Megadeth, Rush, Skid Row And More Among 125 Artists Who Signed Open Letter To Pandora Over Compensation
Posted by Zach Shaw on November 15, 2012
Digital radio and streaming services have been a hot button issue in the music industry, especially relating to revenue. So it's understandable why many musicians would be unhappy that Pandora is lobbying lawmakers in U.S. Congress to pass the "Internet Radio Fairness Act," which would change regulation of how royalties are paid to artists. In fact, 125 artists specially are so opposed by the online music company's push that they've signed an open letter to voice their concerns.
According to Digital Music News, heavy acts like Megadeth, Rush, KISS, Skid Row, and Duff McKagan included their signature in the open letter to Pandora that also included Rihanna, Billy Joel and many others. Here is the open letter to Pandora (along with all 125 signatures):
"We are big fans of Pandora. That's why we helped give the company a discount on rates for the past decade.
Pandora is now enjoying phenomenal success as a Wall Street company. Skyrocketing growth in revenues and users. We celebrate that. At the same time, the music community is just now beginning to gain its footing in the new digital world.
Pandora's principal asset is the music.
Why is the company asking Congress once again to step in and gut the royalties that thousands of musicians rely upon? That's not fair, and that's not how partners work together.
Congress has many pressing issues to consider, but this is not one of them. Let's work this out as partners and continue to bring fans the great musical experience they rightly expect.
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There's no denying Pandora's growth over the past year alone, as the open letter points out. However, Pandora (along with Clear Channel Communications and other streaming services) believe it to be unfair that they have to pay more for the rights to music as they gain customers. "This bipartisan bill will end royalty rate discrimination against internet radio and bring greater fairness to our industry. Today, the discrimination is extraordinary. In 2011, Pandora paid over 50% of revenues in performance royalties, while SiriusXM paid less than 10%," Pandora claimed on their website.
This comes during a time when artists and labels have been battling it out over digital royalties, while music industry groups recently came to an agreement over a new royalty deal regarding digital and cellular services. We'll just have to wait and see how far the debate amongst musicians and streaming services like Pandora will go.
[via Digital Music News and Reuters]
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July 18: Westminster Seminary Organized (1929)
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The historic meeting which launched the new seminary took place on this day, July 18, in 1929 with seventy-eight teaching and ruling elders present at the YMCA in Philadelphia.
Plans for a New Seminary
by Rev. David T. Myers
The "school of the prophets" was lost to Old School Presbyterianism. The great theologians of old Princeton — Alexander, Miller, Hodge, etc. — might still be buried in the cemetery plot of Princeton, but now buried with them was their historic stand for the faith once delivered unto the saints. A re-organization of the trustees was now in place and signers of the infamous Auburn Affirmation had even been placed on the Board. In only a matter of time the fruits of liberalism would be manifest in the teachings of the classrooms.
Recognizing that sad truth, the Rev. Walter Buchanan, pastor of Broadway Presbyterian Church in New York City, sent out an invitation on June 17, 1929 to a group of teaching and ruling elders, asking them to gather at the University Club to respond to these developments. At that meeting, the following statement was approved by this group of elders: "Resolved: that this group will support the loyal members of the former Board of Directors of Princeton Theological Seminary in any step they may see fit to take (1) toward prevention by legal means the misuse of the Seminary's funds, or (2) toward the formation of a new Seminary if they decide that it is necessary." A wide latitude was allowed in this resolve, as you can see. Their aim, that despite the new liberal members on the Princeton Board, to see if we cannot keep Princeton Seminary from digressing away any further from the faith, but failing that, the possibility of a new seminary is on the table as well.
There were meetings taking place in other cities as well. Philadelphia was the site of a meeting of elders, including one in which finances were pledged for one year of the new seminary. At last, the historic meeting which launched the new seminary took place on July 18, 1929 with seventy-eight teaching and ruling elders present at the YMCA in Philadelphia. The name of Westminster Theological Seminary was chosen at this meeting, and an executive committee, a governing board, was chosen, composed of six (6) teaching elders and eight (8) ruling elders.
The teaching elders included Maitland Alexander, Roy T. Brumbaugh, Walter Buchanan, Samuel Craig, Charles Schall, and Frank Stevenson. Also present were Ruling elders Roland Armes, Edgar Frutchey, Frederick Paist, James Runkin, T. E. Ross, James Schrader, John Steele, and Morgan Thomas. Drs. Robert Dick Wilson, J. Gresham Machen,and O.T. Allis served as advisers.
The happy fruition of this meeting came on September 25th of that same year, when fifty students gathered at the Seminary campus at 1528 Pine Street in Philadelphia, eager to begin their preparation for the ministry. A seminary was born!
Words to Live By: One of the minor prophets of the Old Testament wrote that we were not to despise the day of small things. Certainly, this founding of Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa., was just a tiny speck in comparison with Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey in the world's eyes. But when your standard is the authoritative Word of God and the gospel of the Lord Jesus, then there is more that meets the eye in the start of this school which carried on the historic testimony of old Princeton. Let us learn to look ever to the Bible, not the world's estimation, in your prayers and financial support of churches and institutions of the biblical gospel.
A few select treasures from the PCA Historical Center's files:
1. Click here to view the 1929-1930 Catalogue of Westminster Theological Seminary, with its listing of courses.
2. Click here to view the 1931 publication, Our Faculty.
Pictured above, the Seminary library at its original location, 1528 Pine Street, in Philadelphia;
and pictured below, the student body at Westminster Theological Seminary in its first academic year, 1929-1930.


Bear vs Lion: Who Would Win?
By Stuart / January 2, 2022 June 1, 2022
Looking at only the weight advantage, a bear would probably win in a battle with a lion.
The average male lion weighs in at between 330 – 570 pounds. The average bear is even heavier than the lion, with an average weight of 700 pounds twice as heavy as a lion.
Lions and bears are both apex predators in their respective environments that can easily take down prey of any size.
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Polar Bears can weigh up to 1700 pounds and lions up to 600 pounds. Since the lion is so much smaller than the polar bears, the lion's attack would be ineffective against the polar bear and he would just get knocked out by a swipe of the polar bear's paw or bite from its jaws.
Polar bears are stronger than lions.
The lion has a heavier build and its claws can disembowel an opponent. A polar bear's front limbs are much more powerful than those of a lion, making it easier for the polar bear to kill prey.
Lions have been known to kill large animals with one swift blow from their paw. However, unless the lion is able to perform such a maneuver against the bulkier body of the polar bear, both will struggle for an extended period of time at close range.
This will give one combatant or another an advantage in terms of stamina and ultimately give rise to either predator overcoming his adversary; however, it is not likely that a lion will have a higher chance of success.
The polar bear would have the upper hand because while the lion uses its claws to attack, the polar bear has a bigger skull and a stronger bite force of 1200 psi twice the force of the lion making it a more efficient killer.
Both lions and polar bears use their teeth and claws to hunt. Polar bears are much stronger and larger than lions.
One advantage a lion has against a lone bear is that lions often hunt in packs, greatly expanding the range and size of prey they are able to hunt.
A polar bear is the largest, strongest terrestrial carnivore on earth. A lion would pose no threat to an adult polar bear, although a pride of lions working together may be able to take one on.
The reason that one or more lions may be able to defeat a single polar bear is that there would likely be several attacking the same bear at once, allowing them to tire it out before moving in for the kill.
However, this tactic probably won't work if faced with the entire group of polar bears on their turf (the arctic).
A single polar bear can take down creatures much larger than itself, including elk, moose, and even musk oxen – which are many times larger than a large male lion.
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Grizzlies are well known for their strength and power. They can be very aggressive, especially if they feel threatened or provoked.
These two animals are both predators but they eat different types of food; lions mainly feed on hoofed mammals (such as antelope, wildebeest, etc.) whereas bears prefer prey like berries and roots, insects, etc.
Because of their diets and different habitats (Lions live in Africa, Grizzlies live in North America) these two beasts would probably not encounter each other very often in the wild.
If the two were to meet, the fight could go either way, depending on the size and condition of each animal.
Grizzly bears have a very strong bite force of 1,200 psi, they can pierce through bones with relative ease. Lions have a weaker bite force of 550-700 psi and as such would be less likely to penetrate the bear's thick hide.
The bear has front claws which are used for hunting and defense while the lion's sharp teeth and claws come into good use when it hunts its prey or defends itself against other animals (or humans).
Bears use their strength/power to full advantage in battle whereas the lion relies more on its speed and agility.
Lions live and hunt in groups, called prides.
Related Article: Bear vs. Moose
Both Lions and Grizzlies use their sharp teeth and claws to hunt, however, grizzlies have superior strength while lions have superior agility.
The size advantage may tip the balance in favor of the grizzly bear if the two were to fight.
However, even though the Grizzly Bear has fewer weapons for killing prey than the Lion, it is at least equally equipped with strong limbs and muscles for swiping those sharp claws across its enemy's face.
The lion may be able to kill anything in any environment but it can not match up with an animal of equal strength on land with four paws like a grizzly bear.
If these two beasts fought one another in nature, there would be no contest; A Grizzly Bear would easily win over an African Lion 100% of the time.
The black bear is North America's most common species of bear. An adult male black bear generally weighs between 100 and 600 lbs while the female will weigh between 60 and 300 lbs.
The black bear is the smallest of the bear species but still outweighs an average size lion by 30 lbs.
This will be a close fight due to the two animals weighing almost the same.
The chances are that if they were to fight then the black bear would probably win simply due to its strength advantage over a lion.
As strong as lions are, they are not truly made for fighting large prey. That's why the black bear will likely come out on top.
However when you take into account that there is an offset difference in agility too, then things may swing towards the side of the lion as well as it is incredibly agile for its size which gives it an edge over a relatively slow bear such as a black bear.
Black bears are good climbers too, whilst the lion is only moderately better than terrible. The black bear can climb trees with great ease giving them the advantage.
Black bears are stronger than lions, pound for pound. Their jaws are so strong, they can crunch through the shell of a turtle whit a biting force of 980 psi.
Hardly any animal preys on black bears due to their strength and defense mechanisms, which include claws that measure approximately 2-4 inches in length while a lion only has a claw size of 1.5 inches.
A black bear's paws are also used as weapons when it has no other choice but to defend itself against an attack—and many animals have lost their lives this way!
Black Bears have long, sharp claws that they can use to defend themselves if they have to
A battle between these two animals could potentially end in the death of one or both of them due to their massive size, high speed, and immense power.
But looking at the bite force and the weight difference the black bear will win in a battle with a lion.
Lions have around 3.9 inches on their canine teeth while black bears have 2.5 inches, but lions have smaller molars making them weaker than bears.
Black bears are more likely to retreat when they are being threatened unless there are cubs present, then it may fight back with deadly force especially if it feels threatened.
On the other hand, lions will not retreat and will fight to the death if it means defending their life or their pride.
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While a bear will win every fight with a lion one on one, however, if you put a single bear against a pride of lions, the lion will always win.
The reason for this is simply because lions are stronger hunters than bears.
When a lion hunts, it will work together to tire the prey down enough that one of them can pounce on it and finish it off with their teeth.


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"Theodore W. Allen's The Invention of the White Race is one of the twentieth-century's major contributions to historical understanding. This extraordinarily important two-volume work, first published in 1994 and 1997, and considered a "classic" by 2003, presents a full-scale challenge to what Allen refers to as "The Great White Assumption" -- the unquestioning acceptance of the "white race" and "white" identity as skin color-based and natural attributes rather than as social and political constructions. It's thesis on the origin and nature of the so-called "white race" contains the root of a new and radical approach to United States history, one that challenges dominant narratives taught in schools, colleges, universities, and the media. With its equalitarian motif and emphasis on the class struggle dimension of history it contributes mightily to our understanding of American, African American, and Labor History and it speaks to people desiring and struggling for change worldwide. Its influence can be expected to continue to grow in the twenty-first century."
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"When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no 'white' people there; nor, according to the colonial records, would there be for another sixty years." That arresting statement, printed on the back cover of the first volume of The Invention of the White Race by Theodore W. Allen, first published in 1994, reflected the fact that, after twenty-plus years of research in Virginia's colonial records, he found "no instance of the official use of the word 'white' as a token of social status" prior to its appearance in a 1691 law. As he explained, "Others living in the colony at that time were English; they had been English when they left England, and naturally they and their Virginia-born children were English, they were not 'white.'" "White identity had to be carefully taught, and it would be only after the passage of some six crucial decades" that the word "would appear as a synonym for European-American."
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Theodore W. Allen's The Invention of the White Race should be of special interest to students and scholars of Labor History. This two-volume "classic," recently published by Verso Books in a new, expanded edition (with internal study guides), challenges existing master narratives and seeks to provide the foundation for a radical new interpretation of U.S. History and U.S. Labor History.
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Note the attention to labor in the following "Table of Contents" --
Vol. 2 The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo America
Introduction to the Second Edition [by Jeffrey B. Perry]
PART ONE: Labor Problems of the European Colonizing Powers
1.	The Labor Supply Problem: England a Special Case
2.	English Background, with Anglo-American Variations Noted
3.	Euro-Indian Relations and the Problem of Social Control
PART TWO: The Plantation of Bondage
4.	The Fateful Addiction to "Present Profit"
5.	The Massacre of the Tenantry
6.	Bricks without Straw: Bondage, but No Intermediate Stratum
PART THREE: Road to Rebellion
7.	Bond-Labor: Enduring . . .
8.	. . . and Resisting
9.	The Insubstantiality of the Intermediate Stratum
10.	The Status of African-Americans
PART FOUR: Rebellion and Reaction
11. Rebellion – And Its Aftermath
12.	The Abortion of the "White Race" Social Control System in the Anglo-Caribbean
13.	The Invention of the White Race – and the Ordeal of America
Appendix II-A: (see Chapter 1, note 64 [re "Maroon communities" in the Americas])
Appendix II-B: (see Chapter 2, note 6 [re Wat Tyler's Rebellion])
Appendix II-C: (see Chapter 5, note 46 [re the "'cheap commodity' strategy for capitalist conquest and William Bullock])
Appendix II-D: (see Chapter 7, note 197 [re the bond-labor system])
Appendix II-E: (see Chapter 9, note 54 [re reduction in the supply of persons in England "available for bond-labor in the plantation colonies"])
Appendix F: (see Chapter 13, note 26 [re William Gooch and the discussion of white supremacy among the ruling classes in eighteenth-century Virginia])
Editor's Appendix G: A Guide to "The Invention of the White Race" Volume II
Editor's Appendix H: Select Bibliography on Theodore W. Allen
Index [Newly Expanded]
Sample Reviewer Comments --
"In a masterful two-volume work Theodore (Ted) Allen transforms the reader's understanding of race and racial oppression . . . This two volume work becomes more than a look at history; it is a foundation for a path toward social justice." -- Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-author, Solidarity Divided and "They're Bankrupting Us!" And 20 Other Myths about Unions
"The Invention of the White Race [is] . . . meticulously researched . . . and its insights . . . themes and perspectives should be made available to all scholars . . . it should become a classic without which no future American history will be written." -- Audrey Smedley, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Commonwealth University, author of Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview
"As magisterial and comprehensive as the day it was first published, Theodore Allen's The Invention of the White Race continues to set the intellectual, analytical and rhetorical standard when it comes to understanding the real roots of white supremacy, its intrinsic connection to the class system, and the way in which persons committed to justice and equity might move society to a different reality." -- Tim Wise, author, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, and Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority
"Allen's Invention of the White Race is one of the most important books of U.S. history ever written. It illuminates the origins of the largest single obstacle to progressive change and working class power in the US: racism and white supremacy." -- Joe Berry, Labor educator, organizer, and author of Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education
"The profound insights in The Invention of the White Race are essential both to understand the origins and destructiveness of white supremacy and to provide the means to conduct struggle against it. Allen's study is mandatory reading for everyone concerned with justice, equality and the liberation of all from the binds of white supremacy." -- Mark Solomon, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, Harvard University
"Few books are capable of carrying the profound weight of being deemed to be a classic--this is surely one. Indeed, if one has to read one book to provide a foundation for understanding the contemporary U.S.--read this one." – Gerald Horne, activist, historian and author, most recently, of Negro Comrades of the Crown: African-Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation
"A must read for educators, scholars and social change activist -- now more than ever! Ted Allen's writings illuminate the centrality of how white supremacy continues to work in maintaining a powerless American working class." -- Tami Gold, Professor & Filmmaker, PSC CUNY Chapter Chair, Hunter College
"If one wants to understand the current, often contradictory, system of racial oppression in the United States --- and its historical origins --- there is only one place to start: Theodore Allen's brilliant, illuminating, The Invention of the White Race." -- Michael Goldfield, author of The Color of Politics: Race and the Mainsprings of American Politics
"[A] historical materialist analysis . . . reflecting the perspective of the author whose working class upbringing informed his work and whose political understanding called for constant struggle against white supremacy." -- Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz, author, Red Dirt: Growing Up Okie
"We cannot effectively counter the depth of white racism in the US if we don't understand its origin and mechanisms. [Allen] has figured something out that can guide our work—it's groundbreaking and it's eye-opening." -- Gene Bruskin, Co-Convener U.S. Labor Against the War and Former Director of the Justice@Smithfield Campaign
"Through an exhaustive review of the primary sources, Theodore W. Allen pulls back the veil over the origin of racial oppression in Anglo-America. Allen's description of how the 1% divided and controlled the 99% in response to the class struggles of 17th century Virginia challenges European Americans today to 'throw off the stifling incubus of the white identity.'" -- Sean Ahern, New York City public school teacher
"Independent scholar Theodore W. Allen has produced a two-volume tour de force that situates the development of racism, white supremacy, and racial identities in context of the sixteenth and seventeenth century British conquest of Ireland, the Atlantic slave trade, the rise of chattel bond-servitude in the Caribbean and English-speaking North America, and the destruction of Native American societies. More importantly, Allen draws from a wide array of primary sources to reveal the ways the political and economic elites, driven to maintain and expand their social control of laboring people — whether bound or free -- invented the concept of the white race. Allen's research has profoundly shaped and influenced, often behind the scenes, historians' debates on American colonial slavery and its connections to racism, white supremacy, and nascent capitalism." – Charles L. Lumpkins, Pennsylvania State University, author of American Pogrom: The East St. Louis Race Riot and Black Politics
"Allen's closely argued book produces a stunning transformation of the issue [of which came first, slavery or racism] by insisting that the question is . . . when and how European-Americans began to think of themselves as white . . . Historians of early America are likely to find especially illuminating Allen's well-developed analogy between Ireland and British America, which persuaded me, at lest, that systems of 'racial oppression' have little to do with phenotype. Immigration historians should be particularly interested in Allen's analysis of how the Irish, victims of racial oppression at home, learned that they were 'white' once they crossed the Atlantic and became . . . supporters of a system of racial oppression in the United States." -- Russell R. Menard, University of Minnesota, in Journal of American Ethnic History
"Anyone who wants to understand the peculiar state of working class organizing in the USA — from the support by the majority of Southern white working class people for the war to defend slavery to the perversions of "Joe the Plumber" — needs to study and learn from the insights provided by the work of Ted Allen. Ted Allen's work resonates to this day with everyone who has confronted the organizing challenge of dealing with the issue of race in the crucible of class politics in the USA. During my nearly 50 years of writing, reporting and organizing, there has rarely been a time when Ted Allen's studies haven't helped me understand more clearly what we were confronting, either in Chicago's public schools or in other areas (such as military organizing) where I worked." -- George N. Schmidt, reporter for www.substancenews.net and Chicago Teachers Union delegate
"Theodore Allen's The Invention of the White Race is essential reading for all students of race and power in America. This path-breaking research reframes and cuts across the disciplines of history, sociology and politics, shedding a dynamic new light on the important and often hidden phenomenon of race in America's cultural evolution." -- Joseph Wilson, Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College
". . . this is a rare book. It is the product of deep reflection, patient research and passionate political commitment. It speaks authoritatively to a thousand-year sweep of the history of Britain, Ireland, West Africa, the colonized Americas and the United States. Its origins outside professional history – Allen has worked as miner, mailhandler, draftsman and librarian – lend an urgency and clarity usually absent in academic writings, but without even a bit of anti-intellectualism . . . Allen . . . is making a decisive contribution to the demystifying and dismantling of what he terms the 'quintessential Peculiar Institution' – that is, 'the so-called "White Race."' His 1975 pamphlet, Class Struggle and the Origin of Racial Slavery brilliantly posed the issue of the 'invention of the white race' within a materialist framework.' . . . In Volume One, Allen uses Irish history as a 'mirror' to generate new angles of vision regarding race in the U.S. Since, as he argues, 'Irish history presents a case of racial oppression without reference to alleged skin color,' it offers a sharp challenge to easy assumptions that racism is a natural, color-based 'phylogenic' phenomenon. . . . Allen offers the best account yet of the process by which the Irish "became white" in the U.S. and of the roles of the Democratic Party, the unions, the labor market and the Catholic Church in ensuring that the nineteenth century immigrants best 'prepared by tradition and experience to empathize with the African Americans' would become a critical component of the "intermediate stratum' of 'whites' perpetuating a system of racial oppression and class privilege in the U.S. In describing this tragic transformation, Allen provides a model for the consideration of 'white skin privileges,' which is seen as material and real but also as part of a larger system of oppression, including white worker oppression . . . what is most striking in Invention of the White Race is the quality of searching questions and clear answers." – David Roediger, in Race Traitor
"Along with David Roediger and Noel Ignatiev, Theodore Allen has made a critically important contribution to the study of working-class 'whiteness' in the United States. Allen's exploration of how and why Irish immigrants embraced a white identity is truly original, and worthy of renewed engagement." -- Bruce Nelson, author of Irish Nationalists and the Making of the Irish Race
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918
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"Essential. All levels/libraries"
"This critically important book will do for Harrison what . . . Lewis did for Du Bois . . . Rampersad . . . for Hughes . . . Essential. All levels/libraries."-- W. Glasker, American Library Association, Choice.
Columbia University Press' website on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918"
"Rediscovering Hubert Harrison"--Scott McLemee's Review in "Inside Higher Ed"
Brief Book Description (2 paragraphs)
Book Description (1500 words) by the Author at BlackPast.org
Z-Net -- Theodore W. Allen, "The Invention of the White Race"
Reviewers' Comments on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism"
Order a copy of "A Hubert Harrison Reader" from Zinn Education Project amd Teaching for Change Online Bookstore
Article on Hubert Harrison biography, Jeffrey B. Perry, and Independent Scholars on 2009 Top 5 List at Princeton Alumni Weekly
Virgin Island Bookstore Rates Harrison biography highly
Jared McCallister, "Retracing Steps of Harlem Trailblazer Hubert Harrison," "New York Daily News," February 21, 2010.
Jeffrey B. Perry discusses Hubert Harrison with host Marc Steiner on "The Marc Steiner Show," WEAA, 88.9 FM, Baltimore, Maryland, October 21, 2009.
Stephanie Hanlon "Legacy of Hubert Harrison: Crucian Earns 'Father of Harlem Radicalism' Title," a review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" in the "St. Croix Avis," August 18, 2009.
"Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" available from Zinn Education Project and Teaching for Change Bookstore online
Jeffrey B. Perry and Laura Flanders discuss Hubert Harrison on Grit-TV, July 1, 2009
Hubert Harrison discussed in several pieces on Columbia University Press Blog
Listen to Labor Journalist David Bacon interview Jeffrey B. Perry on "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem, 1883-1918" for "The Morning Show," KPFA Radio 94.1 FM in Berkeley, aired September 2, 2009 (go to minutes 32:30 to 59:05 of the two-hour show)
Colin Benjamin, "Hubert Harrison: Trailblazing Harlem Critical Thinker," in "Black Star News," August 8, 2009
Brian Jones review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" by Jeffrey B. Perry
Timur Davis interviews Jeffrey B. Perry on Hubert Harrison for Pan African Forum on Blog Talk Radio, August 28, 2009.
"Harrison Redux" by Scott McLemee -- "Columbia Journalism Review" (focuses on Harrison as a book reviewer).
Herb Boyd, review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918," "Neworld Review."
"Do-it-yourself-scholars," by Merrell Noden, "Princeton Alumni Weekly," April 22, 2009.
Encourage your community or school library to obtain "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918" so others can learn about Harrison and the struggles that he and others waged.
Book TV--CSPAN-2, Feb. 15, July 3, and July 4, 2009, discussion of "Hubert Harrison" by author Jeffrey B. Perry and panelists Mark Naison (Fordham University) and Komozi Woodard (Sarah Lawence College). Taped, Jan. 21, 2009 at Barnes & Noble, 82nd St. and
Encourage your community or school library to obtain "A Hubert Harrison Reader" so others can learn about Harrison's views and the struggles that he and others waged.
Barnes and Noble Review of "Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1920" by Scott McLemee, February 20, 2009.
"The Growing Interest in Hubert Harrison" from "History News Network," January 19, 2009.
"Rediscovering Hubert Harrison" by Scott Mclemee reprinted in "Monthly Review"
"Who Was Hubert Harrison? -- A Post by Jeffrey B. Perry"
Theodore W. Allen's The Invention of the White Race, New Expanded Edition (Verso Books), discussed by Jeffrey B. Perry in Counterpunch of May 21, 2013
Key Pages on
Hubert H. Harrison &
1. Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918
(with audio, video, photo links)
2. A Hubert Harrison Reader
3. Hubert Harrison
Life, Legacy & Some Writings
4. Theodore W. Allen
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5. The Invention of the
White Race
Racial Oppression and Social Control
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The Origin of Racial Oppression in Anglo-America
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8. When Africa Awakes:
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of the New Negro in the Western World
by Hubert H. Harrison
(Diasporic Africa Press)
with a new introduction, biographical sketch, and supplementary notes
by Jeffrey B. Perry
9. Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927


Congress Eyes Creation Of A Copyright "Small Claims Court"
Although many active members of the copyright community have been requesting that some form of small claims court be set up as an alternative to filing a federal lawsuit, a new bill being introduced with this theoretical purpose is riddled with issues, and could be primarily utilized by copyright trolls.
By Mike Masnick of Techdirt
For a while now, some in the copyright community have been pushing for a copyright "small claims court" as an alternative to filing a federal lawsuit over copyright law. It's true that, especially for small copyright holders, the cost of filing a lawsuit may appear to be rather prohibitive. But it's not clear that a small claims court is the answer. A few years ago, we wrote about some potential concerns with such an approach, but have also admitted that if set up right, it could have some advantages. But that requires it be set up right.
Unfortunately, a new bill has been introduced, by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, along with Rep. Tom Marino, to officially set up such a system — and it's done in a way that looks like it will not be well-designed, and instead will lead to a massive rush of small claims, especially by copyright trolls. The bill is called the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2016, or CASE Act, and… it's got problems.
The "good" news, if you can call it that, is that claims that would go before this appointed tribunal, made up of copyright lawyers recommended by the Register of Copyrights and appointed by the Librarian of Congress, would have much lower statutory damages availability than the federal courts. A copyright claim in a federal court has statutory damages up to $150k, for willful infringement. In the small claims system, the maximum statutory damages would be $15k. But, really, that's just half of today's official statutory damages — because if there's no willful infringement, the Copyright Act puts a cap at $30k. In the small claims world, there's no option to claim willful infringement.
Another potentially good feature is that this small claims setup would be able to hear two kinds of claims: the standard ones involving claims of someone violating one of the established rights under copyright law… but then also to hear cases about abusive DMCA notifications, under Section 512(f) of the DMCA. Of course, as we've noted in the past, the federal courts have effectively written 512(f) out of the law and refuse to punish those who file bogus DMCA notices. It's not at all clear how things would change here. The
bill explicitly notes that the remedies for a 512(f) bogus DMCA notice claim would be limited "to those available under this chapter." But it's unclear if that really means that you could get $15k for a bogus DMCA filing. And that's because the section on statutory damages is clearly written only with people suing for copyright infringement in mind, and not people suing over bogus DMCA takedowns.
For example, it notes that in order to qualify for the $15k maximum statutory damages, it only applies to "works timely registered." But… how does that make sense for 512(f) claims? In those cases, the question of whether or not the defendant timely registered a copyright makes no sense at all. If someone sends a bogus DMCA takedown over a copyright that doesn't exist or that they don't hold, why should its registration status matter? It's almost as if Rep. Jeffries (or the lobbyists who wrote this bill) only tossed in the part about 512(f) claims to appease people concerned about abusive DMCA takedowns, and then completely forgot about it after they included that.
But the really big problem in my mind is that this seems likely to just be swamped by copyright trolls. We already see that they're flooding the federal court system, where multiple rulings against joinder (i.e., the ridiculous bundling of thousands of possible file sharers together) has meant that when trolls do sue, they're generally limited in how many people they can sue. Making the process cheaper, but still offering statutory damages amounts that can be quite scary to the average American, and that can still get the job done of scaring threatened users into paying up fines that are much smaller than the $15,000.
And, yes, this small claims system will allow for discovery, which is the key feature that trolls want. They want to sue, and then get discovery where they can send demands to ISPs for names of subscribers based on IP addresses, and there doesn't appear to be anything in the bill to stop that. It does note that parties seeking discovery need to show "good cause" to enable discovery, but that may be a fairly low bar. It also notes that responding to discovery requests to non-parties in the dispute will be "voluntary" so perhaps ISPs will resist, but that's not certain. And thus, this three-panel board may find itself on the receiving end of a ton of ridiculous claims from trolls who have no intention of following through with the case. One would hope, with the federal court system's copyright docket currently overrun with trolling cases, that whoever drafted this law would have thought through a better plan to stop that from happening here.
Another potential issue: the bill would let individuals go after not just actual infringers, but alsoservice providers if they fail to follow through on a DMCA takedown notice. Basically, it exports the DMCA safe harbors to this small claims process as well, but that may mean that internet platforms are going to get dragged through this process that was meant to focus on small claims that could be easily adjudicated.
There's also this oddity. After laying out the specific responsibilities of the three individuals who will handle all of these small claims cases, the bill notes:
When not engaged in performing their duties as prescribed in this chapter, to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Register of Copyrights.
What, exactly, is that going to entail?
Who knows how this will actually play out. A few years back, the UK introduced its own small claims copyright system. But I have no idea how it's doing. I haven't seen any numbers or indication of how widely it's used. Perhaps it works great and is a useful tool for dealing with small scale infringement issues. But I do worry about the way the bill is currently written and how it can be abused, especially by trolls who just want to pressure people into settling, and where the threat of a $15k award might be plenty.
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The small claim court in the UK is rocking. Most of the claims are photography infringements ranging from around £150 to £750 for the base infringement in terms of lost income with an additional 100% for flagrancy and further uplift for failure to credit the author plus interest. Some cases where the infringer has removed watermarks have had serious amounts added for flagrancy and multiple uses have sailed very close to the £10000 cap. Many infringers believe the misinformation put out by so called copyfree activists and end up in court paying far more than they could have settled for at an early stage with additional court costs of around £500. None of the hundreds of photographers, like myself, that have taken cases to the UK small claims court have had their cases dismissed as infringers so often come to court armed only with the "wisdom" spouted by yourself and others like techdirt and the Google scam crowd. While it is tedious taking these sad sacks to court it becomes routine after a while and satisfying to see justice done. We could not do it without you Mike. LOL


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The Boughtwood family name is well known in Billericay and goes back many generations. There are several different branches of the family; one kept a farm at South Green, one was proprietor of the butcher's shop in Billericay High Street and Miss Annie Boughtwood was the headmistress of the 'Old School House' later known as Burstead House. This small private school was popular with many of the children of the more well-to-do families between the two wars. Miss Boughtwood and the few teachers she employed were all remembered as being very strict, but fair.
Burstead House School was very much a landmark standing as it did in the centre of Billericay, facing south at the junction of Norsey Road and the High Street. The old school building was demolished in 1958 as part of the road developments that came into force, along with much re-development work taking place at that time.
The late Joyce Norris remembered attending Burstead House School. Miss Boughtwood was, in fact, her great aunt on her mother's side. Although Joyce was 'family', Miss Boughtwood made no special allowance for Joyce, who remembered her as being rather severe, but kindly. Joyce recollected: "Children started at the school at just under five-years-old and they were called the baby class and all that divided them from the eleven year-olds (which was considered the big school), was a blue curtain.
"Most schoolchildren left Miss Boughtwood's school with excellent knowledge of the three Rs and beautiful handwriting skills. Writing and arithmetic was all done on slates with special chalks. The slates were cleaned using pieces of damp sponge. Spelling and tables were learned by rote and children were given copybooks to practise their writing. Miss Boughtwood was very keen to make youngsters read out loud to the class and I think this helped them with their reading abilities."
There are now numerous descendants of the Boughtwood family in New Zealand and Australia and several have made contact with local historians.
Sylvia Kent
My dad A Jackson worked with Ben and John Clarke for many years in the butchers shop. He went on to own his own shop at Harts Corner in Western Road.
By G Jackson (25/01/2021)
I clearly remember moving to Tye Common Road in about 1948 from Clarks the butchers in the High Street. My father George Twiddy was a butcher and worked there and we lived in a flat above the shop. We arrived in Tye Common Road in a horse and cart supplied by Mr Boughtwood who I believe was friendly with my grandad Thomas MacDonald always known as Mac. He was from Aberdeen and had a lovely Scottish accent all his life.
By Barbara Stewart (nee Twiddy) (16/01/2021)
I am a grand-daughter of Albert Victor Boughtwood who died in WW1 and is buried in Basra Iraq. His widow Elizabeth left for New Zealand with her five children in 1921.
By Glenys Plaistowe nee Boughtwood (02/10/2017)
I am a direct descendant of Thomas Timothy Beningfield 1770- 1853 died at Billericay. I believe that he was the local member of parliament & owned about fifty properties in the town. I would appreciate any information you have of the family.
By ALLAN COX (23/07/2015)
Am I right but was not Burstead House used by the Civil Defence in the 50s' of which my Father Arthur Downham was a member, with Mr Bullen the Chemist and Gerry Hardman. Sorry can remember any other names.
By Felicity (09/06/2012)


JOAN LITTLEWOOD
Jude Kelly
68 Regent St
London W1B 4D
Doors open at 6:30 pm, Talk commences at 7:00 pm
In this talk Jude Kelly, the artistic director of London's Southbank reveals an intimate, detailed portrayal of British Theatre's favourite rebel and her legacy.
Tickets £20 including a glass of prosecco.
Joan Littlewood trained as an actor at RADA but went onto became one of Europe's most famous radical Theatre directors. Long banned from broadcasting by the BBC because of her Communist party associations, she was a life long left-wing thinker and remained under surveillance by MI5 into the 1950s.
Variously described as a subversive genius and 'The Mother of Modern Theatre", her pioneering Theatre Workshop broke the mould of British drama. The musical Oh What a Lovely War (currently revived in this year of the first world war's centenary) is one of her most celebrated creations and was developed using the Theatre Workshop's unique methods. Richard Harris, Brian Murphy and Barbara Windsor were amongst the many British actors who were her proteges.
Jude Kelly is a theatre director and producer and currently the artistic director of London's Southbank. Described In 2013 as one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by BBC's Woman's Hour, she is an OBE, hold several honorary degrees from international universities and represents Britain within UNESCO on cultural matters. She was the founding director of the West Yorkshire Playhouse and has won many awards for her theatrical directorial work.
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City committee votes unanimously for new anti-racism terms of reference
by Connor Balsillie and Jana Abbara March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022
On March 17, the city's Community Development Committee voted unanimously to change the terms of reference for the group tasked with fighting racism in Calgary.
The meeting involved a number of city councillors along with the Anti-racism Action Committee and its members.
Latjor Tuel, a Sudanese immigrant and former child soldier suffering from a mental health crisis was shot by Calgary Police on Feb. 19. Ward 9 Coun. Gian Carlo Carra asked if changes to the committee's terms of reference can help prevent deaths in the future.
"When Mr. Latjor Tuel was killed on the streets of Calgary by police in a mental health crisis, we received a very powerful message from the anti-racism action committee, but it came through webmail, there was not a direct channel," said Carra.
Carra suggested more effective ways for committees to reach city council and make sure their concerns are heard.
According to Melanie Husker, who is the acting director of Calgary neighborhoods, there is a clear chain for direct members to be able to communicate through the link they have with the administration.
However, the volume of communications may pose challenges. Lorelei Higgins, who is the community lead for the anti-racism program team, said there are over 1,500 community members engaged with their work.
"We're really looking at a community interface that is much broader than a similar committee that can serve to help address this work in a community facing way," said Higgins.
Representation concerns
Another matter brought up by Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott was the potential blindspots of the committee in terms of representation of council members. Walcott said the presence of Black and Indigenous women's voices on the council helps "prioritize lived experience."
"If my memory serves me, I'd be happy to be corrected, that even the first iteration of this actually found itself without a Black woman on it," said Walcott.
In response, Higgins explained how meticulous the screening process is for the anti-racism action committee.
Anti-Racism Action Committee Terms of Reference Update – CD2022-0177Download
"Every single person who applies, we talk to, they get a blind interview, it's a telephone conversation," said Higgins. So when I say we've talked to over 1,500 people, a lot of those people are the people that applied to be on the committee but we just didn't have a spot for them."
The number one thing the anti-racism action committee has learned through that process is being able to engage and hear the community it's trying to serve.
"Picking up the phone and thanking somebody for applying and then spending 15 minutes hearing about their life and why this matters to them, yields returns because those people come back," said Higgins .
Although the work is rewarding, Higgins said there are structural challenges that delay the city's anti-racism goals.
"Why do we have a separation between the Indigenous relations office and between anti-racism? There can be umbrellas, but why are we separate streams with separate budgets, separate ways of doing things, separate levels of decision making?" Higgins said.
Need for long-term solutions
Anti-racism is an essential stepping stone that will make Calgarins feel more safe, co-chair of the anti-racism action committee, Sonia Aujla-Bhullar said.
"An anti-racist city long-term is one that afford the basic human digintiy to Black, Indigenous and racialized persons," said Aujla-Bhullar.
Aujla-Bhullar said to make it in the long-term the anti-racism action committee needs to respond to immediate concerns of racism in Calgary.
"As of today, there are white supremacist and white nationalist ideas on our streets. And I use that term broadly with purpose, because it is Calgarians, such as myself as a racialized Brown woman, who do not feel safe"
Sonia Aujla-Bhullar
Auijla-Bhullar said it's hard to imagine what a safe Calgary looks like due to recent events.
"As of today, there are white supremacist and white nationalist ideas on our streets. And I use that term broadly with purpose, because it is Calgarians, such as myself as a racialized Brown woman, who do not feel safe," said Aujla-Bhullar.
She commented that issues like anti-racism take empathy and a collective mindset.
"My apologies, I'm getting emotional here because we can't think long-term unless we can walk out our doors and know that our children are safe. We are holding onto anything to feel like we are included as whole entities, as whole human beings," said Aujla-Bhullar.
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by Connor Balsillie and Jana Abbara, Calgary Journal

City committee votes unanimously for new anti-racism terms of reference

by Connor Balsillie and Jana Abbara, Calgary Journal
March 30, 2022

On March 17, the city's Community Development Committee voted unanimously to change the terms of reference for the group tasked with fighting racism in Calgary.

The meeting involved a number of city councillors along with the Anti-racism Action Committee and its members.

Latjor Tuel, a Sudanese immigrant and former child soldier suffering from a mental health crisis was shot by Calgary Police on Feb. 19. Ward 9 Coun. Gian Carlo Carra asked if changes to the committee's terms of reference can help prevent deaths in the future.

 "When Mr. Latjor Tuel was killed on the streets of Calgary by police in a mental health crisis, we received a very powerful message from the anti-racism action committee, but it came through webmail, there was not a direct channel," said Carra.

Carra suggested more effective ways for committees to reach city council and make sure their concerns are heard.

According to Melanie Husker, who is the acting director of Calgary neighborhoods, there is a clear chain for direct members to be able to communicate through the link they have with the administration.

However, the volume of communications may pose challenges. Lorelei Higgins, who is the community lead for the anti-racism program team, said there are over 1,500 community members engaged with their work.

"We're really looking at a community interface that is much broader than a similar committee that can serve to help address this work in a community facing way," said Higgins.

Representation concerns

Another matter brought up by Ward 8 Coun. Courtney Walcott was the potential blindspots of the committee in terms of representation of council members. Walcott said the presence of Black and Indigenous women's voices on the council helps "prioritize lived experience."

"If my memory serves me, I'd be happy to be corrected, that even the first iteration of this actually found itself without a Black woman on it," said Walcott.

In response, Higgins explained how meticulous the screening process is for the anti-racism action committee.

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"Every single person who applies, we talk to, they get a blind interview, it's a telephone conversation," said Higgins. So when I say we've talked to over 1,500 people, a lot of those people are the people that applied to be on the committee but we just didn't have a spot for them."

The number one thing the anti-racism action committee has learned through that process is being able to engage and hear the community it's trying to serve.

"Picking up the phone and thanking somebody for applying and then spending 15 minutes hearing about their life and why this matters to them, yields returns because those people come back," said Higgins .

Although the work is rewarding, Higgins said there are structural challenges that delay the city's anti-racism goals.

"Why do we have a separation between the Indigenous relations office and between anti-racism? There can be umbrellas, but why are we separate streams with separate budgets, separate ways of doing things, separate levels of decision making?" Higgins said.

Need for long-term solutions

Anti-racism is an essential stepping stone that will make Calgarins feel more safe, co-chair of the anti-racism action committee, Sonia Aujla-Bhullar said.

"An anti-racist city long-term is one that afford the basic human digintiy to Black, Indigenous and racialized persons," said Aujla-Bhullar.

Aujla-Bhullar said to make it in the long-term the anti-racism action committee needs to respond to immediate concerns of racism in Calgary.

"As of today, there are white supremacist and white nationalist ideas on our streets. And I use that term broadly with purpose, because it is Calgarians, such as myself as a racialized Brown woman, who do not feel safe"

Sonia Aujla-Bhullar

Auijla-Bhullar said it's hard to imagine what a safe Calgary looks like due to recent events.

"As of today, there are white supremacist and white nationalist ideas on our streets. And I use that term broadly with purpose, because it is Calgarians, such as myself as a racialized Brown woman, who do not feel safe," said Aujla-Bhullar.

She commented that issues like anti-racism take empathy and a collective mindset.

"My apologies, I'm getting emotional here because we can't think long-term unless we can walk out our doors and know that our children are safe. We are holding onto anything to feel like we are included as whole entities, as whole human beings," said Aujla-Bhullar.

This article first appeared on Calgary Journal and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.


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Ukraine needs a no-fly zone to stop Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and towns, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told Canada's parliament, as Western leaders continue to rule out directly intervening in the conflict.
Addressing the House of Commons in Ottawa virtually on Tuesday morning, Zelenskyy said Ukraine has experienced 20 days of "full-scale aggression" by Russia, which has killed at least 97 children so far.
"Can you imagine when you call your [allies], and you ask, 'please close the sky, close the airspace, please stop the bombings, how many more cruise missiles have to fall on our cities until you make this happen?' And in return, they express their deep concerns about the situation," said Zelenskyy, who received multiple standing ovations from Canadian lawmakers.
"Please understand how important it is for us to close our airspace from Russian missiles and Russian aircraft. I hope you can understand."
Zelenskyy has been pushing Ukraine's Western allies, particularly the United States and the European Union, to do more to help the country stave off Russia's all-out invasion, which began on February 24.
In recent weeks, the Ukrainian president has spoken to legislators in the European and British parliaments, and he is expected to deliver a virtual address to the US Congress on Wednesday.
He has called for more weapons and sanctions on Russia, as well as for NATO to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine. But the transatlantic alliance, led by the US, has repeatedly rejected that proposition, saying a no-fly zone would risk a direct confrontation between Washington and Moscow.
In coordination with its allies, Canada has imposed several rounds of sanctions against Russian financial institutions and businesses, as well as on Russian oligarchs and government officials, including President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Earlier this month, Ottawa pledged additional military support to Ukraine, including thousands of rocket launchers and hand grenades, and unveiled new immigration schemes to allow Ukrainian refugees to come more easily to Canada.
The Canadian government also stripped Russia and Belarus of their status as "most favoured nation" trading partners on March 3, a move that imposed a 35-percent tariff on exports from both countries to Canada.
On Tuesday, Canada announced sanctions against 15 Russian officials it said have "enabled and supported President Putin's choice to invade a peaceful and sovereign country".
"With allies and partners, we're imposing crippling sanctions to ensure Putin and his enablers in Russia and Belarus are held accountable. We have imposed severe sanctions on 15 new Russian officials, including government and military elites who are complicit in this illegal war," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said before Zelenskyy's address.
Trudeau also praised the Ukrainian president, saying his "courage and the courage of your people inspires us all".
"You're defending the right of Ukrainians to choose their own future, and in doing so, you're defending the values that form the pillars of all free, democratic countries," Trudeau said in the House of Commons.
Zelenskyy is the third Ukrainian president to deliver a speech to Canada's parliament, local news outlet CPAC reported, after Victor Yushchenko and Petro Poroshenko in 2008 and 2014, respectively.
"You've offered your help, your assistance, at our earliest request. You supply us with military assistance, with humanitarian assistance. You've imposed serious sanctions; at the same time, we see that unfortunately, this did not bring the war to an end," Zelenskyy said on Tuesday morning.
"You can see that our cities like Kharkiv, Mariupol and many other cities, are not protected like your cities are protected – Edmonton, Vancouver. You can see that Kyiv is being shelled and bombed.
"You all need to do more to stop Russia, to protect Ukraine, and by doing that, to protect Europe from the Russian threat."
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Welcome > History of L. Frank Baum > All Things Oz (Exhibit/Baum's Bazaar) > Mission Statement > World Record Attempt > Calendar > Sponsorships 2020 > Live Entertainment 2019 >
Headlining this Year's Authors & Artists Alley
Welcome to all of our authors and artist that are attending this year Oz-Stravaganza!
Ron Baxley, Jr.
Ron Baxley, Jr. submitted a skit to a glossy youth magazine when he was 16, it was accepted, and he has written for publication ever since. Having written stories with cartoons and poems for many years in his youth, Ron continued in adulthood to submit to magazines and journals with great success. Ron has worked as a newspaper reporter for six years in his life as well.
In later years, he added science fiction books and Oz books to his list of publications. He published the First Edition of The Talking City of Oz in 1999 (The Vanitas Press) which later appeared as a self-published Second Edition with illustrations by Gwen Tennille at a previous Oz-Stravaganza. The First Edition of this book earned him an invitation to participate in the festival nine years ago, and he has attended many years since with various Oz books.
Ron was awarded a Lifetime Membership to the All Things Oz Museum by the International L. Frank Baum and All Things Oz Foundation in 2016. He attributes his success with books for children and youth to having been an educator for 15 years.
To sign this year, Ron brings with him a novel for young adults and adults which combines Southern literature with Oz fantasy, O.Z. Diggs Himself Out (YBR Publishing) and a commemorative edition of his fantasy graphic novel (for ages 10 and up) which stars a version of his Pembroke Welsh Corgi and takes place partially in Oz: Ziggy Zig-zags the Light and Dark Fantastic (YBR Publishing). Using Ron's story, concepts, and scripting, Vincent Myrand created the ink and watercolor illustrations for the graphic novel (with help in lettering and layout by Ali Tavakoly).
Ron earned in B.A. in English from the University of South Carolina in 1998. He took several creative writing and poetry classes in his major. He later returned to work on his alternative certification to teach English.
He has been a member of the International Wizard of Oz Club, is a member of the Oz writer and illustration group The Oz Inklings online, and was a member of the now defunct Not Yet Dead Poets' Society for many years.
For more information on Ron, please see his author page at http://rbaxley37.wixsite.com/ronbaxleyjrofoz .
Tom Hutchison
Tom Hutchison is the co-founder of Big Dog Ink comics as well as the writer and creator of The Legend of Oz: The Wicked West. The Wicked West is a re-imagining of the classic L. Frank Baum story but told with an old west twist. Instead of ruby slippers, Gale wears ruby spurs and her best friend Toto is now her trusty steed.
A life-long comic book fan, Tom first stumbled across comics at a flea market at the age of 10 and comic books quickly became a staple in his life. Tom has taken part in virtually every portion of the industry at one time or another, starting as a reader and collector and then managing a local comic book shop before moving on and owning his own store. Tom started assisting with other's creator owned comics and now is writing and publishing his own stories as well as helping new creators with their projects in an editorial capacity.
Vincent Myrand
Myrand's "The Wizard of Oz" and "Return to Oz" paintings have gathered worldwide recognition. He burst on to the Oz art scene with his first appearance at Oz-Stravaganza in 2015 and started having guest appearances at Oz festivals throughout the U.S. and at the International Wizard of Oz Club convention gatherings. He has continued those to the present.
Vincent has devoted his life to the arts with many early arts accolades in his youth and was inspired by the movie "The Wizard of Oz" as a youngling. Shortly after this, Vincent discovered L. Frank Baum's books, and he fell in love with Baum's characters and started drawing them.
He worked for an art instructor for an after school program for many years and opened an art school of his own for a while, the nonprofit Myrand Art Institution. Vincent also toured many famous historical sites of Italy and gleaned much knowledge about the paintings, murals, and sculptures there. In addition, he has been a front man for many bands and has painted cover art for their albums.
He has attended Oz-Stravaganza as a participating artist for five years and has been a member of the International Wizard of Oz Club for many years, starting when he was just 12 years old.
James C. & Amanda Wallace
James C. Wallace II, originally a native of West Virginia, currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana with his wife Amanda. They have been married more than 35 years, with a herd of 5 children and 15 grandchildren. His background covers over 34 years in children's education, including experience working for the world's largest children's museum; The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, where he was the Planetarium Educator for SpaceQuest Planetarium. In addition to children's books about Oz, he is recognized by NASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) as a leading developer of web-based educational games, educational exhibit design, curriculum development and implementation. He is also involved in the DiscoverHover program, an educational program developing and utilizing hovercraft in a unique and fun way. He now serves as the Royal Liaison of Oz and endeavors to fulfill Princess Ozma's royal command to tell the tales of Oz to the children of the Great Outside. His charming wife Amanda, a Hoosier native and creator of the Legendary Potato Soup serves as the Royal Liaison to Princess Ozma and as co-author on their last 5 books. Currently, James & Amanda Wallace are working on presenting their latest creation, Aquareine in Oz, a rousing story of Aquareine, Queen of the Mermaid Kingdom, and her journey into the Land of Oz with Dorothy as her guide.
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Aureli [Oreli, Orelia, Averara], Diana Margherita
Sergio Durante
(fl 1691–6). Italian singer. She is described in contemporary documents as 'torinese', although that may refer to her service in the court of Turin; she is also described as ' musica di camera to His Royal Highness of Savoy' in the libretto of La pace fra Tolomeo e Seleuco by C. F. Pollarolo (1691, Piacenza). A singer of no particular distinction, she usually took second female parts. Among the most important productions in which she appeared were those at the Teatro S Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice, where she sang with the best singers of the time: G. F. Tosi's L'incoronazione di Serse (1691) and C. F. Pollarollo's Ibraim sultano, Onorio in Roma (both 1692), Rosimonda and Ercole in Cielo (both 1696) and L'Ulisse sconosciuto (1698). By 1695 Aureli had married the librettist Pietro d'Averara. She seems not to have been related to the Bolognese family of singers of the same name....
Ausensi, Manuel
J.B. Steane
(b Barcelona, Oct 8, 1919; d Creixell, Tarragona, Sept 1, 2005). Spanish baritone . He studied in Barcelona and made his début there in 1948. In the following years he established himself as the most popular Spanish baritone of his time, singing with great success in Madrid and throughout South America, where he made his début in 1954 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires. His North American début followed in 1960, when he sang a 'suavely elegant' Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at Dallas, returning there and to Philadelphia regularly during the decade. Heavier roles, such as Nabucco, Amonasro and Scarpia, which he increasingly undertook at this time, also brought acclaim, but by 1969 he was reported to be sounding tired, his high notes no longer steady. His robust but polished style and resonant tone distinguish many opera and zarzuela recordings widely circulated in Spain; elsewhere he is remembered chiefly for his Figaro in ...
Austin, Frederic
(b London, March 30, 1872; d London, April 10, 1952).English baritone. His operatic career began when he sang Gunther in the Covent Garden 1908 Ring under Richter, and he sang a variety of roles (in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Tiefland and Così fan tutte) in the ensuing seasons. He was a leading bass-baritone in the Beecham Opera Company and took an active part in Boughton's Glastonbury festivals. In ...
Azuma, Atsuko
(b Osaka, Dec 11, 1939). Japanese soprano . She studied in Tokyo, then in Milan and Parma, making her début in 1963 at Reggio Emilia as Suzel (L'amico Fritz). She sang at La Scala and elsewhere in Italy; in France, Belgium, Germany and Austria; in North and South America and with Fujiwara Opera in Tokyo. She took part in the première of Joachim Ludwig's ...
Babbini [Babini], Matteo
(b Bologna, Feb 19, 1754; d Bologna, Sept 22, 1816). Italian tenor . He studied with Arcangelo Cortoni and made his début in 1773 in Modena. After singing in various Italian cities, he was engaged at the court operas of Berlin and then St Petersburg (1777–81), where he was much admired in works by Paisiello. He appeared in Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna, at the King's Theatre, London (...
Bachmann, Hermann
(b Kottbus, Oct 7, 1869; d Berlin, July 5, 1937). German baritone . He made his début at Halle in 1890 and from 1894 sang for three seasons at Nuremberg. He then joined the Berlin Staatsoper, where he remained until 1917, serving also as stage manager from 1910 onwards. At Bayreuth he sang first in ...
Bada, Angelo
(b Novara, May 27, 1876; d Novara, March 23, 1941). Italian tenor . He made his début in 1898 in Italy and sang there for a decade. In 1908 he went to New York, where he made his Metropolitan début as the Messenger in Aida. He remained as chief comprimario at the Metropolitan for 30 years, creating roles in Puccini's ...
Baddeley [née Snow], Sophia
Olive Baldwin and Thelma Wilson
(b London, ?1745; d Edinburgh, July 1, 1786). English actress and soprano . Daughter of the trumpeter Valentine Snow, she eloped with the actor Robert Baddeley and in 1764 made her début as Ophelia at Drury Lane. Although the prompter Hopkins found her Ophelia 'very bad, all but the singing', she made a charming heroine in genteel and Shakespearean comedy. In English operas she was particularly successful as Patty (The Maid of the Mill) and Rosetta (Love in a Village). She created roles in Dibdin's Ephesian Matron and Recruiting Sergeant and her performance of his song in praise of Shakespeare, 'Sweet Willy O', was the hit of the Garrick Jubilee. Her beauty gained her many admirers, but her scandalous private life, extravagance and indulgence in laudanum eventually destroyed her. After 1780 she appeared only in Dublin, the provinces and finally Edinburgh, where she died in poverty....
Badescu, Dinu
David Cummings
(b Craiova, Oct 17, 1904). Romanian tenor. Originally a baritone, he studied at the Bucharest Conservatory and made his début at Cluj in 1931, as Germont; later the same year he sang the tenor roles of Flotow's Lyonel (Martha) and Stradella. At the Bucharest Opera (...
Badiali, Cesare
(b Imola, c1803; d Imola, Nov 17, 1865). Italian bass. He studied in Milan, making his début in 1827 at Trieste. He appeared at La Scala (1830–32), in Lisbon, Madrid, Bergamo, Rome, Vienna, Venice, London, where he sang Don Giovanni at Drury Lane (1858...
Badini, Ernesto
(b S Colombano al Lambro, Sept 14, 1876; d Milan, July 6, 1937). Italian baritone . He was trained at the Milan Conservatory, first appearing as Figaro (Barbiere) in his native town. He sang regularly at La Scala, where his greatest success was as Gianni Schicchi. He sang this role at the first performances of the opera in Milan and at Covent Garden in ...
Baglioni, Bruna
(b Frascati, April 8, 1947). Italian mezzo-soprano. She studied in Rome, making her début in 1970 at Spoleto as Maddalena (Rigoletto), and then sang at all the leading Italian theatres, including La Scala, the Rome Opera, La Fenice and S Carlo. Her repertory includes Amneris, Eboli, Ulrica, Azucena, Preziosilla, Laura (...
Bahn, Monsieur
Hans Joachim Marx
(bc 1700; d after 1726). German bass . He was mentioned in the Hamburg Relations-Courier (4 Dec 1724) as 'the new bass Mons. Bahn', who was billed to sing Argante in Handel's Rinaldo at the Gänsemarkt theatre. He had previously made his début as Mars on 2 November in Giovanni Porta's ...
Bainbridge, Elizabeth
(b Rawtenstall, Lancs., March 28, 1930). English contralto . She studied in London, making her début in 1963 at Glyndebourne as Pallas Athene (L'incoronazione di Poppea) and Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte). In 1964 she sang Azucena for the WNO and a Valkyrie at Covent Garden the following year, joining the Royal Opera, of which she was still a member in 1991. Her large repertory includes Amneris, Ulrica, Mistress Quickly, Mamma Lucia, Suzuki, Erda, Filippyevna (Yevgeny Onegin), the Innkeeper (Boris Godunov), Grandmother Buryjovka (Jenůfa), Evadne (Troilus and Cressida), She-Ancient (Midsummer Marriage) and, her best'known role, Auntie (Peter Grimes), which she sang on the 25th anniversary of her début at Covent Garden, and also in Florence (1988). At Wexford in 1990 she sang Widow Sweeney in Maw's The Rising of the Moon. She has a rich voice, strong in the lower register....
Baldini, Lucrezia
Michael Talbot
(b ?Venice, 1700 or 1701; d Venice, Feb 1, 1733). Italian singer . Having sung contralto roles in operas performed in the provinces from as early as 1720, she made her Venetian début in Vignati's I rivali generosi at S Samuele in 1726. Her career was short; the last opera in which she is known to have appeared was Orlandini's Adelaide (S Cassiano, Carnival 1729). A contract that she made with Vivaldi on 13 October 1726 shows her to have been a worthy seconda donna; for singing in only one opera (Vivaldi's Farnace, given at S Angelo, Carnival 1726–7) she was to receive 200 ducats, payable in instalments before, during and after the performances. Her retirement may have been caused by her marriage to a Venetian spicer, Angelo Venzoli. She died from an injury sustained when a carnival booth in St Mark's Square collapsed.
R. Giazotto: Antonio Vivaldi...
Balducci, Marina
Dennis Libby
(b ?Genoa, ?1758; d after 1784). Italian soprano . She was said to have come from an impoverished noble Genoese family, her real name being Maria Bertaldi. Although she sang in opera seria alone from 1778 to 1784, retiring after her marriage, she made a great impression and was long remembered. She appeared at Pavia, Venice, Milan (as seconda donna in the distinguished company that opened La Scala in ...
Balkwill, Bryan
Noël Goodwin
(Havell )
(b London, July 2, 1922; d Beaconsfield, February 24, 2007). English conductor . After studies at the RAM, in 1947 he joined the New London Opera Company at the Cambridge Theatre as a répétiteur; he made his début there that year conducting Carl Ebert's production of Rigoletto. He went to Glyndebourne as a répétiteur in 1950, returning (1953–8) as chorus master and associate conductor, working closely with Vittorio Gui on the Italian repertory. During that period he was also principal conductor at the Wexford Festival. In 1959 he became a resident conductor at Covent Garden, where he remained until 1965, giving over 200 performances of 16 operas. He toured with the English Opera Group to the USSR and Portugal, conducting Albert Herring and A Midsummer Night's Dream. From 1963 to 1967 he was music director of the WNO. He first conducted the Sadler's Wells Opera in 1957...
Ballerini [Ballarini, Balerini, Ballarino, Baron Ballerini], Francesco
Paola Besutti
(b Florence; fl 1680–1717). Italian contralto castrato . The earliest reference to him is in 1680, when he sang in Le pompose feste di Vicenza (composer unknown) in Vicenza and the role of Tazio in P. S. Agostini's Il ratto delle Sabine in Venice. In 1682 he took the leading role in Legrenzi's Ottaviano Cesare Augusto at Mantua, and from that year until at least 1693 he styled himself 'musician to Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua'. From 1684 he sang in many Italian cities. In 1700 he appeared in Ariosti's Lucio Vero in Florence (Pratolino) and in his La festa d'Imeneo in Berlin. From 1708 he was in Vienna in the service of the Emperor Joseph I, and he took part in the production of C. A. Badia's Gli amori di Circe con Ulisse (1709) and the intermezzo Vespetta e Milo (1717; by A. Scarlatti and F. Conti) in Dresden. Tosi mentioned him (as Baron Ballerini) for his qualities as an actor, and in particular for his masterly execution of dramatic recitative....
Balslev, Lisbeth
(b Åbenrå, Feb 21, 1945). Danish soprano. She studied at the Esbjerg Conservatory and at the opera school of the Royal Theatre, Copenhagen, where she made her début as Yaroslavna (Prince Igor) and joined the Danish Royal Opera in 1975. Her roles included Fiordiligi, Leonora (...
Barabas, Sari
(b Budapest, March 14, 1918). Hungarian soprano . She planned to be a dancer, but following an injury she turned to singing and made her début at the National Opera in Budapest in 1939 as Gilda. Resuming her career after the war, she joined the Staatsoper in Munich in ...


Westside Story – Accidental Article – The Suburban Times
Westside Story – Accidental Article
Joseph Boyle · August 2, 2020 · ·
August 1, 2020, I sent what I consider a heartfelt email to Lakewood's Deputy Mayor Jason Whalen with a copy to my wife.
My wife responded with, "Good note." A bit later in the morning, the idea for incorporating my note in a Westside Story came to me. Sharing my thinking and experience related to Jason Whalen may just help my readers with their voting process.
That is how I ended up writing what I am referring to as an "Accidental Article". My actual note to our Deputy Mayor and future County Council District 6 Councilman is included below.
Jason Whalen
Copy of my original note edited for grammar:
"Deputy Mayor Whalen,
While you and I have disagreed on an issue or two, please know this. My wife and I respect you, the way you serve the public, and admire your industrious work spirit and high standard for ethical behavior.
This means you will be the recipient of two votes for Pierce County Council District No. 6 from the Boyle household. When you win the election, we will miss having you on our Lakewood City Council. Thank you for your past service to Lakewood, and good luck to you in the future.
Joseph Boyle – Pierce County Resident 61 years."
Jason Whalen has an abundant amount of experience and a positive track record as a community leader to help us work towards a better Pierce County.
Remember to vote.
About Joseph Boyle
Joe's life is divided into 3+1 chapters. Chapter I: 25+ years in business including Estate Planning with New York Life, Revenue Officer with the U.S. Treasury Department, Sales Representative and gas main Extension King with Washington Natural Gas Company, Real Estate Broker, investor, developer, and property manager. Chapter II: 25 years in public service as a Pierce County Deputy Sheriff between the ages of 45 and 70. Chapter III: Began with an April Fool's Day 2013 retirement and involves The Arts including Writing, Comedy, and the Blues. Currently Joe is a creator on Westside Story, The Benny's & Joey's Quiz with Publisher Ben Sclair and Double Take with author / columnist Susanne Bacon. Joe has performed as an actor locally and done stand-up comedy in Seattle, Tacoma, New Jersey, and Las Vegas. Chapter +1 (or 4) finds Joe and his family leaving Washington state after 77 year of residency to the Westside of the Atlantic Ocean in a state named Delaware. Because Joe has left many friends in western Washington, he remains interested in the territory of his former Westside Story beat.
Don Gaines says
Joe, I enjoy your stories but I wonder what the "Westside" of Westside Stories refers to? I grew up in Tacoma but lived in Bellevue (the "Eastside" to Seattle's "Westside" of Lake Washington) for 25 years. So when I read Westside I think Seattle but I know that's not the area to which you refer.
Joseph Boyle says
Don Gaines,
You pose an interesting question and as you might conclude, I have the answer.
Before revealing my answer, I compliment you for being able to pick up on that detail and after running the question through your human-computer (brain) you asked the question. You are the first person in almost ten years to use his intellect in this manner.
When I started writing articles in November of 2010 for Ben Sclair, Publisher of The Suburban Times, I decided to make "Westside Story" a part of my byline including my name as the writer.
Where did it come from? In those early days the newspaper and I, for that matter, focused on articles and stories related to the west side of Pierce County that included the following areas or zones.
#1: Starting near the Narrows Bridge, the West Slope in Tacoma was my first area of interest. The West Slope starts at Bridgeport Way W and drops down the slope towards the Narrows Bridge and Puget Sound.
#2 University Place which is on the west side.
#3 Lakewood, which is on the west side.
#4.The Town of Steilacoom, which, you guessed it, is on the west side.
#5. Dupont, another town on the west side.
Most of my writing is tied to Lakewood because I live in Lakewood and naturally am more easily exposed to writing topics in my own city as opposed to other areas of the west side, say The West Slope for example.
The second thing that comes into play with Westside Story, is the play on words related to New York City's Broadway musical titled West Side Story. West Side Story, the play makes Westside Story, the column a more memorable name.
Sorry. Westside Story has nothing to do with Seattle or Bellevue, but it is okay if when you read my byline, you think fondly of your old stomping grounds. I lived in Seattle myself until 1959.
Thanks for asking Mr. Gaines.
Joseph Boyle – Westside Story