aspect of the Mormon history and mythos, it is incomprehensible how you can be so callous to people today who are just in the same exact spot as our church was, merely a few generations ago.
What happened to that Mormon zeal to protect the underdog and to fight for their rights? Oh wait, never mind. We gave up that crap when we became the top dog.
He was classifying plural marriage in the same category as child molestation, murder, and rape. There was no indication in his comment that he was being sarcastic or intentionally ironic. His follow-up at #72 would seem to reinforce the idea that he meant what he said, since he states that plural marriage “obviously” is “criminal and immoral.”
72 Matt:
Just as it was “perfectly reasonable” that blacks who drank from the whites-only water fountain were appropriately punished!
Ah, Nick. And yet I’m sure Matt knew he was being offensive toward polygamists — he simply believes that such offensiveness is justified. So irony lives on. And so do serial killers.
76 Nick, you are right. This fellow clearly does equate three consenting adults marrying one another with killing one another!
There was a time when being black in this country was a presumption of criminality and immorality.
I can only hope that we move past the blatant bigotry against polygamists, just as we have moved past our former collective bigotry against skin color.
JNS: Whether Polygamy (or Tax fraud) is a victimless crime or not is debateable, but sure, there is in group punishment that comes with any criminal event which will be meted out by the group which it pertains to. No one is going to call you a bigot for not wanted to go hang out and be chummy with someone who is known to be, say a drug addict (a victimless crime, one might say).
Ben: I assure you, as a convert, my ancestors where not defending Polygamy. In fact, my ancestors were probably persecuting your ancestors.
I see. So you defend that persecution? As a convert, have you no empathy for what the saints before you went through?
Nick: Your Bigotry towards members of the church who don’t think like you do is showing, and your attempts to punish me with scathing rhetoric are excellently illustrating my point.
Matt, it’s hard for me to see how consenting polygamy — without coercion, child abuse, welfare fraud, or other secondary crimes — could be anything other than victimless crime. And I’m not asking you to hang out with polygamists. Among other things, I don’t currently know any, so I can’t help you there. But: are perpetrators of tax fraud comparable in your view to murderers? What about those guilty of unlawful cohabitation — living as a family without being married — but not polygamy?
By the way, could I ask for all of us, across the board, to turn down the temperature on this conversation by 40 degrees or so? We have differences of opinion, clearly, but I would hope we can avoid personal attacks even so.
Matt, you do know that Joseph Smith, who founded the church you converted to, was a polygamist right? Was Joseph the moral equivalent of a murderer or rapist?
The Administration says:
Note: Ben There’s comment #85 was edited to remove unnecessary personal attacks. The same will be done to all others who want to use this thread to hurl epithets at others.
Ben: (81) and (77)
My flippant answer to 81 would be jokingly “zilch”
and my serious answer to 77 would be that the real question is whether or not Polygamy is really wrong or not. It was never really wrong to be black. I Guess I would hold that it is normally wrong to practice polygamy, and believing in Modern Revelation, that it is also normally wrong to go against modern revelation. Further, perhaps we are thinking of two different levels of bigotry. I am suggesting that as a faithful Latter-day, I don’t want to go hang out with fundamentalist Mormons nor participate in their reindeer games. The same could be said about several other religious groups. That doesn’t mean I want to deny them their inalienable rights.
Lastly, something I want to add is that I think it is interesting that one group of people is always complaining that the Church is too tolerant towards polygamy, and another that it is not tolerant enough…
…one group of people is always complaining that the Church is too tolerant towards polygamy, and another that it is not tolerant enough…
A very interesting point.
That doesn’t mean I want to deny them their inalienable rights.
How do you reconcile this statement with equating polygamists with rapists and murderers? The church felt that practicing polygamy was their inalienable right, but they have never argued that murder or rape were inalienable rights.
How are modern polygamists any different than early church polygamists? Modern revelation has nothing to do with it, since that is neither here nor there when it comes to civil government.
86 Admin:
I don’t recall what I said that was so awful, but I apologize because if I can’t even remember it, I must not have put much care and thought into my remarks. Shame on me. I’m turning down the thermostat as we speak.
Matt W. #87:
I understand that you disapprove of plural marriage on the basis that it is against the law, and against the current teachings of the LDS church. I’m curious about your comments regarding who you “hang out with,” however.
Do you “hang out with” catholics, lutherans, buddhists, or jews? Would it be “bigotted” for you to refuse to do so? How is that different than refusing to “hang out with” people who’s religion happens to be Mormon fundamentalism?
Ben There, the difference is about 150 years.
“Oh, one more thing: using the word “plyg†is like using the word “nig—â€.”
That’s patently ridiculous — I cannot believe you’re making that analogy. Look, I appreciate the participation of a real-life fundie on BCC as much as the next guy, but don’t push the bounds of civil discourse and logic any further.
JNS (83)- This is what I get for trying to be funny I guess. Anyway, since I am not really familiar with tax fraud enough to say whether it is a victimless crime (Isn’t tax fraud defrauding the government and thus the government is the victim.) Let’s use the example of wearing a seatbelt. Would that be ok?
If so, buckle up…
Let’s say there are three people (or more) who enter into concentrating polygamy and it all works out peachy keen throughout their whole lives and there is no child abuse etc. Who are the victims? Well, if in a religious setting, the people believe that God has authorized their polygamy, when in fact he has not, the victims are the people themselves who entered into the marital relationship.
Many laws exist to protect us from ourselves, and to protect those whom we love from our choices. Like the seatbelt law.
JNS (84) I would try and behave. Sorry for being inflamatory. I was attempting “reductio ad absurdum”. Somehow this never works for me…
88: I think there are two different questions that are being jumbled into one. I don’t think anyone reasonably believes that the church cannot have their own rules that one has to adhere to, in order to belong to their club. However, their clubhouse rules should not color their relationships with the world at large.
It is historically inconsistent for the church to actively engage in the prosecution of polygamists as they have done on occasion.
While they don’t have to let polygamists into their treehouse, they shouldn’t deny the rights of polygamists to have their own treehouses.
Sam B says:
Ben There (89),
One non-revelatory difference between current and 19th century polygamy is that, until 1878, when Reynolds was decided, Mormon polygamists had a viable argument that Edmunds-Tucker was an unconstitutional deprivation of their free exercise. The Supreme Court decided in Reynolds that the first free exercise clause meant something different, but it was the first time that clause had been interpreted by the S.Ct. that I’m aware of.
Which is not to say the persecution of polygamists is right, but the prosecution (by the state) is legal.
Matt, I certainly agree that it’s unwise to have incorrect religious beliefs.
I wonder if those that decry that the church shuns polygamists also decry that the church shun gays.
92 Steve: I understand that for you, the word plyg may not be offensive. But for those who are polygamists, it is equally offensive to them as the n-word is to a black. I suspect you have never felt the feeling of being a member of a persecuted minority, but being members of a persecuted minority is something that polygamists have to contend with every day. And to them, epithets such as plyg carry with them the hateful tone and inherent bigotry just as does the n-word.
I am not trying to be over the top, but merely making the point that we don’t need to use unkind words to have a discussion.
Loyd (the narrator) says:
it’s hard for me to see how consenting polygamy — without coercion, child abuse, welfare fraud, or other secondary crimes — could be anything other than victimless crime
Isn’t this a quote from last night’s show?
98: Has the church ever specifically called for the enforcement of laws against homosexual behavior?
Again, two different questions. The church need not welcome gays with open arms into their treehouse, but likewise, the church should not be campaigning against the rights of gays to build their own treehouses.
Nick 91 I probably wouldn’t hang out with a catholic who practiced polygamy either, to be honest. seriously, you do raise a very good point regarding “hanging out”, I guess it would depend on whether their religion participated in things I object to and whether they theselves participated in those things, to be perfectly honest.
Also, to define hanging out, I don’t have a problem speaking with anyone, as I hope my willingness to participate online shows, but I’m frankly probably not going to ask them to baby sit my kids. I’m not going to invite a person who drinks alchohol to babysit my kids either (with the exception of my sister, of course. Maybe if my sister becomes a catholic polygamist, I’ll make an exception there too…)
96 Sam,
Laws against homosexual behavior are now unconstitutional because of the recent Lawrence and Garner v. Texas ruling, a complete reversal of the SCOTUS position of merely 17 years earlier.
And we all learn in history about the infamous Plessy v. Ferguson ruling, or the Dred Scott ruling.
The Supreme Court seems to reflect the prevailing mores of the public at the time, meaning it is hardly a moral compass I would put much faith in.
Ben 95 I am a citizen of the United States as well as a member of the LDS church, so my citizenship is what is at issue with polygamists in my treehouse(The United Sates).
Also, I can honestly say I probably would have been unable to have the faith required to be LDS in the days of Polygamy. In fact, I probably would have been unable to have the faith required to be LDS before 1998 (When small temples were begun in earnest.)
104 Matt, Obviously I am not going to change your mind, I know that. I am just hoping you might see the value of offering kindness to all of Gods children….even if “post-1998 LDS” is all the faith you can muster up, surely you must have some kindness and tolerance deep within, somewhere….
threadjack: Wow that Elder Christofferson interview was awesome. (to make it less of a threadjack, he does talk very candidly about polygamy.)
Ben: I am not sure I equate kindness with tolerance.
StillConfused says:
I have polygamist clients who refer to themselves as “plyg”s and don’t find it offensive to be referred to as such by others. They were actually a nice group, financial successful, community oriented and very mature and sophisticated.
I have never seen Big Love but I really want to. I am out of the U.S. more than not these days — anyone know where I can find these episodes online?
jjohnsen says:
mininova.org
loyd says:
glenn:
do a google search for “eztv.” you’ll need the proper free software as well.
Ok — thanks.
Uh, so I’ve heard anyway.
As others have pointed out, anyone that has actually watched more than a few minutes of the show know the points presented in #0 are much ado about nothing.
The note about Mormons not practicing polygamy was only shown once, after that is was unnecessary because anyone watching the show could tell by the storyline that Mormons didn’t practice.
The confrontation between the Roman and the LDS dude makes it clear they aren’t going to be close friends, and the Mormon isn’t a polygamist.
LDS BOM, there are kids in my nieces Salt Lake neighborhood that have 2-4 moms, they all use our pleather triple combination. These same kids are also usually mocked and made fun of for being polygamist kids and dressing funny. The polygamist being treated like dirt by LDS members is totally based on fact. The scumbag father of this same niece thought it was funny to plant signs proclaiming these people ‘Polygamist fornicators’ in their lawns.
So there you go, as far as I can tell Big Love producers have no anti-LDS agenda, they’re telling a story based on fact.
Ben There (103),
But you asked for a difference between the practice then and now. There has, until now, been no reversal of Reynolds and, in fact, it undergirds the current understanding of the Free Exercise clause.
That’s not to say it won’t change, but I’m not interested in complete judicial relativism.
Again, as I said, that’s no reason to persecute polygamists. But it is a substantive difference between the practice of polygamy pre-1878 and today.
Let me make it clear I wouldn’t post signs in anyone’s yards, nor would I make fun of anyone for dressing funny. I also think it’s a bad idea to make fun of children in any case, even to call them “stupid red heads”
Especially because redheads are known to be unusually charming, handsome, and intelligent.
107: I understand, just as my younger sister has black friends of her youthful age who call themselves nig—s. But I would not refer to them like that, and nor would they likely take kindly if I did.
112: Thank you very much for sharing what you have seen and heard with respect to similar comments I have made. As for the yard signs? Wow, that’s a new level in low…that’s far out, and just plain sick and mean. Does this scumbag father burn crosses, too? Is said scumbag father a “good LDS” churchgoer?
Sam B: Good point. However, the Church did not consider matters final in 1878, with Reynolds.
The first Manifesto didn’t come out till a dozen years later, and plural marriage in the church continued to exist for yet another dozen plus 2 years with a wink and a nod, until the Second Manifesto in 1904.
Ben There,
I know, I thought about that. I know what I think about that, but can’t put it into a coherent, internally consistent manner. That kind of drops me back to Steve’s response: holding on to an illegal practice for 12 (or 26) years is significantly different than nearly 130 years.
(And yes, I’ve thought of MLK Jr’s LFBJ, where he advocates disobedience to unjust laws. I’m not claiming complete internal consistency. Frankly, although I have no person interest either in legalizing or maintaining illegal polygamous marriage, I think that, if society is concerned about polygamy because it engenders tax fraud, child abuse, or whatever, we should prosecute the tax fraud, child abuse, or whatever; polygamy itself, with consenting and eyes-wide-open adults seems pretty darn victimless to me. But I don’t see the Church active in the prosecution of polygamists today. That could be, however, that the only polygamists near me are the African polygamists in New York who were featured a couple months ago in the NY Times.)
risky response to threadjack:
While the Christofferson interview has some very interesting comments, he was…ahem…”less than forthright” on the subject of evolution:
CHRISTOFFERSON: I can’t think of a doctrinal statement by the church on evolution.
While we can argue that it’s not really taken seriously today, the First Presidency certainly did issue a doctrinal statement on evolution in 1909, entitled “The Origin of Man.”
119 Sam, It’s not an easy issue, I agree. And I don’t personally have a pony in this show, but I think MLK was spot on, as were others who engage in civil disobedience to unjust laws.
Thankfully, the current AGs of UT and AZ have based their actions on the very model you offer: prosecute real crimes, but leave otherwise law-abiding polygamists alone. And in reality, at least in Utah, they have little choice: for the same law that outlaws polygamy also outlaws any cohabiting, unmarried couple, and it would be mighty hard to justify prosecuting every “shack-up” couple and anyone who has had an extra-marital affair.
To my knowledge, the most recent Church-sponsored prosecution of polygamy was when BYU loaned law professor Monte Stewart to the prosecution team that took Tom Green to the cleaners. The Church’s participation in the bungled raid of Short Creek in 1953 is well documented.
(For the record, I do not sanction Tom Green-variety polygamy, or anyone who marries 14 year old girls.)
I’m substantially in agreement with you, then. The Short Creek raid was the most recent I was aware of, and, given that my parents were both barely toddlers in 1953, I don’t consider that current prosecution. I wasn’t aware that a BYU law prof participated in the prosecution of Tom Green, but that doesn’t bother me–law profs like to have real-world experience occasionally.
(And, for the record, the idea that an otherwise active member of the Church would put accusatory and mean-spirited yard-signs in other peoples’ lawns is inexcusable. Fortunately, based on my experience, it has to be the vast exception.)
Nick 119 That was one of my favorite parts, because that’s where he and I agree. Maybe NDBTF Gary will do a post on it and call Elder C out on the carpet for it. Anyway, I was grateful for it. closing threadjack.
121 Sam, Thanks. No doubt any lawyer who participated in the circus that was the Tom Green affair probably got his fill of “real world experience” and then some :)
While 1953 seems a world away to me, too, for many modern polygamists it was their parents who were carted off, and is therefore still a very real reminder in their minds of what the state is capable of doing.
120 – “or anyone who marries 14 year old girls.” –
like Joseph Smith?
As for the yard signs? Wow, that’s a new level in low…that’s far out, and just plain sick and mean. Does this scumbag father burn crosses, too? Is said scumbag father a “good LDS†churchgoer?
I don’t know about now, we don’t talk much. At the time he was the EQ President in his ward. There’s a definite uneasiness that sometimes becomes very mean in his area where there are fundamentalists and LDS members living close together.
Not to threadjack too much, but did I read earlier in the thread that you are a fundamentalist Ben There? If so, how do you get along with LDS member around you?
120 – “or anyone who marries 14 year old girls.†–
C’mon now, just when people were starting to act civil?
124 Troy: This barely deserves a response, and I suppose I will get kicked for feeding the troll…..oh well. I am guessing you know that 14 was a very common age for folks to get married in the 1830s. Heck, my great grandparents (monogamous) were married at 16 (him) and 14 (her), just in the early part of last century. There was a whole different level of maturity that young folks had that is much different now.
125 JJohnsen,
Some might consider me a fundamentalist, but I am actually an active member in my LDS ward, and married to only one woman :) But, like a number of people I know in the Church, I suppose I do have fundy leanings, but I stay within the lines that the Church expects of its members.
An article from Reuters today may be of interest to readers here. Note the photographs of the family that looks exactly like your LDS friends and neighbors.
Fundamental Mormons seek recognition for polygamy:
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0627314820070612
(forgive me if the link doesn’t show up right)
It’s amazing how relatively controlled, rational, intelligent people go beserk when certain topics are discussed. If I might add my opinion on the ORIGINAL post:
I don’t see Big Love having a negative net impact on the Church. Those who adamantly oppose it and couldn’t have their opinions changed if the Lord Himself appeared and demanded it will see whatever they are determined to see anyway; those who equate the Church with polygamy and have half a brain will realize that they are not synonymous; those with less than half a brain – who cares; those who see polygamy as only a Warren Jeffs-like atrocity (and have half a brain) will feel less vitriole toward polygamists – and, by extension, the Church; etc. Overall, net positive, IMO.
Now to participate in the warfare (hopefully not): I grew up less than 5 miles from a polygamist community – and I grew up in Utah County. They were good, honest, hard-working and faithful people. Most of my friends in college were anarchist, socialist, atheist or homosexual (and I am NOT grouping in ANY way other than the reality of my situation, so don’t go there). If I were to choose with whom I would hang out, in general, I would choose the polygamists and (chose) the homosexuals. Generally, they were much nicer people.
Finally, I would hope for compassion, at the very least, for a group of people who are marginalized for living the exact same life my ancestors were persecuted terribly for living. Acceptance of abuses? Never. Acceptance of the lifestyle? Can see both conclusions. Compassion for the people? Most definitely.
Ben There, it is my understanding that in the early to mid-19th century, it was not unheard of for 14 year-olds to get married, but it certainly was not common.
John Williams says:
I’m sure life expectancy was a lot shorter in the 1840s, so people in general probably got married a lot earlier. So don’t leave the church just because of the ages of some of Joseph Smith’s polygamist brides.
Veritas says:
Meh, forget HBO. Showtime is where its at. If you haven’t seen Dexter or Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia you are missing out on the two best shows on TV. Seriously. :)
131 Ann; its all relative. Among rural families it was much more common than among city dwellers. Perhaps rather than saying “very common”, I ought to have said “not uncommon”.
It is interesting to note that 12, 13, or 14 is still the legal marriageable age in at least four states (including Massachusetts!), but 15 or 16 is far more common.
I finally had a chance to read it just a minute ago, and thought this was interesting, from the aforementioned interview:
REUTERS: We have one last question and we raise this because it seems obvious that there is going to be a lot more scrutiny of the church. There is historical evidence that suggests Joseph Smith took a 14-year-old bride, Helen Mar Kimball, when he was 38 years old. In today’s terms, that would make him a pedophile. Does this bother you or other LDS church members?
CHRISTOFFERSON: It would depend on what all the facts were and the context. In those days, of course, was that it was not so uncommon in the society of the time. Today that would be statutory rape. A different standard applies.
In response to Ann, I share Elder Christofferson’s belief that marriage of 14 year olds in 1830s/1840s America “was not so uncommon.”
and the average age of first pregnancy in many American inner-cities (regardless of race) is MUCH lower than many people realize.
re: 130
I’m intrigued by the idea of comparing/contrasting polygamy and homosexuality in the areas of civil law, the Church, and Christian morality generally. The notion of a budding political alliance between gays and polygamists just cries out for a more in-depth discussion in the bloggernacle.
Big Love is a fantastic show. Now that it’s broadcast on Mondays, perhaps there is FHE potential (ha!). “Dexter,” on the other hand…..waaaaaay too creepy and bloody for me.
Interesting…. and frightening that someone keeps track of such things. This is a pretty repulsive subject.
Mike I agree. Though I doubt that the gays and the polygamists will team up. I do find it fascinating that at times the same people who will fight against homosexuality will have a “It’s between consenting adults”/victimless crime attitude towards Polygamy. And some of the people that defend gays in the church revile against polygamists. It’s a very interesting dichotomy.
138 Steve: Frightening that people keep track of what things? The legal age of marriage? A five second Google search turned up a page from Cornell Law school with this info. It’s not as though I memorized it and refer to it often! Google is your friend. But…on the other hand, sometimes I do think Google is quite frightening (seriously).
Ben There, just don’t commit any serious crimes and you won’t have to worry about people Googling you.
Or, get a really common name like John Williams. My name is Google-proof.
*mounts high horse*
re: LDS being unfriendly to neighbors.
My wife grew up in a family that had no LDS membership on one side and two generations of non-activity on the other, in a small former pioneer colony in central Nevada. They are a rather odd sort, truthfully, and they were not (she was not) well treated by the LDS. Because of that, even though she respects me, thinks many of the things I beleive are interesting and / or right, even something she could embrace, she can’t even stand to look at an LDS church as we drive by. All becasue some good strong LDS youth felt it neccesary to highten the differences between themsevles and others (the world), and create an impossible barrier for inclusion into even the margins of their world.
Now, I know that all Mormons aren’t like that – but we have a desperate need to reach beyond our boders and be a little more human – and that’s got to quadruply true where we are majority. Maybe a little more all have sinned and therefore fall short – a little equalizer – and a little less internal self-congradulation over supposed righteousness would help.
Somehow this all makes me feel like an idealistic 15 year old again. The thought that polygamists children are marginalized by their peers in the church is making me feel a little surly.
*dismounts high horse*
141: Good points, all. I will name all of my children John Williams and give them the head start they need in life, by Google-proofing them!
My biggest problem is with the idea that it’s OK to litigate against polygamy and homosexuality (and enforce that litigation) and NOT litigate against heterosexual fornication and adultery. At the core moral level, I want consistency: either ban and punish all extra-marital forms or ban and punish none of them.
I support political standards that address informed consent – (including age minimums and differences [statutory rape] and incest), and I don’t want the very definition of marriage to be changed, but I can’t support anything that punishes homosexual activity while not punishing its heterosexual equivalent in the same manner. Therefore, given the moral standards of our nation, I fully support a limited concept of civil unions – in monogamous heterosexual AND homosexual relationships AND polygamous ones. If other laws are being broken in ANY sexual relationship / arrangement, then prosecute for those offenses.
Ride on, Thomas, ride on. We who claim to follow Christ ought to exhibit true Christ-like charity toward others, instead of the self-righteousness that we often mistake for real righteousness. There is never an excuse to belittle children and make them feel like outsiders. I could only wish that those who so tormented your wife could somehow see the effects of their “upstanding LDS behaviour”.
Ray, where do you draw the line at granting civil union rights? I’m sure people can come up with relationships a lot more creative than polygamy.
144 Ray: you have well articulated what I feel my position is on this issue, as well. And I do think the time is coming when we will see this, probably within my lifetime.
Given that Utah’s anti-polygamy statute (actually an anti-cohabitation statute) does in fact forbid all of what you address, it is easy to see why the state of UT has chosen to not enforce it. I imagine not a few judges and politicians would find themselves on the wrong side of that law.
146 Genericly-named blogger: ;)
I know your question was posed to Ray, but please allow me to share my thoughts. I feel that any combination of people who are legally capable of entering into a contract ought to be able to do so for the purpose of forming a civil union. I do not believe children can enter contracts, nor can animals, so that pretty much leaves consenting adults to conduct their marital lives as they see fit.
Polygny will never be accepted in the United States since it places women in an inferior position to men.
Ben There, (148), that’s a pretty bold statement… there might be some crazy people who start some sort of multiple-person free-love arrangement, or maybe something even more bizarre.
My point is that you have to draw the line somewhere (or so I think)… and in the United States that line will be drawn right after gay marriage is accepted. People in the US will accept gay marriage.
But they will not accept polygamy.
Whenever I write like that I feel a little uncomfortable, because I realize something like a feeling of self-righteousness is rising in me, as well. All kinds of things have to forgivable – even bullying and exclusion. It’s just when I think of those polygamist’s kids … I see my wife and her oddball family. :
Let me bit a bit clearer, although I won’t address specific issues of “limited civil unions” here. That is for a different thread – not a threadjack of this one that would spark another 200 comments.
1) Consenting adults are not punished in our country for extra-marital, heterosexual, sexual relationships. They are allowed to live together, express their feelings to each other in just about any way imagineable (including some truly abominable ways), and even carry on non-married “polygamous-ish” activities – all without any legal punishment.
2) A heterosexual citizen can designate just about anyone as a beneficiary – with nary a question being asked.
3) An umarried heterosexual citizen now can adopt a child.
I am not saying I agree with all of the examples I could list, but they are real in our society.
I support civil unions that provide rights to any couple that is willing to live the standards that are not punished for all citizens within a society. This will be an oversimplification (because there are exceptions that can be addressed in a different thread), but, in Mormon terms, if our socitey at large won’t require celestial performance of some in an area, then we need to provide legal equality to all who are willing to live a terrestrial law in that area. If we won’t require terrestrial performance of some in an area (Chastity is a requirement of terrestrial life, BTW.), then we need to provide legal equality to all who are willing to live the telestial application of that area. Whatever the moral level we enforce, I want it enforced equally for all – heterosexual, homosexual, polygamous, whatever.
So Ray, you think polygamy should be legal in the United States?
“Should” as a religious ideal in our day and age? I really and sincerely don’t care; I’ll leave that one to the prophets. “Should” as a practical matter? Given our unwillingness to enforce prohibitions on extra-marital sexual relations, yes – unequivocally.
BTW, my answer would be exactly the same if the question had addressed homosexual activity instead of polygamy.
150: And precisely what impact would this have on you or I? Why should we be concerned? Especially considering such communes already exist, informally? Why not add a legal status that confers inheritance rights for children, and would help simplify matters of child custody, etc.?
151: I seem to recall reading BY somewhere saying that the People of the United States would accept polygamy before the Church would. I am not ready to dismiss this possibility. Surely the public at large right now is more permissive in this respect than are LDS members.
Ben There (157), okay, so you’re a libertarian (at least in this regard)… I guess I can respect that. But most Americans would probably find anything more far-fetched than gay marriage to be morally wrong.
(151) I think Americans on average reject polygamy just as much as non-fundamentalist mainstream Mormons do.
People here are to parinoid. If you look at another discussion/blog thread, there is not a hint of mormonism found throughout the many comments.
If mormonism is outed, then the gentiles really aren’t talking about it.
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20040769_20040772_20042169,00.html
My sense is the gentiles don’t discuss the Mormonism of Big Love because they assume all the characters are various kinds of Mormon (polygamist, judgmental, “normal,” cultish, etc). They’re more interested in the plot details, not the overall setting.
As J correctly points out way up in comment #12, we’ve never before seen people this Mormon on national TV.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say: we’ve never before seen people this Utah-Mormon on a national TV show.
Kevin Barney says:
1. On my cable there was no sound for like the first 20 minutes. I almost didn’t watch it at all; I was royally ticked. But eventually the sound returned and I watched the episode.
2. I like BL. It took me about five episodes in Season 1 to get into the characters, but now that I know them I care about them. Personally I’m much less interested in all the machinations with Roman than I am in the family dynamics of the Henricksens.
3. I too noticed that there was much more forthright Mormon content in this episode, which I thought was good. I didn’t think there was enough in Season 1. There is a religious context to the actions of these people, and you can’t understand them unless you make it more explicit. I think this is a good move by the producers.
4. The Church will never, ever, ever, embrace polygamy in mortality again. If the Supreme Court decriminalized, or even legalized, polygamy tomorrow, can anyone imagine GBH doing a backflip and exclaiming, “Oh, goody, we get to practice polygamy again!”? Simply wouldn’t happen.
5. I would like to see a little more nuance in all the LDS persecution of polygamists. While that is a common enough perspective and thus fair to present, my sense is that there is more sympathy than one can discern from the show. I personally am as far removed from a fundamentalist as it is possible to be, but I am descended from polygamists and have an historical sense, so I certainly admire the religious convictions of those who hold to this practice. Maybe now that Veronica Mars is cancelled they can bring back the LDS friend of the daughter; she helped to keep the show from being too black and white on this issue.
Maybe they should start every show with a serious sounding voiceover that says something like:
In the intermountain west, the Mormon people are represented by two separate but not equally important groups: the apostates who practice polygamy, and the mainstream LDS who persecute the offenders. These are their stories. (Dun dun sound).
I think something like that could really work, and it’s not hokey at all.
I remember when my 90-something year old great grandmother told me how surprising it was to her that whites and “coloreds” were marrying these days. She thought it was a fine thing, but would have never believed it could happen growing up in the deep south of the 1920s.
I am sure if she were still alive, she would be surprised to find gay marriage on the horizon, given how in “her day” to be gay was scandalous.
I don’t think legalized (or at least decriminalized) polygamy sometime in the future is all that far fetched. We’ve come a long way from the Victorian-era morals of our recent past.
Meh, forget HBO. Showtime is where its at. If you haven’t seen Dexter or Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia you are missing out on the two best shows on TV. Seriously.
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia is on FX, not Showtime.
oh. Well, its still the funniest show I have ever seen. Like, snort milk out your nose, side-splitting funny.
163 Ed: I love it!!!
162 Kevin: I’d pay a dollar to see GBH do a backflip, and it doesn’t even have to relate to polygamy.
Mormons can say they disapprove all they want with polygamy, but they still seal the MEN to multiple wives for the afterlife. Brother Brigham and all the church leaders’ ancestors certainly are not going to dump their second -umpteenth wives in the afterlife. Hence, the practice is not a mute issue. The only reason it ended is so that Utah could join the Union. As much as I’ve never heard a latter day saint ever condone polygamy today, we can’t forget that just 110 years ago the term was used interchangeably with “celestial marriage.” A little bit of historical revisionism has gone one here, don’t ya think?
Antonio Parr says:
I must confess to being somewhat surprised by the level of sympathy/support on this list for polygamy. Do any of you have daughters? If so, is your hope for them that they will someday be a part of what is in effect a harem? How degrading. I would hope for my daughters (and everyone’s daughters, for that matter) that they could know the joy of being equally bound to their spouse, with the dignity and strength that comes from such a relationship.
Compare the relationships of David O. McKay and his (one) wife or Spenccer W. Kimball and his (one) wife to Brigham Young and his wives. The contrast is so striking as to require no further elaboration.
“Ray, where do you draw the line at granting civil union rights? I’m sure people can come up with relationships a lot more creative than polygamy.”
Must we trot out the tired old “slippery slope” argument again? The Supreme Court did the same thing in regards to plural marriage. “If we let the Mormons practice polygamy on regligious grounds, someone else will say they have the right to practice human sacrifice!” It was poor reasoning against plural marriage then, and it’s poor reasoning aganist civil unions for gays (and others) now.
“4. The Church will never, ever, ever, embrace polygamy in mortality again. If the Supreme Court decriminalized, or even legalized, polygamy tomorrow, can anyone imagine GBH doing a backflip and exclaiming, “Oh, goody, we get to practice polygamy again!â€? Simply wouldn’t happen.”
HA!! I love the mental picture, Kevin!
Seriously though, here’s the problem that would arise. If plural marriage became legal, there would likely be non-LDS polygamous families formed. Non-LDS men would have wives and children to support. Suppose they subsequently joined the LDS church. Would the LDS church, in a circumstance where plural marriage was legal in the United States, really want to force this man to divorce/abandon his wives and children? This question alone may be enough to make the issue come under serious consideration.
I understand that this currently is required by the LDS church in other countries where polygamy is legal, but I think that is a very different situation. The LDS church can’t afford to allow its members *anywhere* to practice plural marriage while it’s illegal in the U.S. It would be a public relations nightmare. Legalization in the U.S. would open the door to allowing plural marriage “wherever permitted by the law of the land.”
Yeah, I agree Nick. The slippery slope argument is very weak in almost any context.
170 Antonio:
Many women voluntarily choose polygamy based on the benefits they see in that type of relationship. What if your daughter, having had a chance to examine each type of relationship in its absolute best incarnation, decided to choose a polygamous lifestyle? Would you not want her to be happy? Would you pressure her to marry monogamously against her wishes, so that you would be happy? How is this much different from you choosing her spouse?
I think that educated adults can make decisions for themselves and ought to do so. Ultimately, what I want for my children is them to make choices that will make them happy.
172: Good points, Nick.
Of course, the very nature of your question, Nick, belies the Church’s attempts at claiming to be a truly international institution. Instead, they are still very U.S.-centric, and in the end, most policy and doctrine seems to be generated based upon U.S. circumstances.
So even though the Manifest only specifically says to contract marriages that are in accord with the law of the land, clearly the interpretation (currently) is the law of the U.S. Of course, in the early post-Manifesto days, when polygamists were asked to go continue the practice in Canada and Mexico, they took a more literal interpretation of that phrase “law of the land”.
“I teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves.” I decide what constitutes correct principles for myself, teach them to my children (and anyone else who will listen), then THEY decide if they agree enough to see my correct principles as their correct principles. If so, I rejoice; if not, I continue to love and support them in their own self-governance – and continue to teach my own correct principles IF they want to talk about them with me.
We can find create ways to rationalize not following the Golden Rule quite easily – and to rationalize actions that, in effect, deny personal moral agency to others, as well. I just don’t want to put even a toenail in that camp, given who its captain is.
176 Ray: Amen. This guiding principle, taught by our first prophet, really is what it comes down to. The simplicity of the gospel gets lost when we get tied up in being Pharisaical and trying to dictate to one another how to live each other’s lives and walk each other’s walk with the Savior.
I may not choose to live plural marriage, but I will not say that someone who does is any less of a Christian based solely upon their family structure. That is not my call to make.
Good point Nick,
No, the Church would never practice polygamy today. Thank goodness! I just have a hard time how they seek to disassociate themselves with it, unless it was blatant as it was with Brigham Young. What I mean by disassociate is for example, pictures are placed in books of leaders next to their first wife only as if they were a monogamous couple… where in actuality they had several other wives and several children with the others. No, the church would not practice polygamy today because the church today is essentially a post W.W.II church run by 1950’s businessmen.
Ben There:
I assume, then, that your “live and let live” approach to marriage extends also to homosexual marriages?
As to the general principal of polygamy, a quick comparison of the quality of life of Brother Brigham and his wives and/or Heber Kimball and his wives versus the stunningly beautiful union of the David McKay marriage and the Spencer W. Kimball marriage — where, side-by-side, a man and a wife seemed to become one — speaks volumes about what constitutes the ideal marriage and the kind of relationships that we should wish for our daughters.
Just to nit-pick a bit: Can we stop making this exclusively about the women? If I assume polygamy is bad for my daughters, then I hope I also assume it is bad for my sons. If I think it is good for my daughters, then I hope I also think it is good for my sons. If I don’t want polygamy only for my daughters, I imply that I don’t mind it for my sons – and if I don’t want it for my daughters but don’t mind it for my sons, then I am a worse father than if I just neglect my daughters. Either it is ok for a couple/family or it is not. Don’t play on my emotions by focusing on the girls; deal with the issue in its entirety.
pat (178),
Actually, there are very few pure businessmen in the upper echelons of the Church. There are a couple attorneys, a doctor, some academics, a pilot, a career church employee, some businessmen, and probably some careers that I can’t think of off the top of my head. (That said, I don’t know what the downside would be to a church run by businessmen; there’s no reason they’d be worse leaders than attorneys, doctors, et al., but your generalized accusation is neither relevant nor generally accurate.)
Nick (172),
It’s my understanding (pure hearsay, of course) that the Church won’t allow a legal polygamist (e.g., from Africa or the Middle East) to be baptized while still a polygamist. (Of course, that may just be rumor.) I’d assume the Church would do essentially the same thing if polygamy were legalized in the U.S.
I agree with Kevin that the Church won’t reembrace polygamy. I wouldn’t even worry about it from the societal point of view—I think that, theologically, it’s the exception, and its time has passed.
On my mission in South Africa we carefully asked Black African men if they were polygamists in baptismal interviews.
If they were polygamist they were not baptized. End of story.
The other Christian churches have no such policies. African Christian denominations from Methodists to Catholics will all have a smattering of polygamist members. I also understand that the RLDS do permit polygamy amongst their members in Africa.
bandanamom says:
First time poster, long time lurker,
I am curious how those of you who seem to be so anti-polygamy situate this belief with the fact that we still marry men to multiple wives in our temples on a daily basis? And I am not taking about cases of divorce, which I suspect many think will be worked out by the Lord later, but in cases of Widowed men? This happens so frequently that I can name of 20 such marraiges without blinking an eye or having to think too hard.
As a life long member of the church I have always been taught by my parents and church leadership in various wards I have attended that we need to reconcile ourselves to our belief in polygamy and part of that reconciliation is accepting that while we do not practice it now, for very important reasons, we could practice it in the future. In theory, we do still practice it in our temples.
To quote from Elder D. Todd Christofferson in his Reuters interview posted yesterday: “REUTERS. Turning to polygamy. I realize the church banned the practice in 1890, but is it true that LDS temples across the world continue to conduct ceremonies where men are sealed to multiple wives who would only become their spouses in the afterlife? Does that happen?
CHRISTOFFERSON: Yes, when someone’s spouse has died for example and they remarry; they could be married in a temple for a second time, sealed as we say. How that sorts out in the afterlife we’ll leave in the Savior’s hand, but we permit people to marry again when there’s been a death or a divorce.
REUTERS: The Woodruff Manifesto, which banned polygamy in 1890, never revoked section 132 of the Doctrine and Covenants – Joseph Smith’s 1843 revelation on plural marriage – why?
CHRISTOFFERSON: It’s consistent with biblical teaching, with Book of Mormon teaching, and that is to say, to use computer language, the default mode is monogamy. That was divinely established at the beginning of time with Adam and Eve and it continues unless God for His own purposes, for whatever reason, permits, or authorizes or directs in this case the practice of plural marriage, and there have been times when He has, if you look at Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the old patriarchs of the Old Testament. And this instance here in the early (LDS) church history.
As I said earlier, we believe in this continuing flow of revelation and it’s His right to authorize or de-authorize – to turn it on or turn it off. But unless God were to specifically reveal to the Prophet this must be done at this time, it’s not, it’s wrong without his direction. That’s where we think that those who have left the church to pursue a polygamous lifestyle have gone terribly wrong. They assume their right to choose that and to authorize it when there is only a divine sanction possible to authorize that. No one has that right to assume Well okay some others have done it in the Bible I’m going to do it now’. No that requires direction through those who possess the authority – the prophets, the apostles – by divine revelation.”
As members of the church I think it’s really important for us to understand where we stand on this issue now, in the past and that the future is always open to change.
Making comparisons of Spencer W. Kimball’s marriage and Brigham Young’s seems slightly short sighted.
(and yes, this is a very long post for a first time).
Antonio- I am very much in favor of the side by side man and one wife relationship. Your two examples are great ones. I am against polygamy– my point is only that I find that the church, probably in the need for PR, has somewhat disassociated itself with its polygamous past. There has been a bit of historical revisionism. Case and point. The other day on the BYU channel I watched an excellent biography on Maeser the first German to convert to Mormonism in Germany. He subsequently emigrated to the U.S. It was at least an hour long and I became very interested in him and his role in the early days as a key educator and principal of BYU. I started reading about him. In my research I found that he took a second wife (much against his desires) when he came to Utah. Not once was the second wife mentioned in an hour long biography. The next time the biography came on I watched it closer, pictures were shown of him and his wife as if he had been in a monogamous marriage. That is the type of dissociation I’m talking about. History is subtly being re-written. I find it incredibly disturbing.
Sam– I meant two things 1) The church is organized like a corporate business and that is one reason for its tremendous success. (Obviously, this is a secular viewpoint.) 2) As I read bios or listen to the mini ones for devotionals, I also see a mix of professions. However, if we got a grid and polled them all, I bet businessmen would emerge as the most frequent Not a “majority” as in over 50% perhaps, but most frequent. For one they have to have the independent wealth to be able to retire and devote that much time to the church. It is the same situation we get with politics and lawyers. There are a huge number of them in politics, but not a 51% majority. I would not say there are “very few” businessmen but perhaps not a 51% majority.
re: 183 I believe there is at least one Anglican bishop who is polygamous, bbell. This came to light because he was one of the leading figures pushing to split the Anglican communion over the issue of SSM, et. al., in the Western branches.
Melissa De Leon Mason says:
Steve #46 I shake my fist at you!!
JNS #115 You are absolutely correct.
186 Pat:
For one they have to have the independent wealth to be able to retire and devote that much time to the church.
Although many are in fact independently wealthy, the reality is that full-time GAs are paid a living stipend by the Church.
#187,
This does not surprise me at all that you would find Anglican bishops in Africa who are polygamous and even tolerated. When I get negative polygamy questions from non-LDS I will typically point out that their church tolerates polygamy in Africa right now in 2007
Its a common thing amongst the wealthy prominent upper class types in Africa.
It would not surprise me at all to find out that Barack Obama has a polygamous father or Grandfather
183 Bbell,
I think this is part of the reason why other churches are eclipsing us in growth. Those from the Americas and Europe just have no idea how prevalent polygamy is in other places like Africa and Asia.
Every other Christian church has a “come as you are” policy, a family-friendly policy. How can we even begin to claim to be Christ-like when we tell a man that in order to join Christ’s One True Church, said man must divorce his wives and send them and all their children out on the street to fend for themselves. Hardly the “Family First” or “Family is Forever” approach! If that were me, I would have to seriously question why one church says I need to tear my family apart to worship God, when all the other churches will allow my entire family to worship with them.
I assume, then, that your “live and let live†approach to marriage extends also to homosexual marriages?
See my posts above, yes. I don’t think the church needs to sanction something it doesn’t want to sanction, such as polygamy or homosexual unions, but it should not begrudge those outside the church the opportunity to find fulfillment however their personal philosophy or religion tells them they should.
the stunningly beautiful union of the David McKay marriage and the Spencer W. Kimball marriage … speaks volumes about what constitutes the ideal marriage and the kind of relationships that we should wish for our daughters.
You assume that polygamyous marriages have no capability of being “stunningly beautiful”. I know several families who would seriously disagree with you on this. The multiplied love, harmony, cooperation, strength, and unity in many polygamous families is quite stunningly beautiful.
And, we’ve both already addressed what we would wish for our daughters. You wish your daughter to marry how you want her to, and I am guessing you would not really think your daughters should be exposed to the various choices she could make. I wish my daughters to marry with “informed consent”, knowing the options, and choosing how she wants to find happiness in her life and marriage.
Aren’t ANY of you bothered that your history is being subtly rewritten? Aren’t you bothered that you can not purchase anywhere at the BYU bookstore a copy of Brigham Young’s Journal of Discourses? (Have you read some of the disturbing statements about blacks in it?) Aren’t any of you bothered about how the church has been re-marketed in a “more” Christian packaging over the last three decades? Do some serious study! Pull out a dozen Ensigns from the 60’s and 50’s. Count how many articles are on the Savior. Now do the same for a dozen Ensigns in the last ten years. You will see the statistics are much higher. Even the logo and letterhead of the Church was re-designed about 15 years ago with different emphasis. Just look how the paintings on your meeting house walls have changed from the 60’s and then now in the 21st century. There are fewer paintings from the Book of Mormon and more of the Savior. I’m not saying the changes are bad, most of them are good. But nobody seems to want us aware that it’s going on. As with the Maeser example above, It’s historical revisionism and nobody seems bothered that their own history is being re-written.
bandanamom #184: Long, yes, but I’m not one to criticize that! If your first post is an example of your thoughtfulness, I’m sure others hope you continue to contribute as much as I hope so.
I am with you. The revisionism of Mormon history deeply disturbs me. I thought that my feelings were self-evident based on my posts here, but maybe not.
The church paid a marketing firm to research and come up with that new logo that came out in 1998, the one where the words JESUS CHRIST are three times bigger than the other words. The logo was a direct response to the study that found that so many people thought the LDS church wasn’t Christian. Well, guess what….so many STILL don’t think the LDS church is Christian, and no amount of paintings or redesigned logos are going to change that.
Okay, fine, so we need to start making our magazines look like they come from Bob Jones Univ. instead of Brigham Young Univ. So, yes, the Ensign has changed significantly. It is very “Protestant” in appearance. And, funny thing….many people STILL think the LDS aren’t Christian.
To me, this shows that no amount of PR is going to convince people we are another Protestant sect. And that’s good, because we are not. But I suspect we will just see more of the same.
The BY manual that came out for RS/Ph instruction for 1998-99 was the first real overt attempt at revisionist history, at least it was the first that was so “in your face”. It has all been downhill from there.
According to the new Church History, JS was a monogamist, BY was either a monogamist, or if the secret gets out, well then he was a reluctant polygamist who only married old widows whose husbands died while trekking to Utah. According to the new Church History, the Manifesto of 1890 outlawed polygamy altogether in the church, even though…ooops! Wilford Woodruff himself married another woman after he issued it! Heber J. Grant, the last polygamist prophet, is now also a monogamist, for we cannot let people think that polygamy persisted after 1890.
It disappoints me that Church history has become so deceptive. It is almost no wonder the fundamentalist groups don’t proselytize, they have a steady stream of disillusioned LDS coming into their ranks all the time.
Pat, I was shocked once. Now I just view it as status quo. People are aware. It was like being a hermit in a desert, going hoarse from so much shouting about it, but in the end I realized I was in a desert and no one was listening so why go hoarse?
184 bandanamom:
Good thoughts. That “future polygamy” doctrine seems to have heavily fallen by the wayside, even over just the last 10 years. It doesn’t make for good PR. The church seems almost desperate over the last decade to distance itself from any hints of polygamy. I am a youngish man, early 30s, and I have met many church members my age who had no idea (and even argued against me!) that Joseph Smith was a polygamist.
When polygamy comes up these days in church settings, it is always dismissed as “necessary to build up Utah” or “necessary to take care of widows” or “there were far more women in those days of the Church”. But never is it mentioned that from the 1840s through to the early 1900s, “celestial marriage” had precisely ONE meaning: plural marriage. The thought that a marriage could be celestial without being plural never entered church doctrine until the early 1900s.
I think that if the Church could come up with a convenient way of disallowing subsequent sealings in the temple, they would. But that would go over like a porkchop at Passover, so I think they mostly leave that alone and hope no one really gives it much thought, and makes the connection.
Ben There: What is the BY manual that came out for RS/Ph instruction in ’98? What is its focus?
I need to go to work now, but thank you so much for your comments. Sometimes I do feel very hoarse and caught in between two worlds.
Kevinf says:
RE: Revisionist History: Sometimes I am concerned, but let me use an alternate example. I the 13th and 14th centruies, the Catholic Church conducted it’s first crusade against it’s own peoples in Europe, against the Cathars and other “heretics” in the Languedoc area of France, and in Northern Italy. These were bloody, brutal affairs, where in some villages and cities, all the residents were brutalized, tortured, and burned at the stake, regardless of their beliefs. I don’t see the Catholic Church making the crusades the cover of their magazines and a central point of their public images.
I’m not equating the crusades with our practice of polygamy. But you don’t lead your missionary discussions with your historical artifacts, which polygamy, or the priesthood ban, at least from inside the church, have become.
But then, the church has been arguing over faithful history vs objective history for some time now (several decades at least). And once you get inside that argument, you realize just how ephemeral “objective” history is. There is a place for apologetics, and a place for truthful inquiry. You don’t have to dig very far to get the big story on polygamy, and to the extent that it affects my own personal quest for exaltation and eternal life, it’s currently irrelevant.
Where it is an issue, is with outside observers, as we are discussing in this thread. We can’t control what others are saying about us, we can only control our own actions and reactions.
Pat, anyone who relies on the Ensign for her Church history deserves what she gets.
201 Kevin: Are you saying that the uplifting articles about Church history in the Ensign are suspect?
MCQ says:
pat:
I think you must be a relative newcomer here to be asking those questions. I still feel like a newcomer and even I know that all of those questions have been raised here and discussed ad nauseum. I think you are largely preaching to the choir on the point you are making. I for one wish that the Church would take a more direct and open approach to its history than it has, and most here seem to support that idea, in my short experience.
The idea, though, of you telling people here to “do some serious study” is a bit like someone telling Beethoven to practice the piano. Very serious study is being done by people who post and comment here, as you would know if you hung around here a while.
As to whether any of the things you raise should “bother” us, the answer is yes, they do, but truthfully, on the scale of things to freak out over, the redesign of our logo and other public images to emphasize the Savior in defense of the idea that we are, in fact, a Christian church is, to me, not an issue. The de-emphasis or even sweeping under the rug of polygamy in our history is a much bigger deal, but I don’t see it happening to the same extent that you (and Ben) apparently do.
KL says:
Ben There RE: 197
Are you suggesting that the only sealings performed in temples between 1840 and the early 1900s were of the polygamous variety? If not, how would you categorize the non-polygamous sealings? At the time the church practiced polygamy, do you believe that when a man married his first wife it was not a “celestial marriage”? You have criticized the notion that plural marriage was somehow related to a surplus of women, yet you seem to imply that the only valid “celestial marriages” were plural. For that to be the case, surely there must have been at least two temple-worthy women for every temple-worthy man. Can you please provide your support for your proposition that “The thought that a marriage could be celestial without being plural never entered church doctrine until the early 1900s.” Your statement seems a bit revisionist itself, but I am curious if you have something to back it up.
KL (204), I think Ben There is referring to the term “Celestial Marriage.” It used to mean the same thing as “Plural Marriage,” if I’m not mistaken.
Ben There (195), not to nitpick, but I think the logo redesign was in 1995.
204: I have a bit of “something to back it up”:
First of all, D&C 132. Look at the first few verses. The whole reason the revelation on celestial marriage was given was because Joseph inquired of the Lord on the topic of Old Testament plural marriage. The only revelation on celestial marriage is the 132nd section, which is the revelation on plural marriage.
“You will recollect, brethren and sisters, that it was in July, 1843, that he received this revelation concerning celestial marriage. This doctrine was explained and many received it as far as they could understand it. Some apostatized on account of it; but others did not, and received it in their faith” (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 16:166).
Why would anyone apostatize over monogamous eternal marriage?
On the morning of the 12th of July, 1843; Joseph and Hyrum Smith came into the office in the upper story of the brick store, on the bank of the Mississippi river. They were talking on the subject of plural marriage. Hyrum said to Joseph, ‘If you will write the revelation on celestial marriage, I will take it and read it to Emma, and I believe I can convince her of its truth, and you will hereafter have peace.’ Joseph smiled and remarked, ‘You do not know Emma as well as I do.’ Hyrum repeated his opinion, and further remarked, ‘The doctrine is so plain, I can convince any reasonable man or woman of its truth, purity and heavenly origin,’ or words to that effect. Joseph then said, ‘Well, I will write the revelation and we will see.’ He then requested me to get paper and prepare to write.” History of the Church, Vol. 5, p.xxxii
Why would it take any convincing of Emma is celestial marriage was merely eternal monogamous marriage?
Eliza R. Snow wrote in an 1879 Deseret News article noting that “polygamy (celestial marriage)” is “a principle…which there is none more important comprised in the Gospel of the Son of God.”
The Journal of Discourses are full of sermons from GAs of the time, and celestial marriage was always equated with plural marriage.
The opposers of Celestial Marriage sometimes quote a passage in the seventh chapter of Romans, second and third verses, to show that a plurality of wives is wrong. George A. Smith, JoD 13:37
Now supposing the members of this Church had undertaken to vary from that law given in 1831, to love their one wife with all their hearts and to cleave to none other, they would have come under the curse and condemnation of God’s holy law. Some twelve years after that time the revelation on Celestial Marriage was revealed. This is just republished at the Deseret News office, in a pamphlet entitled, “Answers to Questions,” by President George A. Smith, and heretofore has been published in pamphlet form and in the Millennial Star, and sent throughout the length and breadth of our country, being included in our works and published in the works of our enemies. Then came the Lord’s time for this holy and ennobling principle to be practised again among His people. Orson Pratt, JoD 13:183
Here, celestial marriage is contrasted with “lov[ing] their one wife with all their hearts and to cleave to none other”.
We have heard, during Conference, a great many precious instructions, and in none have I been more interested than in those which have been given to the Saints concerning that much mooted doctrine called Patriarchal or Celestial Marriage. I am interested in this doctrine, because I see salvation, temporal and spiritual, embodied therein. I know, pretty well, what the popular feelings concerning this doctrine are; I am familiar with the opinions of the world, having travelled and mingled with the people sufficiently to be conversant with their ideas in relation to this subject. I am also familiar with the feelings of the Latter-day Saints upon this point. I know the sacrifice of feeling which it has caused for them to adopt this principle in their faith and lives. George Q. Cannon, JoD 13:197
If celestial marriage were merely eternal marriage, what sort of “feelings” and “sacrifices” and “opinions” could be related to something so benign as eternal marriage?
Anyway, this is just the results of 10 minutes of searching. I don’t want to overwhelm the blog with the many more quotes I could find if I gave this a few more minutes.
205 John:
I think Ben There is referring to the term “Celestial Marriage.†It used to mean the same thing as “Plural Marriage,†if I’m not mistaken.
Indeed. As I stated:
…“celestial marriage†had precisely ONE meaning: plural marriage.
Moving on:
You are correct. Thank you, and my apologies.
RE 203:
I agree with MCQ. I wish the Church leadership would take a more direct approach to Church history and that the average member of the Church was better informed regarding some of the historical controversies (some of which are not that far removed in time). In recent months, I believe that there have been some genuine attempts to do just that, such as Elder Oaks’ discussion of the Mountain Meadows Massacre in the PBS special and Elder Christofferson’s interview regarding polygamy, evolution, priesthood, etc. I take issue with the claim that the Church is “so deceptive.” (195) Contrary to the claim of post 195, I do not believe that the Priesthood/Relief Society manuals purport that either Joseph Smith or Brigham Young were monogamists. I do not disagree that they do not discuss either prophet’s marital history, but I do not believe the manuals were designed to teach the history of plural marriage. Instead, I suggest they are to facilitate the teaching of gospel principles such as faith, prayer, forgiveness, etc. The majority of my family members and friends are not members of the Church and I can attest that there is nothing the Church could possibly do to “sweep under the rug” its previous practice of polygamy. If people only know one thing about the Church, that is almost always the known tidbit. The fact that the Church chooses to focus on the Savior’s example and atonement and other gospel principles demonstrates, I believe, the belief that these matters are of greater import than the historical practice of polygamy.
KL 208: If the manuals completely didn’t discuss marital history at all, I’d be fine with it. But why paint the picture that these guys were monogamists, by including only selective marital history? When the Brigham Young manual explicitly records his first marriage, when he was widowed, and his second marriage, what kind of picture do you get from this?
I agree, these are not historical manuals. But if they are going to include SOME history, at least don’t mold it and shape it in a way that paints an incorrect picture in the reader’s mind.
Not threadjacking, but even though I feel that the current manuals, especially for the YM/YW are a huge disappointment, I think it is fair to cast them in the light that they are about doctrines, and not history. Another black eye for correlation for those of us who want deeper discussions, or more meaningful history, but if you look at the evolution of the PH/RS manuals over the last couple of decades, they have evolved into a unified series of lessons about current doctrines, viewed from the background of what these past presidents of the church have to say about them. Therefore, if the church does not practice polygamy, and if polygamy is a limited practice for specific times only, as Jacob in the BOM asserts, then lessons on marriage will focus on the current doctrine, ie monogamous eternal marriage.
Likewise, lessons on repentance using the writings of Pres. Kimball will focus on the atonement of Jesus Christ, and won’t mention the historical artifact and disavowed principle of blood atonement.
Yes, I wish they were better, but given what correlation has to deal with in an ever more multicultural and international church, they are adequate. Barely adequate, but useful, nonetheless.
However, IMO the YM/YW manuals are just about useless, referring to GA’s that most of the youth have never heard of, situations that are dated, and remarkably full of embarrassing anachronisms. I have had correspondence from correlation that rewrites are under way, but by then I suspect that most of the updated GAs and prophets quoted in the new versions will be dead and gone.
204 KL:
I glossed over one of your questions accidentally.
At the time the church practiced polygamy, do you believe that when a man married his first wife it was not a “celestial marriage�
When does a temple marriage become an eternal marriage? Is it at the moment the sealer pronounces the couple married? No, it is when the couple lives up to their covenants to obey all the commandments associated with living the Lord’s law of marriage, that their union becomes eternal. I am sure you would agree that many people have been sealed in the temple who are not living celestial marriages, such as people who have committed adultery, been excommunicated, left the church, etc. Simply being sealed in the temple did not prevent them from sinning and losing the approbation of the Holy Spirit in that covenant.
When you consider that under former LDS doctrine (and current fundamentalist Mormon doctrine) being sealed to more than one wife was part of the Law of Celestial Marriage, then obeying that particular law was just one more step toward making that sealing eternal. If a man did not step up to the plate and only got sealed to one spouse, that sealing was not ratified later by the Holy Spirit of Promise, because he had not lived up to his covenant to obey all of the laws associated with it.
I hope this clarifies this a little bit.
210 Kevin F:
I agree with you about the YM manuals. They are a wreck and are barely relevant.
The Church curriculum committees move at a truly glacial pace. And even after they get something approved, it takes years before it sees the light of day. I don’t think it is inaccurrate to state that from start to actually being in a member’s hands, each manual probably takes at least eight years to get through the process.
Other churches can tailor their materials to be relevant to local populations, one would think that so could we. I do not think that just because we are such a large organization that it has to mean that curriculum materials should take an eternity to write, correlate, print, and get into circulation.
Of course current manuals will teach current doctrine. But sometimes current manuals attempt to teach history. Remember the little paperback book every member got a few years ago, in conjunction with D&C, called “Our History” or something to that effect? When history is expressed, it should be truthful, not trying to cover things up. And in my mind, giving specific information about Brigham Young’s first marriages and painting him as a perfect monogamist seems a bit silly. If his marriages were so unimportant, why even bring up the first ones?
I think you’re dead wrong about this Ben. KL’s question went to the nature of the sealing ceremony performed in the temple. She points out a valid objection to your interpretation of the celestial marriage doctrine. If there is no such thing as celestial marriage without plural marriage, then what of all the members of the church who were sealed to only one wife,even during the time of plural marriage. There was never a time that a majority of members were practicing polygamy, nor were they commanded or expected to. Your answer does nothing to answer that objection and in fact muddies the waters considerably.
MCQ, thank you for adding clarity to my point. To my knowledge, the majority of members never practiced polygamy. My question for Ben There is whether he believes that non-plural sealings performed during the relevant time period were basically for time only, given the doctrine that eternal marriage is reserved for celestial beings. I do not think that the majority of early Church members, who did not practice plural marriage but nonetheless sacrificed tremendously to be counted among the Saints and receive the blessings of the temple, believed that their temple marriages to their one and only spouse were other than potential eternal unions.
I have held off on joining this conversation, since it so obviously is influenced by personal attempts to convince people that polygamy really is the ideal and that it should not have been ended. I only am joining in now, because KL and MCQ have said what I have wanted to say for a while.
Ben There, I apologize for being this blunt, but your argument for celestial/eternal marriage being confined to polygamy is one of the most absurd arguments I have read on this blog. The quotes you provided don’t make the argument, and neither does the historical evidence of how the early Saints perceived it. This might be my opinion only, but this horse is about 30 feet under ground by now – and further discussion would constitute abuse of a corpse. You aren’t going to gain any converts here, so can we move on and get back to the original focus of the post?
215 Ray: I suppose if people did not directly ask me questions, I wouldn’t answer questions that aren’t asked. Conversely, I’d think it pretty rude if someone asked me a question and I ignored them.
That said, I do agree that this has gone way off topic….but that always seems to happen anytime polygamy, homosexuals, or the priesthood ban comes up. It’d be a shame to break tradition!
For whatever it’s worth, Ben There is absolutely correct about what 19th-century Mormons taught about plural marriage. Brigham Young famously used the parable of the talents to teach what he felt would happen to those sealed in the temple to only one wife. Only the individuals who turned their one talent into multiple would get to keep the first.
re: 217 So the notion was that a man with only one wife would end up losing her in the afterlife to a polygamous celestial marriage elsewhere, even if they were sealed in the temple?
Thank you kindly, J N-S.
I was feeling a bit attacked. We all know what current doctrine is, but is seems like people get genuinely defensive when you explain that doctrine has changed over the years. For better or for worse, 19th century Mormon doctrine was what it was. Brigham Young taught what he taught; and his people looked at him just as we look at Gordon B. Hinckley: as the prophet and mouthpiece of God on earth in his day.
While we often seem embarrassed by what Brigham taught from time to time, it doesn’t negate that his words carried a lot of weight when they were preached, and his general conference sermons were accepted pretty much as church doctrine. Just because everyone didn’t follow his counsel doesn’t make it any less important.
Just because most church members in the mid-late 19th century didn’t practice polygamy does not mean it was not a commandment, just as today’s members not tithing and holding temple recommends doesn’t mean those aren’t commandments. One can be a member of the church their entire life and never tithe or go to the temple, just as one could be a 19th century monogamous Mormon: you get whatever benefits you get out of whatever you do, but certain blessings of the gospel are without your reach when you only go so far.
Consider how many members of the church today are active temple-recommend holders. In any ward I’ve belonged to, the percentage of full tithe-payers hovers around 20% of the ward membership. Maybe 3/4 of those have temple recommends. Clearly, actual practice of the important principles we are taught today is not as widespread as we might hope or think.
So when we can’t even pay tithing or go to the temple, how we can think it so strange that polygamy was a commandment yet not practiced by the majority. We do the very same thing today: for whatever reason, we don’t all tread the strait and narrow path, and a whole lot of members pretty much put in the minimum amount of commitment they can to the Church.
If that were the case, why did they bother with temple sealings? Why make it an ordinance if they believed it was basically a temporal social contract?
218 Mike: Yes, this is what Brigham Young taught, and his contemporaries. Just like today, making the covenants we make in the temple is just the first step toward those covenants being sealed up for eternity.
Making a monogamous marriage covenant was the first step. If you didn’t follow it up with another along the way, it would be like if you were sealed in the temple today and then disregarded all the things you need to do to make those covenants eternal. There mere mechanics of being sealed in the temple don’t make the marriage eternal; your obedience to your covenants is what seals the deal.
Wow…things certainly have been happening here.
First my thanks to bbell for her compliment of me being “rare”. I hope it was a compliment.
I would like to add my support to Ben There. I am a faithful LDS sealed in the Temple. I think Ben There comment is more accurate than not. God has taught the His New & Evalsting Covenant(polygamy, plural marriage) is a Celestial & Eternal Law. If you are studious LDS then you know that all blessings including exaltation and salvation are predicated on obedience to their prescribed laws.
The Church currently is a Terrestrial church at best because we are not living all the Celestial laws predicated for the Celestial Kingdom or the presence of God.
Not only are we not living the law of plural marriage but we not not fully living the law of consecration.
Our temple sealings are not final and absolute. The current temple ordinances are preliminary ordinces to greater fulfilling ordinances. Ther are very few that I know that even know about 2nd Anointing temple ordinaces. These don’t seem to be practised much in the curent church.
I believe it was Joseph Smith that first taught the parable of the talents as associated with the law of the New & Everlasting Covenant of plural marriage.
Our current temple sealings and marriages are not celestial or eternal until we have abided and obeyed the full laws predicated thereto and made sure by the Holy Spirit of Promise.
Let’s reread the first few verses of D&C Sec 132 which give greater understanding to this.
1 Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many awives and bconcubines—
2 Behold, and lo, I am the Lord thy God, and will answer thee as touching this matter.
3 Therefore, aprepare thy heart to receive and bobey the instructions which I am about to give unto you; for all those who have this law revealed unto them must obey the same.
4 For behold, I reveal unto you a new and an everlasting acovenant; and if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye bdamned; for no one can creject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.
5 For all who will have a ablessing at my hands shall abide the blaw which was appointed for that blessing, and the conditions thereof, as were instituted from before the foundation of the world.
6 And as pertaining to the new and aeverlasting covenant, it was instituted for the fulness of my bglory; and he that receiveth a fulness thereof must and shall abide the law, or he shall be damned, saith the Lord God.
I pray always that we might be permitted in this society and life to live, abide and obey God’s laws that we might enter into His glory of the Celestial Kingdom.
I hope this happens soon or we may have to wait until Christ’s mellinial reign.
Thanks and God Bless
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Presidents’ Day Questions for Ralph Hancock
February 17, 2020 by Russell Arben Fox
[Cross-posted to In Medias Res]
Ralph Hancock, a political theorist at Brigham Young University, is a fairly notorious figure in certain tiny Mormon slivers of the internet. I never took a class from him when I was a student at BYU, but I’ve interacted with him, in person and online, dozens of times over the decades; we’re friendly, if not necessarily close friends. Recently, Hancock made waves with a piece he published in the Deseret News, arguing, in reference to the recent impeachment vote, that Utah Republican Senator Mike Lee, who voted, along with every other Republican save one, to find President Trump not guilty of the impeachment charges, had acted like a true statesman; Mitt Romney, the only Republican senator who voted to convict Trump, had not. This is a position I disagree with, as I’ve made clear already. So this President’s Day, I’d like to pose some questions for Ralph–not with any illusion that anyone’s mind will be changed by voicing such questions, but because I honestly want to understand just what it is he’s claiming about American statesmanship circa 2020, and why.
Ralph’s short piece spends most of its length setting up a philosophical argument regarding the place and the nature of partisanship in our odd political moment, in which we (or, depending on what kind of right-wing or left-wing critique of American voting practices you prefer, “we” in scare quotes) govern ourselves through a pluralistic democratic arrangement wherein certain civic republican ideals and standards are nonetheless at least ritually given a place (the senators taking an oath to judge impartially, and not in accordance with political pressures, during an impeachment trial, for example). Ralph thinks Romney’s speech explaining his impeachment vote demonstrates a poor understanding of the place of partisanship today, thus making his appeals to conscience and ethical and religious principles an annoying distraction. (He’s made this argument similar to this about Romney before, charging him with failing to recognize that the “foundation” of civic virtues like “decency” and “civility”–which Romney condemned Trump for lacking, as he obviously does–are more “vulgar” virtues like “courage and loyalty,” which Trump, in Ralph’s view, has plenty of.) The key paragraph in this section, I think, is this one:
To take political responsibility is to reckon with the inevitable fact of partisanship. Anyone really interested in making a difference for the better for our country must recognize the need to have political friends and to beware of enemies. To recognize the reality of allies and adversaries is not to debase political action but simply to reckon with the actual partisan situation. The question is whether Sen. Romney has frivolously spent his political capital (in Utah, especially) or wisely traded it in order to make some powerful new friends in the national political arena….[I]t is hard not to question the otherworldly “profile in courage” of a political gesture that results in immediate celebrity among the great and powerful, if not among the more vulgar in Washington or in Utah.
I’d like to understand whether Ralph, who has insisted multiple times over the years that he is a strong advocate for “original constitutionalism,” sees this as a necessary correction to Madison’s (I agree flawed, but important and admirable all the same) claim that a properly constituted “extended republic” could effectively sideline the problem of parties (or “factions,” as he put it), or whether he actually does hold with Madison, and instead simply believes that “reality of…the actual partisan situation” today requires fighting fire with fire. I’d love to learn it was the former, and thus be able to count Ralph, whatever our other political disagreements, as an advocate for pushing our system in a parliamentary direction wherein partisan divides are treated more honestly and responsibly. My suspicion, however, is that it’s the latter, in which case the long theoretical case he makes in the first four paragraphs seems like so much throat-clearing.
Either way, the meat of condemnation of Romney’s vote, and his praise of Lee’s, comes immediately after this:
Senator Lee deftly framed his decision in the context of the larger partisan conflict over the design and purpose of our constitutional republic. For decades…progressives have worked to overcome the limitations of federalism and the separation of powers by transferring more and more power to unelected “experts” forming a virtual fourth branch of government, the bureaucracy. Trump’s alleged constitutional offense, from the standpoint of progressive or “living” constitutionalism, consists precisely in overriding the authority of expert bodies or the prevailing “inter-agency consensus.” Lee is a frank partisan of the original Constitution and a critique of its progressive reinterpretation. True solicitude for the constitution thus dictates, he concludes, not righteous indignation at the president’s use of executive power, but the defense of his Article II powers against the increasing arrogance of the fourth branch.
I would really like to understand better some of the assumptions Ralph is making here–assumptions which operate, I should note, without ever mentioning any details of the allegations about President Trump made in the articles of impeachment, thus obliging readers of Ralph’s column to assume that the truth or falsehood of those allegations is irrelevant. Leaving entirely aside larger historical and theoretical debates over constitutional interpretation and the definition of “progressivism” being used here, the crucial leap I see here is the idea that the “experts” who expressed the “inter-agency consensus” against Trump’s bribing or threatening or pushing of President Zelensky (presumably this is a reference to the testimony of Ambassador Gordon Sondland, Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Lt. Col. Alexander Vidman, and multiple others), actually constitute a unified body that seeks to operate as a “fourth branch of government,” outside of the will of the executive or legislative branches That these individuals and others were actually operating within the reach of the executive branch–hence Trump’s ability to fire them–complicates this assumption somewhat, especially in light of the centrality which Ralph grants to partisanship as a necessity of proper statesmanship.
While it is true that conservative stereotype of the progressive interpretation of the U.S. Constitution has involved the progressive empowerment of various agencies, boards, and other institutions within the executive branch, I have never heard it said that President Woodrow Wilson or other progressive bogeymen of the conservative imagination were empowering such agencies in order to limit presidential discretion by way of “expert consensus.” On the contrary, the conservative knock against them has long been that these agencies and experts centralized power in the office of the presidency. So in what way, exactly, can executive appointees hypothetically undermining the actions of a president via expressing their critical judgment against him in impeachment testimony be understood as following through on a progressive agenda to centralize power?
I think I can imagine one way, but only one. If Ralph is a complete adherent to the theory of presidential power laid out by Attorney General William Barr, then presidential power must be understood as something that belongs not to the executive branch, but to a single person, wholly and entirely. The executive branch, under this (I think frankly ahistorical, and others agree) interpretation, then the people around the president must be understood as his partisan tools, nothing more or less. Thus, any Republican appointee of President Trump who dissents from or really is just in any way critical of Trump’s actions has failed to follow their partisan role within the constitutional structure of the executive branch, and must be understood as acting independently, in alignment with those progressive forces, hiding behind their civil service protections, acting as an unelected, undemocratic force.
If this is correct, then Ralph is arguing–or at least as best as I can construct the argument–that if ours is to be a responsible constitutional democracy, it must firmly resist any kind of intra-party dissent within the executive branch, because absolute partisan unity is central to the executive (that is, the President of the United States) governing–including, I suppose, making phone calls–the way he or she chooses to, and giving the presidency wide freedom in what they choose to do holds off or at least hampers the development of an elite body of undemocratic, unelected others. Hence, Lee is acting a statesman in voting in support of the president, and Romney, invoking an “impartial” ideal to justify his vote against the president which fails to reckon with the necessity of an executive being free from push-back from his own partisan tools, is not. Have I got this right, Ralph?
I think there are huge historical and theoretical problems with this, and I say that as someone who is entirely willing to dump on Madison, praise parliamentarianism, and join in rolling my eyes at obviously partisan individuals and organizations cloaking what they do in civic republican language. But that’s not what Ralph has done here; I think he’s made a different kind argument, one that I would really like to understand better, because not only does it not seem to fit the “original constitutionalism” Ralph has so long praised, but it doesn’t even seem to entirely fit the conservative complaint against progressivism which so many adherents of “original constitutionalism” have long put forward. Yes, I know; Occam’s Razor suggests that Ralph doesn’t actually believe any of this; that’s it’s all motivated reasoning, same as my response, and that his column and my response here is all just so many pointless words tossed around. But noentheless I’d love to be humored, at least a little bit. Ideally I’d love to hear from Ralph himself, but if anyone would like to explain to me what I’ve misunderstood about his claims, I can’t think of a better way to honor Presidents’ Day than to argue about it all.
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Michael LeFevre says:
It seems to me (a self educated, poor, dumb, Mormon boy) that if the idea that the appointees in the executive branch are just “tools” of the presidential will, and that partisanship extends to the politicians in Congress of the same party, then there is no reason to send those congressional politicians back to Washington. They may as well stay home, (a loose term for Utah politicians) here in Utah, going to business openings, taking tea with sycophants, and kissing donor’s behinds to build up their “War Chest” (for God knows what purpose) rather than using tax dollars to travel back and forth to DC. Excuse the long sentence. No matter your philosophy about partisanship and loyalty, no US citizen is above the law and those charged with protecting and making the laws should be the first to defend that principle.
jader3rd says:
Arguing for partisanship is bad. Arguing for partisanship for the scenario where the US Constitution explicitly lays out when it should not apply, is especially bad.
The current state of US elections, where winner takes all, is creating a whiplash that’s shaking the foundations of our society. Turning governing into a partisan team sport, is bad.
The “fourth branch of government” isn’t beaurocrats who are religious about following the guidelines and laws laid out by Congress, it’s the free press who can keep powerful individuals in check. Civil servants who are oversighted by Congress aren’t a fourth branch, but a functioning of two co-equal branches.
Trump defenders truly want a monarchy.
I was watching “A Man for all Seasons” last week, and I don’t believe that it’s ever been more relevant in American society. It really felt like Henry VIII’s character was modeled after Donald Trump, but I know that’s impossible.
I would believe that Ralph Hancock was sincere if you could somehow trick him into some super realistic Artificial Reality, make him think that either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton were being impeached and see what his arguments are then.
Stephen Hardy says:
I have such a hard time with most everyone’s methodology. I’m not sure how to escape this: Brother Hancock really likes Senator Lee (for many reasons but importantly because Lee and Hancock are constitutional originalists) and so he argues backwards from his support and admiration of Lee, eventually finding that Lee has perfect, valid, and correct principles. Brother Hancock would bristle at this, I’m sure.
We see this very plainly among Trump supporters. And we see it in in Pelosi, Clinton, and Obama supporters. We end up exactly where we want to end up while we convince ourselves that we trod an independent path to get there.
josh harrison says:
If Mr. Hancock thinks so highly of political parties, it must drive him crazy that both parties have lost control of the nomination process. There was a piece about this very topic in the Wall Street Journal Sat. The Republican party resisted Trump up until it had no choice given that he won the nomination. And even after the election, many party insiders do not support him. Meanwhile, the leading candidate for the Democrats is not even a Democrat…Mr. Sanders is a declared socialist.
I think Mr. Hancock has it backwards if he believes that politicians should be loyal to the parties. From what I can see, it’s the parties who are required to be loyal to the candidates, even when the candidates differ from the party platform. We have a populist president who will be running against a socialist.
your food allergy is fake says:
“Lee is a frank partisan of the original Constitution and a critique of its progressive reinterpretation. True solicitude for the constitution thus dictates, he concludes, not righteous indignation at the president’s use of executive power, but the defense of his Article II powers against the increasing arrogance of the fourth branch.”
Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives, not by an increasingly arrogant “fourth branch” aka deep state.
Kevin Christensen says:
The Hancock line you quote is rather telling in the way he frames, and tellingly re-frames, the question as a way of evading the real issue for Romney and Lee:
“The question is whether Sen. Romney has frivolously spent his political capital (in Utah, especially) or wisely traded it in order to make some powerful new friends in the national political arena…”
I watched the speech and there was nothing frivolous about it. He was dead serious. And he was not trading for anything. Rather, he determined that what was at stake was his own conscience, and that he would not trade that for anything. He recognized that by standing up and speaking out in futile gesture, our notoriously petty and vindictive leader of the free world would dump on him. And who was it who asked, “What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world…”
PieFace says:
I agree with Kevin. That section is what stuck out the most to me in an alarming way: Hancock has reached his conclusion first, and then tried to fill in the justifications. What powerful new friends are going to align with Romney? The Dems won’t have him, though they like him more now, they’re still not going to support him as a Republican. The Republicans have cast him out of their tribe…tell me where is the great power he was reaching for with this action? The cynicism that Romney couldn’t possibly have been motivated by moral principles feels like a projection to me. Hancock knows he is abandoning arguing for moral principles in his own argument, so he can’t allow Romney to have them-it must be part of a bigger plot or because he’s “frivolous” (and anyone who watched that speech would find that adjective laughable in describing it.)
The assumption is more based in what Hancock needs to be true about Romney to feel justified in his argument, than an honest assessment of the situation. Nowhere in there does he ever entertain the idea that maybe Romney was actually worried about the constitution too, or just plain following the law.
I also agree with Kevin.
Joe Friday says:
Here are the questions that have never been answered: What pressure was put on Zelensky to honor Trump’s request, how was that pressure applied and who communicated it?
If the answer to this question is “The phone call” then we have a serious problem. For one, the phone call was so benign that Adam Schiff had to fabricate a version of the phone call to sell his idea that it was coercive. Two, there is no witness or testimony to indicate there was any follow up from Trump to Zelensky to communicate that Trump expected Zelensky to understand there would be no aid without a Biden investigation.
All the testimony given never answers the question of who and how Zelensky was pressured.
Isn’t that rather important?
If one alleges a bribery, doesn’t it need to be shown that a bribe was offered? Yet no evidence exists and the person alleged to have been bribed – Zelensky – denies ever being pressured! I understand in his latest comments Zelensky refers to the Trump impeachment as a “soap opera”. No hint at all of being pressured.
For all the hype about Bolton’s book, the leaks never have him claiming pressure was put on Zelensky. The leaks support the idea that Trump wanted answers to the questions he raised in the phone call. They never substantiate there was pressure or coercion to obtain answers.
Romney voted to convict because he decided evidence wasn’t necessary. That is amazing. That is stunning. That is revelatory of Romney’s mindset. I don’t think it is a decision that Romney will be able to defend as more information about Ukraine is revealed.
Geoff-Aus says:
Joe the republicans except Romney, disn’t want to know. Why?
In Australia Romney is seen as the only Republican with enough moral backbone to stand against Trump, who demands pledges of loyalty and appearently gets them.
Geof,
The Democrats, had they conducted a proper impeachment, could have obtained testimony from whomever they desired. They balked. Who to ultimately blame for the lack of witnesses is a political matter and there has been plenty of finger pointing. However, if the evidence to convict is never presented the principled position is to not convict. That is, or used to be, the American standard of Justice.
Regarding the evidence both of presidential misbehavior and obstruction, it exists and I have read the reports and watched the testimony.
https://intelligence.house.gov/report/
It is notable that all of the witnesses who honored legal subpoenas and testified did so in defiance of the President’s obstructive instructions. When the Democrats went to the courts, the courts said, if the witnesses won’t come, your recourse is to impeach. During the impeachment, the President’s defenders said, if you want compel witnesses that have not honored legal subpoenas, you must go through the courts. That is a Catch 22. And what is at issue here is the survival of democracy. And of course, claiming that Zelensky, at war with Russia, dependent on American aid for survival, dealing with a President who publicly trusts Putin more than his own intelligence agencies (remember Helsinki), and notoriously impulsive, vain, and vindictive, sure, no pressure.
When Vindman testified, idealistically, that in America, you can speak the truth without fear, Zelensky, could have simply decided to wait and see. And when Trump had Vindman and his uninvolved twin brother escorted from the White House after Republican senators voted for acquittal, what lesson is there in that for diplomatic relations? Or, what lesson about Trump’s mindset could one have previously gained from Comey being fired via TV, and McCabe being fired hours before his pension kicked in? Trump is petty and vindictive and shows the compulsion, not just to retaliate, but to humiliate. No pressure, right? No penalty for speaking the truth to power, and 14,000 Ukrainians dead more dying? No pressure.
Even Romney, in voting against the Obstruction point thought that Democrats should have spent longer fighting the Obstruction in the courts. Trump’s actions were more obstructive than any President in history. But doesn’t count unless he does it more and for longer? But of course, if the issue is all about Partisanship, about being loyal to the team, then conscience and morality and legality and truth become tertiary issues. In the Atlantic article about his decision, Romney reported that many Republican colleagues pressured him to vote with the team. He did not report anyone offering persuasive evidence that the President was innocent and that the Democratic case was empty or inconclusive.
Wally says:
I’ve been reading Ralph for years. What we must understand is that Ralph is, first and foremost, a Republican apologist. In other words, he draws a conclusion first (any Republican position, even those Trump tosses about like so much pig slop, is correct), and then he searches for a philosophical argument to support that conclusion. This is why so many of Ralph’s editorials read like a game of mental Twister. He’s trying hard to come up with arguments to support the insupportable. We see the same thing from Mormon apologist (and apologists of every stripe), because this is how apologetics works. It always gets the cart before the horse. Sound scholarship, on the other hand, looks at all the evidence available and then draws conclusions, let them fall where they may.
Hmmm…Looks like Hancock skews the definitions of Statesperson and politician to make a point. Mike Lee is a politician who likes to mascarade as a “statesperson” because it gets him elected. Romney just did his best Jimmy Stewart impression from “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” — Statesperson. Blurring the lines here is nothing less than gaslighting and dishonest. The DNews has former Lee staff members on the editorial board. It makes me question whether this was a political machine piece more than an objective exercise. Being someone who can google the difference between a statesperson and politician makes me think so.
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statesman
Chris Henrichsen says:
“What we must understand is that Ralph is, first and foremost, a Republican apologist.”
This is false.
Ralph is consistent in his original constitutionalism in that he seems to be essentially arguing that by voting for impeachment, Romney is, in effect, furthering the erosion of the separation of powers envisioned in the Constitution. That is, Congress is using members of the “fourth branch,” people who should have at least a professional loyalty to the office of president (who is, like it or not, their elected boss), as a bludgeon against him in a series of investigations designed to undermine his credibility and authority. In this way, Ralph seems to be arguing that Congress (Article I) is *colluding* with sympathetic insiders within the Executive (Article II) in a way that is inhibiting the executive’s ability to perform his constitutional functions and prerogatives. Lee (and Alexander, Collins, etc.) recognizes this reality, i.e. that while Trump acted carelessly/foolishly, this is a dangerous road to go down as there is virtually no limit to Congress’s ability to use this tactic against their presidential opponents. Ralph seems to me to be arguing that by focusing only on the perceived indecency of Trump’s behavior, Romney is ignoring larger, mroe fundamental issues at stake.
Yes, but what about illegal actions taken by the president? Well, impeachment is largely a political, rather than legal, proceeding, and as a result, is often in the eye of the beholder. “Obstruction of Congress” or “abuse of power” are not, for instance, so clearly defined as, say, perjury. And what of the fact that national foreign policy is largely based on the notion of quid pro quo (to wit: Biden’s own comments as VP that foreign aid would be withheld from Ukraine if it did not fire the then-prosecutor)? Must we give aid with no strings attached? Is that a precedent followed by prior administrations? And what about Fast and Furious, what about IRS targeting of conservative groups? What about [insert any number of perceived, likely vaguely defined, presidential improprieties that one party in Congress doesn’t like)?
Romney is a decent and good person, I believe, to his core. But Ralph and others can be forgiven for not viewing him as a model of consistency and virtue. In political terms, he is a waffler of the highest order, reinventing significant aspects of his political philosophy from Massachusetts, to Republican Party nominee, to Utah. Many who are praising him now, were vilifying him before for the very same reasons. There is also very public bad blood between Romney and Trump since the campaign and into the presidency (see: Romney as a prominent Trump critic to potential Secretary of State, back to critic) that could justify at least an arguable claim of less pure motivations. I don’t know Romney’s motives; I’ll assume the best. But doubters are on relatively reasonable or safe ground here.
To your comment:
“I think I can imagine one way, but only one. If Ralph is a complete adherent to the theory of presidential power laid out by Attorney General William Barr, then presidential power must be understood as something that belongs not to the executive branch, but to a single person, wholly and entirely. The executive branch, under this (I think frankly ahistorical, and others agree) interpretation, then the people around the president must be understood as his partisan tools, nothing more or less.”
I’m confused by this, or more specifically, why you’re confused by this or setting it out as a strange or controversial view. Article II starts with this: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.”
It vests executive power in the president, not to the “executive branch” or an administrative state or some other such body of people. It does belong to the person, the elected person. No unelected government official, no matter how tenured, no matter how expert, has vested executive authority. They serve at the will or pleasure of the president. Cabinet members are appointed by the president and are, therefore his “partisan tools,” as you say. Same with department heads, same with their subordinates, and on down the line. But somehow during the Trump era, the view has grown up that executive branch officers are supposed to serve as a check against their elected boss on matters of judgment and policy, in addition to Congress and the courts.
Tanner says
people who should have at least a professional loyalty to the office of president
And I find that line of reasoning to be very dangerous. Their professional loyalty is to the Constitution. Any loyalty to the President creates a monarch, and that’s not what we want.
ushallbcot says:
Tanner? Say someone worked in the Treasury Department for the IRS as an Appeals Officer during a particular President’s term. Must said someone’s professional loyalty as an Appeals Officer require him/her to vote to re-elect particular President? Or say said Appeals Officer has an assigned case involving billions of dollars of alleged additional tax upon someone or some entity, proposed by investigating Revenue Agents, but the President wants said someone or some entity absolved of all of the additional billions. Must said Appeals Officer show professional loyalty to particular President by conceding all or some of the additional billions?
“Their professional loyalty is to the Constitution.” Yes, agreed, but that Constitution vests authority in an elected president, whom they work for. They need not like or have voted for the president, but they should still respect the office (the “professional loyalty” I’m referring to) and it’s prerogatives.
“Any loyalty to the President creates a monarch.” Any loyalty creates this? Did loyalty to Obama create a monarchy? Or Bush, Clinton? Would it have been inappropriate, dangerous even, for civil servants under those administrations to respect their elected authority?
“Must said someone’s professional loyalty as an Appeals Officer require him/her to vote to re-elect particular President?” That person is free to vote for whomever he/she prefers. As noted above, the professional loyalty pertains to the office, and by extension to the person who temporarily occupies it while he/she occupies it. There will be people in every administration who do not personally like or support their elected leader.
“Must said Appeals Officer show professional loyalty to particular President by conceding all or some of the additional billions?” I’d advise the officer to follow the law, as this is a legal, rather than a policy or otherwise discretionary matter.
Tanner,
Do you think “professional loyalty” is violated by a staffer who reports what he perceives as corruption to Congress? Can one accept the interpretation that the entire executive branch are appendages to Trump while also allowing for such reports of perceived corruption? That is all I see happening here. There is no fourth branch involvement here outside the above. Again, the House impeached Trump, not the fourth branch, because it concluded Trump’s behavior was corrupt. Romney is not unreasonable to agree, and Lee is also free to disagree.
Loursat says:
Hancock’s argument is part of a long-standing complaint on the extreme right about the growth of the administrative state. The rise of administrative departments in government has facilitated enormous economic growth and social connectedness around the world. It has also created a complex bureaucracy that some people don’t like. The extreme right has demonized the administrative state for a long time with complaints about “socialism” other such bogeymen. Most recently, this has evolved into complaints about the “deep state.” In constitutional discourse, like Hancock’s piece, they often complain about this in terms of textual and originalist analysis of the Constitution.
These complaints almost always fail to mention some vital things. First, there is a large body of law that regulates the administrative state. People in the so-called “fourth branch” are not running amok at their own discretion. Administrative departments are bound by laws and rule-making procedures that are designed to narrow that discretion and—this is crucial—protect the rights of people who are affected by government action. Action by administrative departments is generally slow and cumbersome. That can sometimes be frustrating, but it’s by design. It’s to prevent individuals from using government power to trample on people.
Second, purely textual or purely originalist constitutional analysis fails to account for the accrued wisdom of constitutional norms. There are lots of things that we have learned how to do under the constitution that are not written in it. We do these things because we have learned that these things are necessary to protect constitutional principles. The constraints on presidential action that Tanner seems to be complaining about are one example of these constitutional norms. As Russell’s original post says, the idea that the president should be unconstrained is ahistorical. That means that even if the constitutional text doesn’t say so, we’ve figured out that the president has to be constrained in some ways by certain settled practices, in order to avoid putting the president, in effect, above the law. One can argue that constitutional norms ought to change, but it won’t do to ignore the reasons for the development of those norms. Simply pointing to the text of the constitution is not a sufficient argument. And Tanner is just wrong to claim that we have suddenly started, during the Trump administration, to expect executive branch officials to constrain the president in certain ways. Those norms are not new. What is new is Trump’s assumption that he can ride roughshod over those constraints.
Your reply is quite interesting. Are you aware that McCabe lied, under oath, to the FBI? Are you aware Comey lied and leaked and signed off on bogus warrants? As for Vindman, his boss is Trump.and the military chain of command is exact. Vindman offered nothing substantive in his testimony other than he criticized his boss.
You wrote many words only to agree with my post – no evidence was ever presented to substantiate the essential claim of the Democrats partisan impeachment. Yet Romney didn’t need evidence to convict! That ought to be very instructive about Romney’s moral compass.
If the law says “when your boss does something corrupt, report them.” You should report them. That’s what happened here. Loyalty to a boss means little, loyalty to the law means a lot.
Xenophon says:
“… is a fairly notorious figure in certain tiny Mormon slivers of the internet.”
A stark contrast to the widely influential blog By Common Consent.
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Nexsan announces new cloud transfer capability for on-prem Assureon secure archiving
by Mark Cox • June 5, 2018
Assureon Cloud Transfer is Nexsan’s first cloud offering, but the company is pledging that it won’t be the last.
Storage vendor Nexsan has made its first move into the cloud with Assureon Cloud Transfer. This add-on capability to their Assureon archive storage system lets customers freely migrate or copy data to or from public cloud platforms and the Assureon on-premise archive. Assureon Cloud Transfer is available now.
Assureon is one of three Nexsan product lines. The next-gen one is Unity, Nexsan’s unified block and file storage solution. The foundational one is the E-Series, block storage disk arrays that remain Nexsan’s largest source of revenue. Assureon is their archive storage solution, for long term data protection, retention and compliance adherence, which has a unique file fingerprinting and asset serialization process combined with metadata authenticated by a private blockchain. It has been a fully hardware-based on-prem product – until now.
Gary Watson, Nexsan’s co-founder and CTO
“Assureon continues to be an on-prem hardware product, but the cloud aspect is new,” said Gary Watson, Nexsan’s co-founder and CTO. “This is our first cloud-related product, but it won’t be our last.”
Assureon Cloud Transfer lets customers reduce their cloud storage costs by offloading cold data securely onto the on-prem platform.
“We have 1500 Assureons in the field today, with hundreds of TB on-prem,” Watson said. “Some of these customers – but not all – also have data in the cloud. There are people who have a lot of data on-prem who want to move to the cloud and vice-versa, and there are others who just want to be able to reference it. Assureon Cloud Transfer lets you do both, as it allows cloud instances to reference that data without physically copying it. You can reference your archives from on-prem or cloud, and have all Windows instances see the same archive file.”
Assureon Cloud Transfer captures unstructured content from Windows Servers on both AWS and Azure..
“It is testified and certified on both of them, and is fully multi-cloud capable,” Watson said. “After files have become cold, we can convert them to software stubs that point to your on prem Assureon system. There is still an exfiltration fee out of the cloud for transferring out, but it is much cheaper to move unstructured content as stubs. It reduces cloud costs, reduces amount of NTS files backed up in the cloud – and it’s like a virtual airgap, so data can’t be destroyed contrary to the policy set.”
In addition, a NFS/SMB interface can be configured in the cloud as an archiving target, to both catch hot files and stub cold files.
Pricing for Assureon Cloud Transfer has not yet been announced, but Watson said that it will be very inexpensive.
“A large Assureon costs only $600 per usable TB for the end user, and the cost for this will be proportional to that,” he said.
Watson said that while this is Nexsan’s first cloud product – and that others will follow as part of their long-term strategy – no cloud veterans have come up with a solution for hybrid cloud archiving that is as good as this.
“We have been leading in archiving for a long time, but there haven’t been any great archiving solutions that have come up in the cloud,” he said. “This will help people save money, while also being both more secure and more usable.”
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by Steve Ray on April 25, 2013
Post-script on the Detroit debate over Catholics and holy Communion
by Dr. Edward Peters
A few days ago I gave written interview to Lauren Abdel-Razzaq of the Detroit News on the question of Catholic supporters of “gay marriage” approaching for holy Communion. Abdel-Razzaq quoted me accurately if not quite as precisely as I wrote and I’ve no complaints about the use she made of my remarks. I would note, though, that my remarks were, of course, offered in more detail than could have been accommodated in a secular news story and so, on the chance that some readers might like see to my longer comments, I am happy to provide them below.
1. A-R asked how I felt about the backlash that has come about because of the comments you and Archbishop Vigneron made regarding gay marriage.
First, I would prefer to use the word “reaction”, for to call it a “backlash” implies that the reactions are wholly negative. Some reactions have been negative, certainly, but many have been positive. Mostly, the positive responses are grateful for the clarity that I bring to the more technical aspects of Church law and appreciative of the obvious care toward one’s spiritual well-being that the archbishop expresses.
Church teaching on, say, the nature of marriage, on the licit expression of sexual pleasure in marriage, on the obligations of Catholics to act in accord with their identity as Catholics, and so on, is very, very old. What’s new in all this, at least for many, is hearing such points made succinctly and consistently even in the face of strong opposition.
It helps to keep in mind that, as a canon lawyer and professor, the only “authority” I speak with is the authority of the sources I cite, for example, magisterial documents, canon law, and so on. Either my use of these materials is accurate, or it’s not; I’m content to give people references to the positions I defend and to let them assess for themselves my fidelity in relating those sources.
Bishops, however, speak out of something much deeper than documents, they speak out of the living tradition of the Church. While my goal is largely limited to making sure that Church discipline is correctly understood by those concerned, bishops strive to encourage the incorporation of Church teaching into the lives of the faithful. That’s a much harder task. Why? Because Catholicism is not simply an impressive set of academic propositions; it’s a path through life toward happiness with God. And that’s what bishops ultimately must care about.
2. A-R indicated that I had addressed “gay marriage supporters, not just LGBT individuals” in regard to holy Communion.
Close. I did not address LGBT persons per se, but rather, I stated that active support or promotion for redefining marriage (no matter who is doing the promoting) is to act contrary to the settled teachings of the Catholic Church on marriage. Catholics who engage in such public advocacy seriously damage their communion with the Church and should refrain from approaching for holy Communion.
I also said that, depending on circumstances, such public advocacy might result in Communion needing to be withheld from activists, but I did not try to assess any specific cases, nor did the archbishop even raise that topic. He was talking about the personal responsibilities of Catholics in taking holy Communion, not about the obligations of ministers in administrating it. It’s a related issue, but quite a distinct one, and one easily overlooked in conversations.
3. A-R asked whether the church needed to forge relationships with those who practice the faith rather than try to push people away?
I would agree. Of course, what one means by phrases like “forge relationships” and even “the faith” seem open to misconstrual, no?
4. A-R asked whether I was concerned about alienating Catholics, particularly those who may have children or family members that are gay?
Sure, but again, that simply forces questions as what, for example, “alienating” means. I am mostly concerned that people have an accurate understanding of what Church tradition and law expect of Catholics. No one seriously thinks, of course, that Church law has an answer to every question in Church life, let alone for civil society; nevertheless Church law, and the teachings it rests upon, does have lots of good answers to lots of important questions, answers that too often go unexplored because people are simply unaware of them.
5. A-R noted that New York’s Cardinal Dolan has spoken about not wanting to turn the defense of marriage into an attack against gay people and asked whether I thought that was possible.
Sure, for the simple reason that defense of marriage is not about attacking gay people. It’s about upholding a fundamental aspect of human society that cannot be redefined to suit the political agenda of one group or another. + + +
Other posts by me on this matter (not counting interviews) are:
Brief reaction to Rt. Rev. Robinson (24 April)
A reaction in two parts to Michael Sean Winters (11 & 15 April)
Response to CNN’s coverage of this story (9 April)
Response to Thomas Reese on the matters (8 April)
A primer on Church teaching regarding “same-sex marriage” (27 March)
Edward Hara April 25, 2013 at 6:43 PM
Steve — Discussions like this often make me wonder why I want to become a deacon in our Lord’s Church. I have the feeling that one day, God willing that I am ordained, someone is going to approach as I am giving out the Holy Eucharist — someone whom I absolutely KNOW is in a state of mortal sin because of voting for Obama or supporting gay marriage or the like.
Then I will be faced with the decision of following Canon Law, which is obedience to Christ, and winding up on the “hit list” of a number of people, or going with the flow and betraying Christ. A priest in Gaithersburg MD followed canon law on this last year and for his fidelity to Church teaching he was removed from active parish participation — BY NO LESS THAN HIS BISHOP!!!!!
We live in bad times for those who wish to be faithful to the Church — not bad because of the world’s hatred. That we expect. Bad because of the hatred of those in the Church who should be supporting us.
Ed Peters April 26, 2013 at 10:58 AM
Hi EH. The rules for participation in holy Communion are set out here. https://stjosephcanonlaw.com/sites/default/files/newsletter-preview-pdfs/christifidelis30.7.pdf. Best, EdP.
Susy April 27, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Great defence of Church teaching by Dr. Edward Peters, thanks for posting it, Steve. Just a note of encouragement to Edward Hara, who posted above: First, a huge thank you for responding to the call of our Lord, in your consideration of holy orders in the diaconate! May you be richly blessed and maintain the peace that comes from knowing you are following His call for you in your life. Secondly, take courage, for He has conquered the World. Stand bravely for the Truth, come what may. May all of us do the same, as the world intensifies it’s anger against and disapproval of the Church and people of faith.
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Engagements of Most Rev Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, in November and December 2016.
Bishop Vincent Long OFM CONV
7.30pm: Celebrates Solemn Holy Mass for All Souls’ Day in St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta.
Attends a meeting of the Bishops of the Province of New South Wales.
7.30pm: Celebrates Holy Mass with RCIA and Sacramental Teams from the Diocese at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta.
Celebrates Holy Mass for Back to McAuley Day at Catherine McAuley Westmead.
Attends a gathering of the Religious of the Diocese.
Attends a meeting of the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council, Justice, Ecology & Development.
Hosts a Thank You afternoon tea for World Youth Day 2016 Leaders.
8.30am: Celebrates Holy Mass for the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time with the Blessing of Our Lady of the Nativity Church, Lawson.
6pm: Celebrates Holy Mass of the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time with the closing of the Holy Door for the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta.
7pm: Confers the Sacrament of Confirmation at St John the Evangelist Parish, Riverstone.
Attends Clergy Professional Standards Workshop.
Convenes a meeting of the College of Consultors.
Monday 21 November – Friday 25 November 2016
Attends Australian Catholic Bishops Conference.
Celebrates Holy Mass of the 1st Sunday of Advent with the Rite of Ordination to the Diaconate, St Thomas the Apostle Parish, Blackburn, Victoria.
Celebrates Holy Mass on the occasion of the re-dedication of Parramatta Marist High at Westmead.
Meeting of the Diocesan Finance Council.
Celebrates Holy Mass on the occasion of the Foundation Day of the Sisters of Mercy at Congregational Centre in Parramatta.
Updated on 4 November 2016.
Australian Catholic Social Justice CouncilBishop Vincent LongCatherine McAuley WestmeadDiocese of ParramattaOur Lady of the Nativity Church LawsonRCIASt John the Evangelist RiverstoneSt Patrick's Cathedral ParramattaWorld Youth DayYear of Mercy
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Do you ever listen to a song and have the wrong words go through your head? Do your kids substitute different words to Achy Breaky Heart? If you think that’s funny, you or your kids may enjoy listening to ‘novelty music,’ or a parody band. Parody bands take popular songs and twist the words to make a new song, or they may write original songs that are amusing but not your average “commercial” material. Many people may familiar with the vocal antics of Spike Jones, or songs like “The Purple People Eater,” “The Monster Mash,” Kip Addotta’s fish tale “Wet Dream,” or the “Chipmunk’s Christmas Song” – all once popular radio plays. The TV show Chicago Hope made frequent use of Tom Lehrer’s song “Poisoning Pigeons in the Park.” If you listened to WHCN in the ’80’s, they often played Barnes & Barnes’ “Fish Heads.” (Trivia fact: Barnes & Barnes is the band name of actor Bill Mumy and his best friend. Bill is best known as the young Will Robinson in Lost in Space, or Lennier on Babylon 5.)
Perhaps the most popular parody musician is three-time Grammy winner Al Yankovic. Yankovic boasts such hits as “White and Nerdy,” “Eat It,” “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” and other ear-catching twisted tunes. Like many parody musicians, Yankovic got his first airtime on the Dr. Demento radio show, which has been running sinc e1974. Dr. Demento plays parody and comic songs that may or may not make it into popular culture. Yankovic’s “Yoda,” a parody of The Kinks’ “Lola,” was first played as a basement tape on Dr. Demento, as was “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.” (Personally, I like the basement tapes better than the commercials versions.). The aforementioned Fish Heads remains the number one requested song on his program. Dr. Demento is no longer in syndication, but can still be found streaming on the internet.
If you like songs that are a little off kilter, you might try some filk music. Filk? Don’t you mean folk? Filk is a term that came from a typo sometime before 1955, and it refers to fandom – usually but not always science fiction or fantasy – folkmusic. If you like a book series or a movie or a TV show, chances are someone somewhere has written a song about it. A song about Game of Thrones? Oh yes. Batman? Him, too. Want to hear Homer’s Odyssey encapsulated to fit the tune from Gilligan’s Island? The Boogie Knights have got you covered. Filk music is serious business, with several large conventions in the U.S., Canada, Germany, and England, resulting in the Pegasus Award for Excellence given at the Ohio Valley Filk Fest every year. For a sampling, check out The Brobdignagian Bards “Memories of Middle Earth,” filed among CPL’s folk music, or their Fairy Tales, for their awesome Jedi Drinking Song.
Our music selections include a wide variety of creative music you won’t find on the beaten path, including Yankovic, Lehrer, Dr. Demento, Brobdingnagian Bards, The Chromatics (excellent a capella performed by real rocket scientists), Monty Python, Harry and the Potters, and more.
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Physical interventions to interrupt or reduce the spread of respiratory viruses. Part 1 - Face masks, eye protection and person distancing: systematic review and meta-analysis
Jefferson, Tom et al.
Abstract OBJECTIVE: To examine the effectiveness of eye protection, face masks, or person distancing on interrupting or reducing the spread of respiratory viruses. DESIGN: Update of a Cochrane review that included a meta-analysis of observational studies during the SARS outbreak of 2003. DATA SOURCES: Eligible trials from the previous review; search of Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, Embase and CINAHL from October 2010 up to 1 April 2020; and forward and backward citation analysis. DATA SELECTION: Randomised and cluster-randomised trials of people of any age, testing the use of eye protection, face masks, or person distancing against standard practice, or a similar physical barrier. Outcomes included any acute respiratory illness and its related consequences. DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS: Six authors independently assessed risk of bias using the Cochrane tool and extracted data. We used a generalised inverse variance method for pooling using a random-effects model and reported results with risk ratios and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI). RESULTS: We included 15 randomised trials investigating the effect of masks (14 trials) in healthcare workers and the general population and of quarantine (1 trial). We found no trials testing eye protection. Compared to no masks there was no reduction of influenza-like illness (ILI) cases (Risk Ratio 0.93, 95%CI 0.83 to 1.05) or influenza (Risk Ratio 0.84, 95%CI 0.61-1.17) for masks in the general population, nor in healthcare workers (Risk Ratio 0.37, 95%CI 0.05 to 2.50). There was no difference between surgical masks and N95 respirators: for ILI (Risk Ratio 0.83, 95%CI 0.63 to 1.08), for influenza (Risk Ratio 1.02, 95%CI 0.73 to 1.43). Harms were poorly reported and limited to discomfort with lower compliance. The only trial testing quarantining workers with household ILI contacts found a reduction in ILI cases, but increased risk of quarantined workers contracting influenza. All trials were conducted during seasonal ILI activity. CONCLUSIONS: Most included trials had poor design, reporting and sparse events. There was insufficient evidence to provide a recommendation on the use of facial barriers without other measures. We found insufficient evidence for a difference between surgical masks and N95 respirators and limited evidence to support effectiveness of quarantine. Based on observational evidence from the previous SARS epidemic included in the previous version of our Cochrane review we recommend the use of masks combined with other measures.
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6 Years Ago the US Helped Murder Gaddafi to Stop the Creation of Gold-Backed Currency
The Crazz Files October 21, 2017
By Claire Bernish
Six years ago today, the West took it upon itself to use NATO to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi — not for any humanitarian threat to civilians as had been repeatedly claimed — but because his planned roll-out of a new currency to be used across Africa posed a palpable existential threat to central banks at the heart of the Western financial and political system.
Long theorized to be the actual vehicle for Gaddafi’s downfall, the gold dinar-based, pan-African currency motive came to light in nascent 2016 in one of more than 3,000 of Hillary Clinton’s emails released by the State Department — conveniently timed with the New Year’s holiday to abate outrage or repercussions.
And outrage there should still be — plenty of false posturing in the lead-in to the ultimate overthrow of the Gaddafi regime should sour public trust in the West’s geopolitical motives, as a prime example of embroiling itself in unnecessary conflict every time a nation threatens to gain too much independence.
In March 2011, amid heightening rebellion of the Arab Spring, chaos came to Libya’s second-largest city, Benghazi — and the West and its allies quickly capitalized on those events to partake in a falsely-premised rebellion of its own.
Citing a decades-old U.N. Security Council resolution to invoke a nefarious no-fly zone over Libya to “protect civilians,” the United States, U.K., France, and others began a bombing campaign on March 19 — in actuality, of course, that protection was of the central bank monopoly and, in particular, France’s financial interests in the historically French-colonial region.
“We are doing it to protect the civilian population from the murderous madness of a regime that in killing its own people has lost all legitimacy,” railed French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who played a key role in Gaddafi’s fated demise.
“Colonel Gaddafi has made this happen. He has lied to the international community… He continues to brutalize his own people,” British Prime Minister David Cameron also asserted. “We cannot allow the slaughter of civilians to continue.”
As head of the U.S. State Department, Hillary Clinton intoned the scripted narrative, heralding the intervention in Libya as the need to “protect civilians and it is to provide access for humanitarian assistance.”
In the years leading up to the decision to topple the Libyan government, Gaddafi had made amends for the nation’s terrorism-pockmarked history, even agreeing to abandon and dismantle its chemical and nuclear weapons programs. In fact, Gaddafi so ameliorated Libya’s reputation, the U.S. removed the nation from its state sponsors of terrorism list in 2006.
But all of that was for naught once Gaddafi sought to pivot from central banks for the good of millions of people in Africa.
In the aforementioned memo released by the State Department, longtime Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal wrote the secretary of state on April 2, 2011, under the heading, “France’s client & Qaddafi’s gold,” about several pertinent concerns in the ongoing siege on Libya.
It seemed to Blumenthal toppling Gaddafi might be a more cumbersome task than originally imagined, in part because the leader had “nearly bottomless financial resources to continue indefinitely” combating NATO and allied forces.
Blumenthal wrote:
On April 2, 2011 sources with access to advisors to Saif al-Islam Qaddafi stated in strictest confidence that while the freezing of Libya’s foreign bank accounts presents Muammar Qaddafi with serious challenges, his ability to equip and maintain his armed forces and intelligence services remains intact. According to sensitive information available to this these individuals, Qaddafi’s government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. During late March, 2011 these stocks were moved to SABHA (south west in the direction of the Libyan border with Niger and Chad); taken from the vaults of the Libyan Central Bank in Tripoli.”
Indeed, the extent of the threat to the West’s central financial monopolies from the gold dinar-backed currency is made astonishingly clear as the now-notorious memorandum continues:
This gold was accumulated prior to the current rebellion and was intended to be used to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar. This plan was designed to provide, the Francophone African Countries with an alternative to the French franc (CFA).
(Source Comment: According to knowledgeable individuals this quantity of gold and silver is valued at more than $7 billion. French intelligence officers discovered this plan shortly after the current rebellion began, and this was one of the factors that influenced President Nicolas Sarkozy’s decision to commit France to the attack on Libya.”
Those unnamed sources cited five major points of concern for Sarkozy over Gaddafi’s innovative plan to escape Western control:
a. A desire to gain a greater share of Libya oil production,
b. Increase French influence in North Africa,
c. Improve his internal political situation in France,
d. Provide the French military with an opportunity to reassert its position in the world,
e. Address the concern of his advisors over Qaddafi’s long term plans to supplant France as the dominant power in,Francophone Africa.)
In what could best be described a gut-wrenching letter — considering the events to follow — Gaddafi, oblivious to the plot, penned a letter on April 6 to President Obama begging for an end to NATO-led airstrikes on Libya.
Addressing the president as “Our son,” referring to Obama’s African heritage, the embattled leader wrote [unusual spellings and errors per original]:
We have been hurt more morally than physically because of what had happened against us in both deeds and words by you. Despite all this you will always remain our son whatever happened. We still pray that you continue to be president of the U.S.A. We Endeavour and hope that you will gain victory in the new election campaigne. You are a man who has enough courage to annul a wrong and mistaken action.”
Gaddafi added that:
for the sake of economic, and security cooperation against terror, you are in a position to keep Nato off the Libyan affair for good. As you know too well democracy and building of civil society cannot be achieved by means of missiles and aircraft, or by backing armed member of AlQuaeda in Benghazi.”
But his plea — as one sent just days before the bombing began, in which Gaddafi insisted, “even if Libya and the United States enter into war, God forbid, you will always remain my son” — fell on purposely, criminally deaf ears.
On October 20, 2011, Gaddafi attempted in vain to flee the city of Sirte — and Libya fell largely under Western-backed rebel and NATO control by the end of the month.
Hillary Clinton’s deplorably merciless reaction, “We came, we saw, he died,” played out in an interview shortly after Gaddafi’s shameful murder.
As per usual, the U.S. and its Western counterparts left the country to its own devices after slashing the once-thriving nation to the ground.
“Today there is no government of Libya. It’s simply mobs that patrol the streets and kill one another,” Virginia State Senator Richard Black told RT of the mess left behind.
And despite certain issues in Libya before the coup, “Libyans had an incredibly high standard of living, the highest in Africa,” international lawyer Francis Boyle told RT. “When I first went to Libya in 1986, I was amazed by the empowerment of women. What I saw in Libya was that women could do anything they wanted to do.”
Tragically, as has played out repeatedly around the planet, any nation — no matter how functional and successful — will be annihilated by the American empire if it or its allies have sufficient reason.
As Sen. Black noted — as could be of any such nation:
We were willing to absolutely wipe out and crush their civilization.”
Source: http://www.renegadetribune.com/6-years-ago-us-helped-murder-gaddafi-stop-creation-gold-backed-currency/
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1 ton of gold is worth $64.3 million dollars at $2.000 per ounce.
X 143 tons.
= nine billion one hundred & ninety four million nine hundred thousand /
9.000.000.000 + 194.000.000 + 900.000
= 9.940.900.000 dollars in gold.
That’s nearly a trillion dollars.
1 ton of silver is worth $1 million X 143 = $143 million dollars.
= $10.083.900.000.
The above amount is not nearly enough precious metals to cover a nations currency.
The USA owes $21 trillion dollars plus an ever accruing interest rate.
The USA did not take down Qaddafi because he as going to create a Gold Backed Currency.
That they wanted to steal his gold & silver reserved – that yes.
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In his presentation Alan Finkel, the Chair of Australia’s Technology Investment Advisory Council, will give his perspective on the most important technologies that can help countries accelerate their transition towards low-carbon and further to zero-carbon economies.
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Building Back Better and Greener: the Green Energy Transition
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Leveraging the Oil & Gas Sector to Accelerate a Sustainable Energy Transition
The oil & gas sector now plays the main role in the entire energy industry worldwide. Its engagement and proactivity in building a more sustainable future is playing a crucial role. Moreover, it’s very clear that the transitioning of the energy industry cannot be fully completed without collaborative efforts with the oil & gas sector.
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Gas grids were invented to push forward the decarbonization of the global energy system. In order to eliminate carbon energy usage, renewable gases such as biogas or hydrogen from power-to-gas plants need to be integrated. Meanwhile, grid operators face a lot of challenges on this path, both in terms of gas appliances and correct billing for the energy supplied.
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Report: The Latest on WWE Possibly Signing New Japan's Jay White
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 15 ended last week with Kota Ibushi defeating Jay White in what many believed to be an instant Match of the Year contender. White then took to the backstage area and cut an emotional promo about the loss, saying he was done putting his body on the line for the amusement of others and that after the New Year's Dash event he was "done." This instantly led to speculation that White might be leaving the Japanese promotion and heading to either WWE or AEW in the near future.
Days later the Super J-Cast reported that WWE was making a "strong play" to scoop up the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion.
"Several sources have indicated there is some doubt whether Jay White will extend his NJPW contract, rumoured to be up at the end of the month," the podcast's Twitter account read. "WWE are believed to be making a strong play for him and it's 50/50 whether he stays or goes."
However, fans hoping that the Bullet Club member might be making the jump may want to temper expectations. Dave Meltzer reported on a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that when AEW tried to sign him in 2018, he told them he had just signed a seven-year contract. Barring any crossovers between the two promotions, that would keep him locked in for a few more years.
"He told [AEW] when they talked to them in 2018, he said that he signed a seven-year contract in 2018," Meltzer said. "He said, 'I just signed a seven-year contract.' I don't know if that's true, but I know that's what he said. So, you can take it from there as far as all this stuff."
Over the weekend photos emerged online showing that New Japan is still advertising White for events in March, which all but prove that his line about quitting was merely for a storyline.
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— カクトウログ📶ﾌﾟﾛﾚｽ/格闘技 (@kakutolog) January 10, 2021
In the midst of White teasing a departure, the Bullet Club faction saw a pseudo reunion on last week's AEW Dynamite when Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks and an invading Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows all threw up the "Too Sweet" hand sign to close out the show. All five men were former members of the group during their respective runs in New Japan.
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The Functional Q84R Polymorphism of Mammalian Tribbles Homolog TRB3 Is Associated With Insulin Resistance and Related Cardiovascular Risk in Caucasians From Italy
Sabrina Prudente12,
Marta Letizia Hribal3,
Elisabetta Flex2,
Federica Turchi2,
Eleonora Morini2,
Salvatore De Cosmo1,
Simonetta Bacci1,
Vittorio Tassi1,
Marina Cardellini3,
Renato Lauro3,
Giorgio Sesti34,
Bruno Dallapiccola25 and
Vincenzo Trischitta126
1Unit of Endocrinology, CSS Scientific Institute, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
2CSS-Mendel Institute, Rome, Italy
3Department of Internal Medicine, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
4Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University “Magna Grecia”, Catanzaro, Italy
5Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
6Department of Clinical Sciences, University “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Sabrina Prudente, PhD,Vincenzo Trischitta, MD, CSS-Mendel Institute, Viale Regina Margherita 261, 00198 Rome, Italy. E-mail: s.prudente{at}css-mendel.itvincenzo.trischitta{at}uniroma1.it
Diabetes 2005 Sep; 54(9): 2807-2811. https://doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.54.9.2807
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Insulin resistance plays a major role in dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. TRB3, a mammalian tribbles homolog, whose chromosomal region 20p13-p12 has been linked to human type 2 diabetes, impairs insulin signaling through the inhibition of Akt phosphorylation and is overexpressed in murine models of insulin resistance. We here report that the prevalent TRB3 missense Q84R polymorphism is significantly (P < 0.05) associated with several insulin resistance–related abnormalities in two independent cohorts (n = 178 and n = 605) of nondiabetic individuals and with the presence of a cluster of insulin resistance–related cardiovascular risk factors in 716 type 2 diabetic patients (OR 3.1 [95% CI 1.2–8.2], P = 0.02). In 100 additional type 2 diabetic patients who suffered from myocardial ischemia, age at myocardial ischemia was progressively and significantly (P = 0.03) reduced from Q84Q to Q84R to R84R individuals. To test the functional role of TRB3 variants, either Q84 or R84 TRB3 full-length cDNAs were transfected in human HepG2 hepatoma cell lines. As compared with control HepG2 cells, insulin-induced Ser473-Akt phosphorylation was reduced by 22% in Q84- (P < 0.05 vs. control cells) and by 45% in R84-transfected cells (P < 0.05 vs. Q84 transfected and P < 0.01 vs. control cells). These data provide the first evidence that TRB3 gene plays a role in human insulin resistance and related clinical outcomes.
CVD, cardiovascular disease
MAF, minor allele frequency
NCBI, National Center for Biotechnology Information
Insulin resistance is pathogenic for dyslipidemia, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and type 2 diabetes (1). Both environmental and genetic factors modulate insulin resistance, with the latter being mostly unknown (2). Akt, a serine/threonine protein kinase, is a key mediator of insulin signaling (3); impaired Akt activity is involved in human and animal models of insulin resistance (4–6). Thus, mediators of Akt activity are candidates for insulin resistance (7). The newly identified TRB3 gene (a mammalian tribbles homolog, also known as TRIB3/NIPK, gene ID 57761) has been reported by most (8,9), although not all (10), studies to affect insulin action by binding to and inhibiting Akt phosphorylation and to play a role in insulin resistance (8,9). TRB3 is located on the 20p13 human chromosome region that has been associated with type 2 diabetes (11,12). TRB3, therefore, is a candidate gene for insulin resistance (7).
By resequencing the coding region of TRB3, five missense and two synonymous variants were identified; four were novel and three already available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database of single nucleotide polymorphisms (dbSNP). Two additional synonymous variants already available from the NCBI dbSNP were not found (Table 1). Haplotype block partitioning showed that the three polymorphisms with minor allele frequency (MAF) >5% (Q84R, Y111Y, and A323A) were not gathered together into a single block. Strong, although not complete, linkage disequilibrium was observed between Y111Y and A323A (D′ = 0.67; r2 = 0.4), leaving an unlinked missense Q84R variant. Because of either their extremely low MAF (four missense) or their unlikely biological significance (two synonymous), only the prevalent missense Q84R variant, which causes the substitution of a polar uncharged amino acid with a charged one, was further tested for association with insulin resistance phenotypes.
We genotyped Q84R polymorphism in 178 nondiabetic Caucasian unrelated offspring of type 2 diabetic patients residing in Rome or surrounding areas (Table 2). Insulin sensitivity, as measured by euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp (13), was reduced from Q84Q to Q84R and R84R individuals. Significant changes were also observed in serum insulin, triglycerides, and HDL cholesterol across the three genotypes. Differences in serum insulin and HDL cholesterol were no longer significant when waist circumference (but not BMI) was added into the model, thus suggesting that adipose distribution may modulate TRB3 effects on some insulin resistance–related abnormalities. This is also indicated by the observed interaction between Q84R polymorphism and waist circumference in modulating lean glucose disposal rate. In fact, the expected negative correlation between the two variables was stronger in Q84R and R84R (r = −0.47 and −0.40, respectively) than in Q84Q (r = −0.13) individuals (P for interaction <0.05). We then genotyped Q84R polymorphism in 605 unrelated nondiabetic Caucasians from Gargano (Table 2). Serum insulin level, but not lipid profile, was significantly different across the three genotype groups and higher in R84R individuals, independently of BMI and waist circumference. Worth noting is that individuals from the first sample were offspring of type 2 diabetic patients and, therefore, highly predisposed to insulin resistance because of environmental and/or genetic factors (14). It can be hypothesized that with such a strong unfavorable background, a single copy of the R84 variant (as carried by Q84R heterozygous individuals) is also sufficient to determine insulin resistance. This does not seem to be the case in the second sample, which resembles the general population, where insulin resistance was observed only in homozygous R84R individuals. Insulin resistance may predispose to CVD, particularly among type 2 diabetic patients (15). Accordingly, we studied 716 type 2 diabetic patients (Table 3) from the Gargano area and subgrouped them according to presence of insulin resistance–related cardiovascular risk factors, namely abdominal obesity (waist circumference >88 and >102 cm for woman and men, respectively), dyslipidemia (total cholesterol ≥200 mg/dl and/or HDL cholesterol ≤40 mg/dl in men and 50 mg/dl in woman, and/or triglycerides ≥150 mg/dl or currently on lipid-lowering treatment), and hypertension (systolic blood pressure ≥130 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥85 mmHg or currently on antihypertensive treatment). A total of 356 patients showed the simultaneous presence of three risk factors (very-high-risk subgroup), while 360 patients did not (two or fewer risk factors). The proportion of R84R patients was higher in the very-high-risk group (14 of 356 [3.9%] vs. 7 of 360 [1.9%]; age- and sex-adjusted OR 3.1 [95% CI 1.2–8.2], P = 0.02). A second independent cohort of 100 consecutive type 2 diabetic patients who had suffered myocardial infarction (16) was also genotyped. The age at myocardial ischemia decreased from 58 ± 9 years in Q84Q (n = 79) to 55 ± 10 years in Q84R (n = 18) and to 47 ± 11 years in R84R (n = 3) individuals; P = 0.03 after adjusting for the following three clinical variables that were independently associated with age at myocardial ischemia: sex (P = 0.03), hypertension (P = 0.03), and dyslipidemia (P = 0.05). Insulin resistance may also predispose to type 2 diabetes (1). Accordingly, we compared the distribution of the TRB3 Q84R genotype in the above-described 716 type 2 diabetic patients with that in 330 unrelated nondiabetic control subjects (117 men and 213 women with fasting plasma glucose <6.1 mmol/l, no medications known to affect glucose and lipid metabolism, and absence of systemic diseases) within the same age range (35–76 years) who were recruited in the same region (Gargano and surrounding area) and were part of the previously described sample of 605 individuals. The Q84Q, Q84R, and R84R genotypes, respectively, were carried by 504 (70.4%), 191 (26.7%), and 21 (2.9%) diabetic patients and by 242 (73.4%), 80 (24.2%), and 8 (2.4%) control individuals. The observed tendency of an increased risk of type 2 diabetes for 84R carriers, although compatible with the above-reported association with insulin resistance–related phenotypes, is not significant in the present sample size (P = 0.61). To test the functional role of TRB3 variants on the S473Akt phosporylation, either Q84 or R84 TRB3 full-length cDNAs were transfected in human HepG2 hepatoma cell line. A progressive reduction of insulin-induced S473Akt phosphorylation was observed from untransfected control to Q84- and R84-HepG2 cells, with no change of Akt protein expression (Fig. 1A). Comparable expression levels of the two transfected TRB3 variants were ascertained in cell lysates by immunoprecipitation and blotting with anti-Myc antibody (Fig. 1). On average (n = 3 experiments), insulin effect was significantly (P < 0.05) reduced by 22% in Q84-HepG2 with respect to control cells (Fig. 1B). As compared with Q84-HepG2, a further 23% reduction of Akt phosphorylation was observed in R84-HepG2 cells (Fig. 1B) (P < 0.05 vs. Q84-HepG2 and P < 0.01 vs. control cells). In contrast, in these cell lines, no significant change was observed in the expression of both total Akt and anti-Myc immunoprecipitated TRB3 (P = 0.57 and P = 0.87 by one-way ANOVA, respectively; n = 3 experiments). We here describe for the first time that a functional missense variant of the TRB3 gene (i.e., R84) is associated with several insulin resistance–related abnormalities, including hyperinsulinemia, dyslipidemia, and CVD. This association has been confirmed in several independent samples, making the risk of a false-positive result very unlikely. At variance, at least with the present sample size, no significant association was found with type 2 diabetes. As compared with wild-type Q84, the R84 variant introduces a significant charge change. In addition, R84 variant has a stronger inhibitory activity on insulin-stimulated Akt phosphorylation, a finding that provides a convincing biological explanation for the observed association between the Q84R polymorphism and insulin resistance. Although a comprehensive survey of variations also in the regulatory regions of the gene is certainly needed to deeper understand its allelic structure and several large studies are necessary to better define the specific role of Q84R variant (and possibly other variants) of TRB3 gene, our preliminary findings strongly suggest that the R84 variant contributes to the complex genetic background of insulin resistance and may help identify individuals who are at risk for insulin resistance and related cardiovascular risk at whom preventive programs could be specifically targeted.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
The study was approved by local ethical committees and performed according to the Helsinki Declaration. All subjects gave written informed consent and were examined between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. after an overnight fast. BMI was calculated by dividing the weight (in kilograms) by the square of height (in meters). Waist circumference was measured at the level midway between the lowest rib margin and the iliac crest to the nearest 0.5 cm. Methods for plasma glucose, serum insulin, lipid profile, and euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp have been previously described (13,17). The first study was carried out in 178 nondiabetic (fasting plasma glucose <110 mg/dl and normal oral glucose tolerance test) Caucasian unrelated offspring of type 2 diabetic patients (i.e., the eldest offspring of a family with only one parent affected by type 2 diabetes) residing in Rome. The second sample comprised 605 nondiabetic Caucasians (fasting plasma glucose <110 mg/dl, not taking medications known to interfere with glucose and lipid metabolism) residing in the Gargano region (the east coast of Italy). A cohort of 716 unrelated Caucasians with type 2 diabetes was recruited at the Scientific Institute CSS, according to the following criteria: diabetes diagnosed after 30 years, insulin treatment not required for at least 2 years after diabetes diagnosis, and absence of clinically evident autoimmune disease. Clinical features of patients are shown in Table 3. Anti-GAD antibodies were determined in 200 randomly selected patients; only 3 of 200 patients were anti-GAD positive (>0.9 units/ml). A second cohort of 100 type 2 diabetic Caucasians (68 men and 32 women, aged 65 ± 8 years, with a diabetes duration of 16 ± 10 years, BMI of 30 ± 4.5 kg/m2, and HbA1c of 8.5 ± 1.7%) who suffered myocardial ischemia (16) was also recruited.
Resequencing and linkage disequilibrium assessment.
Resequencing of the TRB3 coding region was performed in 50 nondiabetic and 50 type 2 diabetic individuals according to the genomic sequence NT-0011387 (NCBI GenBank) (details in the online appendix available at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org). Pairwise disequilibria measures (D′) were calculated among all polymorphisms with MAF >5% by the software programs PHASE v. 2.0 (18) and Haploview v. 3.0 (19). PHASE was also used to reconstruct individual haplotypes.
Genotyping.
Genotyping of the TRB3 R84 variant was performed by restriction fragment–length polymorphisms (online appendix).
Construction of the expression plasmid.
The TRB3 full-length cDNA was obtained by RT-PCR from total liver RNA (Stratagene) according to NCBI mRNA sequence NM-021158 (methods in online appendix) .
Transfection and Western blotting.
S473Akt phosporylation was evaluated by transient transfections of TRB3 full-length cDNAs in human HepG2 hepatoma cells (methods in online appendix). Cells were serum-starved 18 h before treatment with insulin. Lysates were immunoprecipitated with anti-Myc antibody (Clontech) or directly loaded on an SDS-PAGE. Samples were separated by 8% SDS-PAGE, transferred to nitrocellulose, and immunoblotted with an anti–Phospho-Ser473Akt or total Akt antibody (Cell Signaling) or anti–Myc-Tag antibody. Proteins were detected by enhanced chemiluminescence (Amersham) and band densities quantified by densitometry using a Fluor-S MultiImager (Bio-Rad).
Statistical analyses.
Data are means ± SD. Comparisons between groups were tested by unpaired student’s t test or Mann-Whitney and among groups by one-way ANOVA. Mean values, after adjusting for covariates, were evaluated by ANCOVA. The χ2 was used to test for associations between categorical variables and for Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. To model the effect of the polymorphism on bivariate variables, multivariate logistic regression analysis was used, and ORs (95% CI) are shown. A P value <0.05 was considered significant. Analyses were performed by the statistical package SPSS v. 12 (Chicago, IL).
Insulin stimulation of S473 Akt phosphorylation in HepG2 cells transfected with TRB3 Q84 or R84 variant. A:Western blot analysis of Phospho (Ser473) Akt, total Akt, and TRB3 protein level in HepG2 cells transfected with Myc-Tagged TRB3 wild-type (Q84) and mutant (R84) vector. IP, immunoprecipitation; WB, Western blot. B: Mean ± SD (n = 3 experiments) of S473-Akt phosphorylation in the absence or presence of 100 nmol/l insulin in HepG2 cells. *P < 0.05 vs. control-HepG2 cells. †P < 0.01 vs. control-HepG2 cells. ‡P < 0.05 vs. Q84-HepG2 cells.
Newly identified or verified variants in the coding region of TRB3 gene
Clinical and biochemical features of unrelated nondiabetic patients of two independent samples
Clinical features of patients with type 2 diabetes
This work was partly supported by the Italian Ministry of Health (R.C. 2004 and 2005 to S.P.) and the European Community’s FP6 EUGENE2 no. LSHM-CT-2004-512013 (to G.S.).
Additional information for this article can be found in an online appendix at http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org.
Accepted June 2, 2005.
Received February 17, 2005.
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“Immaterial/Re-material”, the evolution of computing art
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UCCA, Center for Contemporary Art – Beijing, China
26 / 09 / 2020 – 17 / 01 / 2021
A.I.Contemporary ArtArt
UCCA Center for Contemporary Art presents Immaterial/Re-material: A Brief History of Computing Art, a wide-ranging overview of the evolution of computing art from the 1960s to the present, exploring topics that span from machine-learning aesthetics to digital objecthood and technological discontent.
The exhibition defines its area of focus not simply as digital art in general, but art-making that actively engages with the algorithms and generative logics that undergird the field of computing. Curator Jerome Neutres, in collaboration with UCCA curator Ara Qiu, brings together works by 29 artists and duos, from early pioneers of computing art to leading digital practitioners, as well as emerging Chinese artists.
The show’s title pays tribute to Jean-François Lyotard’s groundbreaking 1985 exhibition Les Immatériaux, which conceived of a new mode of materiality that echoed advances in telecommunications technology. By exploring the broad possibilities of computing art and the philosophies underpinning it, Immaterial/Re-material aims to write a new chapter in the history of this medium, approaching it as not simply a new media form, but as an entire artistic language. The exhibition is made possible through technological support from lead AI partner Baidu, and major organizational and lending support from Fondation Guy & Myriam Ullens.
The exhibition is arranged into four main sections, which gesture towards the progression of computing art and different approaches within the field. Opening section “Pioneers of Computing Art: The Invention of a New Palette” focuses on the work of artists who as early as the 1960s began using algorithms to create drawings and paintings. In the next section, “Generative Art: A Language for Infinity,” computing power is harnessed to create self-sustaining artworks, in which digital code is granted a kind of materiality of its own, reality is alternately simulated and distorted, and interactive design turns viewers into artistic collaborators. The next section, “AI Art-lab: When the Artist Creates Creation” explores questions of authorship, focusing on how artists actively shape and select inputs for powerful digital systems. The fresh possibilities, yet also anxieties, posed by contemporary technology are faced head-on in the final section, “Illusions and Disillusions of the Post-digital Era,” which sees some artists looking back at past art movements through a digital toolkit, and others, in particular a younger generation of Chinese artists, expressing a subtle ambivalence towards our hyper-networked world.
Immaterial/Re-material also features a special unit curated and mounted in collaboration with Baidu AI. The section features interactive works in which the presence of the viewer actively shapes each piece’s visual expression. UCCA will publish a bilingual exhibition catalogue and accompanying website featuring reproductions of each of the exhibited artworks, alongside artist interviews, and essays by exhibition curator Jerome Neutres, philosopher Yuk Hui, and artist Edmond Couchot.
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10 Best Restaurants For First Time Visitors To Walt Disney World
Posted by: Brittany DiCologero
1. Chef Mickey’s
Located in Disney’s Contemporary Resort, Chef Mickeys is a classic Disney dining experience. Serving buffet character meals throughout the day, the restaurant is home to American family-friendly fare, favorite characters like Mickey and the rest of the Fab Five, and one of the most unique views in any Disney resorts with monorails passing right above the dining area.
2. ‘Ohana
Another stop on the monorail loop, ‘Ohana at Disney’s Polynesian Village Resort features family-style all-you-care-to-enjoy dining for breakfast and dinner. Breakfast includes characters like Mickey and Stitch, while dinner includes live music and classic Hawaiian games for the kids like coconut racing. During dinner you can even catch the fireworks and listen to the show’s soundtrack which is piped into the restaurant while enjoying a Polynesian feast.
3. Whispering Canyon Café
Whispering Canyon Café has great food and silly antics making it a great restaurant for first time visitors. Not only does it provide the opportunity to see inside and explore Disney’s Wilderness Lodge Resort in all its’ beauty, but the food here is delicious! Breakfast, lunch, or dinner – all good, filling meals worth enjoying.
4. 50’s Prime Time Café
For even more ‘dinner and a show’ visit Disney’s Hollywood Studios. 50’s Prime Time Café transports guests back to the 1950s with classic comfort food dishes, retro décor, and a fun cast of waitstaff who are all about treating you like family. In addition to comfort foods like fried chicken and meatloaf, this restaurant is home to the fan-favorite peanut butter and jelly milkshake.
5. Sci-Fi Dine In Theater
While in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, stop for a bite at the Sci-Fi Dine In Theater. Here guests are seated in vintage cars where they’ll be able to take in clips from classic sci-fi films during lunch or dinner. In addition to the unique atmosphere Sci-Fi Dine In Theater is one of the best values for a table service restaurant at the Walt Disney World Resort as entrees like hamburgers and salads are just slightly more expensive than they would be at quick service restaurants.
6. Biergarten
Take in an entirely different kind of show in Epcot’s Germany pavilion. Biergarten is as the name suggests a traditional German biergarten with buffet dining and live music in an Octoberfest setting. Guests can also order liters of beer or sip on Riesling wine flights during the show.
7. The Boathouse
With so many restaurants at Disney Springs, it is difficult to narrow down which one is best for a first visit. The Boathouse features prime steaks, fresh seafood, and more for guests looking to dine dockside. The most unique part of The Boathouse however is the Amphicar tour offering, which allows guests to see Disney Springs from the water in a classic, vintage Amphicar.
8. California Grill
Back at Disney’s Contemporary Resort, guests can enjoy dinner with a view at California Grill. This restaurant is located at the top of the resort, offering panoramic views of the Magic Kingdom Resort Area with what is likely the best view of the fireworks from outside the park. In addition to the stellar views, California Grill serves up some of the best food at the Walt Disney World Resort with everything from steaks and pasta dishes to sushi and fine desserts.
9. Beaches and Cream
Speaking of desserts, the ultimate dessert spot at the Walt Disney Word Resort can be found at Disney’s Beach Club Resort at Beaches and Cream. This retro soda fountain features specialty floats and sundaes along with classic entrees like patty melts and grilled cheese with tomato soup. The most unique item on the menu here is the Kitchen Sink, which is a giant shareable sundae featuring all the toppings in the house including an entire can of whipped cream.
10. Boma
First time guests should make a point to visit Disney’s Animal Kingdom Resort simply because it is one of the most unique Disney resorts. Here guests can view a savannah and see animals like giraffes and wildebeests while speaking with cultural representatives from African countries who are happy to share more about their cultures and the animals roaming the resort. Boma is one of the most extravagant buffets at the Walt Disney World Resort, expertly blending traditional African cuisine with American-inspired dishes. If it’s your first visit be sure to try the zebra domes for dessert!
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About Brittany DiCologero
Brittany is a graduate of St. Anselm College, where she earned her bachelor of arts degree in History. She completed two Disney College Programs, one at Dinoland U.S.A., in Animal Kingdom, and one at Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show at Hollywood Studios. She is the author of “Brittany Earns Her Ears,” a memoir about her experiences on the college program, and she currently resides in Massachusetts.
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The highly unofficial inside scoop on Chicago schools -- all day, every day.
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Those of you who are interested in (or enraged by) charter schools (17 comments and counting here) might want to click over to This Week In Education and check out my new interview with Mike Feinberg, one of the founders of the KIPP schools, who talks about what it's like being hated by educators and loved by the media, and why one of the few KIPP schools to fail was in Chicago: On The HotSeat: KIPP Co-Founder Mike Feinberg.
There's also an interview from last week with Paul Tough, who wrote that NYT Magazine cover story about what it takes to educate poor children, which focused in part on KIPP schools and on the division within education about whether to focus on poverty or school reform first: NYT Magazine's Paul Tough On The HotSeat.
Dec 21, 2006 12:12:11 PM | Site News
Alexander--why didn't you ask him about the tens of thousands of dollars CPS ended up paying those KIPP teachers for the overtime? His blowing it off as being "naive" is pretty arrogant, in my view.
Posted by: | December 21, 2006 at 06:11 PM
Feinberg knew that the contract school model was not conducive or even consistent with his model, yet he insisted on the implementation of the program. He is responsible for the above posters claim and also the turnover in the leadership of the program. It is a travesty, but some people, like Feinberg, are not held accountable because they are "innovative."
Or maybe even smart, committed people just make bad decisions sometimes when they're trying like heck to do the right thing. Let's think about character before we go after people. If we did that more, leadership would actually be able to innovate in the ways all other successful organizations' leaders do, and maybe there would be more out-of-the-box thinking in this rather stale industry.
Posted by: John White | December 22, 2006 at 07:35 AM
KIPP has had rapid expansion across the US and with that there is a slight loss of quality control- Chicago is the perfect example- it was not the model- it was the leadership- ask any student, parent or teacher at that school- the two leaders that were there didn't have the skills to lead a school- and KIPP picked them to lead. That was the fundamental problem- if it had been a charter- it would have been the same problem.
Posted by: | December 22, 2006 at 11:12 AM
11:12 am Yes, it works in right to work states where young folks can be treated like indentured servants and burn out in several years. Then they go to law school. It's so helpful for education, don't ya think?
I think the charter school leaders and traditional school leaders are both ignoring a few important issues in their strategies.
I've been creating maps showing where there are high concentrations of poverty and poorly performing schools in Chicago. In these areas schools will always struggle because the community does not send kids to school as well prepared, or as well motivated, as do more economically diverse communities.
Thus, until a strategy emerges that expands the network of adults and learning experiences available to kids in the non-school hours, the schools and teachers will continue to struggle to teach and prepare kids for careers.
The strategy I propose is one that supports comprehensive, volunteer-based tutor/mentor programs that connect adults from many different backgrounds with kids, and keep the kids and adults connected for multiple years. An economist at the University of Chicago, James Heckman, recently encouraged tutoring/mentoring as a form of on-going support.
I demonstrate such maps, and a strategy to draw volunteers and donors to tutor/mentor programs in the Program Locator at http://www.tutormentorconnection.org. I think there's a natural opportunity for charter school and tutor/mentor leaders to work together. They are both trying to accomplish something that traditional schools may never achieve.
Posted by: Dan Bassill | December 23, 2006 at 11:54 AM
More than 20 years ago, a group of us in Chicago investigated and exposed the Marva Collins Hoax. It was very nasty at first, but over the course of a couple of months (and some good reporting, not only by my colleagues and me but by several others in print, radio, and TV), Marva was back in her corner as a right wing icon with little basis for her broader claims -- and none for her attacks on public schools and public school teachers.
As part of that review of the reporting on Marva Collins, the hoax was debunked locally by TV reporters (including Channel 2, which had helped create it) and others. The original hoax was still pushed by "60 Minutes" (which was one of two places where the hoax really took on life). At first, we believed that a little truth would outflank the truthiness of Marva's story telling. Only over time did we realize that we were seeing the first runs of a script that would be played over and over and over.
The main components of those hoaxes have been in place since then. Militarize a curriculum; fill a school with black children; force feed memorization lessons; and do a dog-and-pony show for any reporter who comes through to see the "miracle". (To this day, I'm enraged that so many people think urban black children should be drilled and marched and uniformed, while wealthy -- and usually whiter -- suburban children get so many creative options...).
Marva stuck to her story, even as it unravelled.
When Marva forced WBBM radio to send in two of its reporters to "see the truth" I was able to tell them which kids would recite which poems and which kid would announce (at age seven) that his favorite author was Fyodor Dostoevsky (but not be able to pronounce it correctly, in any iteration). Scripted lessons (er, "direct instruction") yield the same kinds of cheap results as other whores' tricks. Real human beings are more complex.
But it wasn't only dog-and-pony shows.
The rules also included: And always bad mouth public schools and public school teachers.
Back in the 1980s, those lies were supported by the right wing. Since then, the levels of support have grown, but the basic formulas are substantially unchanged. Just because the Heritage Foundation repeats the nonsense over and over and over and over doesn't make it more true in 2007 than it was in 1983.
KIPP is doing the same things on the grand scale today. Why? Because the cultural, racial, economic and political conditions for such frauds, whether in Baghdad or Chicago, are much more receptive today than they were in 1982 and 1983.
A key to the Collins KIPP con thing is replacing truly poor ghetto (project) black children with a large percentage of not poor (or even middle class) black children and resting on the assurance that most reporters are not going to ask the key question: "How much does your family make?"
Since most black children look alike to most white (and many black) reporters (and most reporters are not rude enough to ask for verification for silly claims, like "these are all poor kids...") getting behind the Wizard of Oz screens is difficult.
Marva Collins used black children and the white blindspots of Chicago reporters to launch her nonsense. Outfits like the Heritage Foundation kept it alive, with the help of media. KIPP is following the same trajectory here and across the country. It's why guys like that New York Times magazine reporter (Tough? Was that his name) see the miracle. They already have a certain kind of eyes for seeing; they don't ask the key questions. Then their editors "know" the same things, so the stuff goes through and into the minds of millions...
KIPP has already failed in Chicago, despite hanging on and recently getting more money and seats from Arne Duncan. One of the reasons KIPP failed (and merited that deligful "F___ KIPP" graffiti you can still see scrawled on the Renaissance 2010 sign on the northeast corner) at Williams was they actually had to serve the children Williams was serving. And most of those children were still from Dearborn and Ickes. And that's a challenge no matter how many times you scream about "Renaissance 2010" etc., etc., etc.
So KIPP bailed out at Williams -- amid all that sludge rhetoric. Sort of like the octopus and the ink squirt.
Anyone who is interested in current discussions of KIPP might want to visit Jerry Bracey's discussion group (Gerald Bracey, who write the "Research" column for the monthly Phi Delta Kappan), EDDRA. (eddra@ yahoogroups.com; or contact Bracey directly at gbracey1 @verizon.net).
Some of the most interesting (and tough) people in the USA have been discussing KIPP there for the past couple of weeks. The KIPP "business model" is actually more than 50 percent propaganda (marketing) model that has little to do with educating children and a lot to do with manipulating public perceptions based on some really ugly assumptions about the emotional and intellectual needs and abilities of black children.
I've been following the EDDRA threads. Especially interesting are the comments by people who visited KIPP schools in St. Louis and Oakland (and who knew a little about inner city education and its challenges).
It turns out that KIPP runs the same scam from coast to coast. Naturally, "60 Minutes" is back in play with it. Because of the white blindspots and cheap excuses for reporting (basically, recycling the clips files) that permeate media nowadays, KIPP (like Marva Collins before it) is still getting away with the teacher bashing -- and public school bashing -- big lies.
But here comes the fun part, and it's just beginning:
Like Marva Collins, KIPP is also generating refugees, both teachers and families whose children were abused, then discarded.
In the first months after they realize they've been exploited (teachers; students) and fleeced (students and their families), these people usually keep their mouths shut. It's often out of shame ("How could I believe all that..."). It's sort of like a lover who was too infatuated to realize a closer look would have helped. You feel soiled.
At a certain point, maturity and ethics catch up. Then the person (teacher; child; family) realizes he or she has to speak out, or others will be victimized by the same con game.
Anger kicks in. Not everyone says, "I'm outta here!" and goes into a 12-step program, blaming herself forever.
Some say, "I can't let that happen to anyone else." (One of my favorite Dixie Chicks songs on this subject is "Goodbye Earl" -- Passion followed by anger followed by justice. )
It takes some time, but it's possible.
It's called "Payback." As some of my colleagues said nearly 40 years ago next month at places like Hue: "It's payback time, and payback's a ____________."
Payback is starting to happen with KIPP. The next ten years will be a lot of fun in the KIPP beat. Heck hath no fury like a former disciple scorned...
While we're at it. I hope someone will look beyond racial and cultural differences when talking about Chicago's "top" students in the next cycle of "Class of 2007" stories. (That Sun-Times thingy on unschooling was simply silly, so we'll skip that).
If a child's family gives him (or her) a Lexus as a 16th Birthday present, that is a good indicator that that family is not working class (or even "lower middle class"). Right? Does it matter if that child is white, black, Asian, or Latino?
We'll see how far the blindspots stretch in the next couple of months. Front row seat and all that, whether with KIPP or with other Chicago fairy tales.
Posted by: George Schmidt | December 26, 2006 at 06:27 AM
Any parent who gives his or her child a Lexus as a 16th birthday present is a fool. But I don't see the relevance of it--did I miss something? Was that referenced in an article?
If KIPP isn't an answer, then what is? How do you take kids living in poverty and give them a fighting chance for a middle class life? How do you provide an opportunity for advancement? I've seen the studies that show that they start out behind in vocabulary and concepts and don't learn as quickly once in school as the other children who've had more affluent backgrounds.
Given that we can't change our economic model, we have to provide these children the extra help they need to compete with the more affluent children. KIPP offers a longer day, a longer year, and tricks that more affluent children pick up from non-school experiences (make eye contact, read along...). Charters offer a removal from classrooms that may include troubled children that disrupt their opportunities for learning. If these aren't at least some answers, what is?
Posted by: cermak_rd | December 29, 2006 at 02:42 PM
2:42, my question to you is why can't the economic model be changed? Even you seem to agree that it is poverty and its vicissitudes, together with entrenched 400 year old American racism (both the clothed and the more apparent kinds) that animate these unequal neighborhoods and schools. Please think about Katrina and the public response before you disagree with me.
The tutoring mentoring idea earlier on the board is to me like the charter notion: take the "smart" black kids out and send them to Andover or Exeter. Let the rest fester! Real Social Darwinism at its finest. But this is an acceptable "solution" to many, I believe.
Another "solution" is the military state. Provide "military academies" to give these poverty stricken black kids who don't respect education and whose parents (if they have any)are shiftless and lazy, an opportunity. Uncle Sam (or the Corporation) will be their Parent!
If the teachers, who ostensibly care, won't lend a critical eye to how severely Chicago's poorest, most disenfrancished and Blackest students are being "shafted" by policies that are "suppose" to undo the the social disaster, who will?
I stand and I weep for my brothers and sisters. We suffer for a lack of knowledge and an unwillingness to recognize truth for what it is.
Posted by: I.M. Stillanoptimist | December 29, 2006 at 10:37 PM
You should visit a KIPP school!
Posted by: | August 02, 2007 at 01:37 AM
http://www.spainwatches.com/spain-graham-watches-35.html wow, I’m impressed! really. it’s a great project that will help people in many ways.
I wish we could have used such technologies when I was getting education…
everything would have been much easier:)
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Avicii launches Avicii FM radio show with first instalment: Listen
The Swedish star talks extensively about his time in The Amazon following his retirement from touring...
Rob McCallum
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Avicii launched his Avicii FM radio show over the weekend, broadcasting live via Facebook on Saturday (2nd September). You can listen to the show below.
On the first instalment of Avicii FM, the Swedish EDM star played every track off his recently released ‘Avīci’ EP, as well as talking extensively about his time in The Amazon following his retirement from touring.
Last month, Avicii confirmed that two EPs are set to follow his ‘Avīci’ EP release, with the third making up his full new album.
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He's also been in the studio with Nile Rodgers working on Chic's comeback album, which is expected to be released early next year.
Listen to the first instalment of Avicii’s Avicii FM below.
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Denis Kozhukhin
"Kozhukhin shows that he is rightly being counted amongst the most promising talents… It’s all about the music for him. There is no ounce of smugness or show. Denis Kozhukhin makes music and nothing else and he does it with a stupendous technique and a pleasantly sensual, but never sweetly feeling for romance."
- Der Neue Merker, April 2015
Brahms: Fantasies No. 1 in D minor
“In Beethoven anniversary year, there will probably be many more “Moonlight”s, meaning the Sonata, than the real thing (though we’ve been lucky to see the crescent in close conjunction with Venus these past two nights). Not many pianists would dare to place it at the beginning of a programme. Denis Kozhukhin’s paradoxically no-nonsense poetry meant that a constant sense of motion culminated in the whirlwind of the finale, a steady move towards implosion mirrored in the piano transcription of Ravel’s La Valse at the end of the programme. In between came perfection in the form of pure song from Schubert and Grieg.”
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Website by Lenny’s Studio. © 2016 Denis Kozhukhin. All rights reserved.
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How to think about Halo Infinite (Gaming)
by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Friday, July 24, 2020, 11:17 (178 days ago) @ Schooly D
Point 1: The Minecraft Aesthetic
A lot of people see the flat polygons and make jokes about "is this next-gen??" as though a Triple-A developer forgot how to do graphics. No, it's intentional: the blocky aesthetic will work very nicely with toys and other plastic playsets.
I think this is too conspiracy oriented. It's probably because of the dumb ass 4K60 target. When you have to render 8x as many pixels as 1080p30, you're going to have to cut down on complexity.
Point 2: The Open World, Under Construction
This concept works better, more naturally, if the source video game behaves like this from the start. You can obviously have toys of characters, vehicles, and structures from a more linear and narratively driven game, but things are more in harmony if the game is already setup in an open world format. And even better, it appears from the media we've seen that the ring itself is constantly under construction, where its layout is constantly changing.
Or maybe this is the reason. The geometry may be simpler because it can be moved around in real time.
Halo Infinite puts the Big Bad front and center. This is not "helpful floating orb on mysterious ring eventually turns out to be a very big threat." This is He-Man and Skeletor, Lion-O and Mumra, red panda and pumpkin. It's cheesy and low-effort but it's going to sell action figures from Day 0.
I think it's just simplistic writing, not a conspiracy to sell toys.
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The Need for Domestication: An Annotated Translation of a Personal Development Text from English to Arabic
El Shahed, Mohamed (2005-06)
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Thabit, Amal Khalil (2006-08)
This study is an attempt to investigate the impact of using authentic materials on some of my high school students, especially those who have poor attitudes towards learning the English language. In fact, lack of motivation, ...
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Much research stresses the value of music and its usefulness in language learning, but casual observation suggests that music is seldom used in university and secondary school English classes in government schools in the ...
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Younes, Marwa I. A. (2016-05)
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National English textbooks are considered to be the main element of the English language curriculum at government schools in the UAE. Tens of thousands of students studying at these schools depend on national textbooks for ...
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Dec 5, 2018 6:58 pm 2018-12-05T22:21:00-05:00
5 of the best fan concepts for Fortnite skins
With 200-plus skins already in the game, here the best that haven't made it yet.
Cale Michael
Photo via Epic Games
The Fortnite train is still going at full speed. Developer Epic Games is releasing more and more content to satisfy the game’s millions of players.
Outside of changes to the gameplay itself, nothing gets the fanbase more excited than new skins. Some are simple and sleek while others are flashy and over the top, all of which fit the game to perfection. But despite the huge volume of skins that have already been released for Fortnite, fans are, of course, always wanting more. So they design some themselves.
It is clear that Epic pays attention to these fan suggestions—like giving credit to fans when they make emotes based on suggestions. If Epic plans on incorporating more user ideas soon, this list would be a great place to start: These are the best Fortnite concept skins out there. Some are more plausible than others, but each one would have players clamoring to drop some V-bucks.
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This skin would be a little less work for the devs since the John Wick skin is already a pretty similar concept. And who wouldn’t want to play as the 16th President of the United States?
Of course, there would be some things the design team at Epic would need to work around for this to come to fruition, such as how they want to portray him and specific features they can use. But just looking at G from the Street Fighter series makes it seem all the more plausible another creative spin on President Abraham Lincoln can work.
The Two-Time
https://twitter.com/Fortnite_BR/status/975797446633803776
Players have wanted to play as their favorite streamers for a while now, and the bigger the character the more it fits into an outlandish and cartoony game like Fortnite. Dr. Disrespect is a large personality who plays his character in such a way that it lends itself perfectly for the game's style.
There are a lot of things that go into getting rights settled for something like this between two parties—just look at the NFL skins as an example—but we can’t imagine something like this isn’t already in the works.
Flavortown
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The Mayor of Flavortown would fit right in among the footballers and secret agents already running around the map in Fortnite. Just imagine all of the players that will take pictures near food-related locations on the map and send them to Guy Fieri.
Food Network might have a few things to say about it first, but to play as the Diner Man himself? A commenter on the original post sharing this skin put it best when they said it might be time for some Diners, Drive-Ins, and Revives.
Wouldn’t this be cool? Here is a custom Black Panther #Fortnite skin I made. I haven’t done anything like this before so let me know what you think and if you like this skin idea! @FortniteGame pic.twitter.com/xfLcSEoi9X
— Austin Pasquale (@GoldSulftin) March 3, 2018
Ever since Thanos hit the scene in the limited event back in the Spring, fans have speculated whether other Marvel heroes could come to Fortnite. Epic staff have shot down speculation since May, but even in a post on the Fortnite Reddit page, they haven’t completely shut the door on potential future deals.
The most popular option seems to be the Black Panther, one of Marvel’s most popular heroes in recent years. Whether the King of Wakanda will ever actually join the fight is up in the air, but this list is about what the fans want most, not what is the most plausible.
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People have been talking about a potential skin themed off Ninja since he skyrocketed to popularity alongside the game earlier this year. It honestly feels like this is the skin that will happen before anything else on this list.
It also fits that something involving the personalities that surround the game might happen soon as it approaches its year anniversary of exploding on social media, largely in part to streamers like Ninja. Perhaps in an upcoming season?
Mr. Llama Himself
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Please? Epic, please? Why do we not have a skin of what is essentially the game’s mascot yet? This seems like something that should have happened when the llama first became an in-game Fortnite item.
A skin like this fits the exact mold Epic tends to aim for when creating skins too—giving fans something they want in a style that fits the game—which will also open up the potential for a side-by-side release with a Mrs. Llama Herself variant too.
After diving into the fan creation forums to write this, it's clear that Epic is at least somewhat listening to players and trying to make things that they will like and use their V-Bucks on. Some of these skins are more plausible than others, but each one would have fans clamoring to put them on.
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1 August 1990 IOTA interferometer project: plans, engineering, and laboratory results
Robert D. Reasenberg
Robert D. Reasenberg1
1Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (United States)
Proceedings Volume 1237, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19287
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 1990, Tucson, AZ, United States
The Infrared-Optical Telescope Array (IOTA) is being developed by a consortium comprising Harvard University, the MIT Lincoln Laboratory, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and the University of Wyoming. The instrument is intended to generate high-resolution images of astronomical objects by bringing together beams from widely separated telescopes and combining them at a central location. The initial configuration will consist of two 0.45 m telescopes thay may range along an L-shaped track that will permit spacings in the 5 to 38 m range, at the Smithsonian's Fred L. Whipple Observatory on Mt. Hopkins. Initial tests of this configuration are expected to be conducted during the summer of 1991 and to yield both valuable engineering data and the first scientific results including diameters of stars and artificial earth satellites and a measure of the extent of some circumstellar shells. The engineering data will be applied to the refinement of IOTA, particularly to the second IOTA configuration, in which a third telescope will be added, making it possible to obtain phase closure information.
Robert D. Reasenberg "IOTA interferometer project: plans, engineering, and laboratory results", Proc. SPIE 1237, Amplitude and Intensity Spatial Interferometry, (1 August 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.19287
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“Do you have any idea how disgusting that is?”
“Seems perfectly natural to me.”
“That’s because you’re naturally disgusting.”
“Tch. Jealousy’s such an ugly thing.”
I let that one pass, and instead just glared at him across the booth. My literal partner in crime reposed on the other side of the booth, stretched out to take up as much of the long bench seat as possible. He’s grown his hair long in the front and swept it down across his muzzle, covering the right side of his face. He claimed it added to his “rouge-ish good looks”, but I knew it also hid a long scar on his cheek. Everything, from the shape of his ears to the reddish brown color of his fur, screamed fox yet somehow also whispered “not quite”. Maybe it came in his build, with the longer limbs and lean muscle that might’ve had basketball scouts raving about his height and wingspan, or how those ears were just a little too big, or a little too rounded to be vulpine. But plenty of people had never seen an actual maned wolf before, so they could be forgiven for not recognizing the Emejre version.
I’d known Aeneas since the Emejre Revolution. He met me first, as he found my unconscious outside the smoldering remains of the lab building I’d been raised in. Though I first found a home with a kindly Emejre performer who took me under his wing as an apprentice that didn’t last. I could blame Aeneas for that, but I’d be lying. I enjoyed the game, as we call our profession, just a bit more than performing. My mentor didn’t approve, and I’d been running exclusively with the fox on stilts ever since. We worked every kind of gig, from pick pocketing and petty theft to elaborate cons and bigger jobs. Heck, we even stole from the Dunkirkers..
…well, almost stole from them, but that’s another story entirely, and still something of a sore point for me, thank you very much.
Point is, you’d think with all that water under the bridge, or over the dam or where ever the hell it goes, that Aeneas would afford me just a smidge more consideration. I’d be the first to admit he’s pulled my tail out of the fire more times than I’ve been able to return the favor, but it’s not as though I was dead weight either. Plus we were friends, closer than most of the other people in the game. But no, he sat across from me, that devil may care smirk curling at the corners of his mouth, daring me to say something else. The root of my discomfort dangled in the air, only inches from his mouth.
I tried not to look. After all, parts of it appealed to me. Bread’s always delicious, and the corn dusted bun(toasted to perfection and lightly buttered) looked amazing. Crisp lettuce, a thick slice of tomato and a few strands of grilled onion jutted out. He’d dressed it with ketchup and mustard. Now, those two are fine condiments on their own, but combine them in the right proportions? You’re only a few stops away from nirvana. You put all of that around a nice portabella mushroom, seasoned with garlic pepper and a little balsamic vinegar, maybe topped off with a few pieces of feta or a slice of swiss and you’ve teetering on the verge of perfection.
Instead, he’d ruined it, because he’d ordered it as a hamburger. Not one of the soy recreations that a few of us enjoy, but a real, honest to goodness patty made of ground beef. In full sight and scent of at least a half dozen other Emejre.
He quirked a brow at me before he took another bite. “It’s not like this is rabbit, so I don’t see what the big deal is.”
“Try asking that to anyone nearby of the bovine persuasion.” I swirled one of my remaining fries in a river of ketchup, hoping tomato and vinegar could overwhelm the offensive smell. “Besides, Guyton’s cooking today. Could be anything in there.”
With a theatrical sigh, he sat the burger down. I fought a brief temptation to scoop it up and dump it into the nearest trash can. Before I could, Aeneas leaned forward and curled his lip and exposed the sharp teeth hidden there. “See these? These are called canines. In the wild, they’re designed to rip and chew meat, unlike the square lettuce grinders your ancestors had. That’s what makes me the predator, and you the prey.”
I sank into my chair, preferring to look at the fries than his mouth. “Dial it back, buddy. You’re starting to sound a little creepy.”
“I’m just pointing out it’s perfectly acceptable for me to eat meat, just like this delicious hamburger… Which, by the way, is getting cold while we debate this.” He jabbed a finger at me, stopping just shy of my own mouth. “Matter of fact, you were created able to eat it too. You just picked up some weird Pather bias along the way and think it’s weird.”
“Because it is.” I finally bit into the fry, though there was almost too much ketchup to detect the potato.
“You’re not really stressing out over a burger, are you?” He leaned back in his chair and smiled, revealing those canines again. Though he meant it as a friendly gesture, I still fought against a brief second of primordial panic that told me to run away. There’s vestigial stuff like that lurking in every Emejre, though it’s a bit worse for the herbivores. Thankfully common sense won out, and I realized I wasn’t staring at a hungry maned wolf across an open field, but my best friend.
“Seriously, what’s going on?”
“Your charbroiled death is making me ill, for real.”
He rubbed his chin, seemingly lost in thought for a few seconds. “You’re not scared about Venice’s little threat, are you?”
“Please. It’s not like he’s the first preson who’s threatened me. You do know what Dalton might do if he ever found out what we did, right?”
“That’s why he never needs to know what we did then.” He snatched up the burger, took another bite and wiped away the excess sauce from his muzzle with a shirt sleeve. Charming. “Either way, Venice is small time, and all bluster. You’ve got me, and you took care of him just fine on your own.”
“Thanks to General Toshiro.”
“To-may-to, to-mah-to. Point is, you’re fine. We’re fine. Everything’s fine!”
I patted the small wad of bills I’d snatched from Venice’s pocket. In addition to his charming personality and my (false) assumption he was too slow, I’d picked his pocket thanks to him fanning a roll of bills a few times in the Plaza. But as Venice so aptly proved, size isn’t everything. He’d padded it with small bills, most of them singles.
“The only thing that bothers me about Venice is the end result. The whole thing turned out pretty blue for us.”
“No kidding? I thought he’d at least have a decent amount of cash on him.”
“Makes sense, though. Who needs actual money when you’ve got an illusion casting Gift and can make people think those bills have a few more zeroes than they really do?”
“You think that would work?”
“As long as it needed to. After the transaction was complete, they couldn’t prove a thing.”
“Hell of a world we live in, when you can’t even trust the money in your own hand.”
“I don’t need to trust it, but we do need more of it. We’re getting close to being tapped out.”
“I’m working on it.”
I rolled my eyes, slowly to make sure he noticed it. “We were supposed to be working on it, and you were half an hour late.”
“So you decided to lift from a particularly dangerous criminal .What, were you bored?”
“Worried you weren’t going to show up. Again.”
“I was taking care of important business.”
I waited until he’d taken another, particularly large bit of the burger before I spoke again. “What was her name?”
He almost choked, hacking loud enough that a few homs at the register spun around, showing plenty of confusion and amusement but distinctly lacking any compassion. They drove that point home when they pulled out their phones and started recording Aeneas. No doubt they’d post the video online, with a goofy title like “Strange, Exotic Lab Rat Ritual!” or something else senseational.
And maybe in a way, they were right. Moments like this defined our friendship.
After a few deep breaths and a long swig from his soda cup, his breathing returned to normal. “I’m hurt by your wild accusation, Owen.”
“That’s not a denial.”
“Joke’s on you, because yet again you’re wrong. I wasn’t talking to a girl.”
“I know, since you’d never–”
“It was two. Twins, as a matter of fact.”
Of course. “Only you.”
“And the green eyed monster returns once more!”
“If you think I’m bad,” I said with a smirk. “I can’t wait to hear what Cinnia would think.”
“She wouldn’t approve, but not for the reason you’re thinking. You see, this has something to do with a job.”
I groaned. “This had better not be another one of your errands of mercy.”
“Not at all. This ties in with that little tidbit we heard a few days ago.”
“The sale?”
“The sale.”
“And you shared it with two innocent strangers… why?”
“Because they’re not strangers, and pretty far from innocent. In fact, they’re in the game.”
“Really? That’s an odd–” The appropriate synapses finally sparked to life, and I drew the connection. I dropped the fry in my hand, and barely noticed the red blotch it felt on my scarf.
“Wait a minute. Wait. A. Minute.”
“Did the light bulb finally turn on?”
He could only mean one thing. “Don’t tell me you’re trading info with the Sisters Desmond.”
“Better yet, they’re interested in working an angle with us.”
“And you told them no, of course.”
The pause before he replied answered my question. “It sounds promising.” And maybe if he’d left it there, I would have stayed at doubt, rather than leap frogging all the way up to outright fear when he added on six words no one in our profession should ever say: “What’s the worst that could happen?”
The answer to that question would change everything.
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Intruder dies in California chimney after homeowner lights fire
The homeowner tried to extinguish the flames, but firefighters who dismantled the chimney during a rescue effort found the suspect dead inside, the sheriff’s office said (File Photo: Reuters)
By Reuters, Fresno (California) Monday 30 November 2015
A suspected burglar who attempted to enter a California home through the chimney died on Saturday after the homeowner lit a fire without realizing anyone was inside, police said.
The man appeared to have climbed into the chimney during the night while the owner was away and then became stuck, according to the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office.
After the owner of the home in Huron lit a fire in his fireplace Saturday afternoon, he heard a man yelling inside the chimney as the house filled with smoke, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
The homeowner tried to extinguish the flames, but firefighters who dismantled the chimney during a rescue effort found the suspect dead inside, the sheriff’s office said.
The deceased man’s identity and cause of death have not been determined, Lieutenant Brandon Pursell of the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office said by phone on Sunday.
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Home INTERNATIONAL Pakistan Urges Top UN Court To Expedite Jadhav Case Hearing
Pakistan Urges Top UN Court To Expedite Jadhav Case Hearing
The Hague: Pakistan on Thursday urged the International Court of Justice to adopt an expedited timetable for an early “substantive” hearing of the Kulbhushan Jadhav case as the “agents” of India and Pakistan discussed procedural matters with the court’s President.
A meeting took place between ICJ President Ronny Abraham and the delegations of India and Pakistan to discuss the timelines in the Mr Jadhav case, according to a statement from the office of the Pakistan Attorney General.
“This was not a hearing and no discussion on the substance or merits of the case took place,” it said.
“The purpose of the meeting was only to discuss procedural matters including the timelines for submission of written Memorials and to enable a hearing to be listed,” it said.
Indian national Mr Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court for alleged espionage. India on May 8 moved the ICJ against the death penalty. The next day, the global court gave Mr Jadhav, 46, a lease of life and stayed the death sentence as a provisional measure.
Pakistan claims its security forces arrested Mr Jadhav from its restive Balochistan province on March 3 last year after he reportedly entered from Iran. However, India maintains that he was kidnapped from Iran where he had business interests after retiring from the Indian Navy.
During the agents’ meeting at the Hague, the ICJ president sought the views of the parties as to time required for the submission of their written pleadings and supporting evidence called Memorials, the statement said.
“The Pakistani Attorney General (Ashtar Ausaf Ali) urged the Court to adopt an expedited timetable with a view for an early substantive hearing,” it said, adding that the court will announce the timetable shortly.
Attorney General Ali informed the International Court of Justice of Pakistan’s intent to appoint a judge Ad Hoc who will sit on the bench of the Court for all proceedings in this case, including the substantive hearing.
“Pakistan’s arguments on jurisdiction and merits will be considered by the Court at the full hearing, the statement said.
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Thuso Mbedu bags an International Role
By Max On Apr 17, 2019
Thuso Mbedu’s talent is one that cannot be ignored. The star has been nominated for two Emmy International Awards and has acted in local shows like Is’thunzi, Liberty, Shuga and will now be acting in an Amazon Original.
Thuso took to social media to announce that her resume has moved into the international spot light with her new role in Amazon’s new series The Underground Railroad.
“My thumb and neurons are failing me right now so I’ll just do as most South Africans do when this happens: I GOT THE JOB!!!! It was such an amazing process and experience. Like, true story, just prepping to audition for this role made me grow so much. It’s such a blessing and honour to tell this story… Again, words fail me so I’ll stop there for now,” she shared on Instagram.
Thuso will star as Cora the daughter of Mabel and Grayson born on a plantation and is known for her fiery spirit. Her co-stars include Chase W. Dillon who acts on BET series “First Wives Club”, and Aaron Pierre who is in the sci-fi series “Krypton”.
The series boasts 11 one-hour long episodes in its first season and will be directed by Oscar Award winning screenplay writer Barry Jenkins.
“The Underground Railroad Chronicles follows the young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.”
We are so proud of Thuso. We can’t wait to grab the popcorn and binge watch an international series with a South African lead. #Amazonandchill
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Liverpool go eight points clear with 3-1 victory over Man City
It was the latest VAR controversy in the Premier League and is certain to spark more debate, but while the opening goal set the tone, Liverpool’s dominance was soon evident all across the field.
Manchester City's English midfielder Raheem Sterling (L) vies with Liverpool's English defender Trent Alexander-Arnold (R) during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Manchester City at Anfield in Liverpool, north-west England on 10 November 2019. Picture: AFP
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LIVERPOOL - Liverpool opened up an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League with an emphatic and hugely impressive 3-1 win over defending champions Manchester City at Anfield on Sunday.
The victory, sealed with goals from Fabinho, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, leaves unbeaten Liverpool on 34 points from 12 games, eight ahead of Leicester City and Chelsea, and nine in front of Pep Guardiola’s fourth-placed City.
While talk of decisive results in November, with 26 games of the campaign remaining, is premature, the manner of Liverpool’s win over a team which has dominated the league for the past two seasons was certainly a declaration of intent.
“The boys were completely focused and concentrated. It was so good,” Liverpool boss Juergen Klopp said.
Anfield exploded when Liverpool grabbed a sixth-minute lead with a thundering drive from Brazilian Fabinho, who pounced on a poor clearance from Ilkay Gundogan and blasted past Claudio Bravo from over 20 metres out.
Yet City felt the stunning effort should have been ruled out — and a penalty awarded to them — as prior to the break that led to the goal Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold appeared to handle the ball inside the box but the VAR review went against the visitors.
City pushed forward in response and Raheem Sterling missed a close-range header, but Liverpool struck again in the 13th minute when Andy Robertson crossed from the left and Salah nodded the bouncing ball past Bravo to make it 2-0.
Juergen Klopp’s European champions, without a domestic league title since 1990, now had a firm grip on the game and caused constant trouble for City’s shaky defence with their powerful surges forward.
Liverpool were on top physically and their pressing stopped City from establishing their usual possession game but still they managed to carve out some openings.
Sergio Aguero, who had a disappointing game, forced Liverpool keeper Alisson Becker into action in the 25th minute and then the Argentine should have done better three minutes before the break when he shot wide after being fed by Kevin De Bruyne.
Guardiola needed to adjust something at the break to find a foothold in the game but City’s third defeat of the season, after losses to Norwich City and Wolverhampton Wanderers, was assured when Liverpool made it 3-0 six minutes after the interval.
Jordan Henderson superbly worked space on the right flank and whipped in a cross which Mane dived to head home at the back post.
Bernardo Silva pulled a goal back for City in the 78th minute, drilling home a low cross from Angelino and the visitors enjoyed some late pressure but it was too late for a comeback from the champions.
City have not won at Anfield in the league since May, 2003 — their only win at Liverpool in 38 years, but manager Pep Guardiola took positives from Sunday’s performance.
“It’s not easy after being two goals down to react the way we reacted. It was one of the best performances I have ever seen from my team. That’s what we needed and hopefully we can continue to make the steps we need,” he said.
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Wharton Stories
Tips on Negotiating for Employer Sponsorship
It’s typical for employers to think about sponsorship as something they are giving you as a benefit or perk. But you want them to see it as an investment they are making in the company, which plays out through you.
What is Employer Sponsorship?
Employer sponsorship means that you have support from your employer to take the required time off from work to attend this program. If you will receive any financial support for the program from your employer, that is also considered sponsorship.
Asking for employer sponsorship to an executive MBA program isn’t always easy to do. Many companies don’t have a formal tuition reimbursement program in place, or the policy is limited.
Wharton Prof. Peter Cappelli, director of Wharton’s Center for Human Resources, shared a few tips for applicants in a Wharton webinar about how to discuss this important topic with employers:
Who Do You Ask?
How do you begin the process? First, think about who you will talk to. A common problem in asking for employer sponsorship is that the person you plan to talk to isn’t high enough up in organization to make the decision about sponsorship.
If that is the case, then ask if you think they are on your side. If they’re not an advocate for you, then try to talk to the person who can make the decision. However, if they are an advocate for you, then it might be better for them to make the case on your behalf.
Use Persuasion
Once you identify who to talk to, try to persuade them that they should help support your decision to go to Wharton. Peer pressure can be helpful. If you can persuade them that other companies are paying for this – that it’s common practice in other similar types of organizations — they are more likely to say yes.
The more facts and evidence you can present, the more persuasive you can be. And if you have evidence within your own organization that your company has paid for this in the past, that is even more helpful. Also, think about reciprocity. What have you done for these folks in the past? You might remind them that you’ve been a loyal employee for a long time.
Highlight Benefits
When you negotiate, put yourself in their shoes. Ask yourself how they will perceive your request. It’s typical for employers to think about sponsorship as something they are giving you as a benefit or perk. But you want them to see it as an investment they are making in the company, which plays out through you.
You can reinforce this message by reminding them what you do for the company and how you will become a smarter, more informed employee as a result of your Wharton education.
Reinforce the Benefits
Another way to reinforce this message is to show how your education will help improve the company in other ways like with strategy or marketing. Perhaps the company was planning to hire a consultant in these areas, but if they send you to Wharton then you’ll learn about these areas and you can provide that service, allowing the company to avoid consulting fees. Also, you’ll be more effective than a consultant because you know much more about the company than a consultant ever would.
You also need to explain why they should pay for this investment by showing how you can be more effective in your current job. The person signing the tuition check is probably someone in your division who might not see the whole picture and how you in the future will be more valuable for the company. They want to see your ability to go back to your desk and payoff the investment. So you need to show that you’ll be better at your current job than before.
Address Concerns
Another thing to consider is employers’ concerns that they’ll make an investment in you and then you’ll leave. The argument here is that you have no intention to leave, but rather intend to do a bigger job in this organization to bring more value. You’ll be even more engaged in the business as a result of knowing more about it at different levels.
Navigate around Policies
It’s common for companies to respond that they have a policy that only covers a specific amount or nothing at all. You’ll need to find out in detail what the policy says and then find out who sets the policy because usually there are exceptions to it.
For example, does the policy say that the company won’t invest in training or employee development? Even if the company doesn’t have a formal policy to pay for tuition, Wharton’s EMBA program is a way to improve skills and provide development.
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‘At least ten’ injured as two cars smash into spectators in Stevenage
‘At least ten’ injured as ‘boy racers’ plough into youngsters at the side of the road in Stevenage
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Footage on social media showed a car hurtling into bystanders in Stevenage
The car sent another vehicle smashing into people by the side of a road
Witnesses said there were ‘at least 30’ emergency services at the crash scene
By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
At least 10 people have been injured after ‘boy racers’ drove into a crowd of people on the side of a road in Stevenage.
Footage on social media showed a car hurtling past another vehicle and smashing into youngsters at a car meet in the Hertfordshire town.
It sent the slower-moving car ploughing into another group of people on the other side of the road.
Witnesses said there were ‘at least 30’ emergency services on the scene in the aftermath of the horrific crash.
A major incident has been declared at Lister Hospital in Stevenage.
At least 10 people have been injured after ‘boy racers’ drove into a crowd of people on the side of a road in Stevenage
One report on social media said that at least 10 people had been hit with a large number of emergency services on the scene
Police at the scene tonight after the collision in which at least ten people are reported to have been injured
The collision took place near a Wickes DIY store on the A602 in Stevenage on Thursday evening.
A crowd of people was gathered on either side of a road watching vehicles come past.
One vehicle turned out from a side road, just seconds before the second, blue car came hurtling along at huge speed.
It clipped the slower vehicle, sending them both into pedestrians before the video cuts out.
A helicopter is reported to have arrived at the scene as casualties are taken to hospital.
The car meet was described on Facebook as an ‘extra special meet’ to raise money for families affected by stillbirth and miscarriage.
More to follow.
Ambulances and emergency vehicles on the scene in Stevenage tonight after two cars collided with spectators
Two vehicles were sent crashing into spectators in Stevenage after one of them clipped the other at a car meet
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Jemima Khan shares touching family photos of niece Iris, 15, on Instagram
Iris Goldsmith’s heartbroken father today shared a poignant video made by his daughter as she chased a flock of starlings ahead of her funeral today.
Ben Goldsmith’s tribute to the 15-year-old came nine days after the quad bike accident that claimed her life at the family’s farm in North Brewham, Somerset.
In the short video schoolgirl Iris is audibly giddy and breathless as she runs towards the large flock of birds and exclaims: ‘I’m right by the starlings – I’ll get them to fly’.
And as the flock sweeps across a grey sky, probably at her family’s farm, she says joyfully: ‘Look how giant that is. I’m running right next to them’.
Her bereft father tweeted the short film today with the caption: ‘A child in love with nature, my Iris, alone with her phone, March 2015’.
This afternoon her divorced parents Mr Goldsmith, 38, and Kate Rothschild, 37, were joined by relatives including Iris’ aunt Jemima Khan and uncle Zac Goldsmith and friends at her private funeral in west London.
Earlier Jemima shared private photos of her niece in a touching tribute.
In an emotional Instagram post late last night, Jemima chose six pictures and wrote: ‘Tomorrow we say goodbye to my brilliant, beautiful niece Iris. My heart is breaking for Ben and Kate. I learned the appalling meaning of the words “inconsolable” and “helpless”…’
She went on to explain how she had found hope in Nick Cave’s words on the tragic death of his son and his wife Susie’s grief.
Iris Goldsmith’s heartbroken father Ben today shared this poignant video made by his daughter as she chased a flock of starlings in 2015
One of the adorable throwback photographs shows a smiley Iris wearing a stripey pink top in the arms of her millionaire financier father, Ben Goldsmith, 38
Jemima Khan, 45, has shared a touching tribute to her niece Iris, 15 (pictured with her mother Kate) on Instagram following her death. She was killed in a tragic quad bike accident on July 8 and her funeral is expected to take place today
In the emotional post, Jemima also addressed in ‘deep grief’ and the ‘inconsolable’ and encouraged that time will help to heal. Pictured, Jemima Khan at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Los Angeles on 26 Feb 2017
Alongside six adorable snaps of the fifteen-year-old, Jemima penned: ‘Tomorrow we say goodbye to my brilliant, beautiful niece Iris. My heart is breaking for Ben and Kate’
‘I have seen life lived in a darkened room, essentially a tomb, crumpled around a memory, as if to be dead herself somehow brought her closer to the spirit of her departed child,’ she quoted the singer, whose son Arthur, 15, died after falling from a cliff.
Cave said: ‘I learned the appalling meaning of the words “inconsolable” and “helpless” – and I never knew a person could cry for so long.
The selection of touching photographs includes a young Iris with a short blonde bob smiling alongside her father, and another of her grinning at the camera as she clutches a pigeon.
Another shows teenage Iris donning a green top as she looks wistfully into the distance while posing for a snap in front of a tree.
Jemima, the ex-wife of Imran Khan, finished her heartbreaking post by reaching out to those in ‘deep grief’ and to the ‘inconsolable.’
‘We want to say that, in spite of ourselves, life moves on,’ she wrote. ‘That in time we learn to absorb our loss, as a form of armouring, and that it can become our strength.’
In another of the snaps, Iris, who can be seen wearing a puffer jacket with her hair tied back, grins at the camera as she holds a pigeon
Donning a green top, another photograph shows Iris looking wistfully into the background as she poses alongside a tree
She added: ‘Finally, we want to say that even though there are still the deep and sudden weeps – the flash floods – they don’t assert the same hold on us anymore, for we know they pass, as do all things.’
Following the post, a whole host of celebrities commented to share their condolences.
‘Just unbearably sad,’ wrote Piers Morgan, while Jools Holland penned: ‘We send all our love and sympathy. ‘
Actor Will Kemp commented: ‘So, so sorry to hear such unbelievably sad news. Please send Ben. Kate and family our biggest love and condolences. Can’t even imagine what you all are going through,’ while Nigella Lawson simply sent a love heart emoji.
Meanwhile, Georgia Toffolo added: ‘My heart is breaking for your family. Sending you so much strength and love for your unbearable loss. Beautiful words and girl.’
A whole host of celebrities commented underneath the post sharing their condolences – including Piers Morgan and Nigella Lawson
Following the accident last week, ambulance crews were called to Ben – the younger brother of Jemima – and Kate’s home.
Just yesterday, the devastated father, who described his daughter as ‘beautiful, charming, intelligent,’ shared a photo of graffiti paying tribute to his teenage daughter following her death last week.
He revealed a friend had sent him a picture of street art in west London reading ‘Rest easy Iris’ alongside a love heart, and shared the image on Twitter.
Meanwhile an inquest into her death will be opened on Friday at Taunton Coroner’s Court in Somerset.
The bereaved parent last week wrote a heart-wrenching message on Twitter pleading with God for his daughter to be returned to him.
He wrote: ‘Dear God, please can I have my beautiful, brilliant, kind little girl back, please God.
‘And if not, please take extra special care of her. I love her so so much and I’m so proud of her. It hurts me so much I can’t describe.’
Financier Ben Goldsmith’s eldest daughter Iris Annabel (pictured) was tragically killed in a quad bike crash at the family’s farm in Somerset
Iris Annabel (pictured with her mother and father) was heir to two of Britain’s, and the world’s, most powerful dynasties, the Goldsmith and Rothschild families – as the daughter of Ben and his ex-wife Kate Rothschild
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Serena Williams admits she was powerless to stop the superb Simona Halep in Women’s Wimbledon final
‘She played out of her mind. I was a little bit like a deer in headlights’: Serena Williams admits she was powerless to stop the superb Simona Halep in Women’s Wimbledon final
By Jordan Seward For Mailonline
Serena Williams admitted she was caught off-guard by the brilliance of Simona Halep as the Romanian blew her away in straight sets to win her first ever Wimbledon title.
The American, who was looking to make history by claiming a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title, was completely dismantled by the faultless Halep as she lost 6-2, 6-2 in the singles final.
Williams came into the contest the fancied favourite, but a very different narrative unfolded on centre court with Halep dominating from start to finish.
Despite the disappointment, Williams, 37, admitted there was little she could do to stop her inspired opponent.
‘She literally played out of her mind! Congratulations Simona,’ Williams said after losing the match.
‘It was a little bit of deer in the headlights from me. When someone plays like that you have to tip your cap and nod your head.’
Halep, who fulfilled her mother’s dream by being crowned the Wimbledon champion, admitted that was the best she has ever played.
When asked if she had ever played better than that by Sue Barker on the BBC, she replied: ‘Never.
‘I had nerves. My stomach was not very well. But I knew there was no time for emotions.
‘It feels unbelievable. It is something so special and I will never forget this day.’
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F1 2019 Canadian Grand Prix: Ricciardo Heads to Happy Hunting Ground
6 June, 2019 | Media | Last Updated 2 years ago
Cyril Abiteboul, Team Principal:
Nick Chester, Chassis Technical Director:
Nico Hülkenberg:
Daniel Ricciardo:
Nico Hülkenberg and Daniel Ricciardo share their thoughts on the challenges of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, while Cyril Abiteboul and Chassis Technical Director Nick Chester give the latest on the team and on the 2019 package.
“If we only looked at the result from Sunday, we would not have the full story of our Monaco weekend. The potential was there to achieve a better result; we just need to look at the fifth place Daniel was holding until the safety car came out after Charles Leclerc and Nico’s incident.
“It was an encouraging weekend, with continued improvement on the chassis, confirmed progress for the power unit, pit stops matching the best and numerous successes for our Renault Sport Academy drivers, the breeding ground for our future generation of drivers, including Anthoine Hubert and Victor Martins who won in Formula 2 and Formula Renault Eurocup respectively, while Guanyu Zhou and Caio Collet were both on the podium. We must now target a result in Canada that accurately reflects our performance level.”
“Montreal is a power sensitive circuit but there are lots of big stops over a short lap, so finding the right balance between drag and aero efficiency is key. There are some chicanes in the middle of long straights and riding the kerbs can shorten the lap further and improve lap time. We have some aero and mechanical items coming through for Montreal. Our main focus will be concentrating on getting every different element to work in harmony – the midfield is so tight now that we need to maximise the overall performance.”
“I love the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. The circuit is great, the city is really cool and the Canadian fans create a superb atmosphere. Montréal always embraces Formula 1 when it comes to town and there’s a real buzz about the place. The circuit itself is a mix of a permanent track and a street course based on an island, which makes it unique. It has a nice flow to it: long straights, fast sweeping corners, hairpins and big kerbs to ride.”
“It’s good to go straight into Canada on the back of racing on a street circuit as we’re already quite dialled in. The circuit is usually a little dirty in the early running as it’s not used that often, but once it’s rubbered in we’ll be up to speed. Canada will always be a memorable place for me, as it’s where I won my first Formula 1 race in 2014. We had to battle from sixth on the grid and were fortunate with some problems for other cars ahead of us, but nevertheless, winning for the first time was incredibly special and something I’ll never forget!”
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New York Jets’ Brandon Marshall, Sheldon Richardson Scuffled In Locker Room
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Aug 11, 2016; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; New York Jets defensive end Sheldon Richardson (91) during second half against the Jacksonville Jaguars at MetLife Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports
New York Jets wide receiver Brandon Marshall and defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson recently got into a locker room scuffle.
Not only did the New York Jets take the paddle to the bare behind from the Arizona Cardinals this past Monday night, but two players decided to get into it in the locker room.
According to Rich Cimini of ESPN New York, Brandon Marshall and Sheldon Richardson exchanged words following the Jets 28-3 loss in Glendale, Arizona.
“I took care of it right there,” Bowles told ESPN.com on Thursday. “I addressed the team and I addressed the two guys. It will not happen again.”
Both Todd Bowles and Marshall explained that the altercation wasn’t physical, but it dealt with Bowles since he addressed the issue with the team following the incident.
Bowles said of the dispute, “I was right there, I heard it. It was loud. Yell down there, yell down here. It was no more than a normal training-camp deal. It wasn’t anything significant.”
The coach said, “There were a bunch of people who had words because everybody was pissed off.”
When asked about the incident, B-Marsh brushed it off as venting due to the horrid 1-5 start:
“It was problem solving, starting off the season really bad,” Marshall told ESPN.com. “You guys understand how emotional and how intense the game is. When you come in the locker room after a loss like that and you’re looking at each other, trying to problem-solve, it may not always be the right time. Sometimes you have to give it a day or so for everyone to calm down and cool off and say, ‘OK, what do we need to do to solve it?”
If exchanging words in the locker room will solve the Jets problems, Bowles may just schedule it into the practice routine.
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Brad Silverberg Interview
Slashdot points to an interview with Brad Silverberg, former chief of Microsoft Windows division, who left the company in 1999. He is now managing partner and one of the founders of Ignition Partners, a VC firm. Some excerpts from the interview:
I think Microsofts biggest competition for Windows is older versions of Windows. There arent that many new people buying computers that didnt have computers. Its a pretty saturated market worldwide at this point. The places where there is really the most growth are developing countries where they dont pay for software. Not much of an opportunity for Microsoft there. I think the biggest thing they have to do is to figure out how to get people to upgrade, and thats a challenge because people tend to upgrade now only when they buy a new machine.
[Microsoft is] struggling with not so much open source, per se, but rather they are no longer the low price solution. In the past Microsoft was the low cost solution and Microsoft was then competing and attacking expensive proprietary systems from below. Now for the first time the tables are turned and it’s Microsoft that’s being attacked from below by a lower price solution. Microsoft needs to figure out how it can demonstrate better TCO to justify its higher prices. Another aspect to that, which is an area I think Microsoft is also struggling with, which is when you are as successful and dominant as they are, how do you continue to foster that ecosystem? What really propelled Microsoft Windows success was an ecosystem that they created that allowed other people to benefit from your success. Actually your success was really a side effect or byproduct of their own success. If they saw a way that they could develop your platform, make money for themselves and build big businesses. Now that Microsoft has expanded into so many different areas there is reluctance from some developers to continue to invest in a Microsoft platform because they wonder how do they build a business? How does it become their business and not Microsofts business? So people are looking for alternative platforms that create new ecosystems that allow them to build. The challenge to Microsoft is to continue to keep that ecosystem going and to get developers and applications folks to see that there is benefit to themselves in adopting and continuing to develop for the Microsoft platform.
Separately, for those in India, Business India has a cover story on Microsoft India.
Posted on July 23, 2004 Author Rajesh JainCategories Microsoft
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Evers out of touch during unemployment crisis
MADISON — As out of-work Wisconsinites found themselves trapped in an Unemployment Insurance system nightmare, Gov. Tony Evers appears to have met with his Workforce Development chief just one time between March 1 and Sept. 18 — and that was to fire him.
Calendars and emails obtained by Empower Wisconsin show Evers called Department of Workforce Development Secretary Caleb Frostman on Sept. 18, and had scheduled briefings with other DWD and Unemployment Insurance Division staff on just two other occasions during the six-month period.
The documents suggest what many have suspected, that Evers has been a disconnected executive in one of the worst crises of the pandemic — the crush of Unemployment Insurance claims that swelled in the outbreak of COVID-19 and the administration’s subsequent lockdowns.
Evers’ calendars show the governor did clear portions of his schedule for an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer and two hours of personal time on the rare days he was to meet with DWD officials.
The open records request sought “calendar events and files from Gov. Tony Evers’ calendar involving the Department of Workforce Development and any staff at DWD” between March 1, 2020 and Sept. 18, 2020. It also sought any emails to or from Gov. Tony Evers and any staff at DWD” over the period.
While there is a reference to a cabinet meeting with Frostman in emails, Evers’ legal counsel released just three calendar days that fit the request parameters. Evers had an Unemployment Insurance Discussion at the Executive Residence on June 6; he scheduled a DWD Briefing on Aug. 25; and had a call with Frostman, the DWD secretary at the time, on Sept. 18.
That was the day Evers asked for Frostman’s resignation. The secretary got the ax after six months of agency failures that kept tens of thousands of claimants waiting months for their Unemployment Insurance benefits.
Evers issued a press release that same day announcing Frostman’s immediate departure.
“People across our state are struggling to make ends meet, and it is unacceptable that Wisconsinites continue to wait for the support they need during these challenging times,” Evers said “We have continued to add additional state resources to support the DWD, but it is clear that we must have change if we are going to address these problems to get folks their benefits faster.”
It’s also clear that the governor had relatively few conversations with his DWD chief while the agency was failing so miserably.
“It’s shocking to know there wasn’t more attention by the administration or coordination between the governor’s office and the department to address what was clearly known to be a serious issue,” said state Sen. Andre Jacque (R-De Pere), chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Government, Small Business, Tourism and Workforce Development. “It shows the governor was out of touch on this issue until it was too late for many folks.”
The records request netted just three responsive email communications between Evers and Frostman.
On April 7, the governor sent an email asking Frostman to do a phone conference with Wisconsin tribal leaders to “discuss processes, etc.” for filing UI claims.
“(O)f course, there are rumors of the system not working, etc,” Evers wrote.
Rumors?
By that time displaced workers like Jennifer Robinson and tens of thousands like her were struggling even to reach DWD claims processors. Robinson and so many others would find themselves on the brink of financial ruin — some homeless, many maxing out their credit cards and depleting their savings accounts — waiting for the Unemployment checks they deserved.
As Wisconsin Spotlight previously reported, Evers’ team had nudged Frostman to help a restaurant owner featured in national news stories through the Unemployment Insurance maze.
When the restaurant owner’s UI claim went through, Evers in an April 7 email applauded the secretary for a job well done. Frostman responded in kind.
“That’s great news. Thank you for forwarding. We continue to expand capacity and work out kinks in our IT and Telecom infrastructure, but every piece of feedback from constituents who have interacted with our staff has been immensely positive,” Frostman wrote.
Immensely positive?
“Thank you for all you have done and are doing. I look forward to our cabinet call tonight. Hopefully everyone managed through a wholly bizarre and unsettling day in Wisconsin today,” Frostman wrote in his response to the governor, referring to what he and Team Evers painted as the horrors of in-person voting in Wisconsin’s April 7 spring election.
The records release comes as Evers faces a new round of criticism about his administration’s handling of Wisconsin’s unemployment crisis.
An audit released this week by the nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau (LAB) lays bare DWD’s many failures, including the fact the agency did not resolve issues with claims “even though it had the information to do so and because DWD had not requested information it needed from individuals and employers.”
Sen. Van Wanggaard (R-Racine) said he doesn’t fault the agency for being caught off guard by the flood of unemployment claims in March.
“But the Evers’ administration’s failure to act, even when the ball was in their court for 2-3 months is beyond inexcusable – it’s almost criminal. How many people were forced into depression, or panic, how many people suffered because of their incompetence?” the senator said.
Posted in 3 Right Column, 6 Things You Need to Know Right Now, Main Feature, News
4 thoughts on “Evers out of touch during unemployment crisis”
Rick J. Cremer says:
Monday, December 21st, 2020 at 8:16 am
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER REASON FOR A FULL FLEDGE RECALL OF TONY EVERS
Darryl C Davison says:
Sunday, December 20th, 2020 at 2:11 pm
EVERS OUT OF TOUCH 100% ABOUT HIS TOTAL TIME OF RIPPING OFF TAXPAYERS & GIVING NOTHING TO US IN RETURN EXCEPT MORE INSANE ANTI-COMMON SENSE DECISIONS.
Harold Wilkes says:
Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 7:13 pm
Out of touch? More like “This number is no longer on service”. Evers’ only successes have been banking his paychecks and breathing. He is a shoo-in for the 10 least effective governors in US history, in fact he’ll probably only be a footnote in the text – “Occupant of Governor’s Mansion, official role unknown”.
Charles Behlendorf says:
Saturday, December 19th, 2020 at 12:30 pm
TYPICAL LIBERAL Gov-Evers They probably will blame the Un-Employment on the Republicans-Maybe we should look at the people who are doing the work! Maybe they are not qualified or taking too many breaks! Tell Gov Evers to go down where ever the place is being performed and see what the problem is! Better yet. do not pay him until situation! We have computers that do the work and maybe people running them are not trained properly or cannot do the work or better yet not working hard enough! Never had problems like this in my day and we did not have computers and we also liked to work! Get with it Gov Evers. You wanted to be Gov now do your job or resign. I do not know if the man who is LT Gov could do,better, Wisconsin has a PROBLEM
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Support Solar Power in Coal Country
Posted in category: 03/20/2018 Comments Off on Support Solar Power in Coal Country
Crowdfunding Completed: April 3, 2018
Project Owner: First UU Society Marietta, OH
Short Description of Project
Help us maximize the effectiveness of solar power array through energy-efficiency improvements to our historic, yet leaky, administrative building
How was this project connected to UU?
As evidenced by its official Green Sanctuary status with the UUA (approved in 2014), FUUSM is fulfilling its commitment to the seventh UUA principle. In addition to this solar-energy project, FUUSM exemplifies its environmental commitment by serving a monthly community meal—as well as all other meals and refreshments—striving for zero waste. No disposable dishes or utensils are used; all service is on reusable dishes and with silverware; food waste is composted; plastic, glass, and metal containers are recycled. "Green tips" are offered in each worship service program and collected on our website; LED bulbs light our historic sanctuary and the holiday displays; programmable thermostats are in use in both of our buildings; and many other activities. The Green Sanctuary Committee is also a regular participant in community-wide Earth Day events in Marietta, OH, and in Parkersburg WV. As mentioned in the attached letter from our UUA liaison, Ms.Beth Casebolt, our project will be shared with other UU congregations in our region; we shall leadership meetings for congregations in our region and district which will allow us to demonstrate our solar project to interested UU leaders.
Full Description of Project
The First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta (FUUSM), a UUA-certified Green Sanctuary congregation, intends to maximize the effectiveness of our solar panels. FUUSM launched its solar energy project with the installation of a 12.32 kW photovoltaic array in October 2016 on the roof of the sanctuary building on the corner of Third and Putnam streets in Marietta, Ohio. That system provides enough electricity to power our sanctuary and the social hall in the basement.
The adjacent Religious Exploration and administrative building, however is more than 130 years old. Its roof cannot accommodate solar panels. While structurally sound, the windows are original, and leaky. Although we insulated the attic years ago and weather-stripped and sealed what we could, the walls are not insulated, and the building is all-electric, including its central heating system. Although the area of this building is much smaller than our sanctuary, its electric consumption is much larger.
Because our congregation cherishes the universe and its resources, we want both of our buildings to be as energy efficient as possible, so that the electricity we generate with our solar panels each year will completely balance the electricity we use. As long as our RE building is leaky, we cannot accomplish this.
In an act of faith, in August 2017, we connected the electrical systems of our two buildings, and in December 2017, we installed an additional 5kW of solar panels on the roof of our sanctuary, aiming to supply electricity to the RE building.
Our intention with this Faithify campaign is invest in efforts to make our historic building more energy efficient through the installation of wall insulation, double-pane windows, and a new electrical HVAC system for climate control.
To that end an anonymous donor has offered $10,000 as a dollar-for-dollar matching challenge grant. More than two thirds of the match already has been raised from other donors and through fund-raising activities by the congregation’s Green Sanctuary Committee. FUUSM is seeking donations from Faithify donors and from people and organizations who support renewable energy in the greater Mid-Ohio Valley to complete this match. Each dollar contributed will be matched, doubling the effectiveness of donations. The anonymous donor set a deadline of April 22, 2018—Earth Day—to complete fund raising for this matching grant.
FUUSM is the first religious organization in the Mid-Ohio Valley to install solar panels and to utilize solar energy as its main source of electricity for its sanctuary. In investing in renewable energy, FUUSM is reducing the carbon footprint of the city and serving as a model of responsible stewardship of natural resources. Because the solar array is “on the grid,” excess electricity generated on sunny days is sent into the system for use by other local consumers. That is to say, on sunny days, FUUSM is providing clean, renewable solar energy to our neighbors.
The solar array was acquired by Golden Rule Associates LLC, an entity established by FUUSM member David Ballantyne, The reason for this method of acquisition is that as a private corporation, Golden Rule is eligible for a 30 percent federal tax benefit for renewable energy infrastructure that a non-profit entity such as FUUSM is not.
Why Should I Care About This Project? Our intention with this project is twofold: Members of FUUSM wish to minimize our environmental impact, and especially our carbon emissions We also wish to take a bold, leadership role in promoting renewable energy here in coal and fracking country. Here in the Mid-Ohio Valley, approximately 75 percent of the electricity produced comes from coal-fired power plants. Numerous community members from this area have expressed interest in FUUSM’s solar energy project. Considerable publicity was provided from Green Sanctuary Committee press releases when the first array of solar panels was installed; additional media coverage of the solar energy project followed Earth Day events in April 2017 and the recent launch of the matching grant program and the solar array expansion. FUUSM’s solar energy project and the manner in which we acquired the solar panels was innovative. The partnerships it has established with conservation-oriented organizations in the region such as the Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action group can serve as a model for other UU congregations on how to launch and conduct a solar energy project.
Who Will Benefit and How? Life on Earth will benefit from this project. If every faith community acted to reduce their environmental impact as we have done, the effect on atmospheric carbon levels would be measurable. The immediate beneficiaries of this project will be the members and friends of FUUSM as our electricity bill would be reduced. We would like our annual electric bill to be $0, because all our electricity would come from the sun. In addition to benefiting from the cost savings through energy conservation, the congregation has also benefited from the favorable publicity of its sustainability efforts through additional visitors and newcomers who have attended worship services and other FUUSM events after learning about FUUSM’s solar energy commitment. Other organizations in the Mid-Ohio Valley will also benefit through learning about the process of acquiring and installing solar panels and energy-efficiency measures and how these initiatives can save in the costs of electricity. Other UU congregations can benefit by learning how a UU group that is committed to environmental awareness and energy conservation can achieve cost-saving and Earth-friendly benefits.
Specific Plans and Accomplishments:
• Installation of first array of 44 solar panels on the roof of the FUUSM sanctuary building; accomplished in November, 2016;
• Installation of infrastructure required to transfer solar power from the panels to the RE building; accomplished in August, 2017;
• Installation of additional 19 solar panels on the sanctuary building; accomplished in December, 2017;
• Installation of infrastructure required to transfer solar power from the panels to the RE building; accomplished in August 2017;
• Plans to make the historic RE building more energy efficient were set in December 2017;
• Commitment of $10,000 matching grant from anonymous FUUSM member toward this solar power project (specifically for energy-conservation initiatives in the RE building);
• Donations of $7,165 already received toward this match.
Specific Outcomes:
• Installation of wall insulation in the RE building to improve energy efficiency;
• Installation of double-pane windows in the RE building;
• Installation of a new, energy-efficient HVAC system in the RE building.
• February 1 – March 29, 2018- Faithify campaign
• February 16, 2018 – “Just Dinner” fund-raising event (dishes prepared with low-carbon impact, with locally, organically or ethically produced ingredients) sponsored by FUUSM Green Sanctuary Committee
• April 22, 2018 – Deadline for solar matching grant fund raising;
• June 2018 – Installation of wall insulation in the RE building;
• Fiscal year 2019 (July 1, 2018- June 30, 2019) – Installation of double-pane windows and new HVAC system in RE building.
Those Involved & Their Qualifications:
Affiliation/Profession
Dawn Hewitt Chair, FUUSM Green Sanctuary Committee FUUSM member; managing editor for Bird Watcher’s Digest
Shari Miller FUUSM Board President; member Green Sanctuary Committee FUUSM member
David Ballantyne President, Golden Rule Associates, LLC; member Green Sanctuary Committee FUUSM member,
retired metallurgical engineer
George Banziger, PhD Past FUUSM Board President; member Green Sanctuary Committee FUUSM member,
retired college administrator
Rev. Kathryn Hawbaker FUUSM minister (full-time)
Use of Money: Use of the total funds collected for the project and the use of Faithify funds to be collected are shown below (all costs involve energy-efficiency initiatives in the FUUSM RE building):
Total Project Costs Requested Portion
Salaries all personnel costs and administration costs are covered by volunteers $0
Wall insulation – materials & installation $3,986 $2,000*
Double-pane windows- materials and installation $12,793
Heat-exchange HVAC system $16,342
Total $33,121* $2,000
*A matching grant will double this amount, fully funding wall insulation.
If the matching grant project is successful, a total of $20,000 will be raised. The additional $13,121 of these costs will be covered by grants from the FUUSM’s trust funds to be requested after the April 22, 2018, deadline for the matching grant.
Other Funds Already Raised; What We Will Do If We Don’t Raise the Rest:
Source Amount Status
Individual contributions & fund-raising activities of Green Sanctuary Committee $7,165 Committed
Faithify $2,000
If we are not able to collect the rest of the funds required for the matching fund challenge, we will scale back a few of our energy-efficiency measures. However, we think that a Faithify donation will stimulate many others in the area—and beyond—to donate to the project so that it can be advanced to final completion.
How the Project Will Be Sustained: A hallmark and a goal of this project is sustainability. The conservation improvements to our RE building will have long-lasting benefits. With the acquisition and installation of energy-efficiency measures in the RE building, FUUSM will be able to accrue considerable ongoing savings in its utility costs. This example of renewable energy will serve as a model of energy conservation, sustainability, and utility-cost savings to the entire region for years to come.
Who Else in the Community Thinks It’s Important? The continuing media coverage in the Mid-Ohio Valley of the FUUSM solar energy project has raised community awareness of energy conservation that a single religious congregation can provide. Members of the Mid-Ohio Valley Climate Action group have attended our fund-raisers and donated to our matching fund. The owner of a busy local construction business installed solar panels at the business headquarters frequently consults with the FUUSM Buildings and Grounds Committee. Publicity about his solar panels and FUUSM’s solar initiatives has generated interest in solar energy among many businesses and organizations in the Mid-Ohio Valley, including the City of Marietta, which has utilized the consulting services of Dave Ballantyne (FUUSM member and President of Golden Rule LLC) for its plans for solar energy on one of its buildings.
Partnerships & Endorsements: Golden Rule LLC has covered the acquisition and installation costs of the solar panels; Pickering Associates of Parkersburg, WV, has arranged the acquisition and installation of solar panels and provided in-kind services of consultation about our entire solar-energy project.
How Will We Share What We Learn? FUUSM’s Green Sanctuary Committee will share what is learned in this project with other UU congregations through the Central East Regional UU organization, with continued press releases on progress of the project as energy-efficiency measures are achieved, and with presentations at UU General Assemblies.
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Daily News publishes editorial by Fight For NYCHA member
The caption to this photograph in the New York Daily News called Mayor Bill de Blasio a “Sellout” on NYCHA.
Bill de Blasio was called a "Sellout" on NYCHA by the Editorial Page of the New York Daily News.
RAD is a raw deal for NYCHA that we must refuse
The New York Daily News published a guest editorial by a Fight For NYCHA member, making a strong case why New Yorkers must reject plans by Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York City) to expand on his use of HUD’s Rental Assistance Demonstration programme that will put public housing into a nightmarish “public-private partnership.”
The editorial was notable for exposing the dangers of RAD, for revealing that U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman put NYCHA residents at risk for losing Federal monitorship once their public housing apartment complexes undergo RAD conversion, and the need to stop RAD so that other leaders, such as U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY 07), can fight for the full-funding of NYCHA.
EDITORIAL : RAD is a raw deal for NYCHA we must refuse [The New York Daily News]
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What Next For Ryan Garcia?
FightPost: MMA & Boxing News Boxing 4th Jan 2021 4 Minutes
By Joe Alexander
A night of bold statements that exemplified Ryan Garcia’s boxing career to date.
The first came during Garcia’s ring walk, in which he was carried on a throne whilst wearing a crown on his head. The next came inside the ring. The stoppage of Olympic Gold medalist Luke Campbell, coming from a feinted hook that looked to be going upstairs but landing perfectly to the mid-section.
Garcia certainly put on a show from start to finish, and unequivocally ticked boxes for him. Campbell was always going to be the gatekeeper-type fight to allow Garcia to become established at world level.
The winner showed true grit and heart after being dropped by a perfectly timed shot that landed clean early in the fight. After the knockdown and hearing the crowd’s reaction, you would have thought Garcia was the only one landing – far from it. Campbell picked his shots, and had success in his own right.
Garcia displayed his punch power when he wobbled Campbell at the end of the fifth, with the bell coming to Campbell’s rescue.
In the seventh, the final blow was struck. A perfectly timed hook to the body, right where Campbell had not protected. Unable to get up on the count, the fight was finished and a potential new star was born.
Ryan Garcia has been mooted as the next big Mexican-American boxing star. Victory over Campbell has only increased his stock. Now being thrust into the world level at lightweight, not just stardom and popularity have arrived – a plethora of opponents are now available for the rising star.
The first mouth-watering option, and the likeliest to happen is Devin Haney. The Garcia vs Campbell fight was the final eliminator to become the mandatory challenger for Devin Haney’s WBC strap.
As most are aware, a perfect record is only really a marketing angle – a way to create both fear and awe in a fighter. However, in reality, we know a loss is acceptable and often a great learning experience. This is even more pertinent with Haney and Garcia.
Both are 22, and with easily a decade left in the game losing their 0 should not dissuade either fighter. They would certainly not be out of the lightweight picture even with a loss.
Garcia will see Haney as the next step-up and the perfect time to fight him. A title on the line but still a very green and unproven Haney would catapult Garcia to new heights.
Haney was given two mandatory fights to complete, the Garcia fight and a long-coming mandatory fight against Javier Fortuna. If Haney wanted another fight before taking on Garcia, he may opt for the Fortuna fight. Therefore Garcia may need the fight to fill the gap before his shot against Haney.
It wouldn’t be the worst idea to give him another step up and another opportunity to get rounds and experience on the big stage under his belt – a name like Jorge Linares gives Garcia that in abundance.
A fantastic name, a former world champion and high-level operator. This would be a solid addition to Garcia’s record. With Linares on the back end of his career and not quite in his prime anymore. It would allow Garcia to test himself against another technical and experienced fighter.
Ultimately we can’t forget that Garcia has only had 21 fights. With all the potential in the world and time on his hands, another fight at the lower-world level would be beneficial. It would also give him a further opportunity to work more with Eddie Reynosa, a blossoming partnership.
After the fight Garcia also mentioned Gervonta Davis. Garcia felt he could give Davis problems. This would be a colossal fight with flavours of Floyd Mayweather vs De La Hoya about it.
Garcia did as expected, and almost as required by calling out one of the biggest names in the division in Davis. There is no doubt that Garcia answered a lot of questions against Campbell. With that being said Campbell, not known for his power, was able to drop Garcia. Although he got up and recovered, it demonstrated that Garcia can be caught and is understandably not quite the finished article just yet.
With Davis boasting more experience and a destructive 23 stoppages in 24 fights, it may be a little premature for Garcia. The power Davis showed against Leo Santa Cruz presents a serious threat to Garcia, giving credence to the view that Davis would be a lot to handle at this stage, maybe too much.
A final option available, albeit not next but perhaps in the next couple of years is Vasyl Lomanchenko. If Lomanchenko is given the rematch with Teofimo Lopez and comes up short for a second time, then Lomanchenko would be left without titles, a loss of invincibility compounded. Not to mention a blueprint as to how to beat Lomanchenko.
Similar to Linares in terms of the name, a win over Lomanchenko, perhaps not in his prime, would be an eye-catching addition to the record. This is by no means a fight that looks to be imminent. However, with Garcia on the rise and perhaps Lomanchenko slipping from his best, it could be an option for Garcia in the future.
A star in the making became the real deal in Ryan Garcia on Saturday night. Sellable, young and with a palatable style, he is now in the frame at the elite level of the lightweight division, arguably the toughest and most stacked weight class.
It is worth noting here that the main contenders in the division are in their early to mid-twenties. With the lightweight division having plenty to give in upcoming years, the future is bright for Ryan Garcia.
Published 4th Jan 2021
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FASF Members Take Part in New F-16 Viper Pilot Graduation
F-16 Viper Takes Off with its Afterburner
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This Saturday, five active FASF members were again invited to join the base’s 49th Wing as it graduated the latest group of 11 new USAF Lockheed F-16 “Viper” fighter pilots, all members of the 8th Fighter Squadron’s Class 19-CBF.
Attending the evening’s celebratory dinner were Daedalian Flight 24’s Flight Captain, Colonel Mario Campos, it’s Adjutant, Colonel Bob Pitt, Ric Lambart, Colonel Miles “Cowboy” Crowell, and AFROTC Cadet Major, Ammber Valverde, Daedalian Scholarship recipient and currently the youngest member of the FASF. Ammber is a Junior at both the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and New Mexico State University’s (NMSU) AFROTC Detachment 505.
A ‘Blue Team‘ F-16 from the 388th Wing, 421st Fighter Squadron, the “Black Widows“, flies high above the Nevada desert during a training exercise. Taking a break from the action below the clouds, this F-16 from Hill Air Force Base prepares to take on fuel from an awaiting KC-135 Tanker from the Washington State Air National Guard.
11 F-16 Viper student pilots graduated from the 8th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Basic Course, during a ceremony at Club Holloman, Saturday, December 14th, 2019.
Graduating students, parents, wives, faculty and guest line up to enter the dining room for the graduation dinner.
The F-16 B-Course is a 37-week long course required for all student pilots. On average, B-Course students log 70 hours of flying time over 59 sorties in addition to roughly 245-hours of academic training and 69-hours of flight simulator training.
The dessert table had the class cake appropriately designated.
The 49th Wing is the Air Force’s premiere F-16 and MQ-9 Reaper aircrew training wing. Graduates of the F-16 B-course will be reassigned to operational flying units throughout the world as members of the combat Air Force.
L to R; Public Affairs Office Photographer, Staff Sgt.Christine Groening, listens to Col. Cowboy Crowell describe his tour in Vietnam conflict as Colonel Mario Campos listens. Both men are active FASF members.
Well into its middle age (it was 1st flown 45 years ago in 1974) the “Fighting Falcon” (it’s official original name, which has been almost thoroughly replaced by the more popular and honored name – The “Viper” – one assigned to it by its many pilots over all those years). As seen immediately below, the Viper remains the chosen exhibition jet for the renown USAF Thunderbirds, which have used its extreme maneuverability in their airshows for 36 straight years.
The above video shows some typical operational F-16 Squadrons carrying out their missions including some hi-resolution cockpit footage.
Colonel Bob Pitt and AFROTC Major, Ammber Valverde talking about her upcoming career in the USAF and of her intent to also become a fighter pilot. Both are active members of the FASF.
Here are the 11 proud members of the graduating Class19-CBF:
Capt. Justin Goar; 1st Lt. Seth Bolon; 1st Lt. Alexander Drakoulakis; 1st Lt. Austin Gillis: 1st Lt. Michael Kelvin; 1st Lt. Tyler Olson; 1st Lt. Colin Ruane; 1st Lt. Landon Santori; 1st Lt. David Schmitz; 1st Lt. Domenick Stumpo; and 1st Lt. Zachary Tarbox.
PAO Staff Sergeant Christine Groening and Colonel Bob Pitt.
Originally designed and manufactured by General Dynamics Corporation and then licensed to for production by Lockheed Martin Corporation, the newest model of the fighter was first put into action just four years ago. It is the newest variant of F-16 fighter jet, known as the F-16V “Viper.” The F-16’s cost the USAF about $38 million each – – – and it cost the USAF about $3 million to train each of these F-16 fighter pilots to master this nimble 4th generation fighter.
Lt. Col. Miles “Cowboy” Crowell and Cadet Major Ammber Valverde.
8th Squadron Commander, Lt. Colonel “Harm” Finch, addresses the audience to help kick of the ceremonies.
PAO Staff Sergeant Christine Groening in action.
L to R: Col. Bob Pitt, LC Miles “Cowboy” Crowell, and Cadet Major Ammber Valverde
8th Tactical Fighter Squadron F-16 Flight Instructor, Capt. Brittany “Blitz” Trimble, who organized the entire event, addresses the audience.
View of North part of Dining Hall at the Holloman Club, with (L to R) in foreground, Cols. Bob Pitt and Miles Crowell
View to the SW in Holloman Club’s Banquet Hall. In foreground (L to R) are Cols. Mario Campos, Bob Pitt and Miles Crowell.
Event’s Guest Speaker, Brig. General Joseph McFall, Asst. Deputy Commander, U.S. Air Forces Central Command, and Asst. Vice Commander, 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force.
Graduating Student, Capt. Justin “Hamboar” Goar, presents the class’ thank-you to Guest Speaker, General McFall.
L to R: Captain Justin “Hamboar” Goar, one of the graduating students, presents Capt. Brittany Trimble, with a thank-you gift from the Squadron and its students for having masterminded and planned the entire graduation event – a complex program which unfolded without a hitch!
L to R: Captain Goar, of the 19-CBF graduating Class, presents THE BEST INSTRUCTOR AWARD to Major Locke.
FASF member and Daedalian Flight 24 Captain, Col. Mario Campos describes Daedalian History and the Flight’s Leadership Award.
L to R: Cols. Bob Pitt and Miles Crowell along with Cadet Major Ammber Valverde, watch the Daedalian Award presentation by Col. Campos.
Col. Campos congratulates Leadership Award Trophy winner, Lt. Colin “Huds” Ruane, who will be in his new active duty assignment at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea in a few weeks.
Veteran Viet Nam Fighter Pilot, FASF and Daedalian Flight 24 member, Col. “Cowboy” Crowell presents the coveted “River Rat” trophy to Lt. Austin “Weed” Gillis, who will report to his duty station at Ft. Worth Air Reserve Base in Texas after this graduation ceremony. The “River Rat” award is bestowed upon the student with whom his fellow student fighter pilots would most want to have flying on their wing in combat. The river in the title is the “Red River” and the North Vietnamese Valley through which it flows. The pilots who flew in that theater during Vietnam were affectionately called the “River Rats.”
The 49th Wing Commander, Colonel Joseph Campo (L) presents the Distinguished Student Graduate Trophy to Lt. Domenick “ROK” Stumpo, who will report to Osan Air Base, South Korea, in January 2020.
Again, Col. Campo (L) presents the same “Distinguished Graduate” award to its dual winner, Lt. Seth “Faded” Bolon, who will be reporting to Kunsan Air Base in South Korea for his 1st post graduation duty assignment.
FASF members, (L TO R): Cols. Mario Campos, Bob Pitt, and “Cowboy” Crowell and Ammber Valverde, applaud the graduates as they received their diplomas.
L to R: Cols. Mario Campos, and Bob Pitt, Daedalian Awardee, Lt. “Huds” Ruane, Col. Miles Crowell and River Rat Awardee, Lt. “Weed” Gillis, and Ric Lambart. Photo courtesy of PAO Staff Sergeant, Christine Groening
L to R: Ammber Valverde, Capt. Brittany Trimble and 49th Wing Commander, Col. Joseph Campo
L to R: Ammber Valverde, Capt. Brittany Trimble, Cols. Bob Pitt and Joseph Campo.
Ammber Valverde (L) discussing USAF flight training program with Capt. Brittany “Blitz” Trimble.
Ammber is a Junior at UTEP and with the NMSU AFROTC Detachment 505. She wants also become a fighter pilot.
This was a good opportunity for Ammber to learn what’s ahead for her as she gets prepared for USAF active duty.
Ammber and Capt. Trimble continue to cover Ammber’s future prospects.
Colonel Campo and LC Crowell reliving some of their combat experiences. Col. Crowell, an FASF member and a Flight 24 Daedalian, is now retired from active duty with the USAF, and works at Holloman as a private contractor.
Col. Campos (L) talking with a Master Sergeant assigned to the 8th Fighter Squadron.
Captain Brittany “Blitz” Trimble and Cadet Major Ammber Valverde pose by the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron’s official Emblem.
The Viper is broadly used throughout the world by powers friendly to the United States, and still remains the preferred aircraft for the world famous USAF Demonstration Team, the “Thunderbirds.“
The Oct. 16 flight in Fort Worth, Texas, marked the first time the venerable fourth-generation fighter flew with an advanced radar like those found on the fifth-generation fighters F-22 and F-35, according to a press release this week from Lockheed.
The F-16V includes an APG-83 active electronically scanned array scalable agile beam radar made by Northrop Grumman Corp. The company also makes so-called active electronically scanned array radars for the F-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
The new radar steers beams electronically — without moving parts — and redirects them from one location to another, according to the Government Accountability Office. Unlike a passive version, the radar spreads signals over multiple radio frequencies, making them difficult to detect and jam, and allowing the aircraft employing the technology to remain stealthy.
The APG-83 “fire control radar provides 5th Generation air-to-air and air-to-ground radar capability,” Lockheed said in the release. It “will deliver a quantum leap in capability for the venerable F-16.”
The F-16V advanced avionics configuration also includes a new cockpit center pedestal display, a modernized mission computer and a high-capacity Ethernet data bus, according to Lockheed.
Yet the upgrades aren’t slated to hit the U.S. fleet of more than 1,000 F-16s. The Air Force last year canceled a plan to upgrade some 340 of the single-engine fighters with such enhancements due to budget limitations and instead decided to fund other programs, including the F-35.
So Taiwan is set to become the first country to begin flying the F-16V Viper.
Lockheed, the world’s largest defense contractor, faces competition from the British defense giant, BAE Systems Plc, in the international market to upgrade many of the 3,000 F-16s now flying in foreign armed forces.
Of those, roughly 1,000 are more than 15 years old — making them prime candidates for enhancements to avoid obsolescence. While the F-16 won’t ever compete in the skies with newer jets like the F-22 or F-35, upgrading fourth-generation aircraft is far cheaper than buying fifth-generation fighters.
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