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Origins of You Without God:
You Without God arises from the simple idea of a journey of discovering yourself. There’s a logical path that you tend to follow when starting to question faith, where religious thought is gradually discredited, leading eventually to a discovery that your former beliefs have now been deserted. For many, this transition, beyond the logic, is emotionally difficult and often traumatic. Typically we have invested a lot, mentally and emotionally into our faith, so its loss takes an adjustment, which takes a lot of time and effort.
Recognizing that this difficulty occurs for almost all people who are in the process of losing their faith, or who have recently left it, in finding their way through the maze of emotional turmoil that often results, we’d like to offer a way that you can find support, comfort and practical help in reshaping your life in a way that brings meaning, purpose and enjoyment back to life. What better way than by hearing how others managed it, and learning directly from them how they felt, and dealt, with gaining freedom from religious thought.
There is a lot of negativity around, and unfortunately, some of it comes from atheists, who in their zeal to debunk and mock religious belief (some with more animosity than others), perhaps forget that the humans with those beliefs have emotions and fears that are not being addressed. Who will help if not other atheists? While the debunking of religious thought is an approach that has its merits, what is needed is a wider spectrum of approach that encompasses emotional support and offers an approachable face of atheism. After all, if we are to find meaning and purpose, it must not only be in tearing down, but in creating something strong, good and lasting from the rubble of that which has been tested and found wanting.
About the Podcast:
The purpose of this podcast is to interview atheists who have made the transition into non-belief, to learn how they dealt with overcoming the emotional problems and how they rebuilt their identity.
Each episode features an atheist answering the simple question “What Are You Without God?” which we hope will tease out some practical ideas for helping you in your own journey to a life free of religious thought. If nothing else, it will show you that you are not alone, that there is a community out there that is bigger and more friendly than you might think. We hope you will also find that there is meaning beyond belief; that without god, we are free to become everything that we potentially can be as humans with a single precious lifespan.
Meet your hosts:
The “You Without God” podcast is brought to you by:
Christopher Krzeminski: the author of What Are You Without God?: How to Discredit Religious Thought and Rebuild Your Identity and “I Am“. He’s currently working on his next book “All These Quiet Places” with @jen_august. On Twitter you can find him as @marco_iO9
Andi Lee: a tech professional, penguin enthusiast, occasional musician, and talkative British guy. He’s also the guy who persuaded Chris it would be a good idea to do this podcast. On Twitter you can find him as @rootikitty
You can also follow us for podcast updates and announcements on twitter @YouWithoutGod
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Russia to S-400 Air Defense Missiles to India
April 19, 2016 Hind
Moscow is awaiting a reply from New Delhi on the supply of S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems to India, according to Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC).
“The Federal Service has prepared a draft intergovernmental agreement on the supply of the S-400 systems to India and passed it to our partners, so we are awaiting a response,” said the FSMTC deputy director Vladimir Drozhzhov on the sidelines of the Defexpo India 2016 exhibition as cited by TASS.
India’s Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) approved the purchase of five regiments of S-400 air defense systems from Russia last December.
The cost of the deal was not disclosed. Local media suggest the cost of the air defense systems to India is about $6 billion.
If signed it will become the biggest defense deal between the two countries since 2001, when India agreed to buy 140 Sukhoi Su-30MK fighter jets.
Russia has pursued a policy not to sell its newest S-400s abroad before the rearmament and modernization of Russia’s own air defense forces is completed. India might become the second country to operate the S-400s if the deal is completed.
Last year Russia signed a deal with China for the delivery of S-400s for which Moscow received an advance payment. The deal involves no less than six S-400 systems worth of $3 billion, according to media reports. The deliveries under the contract could start in the first quarter of 2017.
The S-400 Triumph is Russia’s latest long-range anti-aircraft missile system, and is able to hit multiple-range air targets, including fighter jets, bombers, drones, ballistic and cruise missiles at ranges of about 400 kilometers. The S-400’s digital target acquisition system and radar allow detecting and hitting several different targets at once.
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Creative Womxn: A Snap story by Zandi Tisani
Written by Jessica Hunkin on Aug 31, 2016 in Featured, film
“I often wonder if there’s room for me or the kind of work I’m interested in. And to be honest I’m not sure. I just live in hope that there is.”
The first time I watched Zandi Tisani’s documentary film Highlands – with its beautiful and abstract reflections on water, Johannesburg’s history, and the human experience – I wasn’t prepared for the social media force I’d soon encounter. Landing on her Twitter feed I discovered a womxn who’s blunt AF, funny as hell, obsessed with popular culture, and engaged in social politics. Her work is both influenced by and, in certain cases, made possible because of social media, and she’s particularly interested in the areas where high art and pop culture intersect. Zandi’s directorial repertoire includes the fictional short story Heroes, a gorgeous film about style in Yeoville, and a web series in-progress called People You May Know that looks at 5 Jo’burg-based 20-somethings trying to figure it all out. She’s also done award-winning screenwriting work for the TV drama Umlilo and the comedy show Those Who Can’t.
In planning this piece for our Creative Womxn series we went to Zandi with an open slate rather than a fixed proposal, wanting to work with her to define the way her feature would take shape. It’s only fitting that she chose to incorporate her current fav social media platform, Snapchat.
Here’s a note from her before you watch the clip:
“I suppose it being Women’s Month and all, the right thing to do would be offer a neatly formed nugget of wisdom about what it means to be a creative womxn. I’m writing this from the back of an Uber leaving the final mix of a TV doccie that I made about a close friend, and I should have done this sooner, but we spent a lot of time working our way through several bottles of wine and listening to Blond on repeat. The weather in Cape Town is shitty, and no amount of Junior cheeseburgers can fill the widening hole my absence from Jo’burg has formed within me. Where was I going with this? I go home tomorrow. Back to my bed, to catch up on some reading, watch new episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and plot my next move.”
A documentary Zandi directed, starring Beijing Opera founder Yang Zhao, premieres on SABC 3 on Thursday 8 September at 9pm.
Find more #CreativeWomxn features, interviews and videos here.
Creative Womxn 2016
Zandi Tisani
Written by Jessica Hunkin
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Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater
In 1985, former oil rig worker Richard Linklater began a film screening society in Austin, Texas, that aimed to show classic art-house and experimental films to a budding community of…
Country: France, Portugal, USA
Working on the Douro River
Short silent documentary from 1931 about those working on the River Douro in Oporto.
Casa de Lava
The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The devoted…
Country: France, Germany, Portugal
A magical tale about a young photographer who falls madly in love with a woman he can never have, except in his dreams. Late one night, Isaac is summoned by…
Country: Brazil, France, Portugal, Spain
When Pilar’s befriended neighbour Aurora dies, Pilar starts to dig into Aurora’s past and learns about Aurora’s very tragic love story.
Country: Brazil, France, Germany, Portugal, Spain
The House of the Spirits
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife and their family face turbulent years in South America.
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, Portugal, USA
A group of bad cops look to dispose of a body that one of them accidentally shot.
Country: Angola, Belgium, France, Portugal, Russia, USA
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Night Train to Lisbon
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring…
Country: Germany, Portugal, Switzerland
Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Riding across Manhattan in a stretch limo in order to get a haircut, a 28-year-old billionaire asset manager’s day devolves into an odyssey with a cast of characters that start…
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Poet Anderson: The Dream Walker
The Dream World is an alternate universe created by humankind’s shared unconscious thoughts. When Poet Anderson journeys deep into this world, he meets his Dream Walker, a mysterious guardian angel…
Country: Portugal, USA
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Music, Science Fiction
Monogamish
Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, independent filmmaker and son-of-an-Italian-Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, sex workers, sex…
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Arabian Nights: Volume 3, The Enchanted One
In which Scheherazade doubts that she will still be able to tell stories to please the King, given that what she has to tell weighs three thousand tonnes. She therefore…
Country: France, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland
Al Berto
Portugal, 1975. A time of rough changes. A young gay artist trapped in a small seaside town ran by communist winds. Al Berto, the writer, embodies an entire moving generation….
Jake and Mati are two outsiders in the northerly Portuguese city of Porto who once experienced a brief connection. A mystery remains about the moments they shared, and in searching…
Country: France, Poland, Portugal, USA
Toby, a cynical advertising director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic…
Country: Belgium, France, Portugal, Spain, UK
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Legend of Hallowaiian
It is Hallowaiian on the Big Island of Hawaii, so excitement and mischief are in the air. Three young friends, Kai, Eddie and Leilani uncover a mysterious idol in a…
The Forest of the Lost Souls
The Forest of the Lost Souls is a dense and remote forest, Portugal’s most popular place for suicide. In a summer morning, two strangers meet within the woods.
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Tag Archives: Catch-22
Hamid Karzai IS crazy. . . maybe
Last Summer, President Hamid Karzai stated, “We are a rich country.”
Perhaps HamKar was thinking of the vast mineral reserves in Afghanistan.
He certainly wasn’t considering the massive costs such as extraction, transportation, corruption, extortion, and instability that cut into the profit motive.
But he is now singing a slightly different tune and even starting to sound much like MG Fuller, fired for stating some similar things (admittedly in a slightly different context). As reported by the USA Today, the President of Afghanistan stated, “Together we have spent blood and treasure in fighting terrorism. Your continued solidarity, your commitment and support will be crucial so that we can consolidate our gains and continue to address the challenges that remain.”
HamKar went on to state, “We will need your steadfast support for at least another decade.” The USA Today reported that “Afghanistan estimates it will need outside contributions of roughly $10 billion in 2015 and onward.”
So he has demonstrated an ability to adapt and belly-up to the gravy train. Perhaps HamKar isn’t crazy after all–but then, who is qualified to judge?
Tagged Afghanistan, Catch-22, Generals, President Obama, President of Afghanistan, Reuters
Firewood grows on trees
From the “American’s provide the best entertainment” stack, comes this latest story from Afghanistan. Inside an email chain researching the Afghan National Army’s supply system:
Here is something interesting. So today I tried to fly two boxes of firewood out to a [location] for an ANA company that is displaced. I was told not to do that because the ANA and AUP have a contract / agreement to obtain firewood on the economy locally. Someone has to answer this riddle. . . we’ll find it.
The author of the email probably didn’t think supplying firewood by helicopter was “interesting.” Admittedly, it is much more difficult to believe that the ANA could provide themselves firewood by any means than to believe that the Americans would more than double the embodied energy in firewood by their choice of delivery method.
This is reminiscent of some other, equally inconceivable, ideas:
But I make a profit of three and a quarter cents an egg by selling them for four and a quarter cents an egg to the people in Malta I buy them from for seven cents an egg. Of course, I don’t make the profit. The syndicate makes the profit. And everybody has a share.
This, of course, is from Joseph Heller’s, “Catch-22.” Milo Minderbinder is starting to look pretty sane and Yossarian is indeed crazy.
The dangerous combination of online research, gratuitous assumption, and military math yields the following:
Helicopters typically fly in pairs. Assuming each carries a cord of firewood with an average of 20,000,000 Btu’s yields a delivery of 40 million Btu’s per trip.
Assuming a round trip is 100 miles and each helicopter burns 1.5 gallons of JP8 fuel per mile, 300 gallons is required per trip.
JP8 delivers 141,500 Btu’s/gallon. At 300 gallons per delivery, 42.5 million Btu’s are consumed.
Result: The U.S. is burns a cord of wood to deliver a cord of wood–that’s why we call helicopters “choppers” (Thank you, EP).
The Hill reported that the U.S. was paying $400 per gallon of fuel in Afghanistan. This makes the delivery fee for the two cords $120,000. That’s how you spend over $5 Billion per month. . . since you had to ‘axe.’
Posted in Humor, News
Tagged Afghanistan, Americans, ANA, Catch-22, IJC, Logistics, Sustainability, The Hill, Waste
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A Great Becoming…
A blog by Tomas Rawlings, Design Director at Auroch Digital. All musings and postings are his view only. "You are privy to a great becoming, but you recognize nothing…"
Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
Filth Fair, Adam and Eve…and Naughty Bits
tags: Apple, game, games, iphone
This is a fun write up of the issues we had passing Filth Fair though the iTunes approval process:
The point of the Wellcome Trust publishing the game is that it’s part of its Dirt Season, which also features a BBC TV series, an exhibition in London, and various other events at ‘dirty locations in the UK’.
But it wasn’t all the talk of poo and other excremental substances that got the game into trouble.
Instead, it appears a couple of bare breasts were the cause of the problem – as you can see in these before and after images, taken from a pre-release version of the game we had access to, and the version now available on the App Store.
Still, the good news is you can now get Filth Fair – which is a free app – for your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, although for some reason it’s age-rated 17 so you’ll get a warning popup to click through when you download it.
You can download the game, free, from the iTunes store…
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Dr. Schuster is originally from Weslaco, Tx but was raised in Starkville, Mississippi. Dr. Schuster has been at A&M-Kingsville since 2008. In addition to her teaching duties, she has a 25 percent appointment with AgriLife Extension. Previously, she worked in the Integrated Pest Management program in the Division of Agriculture at West Texas A&M University, the last three years as director of the program. She also held appointments with Texas Cooperative Extension and Texas A&M University. She was an Extension Integrated Pest Management agent for Castro and Lamb Counties. She earned her bachelor’s degree in animal science and her master’s degree in agronomy from East Texas State University and her doctorate in plant virology and plant pathology from Texas A&M University. Schuster has had numerous published manuscripts and publications and presented at a variety of professional meetings.
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Schuster, G. L., K. E. Moulton, P. R. Broadway, P. Ryan , S. Willard, J. Behrends, and T. B. Schmidt. 2010. Use of a biophotonic E. coli XEN-14 to determine time of contamination in the life cycle of the house fly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae). Animal Science Meetings, Denver, Colorado.
Schuster, G. L., S. J. Loneragan, L. M. Chichester, D. J. Kunze, and G. H. Loneragan. 2006. Flies as potential vectors of resistance determinants in feedlots. International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (ISVEE) Conference, Cairns, Australia, August 6-11, 2006, Pg. 453.
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Sex workers assaulted in the ACT
Written by Natasha Boddy | Canberra Times on 22 September 2016 .
The AIDS Action Council’s Sex Worker Outreach Program (SWOP) has been informed about a group of three males who are assaulting, both sexually and physically, as well as robbing female sex workers in the ACT.
AIDS Action Council Executive Director Philippa Moss said “I want to encourage all sex workers who need information, assistance or support to contact SWOP’s Education Officer Lexxie Jury”.
SWOP is a peer based service supporting sex workers in the ACT. The peer based program is aimed at supporting the rights of sex workers and their communities by focusing promoting sex work as a valid occupation and ending stigma through education, advocacy, and peer support.
Sadly crimes amongst sex workers go under reported because of the stigma and discrimination people feel due to this being engaged in sex work.
In the ACT, sex work is a legal occupation. Sex work covers private (sole operator) work, studios and escort services. All people who work in the sex industry can choose who they accept as clients, as well as the services they wish to provide.
For more information please contact AIDS Action Council Sex Worker Outreach Program on 6257 2855. The SWOP Education Officers are available to provide information, referral, support, advocacy and a range of services to all people engaged in sex work in the ACT.
Executive Director, Philippa Moss, AIDS Action Council of the ACT
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Earthquake Damage Assessment with the Pakistan Space Agency
The 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake struck South Asia on the 26th October with a 7.5 magnitude, 260km North-East of Kabul, Afghanistan. The deadly earthquake caused hundreds of deaths and heavy damage in one of the world’s most impoverished and war-torn regions. The Pakistan National Space Agency (SUPARCO), was requested to provide damage assessment maps of the area to inform emergency decisions and rescue operations. The freshest imagery, delivered in high resolution and in the shortest timeframe was needed to produce the maps.To view map click here
The deadly earthquake caused hundreds of deaths and heavy damage in one of the world’s most impoverished and war-torn regions.
The Pléiades images were delivered just two and a half hours after acquisition, due to a fully automated process.
THE SOLUTION & RESULTS
Shortly after the earthquake, SUPARCO’s team placed 5 One Tasking, OneNow emergency requests through the GeoStore online portal at 8:45pm. The Pléiades images were delivered just two and a half hours after acquisition, due to a fully automated process. The near real-time performance allowed SUPARCO’s teams to immediately start their analysis, before rapidly providing 4 detailed damage assessment maps, based on the 50cm Pléiades product. These value-added maps were distributed to all concerned disaster management agencies, providing operational teams on the ground with the intelligence to effectively manage their relief and rescue activities, and to manage the early recovery phase.
The 24/7 GeoStore web service enabled the immediate request of Pléiades images, and the rapid delivery of damage assessment maps
Providing detailed damage maps, field team ground operations were efficiently managed
Operational effectiveness was achieved due to a collaborative relationship with SUPARCO
SUPARCO teams are very grateful to deal with Airbus Defence and Space not only as a data provider but above all as a dedicated partner. Imran Iqbal, Member (SAR), SUPARCO
Czech Remote Sensing Specialist GISAT Relies on Airbus’ One Tasking
Marie Hakova from GISAT comments on One Tasking
“We’ve been using GeoStore for the past 2 years and the ease of both tasking new imagery and accessing archive satellite data from Airbus Defence and Space, has been highly appreciated by my clients. GeoStore is an easy way to order archived data that can be received within two hours or less – making product delivery quick and efficient. Tasking the satellites has never been easier, and now includes the option of getting feasibility studies within GeoStore and offers more programming services with Pléiades One Tasking – containing four options:
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Computer programmers did an excellent job and impressed potential clients within the defence-intelligence market, in particular. This is due to the extraordinary ability to programme data one day and getting the next available image (depending on cloud cover, of course). Clients receive the data within two hours of their acquisition, thus being able to assess critical security threats immediately.”
I am personally very pleased that such service is now available. Over the years, being able to communicate users’ needs back to satellite data providers (and vice versa) confirms the Airbus Defence and Space GeoStore online database is a really great solution.
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Home Food & Dining T-Zo Vietnamese Restaurant Opens in West End
T-Zo Vietnamese Restaurant Opens in West End
Northern Vietnamese cuisine is highlighted at the new restaurant.
T-Zo, a new Vietnamese restaurant, has opened on Dow Avenue in Alexandria’s West End.
The restaurant is on back side of Modera Tempo residences, next to the former Portner Brewhouse. The space was formerly occupied by Smashburger. Dow Avenue is near the intersection of South Van Dorn and Pickett streets.
The new Vietnamese restaurant describes itself as “your destination for tasty, nutritious, and authentic Northern Vietnamese food. We are here to provide our customers with healthy and affordable meals in a friendly and casual environment.”
The menu includes a variety of rolls, pho and noodle dishes. Hours are Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and weekends 11:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The restaurant delivers with Uber Eats, Doordash, Postmates and Amazon Restaurants.
Learn more at www.tzo-restaurants.com.
Openings West End
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Some Thoughts About Orlando
OneBlood in Orlando, ABC members from Florida to Hawaii and from Texas to Alaska extend condolences to all touched by the horror of the attack at Pulse last Sunday. We owe thanks to the blood donors whose willingness to extend their arms before, during, and after these events saved and will continue to support the lives of the victims. These words are a faint reflection of what is in our hearts, but if the survivors and their families and friends can know that it’s from our hearts that we speak, that will be enough.
There are uniquely difficult circumstances associated with this attack on a gathering place for our LGBT friends. We are hearing expressions of the irony that allows gay men to become the targets of this horror, and then refuses them the solace of the most powerfully symbolic act of kindness available-giving blood. Members of the LGBT community have expressed a longstanding sense of discrimination against gay men with the historic lifetime deferral of men who have sex with men (MSM). We are said to act without medical and scientific justification. This is not hard to understand. However, that sentiment discounts the incredible precautionism and complexity that characterizes policies around transfusion safety that the American public demands and the Food and Drug Administration requires. Nothing we do can be seen as decreasing transfusion safety. First steps, the permanent deferral is being replaced with a one-year deferral following almost 15 years of our advocacy for change and based on data collected by the blood community. Data from ongoing blood community research initiatives will inform future revisions.
An alternative to deferral based on sexual identity-sensitive tests backed by explicit sexual behavioral screening and shorter deferral times-is proposed in the absence of an experience adequate to assure the FDA the result will be stable or improved transfusion safety. The emerging experience with behavioral screening, as opposed to sexual orientation, comes from environments far different from U.S. donor rooms and may not be generalizable. Short deferrals moving closer to the window periods seen with contemporary tests need validation from the study of large numbers of donors (millions) and are difficult to do. We are responding with limited resources to many issues of donor and recipient safety-donor reactions, donor iron depletion, and mitigating risk from non-infectious transfusion complications that are orders of magnitude more frequent than the current risk from HIV-we need to engage our stakeholders in evaluating novel approaches and to arrive at the most effective ways to select safe donors.
These are difficult issues, and no single answer satisfies us all. At the end of the day, the blood community can only ask for understanding and engagement. Those of you who cannot donate under current regulations will recognize that every qualified donor you find and send to your local blood center provides the same gift of life that saved lives on June 12, 2016.
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APM to deliver Local Area Coordination in Maryborough
APM is pleased to announce it has been selected to deliver Local Area Coordination (LAC) services in Maryborough, Queensland as part of the NDIS Partners in the Community initiative.
This further extends APM’s LAC delivery after the Company announced earlier this month it will provide the service in Darwin.
LAC is an important cornerstone of the NDIS and is delivered by Partners in the Community (PITC) who work closely with the NDIA to build and improve the way the Scheme is delivered so it works for people with disability.
Want to join our LAC team and help make a difference? Check our latest vacancies
Group CEO Michael Anghie said APM commenced operations in Queensland in 2002 and has assisted more than 13,000 people with injury, illness and disability in Maryborough over the past 16 years.
Mr Anghie said APM was looking forward to using its strong local knowledge and insight into the needs of people with disability in Maryborough to deliver LAC services and help them identify and connect into mainstream, community and NDIS funded services appropriate to their needs.
“APM has been a long history of working with people with disability to find them meaningful jobs as well as experience delivering a range of services in insurance schemes,” he said.
“We are very excited to extend our offering in Maryborough and will work closely with the NDIA as part of the Partners in the Community scheme. We look forward to building on our existing community relationships to help people with disability improve their independence and participation in everyday activities and community life.
“Assisting people achieve their goals is something APM does every day and we are very proud to be part of the LAC initiative.”
Local Area Coordinators have three key roles; they help link people to the NDIS; they link them to information and support in the community, and they work with local communities to make sure it is more welcoming and inclusive for people with disability.
APM delivers these services from more than 400 locations nationally across Australia, and in New Zealand and the United Kingdom. To date, APM has helped more than a million people.
For more information, visit our LAC services page.
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New Earth 3D Control Matrix
LISA RENEE (Shifting Timelines): “Changing Architecture”
“In the previous cycle, humanity has been enduring a Dark Aeon and has been subjected to covert artificial machinery and mind control imposed by the Controllers, which is now in transition and coming to an end. Individuals are subjected to the Architecture that the larger system of energy has generated from the majority of collective consciousness thoughtforms, along with their soul group and the superimposed mind control from the NAA, until they awaken and seek inner truth within their own thoughtforms and beliefs. When we seek spiritual truth from within ourselves, we begin to pull away from the unconsciousness streams of the larger systems of energy and start to direct our consciousness towards building an Architecture for higher spiritual expression and personal autonomy. Thoughts become substances that crystalize manifestations, and the crystalline substance is composed of patterns of frequency that project the hologram of one’s experience from within a creation point. To change our consciousness experience within the creation point and live in the joy of higher expression, we must change our inner Architecture to become a spiritually healthy dwelling that honors and houses our inner spirit.”
Dear Ascending Family,
The transition from the Dark Aeon to the New Aeon has begun. The planet is enduring a deeply significant milestone within the bifurcation of time that will greatly impact humanity. This is a macrocosmic planetary event that is Changing Architecture at a fundamental level. The result is mass consciousness morphogenesis, the permanent change in the instruction set of the planetary grid network that alters how consciousness-energy becomes matter on this plane. These changes in planetary architecture accelerate humanity into an intensified phase of great transition, transformation and transfiguration of personal consciousness.
The planetary architecture of the Cosmic Clock is now secured by the Paliadorian and Krystal Star Guardian Host who are restoring the Natural Laws via the Krist-Krystallah coding in the God Worlds. This Diamond Sun alignment transmits to those on the Christos Mission and is gradually dissolving and imploding the artificial intelligence technology that was originally used to invade the planetary Stargate system by the NAA.
Those choosing negative polarity and spiritually abusive behaviors while on the earth will continue on the descending spiral to experience those phantom co-creations, while those choosing positive polarity and spiritually healthy behaviors will continue to elevate in the natural energy physics that exists within the ascending spiral. In between the ranges of negative and positive polarity within these reality bubbles, the Changing Architecture is widening points of divergence between the groups of people that co-exist in a similar fundamental vibration within the assortment of timelines. When the energetic chasm gets too wide between the interactions of people in any kind of group or relationship, a threshold is reached which can abruptly collapse and redirect timelines into a void space. Thus, some people may awaken to feel that suddenly they are estranged from another. Someone or something they were close to may start to feel increasingly distant, as if they are not speaking the same language anymore. This sensation is like suspended animation, when we feel that we are waiting for some information or movement forward into another location, in order to act upon current life choices.
What we perceive as individuals is determined by our station of identity, or the position in time that we exist in the dimensional field. The level of DNA activation that we have embodied is what allows us to perceive dimensionalized energy as solidified into matter. Individuals perceive solid matter and things from the energy substance that is within the dimension beneath their current station of identity. To perceive matter and things from within 3.5 dimensions, most people are looking at the combined energetic contents that exist underneath in the 2.5 dimensions. Those perceiving things in the astral plane of the 4th dimension, are stationed in the lightbody architecture of the 5th dimension, and so forth in the gradual stair step of creation. Every individual lightbody station shifts in the Changing Architecture to another level of the stair step of creation, and as a result their consciousness perception changes. Once we are made aware of how perception of matter can be controlled in this way by those existing on a higher stair step in the unified field, then it is made obvious that those controlling access into the higher dimensions manipulate human DNA in order to limit consciousness perception of those they have control over.
Thus, those on the ascending spiral moving into the next harmonic universe will see and perceive more objects in a much larger field of dimensionalized perception, than those on the descending timeline who will be unable to sense that same field of perception. Awakening humans that are gaining their consciousness freedom are harder to control through alien mind control, because they can perceive more than those remaining asleep to the current events of spiritual ascension and consciousness warfare. The free will choice in determining the future direction of dimensionalization in the Changing Architecture, is made from the consequences of personal actions that are the result of the perception, motivation and interpretation of one’s reality. During the physical passage from the 3D body, the soul in negative polarity residing within a “Fallen Tree” template will be educated further on the choices available for spiritual regeneration and offered compassionate re-education about the nature of consciousness reality through life review.
Leveling the Playing Field
The collective consciousness energy fields are transitioning into another instruction set, Changing Architecture, which further changes how each individual manifests their personal reality. The core template of the instruction set in the planetary brain has resumed into tri-wave formats, which allow the planetary brain to actually run zero-point energy into the ascending areas of the network, such as Mother Arc Hub gates. People that attune to heart-based intelligence and align to the Natural Laws, will have more open access to zero-point energy to build out their manifestations in ways that the energy parasitism of the negative ego cannot. What used to gain results in matter during the previous cycle, will cease to work in the same ways, causing confusion and frustration for those who do not realize the game board has shifted into a more level playing field. Manifestation is the result of personal belief systems and how the accumulation of those beliefs over time will make up the experience of a station of identity, while in a consciousness hologram or reality bubble. It is important to understand that in our world and in all creation, that all systems of energy are connected to larger systems of energy, that help to organize and define what that consciousness energy will actually become. We can direct negative polarity, positive polarity and neutral point as positions for energy to manifest, and the quality of the manifested thing will reflect that same vibration within the creation point of its structure.
Systems of consciousness energy are directed through Architecture that has been designed and built upon the concepts, ideas and thoughtforms which are ultimately based upon the first consciousness laws set forth by the Astrological Precession or Aeon. In the previous cycle, humanity has been enduring a Dark Aeon and has been subjected to covert artificial machinery and mind control imposed by the Controllers, which is now in transition and coming to an end. Individuals are subjected to the Architecture that the larger system of energy has generated from the majority of collective consciousness thoughtforms, along with their soul group and the superimposed mind control from the NAA, until they awaken and seek inner truth within their own thoughtforms and beliefs. When we seek spiritual truth from within ourselves, we begin to pull away from the unconsciousness streams of the larger systems of energy and start to direct our consciousness towards building an Architecture for higher spiritual expression and personal autonomy. Thoughts become substances that crystalize manifestations, and the crystalline substance is composed of patterns of frequency that project the hologram of one’s experience from within a creation point. To change our consciousness experience within the creation point and live in the joy of higher expression, we must change our inner Architecture to become a spiritually healthy dwelling that honors and houses our inner spirit.
Gender Unification Creates Zero Point Energy
The macrocosm Architecture in the planet, galactic and Universal levels are undergoing a radical shift to prepare for the New Aeon, the next Astrological precession which is highlighting corrections made from the restoration of the Law of Gender that is transmitting from within the Solar Logos body. The rehabilitation of the Solar Logos body, 10D-11D-12D in our Universal system is also the recovery of a Natural Law, that is transmitting the Krist Code into all things from the unmanifest made to manifest, the process in which energy becomes matter. This New Aeon will make evident over time, the inherent spiritual creative power and consciousness freedom that is generated from the unification of the inner and outer gender principle into Oneness, which generates the feedback loop of an unlimited supply of zero-point energy. The God Creator circulates eternal love flows into the world through the act of sacred marriage that occurs between the masculine and feminine principle, from the quantum levels and into human beings, extending into and from planetary, stellar and cosmic bodies. This in turn manifests a chain reaction that profoundly alters the configuration of the human energy field and lightbody. We are talking about alterations at the blueprint level, that store information for how all spectrums of consciousness manifest within the newly corrected architectural patterns of gender principle that activate zero-point energy potentials.
As a result, this Changing Architecture trickles down into the collective consciousness of the human race, opening the zero-point feedback loop which directly impacts the consciousness functions of the human Lightbody, stations of identity and all past, present and future timelines. These events profoundly alter our energy field and now self, and produce subtle to radical changes in our life style and relationships that force transformation, so that we learn to do things much differently. The methods of negative polarity, parasitism and entropy used to manifest in the 3D paradigm of the negative ego in the last dark aeon, will cease to work as effectively, and the consequences of those actions will be much more immediate.
The deep reconfiguration that is transpiring within the planet’s holographic architecture is impacting the operation of massive structures that govern vast systems of energetic current that are running tri-wave formats through Stargates, Power Vortices, Ley Lines, as well as other assortments of intergalactic rainbow plasma ray transmissions. In the current terrain of accelerated changes happening in the magnetic field patterns, the vibrational schisms can quickly generate points of divergence occurring in the collective field, which can have a destabilizing effect in many areas of the grid network. Some days we can feel deeply connected and centered, and other days we may feel disoriented and disconnected sensing the void in space. The reversal bi-wave energy architecture used to project out artificial holographic matrices and frequency fences in a closed system of entropy, are consistently dissolving and imploding within their weakening structures. This is more apparent in certain regions of the planetary grid that were in our hidden historical timeline holding Golden City architecture, as well as areas that are directly impacted by the rainbow plasmas, such as the travel route of the supersonic plasma jet birkeland currents. The supersonic plasmas and Auroras weaken artificial technology used as holographic inserts that alter the perception of the upper atmosphere from the lower atmosphere from a position on the ground. The Controllers are desperate to maintain their control over mass perception, by aggressively pushing out an assortment of technological or bio-chemical weapons in order to get humanity to repeat the same 3D timelines. The Archontic Deception Strategy is to regurgitate the same programing that they’ve used successfully to control the global population since World War II.
What is Architecture?
The concept of Architecture is defined in very limited and conflicting ways in the 3D world, which makes it difficult to describe the vast scope of its deeper meaning in impacting consciousness, and how it greatly influences the mental framework of beliefs that we have come to think of as the nature of reality. Anything that has manifested into a physical form also has an instruction set in the unmanifested layers, this is a form holding blueprint that stores information for how that consciousness energy will manifest. This is the definition of an energy architecture that is comprised of templates of conscious light and sound which serve as the blueprint of design for an intention, a concept or living thought crystal. Living thought crystals are complex creation intentions that hold multiple layers of architectural design that project holograms for the individuation of attention, for the purpose of consciousness experiences within a creation point. Our accumulated personal thoughts are recorded and inform the thought crystal in the projection of our personal hologram, which informs our experience in matter. Also, there are Universal Laws governing the living thought crystals that hold the architectural design in all structures and forms, which exist at both energetic levels as pre-matter forms and at the physical levels in the matter realm. The Law of Structure informs the way systems of energy are governed to operate within a dimensional level. Dimensions are full frequency bands of flashing energy waves built in layers of manifestation templates, reflecting an energy architecture design. When we better understand the Law of Structure, we can cooperate with these laws which helps us to avoid excessive dark interference in our manifestations, and to co-create a more aligned and positive outcome for ourselves.
Architecture exists in the manifest and unmanifest realms for every single physical thing in the material realm, which has been designed by an architect, the creator of the design. This instruction set extends throughout creation points into all domains of life in the natural earth kingdoms, spanning all dimensions and species, such as informing the consciousness of minerals, plants, animals and humanity.
As has been discussed, the NAA attempted to hijack the planetary instruction set for their explicit use, in order to become the superimposed creator of design via anti-Christ agendas such as alien hybridization and experiments with genetic engineering. They decided to gain control by superimposing themselves as the architects of earth by designing a genetically modified humanity. Essentially taking the power of self-determination and conscious co-creation away from humanity by controlling their minds and implanting thoughts. Their contempt for the Krist code extends to a level of hatred and enemy patterning, intending to impose agony on any human being that would represent the Christos-Sophia. One of their main methods can be described as exposing the earth to mass levels of Satanic Ritual Abuse practices. It is important to realize that there is an architecture for anti-Christ entities to perpetuate and spread the death culture of Satanism, and there is an architecture for Krist-Krystallah, which perpetuates consciousness freedom and opens the direct spiritual connection with all of life and the eternal God Source.
In the 3D material world, architecture is a general term used to describe the model of design contained in a blueprint that is built layer by layer into the physical structures, like buildings and infrastructure that we can see around us. The visible product of architecture in the material realm extends into the knowledge of designing and the process of constructing buildings and similar structures that become the cultural symbols for perpetuating a value system and way of life.
It is the end product of architectural design that has formed the physical structures, the housing and modern art that inform our cultural society, our communities, cities and our way of life interacting with each other and the earth. Buildings and edifices are structures with a foundation, walls and roof, which come in many shapes, sizes and functions. They have been adapted to serve the current accepted societal needs, are designed as a shelter and human habitat based on the current cultural values. Human culture or the values we have been shaped to accept as a society are reflected in the architectural design and physical structures that we are surrounded by, which further shape our mentality and attitudes in what co-creates the nature of reality we experience. Architecture is both a science and an artform, it is the expression of consciousness within a concept, intent and thoughtform that is built within a structure. It is the expression of thought contained in a building or in any physical thing. When we look at any structure, we should also look to sense the energetic architecture that exists behind the structure, to discern the motivations and consciousness of the architect or designer. By reverse engineering all structures, by thinking of them as first being an energetic architecture, we are able to sense many feelings and impressions that inform us of the deeper motivations and the actual purpose behind that physical structure.
For a moment, think about the day to day environment you live in and the architectural design of the city planning, such as the buildings, residences and structures, the way of life organized around you. What kind of feelings do you have when you look at a certain building, residence, infrastructure or even public art installation? How do you feel when you are in the building or area that you work in every day? How can it be that we have created a society of suffering filled with thousands of homeless people, hungry and unloved children? How does it feel to know that this suffering is by intentional design of anti-Christ architecture used to create slavery and spread satanism on the earth, and that consciousness is being intentionally perpetuated by the Controllers? Then imagine what it would look and feel like to live in the day to day environment of a humanitarian based Krystic architecture and Golden City. An environment that honored each person’s inner spirit and supported consciousness growth, creativity, the gaining of knowledge and personal development, allowing people to express their true selves. Holding each person as an important, unique and valued individual in the whole of the community, with a sense of belonging and meaningful connection. What would that architecture look and feel like, who would we need to evolve into and become, in order to co-create this new world?
Computing Architecture in a Holographic Reality
To better understand the nature of the holographic reality, it can be helpful to know some basic concepts involving computer architecture like hardware, firmware and software. Computer architecture has a set of rules and methods that describe the functionality, organization and implementation of the computer systems, it also defines the capabilities for programming and the design options that are available to the user. A computer system is composed of many parts including the physical hardware, operating system and software applications. The hardware refers to the tangible material components of the computer system, which executes the computer programs that have been installed as software programs, such as a video game interface. The planetary architecture also has a tangible hardware design, with an instruction set that processes all of the data happening within it, and stores all of this accumulated species information into cellular memory that forms into timelines.
If we apply this model to the global brain of earth, as similar to the functions of computer architecture, we could say that the main chip processor that turns on the holographic computer to project the earth’s 3D reality into timelines, is actually the combined quantum energy of our collective soul consciousness. All of us on the earth make up the entirety of the energy processor and the data storage chips of collective consciousness memory that is recorded in the planetary brain. If a human being goes to look at the organic hardware architecture in the planetary brain, they will see angelic human 12 Strand DNA records as the original species blueprint from the planet Tara, not the dinosaurs. Not Annunaki, not Draconian, not any other of the invasive 22 non-terrestrial species or hybrids, but only the original human species DNA, which is sourced from the Diamond Sun DNA code of the Cosmic Christos. This informs us of where we have originally come from.
The next layer above the hard drive and processor is the firmware, which is permanently stored in the computer’s memory and acts as the intermediary between the physical hardware and software programs. The firmware allows control over the standardized operating environment such as the processor instructions and hard drive functions. Our collective consciousness acts as the energy processor which turns on the earth DNA species holographic template, and our body is the firmware to control the holographic computer, for defining that template and how it will manifest. The firmware is deeply enmeshed with the physical hardware, and interconnected with all of the earth elements, so it is more difficult to change or modify that structure.
Above the firmware is the operating system which acts as the intermediary for controlling the operation of the hardware and running all of the computer programs for the entire holographic computer architecture. The NAA have installed an operating system of alien machinery, which they have used to gain access to intermediate and control the holographic reality by installing a bunch of non-human programming. They installed programs into the planetary brain that serve their larger agenda, such as genetic engineering hybrids, where they run these distorted applications as the system’s main software to override the original programs. This is the main problem we have had on the earth. By overriding the original human programming, they erased our true history, modified our DNA, mind-wiped earthlings and then replaced it with a false narrative, which is actually a series of programs. This system software is artificial intelligence, and the programming is designed for social engineering and mind control purposes to enslave a planet, like Victim-Victimizer, Sexual Misery, Gender Reversal and Armageddon Software virtual realities. These are quantum computing devices with software applications that run artificial intelligence to mind control earth humans, to implant these thoughtforms and belief systems into the mass consciousness, and to suppress the range of thoughts that the population can have so they will not evolve or ascend.
The operating system applies to the management of the holographic templates that are formed by vast quantities of instruction sets, in nested and layered matrices that are called morphogenetic fields. These instruction matrices hold massive amounts of stored data from the cellular memory in collective consciousness fields, and all that data that is stored in sets of numbers and codes that project out holographic images, wave spectrums, geomantic figures and matrices. Essentially there are complex mathematical programs that appear as massive mandalas of consciousness code that are encoded into the grids of the matrix that instruct the holographic reality. The holographic computer manipulates all of these vast volumes of data and code, such as the accumulated data recorded in human consciousness energy that is contained throughout the many timelines. By gaining control over the operating system, the NAA Controllers have performed operations and functions within the data set of these number sequences and mathematical programs in order to control perception, shift timelines, and attempt to steer collective consciousness in the direction they want. Currently, they are attempting to push us back into the AI time loop that occurred during World War II, because they want us to repeat that timeline. This targeted overlay happens unconsciously until the individual wakes up one day and decides that they are not going to align with the pre-meditated mind control programming and rampant slavery thoughtforms. We begin to inquire on our beliefs and seek the nature of truth in this reality, coming to the point of the dark night of the soul when we are finally ready to honestly look deeper for the answers that reside inside ourselves.
A brief model to support the comparison of the planetary architecture to every day computing architecture:
Hardware – 1D atomic and subatomic layers of the earth body, raw materials, minerals and crystalline structure of the living earth.
Processor – 2D collective soul consciousness, and the embedded memory chips of the entire human race DNA.
Firmware– 3D physical body and living things that conduit and run the processor functions and direct the energy programs into the overall consciousness network in orchestration with the living earth itself.
Operating System – multidimensional human lightbody, along with the planetary interface of instruction sets in the morphogenetic fields, both organic and artificial, depending on the state of consciousness.
Software Programs – used for multidimensional mind control systems, directing and implanting thoughts and shaping cultural values that accumulate into dimensions of space and time that project into timelines that are being controlled.
Certain administrative access to program the software applications, such as access to the data and memory in a timeline, as well as to change its performance can actually be done by the user that has the right knowledge and password (Original Human 12 Strand DNA, Christos Consciousness). However, in order to program and to use the computer system effectively, one has to know how it works and that the system’s architecture interfaces directly with every individual that is incarnated on the earth with original human DNA. These concepts apply to our reality, as it is a complex holographic computing system that we can learn to use and communicate with as natural function of our human DNA, if we awaken to remember everything around us is alive, conscious and intelligent. This can help us to maximize and support our higher expression by consciously choosing to participate with the hologram’s hidden aspect of living conscious intelligence, the world soul, and the eternal light of God Source that exists within it.
Holographic Template and Inner Christos
The structure of our world, the architecture of creation is in the pattern of our consciousness that is an energy waveform that is having this experience in matter. This happens via a hidden blueprint that is not visibly seen, yet is being expressed through a holographic template. There are Natural laws governing the substance of all consciousness structures, and there is intelligent energy, order and organization in the way that the Universe is built as a time matrix for consciousness evolution, as well as a spiritual blueprint for instructing human body’s and all living things. The holographic template in which matter comes into manifestation is in standing waves, which hold a fixed point in a grid with specific mathematical and geometric relationships that act as the instruction set for energy waveforms to flash on and off in frequency patterns.
The energy waveforms that make up the holographic template upon which matter manifests is intelligent and conscious, this means there are sentient beings existing as the structural blueprint in the hologram, these are not just inanimate things. All exists as a living conscious sentient being that we can communicate with at some level. Our lightbody, spiritual blueprint and holographic template have a life of their own and seek to evolve, as it is all connected to the consciousness units of God. The sentience in our cells exists within a smaller system of energy, and the intelligence that exists in our holographic template actually waits for us to awaken and communicate, in order to guide them into a larger system of energy. Even our cells are an intelligent energy that want to continue to evolve, progress and grow in consciousness. There is a spiritual responsibility in knowing that consciousness is everywhere, as that implies that everything is a conscious being that can communicate with you, and all conscious beings can be asked what their preferences are in that moment of interaction that best serves the mutual relationship.
The framework of manifested creation in our Universe starts from within the eternal God Source or the center point of all union, by vibrationally down stepping through itself, contracting the consciousness into a singular point of focus which forms a creational intention. All of creation, from the unmanifest to manifest forms emerge from the consciousness energy of the eternal God Source, and ultimately all of these consciousness forms will return back into the center point of all union, reuniting with the All-One. Thus, the eternal consciousness of the God Source resides within and around all of us, each living being is the original manifestation of the intelligent consciousness units that exist in the entire body of the God Source or All-One. The intelligent consciousness units or the Living God Spirit that is alive in all things is called the Inner Christos, which is built upon the Universal Natural Laws. We can come to understand this through the reverence for all of life, and through philosophies that are described in the Law of One.
The Inner Christos is the personal divine blueprint of the eternal God Source consciousness energy from which all things are manifest and made into being. The Law of One is the law governing the eternal divine blueprint and consciousness energy of the Inner Christos, thus they are interchangeable. To develop the Inner Christos eternal blueprint, we must align and follow the principles of the Natural Laws, the Law of One. The Law of One is based in the true knowing of our highest expression, that our direct relationship with God Source is Love and this pure consciousness is expressed through our Inner Christos or Living God Spirit. The ancient knowledge of the Inner Christos that resides within our original divine blueprint belongs to all people, regardless of their religious affiliation or belief system. This ancient spiritual wisdom of the philosophies of the Law of One was common knowledge to all of humanity until the Luciferian Rebellion. This is when the planet was returned back to the dark ages at the end of the Atlantian Cataclysm, when all of the original spiritual teachings of the Inner Christos were eliminated and falsified.
Cosmic Christos, Krist-Krystallah Coding
The 12 Tree Grid is the first level of structural organization in the unmanifest layers that functions as the architecture that sets consciousness energy into dimensionalization, it is the core holographic template in which morphogenetic fields are structured. The 12 Tree Grid is the blueprint that sets the ratios of energetic balance within the core manifestation body, and that is set by the intelligent spirit of the Inner Christos, in what is referred to as Krist code. The Universal 12 Tree Grid is made in the gender principle of outer male Krist coding and inner female Krystallah coding that merge together to form interwoven nested patterns. These patterns create dimensionalization through which consciousness can come into manifestation as an individuated form. The Krist-Krystallah holographic templates are what began the first cause of light-sound that cycled the consciousness into manifestation throughout the Universal dimensions of time. It holds the perfect balance of inner to outer gender principle, which allows all in creation to have beginnings and endings within the many evolution cycles.
As a result of Paliadorian activation, the inner female Krystallah holographic template coding has been restored in the human 12 Tree Grid template, making the complete embodiment of Krist-Krystallah inner to outer, male and female krystar plasma coding possible for embodiment. This aligns directly with the Solar Logos Body of Avatar Christos and transmits the corrected intelligence patterns of the Law of Gender into the planetary grid network. In the Dark Aeon, the 12 Tree Grid core manifestation template was distorted from planetary grid damage and alien invasion, which had reversed the gender principle within the collective human race template. Gender reversal is an alien generated distortion in the planetary template that has contributed to many consciousness issues and spiritual conflicts in regard to gender confusion and gender dysphoria.
The first waves to be embodied in correct gender patterns of Krist-Krystallah coding in this ascension timeline are made by ascension prototypers that are serving the reclamation of Christos Mission, as a result of the stages of the Paliadorian Activation.
The Krist Code governs the spectrum of frequency and dimensional waves that are transmitted from each of the dimensional spheres, or signets in the Universal Grid, each representing a dimension of time and the mental matrices that are arranged as an intent-thoughtform crystal. These thought intent crystallizations are the sources of step-down energetic currents that flow through and interface between multiple dimensional levels that access different time, space and dimensions, therefore holding an array of consciousness experiences.
The Krist code is what resets the core lightbody architecture into the correct mathematical ratios and structural lines of energetic balance, and these precise angles control the spin direction and align the entire consciousness body into setting a neutral still point in the core manifestation body. The neutral still point is a creation point in which the God source generates a feedback loop with the individuated spark of light, and this enables a zero-point return back into all of the individual’s consciousness layers, and this naturally builds the lightbody to house the Inner Christos. The Krist Code arranges correct mathematical proportions in the 12 Tree Grid, the natural function of which is to generate the light-sound spark of Inner Christos, which generates a perpetual energy supply and eternal life expression. This makes it possible for the eternal source supply held within the body of the carrier of living consciousness to be continually maintained with the God Source, exchanged within the center point, throughout all stations of identity travelling through multiple dimensions simultaneously.
As conscious and awake people on the ascension path, it is our responsibility to know that each of us are a part of the extended body of God, recognizing all things will return back to God, whether retaining knowledge of our cellular memories as an identity in time, as a Cosmic Citizen or as smaller consciousness units of space dust.
Caduceus Network and False Kundalini Snake
Since the Solar Logos architecture has been re-instituted throughout the timelines in the Universal Time Matrix, those of us on the Christos mission, or on the ascension path working in the monadic layers and beyond to reclaim and embody the Solar aspects of the Avatar Christos, have been enduring deep changes to the nadial structure in the lightbody. These changes to the nadial webbing are challenging to describe, but if we look to the traditional Asian kundalini yogic teachings of the three main breath channels, they include the false kundalini snake apparatus in the primary seven chakra energy wheels. We can think of these configurations as running many layers of dimensional energies and prana, vital essences and subtle energies throughout our inner channels and energetic circuitry. These energy channels feed and interconnect with all of the internal systems, organs, and glands, where every functioning body part relies on the messaging that it receives from our nervous system and brain, which communicates with our spiritual body from within the nadial structure. Since the installation of the Caduceus Network, these channels have been running artificial timeline energies created from repeated AI time loops, lunar and magnetic forces, reversal gender patterns, and as a result they must be gradually dismantled, dissolved and then reconfigured to be re-routed into a solar pathway designed by the Diamond Sun Krystic architecture at this time.
During January’s transmissions with the Capricornus Law of Cycles, we became aware of the next stage of Paliadorian Activations in which the planetary body is undergoing a systematic dismantling of the Caduceus Network. This NAA network has been enforcing these false light and lunar pathways in the planet, and therefore within our own bodies through the interface our lightbody has with the planetary architecture. Although some of us have dismantled the Caduceus from running its false kundalini snake pattern, this has now evolved into the macrocosm as a Krystal Star Guardian Host planetary grid project. The systematic dismantling of these networks scattered across the globe has a macro to micro effect, where it is impacting the functioning of the bio-neurology, as the nadial structure is also undergoing a series of changes and reconfiguration. Many of these clearings and shifts are related to the personal history an individual may have with the western medical system, whereby the caduceus network is reinforced through standard interaction and procedures with the medical system, such as disease implants during hospitalization.
To start connecting the dots, let us bring to mind the Caduceus staff that is used to symbolically represent the Controller Pillar of the medical and pharmaceutical corporations, as well as what is promoted as the health care systems. The Caduceus is the traditional symbol of Hermes and features two snakes winding around a winged staff. It is often mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine instead of the Rod of Asclepius, a serpent-entwined rod wielded by the Greek god Asclepius, a deity associated with healing and medicine. Both of these serpent symbols have continued to be used in modern times, where it is associated with medicine and health care.
The Caduceus network runs on reversal 7D Violet Ray current and has been intermixed with the snake symbolism that is commonly used to describe the human energy field via the chakra system. The reversal plasma generated by this alien machinery is designed to feed these flows into sprouting the Demon Seed in the shadow body of humanity. The Caduceus geometry was an extension used to anchor the human Lightbody to align with the reversal systems connecting back into the black star Abaddon, and to connect through the 7D Crucifixion Implants and the related NAA networks. Thus, it was also used to bring the Qlippoth currents from the Black Tree of Life architecture to systematically override the organic architecture of the 12 Tree Grid and install artificial machinery and false memories into the earth timelines. During the Egyptian timelines the blue staff of Tara was utilized to de-materialize a section of the 2D fields causing an underworld rift, or rip in time. The Caduceus geometry was a false light insert that was installed to take advantage of the underworld rift in the 2D fields, and to control the black force current for generating creations in the Dark Mother reversal architecture, in what is referred to as the Womb Worlds.
The Caduceus network was an installation that occurred as a result of the damage that was incurred during the Orion Wars for access into and control over the 8th Dimensional Stargate, and the subsequent damage this generated to the collective 8D Monadic mind in the Universal Time Matrix. This event generated a disconnection between the higher dimensional aspects of self that exist in the pre-matter dimensions above 8D and the identities in the timelines that existed beneath it. With the rebuilding of the 8D Monadic Mind Galactic Consciousness and the ongoing clearing of the Metatronic Reversals and related architecture that is impacting it, there are ongoing Guardian Host projects to reclaim and reassemble the essences of the Monadic spiritual bodies, to align and reposition correctly within the human Lightbody.
One of the symbols used in the everyday world to represent and enforce the Beast Machine technology and the frequency fence NETs is the Caduceus. The Caduceus is designed to split the gender fields and reverse them, as it projects reversal sequences into the earth to effectively scramble the original design of human DNA and the fire letters. These reversal patterns help to hold in place the Phantom Matrix areas of hibernation zones that the NAA use to remain undetected or invisible to those on the earth surface. The Caduceus network is designed to damage and shut down the horizontal Rod functioning in the earth. The larger Caduceus networks can be found in certain major cities where Gridworkers may sense large number of serpents or snakes crawling on the ley lines or power vortices, many times near major medical institutions that include bio-tech and pharmaceutical corporations. These are used to siphon the local energies of the earth grid and feed them back through the Caduceus network that in turn feeds the phantom areas or hibernation zones. Any medical, hospital or drug related company that shows the Caduceus symbol is referring to the intended destruction of the glandular system and to the damaging of human DNA that ultimately harvest energies that are designed to feed the Beast Machine. This is why hospital drugs and pharmaceutical usage tend to manifest snake looking parasites that attach in the energetic aura of the human who takes a lot of prescription pharmaceuticals or drugs. These can be cleared when made aware of them, and if it’s absolutely necessary to take pharmaceutical prescriptions, to bless and clear them to work in harmony with your higher consciousness.
Currently, we are aware that the Caduceus network runs a spectrum of frequencies, but relies primarily on reversal 7D Violet Ray current. Much of this energy mass is run in circuity that connects into the Galactic Gates of Saturn as the 7D transmitter, and has interfaces in the 1D atomic layers. This has been an area that the NAA have had a major level of control, when it comes to the 1D red wave transmissions of Victim-Victimizer and survival-fear programing throughout the planetary grid. We also know the reversal plasmas generated in these networks contribute to growing all kinds of reversal black plasmas for the Fatale Demon groups, and it has its links in igniting Demon Seeds into black flowering. Black Flowering are metatronic reversal energies that collapse the inner vertical channel, and take over the central column of an infected, unaware or possessed person, and places a Black Sun in the heart complex, where their crystal heart template should reside. Obviously, this is a goal of the Black Suns, to genetically mutate Human DNA so that the physical bodies can be used as hosts to house their black plasma consciousness.
Changing Architecture in Nadial Structure
In regards to the nadial structure, the Caduceus has its own overlay of nadial systems enmeshed in the several layers of the human lightbody, including the etheric layers and soul matrix layers, as well as a top layer over axial tonal lines, to interfere with correct alignment of the inner vertical channels. In some ways it appears that the Caduceus “nadis network” was piggybacking on the core soul nadial layers in the human lightbody. This false overlay was redirecting the energy channels into running reversal current, or lunar forces, used to hijack soul energy. Essentially, the Caduceus nadial network imposed upon the human body is to create an ascending path for lunar forms, or support to feed soul energy into lunar consciousness and related moon chain forms.
Regardless, the Caduceus configuration overlay on the Ida-Pingala breath current is referenced as running false light and lunar light through its nadis overlay. It’s time to evolve beyond this lunar structure and move into the Solar Logos nadial transmissions, which are coming from rainbow plasma filaments connecting to a vast network of Sun Stars, that can also be referred to as the Galactic or Cosmic Suns, and these are Paliadorians from the God Worlds. This is a long-term evolution project as one can imagine, reconfiguring and upgrading the human lightbody nadial structure and central nervous system is not generally something that can happen extremely quickly, unless there is a pre-birth agreement. As humans in the material world, we need to function in the environment that we are exposed to and have inherited as a result of incarnating on planet earth. However, this phase seems to be a big milestone in the upgrades to the nadial structure and CNS reconfiguration, in which we may experience completely different and unusual symptoms, like metabolic changes and body parts going offline temporarily.
As the human nadial structure sheds the lunar channels, it ripples effects in the messaging of our physical central nervous system. This effects more specifically those nadis that run from the center column in the chakra cone and down into each of extremities, into our hands, fingers and feet and toes. Most tingling sensation starts at the joint, like the knee down through the shin, and the elbow joint down to the forearm leading into the hand and fingers. Tingling, heat, palpitations and temporary numbness in body parts are common as new nadis neurology comes online and is being calibrated to the Krystal body. The heart complex nadis sends current directly from up to shoulders and runs down to each center palm and spreads into the fingers and tips. The primary nadis responsible for moving upwards inner spiritual forces throughout the body for higher frequency activation is located in the throat center area, as well there are many nadis links from mouth to rectum, and into the throat which connects into all facial orifices. The 5D throat center is the primary center that runs, pushes and moves the kundalini activation to circulate into and around the body parts.
Starseeds hold certain frequencies, holographic architecture or specified blueprints to be activated in the earth grid, and thus when major events like the Caduceus network dismantling occurs, some of us may experience more direct and acute symptoms as a result of being a gridworker. The current theme has been accelerating so we want to pay more attention and participate as consciously as possible, to support changes occurring in our nadial structure and central nervous system. It helps to reduce stress and take special care of our body as we may experience sudden, strange and unusual neurological related symptoms in the process of bio-neurological calibration to a Krystal body template. This usually means more rest and not pushing yourself too hard to get things done, we have to pace ourselves and assess our available energy, being careful about too much exertion. Yet, during intense kundalini phases we may need to stretch and move our body in order to increase circulation and energy movement with some low impact exercise.
Misperception of the Deconstruction
Most of us completely misunderstand what we see or interpret as the nature of reality. The changing architecture and plasma frequency activations increase the amplified polarities in the outer scape, which deconstruct portions of the 3D paradigm. If we only look to the physical events that are occurring, we are missing a big part of the overall picture in which an intelligent plan for planetary ascension is unfolding. Over-identification with the material plane can polarize our thinking into creating misperceptions of what is right or wrong, which increases division and separation between groups of people. As we learn more about the natural cycles of life, we know that in order to be recreated into something new, the current form and its foundation must be deconstructed. The concept and eventual experience of resurrection illustrates this fact. For the alchemy of forces to work, a miracle is a byproduct of God’s natural laws, thus we must die an ego death in order to be reborn. This is transpiring rapidly now for many people. The death of the ego is the phantom death we experience as we face the desperation of the inner or outer darkness, and as we face the darkness, one must remember this shadow is not the real spiritual self. The stages of ego death may catapult us into the Dark Night of the Soul or even levels of psycho-spiritual crisis.
If we use the negative ego to perceive reality we suffer greatly, and so the great work is to let it all go. We must love and accept ourselves for who we are right now and not who we think we should be. This is a significant progression in the Ascension timeline for planet earth and what we are enduring is very complex, as it relates to transforming everything we have ever known as an earthling.
Be in this world and not of it. Take care of your body. Practice loving kindness, which are the Krystic spiritual principles in your life and know that you are protected and safe in this Love. Have no fear. Many will be fooled by what is transpiring as if the darkness is advancing its control over the world. Some people are succumbing to that dark illusion. However, that which was always hidden must surface to be revealed for an accounting, as well as a purging and exit. Humanity will perceive these signs in the material world through their own level of developed spiritual consciousness or through the controlled narrative in the masses, which in the large majority, is limited to the negative ego rhetoric. Keep the spirit of patience close to your heart, persevere in collecting the pearls of truth on your spiritual journey and never let your gaze sway from the Force of Love that is God.
Please only take what is useful for your spiritual growth and discard all the rest. Thank you for your courage and bravery to be a truth seeker. I am God, Sovereign, Free!
Until next, stay in the luminosity of your Avatar Christos Sophia heart path. Please be kind to yourself and each other. GSF!
With a Loving heart, Lisa
~via EnergeticSynthesis.com – Shifting Timelines Newsletter – April 2019
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Tag: Food Network
Bobby who? Here are the celeb chefs I want to see open a restaurant in Louisville
Bobby Flay, bein’ all cool. (Photo courtesy of Food Network)
It’s a good thing I’ve settled my imaginary beef with Bobby Flay. It looks like this celebrity chef is making serious googly eyes at Louisville.
The Courier-Journal reported back in September that Flay was scouting possible locations to open a restaurant in Louisville. And Insider Louisville is hearing some buzz that Flay’s going to set up in the former Burger’s Market on Grinstead Drive.
I used to have an unreasonable dislike for Flay. I didn’t like how he rolled into town with his Food Network show, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, like he owned the joint and challenged chefs. Quit showing off, Flay. Then I met him in person when I was a reporter on the red carpet at the Barnstable Brown party. He was actually pretty nice, which completely squashed the rivalry I had built in my head.
So, I’m cool with Flay coming to Louisville. It’s just that there are a few other celebrity chefs and TV personalities that I would like to see make a restaurant home in Louisville. Come along with me as I play pretend with folks I’d like to see in our city:
Concept: Carnivore’s Delight
You better WERQ, Ree Drummond. (Photo courtesy Food Network)
I love me some Ree Drummond. The woman cooks, writes and takes beautiful pictures on her blog, The Pioneer Woman. Her approachable demeanor and hearty meals fit for life on the ranch make her a wonderful addition to the Food Network lineup. I’d welcome Ree’s downhome charm in a Louisville restaurant. Picture it: Ree greeting guests, her husband stopping in from the ranch with some kind of carcass he killed himself, and lots of wood paneling.
Barefoot Contessa
Concept: French Provencal
Not your most crisp collar, Ina. (Photo courtesy of Food Network)
One of the loftier goals of my life is to become the black Ina Garten. My closet will be filled with crisp button-down shirts. I will pop collar of said shirts. And I will whip up meals that include lots of lemon zest for the wonderful moments when my Jeffrey pops in to see what I’m up to. I imagine that Ms. Garten’s restaurant could fill the shoes that La Coop in NuLu will leave. Ms. Garten would serve food of the French countryside in a candlelit dining room with citrus centerpieces. And she would never spill ratatouille on her fresh shirt.
Concept: Molecular Gastronomy
Oh, Alton. You slay me. (Photo courtesy of Food Network)
Alton Brown is a great teacher on the show, Good Eats. You get a little history, a little science and a lot of fun in each episode. Why not show off his teaching skills with a lot of science in an open-concept kitchen? I see foam garnishes, dry ice and lots of sous vide.
What celebrity chef or food personality would you like to see open a restaurant in Louisville?
Ashlee Clark Thompson Food News, Restaurants 4 Comments December 2, 2014 December 1, 2014 2 Minutes
Bits and Pieces: Damaris Phillips, Wild Turkey and other Louisville food news, 8.16.13
Blogger’s note: I haven’t been under a rock for the past week or so. Rather, I’ve been under the thumb of The Man. My responsibilities at the day job really kicked into gear this week. After 10-hour days of looking at a computer screen, I had to give my mind and eyes a break from the digital world when I got home. I think I’m past the worst, though. So, onward!
Damaris Phillips, winner of Food Network Star. (Photo courtesy of Food Network)
A big ol’ congratulations to Louisville native Damaris Phillips, who won the reality competition Food Network Star. Damaris is a culinary arts instructor at Jefferson Community and Technical College. (Eater Louisville)
“Dinner Impossible” chef Robert Irvine giving his verdict on finished item (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
And speaking of Food Network, celebrity chef Robert Irvine brought his show, Restaurant: Impossible, to Louisville this week to revamp Coach Lamp Restaurant and Pub in Germantown. The restaurant received a makeover and is now Brooke and Billy’s Back Patio. Insider Louisville has a good write-up of the changes. (Insider Louisville)
Lawrenceburg, Ky.-based Wild Turkey Distillery has a new rye and bourbon combo called Forgiven, a product that was created by accident. (Business First of Louisville)
Anybody heard about the cronut, the croissant/doughnut hybrid that has become wildly popular in New York City? Wiltshire Pantry Bakery and Cafe has its own version called doughssants. Good luck getting one — these things sell out fast. (Eater Louisville)
Ashlee Clark Thompson Food News 1 Comment August 16, 2013 1 Minute
Paula Deen, a podcast and everything I missed during my social media blackout
This has been a crazy couple of weeks. Technically, kind of a crazy year. But let me start in the present.
I’ve been absent or only halfheartedly involved in the interwebs for the past two weeks because I’ve focused on completing my application for grad school. I sent my materials off yesterday (almost 24 hours before the deadline — improvement!).
Applying to grad school is part of my 2013 “if not now, then when?” mindset. This YOLO attitude has left me with:
A tattoo
The shortest haircut I’ve ever had
The gumption to further my education
Since my graduate school application is officially out of my hands, it’s time to channel my anxiety into other useful pursuits, like blogging and cleaning out my inbox (I’m not ignoring you, I promise). Here are some highlights of what’s happened that I haven’t had a chance to properly dish on:
Paula Deen lost her damn mind. Don’t even get me started. Seriously. I’ve debated sticking my toe into this hot-topic debate, but I tend to want everyone to play nice in the sandbox and not talk about politics, sex and race relations. HOWEVA, I feel very disappointed in her comments and what this says about where we are as a country in terms of empathy and understanding amongst people of different racial backgrounds. *sigh*
Mad Men’s sixth season ended. This has nothing to do with food or Louisville. But it was a major event in my life.
I have a podcast! I’ll devote a whole post to the podcast this week. The short story is that I’m the host of Deliciously Louisville with Ashlee Eats that you can download at louisville.am. Special thanks to Dan Vonderheide for making this happen.
Ashlee Clark Thompson Blog News 1 Comment July 1, 2013 June 30, 2013 1 Minute
Bits and pieces: Sandra Lee, royal wedding cake and other food news from the web, 3.29.11
Word’s out about the wedding cake of Prince William and his fiance, Kate – it’s going to be a fruit cake. It sounds like it will be very, um, British. (Time)
Cupcakes in a jar – the next dessert trend? (The Kitchn)
The Hot Brown, an open-faced sandwich concoction created at the Brown Hotel in Louisville, turns 85 this year. It doesn’t look a day over 70. (Courier-Journal)
Need a little oomph in your sex life? Try eating some saffron, according to a group of researchers. (Gawker)
Food Network host Sandra Lee grates my nerves a bit, but her rise to fame is pretty interesting, and her advocacy to end child hunger is admirable. (New York Magazine)
Ashlee Clark Thompson Food News Leave a comment March 29, 2011 1 Minute
Bits and pieces: Starbucks’ Trenta, Flavor Flav and other food news from the web, 2.7.11
Put this in your cup and drink it. Photo courtesy of DieselDemon via Flickr.
Starbucks recently introduced a 31-ounce Trenta size for iced coffee. Not only is the mega-cup larger than the average human stomach, but you can fit a whole bottle of wine in there. (Eater)
There’s a big stink going on in Maine – and it’s all about whoopie pies. Some people want to make the whoopie pie the state’s official dessert. Others think it’s a bad idea to such a title to a dish whose main ingredient is lard, especially when obesity is prevalent throughout the state and country, and want the blueberry pie to reign. Oh, the things that divide our nation. (Boston Globe)
Flavor Flav is opening a fried chicken restaurant in Iowa. Ummm … yeah. (Eater)
Celebrity chef and author Jeff Henderson of Food Network‘s The Chef Jeff Project has written a “community cookbook” called America I Am: Pass It Down Cookbook that chronicles African-American history through cuisine. Excuse me while I add this book to my wish list. (NPR)
Ashlee Clark Thompson Food News Leave a comment February 7, 2011 February 7, 2011 1 Minute
Bits and pieces: Man v. Food, the 5-second rule and other food news from the web, 10.4.10
TV chef Alton Brown has a few things to say about the show Man v. Food, and they aren’t too nice. In an interview with Zap2It, Brown called the Travel Channel program “disgusting” and said that it glorifies gluttony. But that hurt the feelings of Man v. Food host Adam Richman, according to Eater.com, who responded via Twitter: “Alton Brown: MvF is about indulgence-NOT gluttony-& has brought loads of biz to Mom-n-Pop places. You were my hero, sir. No more.” Ouch. I’m a fan of both MvF and Brown’s Food Network program, Good Eats, so I wish Brown and Richman would just bro-hug it out and teach me how to grill a perfect sirloin.
I love kitchen gadgets, but they are often one-trick ponies that sit dusty in the back of the cabinet. Real Simple Magazine has some useful tips on repurposing rarely used appliances, such as making calzones on a waffle iron.
Noreen Malone, a writer over at Slate.com, got sick of reading articles about grocery shopping on the cheap in response to the recession. So Malone took a different approach – she shopped at Whole Foods for the most expensive dinner for two. She didn’t actually buy anything, but her article provided an interesting look at how indulgent one could be in the grocery aisles (a half-pound tuna steak for $22.99/pound – no, ma’am).
I’m a huge fan of the website Jezebel, and this flowchart is one reason why: “A Guide To Eating Food Off The Floor.” It’s a humorous look at the situation we’ve all been in – a tasty morsel has landed on a potentially germ-ridden floor. Decisions, decisions.
Ashlee Clark Thompson Food News 2 Comments October 4, 2010 1 Minute
3 reasons why Emeril will draw a crowd at Fork, Cork & Style
Good news: I am writing articles about local food events for Louisville.com. I’ll occasionally post articles from the website on the blog and vice versa. Here is an article that appeared Friday about celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse coming to Louisville.
Food, wine and celebrity chefs will take to the track this weekend as part of the inaugural Fork, Cork & Style event from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Churchill Downs. Restaurants from across the country will offer up regional favorites that have been featured on TV shows from Man v. Food to Saturday Night Live. High-end vintners will pour the good stuff at a grand wine tasting.
But the highlight will surely be scheduled cooking demonstrations by celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse.
It’s been nearly two decades since Emeril debuted his first show, How to Boil Water, on the Food Network. Since then, he’s become a superstar chef with a full resume that certifies the talent behind his fame. Here are three reasons why Emeril is and will continue to be one of the best celebrity chefs:
He brought entertainment to the kitchen. In the heyday of Emeril Live, Emeril had a house band, celebrity guests and a full studio audience on deck just to watch him create in the kitchen. Cooking became theater, and everyone wanted a ticket.
He created his own cooking catchphrases. You didn’t see Julia Child yelling when she threw a palmful of spices into a pan. “Bam” and “kick it up a notch” crossed over from a Food Network soundstage into the pop culture lexicon, right up there with “bling” and “fo shizzle.”
He bounced back from failure. Anyone remember Emeril? This sitcom was as smelly as two-week-old buttermilk, and it was canceled after 11 episodes. But that was back in 2001. Since then, Emeril left behind the scripts and went back to the stove. The chef is now on five TV shows and one radio show, proving that his venture into comedy wasn’t the shark-jump of his television career.
For more information about Fork, Cork & Style and to buy tickets, visit the event’s website.
Ashlee Clark Thompson Events 1 Comment September 11, 2010 1 Minute
Paula Deen to visit Louisville-area casino, butter supplies expected to dwindle
Paula Deen is the white, Southern grandmother I never had.
Butter is her best friend. She’s saucier than Béarnaise. And that accent – God love her.
Paula Deen will be close by Friday as she celebrates the opening of The Paula Deen Buffet at Horseshoe Southern Indiana, a casino is Elizabeth, Ind., right across the river from Louisville. There is will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. followed by an $80 brunch, according to Horseshoe. I’d scoff at the price, but all proceeds will go to Blessings in a Backpack, a charity that sends kids home on Fridays with a backpack full of food to fight childhood hunger.
Paula Deen’s website has a delicious description of her buffet, which offers such Southern staples as fried chicken, gumbo and grits. I don’t foresee heading to Savannah to try Paula Deen’s delicacies any time soon, so a trip up to Indiana might be my best bet.
Grand Opening of The Paula Deen Buffet
When: 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
Where: Horseshoe Southern Indiana, 11999 Casino Center Drive SE, Elizabeth, Ind.
Cost: Brunch after Paula Deen’s ribbon cutting is $80, proceeds benefit Blessings in a Backpack
To make reservations: Call Horseshoe at 800.872.4366.
Ashlee Clark Thompson Events, Food News 1 Comment September 1, 2010 September 1, 2010 1 Minute
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Business name availability tests
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Updated rules for determining the availability of a business name
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Rules for comparing business names with company names
When comparing a business name with a company name, the rules set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 of the Corporations Regulations 2001 apply.
Under these rules, a business name is identical or nearly identical to a company name if the names are the same after the following matters are disregarded:
the use of the definite (the) or indefinite (a, an) article as the first word in one or both names;
the use of the words “Proprietary”, “Pty”, “Limited”, “Ltd”, “No Liability” or “NL”;
whether a word is plural or singular in one or both names;
the type, size and case of letters, the size of any numbers or other characters, and any accents, spaces and punctuation marks used in the names; and
when comparing a proposed business name to a company name, where one name includes a word or expression in the second column in the following table and the other name contains an alternative for that word or expression listed in the third column:
The word or expression...
is considered the same as the alternative word or expression...
Aust
Co or Coy
Company or Coy
Company or Co
Australian Company Number
Case study: Name availability - The Australian Health Spa
Sam wants to register a new business name ‘The Australian Health Spa’. However, there’s already an existing company named ‘AUST Health Spa Pty Ltd’.
As explained above, the definite article ‘The’ in the business name and the words ‘Pty’ and ‘Ltd’ in the company name are disregarded. The use of capitals is also disregarded. Finally, the word ‘Australian’ in the business name is considered to be the same as the equivalent word ‘Aust’, as per item 1 in the table above.
Once these matters are disregarded, this leaves “aust health spa” in the proposed business name and “aust health spa” in the company name. Based on this, the names are considered identical and Sam would not be able to register ‘The Australian Health Spa’ as a business name.
Rules for comparing business names with other names
The Names Determination sets out the rules we are required to apply when determining if a business name is identical or nearly identical to another name.
These rules provide matters that are to be disregarded and matters that are to be considered when comparing business names with other names (other than company names).
Matters that are disregarded
The table below explains the matters that we are required to disregard when comparing a business name with another name (other than a company name):
The use of the definite (the) or indefinite (a, an) article, unless it is the whole name
“A bird in the hand” is the same as “Bird in hand”
The use of the words:
limited or Ltd
no liability or NL
proprietary or Pty
“Business Growth Association” is the same as “Business Growth”
Whether a word is singular or plural. The singular and plural forms of a word are considered the same.
‘Child’ and ‘Children’
‘Car’ and ‘Cars’
‘Battery’ and ‘Batteries’
The size of characters, the type and case of letters, any accents, and spaces between characters and punctuation marks
”Australian Holiday Apartments” is the same as “australianholidayapartments”
The order of words in the names
“Green House” is the same as “House Green”
Host names such as ‘www’ and domain extensions such as ‘net’, ‘org’ or ‘com’
“www.myfirstbusiness.com.au” is the same as “My First Business” or “myfirstbusiness.org”
Case study: Name availability – Chef’s Kitchen
Rob wants to register the business name ‘Chefs’ Kitchens’. However, there’s an existing business name on the register named ‘Kitchen Chef’.
Based on the rules set out in the Names Determination, any capitals or punctuation are disregarded. The plural forms ‘chefs’ and ‘kitchens’ are also disregarded. This leaves ‘chef kitchen’ in one name and ‘kitchen chef’ in the other name.
The order of words in the names is also to be disregarded and; therefore, ‘chef kitchen’ and ‘kitchen chef’ are identical. Rob would not be able to register ‘Chef’s Kitchens’ because of the existing business name.
Matters to be considered - words and expressions taken to be the same
When comparing a business name with another name, certain words and expressions are taken to be the same as other words or expressions.
The Names Determination includes a schedule that lists items, or groups, of words and expressions that are taken to be the same as each other word or expression in that item.
The list of items in schedule 1 is exhaustive, meaning that it only applies to the words or expressions that appear in that list. Some examples of those items are:
bakehouse, bakery, bakers
carpenters, carpentry, carpentry services, carpentry solution
pizza, pizza bar, pizzeria
&, and
mechanic, mechanical, mechanical repairs, mechanical services, mechanics
This means that when comparing business names, a name such as ‘Fresh Bread Bakehouse’ is considered identical or nearly identical to ‘Fresh Bread Bakery’ because ‘bakehouse’ and ‘bakery’ appear in the same item.
Likewise, ‘Mike’s Pizza’ is identical or nearly identical to ‘Mike’s Pizza Bar’. However, it would not be identical to ‘Mike’s Pizza and Pasta Bar’ because ‘Pizza and Pasta Bar’ is not listed in the same item as ‘Pizza Bar’.
For the full list of words and expressions that are taken to be the same, see Schedule 1 of the Business Names Registration (Availability of Names) Determination 2015.
Matters to be considered - pronunciation
Your proposed business name will be checked to see if it can be pronounced the same as another name on the register. This is done using the literal transcription of the proposed business name and the names against which it is being compared.
For example, the following names may be pronounced the same and are considered to be identical or nearly identical:
'Creative@Work’ is the same as ‘Kre8tive at Work’
‘100% Cats’ is the same as ‘100 percent Kats’
‘Dollar Shop’ is the same as ‘$ shop’
‘Hare of the Dog' is the same as 'Hair of the Dog'
'Colour in' is the same as 'Colour Inn'
‘Katz Hair Dressing’ is the same as ‘Kat’s Hair Dressing’
Business Names Registration Act 2011
Business Names Registration (Availability of Names) Determination 2015
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A Song of Ice and Fire: The Novels
General (ASoIaF)
World of Ice and Fire App Update
By TyrionsFlagon, March 5, 2014 in The World of Ice and Fire
King o' the Board
Got it. The linking is stuff other people handle, so not a big surprise, but I'll let them know once we compile a few more errata.
KCenturion
Same linking issues with the Daeron's and the Aemon's too.
AzureOwl
Location:Lima, Perú
Well, whoever gets the thing and looks through it, post any mistakes/inconsistencies/whatever you have with the thing, and I'll try to correct that in the German version. If things work as planned, those things may then also change in the next update of the English version.
I think I caught one. The entry for Sathar (Yalli Qamayi) describes it as sitting in the junction of the river Sarne and another river. However, the entries for both Saath and Sarys (Vaes Graddakh) puts them in the Sarne delta.
But those are mutually exclusive, the rivers that go by Sathar empties in the Bay of Tusks, nowhere near the other cities or the delta they sit in..
Edited March 20, 2014 by AzureOwl
Were the Dance entries held back until after the Rogue Prince novllete, Ran?
Glad to see Corlys Velaryon gets at least one mention. ;)
World of Ice and Fire book will lead to a further update containing notable characters mentioned therein, is the present plan. We did write up entries for lots of the prime actors in the Targaryen reign, though, so they're just waiting for a time to spring 'em.
Francisco Araujo da Costa
Location:Porto Alegre, Brazil
Ran, do you have any news on when or if the app will be available in additional countries?
Lord Varys
Most Devious 'Man' In The Seven Kingdoms
Location:Definitely somewhere in King's Landing
I can say that there will be a German version available eventually, since I'm working on that one, but I can't give you a date.
Oh, and any chance whether the worldbook App update will quickly follow the publication of the thing? That would be great from a customer POV, of course, but not exactly from the POV of guy working on the whole thing, since that most likely means that I might to have to work on AWoIaF stuff first on this whole App thing (since I by now have no clue whether the worldbook will make it over here). Well, it'll be fun anyway.
Edited March 20, 2014 by Lord Varys
I am going to ask Random House for a list of countries where it's available, and if they can provide any guidance where it may soon become available. I fear the UK territories where HarperCollins Voyager holds rights is one place that is not likely to see it any time soon.
Thanks. I'm sure there are many, many other Brazilian users eagerly posting "shut up and take my money" shot from Futurama on local forums right now.
For what it's worth, I'm in Peru and I downloaded the update without trouble.
J. Stargaryen
Maegor II
Location:With Dark Sister
Aegon I's entry states that his crown was "a circlet of Valyrian steel set with rubies," which is similar to the description used for the FFG artbook. In TPatQ it is described as "iron-and-ruby" on three separate occasions.
Rhaenys_Targaryen
Perhaps also usefull, a full list with the requirements a smartphone must meet in order for the app to work?
Not sure if its a mistake but Alysanne Targaryen's mother is listed as Alyssa Velaryon but Jaehaerys doesn't have a mother listed. Were they half-siblings then?
Blooded Historian
Location:Roswell, GA
Ran,
Aenys is listed as being 35 when he died, meaning he was born in AL 7 as his death is listed as AL 42. The app also says Aegon went to war with Dorne 4 years into his reign. His reign is dated at AL 1 even though the conquest was not complete for about 2(?) years. This must be the case though, as Aenys' reign is listed as starting in AL 37 and Aegon's reign is listed as 37 years.
So something is off with the timeline on Aenys' birth and/or Rhaenys' death. It looks like Rhaenys dies around AL 4-5, but Aenys isn't born until AL 7.
Location:Brazil
The image in Aegon Targaryen's article shows up as a miniature at the character selection screen, but in the actual article there there is no full-sized version of it. Seems like a bug.
Nice to see Syrio's "Place of death" listed.
Also, I didn't know Rhaegar was actually born at Summerhall. I always thought it was just on the same day the tragedy took place (I know this was there since the older version, but it is a nice bit of information anyway).
And @Francisco Araujo da Costa, there are ways to download the app in other countries. I am a Brazilian resident myself and have done so (Android version).
Well, I could see multiple campaigns against Dorne happening during Aegon's reign. One shortly after the Conquest, and then another one some time later, leading to the deaths of Rhaenys and Meraxes. Rhaenys can indeed not die before she gave birth to Aenys, especially not since Aegon had apparently also some younger sisters with Rhaenys, placing her possible time of death somewhat further in the future.
Alysanne's mother being one Alyssa Velaryon make quite a lot of sense. We do know that Aenys' wife was not a Targaryen, and I remember that the main source for 'The Sons of the Dragon' reading did not remember the family name of Aenys' bride (making it somewhat unlikely that she was of House Stark, Arryn, or Baratheon). We now have our second Targaryen prince who took a Velaryon bride: Prince Aenys, Prince Daemon, and one unknown guy. Maekar or Daeron I (if he married before his father died) are interesting candidates. I'm right now also entertaining the idea that one of Princess Elaena's husbands may have been a son of Oakenfist, and Maekar's - and possibly also Daemon Blackfyre's - wife a Velaryon daughter by Elaena.
Aenys could have had remarried again later in life, and/or taken a polygamous second wife. We don't yet know when Alysanne was born, do we?
As to the dating: They still use AL, not AC? If the latter is going to be the canonic worldbook/TPatQ dating, I guess I'll try to switch to that one for the German version (AC becoming AE for 'Aegons Eroberung').
On the iron-and-ruby crown thing: I did not see that as a contradiction. Aegon's crown looks a lot like iron despite the fact that it's made of Valyrian steel. On the other hand, it is a mistake. Sigh, those expressions like 'iron-and-ruby' sound great in English, but in German you really have to get inventive to get the meaning across... It's not 'eine mit Rubinen besetzte Eisenkrone' but 'ein einfacher Reif der zu gleichen Teilen aus quadratischen Rubinen und Stücken aus valyrischem Stahl besteht'. I really hope that crown thing does not get mentioned all that often...
That Aenys married Alyssa Velaryon for poilitical reasons, as was stated during the reading of "The Sons of the Dragon", I suspect it could be because DAemon Velaryon died during the Conquest.
Marrying a Velaryon bride to Aenys (heir to the throne) could have been a consolation, to keep the Velaryon's on the Targaryen side.
Either that, or the Targaryens were seriously starting to consider abandoning the incest-thing. It must have been one of the real issues the Faith had with the Targaryen rule, and this could have been an attempt to downplay this whole thing: 'Look, my eldest son and heir does not marry his sister, and his line will continue our rule of Westeros.'
On the other hand, the fact that Maegor was married to Aenys' sister - most likely due to Visenya's insistence - did not exactly portray the Targaryens as a non-incest family.
And I'd not be surprised if the fact that Aenys gave Maegor power and office during his reign did not exactly sway the anti-incest sentiment among the Faith (Militant), eventually resulting in the Uprising. Although Maegor may have been successful in crushing the other rebellions Aenys faced at the begin of his reign (we don't yet know for sure when the Faith Militant Uprising began, but it seems this was a thing that started after Maegor ascended the Iron Throne).
Alyssa Velaryon could also have been Aenys' cousin. Aegon's mother was Velena Velaryon, and Lord Daemon could have easily been the (younger) brother of Velena, if he was not of the same age as Aegon, and the father of Alyssa.
But this birth date thing is really vexing. There must either be a mistake with Aenys' age at his death, or the assumption when Rhaenys died in Dorne. Ran also seemed to indicate some time ago that (some of) Aegon's children were born before the Conquest.
The new use of AC rather than AL did not really change any of the later dates, but it now means that two years Aegon's Conquest took are not part of years after Aegon's Conquest (AC). Aegon landed in 2 BC (before Conquest), and started to count his reign from the day the High Septon anointed him in the Starry Sept of Oldtown, after his Conquest was complete (not counting Dorne). The old AL reckoning would have added the 'two years of Conquest' to the 37 years of Aegon's reign, if I'm not mistaken (although GRRM stated long ago that Aegon himself counted his reign from the day he was anointed). That's now apparently not the case (and would only cause massive confusion if we had a detailed list of dates pre-Conquest, which we don't).
For as far as I've understood, AL and AC can be used interchangeably, as shown by Viserys' death stated to have occurred in 129 AL and 129 AC.
Yeah, that was what I've been trying to say. The years during which the Conquest happened are now part of the time pre-Conquest, but this did not have any bearing on the length of Aegon's reign, keeping the known timetable of the Targaryen reign intact. Although Aegon's reign may now technically two years longer, and he and his siblings two years older (although we would neither know nor realize that).
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18-year-old Kittitian designers shake up the fashion industry one statement piece at a time
Models pose in designs from Iridescent Fashion's Nubian Goddess collection. (Courtesy of Shavaniece Lake and Keanna Ible)
Ambition never goes out of style — just ask Keeanna and Shavaniece (“Shavi”), 18-year-old emerging fashion designers from St. Kitts and Nevis. The two friends have been passionate about clothing and design since they were young. In 2016, they turned their shared hobby into a full-fledged business by starting their own custom clothing company, Iridescent Fashion. And they have been making their mark on the fashion world ever since.
At Iridescent Fashion, Keeanna and Shavaniece collaborate to create unique designs for clients. They also launched several collections — including BLOOM, a flowery line of dresses and separates in shades of blue, and Nubian Goddess, “a modern-day twist on African fashion” that mixes playful and vibrant prints.
Keanna and Shavi pose in front of their design at The Fashion Exchange, an event at Buckingham Palace that showcased designers from Commonwealth nations. (Courtesy of Shavaniece Lake and Keanna Ible)
With a distinct sense of style inspired by their Caribbean roots, Keeanna and Shavaniece have found success in St. Kitts and beyond. Petula Skeete, an Emmy-winning hairstylist from Nevis, wore one of their gowns to the 2018 Academy Awards. Their glamorous creations also landed them a trip to Buckingham Palace to participate in the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange, an event showcasing the work of designers from 53 Commonwealth nations.
Iridescent Fashion worked with Neisha La Touche, a designer from nearby Granada, to create a magnificent Carnival-inspired canary yellow gown called “Sugar and Spice.” The Fashion Exchange website describes the piece as “an explosion of colour — pink, red, orange and yellow, with gold highlights, represented by bold bursts of Swarovski upcycled crystals across the bodice and finished with a plume of feathers.”
The couture dress debuted alongside creations from major names and labels like Burberry, Stella McCartney, Bibi Russell and Karen Walker. The reception brought Keanna and Shavi face-to-face with the industry’s biggest tastemakers, including Anna Wintour, Hamish Bowles and Kate Middleton.
If their early accomplishments are any indication, Keeanna and Shavaniece are well on their way to achieving their dream of running “the first popular black-owned fashion business in the world.” They want Iridescent Fashion to be as recognisable as brands like “Gucci, Prada or Dolce & Gabbana.”
But before they start planning their fashion week collections, the two will continue to hone their design skills at university. Shavaniece will attend the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles and Keeanna will study at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City.
After graduation, the creative pair hopes to return home and continue to expand their business. They also want to start a scholarship and mentoring programme to encourage other Kittitian students to enter creative fields.
Being from St. Kitts and Nevis — a tiny pair of islands in the Caribbean with a population just shy of 55,000 — Keeanna and Shavaniece feel they must make the most of every opportunity because their country’s small size can limit their career options. They lament the fact that there are few resources available for students who want to pursue artistic fields: “Within the Caribbean, we tend to only support sports, law, accounting and science. What about our creative geniuses?”
Keeanna and Shavaniece want to change that mindset in St. Kitts and Nevis — and the world. They want to prove that “the Caribbean can produce the next Alexander McQueen.”
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A Passage to India (Paperback)
By E M Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass
No. of Units: 1
Title: A Passage to India
Author: E M Forster , Pankaj Mishra , Oliver Stallybrass
A Passage to India Review
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A Passage to India by E. M. Foster is set in Chandrapore, India in 1920 India when British rules India. Foster was a liberal in outlook. Foster describes the tensions between the British officers and the Indian population. There are three main characters in the book : an Indian doctor named Aziz, a British university administrator named Cyril Fielding, and a Adela Quested, a young British schoolmistress who visits Chandrapore with her prospective mother in law Mrs. Moore to visit her son Ronny Heslop who is a magistrate in Chandapore. Foster believes that British and Indian can live together with harnoby and this he shows by the friendship of Aziz and Fielding. Foster has introduced “Bridge Party”, a social gathering to bridge the gap between both the cultures. Aziz invites them all for an expedition to see the real India by visiting renowned and mysterious, Marabar Caves. While visiting the last cave, Adela is sexually harassed ans she believes it is Aziz. Fielding is very furious and they file a complaint against Aziz. Aziz is arrested and is sent to jail to await trial on the criminal charges. The remaining novel deals with the trial and the fallout from the alleged crime of an Indian man assaulting a British woman. The last portion of the novel that deal with court proceedings against Aziz are very interesting and breathe holding. In A Passage to India Forster explored various themes like friendship between the Indian and the British, the incompatibility of different cultures, the hollowness of religion and the discriminations made by human himself. This book is the outcome of his own experience when he stayed in India. Foster emphasized the importance of love and understanding at the personal level in this novel. Overall, the novel dealt with the misunderstandings between the British and the Indians in the British Raj in 1910-20. This book needs a careful read without skipping a single line. This is a great historical novel with exceptional writing by Foster.
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By Georgia Hopkins 23 October 2015
Despite being home to dozens of major cities, the US has a lot of empty space between them. The deserts of the United States are found in a broad band just inland from the west coast, and they’re as accessible as they are diverse. We’ve teamed up with Georgia from It’s Beautiful Here to showcase some spots in the US desert that will make your Instagram pretty happy.
#1 Joshua Tree
Where: South Eastern California, three hours east from LA
Located in the Mojave Desert, the magic of Joshua Tree is undeniable. A place for solitude and clarity, we love Joshua Tree for its national park (and its funky looking Joshua trees), its clear desert skies with endless stars, Pappy and Harriet’s (a pub perfect for desert rats in nearby Pioneertown), Noah Purifoy’s outdoor museum, and the Integratron – a magnetic dome that was built on a powerful energy vortex, where sound baths are conducted. It’s an experience not to be missed.
#2 Sedona
Where: Arizona, two hours north of Phoenix
Sedona is an intensely spiritual Arizona desert town surrounded by red sandstone rock formations, steep canyons and pine forests. Believed to be the centre of many powerful energy vortexes, you can really kickstart your spiritual side here. Sedona offers spectacular hiking as well. Our favourite is the the 11 kilometre West Fork Trail through the Coconino National Forest. Sedona has our heart.
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Where: Northern Arizona, four-and-a-half hour north of Phoenix
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Where: Northern Arizona, four-and-a-half hour north of Phoenix and half an hour from Antelope Canyon
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Where: Southern California, four hours south-east from LA
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So you need to pass a credit check to get a season ticket on a payment plan.
By tangerine77 in
Bit of a shitter if you have bad credit, got an IVA or are bankrupt! They have brought in a finance company so the club get the money upfront and the fans get stung with interest! Bad move but it seems all the club are interested in nowadays is getting as much money in as quickly as possible.
RE: So you need to pass a credit check to get a season ticket on a payment plan.
By Magic147 2 months ago
If you have bad credit just buy matchday tickets as and when.
We're becoming a right load of moaning minnies.
By tangerine77 2 months ago
Magic147 wrote:
But what if you want a season ticket? It's bullshit.
tangerine77 wrote: But what if you want a season ticket? It's bullshit.
Credit check is normal I think, nobody will genuinely be put off by the fact they need to pass a credit check to have the payment plan.
There will be mini season ticket offers as well.
Not sure what other clubs do but standard practice for companies to use third party finance companies.
By CheshireSeasider 2 months ago
0% interest anyway isn't it?
Even better then.
Is it really 0%? I read somewhere they were charging interest. How else do the finance company make money?
seasider wrote:
Never have done at Blackpool before to my knowledge.
By tangerinejezza 2 months ago
There’s no such thing as 0%. You’ll be paying a higher price for the ticket.
I might be mistaken cos I only looked briefly but it looked as though if I took the pp over the early bird the only downside would be an extra £25 for my ST as kids price stays the same. The handling cost (admin shit) is being absorbed by the club and a 0% interest fee over 9 months.
I'll check again properly tomorrow but that's how I understood it.
The interest isn't really the issue for me, its the fact you have to have a credit check. It's fucking Blackpool, a deprived town where probably more than 50% of the population have bad credit.
It's still a business though mate and has to protect its finances. I get what you're getting at but it could easily all go tits up with all the uncertainty.
CheshireSeasider wrote: It's still a business though mate and has to protect its finances. I get what you're getting at but it could easily all go tits up with all the uncertainty.
It’s not as if anyone can steal the product, they’ll just block their card.
I reckon it works like this:
The finance company pay the club the ST cost for each person signing up to the payment plan, minus a fee.
They then take the monthly payment directly from the ST holder.
Therefore, they need to know how credit-worthy each of their new debtors are before agreeing to front up the ST money to give them the facility to pay monthly, or they're potentially out of pocket.
If you've failed to maintain credit arrangements in the past, why should they offer you another?
Magic, its football not a mortgage. When you get credit its to get something upfront, this won't be the case. Like Hero says, they can just block the card if payments aren't made. It's been done so the club can get money upfront.
By TheSteed 2 months ago
If you can't pass a credit check to buy a season ticket, you probably shouldn't be buying season tickets.
tangerine77 wrote: Magic, its football not a mortgage. When you get credit its to get something upfront, this won't be the case. Like Hero says, they can just block the card if payments aren't made. It's been done so the club can get money upfront.
You're literally getting a season ticket before you've paid for it.
It's only a piece of plastic until it's activated or if you don't pay deactivated. You can't gain anything by not paying.
By GynnSquarePhoenix 2 months ago
tangerine77 wrote: It's only a piece of plastic until it's activated or if you don't pay deactivated. You can't gain anything by not paying.
They've taken a good seat off the market and it sits empty between the failed payment, deactivation of card and hopeful resale on a 'random number of games remaining' ticket. It's not worth the risk and a pain in the arse for admin.
It's hardly going to be full John. Not just me who has this opinion, the same comments are on the club's Facebook post about it.
I get it. Hard decision to make, that scheme where they hit your bank account with a monthly debit seemed more suitable for the crowd base. I can't see them getting anywhere close to 6000. Unless they spend big on a marquee player and that's not going to happen.
Apparently a load have been knocked back, so it's not even a soft credit check. Such a bad decision, the club should have provided the payment plan and just cancelled the card if payment wasn't made.
Yep, I’ve been asking around and loads of people have been knocked back.
I’m going to hold off getting my ticket as not one of my mates has been accepted.
Sack The Board.
Tight get! Thought you'd have bought them all 2 each, and waved to them from your box 😜
CheshireSeasider wrote: Tight get! Thought you'd have bought them all 2 each, and waved to them from your box 😜
They should have listened at school.
Club have listened to the complaints it would appear.
https://www.blackpoolfc.co.uk/news/2019/may/finance-partner-agrees-to-review-applications/
Oh great, so we're going to have a load of fraudsters and conmen sat amongst us are we.
By Leesthedaddy 2 months ago
Magic147 wrote: Oh great, so we're going to have a load of fraudsters and conmen sat amongst us are we.
& Scabs. 🤣🤣
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Anti-Persian Racism in Bahai writings
Posted: August 10, 2013 | Author: Edwin | Filed under: Uncategorized |Leave a comment
“Most” Bahais, have hidden hatred and anti-Persian feelings. I wondered what the source of these were and alas I came to a few quotes from Abdu`l-Baha, son of Bahullah and according to Bahaullah, “the interpretor” of his writings and Bahaism.
1) Comparing people who chose not to have a so called “educator”, AbdulBaha states:
“… notice that when the animal is trained it becomes domestic, and also that man, if he is left without education, becomes bestial, and, moreover, if left under the rule of nature, becomes lower that animal, whereas if he is educated he becomes an angel.”
This clearly shows what Abdulbaha thinks of uneducated class of people. He sees them “lower than animal”. Surely a holy word should not contain and compare “uneducated people” to “lower than animal”. This sentence has indications of racial (class) supremacy, since Bahaullah himself was a rich merchant and did not perceive that humans at some point were not educated and they grew on their own, by nature and evolution. In Persian we say “tavAnA bovad harke dAnA bovad, ze dAnesh dele pir bornA bovad” (powerful is he who has knowledge, and knowledge keeps the heart of an old man young). Tell me which is more elegant?
The saying by Hafez, encouraging people to learn, or the saying by Abdulbaha putting down the uneducated.
2) In another racist statement, giving his version of the period during Islam, Abdulbaha states:
“These Arab tribes were in the lowest depth of savagery and barbarism, and in comparison with them the savages of Africa and wild Indians of America were as advanced as Plato… even down to the present time Arabs dread having daughters”
Nowhere in any holy book has God ever put one race down as compared with another. Yet this is what Abdulbaha, the interpreter of Baha, does to tell his side of story and write what is to become Bahai Faith. Interesting points to note here are that Abdulbaha considers arab tribes as the “lowest depth of savagery and barbarism”.
Interestingly that is what Hitler said about Jews. Abdulbaha fails to consider that Arabs and Persians for their time (1400 years ago), were far ahead of Europeans.
Another interesting point to note is that Abdulbaha seemed to know about American Indians savagery, 1000 years before they became in contact with the rest of the world! Further interesting point is that he compares cultural issues of the Arab tribes with “Pluto”. I wonder what the relation is here! Is a holy representative of a holy prophet, giving holy writings, supposed to issue such statements and use a European astronomer as his idol of culture and values?
Surely constant use of European examples in Bahai writings is an indicative of European influence and hence validity of Bahaullah being implanted as a destabilizing force in Iran by Britain.
Notice, later on Abdulbaha states that even today (130 years ago) “Arabs dreed having daughters”. A nice generalization by a man claiming to represent the will of God!
3) Speaking about Bab, the founder of Babism and thus Bahaism, AbdulBaha states:
“He upheld the cause among the Persians, who are renowned for their religious fanaticism.”
Very nice RACIST views by a holy man from Bahaism! So Persians are “renowned for their religious fenaticism”? I suppose had Abdulbaha and Bahaullah been alive today they would call Persians “barbarics and terrorists” as well! When i came across this in the Bahai writings I became disgusted. I found these statements to be hateful of a culture that reject an illogical cult and banished its founder. This statement as was written in chapter eight of the book “some answered questions”, is used as a guide and reference to history by Bahais. Mr. Abdul, I am a Persian and a proud one, and I am not a “religious fanatic”! Interestingly enough it was only a few days ago that a bahai criticized me for generalizing them and saying “they are racists”. Well they may not be racists themselves, but they surely are followers of a racist cult which teaches racism.
4) Abdulbaha also states about coming of Bahaullah:
“Baha`u`llah appeared at a time when the Persian Empire was immersed in profound obscurantism and ignorance and lost in the blindest fanaticism. In the European histories, no doubt, you have read detailed accounts of the morals, customs and ideas of the Persians during the last centuries.”
Oh.. how nice that when people reject him they “must” be ignorant! Further it is interesting to see how Abdulbaha uses Europeans (namely British) as his source of history on Iran and examination of “morals and customs” of Iranians. This coming from a person who denied being an agent of British Imperialism.
I, as a reader, thought that this view of Persian culture was very similar to that of Betty Mahmoodi, who saw the sacrification of a lamb by Iranians, before a feast, as a “barbaric act and custom”! I suppose had Abdulbaha been alive today, he would have used Betty Mahmoodi as an example and proof too! I also wonder why Abdubaha thinks that Persians were savage, when people in the far east thought so highly of them. Surely what is represented here is views of Europeans, looking down on Middle Eastern countries, something that is used today in Bahaism as basic writings of their religion.
5) In a book called the “Dawn Breakers” (Nabil’s Narative), which is a main missionary Bahai book, Lord Curzon, a British agent says that Iran is a savage country and in need of a “new character” and “face”. This British agent indicates that a new religion is needed to implement this.
Amazingly it is stated in the book that :
“The Persian character has ever been fertile in device and indifferent to suffering; and in the field of judicial executions it has found ample scope for the exercise of both attainments.”
It is interesting to see how the “Persian character” is put down in this introductory paragraph of the book. The statement, as it stands, is pure racism and indicative of resentment of the Bahai Universal House of Justice towards the Persian culture which forced the cult out and withstood its assimilation plans. They openly criticize “Persian character”, something that had been down against Europeans or the Jews (Saying “Jewish character” is blah blah), the Bahais would not have been where they are today.
As it was seen from view paragraphs of Bahai writings, from their holiest of people, they indeed are not what they claim to be. And their cult has hidden racism within its boundaries designed to appeal to the Europeans and Westerners, to gain support and power. this has further been proven by postings by Frederick Glayser and other Bahais on SCI.
Written by a disgusted Persian
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Lea Michele Drops New Song ‘You’re Mine,’ Dedicated to Cory Monteith
Sigh. Lea Michele has just shared the new song 'You're Mine,' which was added her solo debut 'Louder' last minute, after the death of her boyfriend and co-star Cory Monteith.
The singer and actress with the powerhouse voice dedicated the song to Monteith -- and if you're not moved, we question the existence of your pulse.
The song is not a power ballad in that it's not slow or melancholic. It's actually an uptempo, upbeat tribute to his life and the love that the co-stars shared, rather than a song that focuses on his death. When Michele sings -- make that belts -- "You're mine / For life," you can't help but be moved by the loss she endured in public fashion.
The song sounds like Cher-meets-Jennifer-Lopez, thanks to both its epic diva nature and its pop accessibility.
Michele was done with her album when the people at her label asked her if she wanted to add anything. So she did.
"I was like, 'I might regret it if I don't,'" Michele said about adding the song. "It makes me so happy, this song. It makes me think so much of Cory. It was ours. When I think if him, I play this."
Miss Michele herself tweeted about the importance of the song to her heart:
Next: See Lea Michele's Best Red Carpet Looks
Source: Lea Michele Drops New Song ‘You’re Mine,’ Dedicated to Cory Monteith
Filed Under: Cory Monteith
Categories: Celebrity Dirt, Music News
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Jessie James Decker Explains How Hubby Eric Helps Her Handle Three Kids on the Road
Nicholas Hunt, Getty Images
If anyone looks like they have it all together, it’s Jessie James Decker. Yet, in a new interview with Taste of Country, the “Roots and Wings” singer admits that looks can sometimes be deceiving.
“I was getting ready to sing at the Grand Ole Opry a few weeks back, and I was completely overwhelmed,” she recalls. “I do my own makeup and hair, so there I was running around with my eyelashes hanging off trying to get ready. It was quite a sight.”
But it is in these times that Decker often calls in the reinforcements, including hubby Eric Decker. While the former NFL football player helps a ton at home trying to wrangle their three young children, Eric really steps up to the plate while out on the road.
“My husband is awesome,” says Decker, who is currently out on her “Jessie James Decker 2019 tour.” He really knows when I need some space before a show to get mentally prepared for everything, so he will take the kids to a jump house or something around town to keep them busy. And once they get back, I can turn the mom back on and be with the kids before I go on stage.”
Indeed, with the Decker household moving like such a fine-tuned machine both at home and out on the road, it makes one wonder if these two might consider adding another baby to the mix?
“I always thought I would be a 2-kid mom, and then we had another one” Decker laughs. “We are always open to having another one, but as of right now, we are just fine as a family of five.”
See Pics From Jessie James Decker's Post-Baby Bikini Shoot:
Jessie James Decker South Beach Diet Shoot
Source: Jessie James Decker Explains How Hubby Eric Helps Her Handle Three Kids on the Road
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Two MORE Women Accuse Joe Biden of Inappropriate Contact
One instance occurred at a sexual assault seminar.
Peter D'Abrosca
Two more women have accused former Vice President Joe Biden of making inappropriate contact with them, bringing his total number of accusers to four.
“Caitlyn Caruso, a former college student and sexual assault survivor, said Mr. Biden rested his hand on her thigh — even as she squirmed in her seat to show her discomfort — and hugged her “just a little bit too long” at an event on sexual assault at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas,” according to a New York Times report.
Caruso was 19 at the time. She is now 22.
“It doesn’t even really cross your mind that such a person would dare perpetuate harm like that,” she told The Times. “These are supposed to be people you can trust.”
Another woman, writer D.J. Hill, met Biden at a 2012 fundraiser in Minneapolis. She told The Times that the former vice president suspiciously moved his hand from her shoulder down her back during a photo opportunity, which she recounted making her “very uncomfortable.” Biden was apparently not subtle. Hill’s husband stepped in to ameliorate the awkwardness.
The first accusation of inappropriate contact was made public Friday, when Lucy Flores, formerly a nominee for lieutenant governor of Nevada, accused Biden of kissing her head and smelling her hair at a campaign rally.
A second accuser came forward Monday.
“It wasn’t sexual, but he did grab me by the head. He put his hand around my neck and pulled me in to rub noses with me. When he was pulling me in, I thought he was going to kiss me on the mouth,” Amy Lappos told the Hartford Courant.
That instance of inappropriateness occurred at a fundraiser.
Meanwhile, the mainstream press and Democratic Party politicians have downplayed Biden’s behavior. The Washington Post referred to it as “affectionate,” despite the fact that it formerly raved about “believing all women” in the #MeToo era.
The paper has a nasty habit of protection Democrats from sexual misconduct claims of any kind, having spiked a late 2017 story about Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax allegedly sexually assaulting Vanessa Tyson.
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Lost Advertisements: Lil Stoner for Mail Pouch
A 1928 advertisement for Mail Pouch Tobacco featuring Detroit Tigers pitcher Ulysses Simpson Grant “Lil” Stoner:
“Mail Pouch can be chewed all day long without causing a sign of heartburn.”
The following season–Stoner’s final with the Tigers–The Detroit Free Press determined that the pitcher was “jinx” for certain teammates:
“It shall be the fate of those who room with Lil Stoner to trek back over the trail of the minors.”
The paper said “nothing can save,” the players fated to have roomed with Stoner during his time with Detroit:
“King ‘Jinx’ speaks and his word is law. To be a ‘roomie’ of Stoner voluntarily is the next thing to suicide.”
The Free Press said the most recent victim of the “jinx” was Al “Red” Wingo, who was sold to the San Francisco Seals after rooming with Stoner in 1928:
“Before ‘Red’ were (Johnny) Bassler, (Josh) Billings, (Jess) Doyle, (Clyde) Barfoot, (Les) Burke, and Rufus Clark.”
Bassler was released and joined the Hollywood Stars in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) after rooming with Stoner in 1927. Billings was sent to Reading Keytones in the American Association while rooming with Stoner in 1927. Stoner and Doyle were also roommates in 1927 when the latter was sent to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the International League, Barfoot suffered the same fate in 1926–he was released by the Tigers while rooming with Stoner and joined the Mission Bells in the PCL; Stoner’s final roommate in 1926 was Burke, who was released after the season and went to Toronto. Clark roomed with Stoner in 1924 before being released to the Birmingham Barons in the Southern Association.
The paper suggested:
“Were Babe Ruth a roommate of Stoner he would contrive some way to break his neck. The jinx is more certain than death and taxes, and the only way to stop it is to shoot Stoner or lose him in the desert.”
The solution, according to The Free Press was to room Stoner with coach George McBride for the 1929 season because “George is going to remain.”
It was Stoner who finally succumbed to the “jinx” in 1929, after posting a 3-3 record and 5.29 ERA and finished the season with the Fort Worth Panthers in the Texas League
Tags: American Association, Birmingham Barons, Clyde Barfoot, Detroit Tigers, Fort Worth Panthers, Hollywood Stars, Jess Doyle, Johnny Bassler, Josh Billings, Les Burke, Lil Stoner, Lost Advertisements, Mission Bells, Pacific Coast League, reading Keystones, Rufus Clarke, Southern Association, Texas League, Toronto Maple Leafs
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Below are our staff’s selections for series that we recommend to Christian viewers. Growing from our original list, the series given below contain information about the shows that you may find pertinent as you select which series to watch or to show your families. The list is ever-growing, and we invite you to give your own recommendations in the comment section below.
Bunny Drop (Usagi Drop)
Clannad (Clannad)
Kino’s Journey (Kino no Tabi)
Haibane Renmei (Haibane Renmei)
My Ordinary Life (Nichijou)
Now and Then, Here and There (Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)
Trigun (Trigun)
Art by MHK@メカマンニーア
Bunny Drop
Daikichi’s grandfather has just died and the young professional’s family can’t stop bickering – not about what to do with Grandfather’s possessions, but what to do about the old man’s six-year old illegitimate child, whom the family has just discovered. Even without any experience of his own, and seemingly not a family man at all, Daikichi makes the decision to rear the little girl, and what follows is one of the most simple, sincere, and heartwarming series in all anime.
(2011 ~ 11 episodes)
Watch if you:
(+) Enjoy series that are moving
(+) Like shows centered around modern family issues
(+) Like cute kids
Skip if you:
(-) Get bored easily
(-) Dislike angular, sketchy art styles
Biblical Themes:
(+) Emphasis on sacrificial love
(+) Demonstration of concern for the helpless
Content to Look Out For:
(-) Slight alcohol consumption and discussion of Rin’s parentage may trouble parents
Read articles about Bunny Drop
Stream legally for free here (CrunchyRoll)
Art by ペィ・ページ例大祭つー２５ｂ
Clannad & Clannad: After Story
Tomoya is the kind, but delinquent son of an alcoholic single father. Nagisa is the shy and sickly, but determined daughter of loving parents. When they meet one day on the road to school, little did they know that their lives, and that of the group of friends they would make, would become intertwined in tale that is both romantic comedy and fantastical. One of the most beloved franchises of recent years, Clannad and its sequel, After Story, starts like most series in the genre, introducing a male protagonist and a series of female characters, each with very different personalities, who might somehow become the object of our hero’s affection. But Clannad transcends the others by taking the viewers on an extraordinary journey past high school and into real life, including the pain, loss, and tragedy that can beset and paralyze us.
(2007 ~ 47 episodes, 2 OVAs, 1 movie)
(+) Are a romantic at heart
(+) Like zany comedic moments
(+) Enjoy long series that cross multiple genres
(-) 52 episodes is too long for you
(-) Like your stories firmly grounded in realism
(+) Strong emphasis on love toward family, friends, and even enemies
(+) Themes of love and redemption
(-) Mystical content plays major role throughout
(-) Some alcohol consumption and violence (mostly comedic)
(-) Brief bad language
Stream legally for free here (Hulu)
Kino’s Journey
Anime episodes are often self-contained, and this is especially true of Kino’s Journey. The fable-like story follows the title character as she travels from country to country in an unknown world. The show is wonderful at expressing the human condition in all it’s sin and depravity, but it also reveals the beauty of the world and of people.
(2003 ~ 13 episodes, 1 OVA, 2 movies)
(+) Like something you can watch an episode at a time
(+) Want to watch something that will make you think
(+) Enjoy a mixture of drama, social commentary, and action
(-) Prefer an extended, driven, continuous story
(-) Dislike a simplistic, exaggerated art style
(+) Christ-like sacrifice
(+) Moral dilemmas that can be related directly to pieces of Scripture
(-) Minor language
(-) Obscured, occasional blood and frequent violence
Read articles about Kino’s Journey
Haibane Renmei focuses on angel-like entities known as haibane, who are born into a world where they work and live among human townsfolk. This beautiful work can easily be viewed as a Catholic vision of the afterlife and features heavy emphasis on the ideas of sin, grace, forgiveness, and love. It’s a powerful work that should be at the top of any otaku’s viewing list, much less any Christian otaku’s viewing list – indeed, it’s a become a classic for any fan of anime exploring deep and emotional themes.
(+) Like to stray from the generic anime path
(+) Enjoy strong characters and symbolic imagery
(-) Prefer more standard storytelling types focusing on action or romance (there is neither)
(-) Need all loose ends tied together by the end of the story (it leaves much room for interpretation by the end)
(+) Christ-like love and sacrifice
(+) The repercussions of sin
(+) Unconditional forgiveness
(+) Contentedness over materialism
(-) Minor blood and disturbing pain (first episode briefly)
(-) Partial nudity (brief side shot of main character naked from an obscured angle; not of sexual nature)
Read articles about Haibane Renmei
My Ordinary Life
High school students. Unrequited love. An elementary-aged inventor. Exasperated robot assistant. Deer-wrestling principal. Rich boy who rides a goat to school. Um…what? These characters and a number of others fill the world of My Ordinary Life, a great example both of the comedy and slice of life genres in anime. What sets Nichijou apart, perhaps, is two-fold – it’s a creative series that constantly goes for surprising and unexpected gags and it’s a very clean series that can be enjoyed by the family.
(2011 ~ 26 episodes, 1 OVA)
(+) Schoolgirl slice of life (a la Azumanga Daioh)
(+) Zany humor
(+) Relatable characters
(-) Want a continuous story
(-) Prefer realism
(+) Wholesome humor
(-) Very mild homosexual themes (Mio’s manga)
Read articles about My Ordinary Life
Art by 白井三二朗 (Pixiv ID 21933003)
Now and Then, Here and There
Ima, Soko ni Iru Boku
Perhaps one of the most, if not the most, controversial title on this list. Now and Then, Here and There plays itself off to be, at least in the first episode, the most generic of shounen (aimed toward teenage boys) out there, taking place in a middle school setting at a kendo club. However, don’t let the generic setup deceive you, as this anime is nothing like your generic shounen. Now and Then, Here and There is a short, 13-episode anime that provides one of the most inspiring main characters ever to grace anime from the Christian perspective, witnessed as he works through dozens of deplorable situations that would make any less committed person simply give up and give in. Despite a great amount of questionable implied content, the anime itself is actually relatively clean in comparison, particularly considering the wonderful underlying themes that can be drawn from it.
(+) Like serious stories exploring difficult situations
(+) Brutally honest social commentary
(+) Want a different take on the shounen genre
(+) Like post-apocalyptic science fiction
(-) Like happy endings
(-) Prefer more standard shounen
(+) Sanctity of life
(+) Faith that God will bring you through a situation
(+) Sacrificial love
(+) Redemption and forgiveness
(+) Standing up for ideals in an oppressive culture or situation
(-) Child soldiers
(-) Implied child rape and torture
(-) Blood and violence
(-) Brief partial nudity (young child, harmless and not of sexual nature)
(-) Mild language
Art by あぶだら１３
Mahō Shōjo Madoka Magika
Almost like superheroes for young girls, the “magical girl” subgenre, unique to anime, features girls who fight off the forces of evil, gathering power by transforming into vibrant outfits. A dark series, Madoka Magica is infamous for turning magical girl conventions on their head, while focusing on the significant themes of sin, hope, and salvation.
(2011 ~ 12 episodes, 3 movies)
(+) Like psychological horrors
(+) If you enjoy a dramatically unfolding plot
(-) Dislike bright colors/big eyes character styles
(-) Prefer “contained-within-an-episode” stories
(-) Aren’t ready to handle major “feels”
(+) Discussion of concepts central to scripture (ex. sin and redemption)
(-) Very mild homosexual inferences, emphasized further in later, separate films
(-) Jarring violence presented in sometimes unrealistic manner
Read articles about Madoka Magica
The western-style science fiction series traces the travels of Vash the Stampede, the most wanted man on a dry planet in desperate need of an alien energy source. When two young women, representing an insurance agent, finds the infamous outlaw, they’re stunned by his seeming ineptitude, silly personality, and womanizing. Vash shows his true colors, though, as he tries to live out his mantra of “Love and peace,” even in the company of a violent “priest” and a growing menace who is seeking Vash, and doesn’t mind killing innocents to get what they desire. Trigun balances the fun of an action-comedy with a plot that explores ideas central to Christianity, such as mercy, salvation, hope, and forgiveness.
(1998 ~ 26 episodes, 1 movie)
(+) Enjoy equal doses of comedy and action
(+) Like superhero-style stories
(-) Dislike frequent violence
(-) Do not like science fiction or westerns
(+) Emphasis on themes of non-violence and forgiveness
(+) Frequent discussion of the sanctity of life
(-) Frequent non-graphic violence
(-) Some language
(-) Mild sexual references
(-) A “priest” character who is a violent gunslinger is a major character
Read articles about Trigun
28 thoughts on “Anime Recommendations”
natasia013
06.06.2014 at 2:23 PM Reply
You don’t add Noragami? I think it’s a very good anime for Christian despite the Buddhist background. I mean, there’s so many parallels between them.
06.06.2014 at 10:30 PM Reply
Thanks for the recommendation. Noragami would be an excellent addition (I should get on this). If you haven’t seen it already, I did a series of posts over Noragami during the weak leading up to Easter this year discussing these parallels to which you refer:
http://beneaththetangles.com/tag/noragami/
I’ve watched Noragami and I liked it 🙂 I also read your articles about Noragami, they’re great too 😉
06.08.2014 at 6:59 AM Reply
Kino and Claanad are amazing.
japesland
Indeed they are!
hmm i was curious why isn’t Little busters on here? (it is on your recommend vn list) also while you’re at it I’ve heard you recommend melancholy of haruhi suzumiya and noragami on this list but they aren’t on here either. I also think that Kanon and Fruits Basket might be good additions. (of course that could just be me)
Part of the reason Little Busters isn’t included is because the anime was pretty terrible in comparison to the VN. That said, this list is by no means a comprehensive list of recommendations nor is it a “completed” version. We will certainly consider adding titles, but in the end, this is meant to be a short list to get people started. We don’t want to overwhelm newcomers with a comprehensive list, so the lack of an anime shouldn’t be taken to mean anything more than “we ran out of space,” (not literally, but that kind of reasoning), and if people want more beyond this list, we would gladly make more personal recommendations.
Trigun fanatic
I have watched Trigun at least ten times. On reflection I do not think the message is Christian at all.
Trigun is commonly called a rare Christian anime because of the symbols, and because the author was once believed to have converted to Catholicism. However the protagonist, Vash seems like an atheist, who mocks the priest Wolfwood when he prays for his success in battle, with lines like, “Does prayer really work?” “That’s entirely up to you.” “Alrighty then.”
At the end, Vash also forgives himself for his short-comings while he partially throws away the dogma he was raised with, namely, “Thou shall not kill under any circumstances.” The last lines he uttered in the anime were, “Rem, I will continue to believe in you, but from now I’ll look to my own words for guidance.”
This resembles a Christian deciding they like some of the values enough to call themself one, but will question them and ultimately form their own beliefs. He believes Rem was a good person, but no longer will deify her. Especially since he met someone else who was capable of being just as pure and peace-loving: Meryl. That’s just more proof she’s human.
A lot of the so-called Christian symbolism could be Buddhist too; even the villanious Knives is redeemed in the manga. His companion, Meryl, also acts like the reincarnation of Vash’s saintly mother figure, Rem.
There are parts where Vash openly mocks the hypocritisy of the gun-toting priest Wolfwood. Also there is the part where Knives said he wanted to create his own Eden.
Thanks for the commentary. I can’t disagree with anything you’ve said – very well stated!
Trigun does have a lot of “Christian” symbolism in it. It also has Wolfwood the “priest.” But those don’t make the series Christian in any way. That would be like saying Evangelion is Christian! Nor does Nightow’s faith (which, it seems from fairly recent interviews, he has left).
So, all that means this: Trigun is not a “Christian anime.” Most definitely not. There are few, few anime that could be called that, and none from the past…30 years.
Why I recommend Trigun for Christians is that it does exactly what you’ve mentioned in some of your comments – it points out ideas that Christians really need to consider. Look at Wolfwood, for instance. A Christian watching the series will hopefully consider Wolfwood and Vash and see that the earlier is living a life of hypocrisy, while the latter, a character without faith, is living with integrity. Series that make Christians question how they live their faith are so much more compelling from a religious angle than shows which “deify” Christianity.
And speaking of Wolfwood, the other part of the series that really lends for Christian recommendation are the themes, characterization, and plot points in the series that really jive with Christian ideals. Here are a few:
– Vash – obviously not a Christian – lives a life of sacrifice, to the point where he makes a very compelling “Christ figure.”
– The selfish and evil nature of humanity is shown episode after episode after episode. Love, in all it’s power, is ultimately offered (and self-contained in a number of episodes) as a cure for the disease of sin.
– Returning back to Wolfwood, his last scene in the anime is one that demonstrates the power of grace and forgiveness, the true essence of the gospel, about as well as any anime I’ve seen. The power of redemption for one who has taken so many lives demonstrates to us a portion of what grace means.
So yes, while Trigun is no “Christian anime,” and while I would consider that it’s more strongly a humanist or Buddhist work than Christian (though I honestly would argue against that), it remains a series that we recommend to Christians as one that we can take and analyze and apply to our lives as we critically consider our faith.
Also, it’s just darn good.
Vanjoy
Wow I’m definitely continuing Kino’s Journey thnx 🙂
It’s great!
One of the very few series that makes you think after every episode, and really leads you to critically think about ideas while walking that line between spoon feeding and being over-philosophical.
CMitze
Thanks for this list and the comments everyone. trying to find ok anime for my older teens. we are christians and so much of what’s out there is so dark and there is so much of it that it takes way too long to preview it all before saying what’s okay and what’s not. i’ll preview the list and hopefully find more good stuff for my kids.
I hope our list is able to help you out! Let us know what you end up doing! ^_^
I highly recommend that you check out Christian Anime Alliance’s reviews – they have a long list of series they’ve reviewed with Christians in mind.
As someone who’s recently gotten into anime, and has been recommending anime to various friends who are more conservative than I am, I’m glad to see that you guys have taken the time to make a list of some recommendations! 😀 In my opinion, I think shows like Barakmon, Anohana, and Angel Beats also offer good Christian values. While they do have influences from Buhddist teachings, they aren’t super overt with them, and good messages can be learned from them. Angel Beats in particular made me think of the verse in Ephesians 5, where it tells us to make the most of the time we have on this Earth. 🙂
Just my two cents. Take it as you wish. 🙂
Thanks for the recommendations! Barakamon would easily fit into this list – one of our writers wrote a long series of posts on the show and Christian lessons on his personal aniblog. I’ve also written a number of articles on Angel Beats, and a few on AnoHana as well – those certainly contain a lot of great insights that speak to important ideas within Christianity. The Ephesians 5 connection is a good one – thanks for bringing that up!
nlnrose
you guys have vn, movie, and series reccomendations, but do you guys have any reccomendations on manga? I’ve started ashita no joe and read through both trigun and kenshin but i was wondering which ones you guys like.
We’ve been working on trying to get a manga recommendations page up, but those of us who put together the anime and VN pages are not as well read in that area. We will eventually get LN and manga pages up, though I can’t exactly say when that will be. ^^”
The only manga I can personally attest to are The World God Only Knows and Azumanga Daioh, both of which I thought were hilarious. However, I would try asking some of the other writers. Feel free to contact us via the various methods listed on our about page!
Fruits Basket is probably the only series that I think a lot of us have read AND would recommend as both a really good series and one that can teach us about truths that Christians believe. Other than that, very few of us are well-read on manga, unfortunately. My favorites include Claymore and Cross Game, and I’m not sure I would necessarily recommend either for this type of page.
Vicky Kaseorg
i am a parent with an older teen who watched anime, but is certainly not limiting herself to these Christian friendly ones. I watched many different anime to determine whether to ban it altogether.I saw a great deal of sexualization of young girls, shots of women’s breast filling the screen, obvious sexual symbols like giant screws coming from underground and up between scantily clad girls legs…obvious homosexuality, a lot of very bad language…and in the end we banned it. I also saw a good percentage of anime costumes at the convention were hardly what one would call modest. What are your thoughts about anyone who claims Jesus as Lord being involved in something with so many very objectionable themes and images, as well as a well known pornographic section? I am really struggling here. I want my near 18 year old to make choices, but I am appalled by so much of what I saw in the anime I viewed.
If I may offer my own opinion as a Christian teen (17 going on 18) who’s seen a fair amount of anime, it all depends on the show you’re watching. Anime as a medium should be seen in the same light as TV shows or movies here in the US; you know there’s bad out there, but there’s also good, and it’s up to you to determine your own standards for what’s acceptable in your own household. It is true that there are a lot of shows that do use bad imagery and themes to sell themselves, but there are a lot of good shows out there as well that don’t do that, and they’re not that hard to find. 🙂
Personally, I one of the shows I recommend to my friends who are just getting into anime is Usagi Drop. It’s a beautiful show, one about a bachelor in his thirties who adopts a six-year-old girl, and has to learn how to be a parent. It is a very sweet slice-of-life story, and it focuses a lot on themes of love, trust, security, and family, while avoiding language and sexualization. Another series I would recommend is Silver Spoon, another slice-of-life that focuses on the antics of a high schooler named Haichken as he transfers to an agricultural school. The plot seems simple, but the show has a way of pulling the viewer in and caring about each of the characters, while also exploring different facets of farming life in a way that feels very real. My mom in particular likes this series. 🙂
05.21.2015 at 11:03 AM Reply
Usagi Drop is a wonderful series – it’s actually one of our recommendations above. And coincidentally, I’m currently watching Silver Spoon with my wife!
This is a complicated issue, it really is. When you’re an eighteen year old – and even older than that – your perhaps not as mature with your entertainment choices as you would be when you’re older. Thus, you might watch anime that is popular or otherwise entertaining and not think about all the fanservice (in this sense defined as those scenes are developed to titillate audiences) that’s occurring in a show. The “sexual symbols” you speak of might just seem like another joke to your child, or as it is with many of us, is just something we ignore. But as a parent myself, I understand that these images and others shouldn’t be taken lightly – we need to think about what we’re consuming.
That said, I think we need to approach anime as we would any other medium. It’s a broad piece of entertainment – talking about “anime” is like talking about “movies” – there’s such a large spectrum of series under that banner. And as there are pornographic anime (a slice of the genre whose fame and reach is very overblown), there are pornographic movies, TV shows, novels, etc. Anime itself is not evil – it just is. What people make of it is what might lead some astray.
What I would suggest is that you view anime – and this goes for your child as well (doubly, actually) – as you might approach the Bible, not in the sense that anime is any way God’s word, but that we don’t throw out the Bible because of objectionable content. In fact, we need to read about the horrible things of humanity to really grasp the concept of grace. In anime, we’re not going to always see positive elements – there is sexual content, crude language, violence, etc. – but that’s a reflection, partially, of Japanese culture and what their people value, and in a larger sense, of humanity in general. But what draws me to anime is the good we see – the abundant and almost omnipresent themes of grace, forgiveness, love, mercy, and sacrifice, so much more present in anime than in western television and movies. And of course, we can appreciate the beauty and creativity of the animators. There’s much to be gained from anime, almost despite itself, and there’s opportunity here for discussion about faith (as we do on our blog) and about sin.
That said, I will draw a line with my children when they are old enough (they are 5 and 7 years old) to start viewing anime series (right now they’re limited, basically, to Studio Ghibli fare and a little Pokemon). Series that contain heavy, consistent doses of fanservice may cross that line, and to me, they’re just distasteful. Thankfully, there are literally HUNDREDS of anime that premiere each year, and they offer a variety of series to choose from, from those with heavy doses of questionable content to those that contain none or only small amounts. Christian Anime Review and Christian Anime Alliance are among the sites that review series from a Christian perspective, and could give some insight about the amount of questionable content in a series your child may be interested in.
P.S. As for cosplay…I would say you’re seeing much more a reflection of teenage culture than anime culture. Teenagers want an excuse to dress scandalous and to sexualize themselves – so why not dress like a scantily-clad anime character? I’ve seen so many people cosplay, for instance, as one specific famed, hardly-wearing-anything character, but I wonder, have they even watched this series? Serious cosplayers focus on the character first, and while they may also dress provocatively, they might not – it just depends on the characters. Here’s a recent favorite example of mine: Ore Monogatari cosplay.
i have appreciated all your feedback. Thank you.
Aynessa
You need to remove Bunny Drop from this list. The two characters get into a romantic relationship in the later stages of the manga that the anime show is based from. AKA the girl grows into a teen that wants to marry her surrogate father instead of being his daughter, thus promoting incest.
We understand what occurs in the manga (I’ve actually written a post about it), and because of that, we won’t recommend the manga once we develop those recommendations. However, we do stand by the anime, which only covers the first half of the manga series; should it receive a sequel that covers the second half, we will reconsider.
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crypto, privacy, web
Facebook can and should do more to proactively protect users
A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal revealed that Facebook apps were leaking user information to ad networks. Today, Facebook proposed a scheme to address this issue. This is good news, but I’m concerned that Facebook’s proposal doesn’t address the underlying issue fully. Facebook could be doing a lot more to protect its users, even without giving up on their highly-targeted advertising business model.
what, exactly, is going on
First, let’s spend one minute describing the problem, because the WSJ’s description was somewhat inaccurate. Harlan Yu at Freedom To Tinker does a good job describing the situation: Facebook loads some apps in IFRAMEs, which means they embed the web page of the app within their own. The user ID is included in the URL of the IFRAME, so that the app might know who is actually using them. The app might then include another IFRAME with ads, or some JavaScript from an ad network. When your browser fetches that ad IFRAME or JavaScript, it includes, in its request, the URL of the page that referred the browser to the ad network. In this case, it’s the app’s URL, which unfortunately includes the user’s Facebook User ID, which reveals all of the user’s public information, including their name and possibly more.
So, to be fair to Facebook and the apps: they probably didn’t do this on purpose. The WSJ’s specific wording, “transmitting”, is misleading, because it assigns intent where there probably wasn’t. That said, I don’t think Facebook is off the hook: when you run a 500M user platform, it’s your responsibility to protect your users’ privacy before the story breaks. To their credit, Facebook is taking this seriously and is proposing a way to remedy this problem that is not cheap for them, as it requires changing the way that they interface with applications.
encrypting the user ID
Facebook is proposing encrypting the user ID before adding it to the app URL. The app’s backend server then must decrypt the user ID before it can use it to retrieve more information. That way, if that encrypted user ID is leaked, the ad network won’t be able to make sense of it. Interestingly, the encryption changes every time an app is launched, so the ad network won’t even be able to correlate two visits by the same user (unless they set a cookie, of course, so maybe that’s not a very strong defense.)
Now, a couple of points in this proposal worry me, because they might indicate that no trained cryptographer reviewed the proposal (Chris Shogoian asks this very question on twitter). First, the same key is used for HMAC signing and AES encryption. That’s bad practice, because AES and HMAC have been analyzed in isolation, not when both are used with the same key. It’s not that there’s an obvious attack, but it’s sloppy because it uses AES and HMAC without following the strict specifications under which we have strong evidence that they are secure. Second, AES-256 is used with a key that is effectively a 128-bit key expanded to 256 bits by hexadecimal encoding. That’s just ugly. Oh of course it’s because apps already have a hex-encoded 128-bit key, so it’s easier that way, but again, AES-256 has not been strictly analyzed for security in the case of a key with only 128 significant bits. Crypto algorithms are not magic black boxes you can use any way you please. It’s best to use them as prescribed. So that’s a bit concerning mostly because of what it implies: this proposal has not been seriously reviewed by a cryptographer.
But there’s something else that bugs me.
hiding the user ID from apps altogether
Clearly, Facebook is only addressing the threat of accidental data breach. A malicious app could easily decrypt the user ID and communicate it to the ad network if it wants to. Of course, that violates the Facebook terms of use, but as we’ve seen already, who’s going to check? The same privacy expert who missed this problem in the first place?
As long as Facebook is redesigning its API for privacy reasons, why not consider a more complete threat model? Two companies, each with their popular Facebook app, might connect their databases and correlate what users are doing on both sites, thereby learning more about the user than he/she may realize. Encrypting the user ID prevents accidental leakage, but in the end the apps are able to decrypt the package and store the one and only official facebook user ID for each user. Leaking the real user ID, accidentally or because of evil intentions, remains eminently possible.
Instead, Facebook should provide a different user ID alias to each app. The app never receives the real unique ID for each user, only the app-specific alias that cannot be correlated against a different app-specific alias for that same user using a different app. Then, the app can make API calls into Facebook using this alias, and the alias, if leaked, is useless to any other party, since it is only meaningful as part of API calls signed by the original app.
Aliasing of user IDs is not new: OpenID uses it to provide different identifiers to different sites where you log in, and in the specific case of Facebook this aliasing idea was described two years ago by Adrienne Porter Felt. Now, that alias may be obtained by encryption, but in any case the decryption key is not available to the app. To the app, the alias is the only user ID available.
proactively protecting users
With their reach and impact, it’s just not good enough for Facebook to blame the browsers or the state of the Web for privacy leaks. There is much they can do to ensure that, even if apps screw up or even turn a little evil, the platform is proactively protecting users from potential privacy leaks. Sure, the WSJ article wasn’t fair in its wording. But users are entrusting Facebook with incredible amounts of data. Facebook can and should do a lot more to stay ahead of potential privacy leaks on their watch.
October 22, 2010 benadida
2 thoughts on “Facebook can and should do more to proactively protect users”
Matt Leonard says:
I actually found this article while trying to figure out why Facebook has been up and down all day. the concerns around privacy are very real, especially since businesses are diving in head first with ads and FB pages.
living-room-sofa says:
Thanks for the great feedback.
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Oh Dan Forest, You're So Predictable
A week ago yesterday, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, who wants Roy Cooper's job, preached a sermon in Salisbury that's been the talk of the town. The gist: A Christian nation can't be multi-cultural, and diversity is the enemy of the people.
The man is as up-tight as the clasp on Miss Murdstone's coin purse. To listen to him preach -- and when is he not preaching? -- you can't help recalling H.L. Mencken's definition of puritanism: “The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
Forest spouts absolutist, theocratic fantasies all the time. In January of this year, he was telling students at Wilson Christian Academy:
“America was founded on basic founding principles that all focus back to God and the foundation of our country is established on God’s truths and absolute truths being what it is about,” Forest said. “So we live in a culture today that is about relative truth. People say ‘Well, that ain’t true for you, but it’s not true for me.’ Or ‘That absolutely can’t be true for everybody all the time, so it must not be true at all.’ Reality is that there is such a thing as absolute truth and it is important to know.”
Tell that to Donald Trump, will you? and report back.
Forest was behind the formation of a non-profit, which registered as "The Faith-Driver Consumer" with the state's Secretary of State in 2011, that rated the apparent "Christianity" of many public businesses, especially for Christmas shoppers. Sear's got downgraded because it features women wearing lingerie. No, really.
This theocrat wants to be the next governor of North Carolina. We should be so unlucky!
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Research article | Open | Open Peer Review | Published: 16 March 2016
Utilization of antihypertensive drugs in obesity-related hypertension: a retrospective observational study in a cohort of patients from Southern Italy
Mauro Cataldi ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-7787-34061,
Ornella di Geronimo2,
Rossella Trio2,
Antonella Scotti2,
Andrea Memoli3,
Domenico Capone1 &
Bruna Guida2
BMC Pharmacology and Toxicologyvolume 17, Article number: 9 (2016) | Download Citation
Although the pathophysiological mechanisms of arterial hypertension are different in obese and lean patients, hypertension guidelines do not include specific recommendations for obesity-related hypertension and, therefore, there is a considerable uncertainty on which antihypertensive drugs should be used in this condition. Moreover, studies performed in general population suggested that some antihypertensive drugs may increase body weight, glycemia and LDL-cholesterol but it is unclear how this impact on drug choice in clinical practice in the treatment of obese hypertensive patients. Therefore, in order to identify current preferences of practitioners for obesity-related hypertension, in the present work we evaluated antihypertensive drug therapy in a cohort of 129 pharmacologically treated obese hypertensive patients (46 males and 83 females, aged 51.95 ± 10.1 years) that came to our observation for a nutritional consultation.
Study design was retrospective observational. Differences in the prevalence of use of the different antihypertensive drug classes among groups were evaluated with χ2 square analysis. Threshold for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
41.1 % of the study sample was treated with one, 36.4 % with two and the remaining 22.5 % with three or more antihypertensive drugs. In patients under single drug therapy, β-blockers, ACEIs and ARBs accounted each for about 25 % of prescriptions. The prevalence of use of β-blockers was about sixfold higher in females than males. Diuretics were virtually never used in monotherapy regimens but were used in more than 60 % of patients on dual antihypertensive therapy and in all patients assuming three or more drugs. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of use of any of the aforementioned drugs among patients with obesity of type I, II and III or between patients with or without metabolic syndrome.
Our data show that no first choice protocol seems to be adopted in clinical practice for the treatment of obesity-related hypertension. Importantly, physicians do not seem to differentiate drug use according to the severity of obesity or to the presence of metabolic syndrome or to avoid drugs known to detrimentally affect body weight and metabolic profile in general population.
Overweight and obesity are major risk factors for arterial hypertension [1]. Large epidemiological studies showed that the prevalence of hypertension increases with body weight and is almost doubled in frank obesity [1]. Specifically, about 34 % of normal weight patients are hypertensive whereas this percentage rises up to 60 % in overweight and exceeds 70 % in obese patients [2]. Moreover, the majority of the hypertensive patients seen by general practitioners are overweight or obese [2]. Perspective studies also showed that in non-hypertensive subjects, overweight does increase the chance of later developing new arterial hypertension [3].
Mounting evidence supports the idea that different pathogenetic mechanisms are responsible for obesity-related hypertension and for hypertension of lean subjects [1, 4]. Specifically, the main determinant of hypertension in lean people is peripheral vasoconstriction, whereas obesity-related hypertension depends on sympathetic nervous system hyperactivation and on the consequent increase in cardiac output and renin and aldosterone release [1, 4]. The mechanism responsible for sympathetic hyperactivation in obesity seems to be related to the release from adipose tissue of substances such as adipokines, inflammatory cytokines and free fatty acids that may activate autonomic neurotransmission either directly or indirectly, by affecting insulin sensitivity [1, 4–6]. Moreover angiotensin-II (Ang II) and aldosterone that raise blood pressure and promote Na+ retention, are both synthesized in adipose tissue [1, 7]. Nonalcholic fatty liver disease (NAFDL) [8, 9] that often coexists with obesity, also has a significant role both in activating the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone (RAA) system and in causing insulin resistance. NAFDL may actually represent and independent cardiovascular risk factor [10] that according to current guidelines, can be corrected lifestyle and dietetic treatment [11].
There is still a considerable uncertainty on which should be the best pharmacological approach to treat obesity-related hypertension and major guidelines do not expressly address this point [12–14]. Because of the above mentioned pathophysiological differences between lean and obesity-related hypertension, it was suggested that drugs targeting the pathogenetic mechanism of obesity-related hypertension should be preferred in this condition [1, 15]. Specifically, drugs targeting the RAA system could be a rational choice because of Ang II and aldosterone release from the adipose tissue [16]. β-blockers could also be an option because they counteract the sympathetic overactivation occurring in this condition [1]. However, it has been strongly suggested that when prescribing drug therapy in obesity-related hypertension, the effect of treatment on body weight and metabolic profile should be carefully considered. Indeed, a note of caution has been raised on the use β-blocker and thiazide diuretics because of the possible detrimental effect of these drugs on body weight and metabolic control [17–19]. The scenario is even more complicated when multiple antihypertensive drugs are required as very often happens in patients with obesity-related hypertension because of the poor responsiveness of this disease to single drug therapy [1, 20]. The detrimental effect on metabolism and body weight of selected antihypertensive drugs is, indeed, greatly increased when they are used in combinations as, for instance, in the case of thiazide diuretics and β-blockers [21]. In the absence of guideline directions it is unclear how, in clinical practice, these safety concerns influence the choice of antihypertensive therapy for obese patients and whether, because of these concerns, different drugs are used in people with different degrees of obesity. Therefore, in the present paper, we performed a retrospective study on a cohort of pharmacologically-treated obese patients that came to our observation for a nutritional consultation, with the aim of identifying which antihypertensive drugs were more often used in obesity-related hypertension in a real clinical context.
This was a retrospective study. Study sample was composed of 129 obese hypertensive patients (BMI ≥ 30) that came to our observation at the Physiology Nutrition Unit of the Federico II University of Naples for a dietitian advice. Only patients with uncomplicated arterial hypertension were included in the study whereas those with angina, arrhythmias or heart failure were excluded. Because of the retrospective design of the study ethical approval was waived according to current Italian legislation (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, Determinazione 20 Marzo 2008, Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana n° 76, 31-3-2008). From the medical records of these patients we retrieved information on age, sex, systolic and diastolic blood pressure and the complete medical history including the list of all the drugs taken at the time of evaluation. In addition, we recollected anthropometric and body composition data that are routinely recorded during patient evaluation at our unit including height, body weight (BW), waist circumference (WC), total (TBW%) and extracellular (ECW%) water and fat (FM%), fat free (FFM%) and muscle mass (MM% of FFM). Body composition was assessed by bioelectrical impedance analysis using a tetrapolar, 50 kHz bioelectrical impedance analyzer (BIA 101 RJL, Akern Bioresearch, Firenze, Italy) [22]. Visceral adiposity was estimated by measuring the visceral adiposity index (VAI), a validated indicator of visceral fat mass [23], using the following equations:
$$ FemaleVAI=\left(\frac{WC}{36.58+\left(1.89\times BMI\right)}\right)\times \left(\frac{TG}{0.81}\right)\times \left(\frac{1.52}{HDL}\right) $$
$$ MaleVAI=\left(\frac{WC}{39.68+\left(1.88\times BMI\right)}\right)\times \left(\frac{TG}{1.03}\right)\times \left(\frac{1.31}{HDL}\right) $$
Patients were classified in two groups according to whether their VAI values were above or below the cut-off values that Amato et al. [24] identified as cardiovascular risk discriminants in Caucasian. Because these values differ in different age groups, we first stratified patients according to their age, then we attributed each of the patients of each age group either to the high or low cardiovascular risk VAI group and, then we pooled altogether people of different age either in the group with VAI below or in the group with VAI above the cutoff value.
Blood chemicals measurements including glycemia, total HDL- and LDL-cholesterol, serum albumin and total protein and transaminases were also obtained.
Statistical analysis was performed with the IBM Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) Advanced Statistics software (release 20.0) (Armonk, New York, USA). Continuous data were examined for normality with the Shapiro-Wilk test. Normally distributed data are reported as mean ± standard deviation whereas the median with the 25–75 percentiles is shown for not normally distributed and categorical data.
Patients were classified based on the number of anthypertensive drugs that they were treated with (one, two and three or more) and on the pharmacological class these drugs belonged to (ACEIs, ARBs, Ca2+-channel antagonists, β-blockers and diuretics). Student’s t test and Mann-Whitney U test were used for two group comparisons of normally and not-normally distributed data, respectively. Differences in the prevalence of the different antihypertensive drug classes in males and females were evaluated with χ2 square analysis. Threshold for statistical significance was set at p < 0.05.
Characteristics of the study sample
Study sample consisted of 129 patients (aged 51.95 ± 10.1 years) with obesity-related hypertension all pharmacologically treated. 46 patients were males and the remaining 83 were females (36 in premenopausal and 47 in postmenopausal status). Table 1 reports the mean anthropometric, body composition and biochemical data of the study population. 59 patients had class I, 34 class II and 36 class III obesity. 41.1 % of the study sample received a single antihypertensive drug, 36.4 % a combination of two antihypertensive drugs and the remaining 22.5 % three or more antihypertensive drugs. No significant difference was observed in the age of the patients one, two and three or more drugs (Table 2). 16 patients were also treated with lipid-lowering agents, 4 with antidiabetic drugs and 5 with both antidiabetic and lipid-lowering drugs.
Table 1 Anthropometric and metabolic data of the whole patient cohort and of patients taking only antihypertensive drugs
Table 2 Prevalence of use of different antihypertensive drug classes in patients treated with one, two or three or more antihypertensive drugs
Antihypertensive drugs used in monotherapy, dual therapy and in multiple drug therapy
Table 2 reports the prevalence of use of different antihypertensive drug classes in patients treated with one, two and three or more antihypertensive drugs. In patients on monotherapy, no single class was prevalent over the others and β-blockers, ACEIs and ARBs accounted each for about 25 % of prescriptions. Ca2+ channel blockers (CCBs) were used in about 13 % and diuretics in about 2 % of patients. A similar pattern of drug use was observed also when patients treated with lipid-lowering or hypoglycemic drugs were excluded from the analysis. When the two sexes were separately examined, a strong gender-related difference emerged only in the prevalence of use of β-blockers that was about sixfold higher in females than males.
The most remarkable difference that we noticed when we compared patients on monotherapy with those treated with two or more drugs was a markedly higher use of diuretics. These drugs were virtually absent in monotherapy regimens but were used in more than 60 % of patients on dual antihypertensive therapy and in all patients assuming three or more drugs. Prevalence of use of CCBs was not significantly different in patients on mono- or dual-therapy whereas it significantly increased in patients treated with three or more drugs. In this group, about 35 % of patients assumed CCBs with a strong difference between sexes. Indeed, more than 60 % of males and less than 10% of females were treated with these drugs. ACEIs and ARBs were used by about 40 % and 50 % of patients under dual therapy, respectively, with a significant sex difference in ACEI prescription that was more prevalent in males than in females (Table 2). Remarkably, in patients treated with three or more drugs, ARBs were used more often than ACEIs.
Antihypertensive drugs utilization in patients with different degrees of obesity
To establish whether different drugs are prescribed in patients with different degrees of obesity we stratified our patients according to their BMI and compared the prevalence of use of β-blockers, ACEIs, ARBs, CCBs, diuretics and α1 adrenoceptor blockers. As shown in Table 3 we did not find any significant difference in the prevalence of use of any of the aforementioned drugs among patients with type I, II and III obesity.
Table 3 Prevalence of use of different antihypertensive drug classes in patients with obesity of class I, II and III
Because BMI does not reflect only the amount of fat in the body but it is also influenced by lean tissue mass, it could not represent the best parameter to quantify the the impact of obesity on arterial blood pressure. Recent evidence suggests that specific age-related cut-off values of the visceral adiposity index, a parameter that faithfully represent metabolically active visceral fat [23], could identify people with high cardiovascular risk [24]. Therefore, we compared the use of the different classes of antihypertensive drugs in patients above and below this cut-off value. The results reported in Table 4, did not show any significant difference with the only exception of ARB use that was higher in patients with values of VAI above cut-off. However, this difference was significant only if the whole patient population was considered and not if patients receiving only antihypertensive drugs were evaluated (Table 4).
Table 4 Prevalence of use of different antihypertensive drug classes in patients below and above the high cardiovascular risk VAI cutoff value
Antihypertensive drugs used in patients with or without metabolic syndrome
67 (51.9 %) of the 129 patients of the whole population and 49 (47.1 %) of the 104 treated only with antihypertensive drugs had metabolic syndrome according to the ATP III criteria [25]. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of use of β-blockers, ACEIs, ARBs, CCBs, diuretics and α1 adrenoceptor blockers in patients with or without this syndrome neither when we considered the whole patient population or the patients treated only with antihypertensive drugs and no antidiabetic or lipid-lowering drugs (Table 5).
Table 5 Prevalence of use of different antihypertensive drug classes in patients with or without metabolic syndrome
In the present study we retrospectively evaluated the utilization of antihypertensive drugs in a cohort of obese hypertensive patients to establish whether in obesity-related hypertension, practitioners preferentially use drugs known not to negatively affect metabolism or body weight. The main finding of our study was that, instead, our obese patients were treated with drugs belonging to all the main antihypertensive drug classes, also including those expected to increase body weight or worsen metabolic profile.
The analysis of patients on monotherapy showed that no single antihypertensive drug was used as first choice with the patients almost equally distributed among those taking β-blockers, ACEIs and ARBs whereas use prevalence of CCBs was only slightly lower. The finding that about 25 % of patients on monotherapy were treated with β-blockers was unexpected. Indeed, although these drugs may counteract the sympathetic hyperactivity that is responsible for obesity-related hypertension, concerns have been raised on their tolerability in this clinical condition because current evidence suggests that they could increase body weight and worsen metabolic status [1, 17]. Interestingly, almost all of the patients taking β-blockers as single drug therapy were women. A possible explanation of this finding is that β-blockers may cause erectile dysfunction and, therefore, are not well accepted by male patients [26]. Thiazide diuretics were virtually never used as single drugs in our population although they are considered first choices drugs in current guidelines [12, 13]. This suggests that practitioners had the perception that thiazide diuretics should better not be used in obesity and that they modified their prescriptions accordingly. Specifically, published evidence that these diuretics may worsen metabolic profile and cause impotence was probably responsible for keeping low their use in our group of obese patients [18, 26, 27]. While almost never used in single drug therapy, diuretics were perceived as important drugs in multiple-drug therapy as all the patients of our cohort that were treated with three or more drugs took diuretics in various combinations with drugs acting on RAA system and CCBs. An interesting finding was that patients treated with three or more drugs took less ACEIs and more ARBs in comparison with those on monotherapy. This was not unexpected considering that ARBs are often used when patients stop responding to ACEIs because of Ang II escape. Therefore we can hypothesize that patients treated with multiple drugs switched from ACEIs to ARBs sometime before coming to our observation because of acquired drug resistance.
We did not find any significant difference in the prevalence of use of any drug class when comparing patients with obesity class I, II or III. Moreover, there was no significant difference between patients with or without metabolic syndrome. No difference was observed also when comparing patients with high or low values of VAI, with the only exception of a higher prevalence of ARB use in patients with high VAI. However, this difference was significant only when the whole patient population also including those taking lipid lowering or antidiabetic drugs was considered. Therefore, it probably does not reflect different drug choice related to hypertension per se but could be dependent on the presence of a concomitant disease such as diabetes. Indeed, ARBs (and ACEIs) could represent first choice drugs in diabetes especially in the presence of renal damage [12]. Collectively, our results seem to suggest that although concerns have been raised on the use of some antihypertensive drugs because of their effect on body weight and metabolism [28–31], the degree of obesity or the presence of its metabolic complications did not influence drug choice in our patients. These data could also suggest that, in our patients, the class of antihypertensive drugs used was not a major determinant either of BMI or of metabolic control. However, our study was not specifically designed to address this question, and further randomized prospective studies will be needed to address this point also considering that available information in the literature is very limited. Specifically, a few studies showed that drugs acting on RAA system and, in particular, ARBs could improve metabolic status in patients with metabolic syndrome [32], decreasing visceral fat accumulation [33] and improving insulin sensitivity and lipid profile [34], whereas visceral adiposity increases the risk of developing adverse metabolic effects upon treatment with β-blockers or thiazide diuretics [35]. Moreover, an important limitation of these studies was the short duration of drug exposure ranging around several weeks. The issue of establishing whether adiposity or metabolic status are affected by specific antihypertensive drug classes in obesity is potentially clinically relevant because, by interfering with these parameters, drug therapy could positively or negatively influence long term prognosis in this condition. Under this respect, it is worth mentioning the recent evidence reported by the Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration [36] showing that in obesity-related hypertension the outcome measured as a composite of major cardiovascular events including stroke, coronary heart disease, heart failure, and cardiovascular death, is independent from the class of antihypertensive drugs taken by the patients.
Although our retrospective study was performed on medical records from a single institution, we believe that it is actually representative of a larger population of obese patients. Indeed, our unit is not a primary center for the treatment of hypertension but a nutritional consultation with its catchment area extending across the larger Naples metropolitan region. Therefore, the data on antihypertensive drug treatment that we analyzed in the present study do not reflect the therapeutic choices of physicians working in a single center but those of primary care physicians or of cardiologists taking care of the patients in many other institutions that sent us their patients only for a nutritional advice. A limitation of the study is that, we cannot exclude a selection bias because the patients that we examined were actually sent to our observation by other physicians to further improve their medical treatment. This implies that our study sample could have been theoretically composed by patients taking benefits of higher standard than average medical care.
In conclusion, we showed that the pharmacological approach to the treatment of obesity-related hypertension is highly heterogeneous as different drug classes are used either alone or in combination and no first choice protocol seems to be adopted in clinical practice. Importantly, we found no evidence that physicians differentiate drug use according to the severity of obesity, to visceral fat accumulation or to the presence of metabolic syndrome. There is an urgent need of further data to provide informed directions that could help practitioners in choosing the right therapy for hypertensive obese patients. Specifically, well designed randomized trials are needed to establish whether the detrimental effect of some antihypertensive drugs that were observed in general population also occur in obese patients.
ACEI:
ACE inhibitor
ARB:
Angiotensin II receptor blocker
Ang II:
Angiotensin-II
BW:
CCB:
Calcium channel blocker
ECW%:
Percent extracellular water
FFM%:
Percent fat free mass
FM%:
Percent fat mass
MM%:
Muscle mass as percent of free fat mass
Nonalcholic fatty liver disease
RAA:
Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone
TBW%:
Percent total body water
VAI:
Visceral adiposity index
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California Gives Manson More Life
by David Boles.In Urban Semiotic.8 Comments on California Gives Manson More Life
What’s wrong with California? Last week the state released an updated mug shot of Charles Manson for the world to ponder and pick on:
Manson, 74, is locked away in protective custody, according to Sabrina Johnson, a spokeswoman at Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran, about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Manson has his own cell. His exposure to prison neighbors that include mass killer Juan Corona and Robert F. Kennedy’s assassin, Sirhan Sirhan, is very limited, Johnson said.
Manson and the four “family” members’ death sentences were overturned during the 1970s, when the death penalty laws were ruled unconstitutional. He is quietly serving out his life sentence. Although he once frequently gave bombastic rants on national television, he hasn’t granted a media interview in years.
Manson receives a lot of mail, and many requests from people who want to visit him, Johnson said. He still occasionally sees a few people.
“Over the years, he’s taken some people off the visitor list and put them back on, ” Johnson said. “He has the same rights as any other prisoner.”
California must make it illegal for prisoners to be made into public spectacles. Update the mug shots, but do not release them to the citizenry unless there is a specific, public, need to know.
What is the purpose of releasing a new Manson mug shot if not to titillate public itching and for tickling private fantasies?
Manson has been admired and honored enough through misaligned intentions — and to remind a whole new generation of his bloody, deadly, deeds — is to unfairly reward the sociopathic mentality with attention and fear instead of punishing it with wholesale ignoring and moral verisimilitude.
His dead deserve better.
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It really is ridiculous that the photo was released. Did they even give a reason for its release other than just because?
Gordon —
California said it was “routine” to re-mug shoot inmates with long-term incarcerations — I get that — it’s important in a case of escape or ID in the prison… but why make those re-shoots public unless you are seeking publicity for, and attention from, your most vicious killers?
Lynnette Perry says:
Charlie IS looking old and sad. However, we make choices in life and then have consequences for those choices. Manson and those he was leading at the time of the murders took lives of others. Now they happen to be ageing and ill..in one case terminally. But they made a choice and the conseqence was to serve the remainder of their lives in prison. There is no reason to release any of them now. Many pass away in prison. And so will they.
Had they made good choices, they would have had good consequences and a better life, free and out of prison. They did not.
To me it is that simple. It should be a lesson. Good choices equal good consequences. Bad choices land you in prison where you may die. Best to make positive choices. But if not, take a good look at this man and the others that followed him. That’s what happens when you CHOOSE to kill.
You make a fine point about goodness, Lynnette, but it is interesting how Manson never killed anyone.
The man nightmares are made of. I hated him. He escaped death. No Californian of the right age will ever remember him as anything but a creepy killer.
He was a living monster under the bed, Anne. He was a haunting, cultural, icon and he loved every moment of his infamy.
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BollywoodGaram.com: Bollywood celebrities attended the NDTV Indian of The Year Awards. Some of the stars who were present at the event included Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor, Kangana Ranaut, Aamir Khan and Soundarya. Deepika and Ranbir – who were once Bollywood lovebirds – entertained the audience during the event.
The two stars danced, smiled, laughed and had a great time. At one point, Ranbir was asked to dance on one of his popular numbers and he shared the stage with Aamir, Kangana, Soundarya and Deepika. However, as the song was playing, Deepika was left alone with Ranbir on the dance floor.
The famous duo showed off their signature steps from the chartbuster.
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Book Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver
May 25, 2014 / Maria
Young Adult > Contemporary
Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of twelve thousand people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do.
Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought.
Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game; he’s sure of it. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s not the only one with a secret. Everyone has something to play for.
For Heather and Dodge, the game will bring new alliances, unexpected revelations, and the possibility of first love for each of them—and the knowledge that sometimes the very things we fear are those we need the most.
Without a doubt, Lauren Oliver is a great writer. But I think she should stick with romance, and stay out of any plot involving action, suspense, and pretty much anything that would suggest there could be an adventure in her book.
Because her weakness is poor execution.
Add to that the characters she wrote here are unlikeable, unrelatable, bordering on despicable. Always a pity-party for Heather, playing both sides for Nat, all puppy-dog eyes for Bishop, and nothing but angst (and endless infatuation) for Dodge.
Heather, Nat, and Dodge have different reasons in joining Panic. Heather’s? Dumb. Nat’s? Money. Dodge’s? Revenge. Heather’s reason was really, really dumb.
The mechanics of the game Panic was absurd. It was being portrayed as something other than what it really was: teenagers who really just had nothing to do, doing stunts, risking their lives for $67,000. And it has been going on for so long, and yet, when the police started interrupting, the game instantly went to a standstill. The structure of the game should be sturdier than that, right? Pathetic.
Terrible characters. Even terrible story plot and execution.
I love Lauren Oliver for Delirium and Before I Fall. It ends there.
Thank you Edelweiss and HarperCollins/HarperTeen for granting my galley request.
Published March 4th 2014 by HarperCollins
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I didn’t really like Panic that much either. Such a shame!
IKR! It’s Lauren Oliver, for goodness sake. lol
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Global Governance, Human Rights and International Law: Combating the Tragic Flaw
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This book offers a stimulating introduction to the links between areas of global governance, human rights global economy and international law. By drawing on a range of diverse subject areas, Errol P. Mendes argues that the foundations of global governance, human rights and international law are undermined by a conflict or ‘tragic flaw’, where insistence on absolute conceptions of state sovereignty are pitted against universally accepted principles of justice and human rights resulting in destructive self-interest for both the state and the global community. The book explores how human rights and international law are applied in some of the critical institutions of global governance and in the operations of the global private sector, and how States, institutions and global civil society struggle to fight this ‘tragic flaw’.
The book is brought up to date by considering developments in the role of the IMF, the World Bank, bilateral investment treaties; the likely failure of the Doha round of WTO negotiations; the legacy of the 2008 financial crisis; and the role of the International Criminal Court and the evolving Responsibility to Protect doctrine in international peace and security crises in the Middle East, Central and West Africa among other regions of the world. With its intensely interdisciplinary approach, this book motivates new thinking in the realm of global governance and international law, and promotes the development of new strategies for negotiating between conflicting leadership and organisational values within global institutions.
The book will be of great interest and use to students and researchers of public international law, international relations and political science, business and human rights, global governance and international trade and economic law.
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Errol P. Mendes is a lawyer, author and law professor at the University of Ottawa and has been an advisor to governments, civil society groups, corporations and the United Nations in the areas of international law, human rights and global governance. He is the author and/or editor of eight books dealing with subjects as diverse as global governance, international human rights labour standards, terrorism, the international criminal court and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Titel Global Governance, Human Rights and International Law: Combating the Tragic Flaw
Autor Errol P. Mendes
Verlag Routledge, 2014
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Comic Book Review: Mage: The Hero Denied #11
Yes, this really is a review of Mage: The Hero Denied #11. Just go with it.
I first ran into Matt Wagner’s work in 1984 a few months before he published the first issue of Mage: The Hero Defined. My gaming group was always on the lookout for new things and I had direct ordered a role-playing game box set called Psi World. It was an interesting study in world building, and it came with an awesome Bill Willingham cover.
Back then we didn’t have Amazon.com. If you didn’t have a local comic book store, you went to the newsstands and did a circuit around town until you got all your Marvel and DC. We direct ordered pretty much everything else from the publishers or we ordered from the big mailing houses like Westfield or Bud Plant. My particular ordering house was Westfield, and they treated me and my group of friends like kings. Just to illustrate how well run Westfield was, the company split in the early ‘90s when the owners Sherill Anthony and Bruce Ayers divorced. They survived the Diamond Comics choke-hold on the industry. They weathered all the crazy ups and downs of the comics market, and Westfield and Capital City Comics are still in business today. But I digress.
The artwork on Psi World was from something called Bain Sidhe Studio. It listed Bill Willingham, Rich Rankin, Bill Cucinotta and Matt Wagner as its members. I was already in love with Bill Willingham’s art, but there was something about the Matt Wagner drawings. Those first images from Wagner were rough but passionate. They had tons of attitude, and they grabbed your attention right away. A few months after Psi World dropped, Grendel debuted in Comico Primer. A few months after that, along came Mage.
Mage: The Hero Discovered was everything you’d want in a comic. It had great art, great story, and characters we fell in love with form the start. Wagner was a student of mythology and the heroic cycle. We were treated to a modern day retelling of the myth of King Arthur. It was far more subtle and interesting than Camelot 3000 at DC. The series had Brian Bolland, but the story simply put the same Arthurian characters in the same classic situations, on a spaceship. Mage was more loose than that. Its mythological roots ran deep, but the settings and situations were updated. It was grounded in a little more realism. When you read Mage, you felt like this could actually be happening right around the corner.
Mage ended after 15 issues. Some friends were lost along the way. The bad guys were defeated, and our hero Kevin Matchstick lived to fight another day. The final issue ran ads for the next chapter of Mage. We even got a brief interlude with a Mage backup in the ongoing Grendel comic. Then Comico imploded into bankruptcy. It took Mage with it, and it would be 11 years until we got the second series, Mage: The Hero Defined.
With the Mage copyrights back firmly in his grasp, Wagner sailed through the second series, giving us an older if not always wiser Kevin, and another cast of characters to fall in love with. The second series ended with the big bad defeated, more revelations and secrets, and Kevin Matchstick in love.
The next time it only took 18 years (apparently the final chapter took a while to cook), but it was worth the wait. So far we’ve seen the Matchstick family go from something Kevin thinks of as almost a burden, to what’s shaping up to be a formidable fighting force.
Mage is first and foremost about growth and change, and Wagner has kept true to the core concepts he set down 33 years ago. Mage: The Hero Denied #11 is out now, and Wagner’s art and story are still on point.
The addition of his son Brennan Wagner as colorist was a stroke of genius. Not only is Brennan an excellent color artist, but he gets his dad’s art like no other. The story is just hitting its apex with Kevin climbing up from his nadir of the last few issues. He finally corners the questing beast he’s been chasing off and on since the series start.
Magda, Kevin’s wife, really gets to shine this issue. She gets to show just how good a parent she really is. We also learn why in a witch on witch throw-down, she could kick Mary Poppins’ scrawny little ass.
I could go on, but really, why? It’s Mage.
The art is great, the story is always beyond phenomenal. If you haven’t been following Mage, it is well worth your time and money. If you need to pick up all the back issues, Image is very good at releasing collected editions and keeping them in print. They are readily available online and at your LCS. If you’re the digital type, Mage is laid out in a panel format that lends itself well to reading it on a pad. Mage is awesome in all its incarnations! Just go buy it! You’ll thank me for it later.
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Arizona accused of abuses in prisons
EYMAN
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My Lakota nephew is incarcerated in the Eyman Prison complex in Florence, AZ and he is an adoptee. He has written many times about the atrocity of living in there. He does not get three meals daily and he's shackled when he goes to the cage for recreation which has no fresh air or sun. His status as a prisoner has been deemed inhumane by Amnesty International in a recent report.
Why are so many minorities incarcerated? Do we see a pattern here? How many adoptees are incarcerated? Those statistics are not available to me. I have asked.
Jess has asked for prayers... so I ask you, my friends, to keep good thoughts until he can be freed. Mitakuye oyasin all my relatives!
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One day the world will wake up
Lost Daughters: On Being Generic Ethnic
It is important for all adoptees to know their ancestry, VERY important. Please read this great post on Lost Daughters (click on title) by an Illinois adoptee.
Sadly, the adoption world continues to ignore adoptees in this regard, and fails to see the importance of our medical history which is clearly so necessary and essential to every human being - yet sealed adoption records leaves us adoptees out in the cold and in the dark.
Some day, one day soon, the world will wake up. I mean it. One day the world will see adoption for what it truly is - a farce, ridiculous, barbaric and demeaning for the adoptee.
I wait for that day.
Labels: adoption file access, billion dollar adoption industry, Illinois adoptee, Trace A. DeMeyer
Deportation of adoptees? Yup!
Citizen of no land: The story of Kairi Shepherd
by Danish Raza May 25, 2012 First Post:India
#Adoption #India #Kairi Shepherd #OnOurMind #United States
Kairi Shepherd, a 30 year-old Indian-origin adoptee is staring at the prospect of deportation from United States to India and says being sent back to India would end her life as she knows it.
“The deportation order which may force me to part from my physicians, family, and friends here, could be a death sentence to me,” said Shepherd, who suffers from multiple sclerosis.
Hers is a strange and tragic tale that reveals how children adopted across borders often fall through the cracks of domestic law.
Utah native Erlene Shepherd adopted a three-month-old Kairi from a Kolkata orphanage. Kairi was one of the 11 children the single mother adopted from across the globe. Erlene died when Kairi was eight.
Kairi Shepherd. File image. Image courtesy Anjali Pawar/ Sakhi
When Kairi was arrested and convicted of felony check forgery – a crime she committed to feed her drug habit – a US court and Kairi discovered that she was not a US citizen. The court then upheld the right of the US government to deport Kairi to India.
How did Kairi fall through the cracks?
To claim Kairi’s citizenship, Erlene had to submit a form with the US authorities before her adopted daughter turned 21 years old. But Erlene died without doing so, making Kairi, a nobody’s child. If parents who are technically granted legal guardianship by the sending country, don’t re-adopt their children after their arrival in the US, then their children are not US citizens.
She also does not benefit from the 2000 Child Citizenship Act, which represented a significant step forward and provided automatic citizenship for adoptees, because it does not retroactively include adult adoptees.
“The Child Citizenship Act failed to include all adoptees upon its passage in 2000 and so brought into question adoption’s most fundamental claim, a forever loving home. Adoptee vulnerability to removal and undocumented status violates an adopted person’s rights as outlined in the Hague Convention on Inter-country adoption to which the U.S. is a signatory and the UNCRC, which sending countries like India have ratified,” said Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, community adviser with AdopSource, a resource group for adoptees in the US.
Dobbs has tracked 40 cases of adult adoptees who have been deported to their countries of origin.
In 2008, Jennifer Haynes was deported from the US to India in a similar manner. Adopted by an American couple, she was sexually abused by her foster father, and spent years being shipped from one foster parent to another.
Charged in a case of drug possession, she was sent back at the age of 32. Her children- eight and nine years old- are growing up in the US without mother.
“I am away from them for more than four years now and I am not sure if I will ever see them again. What kind of law is this?” said Haynes.
The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), central government body which sanctions inter-country adoption says that it cannot be held responsible because it was non existent when Haynes and Shepherd were adopted. CARA was formed in 1990.
“Currently we issue conformity certificates in case of every inter-country adoption to facilitate immediate citizenship of the adopted child,” said Anu J Singh, director, CARA, adding that the Authority has written to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the US Embassy for details of the Kairi Shepherd’s case.
The MEA has been maintaining that it is looking at ways to provide legal assistance to Kairi to challenge the US order.
International Mission of Hope, the Kolkata orphanage which put Kairi in adoption, shut shop ten years ago and Kairi’s last hope is a favorable order from the US Supreme Court.
The insanity of adoption continues - a child doesn't choose to be adopted, or asked to be placed in another country...and yet Americans who adopt didn't file all the proper and necessary paperwork for their acquisition, putting their "adoptee" at risk... It begs the question: why? Trace
Labels: adoptees finding the truth, billion dollar adoption industry, Deporting adoptees, Intercountry adoptees, Split Feathers, Trace A. DeMeyer
Elizabeth Warren: Record of American Indian Heritage Was Destroyed in 1906
I feel it is necessary to keep publishing about this topic - since the identity police are reading this blog...racism is alive and well in Indian Country... Trace
Stephen Herrington
The Monday Morning Economist
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-herrington/re-elizabeth-warren-ameri_b_1535095.html
The attack on Elizabeth Warren's sometime allusions to American Indian heritage as being untrue is very likely unsupportable. The thing is, a similar accusation would be baseless for unknowable numbers of American Indian descendants. The records are known to be inaccurate and the Indian Nations take that into consideration. I am nominally a 64th Choctaw and yet am eligible for tribal enrollment. Why, with that amount of dilution would they want to consider me? The answer is that the cultural pressures prevailing at the time of the last Indian census, the Dawes Rolls, literally discriminated against accuracy. At the time it was like a current U.S. Census asking whether or not you were in this country illegally.
I take this subject personally. In 1951, the year I was born, prevailing cultural norms among the whites might have cost me my life and my mother one of her children at birth. In Pecos Texas, my mother's home, the rumor at the time was that the one MD in town had an infant mortality rate of 80 percent in delivery of minority children. My mother, taking no chances, traveled to a little town north of Tulsa, Okla., to deliver me, safer in the Home of the Red Man.
Her father was nominally 1/16 Choctaw. But both he and my mother knew a secret truth. He was three-quarters American Indian, half Choctaw and a quarter Cherokee. He spent his whole life passing as white, but the threat of the local MD was too great a risk to take. How did 3/4 in reality become virtually white in the records? Therein lies the difficulty of proving Indian heritage.
The Dawes Rolls of 1906 were the final census of the Indian Nations prior to dissolution of the reservation system. Those on the rolls could get compensation for the loss of reservation lands if they had at least 1/8 Indian blood. At the same time, the Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, had local law requiring any full blood Indian to have a white custodian. Antipathy towards the Tribes for their reluctance to surrender their lands to whites created an atmosphere of intimidation. To reveal one's true blood might have invited recrimination along with a custodian. As a result, many chose the sensible compromise with the government and whites. They signed up to receive allotments on the Dawes Roll but often lied about their true bloodedness. They signed up as 1/8, got their allotments and avoided trouble.
Lineage was lost wholesale by the time the Dawes Rolls were closed, but it remains the solemn document of American Indian heritage. What your great, great, great grandparent gave as their "bloodedness" dictates what you can have certified as your blood today. Greed and a conspiratorial prejudice in government erased the truth.
My own heritage is a concrete example of what bigotry in hand with indifference to justice can do to a family history.
Eliza, my great-great-grandmother was a maid to the household of Kennerly. When Kennerly's wife Esther died in 1872, Kennerly married Eliza who bore him five surviving children. Eliza was a full-blooded Cherokee. One of her children was my great-grandfather.
My great-grandfather married a woman of the Indian Territory, a member of the Choctaw Nation. She was believed to be full-blooded Choctaw. She bore five children. Their first son was my grandfather, born in 1896. He was believed to be 1/4 Cherokee and 1/2 Choctaw. Census and property records support this.
When my great-grandfather and grandmother signed the Dawes Roll in Oklahoma, they signed as her being 1/8 Choctaw and he being white. In this deception they avoided both loss of the allotment due them and the appointment of a white custodian. There's verifiable genealogy to support this in total. I've seen their records on the Dawes Roll, and their signature to falsehood was forced.
So grandpa became nominally 1/16 Choctaw on the Dawes Roll and his Indian heritage thereby nearly evaporated on the record. Grandpa spent his life passing as a white man in fear of the same bigotry undergone by his immediate ancestors. He was also a U.S. Marine who fought in Belleau Wood and the finest man I ever knew. His dog tags are in my drawer here and his Indian wisdom still lights my way.
If one were to do Elizabeth Warren's genealogy, they'd very likely find a family story similar to mine. The American Indians that survived the incursion of white men's disease and rape of the land and outright genocide, were decimated further by the prejudices and callousness of enrollment in Dawes.
Mr. Brown, in arguing that Warren faked her heritage, you open a old grievance you may regret. It wasn't the taking of life in this case, not at Wounded Knee, but a taking of identity and so dignity from the remainder of a race destroyed by white ambition.
Footnote:
It was not that long ago when it was actually better not to be an Indian, if you could somehow pass as white, to ‘blend in, be invisible,’ to find work, to own land or run a farm. Remember Indians were not allowed to vote in American until 1924. First we had to be declared human in the 1879 Standing Bear Trial. Then after WWI and the return of many American Indian veterans, the US finally granted citizenship to the Indian. However, it wasn’t until the mid-1950’s to 1960 that every state allowed the Indian to vote. Utah was the last.
Obviously some Indians preferred anonymity and decided not to declare their Indian race on the census. Some mothers denied Native ancestry when social workers were placing their children up for adoption. Why? It was never easy to be Indian in North America. Racism was and is still tough on us.... Trace
Labels: Dawes Rolls, Elizabeth Warren, flawed census, Indian Identity, percentage of Indian Blood, Trace A. DeMeyer
Coming out from one's ignorance is considered radical?
http://larahentz.wordpress.com/2012/05/22/2949/
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ICWA: By The Numbers #NDN #Adoption
by Kate Fort | May 18, 2012
This information is from a presentation I gave May 18th at the Minnesota CLE.
In 2011 there were 199 ICWA cases (249 in the allstate-cs Westlaw database using “Indian Child Welfare Act” search. 50 were not ICWA cases). Of those 122 (61%) were California notice or inquiry cases. This is less than the last time we checked in 2007 (308 cases). The state continues to remand nearly 50% of all the notice cases (58 remanded, 48%). The only state even close to California on notice cases is Michigan, with 8 last year, and 5 remanded.
Of the family lore cases, there was only one additional case in 2011 from the same lower court as the others and none in 2012.
Once we take out the California notice cases, active efforts cases are the next most litigated cases (24). A large number of those are out of Alaska, and even ones that aren’t out of Alaska are using Alaska cases to define active efforts.
Otherwise, there were 8, transfer cases, 7 QEW cases, 7 notice and inquiry cases (non-CA and MI), 6 burden of proof cases, 5 placement preferences, 5 jurisdiction cases, 1 due process, 1 standing case. There were a number of cases that were ICWA cases, but didn’t really use or discuss ICWA in the final decision, which was strange. In this paragraph, some cases were counted twice, because active efforts and burden of proof, for example, are usually discussed in the same case. We’re still deciding how best to classify those.
So far in 2012, there have been 71 cases. 33 (46%) of those were California notice and inquiry cases, and 48% (16) were remanded. There were 5 Michigan notice cases. Nationwide, there were only 2.
Our current assumption is that as notice cases fall in numbers, other cases will rise–this is based on the hopeful idea that a decrease in notice cases means courts might actually be doing notice properly. Once notice is done properly and ICWA applies and/or the tribe is involved, it seems logical that other areas (specifically transfer, active efforts, and placement preferences) of ICWA will be litigated more often.
In 2012 there were 8 active efforts, 7 placement preferences, 6 transfer, 2 other notice and inquiry, and 1 QEW case.
2012 has had two disturbing private adoption cases as well. See our coverage of those here and here.
Finally, we’ve also been keeping track of all transfer cases since the passage of the law. So far our spreadsheet has 123 cases total. 37 (30%) of those have either transferred cases to tribal court or reversed a denial of transfer and ordered a hearing on the issue (7). 60 cases have affirmed an initial denial of transfer. 21 cases have reversed an initial transfer. Only 19 cases have reversed a denial of transfer. 3 did not consider the issue of transfer.
When a GAL is involved in a transfer case (60 of all transfer cases), 40 times the GAL opposed transfer, 3 times the GAL supported transfer and in 17 cases it was impossible to determine the GAL’s position. When the GAL opposes transfer, the court agrees 80% of the time (32 cases). There are only 8 cases where the GAL’s position against transfer is known when the court disagrees and transfers.
Other areas we’re still looking at in the transfer cases is the different results from state appellate courts versus state supreme courts. This might change the way we ultimately count an outcome, but in this post each decision is counted individually, even if it the case was appealed up.
Labels: American Indian Adoptees, Kate Fort, Split Feathers, Trace A. DeMeyer, violations of ICWA
FREE #Adoption ReunionRegistry relaunched!
Search Quest America announces the relaunch of ReunionRegistry.org, a Free Resource for Adoptees and Birth Family Members Separated by Adoption
Pamela Combs-Wickel
and Vicki Caton Buckle Reunited
Cape Coral, Florida (PRWEB) May 17, 2012
Search Quest America is a licensed investigative agency based in Cape Coral, Florida which specializes in one of the fasted growing forms of skip tracing – family search. Since the company was founded in 2008, over 2,000 families have been reunited!
CEO Susan Friel-Williams states, "We recognize our clients’ need to reconnect with missing family and are here to help! Children can be separated from family members through adoption, growing up in the foster care system, or because their parents divorced and they lost touch with a mother or father. Our research professionals understand that search and reunion is a journey of self discovery for our clients. Every one of our research professionals has personal ties to adoption issues."
ReunionRegistry.org, a free resource for adoptees, birth parents and siblings separated by adoption, has been relaunched. We’d like to thank our Internet design team at Search Quest America for re-designing and releasing our newest version.
We also have a great reunion success to share with you from Pamela Combs Wickel in Washington, who wrote and shared her story: "On January 6, 2012 I found my answers. An investigator left me a message asking for my help in a case she was working on. I can still remember calling Susan at Search Quest America back. I thought my heart was going to pound out of my chest. Could it be me someone is looking for? Well it was and I am so thankful to be found!"
"That evening I spoke to my birth mom, Vicki Caton Buckles for the first time. It was as special as I thought it would be. And my biggest question of all was answered. Yes, she loves me! On April 22, 2012 we met for the first time. It was absolutely one of the highlights of my life. She is as loving, caring, happy, kind, awesome and beautiful inside and out as I had imagined her in my mind to be. I feel whole and complete and I am so grateful to Susan at Search Quest America for that most incredible, life changing day. Thank you for finding me Susan - and Vicki, Thank you for looking. This is the beginning of an amazing future.”
Register or visit today and see who might be searching for you.
Contact: Susan E. Friel-Williams
CEO, Search Quest America LLC
http://www.searchquestamerica.com
Labels: #Adoption, adoptees finding the truth, FREE ReunionRegistry relaunched, Mending the Hoop, reunion registry.org, Trace A. DeMeyer
Free Genealogy Database For Adoptees
By Elisa Black-Taylor (Greenville Genealogy Examiner)
Research for adoptees is very different from regular genealogy in that you're going in with very little information. You may only have your own date or birth and the town you were born in. Sometimes searching for a birth mother or child feels like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Today I want to tell you about a firm that has a very high success rate in reuniting families.
Research Etc., Inc. is a private investigation firm located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The business opened its doors in 1995 and is owned and operated by sisters Kristen Hamilton and Judy Andrews, along with their mother Ava Friddle.
Along with adoption cases, these ladies also handle other forms of private investigations. They're most famous for reuniting adoptee's and their birth mothers. Much of their fame can be credited to a book about many of their success stories. Back To The Beginning: Remarkable True Stories Of Adoption Services & Reunions was published in 2008 and offers insights on what it's like for a birth mother to be reunited with a child.
Research Etc., Inc can be reached by phone at 1-800-992-3571 or by email at RSearchEtc@aol.com.
The name of the free database for adoptees is Birthline Reunion Registry and is located at http://www.researchetcinc.com/birthline.html
If you're an adoptee and wish to post your information there's a one time fee of $10. The search option itself is free.
On it you'll find birth mothers and adoptees listed along with date of birth, hospital and an email address to contact.
Birthline Reunion Registry services not only the U.S. But also Australia, Canada, England, China, Germany, Jamaica, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Russia, Scotland, South Africa and the U.K.
There are only a handful of states in the U.S. that have open or semi-open access to adoption records. Those states are Alabama, Alaska, Delaware, Kansas, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Tennessee.
This means the information (most likely a birth certificate)is accessible to the person named on the document, meaning the birth parents. Once a child reaches age 18, they may also have the right to access the information through the Vital Statistics Office or other sources. Records are easier to obtain once the birth records are 50 years old.
They caution not to expect miracles and no one price fits all cases. Some cases are solved in a few hours while others may take a year or longer. The more information a client has at the time of a free consultation, the lower the cost will be.
The firm does state that some birth mother's are reluctant to name the birth father. Many birth mother's take that information to their grave. A birth mother may not always be pleased when first contact is approached. Research Etc., Inc. also offers services to arrange emails, phone calls or visits between mother and child. Some clients feel the need to make arrangements personally. The firm treats each case individually and does whatever the client wishes in handling a reunion.
There are probably many such databases online. I wanted to highlight one that's free and easy to use.
Many states are trying to change the law where more mothers and their children can search for each other more easily.
There are many adoptees who cannot afford to pay for a private investigator but if you can search a free database - then FREE is wonderful! Get busy! ... Trace
Labels: adoptee search for mother, billion dollar adoption industry, Birthline Adoption Registry, how to search, sealed adoption records, Trace A. DeMeyer
Michigan Supreme Court honors ICWA
Michigan SCT Adopts “Conditional Reversal” Rule for Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Notice Violations
An excerpt from Justice Cavanagh’s unanimous opinion:
While it is impossible to articulate a precise rule that will encompass every possible factual situation, in light of the interests protected by ICWA, the potentially high costs of erroneously concluding that notice need not be sent, and the relatively low burden of erring in favor of requiring notice, we think the standard for triggering the notice requirement of 25 USC 1912(a) must be a cautionary one. Therefore, we hold first that sufficiently reliable information of virtually any criteria on which tribal membership might be based suffices to trigger the notice requirement. We hold also that a parent of an Indian child cannot waive the separate and independent ICWA rights of an Indian child’s tribe and that the trial court must maintain a documentary record including, at minimum, (1) the original or a copy of each actual notice personally served or sent via registered mail pursuant to 25 USC 1912(a) and (2) the original or a legible copy of the return receipt or other proof of service showing delivery of the notice.1
Finally, we hold that the proper remedy for an ICWA-notice violation is to conditionally reverse the trial court and remand for resolution of the ICWA-notice issue.
Briefs are here and here.
HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY - this protects Indian children - so let's have all the other states do this and follow ICWA rules in every case! Trace
Labels: Michigan, Split Feathers, Supreme Court, violations of ICWA
Indian Identity - It's complicated in New England!
www.sjf.edu
By Trace A. DeMeyer
Living in New England (yes, it's still called that after 400+ years), I have come to understand how Native Americans here evolved through some of the most troubling, extreme and dangerous circumstances --- yes, dangerous.
Many non-Indians here have deeply-embedded fears of Indians, because of stories passed down in families.
Many New Englanders are of the mindset Indians are of the past, not the present. We are no longer a threat like we were in colonial days.
Today Massachusetts has no great track record of dealing fairly or honestly with its tribes. One example, the Mashpee Wampanoag had their federal recognition delayed over 30 years.
There are many more Indian people here who are not in federally-recognized tribes and have no identity card to show other Indians or the demanding media.
This issue is affecting Senate-hopeful Elizabeth Warren (Democrat) who is running against Scott Brown (Republican). Elizabeth's ancestry is Cherokee. Her Cherokee ancestors might have been educated in New England, maybe at Harvard or Dartmouth. I don't know.
Since Elizabeth is not enrolled with the Cherokee, her lack of an identity card is a huge problem for the media and other Indians.
HEY! Indians in New England get it. She's one of us. We have our own stories passed down in our families, too.
Granted it's not easy to trace your ancestors from the late 1800s to secure that government-issued Indian Identity card. (My friend Russ calls his tribal ID, "My Holocaust Card.")
Why is Indian identity so complicated?
Long-standing racism by state officials on the East Coast who wanted us dead - and a backlog of over 250 recognition bids sitting in the Bureau of Indian Affairs offices in Washington DC. Delays are notorious. Tribal Elders who started the petitions are often dying before they see their petition recognized.
In the 1800s, there was absolutely no benefit whatsoever if you were Indian. Saying you were could get you killed: After the Pequot War, hunting down the Pequot was common - there was a bounty on every Pequot - man, woman or child. Bring in dead Indians and you get paid. The media never covers this.
So back to identity... tell me, could you provide records to the exact day your immigrant ancestor arrived here on a boat? Yet Indians are supposed to prove they are Indian?
In this part of the world, Native people intermarried for survival. After the Indian Wars, Native woman married outside of their tribes since there were so few men left who had not been killed in war.
Their survival was not complicated, it was necessary.
Read the CNN coverage on INDIAN IDENTITY: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/14/whos-a-native-american-its-complicated/
"It seems to me one of the ways of getting rid of the Indian question is just this of intermarriage, and the gradual fading out of the Indian blood; the whole quality and character of the aborigine disappears, they lose all of the traditions of the race; there is no longer any occasion to maintain the tribal relations, and there is then every reason why they shall go and take their place as white people do everywhere," said Anthony Higgins, a U.S. Senator from Delaware, in 1895 congressional testimony.
Labels: blood quantum, CNN, Elizabeth Warren, Indian Identity, Julia Good Fox, New England, percentage of Indian Blood, racial identification, Trace A. DeMeyer
Knowing you're Indian is not enough (#adoption #NDN)
A Mother's Day story:
Mother and daughter both given up for adoption
By Mary Annette Pember (photos and story)
Rachel (right) and her 19 month old daughter, Mika, and Rachel's birth mother, Jeanne Winslow (left).
This year, for the first time in a long time, Mother’s Day didn’t bring with it the painful unknowns for Jeanne Winslow and Rachel Banks Kupcho of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. Jeanne and her daughter Kupcho met for the second time last October, more than 35 years after Winslow gave her newborn up for adoption.
“The day I got the call was the day I knew my life had changed forever,” says Winslow. That call on a cool October day carried the news that her daughter had found her and wanted to meet.
Their reunion was not a made-for-TV event filled with balloons and flowers. Winslow recalls that seeing her daughter for the first time in such a long time was quietly powerful, a bit like the first time she heard the drum and knew deep in her body that she was American Indian.
Like Kupcho, Winslow was put up for adoption as a newborn and raised by non-Indians.
Their story puts a quintessential Indian twist on the standard Mother’s Day tale of maternal perfection, and shows the inexorable pull of blood and spirit that so many Native people describe when they speak of wanting to know their culture.
I first met Kupcho in Minneapolis back in 2008 while doing a story about the challenges faced by American Indian adoptees who want learn more about their cultures and their birth parents. At the time, she knew only that her birth mother was Ojibwe from Minnesota. Her adoptive family was supportive and understanding of her efforts. A bright, confident young woman, Kupcho is convinced that without the unconditional love of her adoptive parents she would not have been strong enough to pursue her passion and calling of working to support the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). While working with the National Indian Child Welfare Association, she met Sandy White Hawk, executive director of the First Nations Repatriation Institute in Minneapolis. White Hawk, an adoptee herself, founded the organization to advocate for Native adoptees in accordance with ICWA and to help unite adoptees with their birth families, cultures and tribes.
In October, they informed me that they had found Kupcho’s birth mother, Winslow, a children’s counselor living in Iowa.
Winslow and Kupcho, along with Kupcho’s 18-month-old daughter Mika, quickly arranged a meeting. Kupcho recalls that Winslow seemed to be in quite a hurry to meet her. She soon found out why.
Winslow’s birth mother (and Kupcho’s grandmother), Audrey Banks, who Winslow had met 20 years earlier, was dying. Winslow immediately rushed everyone to her mother’s bedside.
“There were four generations in that room meeting for the first time,” Winslow recalls. “That was the first thing Kupcho and I did together. It was the greatest privilege and honor to be there with her. It was a very healing experience. This has all been about circles connecting. At first, it was just my circle but now I see that so many others are interconnected.”
Jeanne reads book to her granddaughter, Mika
Kupcho didn’t know it at the time, but she had previously connected with her grandmother—Audrey was well known and respected in the Minneapolis Native community for her work helping social service agencies maintain compliance with ICWA.
Like Kupcho, she earned a master’s degree in social work in order to better serve Native children. “There has definitely been something bigger at work in my life; there has been a path I am meant to walk,” Kupcho says of this coincidence.
In many ways, Audrey’s experience as a young Ojibwe woman may have helped set the direction of that path.
Born on the Leech Lake reservation, Audrey was sent to the Pipestone Indian boarding school at age 9 and remained there for the remainder of her childhood. After moving to Minneapolis she gave birth to three boys and three girls.
According to her daughters, social workers from Catholic Charities showed up at her bedside after each birth, pressuring the single mother to give the girls up for adoption.
“She said that she felt coerced by the social workers that said that the girls would have better lives if they were raised by white people,” recalls Bernadine Harroun, Audrey’s second daughter. “I think that influenced her decision to go into social work and help keep Indian kids with Indian families.”
Bernadine and her younger sister, Winslow were adopted by the same family and raised together. Bernadine initiated the search for Audrey and Winslow and was responsible for their first meeting in 1989. They learned that Audrey, all of her children and Kupcho all lived and grew up within 20 miles of each other.
“Most of the stories of Native adoptees finding their families are like miracles,” White Hawk says. The distinguishing factor for Native adoptees, according to White Hawk is that the children were prayed for by generations of parents who knew hard times were coming. “Native people have that spiritual pull, like a spiritual umbilical cord that compels us to seek out our families,” she says.
Many Native adoptees report that hearing the traditional drum often activates that spiritual pull. Indeed Winslow recalls the first time she heard the drum. “I heard it and I knew I was Indian. The drum goes to some place so deep,” she recalls. (She didn’t know it at the time, but her uncle, well-known activist Dennis Banks was one of the people at that drum. He was giving a presentation at Winslow’s suburban high school about the happenings at Wounded Knee.)
Except for the strange longing awakened in her by the drum, Winslow says life in her adoptive suburban home was good. Ironically, because of this positive experience, she was able to make the difficult decision to relinquish her own daughter for adoption. Newly independent and sexually inexperienced, she found herself pregnant at age 19. “I knew that I couldn’t give my daughter the chance she deserved unless I did something drastic,” she recalls.
With the support of her adoptive family, Winslow put Kupcho up for adoption. “Leaving the hospital without her was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life,” she says. Over time, however, she was at peace with her decision although birthdays, Christmas and Mother’s Day were hard. “I never stopped wondering about her,” says Winslow.
There was always a lingering, fear, too that Kupcho would be angry with her if and when they reconnected. She says, however, that her meetings with Kupcho and Mika have been smooth and joyous. She compares it to dancing in the circle for the first time with Audrey. “Somehow my feet knew what to do,” Winslow recalls.
“I can’t imagine the pain Winslow went through in making the brave choice to give me up for adoption. I give her tons of credit,” says Kupcho, adding that Winslow needn’t have feared she would be angry. “If anything her love gave me the wonderful life I have now. The home I was adopted into has afforded me the ability to do the work that I do.”
Kupcho is starting a new job with a non-profit organization that licenses foster homes for Native children. Her main focus is creating permanent, supportive homes. Although her adoptive placement was loving and good, advocating for a child to be in a loving home is not specific enough.
“Being with family is ideal,” Kupcho says. “Love is not always enough. Going to the occasional pow wow is not enough. We need to know about our traditions and culture. Even knowing you’re Indian is not enough. With the experience of meeting my birth family, I understand this more fully. As a mother and as an adoptee I have a better sense of myself. I have a stronger, more confident gait. This is the only thing my adoptive parents haven’t been able to give me.”
Finding her birth mother, however, was not the whole key to Kupcho’s search. “I needed to know where I came from and make that tribal connection. When visiting the reservation I am suddenly among family and I feel good,” she says.
Both Kupcho and Winslow report that they are going forward with their new relationship without expectations and going with that process as it unfolds. Their first Mother’s Day was one of quiet joy. “I’m a mother, now I have somebody,” explains Winslow. “Plus it’s great to be a grandma.”
“Mother’s Day is definitely more complicated now, but only in my mind. I’m taking it as it comes,” says Kupcho, laughing.
Sandy White Hawk’s message for Mother’s Day and every day thereafter: “We need to encourage our birth mothers to forgive themselves and remember we wouldn’t be here without them. We need to tell them that regardless of the kinds of lives we have had, we can have good lives from this day forward and for that we are grateful.”
NOTE: This is an update to a 2010 story that was published on DailyYonder.com.
Read more: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/14/daughters-given-up-for-adoption-seek-knowledge-about-their-culture-and-birth-mothers-112830#ixzz1urPQTkzG
Labels: #Adoption, #NDN, ICWA, Knowing your Indian isn't enough, Leech Lake, Mary Annette Pember, Minnesota, NICWA, Split feathers syndrome, Trace A. DeMeyer
Stolen Makeni Children
Another example of Americans who adopt internationally to find out they were duped...This has happened before and sadly, it will happen again when children are $old to Americans... Trace
A court finds that the adoptees from Sierra Leone were in fact kidnapped.
Were Samuel Mosley and Adama K. stolen from their birth families in Makeni, Sierra Leone so that Americans could adopt them—and so that greedy middlemen masquerading as child welfare workers could get paid? That question was at the heart of the series published here last August, The Makeni Children, which investigated the torturously complex stories of 29 adoptions in 1998 from Sierra Leone to the United States. Birth families from Makeni had agitated for more than a dozen years, insisting that their children had been wrongfully taken. But the child welfare organization that had taken those children, HANCI (Help a Needy Child International), insisted that the families were lying—that in the midst of the brutal civil war, they had knowingly and willingly given their children away.
Read the story here: http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/05/sierra_leone_adoptees_were_found_to_be_kidnapped_.html
Labels: billion dollar adoption industry, International adoption, Makeni adoptees, unregulated adoption industry
Disturbing comments about you're adopted (Pinterest)
from Pinterest Humor! (sorry we can't locate the original post on Facebook)
The Comments on this thread express the attitude about adoption out there - I did not comment... Trace
P's brother is always joking w/ her that she is adopted! Too funny:-)
I have this with the laughing one with a Dallas Cowboys star...and the other a diff. team to funny..
You could put so many funny lines with this picture! Wish I was clever enough to come up with some! Love the picture though!
My sisters used to tell me this and I cry just like that baby! Lol
:( My son IS adopted and when he read this over my shoulder he asked, "What is wrong with being adopted." Personally not finding the slogan funny.
I used to say this to my sister all the time! We also used to tell her all my mom could afford to buy her for presents were the dogs toys based on ONE picture of her chewing on a dog toy corn cob (that was brand new) Now we are best friends. Funny how emotional torture brings you close! haha
LMAO!!!! This is too funny!!!
I get you, D. My twins were adopted, too. Folks just don't get how hurtful this can be. Not whining, just saying...
hahaha! this is hilarious!
Not about adoption at all really. It's about the way siblings look for each other's hot spots. And yeah, that's pretty funny.
you would like this @E haha
It is actually hurtful. I hgave my child up for adoption. It's equivilent to being mentally handicapped and being called retarded.
I completely agree with @R. Too true! I used to push my siblings buttons when we were growing up, and plenty vice versa. It's just part of growing up and I wouldn't change a thing. :)
I used to say to my brother he was found in a basket on the street jajajaja... I think it´s funny because they look like twins jijijijiji...
But it IS about adoption. It plays on the idea that adoption is second best, or unwanted. The child in the picture is crying because no one wants to be adopted. It really is offensive to adopted people or people who adopt. Just saying...
Do not like this. period.
OMG It's a JOKE....I guess some of you would be upset if you went to a comedy show...and listened to how they slash everything and everybody...DON'T make it more then it is...And this picture has been around forever with everything from football teams to this on it and everything in between....
No Kidding, A...is that the point? have you been through an adoption? Just saying.
I have 5 children of my own NOT ADOPTED....but have had several family members ADOPT including my siblings...and yes thats the point...it's a JOKE...nothing MORE nothing less...
hahahahahha!!!! i honestly don't think this is ANYTHING to do w/ adoption. My baby sister who is my most FAVORITE person in the world is adopted. But i remember when my little brother and i were younger we would say this to each other ALL the time!! and we totally made each other cry. hahaha love this pic! people. no one means any harm.
I'm with A., I called my co-worker special today, and I really meant he is special. But another co-worker said I was unenlightened. I wasn't saying he was special needs, I was saying he is a one of a kind. And when can we get mad at all the PC people for trying to make everyone feel bad all the time. Stop it.
exactly...... my boys do it to each other all the time...it's a joke not meant to hurt....and I know when Hansol posted it...that is not what he intended....
That is hilarious
For B, A and J, they had J convinced he was adopted.. crazy kids!!
Great Laugh!
SO CUTE!!
i have ths with B laughing and the A crying. too funny!
That's too funny
hahaha verrry funny
So funny
Love it! Makes me giggle.
My daughter is adopted, I don't dig it and truly I'm very thick skinned. Poor taste
I too look for the humor in most things, and I did say that I loved the picture as it has so many funny possibilities. I agree that it truly meant no harm. However, I'm leaning with Daisy and Heather here. Maybe a more appropriate caption. Still..., love your photos Hansol!
Awww....Cute!
I guess I'm just asking folks to consider that, even when said with good intentions, words can hurt. Yes, this picture is adorable: it is the comment that can cut like a knife to someone struggling with their origins. Kindness is the best gift we can give one another.
OMG! This is funny
siblings. joke. adults, stop overreacting. it's FUNNY
i think this is funny, i would always tell my sister she was adopted. we still joke about it 15 years later and we're best friends now.
A few people here have posted that they have adopted friends, nieces, etc. and they still find it funny. I can't help but notice that no one who is adopted or has an adopted child finds it funny. I know that no one means to be mean, and it is just a different perspective for those who are not adopted themselves, but trust me, it is totally offensive to an adopted person.
So not funny... I am at a loss for words but this is what a century of adoption propaganda creates.... Trace
Labels: adopted, attitudes about adoption, ignorance, Trace L Hentz
How insane are we? Let’s look at UTAH!
It is rare I am this pissed off! (Watch out anyone in my vicinity)
Utah apparently is (or was) coaching pregnant moms to NOT notify the father of the child so the adoption agency (predators) could complete the sale-transaction of the soon-to-be-born-infant.
Why am I fuming at this? My own birthmother didn't want to meet me or god forbid, have anyone find out about me BUT when I found my dad, he asked “how soon can you get here?” I got to meet him three weeks later in Illinois and EARL was indeed my DAD!! (Sometimes men have more compassion than women - and in my own experience, my dad truly loved me, even though he didn’t raise me.)
There always seems to be a long waiting lists of adopters, right? Has anyone considered how or why we are becoming so infertile?
When did we descend into this madness of selling babies?
Don’t you get it? This is commodification of human life. This is the low point for humanity.
The Utah Supreme Court had ruled earlier that deception was part of the adoption process in Utah. Utah has the most conservative adoption laws in the U.S. that favor the birth mother and apparently prefer it that way – much less hassle getting the baby-daddy involved, right?
How insane are we? Why do I say insane? MONEY! I am yelling in CAPS because I see how insane we are as humans and how blind we are as to what is happening to babies. BABIES!!
Number ONE: Babies do not choose to be adopted. (I didn't)
Number TWO: No one would ever choose to be abandoned or orphaned! (I didn't)
The fact is: babies are so incredibly confused, demoralized and terrified when their mom disappears (within 45 minutes), it affects us for the rest of our lives. OUR ENTIRE LIFE!
I know this from experience and my memoir is about this... and some people in UTAH are completely insane...
"After a Colorado father went through four years of legal battles to get custody of his daughter - who was put up for adoption without his consent - 9NEWS uncovered evidence of a system in Utah where agencies are coaching mothers to deceive fathers out of their parental rights.
Utah adoption lawyer Wes Hutchins says he has audio recordings as proof. The way some adoption agencies handle birth mothers Hutchins claims "is an invitation for birth mothers to lie, cheat and defraud birth fathers into thinking they don't have anything to worry about."
"The idea that the birth mother can travel from any state to Utah and be in Utah for two or three days and then give birth to a child and then leave the state with the sole purpose of cutting off the rights of the biological father has to stop," Hutchins said.
http://www.9news.com/moms/article/267332/499/Recordings-of-adoption-agencies-coaching-moms
And another blogger posted on UTAH: http://larahentz.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/2883/ (LARA HENTZ is also my blog on wordpress)
Resignation Letter From the President of The Utah Adoption Council
http://www.adoptivefamiliescircle.com/groups/topic/Resignation_Letter_From_the_President_of_The_Utah_Adoption_Council/#reply-18189
When I am this pissed, I usually tear apart a room in my house and clean... Looks to me like the living room needs work...
(click on comments [in blue below this post] and please let me know what you think)
Labels: adoptee trauma, billion dollar adoption industry, How insane are we, Trace A. DeMeyer, Utah, Utah father seeks custody
Cash incentives for adopters?
That headline "CASH INCENTIVES FOR ADOPTERS" is the kind that keeps me up late. An adoptee friend sent a story from Louisiana about cash incentives for people to adopt. (Read here: http://www.dcfs.louisiana.gov/index.cfm?md=newsroom&tmp=detail&articleID=380)
Yes, these ideas are from our good ol' federal government.
The Adoption Incentive Program was created as part of the federal Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, which authorized incentive funds (like bonuses) to states that increased the number of children adopted out of foster care. This plan actually saves the states money, because once a child is adopted, the state no longer pays a monthly check to the foster parents.
The Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (quite a fancy name) provided stronger incentives (more money) for states to find children adoptive homes (especially for older children and children with special needs). Let’s call them Special Children for this blog.
Why cash? People who plan to adopt still prefer white babies, as to be expected per adoption propaganda.
Why babies? Adoptive parents are convinced they can mold the baby to their expectations, the earlier the better.
For each SPECIAL child in Louisiana, the incentive awards are $4,000 for each foster child adoption; $4,000 for each special needs child; and $8,000 for each child age nine or older. Some of these things you simply cannot make up. Perhaps this is why the Mormons especially tend to foster and adopt several children at one time. One Dine friend was one of 10 adopted by a Mormon family who also made them work outside the home. We are talking serious cash coming each month per foster child - from the state and from the Mormon's own church coffers.
If a person wishes to raise and parent a child, even a Special Child, why would there need to be a cash incentive?
Well, let me see… These are kids who have been in the system a long time, or they are labeled bad kids because they act out their frustrations, or they are damaged goods because of abuse (emotional, physical or sexual) by caregivers and parents. There are horror stories that circulate among adopters that some of the older ones won’t bond.
A parent would have to be bribed with cash to adopt a damaged kid, right? What kind of parent would that person be, really?
In total, HHS awarded more than $32.5 million to Louisiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
These are your tax dollars.
In a perfect world, if you want to raise and parent a child, you call your Department of Children and Family Services and get trained to be a foster parent. You do not legally adopt but become the child's legal guardian and you preserve contact with the child's first family. In this perfect world, federal dollars are spent to preserve, not separate, children from their families.
All Children are sacred and need our protection. Why aren't we there yet?
Labels: adoption practices, billion dollar adoption industry, cash incentives to adopters, Mormons adopting Indian Children, Trace A. DeMeyer
Kansas Supreme Court strongly supports ICWA #NDN
In re T.S.W., Kansas ICWA Case on Finality for Appeal and Placement in Private Adoptions
by Kate Fort via Turtle Talk
The Kansas Supreme Court again comes out with strong language in support of ICWA. In addition, the case, which has a complicated procedural history given the actions of the private adoption agency, provides an interesting analysis of what is a "final order" in an ICWA case and a discussion of the collateral order doctrine:
Under the circumstances presented here, we conclude the district court's order permitting a deviation from ICWA's placement preferences did not dispose of the entire merits of the case and left open the possibility of future action by the district court with respect to T.S.W.'s placement. Thus, the Tribe has not appealed from a "final order, judgment or decree" under K.S.A. 2011 Supp. 59-2401a(b)(1), and we lack statutory authority to hear this appeal.
But that holding does not end our analysis. Alternatively, the Tribe urges us to exercise jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine. That doctrine, which we sparingly apply, provides a narrow exception to the final order requirement. It "allows appellate courts to reach 'not only judgments that "terminate an action," but also a "small class" of collateral rulings that, although they do not end the litigation, are appropriately deemed "final." [Citation omitted.]'" Kansas Medical Mut. Ins. Co., 291 Kan. at 611-12 (quoting Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Carpenter, 558 U.S. ___, 130 S. Ct. 599, 605, 175 L. Ed. 2d 458 [2009]).
This case is also an illustration of the difficulties of ICWA and private adoptions. The adoption agency initially refused to consider any placements provided by the Cherokee Nation if the families couldn't pay the $27,500 fee:
In this case, we need not extensively consider whether the Agency followed the placement preferences before seeking a deviation from those preferences. It did not. While the Agency made some effort to satisfy the second placement preference when it requested the Tribe provide available adoptive family profiles, the Agency impermissibly qualified its request in at least two ways. First, the Agency provided the Tribe with Mother's extensive "criteria" for any prospective adoptive family. Second, the Agency specified that prospective adoptive families be able to pay the Agency's $27,500 fee requirement. And while the Agency eventually indicated a willingness to modify its fee based on an unspecified sliding scale, the parties never agreed as to the parameters of that scale because Mother chose a non-Indian family based on profiles presented to her from the Agency.
Essentially, the Agency grafted its substantial fee requirement as well as Mother's placement criteria (which ironically specified that the adoptive parents be Caucasian) onto ICWA's placement preferences. Common sense dictates that ICWA's placement preferences cannot be undermined in this manner. In fact, the Agency's actions appear to fly in the face of Congress' intent in enacting ICWA. See Holyfield, 490 U.S. at 37 (ICWA "'seeks to protect the rights of the Indian child as an Indian and the rights of the Indian community and tribe in retaining its children in its society' . . . by establishing 'a Federal policy that, where possible, an Indian child should remain in the Indian community'" and ensuring that Indian child welfare determinations are not based on a white, middle-class standard that often forecloses placement with an Indian family).
The Court found that the agency and the lower court did not follow the placement preferences of ICWA, even after the Nation provided 17-20 (!) potential adoptive families for the child, and reversed the decision.
Labels: Adoptee Rights, Cherokee, ICWA, Kansas Supreme Court, Kate Fort, Turtle Talk
Pa. man solves missing child case - his own
(CBS News) A year ago, a Philadelphia man clicked on a website for missing children, and found a picture of himself. That discovery sent Steve Carter on a search to unlock the secrets of his past.
Carter always knew he was adopted, but when got older, he started to wonder who his biological parents were. That curiosity and a simple web search took him on a journey that would change his life and even now, there are parts of his story that remain a mystery.
Read here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57419742/pa-man-solves-missing-child-case-his-own/
The following is a gallery documenting Carter's incredible life journey as featured on "CBS This Morning."
On June 21, 1977, 5-month old Marx Panama Moriarity Barnes disappears with his mother, Charlotte Moriarity, from Haaula, Hawaii. They are reported missing three weeks later. Marx's father, who is not married to his mother, launches an all-out search, but finds nothing.
Credit: Steve Carter
Labels: Adoptee reunions, adoptee search for mother, CBS News, lost children, Steve Carter, Trace A. DeMeyer
The Canary Effect (on Indigenous People)
The Canary Effect ►Devastating effects on Native Americans◄ from ◄☼ First ♥ People ☼► on Vimeo.
The Canary Effect is a 2006 documentary that looks into the effects of that the United States and its policies have on the Indigenous peoples (Native Americans) who are residents. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and won the Stanley Kubrick Award at the 2006 Traverse City Film Festival (Michael Moore hosts).
The movie was directed by Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman, who are both members of LA Based alternative pop group The Bastard Fairies. The documentary was released on DVD in 2008.
Labels: Columbus, Myths, Native Americans
Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon
Where Did Joseph Smith Get His Ideas
for the Book of Mormon?
By Sandra Tanner
One of the claims often made by LDS people is that there was no information on the Indian ruins in Mexico and Guatemala available prior to 1830. Actually, numerous books recounting similar ideas as those in Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon had already been published.
Many of the books published on the American Indians claimed a possible tie to the lost tribes of Israel. The Book of Mormon follows this idea and claims that the main group in the story is Israelites from Jerusalem. Other ideas found in the Book of Mormon that are also found in books of Smith’s time include: two groups warring against each other, a white group destroyed by war, horses, use of the wheel, mammoth bones, Hebrew writings, Egyptian influence, the use of stone boxes, written records, temples, grand ruins, highways, fortifications, etc. These commonly held theories prepared the way for people to more readily believe the Book of Mormon.
However, current findings and non-LDS scholars now reject these ideas and see no relationship between the American Indians and Hebrews or the civilization depicted in the Book of Mormon.
Below is a partial list of books published prior to 1830 dealing with the Indians (condensed from Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon, Dan Vogel, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1986, pp. 105-132).
Adair, James, The History of the American Indians, London, 1775.
Adair’s evidence for the Indian-Israelite theory consists of twenty-three parallels between Indian and Jewish customs. For example, he claims the Indians spoke a corrupt form of Hebrew, honored the Jewish Sabbath, performed circumcision, and offered animal sacrifice.
Boudinot, Elias, A Star in the West; or a Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Trenton, 1816.
He relies heavily on evidences compiled by James Adair. He also mentions the Indians’ lost book of God.
Burke, Edmund, An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 vol. 2nd ed., London, 1758 — many editions including one in 1808.
Mentions the Mexican and Peruvian temples.
Cusick, David, Sketches of the Ancient History of the Six Nations, Lewistone, NY, 1827.
Records Indian fables, which he believes, support the mound builder myth. One fable, for example, speaks of the descendants of two brothers continually at war with the other until one group is finally destroyed in North America.
Flint, Timothy, Recollections of the Last Ten Years, Passed in Occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Valley of the Mississippi, Boston, 1826.
He mentions the idea that the Indians were Jewish but does not commit himself on the subject. He describes various burial mounds and fortifications of North America and mentions the discovery of mammoth bones and stone coffins.
Haywood, John, The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee, Nashville, 1823.
Compares American antiquities with those of Hindus, Egyptians, and Hebrews. He describes North American fortifications and Mexican temples, use of metals, including steel, copper and brass plates, describes stone boxes, possible use of the wheel and horse in ancient America, and concludes that the mound builders were a white people destroyed by the Indians.
Humboldt, Alexander, three different books on American Indian; one 4 vol. set was titled Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain. Baltimore, 1813.
Describes Mexican fortifications and temples, use of metals.
Imlay, George, A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America, London, 1793.
Discusses, among other things, the practice of the mound builders to bury their dead in stone boxes.
Israel, Manasseh ben, The Hope of Israel, London, 1652 and 1792.
Includes story of a remnant of the ten tribes of Israel being discovered in Peru.
Juarros, Domingo, A Statistical and Commercial History of the Kingdom of Guatemala, London, 1823.
Claims Indians from the Old World, claims original inhabitants arrived in the New World shortly after the dispersion from the tower of Babel, describes Guatemalan fortifications, buildings, temples, and palaces, including the ruins of Palenque.
Loudon, Archibald, A Selection of Some of the Most Interesting Narratives of Outrages Committed by the Indians, in Their Wars with the White People, 2 vols. Carlisle, PA, 1811.
He supports the ten tribe theory, mentions that the Spaniards dug up Indian tombstones covered with Hebrew characters, and compares Peruvian temples to Jewish synagogues.
McCulloh, James H., Researches on America; Being an Attempt to Settle Some Points Relative to the Aborigines of America &c., Baltimore, 1817.
Discusses various theories explaining Indian origins, problems of transoceanic crossing, and discusses the theory that the mound builders were a white group more advanced than the Indians.
Mather, Cotton, India Christiana. A Discourse, Delivered unto the Commissioners, for the Propagation of the Gospel among the American Indians, Boston, 1721.
Suggests that those in the Old World could have sailed to America.
Mather, Samuel, An Attempt to Shew, that America Must Be Known to the Ancients, Boston, 1773.
He believes that America was populated by two major migrations, one from the tower of Babel and the other, centuries later, from Asia or possibly Phoenicia. He also subscribes to the theory that ancient America was visited by Christ's apostles or perhaps by some of the seventy.
Mills, Nicholas, History of Mexico, London, 1824.
Describes Mexican pyramids and compares them with those of Egypt.
Moulton, William, A Concise Extract, from the Sea Journal of William Moulton, Utica, NY, 1804.
He describes his visits to ruined Peruvian cities with "large palaces" and "elegant buildings" and Incan highways running over a thousand miles.
Niles, John Milton, A View of South America and Mexico, New York, 1825 (various ed. after that).
Describes palaces and temples in Peru.
Parrish, Elijah, A New System of Modern Geography, Newburyport, MA, 1810.
Parrish wrote his geography for use in New England schools. He describes mounds in North America and the Peruvian temple at Cusco. Includes a comparison of Indian and Israelite customs.
Poinsett, Joel Roberts, Notes on Mexico, Made in the Autumn of 1822, Philadelphia, 1824.
Mentions the Mexican tradition of the Flood, notes their immense pyramids and long paved roads, and mentions their hieroglyphic drawings and knowledge of astronomy and metallurgy.
Priest, Josiah, The Wonders of Nature and Providence, Displayed, Albany, 1825 and 1826.
A compilation of many previously published works, includes an extract from Francisco Clavigero's History of Mexico recounting the ancient Mexican traditions of idolatry and human sacrifice and a portion from Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews detailing evidence that Indians were of Hebrew origin.
Rio, Antonio del, Description of the Ruins of an Ancient City, Discovered Near Palenque, in the Kingdom of Guatemala, London, 1822.
Rio describes various ruins at Palenque, includes plates of some of the structures, several Mayan codices. He suggests that the ancient Americans came by sea. He also mentions the tradition of an eclipse in AD 34 and speculates that the Mexican god Quetzalcoatl was St. Thomas preaching the gospel in ancient America.
Sewall, Samuel, Phaenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica, Boston, 1697 and 1727.
Suggests that the Indians are Israelites, that America might be the place of the New Jerusalem, and that the 'other sheep' mentioned in John 10:16 are the American Indians.
Smith, Ethan, View of the Hebrews; or the Tribes of Israel in America, Poultney, VT, 1823 and 1825.
Ethan Smith's is by far the most important and interesting work dealing with the origin of the American Indians and the mound builders. Suggests that the first settlers of the New World were the lost ten tribes of Israel. Includes extracts from von Humboldt's description of Mexican antiquities, Atwater's description of the mounds, and evidence from Adair and Boudinot to connect Indians with the lost ten tribes. He also mentions the Indian legend of the lost book of God, which would one day be returned.
Sullivan, James, The History of the District of Main, Boston, 1795.
He maintains the Ohio fortifications were built by people from Mexico and Peru because North American Indians did not possess the knowledge to construct them.
Thorowgood, Thomas, Jews in America, or, Probabilities That the Americans are of that Race, London, 1652.
He mentions the notion that the gospel was anciently preached in America. Emphasized the millennialistic nature of his Indian-Israelite identification and the importance of the Indians' conversion to Christianity.
Walton, William, Present State of the Spanish Colonies, 2 vols. London, 1810.
Mentions the Indian belief in the Creation and Flood and includes a description of Mexican architecture and metalwork.
Williams, Roger, A Key into the Language of America, Boston, 1827.
He believes that Indian language is a form of Hebrew and that their customs resemble those of the Jews. Although he is tolerant of the Indians, Williams believes their religion is devil inspired.
Williams, Samuel, The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, Burlington, VT, 1809.
Discusses various theories of Indian origins. Mentions the discovery of mammoth bones in North America.
Worsley, Israel, A View of the American Indians, London, 1828.
Relies heavily on Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews. Believes mound builders had been destroyed by the Indians, mentions the discovery of large stone crosses in Central America and records the Indian tradition of a lost book of God.
Yates, John and Joseph Moulton, History of the State of New York, 1824.
They describe mounds and fortifications in their state and neighboring states, as well as the ruins of an ancient city near Palenque. According to them, these mounds, part of a great chain running down through Mexico and into South America, were built by a separate race of white-skinned people who were destroyed by the Indians. They mention the discovery of hieroglyphic writing and mammoth bones, and include reports that Indians in certain locales possessed the signs and tokens of Freemasonry.
The claims of Israelite origins, Hebrew and Egyptian writing, knowledge of the wheel, use of the horse, Freemasonry, a white race destroyed by the Indians, etc., have been refuted by current scholars.
But the existence and popularity of so many books making these claims prior to the publishing of the Book of Mormon demonstrates that Smith could have gotten his ideas for the Book of Mormon from sources in his community.
History continues to be an intrepretation and religion often its misguided messenger...Trace
Labels: Lamanites, Mormon history, Mormons adopting Indian Children, Split feathers syndrome, Trace A. DeMeyer
The Aleut Tragedy
PLEASE WATCH THIS:
One point many Native Americans make repeatedly is our history has been altered, changed or not taught.
This documentary The ALEUT STORY narrated by Martin Sheen proves this point...
http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/aleut_story
Labels: Aleut, American Indian history, genocide, Martin Sheen, The Aleut Story
Author Susan Devan Harness - on Lost Birds/adoptees!
The Land of Gazillion Adoptees Podcast Conversation with Susan Harness, author of Mixing Cultural Identities through Transracial Adoption: Outcomes of the Indian Adoption Project
by kostvollmers
I have known Susan since 2008 when we gave a talk on Stolen Generations in Wisconsin. She is brilliant, her book is excellent and this podcast about American Indian Adoptees is so important - please click on headline and listen and share with other adoptees and parents of adoptees ... Trace
AND: this posted today _ May 3, 2012:
Sandy White Hawk’s Response to Susan Harness
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Veronica, we adult adoptees are thinking of you today and every day. We will be here when you need us. Your journey in the adopted life has begun, nothing can revoke that now, the damage cannot be undone. Be courageous, you have what no adoptee before you has had; a strong group of adult adoptees who know your story, who are behind you and will always be so.
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I agree with you on the caring of “orphans” – true orphans, not “paper orphans” as Kathryn Joyce describes in her book, The Child Catchers. The most important thing to remember, however, is that the orphan’s original identity and family connection and heritage must remain intact and available to him or her forever. This business of adoption – and I do mean the multi-billion-dollar, unregulated business of adoption – of wiping out the child’s original identity, falsifying birth records with the adopters’ names, altering facts such as place of birth, severing familial kinship, must stop … Immediately. And the outrageous injustices foisted upon adoptees and their families for the past 100 years must be addressed and righted. We are faced today with six to seven million people who were basically legally kidnapped, sold to the highest bidder, their identities falsified, and placed in a lifelong, imposed witness protection program for which there is no legal recourse. Then told by church officials, agency and government functionaries that they have no right to know who they are, to do genealogy or learn about important family medical history, or know the identity of or associate with blood relatives. This is how the Judeo-Christian society has interpreted “caring for orphans”, for it’s own selfish interests and greed. Starting with Georgia Tann, the woman charged with kidnapping and selling 5,000 children, most of whom were given to the rich and powerful who then colluded with her to “seal” adoptions and cover their nefarious activities (see, for example, Gov. Herbert Lehman, NY, 1935).
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14 Copywriting Examples From Businesses With Incredible Copywriters
Written by Lindsay Kolowich
@lkolow
You all know the Old Spice guy, right?
The years-old "The Man Your Man Could Smell Like" campaign was memorable for many reasons, but one of them was that it gave Old Spice a voice -- voice that came through in every video, commercial, tagline, Facebook update, tweet ... you name it.
And do you know who is behind all of that marketing collateral?
Copywriters. The ability to find the exact right words to tell your company's story isn't an easy feat, and it's even harder to do so consistently.
So when we come across companies that are doing it successfully, we think their copywriters deserve a pat on the back (and a raise?). Take a look at some of the companies we think have stellar copywriting, and if you're looking, maybe get some inspiration for your own brand, too.
Copywriting Examples
Velocity Partners
Cultivated Wit
R/GA
GymIt
1. UrbanDaddy
UrbanDaddy has mastered the art of getting me to open emails. And when I click into them, they don't disappoint.
Below is the copy from an email they sent me with the subject line, "Fun."
There are a couple things in this email that caught my eye.
First of all, there's no long preamble. The writers get straight to the point -- a wise choice for something as simple as a rubber band gun lest the reader feel cheated reading sentence after sentence for something so common.
Secondly, take a look at the purposeful sentence structure. This copywriter eschews conventional grammar rules by combining run-on sentences and traditional product promotion copy in sentences like:
Lock and load with Elastic Precision, a Kansas City-based workshop that manufactures high-powered weaponry except not at all because they actually just shoot rubber bands, now available online."
Keep reading, and you see a conversational tone that mildly mocks the silliness of the product, but also loops the reader in on something kinda fun.
And then, of course, they close with badgers. And how can you go wrong with badgers?
Best of all, UrbanDaddy's unique tone is found in every single piece of copy they publish -- from emails, to homepage copy, even to their editorial policy:
This company clearly knows its audience, which jokes to crack, and has kept it consistent across all their assets.
2. Articulate
Articulate, a HubSpot Agency Partner based in the U.K., is an inbound marketing agency, and their website copy is full of witty, confident copy on pages where you wouldn't think you'd find it. Here's exhibit 'A':
The copy above introduces Articulate's "Meet the Team" page -- not a page you'd think can pull off witty copy, right? Well, Articulate's page goes beyond employee photos and their job titles.
In addition to the playful header, "not the usual blah blah," the copy above takes on a farm theme, assuring visitors that employees aren't simply "caged hens." Rather, they're a "free-range, artisanal, cruelty-free team." Funny on the surface, but helpful to job seekers who, much like food, want to know where their work comes from and how it's made.
3. Moosejaw
Not many brands are brave enough to touch the products they're selling with unconventional copy ... but Moosejaw isn't afraid to have a little fun.
The outdoor apparel outlet store uses humor as a way to sell their products without being overly forward about it. By appealing to people's emotions, they're more engaging and memorable.
Here are a few examples:
Same goes for the call-to-action buttons that show up when you hover your mouse over a product photo -- like this one, which reads, "Look This Cool."
Does their brand voice carry over to the product descriptions, you ask? See for yourself:
If you think the brilliant copy stops at their homepage, think again. They extend it to their return policy, too. Here, they do a great job of not sacrificing clarity for humor. Their copywriters successfully made people laugh while still being helpful.
4. First Round Capital
While a sign of great copywriting is making people smile, another is making people feel understood. The copywriters at First Round do a phenomenal job at letting the value of their offerings for their customers sell themselves.
For example, they hold over 80 events every year connecting their community together. Instead of just explaining that they have events and then listing them out, they begin that section of their website with a simple statement that hits close to home with many entrepreneurs: "Starting a company is lonely."
Using words like "imperfect," "safety net," and "vulnerable" encourages readers to let their guards down and feel understood by the brand and their community.
Plus, you've gotta love that last line about stick-on name tags. Those things get stuck in my hair.
5. Trello
Do you know what Trello is? If the answer is no, then behold the copywriting on their website. Their product description -- like most of the copy on their site -- is crystal clear:
And then check out how clear this explainer content is:
Some of the use case clarity can be attributed to how smart the product is, but I think copywriters deserve some credit for communicating it clearly, too. They call it like it is, which ultimately makes it really easy to grasp.
And I couldn't write about the copywriting talent at Trello without including the clever references in the microcopy of their login page:
Each time you refresh the login page, you see a different, equally clever example email belonging to a fictional character, like Ender from Ender's Game and Dana Scully from The X-Files -- a great example of nostalgia marketing. This is a small detail, but nonetheless a reminder that there are real humans behind the website and product's design. Delightful microcopy like this kinda feels like I just shared a private joke with someone at the company.
6. Velocity Partners
No post from me about excellent copywriting would be complete without mentioning the folks at Velocity Partners. A B2B marketing agency out of the U.K., we've featured co-founder Doug Kessler's SlideShares (like this one on why marketers need to rise above the deluge of "crappy" content) time and again on this blog because he's the master of word economy.
What is "word economy"? It's taking care that every word you use is the right word. It means getting your point across concisely and not dwelling on the details when you don't have to. In a world of shortening attention spans, this is the ultimate goal when communicating your message.
And since we're talking about word economy, I'll shut up and let you check out one of Kessler's SlideShares for yourself:
Source: Velocity Partners
Whereas SlideShares are typically visual, Kessler's is heavily focused on copy: The design stays constant, and only the text changes. But the copy is engaging and compelling enough for him to pull that off. Why? Because he uses simple words so his readers understand what he's trying to say without any effort. He writes like he speaks, and it reads like a story, making it easy to flip through in SlideShare form.
The copy on Velocity Partners' homepage stood out to me, too. Check out, for example, how humble they are when introducing their case studies:
I also like how casual and honest they kept their email subscription call-to-action. The header is especially eye-catching -- and it plays off of the popular SlideShare about crappy content we mentioned earlier.
In fact, Velocity Partners' Harendra Kapur recently wrote a blog post on what goes in to great B2B writing -- starting with this disclaimer, of course.
7. Intrepid Travel
The copywriters at Intrepid Travel, a Melbourne-based adventure travel company, are on this list because they're at the intersection of interesting and informational.
I love seeing copy that is totally and utterly functional -- that delivers critical information, but is so pleasant to read that you actually keep reading. Quite a feat on the internet these days.
Take a look at their company description, package names, and package descriptions below for some examples of this fantastically functional copywriting in action:
Of course, they do benefit from quite a lovely subject matter, but still -- hats off you to, Intrepid Travel.
8. Cultivated Wit
The copywriters over at the "comedy company" Cultivated Wit do a great job of embracing their own brand of quirk throughout their site. They already have one of the best "About" pages in the game, but their delightful copy is spread throughout their site -- sometimes in the most unexpected of places.
For example, take a look at the copy around contact information at the very bottom of their homepage:
This section of the homepage is an afterthought at best for most companies. But for these folks, it was an opportunity to have a little fun.
They also have two, unique email subscription calls-to-action on different pages of their website. They're very different, but both equally funny and delightful. Here's one from the homepage:
And one from the "About" page:
9. Cards Against Humanity
You may or may not be familiar with Cards Against Humanity, the self-declared "party game for horrible people." It's a card game -- one that's simultaneously entertaining and inappropriate. The copywriting on the cards themselves are guaranteed to make you laugh.
The brand voice is very distinctive, and can seem a little abrasive, and even a little offensive. But that's their whole shtick: They're not trying to appeal to everyone, and that's perfectly okay. What they do do a great job of doing is appealing to their target audience.
One look at their FAQ page and you'll see what I mean:
Here's a sneak peek into some of the answers to these questions. You'll see they make fun of both themselves and the reader -- which is exactly what the card game is about.
10. R/GA
With the exception or UrbanDaddy, I've been focusing a lot on site copy so far, so I wanted to check out some examples of excellent social media copywriting.
I know you all like to see some more B2B examples in here, too, so I surfaced one of the best examples of the holy grail: Twitter copy, from a B2B company, that's funny. Behold, some recent highlights from the R/GA Twitter account:
HOW CAN I RELAX WITH ALL THESE WEEDS pic.twitter.com/T1x78HnPhr
— R/GA (@RGA) May 24, 2016
Your extended family going all caps with the Facebook posts like, hey we're all just people here and I've got some OPINIONS
Imagine living in a time when horrible music wasn't pumped into every square inch of public/commercial space.
Just saw a list of top tech talent referred to as "poachables," which sounds delicious. Like sophisticated Lunchables.
If only audience segments knew how they were referred to in strategy decks.
11. innocent
Check out U.K.-based drink makers innocent, and you'll see a language, style, and tone that matches their philosophy, product, and even their branding and design. It's all just clean, straightforward, and simple. And believe it or not, simple is a really, really hard thing to nail in copywriting.
This stands out best on their "Things We Make" page. (Isn't that page name even beautifully simple?)
This same straightforward-but-charming copywriting philosophy extends to their site navigation:
Their meta description is pretty awesome, too:
And my personal favorite:
12. GymIt
I've always loved the copy at GymIt. In fact, I check their site and social profiles all the time to see if they've freshened anything up. Luckily, they're no one-trick pony. They continue to keep their site fresh with captivating copy.
Here are some of my favorites, all of which hit on the pain points of gym-goers that they try to solve -- and actually do solve with their customer-friendly policies.
I can vouch for that one. I know how much of a hassle it is to move far away from your gym -- and how refreshing it must be to be able to walk in and just ... quit.
All of this rolls up to their philosophy, espoused eloquently on their "About" page, that gyms should just be about working out:
Talk about having an understanding of their core audience. The copy both in its value proposition and across its marketing materials reflects a deep understanding of their customers.
And how did their copywriters choose to make sure everyone knew what this new gym franchise was about if they didn't read that "About" page? This tagline:
Doesn't get much clearer than that.
13. ModCloth
ModCloth is a brand that has always had an excellent grasp of their buyer persona, and it comes through in their pun-filled copywriting. All of their products are silly plays on words -- check out this screen grab of some of their new arrivals, for example:
Dive into their product description copy, and it's equally joyous, evocative, and clever -- just like their customers. Often, it'll also tell the story of what you'll do while wearing their items:
After reading their descriptions, one can imagine what their life would be like if they owned this product. That's Copywriting 101, but so few brands can actually pull it off like the folks at ModCloth do.
14. Ann Handley
When it comes to building up your own personal brand, it can be easy to get a little too self-promotional. That's where the copywriting on your site can make a big difference.
On Ann Handley's personal website, she added bits of microcopy that shows, despite her many accomplishments (like being a best-selling author and award-winning speaker), that she still doesn't take herself too seriously.
Check out her email subscription call-to-action, for example:
Anyone can be a successful copywriter with the right brand voice -- and a little editorial guidance along the way. Want to learn how to write awesome copy for your business? Grab the free ebook below.
Originally published Jan 17, 2019 11:05:00 PM, updated January 18 2019
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Trace Hodgson: Political Cartoons
5 June–13 July 1986
Poster; Political Cartoons, Wellington City Art Gallery, 1986.
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Trace Hodgson began cartooning at the Christchurch Press in 1979. He also contributed to the New Zealand Times . In 1984, he became the Listener’s political cartoonist. Featuring a selection of his recent Listener cartoons, his show is presented alongside Tom Scott: Hung, Drawn, and Quartered, a touring show from Christchurch's Robert McDougall Art Gallery.
Wellington—home of the Beehive and the heart of national politics—is the natural location for an expanded show of political cartoons. Hodgson's and Scott's works are supplemented with historical pieces from the Sarjeant Gallery collection and the National Art Gallery, including works by William Bloomfield, Sir David Low, and Gordon Minhinnick.
The show is opened by Mike Moore, Minister of Tourism. The public programme includes former National Party Prime Minister Sir John Marshall on 'The Victim's Point of View'. 'Don't imagine victims don't like it—they love it', Marshall tells his audience at City Gallery. 'It's a healthy sport. Politicians enjoy it and value cartoons to the point of framing them and hanging them on their walls.' However, he says, today's cartoonists reflect the more aggressive, antagonistic, and personally abusive pattern of politics. He calls Sir Robert Muldoon, often depicted by Hodgson's sharp pen, 'unique—no other human being has ever taken quite that shape'. Other speakers include Palmerston North MP Trevor De Cleene on 'Political Wit and Wisdom', author Ian F Grant on 'Political Cartoons: A Historical Perspective', and Victoria University Political Science Lecturer Les Cleveland on 'Fools, Clowns, and Cartoons: The Comic Intelligence'.
Trace Hodgson: Political Cartoons is documented in an accompanying publication. The brief artist's foreword ends, 'one day someone in a silver suit will blow away the dust and say, "so that's what was happening in 1986".' Dear Reader, that day has arrived.
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Trace Hodgson: Political Cartoons, Wellington City Art Gallery, 1986.
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Home Celebrities Sonali Bendre diagnosed with cancer, sister-in-law says it all happened suddenly
Sonali Bendre diagnosed with cancer, sister-in-law says it all happened suddenly
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Published: July 5, 2018 10:44:13 am Sonali Bendres sister-in-law says that the actor is a fighter and she will prevail over cancer. Related News
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The news about Bollywood actor Sonali Bendre suffering from high-grade cancer left her friends and fans shocked on Wednesday. Releasing a statement, the actor revealed, “Sometimes when you least expect it, life throws you a curveball. I have recently been diagnosed with high-grade cancer that has metastasized, which we frankly did not see coming.” As soon as Sonali tweeted about her medical condition, love and best wishes started pouring in for the Sarfarosh actor. Seeing the love and considering the actors fighter attitude, Sonalis sister-in-law Shrishti Arya is positive that she will be cured soon.
“Sonali is a fighter. She will definitely prevail. She has a lot of positive energy. She will be back. We are all very grateful for the outpouring of love,” Shrishti said during an interview with Spotboye.com. In the interaction, Shrishti also mentioned how it was as sudden and shocking for her family as it was for the fans of the actor. She said, “Yes, it happened suddenly. Aisi sab baatein suddenly hi hoti hain.”
Sonali in her statement also mentioned, “There is no better way to tackle this than to take swift and immediate action. And so, as advised by my doctors, I am currently undergoing a course of treatment in New York. We remain optimistic and I am determined to fight every step of the way. What has helped has been the immense outpouring of love and support Ive received over the past few days, for which I am very grateful.”
The actor is in New York with husband Goldie Behl and is undergoing treatment. She was visited by Akshay Kumar recently and was showered with a lot of blessings from her industry friends like Farah Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor, Vivek Oberoi and others.
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ISSUE 17 – MAY 1, 2015 PDF
Thumbs Up on Amgen’s T-VEC to Treat Melanoma; Is it Local Therapy for Systemic Disease?
An FDA advisory committee April 29 recommended approval of a metastatic melanoma treatment based on an attenuated Herpes Simplex Virus-1.
In a joint meeting, the agency’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee and its Cellular, Tissue, and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee voted 22 to 1 to recommend full approval for talimogene laherparepvec, sponsored by Amgen Inc.
At the contentious all-day meeting, which ran twice as long as a standard session of ODAC, the unusually large group of advisors summoned by the FDA didn’t get the opportunity to clearly identify the group of patients who stand to benefit from the agent, also called T-VEC, or specify the agent’s place in a sequence of melanoma treatments.
NIH Slated to Receive $10 Billion Increase In Second 21st Century Cures Draft Bill
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce published the second “discussion draft” for a comprehensive bipartisan initiative aimed at streamlining development of drugs and medical devices.
The proposed legislation, called “21st Century Cures,” was launched April 30, 2014, and is led by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the committee, and Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), chief deputy whip.
In addition to boosting NIH funding by $10 billion over five years and establishing a clinical trial data system for federally funded trials, the discussion draft includes provisions for developing the next line of antibiotics.
Institute of Medicine to Become National Academy of Medicine
The membership of the National Academy of Sciences voted April 28 at its 152nd annual meeting to change the name of the Institute of Medicine to the National Academy of Medicine, effective July 1.
The National Academy of Medicine will continue to be an honorific society and will inherit the more than 1,900 current elected members and foreign associates of the IOM.
MD Anderson Administration Behaves as a “Financially Privileged Elitist Group”
Congratulations on your outstanding article entitled “MD Anderson Execs Get Big Raises In the Midst of Faculty Morale Woes.” As a 35-year faculty member of the MD Anderson Cancer Center, now retired, I am deeply disturbed at the endangered reputation of one of the greatest institutions of its kind in the world. Every other month seems to bring some embarrassing new revelation at the hands of the current leadership.
An Appreciation
Mike Katz, 61, Advocate, Educator
By Michael D. Scott
The cancer field is filled with advocates—advocates for research into specific forms of malignancy, advocates for access to care for patients with limited resources, advocates for pediatric cancers—you name it. Many of these people are motivated, passionate, determined, and successful in moving their specific agendas forward in the interests of patients, clinicians, researchers, and others.
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The breast cancer screening recommendations proposed by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force earlier this week are basically unchanged from the 2009 version.
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Indeed, the ACA specifically excluded the task force’s 2009 recommendation on mammography.
Immediately after the 2009 draft recommendation was published, then HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in effect urged women between 40 and 49 to disregard the panel’s evidence-based guideline. An amendment to the ACA, called the “Women’s Preventive Health Amendment,” finished the job of invalidating the guideline. (This made the ACA politically viable.)
Mammography: When, Really, is the Right Time? And at What Cost?
As a firestorm ignites around the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force draft recommendation on mammography, researchers and advocates are grappling with the questions at the heart of the controversy:
• Should women start screening for breast cancer at age 40 or 50?
• What is the prevalence of false-positives and overdiagnosis in these age groups?
• What are the costs of harm?
The USPSTF draft recommendation, published April 20, comes on the heels of a controversial study which estimates that the
U.S. spends $4 billion a year on unnecessary mammograms for women between the ages of 40 to 59.
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The U.S. spends $4 billion on unnecessary mammograms each year, according to a study published in the April issue of Health Affairs.
Titled “National Expenditure for False-Positive Mammograms and Breast Cancer Overdiagnoses Estimated at $4 Billion a Year,” the study, by Kenneth Mandl and Mei-Sing Ong, uses expenditure data from a major U.S. health care insurer for 702,154 women in 2011 to 2013.
Of the $4 billion, $2.8 billion is attributed to false-positive mammograms, and $1.2 billion to breast cancer overdiagnosis. The study measures the rate of false positives at 11 percent and overdiagnosis at 22 percent.
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“Let me be really clear: I don’t think that article should have or will have any impact on the [US Preventive Services Task Force], and it will not have any impact on [the American Cancer Society] guidelines, either,” Wender said.
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The latest draft guideline by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is part of nearly a four-decade war over the appropriateness of screening women between the ages of 40 and 49.
In this war, Congress usually intervened, claiming that “common sense” dictates that mammography is efficacious in younger women. This war has often engulfed NCI.
This timeline appeared in part in the Nov. 20, 2009, issue of The Cancer Letter.
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The Sigma Delta Chi Awards is a national competition dating back to 1932. The award recognizes Matthew Ong’s series “Power Morcellation: A Hazardous Practice” as the winner in the Newsletter category.
“This award recognizes a newsletter that renders outstanding public services through extensive coverage of an issue facing the community it serves,” the description reads.
Ong’s series, which includes an interview documentary, can be found here.
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Douglas Lowy: Well, it is certainly a lot of work, but it’s an incredible opportunity—I have the opportunity of working with terrific people every day. I love it.
PG: Did you want this job?
DL: I never thought of myself as either becoming acting NCI director or the permanent NCI director, and it was not something I lobbied for.
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With incentive pay, supplemental annuity and deferred compensation included, the 2015 raise could boost Dmitrovsky’s total paycheck by as much as 22.9 percent compared to fiscal 2014. Buchholz’s compensation could increase by 31.4 percent.
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Space Camp is available for students from the ages of 9 to 18. The programme is age specific and has three variants
Space Camp: For students between 9 - 11 years of age
Space Academy: For students between 12 - 14 years of age
Advanced Space Academy: For students between 14 - 18 years of age
At Space Camp students won't just hear about the work of astronauts and aerospace professionals, they will experience it first-hand! They will learn about spacecraft, aerodynamics, microgravity, robotics, rocket launching and extra-terrestrial travel through classroom sessions, practical activities, simulators and more. The culmination of the programme is a space mission that involves application of the knowledge they have gained and the training they have received during the course of the programme.
The programme will not only show students the practical applications of the concepts of science and mathematics but also develop their leadership, communication, problem-solving and teamwork skills through challenging outdoor activities.
As part of this programme students will participate in the following activities/sessions.
Lifting off at four times the normal force of gravity and experiencing weightlessness on the Space Shot TM simulator.
Learning how it feels like to walk on the moon with the 1/6 Gravity Chair simulator.
Building their own rocket and launching it from the Rocket Launch facility.
Tumbling and spinning in the Multi-Axis Trainer, just like astronauts from the early space programmes.
Experiencing a frictionless environment in the Manned Manoeuvring Unit
Lifting off in one of Space Camp's Shuttle Simulators, or commanding and support everything from the Mission Control Center.
Living and working in Space Camp's International Space Station simulator.
Mission Specialists will experience walking "in space" on an EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. (Space Academy and Advanced Space Academy only)
Living and working in space, operating the Station's life support, crew/equipment support systems. (Space Academy and Advanced Space Academy only)
Performing scientific experiments focusing on polymers and soil samples from Earth, Mars, and the moon. (Space Academy and Advanced Space Academy)
In depth SCUBA training for Mission Specialist track trainees. (Advanced Space Academy only)
During the course of the Space Camp programme, students will stay in dormitories on site of the programme. These dormitories are comfortable and well equipped and are designed to replicate the accommodation provided to astronauts.
Practical applications of science topics such as Newton’s laws of motion, friction, thrust, gravitational force, centre of mass and centre of gravity, conductors and insulators, chemical properties of elements etc.
Principles of Rocket Design
Basics of Astronomy
Logical Analysis and Critical Thinking
All meals during the programme will be provided at the Space Camp facility. Vegetarian options are available. However, Indian food may not be available.
Space University from Frontiers Edutainment is a five day intensive programme of learning and discovery, and a once in a lifetime opportunity for students to visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center.
Students participating in this programme will spend five days at Space Center Houston, the official visitor's Complex of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
The Space University programme at Space Center Houston will bring to life the concept of science and maths that students have studied in their textbooks. During the programme students will :
work on innovative projects involving robotics and rocketry
meet NASA experts who will share their knowledge and expertise
take exclusive tours of the labs and facilities at NASA's Johnson Space Center
train like astronauts in a pool using scuba diving equipment
make presentations to NASA educators
watch space shows and space movies
The Space University programme at Space Center Houston will place students in the shoes of NASA scientists and engineers. Under the guidance of Space Center instructors, students will work on projects that replicate the activities that scientists and engineers perform on a typical NASA mission. These projects could involve robotics, rocketry monitoring of a habitat, experiments with high pressure and temperature and experiments to understand how things work in a micro-gravity environment.
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Students get a rare opportunity to tour the Johnson Space Center and visit the training facilities of NASA astronauts. These include the Astronaut Training Facility and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab or NBL in short. The Astronaut Training Facility contains detailed and life size mock up of the Space Shuttle and International Space Station components. The NBL is the world's largest indoor pool and has a replica of the International Space Station at the bottom of the pool. This lab is used to train astronauts in a simulated micro-gravity environment before they launch into space. Students will also visit the Historic Mission Control and the rocket garden to see the famed Saturn V moon rocket.
Students will get an opportunity to participate in various interactive shows that are conducted at Space Center Houston. These include the "Living in Space" Show and the "Blast Off Theater". These shows teach students about how astronauts cope with the difficulties of living in space and about NASA's current missions.
With the objective of inculcating a spirit of teamwork and improving their communication skills, student teams are required to make presentations on space related topics to the Space University instructors and their peers. Each presentation is grade based on the content, delivery style and timing.
Scuba Diving Activity
Working with an expert NASA diver who trains astronauts at NASA’s Neutral Buoyancy Lab, students will receive training and participate in a scuba diving activity conducted at a pool to replicate the experience of working in a micro gravity environment.
NASA Experts
During the course of the programme, senior scientists and engineers who are currently working on the space programme will come and visit students to share their knowledge and expertise.
Topics for some of the expert sessions include The Space Shuttle, NASA Robotics, The Space Suit, Space Physiology and the International Space Station.
Participants at the Space University Programme at Space Center Houston can expect to learn the following
Practical applications of science topics such as Newton’s laws of motion, friction, thrust, gravitational force, centre of mass and centre of gravity, reflectance spectrometers, sources of energy.
Rocket design principles
Space suit design and survival in extreme conditions
Financial budgeting
Each participant in the Space University programme will receive a certificate from Space Center Houston and the best team will win trophies.
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Students are served three meals and day and will also be provided light refreshments during the course of the day. Vegetarian meals options are available.
Age Group : 9 to 18 years
Duration: 12 Days/ 11 Nights.
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Brexit Update – 9 April 2019
April 9, 2019 by Jessica Mutton 3 Mins Read
Theresa May meets Emmanuel Macron for delay request
Theresa May is holding last-minute Brexit talks with the French President Emmanuel Macron, with the UK due to leave the EU in three days’ time.
The UK PM will urge Mr Macron to back her request to delay Brexit again until 30 June, having earlier met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.
After the talks, Ms Merkel said a delay that runs to the end of the year or the start of 2020 was a possibility.
MPs pass bill to force May to set out timetable for Brexit delay
Backbench MPs have passed historic legislation to delay article 50, forcing the government to set out its timetable for the length of the Brexit delay in order to prevent the UK exiting the EU with no deal
In extraordinary circumstances, the bill devised by Labour’s Yvette Cooper and the Conservative Oliver Letwin passed its final stages in the House of Lords on Monday night and was approved by the Commons that evening
Theresa May must produce plan within 24 hours if she wants Article 50 extension, EU warns
Ministers from the 27 remaining countries met in Luxembourg this morning to lay the groundwork for the leaders’ meeting in Brussels tomorrow
The EU is open to granting Theresa May another delay to Brexit talks, but only if she produces a workable plan in time for a summit tomorrow evening
Talks between Labour and the Government are ongoing as of today. Labour says the government has not put any real concessions on the table. A Downing Street spokesperson said on Monday night after the failure of yet another round to find a solution that the Government was “committed to finding a way through in order to ensure we can leave the EU and deliver on the referendum”
The prime minister herself is visiting Paris and Berlin today ahead of the summit for last minute meetings with Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron
EU demands ‘real plan’ from Theresa May for Brexit delay
Europe ministers signalled their openness to a delay to Brexit on Tuesday, but only if Theresa May was able to present EU leaders with a “real plan” to use the extra time
Germany, France, Ireland and the Netherlands all indicated the EU was ready to approve a postponement of Britain’s April 12 date when leaders meet at a summit on Wednesday
EU signals long Brexit delay as May lobbies Merkel and Macron –
Diplomats discuss new date as late as March 2020 but insist on tough conditions for UK
The EU is shifting towards a potentially long delay to Brexit, with debate still raging over conditions to maintain pressure on Westminster and guard against the UK disrupting the bloc from within
At a meeting on Brexit in Luxembourg, almost all ministers from the 27 remaining member states left open the possibility of an extension beyond the summer, as long as Britain showed it had a credible political plan and would not damage EU interests
An EU summit on Wednesday is expected to approve a delay to Britain’s April 12 exit date, but also to provide a framework to limit damage to the EU and map out Britain’s path to approving an exit deal
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Dear Sean Marks: Keep Lopez and Young
The Brooklyn Nets are on pace to go 22-60 in 2015-2016. Given the talent level, that, sadly, sounds right. Most projections for the Nets fell in the 20-30 win range, and that was before Jarrett Jack got hurt, and Joe Johnson showed that his decline has furthered.
It is without dispute that the goal in Brooklyn should be to take these Nets from 21 wins, to a product that can consistently compete for 45-55, or even 55+, wins per season. It is also without dispute, to anyone who reviews the NBA market, that only 3 players on the current roster have anything more than marginal trade value — Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, Brook Lopez, and Thaddeus Young – and that nobody believes the Nets should be looking to trade the first of that trio.
So the tempting question for Sean Marks as he begins his tenure becomes: should the Nets deal Lopez, on a $20 million per year contract, or Young, on a $12.5 million per year contract.
That conversation, necessarily, starts with a judgment of what Lopez and Young are. The NBA, if you think about where players sit in its hierarchy, has multiple classes of player. You have superstars, who essentially guarantee that they will drag your team to W’s: there are very few of those. You have stars, players who are not quite superstars, but are certifiable great players, and will play a huge part of a team winning games. I like Lopez and Young, in the interest of full disclosure, but they do not fit within this class of NBA player, and there is no argument to the contrary here. Lopez and Young are not great players. That is the simple truth.
From there, you have many, many more players. There are players competing to make NBA rosters. There are players who definitely belong on rosters, but are not rotation players. There are fringe rotation players, who would qualify for some rotations, but not for others. Then you have clear rotation players, and then you have sixth men who excel as the prime piece off a bench: Lopez and Young are better than that (Young has started the majority of his career, and has been an important piece on multiple playoff teams: narratives to the contrary are lazy).
Above your rotation players and sixth men, you have your good players, for lack of a better word: solid NBA starters, and “fourth” or “fifth” starters, who may vacillate between situational starters around 4 clearly better players, due to fit, or fit on a bench. Lopez and Young? They’re good NBA players. And if you look at the key players on playoff teams, placing them there is certainly warranted. For context, DeMar DeRozan, Jonas Valanciunas, Al Horford, Jeff Teague, Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside (possibly), Pau Gasol, decrepit Derrick Rose, Monta Ellis, George Hill, Tobias Harris, Victor Oladipo, Avery Bradley, and Jae Crowder are arguably the second and third best players on the east’s non Cleveland playoff teams. You can certainly argue that Lopez can be the second or third best player on a playoff team (he was the best player on a playoff team last year!) depending on who else is on the roster, with Young as the fourth or fifth piece (or perhaps third, but that is likely a reach).
You might wonder. “Can they really be that good if the Nets are a losing team?” But just because a team is losing, does not mean all its players are not good. Has Carmelo Anthony as a Knick vacillated from decent, to great, to mediocre, to terrible, because his team has? Are Greg Monroe and Giannis Antetokounmpo bad players? Is Damian Lillard average? Is Anthony Davis not a star? Brandon Knight? Danilo Gallinari? These are all good or better players, players who clearly can be part of a winner with the right group around them, but just do not have that, at the moment. And just because their teams are losing, or pedestrian, does not mean that their teams would be no worse off without their salaries: replace these players with players who are worse, and their teams would win less games. Replace Lopez and Young with nobody, or with players who are worse, and the 14-40 first half would be closer to 9-45, or 5-49.
It also should be noted that if you want to allege that Lopez and Young are overpaid at $20 and $12.5 million annually, respectively, you need to study the free agent market with the context of an increasing cap. Contracts, first off, must be valued as a percentage of the cap, not a dollar figure, simply because the cap began rising significantly due to the new TV deal. That makes contracts given out in 2015 and beyond incomparable with contracts given out in 2014 and prior to then. The salary cap in 2016 jumps from approximately $67-$90 million, at least, and then to $108 million in 2017 – that’s a near 62% increase from 2014, and that absolutely changes what players should make. Take a look at a representative sampling of the 2015 free agency market:
-Contracts in the $5-6 million range: Alexis Ajinca, Derrick Williams, Mirza Teletovic, Brandan Wright
-$6-7 Million Range: Patrick Beverley (whose team tried to relegate him to the bench), and Marco Belinelli, Ed Davis, and Aron Baynes (all clear career reserves, although Beverley may be able to start if you have superstars around him, as a fifth starter perhaps; still, the Rockets acquired Ty Lawson because Beverly was not the answer at point guard)
-$7-8 Million Range: Lou Williams, Cory Joseph, and Al Farouq Aminu (a career reserve, and two young players only starting to become rotation players prior to the new contract)
-$8-$9 Million Range: Arron Afflalo and Kosta Koufos (Afflalo has struggled sticking with teams and has been mildly disappointing, Koufos is a career backup center)
-$11-$13.5 Million Range, players getting what Young is getting: Monta Ellis, Amir Johnson, Omer Asik, Tyson Chandler, Khris Middleton. – it can’t be said that Young does not stack up well with this group, r at least in its conversation, especially given Chandler’s regression. Simply put, players of this caliber, more or less, are worth these salaries, unless you just want to sit out free agency.
-$15-18 Million Range: DeMarre Carroll, Tobias Harris, Reggie Jackson, Greg Monroe, Wesley Matthews, Enes Kanter, Goran Dragic (who is struggling this year). Given these deals at this threshold, how much merit to the idea of Lopez as overpaid is there? Some of these pieces may be better than Lopez, but most are not, and they make just a bit less.
-$20 Million: DeAndre Jordan – a third piece on a contender.
It is true that, often, it is smart for a rebuilding franchise to trade players of Lopez’s and Young’s caliber – and players listed above who may be of their caliber – for future considerations. That way, you can launch a sincere, deliberate rebuild, through the draft.
Alas, this is why the Nets CAN’T trade Lopez and Young, absent being blown away with an offer – the Nets cannot rebuild through the draft! The following is the current draft pick situation in Brooklyn:
-2016 and 2018: no picks at all, in either round
-2017: a first rounder subject to Boston’s right to swap (and Boston, if they keep this up, will ensure that this pick falls in the 20’s); a second rounder IF Boston swaps first rounders with Brooklyn, but then the second only conveys if it falls between 46-60. So, essentially, the Nets will have a late first, and late second, in all likelihood in 2017
-2019: a first rounder
-2021: the Nets finally have their full complement of picks
The short, critical translation of the above is as follows: the Nets have one non lottery
first over the next three drafts, and perhaps one second rounder in the 46-60 range. That’s it. With them in the lottery in the east? The Sixers have multiple young players with upside and a full complement of picks. Nearly everyone in the lottery has young players in house with more upside than any young (under 25) Net, and their full complement of picks in house. The Knicks are the exception, given they do not have a 2016 first, but already have Melo and Kristaps in house.
With the dramatic dearth of picks, and lottery picks, the Nets have, they simply cannot decide to rebuild through the draft. A rebuild through free agency? That is always wrought with difficulties, as getting free agents to play for you, no matter how hard you try, is simply difficult. But rebuilding through the draft with one non lottery pick over the next 3 years, RHJ, and Bojan Bogdanovic (no offense to any of these players), when your lottery bound competition features two teams over .500, Melo and Porzingis, Wall and Beal, Giannis MCW Jabari and Monroe, and Noel Embiid Saric and a 2016 top 5 pick on the horizon? That is suicide. You cannot keep up with those teams in the draft with those types of deficits: you have to take another course.
Of course, the counter to this by some is, “just replenish the draft pick deficit by dealing Lopez and Young.” In no uncertain terms, good luck with that. Thaddeus Young was traded in 2014 (forget the KG deal; the Wolves were hell bent on bringing KG back given his meaning to the franchise, so that was an out of context deal in all respects), and Young likely has value at a similar level now as he did in 2014. The return in 2014? A lottery protected pick unlikely to convey for 3 years, Alexey Shved, and Luc Richard Mbah a Moute. The market for Lopez? While he nearly netted Reggie Jackson, the Thunder backed off the deal. Lopez is a good player, but a team would be taking on his contract, and, yes, his injury history. Lopez is not a star, and a team is not going to deal a lottery pick for his services: that just does not make sense. For context, look at the trades made at the deadline. In the Jackson/Enes Kanter trade the first rounder traded by the Thunder was lottery protected until 2018: an asset like that is a possibility for Lopez. In the Isaiah Thomas deal, the first dealt was a Cavs pick protected top 10 through 2018, and thus unlikely to convey until 2019 given LeBron’s presence in Ohio.
Is Lopez worth much more, in a deal, than protected first rounders of that nature? It does not appear that this is the case. So, suppose that is what the Nets fetch for Lopez and Young: two mid first rounders, and perhaps a fringe rotation player or 2 – not unreasonable returns, both for the opposing teams and the Nets. That leaves the Nets with the current roster, minus its best two players – the Nets without Lopez and Young would be embarrassingly bad. As for replenishing their picks – their lottery picks the next three years are gone, and the Nets would have three mid to late firsts over the next year, plus perhaps an additional young reserve on the roster and a fringe rotation player.
Translation? Trade Lopez and Young, and the Nets are most likely looking at a historically bad roster (particularly if the seemingly inevitably Joe Johnson buyout comes), and no lottery picks to escape the abyss. Imagine having a young rookie with a fractured ankle, with offensive limitations, as your only pseudo known rotation player, and no lottery picks over the next 3 drafts? That would be the Nets if they traded Lopez and Young to rebuild – the Sixers, minus the big name prospects and upcoming lottery picks. The Nets also would take whatever limited appeal the current roster has in free agency, and destroy it (the roster only has little appeal: nobody is saying this is LeBron James on South Beach. But that limited appeal would become a zero).
And while deals may open cap space, what does cap space do for you with nothing on your roster: free agency has persistently shown since 2010 that name talent goes where it can win; the Knicks and particularly the Lakers have done nothing significant with substantial cap space in recent seasons because they headed into free agency without any players already in place. The Nets have $44 million or so in cap space with Lopez and Young in place – they do not need more space than that to add legitimate talent, and weakening their talent base to open more space when they already have plenty of space is counterintuitive: cap space is the one thing the Nets actually do have. Perhaps the Nets could then sell free agents on “here’s a blank canvas, make your roster,” but what free agent has ever defected to a team on that premise, given the volatility of teams’ plans. That is simply something that has never happened.
Having players in place is what intrigues players and that requires the Nets – and all franchises seeking gold in free agency — to walk a balance between space, and talent in house. Right now, the balance is too far in the cap space direction, and not far enough in the talent in house direction. Why further skew the balance?
Again, the current roster is anything but a free agent magnet. But at least with Lopez and Young entrenched in the 4-5 spots, and RHJ as a known rotation wing, there is at least a chance of free agents looking at the roster, and seeing the outlines of a team that can compete. A good team? Of course not. But you can see the outlines, however faint. You can perhaps imagine, as a guard, coming in and being a significant upgrade, and having talented frontcourt players to play with. And then, as Brooklyn, you hope that upgrades take you from 21 wins, to maybe 30-40 wins (unless you hit a home run). Then, in 2017, you try to step from 30-40 wins, to 40-50 wins, or maybe even the 50 win range (although that likely could not come that quickly. Those building blocks and steps will be much harder to make if the Nets revert backwards, by dealing away the only good players they have for modest future considerations.
The typical cliché in NBA circles is that if you are bad, that means you must rebuild. Rebuilding is popular, and often seen as the safe route. Collect assets! Do it the “right” way! But here’s the rub: there is no cardinal rule for building an NBA team. All situations require individualistic review pertinent to the particular circumstances. And the circumstances here do not warrant a rebuild.
Is relying on Lopez and Young being in house, and trying to add to that core, the world’s best plan? By no means: not even close. But it is simply the best plan available to the Nets, given the current asset situation. The Nets HAVE to add to this roster over the next two-three years by free agency, there is no other viable option. While their sales pitch is not exactly Brad selling me this pen right here in Wolf of Wall Street, to destroy the one basketball related pitch they have with the pick situation as it is nothing but a death march for the organization.
There is one caveat to everything I have said in this piece. I am never averse to the Nets trading anyone on the roster, no matter how good, at the right price. The Phoenix Suns were willing to give up a vaunted asset last trade deadline in the Lakers’ 2016 pick, only top 3 protected, for Brandon Knight. If a team is willing to do THAT for Brook Lopez, then, by all means: thanks Brook for all you have done here, but have fun at your next stop. However, the flip side to my willingness to trade any player for the right price, is my staunch unwillingness to trade any player for the wrong price. In all likelihood, the price Lopez and Young will demand, given the Nets’ asset situation, will not justify dealing either.
The Nets need to take a step back and realize where they are. If they had their full arsenal of future draft picks, or close, perhaps a Lopez or Young deal, to go young in a full and complete sense, would be smart, but it simply does not make sense under the current asset circumstances. The Nets went 17-13 last season after acquiring Young, by surrounding Lopez and Young with average point guard play in Deron Williams (as opposed to the poor play of this year – many including myself do not like Deron, but facts are facts), average wing play in Joe Johnson (whose taken a noticeable step back) and Bojan Bogdanovic (who has failed to replicate his success of last year’s second half), and a pretty deep bench of rotation pieces: rotation pieces matter, and the Nets replacing so many of them with fringe NBA talent has clearly affected the roster.
The hope in Brooklyn has to be that, over time, they can surround Lopez and Young, instead, with better and more athletic perimeter players than they did during last year’s 17-13 run.
It’s the only choice they have.
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Pain In The Progress, By Tyler Minks (@minkstyler)
Pain in the ProgressThe date is Dec 18, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY at Barclays Center with 26 seconds remaining in the game and the current score: Lakers 107, Nets 110. D’Angelo Russell, with his usual smooth swagger as he dribbles the ball between his legs glancing up at the shot clock. These moments right here are what D’Angelo Russell plays for. Russell knows what is about to happen, along with the nine other players on the court. As a few more seconds tick off the clock, Russell pulls up for a smooth 3 point shot without any hesitation…..BANG! D’ANGELO RUSSELL WITH THE DAGGER!
It was at this moment, I had an overwhelming feeling that D’Angelo Russell was finally becoming what we had all hoped for. That Russell had overcame the external doubt if he could reach his potential, or the negative press associated with him. Russell was showing he is winner, a team player, and on his way to becoming a star. Since the trade that brought Russell to the Brooklyn Nets, I have always hoped Russell would become the star player that the Nets have lacked since Jason Kidd was the point guard for the franchise. I can’t pinpoint why this play against the Lakers felt particularly special, maybe due to it being against the exact team who sent him to Brooklyn, maybe because Lebron James was on the other side, or the iconic “ICE IN MY VEINS” celebration that followed. I can’t necessarily put my finger on it. But it was in this moment that I felt that D’Angelo might be “turning the corner”.
As a Nets fan, you build accustom to getting your hopes up and building excitement, only to have it all come crashing down in your face. Have you by chance heard of the trade with Celtics? If not, go look it up… Dark times my friends, dark times. I say this, because even after having such confidence in Russell after this game, I could not help but remain skeptical with concerns of this game just being an outlier and could not be held consistently. I needed MORE to believe in. Need more to believe in? Checkmate, welcome to January 2019:
January 14th: 34 points (7 – 3pt FGM) | 7 assist | 5 rebounds
January 18th: 40 points (8 – 3pt FGM) | 7assist
D’Angelo started the first month of 2019 averaging 24 points and 7 assists on 45.5% shooting and 39.3% from 3 point territory. Now, NOWWW I was believing. I was now full out drinking the D’Angelo Russell Kool-Aid. I was all in for everything D’Angelo Russell. All Star game? He better be there. Most Improved Award? Deserving to be in the conversation. I started going into every game just waiting to see what quarter it would be that Russell would get hot from three and just set the court on fire for that quarter. More often, he were not disappointed in this regard. The cherry on top of it all was the 28 point comeback against the Sacramento Kings. There was no game winner from Russell (thank you Rondae), but we did get to witness a 44 point performance with Russell leading the way. That game alone was special and shown the toughness of the Brooklyn Nets as a whole.
So now that we are all reminiscing on the season the Brooklyn Nets had, and specifically D’Angelo Russell, I do this to remind all of us Nets fans of how special of a season we just got to witness this franchise have. This past season was everything a fan would hope for when their team is trying to climb their way out of being a franchise laughing stock. Every quarter that Russell had an explosive quarter. Dinwiddie lit it up off the bench, Joe Harris became one of the best 3 point shooters in the league, Jarrett Allen continued to grow. And finally, Caris Levert rounded back out to full form towards the end of the season. The league was put on notice.
And now….here we are. Free Agency is right within reach. The rumors are flying mad with names such as Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, Kawhi Leonard, Tobias Harris, Jimmy Butler, and even tricklings of Kristaps Porzingis possibly taking meetings with the Nets organization. No one really knows what is going to happen this summer. Even Coach Kenny Atkinson himself has admitted there will be a very different roster next season. And at the height of it all, is a large possibility the Nets enter next season without the player who was a focal point of such a turnaround season: D’Angelo Russell.
In the world of Twitter, the Brooklyn Nets fanbase is in mass disarray at the though of the Nets letting Russell go this summer. How could we let go the player who lead this team’s turnaround and embodied everything Brooklyn has been building? With rumors that Brooklyn is being heavily favored for Kyrie Irving, fans find it hard to wrap their heads around the idea of letting 23 year old Russell go, for 27 year old Irving who has been slammed in Boston for his leadership skills (or lack thereof) with their young team. Fans fear we have Sean Marks making a Billy King-esque move with trying to bring in Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant coming off a torn Achilles. I will agree, there is reason to doubt. There is reason to fear these moves. Like I said before, remember the Boston trade? Any big step towards possible contention for Nets fans comes with a side order of anxiety.
But remind me, did the Raptors just win a title running back the same squad that had them ranked high in the east year after year? It came out of a tough and highly criticized move in trading DeMar DeRozan for Kawhi Leonard. The same Kawhi Leonard who sat out for a season and was criticized for his role as a teammate on the Spurs towards the end of his tenure. Not looking so bad now. And no, that is not to say that is now the new blue print to a championship in this league. But, what we have been shown over and over in this league, that there is so many ways to build a contender in this league. It takes tough decisions. It was a fun and amazing season for the Nets this past year essentially playing with house money when no one expected much from them. Exceeding expectations is fun.
But now there are expectations. The Nets are now a playoff team. Big name players are supposed to be considering the Nets as their next team to represent. The Nets are now expected to land a superstar or two. We are in a whole different world than we were 3 seasons ago. A team competing for a championship comes with a whole different level of expectations that the Nets are attempting to steep themselves into.
And with that, comes tough decisions.
And as much as we all loved the season this team just had and all loved to watch Russell and the team as a whole blossom in front of our eyes, when you have championship caliber players knocking on your door, you answer. I think we can all agree that if we lose D’Angelo Russell this summer that it will be a tough blow to the fan base.
But for a franchise trying to enter the championship conversation, you must take the opportunity when it is available. With a summer full of big name free agents considering calling Brooklyn their home, it is safe to say the opportunity is no doubt available now. We have spent quite a few seasons believing and trusting the moves Sean Marks has made (In Marks We Trust, shout out @Flatbushandatlantic), so let’s continue to trust this franchise until proven otherwise. We have heard the world culture used over and over. Why not test it? See if Irving can become a product of his environment, the environment that Marks has preached on building for years now. We can have doubts and be critical. But let’s not go burn down the city and lose our minds…yet.
If this all backfires in a year or two, I will grab the pitch forks with you. But for the time being, let’s take in the moment that in such a short time this team has went from franchise laughing stock to now in the conversation with Kyrie Irving and possibly Kevin freakin Durant. It was a fun breakout year for this young team, but it’s time we all saddle up and prepare for the attempt of making the next step: Championship Contender. We didn’t mortgage our entire future to get here, so I would say we are in a much more comfortable position this time around.
It would hurt to see D’Angelo Russell leave Brooklyn this summer. But, with pain comes growth. See you all on the other side of Free Agency.
Tyler Minks
@MinksTyler
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The Code of the Street: Cultural Insight Enhancing Acceptance and Efficacy in Anti-racism, Anti-bullying, Anger Management and Community Resilience Programs in Schools, Criminal Justice and Public Policy
The Code Defined
Programs-Curricula
The Criminal Thinking Problem
Research Influences
The Code of the Street and the eye contact problem in juvenile offender job seeking
codeofthestreet.net & Curt Byers
Category: Code Switching
Some pedagogical propositions for teaching Code of the Street-informed “code switching”
[Note: this post was originally written with an assumed target demographic of juvenile offenders in residential treatment programs and still reflects that original focus at at some points in the following.]
The highest ranked definition of “Code Switching” in the online-only Urban Dictionary perfectly captures the ambivalence with which this concept is viewed by many African Americans. A distinguishing feature of the Urban Dictionary is its inclusion of Twitter hashtags along with the formal definition. Note that while the formal definition of “code switching” is a neutral description of a common behavioral phenomenon, three of the five associated hashtags betray a harshly negative characterization of code switching
code switching: To customize a style of speech to the audience or group being addressed.
She talks street to her friends at school, but when she is with her family, she is code switching and speaks proper English.
#hypocrite #fake #two-faced #jive #lingo
But for the purposes of discussing designing Code of the Street-informed intervention programming I will follow Fader’s positive use of “code switching” to denote the idea equipping Code of the Street-socialized youths with “alternative cultural repertoires” they learn to deploy as appropriate to a given context, as when she says,
“Instead of learning how to “code switch” between “street” and “decent” behavior; inmates learn to “switch off” street behavior inside the confines of the institution. Without new strategies for action in their “cultural toolkit”…these young men will leave the facility without added capacity for negotiating milieus where the “code of the street” does not dominate.”
Jamie J. Fader: “’You can take me outta the ‘hood, but you can’t take the ‘hood out of me’ : Youth Incarceration and Reentry” in Against the Wall: Poor, Young, Black, and Male, ed Elijah Anderson. p. 216.
Teaching code switching in the context of training in Non-Coercive Adversary Behavior Management is about teaching children and adolescents having to manage adversarial interactions with peers in their schools and communities, and racial harassment in multiple contexts, how to self-optimize personal empowerment and increasingly win in what had hitherto most often been lose-lose situations. Quite specifically “code switching” as understood here is not about securing these youth’s compliance with or conformity to the expectations of mainstream and/or majority culture or about the mere avoidance of aversive consequences.
I suggest, pending discussion and the input of more expert or research informed voices, that the premise and purpose of introducing Code of the Street thinking, ultimately explicitly and by name, is to show and teach youth socialized to the Code of the Street:
That the Code of the Street is a real thing that dictates and justifies in offenders’ minds much of their behavior and attitudes, both criminal and otherwise, and that it has a rational basis in the narrow context of so many urban youth’s economically dysfunctional and often violent home communities.
That having maximum options for survival and a happy successful life require mastering a second code–the Code of Mainstream Society: These are the rules and behaviors appropriate to mainstream society contexts in which they will need to work and include mainstream culture’s educational, commercial and legal authority structures. Once mastered, this new rule set becomes what Fader calls an “alternative behavioral repertoire” to be called upon and practiced as context and their perceived best interest requires.
Code switching” will be understood to mean calling on and practicing the behavioral repertoire appropriate to a given context. It is about knowing both the behavioral code appropriate to surviving in one’s neighborhood and how to fulfill the behavioral norms and expectations that enable thriving in mainstream culture. The objective is not learning to code switch between either the Code of the Street or the Code of Mainstream Society viewed as monolithic non-negotiable rule sets, but learning to see, so as to recognize and rationally assess, the discrete rules of both one’s original code of socialization and any chosen alternative behavioral repertoire. Then, any given rule from either code can be rationally assessed in terms of its utility and foreseeable consequences and followed or not–on a case-by- case basis.
The Code of the Street is disempowering outside of its context–and all too frequently, in it. Once rationally assessed, and with the option of their being otherwise, many of the rules of the Code of the Street, even in their original urban community context, turn out to neither reflect or contribute to becoming the higher best self one dares to aspire to be (i.e. such rules are “immoral”) or they are not conducive to achieving one’s optimal short or long term best interest (which is the case with all rules resulting in criminal behavior.) In the worst case adherence to the Code of the Street can result in anything from surrendering one’s freedom to the corrections system to one’s own physical death.
An inability to code switch as the context requires not only permanently disqualifies from accessing resources and privileges only available in mainstream culture, including its educational, commercial and judicial outposts in even the most dysfunctional urban community, it will almost inevitably result in conflict with its authority structures and some degree of subjugation by and loss of freedom to its corrections system.
Author gdwealwrightPosted on August 21, 2018 December 10, 2018 Categories Code SwitchingTags Code Switching, self-empowermentLeave a comment on Some pedagogical propositions for teaching Code of the Street-informed “code switching”
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “old rule” and “criminal thinking errors”
Curt Byers’ Major Project History
Walters Eight Cognitive Thinking Patterns model supersedes Samenow and Yochelson’s Criminal Personality Theory but still stigmatizes all criminal behavior resulting from as irrational (at best.)
Code of the Street defined
Code Switching
The Code in Culture
Fader: Falling Back
Jamie Fader: Falling Back; Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth
Code of the Street Canon
Elijah Anderson's Streetwise (1990) Code of the Street (1999)
Ta-Nahesi Coates on the Code
Ta-Nahesi Coates' 2013 New York Times op-ed
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Form AND Function: Xerox Unveils the Latest Improvements to Its Partner Portal
Posted on June 14, 2018 by Aqua Porter | Channel Partners, Global Partner Program | 1 comment
Repeatedly recognized by CRN as among the elite, the award-winning Global Partner Program from Xerox has also been lauded by partners themselves as best in class. An important part of that experience is the Partner Portal, the hub of partner news and activity, and the gateway through which resources and support of all kinds can be found.
Just like the program it supports, the portal itself is also evolving to better serve our partners.
New Look, New Features
The new improvements to the Xerox Partner Portal are the result of feedback from our channel partners from around the world, as well as plenty of critical thinking from the Xerox team. The final product is a new Xerox Partner Portal that offers added functionality to help improve the interactive experience for partners at all levels.
Changes to the design provide a welcome update without compromising the organizational structure, making the new portal easier to use while keeping your favorite tools and resources right where you expect them to be. For example, our partners will notice they no longer need to scroll down to see the various listing on the main navigation page – all tabs now open horizontally, for at a glance scanning.
That’s not the only change that was made with convenience in mind. Because a partner’s life is lived on the go, the new partner portal offers an improved mobile experience. Vital information, tools, and resources can be accessed quickly and easily wherever and whenever they’re needed.
Click here for an interactive tutorial on how to navigate through the new partner portal.
While these changes make using the portal easier than ever, it’s what our channel partners can find on the portal that may be of the most value.
The Xerox partner portal has a new look!
New Tools and Resources
Along with updates to the user experience, we have added newly upgraded marketing tools and campaigns to help partners with a variety of business goals. New online marketing assets help our partners reach more customers by communicating to them in the medium they prefer. Everything from videos to e-books, infographics, and social content can be found in the portal, helping take the guesswork out of marketing.
New, easy-to-read badges are available for our channel partners on the partner portal.
Existing tools like Xerox Showcase, which helps customers research the products they want to buy on our channel partners’ website, have been made more mobile friendly, enhancing the experience for customers as well as partners.
Among the most recognizable brands in the world, a Xerox badge can help open doors for partners across the globe. With that in mind, we’ve also updated the Xerox partner badges, which have been redesigned to be more visible and easier to read.
The new portal also provides access to the newly updated co-branding guidelines, which provides detailed answers for all of your co-branding questions.
Existing partners can view the new portal here. Thinking about partnering with Xerox? Learn from Amy Belcher, Xerox’s Vice President, Global Channel Marketing and Enablement, on why Xerox is the right partner program for you.
Read: The Xerox Global Partner Program: Serving the World of Channel Partners – It’s time to find a partner and a partner program that will help you move to a new product set, new technologies, and new solutions to create new revenues and new profits. Here’s why Xerox is the name to trust.
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“By Any Means” by James Morris
James Morris
Publication date: January 2nd 2019
Genres: Adult, Thriller
How Far Would You Go To Save Your Son?
Lucas Turner is an ordinary teenager with an extraordinary genetic mutation: the cure for cancer rests in his body. When his father discovers that the only way to harvest the cure will result in the death of his son, he kidnaps him from the hospital, setting off a calamity of events from which there is no turning back.
Meanwhile, the doctor, intent on a cure at any cost, hires a female bounty hunter to bring the boy back by any means. She’s never failed before and doesn’t intend to fail now.
While on the run, the estranged father and son build a relationship on the road that brings them closer to the mistakes of the past and the consequences of the future. By Any Means is a literary thriller, and at its core is about a relationship between a father and son against all odds. The remedy, after all, may be less about science and more the human heart.
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He heard Lucas calling out in the distance and his reedy cry, infused with terror, made the hair on Keith’s arms stand on end. Keith ran down a hospital hallway that seemed to stretch on forever, pulling like warm taffy into a horizon he would never reach.
“Daddy!” Lucas screamed, a word he hadn’t used since he was a toddler.
“I’m coming!” The walls shrunk, squeezing against him; impossibly, the cold hardness of the wall rubbed against his elbows, the air heavy in his lungs, the sour smell of worms and shit, the incline steeper, impossibly slow. He couldn’t move his legs fast enough.
Something followed him. Not a person; a presence. A darkness that swallowed even the dark, making it more than just the absence of light. Something malevolent, something he couldn’t even name. He dared not look back lest he give it form. He knew if he saw it, it would consume him whole.
His son wailed once more.
The hallway door was closer, and he grabbed onto the knob, fearing it would slip from his hands, and turned—
Inside, he looked up, the air leaving his lungs and thought from his mind—a monster. Under the green tint of lights, strapped to a vertical gurney, arms outstretched, standing on display, the monster was his son. Skin desiccated, wrinkled, tubes running along his limbs, pumping him like a human cow, viscous fluid siphoning from him, withering him to nothing, his life force draining into machines. His son’s eyes rolled back, and the top of his head—his head, what’s wrong with his head—a red seam ran along the skull and the rest, where his hair should be, was gone, removed like the top of a teapot. Lucas lifted his hand and reached toward his father, his lips parched, his voice like wet gravel, “Help me…”
Keith woke, his body wet with perspiration, the nightmare fading, his heart slowing to its regular rhythm, how silly, how stupid, I haven’t had a nightmare in ages, and he looked over to check on his son in the bed next to him.
Lucas was having a seizure.
For a moment he was tangled in his blanket, then he rushed to Lucas’s side. Not knowing what else to do, he held him. “I’m here, son, I’m here.” Keith hadn’t witnessed a seizure before, and it scared him, the uncontrollable movements, hands flailing, teeth grinding; the sound of sandpaper against metal, the body contorted, turbulent and twitching.
His son was stronger than Keith imagined; he could barely hang onto him. Lucas’s feet swiveled and inadvertently hit Keith in the shin. He held onto his son, feeling Lucas’s waves of muscle tension, releasing and tightening and repeating. Not since Lucas was a swaddled baby had Keith held him so long and so tight, body to body, embraced.
“I won’t let you go. I won’t let you go.”
The convulsions didn’t stop. They continued for over a minute, an eternity, and kept going. Keith didn’t know what to do. Instead, he whispered, “It’s gonna be all right, Lucas. You’re safe. You’re safe.”
James Morris is a former television writer who now works in digital media. When not writing, you can find him scoping out the latest sushi spot, watching ‘House Hunters Renovation’, or trying new recipes in the kitchen. He lives with his wife and dog in Los Angeles.
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Hilariously Strange 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' Cosplay Hoodie Goes Viral
By Nick Valdez - April 1, 2019 08:43 pm EDT
Yu-Gi-Oh! is still one of the most popular franchises today despite beginning over 20 years ago, and much of its popularity has been fueled by the merchandise spawned from the various iterations of the anime and manga series. But sometimes that merchandise goes a stranger route than fans would ever suspect, and one particular bit of merchandise has gotten tons of attention for all the wrong reasons.
Cosplay hoodies are a fun way for fans to celebrate their favorite series' characters, but one has gone too far in its representation of Yu-Gi-Oh's Marik Ishtar and accidentally created an anomaly. Check it out below.
why is marik’s head just a gaping hole
is it the sHADOW REALM pic.twitter.com/KJtpyK3whg
— Dawn M. Bennett (@DawnMBennettVA) March 27, 2019
As spotted by Dawn M. Bennett, who you can currently hear as the voice of Kale in Dragon Ball Super, this strange cosplay hoodie of Marik Ishtar is a bit...off. Not only is there a huge hole where Marik's face should be, but the odd skin tone of its hood completely strips him bald. What makes matters even stranger is the fact that Marik already wears a crop top hooded sweater in the series. But rather than mimic that, it mimics his entire image.
So there ends up being a photo of a hoodie pasted onto a hoodie, and it even has two "hoods." It's a deeply disturbing, yet enticing bit of merchandise. Thankfully, this hooded sweatshirt is an unlicensed bit of merchandise for the franchise. So this is not an official take on what a Marik Ishtar cosplay hoodie would look like, but given that it's the one we have now? Maybe an official release should not be in the cards.
Yu-Gi-Oh! was originally created by Kazuki Takahashi for Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, and ran from September 1996 to March 2004. The series follows Yugi Mutou, a young boy who solves an ancient puzzle and is possessed by the spirit of the Egyptian pharoah. Being skilled at deadly games, the Pharoah goes on to create and solve problems for Yugi based on deadly games of chance.
Two anime adaptations were created for the series, but the one most fans will recognize is Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters. Duel Monsters was the first arc in the story to focus on the "Duel Monsters" card game and was the first season licensed for an English language release by 4Kids Entertainment. The first season of the series, which fans often dub as "Season 0," has such deadly games of chance with horrible consequences that fans could not believe it was a part of this series at first.
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Re: Trying to cancel BT Sport in the cooling off p...
Telboy62
Re: Trying to cancel BT Sport in the cooling off period?
The legal costs would be far more than the £180 BT is asking for.
That should be pretty much be "End of thread".
Telboy.
MartinH
DaveBaines wrote:
It would have no relevance whatsoever. The 15 year old could grow a moustache, put on a suit and go out and make contracts with a hundred companies.
Every single contract would be unenforceable. That is just how it is.
The parenting of the OP is quite frankly none of our business and discussion of it won't help resolve this.
Perhaps if BT didn't keep falsely claiming "FREE!" in all their adverts then 15 year olds wouldn't think they could do this without consequences.
You're wrong. Just asking for legal advice doesn't void contracts as I said above.
And yes, the bringing up of a brat that's apparently so out of control and badly parented that it calls up and orders things without permission is entirely relevant as it's the cause of the OPs problem., not any action on the part of BT
DaveBaines
@MartinH wrote:
@DaveBaines wrote:
And yes, the bringing up of a brat that's apparently so out of control and badly parented that it calls up and orders things without its parents permission is entirely relevant as its the cause of the OPs problem.
I didn't make that claim.
Although I think that BT would see sense well before this reached a court when they actually received a legal letter of some kind.
If I was the OP then I simply wouldn't pay. If BT want to take it to court then let them. I t will cost them and they will lose as soon as the call is played when the OP contests it.
By the way, I don't think the contract even needs to be voided. It doesn't exist. It cannot exist. And BT now know this because the OP has told them.
Also note that in any legal proceedings that did arise from this, the burden of proof would be on Bt to show that a contract exists. They can't. The only eveidence they have for the existence will be a recording of a 15 year old.
BT do not have a l;eg to stand on here.
I hope the OP stands their ground and sees this through. Personally I would simply refuse to pay as no contract exists. Let them waste their time and money.
Yes you did. You said;
If they seek legal advice then the contract will be voided.
But merely seeking legal advice voids nothing. As for refusing to pay, it's the OP already seems to be having issues accepting responisbility for their child's actions, not sure encouraging them to default on bills is really going to help much.
The OP may not be telling the whole truth. Even if they are, just stating "oh, no the caller was under 16" isn't enough to have a contract set aside by a company. What company could operate like that?
They may have to prove it was the child, as they would if it went to court.
BT will void it once they know legal advice has been taken, that was my point. I would be very surprised if they didn't.
I hope the OP lets us know how she gets on.
It's not what you said though, is it?
And there's no reason just going to a solicitor will make a company back down. And even if the OP goes to a solicitor and gets them to write a letter and BT does eventually decide they're not worth pursuing, the OP is likely to pay as much as the cost of cancelling BT.
They'll just set an example to the child that it's not responsible for its actions.
Looks like no legal advice is needed:
"Further, a contract with a minor is voidable. That means the minor is able to cancel any contract at any time before reaching the age of 18 and for a reasonable period after that time. There is no requirement for the minor to have a justifiable reason for this, it can be done on a whim or where it may be advantageous to the child to do so."
http://www.netlawman.co.uk/ia/entering-contract-minor
So, in effect, if the 15 year old rings again and admits what they did and says they wish to void the contract then Bt should do so.
If Bt want to play hard ball then they would be very silly. It would expose the flimsy way they set contracts up.
That should be fairly easy.
If BT presents a recording of the call, then the OP should very easily be able to show that (1) it wasn't the account holder who made the call, and (2) the person who did make the call was the OP's child, who is under 18, and therefore the contract is not enforceable by BT.
If BT cannot present a recording of the call, then they will have great difficulty proving that any contract was entered into by anybody.
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UI revenue makes difference in state budget standstill
The University is still standing strong in the midst of hundreds of closures — including universities, government programs and resource centers — due to the state budget impasse. President Obama addressed the Illinois legislature Wednesday stating his disappointment with bipartisan conflicts.
Declan Harty
By Samantha Jones Toal
Chicago State University students and faculty protested the lack of a state budget Monday in downtown Chicago’s Loop.
According to the Chicago State Office of Budget and Resource Planning, the university receives approximately one-third of their funding from the state; without the state funding that’s usually allocated in the budget, the university faces a financial crisis.
When speaking to the Illinois Student Senate on Feb. 3, State Senator Scott Bennett, D-52, stressed the difficulties higher education institutions are facing in Illinois.
Specifically, he mentioned schools that feel the financial restrictions caused by the lack of a state budget more than others.
“Chicago State is about two weeks from not making payroll and Eastern is a few weeks behind that,” Bennett said.
Many reports guess that Chicago State will run into a financial roadblock by March, meaning the school may shut down without state support.
“I think it’s absolutely atrocious,” said Illinois Student Body President Mitch Dickey. “It’s been eight months since the state has had a budget, and we’re seeing that translate to the students and to the people of Illinois.”
While President Timothy Killeen said the lack of a budget is causing reputational and operational damage to the University, smaller schools like Chicago State University cannot operate much longer without state funds.
According to the 2015 University of Illinois annual report, the University had an operating budget of $5.64 billion.
The state funds about 32 percent of the University’s budget, combining the direct appropriation given for operating expenditures as well as funds directed at the total budget, said Sandy Street, Director of Budget Planning.
However, unlike Chicago State, the University has a broader revenue base.
“We are a much different school,” Street said. “We have a very diversified portfolio. We’re a Research One institution — both Chicago and Urbana. Our diversity of revenues is much greater than a place like an Eastern or a Chicago State.”
A university that is classified as a Research One institution gives a high priority to research and receives $40 million or more in federal support annually.
The University also has a pool of large endowments to lean on if public dollars continue to be scarce.
Endowments represent money or other financial assets that are donated to universities and then invested. According the University of Illinois Foundation website, the current combined endowment of the University of Illinois is $3.3 billion.
Killeen continues to promote an agreement with the state where the University would receive a three-year budget as long as the University meets certain metrics, such as graduation and retention rates.
However, Dickey said the University may need to find a strategy that ensures financial stability while relying less on the state.
“Students are doing what they need to do,” Dickey said. “They’re going to school, they’re studying — and our legislator can’t do their job and pass the budget.”
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Director Of VA ‘Candy Land’ Facility Reassigned, NOT Fired
03.22.2015 | Surge Wire |
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it is reassigning the director of the VA medical center in Tomah, Wis., which has recently been thrown into the spotlight over allegations of excessive opioid prescription policies.
Mario DeSanctis hasn’t lost his job, and no reason has been given for his reassignment. The VA is moving him to the Great Lakes Health Care System, The Associates Press reported on March 21. In the interim, John Rohrer, associate medical center director at the Madison VA medical center, will take over at Tomah.
Tomah is currently under investigation by acting inspector general Richard Griffin based on whistleblower reports of an epidemic of lax opioid prescription policies. (RELATED: Congressmen Demand Investigation Into Out Of Control Opioids At VA Facility)
These reports detailed instances where veterans were so doped up that they accidentally burned themselves with cigarettes and drooled uncontrollably. The facility has at times been called “Candy Land,” having gained a certain notoriety for opioid use. In the meantime, Congress is none too pleased with Griffin, as the office of the inspector general withheld a preliminary report on the troubled Wisconsin facility. (RELATED: Review Finds Harmful Prescription Drug Policies At Tomah VA)
AP also recently reported on March 16 that Griffin is withholding other investigative reports from Congress.
This isn’t the first time that Griffin has run afoul of Congress, though the White House recently stepped up to bat for the acting inspector general. After the VA scandal in Phoenix finally erupted in April 2014, accusations surfaced that acting inspector general Richard Griffin willingly acquiesced to VA and White House interference in the IG report on the scandal.
Almost a year later, the White House has stated that it is in no hurry to replace Griffin with a permanent IG
“I don’t know of any specific announcement regarding an inspector general,” White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz said on March 12, 2015. “I would say it’s my understanding that the administration profoundly respects and admires the work of inspector generals across the administration and throughout various agencies, whether they are Senate-confirmed or not.”
The Aug. 26, 2014, IG report on the wait list scandal in Phoenix, which linked delayed care to the deaths of 40 veterans, underwent drastic changes at the behest of Sloan Gibson, deputy VA secretary, and White House deputy chief of Staff Rob Nabors, earlier that August. Aside from the deaths, the report found that thousands of veterans had received untimely care.
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Southend-on-Sea Borough Council
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General Purposes Committee
Wednesday, 23rd March, 2016 6.00 pm
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Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Courtenay (substitute: Cllr J Garston) and Holland (substitute: Cllr Folkard).
Councillors Robinson, Kenyon, Buckley, Callaghan, Endersby, Walker, Willis, J Garston and Folkard – Minute 741 (Honorary Alderman/Alderwoman) - Non-Pecuniary Interest – Nominees for Alderman/Alderwoman were known to them.
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Minutes attached (for signing only).
Resolved:-
That the Minutes of the Meeting held on 19th November 2014 be confirmed as a correct record and signed.
Application to Register Land at Shoebury Common, Shoebury Common Road, Shoeburyness, Essex as a Town or Village Green PDF 97 KB
Report of Corporate Director for Corporate Services
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The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services which informed Members of the findings and recommendations of the Independent Inspector appointed to conduct the non-statutory Public Inquiry in respect of an application submitted by Mr Lovett, on behalf of Friends of Shoebury Common, for land at Shoebury Common to be registered as a Town or Village Green. It was made clear that the decision on the application rested with the Committee.
The Committee was informed that:
(a) at the outset of the Public Inquiry the applicant requested to amend the area of the application to exclude those parts of Shoebury Common to the south occupied by buildings/structures and the southern hard surfaced car parking area;
(b) Mr Grubb (on behalf of Friends of Shoebury Common) had since the publication of the Inspector’s report put forward an alternative proposal to register only that part of Shoebury Common to the north of Shoebury Common Road excluding the northern overflow car park.
The Committee also received a supplementary report which outlined the comments made by Mr Lovett and Mr Grubb, on behalf of the Friends of Shoebury Common in respect of the draft report, and the Council’s response to those comments as landowner. The Committee stood adjourned to enable members of the Committee to read and consider all the information contained in the supplementary report.
The Committee members asked a number of questions which were responded to by officers.
1. That the Independent Inspector’s report be noted.
2. That, having considered the Independent Inspector’s report and all other material considerations, the application dated 22nd November 2013 submitted by Mr Lovett on behalf of the Friends of Shoebury Common for land at Shoebury Common, Shoebury Common Road, Shoeburyness (and as requested to be amended at the Public Inquiry on 30th June 2015) to be registered as a Town or Village Green be refused.
3. That the alternative proposal by Mr Grubb on behalf of the Friends of Shoebury Common to register that part of Shoebury Common to the north of Shoebury Common Road (excluding the northern overflow car park) as a Town or Village Green also be refused.
4. That the Council, as Registration Authority, does not include the Application Land or any part of it in its Register of Town and Village Greens.
Exclusion of the Public
To agree that, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act, and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
That, under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the items of business set out below, on the grounds that they would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.
Honorary Alderman/Alderwoman Nominations
View the declarations of interest for item 741.
View the reasons why item 741. is restricted
Report of the Head of Legal & Democratic Services attached.
The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services which provided details of the nominations received from the Group Leaders to confer the title of Honorary Alderman/Alderwoman on past Members who have served for at least 15 years and who rendered eminent services to the Council.
That, pursuant to Section 249(1) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council be recommended to confer the title of Honorary Alderman/Honorary Alderwoman on the past Members listed below:-
Mr Chris Dandridge
Mr Alan Hurst
Mr Brian Kelly
Mr David Ascroft
Mr Ron Price
Mrs Sally Carr
Mr Tony North
Freedom of the Borough
The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate Services containing a proposal to confer the Freedom of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea to RAF No.54 Reserve Squadron.
1. That, pursuant to Section 249(5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the Council be recommended to confer the Freedom of the Borough of Southend-on-Sea on RAF No.54 Reserve Squadron in recognition of the Squadrons long and distinguished service since its formation in 1916 and of its association with Southend-on-Sea during the Second World War.
2. That representatives from RAF No.54 Reserve Squadron be invited to the Special Council meeting arranged for 21st April 2016 to be presented with a ceremonial scroll.
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OPINION: Women’s Ashes Test – England Beaten By Perry, Not The Pitch
Following the drawn Women’s Ashes Test in Sydney, England coach Mark Robinson talked a lot about the pitch in his post-match interviews:
“We want to play on better wickets,” he said. “It wasn’t a fresh wicket [and] fresh wickets make such a difference.” He then went on to draw a contrast between Coffs Harbour, where England won the 3rd ODI – “a great wicket [with] bounce and carry” – and North Sydney Oval where “the bowlers ran in hard [but] in the end, the wicket beat us.”
His comments have been echoed by many in the media, with for example Charlotte Edwards tweeting “pitches need to be looked at moving forward”.
But was the pitch that bad? Or was it just that one batsman was that good?
Ellyse Perry’s monumental innings – which Robinson rightly praised as “something special” – was 213 off 374 balls. If Perry had “only” scored a hundred, rather than a double, this would still have been by some way the biggest innings in the game. But Australia would have posted a lead of only around 50 and there would also have been an additional 70-odd overs in the match, if you include the overs “lost” in the final session when they called it quits.
Under those circumstances, England could (and likely would) have taken a few more risks to bat themselves into a position where they could have declared, with either result then still a genuine possibility.
It’s all “ifs and buts” of course – it is true that there have been better pitches, and maybe we need to also look at having more “new balls” in pink-ball Tests; but in all honestly England were not beaten by the pitch – they were of course not beaten at all – but if they were beaten by anything, they were beaten by Ellyse Perry, not the pitch.
9 thoughts on “OPINION: Women’s Ashes Test – England Beaten By Perry, Not The Pitch”
Refreshing to finally read something from this perspective instead of banging on about the quality pitch…ulimately BOTH teams played on the SAME pitch with one person just being than the rest
Perry scored her runs at 3.41 per over. In England’s first innings Heather Knight went at 3.35 rpo, and Sarah Taylor at exactly 3 rpo (And almost certainly would have speeded up had she stayed in). Runs could be made as the best batsmen on both teams showed. It needed application and time at the crease. Most of the wickets taken were down to batsman error. Only one player was bowled in the whole match, and only 6 were LBW, of which perhaps 2 shouldn’t have been given. Very few balls (relatively speaking) beat the bat. Whilst the pitch undoubtedly contributed, Australia is a notoriously hard place to take wickets. The ball doesn’t often deviate got the steamers, and there is less swing generally than in England. Add to that the inevitable lack of express pace.
In reality there are numerous factors. Perhaps Mott needs to look closer to home. For much of his team’s first innings they batter slower than England, which was certainly unexpected. Having dismissed England (relatively) cheaply, they had a golden chance and didn’t take it.
*for the seamers!
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Very good points Syd. In defence of Robinson and others talking about the pitch, it would seem they were asked a lot of questions by the after match media as it was the hot topic.
I would also add to the brilliance of Perry getting in the way of England’s progress, there was some terrible umpiring both when they batted and bowled.
Very good point. Often reports will say “Robinson said afterwards…” implying that he raised the subject, whereas they should say “When asked [pressed might be an even better word!] about the pitch, Robinson said…”
Often coaches are led into comments like this. It doesn’t mean he’s been misquoted or taken out of context, but it could be a bit misleading. In fairness it’s possible that similar applies to Mott’s comments about England’s tactical approach.
Syd Egan
I have the audio of the press conference, although obviously I wasn’t actually there. He was asked initially about the pitch but he later came back it about 3 times in 5 minutes, so he meant it, I think.
Fair enough, Syd. I get the impression MR is someone who, if he has a point he wants to make, will ensure that it is made!
Without Schutt and Perry so far in this series, Australia would have been struggling a lot more! Both have contributed heavily when it’s mattered. I also think Healy will be vital for them in the upcoming T20s – she’s one player who could really take the game away from England. And one thing’s for sure, Perry must have been *really tired* after that mammoth knock of 213* ! 😉
Tim Jones (@timjonesbooks)
Pitch was circa Adelaide, 2006. Test was maybe 50 overs too short…
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I wasn’t at CES 2019. In fact, I’ve never been to CES.
But after reading the reports on this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, I feel like I was there 50-years ago via Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 motion picture phenomena “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) did a special video they called “Bonus Report of C-Suite Radio Exec’s attending CES” and some of the comments those radio executives made is what made me feel like I’d seen this “movie” before.
Steve Goldstein
Steve said that what he’s marveled at over the years is how media is continually being integrated. He said only a couple of years ago, there was virtually no mention of smart speakers, and this year it’s not only a device exploding in the home, but now is coming into the car too. Goldstein thinks this voice activated technology is important because these devices are not radios, but audio devices and radio stations, as audio content producers need to re-imagine how they will sound and feel like on these devices. And he added, “it’s happening fast!”
Dennis Gwiazdon
Before recently moving to Las Vegas to manage the Beasley Media Group radio stations in that city, Dennis ran the top radio stations in Nashville, TN. When I was teaching at the university in Kentucky, Dennis was an annual guest in my Broadcast Capstone Class.
Dennis said of his visit to CES 2019 it helps radio broadcasters to think about where things are heading and to plan for the future.
Technology today is making our lives simpler by our ability to talk to our devices and connect ourselves to things we used to have to physically operate. Gwiazdon told the RAB that he lives in a smart home in Las Vegas and it’s fascinating to him how he can walk around his house, talk to it and make it do whatever he wants it to do. “I don’t have to touch a light switch, I don’t have to adjust the thermostat, when I come home I can have a routine set-up that will have everything ready for me when I walk through the door.” “I’m living in that experience now, “said Dennis.
I’m Sorry Dave, I’m Afraid I Can’t Do That
And it was Dennis’ comments that brought to mind the astronaut named Dave in “2001: A Space Odyssey” that when his space pod was trying to re-enter the mother ship and Dave asked the HAL 9000 computer system to open the pod bay doors. Here’s a link to that memorable moment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE
HAL’s response to Dave was “I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that.” The reason was that the HAL 9000 computer could not only respond to voice commands but, it turned out, could also read lips and knew what Dave and his fellow astronaut were planning on doing. They were planning on taking the HAL 9000 off-line because they suspected the computer was making mistakes.
The HAL (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic computer) 9000 was basically artificial intelligence that was designed to learn, grow and protect itself from attacks. HAL sensed he was coming under attack and was trying to protect itself from the humans.
Oh, it all seemed so innocent back in 2012 when I switched from my Blackberry to my first iPhone. It was the iPhone 4S. The “S” stood for Siri. Siri was my first voice activated assistant.
I found that I used Siri mainly for dictating text messages and emails rather than trying to type things into the phone’s touch screen. Siri did a pretty good job too.
Occasionally I asked Siri to tell me a joke or look something up for me, but not often.
So now it’s 2019 and I have Siri on my tablets, my MAC, and iPhone 7. I have three Amazon Echo’s with Alexa, and in my car, my Garmin Smart Drive responds to my voice commands. It sends me instant traffic information and detours when necessary, along with important weather alerts and breaking news.
I really feel like Dave in 2001, controlling so much of my world with just my voice.
It’s quite addictive and it happens very fast.
I hope they don’t ever turn against me.
Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking have both warned that AI (artificial intelligence) could potentially be very dangerous. Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke certainly showed my generation why, back in 1968. AI is about building machines that think for themselves and grow in their intelligence. It’s what will make a world of self-driving cars, and so much more, possible.
Elon Musk has written:
“The pace of progress in artificial intelligence is incredibly fast. Unless you have direct exposure to groups like Deepmind, you have no idea how fast – it is growing at a pace close to exponential. The risk of something seriously dangerous happening is in the five-year timeframe. 10 years at most.”
The world we live in today is one of “On Demand.” The future belongs to those who can create what people want and deliver it when they want it.
The consumer won’t have it any other way.
It’s not an attack on radio broadcasters. It’s the future. Here. Now.
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Reflecting on Radio Show 2016
The radio show was close to home this year, just down the road from my university, in Music City USA, Nashville, Tennessee. Plus, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters decided to roll their annual convention into an opening event at the Radio Show. So as soon as I finished my morning class, I was on the road to Nashville.
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Kick-off
Whit Adamson, President/CEO of the TAB, put together an amazing opening reception and event inside the Country Music Hall of Fame. We were welcomed by TN Governor Bill Haslam who declared it “Radio Week” in the State of Tennessee. Then the Mayor of Nashville, Megan Barry, gave us a warm welcome to Nashville where she declared it “Radio Week” in Music City. The “red carpet” was fully rolled out for the radio industry and attendance would set a new record for the Radio Show.
Pillsbury’s Broadcast Finance Forecast Leadership Breakfast
The good news is radio is the “King of Audio.” The bad news is that revenue growth for radio underperformed ad spending post-recession. Radio’s 7% share of all advertising is predicted to decline to 6% by 2019. Why? Digital ad spend will grow significantly (40%) by 2019. And radio will struggle to reach mobile users.
The big takeaways from this session were: Investors want to see new growth catalysts like NextRadio, more event revenue and growth in digital/mobile ad revenues. Investors want no more than 3 to 4 times leverage with more industry consolidation. All of this investors feel will yield more “free cash flow.”
Investors worry about audience fragmentation and Millennial reach, radio’s competition in the car dashboard, the challenges coming from digital/internet, continued uncertainty over royalties and excessive leverage.
Focusing on Your Career Future
The room here was filled with young people. Radio mentors from all areas (except engineering) met with tables full of students and recent graduates to talk about the many opportunities available in today’s radio industry. The mood was once of excitement and enthusiasm.
Brittney Quarles and John Focke both would share their personal radio journeys with students as they shared advice such as: “the industry is small, don’t burn any bridges” and “find a champion for you and your talents” and “be careful who you share your dreams with.” The right mentors are essential to your career.
Beyond Basics – The Prosperous, Professional You
John Bates, Elizabeth Burton and Heather Monahan led a session in how to reach beyond your limits and build a better “Brand You.”
John Bates shared “3 ways to inspire and connect”: 1) logic is not the way, 2) human eyes connect you to another person and 3) be authentic. For example, people don’t connect with your successes, but your messes. You message is your mess. But above all else, “Make A Difference.”
Elizabeth Burton drilled down the importance of your online brand and that today your online activities build your reputation.
Heather Monahan told us that people take only 10-seconds to make an opinion about you when they first meet you. 50% of communication is nonverbal and your attitude is everything. And if you want to know what your personal brand is, ask others this question: “What value do I bring to you?”
The Digital Dash – Improving the Consumer Experience
Fred Jacobs, Steve Newberry and Scott Burnell (from Ford) all shared their perspective on radio in the car. The first big thing is car manufacturers don’t call it a radio in the dash anymore (and probably haven’t for some time) but “the center stack.” Into this part of the dashboard, everything a car owner wants can be accessed.
Steve Newberry (former NAB joint board chairman) really brought the whole issue home with his analysis of the technology revolution by saying there are two kinds of events: disruptive and modifying. Disruptive events would be things like television and FM radio. Modifying events would be things like cassette tapes, CDs and MP3s. Disruptive events change the landscape and prevent an entity from doing things the way they’ve always been done. Television stole radio’s programming and added pictures and radio had to reinvent itself with new kinds of programs. Modifying events such as records being replaced by cassettes and 8-track tape, then CDs replacing both of those to be replaced by MP3s merely modified the way people listened to their own music libraries but not how they used radio. The new digital/internet connected world is a disruptive event and radio needs to once again adapt to this revolution in communication. The future is bright if radio is agile and adapts.
Perception vs. Reality – The True Power of Radio
My first Arbitron rep was Pierre Bouvard. He’s a fountain of information. His presentation on “7 Things Brands Have Completely Wrong About Radio” tells the story in great detail and shows the challenges faced by radio sales people today.
Steve Goldstein did an amazing presentation on podcasting by starting out with this Thomas Edison quote from 1922 “The radio craze will die out in time.”
Today mobile is eating the world. 20% of audio listening comes from the smartphone. For radio, podcasting is all about retention, growth and relevance.
Podcasting is no longer niche. It delivers the demos advertisers want. Podcasting is different than broadcasting. There’s money to be made in podcasting and radio has the perfect megaphone to promote podcasts to its audience. That’s radio’s “secret sauce” that podcasters wish they had access to.
Radio – The Local Media Company of the Future
Gordon Borrell and his research company are doing some incredible studies on the future of advertising. He immediately got the audience’s attention when he said in the last ten years $56 Billion has disappeared in advertising expenditures.
Banner ads are dead. But digital is not.
Local advertising growth is forecast to increase 7.6%, but non-digital will see a 6.9% decline in ad spend and digital will see a 22.4% increase in ad spend. In fact, 2017 is the year that digital advertising will eclipse all traditional media.
Borrell said when advertisers cut ad spend in one medium they spend it in another medium. Radio will continue to be bought, but only those stations who have well-trained representatives that understand the realities of today’s advertising and can put together a total marketing plan that goes beyond simply radio spots. Advertisers will partner with any media company who has reps that listen.
The good news is traditional media – like radio – is still necessary to drive digital advertising goals and deliver maximum digital R.O.I. (Return On Investment). You can see Gordon’s full PowerPoint deck here.
The mood in the halls and in the sessions at this year’s Radio Show was very upbeat. The things being discussed and presented did not shy away from the realities all ad supported media face.
Anyone who attended came away with lots of action steps that need to be implemented immediately.
Radio currently is the #1 Reach & Frequency medium in the United States of America.
There’s no time to waste. It’s time to roll up our sleeves and “Make A Difference.”
Radio’s future depends on it.
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The picture on the left is of the 2016 KBA WKU RADIO TALENT INSTITUTE class. These twenty-three outstanding students all earned their Radio Marketing Professional (RMP) certification in radio sales from the Radio Advertising Bureau during the ten-day institute.
I began working with Steve Newberry, former NAB Joint Board Chairman and President/CEO of Commonwealth Broadcasting to bring the talent institute to my university in 2012. Our first class would graduate in 2013. The 2016 institute marks my fourth and last one as director at WKU. It truly has been the university activity I’m most proud of.
The whole concept of a radio talent institute was conceived by Dan Vallie and Art Kellar. I wrote more extensively about the program in Radio World and you can read that article here.
Working with Dan Vallie over these past five years has been an incredible experience. No one is more dedicated to “paying it forward” to the next generations than Dan. He has boundless energy and has grown the number of talent institutes in America to five.
Expect more radio industry leaders like Kerby Confer and Ginny Hubbard’s Hubbard Broadcasting along with state broadcast associations like the Kentucky Broadcasters Association and the Georgia Association of Broadcasters to sponsor even more locations in the years ahead.
Some of the industry professionals that presented at this year’s institute in Kentucky were Kristin Cantrell-owner/CEO of CapCities Communications and Seven Mountains Media, Mike Keith-the voice of the Tennessee Titans, Christine Hillard-President/COO of Forever Communications, Steve Newberry-President/CEO of Commonwealth Broadcasting, John Ivey-Senior Vice President of Programming iHeartMedia and Program Director of KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, Don Anthony-Publisher, Morning Mouth & Jockline, Creator & Host of Morning Show Boot Camp and Founder & President of Talent Masters, Gary Moore-Air Talent at KLOS in Los Angeles, Bryan Sargent, PM Drive Air Talent at Mix 92.9 in Nashville, John Shomby-Director of Programming at NASH-FM & Charlie Cook-VP/Country at Cumulus Media, Lynn Martin-President of LM Communications, Terry Forcht-Founder, Chairman & CEO of the Forcht Group of Kentucky (a company with 2,400 employees) along with the Presidents of both the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, Whit Adamson and the Kentucky Broadcasters Association, Henry Lackey.
Thirty-six professional radio broadcasters, two of whom have been awarded the National Radio Award – the highest honor bestowed on a radio broadcaster – by the National Association of Broadcasters shared their passion and performance knowledge.
Every student that has gone through the program has told me it has been the best ten-days of their life and as the director these past four years; I know it has been for me as well.
If you know a student that wants to get into broadcasting, point them in the direction of the National Radio Talent System website for more information, applications forms, scholarships and the dates/location of the institute nearest to them. Students who apply are thoroughly vetted for acceptance in the program.
Broadcasters looking for air talent, sales talent; digital and video talent should also go to the National Radio Talent System website for a complete listing of graduates that have gone through the program. There they will find each student’s bio and a sample of their on-air work.
I know Dan Vallie is already hard at work on the 2017 radio talent institutes. The radio industry is truly fortunate to have someone of Dan’s vision and action in establishing this innovative radio talent farm system for broadcasters.
Dan Vallie
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The KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute
On Monday, July 20, 2015 we will be kicking off the 3rd annual KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute on the campus of Western Kentucky University at the School of Journalism & Broadcasting’s Mass Media & Technology Hall.
Students apply for and are accepted into the institute that comprises ten intensive days of instruction on all things radio. Taught by 38 radio professionals, whom are the best in the business in their area of specialization in the field of radio.
This year the President/CEO of the Radio Advertising Bureau, Erica Farber, will be one of those professionals. Farber leads radio’s advocacy efforts by helping to drive business, grow advertising revenue and communicate radio’s digital transition.
We’re excited to have Erica join us this year, as a major component of the institute is radio sales. Each student will study the modules of the Radio Marketing Professional program taught by radio sales management professionals. Students take the RMP certification exam at the end of the first week.
The KBA WKU Radio Talent Institute has not one, but two National Radio Award recipients who teach each summer at WKU: Steve Newberry, President/CEO of Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation and Bud Walters, President/Owner of Cromwell Radio Group.
Broadcasters embrace and see the importance of bringing young talent into the industry and see the institute as a talent incubator.
Radio is the #1 REACH MEDIUM in the United States today, beating TV, online and smartphones according to Nielsen.
So this is an exciting program for both students and broadcasters.
I wrote more extensively about the program in Radio World and you can read that article here: http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/rw_20150520/index.php#/18
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Ilan Manor December 1, 2015 Uncategorized
Are World Leaders Arriving at COP21 as King Diplomats?
NOTE: This blog first appeared on http://www.cop21live.com
In a fascinating article published in 2015, scholar Piki Ish-Shalom argued that world leaders have begun to take charge of the routine workings of diplomacy rather than limiting their involvement in diplomacy to times of crises. According to Ish-Shalom, world leaders are now King Diplomats.
King Diplomats have long since migrated to social media. Nowadays, national leaders often have a personal social media account which is separate from official profiles managed by foreign ministries. Such accounts may be used in order to converse with online audiences, frame government action and increase a nation’s visibility on the world stage through the mass appeal of the world leader. The Vatican state, for instance, has risen to diplomatic prominence in part due to the popularity of Pope Francis.
Of course the question that arises is can world leaders use social media to achieve diplomatic goals, be it during routine or during diplomatic summits such as the COP21. In order to answer this question, I decided to evaluate the extent to which world leaders are followed on twitter by four target audiences which influence international diplomacy: other world leaders, foreign ministries, embassies to the UN in New York and the press.
My first analysis examined the extent to which world leaders now follow one another on social media. Using a sample of the twitter accounts of 89 world leaders, I discovered that the average leader is followed by just 5 of his peers. Moreover, I was able to analyse which world leaders are most popular among their peers. These may be seen in the table below.
As can be seen in the table, the world leader most followed by his peers is the UK’s Prime Minister David Cameron followed by the US’s Barack Obama. I should note that this is the first time in three years’ of digital diplomacy research that another world leader has surpassed the US President in terms of popularity among other world leaders. The above table also demonstrates a phenomenon I call social media mobility in which leaders from smaller nations may use social media to increase their online visibility. Leaders of the Lithuania, South Africa and Belgium are amongst the most followed by their peers out preforming leaders from nations with greater populations or higher GDP. The table also demonstrates the popularity of world leader from Latina and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) as well as the high diplomatic visibility of Pope Francis. However, world leaders are not avid followers of one another.
Next I calculated the number of foreign ministries following the world leaders in my sample. Using a sample of 69 foreign ministries throughout the world, I found that the average world leader is followed by an average of 7 foreign ministries. The leaders most followed by foreign ministries are shown in the table below.
As can be seen in the table above, David Cameron and US President Obama are the two world leaders most followed by foreign ministries (MFAs). Yet as was the case in the previous analysis, Cameron out preforms Obama. In addition, this table also demonstrates a form of social media mobility as the leaders of Croatia, Lithuania and Rwanda out preform leaders from much larger countries. Two world leaders who attract many MFAs are Israel’s PM Netanyahu and President Rouhani of Iran. MFAs may follow these leaders given their influence on regional and global diplomacy. Finally, as was the case before, Pope Francis remains one of the most followed world leaders on social media.
My next analysis focused on mission to the UN in New York. Using a sample of 57 missions I found that the average world leader is followed by a mere 1.96 mission to the UN. This suggests that world leaders do not attract many followers from this major hub of diplomacy. World leaders who attract the most UN mission may be seen in the table below.
Interestingly, while Barack Obama is the most followed world leader in the category, David Cameron lags relatively far behind attracting only 7 UN missions as opposed to Obama’s 15 missions. In addition, this table demonstrates the rising diplomatic importance of Iran as President Rouhani is the third most followed leader by UN missions. Finally, this table again demonstrates social media mobility given the relatively high number of UN missions following the leaders of Botswana, Afghanistan, Croatia, Lithuanian and Rwanda.
Finally, I analysed the amount of news organizations (including radio, television, print, new agencies) following world leaders on twitter. This was achieved using a sample of 520 news organizations throughout the world. The average world leader is followed by 13 news organizations. This figure suggests that world leaders are mostly followed by news organizations and not diplomatic institutions thus attesting to their role of King Diplomats. The most followed world leaders appear in the table below.
In this parameter, Barack Obama rules supreme attracting by far the largest number of news organizations. He is followed by Pope Francis again a testament to the Pope’s growing status as a Diplomatic Celebrity. Iran and Israel’s leaders also attract many organizations which is not surprising given the amount of news coverage these nations attract. What is surprising is the amount of organizations that follow Rwanda’s leader online and the number of Latin and South American countries to appear in the table (Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Mexico). In fact, leaders from S. America seem to dominate this table.
In summary, it appears that word leaders are indeed becoming King Diplomats. While they attract small numbers of diplomatic institutions, they are routinely followed by news organizations thus increasing their visibility and possible influence over diplomatic affairs. Moreover, world leaders from smaller nations (Rwanda, Greece) may use their media popularity in order to increase the diplomatic visibility of their nation.
For world summits like COP21, the high media attention paid to leaders ensures that issues like climate change are extensively reported in the news, as are the achievements and agreements reached during such summits. Yet the question remains are world leaders are also practical diplomats? Their lack of ability to attract large numbers of MFAs and missions to the UN suggests that even in the age of Kings, diplomatic institutions such as foreign ministries and embassies remain relevant for the day to day routine working of international diplomacy which are sure to begin once the leaders fly home, the dust settles and transnational agreements begin to be translated into policy.
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lembrechtsjonas on December 1, 2015 at 7:52 pm
Wow, really useful post, and interesting view on things! Thanks for making the effort to look into this!
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St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 (Choreographer)
Stine, Whitney, 1930- (Author)
Stine, Whitney, 1930- (Director)
Ruth St. Denis Foundation (Hollywood, Calif.) (Donor)
Swan lake, an Oriental adaptation of the ballet / produced by the Los Angeles Cinema Club in cooperation with the Institute of Asian Studies. Choreography: Karoun Tootikian. Music: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Lighting: William von Klint. Edited by: Fernando Guerrieri. Narrated by Lonny Cothron. Cast: Karoun Tootikian (Swan Queen), Lonny Cothron (Prince), Verne Williams (Sorcerer), Jeannie Brauner, Ann-Marie Crosby, Lalla Lezli, Arlene Provost (Swans), Ananda Koomar and Michael Tolchinsky (Hunters) -- Little girl with red kimono, a fairy tale told in the Japanese manner / produced by Ethnic Dance Films. Choreographed by Karoun Tootikian after 1957 version by St. Denis and Tootikian. Written, directed, and edited by Whitney Stine. Photographed by Jarl Hedberg. Narrated by Wayne Lundy. Cast: Kwan Li (Red Kimono), Lonny Cothron, Lalla Lezli, Karoun Tootikian, Suzi Yamaguchi, Rachelle Kamal, Kathy Peterson.
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Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Extent: 1 videocassette (Umatic) (43 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruth St. Denis, pt. 3" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1985. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e0839f0-ef96-0133-02a9-60f81dd2b63c
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Ruth St. Denis, pt. 3" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 17, 2019. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e0839f0-ef96-0133-02a9-60f81dd2b63c
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1985). Ruth St. Denis, pt. 3 Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7e0839f0-ef96-0133-02a9-60f81dd2b63c
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Changing the Narrative: Building Support for Global Development
The annual Dóchas Conference took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 in the Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin.
This year's conference - Changing the Narrative: Building Support for Global Development - was focused on the theme of public engagement.
Over 200 delegates gathered in Croke Park to explore how we can communicate on international development and global justice in ways that engage and resonate with the Irish public. Delegates included representatives of Irish NGOs and civil society organisations, members of Government, activists and campaigners, academics, private sector representatives and more.
Participants heard from a diverse line-up of leading figures in global development and humanitarian action, including Rafeef Ziadah (Palestinian spoken word artist, human rights activist and academic); Ruairí De Búrca (Director General, Irish Aid); Heba Aly (Director, IRIN); Judith Greenwood (Executive Director, CHS Alliance); and Danny Sriskandarajah (Secretary General and CEO, CIVICUS). Broadcaster and journalist, Dil Wickremasinghe, was our MC for the day.
Speaking about the theme of the conference, Dóchas CEO, Suzanne Keatinge, said: “We have gathered here today to ask ourselves how we can engage the public and mobilise their ideas, energy and activism. There is a need for critical debate about how NGOs engage the public in the work that we do. We need to communicate the complexity and urgency of development and humanitarian crises, while at the same time remaining relevant and real to communities in Ireland who may be struggling to cope with their own experiences of conflict, poverty and injustice.” Read Suzanne's full conference welcome letter to learn more about this year's theme.
Conference MC, Dil Wickremasinghe, set the day in motion by focusing the minds of delegates with some quick guided meditation before the first keynote speaker began.
Rafeef Ziadah, spoken word artist, activist and academic, then took the stage. Delegates were treated to a powerful performance of her poetry about her experiences as a Palestinian woman in the UK and Canada. She encouraged us to consider how we can use art and creativity in our public engagement.
We next heard from Ruairí De Búrca, Director General of Irish Aid, who asked how we can build connections with the Irish public, and highlighted the importance of avoiding development sector jargon and communicating instead in a way that is authentic to lived experiences.
Heba Aly, Director of IRIN, closed the morning plenary session with her talk offering a media perspective on how NGOs portray their work and how they can be more open and transparent in their communications. She warned of the dangers of simplistic messaging, and the use of negative images that portray people as victims, and NGOs as white saviours. Heba also spoke of the need for more honest and complex narratives if we are to inform the public and achieve real social change.
We then breaked for lunch, where delegates had the opportunity to meet conference sponsors and other Dóchas supporters in the exhibition space. YMCA Ireland were also on hand to record vox pop interviews, asking attendees about public attitudes toward overseas aid.
After lunch, delegates took part in our three breakout sessions, which explored key aspects of the conference theme in greater detail.
Key takeaways from session 1: Using Innovation to Reach New Audiences
Key takeaways from session 2: Using Audience Insights to Deliver a Step Change in our Narrative
Key takeaways from session 3: Campaigning to Influence Change
Following the breakout sessions, Rafeef Ziadah awed delegates once again with another passionate performance. Judith Greenwood, Executive Director of CHS Alliance, followed, reflecting on the crucial role of transparency and accountability in building and maintaining public trust in NGOs. We heard how this transparency must be founded on evidence, rigour and respect.
Our final keynote speaker of the day was Danny Sriskandarajah, Secretary General and CEO of Civicus. Danny reminded us of why civil society matters: We are gap fillers and service-providers at a time when more gaps are emerging, we are builders of democracy, and we must become change-makers for a better future. He called on us to reimagine civil society and reclaim our role as amplifiers of marginalised voices.
Dóchas would like to thank everyone who participated in and attended the conference for making it such an inspiring, dynamic and thought-provoking day. We look forward to working with all of you going forward - to challenge ourselves, to innovate and to continue the conversation on public engagement.
Danny Sriskandarajah, Secretary General and CEO of CIVICUS, interviewed by Brigid O'Sullivan of YMCA Ireland. More vox pops from the conference to follow soon!
Heba Aly, Director of IRIN, on The Late Debate, RTE Radio 1, 3 May 2018: Heba spoke about her work at IRIN and built on the themes that she discussed at the conference.
Sparking Change with Dil podcast: Dil Wickremasinghe interviewed Suzanne Keatinge, CEO of Dóchas; Rafeef Ziadah; Heba Aly, Director of IRIN; and Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO and Secretary General of CIVICUS.
In the run up to the Dóchas Conference 2018, we asked leaders and innovators across civil society to respond to a set of questions around the theme of the conference - public engagement.
"Practice what you preach" - Dr. Burkhard Gnärig, Founder and Executive Director, International Civil Society Centre in Berlin
"Collectively we need to become better storytellers" - Bobby McCormack, Co-founder and Director, Development Perspectives
"Getting to 0.7% is only half the battle" - Richard Darlington, Campaign Director for 25 leading NGOs at Bond UK
"Before we can think about changing our narratives, we need to understand them" - Eilish Dillon, Coordinator of the MA in International Development at the Kimmage Development Studies Centre
Thank you to...
YMCA Ireland
Development Perspectives
The Washington Ireland Programme and all our volunteers
The Dóchas Conference 2018 was proudly sponsored by...
Primary Sponsors
Using Innovation to Reach New Audiences
Using Audience Insights to Deliver a Step Change in our Narrative
Campaigning to Influence Change
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Fiction’s Best Moms and Dads
They’re kind, warm, patient, honest, tolerant, unselfish, reliable, entertaining, good listeners, occasionally firm but not smothering, and other positive things. Politicians? Not a chance. We’re talking about…great parents!
And who are the best mothers and fathers in literature? This blog post will name some of them — and all are members of the PTA: Parents to Admire.
Let’s start with that 3M person herself: Margaret “Marmee” March of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. She’s almost perfect — which is a bit unrealistic but impressive. She holds her family of four daughters together through thick and thin while dad is away during the Civil War or musing philosophical thoughts. Marmee also has an even disposition (after some hot-tempered younger years), gives good advice, is not materialistic, engages in charitable efforts, and believes girls should be thoroughly educated — not a typical 19th-century attitude.
Another memorable mother from 19th-century fiction is Hester Prynne of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Even as she deals with her social-outcast status, she is a great single parent to Pearl — and allows her daughter to be a free spirit.
It’s hard to top the love and courage of the enslaved Eliza, who, in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin, makes a harrowing escape to the North with her young son Harry to spare him from being sold to a crueler master.
The brave and self-sufficient Helen Huntington also has the safety of her son in mind when she flees an abusive marriage in Anne Bronte’s early feminist classic, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Ma Joad of The Grapes of Wrath is perhaps the supreme female creation of an author, John Steinbeck, mostly known for his male protagonists. The compassionate Ma (I don’t think her first name is mentioned in the novel) has a deep reservoir of toughness and leadership qualities she will need as the Joad family gets into increasingly difficult straits.
In Steinbeck’s East of Eden, Lee is a servant/housekeeper rather than a biological parent, but he’s essentially a father — and a darn good one — to the Trask sons.
Another non-parent who’s basically a parent is orphan Denise Baudu, who becomes a substitute mother to her two younger brothers in Emile Zola’s Au Bonheur des Dames.
Matthew Cuthbert, the adoptive dad of former orphan Anne Shirley in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables, is shy and and socially awkward. But he is a sweet, gentle soul who gives Anne what she needs emotionally — and sometimes practically (we’re talking puffy-sleeved dresses here!). Matthew’s sister Marilla (Anne’s adoptive mother) is initially a tough cookie as parents go, until…
As fictional fathers go, few can match widowed lawyer Atticus Finch of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Integrity is practically his middle name, and he mixes lots of low-key love and lesson-giving when parenting his daughter Scout and her older brother Jem.
A great single dad of more recent literary vintage is Subhash Mitra, of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland, who becomes a dedicated father to his niece Bela after his activist brother Udayan is murdered by police (before Bela is born).
Then there are Molly and Arthur of the large Weasley household in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels. Those two parents are rather eccentric and disorganized, but somehow the family dynamics work. Molly and Arthur are also fun, smart, curious, and brave — all of which rubs off on their children.
I’ve of course just scratched the surface here. Who are your favorite great parents in literature? (And, if you’d like, you could also name the most memorable bad parents. 🙂 )
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And how does ‘Seinfeld’ relate to the discussion of good/bad parents? Well, if you want to understand why George is so neurotic look no further than his parents (“What am I gonna do with all this paella?”; “A mouse! I will not tolerate rodents in this house!”). He never had a chance with those two. Compare that with the well-meaning but somewhat naive and clueless parents of Jerry. They’re loving people but they’re just set in their ways and they’ll totally devoted to Jerry. Then there are the ones with one parent. IN the episode “The Jacket”, Jerry and George end up stuck at a dinner with Elaine’s tyrannical father, a well-respected author (this was inspired by the real-life experience that show creator Larry David had when he was dating the daughter of great American author Richard Yates, most famous for ‘Revolutionary Road’). Kramer is also finally reunited with his mother, who is a cleaning lady at a fancy restaurant. Through her we learn his first name–Cosmo!
jhNY
Reeling, really, from the fact that Larry David dated Richard Yates’ daughter! Can’ begin to imagine the conversations at dinner, the Seinfeld show’s fictional depictions notwithstanding.
Funny…bobess..was that started with MTM..then to Bob Newhart ending..then to Seinfeld..perhaps.
Recently Charlie Rose interviewed Larry David..and Larry insisted he is George in real life which is hard to believe. Also George Steinbrenner`s voice was David himself. Also elsewhere it was mother of Seinfeld was like Larry`s mom..she never believed that Larry was making any money.
Dave Astor
Excellent, bobess48! And I like the way you brought this around to the column topic!
Though the four “Seinfeld” stars played single people with no kids on the show, their occasionally appearing parents were indeed “interesting” — and, as you skillfully note, seeing those parents shed light on why their offspring were so offbeat or neurotic.
Jerry Seinfeld had three kids after the show went off the air. I wonder how the show would have been affected if he had some parenting experience in the 1990s? 🙂
I guess a somewhat similar relationship spanning the entertainment and literary worlds would be the marriage of actor Daniel Day-Lewis and Arthur Miller’s daughter Rebecca Miller. But, then again, Rebecca Miller was/is of the entertainment world. And, as far as I know, neither are as neurotic as Larry David!
And howzabout Oona O’Neill and Charlie Chaplin?
Excellent example, jhNY!!!
interestingly in real life Jerry`s wife wrote a cookbook and someone unknown brought up a lawsuit that is was allegedly the exact copy of her own cookbook.
Of course the “unknown” had no chance dealing with the rich and famous.
Yikes, bebe! So unfair. 😦
indulge me Dave while we are on the topic…..from Seinfeld to Larry David to Curb your Enthusiasm…a fun show in HBO.
From a crazy neurotic guy Larry this was a minute and half of enchanting moment. You can`t go wrong with the music of John Legend.
Sorry it took a while to reply, bebe — I was out for a few hours.
Thanks for the link! Unfortunately, for some reason I’m getting a “disabled” notice when I try to watch this video. I love your comment with it, though. 🙂
Actually, bebe, I just found it directly on YouTube. A VERY nice dance moment! Great song, too, as you note. 🙂
Just posted don’t know what happened,…BTW PBS is showing GWTW now..oh Scarlet is so very mean and calculating.
For whatever reason, some videos can only be watched directly on YouTube, not when linked elsewhere — such as on this blog. I have no idea why!
Scarlett could work on Wall Street today. 🙂
Morning Dave..I loved that minute and half piece..loved the song and th perfect moment for it, I used to watch the show.
On GWTW i watched an hour and half of it. Have more respect for Rhett..for his compassionate side and not advertising about it.
Have fun today with your relatives.
Good morning, bebe! Yes, a lot of good stuff in just 90 or so seconds. I never watched the show myself, but have heard it’s great.
If/when I watch “GWTW” again, I’ll keep an eye on the positive side of Rhett. 🙂 “…his compassionate side and not advertising about it” — nicely said!
Thanks for the have-fun wishes! I’ll probably be “off the grid” for roughly six hours this afternoon/evening, but hope to post a new column later tonight. Hope you have a great Sunday!
Ana (@geddy_lee_fan)
I’ve mentioned The Bean Trees by Barbara Kingsolver before, but I just love this book. Taylor informally adopted a little Native American girl she nicknamed Turtle, which was the best thing that happened to the little girl. Turtle had a rough start in her young life. She was a victim of sexual and physical abuse, she didn’t/couldn’t communicate with people, her birth mother was deceased, and her entire world seemed empty…until Taylor came into her life.
Turtle thrived under Taylor’s care. She started talking, playing, and acting like a happy little girl. She even started to recognise vegetable plants and flowers that grew around Taylor’s job and at home.
Taylor was young herself and trying to find her way in life. Motherhood should have been the last thing on her mind. Something in her made her accept Turtle and raise her as her own. Reading this book was like going on an adventure, and it was nice to see them take that journey through life together.
Nice description of that novel and relationship, Ana! Barbara Kingsolver is such a great author, including her earlier works such as “The Bean Trees.”
Your comment also made me think of subcategories for this discussion — very young parents (Novalee in Billie Letts’ “Where the Heart Is” comes to mind) and older parents (such as Silas Marner in the George Eliot novel).
Do you think age is a factor in whether or not someone will be a good parent?
It might be somewhat of a factor, but I think it mostly comes down to the type of person the parent is — at any age. If you ever become a parent, Ana, you’ll be great!
Of course, a younger parent often has more energy and an older parent has more life experience…
My daughters are 18 years apart in age, so, in terms of my own age, I’ve seen parenting from “both sides now…and then.” 🙂
I think what helps older parents is if they’ve had children in the past before their younger kids were born. You’re sort of like my parents. They are both in their 60s, and there are big age gaps with their children. The oldest child is 40; the youngest is 21 and is preparing to move to Toronto after graduating from college this May.
The parenting skills they developed with the first set of children were useful when the second set came along. And now they have grandchildren, so all of us keep our parents young (lol, you remember that picture I posted on FB of my father holding that huge tarantula at that exhibit he took my nephew too? How many parents are cool enough to do that?)
Very true, Ana. One definitely learns something from parenting one’s older child(ren) that can help with the younger one(s).
Yes, a very similar gap — 18 years vs. 19 years. But I can’t match your parents with any grandchildren yet. 🙂
I do remember that tarantula photo; your father definitely gets serious props for that!
A family friend posted a group pic with my parents at a dance this past Saturday on our Instagram page. It is so obvious that my folks are enjoying semi-retirement and having a child-free home.
I don’t understand you parent nowadays. You reach a certain age, start having lots of fun, then think you’re grown and can do whatever you want. SMH.
Wonderful that your parents are enjoying being semi-retired “empty nesters”!
And I admire the way you can keyboard while shaking your head. 🙂
Well, I’m a woman of many talents. It wasn’t that hard to do.
It’s Friday, so you know what I’m about to say…have a good weekend:)
Have a great weekend, too!
And you are Ana…of all the self portrait this one is the best… 😉
My mom was past mid 30s when I was born and dad was mid 40s, my older brother is ten years older than me and is simply awesome. My mom always said and true I was a handful and she was too old to tackle me . Too bad she never lived longer to see me now not so bad. 😀
Your parents were definitely more “mature” in years than many parents were at that time, bebe. Very sorry your mother didn’t live longer. But so nice that you have a great older brother.
I will be seeing a number of relatives tomorrow at a family dinner (sister, possibly brother, cousins, aunt, etc.).
*blushes* Thank you for the compliments about my pic. That is one of my faves too. My friend-girl who took it captured me in a very natural state. My hair was tousled because I’d been running outside only moments before, I’m not wearing any makeup other than the cherry lip gloss, and I have a very content/relaxed/happy look on my face.
bebe I’m glad you’re still active in this thread because I wanted to share something with you before it closed. Yesterday we held community garden day in my neighbourhood. People walked to different home gardens, took pics, got planting advice and demos, purchased and swapped seeds, live plants, eco planting items, things like that.
An elderly lady who lives a few houses down from me knows how much I love lavender and what a terrible time I have with growing it. She has a backyard full and was kind enough to bring me some homemade lavender-based products. I have a bar of facial soap, a bottle of linen spray, ice cubes (yes, she made lavender ice cubes!), and a jar of whipped body butter.
bebe, that body butter is absolutely wonderful. It feels like silk on my skin and smells divine. I asked my neighbour if she could please show me how she made it. We walked back to her house and sat in the kitchen. This is how she made the body butter: (1) spoon a sizable amount of solidified coconut oil from a jar into a bowl (2) add a few drops of lavender oil (3) blend everything using a hand mixer (4) take a spoon and lightly stir the fluffy mixture. It should resemble cake frosting at this point (5) spoon your body butter in a jar.
I just had to share this with you since you love lavender and natural beauty products just as much as I do. This will be a hectic upcoming week for me, but I promise to get some pictures posted on Twitter soon so you can see what this body butter looks like. Talk to you later, girlie:)
*fist bumps Dave before I go* U2 has been spotted in Vancouver preparing for the tour. Residents and fans near the venue reportedly heard them practice Vertigo and a couple of tracks from the latest album. Don’t you East Coast people get all jealous because U2 is opening their tour on the West Coast. You guys can have Bono and the boys once we’re done partying with them. Got my 360 t-shirt and Canadian flag bandana ready to go…don’t get jealous of that either, Dave. LOL…have a good week.
Given where U2 is starting its tour, Adam Clayton will now be known to me as Adam West. (Sorry, Batman fans.)
Have a good week, too, Ana!
Wow lovely Ana..yaa ..lots of silky hair and that smile ❤
Took a note of this and saved it, soon I`ll have my bird bath avi..actually I might send you some spring flower pics to you and I do have you e addy unless it is changed. Give me a week to get the full bloom..of all the bushes.
The Pelican is story number 3 in a collection of short stories by Edith Wharton. This short story is about a young, pretty widowed mother named Mrs. Amyot with a natural talent for public speaking and an appreciation of Greek art.
Her husband was an alcoholic who didn’t provide for his family, and died when the baby was 6 months old. When he died, he left behind massive debts which the wife had to pay off. His debts left the wife and son deeper in poverty. Using her oratorical skills and knowledge of Greek art, Mrs. Amyot decided to go on a lecture circuit to earn money, and became quite successful. Naturally her son was given the best of everything…fine clothes, a doting supportive mother, excellent schools, and financial stability well into adulthood.
This would appear to be the perfect family with a good “rags-to-riches” backstory, but you get a sense while reading it that something peculiar was going on. Mrs. Amyot gave several lectures in the New England area and Europe. The attendees praised her talents, but at the end of their praise, every person gave the same statement: “she’s doing this for her child.” And Mrs. Amyot never hesitated to mention how she was working so hard for her son during every introduction.
The “I’m doing it for my son” reasoning seemed plausible and believable when he was younger; problem was, that story continued even after her son grew up, graduated from college, and had a family of his own.
So it seems like Mrs. Amyot’s success was based on false premises. She presented herself as a charity case and used her son to sell tickets to her lectures, and the attendees felt “obligated” and/or took pity on her, especially the attendees who personally knew her husband’s background.
Maybe she started off with good intentions of lecturing to pay off debts and provide financial security for her son, but she quickly used her single parenthood as a crutch, and got comfortable with telling people “I’m doing this for my son.” Was Mrs. Amyot a good mother? Yes. But did her deception turn her into a needy, attention-seeking mother? Yes. It’s really hard to put her into either category.
Sounds like a REALLY interesting story, Ana, with one of those parents who, as you say, is somewhere between good and not so good (which of course is where many real-life parents fall).
I’ve read about a half dozen of Edith Wharton’s novels, but never tried her short fiction. Thanks for describing “The Pelican” so well!
I wonder if Ms. Amyot said she was doing her lectures for her son partly because (in a more sexist time) it would be “unseemly” for her to be doing those lectures because she had some ambition, enjoyed speaking/displaying her knowledge, etc.?
Dover Thrift Editions are excellent. Great collections of fiction and non-fiction, and I’ve never paid over $2.00 for each one. The Edith Wharton collection has 7 short stories. I like all of them except one (Xingu).
I can certainly see some shades of sexism in Mrs. Amyot’s decision. If she didn’t have a son, and wanted to conduct a lecture series for the joy of it, I’m sure someone would have been in her ear attempting to dissuade her. Sacrificing for your children sounds much more honourable, even in modern times, than embarking on a career/hobby for personal fulfillment.
I don’t have any children. If I announced “hey, I’m going back to school to pursue my doctorate because it’s something I’ve always wanted to do”, and a woman with children said something similar but added “I’m doing this to make a better life for my children”, her announcement would be more impressive.
I like those Dover Thrift Editions prices, Ana!
And I think going back to school is impressive whatever the reason, though there are various levels of impressive. 🙂 And of course one can go back to school for a combination of “self” and “for the children” reasons.
Edith Wharton certainly dealt with the push-and-pull that late-19th-century/early-20th-century women felt about their level of independence — in novels such as “The Age of Innocence” (Ellen Olenska), “The House of Mirth” (Lily Bart), and “The Custom of the Country” (Undine Spragg).
I got into her work maybe 3 years ago. She’s easily on my Top 5 List of Favourite Authors. You should try 1-2 of her ghost/goth stories. I have her ghost story collection in English, but a Portuguese translation of one of those stories is on my Kindle.
Uma Garrafa de Perrier (A Bottle of Perrier) is set in Greece. Such a great, tense story. Not sure if ghost/goth is your thing, but if it is, keep that title tucked away in your memory bank.
Thanks, Ana! Edith Wharton IS great. I’ll give her short stories (and ghost stories) a try sometime. I do like a ghost tale once in a while — as in some of Ambrose Bierce’s stories, Peter Straub’s “Ghost Story” novel, and even lighter versions of that genre such as Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost.”
Then there are works that are sort of/not quite ghost stories: Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” Alice Sebold’s “The Lovely Bones,” Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting Of Hill House,” Stephen King’s “Rose Madder,” Nikolai Gogol’s story “The Overcoat,” etc.
Oh, and “A Christmas Carol”!
The Canterville Ghost should be considered comedy rather than supernatural because it is a very funny tale. Poor ghost. He tried so hard to scare the family, but they looked down on and disrespected him at every turn. How does one trash-talk a ghost? LOL…hilarious.
Oscar Wilde was a literary genius. I don’t think there’s anything he’s ever written that I don’t love.
You’re right — a VERY funny story by the great Oscar Wilde. That ghost was like the Rodney Dangerfield of apparitions. 🙂
Up the page someplace I noticed somebody else mentioned the principal character’s parents in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, so I won’t. Though originally marketed as authentic pioneer tales from America’s yesteryear, these books are mostly memories at a remove, lit by nostalgia, obscured by time and refitted to fictional purposes, though I defy anybody with a heart who’s read them to think of old Jack circling his bed for the last time without shedding a little tear. Me either.
Then there are the plucky and infinitely resourceful parents in The Swiss Family Robinson, a book just long enough that readers must ask in all sincerity: what wasn’t on board and salvageable when needed? I mean, besides a steamship ticket home.
Parents who work together and with their children in the face of danger, privation and even death, these two examples. Notably, these wish-fulfilling books were always a big hit with the kids.
Of course, there’s the Boy Named Sue angle. Parent puts child in a terrible social situation, but the kid gets tough, grows up a winner, despite abandonment issues, and having to explain his first name periodically with his fists.
Huck Finn, being a leader amongst his peers, and a pretty good friend to the friendless, might never have become himself were it not for his awful father, or despite him. If a character somehow but certainly becomes a fine example of adulthood, though his parents might have failed him throughout childhood at every opportunity, are not the best parents in literature sometimes the worst?
Welcome back, jhNY!!! Hope you’re doing okay.
Thought-provoking premise about “bad” parents sometimes turning out great kids, despite the parents being neglectful or laying on the “tough love” too thick. Adversary can certainly screw up and embitter a kid, or, as you note with Huck Finn, make the kid sympathetic to suffering and to the underdog. Other examples of fictional children who overcame tough upbringings to become exemplary people would include Jane Eyre and Harry Potter, among many others.
My own real-life father was awful, and I turned out to be…a book blogger. So I guess the jury is still out on that. 🙂
By the way, I finished “The Leopard” a few days ago, and will be mentioning it prominently in my next column this Sunday night. Thanks again for recommending it — that Guiseppe di Lampedusa novel contains some of the most beautiful writing I’ve ever seen (in the service of a melancholy story).
Happy to be back. Hope be sticking around for a while, barring emergency– which of course, is how I came to extend my stay out of town…
My real-life father and I had a very different relationship when we were both younger than we have today. Only after he abandoned all hope of having the power of influence over me did we begin to get along; too much of my young energy was bound up in resistance to his will, which was very nearly relentless as my own will to be free of it. I think we both wish we’d spent the time being smarter with each other.
When a parent, for whatever reason, quits the scene at a point of great discord, that’s pretty much all we’ve got to go by, present absence and past uproar, unless later, we live together through other better scenes.
An old pal had a very contentious relationship with his very volatile father, much as I did with my own as a teen, but unlike me, his father died when my friend was still a teen, and thus he enjoyed no mellower season with the man. I consider myself fortunate to have lived through all the daze of my youth, but more fortunate to have lived through all the years that followed, when we finally began to see the better parts of ourselves and each other.
Heck, in your own case, your father left you a name, that, while not Sue, at least made me think you might be a distant relation to that early American family whose great fortune was founded on beaver pelts. Intimations of nobility are easier to defend, even if baseless, than a name like that guy had to live with in the Silverstein song, and easier on the knuckles.
Pleased deeply you found good things and good writing in Lampedusa!
Hope that out-of-town situation has stabilized or improved, jhNY.
It’s great that things have evolved for the better with you and your father! That doesn’t always happen in parent-child relationships.
Yes, sometimes things happen to prevent a parent-child relationship from being repaired. In my case, I didn’t see my father for the last 15 or so years of his life, and didn’t even know he had died (in 1991) until a number of years later.
My father’s last name came from his immigrant father going through the name-change thing around the time of his Ellis Island arrival from Eastern Europe. Always ironic to have that last name given that we were lower middle class (my father repaired TVs and radios, when he was working. Once the TV was repaired, we could watch “Leave It to Beaver Pelts” 🙂 ).
Lampedusa’s prose was masterful. A shame he wrote only that one novel, and didn’t even get to see its (posthumous) publication.
There are a few other bits and bobs Lampedusa left behind– most notably a short story on a mythic theme. I’ve also read a hilariously provocative short essay he wrote on on the excoriating effect opera had on Italian history and self-image– or at least those parts published in a biography I’ve got around here someplace.
But he also wrote out copious notes on literature, for the purpose of tutoring a relative, which I’d love to see translated. Can’t help but think his opinions, on a topic that consumed his intellectual life, would make interesting and possibly profound reading.
Thanks, jhNY! “The Leopard” edition I now own (my wife got me it as a birthday present) has some “foreword” and “afterword” material that mentions Lampedusa doing other writing here and there. As you say, I’m sure it would be WELL worth reading.
As you say Dave “bad” parents sometimes turning out great kids, despite the parents being neglectful or laying on the “tough love” too thick.”
And what a wonderful, caring individual you turned out to be. So sorry Dave.. 😦
Thank you for the very kind words, bebe! 🙂 I was conscious of my father as a role model, only I reversed things. Whatever he was, I tried to be the opposite!
Sorry again…I never was able to meet up my mom’s expectations she was well loved and good in everything and she passed in my 20s didn’t get to see was okay.
That’s difficult, bebe. Expectations are so hard to live up to. But you are very smart and talented and kind!
Oh thank you…my mom never have said anything but others have. Then again I am a very fortunate person to have a wonderful father but was not there in his later years. By older brother is absolutely awesome and being the youngest one in my family some of my cousins are old enough to be my parents always doted on me.
You’re very welcome, bebe. 🙂 And it’s wonderful that other family members see/have seen your worth!
See also: The Opposite episode on Seinfeld.
Never saw that episode (I only watched “Seinfeld” sporadically). But I just looked at a description of it, and it seems George Costanza did quite well with that approach. 🙂
In my opinion, ‘Seinfeld’ was to sitcoms what the Beatles were to music. ‘The Opposite’ actually influenced my approach to living over the last five years or so. Even if the opposite results in something not entirely positive, it is definitely different and you know that if you do the same thing repeatedly you will get the same results. So you’ve got some novelty and excitement and a level of awareness that you were too numbed by the sameness to notice.
bobess48, I had mostly stopped watching TV by the 1990s, but those episodes of “Seinfeld” that I did see were fantastic. Glad “The Opposite” episode had such a big impact on you! That’s “something” for a show that was (allegedly) about “nothing.” 🙂
I wasn’t a TV watcher either, mostly catching things that my wife at the time and stepchildren had on. After a few people recommended ‘Seinfeld’ I checked it out and became an intermittent watcher in its first runs in the 90’s and I definitely caught the finale. Over the subsequent years I would catch it in reruns on syndication occasionally. Then when I was in library school, doing distance learning, meaning that I logged on to the class from home, the class would usually end by 8:30 or 9:00 and I would often unwind with the two back-to-back episodes between 9 and 10. It became addicted to it, to the point that I bought the complete series on DVD as a Christmas present to myself (I had a financial cushion for a couple of years due to student loan money and I admit that I bought a lot of things for myself in addition to spending it on school expenses) so I could watch all of it plus all the special features, interviews, commentaries, etc. I came to appreciate how unique and clever it was. They actually used network censorship to their advantage, employing ‘euphemism’s for their humor. For example, You can’t watch the episode entitled ‘The Contest’ without knowing what ‘master of your domain’ refers to. The absurd convergences of separate plot threads and the self-referential looping back of words, phrases and images enabled the humor to build in momentum. Like The Beatles, nothing the cast members has gone on to do matched the impact they made together. The chemistry is still palpable when two or more of them are gathered as well. The ‘Seinfeld’ spirit lives on.
Sounds like you eventually became a “Seinfeld” expert, bobess48! GREAT discussion about the show, including how it used censorship to its advantage. (That’s also something some comic strips do in “family-friendly” newspapers.) Another thing I admired about “Seinfeld” was that the series ended while it was still relatively near its peak and still drawing good ratings. It didn’t hang on too long.
You’re right that the cast chemistry has been hard to duplicate, but, from what I gather, Julia Louis-Dreyfus has had quite a post-“Seinfeld” career with “Veep” and some other stuff.
There was no option to reply to your last ‘Seinfeld’ comment so I’m doing it here. I haven’t seen ‘Veep’ yet but it looks like the most promising thing she’s done since ‘Seinfeld’. I tried to watch a couple of episodes of ‘New Adventures of Old Christine’ but it was LAME, LAME, LAME! Come on, give me a break! These people are professionals and they’re supposedly good comedy writers but that was an inexcusable waste of time. I respect Jerry for still doing what he loves, which is standup comedy. His ‘Comedians in Cars’ is potentially a good idea but there’s definitely room for three passengers in that car (Julia Louis-Drefuss, Michael Richards and Jason Alexander) that could enliven the premise immensely. I loved their pseudo-reunion on Larry David’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ which was as close as we’ll ever come to seeing how those characters might react to the ‘wonders’ of the 21st century.
I’ve only seen a few “Veep” clips (on YouTube) and read some stuff about it, but it does seem pretty good. Apparently, the vice president Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays in the show has become or will soon become president!
I’ve also watched Jerry Seinfeld’s car thing a couple of times, and could take it or leave it.
Yes, those four “Seinfeld” stars in the 21st century (with social media and everything) would be quite interesting!
It IS a shame how lame some TV comedy can be. 🙂
Dave in life also growing up seen someone in my family a cousin actually really gifted individual ended up having some mental issues ( that was so long ago ), the husband never wanted to spend a dime on her well being and my uncle in the end spend all his savings for her well being.
She was better in her old age….two of her Sons turned out to be wonderful.
They never had a proper mother growing up because she was fighting her own demons.
I was little and silently have observed the stress caused by her to my family. I decided then no matter what i will never ever bother my parents when grown up.
“Opposite Effect” could be a lesson in life.
There really is something to be said for “The Opposite Effect,” bebe. I know some people can’t help copying the negative ways they have seen and grown up with, but, if one has the ability to counteract that, it can be quite rewarding.
One of those “Opposite Effect” behaviors does indeed involve trying to not to be “a bother” when other people are causing so much stress. I’ve done that not-bother-anyone approach myself. Not really fair to the person trying to behave nicely all the time, but…
Very sorry about your cousin’s situation. I also have a close family member who has suffered from mental illness, and it’s incredibly hard — for the person suffering, and for the people around them.
Your uncle sounds very compassionate and caring. A shame he used all his savings. Sometimes, “no good deed goes unpunished.” 😦
But my Uncle dies a happy man..just day before he was seen in a state fair eating food from vendors ( we were never to tell those to our aunt) and went home and later the end. But he had his house and managed .
“I’ve done that not-bother-anyone approach myself. Not really fair to the person trying to behave nicely all the time, but…”
That is me also and I ended up being a person never really open up deeply to anyone.
Wonderful that your uncle died happy, bebe. What more can a person ask for?
Yes, bebe, there is a downside to trying to be nice most of the time. I know exactly what you mean. As you say, it can become difficult to really open up to people. And a person at times can also be taken advantage of, become frustrated at not being able to be totally honest, and more. 😦 But, as you know, being nice does have its positives, too!
I am so glad you know more about me from the place of my family connections 😀
And vice versa, bebe. 🙂
Dave jhNY made a point there, and the last episode was a statement made of four self centered individuals only care about themselves were really pests in the society.
That show was brilliant and we still watch the reruns in the evenings instead of any political 24/7 stations.
Yes, a good point by jhNY, bebe.
And you’re right that those four “Seinfeld” characters were VERY self-centered. If they weren’t so funny, they would be hard to tolerate. 🙂
A brilliant show — I agree!
Here is one
Thanks for the link, bebe! Interesting! I remember watching the last “Seinfeld” episode in 1998, and thought it was pretty good. I can see what the critic was saying about the finale being out of the show’s usual Manhattan context, but I kind of liked that things took an unexpected turn.
The ‘Seinfeld’ finale was exciting, momentous and frustrating. Yes, taking the four out of their native habitat was jarring but I think that was intentional. They were functional within their own bizarro world but when they acted naturally (to them) in an ‘alien’ environment, they ended up in a vacuum–a Samuel Beckett/Jean-Paul Sartre type cell with only each other to amuse or frustrate with ‘no exit’. It also looped back to the first scene of the first episode of the series, where Jerry is looking at George’s buttons and observed that one is out of place (‘look at that…it’s in no man’s land’).
The end credit scene kind of lightened to proceedings….Jerry is doing standup in front of a room full of fellow convicts–literally, a ‘tough crowd’. Just the right touch and also ending with Jerry’s standup as the original episodes always did.
Insightful thoughts and analysis, bobess48! Yes, being “fish out of water” may have been the point — the “Seinfeld” foursome’s “shtick” didn’t necessarily work outside their particular Manhattan milieu, so there was humor potential/shock value there. (It was fun for many of the people watching the finale on TV, but not necessarily for the fictitious residents of where the quartet ended up. 🙂 )
I had forgotten that stand-up routine in front of convicts — a great touch indeed!
Good Morning Dave..Atticus Finch of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird is the best father there ever could be in Fiction.
Subhash Mitra, of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Lowland another single Dad that Bela know as her father until Subhash revealed to her that he was actually her uncle. Gouri Bela`s mother was the worse mother who abandoned then five year old child without any return address.
One unlikely character and a great father was Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind , his kindness and understanding to children was well documented, he was a much better parent to Scarlett’s children from her previous marriages than she is hersel. Particularly to Wade even before Rhett married Wade`s mother.
Then Bonnie was born Rhett spend every waking moment possible with Bonnie and Scarlett`s jealousy and aloofness drove Rhett further away and even more closer to Bonnie.
Sadly the fatherhood of Rhett was shorter lived.
Good morning to you, too, bebe!
I totally agree with what you said about the parents in “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Lowland.”
VERY interesting observation about Rhett Butler! It has been so long since I read the novel and saw the movie that I forgot about what he was like with children in “Gone With the Wind.”
Well said! Thanks!
By the way, I’m almost finished with Lee Child’s “One Shot” Jack Reacher book. SO good!
Okay…that is great..I have the book now and one day I will read it. Now I`ve forgotten the movie already 😉
Then I borrowed the ‘play-way” ( audio recording ) of Never Go Back.. when I opened the box , the little audio box was much chewed up but functions though , hopefully by a pet and not by any humans these days one never knows. So I took it back. Those play-way cost a lot and too bad was not reported by the patron for the same reason.
ON GWTW when in my teen years I read it so many times that I almost memorized the words. Then of course the movie was done so well and Clark Gable is the Rhett just as Gregory Peck was Atticus.
Though I haven’t quite finished it yet, I can see that the “One Shot” novel is VERY cinematic. Actually, every Jack Reacher book I’ve read seems “movie ready” — just like Stephen King’s novels in another genre.
That chewed-up audio box was an unwelcome surprise, bebe. 😦 Very funny line about the possibility of human teeth being involved; stranger things have happened!
You are a “Gone With the Wind” novel and film expert! I’ve only read/watched each once. Yes, some actors and actresses are just perfect for their roles. Another example of that, in the TV area, was the casting in the 1980s “Anne of Green Gables” miniseries. Megan Follows (Anne), Richard Farnsworth (Matthew), and Colleen Dewhurst (Marilla) were amazing.
One of these days, you’ve got to see the AoGG musical.
I’d love to see that musical, Ana.
Never read GWTW, but I did watch the movie at a film festival in Toronto years ago. I honestly wanted to see it only because of Clark Gable. I enjoyed his roles in silent films (which I am a huge fan of). He wasn’t cast in any starring roles and was more of a background actor, but I still liked his style.
And of course he was very easy on the eyes….
Ana, I had no idea Clark Gable appeared in silent films! (That’s how much I know about movie history. 🙂 ) He definitely seems to have “paid his dues” in secondary roles for a number of years.
Before moving to L.A., he lived here in the Northwest (Portland, I believe) and worked in a department store as a salesman. He also took small roles here and there in silent films and stage plays to support himself financially and gain some acting experience, which is what he wanted to break into anyway.
He was a vaudeville actor too, and participated in several performances with this troupe in Oregon.
Clark Gable has roots and lots of history up here.
Thanks, Ana, for all that great information!
Oh he was…but my personal favorite is Gregory Peck even in old age he was so very handsome and had a regal presence.
Yes, he is. I couldn’t help but notice his good looks and swagger in The Omen.
I seem to remember that Margaret Mitchell wrote Rhett Butler with Clark Gable in mind from the beginning, so it’s not quite surprising that Gable would inhabit the role so well.
Interesting, jhNY. Didn’t know that. I wonder how many novelists have done something like that? I bet Lee Child didn’t write his Jack Reacher novels with Tom Cruise in mind! 🙂
While this is not the exact same thing, I think Colette was very enthusiastic about Audrey Hepburn playing her Gigi character on stage.
Tom Cruise bought the franchise so what Lee Child could do… 😉
Also Julie Andrews was the original star of Sound of Music was passed for the movie for Audrey Hepburn. I did not know her doing Gigi on stage, have seen the movie with Leslie Caron but wish it was Hepburn .
That’s true, bebe. And I guess better a movie with Tom Cruise as Reacher than no Reacher movie at all!
From checking Wikipedia, it looks like the “Gigi” play hit Broadway in 1951, and the “Gigi” movie came out in 1958. Colette died in 1954, so she had no influence on Leslie Caron being cast. 🙂 I’ve also seen the movie, and I agree Audrey Hepburn would have been better.
“Gigi” is actually one of my least favorite Colette novels. It’s less substantial than her greatest books (such as “The Vagabond”), yet it’s her most famous.
oh jhNY I did not know that, and Ms. Mitchell chose him perfectly. Perfect to show Rhett`s wicked side and when he was so very vulnerable.
I have read somewhere that initially Susan Hayward was considered for the role of Scarlett..interesting.
bebe, I also read somewhere that Paulette Goddard as Scarlett was considered at some point as well.
interesting..complex character conniving and mean so many times yet she placed herself in harms was to take care of Melanie because Ashley asked her to when he was away.
In the end she lost Rhett and Ashley she never had him or wanted him.
In fantasy world we form our own image of someone and so many times that is further from the truth.
Very true, bebe — the complexity of Scarlett, and your eloquent last paragraph.
I finished “One Shot.” Now my favorite Jack Reacher novel. 🙂 (The other four I read are close, though.)
It is ? Then that is my next one then Dave.
It’s a really intriguing novel, bebe. I like the way the awful crime committed in the beginning of the book is seemingly solved immediately, yet…
Great supporting characters, too — the young lawyer who’s the daughter of the district attorney, the TV newswoman, etc.
And Reacher is as terse and amazing as ever!
Ah I see now…Richard Jenkins was the District attorney and Rosamund Pike was the daughter and Robert Duvall have a role there. I start the book this weekend after your grand reviewm 🙂
Jenkins was nominated for best actor in “The Visitor” a fantastic offbeat movie i highly recommend, now you have a VCR Dave.
Rosamund Pike was nominated in Gone Girl this year but i refuse to see the movie never read the book either. Was a Bond Girl also .
Sounds like an excellent cast, bebe! And I’ll be interested to hear what you think of the “One Shot” book!
Another thing I like about the Reacher series is that there’s a mix of good and bad law-enforcement people (the latter secretly in league with the crooks). Given what happens in the real world (Ferguson, Staten Island, North Charleston, etc.), having only good law-enforcement people would be very unrealistic.
In the novel, Scarlett had three children, one from each of her husbands (greatly simplified in the film to the one with Rhett) and she was a horrible mother to all of them. She definitely qualifies for the very long list of bad parents in Literature. Rhett tries to make up for it by being a father to all three of the children and is even a surrogate to Ashley and Melanie’s boy Beau, especially after Melanie’s death when Ashely is too self-absorbed and self-pitying to be a parent to any child. Rhett is the true hero of the novel, even though in the sight of the Southern society he is a profiteer who has made his fortune through non-respectable means. Clark Gable nailed the rakish aspect of Rhett but, after reading the novel, it seems that he never could quite capture the nurturing side of Rhett. Sure, he pampers Bonnie but the absence of those other children in the film removes his other opportunities to be fatherly. So with ‘Gone With the Wind’ you have a character in each of the good/bad parent camps.
Thanks, bobess48, for that terrific description/analysis of Rhett’s and Scarlett’s parenting abilities! (Or lack of abilities. 🙂 ) Plus you offered yet another example of the way movies based on novels often have to eliminate certain things from the script — and the loss can be significant. I guess we should be thankful that various “Pride and Prejudice” productions, as far as I know, haven’t eliminated any of the five daughters!
Love this song..https://youtu.be/CnQ8N1KacJc
Thanks, bebe! I like Green Day a lot — both its catchier/mellower tunes (like the one you linked to) and its more “punk”-oriented ones. They got pretty ambitious and political with some of their albums — like “American Idiot” and “21st Century Breakdown.”
And of course, as you know, “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” was played on the final “Seinfeld” episode!
Yes American idiot ..loved that. Now away from his ” punk” tunes to a mellow album with Norah Jones.
Wow, bebe! I didn’t know those two collaborated. Nice song!
There is a whole album..I might try to look for it ,
Might be great, bebe. Certainly an interesting combination of talents!
Was gone too Dave, just came home and PBS is showing GWTW..Fyi
Wow, bebe — not long after that movie was discussed here! Can’t watch it tonight, but one day I should see it again…
J.J. McGrath
Howdy, Dave!
— Who are your favorite great parents in literature? (And, if you’d like, you could also name the most memorable bad parents. 🙂 ) —
Multiversal synchronicity appears to have been evidenced within the past week by my reading, for the first time, Philip Jose Farmer’s completely creepy short story “Mother” and your writing, for the first time, the completely uncreepy blog post “Fiction’s Best Moms and Dad”: Despite the singularity in the title, there are actually two highly memorable Mothers in the story, but I would be hard-pressed to describe either as a good parent or a bad parent, as each is depicted doing what comes naturally in a sequence of unnatural events woven into a tale surprisingly replete with absolutely, positively appropriate references to Ernie Bushmiller’s second-most-famous character.
Apparently, a return to the womb isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. (Hey! I told you it’s creepy.)
J.J. (Alias MugRuith!)
“…Ernie Bushmiller’s second-most-famous character” — are we talking Aunt Fritzi? 🙂
Terrific/eloquent comment, J.J., and your reference to the difficulty in describing characters either as good or bad parents is a great point. So many mothers and fathers are a combination of both, as are many parents in real life. We of course hope the mix leans positive in real life…
As for “Mother,” that story does sound intriguing and, to quote your word, creepy. I found the story here, and plan to read it today or tomorrow: http://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/71735/4/Farmer_-_The_Classic_Philip_Jose_Farmer_1952-1964.html
— “…Ernie Bushmiller’s second-most-famous character” — are we talking Aunt Fritzi? —
Nope. Clearly, you and I had different takeaways while reading that strip, and I believe Philip Jose Farmer’s own may have been closer to mine than to yours.
Oops — I was thinking parents or parental figures. Is it, rather, Sluggo? (Of course, I haven’t read the Philip Jose Farmer story yet. 🙂 )
— I was thinking parents or parental figures. Is it, rather, Sluggo? —
Sure. As I understand the history, the original conception of the comic strip had Aunt Fritzi serving as the main character, but she was so lame Nancy was forced to take over to save the strip (with Sluggo’s assistance, of course).
You’re right, J.J. The “Fritzi Ritz” comic strip evolved into “Nancy.” Of course, Nancy and Sluggo are also kind of lame, as characters go, but that’s appropriate for something that’s “so bad it’s almost good.” And “Nancy” is at least partly aimed at kids, so it was never meant to be that sophisticated.
Liked the Bushmiller graphic stylings, myself– so exactingly strange.
Bushmiller’s art had a certain stiff charm. 🙂
J.J., I just read the “Mother” story. Very original and compelling, while also making a reader feel rather queasy. 🙂 Yes, moms in most fiction are not like this alien matriarch!
— I just read the “Mother” story. Very original and compelling, while also making a reader feel rather queasy. —
Queasy! That’s even a better descriptor than creepy, especially on the visceral level where most of the action in this piece takes place.
(Meanwhile, I am aghast at your characterization of Nancy and Sluggo as “kind of lame.” Harsh, dude. Harsh.)
How about queasy AND creepy? 🙂 Both fit!
Ha! I guess I AM being harsh about Nancy and Sluggo. I never was a fan of those two. Now if Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable had played them in a movie, that would be a different story…
thepatterer
In the days when phones had dials, homes had radios, and dinner tables had talk, I earned attention from the eyes in the back of my mother’s head by sneaking into her bookshelves. Overlooking her copies of “Airy Fairy Lillian,” “Our Hearts Were Young and Gay,” and “So Big,” I headed straight for the James M. Cain section. What thrills awaited between the covers of his novels. What lessons of love, passion, and betrayal awaited my discovery. But it was in the pages of “Mildred Pierce” that I realized there was another point of view to life, one that looked down on a child instead of looking up at a parent. My mother was nothing like Mildred Pierce, who found her gift and parlayed it into a successful restaurant career, dumping her feckless husband, acquiring a lover, and sacrificing her daughter to her own ambition. The daughter turned out to be a monster, even worse than Mildred Pierce, who at least had the motive of supporting a family while the daughter had only revenge and greed in mind. I remember that character above others because she was like a woman from another planet. Nothing about her was included in my childlike definition of motherly, except for the apron.
I wonder what James M. Cain’s mother was like, since his other novels (“Double Indemnity,” “The Postman Always Rings Twice”) depicted woman whose nature was far from that of any woman of my acquaintance.
So elegantly written, thepatterer, from your first line on! You engagingly depicted the connections, and non-connections, between your life and certain literature — something many of us also think about in relation to our own lives and our own reading.
You have of course convinced me to soon try James M. Cain, who has been on my to-read list for a while but who I’ve yet to read.
From what I recall, Cain’s mother was an opera singer, as Cain himself trained to be, before his mother informed him he didn’t have the pipes for a career. His novel Serenade borrows more than a bit from his background in music.
As for Mildred Pierce, I might raise an argument as to just who and what was sacrificed, and to whom. I do agree that Veda is no damn good.
Donny Backes Jr.
Hey Dave, Great topic many admirable, interesting and moving characters from classic and modern literature occur but I’d like to first go in the opposite direction and give awards for the worst parents in fiction. Most Foolish- Easy one here King Leer … Most Unlucky – Poor dear Jocasta the mother of Oedipus who of course himself was dealt a pretty bad hand…. The Most Nasty – Kronos upon their birth he devoured his own children .. last but not least for the Harshest ,Coldest father ever statue God- Made his only son run around the desert for 3 years with a bunch of ignorant ,hopeless losers only to have him crucified as to make a vague personal/political statement . Oh and perhaps an honorable mention in all categories to Medea who slit her children’s throats in front of their father Jason as an act of revenge.
What a great gallery of parental rogues you skillfully and engagingly described, Donny! Thanks! And nice to see so many from long-ago literature.
Not sure if I’ll ever do a column about bad parents in literature, but there are certainly plenty. A few in addition to the ones you named: The fathers in “The Brothers Karamazov” and “The Mosquito Coast,” Heathcliff in “Wuthering Heights,” Cathy Trask in “East of Eden,” the mothers in “Carrie” and “Portnoy’s Complaint,” etc.!
(Glad you liked the column. 🙂 )
Fyodor Karamazov did spring to mind when I was posting as did quite a few biblical characters, such as Abraham, who shouldn’t get a pass because the great conjuror in the sky subbed a goat at the last minute.
Yup, no pass for Abraham. 🙂 While “God” spared Isaac just before the sacrifice, the trauma gave Isaac such a fear of fire that he could never bear to watch a “Joan of Arc” movie…
“…Made his only son run around the desert for 3 years with a bunch of ignorant ,hopeless losers only to have him crucified as to make a vague personal/political statement.”
I know it’s not right, and I shouldn’t mock biblical principles/text of any form, but this literally made me laugh out loud.
Ignorant, hopeless losers….lol.
I laughed out loud at that, too, Ana. Donny’s comment was priceless.
He wins the Interwebz for his comment. I got the visual of that in my head, and couldn’t stop laughing. I’ll probably be chuckling for the rest of the day.
I recently read a beautiful book called The Fault In Our Stars. Both parents,the mother in particular, was extremely supportive, patient and excessively cared for their daughter who had a lung disease. Yet they did not coddle her,she was a bright girl who graduated Hs early,got to travel to Amsterdam thanks to her mother. Humor was essential in dealing with a very ill daughter, this helped put them all at ease. The mother encouraged her daughter to go to support groups to have an outlet to hear disclosure from other very ill young adults,a forum in which to grieve,not feel alone. At the same time,she gave her daughter independence to help with her confidence, make her feel stronger but was always accessible, close enough to watch out for her health and well being. The strength and acceptance her parents gave her enabled her to open her heart to help others critically ill giving her own life sustenance in the process.
Eloquently described, Michele! I’ve heard about that John Green novel — and the movie it inspired. Definitely some great parenting under very difficult circumstances. People who parent lovingly, patiently, creatively, and even humorously in that situation are to be admired very much.
Kat Lib
Michele, I can’t believe that I didn’t think of this book myself, as it is one of my very favorites. I’ve read John Green’s other novels, “Looking for Alaska,” “Paper Towns,” and “An Abundance of Katherines,” and really enjoyed them all. One of the most striking things about all of his books is his very sympathetic portrayals of the parents in every one. The mother in “FIOS” is probably the strongest as you say, but she had the most to deal with because of her daughter’s terrible disease. The parents of the narrator in “Paper Towns” both happen to be psychologists, are likeable and loving, but somewhat clueless about their son in some ways; for example, thinking that he’d be thrilled to be given a car for his high school graduation — which he is, except it’s a minivan, just like his mom’s.:)
Dave, I was trying to come up with some parents in more classic literature, and my favorite father was Silas Marner, and the way in which he raised Eppie to be someone who was happy with the people that were of her standing in society and not out to take advantage of her biological father and his wealth. Another father who wasn’t exactly bad, but who allowed his daughter to spend money on clothes and other things that weren’t necessary, was Undine Spragg’s father in “The Custom of the Country.”. I’ve been running through my head the various parents in Jane Austen’s novels, and I suppose the best of them was Mrs. Dashwood in “Sense and Sensibility.” The worst has to be Sir Walter Elliot in “Persuasion.”
Well said, Kat Lib!
Silas Marner WAS a great father, even though he was a bit clueless in the beginning of his parenthood. And you’re totally correct that he raised Eppie to choose love and “what’s right” over material gains.
Yes, Undine Spragg’s father indulged her a bit too much as she plotted to rise way above “her station” in Edith Wharton’s novel.
Walter Elliot was indeed not a good parent in “Persuasion.” Amazing that his daughter Anne turned out so well. 🙂
There’s also the father in Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road.’ After the mother removes herself from the bleak, apocalyptic world, the father is left with the son. He does everything he can to protect his son from the savagery and the horror of the world where they have to literally fend for themselves, yet he also has to prepare the boy to survive on his own as his own end is imminent. In my opinion, this is a great parent in some of the most adverse circumstances one can imagine.
Great example, bobess48, and well described! The father in “The Road” is indeed an admirable character in the worst possible situation.
Not surprising that what might be Cormac McCarthy’s most memorable parent character is a father. As much as I love McCarthy’s novels and writing style, his female characters are usually scarce and/or secondary.
Joseph Domino
First one that comes to mind is Garp’s fiercely protective single mother in John Irving’s The World According to Garp. Film version with Glenn Close and Robin Williams is not bad.
She’s definitely a memorable parent in literature, Joe. Thank you for mentioning her!
As you know, John Irving also created some other very interesting parents (or surrogate parents) — including Tabitha Wheelwright in “A Prayer for Owen Meany” and Wilbur Larch in “The Cider House Rules.”
The puffy sleeve dress scene from Anne of Green Gables was one of the most charming parts of the book, so great job of mentioning it. I liked how L.M. Montgomery switched gender roles. Usually it’s the women who are more into fashion trends, and they understand young girls’ desires to participate in those trends.
In this instance, Marilla was the one who objected to Anne wearing more fashionable clothes, and Matthew was more supportive of Anne dressing like the other little girls. But I guess that’s a part of his overall character and the emotional connection he shared with Anne.
Very cute topic. I’ll try to return and add a couple of titles later on this week.
Thanks, Ana!
Those WERE great scenes when Matthew noticed Anne was dressed differently than other girls and then did something about it. You’re right — L.M. Montgomery definitely switched her characters’ gender roles there; Marilla’s clothing tastes were very basic. No “frivolity” for her…
“Talk” to you later on!
glmeisner
Dave, I would have to add Caleb and Susan Garth from “Middlemarch” to the list. The two of them make certain their children are educated, attempt to pay for further education for a son during the story, and take Fred Vincy to task and hire him to aid Mary’s happiness.
“Fahrenheit 451” became available this weekend at the library so I read it and I must say the one parent you meet in the book is absolutely wretched as a person let alone a parent.
As for good parents aside from the ones you’ve already mentioned I must say that I’ve seen a greater number of bad parents, but you see a good replacement figure most of the time. So either the parents aren’t there, dead or otherwise, but some one else steps in, Molly and Arthur Weasley are great examples of this, taking in Harry and treating him as one of their own.
Great additions! Caleb and Susan Garth are supporting players in “Middlemarch,” but very important and admirable characters.
You made me think of other good and bad parents in George Eliot’s magnificent novels. There’s the kind mother who takes in Mirah Lapidoth in “Daniel Deronda,” the mother who abandoned Daniel, the means-well-but-rather-clingy mother of the Bede brothers in “Adam Bede,” the somewhat bumbling but surprisingly good father Silas Marner, etc.
Glad you read “Fahrenheit 451”! It’s a riveting novel and, yes, there is no good parental model in its pages. (I plan to mention that Ray Bradbury book in my next column this Sunday.)
I agree that there are MANY bad parents in literature. They certainly can inspire more compelling story lines than angelic moms and dads. And it’s nice to see replacement parental figures — with Molly and Arthur Weasley (who treat Harry Potter so well) being excellent examples. Harry, of course, had appealing/heroic/but unfortunately dead biological parents and then awful substitute parents (the Dursleys) before his Hogwarts days.
GL, I also mentioned this under my previous column, but I borrowed “American Gods” from the library — and look forward to reading my first Neil Gaiman novel within a few weeks. 🙂
PatD
Hi Dave … As I’ve stated before, my all-time favorite parent in literature is Atticus Finch. On the other hand, it’s pretty hard to top Ma and Pa Ingalls, in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” books, when it comes to solid parenting. The parents in Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” are also quite memorable, not to mention very human and imperfect. The father, Johnny, is a sweet man who is adored by the his daughter, Francie. Unfortunately, he is also an alcoholic who, despite his best efforts, can never stay sober for very long. Needless to say, Francie’s mother, Katie, has to be the strong one. Whereas Johnny is full of dreams and plans that never materialize, Katie is, by necessity, a gritty realist. When Johnny dies suddenly, it’s Katie’s strong will and determination that keeps her family together. The thing about Katie is, she doesn’t allow herself an ounce of sentimentality — and that’s a hard thing for a mother to do! 🙂
Thanks, Pat, for those excellent mentions of exemplary and mixed-bag parents! The Ingalls mom and dad are a great example of admirable heads of households.
Loved your thoughts on “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.” There are quite a few couples like that — one parent (usually but not always the father) charming but not responsible enough and the other parent trying to keep things together. That dynamic can also be found in E.L. Doctorow’s “World’s Fair” and Frank McCourt’s memoir “Angela’s Ashes,” among many other books.
Dave, I neglected to mention “Angela’s Ashes” in a previous post about memoirs, but I found this memoir to be very difficult to read. I am so grateful for being born into a family considered perhaps upper middle, where even I as the sixth child never had to worry about there being not enough money to pay for anything, let alone food or clothes and shoes. One of the advantages to me as being the “baby” of the family is that by the time I came around, my parents were “whatever” and were quite permissive. My parents were completely supportive of my brother who went to prison for being a CO during the Vietnam War, and paid for my various trips to canvass for Gene McCarthy, as well as to get me to go to the Moratorium in DC, albeit via school bus (from Austin, TX!) My mom asked me nonchalantly once if I’d ever tried pot; when I said yes, but I didn’t care for it, that’s the last I ever heard. My dad thought it humorous that when he saw a photo from a national newspaper about an anti-war protest at UT, he was able to pick me out, even though less than half of my face appeared. Honestly, how can one ever rebel against one’s parents, especially when they are so eminently reasonable? Sorry to go on so long about family, but we suffered the loss of a nephew-in-law under very tragic circumstances this week.
The poverty depicted in “Angela’s Ashes” was indeed harrowing, Kat Lib. An excellent memoir, but depressing — and a not-very-responsible father was part of the picture.
Great that you grew up with the kind of parenting you so engagingly and colorfully described. I’m partial to permissive/tolerant parenting myself, and think it works well if the children know they are loved.
Last but not least, very sorry about your nephew-in-law. Sounds like an awful situation.
cathyturney
Dave! Since most of the books I read are murder mysteries or legal thrillers, good parenting does not abound in them. But I am reminded of how I wish today’s family TV shows were more like the Donna Reed Show, Leave it to Beaver, My Three Sons, in giving kids better models to emulate. (Back off libbers :)).
Funny last line, Cathy! 🙂 While the three shows you mentioned had plenty of sexist and patriarchal moments, there was also plenty of good parenting going on in them.
In a somewhat more recent sitcom, I also liked the sarcastic but basically loving parenting in “Roseanne.”
I loved “Roseanne”. Roseanne may have been a little rough around the edges, but she loved her kids, loved her husband, and her family was the most important thing in the world to her. She would stand her ground, but then she would often agonize over whether she had done the right thing — just like moms do 🙂
My favorite show when I was growing up was The Donna Reed Show. I think a little part of me always wanted to be Donna when I was raising my kids — but, believe me, I didn’t even come close! 🙂
Pat, you described Roseanne and “Roseanne” perfectly! That show was really quite impressive and not too far from realistic — it was great to see such a flawed, annoying, funny, loving, three-dimensional family on a TV screen.
For some reason, I didn’t watch “The Donna Reed Show” much. The family sitcoms I saw as a kid (I think the first two were in reruns by then) included “Father Knows Best,” “Leave It to Beaver,” “My Three Sons,” and “Bewitched” among others. Of course, “Bewitched” was a family sitcom in an offbeat way, sort of in the category of “The Addams Family” and “The Munsters” — both of which I also loved. 🙂
Yes, the more straightforward sitcoms of about a half-century ago set impossibly high standards. Real families just weren’t that way. And of course those shows were often sexist, all white, all middle class, all suburban, etc. But some were still quite entertaining, watchable, and “role-model-y.”
I was preteen when The Donna Reed Show was on, and coming from a family that was dysfunctional before anybody knew what that word meant, Donna Reed was a wonderful escape, and definitely a sort of role model. I, too, was a fan of Bewitched — which challenged stereotypes without being too obvious about it, and I absolutely loved “That Girl” — a groundbreaking show that gently and hilariously imparted the message that women could make their own choices.
Well said, Pat! I hear you that sitcoms like “The Donna Reed Show” were a nice 30-minute escape. I was also in a dysfunctional family (thanks to my father) and life on screen sure looked better. 🙂
“Bewitched” indeed challenged stereotypes in its way — Elizabeth Montgomery’s character was the more mature parent, and basically decided things in that family.
As quaint as “That Girl” seems now, it was indeed groundbreaking for a TV sitcom back then (when most sitcoms were behind the times). An unmarried working woman — what a concept! “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” offered that as well.
Dave, glad you mentioned “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” which was on TV during my last few years in college into my first days in the working world as a single woman with no children. Mary Richards was a role model for me, and it didn’t hurt that she was living in Minneapolis, where I lived most of those years. What a great cast: Ed Asner, Cloris Leachman, Valerie Harper, Ted Knight, Betty White, and Georgia Engel – it’s got to be the one of the best ensembles ever. The funniest show was “Chuckles Bites the Dust.” But besides the comedy, it was the premise of an independent woman living alone, having good friends and a job she loved that was very liberating for me.
Kat Lib, great description of, and thoughts about, that show! A fantastic sitcom for so many reasons you mentioned — the Mary Richards character’s working/personal status, the acting, the interaction of the cast members, the humor, etc. I haven’t watched an episode since the show went off the air nearly 40 years ago. Have you? I wonder how it stands the test of time. I imagine pretty well.
Actually, I haven’t seen any of those shows for many years, but I’d think they would hold up quite well, along with “The Newhart Show.”. I watch Jon Stewart and used to watch “The Colbert Report,” that I love, yet the comedies they show as commercials seem to be loaded with infantile and bathroom humor, which I never found funny.
I agree that some current sitcoms seem pretty dumb from the commercials promoting them, but I haven’t actually watched any sitcoms in recent years.
As for older, “classic” sitcoms, one wonders if some of them would not seem as good if we watched them now as we felt they were when we were kids. But I’ve never really made that experiment!
Hi Kat Lib..I loved the Newhart Show, both of them. I forgot all about them until you mentioned. Public library bringing back a lot of old shows but I have not seen any of Newhart`s.
You are so right on the new shows,I only watch Big Bang Theory although the show is losing it`s steam and might as well fold. Watch reruns of Seinfeld in the evenings and sometimes Who Loves Raymond.
Watch Nature a lot from PBS and recently borrowed Columbo and loving it.
Yes, bebe, both of the Newhart shows were great, and I don’t suppose there are many shows that came to such a funny and surprising ending. Not too long ago, some website I was on showed the top ten best series endings and that was one of them, and as funny as I remembered it being.
Kat Lib..the ending was done brilliantly..no other shows could ever beat that, the whole show was just a dream 😀
A bit of trivia for you: The theme song for the MTM Show was written by Sonny Curtis, a member of Buddy Holly’s vocal back-up group, the Crickets– though later, not while Buddy was alive. he also wrote “I Fought the Law”– a song made famous by the Bobby Fuller Four, and after, by John Cigar Mellencamp
Did not know that about Sonny Curtis and the MTM Show theme song. Great piece of trivia, jhNY!
The Clash also did a fantastic cover of “I Fought the Law.”
Yes indeed! Thanks for the reminder!
Go ahead and toss your hat up to the sky, KL:)
Thanks, Ana! I didn’t see it in this clip, but in one of the opening montages, they had Mary walking around a lake which was just a short bike ride from the lake that we lived on for some years. I was amazed when we moved to Minneapolis, with it having so many beautiful lakes right in the city, with plenty of bike and walking paths, beaches, sailboats; ours even had an old wooden bandstand where there were concerts in the summer. It’s also a very cultural city with its museums and the Guthrie Theater. I’d probably still be there if it weren’t so darn cold and snowy!
Isn’t it a gorgeous city???? I haven’t been there in such a long time, and I’m super jealous that you grew up there:)
Snow and cold aren’t so bad. But I’m speaking as a former New Englander, so cold winters are normal to me:)
Unfortunately, this seems to be a short list in my mind and you named most of them. On the other hand, the list of terrible parents in fiction is much longer. I think Lee in ‘East of Eden’ was a good parental figure. I’m glad he was able to step in because the mother of those boys was a demon and their father was a naive, weak man who really didn’t know what to do with two boys on his own.
While the ‘Song of Ice and Fire’ series of George R.R. Martin contains a horrible parent on almost every other page,Ned and Catlyn Stark are the only parents that seem to really love their children unconditionally. Unfortunately, their idealism seals their fates in this extremely brutual, harsh world and Catlyn lets the fierce love she feels for her children lead her to do some foolish things that lead to destructive consequences. So even there the parent makes major mistakes, which I think is perhaps a little more in keeping with the nature of parents than the ‘too good to be true’ Marmee or Atticus.
bobess48, there are indeed MANY bad parents in literature! That certainly leads to more drama and emotional pyrotechnics. Cathy Trask and Adam Trask in “East of Eden” are excellent examples of awful and clueless parents, respectively, and you described them to a tee!
The mother in “The Lowland” (the Jhumpa Lahiri novel mentioned in my column) is another example of a bad parent, and the scene in which her daughter gets some verbal revenge is quite potent. Then there’s the vile father in “The Brothers Karamazov,” among many, many other examples.
I didn’t realize there were so many not-good parents in the “Song of Ice and Fire” series!
Hi Dave, I always thought Marmee was the best mother ever, so you nailed that one. I have yet to read “March” by Geraldine Brooks, although it’s in my to-be read pile, but I think he will be an exemplary father as well. Since “Always Iowa” mentioned a detective novel, I’ll mention the D’Anunzio family in Lisa Scottoline’s series about her all-female legal series as a wonderful example of an Italian family in South Philly. They keep to the old ways and nothing is more important than family. I was at my local B&N last weekend and saw that Lisa is going to be at the store on the 14th to talk up her next book, “Every Fifteen Minutes,” but I’ll doubt that I will go, as much as I’d like to
Thanks, Kat Lib! Yes, it’s hard to go wrong with Marmee as a parental model!
“March” is an excellent novel, and it does show the “Little Women” dad in a mostly positive light. But the concern and courage that leads him to volunteer to be a minister to Union troops during the Civil War is also depicted as a decision not very good for his immediate family. Another interesting part of the novel is Marmee’s appearance in the later chapters; she is portrayed as quite a complex character.
Thanks for that information about family in Lisa Scottoline’s books, which I hope to try one of this spring! Sorry you might not be able to see her in person. I just took a quick glance at YouTube, and there seems to be a number of clips of her there. 🙂
Dave, I’ve been thinking about this topic and I think that many of the most memorable parents that I’ve read about are those true stories in memoirs, such as the mother in Gerald Durrell’s many books about Corfu or obtaining animals for his zoo; the parents in Alexandra Fuller’s books that take place in Africa; and Elspeth Huxley’s book, “The Flame Trees of Thika.” There are many others that aren’t quite the sanest of parents, such as those of Jeannette Walls and the author of “Lit,” (I think Mary Karr). However, I think there are many parents who do the best they can, including my own.
Very true that there are some great parents in memoirs, Kat Lib. The mother in Gerald Durrell’s “My Family and Other Animals” is so offbeat and amazing. One would be hard-pressed to create a fictional character as interesting!
There are also very autobiographical novels with memorable parents, such as Colette’s “Sido” and “My Mother’s House.”
lulabelleharris
I loved Kat lib’s comments about parents in autobiographical works. As you know, one of my favorite books is “My Family and Other Animals” by Gerald Durrell. I think I’ve also mentioned Jeanette Walls’ book “The Glass Castle” multiple times. Jeanette Walls’ parents were not nearly as bad as they COULD have been, but not nearly as good as they SHOULD have been. I think they loved their children in an offhanded, distracted way and did not overtly abuse them. They lived very hard lives as a result of their parents’ carelessness, laziness, craziness, and alcoholism.
And, yes. Marmee was the first parent I thought of before I even read your piece. Marmee, Atticus Finch and Anne Shirley’s “parents”.
lulabelleharris, this line of yours is terrific: “Jeanette Walls’ parents were not nearly as bad as they COULD have been, but not nearly as good as they SHOULD have been.”
“My Family and Other Animals” — which you recommended I read — is a very funny and fascinating book.
Marmee, Matthew, Marilla, and Atticus are definitely in the Fictional Parent Hall of Fame. (Marilla was a later inductee. 🙂 )
Thanks to “PatD” for suggesting the idea for this column!
I have always liked Helen and Frank, the parents of Stephanie Plum, Janet Evanovich’s bounty-hunting heroine.
Frank is never phased by anything – unless it’s a late dinner and Helen irons whenever she is stressed.
One of my favorite exchanges comes after Stephanie finds her mother ironing on Sunday morning. Helen has learned through the grapevine that Stephanie inexplicably attended church.
“Are you pregnant?” she asks. What other reason could there be?
Thanks, Almost Iowa! I know of Janet Evanovich’s series, but unfortunately have yet to read any books in it.
Often in literature, the parents of the protagonist are rather…eccentric. Great for “comic relief,” and great for getting a glimpse of the upbringing that may help explain what makes the protagonist “tick.”
That church/pregnancy-related conversation is indeed a memorable, seriocomic exchange!
A friend of mine made a memorable comment above his parents, he remarked that “they were crazy and all the usual ways”
Nicely stated by your friend, Almost Iowa. 🙂
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La Sylphide
Posted on November 10, 2013 by deborahjones2012
The Australian Ballet, Sydney Opera House, November 7
WHAT to do about a ballet as dreamily brief as La Sylphide? In the middle of this year West Australian Ballet took the minimalist approach and added nothing to fill out the evening. Over the years the Australian Ballet has taken several paths.
In 1996, under Maina Gielgud’s directorship (and in her final year at the AB), I saw Bournonville’s La Sylphide (1836) in Brisbane in July paired with the premiere of Stanton’s Welch’s Red Earth. Later in the year, in Sydney, La Sylphide shared the bill with Jiri Kylian’s Stepping Stones (1991). Both were a “something old, something new” combination that may appear to be, as Gielgud wrote about the Kylian program, ‘’as extreme a contrast as you can get”. In fact a case can be made for a connection, not only between La Sylphide and Stepping Stones, but also Stepping Stones and Red Earth, and therefore La Sylphide, if that’s not too circuitous.
The Australian Ballet in La Sylphide. Photo: Jeff Busby
Kylian, who came to Australia to oversee the final rehearsals of the first AB season of Stepping Stones, wrote in a program note of attending a 1980 gathering of Aborigines in northern Australia and being “deeply impressed by the central role which dance seemed to play in their lives”. He asked an old man why this was so, and received this response: “Because my father taught me and because I must hand my dance on to my son.” Culture equals history.
Kylian then wrote: “There is a line in my work which has – since then – been reflecting on this view of existence.” He was interested in “the traces old civilisations have left, traditions which show the way from out of a living past”. Welch’s Red Earth was concerned with the struggles white settlers had in trying to impose themselves on the ancient soil of Australia, and was danced to Peter Sculthorpe’s Nourlangie. (I think I’m right in saying Red Earth hasn’t been revived by the AB, although Welch staged it for Houston Ballet, where he is artistic director, in 2007.) As Sculthorpe wrote in a program note, the music’s name comes from a sacred rock in Kakadu and while the piece is not intended to be descriptive, “its concern is with my feelings about this powerful and serene place”.
It can be profitable to think of La Sylphide in the light of such reflections as more than just a silly fairy story, gossamer-light though it may appear. While its history is the swiftest blink of an eye compared with that of Aboriginal dance, La Sylphide comes, nevertheless, from the earliest days of what we recognise as ballet performance. Furthermore, ballet shares the old Aboriginal man’s tradition of – and reverence for – transmitting stories and history from person to person and body to body.
As for spiritual significance, the two traditions are divided by a gulf as wide and as old as the Australian continent. Yet in La Sylphide, as in Swan Lake and Giselle, there is a deep yearning for something beyond the tangible; a transcendence of quotidian relationships and responsibilities. In those three ballets, however, the spirit world represents the elusive and unattainable rather than Sculthorpe’s serenity.
Colin Peasley as Madge in La Sylphide. Photo: Jeff Busby
My cast list from the November 30, 1996, matinee performance of Stepping Stones, by the way, shows it was danced by Vicki Attard, Miranda Coney, Lynette Wills, Rachael Read, Geon van der Wyst, Damien Welch, Li Cunxin and Adam Marchant. Lucinda Dunn was the Sylph on that occasion. I saw three other performances in that Sydney season, and other casts of Stepping Stones included Lisa Bolte, Kirsty Martin, Robert Curran and David McAllister. What riches.
In 2005, under McAllister’s directorship, the AB went for stylistic unity, prefacing La Sylphide with two short Bournonville pieces – an excerpt from Le Conservatoire and the pas de deux from The Flower Festival in Genzano – and Walter Bourke’s fizzy, taxing1974 Grand Tarantella. The Grand Tarantella casts included current principals Leanne Stojmenov and Daniel Gaudiello (then coryphée and corp de ballet member respectively); and Lana Jones (then a coryphée) with Remi Wortmeyer, now a principal with Dutch National Ballet. Good to see McAllister’s eye was nicely in.
Which is all a long way of getting to the current AB La Sylphide, in which the Romantic ballet is preceded by the wedding celebration from Petipa’s version of Paquita (1881), based on Joseph Mazilier’s 1846 original, in which Petipa himself once danced. Early Romantic ballet had given way to the grand classical style dominated by Petipa, but the bloodline is there.
Of these five approaches – one from WAB, four from the AB – my heart and my head are with the Stepping Stones solution. The connection was one of imagination rather than style, which is more interesting, I think – and I must also be honest and say Stepping Stones is an enduring favourite of mine.
Furthermore, on opening night last Thursday the AB didn’t really make a big case for the huge chunk of dance ripped from context that is Paquita. Given its essential meaninglessness, Paquita can work only as spectacle and illumination of the classical form with its array of principals, soloists, demi-soloists and corps.
Lana Jones was divine as leader of the pack, I’ll say that much. She presented a glowing image of the all-conquering ballerina, glamorous yet highly aware of her role as benefactress as she graciously inclined her head this way and that to acknowledge our presence. Her role was to be adored; ours was to adore. That was also the task of her cavalier, Kevin Jackson, who had his successes and shortcomings in the proceedings. Uncompromising purity of line and pinpoint accuracy were not always his to command, although his self-effacing demeanour and seamless partnering were attractive.
There was too much untidiness in the ranks for comfort and while the four solos were all attractively danced, only Ako Kondo in the third raised the spirits to the required level. Along with Jones she radiated the qualities of grandeur, composure, elegance, ease and sophistication that are the non-negotiable requirements if Paquita is to have any reason for being.
Ako Kondo in Paquita. Photo: Jeff Busby
While Hugh Colman’s tutus are beyond delicious, Paquita otherwise has an unappealingly basic look. There are two chandeliers, which are fine; a backdrop of little points of light in a dark cloth, which is OK; and nothing else other than black tabs at the side of the stage. Talk about dreary.
To end on a happy note, La Sylphide is exquisitely staged and on opening night conductor Paul Murphy, a guest from Birmingham Royal Ballet, shaped the Lovenskjold score superbly, particularly in the overture. The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra did honour (mostly) to this uncomplicated but charming and effective music.
Gielgud used to say the AB “always had an instinctive understanding” of La Sylphide and under McAllister – who was invited to join the AB by Gielgud and whose career was shaped by her – that understanding continues. The airy delicacy of the upper body, crisp batterie, the upward trajectory in leaps, precision of mime, the softest of landings – all were present and correct.
Daniel Gaudiello as James in La Sylphide. Photo: Jeff Busby
With her slightly otherworldly air, Madeleine Eastoe is a natural for the Sylph. Daniel Gaudiello – and how wonderful it is to see him getting more opening nights – has matured greatly as an actor and on opening night gave James a credibly dark hue. Andrew Wright (Gurn) soared in his solo and also created a well-shaded character.
It was a joy to see Colin Peasley back on stage. A founding AB member, he retired formally last year during the company’s 50th anniversary celebrations – such a nice round number, he said of his half-century – but of course we hadn’t seen the last of him, nor should we.
Peasley is a quintessential creature of the stage. His Madge is better than ever, perhaps more nuanced than in the past and delivered with the wisdom of ages.
La Sylphide ends at the Sydney Opera House on November 25.
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Updated 0146 GMT (0946 HKT) February 28, 2018
Photos: The world's worst cities for rush hour traffic
Los Angeles, US – Los Angeles consistently tops lists of the world's most congested cities. In metropolitan LA, 84% of commuters chose to drive or carpool to work in 2017, according to Inrix. It's no wonder LA is known as a "driving city."
Moscow, Russia – Moscow is the second-most congested city in the world, based on the average time drivers spend in rush hour traffic -- 91 hours, according to the INRIX 2017 Traffic Scorecard.
Bangkok, Thailand – Over in the capital of Thailand, drivers spent an average of 64 hours in rush hour traffic.
Jakarta, Indonesia – A traffic jam on a Jakarta highway. If you drive here
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 068 Page 0053 Chapter XLVIII. SOUTH SIDE OF THE JAMES.
The Third New Hampshire was furnished with a few shovels, and they very much strengthened their position. The night of the 14th and the day of the 15th wore slowly away with much picket-firing, particularly on our right, and frequent calls to arms. The Third New Hampshire lost 3 men killed and 5 wounded during the day. At night it was relieved by the Seventh Connecticut, under Major Sanford, the soreness of Lieutenant-Colonel Rodman's old wound and his exhaustion having compelled him to relinquish command on the evening of the 14th. At daylight on the morning of the 16th, there being an extremely dense fog, very heavy firing suddenly opened on our right in the direction of the Eighteenth Corps. I moved the Third and Seventh New Hampshire forward to the north edge of the wood in support of the Seventh Connecticut. Major Sanford had a few men in advance, who reported the enemy coming. It was not until it was within 50 or 75 yards that the enemy's line became visible through the fog. The Seventh Connecticut opened an astonishingly rapid fire, lasting but a minute or two, and ceasing promptly at the bugle-call. The enemy was silent and invisible, and the brigade cheered most vehemently. With considerable intervals of time twice again the enemy made similar attempts, with the same results and the same exultations from our men. The enemy got down upon Sanford's right flank and began to enfilade his pits. I opened communication with Colonel Henry, Fortieth Massachusetts, next on my right, armed with Spencer carbines, and he advanced a portion of his command most handsomely, driving the enemy back (though at the cost of some men), and removing the danger, for which we gratefully thank him. By order of General Terry, I sent the Seventh New Hampshire to the Half-Way House, on the turnpike, to report to General Smith and protect our communications. It lost there 1 officer and 3 men wounded by the mistaken fire of the Eighteenth Corps. It did not report to me again until it had returned to camp. Colonel Abbot had the Tenth New Hampshire with him them, and later in the day, being alone and seeing the enemy approach, Colonel Plaisted, with the Twenty-fourth Massachusetts and Tenth Connecticut, were sent to his support for a short time. The fog began to lift after 7 o'clock. I was ordered to prepare for an assault, or at least to make the appearance thereof. The Seventh Connecticut having no bayonets, I moved the Third New Hampshire up the slope to just in the rear of the Seventh Connecticut, arranging that when the proper time came the latter should open a furious fire, the Third charge, and the Seventh either follow the success or stand fast to check the repulse. Major Sanford threw forward a few sharpshooters, though but little could be done in that way. My next order was to leave a strong line of skirmishers to hold the position and fall back through the woods, concealing the movement. The latter was impossible, and Major Sandford reported that he could hold his place against all attacks, but to do it he must have his whole regiment. The Third New Hampshire came rapidly back, partially protected from the hot fire which followed it by the return sent from the Seventh Connecticut. In obedience to another order, I directed Major Sanford to let his skirmishers follow him, covering his rear. He had detailed nearly 150 to stay in the pit. Not all heard the order to follow back, and the enemy immediately coming over their works when the battalion left the pits, the gallant rear guard, resisting them fiercely, lost very heavily in killed, wounded, and captured. The Third New Hampshire
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 082 Page 0776 OPERATIONS IN SE.VA. AND N.C. Chapter LII.
XIV. Colonel W. R. Gause, Provisional Army, C. S., is assigned to duty with the reserve forces on the south side of the lower Rappahannock. He will report to Brigadier-General Kemper, commanding Virginia Reserves.
By command of the Secretary of War:
SAML. W. MELTON,
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, July 15, 1864.
Lieutenant-General ANDERSON,
Commanding, &c.:
GENERAL: General Lee directs me to say that a report from the signal officer represents that the enemy is massing in large force near Hare's house. They appear to come from our right, and also from their rear. The general desires you to be prepared in case of an attack.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
CHARLES MARSHALL,
Lieutenant Colonel and Aide-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS ENGINEER TROOPS, Blandford, July 15, 1864.
The following regulations and instructions for the government of the engineer troops engaged in mining operations before Petersburg have been adopted by the officer in charge:
First. At the entrance to the shaft a curb of earth will be raised sufficiently high to turn the water during a rain off from the mouth of the shaft.
Second. At the earliest period a windlass and frame will be placed over each shaft and the shafting be extended down the shaft about eight feet or to the bottom, if the nature of the soil makes it necessary.
Third. The frames and sheeting for the galleries will be placed in position as rapidly as the completion of the galleries will justify; as soon as the heading reaches a point about two feet beyond the position of the next frame it should be placed and the sheeting shoved forward into position.
Fifth. Gallery at shaft No. 1 [Pegram's salient] will be carried forward a distance of 20 feet level, thence with a descent of 1 foot in 10 feet. At No. 2, with a fall of 1 foot in 10 feet. Gallery at shaft at Colquitt's salient will after it reaches a point 10 feet from the shaft have a descent of 1 foot in 10 feet.
Sixth. The miners in each gallery will be very careful at intervals of not less than one quarter of an hour to stop work and applying the ear to listen attentively, so as to notice if the enemy are approaching with a mine [by the sound of the pick being heard through the earth], the sound can be heard a considerable distance.
Seventh. As soon as the officer in charge of the mine, or the miner, notices by sound the approach of the enemy he will at once stop work, remain perfectly quiet, and give the information to the officer in charge of the salient.
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We are a year-round 6th-12th grade Career Technical Charter School opening the Fall of 2019 in Caldwell, Idaho.
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Net of Light Gathering, Joshua Tree, CA, April 2018
On August 15, 2018 August 15, 2018 By ellenbessoIn lifestyle change, spirituality, Spirituality in Action, The Earth, travel, Uncategorized2 Comments
In mid April, my partner Don and I travelled to Joshua Tree, Southern California, for the Net of Light gathering. I needed time to process the experience before journalling; here is my attempt to put into words this powerful, ephemeral experience.
We arrived early and settled in at Joshua Tree Retreat Center. The Center is the oldest in North America at 77 years of age and was built by Frank Lloyd Wright and Son, after a unique man named Edwin Dingle, who had studied Eastern philosophy in Tibet, was guided to the land.
I felt honoured to be invited to attend the Beacons, or group leaders’ meeting prior to the gathering, as I planned to start a Net of Light group in my home town after this retreat. Beacons from all over the world attended, several from the Netherlands, some of them group leaders for many years.
The highlight of the meeting was meeting Sharon McErlane in a small group setting. Sharon’s Net of Light organization had grown to 250 groups worldwide over the twenty plus years since the Grandmothers appeared to her on a bluff in Southern California. Sharon told me I had definitely been called to this work.
In the early months of 2017 I had come across the Net of Light website while researching, returning to it repeatedly, not knowing why. I subscribed to Sharon’s newsletter, eventually meeting the Canadian Co-ordinator, Laura in Horseshoe Bay, West Vancouver, our shared ferry terminal.
That afternoon, under the big, old trees in the park by the water, I received my first empowerment, a gentle introduction to the energy of the Grandmothers, meant to connect us to them and to allow us to bring out our unique gifts in a greater way. Things began to change subtly for me after the empowerment, I received nudges and small messages from the Grandmothers that helped me to live more fully and mindfully with an increased level of trust in myself. I realized the Grandmothers had been around me before I knew who they were.
One hundred people attended the Southern California Gathering, ninety women and close to ten men. I had felt the presence of the Grandmothers strongly for two weeks before the gathering, helping me release powerful old held material from deep within myself. At the retreat they filled the room, and indeed the whole property, with a strong, but light energy.
During our four days together we worked both in the larger group and in ten breakout groups. We drummed and sang, calling in the Grandmothers and the Great Mother, casting and strengthening the Net of Light, the great energetic fishnet that holds and heals the planet and us during these difficult times. Sharon and others took us through guided meditations. In the small groups we debriefed and sometimes did exercises.
For four days we lived in a cocoon of delight and heart felt love. Because we were in an altered state and the experiential nature of the Gathering, I could not explain precisely what we did to friends who questioned me later.
One exercise impacted me powerfully, and remains in my memory banks to this day. We took turns expressing to a partner the qualities of the goddess we saw within ourselves.
When the weekend was over we reluctantly left our spiritual cocoon, spreading out in all directions, Don and I in the direction of Sedona, Arizona.
Since that time I feel I have made slow, but steady progress, beginning our Net of Light women’s group in my home, and building trust withing myself by taking more risks, speaking out more, both in person and in my writing. In these ventures I am supported strongly by the Grandmothers, by my dear women friends and by claiming my Tibetan name more fully, Lhakpa, meaning courageous speech, the name that came to me in a dream several years ago.
Love & light to you.
Ellen / Lhakpa
Copyright 2018 Ellen Besso
Ellen Besso is a former Life Coach & Counsellor & an energy worker. She is the author of An Indian Sojourn: One woman’s spiritual experience of travel & volunteering, and Surviving Eldercare: Where their needs end & yours begin, both available through Amazon.
Stepping Back – Being, not Doing During Tough Times
On August 9, 2018 August 10, 2018 By ellenbessoIn lifestyle change, spirituality, Uncategorized2 Comments
Kluane Lake, Yukon – (Betty Owen)
The energies built for two weeks prior to the recent full moon lunar eclipse, peaking on July 28th, another phase in the increased vibrations affecting the planet and everything on it, with both positive and painful results.
“We are in a deep cleanse and preparation stage this summer…being prepared to receive more Light energy anchored through our physical bodies…”, says Judith Onley, a friend who channels a large group of spirits called US, or United Souls of Heaven and Earth, for many years.
Today change is happening on many levels, both internally and externally. Historically things worsened before they improved. People are pushed to their max as societies become imbalanced. Governments often shift radically, to a place of protectivism, the opposite of “We are all One”.
At times it feels like: “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs”, (Kipling), only I would replace the word head with heart.
Many of us are experiencing exhaustion and other physical and emotional symptoms. Processing the vibratory energies descending on the planet and grounding ourselves during the chaos and confusion around us takes a lot of energy. Two analogies that may work for you are: recovering from an injury such as a broken leg, or transitioning through the grieving process after losing someone dear to us.
We are being constantly challenged to hold the course, and in order to not simply survive, but to flourish, we need to design individual and communal ways to live.
Giving ourselves permission to care for ourselves deeply will allow us to move into a new place, one of ease. Tracking ourselves – paying attention to our needs, including the needs of our heart will bring us peace.
Communication between the heart and brain is a dynamic, ongoing dialogue, with each organ continuously influencing the other’s function. The heart actually sends more information to the brain than the other way around, scientists have discovered. The heart communicates with the brain and body in four ways: through the nervous system, hormones, pulse waves and electromagnetic fields.
Stepping back gives us the opportunity to not only rest and strengthen ourselves, but to expand, to make contact with our creativity in new ways…to become inspired again.
Humanity is beginning to move towards a heart centred way of living. We have a choice, to soldier on, supporting a cracking system, or to live in a way that expresses our connection to one another. That may look different for each one of us, but there will be overlaps. It’s a change in our approach to life, an attempt to live in the present moment.
“It is your heart that will lift you,” the Grandmothers tell us. “If you move into your heart and keep your focus there for only a few seconds, it will lift you.”
“Your thoughts must travel through your heart.”
Medicine Woman Tarot cards
PS: We’re coming in to the third eclipse of this season… the New Moon Partial Solar Eclipse Saturday August 11th, powerful influences energetically.
Tibetan Resettlement Project Finale
On August 2, 2018 August 2, 2018 By ellenbessoIn spirituality, Spirituality in Action, tibetans, travel, Uncategorized4 Comments
It was a humbling experience, standing in front of a a hundred plus Tibetan immigrants in a hall in Burnaby on a Saturday evening not long ago. The Vancouver Cultural Society was officially marking the end of Canada’s Tibetan Resettlement Project, an undertaking that resettled 1000 Tibetan Buddists from Arunachal Pradesh in remote northeast India.
Officially called stateless or displaced persons, the parents and grandparents of these Tibetan folks became isolated in the northeastern Tribal States of India, a place rife with poverty, when they followed the Dalai Lama out of Tibet many years earlier. So remote were the settlements, that even the Dalai Lama’s Government in Exile did not know they existed for the first while. Canada’s five year private sponsorship program officially ended in December of 2017, with the last people arriving in March of 2018.
All sponsors and volunteers in the province of British Columbia were invited to this appreciation dinner, along with the new Tibetan families and other Tibetans already living in Vancouver. Sadly, the many sponsors and Tibetans from Victoria, Vancouver Island were not able to attend, and we met only a handful of folks from Vancouver. Don and I were the sole representatives of our sponsorship group on the Sunshine Coast. Our Coordinator, who sponsored three families, was there with her partner.
Our group sponsored a family of four, the Mom, who arrived with almost no English, with her two teenage children in December of 2013, and the Dad, who followed four months later, unable to get his discharge from the Indian Army until then. Another son remained in India, at age 22 too old to be included in the family application.
The Prime Minister at the time, Stephen Harper, to his credit, had agreed to the Dalai Lama’s request to resettle the displaced Tibetans in Canada. Becoming involved in Canada’s somewhat “under the radar” project, (the Canadian government did not want to offend its Chinese trading partner), was a spiritual calling on our part.
There are no accidents. Our many friendships with Tibetans living in exile in Dharamshala, India, developed during five visits spanning ten years, had led us to join the Canada Tibet Committee, and we were notified of the first sponsorship organizational meeting in early 2012. Our application went in during the summer of 2012.
We hit the ground running when our family arrived, the demands were great in the early days. Gradually the family members became more self sufficient and we were needed less.
Despite the small size of our community and scarcity of good jobs, our family and indeed all the families on the Sunshine Coast have done very well, working hard at whatever jobs were available, then gradually moving into more skilled areas.
The appreciation dinner and entertainment evening went quickly. At 10 pm we were readying ourselves for the dash to the last ferry, when we were called up on the stage. We were introduced to the audience and honoured with a khata scarf by the wise Rinpoche from the Vancouver monastery.
Every action we took on behalf of our Tibetan family, and for our Tibetan friends in India, brought us appreciations tenfold over. Each small gesture has been acknowledged many times more than we ever expected or wanted. Their gratefulness was very humbling. Yes, we have helped our family start a new life in Canada, and helped other Tibetans in small ways in India, but I do not think they realize how they have enriched our lives, and the heart opening we have experienced as a result. In the future, I plan to tell our Tibetan family that they have changed our lives also, and we are blessed to call them our friends.
My Romance with India – is it Finished?
On June 27, 2018 June 27, 2018 By ellenbessoIn change, spirituality, travel2 Comments
In 2012, in a European cafe in Udaipur, we met a Canadian man from the interior of BC. This was his sixth trip to India, although each time when he returned home he said he was never going back. India is like that – it does not resonate with everyone – but if it does, it gets into you and stays there. Into your psyche, your emotions, your spirit and into your very senses.
In many ways we feel done with Mother India, complete. Some things have come full circle. Our closest Tibetan friends are moving to Canada soon, the father is already there, waiting for his family, as I’ve written previously.
India lives in me and always will. I cannot shake her off. In fact part of me is always there. I can call up the memories whenever I wish to, and as the world becomes a smaller place energetically, I have a sense that my two spiritual homes are beginning to segue into each other in a new and deeper way.
Delhi has been our entry point and often our exit point on most of our five trips. Flying in or out of Mumbai and Chennai, Tamil Nadu, the exceptions, were just fine, but Delhi holds a place in my heart. I like Delhi and feel very comfortable there, despite the pollution and chaos. (It rates 11 out of 30 for the world’s most polluted cities, and 6th in India for pollution). We were very fortunate on this trip, to miss particularly bad pollution weeks, both coming in and leaving Delhi.
Walking in the laneways of McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, of Udaipur, and in 2007, the Holy City of Varanasi on the Ganges, the draw of the Dalai Lama’s temple over ten years, the power of our Golden Temple visit, the unsurpassed beauty of Lake Pichola and the Old City of Udaipur, these are the memories I carry within me.
India is not all brightness & light. There is a growing middle class, yet poverty remains rampant. It is not a country for women, although middle and upper class women have more equality these days.
Everything is as One as we delve inward towards our centre…our connections with the presence of the Divine during this special journey, the very act of writing about this trip…all these things join me to my dear Tibetan friends in India: Kelo, Thupden, Tsoknyi, Dekyi and Pema.
This is what I will remember always…
An interesting article for you:
https://qz.com/1218598/why-an-indian-girl-chose-to-become-an-american-woman/
Ellen Besso is a former Life Coach & Counsellor & a Reiki Practitioner. She is the author of An Indian Sojourn: One woman’s spiritual experience of travel & volunteering, and Surviving Eldercare: Where their needs end & yours begin, both available through Amazon.
The Dalai Lama Blesses Us
On March 20, 2018 By ellenbessoIn change, spirituality, tibetans, travel, Uncategorized2 Comments
After we had been in Dharamshala for two plus weeks we reached the apex of our visit: an audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Months earlier our friend, a former minister in the Tibetan Government in Exile, had suggested that we apply for an audience, so we visited the temple to inquire and were given the Dalai Lama’s Secretary’s office contact information. Internet connections were poor, worse even than I remembered, so I tried the wifi at our favourite breakfast restaurant. Oddly my email request for an audience disappeared from the tablet, so Dr. D. sent an email and phoned the Secretary’s office.
On our way back to Dharamshala from the Golden Temple Dr. D. received a phone call from the temple office, asking why she had not returned their email. Apparently she had forgotten her email password! Our presence was required the very next morning at the temple, she was told.
We arrived at the temple office early the next morning, as instructed. We had no hard copy invitation to present, but after a bit of confusion, the words “We’re from Canada”, alerted the security officer to who we were. We were then sent outside where female and male security guards searched us and instructed us to leave our bags. My body search was thorough, the female guard found a toothpick in my pocket and confiscated it!
We then lined up on the driveway towards the reception building and home of His Holiness, standing in the chilly morning air for about an hour. Most of the sixty or seventy attendees were Tibetans, with about a dozen Westerners. Finally the Tibetans were directed to move up towards the building, where they stood, heads bent and khata prayer scarves in hand. All the Westerners stood a few yards back.
After a short time along came the Dalai Lama, accompanied by several monks. His Holiness took his place in front of the entrance to the building. The audience was tightly orchestrated, with several older monks flanking Him and a long line of Tibetan security guards forming a tunnel visitors walked through. An Indian Army guard with an automatic rifle stood on each side of the doorway, a much smaller army presence than during the Dalai Lama’s teachings, when thousands of folks are present.
Each group or individual was directed through the tunnel of Tibetan security guards, while the rest of us stood back and waited our turn. Four Western women went before us, one of them a nun. When a question was asked by one of them, the Dalai Lama offered them a ten minute mini history lesson. His recall of historical dates was impressive.
Then it was our turn to meet Him. He grasped my hand, then Don’s. I told him that twenty Tibetans live in our community near Vancouver, (part of Canada’s Tibetan Resettlement Sponsorship Program). He expressed interest, and I had the sense he was about to ask me something, but the staff intervened and told us to line up for pictures. The monk photographer quickly took eight pictures of the three of us. I then asked His Holiness if he would bless our friend who was very ill at home in Canada. An expression of deep compassion crossed his face, and he gave a brief blessing in Tibetan. We thanked him, bowed, then left, with precious pills and blessed red silk thread in hand.
What remains with me, and, I believe always will, was the gentle peace surrounding His Holiness, indeed around the whole area where we stood. His Holiness gave us a lot that day. We received a powerful healing energy from his presence and his touch.
Afterwards, walking down the driveway of the temple towards the street, I was attacked by a street dog, a first. The dog jumped on me twice, and in my haste to get away from him I fell off the roadway to the ground below, a drop of a foot or more; I remained on my feet and fortunately was not harmed. The dog and his friend continued to follow us after this. Naturally, I was shook up and afraid they would jump again and bite me this time.
No one, including the police, believed the dog was harmful, however, there is still a threat of rabid dogs in McLeod Ganj. The vaccination program is improving each year, though. Eventually Don took charge of the situation and, taking me by the arm, suggested we leave the main road and go up the Kirti Monastery laneway.
After mulling over what happened for a while we concluded that the dog did not mean harm, he was being playful, and was responding to my altered state after meeting His Holiness.
The meeting with the Dalai Lama had a great impact on both of us. Our previous exposure to Tibetan Buddhism, both in India and in Canada, and to Tibetans through our enduring friendships in Dharamshala and our Tibetan family sponsorship in our home community, deepened our experience. And I would venture to say that past lifetimes as Tibetan Buddhists also contributed to making the encounter more profound.
In later days we met a beautiful man, a Tibetan Buddhist who manages a catering facility for the government in exile’s cultural department. He told us that he blacks out every time he meets His Holiness and does not remember the experience.
Looking up the term “medical blackout” I found: a transient dulling or loss of vision, consciousness, or memory. While we did not have that experience, the audience had a strong effect on us and we believe we received a powerful healing from the Dalai Lama’s touch and from being in his presence, one that we are still integrating into our energy system.
At our initial chiropractic session within a week of our return from India, our spines were quite integrated, and our doctor sensed that it was from the experience of meeting His Holiness.
Clearly, meeting His Holiness the Dalai Lama was our destiny, part of our spiritual path.
Tashe delek,
Copyright Ellen Besso 2018
Next: Celebrating Friendship, Final Weeks in Dharamshala
Drop Into Your Heart – the Grandmothers/Net of Light thru Sharon McErlane
On February 12, 2018 By ellenbessoIn spirituality, UncategorizedLeave a comment
It’s not complicated, the Grandmothers tell us. This is the most recent newsletter from Sharon McErlane, who channels the Council of Grandmothers. I first wrote about the amazing Net of Light last September; see Light or Darkness, Your Choice.
Grandmothers,” I said as I stood before them, “what is the most important thing we can do today to help ourselves and others? There’s so much turmoil, anger and fear in the world right now. What’s the best thing we can do?”
“It is your heart that will lift you,” they said. “If you move into your heart and keep your focus there for only a few seconds, it will lift you.” Fixing their eyes on me they said, “You are looking at this situation the wrong way. You think there is some work for you to do. You think you should lift your heart, should make yourself think differently, should be different in some way, etc. etc.” They shook their heads back and forth, back and forth as they regarded me patiently. “It’s not like that,” they said. “Because your actual nature is love and peace, you don’t have to ‘make yourself’ do anything in order to feel good. If you simply drop into your heart and wait there, you will automatically open to peace and love. It’s the way you’re made. It’s your natural way of being.
“You needn’t struggle and you needn’t be afraid,” they said. “It’s the mind that manufactures all of that; there’s no fear and struggle in the heart because the heart knows better. The heart knows HOME; it is tuned to home. So get to know your heart. It’s time. Haven’t you wasted enough years following after those images in your mind? Aren’t you tired of all that racing, chasing and disappointment? “So,” they shrugged, “give yourself a break. Return to peace.
“Move into your heart and start to live from there. Try it! Think of taking up residence and then throughout the day consciously return to your heart. Like a magnet, let it pull you into peace and safety. Then rest at this quiet center point. You can always venture out again with the mind if and when you want to, but up until now you have allowed that ever-searching, ever dissatisfied mind to control your life. So much so that you’ve lost your affinity for peace, which is your natural state. We are urging you to return to it now. Return to balance.
“Go into your heart and rest there. Start by thinking of the center of your chest and of us calling you home. Then let yourself drop in. It’s like a cave or a nest inside yourself and there we will enfold you and hold you steady while you replenish. You deserve a break, so take it. Take it now.
“Living a heart-centered life will restore and revivify you. It will fill you full. Then you will have something to give to the world.”
To Learn more about the Great Council of the Grandmothers and how to work with the Net of Light, go to www.netoflight.org .
Arrival in Dharamshala
On February 6, 2018 February 12, 2018 By ellenbessoIn spirituality, tibetans, travel, Uncategorized2 Comments
McLeod Ganj, Upper Dharamshala
Our morning flight from Delhi to Kangra Airport, fourteen kilometres southwest of Dharamshala, was uneventful, but on arrival in McLeod Ganj I discovered that I’d left one bag on the airport luggage belt, necessitating a speedy, (read racing), return taxi trip down the hill by my steadfast partner.
As we travelled north from Delhi we began to fly over the lower foothills of the Himalayas, landing in the green and luxuriant Kangra Valley, sheltered by the Dhauladhar range, after one and a half hours. The Kangra Airport, at almost 2500 feet in elevation, is about half the elevation of Upper Dharamshala.
The first time we flew into Kangra in 2015, I was quite nervous. It was February, a season of unreliable weather, with plenty of rain and fog. Several years earlier I had read Mick Brown’s Book, The Dance of 17 Lives, about the seventeen incarnations of the Karmapa, the third highest Tibetan Buddhist incarnation. In the book the author described his flight to Kangra during the month of February in bad weather. His seatmate, a monk who happened to be one of the Dalai Lama’s brothers, was petrified, constantly repeating a scary mantra: “Maybe today we will die”, unnerving all around him. We were fortunate, our weather conditions were fine for both our 2015 and 2017 trips, and we never flew over high mountains, as Brown’s book seemed to imply.
Settling in at Pema Thang Guesthouse came easy, as we had stayed there previously, and the staff really make you feel like you’re home. We had the good fortune of moving into the best room in the guesthouse after our initial two nights, with a discount, as a large party of Danish students had booked all the less expensive rooms.
Our view was superb, and we could observe the activity at the Dalai Lama’s temple any time, day or night. It was an excellent November and barely a drop of rain fell during the entire month we were in McLeod Ganj. Temperatures did not drop significantly at night until mid month.
We wasted no time; knowing we might not return to Dharamshala, we began connecting with our dear friends the day we arrived in town. Dr. D., my “Tibetan sister” came to our room with her young daughter that afternoon, with the usual arrival gift of fruit and khata welcome scarves. The next morning we visited K. and T., an older Tibetan couple who live near the temple.
This trip was memorable due to our deep connections with individuals. We built on already established relationships with very exceptional people, some of whom we have known for ten years over our many visits to the town. Their deep spirituality, their love and generosity, allowed us to connect heart to heart at a new level. Over the years we have come to know and appreciate each other in many new ways.
Dr. D. administered to our medical needs with her powerful Tibetan medicines, invited us to her home and took a road trip with us. There was a particular reason for visiting Dharamshala this fall. The family is leaving the country, moving to the west, and our time together was especially poignant.
Our dear friends K. and T. a deeply devout couple, have taught me much about love. They and all their children are full of light, what I perceive as pure love. Being in their presence opens my heart. Formerly comfortably off nomads in Tibet, their life both in Tibet and in India has been spent in devotion to Tibetan Buddhism and to His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. Twice each day they visit Namgyal Monastery, close to their apartment, circumambulating the temple grounds, (ie, moving around a sacred object or idol on foot), during the morning visit, a 45 minute journey, uphill for the last part. At the temple they do multiple prostrations.
We do not shared a language with our friends, but it does not seem to matter. Their son, a monk who disrobed in order to support his family, joined us from Kathmandu on WeChat video during our first visit and interpreted. Dr. D. accompanied us on one visit, but we went alone on our final visit, enjoying ourselves as always, miming what we needed to say to each other, and eating the delicious Tibetan food, K insisted on feeding us.
Our hearts and souls know each other; it is not necessary to speak. Once I asked T., through his son, what he thought our relationship was in the past. His clever reply was “The Buddha knows”.
During the final weeks before we departed Canada to journey to India, many times I felt an urgency to leave, and heard a voice in my head saying, “I have to get to India, I have to get to India”. Having reached Dharamshala and begun reuniting with the town and our friends, I felt content to be home once again.
Next: The Dharamsala International Film Festival, (DIFF)
India 2017 – Delhi Yet Again
On February 1, 2018 February 5, 2018 By ellenbessoIn change, spirituality, travel, UncategorizedLeave a comment
Each of our trips to India has been different, in its own way. Our fifth journey, in the fall of 2017, was remarkable, although we visited many of the same places. The journeys built on each other, bringing us to this point. This recent one, likely our final visit to India, with its strong themes of spirituality and love, lifted us to a new level, one where we began to connect with humanity in deeper ways.
We arrived at Indira Gandhi Airport in New Delhi just after midnight on the 28th after leaving Vancouver at dinnertime on Thursday October 26th. Exiting the airport was a slow, exhausting process, taking about two hours. The new e-visas for foreigners visiting India for less than 60 days proved to be very popular and immigration lineups were exceedingly long. The fingerprint machines were malfunctioning and the bored and weary security officers repeated the instructions to each passenger four or five times before successful readings were taken, spraying our hands with hand cleaner between attempts.
Our goal was to reach Dharamshala, our main focus, about 500 kilometres to the north, as soon as possible. We passed a fitful half night’s sleep and a lazy day in the neighbourhood around Bajaj Guesthouse, in the quiet, middle class Karol Bhag community, followed by another full night of predictably disturbed sleep, (jetlag from passing through twelve time zones is often brutal). We began staying in the Karol Bhag area when our wonderful hotelier, Brij, sold the Prince Polonia Hotel in Paharganj, a fascinating working class market district closer to Old Delhi.
Sunday we rallied and enjoyed a half day outing. Around noon our hotel driver drove through the heavy traffic of Old Delhi to Jama Masjid Mosque. Built in the 17th century, it holds up to 25,000 people on special holidays. We had attempted to enter the mosque during our 2009 trip but were turned away as it was Friday, the day of worship for Muslims.
On the plaza of the beautiful mosque we were surrounded by Indian families and groups of young men who asked to have their picture taken with us. This is common in India, I suspect they tell folks that we are their Canadian friends. A quick getaway is necessary after a while or you would find yourself still there an hour later!
After the mosque we walked the narrow lanes of the market for a while, searching for an interesting place we had visited eight years previously, but we’d not done our homework, and all the lanes looked pretty much the same. Our driver came and found us there, concerned that he’d lost his charges.
Copyright 2018 by Ellen Besso
Coming Next: Arrival in Dharamshala, home of the Dalai Lama
Light or Darkness, Your Choice
On September 7, 2017 By ellenbessoIn spirituality, Spirituality in Action, The Earth, Uncategorized1 Comment
For me this is a time to step back, to simplify, to clarify my personal truth. To pay attention to the guidance that is always within and around me, whether my awareness is focused on it or not. Trusting that things are unfolding as they are meant to, that chaos is leading us to new clarity is a challenge, but this way of being has been slowly developing for many of us over many years.
We have a choice, to go to the light, or to the dark. To make our life about positivity in all ways…in our thoughts, words and actions. For much good is taking place on this planet, despite, or perhaps because of, the darkness.
The searching for the light, is a good thing, because “…We are the ones we have been waiting for!!” as the words of A Hopi Elder Speaks tell us. The poem has been attributed to many people, including Thomas Banyacya Sr., (1910-1999), an Elder of the Hopi Nation. This widely adopted poem was apparently originally meant for the Hopi, however it has felt meaningful and timely since I first came across it a few years ago.
The Grandmothers and their Net of Light are sending the same message, although wrapped in a different package. The Grandmothers are a council of ascended souls, who teach about the Net of Light, the healing net that surrounds the planet. Their message is a powerful one: they have come to help rectify the imbalance between yin and yang on this earth. They are here for any and all of us, female or male, whoever is drawn to them, folks want to both help the world and be uplifted themselves.
In 2002 Nasa first saw the Net through the Hubble Telescope, and named it the Cosmic Web. This web of invisible dark matter lights up the galaxies, enabling scientists to see them better than before. Here are beautiful Hubble pics.
Since my introduction to the Grandmothers and the Net a few months ago, on the surface my life has remained the same , but internally I am different…more focused, more in touch with spirit. My work with the Grandmothers and the Net harmonizes with and enhances other aspects of my life.
In this current time of massive dichotomy and changes, we all have a choice – to go to the Light and create a sacred space wherever we are, or wallow in the negativity of Darkness and hopelessness.
Which do you choose?
The Grandmothers picture is from a Net of Light newsletter; painted by one of the members.
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Evolution of spin direction of accreting magnetic protostars and spin-orbit misalignment in exoplanetary systems - II. Warped discs
Magnetic interactions between a protostar and its accretion disc tend to induce warping in the disc and produce secular changes in the stellar spin direction, so that the spin axis may not always be perpendicular to the disc. This may help explain the recently observed spin-orbit misalignment in a number of exoplanetary systems. We study the dynamics of warped protoplanetary discs under the combined effects of magnetic warping/precession torques and internal stresses in the disc, including viscous damping of warps and propagation of bending waves. We show that when the outer disc axis is misaligned with the stellar spin axis, the disc evolves towards a warped steady-state on a timescale that depends on the disc viscosity or the bending wave propagation speed, but in all cases is much shorter than the timescale for the spin evolution (of order of a million years). Moreover, for the most likely physical parameters characterizing magnetic protostars, circumstellar discs and their interactions, the steady-state disc has a rather small warp, such that the whole disc lies approximately in a single plane determined by the outer disc boundary conditions, although more extreme parameters may give rise to larger disc warps. In agreement with our recent analysis (Lai et al. 2010) based on flat discs, we find that the back-reaction magnetic torques of the slightly warped disc on the star can either align the stellar spin axis with the disc axis or push it towards misalignment, depending on the parameters of the star-disc system. This implies that newly formed planetary systems may have a range of inclination angles between the stellar spin axis and the symmetry axis of the planetary orbits.
Foucart, Francois
Lai, Dong
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Journal
accretion discs
protoplanetary discs
stars: magnetic field
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State of the Education Beat
Nation’s Education Reporters Confident They’re Making a Difference
EWA Announcements
EWA Names New Officers and Directors
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members of the EWA Board of Directors, as well as the election of the 2018–2019 officers of the board.
Joining the board for their first two-year terms as directors will be Eva-Marie Ayala of the Dallas Morning News, David Hoff of Hager Sharp, and Debbie Veney of NewSchools Venture Fund. They are replacing outgoing board members Dakarai Aarons, Scott Elliott, and Cornelia Grumman.
EWA Thanks Outgoing Board Members for Years of Distinguished Service
The Education Writers Association wishes to express its deep appreciation to three distinguished members of its Board of Directors who plan to leave the board this spring following years of voluntary service.
All three of the departing directors — Scott Elliott, Cornelia Grumman, and Dakarai Aarons — served as board officers. Elliott, who joined the board in 2009, was EWA’s board president from 2013 to 2017. Grumman and Aarons both served as vice president for community members, Grumman from 2013 to 2015 and Aarons from 2016 to the present.
EWA Announces New Education Reporting Fellows
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce its fourth class of EWA Reporting Fellows as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to support enterprising journalism projects on education.
“We are delighted to provide additional EWA members with this unique opportunity to dig deeper into the education beat,” said Caroline Hendrie, EWA’s executive director. “These new projects will make important contributions to the public’s understanding of education and further fortify the nation’s education journalism community.”
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EWA Announces Theme of 2018 National Seminar
Los Angeles • May 16–18, 2018
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce the theme of its 2018 National Seminar: “Room for All? Diversity in Education & the Media.” The conference, slated for May 16-18 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, will examine the impact of today’s fast-changing demographic and cultural dynamics — from the classroom to the newsroom and beyond.
EWA Welcomes Board Nominations From Members
The Education Writers Association expects to add new members this year to its Board of Directors and its two advisory boards. As a member of EWA, you are invited to nominate yourself or another EWA member as a candidate for consideration. All nominations will be considered by the EWA Membership & Nominating Committee.
EWA Board OKs Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan
EWA is excited to share that the EWA Board of Directors has approved a comprehensive plan to increase diversity and inclusion in our organization. You can see the executive summary of the plan here.
EWA’s Diversity & Inclusion Task Force led us through a process that engaged members and key stakeholders in education journalism, as well as experts in diversity and inclusion.
Kim Clark Joins EWA as Assistant Director
The Education Writers Association is delighted to announce the addition of Kim Clark to its staff as an assistant director. Clark, a longtime national journalist most recently with Money Magazine, will play a leading role in directing EWA programming on education beyond high school.
“We are thrilled to have a journalist of Kim’s caliber joining our staff,” said EWA Executive Director Caroline Hendrie. “Her energy and experience will be a huge boon to our efforts to support the important work of our journalist members in newsrooms across the country.”
Journalists Push for Senate Hearing on Unfettered Press
The Society of Professional Journalists, the Education Writers Association, and 28 other journalism and open government organizations sent a letter today to Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) urging the Senate Commerce Committee to hold a hearing on the state of media in the United States.
Click to download the PDF.
Race, Ethnicity Seen as Top Priorities for Education Beat Diversity
EWA Members Share Views on Inclusion, Cultural Competencies
In an effort to deepen its understanding of diversity and inclusion issues, the Education Writers Association recently fielded a survey asking journalist members to share their views and experiences. A total of 170 EWA members responded to the survey, although not every respondent answered every question. The findings provide insights into current perceptions and priorities among education reporters, as well as early data to inform discussions by the EWA Diversity and Inclusion Task Force.
2016 National Winners for the Hechinger, Moskowitz, Eddie Awards in Education Reporting
June 1, 2017 2016 Awards Sponsor
The Education Writers Association is delighted to honor “Denied: How Texas Keeps Tens of Thousands of Children Out of Special Education,” an investigative series from the Houston Chronicle, with the top prize in the 2016 National Awards for Education Reporting. This year’s Fred M. Hechinger Grand Prize for Distinguished Education Reporting will go to the reporter behind the series – Brian Rosenthal.
EWA Announces New ‘Global Lens’ Education Reporting Fellows
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce its third class of EWA Reporting Fellows, under an initiative aimed at supporting enterprising journalism projects.
The latest round of the EWA Reporting Fellowship is focused on examining U.S. education through a global lens. Prior rounds include college and career readiness and success, as well as high school redesign.
Finalists for 2016 EWA Awards for Education Reporting and Eddie Prize Announced
Winners To Be Honored at Annual Conference
April 19, 2017 (WASHINGTON, DC)—The Education Writers Association is delighted to announce the finalists for the 2016 National Awards for Education Reporting and the Eddie Prize, recognizing the top education stories in online, print and broadcast media across the country.
Produced by outlets that ranged from one-person bureaus to news media powerhouses, 36 entries earned the status of finalist from EWA’s panel of judges. The entries were characterized by compelling writing, high-impact visuals, and illuminating data.
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EWA Joins Free Speech, Press Groups in Denouncing Attacks on Media
The Education Writers Association today joined a group of organizations in condemning efforts by the current administration in Washington to demonize the media and undermine its ability to inform the public about official actions and policies.
Press Freedom Statement
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce its second class of EWA Reporting Fellows, under an initiative aimed at supporting enterprising journalism projects.
“We were heartened by the quality of the applications and the continued enthusiasm among EWA members for pursuing in-depth reporting projects,” said Caroline Hendrie, EWA’s executive director. “We expect the fellows’ work to advance important conversations about policies and practices shaping America’s schools.”
Washington, DC • May 31–June 2, 2017
“A New Era for Education and the Press” is the theme of the Education Writers Association’s 70th annual National Seminar. EWA, the national professional organization for journalists and other writers who cover education, will hold its flagship conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., from Wednesday, May 31, through Friday, June 2, 2017.
EWA Joins Journalism Groups To Urge Trump For Government Access
January 20, 2017 Caroline W. Hendrie
Dear Colleague,
In releasing the first State of the Education Beat report last May, I shared my view that no education reporter should be denied timely access to schools, campuses, or public information. Yet many EWA members face just such barriers.
SPJ Announcement
Update on EWA Boards
The Education Writers Association is pleased to announce the election of the 2016-2017 officers of the Board of Directors, the addition of a new director, and the appointment of six new members of the Journalist Advisory Board.
EWA Welcomes Journalist Advisory Board Nominations
March 2016 Vacancy
The Education Writers Association expects to add one or more new members to its Journalist Advisory board in 2016. As a member of EWA, you are invited to nominate yourself for consideration by the board’s nominating committee. If you would like to nominate any other EWA journalist members, please send their names to Nora Burke and she will contact them.
January 2016 Vacancy
The Education Writers Association expects to add one or more new members to its Board of Directors in 2016. As a member of EWA, you are invited to nominate yourself or another EWA member as a candidate for consideration by the board’s nominating committee.
EWA’s mission is to increase the quality and quantity of education coverage to create a better-informed public. We are interested in receiving nominations of individuals who are passionately committed to advancing the cause of more and better journalism on education.
Tomorrow, we will email you a survey about your work in education journalism.
With your help, this State of the Education Beat study will gather objective information on the experience and work of education journalists. Your response to the survey is crucial to make this study a success.
The survey is anonymous. We have commissioned the non-profit Education Week Research Center at Editorial Projects in Education to conduct the study.
If you have any questions, please contact us at study@ewa.org.
When Schools Spy on Students
K-12 districts ramping up digital surveillance in the name of campus safety
(EWA Radio: Episode 212)
July 16, 2019 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO
Ever feel like somebody’s watching you? If you’re in a in a K-12 school these days, you’re probably right. Education Week’s Benjamin Herold took a close look at the surge in digital surveillance by districts, such as tapping facial recognition software and scanning social media posts for worrisome language.
The State of Early Learning in Your State
A pair of new reports shed light on the well-being of children across the U.S.
July 15, 2019 Mary Niederberger of PublicSource for EWA
The best way to predict the future is to look at how children are faring. But the task is complicated given that the well-being of children varies widely from state to state.
That’s what data presented by researchers Sarah Daily of Child Trends and W. Steven Barnett of the National Institute for Early Education Research at Rutgers University show. The duo offered their takes on the state of early care and learning across the United States at the Education Writers Association’s 2019 annual conference in Baltimore.
How States Are Rethinking Accountability and Report Cards
A Raft of New Education Data is on Tap
July 15, 2019 Alyson Klein of Education Week for EWA
The federal Every Student Succeeds Act is about to unleash a flood of new data, on everything from school-by-school spending to chronic absenteeism and achievement results for vulnerable groups of students.
But all those facts and figures don’t mean much if reporters can’t explain what they really mean to parents and the public.
That was the message from a trio of experts – and a veteran journalist – who spoke at a panel at the Education Writers Association’s recent national conference in Baltimore.
The Strange Tale of the Fake AP Test
Principal, school under investigation for having unknowing students take ‘placebo exam’ instead of accredited test
July 9, 2019 Emily Richmond Subscribe to #ewaRADIO
In South Florida, a high school principal is under fire for tricking hundreds of students into thinking they were taking a legitimate Advanced Placement exam that might lead to college course credit. As first reported by Cassidy Alexander of the Daytona Beach News-Journal, the principal determined that giving all eligible students the AP test would have been too expensive. Instead, the school paid for 78 students to take the real test.
Word on the Beat: Busing
What reporters need to know about school desegregation efforts -- past and present
July 9, 2019 Emily Richmond
School segregation is a hot-button issue on the education beat. One strategy to address it, busing, has drawn widespread attention since a recent debate among Democratic presidential candidates.
In the latest installment of Word on the Beat, we explore what reporters need to know about campus reassignments to diversify schools — whether voluntary or mandatory – and how those efforts might impact students and communities.
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Baltimore Bargain House
Wholesale History at the Nancy S. Grasmick Building
By Johanna Schein & Theresa Donnelly
One of the largest businesses on the West Side in the early twentieth century the Baltimore Bargain House—a mail-order wholesale business that employed over a thousand people and earned profits in the millions that grew to become the fourth largest wholesalers in the county. Driven by the devotion of Jewish Lithuanian immigrant Jacob Epstein, the Baltimore Bargain House became a hub for Southern Jewish merchants and a local business community. When firm's grand showroom at West Baltimore and North Liberty Streets opened in 1911, a crowd of 500 local businessmen, the Mayor of Baltimore, and the Governor of Maryland all attended the dedication.
After spending years himself as an itinerant peddler, traveling throughout Western Maryland, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Jacob Epstein first opened a small wholesale store in Baltimore in 1881. Epstein focused his attention on the American South, working specifically with Jewish peddlers and merchants. In the early 1900s, Epstein treated hundreds of merchants to annual visits to Baltimore to restock and view new merchandise. Arriving from North Carolina, Tennessee, and across the South, these merchants helped grow a successful and extensive business in Baltimore. Between 1881 and 1929 the Baltimore Bargain House was one of the most significant businesses in Baltimore, with gross sales over $34 million in 1921 alone, comparable to over $410 million today.
To operate the Baltimore Bargain House, Epstein also built a local community of employees, which included over 1,600 people. The workforce was relatively diverse, comprising of immigrants from various countries as well as industry experts from across the nation. Many workers remained employed at the Baltimore Bargain House for decades. Although remarkable for his considerable business acumen and the success of the Baltimore Bargain House, the business' founder, Jacob Epstein was also well known for his extensive charitable donations to local Jewish groups and to institutions like the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Baltimore Street Looking West (c. 1914): Postcard view of Baltimore Street from McLane Place (now N. Liberty Street) looking west, with Baltimore Bargain House on the right. ~ Source: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Maryland's State Library Resource Center, mdpc045_001. All Rights reserved. Used with permission. Unauthorized reproduction or use prohibited. ~ Creator: I. and M. Ottenheimer ~ Date: c. 1914
Baltimore Street at Liberty Street (1960): View of the demolition on Liberty Street at Baltimore Street for the Baltimore Civic Center (Royal Farms Arena). The Baltimore Bargain House is visible in the background. ~ Source: BG&E Collection, Baltimore Museum of Industry, BGE.35331B ~ Date: June 10, 1960
Cornice Detail, Nancy S. Grasmick Building (2012): Image of detail of the Nancy S. Grasmick Building, formerly the Baltimore Bargain Building. ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Kurt Waters ~ Date: 2012
Detail, Nancy S. Grasmick Building (2012): Image of detail of the Nancy S. Grasmick Building, formerly the Baltimore Bargain Building. ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Kurt Waters ~ Date: 2012
Nancy S. Grasmick Building (2012): Exterior view of the Nancy S. Grasmick Building, formerly the Baltimore Bargain Building. ~ Source: Baltimore Heritage ~ Creator: Kurt Waters ~ Date: 2012
Baltimore Bargain House ~ Source: Maryland Historical Society, 1995-62-092 ~ Date: c. 1920-1930
6 N. Liberty Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Johanna Schein and Theresa Donnelly, “Baltimore Bargain House,” Explore Baltimore Heritage, accessed July 17, 2019, https://explore.baltimoreheritage.org/items/show/94.
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ITV won’t commission ‘Jeremy Kyle’ format show again
LONDON (Reuters) – British broadcaster ITV wont commission another show with the same format as “The Jeremy Kyle Show” which was axed last month after a participant died shortly after appearing on the programme, its boss told lawmakers on Tuesday.
A company sign is displayed outside an ITV studio in London, Britain July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo
A mainstay of ITVs daytime schedule since 2005, the programme had similarities with Americas “The Jerry Springer Show”, including using security guards to break up brawls between guests.
But the death of Steven Dymond, a 63-year-old who had taken a lie-detector test a week before his death in an episode that was never broadcast, has raised questions about broadcasters responsibility towards people who appear on reality TV shows.
“We will not commission a show in the future in this way, in this format, using lie detector tests,” ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall said in evidence to the British parliaments Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
The committee is investigating the support offered to participants in reality TV shows, both during and after filming.
McCall said the decision on future programme commissions reflected a wide range of opinion on the accuracy of lie detector tests, which “depends on who you talk to.”
The tests were frequently used on “The Jeremy Kyle Show” and their use was criticised by the committees lawmakers.
Its inquiry was prompted by the death of Dymond and the deaths of two former contestants in the broadcasters popular dating show “Love Island”.
ITV, Britains biggest free-to-air commercial broadcaster, suspended “The Jeremy Kyle Show” on May 13 when news of Dymonds death emerged. It axed the show two days later.
“Everybody at ITV was extremely sorry to have heard that someone who had appeared on the show had died in quite close proximity to appearing on the show,” said McCall.
“Suspending the show created shockwaves in the production team, it had never happened before, it was unprecedented,” she said, adding: “A number of factors on that episode (featuring Dymond) madRead More
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[Press Release] Citizens’ campaign against roaming: new EU roaming regulation a step in the right direction
The citizens’ campaign against roaming charges in Europe, “Europeans for Fair Roaming” (FairRoaming.org) has welcomed the new EU roaming regulation, which it fought for for the last two years. The new regulation will lower the prices for using mobile phones within the EU until 2014.
According to the new EU law, prices for roaming will be lowered to 29ct/min for calls and 70ct/MB for internet access in July 2012 and will keep going down to 19ct/min for calls and 20ct/MB for internet access by 2014. In addition, users will be allowed to choose a different operator for roaming which should bring about more competition. Consumer protection will also be improved when leaving Europe as operators will have to send a warning when the bill for internet use approaches 50 Euro.
A campaign to end the roaming rip-off
The citizen-led campaign against roaming charges managed to unite 18 associations, 14 Members of the European Parliament and a total of 150000 people behind the goal of making roaming charges in Europe a thing of the past. After two years of work by the campaign, the European Parliament listened to the demands and today (May 10) voted on new and improved rules for roaming in the EU.
Speaking after the vote in the European Parliament in Brussels today, the coordinator of the FairRoaming.org campaign, Bengt Beier, stated: “I am very happy about the outcome of today’s vote. While the EU could have slashed roaming prices even more than it did, I can safely say that we achieved 80 percent of what we wanted. Prices for roaming will be lowered by more than half. Consumers will have a choice of operators when going abroad. Protection of users will be improved. But we call on the EU to keep up its work and bring down the prices for all international and roaming calls.”
There is an opportunity to meet and discuss the new roaming regulation with a representative of Europeans for Fair Roaming in the European Parliament. For further information, please refer to the press release linked below.
Download the Press Release here (English version): Press Release 10 May 2012 or here (German Version): Pressemeldung 10. Mai 2012
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Tesco Lotus redefines its retail proposition to better serve Thailand's shoppers in the age of urbanisation
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To cash in on the growth of urbanisation in Thailand, Tesco Lotus is redefining its proposition to better serve the needs of urban customers. It aims to do that through differentiated product offerings and an omni-channel shopping experience.
As a result, the retailer’s medium-term investment plan will see the opening of 750 Tesco Lotus Express stores over the next three years, as well as upgrading its existing Express stores to fit the new proposition, a space repurposing programme for its hypermarkets, and an expansion of its online shopping coverage.
Tesco Lotus is currently operating 400 large-scale hypermarkets, and 1,600 Express stores in Thailand.
Sompong Rungnirattisai, the chief executive officer of Tesco Lotus, said that urbanisation, along with digital technology, has transformed the way consumers live and shop. Both trends have led to a greater demand for convenience, speed, and a seamless omni-channel experience, while quality and value continue to be crucial for shoppers of any era.
Tesco Lotus has seen urbanisation as a significant trend that continues to shape the way people shop. More than 58 per cent of the Thai population is expected to live in urban areas by 2030, up from the current rate of 50 per cent.
In order to cater to the rising demands for convenience, speed and a seamless omni-channel experience, while still maintaining great offers on quality and value, Tesco Lotus is redefining its proposition to better serve the needs of urban customers. This includes differentiated product offerings and an omni-channel experience through all of our channels, online and offline.
“We plan to serve the growing urban population better through differentiated propositions that enhance both our product offerings and shopping channels. These include adding new, and refurbishing existing, Tesco Lotus Express stores into a new proposition that caters to urban lifestyles, repurposing space and creating relevant offers in large stores, as well as improving the omni-channel shopping experience,” he said.
“With growing urbanisation, shoppers want both convenience and a good shopping experience, without compromising quality and value for money. To better suit customers, we have focused on simplification, including re-arranging space in our large stores to improve shopping experience, as well as utilisation of technology and an omni-channel platform to enhance convenience. Tesco Lotus is known for offering high quality products at affordable prices and we will maintain this approach as quality and value for money continue to be important to urban shoppers. Fresh food and Tesco’s own brand products play a key role in reinforcing this unique proposition. We focus on sourcing our fresh food directly from local farmers and having capable Thai SMEs producing Tesco’s own brand products to ensure that we deliver high quality, sustainable products at affordable prices to our customers,” said Sompong.
Sompong said that for small-format Express stores, Tesco Lotus has designed a new proposition: “fresh, simple, and helpful for your daily needs”. The first 30 Tesco Lotus Express stores built around this concept have received positive responses from customers. The new Tesco Lotus Express proposition combines the company’s current core strength in groceries and fresh food “for later” consumption with more variety, and delicious ready-to-eat options or “for now” missions.
“Our plan is to open 750 new Express stores, while refreshing existing stores over the next three years into this proposition,” he said.
For large stores, a space repurposing programme with new offers is already under way, with 20 hypermarkets having been repurposed. In parallel, their online business will be expanded to cover more areas.
In terms of products, in order to serve the urban lifestyle better, the new proposition Express stores offer an extensive range of ready-to-eat options both hot and cold, such as cage-free boiled eggs, cold sandwiches, hot croissants and freshly baked goods through to heavier options such as rice dishes. In addition to ready-to-eat products, the company continues to focus on a core range of fresh food including fruits, vegetables, and meat in convenient packages and dry groceries. In addition to food, other items such as household and beauty products are offered in smaller sizes to suit the consumption behaviours of convenience store shoppers.
“In term of channels, many provincial areas outside Bangkok are becoming urban cities,” said Sompong. “Consumers living in these areas are not well served with the right proposition, hence we will add our Express stores in the new proposition to cater for this group of customers. Around two-thirds of the new Express stores will be in Bangkok and the central region, while the rest will be in urban areas in other cities across Thailand,” he said.
“Tesco Group remains committed to Thailand, currently its largest market outside the United Kingdom. The continued investment in the country will benefit the Thai economy, as well as reinforcing our commitment to making positive contributions to society, communities and environment,” he said.
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April 25, 2018 | 17:54 (GMT+7)
Vietnamese Embassy in Laos honoured with Labour Order
The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on April 24 was granted with a first-class Labour Order in recognition of its excellent achievements from 2012 to 2016.
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Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tong Thi Phong, who has been on an official visit to Laos from April 23 to 25, presented the order to the embassy.
Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Tong Thi Phong (third, right) presents the Labour Order to the Vietnamese Embassy in Laos on April 24
Reporting on the embassy’s performances in the five years, Vietnamese Ambassador to Laos Nguyen Ba Hung said the embassy fulfilled all tasks assigned by the Party and State, including preparing for mutual visits by leaders of the two countries as well as ministries, sectors, organisations and localities.
Among Vietnam’s overseas representative agencies, the embassy in Laos served the biggest number of visits by Vietnamese Party and State leaders, he said.
Hung noted that the embassy has also done a good job in helping to strengthen the Vietnam-Laos friendship and cooperation and working closely with Laos to successfully organise celebrations of the countries’ big events.
It has also effectively assisted Vietnamese businesses in Laos, thus helping to improve economic, trade and investment partnerships, he said, highlighting the embassy’s efforts to organise investment and trade promotion activities and dialogues with businesses to help them remove obstacles to their operations in Laos.
The embassy has also performed well in the consular work and protection of Vietnamese citizens in Laos, he added.
Addressing the ceremony, Phong said the Labour Order is the recognition of the embassy staff’s achievements, but it also reminds them to make unceasing efforts to solidify the traditional friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation between Vietnam and Laos.
She also appreciated contributions by the Vietnamese community in Laos, expressing her wish that the embassy, other representative agencies of Vietnam, and Vietnamese people in Laos will remain a bridge helping to develop the two countries’ special relations.
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Posted 1 week ago by kawang513 News
EN Version Migration Announcement
Dear Summoners, we would like to draw your attention to the following important announcement.
As notified by Apple recently on the requirements of Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines, submitting two individual apps in different languages (Traditional Chinese and English) in the same territories to App Store is strictly restricted and considered as duplication of content and functionality. As Such, in order to comply with these Guidelines, we decided to release the game, Tower of Saviors (“TOS”), under a single bilingual app including both EN and ZH versions at the same app.
To provide you with a more diverse gamer community, ALL EN version players are cordially invited to transfer their game data to the TOS bilingual version. But for now, please continue to use your existing EN account and no action is required temporarily. The website for data transfer will be released in ***late July*** to get you ready into the TOS bilingual version conveniently. The transfer process takes only a day at most to complete.
Effective from 9 Sep 2019, EN version of TOS will be withdrawn from App Store in the following regions:
Australia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Players may still be able to download the EN version from other regions. However, by then, no future updates will be provided on the EN version. Only a landing screen will be shown on EN version for verification purposes when players transfer account data into the bilingual version.
For those who completed the data migration from EN version to the bilingual version, fabulous welcome rewards will be provided as our warm greeting for your joining into the big family. More details will be announced in mid July.
ZH version players will not be affected by this migration exercise and are not required to take any action.
If you have any questions about EN version migration in your head, please don’t hesitate to voice out in the google form provided. Q&A section will be also available to address your concerns in the coming website.
Link to question submission: http://bit.ly/2JcLh2o
* From now on, no new game account can be set up for EN version.
* For new users, please download the bilingual TOS version as follows:
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Android: http://bit.ly/2FTGS2l
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WORLD BICYCLE DAY WAS CELEBRATED IN TURKMENISTAN
On the 3rd of June 2019, the World Bicycle Day established by the UN General Assembly Resolution upon the initiative of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov was celebrated in Ashgabat. Along with Turkmenistan, the World Bicycle Day was celebrated in many countries of the world.
In honor of the holiday, a mass bicycle ride took place in the Turkmen capital in participation of the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov.
Early morning, numerous residents of the capital gathered on their bikes near the park starting from the Health Path in the outskirts of the Kopetdag Mountains where the general bike ride started. The members of the Government, key officials of the Parliament (Mejlis), defense and law-enforcement agencies, ministries and sector organizations of the country, heads of the diplomatic missions accredited in Turkmenistan, representatives of the non-governmental organizations, mass media, as well as the youths and students participated to the event.
After the arrival to the starting point of the general bike ride, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov addressed the gathered with the welcoming speech. Congratulating everyone with the World Bicycle Day, the President noted that this international holiday contributes to the strengthening of the human health, careful approach to the environment, as well as the promotion of sport and physical culture.
The President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) David Lappartient, Chairman of the international group of companies “Areti” I.Makarov, as well as the world-famous sportsmen became the guests of honor at the celebration.
The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov rode through the Archabil avenue, and then along the Bitarap Turkmenistan street with a total distance of 15 000 meters, thus reaching the final arc.
Prior to the general bike ride, official representative of the World Guinness Book Sheyda Subashi-Gemidji congratulated the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan with the World Bicycle Day and informed that on the 1st of June 2019, a new world record was established in the Olympic city of Ashgabat - the longest one way cyclists’ column. The bike riders gathered in one column at a certain distance and drove through the entire Olympic village, overcoming the distance of 3300 meters.
It should be noted that along with the other types of sports, cycling gained new progress in Turkmenistan. In April 2018, the UN General Assembly adopted a Resolution announcing the World Bicycle Day that was initiated by Turkmenistan.
A modern covered indoor velodrome of world class was built in the country as a part of the Olympic city complex. Also cycling became a part of the V Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games program that took place in September 2017. Upon the initiative of the national leader, general cycling rides, ‘days without vehicles’ are organized in the country on regular basis which contributes to the increase of amateurs and adherents of this type of sport.
Being harmless for the ecology, cycling gains higher popularity in the world. And now there is a new holiday that unites the countries and people. This is yet another input of our country in global development, wellness movement and attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.
In the framework of the event, the Chairman of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) David Lappartient announced the resolution of the UCI to award the Turkmen Leader with the Certificate of Gratitude for personal input in the promotion of cycling. The decision of the Union Cycliste Internationale on holding the World Track Cycling Championship in Ashgabat in 2021 was also announced.
The International Bicycle Day was also celebrated by the Embassies of Turkmenistan abroad by the organization of bike rides. Such tours were held in the capitals of Russia, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Romania, Austria, Germany, Belarus, Iran and India. Turkmen and foreign diplomats, heads of non-governmental organizations and sport agencies, the youths, including the students from Turkmenistan participated to the general bike rides.
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He did say some stupid things which cannot be supported
Maybe this will persuade the ragers to shut up at last: Paul Nurse says what Tim Hunt said was not acceptable. Sarah Knapton, science editor at the Telegraph, reports.
Sir Paul Nurse, a joint-Nobel Prize winner and friend of Sir Tim, told the Telegraph the embattled professor’s “chauvinist” comments had “damaged science”.
He added that since Sir Tim stood down last month, Sir Paul has been sent hundreds of vicious letters. Some argue that the Royal Society has not gone far enough in its condemnation of the Noble Laureate, while others criticise the 350-year-old institution for not backing the beleaguered scientist.
“Some have threatened to do things to my body parts,” said Sir Paul, in a weary tone. “The discussion has become totally polarised with extreme views on both sides. I have had hundreds of letters. I had five just this morning. It doesn’t seem to be going away.”
Louise Mensch, for one, is determined not to let it go away.
Sir Paul has stayed largely silent about the matter until now. He is a close friend of Sir Tim and they shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in recognition of their work on the cell cycle which hugely advanced cancer research. He describes him as ‘a lovely man’ who he has known since 1993.
See I’ve never thought he wasn’t a lovely man. It seemed pretty clear that he is one – lots of people said so, including lots of the people who deplored his clumsy “jokes” in Seoul. Lovely men can screw up. Sexism and casual contempt for women are entrenched and pervasive, at the same time as they’re considered not ok by people who give a damn. This means that it’s pathetically easy to be both lovely and sexist.
So Paul Nurse read about Hunt’s comments with a heavy heart.
Sir Paul, 66, said the affair had been hugely damaging for science and the Royal Society.
“Tim is a lovely man and I have known him a long time,” he said. “But there is no question about it, he did say some stupid things which cannot be supported and they had to be condemned. He said he was a chauvinist and that is not acceptable.
“It is sad because since I started working as a researcher in the late 1960s there have been really significant improvements and this kind of thing tends to set things back.
“The Royal Society can come across as old fashioned because you stay a member until you die so it can seem that we’re 30 years behind the times. But half of the Council are now women and we have a lot of initiatives to improve diversity. We have a Diversity Committee and allow mothers or fathers to work half time. Most other companies don’t do that.
“So it’s frustrating when things like this happen which make the Society seem out of touch.”
I wonder if Richard Dawkins will call Paul Nurse a witch hunter.
On June 11 Sir Tim stepped down from his role on the Biological Science Awards Committee and the Royal Society issued a strong condemnation of his comments saying they had ‘no place in science.’ The statement also acknowledged that gender discrimination was still holding back too many talented scientists.
Then it went further, announcing last week that it will replace portraits and busts of some of Britain’s most renowned male scientists at its London headquarters with artworks depicting leading women.
However the furore shows no signs of diminishing, mainly because so many eminent scientists have now backed Sir Tim.
And because Louise Mensch tweets about it nonstop (literally), and she has a column in the Sun.
“The hate mail that I get is divided into those who don’t think we have done enough and we should be more extreme in our censorship of Tim, and those who think we have treated him badly,” added Sir Paul.
“These are the extremes and it is sad that this is what the discussion has become. I have had physical threats. People feel very strongly on both sides. But I think it is right that Sir Tim resigned.
“He did a really stupid thing and then went on the Today programme and made the whole thing worse. I don’t hold with people who say it has shone a light on the issue. It would have been better if it hadn’t happened. It hasn’t been good for science or the Royal Society.”
Or for women in STEM or for women generally. It’s been bad for all four.
Sir Paul, who was knighted in 1999, became President of the Royal Society in November 2010, succeeding Martin Rees, the Astronomer Royal.
In addition to the Nobel Prize he has received a Royal Medal, the Copley Medal, the French Legion d’Honneur and in 2013 became the winner of the Albert Einstein World Award of Science. He holds honorary degrees at the University of Kent, Warwick and Worcester and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Sir Paul, who is from Wembley, the son of a part-time cleaner and mechanic at Heinz, claimed his interest in science emerged on his long walks to school in north west London.
Not a child of privilege then, not a product of posh prep schools and posh public schools. I wonder if that’s one reason he gets the point.
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Blanche Quizno says
Even perfectly lovely individuals can still have room to learn and grow and improve. No one’s finished.
Lady Mondegreen says
I had the same thought.
iknklast says
Sir Paul, who is from Wembley, the son of a part-time cleaner and mechanic
If coming from a background around mechanics and cleaners gives one a more feminist, less privileged view of the world than it is a world I don’t live in. I work around mechanics and cleaners everyday, and they are probably the most sexist, most anti-feminist people I know. I don’t think in this case privilege has to do with class. Gender bias occurs all the time in the working class.
Dave Ricks says
If Paul Nurse worked his way up from working class to Sir Paul, then that gives him a perspective other people don’t get from living their whole lives in the working class or upper class.
opposablethumbs says
Gender bias occurs all the time in the working class.
Absolutely. But maybe (and of course it’s only a maybe) Nurse was more capable of grasping the concept of microaggressions and “invisible”/unconscious prejudice having been on the receiving end, albeit on a different axis. Most people who experience that probably don’t learn from it or extrapolate, but maybe he did. Or maybe he’s just a more empathetic, aware and better person. His comments are well said, anyway.
chris61 says
Paul Nurse isn’t finished. BBC Broadcasting House Sunday July 12 @43min
Ophelia Benson says
Paul Nurse expressed further thoughts on Tim Hunt on a BBC radio show titled “Broadcasting House” that was broadcast earlier today. The broadcast is available at the BBC website. Paul Nurse’s comments can be found @ ~43 minutes into the broadcast.
Pieter B, FCD says
If I had Sir Paul’s e-mail address, I’d send him a middle-ground message thanking the RS for its response to Hunt’s remarks, and hoping they keep up the good work. It does sound like they take it seriously.
Silly me, I should have Googled. If you’d like to join me in sending a message of support to Sir Paul Nurse, it’s paul.nurse@royalsociety.org. It’s been several minutes and I haven’t received a bounce message.
Thank you Pieter.
I work around mechanics and cleaners everyday, and they are probably the most sexist, most anti-feminist people I know. I don’t think in this case privilege has to do with class. Gender bias occurs all the time in the working class.
I wasn’t thinking that the working class is less sexist (I’m from it; I know better.) I’m thinking that Nurse’s own experiences as a working class person attending “good” schools, navigating his way through a system that must be easier for people born in the upper classes, and working his way up, will have given him opportunities to recognize blind privilege when he sees it, and to understand how discouraging casual othering can be, even when expressed without malice.
In better words, what Dave Ricks said.
Yes, that’s what I was thinking too also. He knows what it’s like not to be on top, in a way that Tim Hunt doesn’t.
laekvk says
IT’S JUST LIKE A WITCH HUNT, except no women are being burnt at the stake for being weird
IT’S JUST LIKE A LYNCH MOB, except no blacks are being murdered for being black
IT’S JUST LIKE ORWELL, except no one is being punished for their thoughts so much as their complicity in systematic bigotry.
Reactionaries are hilariously sheltered, apparently the only way they can let their hysterical feelings be known is stealing the actual oppression from less privileged people so that they can pretend have claim over some sort of victimization
Satyajeet Sharma says
Absolutely. But maybe (and of course it’s only a maybe) Nurse was more capable of grasping the concept of microaggressions and “invisible”/unconscious prejudice having been on the receiving end, albeit on a different axis. Most people who experience that probably don’t learn from it or extrapolate, but maybe he did. Or maybe he’s just a more empathetic, aware and better person. His comments are well said, anyway. http://bit.ly/1uj1gR2
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A key output of Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) projects has been focusing on capacity development of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) through consortium, cross-consortia and external initiatives. It is hoped that through these initiatives ECRs will have increased knowledge, capacity and skills to enhance their development and/or use of climate information.
An essential skill of climate modelling is the ability to apply and understand coding language such as Python. Going forward with the ethos of collaboration and peer-to-peer learning that is central to the FCFA program, a Python training workshop was arranged for ECRs in Uganda by a UK ECR from HyCRISTAL (Dr Declan Finney, University of Leeds). This capacity development initiative illustrated the powerful partnerships between British climate scientists and emerging African climate scientists.
Declan shared programming knowledge and skills with Africa based ECRs, students from Makerere University and one staff member from the Uganda National Meteorological Authority (UNMA) in Uganda, East Africa.
The workshop activities revolved around introducing Python and bash terminal, interspersed with activities related to reading NetCDFs, analysing the data, plotting, and suggestions of Python-based activities. Attendees had the freedom to explore their own interests and many started working on their own data, asking questions from those at the workshop with more Python experience. Occasional interruptions were made to present solutions that were more widely relevant – notably, it was clear that many used data in tabular (csv) form, and therefore the Python pandas package was introduced (something initially left out).
The workshop did not go ahead without challenges including a student strike at Makerere University which resulted in last-minute changes hold the workshop in a hotel.
Additionally, a struggling internet connection which resulted in delays in installation of Python packages. This problem is likely to occur in many parts of Africa, and therefore advice for future Python workshops is to ensure necessary software of consistent versions is correctly installed before the workshop.
None of the challenges ruined the workshop, and in many cases working through the problems provided a useful troubleshooting demonstration. Designing a flexible schedule was essential to allow time for this. Some attendees ended up working together on their laptops with successful installations. This appeared to be a positive side-effect that encouraged attendees to overcome challenges together.
Despite the challenges, participants were highly motivated, quick to learn and eager to instantly share knowledge as they acquired it in the workshop to help fix some problems others were having. To continue the sharing of Python knowledge, a google groups mailing list was created for attendees to work together after the workshop. To-date, this has had some modest success as a platform to share and offer solutions.
Results from surveys after the workshop were very positive. Notably, all attendees felt they had made progress in learning Python, with approximately 70% saying such a course is a high priority for African students and ECRs in climate science. Six months after the workshop, an additional survey was conducted and over 60% of ECRs indicated that they were still using or planning to use Python.
Many of the suggestions made by the attendees encouraged having longer and additional workshops, with some pointing toward supporting African institutions to run similar workshops. Some suggestions on programming that could have been included were: wind vectors, Taylor diagram plots, intraseasonal rainfall characteristics and connections between Python and other programming languages like R.
“Before the workshop, I knew nothing about Python… Now I know about it and I hope to continue learning and using it. I suggest that workshops to be added more time and to be carried out often in institutions”, stated one of the ECRs.
Follow up support has remotely been provided to the three ECRs from Makerere University undertaking analysis of climate model data from JASMIN platform and this has proven to work in building programming and data analysis skills for Africa based researchers.
This initiative has benefited longer-term capacity building in East Africa through the inclusion of university students, as well as supporting HyCRISTAL ECRs in their current and upcoming work. It has provided the basic skills for ECRs to explore the new CP4 Africa dataset developed by the IMPALA project. Therefore, opening up possibilities of continuing the research already undertaken as part of FCFA projects is essential. An example is the East meets West (HyCRISTAL gap-filling project), in which Herbert Misiani of IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre has developed his Python skills independent of the workshop in order to analyse the CP4 Africa data.
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Checking accounts have been getting more expensive, as banks hike monthly costs, ATM charges and overdraft fees, according to a survey of more than 100 banks released Monday by bank comparison website MoneyRates.com.
The survey, which is published twice a year, had showed some costs declining at the end of 2011, including monthly maintenance fees. But in the first half of this year, fees and the number of requirements consumers must meet in order to avoid them, increased in every category the survey tracked.
Monthly service fees averaged $12.08, up from $11.28 at the end of 2011, meaning customers are now paying an average $145 over the course of a year. The average charge at large banks was $13.88, compared with $9.87 at small banks and $11.17 at medium banks.
Many banks allow customers to avoid monthly fees if they meet certain requirements like carrying a minimum balance. This year, the average minimum balance needed to avoid fees has jumped $856 to $4,446.57 — making it harder for customers to avoid the charge.
The minimum amount needed to open an account has also risen — from $391.41 at the end of 2011 to $408.76 this year. Overdraft fees have crept up 60 cents to an average of $29.83. The fee banks charge non-customers for using their ATMs has edged up from $2.37 to $2.40, while the fee banks charge their customers for using out-of-network ATMs has climbed from $1.10 to $1.28.
These rising fees come as banks continue to look for ways to recoup revenue lost under the Durbin amendment, which took effect last October and limited the fees banks can charge retailers each time customers swipe their debit cards to make purchases, known as interchange fees.
“As business conditions have gotten tighter, it’s a lot more difficult for banks to offer free checking,” said Richard Barrington, senior financial analyst at MoneyRates. “They’re seeing less money in the form of interchange fees, so they’re having to charge more to customers.”
Overall, only 35% of checking accounts don’t have monthly fees — compared to nearly 39% at the end of 2011. Those percentages vary greatly between small and large banks, with about 46% of small banks offering checking accounts without monthly fees — compared to 21% of big banks.
The survey also found that online banks often offer cheaper options, with two-thirds of checking accounts at online banks charging no monthly fees.
Ally Bank, PerkStreet Financial and ING Direct, for example, are all online banks that offer checking accounts without any monthly maintenance fees.
Barrington therefore recommends that consumers consider checking accounts offered by online banks or smaller financial institutions when shopping around for a new account.
It’s also important to pick a fee structure that fits your banking habits, he said. If you’re a chronic overdrafter, for example, pick a bank with lower overdraft fees. If you aren’t planning on keeping very much money in the account, pick an account without a monthly service fee or one that allows you to avoid the monthly maintenance fee with a low minimum balance.
Credit unions can also be a good bet. A separate report released from Bankrate.com, another website that compares banking products, found that 72% of the largest credit unions still offer accounts without monthly fees or minimum balance requirements.
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Best and Brightest: Seizing the opportunity to synthesize two cultures
By: By Rachael Wright Special to The Gazette
This is the fifth of a series of 20 profiles of The Gazette’s Best and Brightest Class of 2019.
“Baanu so emmia.”
“It means, ‘When two carry, it does not hurt,’” Ghanaian native and Atlas Preparatory School senior Frank Hanson explains. “It’s commonly uttered in Ghana and celebrates an idea crucial to how most Ghanaians view community.”
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Hanson was born and raised in Accra, Ghana, moving to the United States with his brother when he was 12 years old, while their parents remained in Ghana. The transition to American life and culture were full of ups and downs, Hanson says, especially since his mother is able to visit only one month out of the year. Hanson is turning his permanent residency status into dual-citizenship in the United States and Ghana.
“The toughest part of this change was not what some may think — I adjusted to American values, but struggled to adapt to the loss of the support system I had relied on as a child. I spent many mornings and evenings by myself, missing my mother, yet working desperately to validate the decision she made to bring me to this country.”
The words Hanson’s father, Kofi Hanson, spoke in the days before his son’s departure still resonate: “Frank, talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not.”
As a sophomore, Hanson applied and was selected to join the board of directors at the Giddings Foundation, which provides grants to organizations that provide charitable health, educational and open space preservation services in El Paso and Teller counties.
Hanson says that more than anything else, his selection as a board member shaped his views on the importance of community service in the United States.
“I investigated grant applications. … It taught me that serving your community can be done in dozens of different ways, and that the link between all of these approaches was passion,” Hanson says.
Hanson labels his summers with the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy as one of the most important parts of his high school life and says his work with the Giddings Foundation was his principal motivator to work to synthesize all the best of American and Ghanaian culture.
Hanson will graduate as salutatorian and will then attend the University of Richmond in the fall. He is a recipient of the university’s Presidential Scholarship and was selected to join the Oliver Hill Scholars cohort. Hanson plans to major in International Studies and Leadership with a focus on the intersection of development and ethics.
“The African continent is a rich learning ground for this line of study as it provides both wonderful examples of leaders. … I look to people like Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Nelson Mandela of South Africa and Paul Kagame of Rwanda. … They have an immense amount to teach me,” Hanson says.
“I’d love to visit African beacons of reform like Botswana, to better understand the complex ethical questions created by rapid development and interview the politicians there who must always remain vigilant of these questions,” Hanson continued.
Atlas Director of Collegiate Programming Christopher Novak describes Hanson as a rare human being.
“Despite spending his formative teenage years separated from his family and driven only by himself, he has established an academic legacy that will live on long after he graduates,” Novak says. “It should also be noted that he speaks five languages fluently: English, French and three West African languages.”
Hanson is determined to bear his share of the load facing Ghana.
“My father is a brilliant man who has done great things both for his family and country. He planted these thoughts and questions in me. By engaging in this subject at the University of Richmond, I hope to take what he has taught me and move further forward. One day soon I will return home and take my seat … and engage in the spirited debate of Africa’s future as an equal.”
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Wreford
9th December 2017 21st November 2017 by geneageek
Turns out the Ann Maunder who was present at Grace STILING’s death is not the family member I suspected and apparently no relation at all (Read related post HERE).
c1903 map showing the proximity of Broad Lane to Ashley Cottage, Tiverton
For some reason, bad transcription I guess, I was unable to find Ann on the 1871 census through name & town alone. Using the find my past address search function, I was able to finally locate Broad Lane on 1871 census and there she was – married to a James Maunder and nearly 50 years younger than the Ann Maunder I expected/hoped her to be.
Ann Maunder of Broad Lane on 1871 census
Ann’s maiden name was Bowden and she married James in 1851.
Ann Maunder/Bowden’s marriage record, 1851
At least I’ve cleared that up for myself. In other news, I’ve ordered Grace’s son, Edward STILING’s death certificate. Will Ann Maunder appear as witness there too?
Wreford Versus...
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Double Death
21st November 2017 19th November 2017 by geneageek
Recently, I saw in the indexes that Grace STILING and her bachelor son Edward died in the same year and the same month. It turns out that they’d actually even died on the same day! A newspaper article stated that the duo died on the same day at ‘Ashleigh, Tiverton’ – ages given but no reason.
Styling/Stiling death notices in Western Times, 25 February 1873, p5
I knew from the 1871 census that mother and son were living together in Ashley Cottage so I was expecting to find mention of a local tragedy or even an inquest in the newspapers but… nope. I ordered Grace’s death certificate (since she was my direct ancestor) and presumed I’d find some clue there but again… nope.
1873 death certificate of Grace Styling/Stiling
The death certificate records Grace’s cause of death as ‘Valvular disease of the Heart – Bronchitis’. Obviously, the son’s certificate will need to be viewed next if I’m to solve this mystery.
Note: The newspaper incorrectly stated that Grace was the widow of ‘E. Styling’ – it was in fact, J. Stiling (who died 10 years previously in 1862).
However, this death certificate did throw up a new puzzle for me to solve…
The death was registered 2 days after by Ann Maunder of Broad Lane, Tiverton who was present at the death.
Is this the same Ann Maunder who married wrestling star, William WREFORD after his first wife, Drusilla died? The relationship between the two women on ancestry is ‘wife of father-in-law of daughter’. Confused yet? I had to make up a mini tree to try and get it straight.
So Ann’s stepson was married to Grace’s daughter and therefore very likely they knew each other. Perhaps these two women had a kind of friendship. But why use her maiden name MAUNDER and not her married name of WREFORD?
Find whether my Ann Maunder ever lived in Broad Lane, Tiverton
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6th November 2017 by geneageek
St Andrew’s Street, Tiverton (date unknown) – Harriotte STILING lived here in 1841
Before Harriotte STILING married George WREFORD, she was living in Tiverton with Thomas & Sarah LEAMAN. As she was recorded in the 1841 census as a female servant (‘F.S.’), I presumed she was the LEAMAN’s live-in maid. This may still be true but somehow suspected there was more to this relationship.
(I can’t remember exactly how this suspicion came about but I recently rediscovered a note on my ancestry ‘TO DO’ list to investigate the relationship.)
Harriotte STILING on 1841 census living with Thomas & Sarah LEAMAN
It turns out that Mrs LEAMAN was actually Harriotte’s sister, Sarah STILING who married the widower, Thomas LEAMAN, Esquire (!) in 1840.
1840 marriage record of Sarah STILING & Thomas Leaman, Esquire
My reasons for accepting this:
John Stiling, yeoman is recorded as father (same as Harriotte’s marriage certificate in 1845)
Edward & Charlotte STILING are witnesses at the marriage – her siblings’ names
A Sarah Stiling was born to John & Grace of West Barton in Tiverton, yeoman (West Barton was Stiling residence for 60 years)
Sarah Stiling’s baptism 1815 – Bishop’s Transcripts
Sadly, the marriage was very short – Thomas died only 3 years later. I was unable to find the couple on the 1851 census but instead came across a mention in The Gentleman’s Magazine that Thomas died June 15, 1843 and had also been the mayor of Tiverton!
The Gentleman’s Magazine, Vol 20, p171
Strangely, I have not yet found any other information about this man, other than a note in the next volume of The Gentleman’s Magazine that his sister’s son would change his name as heir of Thomas’ apparent fortune:
I had learnt via the works of Jane Austen that women usually didn’t inherit from their husbands – but it still seemed a little harsh for this young bride. Sarah managed to get back on her feet with a later marriage to Richard BRANSCOMBE in 1849 and was visiting her mother and brother on the night of the 1871 census (retired farmer’s wife). It’s always nice to find evidence that families stayed in each other’s lives.
Find out more about Mayor Thomas Leaman and his premature death
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Hannah had a little LAMB
Categories Devonshire, Stiling, WrefordTags Branscombe, census, death, inheritance, Leaman, magazine, marriage, mayor, Next Steps, obituary, siblings, The Gentleman's Magazine, TivertonLeave a comment
Double Marriage Entry
15th October 2017 by geneageek
Came across something very curious last night…
The marriage of George WREFORD and Harriet STILING (for which I have both the original parish entry AND official copy of entry, as well as the record of banns) was recorded twice in the registers – same parish, church, year and even volume – within pages of each other.
Jan-Mar Quarter 1845, Volume 10 page 407
April-Jun Quarter 1845, Volume 10 page 431
At first I thought it may be a different George Wreford since Wrefords abound in Devonshire, but Harriet is mentioned in both entries (albeit with different spelling).
Perhaps the clue lies with the only other name from both entries – Elizabeth Galliford recorded as marrying George Marley/George Manby. Perhaps it was just recorded twice to clear up the spelling mistakes but that also doesn’t make sense as the parish records show both marriages actually took place in the April Quarter.
Marriage of George Marley to Elizabeth Galliford
Marriage of George Wreford to Harriotte Stiling
I have tried searching for a second ceremony in the Tiverton area via the Devon Parish Registers on findmypast but there doesn’t appear to be any.
Why would the marriage which took place in May be initially recorded in the previous quarter? I guess the next step is to order the record from page 407 although I don’t want to spend more money just to get the exact same copy sent to me.
I will now begin spelling Miss Stiling’s name as Harriotte as that is how she signed the register herself.
I found out while researching this that Phillip Chave, who appears in both entries as witness and several times in the Cove registers was actually the assistant to Mr William North Row of Cove House – magistrate for Devon. I presume this meant he often ‘sat in’ as witness for these smaller ceremonies where required. I had originally thought he may have been a friend or relative.
Order Jan qtr marriage certificate
Revisit Harriet STILING to find connection to Cove area
Wrestling Legend
Categories Devonshire, Stiling, WrefordTags Chave, Cove, Cove Chapel, Galliford, Manby, Manley, Marley, marriage, North Row, parish records, Stiling, WrefordLeave a comment
23rd September 2017 by geneageek
At the top of my ancestry ‘To Do’ list for many years now has been ‘Find out who Blind Wreford is’.
Today I’ve finally found out…
I’m not even sure where I first heard of Blind Wreford but I’ve kept an eye out for any mention of him. Finally I found mention of him in obituary for another old wrestler, John Bolt.
He was full of anecdotes of “Blind Wreford,” a wealthy farmer of Cheriton, whodied in 1835 at a very advanced age, and who, notwithstanding his blindness, was a renowned wrestler, often followed the hounds without sustaining severe falls, and was an excellent judge of the weight and general qualities of cattle.”
According to this, he had been totally blind since he was 8. “He was a strongly limbed, well grown and powerful man, about 5 feet 10 in. in height, and was usually led into the ring by a boy, as a guide, and indulged with the privilege of taking hold of his antagonist by the collar…”
I’m really surprised that it’s been so hard to find mention of this guy as he really does seem quite extraordinary.
Desperately Seeking John
Book 'em Once More, Danno
Categories Devonshire, WrefordTags Abraham Cann, Cheriton Bishop, death, Devonshire, John Bolt, newspapers, Orchard Lake, Wreford, wrestling, Wreyford2 Comments
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AKA: Nakhane Toure
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He studied the trombone classically in primary school, while dabbling in other instruments like the piano and steel drums. He picked up the guitar at the age of 19.
His debut album ‘Brave Confusion’ earned him multiple nominations at the 2014 South African Music Awards, eventually earning him a Best Alternative Act win.
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Oops! TouchTunes funding details leaked on Google+
Colleen Taylor Aug 3, 2011 - 10:41 AM CDT
Music streaming company TouchTunes is said to have secured $45 million in Series E funding at a $300 million valuation.
Although those are some pretty impressive figures, the news is perhaps most notable for how it has been made public: through a case of mistaken identity and the modern world of instant public broadcasting. A Google (s goog) employee named Patrick Barry received an email at his Gmail account apparently intended for TouchTunes’ CFO, also named Patrick Barry.
Apparently amused, Barry promptly relayed the news in a public post on his Google+ account:
In case anyone cared, touchtunes.com just got $45M series E investment at a $300M valuation. People really should remember not to mis-type their email addresses when sending confidential stuff like this – it turns out that I am not pbarry@touchtunes.com.
I’ve reached out to TouchTunes for comment, as well as to Google’s Patrick Barry. I’ll update this post with any additional information I receive.
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4 Responses to “Oops! TouchTunes funding details leaked on Google+”
Aswath Rao August 4, 2011
I strongly suspect that Patrick Barry didn’t receive an email. For that to happen, the original sender would have to had the email id of both the Patricks in his address book, suggesting the sender is an acquaintance of Patrick of Google, in which case he wouldn’t have made it public. Right?
So I surmise that it took place in G+ and the sender intended to do Limited sharing with Patrick of Touchtunes. Since the UI of G+ lists a handful of matches to the names, a wrong mouse move selected Patrick of Google and the sender didn’t realize it.
The lesson is to be careful while selecting names for Limited sharing in G+
Average Joe August 3, 2011
KInd of a low move to publicise it though? It’s quite easy to send a mail to the wrong person, the right thing to do is reply and let the guy know, not tell everyone. Even a kid would know that.
Paul August 3, 2011
Colleen Taylor August 3, 2011
I can certainly see that point of view. But if the email had accidentally landed in the inbox of a reporter, he would be hard pressed to keep it to himself. The most you could expect the reporter to do is give the company a heads-up and the opportunity to comment — but it would very likely be published either way.
Social media tools like Google+ have the potential to put everyone in a similar reportorial role. A scoop is a scoop, and it’s natural to want to take it public. I think it’s fascinating to see it happen.
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Cyanide Chemistry at Auschwitz
astro3
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:07 pm)
The 1988 ‘Leuchter Report’ published a list of cyanide measurements taken from several Auschwitz labour-camp walls [1]. Its text did not comment upon them however and they were merely summarised in a graph. Cyanide was measurable in 14 out of 35 of these samples (by Alpha laboratories), the rest being below the threshold of detection, one part per million (i.e., 1 mg cyanide per kilogram of wall). Then, in 1997, a Mr Desjardins retraced Leuchter’s steps, and he ascertained, or claimed, that ten of these samples had come from sheltered, unexposed locations [2]. Of these, seven had measurable levels of cyanide. Comparing the two mean values of Leuchter’s data, grouped according to Desjardin’s information, including only those of measurable value, gives us:
Indoor, sheltered walls: 2.7 ppm (n=7) Leuchter’s Data
Exposed, unsheltered walls 2.8 ppm (n=7)
showing no significant difference. This throws light on the question as to whether decades of weathering have removed cyanide from the walls, as was alleged in certain quarters. Clearly, it hasn’t. This is totally crucial.
When Germar Rudolf published the data, he specified the location of Leuchter’s samples. [3] This indicated that 15 of them in total had come from the alleged homicidal gas chambers, AHGCs, of Kremas I and II. (The ‘allegation’ here, is that, as Pressac decribed [4], what were the morgues of these crematoria came to be utilised as human gas chambers). Six of these were measurable and had come from Krema II. Taking only those samples whose cyanide levels were measurable, we obtain these mean values:
AHGC walls: 2.9 ± 2.4 ppm (n=6) Leuchter’s Data
Others: 2.6 ± 1.8 ppm (n=8)
Again, little difference is evident, suggesting that the AHGCs never functioned as gas chambers. Mr Desjardins, however, concluded from his inspection that only two of the Leuchter samples ‘were actually removed from locations currently designated as ‘gas chambers,’’ namely Leuchter’s samples 20 and 24. All the others, Desjardins viewed as taken from other, ordinary rooms. One is puzzled as to how his and Rudolf’s judgements could so diverge, concerning the sources of Leuchter’s data.
Germar Rudolf in 1991 took some comparable samples, analysed by the Fresenius Institute using a comparable procedure. [5] The samples were boiled with hydrochloric acid to drive out the cyanide gas, forming ferric chloride. The method measured cyanide down to 0.1 – 0.2 ppm in the mortar and obtained measurable values for all of his samples, a great improvement [6]. He found significantly higher levels in the AHGCs:
AHGC walls 4.8 ± 3 ppm (n=3) Rudolf’s Data
Others: 0.7± 0.9 ppm (n=6)
It is a testimony to Rudolf’s integrity (if perchance anyone were disposed to doubt it) that he has here reported a result which he might have preferred not to have found, whereby the alleged gas-chamber wall has higher cyanide than his controls.
The beauty of Rudolf’s investigation lay in his de-lousing chamber measurements, which can be divided into those from the outside wall and those from inside:
De-lousing room, inside: 5670 ± 3900 ppm (n=9) Rudolf’s Data
outside: 3750 ± 3600 ppm (n=4) [7]
This indicates that weathering has not greatly removed the large quantities of iron cyanide, bonded firmly within the wall – right through the wall! This data is so important, because Leuchter had only managed to take one single sample of de-lousing chamber wall [8] If Rudolf’s measuring both inside and outside walls of the de-lousing chamber is the strong point of his investigation, its weakness lay in his having taken only three samples from the AHGC: these are so different (7.2, 0.6 and 6.7 ppm) that they give little idea of this key parameter [9].
The Polish survey (Markiewicz et. al.) obtained much lower cyanide measurements because it used a different method. The samples were put in 10% sulphuric acid for 24 hours, thereby driving off the cyanide as before. But cyanide bonded to iron was not liberated by the Polish method: it ‘excludes the possibility of the decomposition of the relatively permanent Prussian blue, whose origin is unclear in many parts of the structures under investigation,’ and therefore ‘The real level of total cyanide compounds could therefore be higher than shown by our analysis’ [10] – the point of this has not been clear to a lot of people. Comparing three of their results:
AHGC walls, Krema I: 0.07 ± 0.1 ppm (n=7) Markiewicz et al data
Krema II: 0.16 ± 0.2 ppm (n=7) [11]
Krema III: 0.03 ± 0.02 ppm (n=7)
(A different colour is here used because this data is not measuring the same cyanide as the earlier investigations: it is not comparable to them). Krema II is said to be more intact than the other two [12] and thereby more protected from the elements, so its higher value here could suggest that the non iron-bonded cyanide has tended to be washed out by acid rain over the decades. That may be, I suggest, the only conclusion that can be drawn from their data. The Polish group claimed that their method could measure down to 2-3 parts per billion [13]. For their ‘control’ they took eight samples from three different residential blocks, and thereby obtained (or at least published) consistently zero values. This strains credulity, and prevents any real conclusions from being drawn from their work [14].
The large standard deviations here, comparable to the means, indicate the wide scatter in these results, which is why at least six or seven samples were required per site. It suggests that the cyanide remains are quite localised, depending perhaps on iron in the brickwork? It seems to be mainly the mortar rather then the brick where it is stored. In Rudolf’s data from the delousing chamber we likewise see a comparably large scatter.
None of these samplings are at a standard publishable in a science journal [15]. For scientists to believe a chemical result, it does need to be published in a science journal, which means that it will have been peer-reviewed. A strong if not fairly conclusive argument might well exist from these cyanide-in-wall measurements, so it should be worth making the effort. Measurements made to one part per million are here inadequate, this being too near the ‘control’ values. There are roughly three different kinds of data which need to be compared, and each requires its own ‘control,’ i.e. sample of nearby brickwork. (1) A building where HCN fumigation has been performed to kill bugs, some decades ago, eg a church or farmhouse; [16] (2) walls of de-lousing chambers at Auschwitz (those at Kremas I and II are generally alluded to as BW 5a and 5b); (3) the AHGCs, preferably near to where Rudolf and Leuchter have sampled. This last group could subdivide into the two ‘Krema’ buildings I and II where, respectively, Leuchter and Rudolf sampled, as they found slightly differing results. [17]
Iron-bonded cyanide in the walls appears as being the best memory which the human race now has concerning where cyanide gas was or was not once used at Auschwitz, whether lethally or not. It may be the essential guide to the achieving of a collective agreement upon the Big Question. The response of just putting the chemist in jail cannot be adequate. One needs a re-analysis that measures both CN- bonded to iron (Leuchter, Rudolf and Ball [18]) and that not so bonded (Marciewicz et al), as well as, preferably, both ferrous and ferric iron and the Ph level (acid-alkali) of the samples. Whether or not the Prussian blue colouration appears in walls may not have a very central significance. The Polish survey only took one or two gram samples: let’s be clear that modern microanalytical techniques are not invasive and are hardly going to damage any property. A replication should focus upon the two morgues (i.e., alleged gas chambers) and the disinfestations chambers of Kremas I and II to compare with the earlier data.
For a summary by David Cole of cyanide, and the blue colouration of iron cyanide in the various walls, see: http://forum.codoh.com/viewtopic.php?t=599
1. Leuchter’s Table: www.zundelsite.org/english/leuchter/rep ... ppend1.jpg
2. Desjardins: www.codoh.com/newrevoices/nddd/ndddstern.html
3. The Rudolf Report, 2003, 8.3.1 Table 17: www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/8.html#8.3.1
4. J.Pressac, Auschwitz, Technique and operation of the Gas Chambers 1989: Krema I, p.151.
5. G. Rudolf, Das Rudolf Gutachten, Cromwell, Press London 1993 (I haven’t seen this). The analytic method is cited as ‘DIN 38 405, section D13,’ I don’t know what this is.
6. The Rudolf Report, 8.3.3, Table 19.
7. Dissecting the Holocaust 2003 http://vho.org/GB/Books/dth/fndgcger.html Table 3 of Rudolf Ch.
8. For his difficulties here, see: www.ihr.org/leaflets/inside.shtml
9. These came from Krema II morgue: Leuchter’s measured samples were all from Krema I.
10. Ref. 9: ‘Correspondence with the Jan Sehn Institute.’
11. Paul Grubach summarised: Krema II ruins measured 0.06 milligrams of cyanide per kilogram of material, i.e. 0.06 ppm www.codoh.com/gcgv/gc426v12.html, a lower figure than here given.
12. “…fortunately it is precisely the one ‘gas chamber’ in which the largest number of people was allegedly killed by poison gas during the Third Reich which has remained almost entirely intact: morgue 1 of crematorium II.” The Rudolf Report 5.5, p146.
13. Challenged by Rudolf over whether their method could really measure down to 3-4 μg/kg (ie, parts per billion) of cyanide, Markiewicz et. al. insisted that it could: as ‘developed by J.Epstein,’ it was ‘at once a very sensitive and a very specific method:’ www.vho.org/GB/Books/cq/leuchter.html
14. www.holocaust-history.org/auschwitz/che ... port.shtml
15. The Polish report was published in Zagadnien Nauk Sadowych but I don’t know what this is.
16. The Rudolf Report, Ch. 1: www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/1.html#1.3
17. All 7 of Leuchter’s samples from the Krema II morgue were below 1 ppm, whereas Rudolf’s samples taken from there were considerably higher.
18. J. Ball, The Ball Report Canada 1993. I haven’t seen a copy. The Rudolf Report, 8.3.4.
Postby Gertrud » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:57 pm)
astro3 wrote: The Polish report was published in Zagadnien Nauk Sadowych but I don’t know what this is.
It's a periodical called "Problems of forensic sciences" published by the Instytut Ekspertyz Sadowych Im. Prof. dra Jana Sehna in Cracow. ISSN 1230-7483
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:53 am)
Not only does the cyanide issue debunk the preposterous story, but there are a multitude of other specifics which utterly crush the claims made within the 'holocaust' Big Lie.
The Table of Content of The Rudolf Report provides a nice breakdown of specifics, see it following these conclusions by Rudolf.
* Even according to the statements of pharmacist J.-C. Pressac, who, in the late 80s and early 90s, was promoted as the technical Holocaust expert, eyewitness testimonies relating to the engineering of the installations and their capacity are, almost without exception, untenable. But even the corrections to the testimonies considered by Pressac to be necessary do not go far enough to make them credible. In particular, the testimonies relating to the duration of executions in the 'gas chambers' (morgue 1) of crematoria II and III, as well as the ventilation times after the executions go completely awry. This is because of the over-estimation of the evaporation rate of hydrogen cyanide from the carrier of Zyklon B, as well as the incorrect concept of the effectiveness of the ventilation of the rooms. If the eyewitness testimonies relating to the quantities of Zyklon B used, and at least approximately relating to the rapidity of the execution procedure are to be accepted, then they are incompatible with testimonies, sometimes of the same witnesses, that the victims' corpses were removed from the 'gas chambers' immediately after the executions and without gas masks and protective garments. This is particularly true for those alleged 'gas chambers' without ventilation installations (crematoria IV and V and farmhouses I and II), since working in poorly ventilated 'gas chambers' with high concentrations of poison gas is impossible without gas masks. The extreme danger to the sweating workers of the Sonderkommando, who are supposed to have worked without protective garments, makes the witnesses untrustworthy. The eyewitness accounts are therefore completely contradictory, illogical, contrary to the laws of nature, and therefore incredible. The witnesses engage in particular contortions when it comes to the cremations (amount and kind of fuel used, speed of cremation, development of flames and smoke), which furthermore fail to accord with the analyses of aerial photography.
* The alleged installations for the mass murder of human beings are, in Pressac's judgment, impractical for their purpose, but were, on the contrary, illogically constructed in parts, so that they would not have been suitable as instruments of mass extermination. Once one considers the actual technical requirements, the impression remains of the total inadequacy of the installations in question-which were deficient to the point of uselessness-in gross contradiction to the technically advanced disinfestation chambers in the immediate vicinity. The facts set forth here with relation to Zyklon B introduction pillars in the ceilings of the 'gas chambers' (morgue 1) of crematoria I to III strengthen the suspicion of a subsequent manipulation almost to a certainty. These installations would have been even less suitable than crematoria IV and V. It would have been impossible to introduce the gas into them.
* Due to the proven, enormous environmental resistance of Iron Blue pigment, the slight cyanide traces in alleged homicidal 'gas chambers', which are demonstrable in places, but are not reproducible, cannot be explained on the basis of remaining residues of a disintegration process, since even on the weathered exterior side of the disinfestation wing large quantities of cyanide can be found even today. Towards the end of the operating period of the installations, therefore, the cyanide content must have been present in the same order of magnitude as it is today, as well as in the areas which were never exposed to weathering. But the cyanide values of protected areas in the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers' are just as low as in places exposed to weathering. Weathering has, therefore, not actually diminished these slight traces. The low cyanide values cannot be explained by fumigation of the premises for vermin, as postulated by Leuchter, since such fumigation would probably have left greater quantities of cyanide in the moist cellars of crematoria II and III. The cyanide values of the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers' lie in the same order of magnitude as the results, among others, of the samples taken by myself from parts of other buildings (hot air disinfestation Building 5a, inmates barracks, the washroom of crematorium I). These values, however, lie so near the detectable threshold that no clear significance can be attributed to them, most importantly due to their lack of reproducibility. From the above, one can safely conclude that no cyanide residues capable of interpretation can be found in the walls of the alleged homicidal 'gas chambers'.
It was further possible to show that, under the conditions of the mass gassings as reported by eyewitnesses in the alleged 'gas chambers' of crematorium II to V, cyanide residues would have been found in similar quantities, coloring the walls blue, as they can be found in the disinfestation wings of building 5a/b. Since no significant quantities of cyanide were found in the alleged homicidal 'gas chamber', one must conclude that these installations were exposed to similar conditions as the above mentioned other installations (hot air disinfestation, inmate barracks, washroom of crematorium I), i.e., that they most likely were never exposed to any hydrogen cyanide.
Final Conclusions
A. On chemistry
A: The investigation of the formation and stability of cyanide traces in masonry of the indicated structures as well as interpretation of the analytic results of samples of building material from these structures in Auschwitz show:
1. Cyanide reacting in masonry to produce Iron Blue is stable over periods of many centuries. It disintegrates on the same time scale as the masonry itself. Therefore, traces of cyanide should be detectable today in almost undiminished concentrations, regardless of the effects of weather. The outer walls of the delousing chambers BW 5a/b in Birkenau, which are deep blue and contain high concentrations of cyanide, are evidence of this.
2. Under the physically possible conditions of the mass-gassing of humans with hydrogen cyanide, traces of cyanide must be found in the same range of concentration in the rooms in question as they are found in the disinfestation structures, and the resulting blue discoloration of the walls should likewise be present.
3. In the walls of the supposed 'gas chambers' the concentrations of cyanide remnants are no higher than in any other building taken at random.
Conclusion to A:
On physical-chemical grounds, the mass gassings with hydrogen cyanide (Zyklon B) in the supposed 'gas chambers' of Auschwitz claimed by witnesses did not take place.
B: On building technology
The investigation of the events of alleged mass gassings in the indicated rooms claimed by witnesses, from a technical and practical standpoint, including physical-chemical analysis, showed:
1. The extensive documentation on the Auschwitz camp does not contain a single reference to execution 'gas chambers'; rather it refutes such suspicions.
2. The supposed main gas chambers of Auschwitz, the morgue hall of the crematorium in the main camp and the morgue cellars I ('gas chambers') of crematories II and III, did not have any means for the introduction of poison gas mixtures. Holes in the roofs visible today were made after the war, and all other cracks are the result of the building's destruction at the end of the war.
3. The release of lethal quantities of hydrogen cyanide from the Zyklon B carrier requires many multiples of the time asserted; the actual duration runs to several hours.
4. To provide the necessary ventilation for the supposed 'gas chambers' of crematories II and III would have taken many hours, contrary to all witness testimony.
5. It would have been impossible to provide an effective ventilation of the supposed 'gas chambers' of crematories IV or V or of farmhouses I and II. The corpses could not have been removed from the rooms and carried away by the Sonderkommando without protective garments and the use of gas masks with special filters.
Conclusion to B:
The procedures of mass-gassing as attested to by witnesses during their interrogation before various courts of law, as cited in judicial rulings, and as described in scientific and literary publications, in any building of Auschwitz whatever, are inconsistent with documentary evidence, technical necessities, and natural scientific law.
Germar Rudolf, Certified Chemist, in exile, on September 13, 2002.
http://germarrudolf.com/work/trr/
1. Prelude, p. 11
1.1. Slow Death in U.S. Gas Chambers, p. 11
1.2. Hydrogen Cyanide—a Dangerous Poison, p. 15
1.3. The Acid that Causes Blue Stains, p. 20
2. The Coup, p. 23
2.1. Fred Leuchter on Auschwitz and Majdanek, p. 23
2.2. Damage Control, p. 26
3. The Origins, p. 29
3.1. On the Problem, p. 32
3.2. On Politics, p. 36
4. A Brief History of Forensic Examinations of Auschwitz, p. 39
4.1. Introduction, p. 39
4.2. The Moral Obligation of Forensic Examination, p. 39
4.3. A Definition of Forensic Science, p. 41
4.4. Forensic Science and Auschwitz, p. 42
4.4.1. Forensics in the Courts, p. 42
4.4.1.1. The 1946 Cracow Auschwitz Trial, p. 42
4.4.1.2. The 1964-1966 Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial, S. 44
4.4.1.3. The 1972 Vienna Auschwitz Trial, p. 45
4.4.2. Forensics Outside the Courts, p. 46
4.4.2.1. In Search of Mass Graves, p. 46
4.4.2.2. Faurisson and the Consequences, p. 46
5. Auschwitz, p. 49
5.1.1. "Opera During the Holocaust, p. 49
5.1.2. On the History of the Camp, p. 51
5.2. Epidemics and the Defense Against them, p. 59
5.2.1. Danger of Epidemics, p. 59
5.2.2. Epidemic Control with Zyklon B, p. 60
5.2.3. Epidemic Control in Auschwitz, p. 65
5.2.3.1. Terminology Used and Responsibilities, p. 65
5.2.3.2. Procedures Used, p. 67
5.2.3.3. Results, p. 68
5.2.3.4. Basic Policy Decisions, p. 69
5.2.3.5. The Army Medical Officer, p. 70
5.2.3.6. Short-Wave Delousing Facility, p. 73
5.2.4. Disinfestation Installations BW 5a und 5b, p. 73
5.3. ‘Gas Chamber’ in the Auschwitz I Main Camp, p. 78
5.4. ‘Gas Chambers’ in Birkenau Camp, p. 88
5.4.1. Crematoria II and III, p. 88
5.4.1.1. Starting Situation, p. 88
5.4.1.2. The Obsessive Search for "Criminal Traces", p. 94
5.4.1.2.1. New Cellars Stairways, p. 95
5.4.1.2.2. Gassing Cellar, Undressing Room, and Showers, p. 96
5.4.1.2.3. "Gas-tight Doors" for Crematorium II, p. 103
5.4.1.2.4. Ventilation Installations, p. 107
5.4.1.2.5. Pre-heated Morgues, p. 108
5.4.1.2.6. "Cremation with Simultaneous Sonderbehandlung", p. 109
5.4.1.2.7. "Gas Testers" and "Indicator Devices for HCN Residues", p. 111
5.4.1.2.8. Zyklon B Introduction Holes, p. 113
5.4.1.2.9. Conclusions, p. 133
5.4.2. Crematoria IV and V, p. 135
5.4.3. Farmhouses 1 and 2, p. 139
5.4.4. The Drainage System in Birkenau, p. 141
5.4.4.1. Background: Eyewitness Accounts, p. 141
5.4.4.2. The Ground Water Table in Birkenau, p. 141
5.4.4.3. Open-Air Incineration in Pits, p. 143
5.5. Construction Conclusions, p. 145
6. Formation and Stability of Iron Blue, p. 151
6.1. Introduction, p. 151
6.2. Instances of Damages to Buildings, p. 152
6.3. Properties of Hydrogen Cyanide, HCN, p. 155
6.4. Composition of Iron Blue, p. 158
6.4.1. Overview, p. 158
6.4.2. Excursus, p. 158
6.5. Formation of Iron Blue, p. 159
6.5.2. Water Content, p. 161
6.5.2.1. Overview, p. 161
6.5.2.2. Excursus, p. 161
6.5.3. Reactivity of Trivalent Iron, p. 163
6.5.4. Temperature, p. 164
6.5.5. pH Value, p. 168
6.6. Stability of Iron Blue, p. 170
6.6.1. pH Sensitivity, p. 170
6.6.2. Solubility, p. 171
6.6.3. Excursus: Competing Ligands, p. 175
6.6.4. Effects of Light, p. 176
6.6.5. Long-Term Test, p. 177
6.7. Influence of Various Building Materials, p. 180
6.7.1. Brick, p. 180
6.7.2. Cement Mortar and Concrete, p. 181
6.7.3. Lime Mortar, p. 185
6.7.4. Effects upon the Formation of Iron Blue, p. 185
7. Zyklon B for the Killing of Human Beings, p. 191
7.1. Toxicological Effect of HCN, p. 191
7.2. Evaporation Characteristics of Zyklon B, p. 194
7.3. The Gassing of Human Beings, p. 196
7.3.1. Eyewitness Testimonies, p. 196
7.3.1.1. Boundary Conditions, p. 196
7.3.1.2. Eyewitness Fantasies, p. 199
7.3.1.3. Quantities of Poison Gas, p. 208
7.3.1.3.1. Overview, p. 208
7.3.1.3.2. Excursus 1: Poisoning or Suffocation?, p. 211
7.3.1.3.3. Excursus 2: HCN Loss due to Adsorption, p. 216
7.3.2. Critique of the Eyewitness Descriptions, p. 218
7.3.2.1. Theatre of the Absurd, p. 218
7.3.2.1.1. Necessity of Co-Operation, p. 218
7.3.2.1.2. Failure to Separate the Sexes, p. 219
7.3.2.1.3. Towel and Soap, p. 220
7.3.2.2. Speed of Ventilation of the ‘Gas Chambers’, S. 220
7.3.2.2.1. Introduction, p. 220
7.3.2.2.2. Excursus, p. 220
7.3.2.2.3. Ventilation of the Morgues of Crematorium II and III, S. 223
7.3.2.3. Simulation Calculations, p. 227
7.3.2.4. Excursus: Capacity of Protective Filters, p. 230
7.3.3. Evaluation of Eyewitnesses, p. 233
7.3.4. An Expert on Cyanide Speaks Out, p. 238
7.3.5. Why Precisely Zyklon B?, p. 241
8. Evaluation of Chemical Analyses, p. 245
8.1. Test Sample Taking and Description, p. 245
8.2. Analytical Methods, p. 246
8.3. Evaluation of Analytical Results, p. 247
8.3.1. F.A. Leuchter/Alpha Analytic Laboratories, p. 247
8.3.2. Institute for Forensic Research, Cracow, p. 250
8.3.3. G. Rudolf/Fresenius Institute, p. 252
8.3.3.1. Samples 1-4: Crematorium II, Morgue 1, p. 253
8.3.3.2. Samples 5 to 8 and 23, 24: Inmate Barracks, p. 258
8.3.3.3. Samples 9 to 22: Disinfestation Building, S. 258
8.3.3.4. Samples 25-30: Tests, p. 265
8.3.4. John C. Ball, p. 268
8.4. Discussion of the Analysis Results, p. 269
8.4.1. Blue Wall Paint?, p. 269
8.4.2. False Method of Analysis, p. 270
8.4.3. The Memory Hole, p. 273
8.4.4. The Moon is Made of Pizza, p. 276
8.4.5. Anticipated Values, p. 279
8.4.6. Limits of the Chemical Method, p. 283
9. Conclusions, p. 287
10. Acknowledgements, p. 293
11. Hunting Germar Rudolf, p. 297
11.1. What Makes Revisionists?, p. 297
11.2. The Naiveté of a Young Revisionist, p. 316
11.3. Flaws of a State Under the Rule of Law, p. 330
11.4. Rudolf’s Thought ‘Crimes’, p. 345
11.5. The Media and the Case of Germar Rudolf, p. 383
11.6. Outlawed in the Federal Republic of Germany, p. 404
11.7. Biographical Notes on the Author, p. 421
12. Bibliography, p. 423
12.1. Monographs, p. 423
12.2. Periodical Articles, p. 428
12.3. Archival Documents, p. 434
12.4. Internet Documents, p. 434
12.5. Courts Files, Governmental Documents, p. 436
12.6. Video, Audio, and Unpublished Documents, p. 437
13. Lists
13.1. List of Tables, S. 439
13.2. List of Illustrations, p. 440
13.3. List of Graphs, p. 444
13.4. List of Abbreviations, p. 445
14. Index, p. 447
Voices of Scholars
If it can't happen as alleged, then it didn't.
Postby Bergmann » 1 decade 2 years ago (Sat Feb 24, 2007 8:56 pm)
astro3 wrote: One needs a re-analysis that measures both CN- bonded to iron (Leuchter, Rudolf and Ball [18]) and that not so bonded (Marciewicz et al), as well as, preferably, both ferrous and ferric iron and the Ph level (acid-alkali) of the samples.
The question is, who will do it, who will risk his professional career or even imprisonment?
Rember the view of the true Holocaust believer:
"Everything of the Holocaust is 'offenkundig' (self-evident) and proven with tons of documents and no tests are necessary. Questioning it is against the law."
I find your posting about the Cyanide Chemistry at Auchwitz excellent. It must have been a lot of work.
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:14 am)
At this moment, when Germar Rudolf is being brought in chains into Mannheim court, it is our business to make clear that his chemical researches are of a high standard, and that they have scientific integrity. Quoting the CODOH newsletter on this trial, 'It is still not made clear that Rudolf was a Ph.D candidate in chemistry at the Max Plank Institute and that his doubts about execution gas chambers are scientifically based.'
While Germany imprisons its distinguished intellectuals, I suggest we should here try to evaluate, how his work can be carried forward. One aim, as I see it, is to get this material into a form where it can be submitted to a chemistry journal. There are a lot of people around, who would enjoy hearing about the debate, who would not however want to pronounce upon the Big Question. That is the advantage of a chemical approach: it is hard to accuse someone of a 'hate-crime' who is merely trying to clarify the iron-cyanide issue. Artists, for example, enjoy using the iron-blue colour. Zyklon-B was used to save lives, not take them - that is Rudolf's message. I want to try submitting a review of 'the Rudolf Report' to the journal 'Chemistry in Britain,' but whether they publish it is another matter.
I tried to contact DD Desjardins, who checked out where the samples were taken in the Kremas. Also I tried to contact John Clive Ball in Canada who did his own chemical investigation of the cyanide in the walls: no London library seems to have a copy of his paper and Rudolf in his Report (p.246) says Ball didn't give enough details. If anyone knows how to contact these persons that would help.
Our central winning argument concerns 'Pressac's Dilemma:' the duality between the rooms designated as 'gas chambers' in the design plans - viz the delousing chambers - and the rooms which have been imagined or hallucinated to be 'gas chambers,' viz the morgues adjacent to the cremation-rooms (We here focus on Kremas I and II where the chemical sampling was done). The three orders of magnitude difference in cyanide levels between the walls of these two types of room, is a totally winning trump-card. Any journalist can understand it! The cyanide results point out the difference between what is real and what is imaginary, in relation to the 'gas-chamber' concept.
This argument has to take place in countries where Doubt is not a crime. Science cannot exist at all where Doubt is prohibited! Let's be clear about that. Also, repeatability is the life-blood of science, the result has to be replicable. That's why I've here compared the four different investigations so far reported. Murmur quietly, that Germany was the country which more or less invented chemical procedure. I'd be quite happy to try and find a UK laboratory able to do the cyanide-in-mortar measurement. But, there would have to be someone in Poland clued up on where to take the samples, if indeed that remains feasible.
This is the Chemical Key, to What Really Happened.
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Postby Hannover » 1 decade 2 years ago (Sat Mar 03, 2007 11:10 am)
astro3 said:
... it is hard to accuse someone of a 'hate-crime' who is merely trying to clarify the iron-cyanide issue.
But that is exactly what has happened. In fact, people are arrested for simply calling for an investigation of any kind, without even giving an opinion one way or the other.
Remember, Rudolf and Zundel were residing in the US, where there are no 'anti-denial' laws, it didn't help. In fact Zundel, never engaged in any Revisionist activity until he had left Germany. It didn't matter.
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Mon Mar 05, 2007 6:01 pm)
The Polish chemical study of cyanide in the walls of Auschwitz was alluded to by the University of Nevada professor John Zimmerman (‘How Reliable are the Hoss memoirs?’ http://www.holocaust-history.org/auschw ... s-memoirs/). He writes,
in 1994, Cracow's Institute for Forensic Research did a comprehensive study of the structures at Auschwitz identified as homicidal gas chambers. The Institute found traces of hydrocyanic acid, the poison gas used for mass murder, in the cellar of Block 11, the place identified by Höss as the site of the first gassing. Moreover, the Institute also found that there were low levels of such acid when compared to the other gassing sites, thus substantiating Höss's statement that Block 11 was abandoned early on as a gassing site because of unsuitability. The Institute also found hydrocyanic acid in Crematorium I, where Höss states that the gassing operations for Soviet POWs were moved to.
Turning to the Polish study, the ‘traces of hydrocyanic acid’ in the ‘cellar of Block 11’ averaged 14 parts per billion. This is, as he points out, several times lower than that which they found for Krema–I, which averaged around 70 parts per billion. Zimmerman neglects to inform his readers, that other investigations, but not the Polish study, have found 0.1-0.5 per cent cyanide in the de-lousing chamber walls. These are the rooms which are called ‘gaskammers’ in the German design-plans, i.e. gas-chambers.
That means that the levels he is claiming as ‘criminal traces,’ to use Pressac’s phrase, are around one million times lower concentration than that now present in the blue walls of the gaskammer rooms. I suggest that Professor Zimmerman’s students would fall about laughing if this argument were put to them.
Postby Reinhard » 1 decade 2 years ago (Mon Mar 05, 2007 7:14 pm)
astro3 wrote: Also I tried to contact John Clive Ball in Canada who did his own chemical investigation of the cyanide in the walls: no London library seems to have a copy of his paper and Rudolf in his Report (p.246) says Ball didn't give enough details. If anyone knows how to contact these persons that would help.
I have a copy of his book Air Photo Evidence. Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, Sobibor, Bergen Belsen, Belzec, Babi Yar, Katyn Forest. World War II photos of alleged mass murder camps [Ball Resource Services Ltd., Delta, B.C., Canada 1992]. In this book following address is given:
Ball Resource Services Limited
Suite 160 - 7231 120th Street
Delta, B.C., Canada
His website is:
http://www.air-photo.com/
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:56 am)
The philosopher of science Karl Popper argued that a hypothesis could be scientific if it was in principle falsifiable. In other words, it must be testable in such a way that it is exposed to the hazard of refutation. If it doesn’t do that, it isn’t science! ‘Germar continued speaking on the subject of science and free scientific inquiry, stressing the philosophy of Karl Popper’ - we learned, at Mannheim District Court, on December 6th. Prisoner Germar Rudolf was bound hand and foot in chains, having been brought up thus that morning, from a windowless catacomb. There was no transcript kept and only one reporter, so we are, alas, unable to obtain further details (1).
Let’s have a couple of quotes from Popper’s classic work, The Open Society and its Enemies, appropriate for the day, March 5th, on which Rudolf’s ‘Thoughtcrime’ sentence was handed down:
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
Reason like science, grows by way of mutual criticism; the only possible way of planning its growth is to develop those institutions that safeguard…. the freedom of thought (2).
Now, let's formulate what we might call the Basic Hypothesis, in its simplest form:
The buildings in Auschwitz which are pointed out to tourists as homicidal gas chambers, in which millions of Jews were allegedly killed, never came into contact with Zyklon B. (3)
Can so startling a conclusion really be drawn from mere chemical measurement? The above is a quote from the retired General Ernst Remar, back in 1992. On trial for you-know-what, Remar had called Rudolf as a witness but he was not permitted to appear (‘The court denied me the possibility of defense by means of sec. 186 of the German Penal code’). Instead, he published Rudolf’s ‘Report.’ To be sure, the chemist might have preferred more cautious language.
For such a case to be established, three different hypotheses have to be refuted.
(1) That larger quantities of cyanide had to be used in the DCs because lice are harder to kill, thereby accounting for the higher concentrations.
(2) That the ‘Iron blue’ occurs in both types of wall, for some quite extraneous reason, and is not a result of wall impregnation with cyanide.
(3) That decades of rain have leeched out any cyanide from the broken-open AHGCs, the rain being acidic in nature, whereas the DCs have remained intact and so have not been thus exposed.
(DC- Delousing Chamber, AHGC – Alleged Human Gas Chamber)
The first of these positions was advocated at the Zundel trial, as to why Leuchter’s data should not lead to any such startling conclusion. It has been advocated since by Jacques Pressac. The second is advocated by Richard Green in his various web-articles. The third was propounded by the Polish report, commissioned by the Auschwitz museum.
Clearly, the enemies of the 'Open Society,' to use Karl Popper's language, will wish to stifle further debate on this matter.
1. http://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2 ... t-his.html
2. www.poeticexpressions.co.uk/Freedom%20Quotations.htm
3. The Rudolf Report, 2003, 11.4.1, p.354. NB it's up twice on the web:
a) www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr
b) http://germarrudolf.com/work/trr/
Postby Hannover » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Mar 06, 2007 10:00 am)
astro3 wrote: For such a case to be established, three different hypotheses have to be refuted.
Those have all been addressed here:
'the lack of cyanide residue in the alleged 'gas chambers'
http://forum.codoh.com/viewtopic.php?t=392
That thread is an excellent example of those who support the impossible storyline vs. informed Revisionists. Popper would be proud.
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:11 pm)
The Blue Walls of Birkenau
The artist Friedrich Berg spent a few days strolling round the remains of the Birkenau camp at Auschwitz in 1988. He was taken by how
there simply was nothing there to cause me to believe it was not superbly designed and built and run to keep people alive and healthy under extremely difficult conditions.
The intense blue of the delousing chamber walls was, he came to realise, identical with the Prussian Blue in his paint-tube! Admire his photos in www.nazigassings.com/index2.html. Here is his comment:
‘The blue staining of the stucco and bricks in these photos is merely a subdued approximation of the extremely intense blue staining which is actually there. In reality, the blue staining matches the intense colour of Prussian blue pigment which is a well-known, synthetic dye made by reacting hydrocyanic acid with iron oxide. The same chemical process has obviously taken place here between the cyanide gas used in delousing and the iron oxide in red clay bricks. The staining of the stucco on the interior walls follows the outlines of the underlying bricks behind the stucco. Because of the erratic quality of the bricks, some bricks yield far more prussian blue pigment than others–hence the disparity in the intensities of the staining from brick to brick. What is especially surprising is the fact that the exterior walls show the same staining even after more than forty years of weathering. And, what is even more surprising and important is the fact that just a hundred yards away at Kremas 2 and 3, the exact same brick shows absolutely NO trace of blue staining anywhere--even in the cellar room remains where supposedly cyanide was used on a vast scale for mass murder. There is absolutely NO blue staining there anywhere.
So that’s what (Fe4[Fe(CN)6]3) looks like! Chemically, this ferric ferrocyanide is a compound that combines both the ferric and ferrous (3- and 2- valent iron), just as ordinary rust, Fe3O4, is composed of both ferric and ferrous ions. Let's note Mr Berg’s comment about the way in which the contours of the blue-stain indoors matched that on the outside wall, showing how it had soaked through.
Just for a laugh, let’s quote the Polish Crakow Institute of Forensic Research's report on this topic:
It is hard to imagine the chemical reactions and physicochemical processes that could have led to the formation of Prussian blue in that space.
Is it? The next paragraph explained that the formation of this Prussian blue ‘is simply improbable,’ with a surmise that it had resulted from a coat of blue paint being applied! Improbable or not, brickwork (whose mortar will tend to have around 1% of iron in it) exposed to cyanide is likely to develop the Iron blue, depending upon moisture, iron content and alkalinity. Old buildings fumigated with cyanide to de-bug them do sometimes develop the blue colouration. To avoid getting into trouble (ie finding some results), the Polish team refrained from doing two things: it didn’t measure iron-bonded cyanide, ie the blue hue, nor did it sample the disinfection-chamber walls. ‘But that’s absurd!’ you will reply. Maybe, but theirs was the only report published in any science journal on this topic (‘Problems of Forensic Sciences’ published in Cracow, as Gertrud, above, tells us). We may here reflect, that Science is not possible at all in a country where Doubt is prohibited.
To make this issue crystal-clear and remove any shadow of doubt, here is David Cole reporting on the same subject (http://forum.codoh.com/viewtopic.php?t=599) – an insightful, Jewish young man familiar with Auschwitz:
there is heavy blue staining on the walls both inside the delousing chambers, INSIDE the hallways between the delousing chambers, and OUTSIDE the building, on the EXTERIOR WALLS of the delousing facilities. However, the interiors of the Krema 1 gas chamber (Auschwitz Main Camp) and the Krema 2 and 3 gas chambers (Auschwitz-Birkenau), where hundreds of thousands if not millions of people are said to have been gassed, show only minute traces of Zyclon B and no blue staining. Also, the Auschwitz camp barracks and offices, which were fumigated with the Zyklon B from time to time, show similarly minute traces of the gas, and no blue staining.
What explanation can there be for the low levels of traces, and absence of blue staining, in the ‘homicidal gas chambers’? If one suggests that the Zyklon traces in the homicidal gas chambers have been "weathered away", how can one explain the traces and staining on the OUTSIDE of the delousing complexes...traces which have NOT been weathered away after fifty years?
Where Leuchter sampled
I asked Mr Berg if he knew anything about the sites where Leuchter had taken his samples, and he replied:
On many of the walls at the Leichenkeller and at the delousing stations, one could clearly see scratches in the walls which I suspected were from Leuchter's sampling of the walls--but, I could not be sure of that. Those scratches are visible in some of my photos of the delousing station walls--in some of the most intensely blue areas which suggests some bias on the part of the scratchers.
The latter point is used in certain sceptical arguments, which we may come onto.
Here is a further comment from Mr Berg about this blue hue (personal communication):
One of the most famous and special pigments is Prussian Blue which has an extraordinarily intense, unique quality. No other blue pigment can match it. You can go to any art supply store and purchase some Prussian Blue for yourself and you will quickly see why--and then compare it also with any other blue paint or pigment. When I actually saw the blue staining of the delousing station walls, exterior as well as interior, I knew this could only have been from the cyanide molecule that is Prussian blue.
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:44 am)
The Early Texts
Reading The Leuchter Report in 1989 ‘embedded the thorn of doubt in my heart’ Germar Rudolf tells us [1]. He began his investigations in early 1990, then in January 1992, the first, 72-page version of his Report appeared in Germany. It was updated and enhanced, then published in July 1993 as a 120-page paperback [2]. This historic 1993 German publication –
Das Rudolf Gutachten: Gutachten über die Bildung und Nachweisbarkeit von Cyanidverbindungen in den "Gaskammern" von Auschwitz
was printed by the now-defunct Cromwell Press, London. No British library seems to have a copy of it, nor have the UK Castle Hill publishers got any copies left. Its not available on Amazon, nor is its name given in The Rudolf Report or Dissecting the Holocaust, both 2003. But, it is up on the web, here: http://vho.org/D/rga1/rga.html Its publisher seems to have been destroyed by a flood in 2000 [3]. Is Fate against us?
One wishes some library had a copy of either the 1993 or 1992 publication, or of the 1992 English translation published by Zundel. This is a historic document and one doesn’t want it to fade into oblivion. Let us note that his originally-published table of results, the 29 values of cyanide levels as obtained by the Fresenius Institute from his samples, is identical with the Table he later published in The Rudolf Report, ‘cyanide concentrations in masonry of ‘gas chambers’ / delousing chambers.’[4] (Later adjusted to Table 3 in his Grundlagen chapter) [5]
This early publication terminated his PhD studies in theoretical crystallography, lost him his position in the Max Plank Institute, and brought him into the glare of national publicity. It was the seed from which the mighty Grundlagen blossomed -with astonishing rapidity, in 1994. His earliest publication was a letter in the Junge Freiheit in 1990 (‘a small right-wing monthly newspaper’) criticising ‘sloppy errors’ in The Leuchter Report. An English translation of this letter would be of value here … Leuchter wasn’t too bothered about chemistry, but one would appreciate hearing Rudolf’s early comments! Around this time (1990), Rudolf tells us ‘my entire outlook on life became unstable’ and ‘The eternal conflict of good and evil was revived in me.’[6] No comment! He experienced the epiphany of his life on 16th August 1991, standing on the remaining roof of Morgue I of Krema II at Birkenau (The Iron Curtain had just dissolved which made the visit feasible). It there dawned on him that no ‘holes’ in that roof had ever existed. At 26 years of age he had to understand: ‘I had been lied to by all the politicians of the world who to date had failed to assemble even the most minuscule investigation commission.’ Yep!
Never has Chemistry altered History more, than in these three reports:
Fred Leuchter, ‘An Engineering Report …’ 1988 Toronto, Samisdat Publishers Ltd [7,8].
(36 wall samples analysed by Alpha Analytic Laboratories, in MA)
Germar Rudolf, ‘Das Rudolf Gutachten …’ 1993 UK, Cromwell Press
(29 wall samples analysed by The Fresenius Institute, in Hessen)
John Clive Ball, ‘The Ball Report’ [9] 1993 BC, Canada Ball Resource Services Ltd
(6 samples analysed by an unknown laboratory) [10]
No London library has any of these [11] and their publishers are all gone: Samisdat Publishers Ltd., (Leuchter) Cromwell Press (Rudolf) and Ball Resource Services Ltd [12], Delta B.C.). But, John Ball and Fred Leuchter are, one is glad to say, alive and well. The latter drives a school bus in Malden, Massachusetts – he couldn’t be ‘Mr Death’ any more! The Zundel trial terminated all that, as too it seems to have done for the career of chemist Mr Roth of Alpha Analytic Lab, who was obliged to leave that company after there testifying.
Rudolf’s 1993 Gutachten concluded with ruminations as to how Holocaust-guilt accusations were eerily similar to the European witch-trials. No doubt this was deeply important and meaningful, but could it not have been kept out of a chemical report? One would have preferred to see a more brief and focussed report. Leuchter’s Report was brief and focussed all right – but not on chemistry! With its staggering conclusions about the physical function and design of the ‘gas chambers,’ the sites and nature of his wall samples were not described. If I have rightly understood, it is the accompanying film, made of him in Poland, from which persons have inferred his 32 sample locations.
1. The Rudolf Report, 2003, 310.
2. www.ihr.org/jhr/v20/v20n2p-3_Rudolf.html#62337
3. www.vho.org/VffG/2000/3/Rudolf243.html)
4. www.vho.org/GB/Books/trr/8.html#8.3.3.1.
5. www.vho.org/GB/Books/dth/fndgcger.html
6. The Rudolf Report 2003, 312.
7. Before going to jail, Germar Rudolf produced a Critical Edition of The Leuchter Report, at http://vho.org/dl/ENG/tlr.pdf - 25 megabytes, it takes a while to download.
8. His 1998-9 Report enjoyed several different titles: An Engineering Report on the alleged Execution Gas Chambers at Auschwitz …; Auschwitz, End of the Line… and The Leuchter Report: The First Forensic Examination of Auschwitz …,
9. J.C. Ball has a degree in geology, and worked as a mineral exploration geologist.
10. A chemical study done in Crakow was published under the confusing title: ‘A study of the cyanide compound contents in the walls of the gas chambers in the former Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps’ It was not anything of the kind: the term ‘gas chamber’ here can only allude to the ‘gaskammer’ rooms in the design-plans i.e the delousing chambers, and no study of these was there published.
11. The British Library once had a copy of the Leuchter Report, now ‘Lost.’ But, there is a copy in the Bodlean at Oxford.
12. These are not in the telephone directory nor did they reply to a letter.
Postby Sailor » 1 decade 2 years ago (Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:59 pm)
astro3 wrote: His earliest publication was a letter in the Junge Freiheit in 1990 (‘a small right-wing monthly newspaper’) criticising ‘sloppy errors’ in The Leuchter Report. An English translation of this letter would be of value here
If you have a copy of that letter I could do the translation.
You could zip it and e-mail as an attachment to Hannover, who could e-mail it to me.
If you have access to the forum messages you could also post it there to my handle "Sailor".
I would gladly do the translation for the forum.
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Friedrich Paul Berg
Postby Friedrich Paul Berg » 1 decade 2 years ago (Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:26 am)
I was delighted to see so many of my thoughts included in some of the posts here.
A few small corrections are in order. I am a mechanical engineer by profession with a B.Sc. in mining engineering from Columbia University, Class of 1965.
I am a painter or artist only as a hobby. For much of my life, I hoped to make painting more than just a hobby--but I have never had any success in that regard. But the connection to oil paints and pigments allowed me to recognise the blue staining of the delousing station walls, exterior and interior, as powerful evidence that the holocaust story is a dirty jewish hoax.
Learn everything at www.nazigassings.com
The "holocaust" really is a dirty jewish hoax. It is voodoo-history and pseudo-science--and, it is so dumb. It is also anti-German racism dressed up as history. Nazi Gassings Never Happened! Niemand wurde vergast!
The Holocaust story is a hoax because 1) no one was killed by the Nazis in gas chambers, 2) the total number of Jews who died in Nazi captivity is miniscule compared to what is alleged.
Postby astro3 » 1 decade 2 years ago (Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:13 am)
Science as Public Knowledge
Asked its opinion of Das Rudolf Gutachten (The Rudolf Report), the Max Plank Institute at Stuttgart replied in March 1994, ‘according to their spokesman, the Max Plank Corporation has no proof that the samples are really from Auschwitz.’ Likewise an Anne Frank Institute spokesperson expressed a similar view: ‘These scientific analyses are perfect. What one cannot determine is how this Rudolf got them, how he obtained the samples’[1].
Science is not a solitary activity and scientists are trained to assume that a report may have come from cheating unless it can be shown otherwise. The point of scientific procedure, is that it should be able to compel someone on the other side of the world to accept a result against their will, merely be reading a report. The scientific method involves peer-review and is an activity where several persons are involved. They have to agree on what is done, and then on what is found. For example, I wouldn’t trust myself to go to Auschwitz, take the wall-samples, label them correctly, and then send them ‘blind’ to a chemistry lab; still less, would I expect others to believe any results obtained, without independent witnesses. That private activity should be a mere pilot study, not as such publishable. A chemist would have searching questions concerning, eg the depth of the sample below the wall surface, the degree of any blue colouration, and how could one be sure that it was definitely the old, pre-1945 wall? Leuchter had several persons with whom he could discuss these key issues on his visit. One needs more than one person to be recording such things, for a couple of dozen samples. These sceptical comments from the Max Plank Institute and Anne Frank Foundation express normal scientific protocol. There are indeed photographs of Germar Rudolf taking the samples, but one would have preferred some testimony or corroboration from the photographer.
A Witness for Leuchter
Fred Leuchter went with a team - his wife Carolyn, his draftsman Howard Miller, cinematographer Jurgen Neumann, and Polish language interpreter, Tijudar Rudolph. The historian David Irving commented:
I myself would, admittedly, have preferred to see more rigorous methods used in identifying and certifying the samples taken for analysis, but I accept without reservation the difficulties that the examining team faced on location in what is now Poland: chiselling out the samples from the hallowed site under the very noses of the new camp guards. The video tapes made simultaneously by the team -- which I have studied -- provide compelling visual evidence of the scrupulous methods that they used.[2]
and Daniel Desjardins concurred: ‘one can readily ascertain what manner of samples Fred Leuchter extracted from which archaeologic locations by reviewing the on-site, real-time video of the collection process.’[3]
1. The Rudolf Report 2003 pp. 385, 297.
2. Foreword to the London Focal Point edition, 1989, of The Leuchter Report, p. 6 www.codoh.com/gcgv/gc426v12.html.
3. www.codoh.com/newrevoices/nddd/ndddstern.html "Leuchter in Poland," available through Samisdat Press, Ltd., 206 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Dev Blog: April 2, 2019
, 04-02-2019 at 10:48 AM (13662 Views)
Time for another developer blog! I want to go behind-the-scenes and talk about the stuff we're working on. (This ended up being pretty long, but it's mostly shop talk; there's no earth-shattering news in here. The tldr is "next update is in a couple weeks with new content and some rebalances.")
Next Patch Content: "War Caches"
There's a lot of features coming in the next update, but the bulk of our development time has been focused on a new system of level 50 content, internally called "War Caches". Here's the basic premise:
Decades ago, the Ilmari desert was the site of a massive war. The Crone Hegemony held Ilmari for most of the war, and they built massive bunkers -- bunkers that are now buried deep in the sand. But thanks to all the wind storms, different bunkers become available for a short time. Sir Johnson in Amulna hires local bandits to spot these temporarily-reachable dungeons, and then he asks you to go explore them. He's searching for a special metal that was often left behind.
Each time you undertake one of these War Cache quests, Sir Johnson gives you a map to one of these dungeons and instructions for what to do there. The map works much like a treasure map, except the treasure is an entrance-portal. So you follow the map to find the entrance. There's a trick, though: the map is used up when you enter, so you can't get back in if you have to leave. You need to come prepared! (If you fail the quest you can just cancel it and get a new quest, but the next quest will probably send you to a different dungeon.)
Each of these War Caches are unique "mini-dungeons" with level 50-60 solo monsters. There are some puzzle elements, and a few of the dungeons have side-quests, but each is basically designed to be a 15-minute-ish experience, something you could even complete on a lunch break most of the time. (But it's not actually time-limited: you can log out of these dungeons and log back in later. You just can't leave the dungeon and come back later -- leaving would fail the quest.)
These are not instanced dungeons. There's only one version of each mini-dungeon, so it's possible for other players to be randomly sent to the same dungeon. But this isn't a bug, it's a feature -- an occasional opportunity to group up! Any quest items that come from monster loot are cloned for each person that loots it. This way you can fight alongside someone else without slowing each other down. However, since this is primarily a solo experience, all the "puzzle" mechanics are instanced. This means when you flip a lever to open a gate, only your version of the lever flips and only your version of the gate opens. We did this to ensure that other players can't screw up your puzzle, intentionally or not.
The combat difficulty is mostly on the easy side, because we've found that lots of players are under-geared when they reach level 50. I sometimes imagine the average player reaching the Ilmari for the first time and thinking "I've done it! I learned to survive the frozen hellscape of Kur, I've reached level 50 in my combat skills, I'm ready for the desert! ... So what's in the desert? What do I do now?" And then they run into a pack of Drakeworms and are instantly killed. This is the sort of player that we're aiming the War Caches at: players with a strong knowledge of the 1-50 game, but who need a little more direction -- and more soloable game content! -- to reach the next tier of power.
Each War Cache quest gives good loot during the quest itself, and in addition you receive a voucher from Sir Johnson that can be redeemed on equipment for specific slots. (This way if you're specifically missing a helmet or a necklace, you have a less-random way of obtaining one.) And while the quests do have the occasional tough monster for you to defeat, the directed nature makes preparation easier: if the quest tells you that you'll need to kill a tough monster, you can come prepared with potions, words of power, or whatever else you may need to get the job done.
The "mini-dungeon" design also lets us do some fun things with interactivity that are impractical in large shared dungeons. The best example is probably the "Minotaur Chests", cryptic chests with clues scattered throughout the mini-dungeon. This is only really feasible because each dungeon is pretty small, so you have a reasonably-sized area to search.
So yeah, that's the plan. We've made the first batch of them, and there's a lot to like. The variety is nice: each little dungeon might be wildly different than the last, with different types of monsters or environments that stress different combat skills (and play styles). I also like that they reward preparation a little bit. And I like the puzzle elements. And I like that it's short and contained. If you've got an hour to play, here's something you can do that's guaranteed to fit into an hour. And to add replayability when you're eventually sent to the same dungeon again, we've been adding some super-tough level 60 mini-bosses (curseless, of course) into the corners of some dungeons, to give a tougher challenge for those who are ready for it.
Yep, definitely a lot of potential... which is why I'm still pushing to make these dungeons happen despite a lot of setbacks. On paper, making 20 to 30 dungeons in a month didn't sound too hard... wait, actually, it sounds completely insane in retrospect... so that's part of the problem right there. But beyond that, we're doing things in a new way, which means we're running into new hurdles in our development process. We've also discovered some new Unity limitations that we'd never run into before, which have forced us to change up our approach a few times.
So it's been a bit of a slog, but we now have the first half-dozen War Caches fully complete, and a bunch more in various states of completion. Over the next couple weeks we'll finish as many of them as we can. Probably not 30 of them, but enough content for you to get the idea of how it works and give us feedback.
This really is an experiment, and like many other parts of the game, your feedback will guide where we go from here. I think the basic idea has legs, but it might need all sorts of refinements before it really becomes fun. If players like them we might reuse this idea at higher level ranges, now that we've worked out the process for them. But if players find them kind of "meh", that's okay too. We'll probably just flesh out the level 50 ones and leave it at that.
(In any case, there will be more large communal dungeons in the future, regardless of how this experiment does!)
Transmutation Changes
When you reach the Ilmari Desert, the combat difficulty goes up a notch. One of the ways you can counter that is the Transmutation skill. You can discover this skill if you wander the desert for a while, and I highly recommend every player learn it! Transmutation lets you "re-roll" treasure effects on your equipment, and it's a key tool in your quest for better gear.
We're making some important improvements in the next update. First, the Transmutation Table will now show you a list of possible outcomes (and their percentages) before you transmute an item. The display is a little primitive for now -- I want to eventually have all of this information in an interactive format -- but the important thing is making the info easily accessible!
(Work-in-progress screenshot)
In addition, we're tweaking the durability cost of transmutation, especially for lower-rarity items. I often play-test combat encounters using sets of Excellent gear (that is, "pink" gear with three random treasure effects). Higher-rarity gear is great, of course, but if you have a full set of Excellent gear with carefully-chosen treasure effects, I know you'll do fine. So I want it to be a lot easier to do that! This update will dramatically reduce the durability cost of Excellent-or-lower rarity items. Higher-rarity tiers are a little cheaper too.
(And by the way, if you haven't used Transmutation before and you're thinking "Durability cost? Durability means item loss! No way am I risking my item!" Don't worry. Durability loss never causes your item to be damaged or destroyed, and you can restore durability via a special recipe. It's basically just a kind of "magic juice" in your item that powers Transmutation. In pre-alpha, durability worked more like it does in other games, including the potential destruction of the item, but that was long ago in the before-time.)
Skill Revisions: Hammer and Lycanthropy
The next update also features major revisions for the Hammer and Lycanthropy skills.
Well, the changes to the Hammer skill are important but not really too dramatic. Mostly they're numeric improvements and buffs to treasure. The most exciting change for me personally is the new treasure effects, including one that makes Pound to Slag deal tremendous extra damage to enemies whose rage is high, and one that makes Latent Charge discharge twice: once after 5 seconds and then again (for full damage) after 8 seconds.
The changes to Lycanthropy are more in-depth. Werewolves are capable of dealing too much damage right now, so this update is a nerf to werewolves -- in particular, a nerf to their "burst damage" potential. But many other parts of the skill have been improved, making more combat builds viable and resulting in a more fun experience overall. Some of the changes are small but make a big difference, such as being able to eat corpses while "in combat". Some changes are quite dramatic, including some heavily-revised abilities and treasure. Many of these changes weren't made because of particular balance issues, but because I think the new ideas will be more fun.
The thing I'm personally most excited about here is Shadow Feint, which is now a fully-controlled short-range teleport: you use it once to save your position, then use it again to blip back to that position. This is the way I'd envisioned the ability working originally, but I just couldn't implement it that way at the time due to game-engine limitations. It works now though, and it allows for some interesting new tactics. Plus, it's a great party trick.
Nobody likes nerfs, but give these changes some time to grow on you. I think the updated skill will be less imbalanced and yet it'll also be a bit more fun overall.
Also In This Update...
Yet another big thing in the next update: a new set of live-event tools that focus on interactive elements. These tools will let our admins create new kinds of dynamic experiences. The first version of any new system will need refinement and improvement over time, but I'm excited to see how these tools evolve!
There are also some important client-performance fixes. For instance, we've optimized the UI so that having lots of "floaty numbers" on-screen doesn't cause your framerate to drop. We've also optimized Gazluk Keep's video-memory requirements. This should help players who "crash out" when trying to enter the Keep.
After This?
What comes after this update? Well, our timeline for adding mounts to the game has slipped again due to some art issues that will take a while to work out. That's not really a bottleneck, though, just a production rescheduling: it means that more content will be arriving sooner rather than later! We're hammering out the details of several new outdoor areas, along with new game systems and mechanics that come with them. More on that when the details are a bit more solid.
Since mounts won't be added to the game until later this year, we've decided this creates an opportunity to open the Gorgon Shop back up! There are three new pre-order packages that you can add to your account. The packages are all horse-themed: each comes with a high-end mount, to be delivered when they're implemented. Two of the packages also include features that will be added with our upcoming Animal Husbandry system. (Animal Husbandry will also be arriving later this year, although it may arrive before or after mounts -- it's not clear which will be done first.)
When you buy one of these packages, you receive a code via email. Then you log in to the game and visit a golem in Serbule, the "Account Package Manager". He's in the empty house next to Joeh's shop.
The golem will prompt you for your code, and then it will ask for any needed information (such as the name of your horse, or the special title you want). You can change your answers by talking to the golem again.
If your package includes a custom title, the golem will ask what title you want. Then we'll add that title to the game data for the next game patch. So it may take a few weeks to a month before your title is accessible in-game.
Buying these packages help us a lot, and we really appreciate your supporting the game -- both financially and with your enthusiasm!
Back soon with more news!
(Discuss this blog post on the forum here!)
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Simutrans Gaming Discussion »
Topic: How many changes to the code would be required to recreate Industry Giant?
Author Topic: How many changes to the code would be required to recreate Industry Giant? (Read 3038 times)
How many changes to the code would be required to recreate Industry Giant?
Industry Giant was a game from 1997 which is, in some ways, a transportation game. However, besides transportation, the actual focus is on building factories to produce goods to be transported in the first place. That series still exists, with four parts out, one in the making, and inofficial remakes such as "Rise of Industry" using the same concepts.
Even though the focus and gameplay is very different, I think most features required for a game of that type are already in Simutrans, and others, which would be required, might make sense in a "normal" game as well. I think it would be fun to think a bit about which additions we would need to be able to create PakIndustrygiant.
(Note: This is not in Extension Requests, as this is not about actually doing it. It just seems something fun to talk and think about)
Obviously, the first feature we would need would be player-owned factories, otherwise you could only ever play as the public hand using editor tools. But that shouild not be a big change.
Those factories would need to be linked via contracts. Contracts can currently only be made by the public player, so perhaps players need their own contract tools which only allows linking between factories they own and public factories, while contracts with other players factories can be suggested, but need to be accepted by the other player and always broken by either player?
In order for money to play a role, you'd somehow need to pay and earn with your factories and goods (not just the trains you set up between stops - actually, those probably shouldn't earn you anything at all, since you deliver your own goods - but that's possible by setting every good to 0)
So every factory needs to have a running cost (perhaps adjusted to potential production) and every good needs to have a buy/sell cost.
I suppose you could earn money for each good leaving a factory and pay for each good entering a factory. While this essentially means you pay yourself, it's probably much easier than taking track of where each good came from and where it goes to determine whether you use it yourself in further production or send it to another player.
End Consumers additionally gain money for each good consumed, probably more than it's worth.
And... I think that would be enough for an Industry Giant Clone based on Simutrans. Have I forgotten something important? Do you have any better Ideas? Let me know
Re: How many changes to the code would be required to recreate Industry Giant?
I don't really see where there challenge in this is. How do you risk losing money on this? It seems like you just build some factories and make profits, so maybe I am missing some important aspect. If this is all there is to it, it doesn't sound like much more than giving industries an owner, adapting the industrial construction tools for this and adding a line or two in the finance window. Getting an AI to play against you would be a bigger challenge, if that is a requirement. I would expect such a game to have a more dynamic and complex economic model than Simutrans, though.
DrSuperGood
If I ever get around to re-remaking the factory code I would add the required features for at least some kind of factory economics. If they end up being used after that is another question.
Each factory would have monthly maintenance. Factories would have "plants" which do all the production work with separate inputs and outputs. Each plant works in a batch which will alter inputs and outputs by a time invariant amount after a production rate based amount of time. Each batch could have a cost associated with it. Inputs keep track of average landed cost of its ware, which is used to automatically determine the sale price of the product. Supply and demand limitations are controlled by the inputs and outputs respectively, with associated plants being fed the data.
Quote from: Ters on December 28, 2017, 06:58:20 PM
I don't really see where there challenge in this is. How do you risk losing money? I would expect such a game to have a more dynamic and complex economic model than Simutrans, though.
I never played that type of game much, so I don't know if there is a real long-term-challange to it. I suppose you could say the same about simutrans, though - how could you possible lose money once what you buildt works? If you have never played any of the games, maybe watch a YouTube video on the side to see what it is about?
As for AI, while that would be fun, I presume the game already provides everything necessary in the scriptable AI. While it would still need to be done by someone, it would not be a game code change
Money loss would come in the form of factory overhead. For example in pak64 balance terms a factory that is not utilized fully or running uneconomically might cost 200,000 per month. Otherwise like all things Simutrans they become just another source of money.
The main problem with the factory idea is to stop abuse. What would stop someone putting raw materials, factories and shops right next to each other? Doing so would make pure profit generators.
I agree that "staying alive" is not difficult in Simutrans after getting the first couple of lines going, but it is at least possible to lose money. With any reasonably mature pak set, you must avoid long detours and/or overly expensive vehicles.
Without something that limits demand, you can always sell everything you produce at whatever rate you produce them for the same fixed price. The only possible thing that can challenge the players is having chains that are so expensive to fully construct that just attempting to build them as the first thing you do, would be suicide, either because you can never afford to complete it at all, or because you can't afford enough outlets to make an earlier part of the chain run efficiently enough to make a profit.
Not that I found the industrial aspects of Railroad Tycoon (2 and 3) and Tropico (1, I think, and 4) particularly challenging, despite both having a dynamic economic model. In the latter, ensuring your factories make profits isn't that hard (except for the foreign investors AI, apparently), at least with moderate difficulty settings. The challenge is rather to ensure that the workers don't get disgruntled and turn against you, whether with ballots or with guns. It is probably fair to say that it is more challenging than making profitable lines with pak64, at least in the mid-20th century.
I personally think the idea of having the game build the factories would probably end up more balanced. Factories cannot be hand placed (outside of public service player) in optimum ways so transporting to/from whatever forgotten place they appear is still important. Companies can then buy neutral existing factories, or invest in new ones (to prevent monopoly abuse).
Another concept could be factory "upgrades". These can improve the productivity or efficiency of a factory. They might even have separate physical buildings, giving what used to be a small factory the feel of a complex or industrial/commercial park.
Similar to extended, consumer factories would be linked to population to some extent, so those 4 bookshops in the same town compete with each other rather than being separate. Consumer competition is all about price as well as upgrades. Being a monopoly does not help either, if the landed price is too much less will sell.
Quote from: DrSuperGood on December 29, 2017, 05:46:48 AM
Quote from: Ters on December 29, 2017, 06:59:20 AM
Without something that limits demand, you can always sell everything you produce at whatever rate you produce them for the same fixed price.
In Industry Giant, cities have different demands and the player has to deliver to the city/a wholesale in the city. In Simutrans, that would be end consumers spawned by the public hand, while the player could be limited to production buildings. AFAIR the factory-spawning-code could be used to spawn end consumers only, as long as all the other factories of the chain have a distribution weight of 0. Hence the game would spawn only the "market" buildings, limiting how much the player could sell to the world, as your product won't leave the factory unless it has a destination.
If the goal is to have "normal" Simutrans expanded with factory ownership, that's probably true. But that's not how the Industry Giant type of game works.
Quote from: Leartin on December 29, 2017, 08:45:45 AM
This is stuff that requires more work. You either have to make it so that players can't build end consumers, thereby restricting consumption to the number of end consumers spawned by the game, or you have to make the "productivity" of end consumers dependent on the population. The latter would be kind of like the passenger boost, but rather than scaling up a minimum that is always there, it would rather be a percentage of a maximum. And if one wants players to be able to play even if they don't like passengers transport, it would be tied directly to population in the area rather than visiting passengers.
Except Simutrans is a transport simulator and not a factory simulator, hence it should still keep focus on transporting goods rather than optimizing factory configurations. As in real life, optimum factory configurations are always placing them as close by as possible to minimize transport costs.
« Last Edit: December 29, 2017, 07:13:21 PM by DrSuperGood »
This is stuff that requires more work. You either have to make it so that players can't build end consumers, thereby restricting consumption to the number of end consumers spawned by the game, or you have to make the "productivity" of end consumers dependent on the population.
Errr... in order for this to work, players would need to be able to build factories in the first place. Pretty much every object a player can build requires an icon for the menu - now, it doesn't really matter if this is achieved by actually giving factories an icon and a cursor graphic, or if "WKZ_BUILD_FACTORY" allows to name a specific factory it would build, like other general tools do. Perhaps both. But both would allow you to use the same restrictions - don't add a WKZ_BUILD_FACTORY for a factory you don't want the player to build, or don't add an icon in that factories definition. Sure, it's something additional that needs to be done, but not a show stopper.
Quote from: DrSuperGood on December 29, 2017, 07:02:31 PM
You are simply in the wrong thread. This thread is about the idea that a type of game exists which is close to simutrans, but has a different gameplay concept - the question asked here is how close it actually is, in terms of how much needs to change in order to be able to create a pakset with a gameplay concept similar to that other type of game. Argueing about whether something should be done and follows the general direction of development is the boring stuff for extension request threads - this isn't one, this is to dream.
And yes - optimal factory configuration would be to place them as close as possible. But with complicated chains where the parts don't have a nice ratio to one another, that's like claiming the best connection between two coordinates is a direct line and acting as if all the challenge of building a nice train network doesn't exist...
Quote from: Leartin on December 29, 2017, 08:46:26 PM
I was still thinking the minimal changes route, in which all players simply had access to the existing tool for building factories. And even if there were icons for each factory, it would/should probably function like most tools do today, in that you only specify "icons for factories here", and the game would fill in all the icons automatically. This would in the first option I described, need some kind of filter, so that you are not encouraged to spam the map with consumers so that your factories will always run at peak efficiency.
in real life, optimum factory configurations are always placing them as close by as possible to minimize transport costs.
That is not how I see it. Transport costs seems to be the least concern when placing factories. Other running costs seem far more important, such as electricity prices and labor costs. The latter only really comes into play in a globalized market, and there may be different opinions on whether Simutrans maps really span multiple countries. Access to abundant, cheap hydroelectric power is why Norway and Iceland are so high up on the list of aluminium producers, despite having no ore themselves, and very little nearby. In fact, the greatest deposits are on the other side of the planet, one of them almost literally. I also seem to remember that cotton was shipped from America to Britain, woven into fabric and then shipped back, but I don't remember why and when. Some regulations, perhaps more common in earlier times than now, could force factories to be located where it would be cheapest.
if there were icons for each factory, it would/should probably function like most tools do today, in that you only specify "icons for factories here", and the game would fill in all the icons automatically. This would in the first option I described, need some kind of filter, so that you are not encouraged to spam the map with consumers so that your factories will always run at peak efficiency.
While that is how it is usually done, the code for individual objects finally exists thanks to userfriendly (https://forum.simutrans.com/index.php?topic=13786.0) so that's already sorted out and could be used. But even if not, you can just not add an icon to a consumer or any other factory you don't want to be buildt by players. No icon means nothing to click on, so nothing could be buildt. Or, actually - just remove what I said about end consumer gaining money for everything they consume, since that's just some extra logic to implement. Now the player can only make money by selling products to factories other players/the public controls, an end consumer would only be useful to get rid of overproduction (In Rise of Industry, if a factory produces two items, you would need a sink for the second item, otherwise your storage fills up and it won't produce at all. This is not true for Simutrans, and I don't think any change to emulate that behaviour would add much gameplay in an industry-driven game, and would probably crash normal simutrans unless the factory placement code was aware of that and much more complex)
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Topic: Passenger capacity in parentheses?
Author Topic: Passenger capacity in parentheses? (Read 6534 times)
megasycophant
Passenger capacity in parentheses?
What does it mean when a number is given in parentheses after the passenger capacity? The AEC Swift bus, for example, lists 42 (20) Passengers as its capacity?
inkelyad
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Re: Passenger capacity in parentheses?
It is overcrowded capacity. AEC Swift bus can carry 62 passengers. But it will drop comfort factor. So no extra money for you.
Reducing the comfort will have more of an effect on longer journeys than shorter journeys, so it won't matter much if your urban 'bus routes are crowded, but you should make sure that your medium and long-distance services are not overcrowded if possible.
sdog
but you should make sure that your medium and long-distance services are not overcrowded if possible.
this is very difficult, if not impossible to do. If high capacity units, like trains arrive, a high number of passengers arrive at one moment. Increasing the number of units on a line, will cause one bus being overcrowded and the next one empty.
remedies could be:
a 'soft arrival' of pax at a station. They are not immediately ready to leave but have a gauss distributed delay.
a no 'overcrowding allowed' flag to be set on a line.
Quote from: sdog on November 27, 2010, 06:17:09 PM
If high capacity units, like trains arrive, a high number of passengers arrive at one moment. Increasing the number of units on a line, will cause one bus being overcrowded and the next one empty.
Exactly like in RL.
SDog,
neither of the two solutions proposed have any parallel in real life, and, as Inkelyad points out, the problem that they are designed to solve is itself realistic.
James, i think both have a parallel in real life. The first method is the distribution of time the passengers need to get from one vehicle to the next. Having long ways flattens the peak. (This should be very similar to the broadening of wavepackets in physics). The very nice effect of this is, that a increasing the frequency of vehicles loading will reduce the overcrowding slightly, but has some of the slowest pax left for the next vehicle.
The second suggestion has also application in real live: Reservation only Lines. Examples are Shinkansen and N'EX in japan or Chinese high speed rail. I also have quite some doubts english gentlemen would have accepted to stand in a train at the fin de siècle.
However, the method i proposed is unnecessarily complicated, and only required for exceptions like the german ICE, where only a few lines are reservation only, most lines can be are very much overcrowded.
A much easier way would be on the pak set size, now overcrowding for long distance luxury vehicles. Perhaps introducing different classes, where the first class can't be overcrowded.
Introducing different classes would, if done properly, require an entirely new layer of simulation of affordability, which would be an enormous task. One can simply produce similar vehicles designated as different "classes", some with lower capacity (and no overcrowded capacity) and higher comfort, and others with higher capacity and lower comfort (allowing overcrowding), which is a crude but workable solution within the code as it currently stands.
However, I am having some trouble understanding your first paragraph - can you rephrase, perhaps?
One can simply produce similar vehicles designated as different "classes", some with lower capacity (and no overcrowded capacity) and higher comfort, and others with higher capacity and lower comfort (allowing overcrowding), which is a crude but workable solution within the code as it currently stands.
This is exactly what i meant. I don't consider it as crude at all, a solution coded in the game itself would not bring any advantages. Even if first class pax would be treated differently from the beginning of their journey, the outcome would be the same for a large passenger network, it just averages out.
Providing only high cost and high luxury service would reduce the number of possible passengers. But this effect should can be neglected in the simulation, we only have a rough representation of passengers anyway. You also have a mechanism in the game that works exactly against this. Car ownership. Higher luxury and cost would reduce the available pax who could not afford it, but draw more affluent pax away from cars. Before introduction of cars there is no alternative way of travel anyways.
Sorry for the first, rather convoluted, paragraph. Here's a second try.
Real live passengers move with different speeds and need finite time to get from one vehicle to the next. Their speed distribution causes the same distribution of the arrival time at the point where they can board the next vehicle. This should be a Gauss-distribution.
So far we considered arriving passengers to be instantaneously ready to board the next vehicle they need to transfer to. It worked well until we had overcrowding. But with overcrowding a non-instantaneous availability of passengers provides a way to reduce peak convoy loads. If service to the station is high enough, some of the early passengers will be fast enough to catch the previous convoy, the majority will overcrowd one convoy and the slowest the next convoy. For infrequent service, all passenger will still try to get into one convoy.
You just need big enough bus stop with several buses waiting for wave from next train. (Again, just like in RL. ). With current code bus will not be overcrowded when there is alternative seats in bus from the same line.
I see how this could work in simutrans, using choose signals (and extensive tunnels). But where is this done in RL? First buses on wait for load and most unusually several buses waiting at the same time. I've only seen (and heard of) a single stop/bay per line where one bus gets loaded after another.
In local transport the overcrowding is not a real problem, it is only a bit strange. Ingame i can just reduce capacity enough for this. It is a problem on the long distance trains. (my first suggestion wouldn't matter for those however)
Quote from: sdog on November 28, 2010, 05:41:54 AM
I've only seen (and heard of) a single stop/bay per line where one bus gets loaded after another.
It is really common.
Kazan rail station
Saratov rail station
Krasnoyarsk rail station
Voronezh rail station
Krasnodar rail station
There is multiple buses here.
They are loading one after another. But next bus is waiting near and passengers see it.
It is a problem on the long distance trains.
IMHO Long-distance trains must not have overcrowd capacity.
That's exactly the what i meant. One bus loads/unloads the next is right behind. The other buses are not loading at the same time?
I'm mostly asking out of curiosity, in game this is actually not a big issue, and for long distance trains it can be addressed easily in the pak-set.
on another note, i always thought Kazan would be much further in the south and east! Only 300 km to Nijni Novgorod. And it looks quite fascinating on google maps.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2010, 07:35:56 AM by sdog »
Only one. And simutrans should do it too. It is how loading queue should work.
And it looks quite fascinating on google maps.
Yandex.maps have StreetView mode.
« Last Edit: November 28, 2010, 08:11:30 AM by inkelyad »
I am not sure about the passenger readiness delay algorithm - that strikes me as potentially complicated to code for what is likely to be a marginal advantage (in only a very few cases will the 'bus be sitting in the station at the same time as a large train arrives). It might also be confusing to a player not to understand where the passengers who have just arrived at the station and got off the train have gone, and why only slowly are the numbers of passengers in the station are increasing.
I think that the issue with rail passengers offloading onto 'buses is better solved by the design of 'bus routes in towns rather than by this mechanism. The best 'bus route designs in Experimental are ones that have a large number of different lines, each with direct routes to specific parts of the towns, rather than one or two meandering or circular lines that take in most of the town (the latter of which tends to be more efficient in Standard). The reason for this is that, with direct routes, passengers get where they want to go faster; however, it also helps to solve this problem, as, when a train arrives at the station, not all passengers want to get on the same 'bus.
As to comfort, incidentally, do note that comfort is not used in routing: only revenue calculation.
...complicated to code for what is likely to be a marginal advantage.
certainly, unlikely it is worth to implement. It's a slightly complicated solution for a problem not necessary to solve. (It'd require also quite a lot of research what the real distribution of delays is, Gaussian was just a guess)
It might also be confusing to a player not to understand where the passengers who have just arrived at the station and got off the train have gone, and why only slowly are the numbers of passengers in the station are increasing.
As long as pax are 'moving' in the station, display a message at the station screen "passengers transfering"
I had by far the best results with suburban rail ring lines, distributing the passengers to bus/horse carriage lines. Point to poiny lines cause too high congestion.
Ring lines don't work at all in standard simutrans, they require the "reverse line" patch. With two counterrotating lines one always gets overcrowded.
I was reffering to this line:
Introducing different classes would, [...], require an entirely new layer of simulation of affordability, [...]
The classes, and we want to implement it as comfort, affects afford-ability, in the model on which the passenger generation is based on. However the model is so crude, that the effects can easily be neglected. One thing that could be done is logging the average comfort per pax*km and base a passenger reducing factor on this. The same way you did for car ownership. But as i said before, the model is so crude, this would be, i think, a waste of time and needlessly increase complexity.
An implementation of classes on the pak-set level is easy, straight forward and should be quite good enough.
ercsim
I think this problem need to be revisited.
As previously suggested, there should be an option in each of the lines to allow/disallow overcrowding. With this option, overcrowding can be disallowed on long hauls, such as intercity routes.
Ercsim,
I don't think that that would be realistic, as, in reality, if a train with vehicles that have room for people standing are used on a long-distance route and there are not enough seats for everyone who wants to get on, people will stand. There is no practical way of stopping people getting on to vehicles whose normal seating capacity has been exceeded in most cases: it is enough that it is possible for pakset authors to specify that certain sorts of vehicles (such as aircraft, for example) cannot be overcrowded.
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Capt. Hilts
Everything posted by Capt. Hilts
Capt. Hilts replied to Tensor's topic in Season 12 (Final Season)
Watching "Amy Ruins 'Raiders of the Lost Arc'" right now on repeats. GREAT episode.
They have a good Air Force and okay Navy.
Male writers "making the call."
Again, male writers making the call. Leonard was never called a slut and he had more partners on the show than anyone.
Yes, it's not as linear a process as many people think and reactions are functions of circumstances, also. So, to me, it was completely logical for Sheldon to freak over Amy's look. It was too much too soon and took place with all the press fray etc. Too much.
episodes 1223 'The Change Constant' (May 16)
Capt. Hilts replied to Tripper's topic in Season 12 (Final Season)
New hair-do? Okay. New everything? Nawww...
I guess, being female, I react to Amy's makeover differently. And to Penny suddenly being happy about being pregnant. It's a reminder that the vast majority and most senior writers are male. But neither is that big a deal. Just not as I would have written it. I find myself thinking that there are so many things they could have done with this show but did not. Howard's half brother was a good character. Raj's character should have been done better. Raj's parents were great and then they disappeared. I would like to have met one of Sheldon's dissertation advisers. Sorry not to see Laurie Metcalf again, but she's Hillary on Broadway. Penny's character was like plankton - it just got caught up in the flow of other people's dreams and plans. I would have liked for her to date a professional athlete or big time author during her break-up with Leonard. We only saw her with complete duds. She's smart and funny - she could have done better. And it would have been good to see her in a job she actually likes. Everyone else loves their work, except for her. Working for a local TV station, advertising firm, whatever. Something she would like to do.
I think they passed the audition.
[Spoilers] Shamy: Season 12
I actually thought it was in character for him as a last straw with being over-whelmed by so much change. A much better discussion is taking place on a well-known discussion board....
Ship Zone
Right. Amy's the 'utility' model, not the 'sporting' model - and has always been proud of it.
Completely agree on Amy. I, too, didn't like the total makeover.
They should have set him up with the veterinarian.
Raj should have ended up with the veterinarian or his parents should have come to Pasadena to find a match for him.
episodes 1221 'The Plagiarism Schism' (May 2)
It's kind of like NASCAR racing - each team has a couple of drivers in the race and they support the top driver on their team by blocking others, etc. I enjoyed this one, but not the Howard-Bernadette plot. That one was a real step backwards.
I really enjoy watching the two of them. And liked their interactions with Penny and Leonard. I wish we'd had more of that sort of thing this year....
Two people who each used to have desks at which to work, no have no desk. As an academic, I find that completely unrealistic and goes against the show's pattern of Sheldon often sitting at his desk. He's too big for the couch. The show is easier to write with Amy and Sheldon in the smaller apt. because Leonard is the one who is friends with all of them. Raj, Howard, etc. come over mostly to be with Leonard. It doesn't work as well to have a lot of people in the smaller apt.
Looking back....they should have gotten Amy living with Sheldon at least a year earlier. We missed a lot of Ricardos/Mertzes - Rubbles/Flintstones sorts of things. And that might have created time or reason to put Leonard and Penny back in Penny's apartment. Sheldon and Amy don't fit in the apt and he doesn't fit in the furniture. I miss Raj's parents and the Fowlers are great.
episodes 1219 'The Inspiration Deprivation' (April 18)
Yeah, Vivian Vance got paired with a guy FAR older so the Ricardos would seem younger. Lucy and Viv had their ups and downs, but, evidently, were pretty close.
They're the Mertzes. Sheldon and Amy are the Ricardos.
Season 12 Chit Chat Thread
Looks like the Towers will survive.
I really miss Raj's parents. They were great. The Fowlers are great.
We've seen Leonard stealing Howard's girlfriend and going behind Raj's back and having an affair with his sister.
episodes 1218 'The Laureate Accumulation' (April 4)
Yes, the comic book angle was one of THE best things Howard, Bernadette and Stewart have done in a LONG time. Sweet.
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Kyle Parks + Center Keep Spring Hill Winless After 56-10 Win
Center QB Kyle Parks. (Rob Graham, ETSN.fm)
CENTER -- Kyle Parks accounted for three touchdowns and Center rolled up 538 yards of offense en route to a 56-10 win over Spring Hill on Friday night.
The Roughriders (5-1, 1-0) opened District 6-4A Division II with a big statement, while Spring Hill (0-6, 0-1) is still searching for its first win of 2015.
Parks finished the game with 149 yards and a touchdown on the ground, while throwing for 246 yards and two scores on 16 of 20 passing. Parks connected with Jadus Johnson and Marco Gutierrez for touchdowns, both of which came in the second half.
The Roughriders stifled Spring Hill's offense all game, holding the Panthers to just two rushing yards on 35 attempts and 80 yards through the air.
The Panthers' only touchdown was an interception return for a touchdown by Keavian Foreman late in the second quarter to make the score 28-10 at halftime.
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EU leaders roll over Brexit talks amid Trump and Russia fears
British PM May (m) at the European Council with EU foreign affairs chief Mogherini (l) and French president Macron (r) (Photo: Council of the European Union)
By Eszter Zalan
BRUSSELS, 23. Mar 2018, 16:30
It was supposed to be the EU summit that gives the greenlight to talks on the future relations between the EU and the UK.
That highlight was in fact overshadowed by the assassination attempt in the UK on a Russian former spy and his daughter, and a looming trade war with the US.
British prime minister Theresa May secured the backing of her EU partners to point the finger at Russia over the chemical attack in Salisbury. She also stayed in Brussels for the second day of the EU summit to talk trade with her colleagues.
It was a rare signal that despite Brexit a growingly hostile global environment would require stronger EU – UK included – cooperation.
"The UK is rediscovering that it needs us," quipped an EU official on the sidelines of the summit.
During the unusually busy summit, EU leaders on Friday (23 March) signed off the guidelines for the post-Brexit, future EU-UK talks in a few seconds.
It clears the way for the next phase in Brexit talks. These won't yet herald in extensive trade talks, only discussions on what the future relationship should look like. It will be summed up in a political declaration attached to the withdrawal treaty.
The guidelines pave the way for EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to talk to the UK about the future with a view to reaching a broad political agreement by October.
The seven-page document offers the UK a "balanced, ambitious and wide-ranging free trade agreement", balancing out rights and obligations for the UK to "ensure a level playing field".
It means EU countries want to avoid the UK securing rights that outweigh its future obligations, and make sure Britain will not be pick and chose from the EU's single market.
The guidelines point out that the UK "cannot have the same rights and enjoy the same benefits as a member". The EU wants to prevent the UK potentially undercutting the EU on tax, environmental and labour standards.
It offers no tariffs on goods and a close partnership on security and defence. EU leaders also pledge to tweak guidelines on the future if the UK changes its mind on staying in the EU's customs union or single market.
Irish protocol
The document also sets out that negotiations on future relations can only progress if all commitments agreed so far are respected in full, including the UK's assurances that it would avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, the EU's new external border after Brexit.
UK and EU officials will continue to talk about possible solutions on the Irish border next week. The UK has yet to put forward viable solutions to avoid a hard border.
For now, the EU intends to make sure Northern Ireland will stay fully aligned with EU rules, an option which has been criticised by the British government as creating a new trade border in the Irish Sea between Northern Ireland and the British mainland.
"If we can have an agreement on the terms backstop or an alternative to the backstop before June, that's something we would very much welcome," Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar said after the summit.
European Council president Donald Tusk told reporters that EU leaders will assess at their June summit if the Irish issue is resolved.
He added that leaders will also decide then how detailed the early agreement on the future relationship will be.
'No split'
Talks are expected to get ever more complicated on the EU side, as the 27 member states' unity might be challenged by different interests in how much access the UK should be given to sectors within the EU's market.
"We will negotiate a close trade agreement but we will not allow ourselves to be split," German chancellor Angela Merkel pledged at her press conference at the end of the summit.
British prime minister Theresa May welcomed the EU's move.
"I believe there is a new dynamic now in the negotiations. I believe we are approaching this with a spirit of cooperation, a spirit of opportunity for the future as well," she said leaving the summit.
EU leaders also endorsed the agreement reached on the 21-month transition period for after Brexit, during which the UK will not participate in EU institutions, but will still abide by EU rules.
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The UK and the EU have reached a legal agreement on citizens' rights and the financial settlement, but with still little progress on the future of the Irish border.
EU states to consider expelling Russian diplomats over UK attack, but several leaders voiced doubt on blaming Russia.
EU states pledged "solidarity" with UK over alleged Russian nerve toxin attack, but did not discuss imposing extra sanctions.
The British prime minister vowed to "deliver a Brexit that unites" the country, while 44 percent of the public thinks her policy is a "total shambles" but that the decision to leave the EU should be respected.
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New Brexit Party MEP June Alison Mummery is the director of a company active in the fishing industry. She just joined the EU parliament's fisheries committee as a substitute member.
Brexit vs Grexit: The six stages of losing to the EU
8. Feb, 08:37
Theresa May's venture seems very similar to the attempt by Alexis Tsipras in 2015 to persuade Brussels to accept his terms for the bail out - a huge negotiation failure, presented to the public as the best possible deal.
How Brexit may harm the new EU parliament
17. Apr, 09:06
British plans to - maybe - take part in EU elections risk legal chaos in the next European Parliament, which could be resolved only by treaty change - an unlikely prospect.
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Migration crisis is one of mismanagement: the figures
The EU promised solutions following the Lampedusa shipwreck in 2013 (Photo: Flickr - Palazzochigi)
By Nikolaj Nielsen and Damiano Bacci
BRUSSELS, 27. Jun 2018, 17:10
Five years ago, Italian and EU leaders stood in silence as they watched coffins pile up in a warehouse on the island of Lampedusa.
"Coffins of babies, coffins with the mother and the child that was born just at that moment. This is something that profoundly shocked me," Jose Manuel Barroso, then EU commission president, said following his visit.
It was early October 2013, when some 373 people had drowned off Lampedusa's coast in their efforts to seek help, asylum, and opportunities in Europe.
The European Commission then quickly announced big plans to curb the deaths.
Border surveillance would be stepped up, boats rescuing people would not face sanctions, regional protection, resettlement and legal ways to access Europe would be offered, and diplomatic channels stepped up with African countries.
A similar refrain would be repeated years later - but now with an increasing focus on shoring up borders and stopping people from reaching Europe.
EU leaders and heads of state are meeting in Brussels on Thursday (28 June) to discuss migration, as internal EU asylum reforms are broadly set aside.
The latest draft conclusions, seen by this website, speak of "effective control of the external borders" and "regional disembarkation platforms" outside the EU where asylum cases would be reviewed.
Today, NGO rescue boats are sanctioned, some facing criminal persecution, as Italy closes off its ports. Mission Lifeline, a German NGO rescue boat, with over 200 people on board, has still yet to dock in Malta after six days at sea.
The deaths also continued, reaching a peak in 2016 of some 5,100. More are likely to have died in the deserts towards Libya.
Many were also saved through Italian, EU, and NGO rescue efforts. But as Italy and the EU operations scaled back, NGOs were left to pick up, with a disjointed Libya now being tasked to carry out most of the rescues.
For EU leaders and heads of state, the asylum and migration debate is one centred around numbers and politics.
Politics aside, the numbers indicate that Europe is at a loss - unable to cope as it fights a public relations battle with xenophobia and populist scaremongering from, first and foremost, Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orban and Italy's interior minister Matteo Salvini.
Far fewer people are taking boats to reach Europe's southern coast, yet the debate has rattled the core of the European Union.
At its height, over one million arrived by sea in 2015, peaking with 221,000 for October alone.
Today, around 43,000 have landed over the past six months, with a spike in arrivals to Spain.
Part of that drop is likely due to an Italian deal cut with the Libyans last year and EU efforts to get the Libyan coastguard to pluck people from the sea. It also comes after the EU cut a controversial deal with Turkey in March 2016.
Meanwhile, broader discussions on reaching a political consensus on reforming Dublin, the regulation that determines who is responsible for processing applications for international protection, have been postponed.
This reform has roused deep divisions among EU states.
The Visegrad Four (V4), a loose alliance of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, oppose any plan to distribute or relocate asylum seekers across EU members.
EU interior ministers in late 2015 voted to share 120,000 asylum seekers from frontline states Greece and Italy.
They were to be distributed according to Commission calculations based on member states' size and wealth, with Hungary obliged to take 1,294 people and Slovakia to take 902.
The Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia voted against the scheme. Poland later joined them after a change of government in Warsaw.
While the two-year scheme has ended, only around 34,000 were actually relocated. Most ended up Germany, followed by France, and Sweden. Hungary and Poland have taken none.
As Bulgaria's EU presidency ends, the big issues over Dublin and relocation remain.
The European Commission is seeking to get five out of the seven ongoing EU asylum reforms sorted by the end of the month. It says Dublin and asylum procedures regulation should be finalised by the end of the year.
It is a daunting task. Belgium's state secretary for asylum and migration, Theo Francken, earlier this month declared the Dublin reform "dead". EU presidencies under Slovakia, Malta, Estonia and Bulgaria, despite their efforts, never managed to get consensus.
Austria, who has taken a hardline against migration and asylum, is now next in line. Its chancellor Sebastian Kurz has proposed setting up "unattractive centres" in Europe, threatened to close down its Brenner Pass border with Italy, and has little appetite, as the above chart shows, for relocating asylum seekers.
This article was produced in collaboration with the European Data Journalism Network (EDJNet). EDJNet is a platform for data-driven news on European affairs brought to you in up to 12 languages by a consortium of media and data journalists from all over Europe, which includes EUobserver.
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The EU is seeking to reach agreements on separating asylum seekers from economic migrants - but questions remain on where and how. The UN refugee agency is eager to get involved.
Select EU leaders met amid rising tension over migration, with Italy's PM, who had threatened to boycott the summit, putting forward a new plans to stop boats from leaving Libya.
The possibility of the German chancellor's fall or lasting weakening is 'the elephant in the room' in all current EU discussions.
A special summit designed to help Germany deal with immigration has turned into a car crash before it even began.
The main objective of Thursday's summit in Brussels will be to agree on new measures to reduce illegal migration, in order to help Angela Merkel at home and fight populists and extremists across the bloc.
As the EU summit opened in Brussels, positions were still apparently irreconcilable on how to deal with people trying to cross the Mediterranean sea, with the Italy's PM Giuseppe Conte threatening to veto conclusions.
EU guilty of Libya migrant 'tragedy', ICC lawsuit says
EU states' efforts to "deter" migrants from Libya have helped kill more than 14,000 people and exposed 40,000 others to "crimes against humanity", according to a lawsuit filed in The Hague on Monday.
Sophia in limbo: political games limit sea rescues
4. Mar, 06:56
Member states that are still willing to save lives in the Mediterranean should set up a new Mare Nostrum rescue mission.
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The Writings of M D Nalapat
Political Loyalties - the Value of Federalism
(Originally appeared in the 1990s in the Times of India, as published in M. D. Nalapat's book "Indutva", Har-Anand Publications, 1999)
It is a fact of life that a political party or front can secure less than
a quarter of the votes cast and yet come to office. Despite polling
significantly fewer votes than its Hindutva rival, it is the party of
Mulayam Singh Yadav and not that of Kalyan Singh which is in
power in U.P. today. The SJP-BSIP victory confirms the
fragmentation that has come about in the Indian polity, now
divided nationally into four competing streams—the Congress,
the BJP, the Janata Dal and its left allies, and finally the regional
and sectional parties. Each of the four has to compete with the
other three to retain, or expand, its base.
Feudal Roots
With Indian society moving away from its feudal roots to enter
the phase of commercial capitalism, it may not be inappropriate
to use a marketing analogy for the political spectrum and say
that each political party is attempting to increase its ’market
share' at the expense of its rivals. However, just as a marketing
organisation needs a clear picture of its target, Indian political
parties need to recognise the changing realities in the political
market place.
The first change is a loosening of traditional ’brand loyalties',
to use a marketing term again. So far as the national elections are
concerned, this is a process that picked up speed when Indira
Gandhi unilaterally changed the rules of the political game in
1975 by imposing the Emergency and making organised political
structures (including her own) irrelevant. Her preference for
personalised power, as distinct from the consensus-oriented
Congress formula, led to a shift away from her 'brand' that cost
the Congress its hold on power.
The second major change is an increasing pragmatism within
the electorate, which votes in accordance with the principles of
enlightened self-interest. It is not abstruse philosophy or universal
principle that determines voting behaviour, but the price of
onions or tomatoes. Behind the caste or other sectional appeal of
parties such as the BSP, the Telugu Desam or the SJP is the
message that their coming to power will make a positive material
difference to the lives of the group whose cause they are claiming
to espouse.
It is a fact that any society is divided into groups and classes,
and it is by recognising and cultivating them that the smaller
political parties build up bases for themselves, usually at the
expense of the mainstream parties that attempt to appeal to
broad aggregates rather than to segments The best example of
such a mainstream party is the Congress, and its recent electoral
history is proof that, just as in marketing the concept of ’niche'
is driving away strategies based on broad-spectrum markets, in
politics the age of the ’niche' electoral segment has finally
arrived. In other words, political parties will now need to
abandon catch-all strategies in favour of more focused messages.
Both the BJP and the Janata Dal are political parties that at
various stages and locations were able to trounce the Congress
by targeting specific segments of the Congress vote bank. In both
these parties, however, there are powerful groups still in the
thrall of the 'mainstream' Congress culture, which would like to
widen the sectional message. In other words, to quit chasing the
niche in favour of the whole. Within the Janata Dal, Ramakrishna
Hegde and Biju Patnaik can be said to represent such a trend,
while within the BJP, the supporters of Atal Behari Vajpayee are
attempting to push the party closer to the mainstream tendency
represented by the Congress.
Unfortunately for such individuals, recent electoral history
confirms the wisdom of the political 'niche marketeers' over
their universalist colleagues. The danger that these marketeers
face, however, comes not from mainstream parties, but from
smaller parties whose sectional messages are even sharper and
more narrowly-focused than their own. While the BJP has thus
far escaped the divisive tendency seen within the Janata Dal, it
is not improbable that hard-line elements may separate from it
and follow their own course.
Small Parties
Does this mean that Indian democracy is fated to witness a
kaleidoscope of small parties, combining and splitting away
from each other? Does this mean that the stability enjoyed by a
single party will soon cease to operate? It need not, provided that
in place of attempting to impose a kind of universality over a
political party, the political leaders favouring a return to the
mainstream see a party not as a homogeneous entity, but as a
group of disparate elements that combine in the manner of a
many-stranded rope. The V. P. Singh formula of a 'federal'
political party, provides an example.
As the largest political party in the country, and one that has
not yet given up its attempts at fashioning a universal message
strong enough to enable it to fend off its 'niche' competitors, the
Congress has a major responsibility in this regard. In the
Nehruvian era, the different units of the Congress functioned
with a wide degree of autonomy, and were therefore able to
formulate policies that were more acceptable to their respective
areas than a broad-spectrum message would have been. Thus the
Congress in Tamil Nadu remained aloof to Hindi while the party
in Uttar Pradesh demanded the spread of the language to all
regions. It was only when Lal Bahadur Shastri imposed uniformity
in 1964-65 and forced the Tamil Nadu Congress government to
take a hard line on the DMK's anti-Hindi agitation that it was
swept out of power in the state in 1967.
More Liberal
Under Indira Gandhi, the 'federal' character of the Congress
disappeared, and the era of nominations arrived with a vengeance.
Rather than come up through the grassroots, the new leaders of
the Congress came from among those who had mastered the art
of wooing the powers that be in Delhi. If one takes the 1971
(garibi hatao) victory as the first successful exploitation of the
materialist tendency then nascent in the Indian voter, it is no
accident that the 1980 victory came at a time when the Congress
was out of office, out of funds and therefore perforce more liberal
in its attitude to the state units.
Two years ago, the long period of 'nomination raj' in the
Congress was brought to an end by holding elections to all
organisational posts. Today there seems to be a return to the
centralised system of the past. In a polity as complex as India, it
is impossible for a single leader to fashion the many subtle
changes in political strategy needed to take account of variations
within the electorate. Rather than a 'high command' decide
whether the Mandalism of a Veerappa Moily or the business-
friendly pragmatism of a Sharad Pawar is more suited to the
political needs of a particular state, it would be better to let the
'market' (i.e. the local party unit) decide.
This is not a call to anarchy. Each broad-based political party
would have a core set of beliefs, allegiance to which would be a
necessary condition of remaining within it. Thus, for example,
belief in secularism would be essential to any member of the
Congress or the Janata Dal, while a belief in a uniform civil code
would be necessary for any member of the BJP. However,
outside such 'core' areas, there is scope for freedom of ideological
and organisational choice, and this freedom should be encouraged
rather than curbed.
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The Ostrich Option - Ignoring Jabs at Indian Security
In school, it is common for those hounded by bullies to seek to
escape the problem by pretending that the offenders do not exist.
Ignoring them, it is hoped, will turn their attentions elsewhere.
Usually, however, the bully gets encouraged by this ostrich
strategy, and continues the harassment till retaliatory action is
taken. Observing the developments in Indo-Pakistan relations
since 1989, it is clear that those who are masterminding—if one
may use such a word—our strategy towards Pakistan have not
learnt any lessons from school. For each assault on India’s
security interests, the response from this country's side is to
reiterate the faded mantra of dialogue.
The reason why 1989 is significant is that it was in that year
that stable majorities disappeared from the Indian political
lexicon. V.P. Singh's tenure, followed by Chandra Shekhar’s
interregnum, and the assumption of office by the minority
government of P.V. Narasimha Rao, have convinced observers
that the era of single party majorities has ended, and is unlikely
to be resurrected. It is no accident that 1989 was also the year in
which the Pakistan—sponsored insurgency in the Kashmir valley
accelerated.
Curbing Insurgency
In every war fought with Pakistan over Kashmir, it has been
clear to Indian commanders that it is crucial that operations not
be confined to that state, but extended along the entire Indo-
Pakistan border. In the same way, it is clear to analysts—
including those within the government—that success in curbing
the fundamentalist insurgency in that state can be achieved only
if the root of the problem—the involvement of Pakistan—is
addressed. So long as Pakistan feels that it will be allowed to get
away with aiding terrorists in the Valley, the problem will
remain. It is only if the costs to Pakistan of such support are
made intolerably high will its assistance to fundamentalists in
the Valley cease. However, at present every escalation in Pakistani
rhetoric and action is met by the (presumably fearsome) expedient
of an official 'protest'. Even the closing down of an entire
consulate has not been sufficient to jolt the MEA.
Within the international community, Pakistan’s attempt at
annexing Kashmir has its most vocal supporter in Turkey. After
that country's repeated expressions of concern over 'human
rights' violations in parts of India, surely it will not be taken
amiss were India to help generate international attention on the
treatment of Kurds by the Ciller regime. India could also host a
delegation of Kurdish leaders from Turkey, who would no doubt
have much to say about the attention being paid to human rights
in that country. Pakistan too needs to be reminded about its
obligations to its religious minorities, its Mohajirs, and its
Ahmediyas. Careful documentation of the discrimination meted
out to these sections could be carried out and made the subject
of an international campaign. India needs to be at least as active
in ’preventing human rights violations’ in Turkey and Pakistan
as these countries are in India.
Turning the other cheek may be the recommended strategy
for religious reformers eager to establish their moral ascendancy.
International relations, however, is not a contest in public school
manners, but a battle of wills and interests. By refusing to
counter the active Pakistani strategy with a similar initiative, this
country is only encouraging Islamabad to continue with its
covert war in Kashmir. The danger in such passivity is that it
may encourage Pakistan's policymakers to intervene not just in
one Indian state but in several. Such a shift may already be
underway, if reports of ISI activity in Thiruvanathapuram,
Hyderabad and Lucknow are correct. Even an open society
needs to defend itself against those who seek to subvert it
through violence. Not taking precautions against such individuals
would be akin to allowing cancer cells to spread. Despite the
evidence in its possession about subversive activities in India,
the Union home ministry has been coy about sharing this
knowledge, whereas it should be made freely available to the
public. The Indian administration’s long association with the
former Soviet Union has evidently resulted in several key
ministries functioning as though they were in Brezhnevite
Moscow rather than in democratic New Delhi.
Subversive Activities
Popular support is essential for public policy to succeed, and
such support can come only if the public is briefed about
secessionist activities. In this, the government has failed, almost
as much as it has in the international sphere, where it is more
India's economic potential rather than an appreciation of the
justice of its position that has prevented most countries from
supporting the Ankara-Islamabad line. During the time of the
Pakistan army’s war against the population of the then East
Pakistan, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sent envoys around the
word with full details of the genocide. In comparison, present
efforts to educate world opinion about Pakistani support to
terrorism in Kashmir are anaemic. Not, of course, that much
more can be expected of an establishment which permits its
foreign secretary to greet the expelled staff from the closed
Karachi consulate with the familiar hope that there will soon be
talks with Pakistan.
Indeed, the low-key stance adopted by the Indian government
about major technological achievements such as Prithvi and
Agni fuel suspicions that these may be sacrificed. A country has
no need to feel shy about defending its vital security interests,
and yet the manner in which the PMO and the MEA have been
reacting to Agni and Prithvi suggests almost a feeling of apology,
rather than pride. While supporting any steps to prevent cross
border dissemination of strategic technologies, India should
resist efforts to stifle technological development within. In the
coming millennium, India, Japan and China will compete with
the United States and Russia in developing and deploying
strategic technologies, provided there is no sabotage at home.
India which has suffered numerous invasions and enslavements
in its long history, has particular need to be self-sufficient in
defence. The development of Agni and the deployment of
Prithvi will improve the security environment significantly and
act as a deterrent to Pakistani adventurism.
Separatist Impulses
What is even more disconcerting—viewed from the standpoint
of international security—is that influential circles in the United
States and the European Union are flirting with a policy of
’accommodating’ fundamentalist trends. Such an approach was
first tried out in Afghanistan, where the Reagan administration
created an army of religious extremists, who (after having
effectively demolished the Afghan state) are posing threats to
unity in India, Egypt, Algeria and other countries. Within the
U.S. and the EU foreign policy establishments, various formulae
for 'peace' in Kashmir are regularly churned out, almost all of
which presuppose that the state will detach itself from the Indian
Union. The underlying rationale for this presupposition is that
a 'Muslim’ state has no business being in India. This implicit
fragmentation of a polity on the grounds of religion can pose a
threat to stability not just in this country, but eventually in the
West as well. There are significant Muslim populations in
Germany, Britain, France and even the United States, who
would, by the logic being followed by some western analysts in
Kashmir, be justified in demanding autonomy, if not
independence. The fact is that the detachment of Kashmir from
India would trigger an intensification of religion linked separatist
impulses in many other parts of the globe, a step that would also
affect the security interests of the West.
Rather than be abject and apologetic, India needs to make
clear that its security interests will be vigorously safeguarded. In
particular, that its integrity as a multi-religious state will be
maintained. By its muffled response to jabs at Indian security—
whether in the form of intervention in Kashmir or demands that
crucial strategic programmes be aborted—the political leadership
in this country is encouraging fresh assaults on Indian sovereignty.
Sonia's Game Plan: Can the 'Dynasty' Make a Comeback?
Since December 1980, when Rajiv Gandhi was given an office in
the Prime Minister’s House and began to be groomed as his
mother's successor, Sonia Gandhi has played a silent role in
governance. An early sign of her influence was the advisory role
given to her brother-in—law Walter Vinci (then married to Sonia’s
elder sister Annouschka) by a blue-chip company. This was
despite Vinci's lack of significant formal qualifications.
Subsequently, an export firm was set up to send abroad Indian V
handicraft. Although allegations were often raised about "art
treasures" being sent out through this route, the charges were
never pursued.
The abrupt transfer of Jose Valdemoro, then married to Sonia
Gandhi’s younger sister Nadia, reflected the new power equations
after Sanjay Gandhi’s death in a plane crash in June 1980. The
Spanish diplomat was shifted from Lima, Peru to New Delhi by
his government. Subsequently, he too began to devote attention
to economic relations between India and other countries. Along
with a friend from Turin, Ottavio Quatrocchi, he had impressive
success in persuading the India government to see the merits in
the products of companies approved by them. Snam Progetti
and CASA were prime examples.
Despite the Indian government’s expensive presence in over
a hundred world capitals, it has not thus far been able to trace
the whereabouts of Quatrocchi who is wanted for questioning by
the CBI in Bofors, hawala and other cases. As for Vinci and
Valdemoro, both disappeared from the scene after P. V.
Narasimha Rao, strangely, began giving preference to his own
relatives rather than to those of Gandhi. Coincidentally, this shift
in prime ministerial affections was marked by a cooling-off of
relations between Sonia Gandhi and Narasimha Rao, Since
1993—when the then Prime Minister finally shook off the coils
of the past—Sonia Gandhi has seldom hidden her distaste of the
While much of the Indian media has treated Sonia Gandhi
with kid gloves, individuals close to her have revealed what they
claim are details of her political thinking. That Sonia Gandhi is
keenly interested in politics is apparent from her visitors’ book.
Especially during the past three months, she has talked to a
variety of politicians, almost all of whom have given details of
the alleged interactions to their confidants. Piecing together
some of these recollections, and talking to individuals known to
be close to her, the contours of what these sources claim to be the
"Sonia Gandhi game plan" emerge:
(1) The first stage would be the removal of P. V. Narasimha
Rao as the leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party.
In this, all techniques are deemed as fair, ranging from
the allegations of corruption against Rao and his allies
to moves to bring back Rao-baiters into the Congress
party. While Sharad Pawar is now an ally of 10 Janpath,
the preferred choice to replace Rao is Manmohan Singh,
according to these sources.
(2) After installing a Sonia-friendly CPP leader, the next
step would be to intensify the public attacks on the Deve
Gowda government, simultaneously winning over the
TDP, the TMC, the DMK, the SP and influential
individuals inside the Ianata Dal. After a few months,
the time would come for implementation of the second
stage, which is the replacement of the Deve Gowda
government with one headed by the new CPP leader.
(3) Such a government would hold office for around 18
months, during which time Sonia Gandhi would emerge
from her purdah and campaign for the Congress. This,
according to her admirers, would suffice to whip up a
wave of popular enthusiasm for the Congress that
replicates 1971 and 1984. A fresh election would be
called, in which three-fourths of the Congress tickets
would be given to new entrants judged to be responsive
to the wishes of 10 Janpath. After the election, a young
and "dynamic" individual would emerge as the Prime
Minister. If our sources are correct, the first preference
is for Madhavrao Scindia.
There is, of course, a final stage, which is the emergence of
a scion of the Nehru family as the understudy of the Sonia-
friendly Prime Minister. After one or perhaps two terms in office,
he would make way for a better qualified individual, either
Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi. Thereafter, India would once
again make stupendous progress, just as it did between 1947-64,
1966-67 and 1980-89.
If our sources (who were so careful to maintain anonymity
that some of the sessions took place in off peak times in public
parks rather than in homes or restaurants) are to be believed,
there is a carefully-crafted strategy behind the sphinx-like silence
of Sonia Gandhi. According to them, the plan is on the lines
sketched above, with the rough timetable for the fall of Rao being
January 1997, and the installation of the new government
following some four months from then. Not entirely accidentally,
individuals close to Sonia Gandhi have reportedly been briefing
mediapersons on the "imminence" of the fall of the Gowda
While Sonia Gandhi, following the example of Rao, refuses
to communicate with the media, there are others who do so ably.
Apart from Scindia and Arjun Singh, another politician known
to be close to her is P. Chidambaram. Amitabh Bachchan — whose
clout was recently demonstrated during the Miss World contest
in Bangalore — is another close associate. In addition, there are
the numerous trusts and other institutions controlled by her,
which together add up to an impressive public presence. Also,
there is little doubt that many Congress office-bearers have a
reflexive servility to her. This was clear, for example, during last
year’s trip to Amethi, when top politicians such as Digvijay
Singh and N. D. Tiwari waited by the barricades in the hope of
attracting a smile from her. However, there are three reasons
why the game plan contoured above may fail;
(a) The first reason is Sitaram Kesri. The AICC president is
a wily survivor who has at last escaped from
subordination to others. He is unlikely to mortgage this
new-found freedom to any individual, including Gandhi,
and therefore may follow his own game plan.
(b) The second obstacle is P. Vi Narasimha Rao. Despite the
blows he has suffered, he retains substantial strength
within the Congress Parliamentary Party. Thus, while it
is possible that he may have to step down, the
replacement may not be a Sonia nominee but a Rao
favourite such as G. Venkatswamy, a Dalit and former
minister. Should this take place, the desire of the Sonia
camp to install a Congress-led govemment may receive
a setback.
(c) The final obstacle will be Deve Gowda. His rustic
exterior and "humble" mien hides a fierce ambition and
a willingness to do battle that Narasimha Rao has
seldom displayed. The Prime Minister has built a career
out of being under-estimated, and may yet surprise his
foes. Despite the confidence shown by the Sonia camp,
the game may be far from over.
Supping with the Devil - Fundamentalists must be Shunned
Pulp fiction overflows with tales of young ladies seeking to
reform rakes, drunkards and general never-do-wells. Similarly,
leaders of several countries adopt a "reformist" approach to
ideological opposites both in their own and in other countries,
either avoiding the fact that differences exists, or hoping that
sweet words will diminish them.
Such is the minuet being played out between several moderate
states and fundamentalists. Even where the motive was less to
reform than to embarrass an enemy (as in the case of the US
policy in Afghanistan in the l980s), the argument that friendly
contact will temper rough ideological edges is commonly used.
Within countries, leaders whose outlook can be expected to be
secular often don fundamentalist colours, again in an ostensible
effort at lowering the temperature of rebellion against democratic
conduct by endorsing such tendencies rather than opposing
The problem is that such under-playing of the (pardon the
pun) fundamental differences between democratic conduct and
extremist behaviour usually works in favour of the latter, giving
it respectability and legitimacy and enabling it to widen its base
of support. Unless the leaders of democratic parties stress the
contradiction between social calm and militancy, large segments
of the public will be at risk of looking upon such fringe
organisations as legitimate participants in a democratic discourse.
Two Incidents
Two incidents will serve to illustrate this. One was the Muslim
Women's Bill, promulgated by Rajiv Gandhi eight years ago as
a reaction to the Shah Bano judgment. Instead of pointing out
that the judgment, far from being against a particular religion,
merely attempted to protect the rights of women, and that in any
case the proper response for its opponents would have been to
take legal steps to annul the judgment, the Union government
amended the law under fundamentalist pressure. As a
consequence, the moral authority of the regime to fight
fundamentalist tendencies in the majority community got eroded.
The second event was the destruction of the Babri Masjid.
Displaying (an almost unbelievable) naivete in accepting the
promises of a state government whose national masters were
openly calling for the pulling down of the structure, the Union
government declined to take effective steps to protect the
monument, and as a consequence the faith of religious minorities
in its ability—and indeed willingness—to protect their interests
got eroded. Although in secrecy-riddled India, the public is not
privy to the confabulations that preceded the decision to repose
such faith in Kalyan Singh, the argument must have been
advanced that friendly and supportive contact with the then U.P.
government would perhaps reduce the influence of the
'extremists' within the Sangh parivar.
Indeed, this is a common argument that a fundamentalist
organisation is divided into 'moderates’ and ’extremists', and
that support to the former will enable them to eliminate the ,
latter. Such arguments miss the point that the aim of both are
usually the same, and that the differences are present only in the
nuances. Both the ’reasonable’ Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
and the Iranian ’hardliners’ want to make Teheran the political
hub of a world religious movement. Both the ’moderate’ Pakistan
Peoples Party as well as the 'hawks' of the Jamaat-e-Islami are
united in their zeal to enforce religious laws in Pakistan.
U.S. Policy
The United States is another country that has displayed a
propensity to forge alliances with religious extremists. This was
done, for example, in Afghanistan where weapons and manpower
financed by the U.Si are now exported for advancing the
fundamentalist cause in third countries. This is being done in the
case of Pakistan, where the American policy is to support the
'moderate’ Benazir Bhutto to prevent the risk of take-over by
extremists. As a consequence, the denial of rights to minorities
within that country is ignored.
The U.S. - unlike France or Germany - does not as yet face
an internal threat from fundamentalist groups. However, Turkey
does, and it is ironic that one of the strongest supporters of the
terrorists in Kashmir is that country. Evidently, by playing along
with the ISI mujahideen, Tansu Ciller hopes to make herself
more acceptable to the religious fringe, forgetting that not just
her survival but that of Kemalist Turkey depends on the shrinking
rather than the buttressing of this dangerous fringe. However, a
government that swiftly chokes off an Urdu-language broadcast
to reward violent fanatics in Bangalore has little moral authority
to cast stones at her.
To take the case of Pakistan again, it is in the interests of the
political class in that country to weaken the dominance of the
army over the state. Until this is done, political leaders there will
in effect survive on the mercy of the men in uniform, being
constantly under the threat of being discarded undemocratically
as Bhutto and then Nawaz Sharif recently were. However,
forgetting their common interest in keeping the generals out of
the secretariats, when a Bhutto is unfairly dismissed, a Sharif
exults, only for a Bhutto to repay the compliment when it is her
rival who gets the boot. So long as the political class in Pakistan
takes the help of enemies of democracy in its internal quarrels,
the generals will continue to have the last word, as is evident, for
instance, in the fact that in the ’free’ Pakistan press, criticism of
the army is perforce absent.
The snub administered by president Rafsanjani to this
country—by the last-minute cancellation of his trip—should
make clear the absurdity inherent in a policy of fighting
fundamentalism with the help of fundamentalists. With its
quirky concepts concerning its religious role, Iran is one of the
last countries that should be encouraged to give its views in an
internal matter of India, which is Kashmir.
Indeed, there is a basic contradiction between the Indian
government’s official stand that Kashmir is a domestic dispute,
and its very public efforts at mobilising support within the UN
against Pakistan. Logically, India's public stand should be that
as Kashmir is a domestic issue, the passage of international
resolutions is not relevant. By claiming a 'victory' through
organising the shelving of a particular Pakistani resolution, India
could be exposing itself to the danger of inviting intervention
should another resolution be introduced.
Overt Efforts
Another self-defeating action taken by this country is its overt
efforts at persuading the U.S. to declare Pakistan to be a terrorist
state. Such a step openly acknowledges the American 'right' to
certify a state as being terrorist or democratic, a right that is not
obvious to most. Rather than a reactive strategy that focuses
exclusively on countering Pakistan’s efforts, India needs to work
out a positive strategy of systematically educating international
opinion about the ground realities of terrorism in Kashmir. Proof
of foreign involvement should be freely made available, as also
any facts concerning alleged misbehaviour by Indian troops.
However, rather than evolving out of compulsions based on
ground realities within the state, government policy towards it
appears to be formulated as a response to external or
fundamentalist pressure. A government with a commitment to
defending secularism does not need to be apologetic to the world
outside about the defence of its vital interests in Kashmir. Such
a defence may, for example, involve the use of helicopters to
track down foreign mercenaries operating in the state.
From Ciller to Clinton, the list of democratic leaders believing
in the virtues of alliance with segments of the fundamentalist
fringe is depressingly long. They forget that such a blurring of
the ideological and tactical divide between democracy and its
enemies usually works to the advantage of the more fanatic side.
If the Iranian snub convinces at least some in India of this
dictum, it would have served a purpose.
A Misstep on the Brinks of Victory
While the "full-blown" version of the Kashmir insurgency erupted
in 1990, the seeds were sown in 1984. That was the year Valley
youth began going across the border for training. "Perhaps
because it thought that a small dose of militancy, would help its
leverage with Delhi, the National Conference government took
no action against such crossings", a state police officer claimed.
The National Conference, as also the Congress, the Janata
Dal and the CPM, are dominated by the Valley Sunnis, who also
head the pro—militant JKLF, Hurriyat Conference, People's
Conference and People’s League. Since 1947, care has been taken
to ensure that the Valley Sunnis fill most of the government jobs.
Rather than attempt to craft a base separate from the NC, the
state unit of the Congress has also followed the same policy.
Another policy that unites the Congress and the NC is
corruption. According to a senior official, "the Kashmir
administration is even more corrupt than those in the North-
east." Reliable estimates are that less than a third of the Rs.
1,00,000 crore that has been spent by the Centre on Kashmir since
1947 has gone to the intended beneficiaries. The bulk has been
pocketed by politicians, officials and middlemen.
That has been one of the fuses priming the insurgency.
Another is the encouragement given to religious extremism by
the so-called "secular" governments in the state. "During
Congress rule in the 1960s, a chain of religious schools was
encouraged to be set up, in which youngsters were taught to
regard themselves as different from the 'unbelievers' around
them. Subtly, these schools spread a separatist message," said A.
S. Jamwal, a social analyst.
In 1977, soon after the victory of his party in the assembly
polls, Sheikh Abdullah adopted a policy of appeasement of
religious extremists. The essentially secular nature of
"Kashmiriyat” was eroded, and in its place was established a
culture that had much in common with Saudi Arabia and
Pakistan. However, thanks to the NC’s concentration on its
Valley Sunni base, the other Muslim groups—Shias, Gujjars and
Baltis—were left unaffected by this indoctrination. As a
consequence, to this day these groups have refused to join in the
insurgency, which is overwhelmingly a Valley Sunni
While the Hindus of Jammu and the Buddhists of Ladakh
have been opposed to the cry for azaadi of the militants, what is
not so well known is that even in Kashmir proper the Valley
Sunnis are outnumbered by the Gujjars, Shias, Baltis and Hindus.
None of these groups is in favour of “autonomy", which they
interpret as the continuation of Valley Sunni domination. A few
weeks ago, the Shia leader Mohammeddin-Cheetah resigned
from the NC, saying that he opposed its demand for autonomy.
Interestingly, the Saudi and Pakistani-funded Jamaat-i-lslami
evokes no response from either the Gujjars or the Shias.
Just as militancy in Punjab proved a boon to criminal
elements, who indulged freely in smuggling because the attention
of the police was focused on antiterrorist steps, the insurgency
in Kashmir has benefited some. One reason has been the drying-
up of tax payments from the Valley. As against Rs. 77 crore
collected as sales tax from Jammu this year, the Kashmir Valley
contributed only Rs. 12 crore, all of which came from public
sector companies. Income tax collections were almost zero in the
Valley, though normal in Jammu. "It is almost as though we are
being penalised for being loyal to India, while those who subvert
the country are rewarded," said Ram Sahai, president of the
Jammu Chamber of Commerce.
A senior officer in the state administration, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said that the situation "got out of
control in 1990, when V. P. Singh was the Prime Minister". After
home minister M. M. Sayeed's daughter Rubaiya was kidnapped,
"the minister had two options", the officer said. "He could have
l acted as the custodian of the nation’s security and refused to deal
with the abductors. Or he could have resigned and appealed as
I a father to the Kashmiri people to force the terrorists to release
his daughter. He did neither, instead, the government
surrendered", the officer said.
A senior police officer based in Srinagar pointed out that “ the
credibility of a government is an important factor in controlling
an insurgency. When azaadi euphoria erupted in the Valley after
the Rubaiya fiasco, the state government asked for just six
battalions of CRP to face the mobs. This request was denied by
the VP Singh government. The advice from Delhi was to avoid
any attempt to prevent the azaadi mobs from controlling the
streets. This hesitancy convinced the people of the Valley that
within months the central government would surrender Kashmir
to the militants".
Gulam Sheikh, an apple grower from Sonamarg, claimed
that "most Kashmiris supported the militants because we were
sure they would win, and so if we did not help them, they would
arrest us once they came to power". Karim, a militant from
Rajouri, was succinct: "We were told by our friends in Pakistan
that India would run away from Kashmir the same way the
Russians ran away from Kabul". 1990 saw the flowering of a
Mazhabi Junoon - religious fanaticism in the words of Merajud-
Din, a former militant resident in Srinagar. "We saw ourselves
as part of a new order that would stretch from Kashmir to
Turkey".
By 1991-92, the bulk of the Valley’s Sunni intellectuals-
lawyers, journalists and officials—had got onto the azaadi
bandwagon. The process got a further boost after the destruction
of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992. "It was no accident that
1993 was a particularly bad year", said S. S. Bilowria, additional
chief secretary, Jammu and Kashmir. According to adviser to the
governor Goswamy, "the Kashmir police had by then become
ineffective".
However, that was the year that Pakistan overplayed its
hand. In a bid to speed up the timetable of secession, large
numbers of Afghans, Sudanese and Pakistanis were infiltrated
into the Valley. These "guest fighters" imposed themselves on
the Valley, commandeering food, lodging and on occasions,
women. Taxes began to be levied "to finance the liberation war,"
and to wipe out secular infrastructure, schools were destroyed.
Soon, as the state began to resemble Afghanistan, local enthusiasm
for the "freedom struggle" began to wane.
Diplomatic Dinosaurs - Left Behind in a Changing World
Ten years ago, a young Indian diplomat in a European capital
briefly let fall his mask of official politeness. "Most of our work
is looking after VIP guests", he groused, "our promotions
depend on this, and not on how well we understand the country
and suggest responses useful to India". And because most VIP
visitors would sooner go to floor shows or supermarkets than to
experts in trade or terrorism, a career-minded diplomat quickly
finds out all that is necessary about such locales in order to
entertain a dignitary from home. lf in the process the "training"
of a diplomat resembles a course in hotel management (the guest
is always right), that is bagatelle when compared to the satisfaction
of dozens of VH’s who saunter out of the guest houses that go
by the name of Indian embassies abroad.
In the corporate world of the past, the production departments
had primacy, with marketing being almost an afterthought.
Today the creation of a need through professional manipulation
of tastes is at the core of the business process. The practitioners
of this skill are usually highly-trained and well-paid, often more
so than those in other disciplines. If we considered that the job
of Indian diplomats is similarly to identify ways in which this
country's capabilities can cater to the perceived needs of other
countries while bringing benefits to India, then it is evident that
the ministry of external affairs is still in the pre-market era,
where form has primacy over substance.
Diplomats' Promotion
Had the criteria for career "progression been based on
achievements like, for example, an increase in the import of
goods and services from India or changes in a country" policy
in a manner beneficial to Indian interests, many of our diplomats
would perhaps have been tempted to abandon the role of escorts
and innkeepers for VIP guests. However, the diplomat’s
professional skills are seldom judged relevant when deciding on
promotions. They are done arbitrarily, often a diplomat who has
been given what is termed a "hardship" posting is posted to a
comfortable western country like Austria or Belgium to
recuperate. If the diplomat’s inability or lack of desire to execute
his duties has made the country where he is posted currently
indifferent or even more hostile than before to India's concerns,
then his promotion to a "soft” assignment is hastened.
While the pace of change is accelerating the world over, in
the selection committees for choosing new officers "crass"
individuals from the world of commerce, journalism or public
life, are effectively kept out and at best are permitted token
appearances between the closed ranks of soon-to-be-retired, just-
retired or long-retired diplomats. Much discussion takes place ,
over the number of prize missions that have fallen to political
appointees. Naturally any officer with an iota of loyalty to his
profession will strive to ensure that such appointees trip up and
eventually fail, so that they can be replaced by civilised persons
who are well-versed in the use of the appropriate cutlery and the
choice of the right wine.
Despite their snooty disdain for "organised labour", most
administrative fraternities function most effectively in a trade
union mode, not subject to accountability. This country should
adopt a system of encouraging movement from fields like
marketing and communications to die diplomatic corps with
highly trained professionals working as diplomats for three to
five year terms. This would help create a diplomatic system
more relevant to current priorities: enhanced trade and security.
There is no reason why a "political appointee" should necessarily
be a politician. He or she could be a scientist (in a country with
which technological cooperation is significant) or a marketing
professional (where enhanced trade is sought) or from the
communications industry (where a change in perception needs
to be introduced). What is urgently required is a network of
genuine specialists down the line, serving within the diplomatic
corps for specified periods or even permanently. Just as war is
too serious a business to be left to generals, diplomacy is far too
crucial a field to be monopolised by foreign service officers.
The standard response to most suggestions for substantive
change is that things are proceeding perfectly at present. Those
in charge of external relations point with pride to the "improving"
relations with practically every country. That most such
"improvements" are a consequence of continuous concessions to
external susceptibilities is, of course, glossed over. Thus troops
in Kashmir are unable to use helicopters to pursue mercenaries
from Pakistan, Sudan and Afghanistan, because to do so would
hurt the feelings of these three countries. India has to play down
major technological achievements in the rocket field, because
enhanced activity there would lead to frowns from capitals that
regard bullock carts and camel rides as being more "natural"
fields of activity for a ”backward" country than the launching of
satellites or rockets. Thus the so-called "regional bully" has to
watch meekly while terrorists in our northern states get trained
in Pakistan, and insurgents in north-eastern states get support
from Bangladesh. 'The diminishing significance of India in its
own backyard is clearly underscored by the fact that two
neighbours are able to foment insurgency at their will in this
country and even countries like Thailand harbour Indian citizens
who are engineering insurgency here by remote control.
There is a clear correlation between the declining effectiveness
of Indian diplomacy and the increase in externally-backed
insurgency within our borders. Had this country followed the
example of China, and developed its defences openly and
energetically, it would arguably have witnessed an improvement
in its security environment at a much lower cost than it is
incurring at present. To accept the western argument that the
rolling back of India's nuclear and space programme will lead to
a peace-oriented response from our western neighbour is to
ignore the instability that permeates this region.
In 1972 major concessions were given to the late Zulifikar Ali
Bhutto in order to prop up a "democratic alternative" to the
Pakistani army. This strategy failed and the concessions went to
‘ waste, just. as Indian forbearance did in 1948 when the army was
prevented from liberating the whole of Kashmir by Jawaharlal
Nehru. Should Benazir Bhutto make promises that Pakistan will
roll back strategic defence programmes, the situation within that
country makes it probable that she will be ousted by one or
another fundamentalist group or the army, which will soon
renege on such promises. In the meantime, India would have lost
a lot of crucial time.
Secular Forces
By flirting with the fundamentalists, Bhutto has strengthened a
force that has the potential to topple her. Whether in Pakistan,
Afghanistan or many of the CIS states, there is a need to buttress
secular forces and prevent the movement towards
fundamentalism. A more active Indian diplomacy within this
region—stressing this country’s economic base and secular
traditions—is called for in place of the present passivity. Such a
policy needs we backed by a credible deterrent force that will
prevent any other spillover of fundamentalist violence into
In the face of the instability in our neighbourhood, it is
astonishing that even the proposed national security council has
not yet been formed. As for introducing basic changes in the
training and composition of our diplomatic corps, this may
prove beyond the vision of our MEA that saw nothing wrong
with functioning without a political head for over a year. The
price for the present will be paid for by the future.
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Modi, Abe bid to break China monopoly in rare earths (Sunday Guardian)
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Senator Lindsey Graham insults an Asian leader (Pakistan Observer)
Democracy, Mamata-style (Sunday Guardian)
‘MeToo’: Matriarchal values enter the mainstream (Pakistan Observer)
India’s Air Force needs 200 more fighter aircraft (Sunday Guardian)
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Melissa on Love
Practical Advice and Support for the Woman Dating a Divorced (or Divorcing) Man
Is This Relationship Going to Work Out?
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Today’s article is in response to a question from a reader (via Ask Melissa!) about how to decide if this relationship is ultimately going to work out, especially if you feel like he isn’t ready for a relationship. In my response, I provide guidance on how to approach this question, key indicators for long-term relationship happiness and success, and point out a destructive red flag that is found to be highly predictive of divorce.
Dear Melissa,
I started dating a guy two years ago, he had recently separated (barely a couple months). He liked me a year before that. We dated for four months but then he started dealing with telling the kids, his wife’s anger, getting his stuff out of his home, financial arrangements and all those issues divorcing people have to go through, so he told me that he needed time and space to solve everything on his own and hoped that we could date again when everything was better and he had his issues solved.
Months went by and we would chat sometimes or run in to each other, and ended up together having a great time. Like eight months later we were in a race together and ended up spending the weekend together. After that I texted him saying I was hoping we could date again sometime in the future, but that I felt he still needed more partying and more time and more dating before he was ready, he said he would like that in the future when everything was better.
We ran into each other like seven months later. We both were still dating somebody else but neither of was happy in our other relationship so we started seeing each other again, spent New year’s together with friends and decided to end our other relationships, and started renting a weekend house together in January this year.
By now he is divorced. He is seven years younger with two kids. I have never been married and no kids (didn’t want that route in my life). I met the kids now because of the house and we fell in love with each other! We started spending those weekends together and had a lot of fun with them, but during the week I always gave him a lot of space (he is still into a post-divorce partying phase).
We went to a skiing trip and he did not telling his kids. I knew they did not know and agreed with his reasons not to tell them and a couple months later the daughter was looking at my phone pics and I totally forgot about them not knowing and started to show her a video and then remembered that he had not told them.
She got very mad at her dad and her dad got very mad at me… Did not talk to me or answer my apology texts or emails for a week. I decided to give him time to cool down and understand that I was so sorry and did not mean to hurt him or the girl. It was a huge mistake on my part and I cried for weeks!
A month or five weeks later he went to the weekend house and I was there, we hugged for ten minutes and started talking like nothing happened. Then I asked him to talk about the problem, he said he was too angry to talk to me and his daughter was pissed at him for weeks. I could finally tell him how sorry I was in person, we hugged, I cried, and he said he finally understood I had no bad intention and that because he cared so much for me he was deeply hurt. I cried even more.
After that we did not talk for another month, and then our birthdays came (We have the same birthday) and I had my party and then went over to his and we ended up together having a great time.
He said he cared for me but there were things he did not like. I said I still hoped we have a chance to be together and the opportunity to share our lives. A friend of his told me that same day: “He cared a lot for you, his kids adore you but you need to be smart and give him another year or so to settle down”.
Since then we started to communicate again more often but we have not seen each other. I tried to see him this week but he could not get out of a meeting, he said next week. I told him I missed talking and he said he did too, that he always enjoys our conversations.
I don t care about marriage or having kids, never had. But with him I feel good, laugh, enjoy his kids and his life and felt that I could have him as a Life companion.
I don’t feel he is ready to settle down again, yet. Where do I stand in his life right now? What he did not like about me, I don’t know yet but I know there are always things we both won’t like and that feelings change so I am willing to know and see if I can improve those things and work on those issues.
What can I do? I have always given him space, never pushed, and tried to be by his side and help him with his kids without living my own Life. I work, I race triathlons, have a bunch of friends and have a Life that’s full of stuff.
-Patience
Dear Patience,
Thanks so much for reaching out. I feel your concern. I know it can be really frustrating when it feels like he’s not ready for a relationship and you really want your relationship to work out.
When we talk about wanting a relationship to work out, we’re really thinking about:
Are we going to be happy together long-term?
Are we both going to get our needs met?
Being In Love is Not Enough
Falling in love plays an important role in emotional bonding, but long-term happiness in a relationship depends on these key things:
His and Your Relationship Readiness
How available is he physically and emotionally for a relationship?
If he is dealing with a lot of unresolved issues from his previous marriage or really struggling with the new parenting arrangement after the divorce, he might not be emotionally available right now to really nurture your relationship.
The same goes for your own relationship readiness.
Are there areas of your own life and personal growth that need attention, nurturing or resolution?
Needs and relationship requirements Being Met
Are your needs and relationship requirements being met in your relationship? Are his?
Everyone has their own unique set of relationship requirements and needs—what you require in a relationship in order for it to work for you.
If one requirement is missing, the relationship will likely fail because it’s not going to work for you.
And if your needs are going unmet, you’ll ultimately be unhappy in the relationship.
How aligned are you both in your life visions, needs, and relationship requirements?
Each person in a relationship has their own vision for what makes for a fulfilling life and relationship, and each person has their own set of needs and relationship requirements.
Your visions, needs, and relationship requirements don’t need to perfectly match each other.
But there should be enough alignment in that you’re both willing to support each others life vision and can meet each others needs and relationship requirements.
Chemistry and attraction have a place in drawing us together.
But we shouldn’t make our relationship decisions on only chemistry or attraction alone.
For example, we might be highly attracted to someone, they might turn us on in every way, but if our needs and relationship requirements go unmet, the relationship will not last.
(or it will last if you stay together despite your needs going unmet, but you’ll be unhappy in it).
Mutual Commitment to Problem-Solving Issues in the Relationship
If there are issues in your relationship, it’s important to remember that it takes at least two people to have a relationship.
You might have done all the inner work necessary to be a successful single and you might have done a lot of work to gain relationship skills.
But if your partner is unwilling to do the inner work on his end and if he is unwilling to work with you toward a solution to these issues, it’s like trying to win the World Series when you’re playing by yourself.
You’re only going to have a chance of winning if you work as a team.
How can you win if a key player is unwilling to put in the effort or doesn’t believe it’s possible?
So I would encourage you to take a close look at all this indicators to help you determine if this relationship has long-term potential for you.
What If He Doesn’t Feel Ready for a Relationship?
If he doesn’t feel ready for a relationship, he’s going to have a very hard time meeting your needs.
But you mentioned in your question that he said that “there were somethings that he did not like.”
So that doesn’t necessarily mean he isn’t ready, it just means that there are some things in the relationship that are not working for him.
But if he has a lot of unresolved issues from the divorce and his kids are having a really hard time, he might not be ready because those unresolved issues might interfere with him being available for the relationship that you really want.
In any case, it’s important to have an open and honest conversation with him to find out what are those “things that he did not like.”
Of course, however, he has to be forthcoming with what those issues are for him.
If he doesn’t communicate the issue that he’s having, it doesn’t give you the opportunity to know what needs of his aren’t being met, nor the opportunity to work together to negotiate how they could be met.
A Highly Destructive Red Flag
There was one thing you mentioned that was a huge issue for both of you, and that was the incident when you accidentally showed the ski vacation photos to his daughter.
I can understand that he was upset that that happened if he didn’t want his daughter to know about your vacation together.
I don’t know the exact details of the incident, but not talking to you for a week and still being angry with you even after two months seems like excessive “punishment” for the “crime.”
Refusing to talk with you and ignoring your texts and emails, is what relationship researcher John Gottman, Ph.D calls stonewalling.
Gottman defines stonewalling as “when a listener withdraws from an interaction” by getting quiet or shutting down.
And being angry with you for more than two months, just seems like a really long time to hold a grudge, which makes me wonder whether he might have issues with resolving anger, or learning to manage his emotions in a healthy way might be an area of growth for him.
I bring this up because stonewalling is highly destructive to relationships:
Partners emotionally or physically withdraw (stonewall) because they’re psychologically or physiologically overwhelmed, said Mary Spease, PsyD, a clinical psychologist who specializes in couples therapy in La Jolla, Calif.
They “are typically trying to avoid conflict or escape from conflict; they’re trying to calm themselves down during a stressful situation,” Nickerson said.
For instance, they may refuse to discuss certain topics or feelings, struggling to tolerate the discomfort. They may turn away, stop making eye contact, cross their arms or leave the room because they feel hurt, angry or frustrated, Spease said.
She described stonewalling as “an uncomfortable and hurtful silence.”
Stonewalling is a complex issue. People shut down for myriad reasons. People who have experienced trauma may disconnect from themselves and thereby disconnect from the relationship, said Heather Gaedt, PsyD, a clinical psychologist in Palm Desert, Calif., who specializes in couples (particularly with those with eating disorder and addiction issues). Partners might shut down because they’re keeping secrets or feel resentment if it’s a topic they’ve talked about over and over.
Not surprisingly, stonewalling is damaging to relationships. “The person who chooses to stonewall is no longer participating in self-reflection and subsequently personal growth,” Spease said. Rather than contributing to the well-being of the relationship, they impede it from moving forward, she said.
According to Nickerson, “The recipient of stonewalling feels ignored, misunderstood, invalidated, and just plain hurt.” Many people tell her “they feel so unimportant that they don’t even deserve a response.”
In fact, she said, stonewalling is so destructive Gottman found it to be highly predictive of divorce.
(Shared from psychcentral.com. View the full article here: Stonewalling in Couples: When You or Your Partner Shuts Down)
Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. wrote some really helpful ways you approach this issue if your partner stonewalls:
Recognize It’s Not About You
This is the way your partner has learned to manage their emotions, Gaedt said. In the same way, if you shut down, it isn’t your partner’s fault, she said. Trying to get your partner to open up (i.e., trying to fix or change them) only leads to resentment on both sides.
“To believe that you have the power to make your partner behave in a particular manner if you simply express something the ‘right way’ is dangerous,” Spease said. It often leads to people taking on more responsibility than is theirs in the relationship, she said. This often leaves you “feeling angry or not good enough when they choose to shut down despite your loving approach.”
Talk Beforehand
Talk to your partner about the best way to communicate with them when they’re shutting down, Gaedt said. (You can talk about this in the same conversation as above.) In other words, what’s a helpful way for you to talk to them when they’re starting to withdraw from the conversation?
Detach and Set Boundaries
“When you recognize that your partner is stonewalling, you can choose to lovingly detach and not enable or perpetuate an unhealthy dynamic,” Spease said.
When you keep trying to get your partner to engage with you when they don’t want to, you communicate that you’ll tolerate this kind of behavior, and there’s no motivation on their part to change (when you’re doing it for them), she said.
“[D]etaching and setting a clear boundary sends the message that although they have a right to behave as they please, they cannot do so while in connection with you. By removing yourself from the situation, your partner is left with no one to focus on (or blame) but themselves.”
Gaedt shared these examples of boundaries: leaving the house and doing something for yourself; asking your partner to leave because you have a hard time being around them; or telling them you want to attend therapy as a couple in order to stay in the relationship.
Take an inventory of what the relationship issues are.
Which issues are within your control and which are not within your control?
Decide if, when or how, you might problem-solve those issues. And for how long?
It is ultimately up to you to decide how long you want to try and problem-solve the issues and what your criteria would be for staying in the relationship.
I encourage you to keep your highest vision in mind when making relationship decisions.
What do you envision as the ideal relationship for you?
What do you envision as the most fulfilling life path for you?
And does this relationship support that vision?
I know these things take a lot of time and thought to consider, but I hope this helps provide some guidance!
Please feel free to reach out if you need any other support.
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