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Marco Rubio: Jay-Z Needs to Get Informed on Cuba
STR/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio Sunday morning slammed Jay-Z over his recent trip to Cuba, saying on This Week that the rapper needed to “get informed” and that he missed an opportunity to meet the politically oppressed people that live on the island nation south of Florida.
“I think Jay-Z needs to get informed. One of his heroes is Che Guevara. Che Guevara was a racist. Che Guevara was a racist that wrote extensively about the superiority of white Europeans over people of African descent, so he should inform himself on the guy that he’s propping up,” Rubio said during an interview with ABC News’ Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
“Secondly, I think if Jay-Z was truly interested in the true state of affairs in Cuba, he would have met people that are being oppressed, including a hip-hop artist in Cuba who is right now being oppressed and persecuted and is undergoing a hunger strike because of his political lyrics,” Rubio added. “And I think he missed an opportunity. But that’s Jay-Z’s issue.”
After returning from Cuba last week, Jay-Z produced a new rap entitled “Open Letter,” in which he criticized politicians for questioning his trip with his wife Beyoncé to the communist nation. The trip was authorized by the Treasury Department under a licensed program that encourages “meaningful contacts” with the Cuban people.
Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, criticized current U.S. travel policy to the island, which he said was being run by a “tyrannical regime.”
“The bigger point is the travel policies. The travel policies need to be tightened because they are being abused,” Rubio said. “These are tourist trips, and they are – what they’re doing is providing hard currency and funding so that a tyrannical regime can maintain its grip on the island of Cuba, and I think that’s wrong.”
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EXCLUSIVE!! BLACK AND TANS FETISHISM EXPOSED!
MEAT EXPORTERS AND INSURANCE.......
Michael Noonan (left), the Fine Gael spokesperson on Finance and former (State) Minister for Health, spoke on the export credit insurance issue. His remarks were based largely on John Bruton's speech (in Leinster House) in September 1994. From 'Magill' magazine, October 1997.
"No additional jobs would result from the gift of £2.74 million to the Goodman organisation, because the Goodman group had the deal which was going to create the jobs in the bag for the previous two months. The Minister's actions were a clear and deliberate breach of a Cabinet decision and this has never been fully explained. The way in which Deputy Reynolds dealt with granting export credit to other companies was arbitrary and unfair. At the meeting on 8th September between Deputy Reynolds and Mr Paschal Phelan, the owner of 'Master Meats'. Mr Oliver Murphy, the owner of Hibernia Meats, was also present. Mr Murphy had been making representations, directly and indirectly, to Deputy Reynolds to no avail.
He was trying to get a piece of the action on export credit insurance cover which, until then, had been made exclusively available to the Goodman organisation. The difficulty was that Hibernia Meats was owed money by Iraq and the Minister had made it clear up to then that any company owed money by that country would not receive cover. However, at this remarkable meeting, to which no officials from the Minister's Department were invited to attend, out of the blue and without explanation, Deputy Reynolds did an about-face on the question of issuing export credit insurance cover to Hibernia Meats. Suddenly the Cabinet decision did not matter and Deputy Reynolds, at a meeting attended by himself and two others, but not by officials from the Department of Industry and Commerce or a representative of the insurance company ICI, decided to issue export credit insurance to Hibernia Meats.
At that meeting, Deputy Reynolds also agreed to give £10 million export credit insurance cover to Master Meats, the company of his friend, Paschal Phelan, who was also present. This was an amazing decision because there was no record of Master Meats having applied to the Minister or to the Department of Industry and Commerce or to ICI for export credit insurance cover in respect of Iraq. Master Meats had no contract to export beef to Iraq when it was offered the £10 million cover, and subsequently made little attempt to negotiate a contract. It must be remembered that, shortly after , a host of beef exporting companies which had negotiated contracts with Iraq were refused insurance cover. Master Meats did not use the cover provided by Deputy Reynolds , but transferred it to Hibernia Meats , and we do not know whether this was done at no cost or for a commercial consideration. However, the worth of what was transferred to Hibernia Meats in terms of cover in the marketplace amounted to £1.7 million. Master Meats never applied for cover however due to the attendance of its principal officer at the meeting in question it received such cover." (MORE LATER).
THE ANATOMY OF AN AFTERNOON : THE STORY OF THE GIBRALTAR KILLINGS........
By Michael O'Higgins and John Waters. From 'Magill Magazine' , October 1988.
For a month, coroner Felix Pizzarello had demonstrated that patience was not just his virtue but his trademark. There was tortuous examination and re-examination of witnesses to make sure that even the smallest of details was clarified before a witness was allowed leave the box. At times it was tedious, but Felix Pizzarello, in the minds of everybody attending the inquest, showed a determination to be thorough and the time it took to do this was - quite correctly - irrelevant. Some of the witnesses had been in the box longer than the jury were out considering their verdict. The jury had to evaluate the evidence of over ninty witnesses and now Pizzarello, after five-and-a-half-hours (which included an hour's break for lunch) was telling them to hurry up. From this point on it was a stopwatch verdict.
Some inkling of what was going through Pizzarello's mind might well be gleaned from a conversation a senior official from the coroner's office had with a couple of journalists earlier that afternnon , during which the official seemed to favour a quick result. He quoted Cardinal Hume who once said that in matters of judgement it is well to have second thoughts but in matters of conscience there must be none.
The court resumed at 7pm - the pressure exerted on them had worked. They sent a message down to say they hoped to bring in a verdict in fifteen minutes. The stopwatch had run its course and it was now into extra time. The pressure which had been imposed on them favoured a lawful killing verdict. Two hours previously, the jury had been in favour of a lawful verdict by seven to four but, with the clock running, it was a lot easier to change the minds of two people in order to get a verdict of lawful killing than to change the minds of five others to get a verdict of unlawful killing. The packed court waited as the tension rose.... (MORE LATER).
THE MIKE AND MARTINA SHOW.
Martina Anderson : 'Northern Ireland' description for the partitioned six-county area of Ireland is now acceptable to these 'republicans',apparently.
For any so-called 'republican' to allow the term 'Northern Ireland' to go unchallenged, in reference to the occupied six counties of Ireland, is just as unforgivable as referring to that same area as a "country" , which is what Martina's nemesis, Mike Nesbitt done in the same comment in which he highlighted her acceptance of the term 'Northern Ireland' in relation to the six north-eastern Irish counties under discussion.
If perchance one of her own attempts to reprimand her over her 'Northern Ireland' blunder she should ask why it's ok to describe Leinster House as "the Dáil" but not ok to describe the occupied six counties as 'Northern Ireland'. In for a cent, in for a pound, eh, Martina?
BRANDED BY DEBT.....
"...they persecute the most poor people and benefit the richest institutions..."
He has his demons, as have we all and, although I wouldn't be a fan of his (to the extent that I don't even know anyone that thinks he's 'cool') but, to be honest, he makes more sense re the proposed/enforced double-water tax in this State in these ten minutes than the political clowns in Leinster House that are trying to introduce the double tax. Also, his views on voting ("I have never voted. Like most people I am utterly disenchanted by politics. Like most people I regard politicians as frauds and liars and the current political system as nothing more than a bureaucratic means for furthering the augmentation and advantages of economic elites..") would be close enough to my own 'NOTA' viewpoint and, as such, I would be inclined to at least listen to the man when he speaks about issues like that. But there's no way I'd vote for him!
ON THIS DATE (19TH NOVEMBER) 216 YEARS AGO : DEATH OF THEOBALD WOLFE TONE.
Born in Dublin on the 20th June 1763, he died in that same city 35 years later, on the 19th November 1798.
In September 1798, Wolfe Tone, a fighter for Irish emancipation, a leader of the 'United Irishmen' group, and a soldier in the French army, was taken prisoner by the British at Lough Swilly , Donegal and, at his 'trial' by court-martial in Dublin, on the 8th November 1798, he was found guilty of treason and was sentenced to be hanged as a traitor.
More so to state his reasons for his activity than in an attempt to place himself at the 'mercy' of that British 'court' (he was well aware that a death sentence awaited him) he stated - "I entered into the service of the French republic with the sole view of being useful to my country. To contend against British Tyranny, I have braved the fatigues and terrors of the field of battle; I have sacrificed my comfort, have courted poverty, have left my wife unprotected, and my children without a father. After all I have done for a sacred cause, death is no sacrifice. In such enterprises, everything depends on success: Washington succeeded – Kosciusko failed. I know my fate, but I neither ask for pardon nor do I complain. I admit openly all I have said, written, and done, and am prepared to meet the consequences. As, however, I occupy a high grade in the French army, I would request that the court, if they can, grant me the favour that I may die the death of a soldier......I have laboured to abolish the infernal spirit of religious persecution, by uniting the Catholics and Dissenters. To the former I owe more than ever can be repaid. The service I was so fortunate as to render them they rewarded munificently; but they did more: when the public cry was raised against me—when the friends of my youth swarmed off and left me alone—the Catholics did not desert me; they had the virtue even to sacrifice their own interests to a rigid principle of honour; they refused, though strongly urged, to disgrace a man who, whatever his conduct towards the Government might have been, had faithfully and conscientiously discharged his duty towards them; and in so doing, though it was in my own case, I will say they showed an instance of public virtue of which I know not whether there exists another example."
His speech/request from the dock, although listened to and commented on by the British judges,was not however acted on by them : two days later he was pronounced guilty and told he would be hanged in two days time. At that time in our history, suicide was considered by all the churches in Ireland to be a 'mortal sin' and a crime under common law, for which the punishment was that the person who killed themselves would be buried, with a wooden stake through the heart, at a crossroads (to signify that the soul of the person would never arrive at its 'destination'?) and his/her's possessions would become the property of the (British) State.It should be noted that the then 'powers-that-be' did not impose this punishment on Tone or his family.
What is, in our opinion, a propaganda theory that 'Tone committed suicide' is an issue which we wrote about on this blog in the past (see 'Murder Most Foul', here,from March 9th to March 18th - each post can be read by clicking on the 'Newer Post' button) and we ask that our readers at least point this position out to those who state positively that Tone killed himself.
FREE STATERS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS AT ODDS OVER 1916!
This is what happens when a political administration reluctantly attempts to 'honour' the men and women who took up arms to prevent its birth, thereby allowing a group, consisting of relatives of the 1916 men and women and those who sit in the above-mentioned administration and who are not opposed to the institutions which were spawned from the defeat of the 1916 ideals, to try and organise their own gig. It's a confusing enough scenario for those who live here and who might not be republican-minded or inclined to find the lie of the land, so to speak, in regards to the finer points of this subject, never mind expecting on-lookers from abroad to be able to figure out what the heck is going on here in relation to the centenary of the 1916 Rising!
But not to worry - in order to ensure you are not inadvertently standing shoulder-to-shoulder with any of the many pretenders who are trying to wrap themselves in the Irish flag for the day, this is all you need to know. The crowd of on-lookers will be smaller than the State-financed event, it will not receive as much publicity as the State-financed event and a British 'queen' will not be present (or, indeed, welcome!) but you will be in the company of genuine republican-minded people. And that, rather than the (false) pomp and ceremony, is what it's all about.
EXCLUSIVE!! THE BLACK AND TANS - IF THE SHIRT FITS.....
The 'Black and Tans' , but not as you know them - by which I mean not only are they mislabeled as "...an old Irish rebel group.." , but there's something else about them, too - "IN JUNE 1974 a group of men decided to band together and make their mark.... they would leave a footprint that would forever change the way service, leadership and brotherhood would be viewed....(they) didn’t have a uniform. An Englishman walked passed the group and said, “Look who’s here. It’s the Black and Tans!”.........they formally changed the name to The Regiment of the Black and Tans....It’s purpose and objectives are to “foster brotherhood and be of service to the community”.......former and active civil servants, firefighters, reservists, and military men make up a large number of it’s membership.....It is a part of the fabric of our local community......" (more here, and here!)
Anyway : Irish republicans wouldn't be at all surprised at the claim made by Ian Bailey in relation to the shirt that the State cops gave him to wear as it would have come straight out of their uniform store. Just ask any protester, water tax or otherwise, how those State cops treat them when they are being 'policed' by them on the street. But don't ask the cops themselves, as you won't like or agree with the answer you get.....
Thanks for reading, Sharon.
'1169...' EXCLUSIVE - THE BLACK AND TANS, BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW THEM....
EXCLUSIVE!! THE BLACK AND TANS - BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW THEM!
On Wednesday, 19th November 2014, we will publish an exclusive report, complete with links to our sources, in relation to an up-to-now mostly unknown aspect of the Black and Tans - their fetishes regarding, amongst other issues, their uniforms, in which some of their members are directly quoted about how they interacted sexually with each other during events which they held over weekends when they were able to act out their "hot fantasies" and how those present were left "wet and drooling for more as they embraced their fetish"....!
Our piece will give access to pics [which we ourselves will not be directly posting - viewer discretion is advised] and, as stated, links to our sources, which we have established are genuine. All will be revealed (!) , here,on Wednesday 19th November 2014. Don't be the 'odd' one one - check back with us then!
'1169...' EXCLUSIVE - THE BLACK AND TANS, BUT NOT...
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Why Did The Weapons Manufacturer Bribe The Armed Services Committee Member?
By Middle Aged Woman Talking on June 15, 2012 4:35 pm ·
More powerful than the killing machines they manufacture, Northrup Grumman has given more money to Buck McKeon, (R-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services than any other member in Congress. In March, 2011, in a tit for tat move, McKeon tapped vice-president and lobbyist for Northrup, Thomas MacKenzie, to oversee defense contracts. Grumman reportedly paid MacKenzie “$500,ooo a few weeks before he became, as per Lee Fang who broke the story, ‘a low-paid Congressional staffer shaping military policy.’” MacKenzie’s salary was about to take quite a hit, from $529,379 at Northrup to $120,000 as a member of the committee.
Fang writes at Republic Report:
“In Mackenzie’s case, Northrop Grumman made sure he had extra cash before he went to work writing policy on the defense budget. Republic Report views a recently filed ethics disclosure form and found that Northrup Grumman paid MacKenzie a $498.334 bonus in 2011, just before he went to work under McKeon as a committee staffer. The bonus was almost the size of MacKenzie’s annual salary at the firm, which was $529,379 in 2010. View a copy of the disclosure here.“
Senator Richard Blumenthal caught wind of Fang’s story and as per the National Journal and Connecticut Post, clearly found the timing suspect. He has demanded that Northrup Grummon, “explain to Congress and the American public why they paid one of their executives close to half a million dollars right before he was about to quit and start work as a member of the House Armed Services Committee.”
I have the answer to that one Senator Blumenthal. It’s probably for the same reason the defense industry donated over $22.6 million dollars to congressional candidates in 2009/10 and employs more than 1000 lobbyists, which works out to nearly 2 lobbyists for every member of congress. It’s probably for the same reason the defense industry spent $144 million for lobbying expenditures in 2010 and had “at least 682 revolving door employees in 2010, that would be people working in the government overseeing the arms industry then leaving government to work for a defense firm.”
It’s called influence Senator Blumenthal and irrespective of Justice Kennedy’s majority opinion that “independent expenditures do not give rise to corruption or the appearance of corruption,” the expenditures, the money, does in fact control the game of who gets what, F-35’s or food, drones or health care, and Buck McKeon, Chairman of the Committee on Armed Services is one the main players.
Here’s the link to the petition to investigate Tom MacKenzie.
http://unitedrepublic.org/its-bribery/
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The Pre-historic Age
MOULDWARP MORATORY
Eaten Out of House and Home
The dinosaurs become extinct when their wooden habitats are eaten by termites, co-conspirators of the cockroaches, who not only want to outlive everything on the planet, but help things along as well. (11/9/02)
Geeks As Tradition
For the first couple hundred years or so, flintworkers were the geeks of primitive man. All the cool guys stuck with their clubs and stones, and taunted the flintworkers at each and every opportunity. It never occurs to those guys that the innovation of the club is the Swiss Army (Thing) of its day as also the previous tool of choice by geeks. (10/19/02)
Language Arrives For Primitive Man
A long time ago, a man walks up to another man. He's wondering what the other man is doing and language has just been invented, in fact he's about to speak the first sentence. "What're you doing?" The other man, who has been sitting with a hammer and chisel in front of a large slab of rock, stops concentrating long enough to say, "I was going to record our manner of communication of grunting for the ages." But, as grunting is now passé, the other man sets his hammer and chisel down, and one language dies as another is born. (10/4/02)
Meanwhile, At the Accent Auction
The Tower of Babel incident temporarily puts a strain on differences in regional linguistic inflections. Years of development are put to waste as people suddenly speak different languages, but in the confusion the ancient Briton is said to have gained a sleeper advantage when the first instance of "Bloody Hell!" being stated occurs. (10/7/02)
Before Mowing, There Was Turf War
A patch of grass graces a man's hut. The man's neighbor sees the patch of grass, and as he does not have his own, he goes over to that man's hut and stomps on the grass, and then the two men tussle for a while. War had to start somewhere, and so other men join in, on various principles of grass opinion. (10/19/02)
Redefining Holy Water
The Cult of Aqua is the first major religion, being founded after a man notices that he can see himself in it, and touch the image without touching himself. The image is fickle, flickering away when he touches it, and so the man assigns it mystical properties. He brings his friends over, and not only do they see themselves, but they see each other. It is good. Ceremonies include the ritual drowning of a duck, which refuses to stay under, adding to the mysticism. (10/26/02)
Deja Vu Already
A man comes across a stone he figures is shaped weirdly. But, as everyone's still using stone tools, he takes it anyway and returns home, the stone in a collection of new tools he'll soon implement in some activity or other. It's not a regular stone; it's been shaped into a rather useful point. After some time the man suspects that it has been used by someone else as a tool, and so rather than using it as a tool himself or copying the technique for his own tools, he puts it in with his small collection of possessions. He never gives it anymore thought. Still, archaeology is born, even if it isn't recognized as such at the time. (11/8/02)
Deja Vu Again
After declaring, "I'm sick of making history, I want to repeat it!" a man repeats the grass warfare incident, thus inaugurating an institution. (11/9/02)
Stinking Rich
The world's first major collective, the Empire of Turd, ends not long after the subjects of Lord Turd realize they've been following someone who has a large collection of elephant dung. It begins to dawn on people that the economy should be running on something less smelly, and perhaps more shiny. I believe the idea catches on rather quickly. (12/02/02)
That Glazed Look
During the onset of the Ice Age, a man turns to his mate inside their lodging and insists he'll go hunting later, that the outside weather is fleeting. When the local wildlife begins to freeze and generally cease to exist, the man is forced to admit his mistake (not out loud) and go in search of game elsewhere. This is why some yokels crossed the Bering Strait. (2/4/03)
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LEAD at 10
The ruminations of a teenage college applicant can often sound callow. But not always. As many a college essay proves, such thoughts can be utterly inspirational. The same can be said of essays submitted by applicants to the Alumni Association LEAD Scholars Program.
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the program, we are sharing just a few of the many essays submitted. In this 10-part series, you’ll read of the experiences of those who come from relatively sheltered backgrounds to those who have had to deal with more than their share of adversity.
In this sixth installment, Giovanni Bellegarde, ’18, recalls how an inner-city kid learned to love classical music in high school and its effect on his life. Now working at The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, Giovanni is training to become an actor and is currently auditioning for television, film, and stage roles. He is also contemplating a graduate degree in acting.
A Classical Tale
When I first arrived at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York, I was greeted with a rude awakening. I thought I would be practicing the kind of music I was used to: rhythm and blues, gospel, or even jazz.
Instead, when I walked in on the morning of Sept. 8, 2010, my new voice teacher explained that we would be learning classical music and arias. I was dumbfounded. But four years later, classical music is my passion.
I am a fanatic of music in general, but no other style of music affects me like classical music. When I open my mouth to sing that first note or hear a beautiful chord played, a sensation of overwhelming refinement takes hold of me.
I can listen to classical music for hours, in awe of the music created by these composers. I am mesmerized by the pulchritude of different works, from Leontyne Price singing “Vissi D’arte” from “Tosca” to Bach’s “Little” fugue. Works like these make me want to explore the magnitude of the field. When I come across a new work, I am astonished by the lavish chords, the lush dynamics, and the beautiful melodies that merge to create some of the best pieces of art to grace the world.
Classical music has been vital not only in my growth as a performer but also as an individual. It has taught me discipline and the qualities a person needs in order to succeed in life. I have gained a new sense of confidence that I never knew I had through this music.
When people ask me what type of music I enjoy listening to, or performing, they don’t expect me—a black boy from an inner-city neighborhood—to reply “classical.” People tend to ridicule that it is something I am passionate about because of my background. That simply inspires me to go further and prove every single one of these people wrong.
My affection for this art form will remain a driving force in defeating any odds I may face in the future. I know now that I am strong, unique, and at one with myself because of classical music. It will remain with me as I grow both as an artist and human being and will be essential to me throughout my life.
The LEAD Scholars Program provides scholarships to black, Latino, and Native American students who have been accepted into the U-M. Visit umalumni.com/LEAD to learn how you can support the program and, thus, help create a more diverse campus.
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Grant Kester is Professor of Art History and Director of the University Art Gallery in the Visual Arts department at the University of California, San Diego. Kester is one of the leading figures in the emerging critical dialogue around “relational” or “dialogical” art practices. With these practices Art has taken discursive elements as well as social relations as its subject and material, leaving behind the art object aesthetic. This work lives in the sphere of interhuman relationships, in which social exchange and interaction is offered. This art practice emphasizes how art is engaged in social issues and how it makes or forms communities –and there is an important interrelationship between viewer and artist.
Kester’s journey to his current role at UCSD has taken several twists and turns and in many ways follows an organic process rather than a linear one. To begin, he was raised with his parents and sister mostly in Kansas City. His mother enjoyed crafts and engaged he and his sister in the process of making things at an early age. Their home displayed many traditional art reprints by Rembrandt, Renoir and others so Kester developed an awareness of fine art His mom enrolled her children in ceramics and painting classes at the local art museum. Right from the start, Kester enjoyed the solitude of making things. While in high school, he took painting, ceramics and photography.
Kester’s father had a tradition of documenting family events and vacations by taking lots of photos. His enthusiasm for photography rubbed off on Kester, and he followed in his fathers footsteps by studying photography at Montgomery Junior College in Bethesda, Maryland. He dropped out after one year and worked in a camera store and also for a commercial photographer. He then moved to Atlanta where he studied photography at the Art Institute for one year. While there he also worked for a table top photographer. By this time, he had gained many skills in the techniques and methods of photography. He then met a landscape photographer who introduced him to outdoor photo shooting where they would spend hours, often in silence, hiking around to locate the best spots for taking images. He also introduced Kester to large format photography and he began discovering well known photographers such as Harry Callahan, Paul Caponigro, Lee Friedlander who influenced his thinking.
"We'd Love Your Company: A Project with Ethan Breckenridge,"
curator: Michelle Hyun (February 21-May 10, 2013)
It was during this time that Kester began writing about art. He wrote art exhibition reviews, book reviews and interviews. At this time he also began teaching the history of photography at the Southeastern Center for Photographic Arts in Atlanta. Later on, he moved back to Maryland to attend the Maryland Institute College of Art where he eventually received his BA in Art History. There he had an important mentor, his instructor Ann Fessler, and together they curated a group exhibition of socially engaged photography for the annual conference of the Society for Photographic Education. This exhibition held in Baltimore, displayed mostly post-world war II social documentary photography featuring issues of social justice.
In 1987, Kester landed a job as Editor of the New Art Examiner where he ran the Washington D.C. office.Simultaneously he also taught classes at Maryland Institute College of Art and the Corcoran school. At this point in his career, Kester realized that he was less interested in image making and more interested in writing, teaching and scholarly pursuits. He was offered the Helena Rubenstein Fellowship to attend the Independent Study Program in Art History at the Whitney Museum of Art in NYC. Afterward, Kester was inspired by this experience and was eager to begin an advanced degree. He attended the University of Rochester where he received an MA in Art History and then went on to complete his Ph.D. in Visual and Cultural Studies. During his seven years in Rochester, Kester also worked for a media arts journal, “After Image”, where he wrote grants and edited the journal. Also during this time, Kester’s studies were highly influenced by Janet Wolff, an art historian who has written several books on the sociology of art practice, giving Kester a more broad view of the ‘image’ as it relates to film theory, and art institutions as a social system that engages art.
Also during his studies, Kester completed a residency for 2 years at the Cranbrook Academy in Michigan heading up their Critical Studies program. Upon completion of his degree, Kester taught at Washington State University in Pullman Washington and then on to Arizona State University, where he taught classes in Contemporary Art Theory and Art History. In 2000 Kester was offered his current position at the University of California, San Diego. He teaches many courses in Art History, and Art Criticism , and seminars on both the undergrad and graduate levels. He has also done a several year stint as Chair of the Department of Visual Arts. He stated that his primary challenge in teaching is to continue to engage students and inspire their interest in Art History – He accomplishes this by helping them to see connections that art history has with popular culture, including music, fashion and technology.
"Silent Witness: Recent Works by Ken Gonzalez-Day,"
curated by Grant Kester, Elize Mazadiego and Jenn Moreno (March 31-May 20, 2011)
Kester’s goals at UCSD include the development of a program that is not studio based and goes along with his keen commitment to relational and dialogical art practice. He is interested in art as a conduit to environmental remediation, and issues of political, cultural and social significance. With development of this new program, Kester wishes to “transform peoples consciousness of the world” and to engage all the faculty in this process of collaboration as well. As Director of the UCSD Art Gallery, Kester has developed a curatorial program for outside curatorial scholars and students to come to the gallery to develop exhibitions that support his mission of socially and community based collaborations. Kester believes this “socially engaged” art practice is gaining momentum and he is committed to achieving his goal of creating a program at UCSD.
Kesters’ path to the present has involved a combination of years of ‘real world’ work experience prior to and during the development of his career. He developed many skills outside the “educational system” that has both served him well and no doubt has brought richness, creativity and inspiration to his students and colleagues.
(Kester has curated numerous exhibitions and has written many articles and publications – you can view some of these at the following link: http://www.grantkester.net)
"Arrhythmias of Counter-Production: Engaged Art in Argentina,
1995-2011,"curated by Jennifer Flores Sternad (October 6-January 20, 2012)
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By Anders Ekdahl April 17, 2019 April 20, 2019 Interviews
With so many cool bands out there to check out I offer you some minor guidance by introducing you to TORMENT OF SOULS. Anders Ekdahl ©2018
I am a word buff so when I find a band name that excites me I want to know the reason behind the choice. So how did you pick your name?
-The band was first founded under the name “Torment”. After we released our first album, we figured out that there were already other bands with the same name. So we decided to find a new name for our band: “Torment Of Souls”
There are so many genres and sub-genres today that it is hard to keep track of them all. So what was it that made you pick the style you play?
Since our band was founded in 1994, our style was -and still is- mainly influenced by bands from that time. At that time there weren’t quite as many sub-genres as there are now. Today I would still describe our style as Old School melodic death metal.
What influences you in creating your music? What is/has been the single greatest influence?
-It is hard to point out a “single greatest influence”. We are six people in our band and very one has his own favorite band or style. When we write new songs, mostly one of us comes along with an idea, which is then finalized together.
How important is it to have a message as a band?
-In my opinion it is more important for a band to play good music rather than having a message.
Is image an important factor to the bands appearance?
-I would say yes. People will recognize you as what you stand for. For Torment Of Souls it would possibly be Party, Beer and Guts&Gore
How important is it to have an album cover that stands out to grab people’s attention in this day and age?
-Even though nowadays the trend is going more and more to online streaming instead of buying “real” albums, it is still important to have a good album cover to draw people’s attention. I mean, the album cover is the first thing people see from a band they don’t already know.
What kind of respect do you get from your local scene?
-We can be very proud of our local scene. There are so many fans who have been supporting us from the beginning. Thanks to all of you!
How massive is it to get response from places you have never heard of?
-That is indeed really great, if you get a request from somewhere you didn’t even think of the possibility to ever perform there.
Is playing live still a great way to get new fans to discover you?
-Yes of course it is. We very often get positive response from many people who never heard of us, seeing us live for the first time.
What does the future have in its womb?
-Right now we are in the progress of writing new songs for a new album which we are planning to release by end of this year.
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Coca-Cola Selects new President
Wednesday, 31 October 2018 13:11
The board of directors of the Coca-Cola Company has elected Brian Smith to serve as president and COO, effective Jan. 1, 2019. He will report to James Quincey, the company’s CEO. Smith is a 21-year Coca-Cola veteran who currently serves as president of the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) group.
The appointment of a president and COO will allow Quincey, who has served as CEO since May 2017 and is a member of the board of directors, to focus on the overall long-term strategic direction and success of the company. Smith is well-equipped to lead the company’s field operations and bring an accelerated focus on executing against key strategies, due to his deep knowledge of the global Coca-Cola system, strong relationships with bottlers and customers and a proven track record of leadership.
Smith joined the company in 1997. His prior roles include serving as president of both the Brazil and Mexico divisions before being named group president for Latin America. He was named to his current position as group president of EMEA in 2016.
In EMEA, Smith oversaw the successful integration of the Europe, Eurasia and Africa groups into one cohesive operating group. Under his leadership, the group has grown organic revenues over the past eight quarters. In Latin America, Smith oversaw the acquisitions of several brands, including AdeS in Argentina and Santa Clara in Mexico.
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Biographies of AUF Life Members
Biography, Graham Henderson
AUF Life Member
Graham Henderson Joined the AUF in 1977 through his association with the Latrobe University sub Aqua club Victoria, he was a keen SCUBA diver and Spearfisherman who subsequently become an avid player in underwater hockey.
He had an active role in the formation of the Victorian Octopush league and went on to be a founding member of the first AUF Underwater Hockey Commission in 1980. He has represented Australia as a player on 5 occasions and also was a coach and team manager.
He was instrumental in setting up a referee accreditation system in Australia and co-authoring the first standards and procedures manual for referee training, the same manual that is used throughout the world today for underwater hockey referee training.
Graham started his administrative service in the AUF in 1979 when he became secretary of the AUF Victorian Branch; he went on to hold the positions of Vice President and President. Also during this time he was the convener of 2 national skindiving championships held in Victoria.
During the eighties he was elected to the position of chairperson of the AUF underwater hockey commission a position which he held for 7 years, he then went on to be the chief referee for the commission for a number of years. During this time he formalised the commission by-laws and was instrumental in obtaining government STEP grants of $200,000.00 for our world champion underwater hockey teams.
In 1995 he focused his attentions on the AUF Federal body becoming Federal Secretary and then becoming the Federal President in 1997. He oversaw a total restructure of the AUF and rewrote the federal constitution. He became the public officer of the federation in 2000. Also in 2000 he was awarded the Australian Government sports medal for his contribution to sport and the community.
He was elected to the position of President of the CMAS (World Underwater Federation) underwater hockey commission in 2005 He also holds the position of tournament director for the CMAS Underwater Hockey Commission and has overseen the running of 4 world underwater hockey championships.
Graham Henderson was awarded life membership of the AUF in 1996 for outstanding service to the federation and the sport of skindiving. He is the current president of the AUF.
Biography, Toni de Fina
Toni de Fina was the Federal President of the AUF for 28 years; he was also a some time member of the CMAS governing council. He created with the late Peter Cullen the Federation of Australian Underwater Instructors, for many years the only Australian Diver Instructor organization ultimately subsumed by an international diving instructor organization.
Toni designed and developed the first balanced first stage valves for single hose SCUBA, he also designed and developed diving systems for then developing cultured pearl farms in Northern Territory and Northern Western Australia.
He was instrumental in creating many of the diving standards still used today, he attended the world championships in Croatia (Yugoslavia) as a competitor. He has continuing involvement in water sports, particularly spearfishing.
On occasion he is invited to prepare opinions on diving accidents and diving equipment and practices for civil court cases and inquests.
He is still diving and actively engaged in water sports.
Biography, Susan Dockar
Susan Dockar started Snorkelling and then Spearfishing in the early 1970’s with the St. George Spearfishing & Freediving Club. She picked up skills from some of the older members as well as being doggedly persistent in learning about the underwater world, both with fish species, habitats and weather conditions. There were many past and present inspirational divers in the club, which encouraged Sue to gain as much knowledge as possible.
An overseas jaunt for six years and then back to the Club and travelling to the many and varied competitions along the NSW coastline. Also competing in many State and National Championships with the highlight being the 1986 National Spearfishing Championships held in Sydney coastal areas and winning the AUF National Ladies Trophy.
She was asked to be part of these 1986 combined National Championships and joined the mixed State Ladies Underwater Hockey comp. which was the beginning of at least 25 years of underwater hockey competitions, representing the Sydney UWH Club, NSW UWH and then an Australian representative member of a Mixed Masters Trans-Tasman team held in Rotorua, N.Z. Also a year later in 2002 joining the Australian Ladies Masters team at the Underwater Hockey World Championships in Calgary, Canada.
Along the way, also working behind the scenes in administration with the Club and then AUF State Spearfishing Commission, the AUF NSW Underwater Hockey Commission as well as the AUF NSW Snorkel & Coaching Commission. She gained Life Membership of the St. George Spearfishing Club, mid 1980’s, then the AUF NSW Underwater Hockey Commission in the 1990’s and then awarded the Australian Sports Medal in 2000.
She has held and still holds positions with the National Exec. of the AUF including Memberships & Secretary/Treasurer over the past 15 years and gained Life Membership with the AUF in 2009.
She also continues to participate with her St. George Spearfishing & Freediving club at social dives as well as being involved in administration and training.
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James N. Murphy Award
The James N. Murphy Award was established in 1967 in memory of James N. Murphy for his immeasurable contribution to community life at the Institute. It is given to a non-faculty employee whose spirit and loyalty exemplify this kind of inspired and dedicated service, especially with regard to students. Sustained contribution is a criterion for the award, but longevity, in itself, is not.
If you have any questions about the James N. Murphy Award please contact via email.
Kevin McLellan, MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology
Brian Callahan, Athletic Facilities & Operations
Kyle Keane, Department of Material Science and Engineering
Heather Barry, Nuclear Science and Engineering Department
Ken Stone ’72, MIT Hobby Shop
Dr. Robert M. Randolph, Chaplain to the Institute
Nancy Savioli, Department of Physics
Donna Friedman, UAAP
Michael Grenier, Residential Life & Dining
June Milligan, CopyTech
Robert Ferrara '67, Senior Director, Office of the Dean for Student Life
During the 37 years he worked at MIT, James N. Murphy represented the highest standard of service and devotion to the Institute. As the first manager of Kresge Auditorium and the MIT Chapel, he helped develop the policies that make these historic buildings invaluable community facilities. Murphy also took on the added responsibility of managing the MIT Religious Counselors’ House and the Non-Resident Student Association House. In 1966, Mr. Murphy and three MIT students died tragically in an automobile accident while traveling to a national convention of the Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity, for which Murphy was the faculty advisor.
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B-Metro > Featured > Accepted
Amanda Keller creates a place where everyone feels ACCEPTED
Written by Rosalind Fournier
Most people assumed that Bob Keller, a solid family man, was strictly heterosexual. In reality, he was bisexual—and under different circumstances, if he had been comfortable speaking openly about his sexual orientation—he might have been offered regular HIV testing, no questions asked. Instead, in 2000, by the time he was diagnosed he had full-blown AIDS and a grim prognosis.
“We didn’t have time to really process everything,” explains Keller, who is now 32 and the director of the Magic City Acceptance Center, a Birmingham AIDS Outreach (BAO)-affiliated program designed to provide a safe, supportive and affirming space for LBGTQ youth. “We were just focused on my father, his health, spending time with him, and making sure the last few months of his life were what he wanted it to be.”
He died a year and a half later. Amanda was left with memories of a man she loved mixed with an awful lot of questions about the price he paid for trying to keep his sexual orientation hidden for so long. (Though she eventually found out her mother, from whom he was divorced, had known about his bisexuality, few others did.) “I think he died unhappy,” Keller says. “I think that if any part of him could have just lived his life authentically and been himself, he would have been a happy, fulfilled person, and who knows what else in his life would be different because of that?”
Bob Keller, Amanda’s father.
She’ll never have the chance to understand that part of her father’s story now. But she feels MCAC has given her a chance to help young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning people be open and true to themselves, feel accepted and avoid a pattern of living in secrecy and shame.
Finding her path
Keller started originally as a volunteer with BAO about eight years ago when she was still a student at UAB. “I wanted something to do in my spare time, and I was really interested in giving back in a way that I could be more involved in HIV work and advocacy,” she says. “It got to the point where I was at BAO like four hours a day, and luckily the development director pulled me aside and asked if I wanted a job.” Keller jumped at the opportunity, and not long after, the organization applied for and received a grant to start an outreach group aimed at LGBTQ youth, with Keller as its director.
Step one was turning a bland, uninspiring building into a welcoming space that would attract young people to its doors. That’s when the Mystic Krewe of Apollo, who identify themselves as a group of friends who have a strong connection to the LGBTQ community, stepped in, volunteering their time to overhaul the space until it was fun, welcoming and comfortable. They say helping get MCAC started was a no brainer, because it’s the kind of place from which many of them could have benefitted earlier in their lives. “Many LGBT youth feel alone and alienated, and to contribute to a place like the MCAC allows us the opportunity to give to today’s youth something we needed when we went through all the same things at that age,” members say, “be it dealing with family issues or bullying or the feeling of isolation that can come from feeling that something may be ‘wrong’ with you. With the suicide rate among LGBTQ youth sharply on the rise, it is vital that support, acceptance, and encouragement be accessible and that those avenues of support are inviting and make individuals feel safe. MCAC…is exactly what we need more of for tomorrow’s generation regardless of who they are—a place of love, support, and acceptance.”
If that sounds at all dramatic, grim or outdated—aren’t we mostly past all that? Isn’t today’s generation more accepting of different sexual orientations?—Keller explains that the picture is far more complicated. “On one hand,” she says, “the fact that we exist, the fact that there’s a building next door that exclusively provides health care and hormone therapy to the LBGTQ population, and that the community supports that and we don’t have picketers at our door every day, says a lot about the community. However, the fact that we need to exist is also part of this conversation.
“We are here because our youth experience tremendous amounts of bullying and harassment and physical abuse and…any number of things, even from professionals in our community who are supposed to help. I’ve heard stories of counselors who are providing incredibly concerning information to youth. They are not providing competent care to them. We know teachers who are in the middle of math classes who are taking moments to talk about how homosexuality is a sin. We have youth who have reported that they may not be physically harassed in the hallways, but they experience even worse in the sense that their classmates ignore them intentionally to the point where they’ll maybe bump into them and just keep walking and pretend that they don’t even exist, and the youth have said that they almost wish they would just hit them instead, because at least they would acknowledge their presence. So there are really varying states. They have these pockets of affirmation, but if you don’t have access to that, you’re still one of those youth who feels left out.”
Convincing wary youth
Keller says when MCAC opened in 2014, one of the first obstacles was convincing the kids that MCAC was a legitimately supportive organization for the LBGTQ community. Many had been burned before. “I had one youth tell me once that he would come every single night and sit outside and look in,” she remembers. “He wanted to make sure the people inside were okay, and we weren’t proselytizing or trying to do any conversion therapy. They were concerned we could be a shell organization, saying that we were affirming when really we weren’t.”
Eventually he came in, and others continued to follow. They started with a monthly movie night, and now, almost four years later, the calendar is a full slate of “drop-in” afternoons and evenings, art workshops, support and advocacy groups, pizza nights featuring discussion forums, and even support groups for parents who struggling to understand what their kids are going through. Overall, MCAC has grown an estimated 423 percent since its opening.
“We just continue to be amazed by the need for support, and the fact that these youth feel comfortable coming to us,” Keller says.
There are also the big events, including a summer day camp that youth outreach coordinator Lauren Jacobs calls her favorite time of the year.
“Our focus this past summer was on the fact that there are young people in Birmingham and the surrounding areas who identify as LBGTQ who want to be here—who don’t feel like they have to leave Birmingham—and are actively working to make the area more inclusive,” Jacobs says. “We did workshops around how to build an advocacy campaign in your school. We had a zoo field trip, and that was really fantastic because one of the keepers at the Birmingham Zoo has been out since high school and is passionate about animals and zookeeping…so our young folks could see there are LBGTQ people who are from here, still live here, and get to do the things they’re passionate about here.
“It’s really great for us to be able to offer what is kind of a traditional day camp for a week but to fill it with programs and workshops that are about empowering yourself as an LBGTQ young person.”
Another big event is MCAC’s “Queer Prom.” Keller likes to point to the prom’s growth every year as one of the best indicators that MCAC is filling an important need in the community. “Our first prom was in June of 2014, and we had 24 youth. We thought that was outstanding. And the next year we had about 80. This year we had over 120—we lost count at one point—in this building. And they were flowing into the parking lot.”
Honoring her father’s memory
For Keller, her work with MCAC and supporting the cause of the LBGTQ community in general—and youth in particular—has taken on a life of its own. But her original draw to this work will always be her father, his personal experience and how deeply it affected her.
“I think it would be very easy some days to walk away from all of this,” she says. “It can be triggering. It can be very emotionally straining, especially when I worked at BAO in the beginning and was seeing people who reminded me of my father or looked like my father or had a laugh like his. You’re constantly thinking about it, and you’re constantly thinking about these people and their lives and their livelihood and how they’re doing.
“But I don’t feel like I would be doing my father a service and honoring his memory if I had this opportunity and I walked away from it. And most days, for me it is a very healthy, wonderful, nourishing way to give back. Ninety-nine percent of my days are so happy and wonderful to have this environment we can provide for our youth. And there are a lot of feelings that happen here, and there are a lot of tears and really hard experience our youth go through—not just because they’re LGBTQ, but maybe their first boyfriend or girlfriend or person in their life broke up with them. And we work through all of that. We go through all the feelings here.
“So I’m just so grateful to be able through MCAC to support people when they’re really struggling—it’s the best possible thing we can do for anyone, and I wish more adults had this opportunity.”
Posted on Thursday, August 31st, 2017.
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Jeannie Senter says:
So happy to see this exists. I lived in B’ham for 21 years but moved away in 2005. Our organization (Georgia Safe Schools Coalition) is entirely voluntary and works to make schools safer for LGBTQ youth.
Thank you for your work, Jeannie
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Uncertainty in Idlib: The Salvation Government Maintains Control
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Uncertainty looms around Idlib’s future after Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham(HTS) maintained its hold over the rebel’s last major stronghold. HTS concluded an agreement that stipulated a ceasefire with the Turkish-backed rival faction National Liberation Front(NLF) on January 10th[1], ending a period of unrest shaped by military confrontations that killed more than 130 fighters. The NLF relinquished its administrated areas to HTS’ self-proclaimed ‘Salvation Government’, and fled towards the Turkish-held areas in the north. This fractured the HTS-NLF quasi-alliance which was established in November 2017 to govern what they referred to as the ‘liberated areas’[2]and consolidated the Salvation Government which serves as Idlib’s de facto administrator.
HTS’ territorial control extends to the west of rural Aleppo and governs more than 2.5 million inhabitants, representing 1.5 times more than Damascus’ population. With around 15,000 fighters in its arsenal, HTS is an instrumental actor in any of Idlib’s future scenarios. However, there are two main components that should be taken into consideration. First, HTS is a coalition that comprises several armed groups with al-Nusra Front, previously known for its ties with al-Qaeda, serving as the nucleus of the coalition. Al-Nusra Front is designated as a terrorist organization by the US, Russia, Turkey, and the United Nations. Although HTS repudiated any affiliations with al-Qaeda, many observers believe that HTS still has ties with al-Qaeda and consider the coalition as a change in name and not a change in political tendency.
Second, HTS’ power consolidation violated the Russian-Turkish Memorandum of Understanding that was signed in Sochi in September 2018. Sochi’s MoU outlined a roadmap in which ‘all radical terrorist groups will be removed from the demilitarized zone by October 15’[3]for the purpose of preventing a Syrian military solution. This raises the question of in what form will Moscow’s response occur particularly after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expressed his concerns by stating “About 70% of this territory is already occupied by terrorists (..) they are trying to threaten our military air base in Hmeymim”[4].
Idlib’s current status quo is arguably more intricate than what it was before Sochi’s Summit. The ouster of the Turkish-backed rebels obstructs Turkey’s interests in the region. With its main allies out of the picture, Ankara is alarmed that a military incursion launched by the Syrian Government would galvanize a new influx of refugees, particularly after the United Nations warned that 800,000 people are at risk of displacement[5]. Furthermore, an escalation in Idlib would cause HTS’ fighters to withdraw northwards, causing a legitimate security threat on Turkey’s border.
However, perpetuating the status quo would create a predicament for Syria and its allies. As Lavrov explained: “one of the acutel problems [of the status quo ] because it is infinitely impossible to maintain this last major hotbed of terrorism in Syria”[6]. Finding a solution to address the situation is thus inevitable for Syria and Russia. Damascus already took some ‘retaliatory’ measures in southern Idlib after what seemed as an HTS attempt to infiltrate into Hama, state news SANA reported[7]. The Syrian Government is reportedly deploying more troops to the north, increasing its military presence in the region.
Events are fluctuating at a fast pace in Syria. In line with the developments taking place in Idlib and the US decision to withdraw from Syria, the Astana Group is preparing for a trilateral summit in Russia to address these changes. Meshing the interests of the participating states is naturally challenging after more than 7 years of turmoil. However, Syria is on a crossroads and the need for an inclusive dialogue is essential.
[1]https://syriadirect.org/news/hts-backed-civil-authority-moves-against-rivals-in-latest-power-grab-in-northwest-syria/
[2]https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2019/01/al-julani-calls-for-a-unified-military-council-in-idlib/
[3]https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/full-text-of-turkey-russia-memorandum-on-idlib-revealed-1.771953
[4]http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/al-nusra-occupies-70-percent-of-idlib-russian-fm-140613
[5]http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/290820182
[7]https://sana.sy/en/?p=156166
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Biography – BESNARD, dit Carignant, JEAN-LOUIS – Volume IV (1771-1800) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
BESNARD, dit Carignant, JEAN-LOUIS (he signed L. Carignant), merchant-trader; b. 22 Nov. 1734 in Montreal, son of Jean-Baptiste Besnard, dit Carignant, and Marie-Joseph Gervaise; m. 13 Aug. 1764 Charlotte Brebion in Montreal; m. there secondly on 20 Jan. 1770 Félicité, daughter of Montreal merchant Pascal Pillet; d. 3 Dec. 1791 at Michilimackinac (Mackinac Island, Mich.).
Jean-Louis Besnard, dit Carignant, followed in the footsteps of his father, a Montreal merchant and outfitter. Around 1770 he was engaged in the fur trade, outfitting voyageurs for amounts sometimes exceeding 20,000 livres; in addition he ran a flour mill at Lachine, near Montreal. Although he rapidly acquired many debtors, Carignant was not afraid to go into debt himself to his suppliers. Like every merchant in the colony, he had to speculate on credit and choose his debtors carefully. However, he had less luck in this game than others [see Jean Orillat], and on 30 Sept. 1776 he had to declare a bankruptcy that would have repercussions on the political life of the province.
On 9 Oct. 1776 Carignant submitted a balance-sheet to his creditors which showed 222,306 livres in debts and 140,640 livres in assets, 65,000 livres of the latter in accounts outstanding; his creditors were London merchants Brook Watson* and Robert Rashleigh, the firms of Pierre Foretier* and Jean Orillat and of John Porteous in Montreal, and also Montreal merchants Jean-Marie Ducharme*, Jacob Jordan, Toussaint Lecavelier, Louis-Joseph and Charles-Jean-Baptiste Chaboillez*, Charles Larche, and Ignace Pillet (Carignant’s brother-in-law). Carignant had contracted his largest debt – the sum of 88,000 livres – with the firm of Watson and Rashleigh. The balance-sheet also revealed the losses he had incurred in trading in furs and wheat, but these could not by themselves account for the bankruptcy, which Carignant attributed to “unfortunate events . . . bad promises and swindles of which he has been the victim.”
Yet a few hours before declaring bankruptcy, Carignant had completed a series of deals with Montreal merchant Richard Dobie* through which Dobie had bought furs worth 130,000 livres from him and he, after deducting his debts to Dobie and Dobie’s partner Adam Lymburner*, had made 63,000 livres not shown in the books. Carignant’s creditors, to whom he had assigned his property, accused Dobie of fraud and took legal proceedings against him because, according to them, he had entered into secret agreements with Carignant to pay for the furs. When the Court of Common Pleas in Montreal decided in favour of the creditors, Dobie appealed to the Legislative Council, and as a result of Chief Justice Peter Livius’ summation it reversed the judgement on 30 April 1778. The next day Governor Sir Guy Carleton* dismissed Livius from his post without explanation. During the subsequent inquiry, Livius insinuated to the British authorities that Carleton had been influenced by Brook Watson, who was Carignant’s principal creditor and who, according to Livius, “was in great habits with Sir Guy Carleton & was very much trusted by him in his private concerns, & in some matters of a public nature, particularly in Indian Affairs.” Livius was reinstated but never returned to Canada. As for Carignant, his combined assets could in no way cover his debts at the time of his bankruptcy; his creditors allowed him to remain in business, hoping to be repaid gradually, but whether this hope was fulfilled is not known.
Carignant’s business papers and the documents produced at the time of his bankruptcy provide some useful indications of his commercial practices and style of life. Of the 128 debts recorded in his accounts receivable ledger in 1776, only eight exceeded 1,000 livres but they amounted to nearly 50,000 livres, three-quarters of the total. His assets also included 12,500 livres in furs, ginseng, and merchandise, a house on the construction of which he had spent 26,000 livres (and which his creditors sold for 36,000 livres in 1777), furnishings valued at 12,000 livres, a library of some 40 titles appraised at 1,200 livres, and two black slaves, a man worth 1,600 and a woman worth 1,200 livres. Judging from the inventory of the house, Carignant lived comfortably, and he owned several expensive articles – a mahogany table, a faience fountain, some silverware, and some crystal.
Carignant’s subsequent career seems to have been rather varied. He was trading in wheat again in 1777 and apparently received a contract for supplying flour to the army, perhaps in concert with his old creditor, Jacob Jordan. In 1780 he went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Antoine Pillet, to run a bakery. In the winter of 1781–82 he was in trouble with the authorities. Rebel sympathizers who had been taken prisoner accused Carignant of having established relations with the Americans; he was arrested and taken to Quebec. In his defence he submitted a certificate of loyalty signed by such residents of Montreal as Luc de La Corne, Pierre Guy*, Jacob Jordan, Christian Daniel Claus, James McGill*, and Edward William Gray*. He was released for lack of evidence at the beginning of 1782. But his bakery business fell off, and he had difficulty again with his creditors. In May 1785 he received a commission as notary at Michilimackinac, and he was living there in 1786 and 1787. In 1788 he was appointed superintendent of inland navigation at Michilimackinac. He drowned in Lake Michigan on 3 Dec. 1791.
Hilda Neatby*, after reviewing the Dobie case, decided that Carignant was simply dishonest. But if so, it is hard to see why he would of his own free will have made over all his belongings to his creditors in 1776, or why they would have agreed to let him continue in business once the supposed fraud had been discovered. Besides, why would he have been granted the official posts at Michilimackinac if his honesty or loyalty had been in doubt? As for his inability to succeed in business, Carignant like many others was probably a victim of the development in the fur trade which concentrated control increasingly in the hands of a small group of merchants and led to the creation of the North West Company in 1783.
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ANQ-M, État civil, Catholiques, Notre-Dame de Montréal, 22 nov. 1737, 13 août 1764, 18 sept. 1769, 20 janv. 1770; Greffe de Pierre Panet, 25 mai 1767, 22 déc. 1774, 9 oct. 1776, 29 avril, 12 mai, 1er juill. 1777; Greffe de Simon Sanguinet, 2, 10, 23 oct. 1769, 22 mars, 23 juill. 1770, 14, 25 juill. 1774, 17 févr. 1775; Greffe de François Simonnet, 11 mai 1750, 8 déc. 1770. AUM, P 58, Doc. divers, C2, 27 juill. 1787. BL, Add. mss 21721, ff.182–83v, 192; 21734, ff.310–11, 320; 21791, ff.142, 146 (copies at PAC). PAC, MG 23, GIII, 25, ser. A (Louis Carignant); MG 24, L3, pp.27531–35, 30494; RG 4, A1, 38, p.12548; B8, 28, p.22; B28, 115. PRO, CO 42/2, pp.261–64; 42/42, pp.129–34 (PAC transcripts). Ste Ann’s Parish (Mackinac Island, Mich.), Registre des baptêmes, mariages et sépultures de Sainte-Anne de-Michillimakinak, 16 juill. 1786, 20 août 1787 (mfm. at PAC, MG 8, G17). Quebec Gazette, 17 Nov. 1766, 7 Sept. 1769, 16 Jan. 1777, 2 Dec. 1779. Almanach de Québec, 1791, 39. Massicotte, “Répertoire des engagements pour l’Ouest,” ANQ Rapport, 1929–30, 327, 345, 347, 369, 406, 426–27; 1930–31, 353–54, 357, 372–74, 376, 400–2, 420. Tanguay, Dictionnaire. Burt, Old prov. of Que. (1968), I, 248–50. Neatby, Administration of justice under Quebec Act, 74–77.
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José E. Igartua and Marie Gérin-Lajoie, “BESNARD, dit Carignant, JEAN-LOUIS,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed July 16, 2019, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/besnard_jean_louis_4E.html.
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Biography – YOUNG, JAMES (1835-1913) – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Source: Library and Archives Canada/MIKAN 3460801
YOUNG, JAMES, newspaperman, politician, and author; b. 24 May 1835 in Galt (Cambridge), Upper Canada, son of John Young and Janet Bell; m. 11 Feb. 1858 Margaret McNaught in Brantford, Upper Canada; they had no children; d. 29 Jan. 1913 in Galt.
In 1834 John and Janet Young emigrated from Scotland to Galt, where they found work with William Dickson* – James Young was born in his house – and later kept a hotel. Educated privately and at local schools, James in his youth had two main ambitions: to be an accomplished orator and a good writer. After a short time with a local newspaper, in 1853, at the age of 18, he purchased the Dumfries Reformer and Western Counties Weekly Mercantile and Agricultural Advertiser, which he would publish, under various titles, for the next ten years; about 1854 he assumed editorial control.
Young’s views on public affairs, including the turmoil surrounding the union of the Canadas, were noticed by the political leaders of the day. In 1863 George Brown*, Clear Grit figurehead and editor of the Toronto Globe, asked him to organize meetings on behalf of his electoral candidacy in Oxford South. Young later recalled that “it seemed a golden opportunity to win my political spurs, and I was speedily in the midst of the contest.” In June 1867 he attended the Reform Convention in Toronto and a few months later, in the new dominion’s first election, he was returned for Waterloo South over the strong opposition of Tories and Reform coalitionists. Carefully balancing politics with business – for five years around 1871 he was principal partner in the Victoria wheel-works in Gait – he was re-elected by acclamation in 1872 and 1874.
An outspoken backbencher in the Liberal government of Alexander Mackenzie*, Young recommended in 1874 the introduction of a Hansard-style record of debates and chaired the house when in committee on supply and the important standing committee on public accounts, but he did not always ease Mackenzie’s attempts to fashion a national party. For instance, in the intraparty clash of 1876 over tariff revisions, Young, writing of the event in 1892, identified himself as an Ontario protectionist who wanted to increase tariffs in opposition to the efforts of Maritime mps, who, he believed, “ruined the party.” In 1878 he chaired the Liberal convention in Toronto and became president of the Ontario Reform Association, but in the election that year he was defeated by Samuel Merner*. The following year Young entered the Ontario legislature for Brant North, and his talents were soon put to good use by Premier Oliver Mowat*; in 1880 he chaired a select committee on railway safety. Appointed treasurer and commissioner of agriculture on 2 June 1883, he was forced by ill health to resign on 1 November. He remained in the legislature but did not run for re-election in 1886.
Throughout his careers in journalism and politics, Young had pursued literary, associational, business, and civic interests with equal energy. His essays on Canada’s agricultural resources (1857) and the Reciprocity Treaty (1865) won prizes, he contributed to the Canadian Monthly and National Review (Toronto) between 1872 and 1878 and to commercial journals, and he drew on his local knowledge to produce Reminiscences of the early history of Galt and the settlement of Dumfries in the Province of Ontario (Toronto, 1880). From 1870 to 1881 he was president of the Association of Mechanics’ Institutes of Ontario. In business he held the presidency for 37 years of Gore Fire Insurance (whose history he wrote up in 1895) and at various times he was a director of Confederation Life, Canada Landed Credit, Ayr American Plough, and the Toronto branch of Crédit Foncier Franco-Canadien. In Galt he was a member of town council and a deputy reeve, served on the public school board and as chairman of the collegiate institute, and aided in the erection of the South Waterloo Hospital. A member and manager of Central Presbyterian Church, he was a president of the Sabbath School Association of Ontario and its vice-president in the mid 1870s. Young enjoyed gardening, hunting, and both curling and cricket: he had captained the Gait Cricket Club in the 1850s and 1860s, and in Ottawa led the Commons Cricketers to numerous victories.
Despite his retirement from parliament in 1886, Young continued to live close to his Reform principles. When the federal Liberals in 1887–88 were considering commercial union with the United States, Young, despite his friendship with party leader Wilfrid Laurier, threw himself into the debate with letters, speeches, and pamphlets against any program, including imperial federation, that countered the “idea of an independent national future.” Young and James David Edgar*, Laurier wrote to Sir Richard John Cartwright on 9 Sept. 1887, “are the only two men who have written me in absolutely uncompromising antagonism to commercial union.” By 1889, in his opposition to unrestricted reciprocity as Liberal policy, Young was virtually alone, close to the rejected sentiments of former leader Edward Blake but far to the right of Ontario Liberalism as represented by Cartwright.
Young’s political musings of the late 1880s and 1890s kept his name before the public. As well, he began work on an account of Canada before and after confederation, a project that necessitated a wide correspondence and help from such authorities as antiquarian Henry James Morgan and Ontario legislative librarian Avern Pardoe. In 1902 his Public men and public life in Canada, being recollections of parliament and the press appeared in Toronto. Dedicated to Blake, this mildly partisan work bridges the union era, including Young’s early experiences as a Reformer, and the beginning of the new century, where his treatment is marked by unqualified enthusiasm for Canada and the Laurier government. More revealing of his views on current affairs, and of his apparent reputation as a venerable but inconsequential commentator, are his speeches and his letters in newspapers from about 1902. His resistance to greater imperial integration, his anti-militaristic sentiments, and his support for an elective Senate, among other positions, gave some substance to the review of the two-volume re-edition of Public men (1912) that stretched to cast Young as “a natural Radical.”
Young died at his Galt home, Thornhill, in 1913 at the age of 77. A talented man of defined principles and gracious dignity, he was considered to be not only “thoroughly Canadian” but also Galt’s “most distinguished son.” This one-time disciple of Brown and Blake was eulogized by the Toronto Globe: “He was all his life a perfect type of the robust, self-contained, and energetic Liberal Crusader. Unswayed by political and economic currents that sometimes carried his friends away from the old moorings, he held strongly to the anchorage deliberately and intelligently selected by himself and for himself in his early adult life.”
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In addition to the works detailed in the text, James Young’s publications include Address of James Young, esq., m.p.p., president of the Association of Mechanics’ Institutes of Ontario, read at the annual meeting at Hamilton, on 22nd September, 1880 (Toronto, 1880); Our national future, being five letters by Hon. James Young, in opposition to commercial union (as proposed) and imperial federation . . . (Toronto, [1888]); History of the Gore Fire Insurance Co., from 1839 to 1895; being an address delivered by the Hon. James Young, president of the company . . . (Galt [Cambridge], Ont., [1895?]); and “The growth of Canadian commerce” and “The situation: commercial and financial,” in the Canadian Monthly and National Rev. (Toronto), 1 (January-June 1872): 387–91 and 3 (January–June 1873): 123–31, respectively.
AO, F 24, MU 510, Laurier to Cartwright, 9 Sept. 1887; F 334; RG 22–214, no.5911; RG 80-27-2, 1: 3. NA, MG 29, D61: 8645–48; RG 31, C1, 1871, Galt, div.2: 42 (mfm. at AO). Daily Telegraph (Berlin [Kitchener], Ont.), 30 Jan. 1913. Dumfries Reformer (Galt), 1853–63, esp. 17 Feb. 1858, 23 Feb. 1859, 5 Aug. 1863. Globe, 30 Jan. 1913. Ernie Ronnenberg, “James Young: Canada Firster,” Kitchener-Waterloo Record (Kitchener), 14 Nov. 1974 (copy in the Kitchener-Waterloo Record Library, Arch. file no.63; this file also includes a black and white portrait of Young). Canadian annual rev. (Hopkins), 1902–12. Canadian men and women of the time (Morgan; 1912). CPG, 1877. Cyclopædia of Canadian biog. (Rose and Charlesworth), vol.2. Directory, Ont., 1871. Ben Forster, A conjunction of interests: business, politics, and tariffs, 1825–1879 (Toronto, 1986). Kenneth McLaughlin, Cambridge: the making of a Canadian city (Windsor, Ont., 1987). Carlton McNaught, “Hon. James Young: Canadian patriot,” Waterloo Hist. Soc., Annual report (Kitchener), 6 (1918): 37–43. Select committees of the assemblies of the provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: a checklist of reports, comp. Richard Sage and Aileen Weir (Toronto, 1992), no.24. O. D. Skelton, Life and letters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier (2v., Toronto, 1921). Theo[bald] Spetz, “Address by Rev. Theo. Spetz, c.r., Berlin: ‘The importance of local history,’” Waterloo Hist. Soc., Annual report (Berlin), 1 (1913): 16–18. A. W. Taylor, Our todays and yesterdays: a history of the township of North Dumfries and the village of Ayr, Ontario, Canada ([Galt], 1970). Types of Canadian women . . . , ed. H. J. Morgan (Toronto, 1903), 354.
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Europcar and Nissan form a zero-emission vehicle partnership
Nissan and Europcar – the European leader in passenger car and light utility vehicle hire – are forming a partnership to offer electric vehicles for hire to support zero-emission mobility on a global scale.
This partnership between Europcar Group and Nissan is unique in the vehicle hire market and reinforces Europcar’s commitment to support greater awareness of environmental issues amongst its customers.
From 2010, electric vehicles will be rolled out for customers to hire in France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. The fleet will be subsequently extended to other countries.
As a pioneer in the field of environmental matters, Europcar Group has already implemented numerous environmental initiatives within the scope of a Green Charter certified by Bureau Veritas in June 2008.
As Rafael Girona, Europcar Group’s Chief Operating Officer, explains, “This contract fits perfectly with the principles of our Green Charter and our policy to offer our customers a fleet with as limited an impact as possible on the environment. We will therefore give our customers the option of exploring a new means of mobility through the experience of using an electric vehicle in order to encourage them to become better eco-citizens.”
“Nissan through the Renault-Nissan Alliance has committed to being a global leader in zero-emission vehicles,” said Eric Nicolas, senior vice president, administration and finance, Nissan International SA. “Nissan and Europcar share the same belief that the introduction and expansion of electric vehicles is one of the best solutions to sustain the growing need for mobility across the globe.”
The Renault-Nissan Alliance will introduce zero-emission vehicles in the United States and Japan starting from 2010. The Alliance aims to take the leadership of zero-emission mobility in the automotive industry and will start mass-marketing electric vehicles globally in 2012. To date the Alliance has signed two final agreements in Europe, with Portugal and the Principality of Monaco. The two agreements formulate concrete proposals – ranging from incentives and infrastructures to education programs – creating the right conditions for mass availability and acceptance of electric vehicles.
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has begun Zero Emission Vehicles initiatives in Kanagawa Prefecture and Yokohama in Japan, as well as in Israel, Denmark, Portugal, Monaco, UK, France, Switzerland, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, and China.
In the United States, the Alliance is exploring ways to promote zero-emission mobility and the development of an Electric Vehicles infrastructure in the State of Tennessee, the State of Oregon, Sonoma County and San Diego in California, Tucson and Phoenix in Arizona, Seattle in Washington, and Raleigh, North Carolina.
The Alliance has formed partnerships with 27 governments, cities and other organizations to advance the deployment of EVs worldwide.
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Central U.S. Slammed by Storm
Reduced visibility on Kansas roads on Monday night. (Orlin Wagner/AP)
A huge storm that slammed the Texas Panhandle on Monday and moved north on Tuesday is already being blamed for two deaths—and it’s showing no signs of stopping. In Oklahoma, one man was killed after his roof collapsed under 15 inches of snow. The storm also killed a motorist in eastern Texas, where some areas saw record accumulations of snow. Hurricane-force winds also whipped Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, knocking out power to thousands. Fueled by a low-pressure system, the storm didn’t just dump snow: it also caused thunderstorms, and tornado watches were issued in Arkansas and Louisiana. It gets worse: up to 15 inches of snow were expected in Missouri, which was slammed by a blizzard just five days ago.
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How Dem Race Accusations on Lynch Could Backfire
Several more Democrats doubled down Thursday by tying the attorney general’s confirmation holdup as evidence of Republican racism. But without substantiation, it’s a move that could do more harm than good for their cause: confirming the first female African-American head of the Justice Department.
Tim Mak
Updated 04.14.17 11:55AM ET / Published 03.19.15 10:35PM ET
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Incensed about the stalled confirmation process of attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch, Democrats are accusing the Republican Party of being racist…ish.
Though they spent the last week dropping not-so-subtle hints, Democrats don’t quite want to explicitly say what they’re been implying: that Republicans are holding up Lynch primarily due to her race.
Take the press conference on Thursday afternoon, when a number of Democrats continued linking Lynch’s predicament with her racial background.
“It’s clear to me that there is hidden racism rampant in the House and the Senate,” said Democratic Rep. Corrine Brown. But she did not substantiate her claim with specific evidence of Republican racism in Lynch’s confirmation process.
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee said there was a “strong racial element” in the confirmation delay, telling reporters that “the point of race and gender is very clear. You are discounting her, and you can’t help but think that when people have been discounted, it has been minorities that have been discounted.”
Added Rep. Charlie Rangel, “It is my opinion that if the late Martin Luther King was up for confirmation in the United States Senate, that he too would have a very, very difficult time. There has to be a reason, and that, to me, is my reason.”
It has been more than 131 days since Lynch was nominated to be attorney general. If confirmed, she would be the first female African American to serve in that role.
The holdup has been unprecedented: As of Monday, Lynch’s nomination will have been left unaddressed by the full Senate for 25 days—longer than the last seven attorneys general had to wait, combined.
In all the time that Lynch’s nomination has been pending, there has been no evidence that Republicans were motivated by anything other than politics.
Unsubstantiated claims of racism is a strategy that could backfire, argued Roland Martin, an African-American journalist and television personality who occasionally contributes to The Daily Beast.
“The conversation now is not about Loretta Lynch and the delay, it’s about Dick Durbin invoking race. Now he’s the center of the story, instead of the ridiculous delays for Loretta Lynch,” he said.
Number two Senate Democrat Dick Durbin said Wednesday that Lynch was being “asked to sit in the back of the bus when it comes to the Senate calendar.”
GOP Senator John McCain took Durbin to task for the remark on Thursday, arguing that to “use that imagery and suggest that racist tactics are being employed… has no place in this body and serves no purpose other than to further divide us.”
By invoking race unnecessarily, it gives credibility to those who don’t want to ever talk about race, argued Martin.
“The harm of bringing race into this is that you’re invoking race when it is not the dominant issue,” Martin said, referring to Durbin’s remarks. “It’s ridiculous… you gave them a dish on a silver platter from a Democrat in the leadership!”
Rangel himself appeared somewhat divided on whether to bring up race in a Thursday afternoon press conference.
“For some Americans, racism is an awkward subject to talk about. But we cannot eliminate or [bring] this problem to light unless we admit we have it… to run away from it is wrong,” the New York Democrat said.
But then, Rangel held back on elaborating: “Quite frankly, I don’t want to answer any more questions because the whole world is watching, and I doubt whether anybody is making any different reasons for [Lynch’s confirmation delay].”
Democrats have long felt President Barack Obama has gotten unprecedentedly poor treatment from Republicans, at least in part because he is the first African-American president. The disrespect of GOP Rep. Joe Wilson’s “You Lie!” still lingers in their mind.
And Lynch herself has had her dealings with racism: After receiving the highest grades in her high school class, she was forced to share the the role of valedictorian with white students due to administrators who feared a backlash over a lone African American holding that honor.
But the ultimate takeaway, Martin argued, is that Lynch’s confirmation is about politics—not race.
“Dick Durbin, if he needs to blame anybody, he needs to start with himself and Sen. Harry Reid. They should have gotten votes to confirm before Republicans took control of the Senate [in January],” he told The Daily Beast. “It is shameful to watch the U.S. Senate, how they behave, don’t get work done—and they want to sit there and grandstand.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, is both enthusiastically supportive of Lynch's nomination and strenuous in pushing back against the idea that his fellow Republicans were opposing Lynch on the basis of race or gender.
“Loretta Lynch could be Lawrence Lynch and she’d be just as qualified... it would be significant to have the first African American woman attorney general, I think that would be a milestone, but I think in many ways that's irrelevant to her qualifications” Giuliani said Friday. “I am a conservative on most legal matters… and I would probably selected her as attorney general had I been elected president way back when I failed when I ran.”
Giuliani said he had been working with GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham to urge Republicans to support Lynch, as well as to bring her nomination up for a vote. The former mayor said that Lynch was “more than qualified—she's overqualified.”
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CBC: Bus company barred from transporting students
A Sackville-based bus company has been temporarily banned from carrying students by New Brunswick's education minister.
The move comes after safety inspectors in Nova Scotia this week found that tires on two buses, owned by Prestige Bus Service, were unsafe. The buses were stopped Wednesday because the tire treads were almost entirely worn off.
Read original article at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/11/26/ns-prestige-bus-ban.html#ixzz16cy474at
The company was hired by School District 2 to take 60 Grade 8 students from Marshview Middle School in Sackville to Halifax on a field trip.
Education Minister Jody Carr wants to know why children were placed in a dangerous situation.
"It does raise a lot of questions and we're going to gather those facts and ensure in the meantime that this company will not be utilizing their services in the short term while we gather this information," said Carr.
Carr said he would have an update next week on his investigation.
"It greatly concerns me, so I've asked for the department in co-operation with Public Safety to get all of the facts," he said.
He also wants to know more about the company's track record.
Bus drivers in New Brunswick are obligated to inspect the bus they'll be driving before leaving on trips.
The owner of Prestige Bus Service declined an interview with CBC.
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CFRA Radio Talk Show with Michael Harris @ 3:35 pm NB time
Isabelle Hains will appear live on CFRA Radio with talk show host Michael Harris.
Click here to go to CFRA and listen to the program live at 3:35 New Brunswick time.
Michael Harris (born 1948) is an award-winning Canadian author, investigative journalist, and radio personality who hosts an afternoon radio talk show, "Michael Harris Live", on Ottawa-based CFRA, and is a columnist for The Ottawa Sun newspaper.[1]
Born in Toronto, Ontario, to Audrey McDonald (née Tilley) and James McDonald, Harris is a graduate of York University in Toronto, and was a Woodrow Wilson Scholar (University College in Dublin, Ireland).
Harris went to Newfoundland in 1977, as a story editor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's newsmagazine "Here and Now", before becoming publisher of The Sunday Express in St. John's, and later the Executive Director of News and Current Affairs for the Newfoundland Broadcasting Corporation, Harris was at one time a Queen’s Park correspondent for The National Post.
Harris is the author of Justice Denied: The Law Versus Donald Marshall (1986), Unholy Orders: Tragedy at Mount Cashel (Book of the Year, Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters, 1991), Rare Ambition: The Crosbies of Newfoundland (FACL Book of the Year and APBA Booksellers Choice Award 1993), Con Game: The Truth About Canada’s Prisons (2002), and Lament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery (1998), which was a national bestseller. The Executive Director of the Sierra Club of Canada called it "The definitive book on the cod catastrophe... After reading this book, you wouldn’t trust the Department of Fisheries and Oceans with your aquarium" (cited on back jacket cover). His 1976 novel "Outrider on Yonge Street" was never published.
To date, Harris' work has sparked four royal commissions of inquiry in Canada.[citation needed]
Harris, who is married and has two daughters, hosts Ottawa's annual "Alzheimers Flame of Hope Golf Tournament" (his mother who died in 2009 suffered from the disease), and divides his time between his homes in Ottawa, Ontario and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. His is currently the visiting Irving Chair in Journalism at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick.
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Colorado State’s bowl bid: Well, it could have have been worse…
By Terry Frei
Colorado State coach Mike Bobo (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
I traveled Sunday, returning from Minneapolis-St. Paul, the final stop on the Avalanche four-game road trip. Because of that, and also because the CSU media availability was rather impromptu (not complaining), I didn’t go up to Fort Collins to cover the acceptance of the bid to the Arizona Bowl and the fallout, including Mike Bobo’s grin-and-bear-it remarks.
Irv Moss wrote the story for the Post, touching on both Air Force and the Rams. That’s here.
I’ll leave the opportunity for extensive comment to those whose role it is to comment, but I’ll just toss this out:
Yes, it’s absurd that CSU has to play a conference opponent, Nevada, in Tucson. It shouldn’t have been allowed to happen and there is no excuse. None. But the reaction from the league office and commissioner Craig Thompson, with all due respect, was an exercise in contradiction.
The system is broken, there are too many bowls, this is an outrage …
Then in a separate release, the league bragged about a record eight teams getting bowl berths. One of them was 5-7 San Jose State.
The Mountain West essentially signing off on the creation of the Arizona Bowl was a major element in all of this, adding more slots. CSU would have been in a bowl regardless, and it’s impossible to imagine a scenario where a league matchup would have been necessary, without the new bowl.
Can’t have it both ways, folks.
Thompson also said the MW tried a myriad of things to avoid the league matchup, including proposing trades and financial maneuvering. We should take him at his word, and I will, but I’m surprised no trade could be worked out involving a lower-tier bowl.
I have not been among the too-many-bowls choruses in the past. If you think there are too many games, there’s an easy solution: DON’T WATCH THEM. But this — 40 bowls and 80 slots — has crossed the line.
It could have been worse for CSU. There are worse places to go to in December than Tucson — and some of them host bowls. And at least the Rams haven’t played Nevada this season and won’t again in 2016.
In a sense, though, the Mountain West had this coming.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or @TFrei
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September 7, 2015, 11:12 am
CSU’s Nick Stevens named Mountain West offensive player of week
Nick Stevens (Steve Nehf, Denver Post)
FORT COLLINS — Nick Stevens made his first career start at quarterback for Colorado State Saturday, and he has been named the Mountain West’s offensive player of the week after going 20-28 for 289 yards and five touchdowns in the 65-13 rout of FCS Savannah State, which lost its 24th consecutive game.
Stevens’ touchdown passes went to five different receivers.
Linebacker Calvin Munson of San Diego State was the league’s defensive player of the week and wide receiver/returner Andrew Rodriguez of Utah State was special teams player of the week.
Munson had 11 tackles in the Aztecs’ 37-3 win over San Diego and Rodriguez had an 88-yard punt return for a touchdown in the Aggies’ surprisingly tough 12-9 win over Southern Utah. He had eight punt returns for 136 yards.
Terry Frei: tfrei@denverpost.com or twitter.com/TFrei
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Categories: College Football, Colorado State University, Football, Mountain West Conference
Rashard Higgins named Mountain West pre-season offensive player of the year
Colorado State Rams wide receiver Rashard Higgins makes a catch for a long reception against Air Force Falcons defensive back Justin DeCoud in the third quarter at Falcon Stadium on Nov. 28. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
A few notes released from the the Mountain West media days in Las Vegas:
— Colorado State wide receiver Rashard Higgins, an All-American as a sophomore in 2014, was projected to be the league’s 2015 top offensive player in a media vote.
— Higgins was joined by CSU tight end Steven Walker, an all-league choice a year ago, on the preseason all-MW team.
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A conversation with Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker
Joe Parker at his introductory news conference (R.J. Sangosti, The Denver Post)
FORT COLLINS — I met with new CSU athletic director Joe Parker at the McGraw Center on Tuesday afternoon, and here are highlights of that conversation. I’ll have a story on this in the Thursday paper.
If you’re reading this, you know who Parker is, but the quick intro is that he was an All-American swimmer at Michigan who has worked in the athletic departments at his alma mater, Washington State, Texas, Oklahoma and — most recently — Texas Tech. He reported to work at CSU on April 6.
On his initial impressions: “I think what I learned through the process when I was being considered for the job up until I received the office, everything that I learned through that process has been validated since I’ve been here. There haven’t been any surprises, and I don’t think there were any efforts not to be fully transparent. So I feel like I was going in with eyes wide open, and I feel like everything I knew before I arrived has been validated. It’s a special place, I’m learning that every day, and enjoying it too.”
On whether, given his stints at three Big 12 schools, he has been given a mandate to get CSU into the Big 12:
Categories: Big 12 Conference, Colorado State University, Mountain West Conference
Colorado State: A shot in the dark at guessing MW breakthrough in CFP tonight
Boise State’s Jay Ajayi scoring in the Broncos’ 37-24 win over CSU on Sept. 6. (Associated Press photo)
No non-power conference team is the College Football Playoff rankings.
The new top 25 is due out tonight.
I’m going to take a shot at predicting, and no, it won’t be a repeat of my weekly guess of SEC teams in spots 1 through 14 and then Oregon 15th.
I think the committee will begin positioning itself to not have to dip below its top 25 to select a non-power conference champion for an access bowl berth. Read more…
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CSU’s Dee Hart named Mountain West offensive player of week
By The Denver Post
CSU running back Dee Hart. (Steve Nehf, Denver Post file)
Colorado State junior running back Dee Hart was named Mountain West offensive player of the week, the conference announced Monday morning.
Hart earned his second weekly honor this year for his six-touchdown performance in the Rams’ 58-20 victory over New Mexico.
Hart, a grad student pursuing a master’s degree in education and human resources, rushed for a career-high 230 yards and five touchdowns on 20 carries. Hart also had two receptions for 42 yards, including a 20-yard score. The six total touchdowns tie for the school record with former running back Kapri Bibbs, who rushed for six scores at New Mexico in 2013, and are the second-most in Mountain West history.
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Categories: Colorado State University, Mountain West Conference
November 8, 2014, 9:46 am
Updated: How Colorado State could crack top 25 (somewhere) with win over Hawaii
Colorado State Rams quarterback Garrett Grayson threw for five touchdowns against Wyoming, but CSU allowing the Cowboys two late TDs made the score deceptively close at 45-31. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
Going into last week’s game at San Jose State, I thought the Colorado State Rams would crack at least The Associated Press top 25 this week with a win that night at Spartan Stadium.
I was wrong, but it’s also clear that the stumbling-to-the-finish-line nature of that win — something that had happened before — cost the Rams, 8-1 going into Saturday’s Hawaii game in Fort Collins, some votes. Now they’re 9-1 after the 49-22 win over the Rainbow Warriors and will get word on Sunday whether they are in either the AP or the USA Today/coaches’ poll top 25.
Last week, they were the only one-loss FBS team in the country that wasn’t ranked, and they went into the weekend “26th” in the AP poll and “27th” in the USA Today/coaches poll if you extended the list out. The College Football Playoff rankings only go through 25 without an “also receiving votes” category, so the Rams weren’t mentioned there.
Going into the game Saturday, this was how could they have moved up in the next polls: Read more…
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Categories: Colorado State University, Football, Mountain West Conference
Colorado State’s Jared Roberts is Mountain West special teams player of the week
Jared Roberts after his game-winning kick for CSU Rams Saturday night. (Andy Cross, The Denver Post)
FORT COLLINS — The Mountain West Conference on Monday announced that Colorado State kicker Jared Roberts is the league’s special teams player of the week.
Roberts, a senior from Mullen High in Denver, made three field goals on four attempts in the 16-13 victory over Utah State Saturday night.
He was successful twice from 46 yards out, including on the game-winner as time expired, and also from 52 yards.
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CSU’s Nolan Peralta ruled out for first half of Utah State game
Colorado State tight end Nolan Peralta runs against Tulsa during the fourth quarter of a college football game Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014, in Fort Collins. (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)
I’ve got a feature on CSU tight ends Nolan Peralta and Steven Walker in the Wednesday paper and here.
The Mountain West Conference Tuesday announced that Peralta won’t be allowed to play in the first half of Saturday’s game against Utah State “for targeting and initiating forcible contact against an opponent with the crown of the helmet” in the Rams’ Saturday night win over Nevada.
The league announcement noted: “The disciplinary action is a result of the weekly review conducted by the Mountain West office of all player safety fouls and falls under NCAA Football Playing Rule 9-6-2. The Mountain West will have no further comment regarding this matter.”
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October 7, 2014, 12:57 pm
CU’s Mike MacIntyre, CSU’s Jim McElwain receive cushy contract perks
By Nicki Jhabvala
CSU football coach Jim McElwain, left, and CU’s Mike MacIntyre. (AAron Ontiveroz; Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Using public-records requests, Newsday combed through the contracts of coaches at the 108 public schools in the FBS, detailing their salaries (guaranteed and nonguaranteed), contract lengths, bonuses, incentives and more.
The numbers offered insight into just how much coaches receive, monetarily and otherwise, while the debate over player compensation the NCAA rages on. The numbers also revealed some surprising details about the contracts of CU’s Mike MacIntyre, who signed with the Buffs in 2013, and CSU’s Jim McElwain, who joined the Rams in 2012 and is now the Mountain West’s highest-paid coach.
(Check out Newsday’s full database here.)
A brief breakdown of MacIntyre’s and McElwain’s deals: Read more…
Categories: College Sports, Colorado State University, Football, Mountain West Conference, University of Colorado
Colorado State volleyball jumps to No. 8 nationally; Kelsey Snider named MW player of the week
Colorado State’s Kelsey Snider, right, and Adrianna Culbert, left, block a shot by Northern Colorado’s Kendra Cunningham during set one of their Sept. 3 match in Greeley. (Steve Stoner, Loveland Reporter-Herald)
FORT COLLINS — A neutral-court victory in Las Cruces, N.M., for Colorado State volleyball on Friday over Brigham Young, then ranked ninth nationally, paid off at the polls.
The Rams jumped from No. 14 to No. 8 in this week’s American Volleyball Coaches Association rankings, and that’s the highest the powerhouse CSU program has been ranked since November 2004.
CSU is 9-1, and the only loss came to Wisconsin — then ranked No. 4 — on Sept. 6. Since then, the Rams have rattled off wins over Denver, BYU, New Mexico State and UTEP. CSU is at Arizona State in its next match Friday.
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Colorado State update, including more on a guy named Sosa
Dee Hart, Treyous Jarrells as the clock counted down the final seconds of their spectacular CSU debuts against Colorado.
My feature on CSU running back Treyous Jarrells is in the Monday paper and here.
A few other things: Read more…
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Colorado State’s Dee Hart, Jared Roberts honored by Mountain West
CSU running back Dee Hart eludes tacklers in the first quarter against CU at Sports Authority Field at Mile High on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2014, in Denver. (Steve Nehf, The Denver Post)
Colorado State running back Dee Hart, who ran for 139 yards and two touchdowns in his first game for the Rams Friday night, Monday was named Mountain West Conference offensive player of the week and senior kicker Jared Roberts was named special teams player of the week.
Hart’s 139 rushing yards equaled the top mark for a CSU running back in his first game. Ron Harris ran for 139 on Sept. 14, 1974 at New Mexico.
“I think he’ll be the first to tell you, our team players of the week were the offensive line,” said CSU coach Jim McElwain. “He was the recipient of some great work up front. As you guys know, we lost some really good running backs from a year ago (Kapri Bibbs and Donnell Alexander) and I thought both Dee and Treyous (Jarrells) stepped up and played how we expected them to play. That’s a great honor and believe me, I’m happy as heck for Dee and really that offensive line.”
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Colorado State women’s soccer eager for second season
By Nick Kosmider
Colorado State women’s soccer coach Bill Hempen is set to begin his second season with the Rams. (Photo courtesy of Dan Byers)
Bill Hempen laughed as he recalled a memory of his first season as the head coach of Colorado State’s brand new women’s soccer program.
“We were handing out name tags at the first practice,” Hempen said. “We didn’t know anybody.”
When Hempen was hired by CSU in February 2013, he was racing the clock. He was given five months to build the program from scratch and have it ready to play that fall, a giant undertaking that included warp-speed recruiting, scheduling and promoting.
“I said, ‘If you agree to do that, you are more crazy than I thought,'” said Jeff Hooker, the University of Denver coach and a close friend of Hempen. “I told him to be prepared to be as frustrated as you’ve ever been in your years of coaching.”
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Colorado State University president Tony Frank: Additional comments
CSU President Tony Frank
My story based on a Monday interview with Colorado State University president Tony Frank is in the Tuesday paper and online.
Much of what he said in the half-hour discussion didn’t make the story, and here are some of his additional comments, either amplifying on what did make the story or on other subjects:
On what CSU could do if the school, as is likely, doesn’t meet the goal to raise $110 million in seed money for a new stadium by October:
“There are going to be people who argue that, well, this means a very simple solution – we go back and we fix up Hughes. I don’t think the solution is that simple. It’s a complex topic. If you wanted to do the bare minimum with Hughes – and we’ve run these numbers ourselves and had them checked by an independent firm – you’re looking at $30 million for sewers, electric and minimal safety concrete repair.”
On why that money would have to come from the general fund:
“That’s the paradox of this whole thing. There’s no other place, if you can’t issue revenue bonds and you don’t have donor funds, you’ll issue general obligation bonds, which are in this day and age tuition-backed. That’s the conundrum. Apparently I didn’t do a great job of communicating this in the process, but that was the big advantage of the issue we proposed. Did it have risks, sure, everything has somewhat of a risk. But there was the possibility that if we did it that way, we wouldn’t impact fees, general fund, tuition. If we go back and say, well, we didn’t get there, we have to fix up Hughes and stay where we’re at, we will. That’s $30 million of general fund.”
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Jack Graham releases statement on being fired from Colorado State University
By Daniel Petty
John C. “Jack” Graham listens while CSU president Tony Frank, left, addresses the media during a press conference introducing him as athletic director on Dec. 1, 2011. Graham was fired Friday for what Frank cited as differences of opinion. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Jack Graham released a statement on Friday through the Brunswick Group — a New York-based crisis communications firm — after he was fired as athletic director of Colorado State University less than three years after he was appointed on Dec. 1, 2011.
Today, Colorado State University informed me of its decision to terminate my contract as Director of Athletics. This announcement is surprising and deeply disappointing to me. I will personally miss the opportunity to continue to build on what we have accomplished during the past two and a half years.
We have taken significant steps to enhance Colorado State University’s Athletics program:
Nine new outstanding Head Coaches have been hired — all with the potential to deliver meaningful results for our student athletes’ and University’s success.
The contracts for our four most prominent sports — football, men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball — have all been extended for close to a decade with significant break-up fees. This has secured our future of great leadership and coaching and mitigates the “stepping stone” dynamic that has prevailed at CSU.
The administrative staff in the Department has been greatly enhanced by hiring many senior and accomplished executives. Our Department of Athletics is in very good hands.
We have ignited RAM Nation with new enthusiasm for an Athletic Department that “thinks big, works hard and settles for nothing less than excellence” and that “Does it All”: recruits people of great character; requires and supports student-athletes to succeed academically; and delivers results on the field of competition.
We’ve raised our expectations of student-athlete conduct. We have accomplished a behavioral-incident rate below that of the general student population — a significant decline since the time I joined CSU.
Our student athletes have achieved academic success never-before seen at Colorado State.
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Colorado State coach Jim McElwain reacts to “power five conferences” autonomy
Colorado State football coach Jim McElwain. (The Reporter Herald file)
The NCAA board Thursday approved virtual autonomy for the five “power” conferences, allowing them to set their own rules.
There could be ramifications for programs outside the power five, and that includes Colorado State and other schools in the Mountain West Conference.
Those modifications likely will include “cost of attendance” stipends, over and above scholarships.
“A kid might go to some lower end Big Five because of the money, which I can’t blame them,” Colorado State coach Jim McElwain said Thursday. Read more…
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Wyoming’s hire of Craig Bohl as football coach is praised by Jim McElwain
University of Wyoming football coach Craig Bohl speaks with members of the media during a press conference at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyo. on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013. (Blaine McCartney, Wyoming Tribune Eagle)
Speaking with reporters that cover the Mountain West during the conference’s recent football media-day activities in Las Vegas, Colorado State coach Jim McElwain was asked about Craig Bohl taking over Wyoming’s program.
Bohl, 56, coached North Dakota State to the past three FCS national championships and compiled an overall record of 104-32 in ll seasons there. Prior to his time at NDSU, Bohl was the linebackers coach (1995-1999), then the defensive coordinator (2000-2002) at Nebraska.
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Coming off bowl win could be “turning point” for Colorado State’s program, CSU says
CSU coach Jim McElwain (Denver Post file)
A popular topic during Colorado State’s interviews at the recent Mountain West football media days was asking the Rams if there is any carryover from their come-from-behind victory over Washington State last December at the New Mexico Bowl.
“Our team got a taste of (bowl season) last year and we’re all hungry and have momentum to do it again,” CSU senior linebacker Aaron Davis said.
“It’s good to be able to show the young guys coming in that the end result is wins if we prepare,” Davis added. “When they get homesick and tired, we can tell them that it will all be worth it at the end. We want to have that feeling again that we had at the end of last season.”
Said CSU coach Jim McElwain: “You hope after (the bowl victory), guys ill want to feast at the buffet table again. I’m not sure we’ll be able to measure (the effects of that postseason win) in the short term. I’ll be curious five, six, seven, eight years down the road to see because that could be a turning point in a program’s development. I don’t know if it will be or not.”
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Report: Former CSU point guard Jon Octeus headed to UCLA
Jon Octeus was Colorado State’s third-leading scorer at 13.4 points per game last season. (Karl Gehring, The Denver Post)
Former Colorado State point guard Jon Octeus will play his final season of college basketball at UCLA, CBSSports first reported.
As the Rams’ junior point guard last season, Octeus was the team’s third-leading scorer at 13.4 points per game. He was expected to be a major piece of the puzzle for a CSU team aiming to contend for a Mountain West title after finishing with a 16-16 record last season.
But Octeus surprised many earlier this month when he announced he would leave Fort Collins to spend his last season of eligibility at a different school.
Octeus, who was coach Larry Eustachy’s first recruit following his hiring in 2012, will be eligible to play right away as a graduate transfer.
The loss for the Rams is a major gain for UCLA, which lost underclassmen Kyle Anderson, Jordan Adams and Zach LaVine to the first round of the NBA draft on Thursday.
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UF study: Another mosquito species may carry zika
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Another mosquito may carry the zika virus, but more research is needed to confirm the early lab tests, University of Florida scientists say. UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers detected zika in the saliva of southern house mosquitoes collected in Florida.
Chelsea Smartt, an associate professor at the UF/IFAS Florida Medical Entomology Lab in Vero Beach, Florida, said her study’s finding supports that the mosquito species, known scientifically as Culex quinquefasciatus mosquitoes, can contain live Zika virus in saliva. To date, the mosquito species Aedes aegypti is considered the primary carrier of Zika virus.
Still, Smartt stresses researchers must perform more experiments to know whether and how much of a role Culex quinquefasciatus plays in spreading zika.
In 2016, zika caused cases of microcephaly – a rare neurological condition in which an infant’s head is significantly smaller than the heads of other children of the same age and gender — in some newborns in the United States, due in part to traveler-related global spread of zika virus.
Scientists worldwide, including Smartt, have been studying the origins of zika and how to control it.
Culex quinquefasciatus is common in the southern U.S. and is abundant in Florida, she said. The mosquito is found in tropical and sub-tropical areas, including Brazil, Africa and Southeast Asia.
In areas of the world where these mosquitoes feed on humans, there may be populations of Culex quinquefasciatus that can spread zika, Smartt said.
Her research is published in the journal Frontiers of Microbiology.
With mosquito season starting soon, faculty at the UF/IFAS FMEL give the following recommendations to avoid mosquito bites:
Get rid of containers in your yard or outside your business, because they collect water and become perfect habitats for immature stages of these mosquito species.
Inspect windows and doors for holes and tears, and repair them to keep out mosquitoes.
Use repellents when you plan to be outdoors when mosquitoes are biting. The longest lasting repellents contain DEET and picaridin. Whatever type of repellant you use, read the label to make sure you’re putting on a product registered with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
By: Brad Buck, 352-294-3303, bradbuck@ufl.edu
The mission of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences is to develop knowledge relevant to agricultural, human and natural resources and to make that knowledge available to sustain and enhance the quality of human life. With more than a dozen research facilities, 67 county Extension offices, and award-winning students and faculty in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, UF/IFAS works to bring science-based solutions to the state’s agricultural and natural resources industries, and all Florida residents. Visit the UF/IFAS web site at ifas.ufl.edu and follow us on social media at @UF_IFAS.
by Brad Buck
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Tags: Chelsea Smartt, Culex quinquefasciatus, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory, News, zika
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Posted on July 29, 2014 by DMLES
When modern languages are in the news, Reading Reacts. In a regular feature, we’ll invite members of the Reading community to comment on news and current events, sharing their insights about what is happening in the world beyond the university. To inaugurate the Reading Reacts series, we’ve invited Dr Daniela La Penna, an Associate Professor of Italian Studies and UCML National Representative, to comment on the challenges facing modern languages in the UK.
On the 14 July 2014, the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages (APPG), led by Baroness Coussins, issued a Manifesto for Languages, making the case for improving the linguistic skills base of the UK. In the last few days, this manifesto has attracted the support of hundreds of individuals, several leading businesses, and educational organisations including the Association for Language Learning, Speak to the Future, UCML, the British Academy and the British Council.
The APPG is calling for all political parties to support a new Framework for National Recovery in Language Learning in their 2015 General Election manifestos, which commits them to:
Providing high quality language learning for all children throughout the UK from age 7 onwards,
Aiming for every child to have a language qualification by the end of secondary school,
Maintaining and developing UK expertise at Higher Education level.
The reasons why the UK has accrued such language disadvantage are complex and diverse, but a steep decline was noticed after the Labour government’s decision to make languages optional after 14, a change that was introduced in September 2004. The numbers speak for themselves. In 2011, there were 154,000 entries for GCSE French, just over half the number there were in 2004, when 300,000 sat the examinations. The impact of that Government decision is still felt today despite the work done by Routes into Languages and the slight increase in GCSE students taking languages as they exam options with the introduction of the EBacc.
It is not surprising that both businesses and educational institutions at all levels are backing the APPG initiative. A 2007 report has shown that failure in language skills affects the UK disproportionately: allowing for other factors, the UK is more likely than other countries to gravitate towards trading partners which speak English. The CBI regularly commissions reports on the value of language skills in business and on the availability of those amongst the UK workforce (you can read the latest report here). The British Chamber of Commerce has also sponsored reports surveying the ways in which lack of MFL skills affect exports. Of particular note is the Foreign Office’s expression of alarm at the low numbers of Britons who apply to EU positions, where the knowledge of two or three languages is a pre-requisite.
For those of us who are engaged in research and work in academia, it is equally concerning that the lack of emphasis on foreign language learning is affecting the quality of research being carried out in UK Universities. To this end, and in response to the 2009 report Language Matters, in 2011 the British Academy launched a four-year programme to deepen awareness and demonstrate the importance of languages in the humanities and social sciences. A number of reports were published aimed at highlighting the state of nation and at formulating practical solutions to foster a research culture which demonstrates not only awareness of and engagement with language diversity but that is able to entertain a meaningful dialogue with researchers working across the globe and in different language zones.
The launch has coincided with the publication of an open letter addressed by University Council of Modern Languages (UCML) to a wide group of HE providers such as the Russell Group Universities, and other HE organizations such as the UUK, UCAS, HEFCE. In this letter, the chair of UCML Jocelyn Wyburd asks Universities to act now to counter the trend of low recruitment in Languages:
“Universities have it in their power to signal that the current educational profile of their students is not a good enough base from which to equip them to be global graduates and to take up outward mobility options, unless language skills are included.”
What does UCML ask Universities to do? The answer is simple and yet, if implemented, it could reverse the negative trend of foreign language literacy across the country and foster a much-needed transition from a sketchy literacy to consolidated and sustainable competence:
“We believe that a language GCSE should rank alongside English and Maths as key academic subjects as the foundation for all future study and employment and indeed that these should be accompanied by at least one science and one humanities subject, regardless of future career and study choices. We are calling on you to use your influence to help us to achieve this fundamental change in university admissions policies as soon as possible.”
In essence, both the UCML open letter and the APPG manifesto ask the main stakeholders in the Higher Education sector and the policy- makers alike to acknowledge their responsibility and to become engaged game-changers. To put it simply, this means realising the strategic advantage afforded by Britain’s multicultural make-up and transforming it into a cultural and economic resource for the nation. For too long the export of Global English has obscured the fact that Britain is in fact a multilingual nation.
There is no dearth of studies demonstrating why graduate mobility and foreign language acquisition turns Global Graduates into Global leaders. And yet, the UK is lagging behind Germany, France, and Italy in the number of students taking advantage of the great, life-changing opportunity of study abroad.
In October 2009, HEFCE published the Review of Modern Foreign Languages provision in higher education in England, by Professor Michael Worton, at the time Vice-Provost of University College London. The review drew on a range of data to make recommendations that aimed to assure the long-term sustainability and vitality of modern foreign languages (MFL) provision in HE. The first set of recommendations encourages University Modern Languages Departments amongst other bodies to “work together to promote a clear and compelling identity for Modern Foreign Languages as a humanities discipline”.
In the wake of campaigns such as Speak to the Future, the APPG Manifesto and the UCML letter, one can feel that the level of engagement is high and shared across the nation with a sense of urgency and commitment. But more must be done.
At Reading, we are doing sterling work in promoting the value of languages both in the classroom and beyond with targeted outreach activities. Increasingly, we ask our own Reading students to act as the most vocal ambassadors in demonstrating the value of language study. Our Vice-Chancellor is the Chair of the HEFCE steering group of Routes into Languages and I hope he will be sensitive to the APPG and UCML campaign. We look forward to collaborating with Routes and other agencies in strengthening our presence in the region and beyond. With representatives of both Opposition and Government acknowledging that curriculum reform is the only way forward to redress the negative trend of language learning and skills availability in the UK, it is time for the Universities to pressure for such reform to take place now. It is time for the Universities to lead reform, to rise to the occasion, and show the world of politics that their lofty mission statements mean business, and to say so in as many languages as possible.
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180. New Debt Policy in Azerbaijan: Hopes, Realities, Risks and Perspectives
Author: Rashad Hasanov
Abstract: From the second half of 2014, Azerbaijani public debt increased considerably along with several new challenges facing the domestic economy. During this period, the ratio of foreign debt to GDP rose from 8.6% (01.01.2015) to 22.8% (01.06.2018). The increase was 3.4 billion US dollars in nominal terms. At the beginning of 2018, Azerbaijan’s public debt amounted to 10 billion 100 million US dollars, while the value of loans taken with state guarantees reached 12 billion 682 million US dollars, raising the ratio of debt to GDP to 55%. The increase in the debt burden, particularly external debt liabilities, has caused concern both in the local community and in the government. Specifically, the deterioration of the financial situation of publicly-funded state institutions has raised the likelihood that the debt burden on this category will turn into a fiscal burden. As a result, the “Medium and long-term strategy for public debt management in the Republic of Azerbaijan” was approved on 24.08.2018
181. Social Economy for Azerbaijan: a key component of Sustainable Development?
Author: Victoria Bittner
Abstract: The paper aims to bring readers’ attention to the Social Economy as an alternative economic system and reanimate the development of a Social Economy sector in Azerbaijan. At the moment, the term Social Economy does not have a fixed definition and, therefore, this study tries to provide an explanation of it. Moreover, this paper describes the implications and benefits of the Social Economy in and for Azerbaijan and offers mechanisms for its further development. The study explains the Social Economy’s necessity for the future sustainable development of the country, as there are important correlations between the two. There are many opportunities that can be opened by this sector and, thus, the country should develop a social-welfare-maximization approach to the economy
182. Green growth and energy security Fossil-endowed middle-income countries at a crossroads
Author: Louise Schaik Van, Louise Van Schaik
Institution: Clingendael Netherlands Institute for International Relations
Abstract: This policy brief synthesises the findings of political economy analyses (PEA) in the energy sector in three fossil-endowed middle-income countries (MICs): Colombia, Indonesia and Kenya. It is based on a research project on political economy constraints and enablers influencing governments’ decisions on green growth options in the energy sector, where policy directions for a robust green growth trajectory are explored.
Topic: Energy Policy, Environment, International Political Economy
Political Geography: Kenya, Indonesia, Colombia
183. ASEAN as an FDI Attractor: How Do Multinationals Look at ASEAN?
Author: Masahito Ambashi
Institution: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Abstract: This policy brief presents an overview of the ASEAN economy in terms of its economic relationship with multinationals, particularly Japanese companies, that have long invested in this region. ASEAN has been an attractor of foreign direct investment (FDI). Business interest in ASEAN has increased again recently due to the (i) relatively low wage of ASEAN compared to China, (ii) establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), (iii) economic partnership network with a core of ASEAN countries, (iv) large-scale market covered by ASEAN, and (v) rise of CLMV countries (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, and Viet Nam). In these trends, ASEAN has established a reciprocal economic relationship with other countries and regions. To develop its economy, ASEAN member states are expected to further advance the AEC at a high level. Hence, ASEAN must address challenges such as deepening further economic integration and narrowing development gaps in the region. Most importantly, ASEAN still needs to increase the attractiveness of its 'whole region' as an essential and integral part of global value chains to draw further FDI.
Topic: Economics, International Political Economy, International Trade and Finance, Global Political Economy
Political Geography: Japan, Southeast Asia
184. How not to create zombie banks: lessons for Italy from Japan
Author: Mark Hallerberg, Christopher Gandrud
Institution: Bruegel
Abstract: Japan serves as a cautionary tale for Italy on how to clean up banking-sector problems. A general lesson is the need for policies to forthrightly address non-performing loans (NPLs) in countries with widespread banking problems. This helps address zombie banks and sluggish economic growth. The Japanese experience indicates that three elements are necessary to address NPLs: (a) sufficiently capitalised banks that can take losses from NPL write-downs; (b) an independent regulator that can identify problems and force action; and (c) tools to manage the orderly disposal of NPLs. The problem is not that this combination of policy tools is unknown, but that banks and governments lack incentives to use them in combination. Italy’s December 2016 package providing €20 billion for recapitalisation of banks is a step in the right direction. Similarly, pressure from the European Central Bank on Italian authori- ties and on banks to address NPLs is welcome. However, policy tools to manage and dispose of NPLs and, just as importantly, incentives to use them, are lacking. In January 2017, the European Banking Authority published a set of policy proposals for NPL resolution. Those include national and European-level public asset management companies (AMC), also known as ‘bad banks’. We argue that in Italy, the incentives to use such tools and dispose of NPLs have been weak.
Topic: International Trade and Finance, Political Economy, Economic structure, Global Political Economy
Political Geography: Japan, Italy
185. Brexit and the European financial system
Author: Uuriintuya Batsaikhan, Robert Kalcik, Dirk Schoenmaker
Abstract: London is an international financial centre, serving European and global clients. A hard Brexit would lead to a partial migration of financial firms from London to the EU27 (EU minus UK) to ensure they can continue to serve their EU27 clients. Four major cities will host most of the new EU27 wholesale markets: Frankfurt, Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam. These cities have far fewer people employed in finance than London. Moreover, they host the European headquarters of fewer large companies. The partial migra- tion of financial firms will thus have a major impact on these cities and their infrastructures. Banks are the key players in wholesale markets. United States and Swiss investment banks, together with one large German and three large French banks, will make up the core of the new EU27 wholesale markets. Some Dutch, Italian and Spanish banks are in the second tier. The forex, securities and derivatives trading markets are now in London. We map the current, limited market share of the four major cities that might host the EU27 client business. The expected migration of financial trading will lead to a large increase in trading capacity (eg bank trading floors). Clearing is the backbone of modern financial markets. A comparative overview of clearing facilities in the EU27 shows that Germany and France have some clearing capacity, but this will need to be expanded. The ownership of clearing is often intertwined with stock exchanges. Were the planned LSE-Deutsche Börse merger to go ahead, LSE would sell the Paris subsidiary of its clearinghouse. In terms of legal systems, there is an expectation that trading activities will be able to continue under English contract law, also in the EU27. A particular challenge is to develop FinTech (financial technology) in the EU27, as this innovative part of the market is currently based in London. We estimate that some 30,000 jobs might move from London to the EU27. This will put pressure on the facilities (infrastructure, offices, residential housing) in the recipient cities. The more the European Union market for financial services is integrated, the less need there will be for financial firms to move to one location, reducing the pressure for all facilities to be in one city (see Sapir et al, 2017, which is a companion piece to this paper).
Topic: International Political Economy, International Trade and Finance, Brexit
Political Geography: Britain, Europe
186. Europe in a new world order
Author: Maria Demertzis, André Sapir, Guntram Wolff
Abstract: The United States is the European Union’s most important trade and bilateral investment partner, which has, until now, supported a multilateral trade system and European integration and has provided a security guarantee to the countries of the EU. But like other advanced economies, the US’s relative weight in the global economy has declined. The new US administration seems intent on replacing multilateralism with bilateral deals. In trade, it aims to secure new trade deals in order to reduce bilateral trade deficits and to protect, in particular, the US manufacturing sector. In climate policy, the US commitment to the Paris Agreement is being questioned. In defence, the security umbrella appears less certain than previously. The overall promise behind this change of direction is to put ‘America first’ and deliver better results for US citizens.
Topic: International Political Economy, International Trade and Finance, Bilateral Relations, Multilateral Relatons, Political stability
Political Geography: Europe, United States of America
187. Making the best of Brexit for the EU27 financial system
Author: Andre Sapir, Dirk Schoenmaker, Nicolas Veron
Abstract: The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union creates an opportunity for the remaining EU27 to accelerate the development of its financial markets and to increase its resilience against shocks. Equally, Brexit involves risks for market integrity and stability, because the EU including the UK has been crucially dependent on the Bank of England and the UK Financial Conduct Authority for oversight of its wholesale markets. Without the UK, the EU27 must swiftly upgrade its capacity to ensure market integrity and financial stability. Furthermore, losing even partial access to the efficient London financial centre could entail a loss of efficiency for the EU27 economy, especially if financial developments inside the EU27 remain limited and uneven.
Topic: Economics, International Political Economy, International Trade and Finance, Political stability, Brexit
188. Is Brexit an opportunity to reform the European Parliament?
Author: Robert Kalcik, Guntram Wolff
Abstract: Brexit offers a political opportunity for the European Parliament to reform the allocation of seats to member states. This Policy Contribution explores different options for reform and their implications for equality of representation and distribution of seats to countries, within the constraints set by the EU treaties.
Topic: International Organization, International Affairs, Political Theory, European Union, Democracy, Brexit
Political Geography: Europe
189. Why is it so hard to reach the EU’s ‘poverty’ target?
Author: Zsolt Darvus
Abstract: The ‘poverty’ target set by the European Commission aims to lift “over 20 million people out of poverty” between 2008 and 2020 in the EU27. Progress to date against this target has been disappointing. Why is it so hard to reach the Europe 2020 ‘poverty’ target? What does the poverty indicator actually measure?
Topic: Economics, International Political Economy, International Trade and Finance, Poverty
190. The US’ special relationships in Europe
Author: Mikkel Runge Olesen, Matthew Hinds
Abstract: The election of Donald Trump as US president was met with considerable unease in Europe. This has not least been the case among those who, like the UK and Denmark, consider themselves among America’s closest allies. In the policy brief, Matthew Hinds and Mikkel Runge Olesen take stock of the US special relationships in Europe – large and small. In the policy brief they discuss both the classical “Special Relationship” between the US and the UK, as well as the US-Danish relationship, as an example of a small power that has chosen to give the relationship to the superpower premium priority. Hinds and Runge Olesen find that Trump may destabilize relations, but also that he may open up for new opportunities as well – especially for the UK.
Political Geography: Britain, America, Europe
191. The challenges of supplying the frontline in Mali
Author: Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Peter Albrecht, Rikke Haugegaard
Abstract: Peacekeepers in the UN stabilization mission in Mali (MINUSMA) operate under very difficult conditions, especially in the outskirts of the mission. The recent jihadist attack on a military base in Gao in northern Mali, killing 60 and wounding more than 100, is the latest example of how dangerous working in this part of the country is. This policy brief, based on fieldwork in Mali, analyses the challenges to the mission of supplying fuel, food and water to these areas. In doing so, it describes the inequality that exists between African and non-African soldiers.
Topic: United Nations, International Security, Peacekeeping
Political Geography: Mali
192. Inequality hampers intelligence gathering in Mali
Author: Peter Albrecht, Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Rikke Haugegaard
Abstract: n 2014, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) established an intelligence capability that is unprecedented for how peacekeeping operations are organized. An All Sources Information Fusion Unit (ASIFU) was set up to assist MINUSMA in countering asymmetric threats faced by mission personnel and the local population. This policy brief focuses on how inadequate collaboration and lack of trust between European and African forces in the mission impede sharing of intelligence. Insight is provided on why and how the intelligence capability could benefit from the cultural knowledge and language skills of African troops. The policy brief is one of the outputs of a project that has explored the plight of African peacekeepers in MINUSMA. The project is a collaborative effort between DIIS and the Royal Danish Defence College. It is funded by the Danish Ministry of Defence.
Topic: United Nations, International Affairs, Peacekeeping
193. When Peacekeepers Do Damage: Sexual Exploitation and Abuse in the Democratic Republic Of Congo
Author: Signe Marie Cold-Ravnkilde, Thomas Mandrup
Abstract: Despite that South Africa deploys the highest numbers of female soldiers in the United Nations Organisation Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), significant challenges to changing a military culture that tacitly accepts sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) of local populations in the DRC remain. A new DIIS policy brief discusses the measures taken to adress SEA in MONUSCO. In the South African contigent in MONUSCO, 18% of the military personnel are women compared to the average of 3.8% for UN peacekeeping missions. The brief argues that strengthening in-mission gender training and investigtative capacities will be small, yet realistic, steps forward. Furthermore, the UN the should put more pressure on troop contributing countries to hold their defence leadership accountable for effective command and control enforcement. The policy brief is based on a collaborative research between DIIS and the Royal Danish Defence College, RDDC.
Political Geography: Democratic Republic of the Congo
194. Combating Terrorism and Alleviating Human Suffering in Syria
Author: Andrew J. Tabler
Institution: The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Abstract: In this new Transition 2017 paper, Institute expert Andrew J. Tabler argues that Syria remains de facto partitioned, making the establishment of safe zones in non-Assad-controlled areas the Trump administration's most expedient course of action. Moreover, it would further Washington's cause to drive a wedge into the country's Russia-Iran alliance, and both isolate and pressure the Assad regime. If Washington's objectives in Syria are to defeat U.S.-designated terrorist groups and stem the outflow of refugees, President Bashar al-Assad is under no circumstances the right person to entrust with these missions. Simply in practical terms, he lacks the manpower to retake and hold the two-thirds of Syrian territory outside his control any time soon, despite having sufficient support from Russia and Iran to maintain control in large parts of the country. But more important, Assad is an avowed adversary of the West, undeserving of its cooperation.
Topic: International Relations, Civil War, International Security, International Affairs, Neoimperialism
Political Geography: Russia, America, Iran, Syria
195. Rebuilding Alliances and Countering Threats in the Gulf
Author: Lori Plotkin Boghardt, Simon Henderson
Abstract: The Trump administration has an opportunity to reset, tighten, and maximize America's strategic relations with the Gulf states. For the United States, expanded security cooperation and coordination could be a force multiplier in campaigns to achieve key policy goals, such as countering Iran's destabilizing policies and defeating the Islamic State. Gulf leaders have expressed optimism over the new administration's gestures, despite its "America First" rhetoric. But the administration also faces challenges, including those brought about by its own emphasis on "radical Islamic terrorism." This two-part Transition 2017 paper, featuring contributions by Gulf experts Lori Plotkin Boghardt and Simon Henderson, navigates the complex U.S.-Gulf relationship. The first essay provides an overview of its basic tenets, stressing the importance of rapport to bilateral ties and discussing key policy priorities. The second essay narrows the focus to the Washington-Riyadh link, the most important U.S. tie with the conservative Gulf. It analyzes differences in viewpoint, policy options, and some anticipated Saudi responses on the core issues of oil, terrorism, Iran, Yemen, Syria, Gulf allies, and the Sunni bloc.
Topic: International Relations, International Cooperation, International Security, International Affairs
Political Geography: America, Middle East
196. Planning Post-IS Iraq: Competing Visions Within the Shia Block?
Author: Irene Costantini
Institution: Middle East Research Institute (MERI)
Abstract: The Shia Block is realistically the key determinant for national reconciliation to occur in Iraq. However, its internal divisions make it a problematic and non-unitary interlocutor for national, regional, and international initiatives. So far, the Block has outlined two separate and independent plans: al-Hakim’s “Historical Settlement” and al-Sadr’s roadmap
Topic: Conflict Resolution, International Security
Political Geography: Iraq
197. Yet Another War in Shingal: The Sword of Damocles
Author: Tomáš Kaválek
Abstract: On 3 March, clashes erupted between the PKK-linked forces and the KDP’s Rojava Peshmerga near Khanasor in the district of Shingal. These events now more than ever highlight the need for a negotiated compromise between the KRG and the PKK; and for the international community to actively intervene.
Topic: International Relations, International Security, Political Theory
Political Geography: Middle East
198. Iraq and Libya: common challenges for the years ahead
Abstract: Iraq and Libya are facing similar challenges: addressing the hurdles of socio-economic recovery in areas liberated from the Islamic State (IS); facing a fiscal crisis in the midst of continuous political tensions; and striking a power balance between central and local authorities, serving the interests of the people.
Topic: International Relations, International Security, ISIS
199. Normalisation in Ankara-Baghdad Relations: A New Era?
Author: Athanasios Manis
Abstract: The Iraqi and Turkish leadership have restored direct contact, thus providing an opportunity for dialogue. However, the extent to which this can lead to a sustainable normalisation process and furthermore to a deepening of their relationship is highly questionable. This policy brief argues that the main problem lies with the fact that a win-win scenario of overlapping or complementary interests does not seem to be driving the leaderships’ actions. Instead, it is ad hoc developments external to their bilateral relationship that have a positive effect for the time being, such as the rapprochement between Russia and Turkey, and subsequently a concerted attempt between Russia, Turkey and Iran to stabilise the region.
Topic: Conflict Resolution, International Relations
Political Geography: Turkey, Middle East
200. Super Galeb’s Flight into the Blue
Author: Katarina Djokic
Institution: Belgrade Centre for Security Policy
Abstract: This paper presents a performance analysis of the G-4 Super Galeb military trainer aircraft modernization project. The analysis shows that the Ministry of Defense has to review the need for this project as soon as possible, in view of the announced equipping of the Serbian Armed Forces with MiG-29 fighter planes, several-year delay of the beginning of the project and Su- per Galeb maintenance difficulties. The paper also shows that the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces cannot effectively plan modernization and equipping projects without a top-level political decision on what type of army Serbia needs, and without a more decisive fis- cal policy, which would ensure funds for priority projects on a medium-term level.
Topic: International Security
Political Geography: Serbia
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Pope says only men can be priests, but women must have voice in church
Pope Francis leads a meeting with the poor in early October at the archbishop's residence in Assisi, Italy. In his first extensive piece of writing as pope, Pope Francis lays out a vision of the Catholic Church dedicated to evangelization, with a focus on society's poorest and most vulnerable, including the aged and unborn. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
By Cindy Wooden • Catholic News Service • Posted November 26, 2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is not going to change its position on the inadmissibility of women priests, Pope Francis said, but it does have to stop linking all decision making to ordination and allow women to have a voice in deliberations.
In his apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), Pope Francis wrote that the involvement of all Catholics is needed — both as missionaries and in revising structures and pastoral programs to ensure they are focused on mission.
“I readily acknowledge that many women share pastoral responsibilities with priests, helping to guide people, families and groups and offering new contributions to theological reflection,” the pope wrote.
At the same time, he said, “demands that the legitimate rights of women be respected, based on the firm conviction that men and women are equal in dignity, present the church with profound and challenging questions which cannot be lightly evaded.”
“The reservation of the priesthood to males, as a sign of Christ the spouse who gives himself in the Eucharist, is not a question open to discussion,” the pope said, “but it can prove especially divisive if sacramental power is too closely identified with power in general.”
The idea that ordination equals power not only robs the church of valuable contributions from women, he said, it presents a misguided view of the priesthood and the sacraments.
“The configuration of the priest to Christ the head — namely, as the principal source of grace — does not imply an exaltation which would set him above others,” Pope Francis wrote. “In the church, functions ‘do not favor the superiority of some vis-a-vis the others.'”
Even when considering the priest’s role within the hierarchical structure of the church, he said, “it must be remembered that ‘it is totally ordered to the holiness of Christ’s members.’ Its key and axis is not power understood as domination, but the power to administer the sacrament of the Eucharist; this is the origin of its authority, which is always a service to God’s people.”
Pope Francis said the church and society need women and always have benefited from their contributions, including “the sensitivity, intuition and other distinctive skill sets which they, more than men, tend to possess.”
“I think, for example, of the special concern which women show to others, which finds a particular, even if not exclusive, expression in motherhood,” he wrote. “But we need to create still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the church,” including “the possible role of women in decision-making in different areas of the church’s life.”
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The Crisis in Syria Turns Four: Council Veto Use
This Sunday, 15 March 2015, marks the 4-year anniversary of the crisis in Syria. For over 1,460 days, the Assad regime—and to a lesser extent, elements of the opposition—have inflicted a ruthless succession of war crimes and crimes against humanity against civilian populations in Syria. Such atrocities, which according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon should “shock the international conscience”, include the intentional starving of entire communities for the purpose of gaining a military advantage; the terrorizing of populations through the illegal use of barrel bombs and chemical, artillery, and cluster munition assaults; and inflicting gruesome torture techniques upon thousands of prisoners. Click on the button below to read the rest of the statement.
October Roundtable on R2P & Canadian Foreign Policy
The Canadian Centre for Responsibility to Protect hosted a roundtable on Canadian foreign policy & R2P on Friday, Oct 17th at 12-2pm in room 208N of Munk School of Global Affairs (1 Devonshire Place, Toronto). This event featured an excellent line up of speakers, Master Hugh Segal of Massey College, Very Rev. Lois Wilson, and Member of Parliament Dr. Kirsty Duncan, who commented on Canada’s role on the Central African Republic, North Korea, Iraq, and mobilizing our political will to intervene in light of on-going crises around the world. Please stay tuned for the official transcript!
Student Panel Discussion with Hon. Lloyd Axworthy & Dr. Madeleine Albright
On April 1st 2014, the CCR2P hosted a student panel discussion with Dr. Madeleine Albright and Hon. Lloyd Axworthy, chaired by Chancellor Bill Graham of Trinity College. This event was part of our Rwanda20 campaign to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, in partnership with the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto.
(Photo credits to Ms. Nicolett Jakab :: Video credits to Mr.Randy Hanbyul Lee & Mr. Van Wickam )
CCR2P Presentation in Barcelona, Spain
On Friday, November 29, 2013, Ms. Tina Park, Executive Director of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect was invited to speak at a conference organized by the Public Diplomacy Council of Catalonia in collaboration with the Barcelona City Council.
Entitled “Effective implementation of the Responsibility to Protect: The Role of the European Union and the Civil Society,” this conference brought together experts from the civil society, the European parliament, and the general public. Mr. William Pace, Executive Director of the World Federalist Movement- Institute for Global Policy, delivered a keynote address on the origins and principles of R2P, followed by a panel discussion on “Strengthening the R2P within the European Union” and another panel discussion on “Engaging civil society in R2P.” The first panel featured Ms. Maria Badia (Member of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats of the European Parliament) and Ms. Joelle Jenny (Director for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention at the European External Action Service).
The second panel featured Ms. Tina Park (CCR2P), Mr. Esteban Beltran (Director of Amnesty International in Spain), Ms. Alena Beutler (Deputy Director of Genocide Alert in Germany), and Mr. Josep Xercavins (Member of the World Democratic Governance Project Association). The panellists shared their own experience in promoting R2P through civil society networks in their respective region. About a hundred attendees gathered at this conference and many of them participated in the open discussion with the panelists.
128th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly, Quito, Ecuador 2013
The Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect was invited to advise the First Standing Committee of the 128th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly on a resolution on the role of parliamentarians in implementing R2P in March 2013 in Quito, Ecuador. Ms. Tina Park, Executive Director of CCR2P, also delivered comments on the International Humanitarian Law Panel on R2P. Ms. Park’s official remarks at the assembly can be found below. The 128th IPU Assembly in Quito brought together nearly 630 Members of Parliaments from 121 countries. At this assembly, delegates unanimously adopted a resolution titled “Enforcing the Responsibility to Protect: The Role of Parliament In Safeguarding Civilians’ Lives.” The full text of the IPU press release on this resolution can be found at the button below. The original press release can be found here.
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CCR2P Presentation at the Commons Institute
On February 25th, CCR2P Executive Director Tina Park and Advisory Board member Maria Banda, delivered a seminar presentation at the Commons Institute conference at the Old Mill, Toronto.
A copy of Ms. Park’s presentation can be found below.
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CCR2P Presentation at the 127th IPU Assembly
On 23 October 2012, Tina Park represented the CCR2P as a speaker at the 127th IPU Assembly in Québec City, Canada. Ms.Park's presentation focused on the role of national parliaments in implementing R2P, notably recommending the establishment of national R2P Focal Points. The IPU is the international organization of Parliaments established in 1889. The Union serves as the focal point for worldwide parliamentary dialogue and works for peace and co-operation among peoples and for the firm establishment of representative democracy.
The interactive panel, Enforcing the Responsibility to Protect: The Role of Parliament in Safeguarding Civilians’ Lives, was moderated by Mr. S.H. Chowdury (President of the IPU’s First Standing Committee) and included two parliamentarian co-rapporteurs, Mr. L. Ramatlakane (South Africa) and Mr. S. Janquin (France). Non-parliamentary experts included Dr. Edward Luck (former Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on the Responsibility to Protect) and Ms. Tina Park of the CCR2P. Mr. Laurence Marzal represented the IPU.
An unofficial transcript of the panel prepared by the CCR2P can be found here. Tina’s presentation transcript can be found here. The CCR2P’s press release on the event can be found here.
CCR2P Research Presentation in Brasília
On 22 November 2012, Victor MacDiarmid and Patrick Quinton-Brown represented the CCR2P at the two-day event hosted by the Igarape Institute and CEBRI in Brasília.
Fellow panelists included Oliver Stuenkel (Fundação Getúlio Vargas), Malte Brosig (University of the Witwatersrand) and Leonardo Paz Neves (CEBRI). A post-conference publication, including an article on R2P dissenter states by the CCR2P, will be available for download shortly.
Will to Intervene Day in Toronto
Please find below some photos from the Will to Intervene Day in Toronto (May 10, 2012) held in partnership with the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies. (Photo credits to Ms. Nicolett Jakab with our sincere thanks!)
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To create, manipulate, distort and disrupt is one of my great pleasures.
Creative Director, Photographer, Retoucher
Chris Cossio
From humble country beginnings on the North coast of NSW, Chris moved to Brisbane after year 12 to go to uni where he studied Criminology (I know right?!). Shortly after Uni Chris began his career running some of the biggest Hotels in Queensland, which was a tough gig, but whilst working in these challenging environments, he began to snow-ball an idea of starting up a design business with a colleague of his. And it 2005, Loud and Clear began.
Chris has been running Loud and Clear (now Glu Creative) ever since, and has been lucky to lead a classy creative team, and work with some massive brands from all over Australia. Chris has honed his skills over the years, particularly in the fields of Creative Direction, advertising, photography, digital composite work and web development. Whilst balancing his time between his creative agency and his young children, Chris continues to learn his craft to provide the best quality creative service to his clients.
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This is partly because of the subject matter. The Corrections told the story of the Lamberts, a Midwestern family that goes to pieces spectacularly as the father Alfred succumbs to the slow cerebral throttling of Parkinson's. Franzen knew this story, sadly, from the inside. "I knew the world of nursing homes and the world of the falling-apart house, and those characters, although they're cartoons of my parents, they certainly have quite a bit of my parents in them," he says. "The ones in this book are developed, every one of them, totally from scratch. They had to be dreamed into existence. And that was just miserable work."
There was extra pressure on Franzen this time, plus an additional layer of self-consciousness left over from the backlash to his success. Americans like to kick people when they're up, and Franzen got a good American-style kicking over some remarks he made in interviews after Oprah Winfrey picked The Corrections for her book club. Winfrey felt disrespected and ended up uninviting him from her show. Franzen felt his remarks were misrepresented. "I was still angry for a while about the way so many commentators had turned against me," he says, "and not taken care to actually read my quotes at the time of the Oprah incident."
(See the top 10 Oprah controversies.)
He's right. Reading his quotes now, you're struck by two things. One, what a public mugging the whole thing was. Granted, it's easy to mistake Franzen's self-conscious silences for aloofness, and in the court of popular opinion all writers are guilty of being elitist pricks until proved innocent. And yes, it's easy to quote Franzen out of context, because he speaks in very long sentences. (He sometimes scrolls back through his sentences aloud, revising them on the fly.) But those aren't excuses. See, for example, an interview Franzen gave Powells.com on Oct. 4, 2001 the fifth interview he'd given that day in which he gently chided Winfrey for having made some "schmaltzy" picks in the past. Which she had. But that chiding occurred in the context of a spirited defense of her, which nobody ever got around to quoting because it didn't make as good a story. Most people now seem to have the impression that Franzen turned down Oprah, not the other way round.
The other thing that strikes you is the contrast between Franzen the writer and person and Franzen the public figure. On the page, Franzen is graceful and funny and totally self-possessed. He's also a likable guy in private conversation: very smart but alert to what you're saying and self-deprecating to a fault. But he is a terrible politician and singularly ungifted at what you might call brand management, which for better or worse has become part of the writer's job in these late, decadent days.
All this is a particular shame because the allegations of elitism leveled at Franzen are not only untrue, they're the opposite of true. He's one of contemporary fiction's great populists and a key ally of the beleaguered modern reader.
(See the 100 best novels of all time.)
By a strange coincidence, The Corrections was published the week of Sept. 11, 2001, and it sold even though or maybe partly because the America it portrayed so accurately had just tragically vanished. After he was done promoting the book, Franzen spent a year sifting through material he'd discarded from it, to see if he could recycle anything. Then he rediscarded it all. He decided to write a political novel, a novel of Washington.
A writer has to be both boxer and trainer at the same time, and Franzen's trainer is a hard-ass. He writes six or seven days a week, starting at 7 a.m. He's often hoarse at the end of the day because he performs his dialogue out loud as he writes it. (This may account for its strikingly naturalistic quality. There are habits of American speech in Franzen's books that I've never seen any other writer catch, like the tendency of teenagers to end sentences with a flat, noninterrogative "so.") Franzen's friends tend to be writers The Corrections is dedicated to the short-fiction writer David Means and his wife; the late David Foster Wallace was perhaps his closest friend so he has somebody to bitch about it with afterward. But the writing itself happens when he's alone.
Franzen works in a rented office that he has stripped of all distractions. He uses a heavy, obsolete Dell laptop from which he has scoured any trace of hearts and solitaire, down to the level of the operating system. Because Franzen believes you can't write serious fiction on a computer that's connected to the Internet, he not only removed the Dell's wireless card but also permanently blocked its Ethernet port. "What you have to do," he explains, "is you plug in an Ethernet cable with superglue, and then you saw off the little head of it."
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Category Archives: People
Saturday, 8th June 2019 9:00 pm
As the general elections draw near, and the speculation surrounding the choice by the PPP’s of its presidential candidate is over, attention is now focused on the AFC’s choice of its prime ministerial candidate. The AFC apparently anticipates that there will be another coalition with APNU and that it will be offered the opportunity to choose the prime ministerial candidate. But no public indication has been forthcoming about the renewal of the coalition.
The Cummingsburg Accord, which is the foundation document for the coalition, has expired and the parties went their separate ways for the local government elections. Even if there is another coalition the prime ministerial candidate may well come from APNU. Amna Ally and Ronald Bulkan are available. APNU may well consider that the performance of the AFC at the local government elections, obtaining only four percent of the votes, does not qualify it for the prime ministerial slot. It could propose that the AFC now only deserves ministerial seats and far less than the forty percent agreed to in the Cummingsburg Accord.
MILES GREEVES FITZPATRICK 1936 – 2019
Saturday, 23rd March 2019 9:00 pm
Miles Greeves Fitzpatrick was born on the 12th January, 1936. His parents were the late Maxwell and Millicent Fitzpatrick. He was the brother of the late Eileen Bhola, the husband of Sultana Fitzpatrick, the father of Ron Garry Fitzpatrick and the grandfather of Zoe and Michael. He passed on the 12th March, 2019, at the age of 83, after a short period of declining health but during which he remained engaged and lively. I joined a few mutual friends, his family and some relatives at his home in celebration of his 83rd birthday in January.
Miles was born in Queenstown, Georgetown and attended Queen’s College. After High School, he graduated as a lawyer in 1956 and was called to the British Guiana Bar in January, 1957, following the footsteps of his father, who was a Solicitor and Magistrate. He entered private practice and joined the Peoples’ Progressive Party, an unusual step for a product of the Georgetown middle class. He was active in politics in the pre-Independence 1960s.
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The Complicatedness of Los Angeles
Comments: 12 Americanism August 19, 2009
Smart people demean Los Angeles in conversation more than any other big city in America. The pollution, the traffic, the anti-intellectual culture, the sprawl. And that's just the start. Most of the myths about L.A. circulate because locals don't feel a need to mount a vigorous defense. Talk bad about L.A. to an Angeleno and be ready for a shrug that says, "Don't like it? Great. Stay out. More room for us."
When I'm in these conversations, even as the San Francisco outsider that I am, I stress just one point: Los Angeles is the most complicated city in America. It's extremely hard to spend a week there and "get it." It's inaccessible. It's not friendly to just-stopping-in visitors. You don't have to love L.A. (though I do). Just withhold judgment until you've spent meaningful time there.
Here are a few reasons why I think Los Angeles deserves the honor of "most complicated":
* Decentralization. Los Angeles is a sprawling monstrosity of freeways. It's decentralized in every way. There is no one Los Angeles; there are many L.A.'s. There is not a "downtown" from which everything emanates. Other big cities are physically compact. Consider New York. It's easy to get around in New York. You can take the subway around Manhattan with no problem, the streets are straight and sequential, the tourist sights are concentrated, all the important companies are in one place, the five boroughs are well-defined, etc. San Francisco is the same way. NY and SF are dense in both geography and identity. Does the "metaphysical" mirror the physical?
* The scope and scale of the region's economic activity. The 22-million-strong Southern California basin means moviemaking and entertainment are just a piece of the economic activity. There are more manufacturing jobs in Los Angeles county, for example, than in the entire state of Michigan. The L.A./Long Beach ports comprise the fifth busiest in the world and the most important in the western hemisphere. Imports from China arrive first in Los Angeles. Understanding the economics of Hollywood does not mean you understand the economics of L.A.
* Los Angeles is the most ethnically diverse place in the world. It is "the most diverse human habitation in human history," says Robert Putnam. Many people forget this, since L.A.'s diversity is not as integrated as New York's or London's. You cannot walk around a Times Square equivalent and feel like you're in a melting pot. You have to work at it. But this doesn't mean immigrants are non-existent; quite the contrary. All these different people, all the different ways of thinking, the hundreds of different languages spoken: it complicates things, as the movie Crash depicts. (This is why, by the way, many foodies call Los Angeles the best ethnic food city in the world. Cultural omnivore Tyler Cowen calls L.A. his favorite American city.)
* The rich/poor contrasts; economic diversity. The Economist once called West Los Angeles the glitziest concentration of wealth on the planet. Then there's Southeast L.A., right around the corner. There's Skid Row. Then there's Beverly Hills. Even the Bronx/Manhattan or Hunter's Point/Pacific Heights contrasts don't rival what exists in Los Angeles.
* There is not one unifying civic identity. Los Angeles doesn't impose a civic identity on its people like New York or San Francisco. L.A. writers don't identify as an "L.A. writer" like New York writers do. You're more alone in L.A. You're more anonymous. (The positive spin: you can most easily be yourself in Los Angeles.) Los Angeles has some of the lowest levels of trust among its people — ie, neighbors trust each other less. I would guess that civic pride is lower there than in most other places.
In sum, to spend time in Los Angeles is to experience non-stop contrasts and contradictions. In a matter of minutes you can go from an idyllic view of palm trees, shifting effortlessly in the wind like in the movies, to observing a wrapped assortment of Botox-enhanced, intellectually vacuous women coughing on dirty air. You drive on a 10-lane freeway with a Caltech egghead to your left and Britney Spears to your right. It's bizarre, it's insane, it's confusing, it's complicated, it defies attempts to capture its essence. Perhaps it is essence-free.
A quick visit to Los Angeles clarifies nothing other than that the 405 freeway is to be avoided at all hours of the day.
Here's my post on L.A.'s diversity.
A paragraph on L.A.
One of the most eloquent and compelling overviews of the place: It's L.A. You Don't Matter. You're Free.
By the way, here is Jonah Goldberg and Peter Beinart on Bloggingheads.tv talking about why Washington D.C. has overtaken New York as the intellectual capital of the U.S.
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12 Responses to The Complicatedness of Los Angeles
All of your main points could also be said of Houston. Furthermore, I think Houston may be the second-most demeaned big city in the U.S.
I love Los Angeles and I am a lifelong Manhattanite. Admittedly I don’t like driving, but I appreciate what LA has to offer other than its driving.
That said, I think you are very wrong about the income disparity between Manhattan and the Bronx as compared to that between West Los Angeles and Skid Row. The level of disparity between the two sets of neighborhoods is much more similar than you claim.
Colin Marshall says:
As a fellow L.A.-lover, I agree with this post. I find that foreigners (let alone East Coasters expecting New York West) have an almost comically difficult time comprehending the city, because it’s not a city as “city” is normally understood. Like America in general, to love L.A., you must do it right. And there are a hell of a lot more ways to do it wrong.
Lincoln Nguyen says:
Don’t forget about the growing tech community.
Jeff Kuo says:
Glad you wrote this. The 405 is my favorite freeway, but it takes some time to figure out =)
Stephen Dodson says:
As a fellow Cole Valley San Franciscan, I like LA as well. When SFers dislike LA, it’s often from a sense of judgment and rivalry. My guess is that if LA wasn’t as close, more San Franciscans would love it.
I like LA. But I hate the Dodgers.
jrandom42 says:
Actually, my unrelenting hate of Los Angeles is founded on good solid experience.
1988-Laid off in the Great Aerospace Slaughter that followed the “peace dividend” and saw Southern California’s economy collapse. Lived out of my car for 10 months.
1992-Saw 6 years of drought end in one month, causing me to understand why Sepulveda Park is a flood control basin. Saw fire engines washed off the roads.
1992-Cruised through South Central LA 15 minutes before the Rodney King Riots.
1992-Watched the fires coming over the Malibu Hills from Newbury Park
1992-Watched the mudslides in the Malibu Hills resulting from the fires
1994-Was renderd homeless by the Northridge quake
1994-Moved to the safety of San Jose. Didn’t want to stick around to see what else happened after massive unemployment, riots, fires, floods, mudslides and earthquakes.
Still hate LA, and will never go back there willingly.
ElamBend says:
It’s not specifically an LA thing, but I always marveled at the fact that there are more Tongans and Samoans in California than there are in Tonga or Samoa.
How does this tie to LA, well LA is capital city to a lot of diasporas. Think of the Persians and the Armenians. There are more expat Brits in LA than any other city of the world. In a strange reversal of the goals of nations from the 19th century each looking for their own colonies, the US has become the colony for the world. So many groups have been able to come here, integrate with society, yet still maintain their original group cohesion enough to affect things back ‘home.’ New York and Chicago used to fulfill that role somewhat (and still do for some groups), but but LA has truly replaced NY in that aspect, plus some. Also, your point about the ports there is woefully under-rated.
On a side note, I also agree with Sean. Few people realize that Houston is among our biggest, most diverse, and most economically strong cities. I think an East-West coast bias in the media and a mild anti-Texas bias keep people from realizing that.
Vince Williams says:
The best thing that ever happened to me in Los Angeles was Buddy Cage throwing a lit joint to me from the stage at the Hollywood Bowl.
The worst was hoping my friend who’d been turned into a gibbering vegetable by the Clear Light acid we bought there wasn’t permanently brain-damaged.
Speaking of expat Brits in LA, the English writer Aldous Huxley, author of Brave New World and descriptor of the delights of soma, spent the last twenty-six years of his life there.
“Huxley was fascinated by Los Angeles. He loved the solitude of the Hollywood Hills and the mountains that rolled down to the ocean.
The city’s architecture amused him. He never tired of telling Maria of some delight he had come across: a coffee shop or drive-in in the shape of a hamburger or doughnut.”
The Burger That Ate L.A. was my favorite.
The ports of Long Beach and LA are not only the primary conduit for Chinese goods to the US, but also the beachhead of Chinese investment in southern California.
I like way the website for China Mart calls Los Angeles “The LA”.
That’s how I think of it, too.
Stevem Schreiber says:
I’ve lived in Los Angeles for the last year and a half and it really is the best place to be yourself. Or anyone else you cared to be, for that matter.
Correction: I should have said that Aldous Huxley spent most of that 26 years in southern California. He also lived in Taos, New Mexico for a while.
When I first moved here after six glorious and fulfilling years in SF, I asked a friend (also a former San Franciscan) why he loved LA so much. His reply: “In LA, nobody gives a shit.”
Now that I’ve been here for three years, I have to admit that he’s got a point. No one will scold me for not conforming to the their sense of what’s proper (farewell, well-meaning Berkeley nanny types who use to look down their noses at me for not composting/growing my own food/wearing all organic clothing!). And no one will tell me that I can’t chase my wild idea and turn it into a profitable business.
I agree that it takes a long, long time for the benefits of this city to reveal themselves. And even now that I appreciate it more, I’m still not sure how much longer I’ll stick around. But hey: more room for the rest of you. 🙂
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Bangdel Meets Satyajit Ray, Graphic Artist and Filmmaker
Spilled Ink Issue 208 Mar, 2019
Text by Don Messerschmidt
By Don Messerschmidt
Lain Singh Bangdel (1919-2002), Nepal's preeminent modern artist of the 20th century, would have been 100 years old this year. He was born on a tea estate near Darjeeling, and after high school he attended the Calcutta Art School, graduating top of his class in 1945. His first job was as a graphic artist with the prestigious commercial art firm of D.J. Keymer in Calcutta. There, on a Monday morning, he joined over 30 other artists seated in desks joined together in long rows, in one room.
Lain was temporarily given the place of someone who was away for a few days. Later that week, a tall and imposing man arrived, came over to him and asked, in Bengali, “Arrey, kokhon eley?” (“Hello. When did you arrive?”). “This is my table. Are you sitting here?”
He was Satyajit Ray.
A place next to Ray was quickly arranged for Lain and they soon became good friends. They saw each other as struggling and venturesome young artists “doing something extraordinary, something mad,” as Lain put it. Over the next few years Lain watched Ray's fame evolve from a little-known graphic artist to world-renowned filmmaker. Lain also moved on, from graphic artist to become an admirable painter, eventually becoming one of Nepal's most famous, as well a novelist and expert in art history.
Under Satyajit Ray’s supervision, artists and copywriters turned their illustrations and story lines into compelling magazine and newspaper ads for Keymer’s clients. One day, Ray showed Lain a preliminary layout promoting fine silk fabric. It featured a nearly naked young lady, with the caption, ‘Daughter of Aurangzeb’ (the last Moghul emperor of India). The pitch was for silk so fine it was almost transparent. It was bold imagery for an Indian audience but, as Lain said, “The story was there.”
One day, Ray invited Lain to join him and others at the Calcutta Coffee House, an long-lasting institution once described as “that fomenting hideout of all creative and intellectually inclined youth.” Over steaming cups of coffee and discussions about politics, cricket, the economy, the arts, and the like, Lain met many of the young artists and writers who in those days helped make Calcutta the creative center of India.
Ray also helped launch the Calcutta Film Society, and invited Lain to join and view classic international films. Ray borrowed them from foreign embassies, and though they were supposedly censored from the public, the authorities paid no attention. It was Lain’s introduction to some of the ‘greats’ of 20th century European cinema, such as Russia's Sergei Eisenstein and Vsevelod Illarionovich Pudovkin, and Italy’s Vittorio DeSica. The documentary-like objectivity of their films inspired Ray to become a filmmaker, and encouraged both he and Bangdel to pursue realism and naturalism in their art.
In 1955, Ray produced his first film, 'Pather Panchali' ('Song of the Little Road'), which with two sequels became famously known as the 'Apu Trilogy'. Ray's Apu was an underfed, ill-clad country boy who moved from a simple life in rural Bengal to the chaotic turmoil of Calcutta’s teeming streets, village to city, tradition to modernity. Critics declared it a flop, for it was unlike anything they had ever seen on the Indian screen; it was clearly not a Bollywood blockbuster. Imagine their surprise when 'Song of the Road' won the Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes International Film Festival. As more international honors followed, Ray’s films gained worldwide fame and applause.
Altogether, Ray produced thirty artistic films, most with a humanist flavor, plus several documentaries, all in Bengali. His films have become timeless masterpieces, still popular at classical film festivals. The Apu theme appears in many of them. The most well-known include 'Distant Thunder', 'The Music Room', 'The Lonely Wife', and 'The Home and the World'. Ray also made several films in Nepal with Bangdel’s help, and they collaborated on the production of 'The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha’ (1969).
If opposites attract, here it was. Ray–tall, aloof, and urbane, borne into big city life, and Bangdel–short and shy, from a mountain village, who came to Calcutta as a stranger. Despite their differences, each understood the troubling contradictions of modern life and sought to express them in their own ways: Ray with camera on celluloid, revealing the troubled lives of poor Bengalis in Calcutta, and Lain Bangdel in novels about Nepalese migrants living around Darjeeling and in figurative paintings on canvas.
Shortly before his death in March 1992, Satyajit Ray was recognized by Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science with a long overdue Honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in Cinema, “in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.”
Ray, too ill to attend the Oscar presentation, remarked that it was like an epithet to his life’s work, “The end of prizes, I think. There is nothing more after this.”
This essay is adapted from the author’s book, Against the Current: The Life of Lain Singh Bangdel―Writer, Painter and Art Historian of Nepal (2004, Orchid Press). The description of the Calcutta Coffee House is from 'About Calcutta: Places of interest', online at Calcuttamall.com (1999-2000).
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Home Oral History Collection Everett Smith oral history interview transcript
Everett Smith oral history interview
Everett Smith oral history interview transcript
Title Everett Smith oral history interview
Subject United States. Army. Infantry Division, 63rd
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Germany
Siegfried Line (Germany)
Allied occupation, Germany, 1945-1955.
United States. Army. Signal Corps.
Description The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Everett Smith, Jr. Smith was born in Bloomington, Indiana on 23 June 1926 and after graduating from high school was drafted into the Army in September 1944. Following basic training, he embarked on the Queen Mary and arrived in Glasgow, Scotland on 1 January 1945. He crossed the English Channel to Normandy with the 63rd Infantry Division. When the war ended in Europe, Smith was in Germany training with the 63rd ID for the invasion of Japan. Following the Japanese surrender, he was transferred to the Signal Corps where his responsibilities included maintaining telephone lines along the Autobahn highway during the ensuing twelve months. He was discharged from the Army on July 24, 1946.
Creator Smith, Everett
Contributors Tombaugh, John
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Meeting with Vladimir Lukin, Mikhail Fedotov and Ella Pamfilova
July 4, 2013, Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region
Vladimir Putin discussed issues of cooperation with NGOs together with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov, and Chairperson of the Presidium of the Civil Dignity national public movement Ella Pamfilova.
First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Vyacheslav Volodin also took part in the meeting.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, dear colleagues,
I would like to return to the functioning of our NGOs. More than 220,000 NGOs are registered in Russia; they represent a great army of people who devote their lives to serving our nation in the truest sense of the word. I say this without undue pathos, because these are people who are not endowed with state regalia, federal or even regional powers, but act on their conscience and strive to resolve our citizens’ problems. They work in different ways and in different spheres, that is on both purely social issues and those related to the protection of human rights. This is extremely important for any society and for ours too, because only together can we effectively protect our citizens’ rights. When I say together, I mean by the efforts of government agencies and those who work in this field of their own volition.
“More than 220,000 NGOs are registered in Russia; they represent a great army of people who devote their lives to serving our nation in the truest sense of the word.”
You know, we made a decision in this regard: this year we increased funding for such organisations almost three times over. Of course, all this must be carried out impartially, and much has already been done, some of it on a competitive basis. Of the three billion rubles [$90 million] which were distributed this year to pursue the goals I highlighted, 2.3 billion were allocated on a competitive basis.
I know your position, which is that these funds should not be transferred directly from the government, to avoid a direct connection between public funding and the tasks that people working in these NGOs perform. You believe that while the state is obviously the provider of these funds, they should be distributed by an independent operator that NGOs and their various structures trust.
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Next talk stop: University of Toronto on Thursday, November 17, 2011 and ARNOVA annual meeting
My next talk stop is at the University of Toronto in Canada at 4pm on Thursday, November 17, 2011. The talk is scheduled for Room 240 of the Sociology Department, 725 Spadin at the University of Toronto, downtown St. George campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2J4. Please contact Professor Erik Schneiderhan (e.schneiderhan@utoronto.ca) to confirm the location.
I am presenting: “Commiserating and Celebrating Authenticity at Burning Man: The Bases for Interaction Ritual Chains.” I will also be meeting with students and colleagues before and after the talk.
I will also be in Toronto for the annual meeting for the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) Nov. 17-19, where I will be presenting for the first time on my newest research project on organizations that provide education, social services, or advocacy for older adults. On Fri., Nov. 18, I will also be accepting the ARNOVA 2011 “Outstanding Book” award in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research for Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event.
I am looking forward to catching up with colleagues in Canada!
The power of collective organizing
One of the enduring myths of American society is “rugged individualism” which suggests that through sheer effort, any individual can surmount any challenge. Hard work is necessary, but it often isn’t enough, especially when years of emphasizing short-term corporate profitability and “small” government have eroded good jobs and decent health and retirement benefits for many people. Decades ago, sociologist Katherine Newman documented the effects of lay-offs on professionals and their families in Falling from Grace: Downward Mobility in the Age of Affluence. People suffered alone. When people believe that their circumstance are unique to them rather than widely shared with others, they may make few or no demands for larger societal change.
As Occupy Wall Street and its affiliates demonstrate, some are beginning to realize the power of collective organizing. Like Burning Man participants, some OWS participants are learning decision-making by consensus and other skills; others are applying skills, knowledge, and experiences learned elsewhere to build a collective that more thoroughly reflects their interests.
For the corporate media, the government, and individuals, OWS is difficult to comprehend because it encompasses people whose circumstances such as joblessness are seen as individual failings, rather than the result of larger societal processes. Moreover, OWS does not conform to how organizations or social movements are expected to act. People expect collectives to have one leader who make decisions topdown through a hierarchy; furthermore, people expect collectives to state just a few easily articulated goals (i.e., make a profit) and set ways of pursuing these goals. In contrast, OWS has no single spokesperson or leader and instead relies upon collective input, and it advocates multiple goals, including an emphasis on individual and collective expression. These characteristics are unnervingly different for those who are used to conventional bureaucratic rationality.
In reality, many organizations and indeed, our society, operate more like OWS than most would like to think. We have many interests and goals; it’s often hard work to reconcile how to best pursue these goals, including how to organize. Sometimes, we have to try different things before realizing our preferences. Organizing is messy, hard work – organizations do not run by themselves like machine clockwork, they require the constant cooperation of people to regularly carry out organizing activities. However, organizing offers rewards to those who enjoy working collectively and want to coordinate efforts towards complex goals.
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum is the only museum of its kind in the world, and the permanent collections document its unique history of artistic activity with contemporary artists. Numbering over 5,000 objects, the collections trace many major movements in the field since 1977, and include significant works by artists such as Louise Bourgeois, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ann Hamilton, Reverend Howard Finster, Anish Kapoor, Robert Kushner, Glenn Ligon, Robert Morris, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, and Carrie Mae Weems.
In addition to completed works of art, the collections also include important documentation and process materials relating to the creative development of projects by Artists-in-Residence. These photographic, video, and process materials are available for loan and research, and provide a valuable window into the conceptual and technical development of works of contemporary art.
The collections fall into three categories:
Commissioned Works of Art created in the Artist-in-Residence Program, which range from large-scale installations and sculptures, to drawings and paintings, to hand screen-printed fabric garments and textiles.
Artist Boxes, which are assembled at the completion of each artist's residence and include samples, prototypes, swatches, and other materials related to the creative process.
Photography and Video Archives, which include documentation of the creative process of artist's residencies, artist and curator lectures, exhibitions, special fabrication techniques, and educational activities. Images from the photo archive are available for publication upon request; contact us at info@fabricworkshopandmuseum.org.
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Body to Body, 1997
Cardoso Flea Circus, 1996
Entrails Carpet, 1995
Grandmother, 1983
Industrial Strength Sleep, 2007
L.A.P.D. Uniform, 1993
Restless Sleepers/Atomic Shroud, 1981
Tar Beach 2, 1990
The Apple of Adam's Eye, 1993
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Ann Hamilton. Photo credit: Michael Mercil.
Lecture by Artist Ann Hamilton
October 6, 2016–from 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Elaine C. Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall
The University of the Arts
401 South Broad Street (on the corner of Broad & Pine Streets)
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Doors open at 5:30 pm. Lecture starts at 5:45 pm.
Internationally-renowned visual artist Ann Hamilton will speak about her recent projects and focus on her current Philadelphia exhibition, Ann Hamilton: habitus at The Fabric Workshop and Museum. Please join The Fabric Workshop and Museum and co-sponsors the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art and Design, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University and the Temple Contemporary in welcoming Ann Hamilton on Thursday October, 6, 2016 from 5:30-7:30pm at the University of the Art’s Elaine C. Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall.
Members of The Fabric Workshop and Museum and the faculty and students of the sponsoring colleges are invited to a special reception with Hamilton following the lecture. Ticket required for entrance to reception, school ID also required for faculty and students.
For over thirty years, artist Ann Hamilton (American, born 1956 in Lima, OH) has created ephemeral environments and multisensory installations using sound, text, video, photography, cloth, motion, human gestures, books, and various materials to transform architectural spaces. Her projects include tropos, her first collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, at the Dia Center for the Arts, New York (1993), the 48th Venice Biennale (1999), and recent works at Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Japan (2012), New York's Park Avenue Armory (2012-2013) and The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2014-15). Her honors include a Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship (1993) and the National Medal of Arts (2014).
This lecture by artist Ann Hamilton is co-sponsored with The Fabric Workshop and Museum by the University of the Arts, Moore College of Art and Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, Temple University and Temple Contemporary.
Major support for Ann Hamilton: habitus has been provided by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, with additional support from the Coby Foundation, Ltd., the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Philadelphia Cultural Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Shipley-Miller Foundation, and the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation which allowed the use of their warehouse for this project and provided invaluable support.
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The Real Christmas Schooner
By Alice Maggio
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On a storm tossed night in November of 1912, the schooner Rouse Simmons disappeared on Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The ship joined thousands of other vessels lost at the bottom of the Great Lakes.
Although all 17 men aboard the ship lost their lives, the sinking was far from the worst maritime tragedy to occur on the lake. A couple of weeks earlier, storms claimed over 400 lives in the sinking of several freighters.
But more than 90 years later the Rouse Simmons is the ship remembered and celebrated in plays, songs, musicals and documentaries. Why? Because the schooner carried a very special cargo -- Christmas trees.
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted wooden schooner built in 1868 in Milwaukee. It was part of a fleet of similar ships constructed in the years following the Civil War to transport lumber and other cargo. The ship was named for a Kenosha, Wisconsin businessman whose brother, Zalmon Simmons, founded the Simmons Mattress Company.
Around 1870 the Simmons family sold the schooner to lumber magnate Charles Hackley. Hackley used the Rouse Simmons for over 20 years to ship lumber from the mills in Muskegon, Michigan to Chicago, where the lumber was sold.
By the time Herman Schuenemann acquired an interest in the schooner in 1910, the Rouse Simmons had seen better days. But Schuenemann, known in Chicago as "Captain Santa," planned to use the schooner to deliver his annual shipment of Christmas trees to the city.
Herman's brother, August, began the practice in 1890, shipping the trees from northern Michigan to Chicago. Herman joined his brother in the business in 1894, leasing a number of ships. August Schuenemann died in 1898 when his schooner, the S. Thal, sank with all hands while making the Christmas tree delivery to Chicago. But his brother's death did not deter Herman from continuing the venture.
Customarily, the Christmas trees were sold in Chicago to groceries and other businesses that then, in turn, sold the trees to the public. But Herman Schuenemann had the brilliant idea of selling the trees directly to the public straight off the ship. He docked his ship near the Clark Street bridge and boasted that he had the lowest prices in town. Most trees were sold for less than a dollar, and the story goes that Schuenemann would also give trees away to families in need. The arrival of Captain Santa and his "Christmas Tree Ship" soon became a Chicago tradition marking the beginning of the holiday season.
But in 1912, despite the deadly November storms and the deteriorating condition of the Rouse Simmons, Schuenemann loaded the schooner with more than 5,000 trees. They filled the ship's hold and were even lashed to the deck. On November 21, with snow falling and temperatures dropping below freezing, the Rouse Simmons began the 350-mile trip from Michigan�s Upper Peninsula to Chicago.
The next day the Rouse Simmons was spotted near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. According to reports, the sails were torn, the deck was encrusted with ice and the schooner was flying a distress signal. The U.S. Lifesaving Service station at Two Rivers launched a boat to intercept the Rouse Simmons. It managed to get within an eighth of a mile of the troubled ship, but a heavy snowstorm cut off visibility. By the time the crew aboard the lifeboat could see again, the Rouse Simmons was gone, never to be seen again.
When news of the tragedy reached Chicago, some media declared 1912 would be the year without Christmas. And because no wreckage was found, the story of the last voyage of the Rouse Simmons became the stuff of legend. For decades after the sinking, sailors reported seeing a ghostly ship on Lake Michigan, its deck piled high with Christmas trees. But in 1971 a Milwaukee diver, Kent Bellrichard, found the wreckage of the Rouse Simmons near Two Rivers. Its hold was still filled with the remains of Christmas trees.
Today the legend endures as one of Chicago's most well-known Christmas tales. Commemorations include the holiday musical, "The Christmas Schooner," currently playing at Chicago's Bailiwick Theatre. The late maritime artist Charles Vickery, a native of Hinsdale, Illinois, executed a popular series of paintings of the Rouse Simmons. And this year the Weather Channel is airing a new documentary about the ship titled "The Christmas Tree Ship: A Holiday Storm Story."
But the most fitting tribute to the memory of Captain Santa began in 2000 when the Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago and members of the Chicago Maritime Society revived the Christmas tree ship tradition. The USCGC Mackinaw, the largest U. S. Coast Guard icebreaker on the Great Lakes, now docks every year at Navy Pier, delivering 500 trees to deserving Chicago families.
To find out more about the Schuenemann family, the Rouse Simmons and the other Christmas tree ships that sailed the Great Lakes, visit the excellent Christmas tree ship website by historian and author Fred Neuschel.
Alice Maggio is a real, live Chicago librarian. If you have topic ideas or questions you would like answered, send your suggestions to and it may be featured in a future column.
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"IF I WANTED AMERICA TO FAIL" VIRAL VIDEO SURPASSES 2 MILLION VIEWS, FEATURED ON "STOSSEL"
Free Market America's launch video "If I wanted America to fail" has cracked the 2-million view mark, drawing continued national press attention
(Orlando, FL – May 4, 2012) In less than two weeks, Free Market America's viral video entitled "If I wanted America to fail" has accrued more than 2 million hits on YouTube. An interview with the group's executive director, Ryan Houck, was featured last night on Stossel, a hit Fox Business News program airing in primetime. The show's host, John Stossel, drew upon elements of the video throughout to highlight the program's theme, Regulated to Death.
"We continue to be thrilled by the response," said Ryan Houck, executive director of Free Market America. "John Stossel is one of the leading free market voices in America. The fact that the video continues to attract coverage and views from Americans of every political background is proof positive that our message—that environmental regulation run amok is a threat to prosperity—has struck a chord."
In addition to headlining The Drudge Report last week, the video has picked up coverage in Politico, The Hill, The Huffington Post, Fox News, Cavuto, The Five, MSN, The Washington Times, The Blaze, Breitbart, Rush Limbaugh, Neal Boortz, Glenn Beck and more.
Free Market Florida emerged from the 2010 "Vote No on 4" campaign having successfully defeated a Sierra Club-backed measure known as "Hometown Democracy." The group then tangled with EarthJustice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before partnering with Americans for Limited Government in April to launch Free Market America -- a new national voice for economic freedom. The group's focus is environmental issues.
If I wanted America to fail… Free Market Florida Goes National with New Hard-Hitting Ad on Earth Day
Free Market Florida has partnered with DC-Based Americans for Limited Government to launch Free Market America on Earth Day
(Washington, DC – April 20, 2012) Free Market Florida today announced that it has partnered with the DC-based advocacy group Americans for Limited Government to launch Free Market America—a new national voice dedicated to defending economic freedom against the threat of environmental extremism. The launch includes a stark new video titled, "If I wanted America to fail...", and is based on the classic 1964 essay by Paul Harvey entitled If I were the devil.
Americans for Limited Government President Bill Wilson explained the importance of the national launch, saying, "Free Market America will take a no-holds-barred approach to confronting the economic train wreck that the environmental movement is creating."
Free Market America introduced itself to the American public with a national TV buy this weekend—over Earth Day—promoting the full-length launch video on its website.
"We're excited about joining the national debate," said Ryan Houck, executive director of Free Market America. "The environmental agenda has been infected by extremism—it's become an economic suicide pact. And we're here to challenge it."
Free Market America began as Free Market Florida. In 2010, the group led an unprecedented statewide coalition that soundly defeated a Sierra Club-backed constitutional amendment known as "Hometown Democracy." After an historic victory, the group went on to tangle with EarthJustice and the EPA over a battery of new federal regulations labeled the "Water Tax."
"Free Market America is a battle-tested, proven winner in the never-ending fight against the environmental lobby, which hides behind a veneer of green sympathy," Bill Wilson concluded, "we will be exposing the real damage that is being done to working men and women across America by those who worship at the green altar."
The FreeMarketAmerica.org website will go live on April 22, and the group can be followed on twitter @FreeMarket_US.
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By the turn of the millennium globalisation had transformed the world into a village. Products from all corners of the globe are now an integral part of our day-to-day lives – a positive result of strong international economic relationships. The Berndorf Group is playing a part in this, in terms of both geography and product portfolios, and has entered many new markets since 2005. Three watchwords sum up Berndorf’s growth strategy: America, Asia and the automotive industry.
Many of the Berndorf Group’s companies have strong operations in North and South America as well as in Asia. Aichelin Holding has built on its solid presence in Beijing with expansion in India, where it serves the Asian market with high-quality industrial plant and heat treatment systems. Tempered wire specialist Joh. Pengg AG has established competitive locations in India and the US by setting up joint ventures. Mould-making and injection-moulding specialist HASCO also sells its products into all major global markets. Based in Westphalia, Germany, it joined the Berndorf Group in 2007 – the same year in which the property bubble in the US burst, triggering the global financial crisis. A year later a generational change in the management of Berndorf AG took place. Norbert Zimmermann took on the role of Supervisory Board Chairman and stepped down from the Management Board. Peter Pichler remained on the Management Board, and welcomed new members Dietmar Müller and Franz Viehböck to form the team which has led the company ever since.
Berndorf Band ventured into the US and Japanese markets as early as the 1970s and 80s. Locations in Korea and China followed. The company’s products and services, especially its highly-polished stainless steel belts, allow us to benefit from globalisation in our everyday, digitalised lives: touch screens and LCD displays for our smartphones and tablets roll off production lines equipped with Berndorf Band belts. Its wide-ranging product portfolio also comprises steel belts for the laminate industry, as well those used in the automotive industry – such as for Formula One testing, which calls for belts that meet particularly demanding specifications.
The Berndorf Group’s poster child when it comes to the automotive industry is, however, Stoba Präzisionstechnik, which is based in southern Germany. Berndorf acquired a stake in the diesel-motor components supplier in 2011, enabling the Group to establish a strong foothold in one of Europe’s most significant industrial sectors. In 2017 Stoba opened a new production facility in the US, and it now employs more than 900 people worldwide at its six locations in Germany, the UK, China, the Czech Republic and the US. Formerly a successful regional firm, Stoba is now firmly established as a global player.
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Set On a Path by Socrates
Contributed by Thérèse Cory, associate professor of philosophy at Notre Dame University
As a college freshman, Thérèse Cory encountered Plato’s Socratic dialogue Euthyphro for the first time. Reading Socrates’ exhortations for Euthyphro—a man bringing charges of murder against his father—to articulate a clear and universal definition of piety, Cory realized the extent to which many of us take key terms and ideas for granted. The story ignited her belief that we must discuss and understand one another’s conceptual perspectives in order to live harmoniously together. This intellectual commitment set Cory on her path to become a professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame.
As a humanist, you collect a lot of Humanities Moments, but the one I wanted to tell you about is one that’s burned vividly into my mind. And it’s one that’s especially formative, perhaps it’s responsible for the fact that I’m a philosophy professor today.
It happened in my first semester of philosophy class in college. It was Dr. Muller’s class, freshman year, first time I’d ever studied philosophy, and one of the first texts we read was Plato’s dialogue, Euthyphro. In this dialogue, Socrates is heading into court where he’s going to be tried for his life. He meets an acquaintance of his named Euthyphro, and Euthyphro is there because he’s prosecuting his father for murder, which is of course shocking for the ancient Greeks. The idea of a son prosecuting a father is impious. It’s completely contrary to the respect owed to parents. But Euthyphro professes that he has a higher responsibility, and he tells Socrates that it’s actually pious to prosecute murderers, whether they’re your parents or not.
Socrates is intrigued by this, and he asks Euthyphro to explain to him what piety is. This is always the catch in a Socratic dialogue—the moment when Socrates gets interested. Euthyphro answers pretty quickly, “Piety is doing as I am doing. That is to say, prosecuting anyone who is guilty of murder, sacrilege, or any similar crime whether he be your father or mother or whoever he may be.” And here comes the moment that absolutely stunned me as an 18-year-old. Socrates responds, “Wait a minute, Euthyphro. You just gave me an example of a pious deed, and that doesn’t help me know what piety is. I want you to explain what fundamentally makes this and all other pious deeds be pious. What do they all have in common?”
This was like a revelation. I’d been going through my entire life using these concepts like justice or piety or beauty or goodness or harm to talk about things. We talk about an unjust pay scale or an unjust law or a beautiful painting or a good course of action. We say, “Don’t do that because it’s harmful.” It never once occurred to me that you could ask about the concepts themselves. It’s like I’d been using these word tools all my life and I never asked where they came from or how they worked or whether they were the right tools for the particular job at hand.
This was just an absolutely life-changing moment. There was this whole new layer of reality opening up that I hadn’t even known was there, a whole new set of things to think about. It really was just exactly this Plato’s Cave moment where you’re watching the shadows on the wall and suddenly you get turned around and you see the puppets and you say, “Oh my goodness, the shadows are the effects of something else that’s been behind me out of sight the whole time and now I can see them!” It just completely changed the way I think about life and how I approach having discussions with people. I mean, there’s no point arguing about whether a new rule is fair or not if you haven’t stopped to investigate first if you’re even both using the same concept of fairness. This attention to the level of the concept is just crucial to living together well as human beings, and this was just my first glimpse of it. There’s so much that’s transformative in this dialogue. I always teach it now to my first-year students.
I also wanted to mention this interesting twist at the end of the dialogue that I think is so important for the humanities. Euthyphro gets impatient with the discussion and he’s embarrassed that his off-the-cuff answers keep falling apart under Socrates’s questioning, and so there’s a sad moment at the end of the dialogue where he cuts Socrates off and says, “We're just going to have to have this discussion another time, Socrates, because I’m in a hurry now and I have to go.” Plato just ends the dialogue on this tragic note, because as the reader, you know that Socrates himself is going to be condemned to death on charges of another kind of impiety—for not believing in the Greek gods—in the very next dialogue, and what Plato is telling us is that this impatience with philosophical reflection can be deadly. The most intelligent people in ancient Greek society are going around using concepts like justice and piety without caring enough to really put the time and effort into thinking those concepts all the way through. People die on account of that shoddy use of concepts.
The tragic ending really stayed with me ever since. We want the quick answer, the quick solution. We get impatient with the slow thinking before we can really experience the results, but if we really want to reap the fruits of the humanities, we have to cherish the slow thinking and make time for that patient, enduring, contemplative, questioning look at reality.
Thérèse Cory, associate professor of philosophy at Notre Dame University
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While glitches attended its roll-out and the tax is not as simple as originally planned, many hope the GST Council will stabilise the tax and improve the tax-GDP ratio
The scale of Narendra Modi’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections four years ago, on May 16, 2014, was such that many observers believed a long-delayed course of economic reform would be implemented, using an unprecedented Lok Sabha majority in recent years. In the years since, Modi’s government has lived up to expectations in terms of the amount of energy it has brought to policymaking — but its record is divided between hits and misses.
Politically, Modi’s most important economic achievement has been the taming inflation since 2014. In this, his government has been helped by the collapse in oil prices since he took office, and that has reduced prices all-round. But the government has also been careful about increasing minimum support prices to farmers, which has helped control food inflation.
The most lasting economic achievement of this government is surely be the introduction of the goods and services tax or GST — a comprehensive reworking of the entire indirect tax structure in India, which required a political consensus and a constitutional amendment. While glitches attended its roll-out and the tax is not as simple as originally planned, many hope the GST Council will stabilise the tax and improve the tax-GDP ratio.
In terms of reforming welfare-focused economic schemes, the Modi government focused on increasing the efficiency of the transfer pipeline, using what it called the JAM trinity — short for Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and mobile connectivity. The number of basic bank accounts under the Jan Dhan scheme has vastly increased, as has the coverage of Aadhaar. While the legal challenges to Aadhaar are yet to be settled, there is no doubt that the architecture for direct benefit transfers has been established.
The government will also point to its road-building record and the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) scheme, which transferred the debt of electricity utilities to the books of state governments, allowing them to buy and supply power once again. But more influential perhaps will be the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a big step towards greater flexibility for capital.
Modi’s signature economic policy, however, must be his decision on November 8, 2016, two and a half years into his term, to withdraw high-value currency notes as legal tender overnight. Demonetisation was a deeply divisive policy. While politically popular, given that it had been sold as an assault on black money, most economists predicted it would have fewer benefits than costs. So it has proved, with most of the cash withdrawn returning to banks and very little behavioural change in evidence. Many hoped for a decisive shift to digital payments in the wake of demonetisation, but as time passes the use of cash in India appears to be returning to the pre-demonetisation norm. While politically successful, in terms of economic policy demonetisation did not achieve its various stated aims.
The first big policy direction that Modi gave to the government, in his first address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on August 15, 2014, was ramping up manufacturing. ‘Make in India’ became a central slogan for the government in its first years, but there is little to show for it at the end of four years. In fact, India went through a major trade slowdown and a crisis in private investment, which hampered attempts at growth revival.
The investment trough was partly caused because of neglecting the non-performing assets or NPAs in public sector banks. The introduction of the IBC has meant that there is now a structured process to revive the assets caught up in the twin balance sheet problem. Yet it is untested, and the larger question of what to do with PSBs remains unaddressed. Half-way steps like recapitalisation, Indradhanush and the Banks Board Bureau have failed to restore confidence in the sector.
Politically, however, Modi will be most wary of his government’s record on job creation. The past year has been marked by sharp disagreements over how many jobs have been created. Yet the government’s shift of focus from the provision of jobs, under ‘Make in India’ to boosting entrepreneurship using the Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank (MUDRA) scheme of small loans, tells its own story. Many economists believe till structural reform of land and labour laws is undertaken, India will continue to underperform in terms of job creation and growth.
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Can a corporation in liquidation utilise the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) to enforce its progress claims?
The short answer is yes. The current position in New South Wales is that a corporation in liquidation is entitled to use the mechanisms of the Act.
Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (In Liquidation)
On 12 February 2019 the New South Wales Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) 2019 NSWCA 11 (Seymour Whyte). In its decision, the Court of Appeal determined that the Act is capable of operating for the benefit of a contractor in liquidation.
Proceedings arose out of a payment claim made pursuant to a contract between Seymour and Ostwald.
Ostwald issued its payment claim and Seymour issued a payment schedule in response.
Ostwald elected to go to adjudication on the payment claim under the Act. An adjudicator subsequently determined that the amount due to Ostwald was $5,074,218.27.
Seymour commenced proceedings claiming that the determination was invalid because the adjudication application was made outside the time limit specified by the Act.
Ostwald filed a cross-claim seeking judgment for the unpaid balance of the payment schedule in the event that the determination was invalid.
After the proceedings were commenced the creditors of Ostwald resolved pursuant to s 439C(c) of the Corporations Act that it should be wound up.
Primary Judge Rulings:
The primary Judge held that:
(i) The Adjudication Determination was valid;
(ii) If, contrary to (i), the Adjudication Determination was invalid, Ostwald could seek recovery of the Payment Schedule amount in summary proceedings as a debt due to it pursuant to 16(2)(a)(i) of the Security of Payment Act;
(iii) The Act continued to apply notwithstanding that the winding up of Ostwald had commenced; and
(iv) The judgment obtained by Ostwald following the Adjudication Determination was stayed until the parties’ rights were determined in the liquidation by an account of their mutual dealings pursuant to s 553C of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)
Points of Appeal:
Seymour appealed the decision including on the basis that the Act as a matter of construction was incapable of applying to a builder or subcontractor which had gone into liquidation in insolvency, as was held by the Victorian Court of Appeal in ‘Façade Treatment Engineering Pty Ltd (in liq) v Brookfield Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd [2016] VSCA 247′.
Court of Appeal Ruling:
The Court of Appeal held that:
(i) The Adjudication Application was invalid.
(ii) Ostwald was entitled to institute proceedings against Seymour pursuant to s 16(2)(a)(i) of the Act seeking to recover the unpaid payment schedule amount as a debt.
(iii) The fact that Ostwald’s liquidation was deemed to have commenced before it filed its cross-claim does not prevent it pursuing that claim to judgment. ‘Façade’ originally stated that the opposite was the case and that a company in liquidation is prevented in seeking judgment. This was not followed as it was ruled to have been “plainly wrong”.
(iv) The Act, as a matter of construction, is capable of operating for the benefit of a builder or sub-contractor which has gone into liquidation in insolvency.
The above decision is likely to be short lived. Recent amendments to the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) (the Act) are due to be implemented in the near future.
One of the key amendments will be a stipulation that:
(i) A corporation in liquidation cannot serve a payment claim or take action to enforce a payment claim (including by making an application for the adjudication of the claim) or an adjudication determination; and
(ii) If a corporation in liquidation has made an adjudication application that is not finally determined immediately before the day on which it commenced to be in liquidation, the application is taken to have been withdrawn on that day.
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AAM Announces Laura L. Lott to lead the Alliance
by Director · March 20, 2015
The American Alliance of Museums, representing the nation’s museum community, today announced the selection of non-profit leader Laura L. Lott as its next president and chief executive officer. Currently serving as chief operating officer, Lott will become the ninth president of the 109-year-old organization and the first woman to lead the Alliance since its founding. Lott brings to the position an extensive background in nonprofit management and a passion for museums as places of lifelong learning. Lott’s appointment follows an extensive search and is effective June 1, 2015.
“As chief operating officer since 2010, Laura has led the Alliance through a number of milestone moments, including an organizational re-launch and redesign of the membership and excellence programs,” said Kaywin Feldman, chair of the Alliance Board of Directors and Duncan and Nivin MacMillan director and president of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. “Laura’s vision for the future of the Alliance is aligned with the Board’s strategic priorities to expand the organization internationally and strengthen its position as a thought leader and advocate for museums.”
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khabiri, M., azaminejad, M. (2009). The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Use of Language Learning Strategies and Self-Perceived Language Proficiency. Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, 2(5), 130-159.
mona khabiri; mahdieh azaminejad. "The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Use of Language Learning Strategies and Self-Perceived Language Proficiency". Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, 2, 5, 2009, 130-159.
khabiri, M., azaminejad, M. (2009). 'The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Use of Language Learning Strategies and Self-Perceived Language Proficiency', Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, 2(5), pp. 130-159.
khabiri, M., azaminejad, M. The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Use of Language Learning Strategies and Self-Perceived Language Proficiency. Journal of English Language Pedagogy and Practice, 2009; 2(5): 130-159.
The Relationship between EFL Learners’ Use of Language Learning Strategies and Self-Perceived Language Proficiency
Article 6, Volume 2, Issue 5, Summer and Autumn 2009, Page 130-159 PDF (206.03 K)
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Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
The present study was conducted to investigate whether there was a relationship between EFL learners’ use of language learning strategies and their self-perceived language proficiency at the two levels of intermediate and advanced. A total of 67 subjects (39 intermediate-level and 28 advanced) were selected to participate in this study based on their scores on a piloted language proficiency test. They were asked to respond to two questionnaires: one assessing their self-perceived language proficiency and the other the strategy inventory of language learning. The results of the statistical analysis demonstrated that there was a significant relationship between the two variables among advanced-level subjects while no such relationship existed among intermediates. Thence, as learners reach higher stages of language proficiency, they become more capable of assessing their language abilities and also use their learning strategies more often. Further analysis also revealed that subjects did not change their attitude in using strategies as they reached higher stages of proficiency except for memory and social strategies. Finally, the results showed that the most frequently used set of strategies among both intermediate and advanced learners were cognitive while the least were affective.
Language Learning Strategies; language proficiency; self-assessment; Self-Perceived Proficiency
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Sanjusangendo - I Just Love to Count
28th October, 2006 - It was a chilly early morning when we got up. Our first destination was Sanjusangendo... one of the most famous and popular temples in Kyōto, Sanjusangendo (literally 33 bays) Temple complex was first constructed on the orders of the ex-Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127-92) in the year 1164 AD on the site of one of the Imperial villas. The cloistered Emperor had become a follower of the Buddhist Kannon, and was assisted by Taira-no-Kiyomori (of the Heiké clan) who was defacto ruler of Kyōto at that time.
The complex was destroyed, as with many such temples, in 1249, from which only about 125 Kannon statues were saved. It was then re-constructed by Emperor Go-Fukakusa (1243 – 1304). The temple is also known as the Renge-o in.
The most famous feature of the temple are the 1,001 Kannon statues which are our arranged along the 33 bays (hence the name) of the main Hondo building (shown above) which stretches some 390 feet from end to end. Each of the Kannon were the product (after the first reconstruction) of approximately seventy artisans under the famous artist Tenkei who personally constructed the central larger Kannon statue (shown below) at the age of 82.
Photo taken from official pamphlet (no cameras allowed inside)
This central Kannon has 500 smaller Kannon located on either side, together with the 28 guardians of Buddhism (Nijuhachibu-shu) – and are also bookended by the gods of fire (Fujin) and wind (Raijin). Whilst it is the sheer scale of the smaller Kannon statues that initially inspires the visitor, almost without fail it is the individual statues themselves that captures the attention after recovering from the initial shock. Each of the 1,000 Kannon is reportedly unique, based on the individual designs of each of the artisans.
The story has it that the statues have 1,000 arms, however a quick count will find only 40 in total on each statue. By Buddhist reckoning however, each arm can reach into 25 different worlds (ok doing the maths 25 x 40 = 1000... convenient). Furthermore, each Kannon can have 33 representations, and thus there are 33,000 different representations of the Kannon. Man... my head is starting to hurt with all this transcendental mathemagics.... Each Kannon statue also has 11 different heads, and each palm is adorned (though difficult to see with the naked eye) with an eye.
The statues were constructed using the yosegi technique where a number of crudely carved hollowed wooden boards are secured together. The hollowing prevented cracking due to shrinkage of the wood with age. After this the surface carving was conducted and then they were lacquered and gold-plated. This technique has been central to the excellent preservation of the essentially wooden statues in Japan.
Sanjusangendo is also the location of the archery contest known as Hikizome Matsuri ("first shooting festival") on the 15th of January each year. This contest started in 1606 when aspiring archers would have to shoot the 196 feet along the veranda of the Hondo at a target 1 yard in diameter. The record being 8,233 hits (out of 13,053) in 24 hours, in 1686 AD. Now that's some sporting dedication for you... but perhaps this is one sport that Fox might skip over (or at least limit to the highlights package).
Now the verandah's look rather empty - it's hard to imagine such a spectacle here.
The grounds of Sanjusangendo themselves are simple, almost sparse - and there's no sense of the grand Kyōto gardens here. There is a straight-forward practicality exhibited.
They know that the real attraction lies within the long wooden temple building...
Overall - I'd definitely recommend visiting Sanjusangendo - you can visit it separately or include it in a trip to Kiyomizu Dera. In my opinion it most probably rates as one of the more popular temples amongst Japanese, more so than foreign tourists... but it is very rewarding to both. Take your time, don't bring in too many expectations, and enjoy trying to find your doppleganger amongst the assembled Kannon statues.
BTW - the temple is also noted for selling small charms for safe car-driving (don't ask me why)... o' those crazy monks!
Labels: Buddhism, History, Kyoto, Temple
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BIOGRAPHY – MARÍA ELENA DURAZO
September 4, 2011 by Tia Tenopia
MARIA ELENA DURAZO, LABOR ORGANIZER
María Elena Durazo
María Elena Durazo is widely regarded as one of the most powerful and savvy union organizers in the United States. On May 15, 2006 she was elected to serve as the Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, an organization which represents more than 800,000 workers through more than 300 separate unions. In 2010 she was reelected to this post.
María Elena was born the seventh child in a family of eleven children to migrant worker parents. Growing up, María Elena traveled with her family, following the crops throughout California and Oregon, and experiencing the exploitative conditions and hardships that migrant laborers suffer. The pay was meager, the weather was either baking or freezing, there were no bathrooms in the field, no fresh water for the workers and contractors were eager to take advantage of young female workers.
This early experience left her with indelible memories. In a conversation with film maker Jesús Treviño she recalls, “As migrant farm workers, my dad would load us up on a flatbed truck and we would go from town to town and pick whatever crop was coming up. We moved from school to school so I didn’t have any friends–my family was my friends. I think of my dad when he had to negotiate with contratistas (contractors). I knew we worked so hard and the contratistas were chiseling us down to pennies. What was pennies to them meant food on the table for us.”
The poverty had tragic results on her family. She lost a young brother because her mother lacked proper medical care. In her interview with Treviño, she recalls “He was a new born baby. And he died when we were working in the fields in San Jose because my mother didn’t have access to health care. I have a memory of a small coffin. My parents couldn’t afford to bury him. They had to go to the local priest to have him buried.”
In spite of these obstacles, María Elena attended St. Mary’s College in Moraga, California, and graduated in 1975. In college she became involved in the Chicano Movement at the urging of her older brother. Then she entered the labor movement as an organizer for the International Ladies Garment Workers Union (later called UNITE, the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees).
In 1983, she joined the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union (HERE) Local 11 as an organizer. She soon found that the union as then constituted was not responsive to much of its membership– 70% of its members were immigrants from Mexico and Latin America, but held few leadership positions. Meetings were held in English and workers often didn’t know their rights.
While working as a union organizer, she pursued an education in law at the People’s College of Law and earned her degree in 1985.
By 1987, María Elena was ready to lead a drive by the rank and file of HERE Local 11 to make the union more responsive to its majority-Latino membership. The organizing drive successfully instituted a shop steward system that educated the rank and file on their rights, workers were now able to participation in negotiating their union contracts and all meetings and publications were from then on bilingual.
In 1988, she married fellow union activist Miguel Contreras whom she met while at HERE Local 11. Soon thereafter, in May of 1989, María Elena ran for and was elected President of Local 11. She served in that capacity from 1989 to 2006.
María Elena being arrested at New Otani protest
Her approach is not timid, often placing her in harm’s way. During the union’s campaign against the New Otani Hotel, the first hotel to be built non-union in downtown Los Angeles, she led workers in civil disobedience protests for which she was arrested after she and New Otani workers sat down at an intersection and would not move until police dragged them away. She felt a point had to be made.
As María Elena explains it, “The New Otani started a trend toward workers not having union rights and not being part of the union movement. Latino hotel workers versus very, very wealthy powerful corporation. I think its important that when a corporation takes on house keepers and dishwashers that they not feel they can squash us or that there will get away without repercussions.”
María Elena Durazo is a formidable force in Los Angeles and nationally.
In 1996, she became the first Latina elected to the Executive Board of HERE International Union.
In 2003, she served as National Director of the Immigrant Worker’s Freedom Ride which mobilized national support for legislation to revamp national immigration laws.
In 2004, she became the Executive Vice President of UNITE-HERE International, the organization made up of the UNITE and HERE unions which had merged.
In 2008 María Elena Durazo served as the Vice Chair of the Democratic National Convention Committee and as National Co-Chair of the Barrack Obama Presidential Campaign.
In 2010 she was reelected to serve as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.
Besides her union work, María Elena has served on many civic commissions and boards. Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley appointed her to the Los Angeles Commission on Airports, Mayor Richard Riordan appointed her to the Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Committee and she has also served on the California State Coastal Commission.
María Elena was married to the late union leader Miguel Contreras, who served as Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Los Angeles Federation of Labor from 1996 until his untimely death on May 6, 2005. She has two children with Miguel Contreras, , Mario and Michael Contreras.
Currently she serves as Chair of the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), a non-profit grassroots organization committed to creating quality jobs in Los Angeles; the Los Angeles City Economy and Jobs Committee; the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau and the California League of Conservation Voters.
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Magic City Hippies
Magic City Hippies began as a one-man band playing for the co-ed party scene on the streets of Miami -- serenading the 20-somethings with a mix of old- school hip-hop covers and breezy pop originals.
After months of stealing electricity and stirring up crowds of passers-by with his loop-based setup, Robby Hunter was given an ultimatum by the local police: to cease and desist from street performance or to get a gig at a “real bar.” Finding sanctuary in the neighborhood dive, Hunter enlisted the support of multi-instrumentalists Pat Howard (drums) and John Coughlin (guitar) for a regular Friday night gig (that paid, of course, in free beer).
The trio dubbed themselves Robby Hunter Band and released a self-produced, widely acclaimed debut LP in 2013 entitled Magic City Hippies, which included the beachy Hype Machine-topper "Corazón" alongside indie blog hits ”Hard On Me" and "BUST.”
Encouraged by the international reach and positive reception of their debut, they decided to expand their sound and approach under the better-fitting moniker Magic City Hippies (after the title of their debut LP). In July of 2015, the Magic City Hippies released the Hippie Castle EP, with the lead-off track "Fanfare" hitting #1 on both Spotify's Global Viral Top 50 and Hype Machine’s popular chart. The EP has accumulated over 10 million Spotify streams to date.
After the release of two follow-up singles, “HUSH” and “Heart Wants” in 2016, the band was picked up by Hippo Campus for an opening slot on a national tour, playing 40+ shows in over 30 states over the course of 8 weeks.
The exposure of the tour brought MCH to the attention of the festival world, with sets at Bonnaroo (2017), Hulaween (2017) and Okeechobee Fest (2018). MCH is currently set to perform at Electric Forest and Austin City Limits later this year, as well as a national tour in support of their new music.
“Body Like A Weapon” is the first single released from recording sessions from winter 2017/2018.
Wed. Jan. 23, 2019 8:30pm
Rialto Theatre
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Hans Brattskar
State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Hans Brattskar was appointed State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 2013. Prior to taking up this political position, Mr. Brattskar served as Norway’s ambassador to Kenya and the United Nations Office at Nairobi. A career diplomat since 1984, he has previously served as an ambassador to Sri Lanka and been posted to Washington D.C., Kuala Lumpur, and the UN Norwegian Mission in New York during Norway’s membership of the UN Security Council. He has also served for five years as the Chief of Staff for the Minister of International Development, and he has been in charge of Norway’s extensive financial support for the protection of rainforests. Mr. Brattskar is married with three children.
Appearances by Hans Brattskar
Illicit Financial Flows on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
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September 10, 2016 Messrs Internationalé
Adam Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is an American figure skater. He is the 2010 Four Continents champion and 2016 U.S. national champion. Earlier in his career, he won the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Championships, the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final, and the 2008 U.S junior national title. Rippon was selected to represent USA at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. This makes him the first openly gay American athlete to qualify for any Winter Olympics.[3]
Adam Rippon was born on November 11, 1989, in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[4] The oldest of six children,[5] he was born with severe hearing loss but underwent surgery at Yale University just before his first birthday, allowing him to hear almost perfectly.[6]
On October 2, 2015, Rippon publicly came out as gay.[7]
In February 2018, Rippon raised concerns about Vice President Mike Pence being chosen to lead the US delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony because of Pence's history of support for anti-gay legislation and policies. [8]
For jump abbreviations, see figure skating jumps.
Adam Rippon 2005 Croatia Cup
Rippon started to skate when he was ten years old; his mother skated and brought him along to the rink.[9][10] He was coached by Yelena Sergeeva from 2000 to 2007.[11]
In the 2004–05 season, Rippon won the silver medal at the Novice level at the 2005 U.S. Championships. After Nationals he was assigned a spring international assignment, Triglav Trophy in Slovenia 2005, and competed in the Junior division, finishing first and winning the gold medal. In the 2005–06 season, he debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. He competed at the 2005–06 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia and placed 6th. At the 2006 U.S. Championships, he finished 11th at the junior level. In the 2006–07 season, Rippon did not compete on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. He placed 6th on the junior level at the 2007 U.S. Championships. Following the event, he left Sergeeva and began working with Nikolai Morozov in February 2007 at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey.[9][12]
In the 2007–08 season, Rippon competed on the 2007–08 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. At his first event, the Harghita Cup in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania, he won the gold medal. He then won the silver medal at the Sofia Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. These two medals qualified him for the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. At that event, Rippon won the gold medal, and became the first man to break 200 points at a Junior level competition.
He went on to the 2008 U.S. Championships, where he won the Junior title.[13] The Professional Skaters Association recognized Rippon as having the best men's free skate at the National Championships and was awarded the EDI Award.[14] He earned a trip to the 2008 Junior Worlds, where he won the gold medal after finishing first in both segments.
Rippon at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships
Rippon moved up to the senior level in the 2008–09 season. In the Grand Prix season he was assigned to compete at the 2008 Skate America where he placed eighth and the 2008 Cup of Russia where he placed third in the short program and fifth overall. In late November 2008, Rippon left Morozov. In December 2008, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to begin training with Brian Orser at the Toronto Cricket, Skating & Curling Club.[15] Rippon officially announced his coaching change on January 2, 2009.[16]
At the 2009 U.S. Championships, his senior-level national debut, he placed seventh. He was named to the team for the 2009 Junior World Championships. At Junior Worlds, in his two programs, he landed a total of three 3A jumps, one in combination with a 2T. He won the competition, scoring 222.00 points and becoming the first single skater to win two World Junior titles.[17]
Rippon sprained his ankle during the summer and missed some training time.[18] For the 2009–10 season, Rippon was assigned to two Grand Prix events. At the 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard, he placed third in both segments of the competition and was awarded the bronze medal. At the 2009 NHK Trophy, he finished 6th after placing 8th in the short and 5th in the free.
Rippon at the 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard
At the 2010 U.S. Championships, Rippon finished 5th overall after ranking 4th in both segments. He had a fall on his step sequence in the short program.[19] Following the event, he was named as a second alternate for the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 World Championships, and assigned to the 2010 Four Continents Championships.[20] At Four Continents, he placed 7th in the short program and first in the free skate, winning the gold medal. He was included in the U.S. team to Worlds after other skaters withdrew; he placed 7th in the short program, 5th in the free skate, and 6th overall.
Rippon began his season at the Japan Open, where he finished ahead of Daisuke Takahashi and Evgeni Plushenko.[21] His assigned Grand Prix events for the 2010–11 ISU Grand Prix season were the 2010 Skate Canada International and the 2010 Skate America.[22] In Canada, Rippon had a collision with Patrick Chan during the morning practice before the short program but stated, "That was definitely the most exciting collision, maybe not the most dangerous."[23] He won the bronze medal after placing third in the short and second in the free skate. At the 2010 Skate America, Rippon placed third in the short program, 7th in the free skate, and 4th overall.
At the 2011 U.S. Championships, Rippon finished 5th and was assigned to the 2011 Four Continents Championships, where he had the same result.
On June 16, 2011, Rippon announced he was leaving Canada and returning to train in the US at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, home of his DSC-based choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo and began training under the charge of Jason Dungjen.[21][24][25]
In the 2011–12 season, Rippon was assigned to 2011 Skate Canada and 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard as his Grand Prix events. He opened the season with a 4th-place finish at Skate Canada. This competition marked Rippon's first attempt at including a quad jump in his free program. At Trophée Bompard, he was 4th in the short program, 3rd in the long, and finished 4th overall. Rippon won the silver medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships. He finished 4th at Four Continents and 13th at Worlds.
In September 2012, Rippon announced a coaching change, moving to train with Rafael Arutyunyan in Lake Arrowhead, California.[26][27] At the 2012 Cup of China, Rippon collided with China's Song Nan – who sustained a concussion and withdrew – a minute into the final warm up before the free skate.[28][29] Rippon said, "I kind of turned around to go into a jump and I think when Nan Song and I saw each other we both tried to avoid each other, but we went in the same way and we went head first into each other."[28] Rippon finished 4th at the event and 8th at the 2012 NHK Trophy. At the 2013 U.S. Championships, he landed three triple Axels and finished 5th.[30] He was assigned to the 2013 Four Continents but withdrew after sustaining an ankle injury on February 2, 2013.[31]
In October 2013, Rippon competed at the 2013 Skate America. He included a quad lutz in both his short and long programs. He set personal bests in both segments, capturing the silver medal and finishing as the top American over Max Aaron and Jason Brown.[32] In November he competed for the NHK Trophy and posted a new ISU personal best in the short program 82.25. He landed a quad toe-loop in both segments and finished fourth overall.
In October 2014, Rippon competed at the 2014 CS Finlandia Trophy finishing first in the free program and second overall. At the end of October he finished 7th in the free skate and 10th overall at the 2014 Skate Canada International. In November he finished 5th at the 2014 Trophee Eric Bompard after placing third in the free skate. It was a season plagued with equipment issues.[citation needed] Rippon adjusted his blade brand and mount, took on a new trainer to work with his team and met with renewed consistency at U.S. Championships, landing effortless triple axels and once again including a quad lutz in his short and long programs. He went on to win the free-skate portion of the competition and finished second overall with the silver medal. He was assigned to both the Four Continents team and the Worlds team.[33]
Rippon won gold at the 2016 U.S. Championships. He placed sixth at the 2016 World Championships in Boston with a lively program to a medley of Beatles tunes.[34] The audience gave him a standing ovation.[35]
After taking bronze at the 2016 CS U.S. Classic, Rippon won bronze at both of his Grand Prix competitions – the 2016 Skate America and 2016 Trophée de France. As a result, he qualified for the first time to the Grand Prix Final. He would finish 6th at the event in Marseille, France.
During an off-ice warmup on January 6, 2017, Rippon sprained his left ankle and fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in his left foot, resulting in his withdrawal from the 2017 U.S. Championships.[36]
Starting his season strong with a bronze medal at 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, Rippon then went on to win silver medals in both of his Grand Prix assignments, 2017 NHK Trophy and 2017 Skate America. His placements at these events qualified him for his second Grand Prix Final.[37] During his free skate at Skate America, Rippon's shoulder came out of place while executing a quad lutz, but he was able to continue with his performance without stopping.[38] On January 7, 2018 Rippon was one of three men selected to represent USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, even though he placed fourth at nationals.[39] This makes him the United States’ first openly gay athlete to qualify for any Winter Olympics.[3]
Rippon's signature move is a 3Lz that he executes with both arms above his head, colloquially dubbed the "Rippon Lutz".[40][41] He is capable of performing the 3Lz-2T-2Lo combination with one hand over his head in all three jumps (colloquially the "'Tano Lutz" after Brian Boitano, who invented the move). He is also one of the few men able to do a competent lay-back spin.
Rippon performs his short program to Jonathan Livingston Seagull at the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships.
Free skating
[6][42]
Advice of Tomorrow
by Ciuju Nelabai
Let Me Think About It (Eddie Thoneick Remix)
by Ida Corr, Fedde le Grand
choreo. by Jeffrey Buttle
by Sia Furler, Benjamin Levin, Stargate
performed by Adam Rippon[43][note 1]
choreo. by Benji Schwimmer, Jeffrey Buttle
Arrival of the Birds / Exodus
from The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos
by The Cinematic Orchestra
O (Fly On)
choreo. by Benji Schwimmer
Diamonds[44][45]
performed by Adam Rippon[note 2][note 3]
[4][46][47]
Bloodstream
by Stateless
Getaway[48]
by Tritonal featuring Angel Taylor
Diamonds[48]
covered by Josef Salvat
[49][50][51][52][53]
by Queen
choreo. by Tom Dickson
The Beatles medley:
Because (The World is Round)
Blackbird[54][55] replaced Yesterday[56]
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles medley [57]
(selections from the 15–2016 free skating)
O (Fly On) [57]
choreo. by Benji Schwimmer[58]
by Led Zeppelin
choreo. by Tom Dickson[55]
[59][60][61]
by Hans Zimmer
choreo. by Adam Rippon
Tuxedo Junction
covered by Quincy Jones
choreo. by Catarina Lindgren
Piano Concerto No. 1
by Franz Liszt
All Alone[62]
by Geir Rönning
After Tonight[63]
by Justin Nozuka
Suite from Carmen for Strings and Drums
by Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin
choreo. by Cindy Stuart
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
by Claude Debussy
A Song for You[62]
by Leon Russell
Nessun dorma
choreo. by Rafael Arutyunyan
Life's Incredible Again
Saving Metroville
by Michael Giacchino
choreo. by Rafael Arutyunyan and Michael Seibert[66]
by Justin Nozuka choreo. by Adam Rippon
Korobushko
choreo. by Shae-Lynn Bourne[21]
Toccata & Fugue
choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo[21]
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
by Pyotr Tchaikovsky
choreo. by David Wilson, Sébastien Britten
choreo. by David Wilson
by Jet
Love Theme from Cinema Paradiso
by Ennio Morricone
performed by Itzhak Perlman
choreo. by Molly Oberstar and Adam Rippon[69]
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
by Samuel Barber
choreo. by David Wilson[71]
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
from A Little Night Music
by Stephen Sondheim
I, Pagliacci
by Ruggero Leoncavallo
by Westlife
choreo. by Olga Orlova, David Wilson
by Jon Peter Lewis
Moonlight Sonata
by Ludwig van Beethoven
I Pagliacci
choreo. by Nikolai Morozov[12]
I'll Still be Diggin' On James Brown[73]
by Tubes in Town
Masquerade Waltz
by Aram Khachaturian
choreo. by Yelena Sergeeva
by Tchaikovsky
Because We Believe[73]
by Andrea Bocelli
by Giovanni
choreo. by Yelena Segeeva
Croatian Rhapsody
by Maksim Mrvica
Whisper from the Mirror
by Keiko Matsui
Rondo Capriccioso
by Camille Saint-Saëns
by Ludwig Minkus
Winter (modern version)
(from The Four Seasons)
by Antonio Vivaldi
Hungarian Rhapsody
Fantaisie Impromptu Op.66
by Frédéric Chopin
Competitive highlights
Rippon (center) at the 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final podium
Rippon (right) at the 2016 Skate America podium
Rippon (left) at the 2013 Skate America podium
Rippon (right) at the 2010 Skate Canada International podium
Rippon (right) at the 2011 Trophée Éric Bompard podium
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
2009–10 to present
International[74]
Olympics TBD
Worlds 6th 13th 8th 6th TBD
Four Continents 1st 5th 4th WD 8th 10th
GP Final 6th 5th
GP Cup of China 4th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 8th 4th 2nd
GP Rostelecom 4th
GP Skate America 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 3rd 4th 10th 4th
GP Trophée 3rd 4th 5th 3rd
CS Finlandia 2nd 2nd 3rd
CS Golden Spin 2nd
CS U.S. Classic 3rd
National[6]
U.S. Champ. 5th 5th 2nd 5th 8th 2nd 1st WD 4th
Team events
Cup 1st T
3rd P
Japan Open 2nd T
1st P 3rd T
5th P
Trophy 2nd T
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.
2002–03 to 2008–09
GP Skate America 8th
International: Junior[74]
Junior Worlds 1st 1st
JGP Final 1st
JGP Bulgaria 2nd
JGP Croatia 6th
JGP Romania 1st
Triglav Trophy 1st J
U.S. Champ. 2nd N 11th J 6th J 1st J 7th
U.S. Jr. Champ. 7th V 6th I
Eastern Sect. 1st N 3rd J 1st J
South Atlantic 4th V 4th I 4th N 1st J 1st J
WD = Withdrew
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior
19–25 March 2018 2018 World Figure Skating Championships
16–17 February 2018 2018 Winter Olympics
Dec. 29 – Jan. 8, 2018 2018 U.S. Championships 2
December 7–10, 2017 2017–18 Grand Prix Final 6
November 24–26, 2017 2017 Skate America 2
November 10–12, 2017 2017 NHK Trophy 4
October 6–8, 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
November 11–13, 2016 2016 Trophée de France 4
October 21–23, 2016 2016 Skate America 2
September 14–18, 2016 2016 CS U.S. Classic 1
March 28 – April 3, 2016 2016 World Championships 7
January 16–24, 2016 2016 U.S. Championships 3
December 3–5, 2015 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3
November 20–22, 2015 2015 GP Cup of Russia 6
October 30 – November 1, 2015 2015 GP Skate Canada 3
October 9–11, 2015 2015 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
March 23–29, 2015 2015 World Championships 11
February 9–15, 2015 2015 Four Continents Championships 12
November 21–23, 2014 2014 GP Trophée Bompard 7
October 31 – November 2, 2014 2014 GP Skate Canada 11
January 20–26, 2014 2014 Four Continents Championships 8
January 5–12, 2014 2014 U.S. Championships 6
November 8–10, 2013 2013 GP NHK Trophy 4
October 18–20, 2013 2013 GP Skate America 3
November 23–25, 2012 2012 GP NHK Trophy 8
November 2–4, 2012 2012 GP Cup of China 4
April 19–22, 2012 2012 ISU World Team Trophy 7
147.80 2T/7P
March 26 – April 1, 2012 2012 World Championships 10
February 7–12, 2012 2012 Four Continents Championships 7
November 18–20, 2011 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard 4
October 27–30, 2011 2011 Skate Canada International 4
February 15–20, 2011 2011 Four Continents Championships 4
November 11–14, 2010 2010 GP Skate America 3
October 28–31, 2010 2010 GP Skate Canada 3
October 2, 2010 Japan Open (individual) – 1
166.63 –
March 22–28, 2010 2010 World Championships 7
November 5–8, 2009 2009 GP NHK Trophy 8
October 15–18, 2009 2009 GP Trophée Eric Bompard 3
February 23 – March 1,
2009 2009 World Junior Championships Junior 1
January 18–25, 2009 2009 U.S. Championships Senior 12
November 21–23, 2008 2008 GP Cup of Russia Senior 3
October 23–26, 2008 2008 GP Skate America Senior 8
January 20–27, 2008 2008 U.S. Championships Junior 1
December 6–9, 2007 2007–08 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 1
October 3–6, 2007 2007 Junior Grand Prix, Bulgaria Junior 1
September 6–9, 2007 2007 Junior Grand Prix, Romania Junior 1
November 16–18, 2006 2007 Eastern Sectionals Junior 1
October 16–21, 2006 2007 South Atlantic Regionals Junior 1
January 7–15, 2006 2006 U.S. Championships Junior 8
October 6–9, 2005 2005 Junior Grand Prix, Croatia Junior 6
October 26–29, 2005 2006 South Atlantic Regionals Junior 1 1 1
April 13–17, 2005 2005 Triglav Trophy Junior 4 1 1
January 9–16, 2005 2005 U.S. Championships Novice 1 2 2
November 18–20, 2004 2005 Eastern Sectionals Novice 1 1 1
October 5–9, 2004 2005 South Atlantic Regionals Novice 2 4 4
SP = Short program; FS = Free skating
^ Both the 2017–2018 short program and an exhibition program from early 2017 are based on the same music composition, Diamonds. However, the vocal performer and the choreography are different.
^ Rippon performed the song, but did not skate at the 2017 NHK Trophy gala exhibition.
^ Rippon performed the song, and skated to the original version of the song by Rihanna at the 2017 Grand Prix Final gala exhibition.
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Four Continents champions in figure skating – Men's singles
1999: Takeshi Honda
2000: Elvis Stojko
2001: Li Chengjiang
2002: Jeffrey Buttle
2006: Nobunari Oda
2008: Daisuke Takahashi
2009: Patrick Chan
2010: Adam Rippon
2013: Kevin Reynolds
2014: Takahito Mura
2015: Denis Ten
2017: Nathan Chen
2018: Jin Boyang
World Junior champions in figure skating – Men's singles
1976: Mark Cockerell
1977: Daniel Beland
1978: Dennis Coi
1979: Vitali Egorov
1980: Alexander Fadeyev
1981: Paul Wylie
1982: Scott Williams
1983: Christopher Bowman
1984: Viktor Petrenko
1985: Erik Larson
1986: Vladimir Petrenko
1987: Rudy Galindo
1988: Todd Eldredge
1989: Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk
1990: Igor Pashkevich
1991: Vasili Eremenko
1992: Dmytro Dmytrenko
1993: Evgeni Pliuta
1994: Michael Weiss
1995: Ilia Kulik
1996: Alexei Yagudin
1997: Evgeni Plushenko
1998: Derrick Delmore
1999: Ilia Klimkin
2000: Stefan Lindemann
2001: Johnny Weir
2003: Alexander Shubin
2004: Andrei Griazev
2006: Takahiko Kozuka
2007: Stephen Carriere
2008–2009: Adam Rippon
2010: Yuzuru Hanyu
2011: Andrei Rogozine
2012: Yan Han
2013: Joshua Farris
2014: Nam Nguyen
2015: Shoma Uno
2016: Daniel Samohin
2017: Vincent Zhou
Junior Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating – Men's singles
1997: Timothy Goebel
1998: Vincent Restencourt
1999: Gao Song
2000: Ma Xiaodong
2001: Stanislav Timchenko
2004: Dennis Phan
2008: Florent Amodio
2010: Richard Dornbush
2011: Jason Brown
2012: Maxim Kovtun
2016: Dmitri Aliev
2017: Alexei Krasnozhon
United States national champions in figure skating – Men's singles
1914: Norman M. Scott
1918: Nathaniel Niles
1920–1924: Sherwin Badger
1926: Chris Christenson
1928–1934: Roger Turner
1935–1939: Robin Lee
1940–1941: Eugene Turner
1942: Bobby Specht
1943: Arthur Vaughn Jr.
1946–1952: Dick Button
1953–1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins
1957–1960: David Jenkins
1961: Bradley Lord
1962: Monty Hoyt
1963: Thomas Litz
1964: Scott Allen
1965: Gary Visconti
1968–1970: Tim Wood
1971: John Misha Petkevich
1972: Kenneth Shelley
1973–1975: Gordon McKellen
1976: Terry Kubicka
1977–1980: Charles Tickner
1981–1984: Scott Hamilton
1985–1988: Brian Boitano
1990–1991: Todd Eldredge
1993–1994: Scott Davis
1999–2000: Michael Weiss
2004–2006: Johnny Weir
2007–2008: Evan Lysacek
2009–2010: Jeremy Abbott
2011: Ryan Bradley
2012: Jeremy Abbott
2013: Max Aaron
2017–2018: Nathan Chen
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About Len Hutton - The Authorised Biography by Gerald Howat
Cricket fans everywhere will know of Len Hutton [1916–90] who as an opening batsman, enjoyed a stellar career with Yorkshire and England before and after the Second World War.
Born into a family of cricketers in Fulneck, near Bradford, Hutton played the game as a schoolboy and joined Pudsey St Lawrence CC as a junior member, aged 12. He soon became established at the club and by the time he reached his 16th birthday, he was a regular first team player. As Hutton’s reputation grew he was introduced into County cricket with Yorkshire where he began quietly in the second team. His early experiences added to coaching from Yorkshire’s staff brought Hutton, aged twenty, into Yorkshire’s first team as the County’s opening batsman.
Never flamboyant but always defensively sound, Hutton was one of the best batsmen in the world and in 1938 at the Oval, showed his brilliance in the last Test of an Ashes series. His score of 364 was a monumental achievement and remained the highest Test innings for twenty years.
When serving in the Army in the Second World War, Hutton fractured his left arm in an accident in a gymnasium. The injury never healed properly and despite several operations, the arm settled at about two inches shorter than his right arm.
Despite the injury Hutton returned to First Class cricket where his Test and County career culminated in his appointment as captain of England, the first modern professional cricketer to achieve that honour. After victory in the Ashes series of 1953, Hutton took a young party to Australia to defend them and, with the help of the devastating pace attack of Tyson and Statham, emerged victorious. Hutton retired in 1956 and was knighted in the same year.
This excellent biography was written with the full cooperation of the subject and is now reissued with more illustrations, to commemorate the centenary of Len Hutton’s birth.
Gerald Howat
Gerald Howat [1928-2007] was educated at Glenalmond, Edinburgh University and Exeter College, Oxford, where he took a research degree in nineteenth century history. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and wrote several books of an historical nature. He was the author of several cricket books including five biographies, that of Sir Learie Constantine winning a literary award. He was a regular contributor to various cricket journals and for many years, reported schools’ cricket. Gerald Howat played MCC cricket and appeared for his local club, Moreton in Oxfordshire, of which he became president in 1990, until well past the age of discretion. He was a fully qualified umpire and his younger son Michael, won a cricket Blue at Cambridge. His last book was an autobiography, Cricket All My Life.
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Review by Timothy Heck, King's College London
Prelude to Berlin: The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945
Ed. and trans. Richard W. Harrison
Solihull, UK: Helion, 2016. Pp. xiii, 635. ISBN 978–0–910777–16–9.
Soviet military operations during World War II remain an understudied subject among Western historians. Standard histories of the war, often written with the assistance of captured German generals in the 1950s, "routinely tended to describe warfare against a faceless and formless enemy, an enemy whose sole attributes were its army's immense size and its limitlessness supply of expendable human resources."[1] Symposia at the US Army War College's Center for Land Warfare in the mid-1980s produced excellent Cold War-era histories of Red Army operations in 1942–45. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, more nuanced and better informed studies have appeared, thanks to the release of documents by the Russian Federation's military archives and the publication of memoirs by Soviet participants in the war. Other works, written for both scholarly and popular audiences, have explored the campaigns on the Eastern Front with greater depth and insight than earlier histories based chiefly on German memoirs.
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Helion and Company has now published a number of English translations[2] of formerly secret Soviet General Staff studies of wartime operations that have filled gaps in Western knowledge of both Soviet operations and the postwar Soviet understanding and exploitation of them. In Prelude to Berlin, historian Richard Harrison (formerly of the US Military Academy) has edited and translated seven Soviet sources concerning operations in Winter 1945 that brought the Red Army within striking distance of Berlin. The volume opens with a 1965 article entitled "How the Last Campaign for Defeating Hitler's Germany Was Planned" by Col. Gen. S.M. Shtemenko,[3] the wartime deputy chief of the Red Army General Staff. There follow five Soviet Army General Staff studies of operations in the Vistula-Oder region, East Prussia, East Pomerania, Lower Silesia, and Upper Silesia, written between 1947 and 1957. The book concludes with a collection of recently published wartime planning documents and orders related to specific operations.
As General Staff studies, these papers are replete with details about orders of battle, command and control relationships, logistics, correlation of forces, and questions of manpower and materiel. Although dry, these particulars clarify the Soviets' planning and execution of massive front-scale military operations, the growth of the Red Army, and the influence of years of intense combat on Soviet military art. They capture the perspective of a front commander in the realm of operational and strategic planning, but, as discrete studies by various authors, they display distinct, uneven levels of analysis.
Harrison notes that the materials gathered in Prelude to Berlin are presented essentially as they were originally written. It comes as no surprise, then, that they are saturated in Marxist-Leninist jargon and communist social, military, political, and economic ideology. For example, Soviet commanders' decisions are praised for "proving correct" this or that Soviet principle or "justifying" Lenin's understanding of war. While not quite as pedantic as works like Adm. S.G. Gorshkov's The Sea Power of the State,[4] the studies collected here are patently products of their time.
Some of the authors make bold but dubious claims about the timing of operations and their impact on Western Allied successes. Others hew to party-line propaganda to provide a context for ensuing Soviet actions. For example, the 1953 analysis of operations in Lower Silesia states "the sole force withstanding the neo-Fascist aspirations of American imperialism and that of its English partner was the Soviet Union." Hence, the Western Allies are routinely presented as "treacherous," "impudent and criminal," and harboring a "disgusting desire to foil the Soviet Army's [offensives]" (342). Fortunately, more recent historians have preferred facts to dogma.
"Ideological boilerplate" aside, these studies are remarkably forthright about deficiencies in Soviet leadership, planning, and logistics. We read, for instance, that the Eighth Mechanized Corps and its commander were "insufficiently decisive" (319) during the East Pomeranian campaign. In short, the essays present balanced accounts of the decisive campaigns that destroyed the remnants of German military strength in the East.
During the Cold War, Western analysis of Soviet operations during the so-called Great Patriotic War were preoccupied with their effect on NATO policies and strategy. Prelude's staff studies reinforce James McConnell's judgment that "Soviet military scientists … do not believe in history for its own sake."[5] The essays collected here were written for Soviet officers in command of forces opposing the Western (later NATO) allies. In that light, specific Soviet actions are presented because they "offer instructive examples" (274) for modern combat operations. In short, this is not history in the traditional sense, but a set of tutorials based on battlefield experience intended to prepare officers for future combat.
This is not a book for the casual reader; it is a dense technical work packed with the minutiae of campaign planning and execution. Unlike the multivolume History of the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union, 1941–1945,[6] it tells few human-interest stories of action below the brigade level and rarely mentions individual soldiers. But Prelude to Berlin does evoke the speed and power of Soviet Army advances late in the war. Ten days into the East Prussian offensive, elements of the Red Army arrived in the town of Elbing, where they found a population "living the usual life of a rear-area town: lights burned in places, soldiers from the tank school were marching and singing songs, and trolley cars were working" (214). Near Lubawa, Soviet units found a sign reading "The rallying point for the personnel of the 507th 'Tiger' Tank Battalion is in Bischdorf. Pass through the towns of Deutsch Eylau and Freistadt in the direction of Graudenz" (216)! Such incidents attest to the swiftness of Soviet offensives against German defenders.
One serious drawback of the book is the paucity of maps. The publisher includes just seven; oddly, some campaign studies have none, while the Vistula-Oder campaign merits three. This is unfortunate, given the vast scale of the operations discussed and the difficulty of visualizing them.
Overall, Richard Harrison has done a great service in making these detailed staff studies available to Anglophone readers; they illuminate the Soviet winter offensive of 1945 across "a broad front [of] 1,200 kilometers … [with] truly enormous" strategic results (280). Equally important, in the present global context, as Russia aggressively reasserts its military power, Prelude to Berlin will acquaint Western commanders and defense planners with the value system and thought processes of the inheritors of the long Soviet military tradition.
[1] David M. Glantz, The Failures of Historiography: Forgotten Battles of the German-Soviet War (1941–1945) (Fort Leavenworth, KS: Foreign Military Studies Office, 1991).
[2] Other volumes in the series to date, all of them edited and translated by the indefatigable Richard Harrison, are The Battle of Moscow 1941–1942: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counter-Offensive along the Moscow Strategic Direction (2015), Rollback: The Red Army's Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942–1943 (2016), The Battle of Kursk: The Red Army's Defensive Operations and Counter-Offensive, July–August 1943 (2016), The Berlin Operation, 1945 (2016), Operation Bagration, 23 June–29 August 1944: The Rout of the German Forces in Belorussia (2017), The Budapest Operation (28 October 1944–13 February 1945): An Operational-Strategic Study (2017), The Iasi-Kishinev Operation, 20–29 August 1944: The Red Army's Summer Offensive into the Balkans (forthcoming 2017).
[3] In the Soviet Ministry of Defense's Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal [military-historical journal]. The article seems to be a more detailed and sophisticated version of his essays printed in the English-language Soviet Military Review in the 1960s and 1970s.
[4] Annapolis: Naval Inst Pr, 1979.
[5] "Analyzing Soviet Intentions: A Short Guide to Soviet Military Literature," Center for Naval Analyses 593 (Mar 1989) 7.
[6] Ed. P.N. Pospelov (Moscow: Inst. Marxism-Leninism of Central Committee KPSS, 1960).
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Review: ‘Coco’ (2017)
By Will Oliver, November 22, 2017
Coco | Lee Unkrich | November 22, 2017
Coco is the latest from the trustworthy Pixar Animation Studios and their strongest work since 2015’s Inside Out. It’s no surprise, as director Lee Unkrich was behind Toy Story 3 – and shared co-director credits on Toy Story 2, Finding Nemo and Monsters, Inc.
Coco focuses on a bright-eyed young budding musician named Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez). He lives in the small fictional Mexican village of Santa Cecilia, hoping to follow the footsteps of his hero and local icon Ernesto de la Cruz (Benjamin Bratt). All he wants is to follow his dream of making music, but there’s only one problem: his family has banned any and all music. The harsh rule has been a part of the family for generations after Miguel’s great-great-grandfather left his family to pursue his musical dreams, never to return. This devastated his great-great-grandmother so much that she had totally banned music in her family and instead embarked on a career as a cobbler, which she turned into a family business that was passed down from one generation to the next. This sense of hurt is primarily felt by Miguel’s great-grandmother Coco (Ana Ofelia Murguia), who even at her extreme age still calls out for her beloved father to come back.
Miguel’s pursuit of music and his family’s beliefs come to a head during the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, where he finds a link between his great-great-grandfather possibly being Ernesto de la Cruz, which motivates him to try out for the village’s annual talent contest, except that his grandmother (Renée Victor) smashes his guitar, enraged that he put music ahead of what is supposed to be a day spent celebrating with his family. Heartbroken and motivated to show them all that he’s meant for a life of music, he attempts to steal de la Cruz’s guitar in a mausoleum, only to find that it has magically transported him (and the local neighborhood dog Dante) to the Land of the Dead. It’s there where spirits of our loved ones remain free to celebrate their lives and cross back to the land of the living during this special day, as long as their loved ones haven’t forgotten their memory in the form of putting a photo of them during the celebration.
It’s in this magical land where he meets all his relatives and an oddball character named Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal) who is close to becoming forgotten and will soon fade away. Hector agrees to help him find Ernesto de la Cruz if Miguel agrees to get Hector’s photo to the land of the living. Time is of the essence and our young hero’s journey in the Land of the Dead is on the clock, as he only has until sunrise to get it all done, or else he’s stuck there for good. The plot is easy to follow and digestible for younger viewers, but the sense of urgency is felt all the same. The visuals created by cinematographers Matt Aspbury and Danielle Feinberg that depict the Land of the Dead are absolutely stunning on every level, a visual treat with bright colors illuminating the land. It results in some of Pixar’s most striking visuals to date – which is saying something.
The story beats are a bit safe and predictable, as any viewers who are paying close enough attention will be able to pick up on the many clues that writers Adrian Molina (who co-directed this with Unkrich) and Matthew Aldrich leave behind. I’ll admit that I did easily predict the major plot twists of it once the pieces came into play, but even so, they still hit me like a ton of bricks when the reveal occurred because it’s handled so delicately and with heartfelt, genuine emotion that is undeniable. Similarly to the 2015 great Pixar effort Inside Out, there are many moments here that will unleash the waterworks. During it’s crushing final moments, I heard plenty of open weeping and could see audience members close to me wiping away the tears, myself included.
It’s hard not to see the connective thread between it and The Book Of Life, another animated film that covers a similar topic. But then again Coco began production two years before it’s release and does plenty to stand out from The Book Of Life – which also was very solid in its own right. But even with that connection and somewhat predictable plot, I would be lying if I didn’t become completely undone by its beautiful ending which totally hit all the right notes and left me an emotional wreck. Its themes about family and love are universal – and like so many great Pixar films before it, they find a way to hammer it home in a way that never feels preachy, but rather wholesome and true. It’s the rare film that gets better as it goes along, building towards a climax that it hits way out of the park.
Points to Pixar and the creative team behind the film for bringing in an authentic voice cast and going out and consulting Mexican families and talent to make this film as real and authentic as possible and to avoid cultural appropriation. I can’t personally speak from the Mexican perspective of course, but from the way Pixar approached the film, it seems like they did their job and tried to make it as real as possible. From the lovely score from the great Michael Giacchino to the memorable original songs from Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina, and Robert Lopez (the aptly-titled “Remember Me” is a particular highlight and has a real shot to pick up Best Original Song come Oscar night) and the amazing visuals, Coco hits all the right notes and had me leaving the theater knowing that I just witnessed yet another winner from the studio that will be remembered for a long time.
Categories: Disney, Franchises, Reviews
Tagged: Adrian Molina, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Anthony Gonzalez, Benjamin Bratt, Coco, Danielle Feinberg, Disney Pixar, Finding Nemo, Gael García Bernal, Germaine Franco, Inc., Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Lee Unkrich, Matt Aspbury, Matthew Aldrich, Michael Giacchino, Monsters, Pixar, Renée Victor, Robert Lopez, The Book Of Life, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3
Review: ‘The Light of the Moon’
Review: ‘Justice League’ (2017)
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Munich Derby - 2:30 ET, Setanta
The fierce rivalry between Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich gets renewed tonight, as the teams meet in the quarterfinals of the German Cup. The Munich derby is one of the biggest in European football, but in recent years league/cup games between the two sides have been hard to come by. Tonight, however, that will all change as the club meet competitively for the first time in four years.
Americans Gregg Berhalter and Josh Wolff will likely be suiting up for 1860 in a game that will be played at the Allianz Arena in front of around 70,000 fans. Lucky for us here in the states, the game will be televised on Setanta sports, with coverage beginning at 2:30 pm ET. You can read more about the storied rivalry between the two clubs here.
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CORY GIBBS (CHARLTON ATHLETIC)
Cory Gibbs is recovering well from injury, and appeared in Charlton's reserve match last night. The defender played the full 90 minutes at center back, and looks to be on his way back into the reckoning for the first team. His potential return couldn't come at a better time for Charlton, who are currently in 6th place in the Championship table. With 12 matches to go in the season, Charlton are looking consolidate their position in the playoffs - the teams placed 2nd through 6th in the table play post-season games to determine promotion to the Premier League.
Weekend Round Up: Europe
In the Eredivisie, Heerenveen's charge for a European place took a hit with 3-2 loss at home to NEC Nijmegen. Heerenveen went up 1-0 in the 1st half before being reduced to 10 men after a red card to the Goalkeeper in the 23rd minute.
Heerenveen added another before halftime, and even had the majority of chances in the game, but eventually NEC's numerical advantage handed them the edge. Three second half goals, including an injury time winner, handed NEC the victory and condemned Heerenveen to their first defeat in 2008.
Michael Bradley played the full 90 minutes for Heerenveen, and hit the bar in the second half with a header (check out the red carded Brian Vandenbussche watching from the locker room too!)
In Portugal, Benfica tied Braga 1-1, and slipped further behind leaders Porto in the Portuguese table. Freddy Adu came on as a sub in the 83rd minute for the Eagles.
Hannover have endured a tough start to the second half of the Bundesliga season and are yet to win since the league recommenced earlier this month. This weekend was no different, as Hannover slipped into the bottom half of the table following a 2-1 loss away to VFL Bochum. Hannover's bad luck of late was epitomized by Steve Cherundolo's unlucky own goal in the game (reminiscient of Gooch's against Brazil) and hopefully the team will be able to turn their fortunes in this Saturday's home clash with Nurnberg. Sal Zizzo was on the subs bench but did not play for Hannover this weekend.
Speaking of Gooch, Standard Liege tied Gent 0-0 this weekend. The result leaves Onyewu's club in second place, two points behind Club Brugge after 23 games played.
Weekend Round Up: England
Fulham suited up five American's for the game against West Ham on Saturday, with Brian McBride and Clint Dempsey featuring in the starting 11. Eddie Johnson also made his debut for the club, coming on in the 76th minute to replace Clint on the wing for the Cottagers. Ultimately it was another late goal that decided the game, and Nolberto Soloano's contentious winner left Fulham with no points on the day. Jonathan Spector came on as a late sub for West Ham as the Hammers climbed to tenth place with the victory.
Reading suffered a 2-1 loss to Aston Villa at the Madejeski Stadium on Saturday. Marcus Hahnemann was in goal for the Royals, who remain in the relegation zone (along with Fulham and Derby) at the bottom of the Premier League table.
In the Championship, Jay DeMerit returned from injury for Watford, coming on as a late second half sub in Saturday's tie against Preston North End. The Hornets, however, dropped out of the top two in the Championship as a result of the 0-0 draw.
Today, Tim Howard and Everton take on Manchester City in a game that will be televised live on Setanta Sports from 2 pm ET. Everton have fallen out of the top four on goal differential, but a win tonight will vault them over bitter rival Liverpool who currently occupy the final Champions League spot.
Brief Weekend Update!
Heerenveen were involved in a 2-2 draw with SC Heracles Almelo on Saturday. Michael Bradley played the full 90 minutes, but didn't score for the first time in seven games and his club could only draw. The result leaves Heerenveen in fifth place, though a logjam still exists at the top of the Eredivisie: two points separate second place from fifth.
In Germany, Steve Cherundolo and Hannover slipped to defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich, being on the wrong end of a Luca Toni hat trick.
Over in Portugal, Freddy Adu made a substitute appearance in the 72nd minute of Benfica's 2-0 win Naval 1˚ Maio.
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Michael Bradley was on the scoresheet again as Heerenveen earned a hard fought away point at league leaders PSV Eindhoven. The goal was Bradley’s seventh in six games, and his club now sits in second place after Ajax’s loss to Roda JC. Heerenveen, on 44 points, is tied with Ajax, Feyenoord and NAC Breda, but Bradley’s team leapfrogs the competition courtesy of a superior goal differential. Also check out this interview with Michael about his trip back from the states.
In England, Fulham succumbed to a 1-0 defeat away to Middlesbrough. On the positive side for the Cottagers, Brian McBride made his long awaited return from injury, coming off the bench to play 26 minutes in the loss. Kasey Keller, Carlos Bocanegra and Clint Dempsey were also on the bench, with Clint entering the game at the beginning of the second half.
Everton maintained its fourth place position with a dour 1-0 win against Reading. American goalkeepers minded the nets for both teams, as Tim Howard collected his third straight shutout and Marcus Hahnemann stopped six shots for Reading. In the end, a Phil Jagielka goal was the difference between the two sides. Reading slide to 18th place and inside the relegation zone with the loss.
Jonathan Spector made a last minute substitute appearance for West Ham as the Hammer’s drew 1-1 with Birmingham City at Upton Park.
In the Bundesliga, Steve Cherundolo was fit again for Hannover’s 2-2 draw with Karlsruhe, while in Belgium, Oguchi Onyewu marshaled a Standard Liege backline that contributed to a 0-0 draw with Roeselare, extending Standard's unbeaten run to 21 games.
Benfica drew 0-0 with CD Nacional de Madeira on Saturday, and now lie 10 points behind leaders Porto. After returning from Houston the day before, Freddy Adu was an unused substitute in the game.
COMMENT CARDS WELCOME
It has certainly been an exciting night here in Houston, with some great goals, electrifying atmosphere and the debut of the new Nike gear. (Admit it, the jerseys looked cool on t.v.!)
We delivered loads of content to you tonight that included return of Studio 90, live streaming of the pre-game warmups, and of course the first-ever ESPN360/ussoccer.com post-game show. We'd love to hear what you think, so chime in with your suggestions, comments, glowing praise ... you get the idea. Like McDonalds' says, we do it all for you!
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PRE-GAME COVERAGE CONTINUES
Don't miss the pre-game warmups, which will be streamed live beginning at approx. 7:30 p.m. CT!
THE COUNTDOWN STARTS...
Press conference. Check. Numbers pressed onto new jerseys. Check. Training in the stadium. Check. Yup, looks like we're all set for Wednesday's U.S.A. vs. Mexico match. The game looks to be headed for a sellout and if 2003 is anything to go by, it is going to be LOUD. We’re spending the day getting ready, so we’ll leave you with some links to stuff you may enjoy over the course of the day (though be sure to check back here before the game as we may have a pretty important scoop for you).
Podcast: Oguchi Onyewu, Drew Moor, Michael Bradley and Clint Dempsey after training on Tuesday.
Podcast: Landon Donovan on USA/Mexico
Article: The Facts of a Rivalry: USA – MEX
STUDIO 90 IS BACK!
The prayers of untold thousands have been answered! (C'mon, it's USA-Mexico. Everything gets hyped!) Studio 90 is back with a brand new edition to prime you for tonight's Clasico at Reliant Stadium. You can look forward a review of the rivarly, a day in the life of Clint Dempsey as he travels thousands of miles just 48 hours before kickoff, a sit-down with Jozy Altidore, and a ussoccer.com exclusive interview with one of the most reclusive figures in U.S. Soccer. It's the quality you've come to know and love from the Studio 90 crew, so stay at your desks a little longer today to catch the latest episode around 4 p.m CT on ussoccer.com
Fans looking for a place to watch the U.S. take on Mexico should head to one of U.S. Soccer's Official Viewing parties being hosted by the Official U.S. Soccer Bars. In Chicago, fans should meet at The Globe, winner of U.S. Soccer's Best Soccer Bar in 2007. Fans will also be sure to fill up perennial U.S. Soccer Best Soccer Bar contenders Nevada Smiths in New York and Summers Restaurant in Washington, D.C.
This match marks the kick off of U.S. Soccer's Official Bar program which will provide fans with a listing of the top U.S. Soccer Bars in the country. To become an Official U.S. Soccer Bar, email us at soccerbar@ussoccer.org.
U.S. PRESS CONFERENCE LIVE ON USSOCCER.COM TODAY AT 5 P.M. ET
ussoccer.com’s MatchACCESS will provide live streaming of the USA’s pre-match press conference with head coach Bob Bradley and goalkeeper Tim Howard. The press conference will be the final media availability for Bradley and Howard before Wednesday’s match, and will begin at approximately 5 p.m. ET (4 p.m. CT).
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THE COUNTRY IS WATCHING
All the hype building around the game got us thinking back to last year's sold-out event in Glendale, Ariz., and how every year the attention seems to get bigger and bigger.
Exhibit #1: TV Ratings
Here's the headlines from Feb.9, 2007, on ussoccer.com:
Televised soccer hit new rating highs on Wednesday night for the broadcast of the U.S. National Team's 2-0 victory against Mexico on ESPN2 and Univision from University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. For U.S. Soccer, the victory on the field continued the team's dominance of Mexico, but also highlighted the incredible gains the sport is making elsewhere.
ESPN2's broadcast was the most-watched U.S. game in the team's history, outside of the World Cup and World Cup qualifiers. The network earned a 0.7 household rating, which translates to 1.1 million viewers and comes on the heels of the network’s impressive 2006 World Cup ratings. Even more impressively, the game averaged a 1.0 rating during the final 15 minutes as the USA iced the victory.
On Univision, the match also set records with more than 6 million total viewers. The U.S. victory was the No. 2 most-watched Spanish-language sports cast in history, beating every Super Bowl among Hispanic Adults 18-49, Men 18-49 and Total Viewers.
For the accouting types, there's plenty more numbers to analyze.
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PODCAST FROM YESTERDAY'S TRAINING
After yesterday's training session, Eddie Robinson, Ricardo Clark, and Bob Bradley spoke to the Houston media, who were pretty eager to get some of their questions in. Eddie and Ricardo talked about how exciting it was to be playing in their hometown, while Bob spoke about the rivalry with Mexico and the upcoming game.
Listen to the full podcast here.
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE (NOT) INJURED EDDIE LEWIS
MNT Blogger: Eddie, can you describe how you injured the cartilage in your knee?
Eddie Lewis: "I didn't. You're the 100th person who asked that question."
MNT Blogger: The reports from Derby indicate the surgery went well. What is the prognosis for the duration of your recovery?
Eddie Lewis: "What recovery?
MNT Blogger: Is it disappointing to travel all this way and have to sit out training and watch the team get ready for the big match against Mexico?
Eddie Lewis: "Yeah, I didn't sit out. The team had a great session today and we're looking forward to Wednesday.
MNT Blogger: You've been a part of some of the great moments in U.S.-Mexico history, particularly the cross to Donovan for the goal in the 2002 World Cup. Is it hard sitting here knowing that you won't be able to suit up Wednesday night?
Eddie Lewis: "It's hard listening to these questions. You really ought to spend less time on the computer."
MNT Blogger: Well, good luck then Eddie. Here's to a speedy recovery!
The preceding dramatization has been published to demonstrate once and for all that Eddie IS NOT HURT!!! How many times do we have to tell you not to believe everything you read?
Except our stuff, of course ...
WELCOME HOME LADS
It was a surprising scene at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport this afternoon. While awaiting the arrival of Clint Dempsey and Carlos Bocanegra, we crossed paths with a strong contingent of Mexico fans. We can only guess that they were awaiting the arrival of their own European-based players to emerge from Customs. In the meantime, the boys' flight from London's Gatwick Airport had arrived a few minutes late, but we were hoping that our U.S. players would breeze right through the checkpoints. Suddenly, people started pouring out of the "restricted area". Would this be their flight from London or Mexico City?
A few subtle hints later, we knew we wouldn't be waiting much longer. First, we saw a man who might have made a good living as a Paul McCartney look-a-like. Then two businessmen came through the portals and ran straight for the currency exchange. Next, two guys started yelling into their cellphones with British accents so thick we couldn't even comprehend what they were saying. Sure enough, Carlos and Clint strolled out shortly thereafter. They didn't get spotted (thankfully), and while the Mexican fans continued their vigil we headed back to the hotel to meet the team for dinner.
NOTES FROM THE TRAINING ROOM
With all the arrivals complete, the training room is in full swing. Tonight that meant a sampling of Deal or No Deal, in which a contestant made a deal -much derided by those in the room - for close to $300,000.
Next up was a playlist of some classic YouTube videos including Camp Referee, Thriller Wedding Dance and Robot Dance.
Unfortunately our internet connection was in appalling form, and we had to wait a good 10-15 minutes between videos. The time was passed by passing around the new 2008 U.S. Men's National Team Media Guide, as yet unseen by many of the European guys. Of particular note, as pointed out by Carlos and Tim, was Benny’s facial hair, which he claimed was drawn on him in the editing room.
Finally, we wound down the night with some Mythbusters in which the hosts tried to figure out how a person could survive a fall off a sixty-foot building. Perhaps next week they’ll debunk the mystery of the media guide goatee.
COMING TO A TV/RADIO NEAR YOU
Several of the players are sitting down with ESPN this afternoon to tape pre-game interviews, kicking off the two-day schedule of press conferences, mixed zones and radio appearances. For those of you in Houston, head over to Stags Head Pub for the USA-Mexico pre-game party Monday night from 7-9 pm where Glenn Davis will host a live radio broadcast on 790 The Sports Animal. He'll be talking to Bob Bradley sometime during the 8 p.m. hour if you want to tune in.
Also on the schedule is a live talkback with Clint Dempsey on the ESPNews HotList on Tuesday afternoon between 5 and 5:30 p.m ET ('talkback' is an industry term for an interview where the guest isn't in-studio with the host. See, the blog is both fun and educational!) Of course we will have the cameras and podcasters recording throughout to bring you the highlights.
MORE HELPING HANDS
U.S head coach Bob Bradley has bolstered his staff with three new editions in 2008. On the technical side, former Egyptian national team goalkeeper Zak Abdel will train the goalkeepers, the former Chivas USA goalkeeper coach having previously assisted Sigi Schmid with the U.S. U-20 MNT that participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in Holland. Additionally, Pierre Barrieu has rejoined the national team staff after a year with the New York Red Bulls. Barrieu served as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the national team for a four-year span that included two World Cups. On the medical side, Bradley has appointed Ivan Pierra to be the Head Athletic Trainer for the Men’s National Team. Pierra has assisted the national team programs since 1993, and had served as the ATC for the Los Angeles Galaxy from the inception of the club in 1996.
GUARDADO GONE FOR MEXICO
Deportivo de La Coruña midfielder Andrés Guardado suffered a muscle injury this past weekend in his side's 1-0 win away to Betis, forcing his exclusion from Wednesday's match. He has been replaced by U-23 midfielder Cesar Villaluz. Guardado ended Mexico's eight-year goalless drought against the U.S. during last year's Gold Cup final, only to see the lead disappear following the finishes by Landon Donovan and Benny Feilhaber.
Much like for last year's match in Glendale, Ariz., Hugo Sanchez has called on a nearly full-strength side for the friendly against the United States. Causing a stir amongst the Mexican press is the inclusion of Antonio Naelson Zinha, a naturalized Mexican citizen. Sanchez was harshly critical of his predecessor for choosing to use non-native born players to represent Mexico. The Mexican players will be arriving into Houston during the next two days.
GOALKEEPERS: Luís Ernesto Michel (Chivas de Guadalajara), Moisés Muñoz (Morelia), Guillermo Ochoa (Club América)
DEFENDERS: Israel Castro (Pumas UNAM), Rafael Márquez (FC Barcelona), Johnny Magallón (Chivas de Guadalajara), Fausto Pinto (Pachuca), Oscar Rojas (Club América), Carlos Salcido (PSV Eindhoven)
MIDFIELDERS: Francisco Arce (Santos Laguna), Pavel Pardo (VFB Stuttgart), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul), Antonio Naelson Zinha (Toluca), Cesar Villaluz (Cruz Azul)
FORWARDS: Adolfo Bautista (Jaguares Chiapas), Juan Carlos Cacho (Pachuca), Giovani Dos Santos (FC Barcelona), Antonio de Nigris (Ankaraspor), Carlos Vela (Osasuna)
TRIVIA TIME, BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T LET GO
Some of you may have noticed - particularly Amy - that the MNT Blog has been devoid of trivia questions for quite some time. We engaged in lengthy debate on the topic, eventually coming to the conclusion that in the age of Google the time of online trivia has passed. But old habits do not go gentle into that good night, and we at least found a question we thought intriguing if not a challenge to the U.S. Soccer sleuths out there. So in the spirit of nostalgia, here goes:
There are two pairs of players on the roster who earned their first cap in the same game together. If that wasn't clear - as it wasn't to several of the players we questioned - that means two guys in one game, two in another. Names and games, please ...
HOUSTON, WE HAVE ARRIVAL
The domestic-based group left the hotel in Los Angeles at 9 a.m. this morning and touched down into Houston just after 4 p.m. local time, making a beeline to the hotel in hopes of catching the kickoff of Super Bowl XLII (they didn't). It's the second year in a row the team has reached the venue city on Super Bowl Sunday in advance of a Mexico game, so let's hope history repeats itself. Tim Howard, Bobby Convey, Eddie Lewis and Benny Feilhaber pulled up to the hotel midway through the first quarter, while Michael Bradley and Freddy Adu are the last of the Euros scheduled to arrive tonight. TV's have been conveniently placed in the meal room so the guys won't miss the action during dinner. Speaking of, it's chow time.
Saturday Wrap
Bundesliga play resumed in Germany after the league took January off for the traditional winter break. Hannover 96 and Steve Cherundolo earned a 1-1 draw away from home at Hamburg. Hannover was the better team throughout, and Cherundolo went 90 minutes as his club remained in 7th place.
In England, Tim Howard kept a clean sheet, but Everton were controversially denied a late winner, after an offside flag disallowed Andy Johnson’s goal. Howard made four saves for the Toffees, who still sit in fourth place, one point ahead of rivals Liverpool.
Finally in Holland, Heerenveen continued its fantastic form, smashing seven goals past Vitesse Arnhem. Michael Bradley grabbed his 16th goal in all competitions (his 12th in the Eredivisie) and also added two assists.
Heerenveen’s win vaults them into second place, nine points behind leaders PSV, who also won today. The two clubs meet next Saturday in what could be a vital match in the title race…
BRADLEY CALLS IN THE DOUBLE DEUCE
It's official. Bob Bradley has named the 22-man roster that will head to Houston to get ready for the Mexico match. Most of the players will arrive throughout Sunday, with a few European-based players with league matches on Sunday set to come the next day.
The players from the camp in Carson who are not going to Houston began departing last night, which made today's training session a fun-filled competition of soccer tennis and 5 v. 2. We'll try to get some clips up once we're done packing for the trip.
But enough of the little details. We now know who is going to be facing off against Mexico. What do you think?
To get things started, Steve Cherundolo had been scheduled to come to Houston until he suffered a groin injury in Hannover's 1-1 draw away to Hamburg earlier today.
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ROSTER COMING
Headed to the Mooch Myernick Field for the last training session of the California leg of the camp. There's been 22 days of blood, sweat and tears at the HDC during the last month, and now it's on to Houston for the showdown with Mexico. Special thanks to Jen Atler and all of the U.S. Soccer Federation staff based in Carson who have done their typically superior job of looking after the national team. (And just for the record, gang. The current temperature in Carson is 64 degrees. In Chicago, it's 25 degrees with 40% chance of snow. Have a nice day!)
Tune in to ussoccer.com later this afternoon to find out who has been selected by U.S. head coach Bob Bradley to gather in Houston.
(any last-minute predictions?)
TWELLMAN TWEAKED
A solid three weeks of national team training for Taylor Twellman has come to an end, the striker picking up a groin strain during Thursday's morning session. An MRI examination revealed no significant trauma, and team trainers expect Twellman to be fully recovered in 2-3 weeks. He will return to New England later this evening.
PODCAST DOUBLE DOSE!
Just finished with training today, a session which was short and sweet. The guys went from warm-ups straight into playing 7 v.7. In the first version, they played on small goals with two goals to aim at for each team. After 15 minutes they brought in the goalies and the big nets.
Meantime back in the hotel, the MNT Blog has set about putting up some podcasts on the website:
The first one is with Landon Donovan, who spoke to media earlier this week about the upcoming game against Mexico and the winding down of this January camp. Podcast can be heard here.
The second podcast is with Bob Bradley, who also talked with reporters about next week’s big game. Listen to that whole podcast here.
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NOVEMBER: Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Love, like everything in the universe, cannot be destroyed. But over time it can change.
The hot Texas nights were lonely for Ben before his heart began beating to the rhythm of two words; Tim Wyman. By all appearances, Tim had the perfect body and ideal life, but when a not-so-accidental collision brings them together, Ben discovers that the truth is rarely so simple. If winning Tim’s heart was an impossible quest, keeping it would prove even harder as family, society, and emotion threaten to tear them apart.
Something Like Summer is a love story spanning a decade and beyond as two boys discover what it means to be friends, lovers, and sometimes even enemies.
For more information on the author, Jay Bell, check out: http://www.jaybellbooks.com/
Published by: CreateSpace
HC April 27, 2012 at 12:53 PM
OK, we are going to start talking about this book so if you haven’t finished it, stop reading this now.
**SPOILERS AHEAD** (you have been warned)
I loved this book. I want to say that first and foremost because I didn’t care for one specific plot point and I don’t want you to think that I didn’t enjoy this book. Jay Bell is a wonderful writer. He has set up a world which I believe is both believable and real. Having read many, many, many, gay books, especially ones that start in high school, it takes talent to correctly develop that experience and I think Jay Bell has mastered it.
The character development between Ben and Tim was wonderful. It had all the makings of true high school love. Having grown up in a small town myself, finding other gay kids was a rarity so I can truly say that the angst involved in falling for someone who you don’t know is gay or not can be very debilitating. You long for them, you want them, they possess your thoughts. Following this story, their trials and tribulations, is a wonderful journey.
This book is basically divided into 3 parts: high school, college, and adult life. the 1st section was absolutely wonderful. Again, the tone was perfect. But then, the rift. Ben and Tim were caught fooling around in a neighborhood park, Tim had a freak out (as people in the closet are prone to do when faced with the stark reality) and he declares that their relationship is now over. While this happens in many gay books, I think that Jay Bell really nailed the emotions that go along with a breakup of a secret gay romance. (again, personal experience here)...
The flash forward to Ben living in Chicago was jarring to me at first but we don’t spend much time in there. The contrast in environments, however, does a great job of separating us from the high school story. After getting a call from his best girlfriend Allison informing them that her dad has died, he travels home. On the flight, he meets a flight attendant named Jace. Throughout the next few chapters their romance blossoms and I think to myself that the story of Tim is done, that we will be following Ben and Jace. Ben, wanting to be closer to Allison and Jace, transfers to a school in Austin. While at school in Austin, Ben runs back into Tim only to find out that he has come out, then alienated from his parents, and is living in a house that was left in him by an old gay man that he befriended. Tim, under the guise of friendship, is out to win Ben back. Without getting into too much detail, Ben and Tim still have chemistry, but then there is Jase to think about. In my opinion, it didn’t seem to me that Ben was ever over Tim and that Jace’s days were numbered when Tim came back into his life. They had the chemistry, they had history, and quite frankly I never really felt it with Jace.
Now here is the point where, if I had my druthers, the book would’ve gone a different way. Ben discovers that Jace has been cheating on him while flying throughout the country for his job. At least that’s what we originally think. Ben has sex with Tim and that could’ve been the point where they got back together. In my opinion, that should have been how it was. Instead we find out that Tim manufactured the whole situation by hiring someone to say that he was having sex with Jace. There is a huge rift between Ben and Tim again and Ben ends up back with Jace.
So now we have a problem, does the book end with Ben and Jace living happily ever after while Tim is left alone? No, the relationship at the beginning with Ben and Tim lends itself to happily ever after and as readers that is exactly what we want to happen. So, how do we get there? This is where I really wish the book would have gone a different direction. Jace gets sick and dies, Ben grieves for a time, and then gets back together with Tim in the end all within the last 5% of the book. To me, this ending did not flow with the beginning of the book, the tempered pace, the gradual build. So I was left feeling a little disappointed. Full disclosure, I was never Team Jace.
Again, I would like to say how much I love this book. While I didn’t necessarily love the ending, the tone of the writing, the believability of the characters, the maturing of Ben, all made for a very enjoyable read.
Satyr69 April 27, 2012 at 1:31 PM
I liked this book. I have issues with the multiple “false endings”, but I can overlook those.
I liked Ben a lot. I liked his confidence in himself. I liked how he made the best out of a situation. I felt a lot of myself in this character. Now, he makes some mistakes in the novel, but most of them I could understand.
Tim though… damn, you know you are supposed to care for him, to root for him & Ben, but fuck all if the author doesn’t make him into a scheming despicable asswipe at times. I’ve never had such mixed feelings about a character before. I like him, but dislike him at the same time.
As for Jace, well, he was far too good for his own good. Nearly, a moral opposite of Tim it seemed. Ben was very lucky in this case. As for his death, it seemed kinda tacked on. It felt a little too melodramatic for me.
Overall. I enjoyed this novel. Well worth the read.
bwyoung April 27, 2012 at 1:35 PM
I literally cried at the end of section 1, when Ben returned the key and caught Tim’s eye. I don’t know why that stuck with me, but it really hit me hard. I wasn’t so much against Jace, but found him to be a little too understanding and patient to be realistic. When he got sick, however, I really felt for him. The scene where he died, and asked Ben to stay with him was so tragic.
I agree that the overall crafting of the characters was well done. They were very realistic and relatable. The storyline was well crafted. I really enjoyed reading this book, and am glad that I was able to find this book club.
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In the Alta Verapaz highlands of Guatemala.
Center for Conservation Social Sciences looks at human role in nature
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In the 1970s, when Cornell researchers began studying how human behavior affects natural resource management, they were on the cutting-edge of what is now a widely accepted truth: Managing nature requires understanding humans, too.
“Historically, natural resource management was based on an understanding of natural sciences and ecology,” said Bruce Lauber, director of the Human Dimensions Research Unit in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – which this week is being renamed and re-envisioned as the Center for Conservation Social Sciences (CCSS). “Our role is really to understand people and society. How do people behave and make decisions as individuals and groups, how do larger social forces influence these behaviors, and how do those behaviors influence natural resources?”
Housed in the Department of Natural Resources, CCSS works with affiliated researchers across academic departments at Cornell and in disciplines including development sociology, communication, economics and social psychology. The name change reflects the breadth of its work, and is more understandable to people outside the natural resources discipline.
Professor Shorna Allred articipates in fieldwork on indigenous cultural resilience research with Penan tribe of Borneo.
When it was created in the early 1970s, the unit focused on topics such as deer hunting and deer management. More recently, as the unit grew with the addition of more core faculty, its research agenda broadened to include a wider array of questions about how people interrelate with nature. “Our breadth has positioned us to do research that helps society respond to a variety of environmental problems in a time of rapid change,” said Barbara Knuth, associate director.
Starting in the 1980s, Knuth, professor of natural resource policy and management and dean of the Graduate School, brought to the program a strong emphasis on fisheries and how to encourage safe fish consumption. When professors Richard Stedman and Shorna Allred joined the unit in 2007, they began research in topics ranging from how resource-dependent communities coped with a changing world to conservation behaviors of private landowners. The unit now studies a range of natural resources issues and their impact on human systems, from invasive species to gas exploration and how society views conservation.
A project led by Lauber and Stedman is examining the potential impact of invasive Asian carp entering the Great Lakes watershed from the Mississippi River. In the Mississippi watershed, the carp outcompete native fish, feeding voraciously on plankton, which other species rely on for food. The unit has worked with a team of ecologists and economists in interdisciplinary research to understand this problem. They estimate how Asian carp and other invasive species could affect fish populations and recreational fishing in the Great Lakes – and how that could affect the economic value of fishing.
Stedman also has directed multiple projects looking at societal “energy transitions” and their costs and benefits. One strand of this work has involved assessing community support/opposition to and impacts of horizontal shale gas drilling, known as fracking. Working with collaborators in the U.S. and Europe, Stedman has revealed distinct policy-relevant patterns of response and impact. “In some contexts, energy development has not yet been such a game-changer for local communities as commonly promoted by industry,” said Stedman. One study of landowners who have leased their property for fracking suggests that both the economic benefits and the environmental costs may be much more modest than commonly discussed. “This work is now moving into studies of smart grids and large-scale renewables,” he said.
Allred is working to understand conservation behavior and decision-making in our changing world. Conservation-enhancing behavior is not the default mode for many, yet the behavior of individuals, organizations and communities impacts the environment. This is evident for forest landowners who control the majority of forestland in the United States and New York state; their actions influence water quality and quantity, carbon sequestration, recreational opportunity, habitat and more.
“To gain a better understanding of conservation behavior my research is not just examining individual decision-making but theorizing how the social and environmental context, including the role of information, organizations and ecological conditions, work together with individual level factors to influence behavior,” said Allred.
“Natural resource managers are looking for options that will help people cope with changes in their environment, and our work can help them understand the human costs and benefits of their decisions,” Lauber said. “That’s the underlying theme of all the work we do here: to provide context on how humans can impact, and be impacted by, natural resource management decisions.”
Krisy Gashler is a freelance writer for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Allred receives third annual Engaged Scholar Prize
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Vanderbilt Prize winner shares career insights
Dec. 6, 2018, 10:06 AM
From left are Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, Vanderbilt Prize lecturer Lynne Maquat, PhD, Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar Katherine Rothamel, and Lawrence Marnett, PhD. (photo by Steve Green)
by Leigh MacMillan
Lynne Maquat, PhD, recipient of the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science, shared some career advice with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at her Vanderbilt Prize lecture last week.
In the spirit of mentoring that is part of the Vanderbilt Prize, she said, “I think it’s important to take your career step-by-step and just focus on what you need to do now, because having a career is a process.”
In her own career, Maquat has made pioneering discoveries about the role of RNA regulation in human disease.
Maquat is the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York. She is founding director of the University’s Center for RNA Biology and founding chair of the Graduate Women in Science mentoring program.
Maquat shared the story of her discovery — starting from a human disease — of a “quality control pathway” that removes faulty messenger RNA (mRNA) to help limit the synthesis of abnormal proteins.
Early in her career, Maquat focused on the beta-thalassemias — anemias caused by defects in the beta globin gene that codes for part of the oxygen-carrying hemoglobin protein. In her analysis of the genetic defects, she discovered nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD).
She and her team have mechanistically characterized NMD and have demonstrated how cells use NMD to adapt to changing environments.
“NMD targets the disease-associated mRNAs in one-third of individuals with an inherited disease and also acquired diseases like cancer, Maquat said. “NMD is a big deal.”
Before the lecture, Jennifer Pietenpol, PhD, Executive Vice President for Research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Lawrence Marnett, PhD, Dean of Basic Sciences at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, presented Maquat with the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science.
They also recognized the 2017 Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar, Katherine Rothamel, a PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry.
Established in 2006, the Vanderbilt Prize honors women scientists with a stellar record of research accomplishments who have made significant contributions to mentoring other women in science. Recipients mentor female graduate students — Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholars — who are pursuing their doctorates in the biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine.
Maquat’s lecture, which was part of the Flexner Discovery Lecture Series, was sponsored by the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Dean of Basic Sciences.
For a complete schedule of the Flexner Discovery Lecture series and archived video of previous lectures, go to www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/discoveryseries.
Lynn Maquat, PhD, to give Vanderbilt Prize lecture Nov. 29
Vanderbilt Prize winner Fuchs set for next Discovery Lecture
Vanderbilt Prize winner Lindquist set for Discovery Lecture
Rothamel selected as Vanderbilt Prize Student Scholar
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Professor Schorr Remembered for Creating Art That Addressed Comedy, Tragic Loss, Nostalgia
by Olivia Drake • June 27, 2018
David Schorr at his Flying Carpets exhibit at Zilkha Gallery in 2016. (Photo by Cynthia Rockwell)
David Schorr, professor of art, died on June 16 at the age of 71.
Schorr was born and raised in Chicago. He received his BA from Brown University and his BFA and MFA from Yale University. He arrived at Wesleyan in 1971, and for the past 47 years he taught a wide range of courses including printmaking, drawing, typography, book design, graphic design, and calligraphy. He received the Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2015.
Schorr’s career as an artist and designer was as broad ranging as his teaching. He designed many posters and books, provided illustrations for numerous books (including Parallel Lives by Phyllis Rose and Norman Shapiro’s translations of La Fontaine’s fables), provided hundreds of literary portraits for the New Republic (some of which currently hang in the Shapiro Writing Center and in the president’s office), and had an active practice as a painter and printmaker, exhibiting regularly with the Mary Ryan Gallery in New York City for over 30 years. Schorr’s work addressed themes ranging from the human comedy (Commedia dell’Arte) and tragic loss (the AIDS crisis) to nostalgia.
“David was an incomparable raconteur who loved bringing people together around art and conversation,” said Jeffrey Schiff, professor of art. “He was a dedicated teacher, who cared deeply about his students and the fullness of the educational enterprise, and did much to shape the studio arts at Wesleyan.”
Phyllis Rose, professor emerita of English, added, “He was the most life-affirming, life-enhancing person I’ve ever known, vital in himself and a source of vitality and joy to others. He was playful and self-dramatizing, and, at the same time, a deep humanist, who loved music and poetry as much as he loved art and felt they all worked together. The day before he suffered the aortic dissection that eventually felled him, he taught a class on printmaking in Italian to Italian students at Bologna’s Accademia di Belle Arti and said to me on FaceTime, ‘I LOVE teaching!’”
A memorial event will be held on campus later this year.
Schorr is survived by his niece Sarah Schorr ’99, his nephew Max Schorr ’03, and his sister-in-law Natalie Schorr.
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Victor Mair, the Indiana Jones of China
On POPUP Chinese a discussion with Victor Mair, available on Podcast
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After his controversial involvement with the Tarim mummy excavations in Western Xinjiang, Victor Mair might just be the closest thing Sinology has to Indiana Jones, assuming the fictional Spielberg character was a renowned linguist, translator and popular blogger in addition to his standing as a historian/archeologist. So it can be no surprise that we're delighted to be joined by Victor today for a discussion that delves from the origins of well-known Buddhist texts to digressions on ancient migration patterns, and even a bit of myth-clearing on Chinese romanization.
In addition to Victor Mair, joining Sinica hosts Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn for one of the most wide-ranging shows we've done to date is David Moser, a close Sinica friend and Director of the CET immersion program in Beijing. Everyone is very much on their game, and this is a great show for anyone with an interest in Chinese history.
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New facsimile of Buddhist sutra unveiled
A new Indian facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra – an important document of Mahayana Buddhism – written in Sanskrit has brought the last teachings of Gautama Buddha before his death to researchers and lay people. Known as the Saddharma Pundarika Sutra – or the teachings of the white lotus and sun – the sutra is the basis of the Tiantai and Nichiren schools of Buddhism. Transcribed by monks for over 100 years between the 5th and 6th century AD, they are possibly the only body of Buddhist manuscripts discovered in the Gilgit region and probably compiled there as well, scholars say. The facsimile was launched Thursday in the capital by secretary of culture Sangita Gairola at the India International Centre. The facsimile edition of the Gilgit Lotus Sutra is a collaboration between the National Archives of India, Institute of Oriental Philosophy (IOP) and Japanese Buddhist sect Soka Gakkai. Unveiling the edition, Gairola said “much work was going on in cultural thought both in India and abroad. It is fitting therefore that in India we take care to preserve, promote and disseminate all forms of culture. We have entered into cultural agreements with several foreign countries”. Leading Buddhist scholar Lokesh Chandra, who had suggested the publication of a facsimile edition of the sutra to the National Archives, said: “The Gilgit manuscripts found in three stages by cattle grazers in 1931 in a circular chamber within a Buddhist stupa.” Found in a wooden box, these manuscripts survived for centuries partly because they were written on the bark of the bhoj tree that does not decay or decompose, Chandra said. The icy weather of the Gilgit region also helped it survive. After they were discovered, the manuscripts were taken to Srinagar where archaeologist Aurel Stein announced their discovery. Chandra, who has grown up with the Lotus Sutra, recalled that an army captain brought the box of Buddhist manuscripts to his father (noted Sanskrit scholar Raghu Vira) in the early 1930s. “The army officer was posted somewhere in the Gilgit region. He wanted my father to buy the papers but they were very expensive. He asked several institutions, but no one wanted to buy the manuscripts. The manuscripts went different ways – a part of it went to the former Maharaja of Kashmir while the rest went to Germany and Britain. The original manuscripts – small portion which remained in India – are now at the National Archives,” Chandra said, addressing an the audience at the launch. “The manuscripts are about the beauty of the human mind – purity and light – as expressed by the white lotus. The white lotus sutra has given a value system to Asian nations for the last 1,600 years,” Chandra said. One of the Lotus sutras, “the Shri Mala Devi Simha Nanda Sutra, was a great feminist text – and probably the earliest one”, he said. Historian Kapila Vatsyayan, one of the guests of honour, said Indians were losing the power of reading ancient epigraphical inscriptions and one of her studies showed that the country had only 61 inscription scholars. “It might lead to a generation of Indians who may keep all ancient papers in satin textiles but not be able to read them,” she said, recalling how Lokesh Chandra’s father was sent to China to bring back Buddhist manuscripts during the regime of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. “I was a young education department employee when Raghu Vira promised to bring donkey loads of papers from China,” she said. Director of National Archives Mushirul Hasan said the extra pennies given to the archives by the government might be useful for preserving more ancient manuscripts and developing the repository.
Source: Hindustan Times, May 25, 2012
Time travel tourism to the Ghandhara civilisation
By Fazal Khaliq
The Amlook Dara stupa is vulnerable to natural decay and looters. PHOTO: EXPRESS
SWAT:
It is often said that Pakistan, particularly the north, is a tourist paradise waiting to happen. As soon as the terrorists, the corrupt and the unimaginative are swept away, a tourist boom is inevitable.
Perhaps – but not if ancient relics and sites are left to vandals, looters and natural rot.
Two beautiful archaeological sites, the Amlook Dara stupa and Balokaley Gumbat, serve as examples. Fortunately, they have once again started to attract historians, local authorities and tourists, who enjoy the peaceful surroundings and the glimpse into the wonder of the Ghandhara civilisation.
The Amlook Dara stupa is two kilometers from the main road which travels from Barikot to Buner. Even the most urban of souls can’t help but be moved by its setting in a lush green valley.
Sheltered by the great Mount Elum, the stupa stands with ancient majesty and can be seen from the surrounding mountains. “The location is so calm and serene that one forgets every misery of the world,” says Habib Nawaz, a tourist from Gujranwala. The visitor is evidently transfixed: “The sound of the gushing stream just in front of the stupa and the sweet chirping of birds from the surrounding mountains enthrall visitors.”
Another tourist, from Mardan, wants outside help for the site. “It could become a very attractive tourist spot if the government tries to bring it to the eyes of the world,” he says.
The stupa was first discovered by the Hungarian-British archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein in 1926. It was later studied by Domenico Faccena in the 60s and 70s. Archaeologists are now returning to the area.
“It is possibly the largest stupa in the Swat valley, built upon a 34m-wide podium,” Dr Luca Maria Olivieri, the Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Pakistan, tells The Express Tribune.
Its chronological history is not clear, though further excavation will bring us closer to an exact date of construction, but those who have studied the stupa agree it is probably from the Ghandharan era in the third or fourth century. “It seems that the stupa and its environs were inhabited until the ninth century, as evidenced by a Hindu Shahi watchtower constructed a few metres from the stupa,” Dr Olivieri says.
The site needs constant vigilance. In February, a Bodhisattva statue worth millions of rupees was recovered by police, after they received a tip-off regarding illegal excavation of the stupa.
Another archaeological site, a masterpiece of ancient architecture, is located in the small village of Balokaley in the Kandak valley, Barikot. With its high location, the sight is visible from far away. According to archaeological scholars the site was also discovered by Stein and was then hastily excavated in 1938. Though the site is protected, it has been looted for almost a century by vandals and smugglers.
“The site is now protected and has been restored by the Archaeology, Community and Tourism project,” Dr Olivieri says. “The excavations revealed an artificial terrace marked by three major aligned monuments. The central one is still preserved till the top of its dome. The other two were possibly a stupa and a shrine. The central one is a famous monument in Gandharan architecture for its double-dome. The stupa terrace was constructed in the second century CE and lasted for approximately three centuries.”
Amjad Ali, a local activist, appeals for stronger help from outside sources. “I hope the international community, like the Italian Archaeological Mission, would step forward to protect all the archeological sites of the great Ghandhara civilisation, which are fading fast due to vandalism and looting. This could rub out our rich cultural heritage from the Swat valley. It would really be a big loss for the country.”
Published in The Express Tribune, May 3rd, 2012.
The Buddhas of Bamiyan by Llewelyn Morgan – review
The story of two Afghan sculptures, destroyed after a millennium and a half
Samanth Subramanian
guardian.co.uk, Friday 18 May 2012 22.55 BST
Afghan girls walk past the empty seat of one of the Buddhas in Bamiyan. Photograph: Shah Marai/AFP/Getty Images
In 2001, in a violent attempt to advance the cause of Islamic fundamentalism, a clutch of men empowered by the Taliban brought down a titanic pair of structures that loomed over their skyline. No lives were lost. The few people living near the Buddhas of Bamiyan, in central Afghanistan, were cleared out first, before anti-artillery weapons were trained on the sculptures, carved out of the russet cliffs of the Bamiyan valley. "These statues have been and remain shrines of unbelievers," a February 2011 edict from Mullah Omar had proclaimed. Their destruction was carried out with a rare and perverse vim. Failing at first to pulverise the Buddhas, the Taliban called in Pakistani and Arab engineers to finish the job. In The Places in Between, Rory Stewart observed that the Taliban had scorched a fresco on the ceiling of one of the caves that honeycomb the cliffs and then stamped boot-prints over the patina of soot. "This must have taken some effort, as the ceiling was 20 feet high."
The Buddhas of Bamiyan (Wonders of the World)
by Llewelyn Morgan
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The Buddhas had stood for a millennium and a half; the smaller figure, 38m tall, was built around AD550, and the larger – at 55m only a little shorter than London's Monument – around AD615. In The Buddhas of Bamiyan, Llewelyn Morgan, a lecturer in classics at Oxford University, explores not so much the heartbreaking demise of the statues as their remarkably long lives. How and why did the Buddhas survive more than a dozen centuries of an Islamic Afghanistan, only to meet their end at a particular political moment in 2001? The final downfall of these sculptures – their arms already snapped off, their surfaces pitted by erosion and minor vandalism – represented the nadir of a long and complex process of civilisation. In the plangent words of the Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, perhaps the Buddhas could take no more: "Even a statue can be ashamed of witnessing all this violence and harshness happening to these innocent people and, therefore, collapse."
The story of Bamiyan, Morgan suggests, is really the story of Afghanistan itself – of a fractured land with the misfortune of being one of the world's great crossroads, the benefits accruing to it from trade and commerce rubbed out by the curse of being coveted for its strategic location. Bamiyan lay on a branch of the silk route that cut efficiently through the heart of the Hindu Kush mountains, providing both merchants and soldiers access to the Indian subcontinent, to China, to central Asia and thence to Europe. It has hosted a multitude of nationalities, religions and armies, a tinder-dry mix ever primed to be set afire: Greek stragglers from Alexander's campaigns; Hazaras descended from Genghis Khan's troops; Indians and Pashtuns and Persians and Turks; Buddhists and Christians as well as Shia and Sunni Muslims; the forces of the British Raj, the Soviet Union, the Taliban and Nato. Incredibly, through this tumult, Bamiyan managed to retain an air of pacific calm; the historian Arnold J Toynbee, visiting in 1960, wrote of "peace in the glistening white poplar-trunks … peace in the shadowy shapes of the Buddhas and the caves".
Buddhism arrived in the Bamiyan valley in the first or second century AD. This was as far west as the religion would advance, but it flourished here; archaeologists have discovered the remains of a great stupa – a domed home for Buddhist relics – and the Chinese traveller Xuanzang, who passed through Bamiyan in AD629, wrote of "several tens" of monasteries with "several thousand monks". An uncommon stability prevailed in Bamiyan at the time, the result of a delicate balance of regional powers. Morgan proposes that Buddhism benefited from this stability, but also from Bamiyan's nature as a hub of commerce. The town's monks, Xuanzang noted, shrewdly charged visitors to see their relics, and their monasteries functioned as dormitories, bazaars and banks for merchants. Out of such unexpectedly mercantile zeal were Bamiyan's giant Buddhas funded.
Nearly all of Morgan's material is distilled from the recorded impressions of travellers such as Xuanzang, journeying through Bamiyan en route elsewhere. In the book's latter sections, which draw on the writings of surveyors, soldiers and antiquarians of the Raj, these sources tell us little that is new or noteworthy about Bamiyan or Afghanistan. But similar texts by Muslim travellers allow Morgan to parse the surprising malleability, over the ages, of Muslim attitudes towards this Buddhist iconography.
The contrasts between these attitudes is striking evidence that the Taliban were by no means acting in a "typically" Islamic manner in razing the statues. The emperor Babur, who founded the Mughal dynasty and ordered several Indian idols to be destroyed, didn't mention the Buddhas in his accounts of his travels through Bamiyan. Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan, a Pashtun and a 20th-century freedom fighter in India, called the Buddhas "an unparalleled example of perfection in the art of sculpture". In 1842 a British prisoner of Afghan soldiers recalled his captors firing idly at the statues and "cursing them as idols"; on the other hand, a 12th-century Islamic text titled The Wonders of Creation marvelled at these "talismanic" images and declared that "the Creator gives divine inspiration to His subjects to make such wonders". Tellingly, a member of a delegation of 11 Muslim clerics who pleaded with Mullah Omar to cancel the demolition, would later say that the Taliban "had no knowledge about Islam. They are so naive, they really can be influenced."
This textured response of Islam to Bamiyan's Buddhas – and even, on occasion, the projection on these statues of Islam's own folkloric figures – protected them from significant harm until the 21st century, Morgan argues. Surprisingly, he misses another crucial part of the explanation. While Sunni doctrine is rigidly iconoclastic, the Shia branch of Islam – long dominant in the Bamiyan valley – has been considerably more tolerant of imagery used in the service of religion. This remains true even today; how else to explain, as the scholar Jytte Klausen noted in a 2009 paper, the depiction of the Imam Ali and members of the prophet Muhammad's family in "the posters and wall hangings for sale in the bazaars of Tehran and Istanbul"?
For hundreds of years, the Buddhas of Bamiyan managed to be simultaneously featureless and eloquent; their faces had been rendered blank. "No statue which has had its face removed can express justice or law or illumination or mercy," the poet Peter Levi wrote in 1970, "but there is a disturbing presence about these two giants that does express something." The Buddhas continue still to communicate presence through absence, their empty niches in Bamiyan's ochre cliffs speaking to mankind's distressing tendency to discard the very qualities Levi cited: justice, law, illumination and mercy.
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Masks of the Afterlife
The gold mask in the Jinsha Site Museum is believed to be more than 3,000 years old.(Source: China Daily)
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhuanet) -- There is a collection of gold masks in Sichuan that tell a tale of rituals past. Huang Zhiling reports from Sichuan. Visitors to the Jinsha Site Museum in Chengdu, Sichuan province, never fail to be impressed by a gold mask taking pride of place in the exhibition hall on the second floor. It is only one of many ancient masks excavated from the Sanxingdui and Jinsha Ruins in Sichuan. According to Zhu Zhangyi, the deputy curator of the Jinsha Site Museum, these masks are unique to the area. About 3.7 cm tall and 4.9 cm wide, they are very thin and the gold mask exhibited in the museum is believed to be more than 3,000 years old. "The gold mask was not donned by a living person. Instead, it was affixed to a bronze human head or a wooden human head," Zhu says. Some scholars believe the bronze head represents the soul of a dead ancestor, while others hold the opinion that it is the image of a necromancer and the bronze head is probably that of a high-ranking shaman. Despite the diverse views, the certainty is that the bronze heads were worshipped by ancient Sichuan people, who believed that they were channels to higher beings and would afford protection. It was also an indication of the advanced level of witchery and religion during the Shu Kingdom, according to Zhu. Shu is the ancient name for Sichuan. Masks are closely linked with witchery craft. They are widely used by many ethnic groups in sacrificial ceremonies and holiday celebrations or when they pray for a better harvest. In sacrificial ceremonies, necromancers wearing masks dance to amuse the gods, and work themselves into a trance during which they believe they can communicate directly with the spiritual realms. "Facial make-up in the modern Peking Opera and Sichuan Opera as well as masks in modern masques are related to the ancient masks," Zhu says. As gold masks have been excavated only in Sichuan, some scholars think they might have been influenced by Western Asian civilization. Between 4,000 and 3,000 years ago, a large number of gold ornaments appeared in Egypt and Western Asia. They quickly spread along the Mediterranean Sea to Central Asia and South Asia. It is very likely that gold masks also found their way into the Chengdu Plain through India and Central Asia. Although they adopted some elements of Western Asian civilization, the ancient Sichuan people are said to have made their masks in line with their own cultural heritage in an innovative way. The Jinsha Ruins, where the Jinsha Site Museum is located, cover 4 square kilometers including an area for holding sacrificial rites, residential quarters for the nobility, another residential complex for commoners and a graveyard. Experts hail the ruins as one of Sichuan's most important archaeological finds after the discovery of the San-xingdui Ruins in 1929. Like Sanxingdui, Jinsha was discovered by accident. On Feb 8, 2001, builders working on an apartment construction site in Jinsha village found ivory and jade pieces among the piles of earth. Since then, archaeologists have excavated more than 5,000 precious relics including gold, jade, bronze and stone wares as well as one metric ton of whole elephant tusks and tens of thousands of pottery and ceramic shards. A farmer digging a ditch in his fields also discovered the Sanxingdui Ruins in Guanghan, 40 km from Chengdu. From that site, more than 10,000 relics, some of which date back 3,000 and 5,000 years, have been unearthed. In 1986, six gold human masks and 24 bronze human masks were recovered in Sanxingdui. The excavations have yielded what are considered some of the most significant archaeological discoveries in China in the last century.
(Source: China Daily)
The Past in Ruins
From Newsweek Pakistan
Exploring Asia’s most endangered treasures.
By Kristian Jebsen | From the May 25 2012 issue
Bay Ismoyo / AFP
Throughout Asia, historical marvels are being imperiled by threats both natural—floods, earthquakes—and human, as the populations of developing countries expand at an exponential rate. Now the Global Heritage Fund has highlighted 10 archeological sites at imminent risk of disappearing. They are not alone: the sites were selected from a list of more than 500 locations where the need to preserve archeological marvels is particularly great and where the funding for preservation is disproportionately low. While the following sites are at serious risk, they possess considerable economic potential; if managed properly, they could provide much-needed jobs to local communities as tourist destinations.
A holy site for both the Buddhist and Muslim faiths, Taxila served as an intellectual center for almost a millennium until its final demise in the 5th century. Situated at the confluence of three ancient trading routes, the site is currently facing a triumvirate of threats: terrorists, grave robbers, and urban development.
Shah Marai / AFP
The ancient Buddhist monastery of Mes Aynak lies on the Silk Road, 40 kilometers south of Kabul. In its 1,400-year history it has served as both a site for prayer and an Al Qaeda training camp. It’s also home to vast copper deposits beneath its hallowed walls. A Chinese extraction company is set to destroy the entire site within two years, in order to access the minerals. A team of French and Afghan archeologists have been scrambling since 2009 to excavate the area, but time is running out.
Courtesy of Global Heritage Fund
The 5,000-year-old site of Rakhigarhi contains evidence of the advanced urban infrastructure of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Currently lacking recognition and protection from the Indian government, local villagers use the deteriorating site to dry and harvest buffalo dung. With Delhi a mere 150 kilometers away, India’s population explosion is also threatening to further bury Rakhigarhi’s unexplored areas. To date, much of the site remains unexplored and underground.
Marianne Barriauxo / AFP
Widely considered to be one of the most intact examples of a traditional Islamic city, the Old City of Kashgar is being destroyed at a frightening pace. The Chinese government is currently in the process of reducing 85 percent of the old city to rubble, on the justification that the thousand-year-old mud-brick residences—which house half the city’s population—are vulnerable to earthquakes and must be razed.
Saeed Khan / AFP
The ancient Siamese capital of Ayutthaya is known today as “The Venice of the East.” Like its European namesake, it remains vulnerable to flooding, which has severely eroded the foundation upon which many of the 14th- and 15th-century monasteries and temples are built. The most recent floods in 2011 inflicted more damage upon the monuments in six weeks than water damage over the previous three centuries.
Michelle Butalon / AFP
The Intramuros Fortress in Manila serves as a testament to the country’s convoluted past. The stronghold was built by the Spanish colonizers in the 16th century in order to stave off British, Dutch, and Chinese attacks. Heavily bombed during World War II, the site remains underdeveloped. There is also a strong suspicion that the government will destroy its character by commercializing the area.
Jean Marie Hullot
Once a vital religious and commercial hub, Myauk-U was the capital of the Arakenese Kingdom. Here, royals built a stunning collection of pagodas, stupas, monasteries, and temples. Today these structures are threatened by the construction of a railway line through the area, which has irrevocably damaged many cultural sites.
Dating from the 3rd century B.C., Mahasthangarh is the oldest archeological site in Bangladesh, and it’s proving difficult to preserve. Although a legal framework to protect the ancient city was set up in 1920, the law only covers government-owned land. As a result, the lack of residential infrastructure is pressuring the site as Bangladesh’s population continues to rise.
CAMBODIAThe 11th-century Khmer temple of Preah Vihear straddles the hotly contested border of Cambodia and Thailand. Since an international court ruling awarded the temple to Cambodia in 1962, it’s regularly been ravaged not only by annual monsoons and a shifting climate, but also by the bullets and bombs of clashing Thai and Cambodian forces. Although the atmosphere has remained calm since February of last year, the opposing armies remain in place, defying an International Court of Justice ruling that both sides must withdraw from the area.
Thousands of jars litter the landscape at the Xieng Khouang Plateau, an Iron Age site in the country’s north. The megalithic structures, which have lent the area the fitting name of Plain of Jars, were presumably used in the funerary rites of the area’s ancient inhabitants. Carved from limestone, sandstone, or granite, the jars face an explosive threat: thousands of unexploded cluster bombs left over from the Vietnam War. The urns are also vulnerable to urban pressures: due to their shape, local villagers use them to collect garbage, or as chicken coops and animal troughs.
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Review: Sam Smith makes anticipated return with ‘The Thrill Of It All’
Sidelines 2 years ago
Story by Blake Holliday / Contributing Writer
Sam Smith originally broke into the music scene back in 2014 with his debut, full-length album, “In the Lonely Hour.” His hit single “Stay With Me” was played everywhere, and Smith was performing at and selling out venues such as the Ryman Auditorium here in Nashville and the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia, which is where I first heard his work. His fresh approach to music was invigorating to the music scene, and now three years later Smith is back to wow his fans and listeners.
“The Thrill Of It All” is a softer approach than his last album. On “In The Lonely Hour,” there was a mix of slow ballads and upbeat pop songs. Yet on his latest release, the album is entirely made up of intimate ballads and gospel-like vocals and instrumentation.
One interesting aspect to Smith’s new album is the artists featured in some of his songs, such as YEBBA in “No Peace” and Timbaland in “Pray.” His first album was completely solo, so it is interesting to see Smith branch out and team up with other artists on this project.
One of the first stand out pieces is “HIM.” In Smith’s previous songs, gender and sexuality were kept vague. But with this album and this song in particular, Smith throws that out the window and is very up-front with his sexuality by his discussion on coming out and dealing with the backlash from family and religion. This is a powerful choice, because it adds even more visibility and representation for the LGBT community.
Smith proclaims, “Say I shouldn’t be here but I can’t give up his touch / It is him I love, it is him / Don’t you try and tell me that God doesn’t care for us / It is him I love, it is him I love.”
Religion and romance are two heavy subjects in this album, as seen in the songs “Pray” and “Burning.” In “Pray,” Smith uses gospel and hip-hop influences to discuss his broken relationship with the church. While in “Burning,” Smith opens up about broken romantic relationships and trying to reconcile with himself.
Although “The Thrill Of It All” is missing some of the upbeat, pop anthems that “In the Lonely Hour” boasted, its deep, emotional content is a welcomed change. This album delivers the raw details in the form of intense gospel numbers and soft ballads, which gives listeners the chance to peer into Smith’s intimate life, which is an interesting ride.
“The Thrill Of It All” by Sam Smith is now available for purchase everywhere, including iTunes and Amazon, and is streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play and Amazon Music.
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Also indexed as:Withania somniferum
© Steven Foster
Withania somniferum
The safety of ashwagandha in pregnancy and lactation has been questioned in the popular literature and some other sources.10 These theoretical concerns appear to be based on ashwagandha’s alkaloid, specifically nicotine, content.11 Alkaloids, as a family, are known for their ability to affect the central nervous system and their potential to cause toxicity. Although ashwagandha’s adaptogenic effects are attributed to its steroidal lactones, known as withanolides, it contains numerous other constituents, including an array of alkaloids such as nicotine.12 These alkaloids are concentrated in the leaves, with only small amounts being present in the root, which is by far the most commonly used part of the plant. Alcohol extracts contain the highest amounts of alkaloids.13
In a study in rats, ashwagandha demonstrated no maternal or fetal toxicities, even at high doses.14 Its many historical uses include improving fertility, bringing on pregnancy, preventing miscarriage, and promoting lactation.15 Nonetheless, there are also reports of its use to induce abortion, although there is no information about the parts or doses used for this purpose.16
Given its long and broad history of use, the toxic potential of ashwagandha appears to be very low when used in typical amounts. Nevertheless, ashwagandha’s safety during pregnancy and lactation has not been rigorously studied and therefore cannot be confirmed.
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(Notes #8)
Safety in a Dangerous World
Ever since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the world has been faced with unprecedented danger and uncertainty. Recent headlines suggest that the threat of terrorism has reached critical proportions. News of another possible attack in the U.S. has been circulating in the press, and the rhetoric of war has dominated world politics for quite some time. Once again we are forced to contemplate our fragility and mortality in this material world. Anything can happen now -- and we know it.
For those of us old enough to remember, these recent events may conjure up memories of the Great Northeast Blackout in 1965. As a resident of Canada, I remember it well. Although quite young at the time, I distinctly recall the sense of fear and vulnerability that arose in my heart. I realized for the first time that our civilization wasn't as strong and secure as we had been led to believe.
"At 5:27 p.m., November 9, 1965, the entire Northeast area of the United States and large parts of Canada went dark. From Buffalo to the eastern border of New Hampshire and from New York City to Ontario, a massive power outage struck without warning. Trains were stuck between subway stops. People were trapped in elevators. Failed traffic signals stopped traffic dead. And, at the height of the Cold War, many thought Armageddon had arrived. One pilot flying over a darkened New York City stated, "I thought, 'another Pearl Harbor!'" By 5:40 p.m. that evening, 80,000 square miles of the Northeast United States and Ontario, Canada, were without power, leaving 30 million people in the dark. New York City was particularly hit by this blackout, due to its reliance on electricity for nearly all aspects of city life." (The Blackout History Project)
At the time, Srila Prabhupada was staying in New York at Dr. Mishra's yoga studio on Riverside Drive. He had recently arrived from Butler, Pennsylvania where he had been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Agarwal for a month after arriving in the U.S. from India. Describing the blackout in a letter to Sally Agarwal, Srila Prabhupada wrote the following words:
"Yes there was all darkness in New York on the 10th instant and it was not a happy incident. I learn that many people remained in the elevators and in the subway trains for more than seven to eight hours in darkness. I do not read newspapers but there must have been some mishaps also which we do not know. That is the way of material civilisation too much depending on machine. At any time the whole thing may collapse and therefore we may not be self complacent depending so much on artificial life. The modern life of civilisation depends wholly on electricity and petrol and both of them are artificial for man." (Srila Prabhupada letter to "My dear daughter Sally," November 13, 1965)
More than thirty-five years later, the world is even more dependent on electricity and petrol. The Internet (on which this website is being published) has become the preferred method of communication. We now have satellites orbiting the earth which allow us to communicate across the globe in seconds. Our methods of warfare are now laser-guided and accurate to the Nth degree. Yet are we any safer as a result?
Intelligence reports suggest that the Internet is now being used by terrorists and others of ill intent who communicate freely with each other. In fact, the World Wide Web itself may be attacked and brought down at a moment's notice. The very fabric and infrastructure of our society could unravel without warning. The situation is perilous. Therefore Srila Prabhupada continually warned us that there is danger at every step in this material world (padam padam yad vipadam), and he urged us to take to Krsna consciousness immediately for the solution to all problems:
"As long as we are in this material world, there must be calamities because this is the place of calamity. But even with calamities our business should be to develop our Krishna consciousness, so that after giving up this body we may go back home, back to Krishna." (Teachings of Queen Kunti)
Not only has Srila Prabhupada helped us to identify the source of all our miseries in this temporary world (duhkhalayam asasvatam), but he has meticulously provided the means of relief in his voluminous books and instructions. Despite that we are now in the midst of troubled times in a perpetually troubled world, we are still very fortunate to have Srila Prabhupada as our eternal spiritual preceptor. Although he has physically departed from this world, Srila Prabhupada so mercifully continues to guide us. The only qualification is that we hear from him sincerely, and with faith.
"In my books the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is explained fully so if there is anything which you do not understand, then you simply have to read again and again. By reading daily the knowledge will be revealed to you and by this process your spiritual life will develop." (Srila Prabhupada letter, November 22, 1974)
In whatever condition of life we may now find ourselves, it is to our eternal benefit to arrange our lives in such a way that we can follow Srila Prabhupada's instructions to the best of our ability. Although we can never fully repay him for the tremendous gift that he has given us all, at the very least we can be loyal to Srila Prabhupada and stick tightly to his lotus feet. After all, there is no safer place to be.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
HARE KRSNA HARE KRSNA KRSNA KRSNA HARE HARE / HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE
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Compensation for Work-Related Mental Stress
On April 29, 2014, the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal (WSIAT) released its decision on ONA’s Charter Challenge declaring that the exclusion of workers with chronic mental stress from eligibility for compensation under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIA) was discriminatory and contrary to the Constitution. Two other non-ONA cases followed with similar success and these wins, along with lobbying and pressure by unions and other injured workers’ organizations, led to the repealing of the discriminatory provisions in May 2017.
Amendments under Bill 127, the Stronger, Healthier Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017 came into effect on January 1, 2018 that now allows workers with work-related mental stress to be eligible for benefits under the workers’ compensation plan.
The amendments also allow workers whose mental stress occurred between April 29, 2014 and December 31, 2017 and who did not previously file a claim, to file a claim for compensation with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) before July 1, 2018.
Furthermore, workers whose claims were previously denied and workers whose claims are pending may be eligible to have their claims considered or re-considered under the following transitional rules:
1. Claims that were denied by the WSIB or by the WSIAT before January 1, 2018 cannot be refiled. However, if a worker has a timely claim for mental stress pending before the WSIB on January 1, 2018, the decision will be made based on the new provisions regardless of the date on which the mental stress occurred. “Pending” means the WSIB has not made a decision or final decision on the claim by January 1, 2018.
2. If a worker has a timely claim for mental stress that is pending before the WSIAT on January 1, 2018 (a pending appeal), the WSIAT will send the claim back to the Board to decide entitlement under the new provisions regardless of the date on which the mental stress occurred.
3. If on or after January 1, 2018 a worker files a timely Notice of Appeal to the WSIAT of a final decision of the WSIB made before January 1, 2018, the WSIAT will refer the claim back to the WSIB to be decided under the new provisions regardless of the date on which the worker’s mental stress occurred.
1. ONA members who have suffered work-related mental stress for which they lost time and/or sought medical treatment and have not previously filed a WSIB Claim, should contact the WSIB immediately to find out if they are eligible for compensation under the new provisions. WSIB: 416-344-1000 or 1-800-387-0750.
2. ONA members who have an existing claim or appeal at the WSIB or WSIAT for work-related mental stress should contact the WSIB to find out how the new provisions affect their claim. They can also contact the ONA WSIB Appeals Intake Line: 416-964-8833 or 1-800-387-5580, and ask for WSIB Intake or enter extension 7721. ONA members can leave their name, phone number and a time they can be reached with a brief message and a WSIB Appeals Labour Relations Officer will return their call within 48 hours. They can also email the ONA WSIB Appeals Team via: WSIBIntake@ona.org.
Please note the deadline for WSIB and WSIAT Claims or Reconsiderations under the new provisions in any of the above circumstances is JULY 1, 2018.
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Europe, The Episodes, United Kingdom, Unknown WWII
Episode 17. Britain – Adolf Hitler’s star-crossed love (II)
Written by Nikolay STARIKOV on 13/06/2015
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Two weeks after Britain’s treacherous attack on the French navy, the world was already discussing a very different event. On July 19, 1940, Adolf Hitler stepped up to the podium of the German Reichstag. In that hall sat not only the members of the German parliament, but also generals, the leaders of the SS, and diplomats – the cream of the Third Reich. They all eagerly listened to their Führer. And what was he speaking about? About the brilliant success of the German army that had crushed France with such unbelievable speed. But then Hitler spoke again … about peace. Not about the abstract idea of “world peace,” but about a very particular type of peace with the world power that embodied that ideal. Hitler, an Anglophile, was at the peak of his celebrity when he made his peace overture to Great Britain. The victor was offering peace to the vanquished. Hitler’s speech, which was being translated into English by an interpreter as he spoke, flew around the world.
From Britain I now hear only a single cry – not of the people but of the politicians – that the war must go on! I do not know whether these politicians already have a correct idea of what the continuation of this struggle will be like. They do, it is true, declare that they will carry on with the war and that, even if Great Britain should perish, they would carry on from Canada. I can hardly believe that they mean by this that the people of Britain are to go to Canada. Presumably only those gentlemen interested in the continuation of their war will go there. The people, I am afraid, will have to remain in Britain and . . . will certainly regard the war with other eyes than their so-called leaders in Canada.
Believe me, gentlemen, I feel a deep disgust for this type of unscrupulous politician who wrecks whole nations. It almost causes me pain to think that I should have been selected by fate to deal the final blow to the structure which these men have already set tottering… Mr. Churchill… no doubt will already be in Canada, where the money and children of those principally interested in the war have already been sent. For millions of other people, however, great suffering will begin. Mr. Churchill ought perhaps, for once, to believe me when I prophesy that a great Empire will be destroyed – an Empire which it was never my intention to destroy or even to harm…
In this hour I feel it to be my duty before my own conscience to appeal once more to reason and common sense in Great Britain as much as elsewhere. I consider myself in a position to make this appeal since I am not the vanquished begging favors, but the victor speaking in the name of reason.
I can see no reason why this war must go on.
(William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p.677)
On July 22, 1940, the British foreign secretary, Lord Halifax, made a speech rejecting Hitler’s call for peace. This country so idolized by Adolf Hitler, this world power, this alliance that he regarded as exceptionally promising and useful to Germany, had once again rebuffed his outstretched hand. It was a dead end. Not for the German state, which had paid such a small price to become so powerful. It was a dead end for the politician Adolf Hitler, who passionately longed to destroy communism and to build a new world power, but who had instead signed peace treaty with the Bolsheviks and was battling those who had built an exemplary empire long before he had been born. An empire that Hitler himself had always idealized. “I admire the English. As colonizers, what they have accomplished is unprecedented,” noted the Führer in one of his many statements about the virtues of British colonialism.
But what about Operation Sea Lion? What about the merciless bombing of London? What about the Battle of Britain that was waged in the skies? Can all that not be seen as proof of the English fight against the Nazis and of Hitler’s desire to conquer the British Isles?
No, it cannot. That whole “fight” was merely one small episode compared with the subsequent bloody drama in the East.
Let’s start at the beginning. On July 13, 1940, six days before his “Peace” speech in the Reichstag, the Führer issued Directive No. 16: “to develop plans against the British.” This directive opened with the statement, “England, in spite of the hopelessness of her military position, has so far shown herself unwilling to come to any compromise.”[1] Aware of Hitler’s deferential attitude toward the British and his extreme reluctance to fight them, the German generals did not put a great deal of effort into drafting Operation Sea Lion. They were confident that no German troops would ever land in England. German General Gerd von
General Gerd von Rundstedt
Rundstedt told Allied investigators in 1945 that “the proposed invasion of England was nonsense, because adequate ships were not available … We looked upon the whole thing as a sort of game … I have a feeling that the Fuehrer never really wanted to invade England.”[2] His colleague, General Günther Blumentritt, also affirmed that among themselves, the German generals considered Operation Sea Lion to be a bluff. [3] Proof of this was Hitler’s decision to disband 50 divisions and transfer another 25 to the peacetime corps.[4]
In August 1940, the American journalist William Shirer arrived on the shores of the Channel and found no signs of preparation there for any invasion of the British Isles.[5] Even Hitler’s deadlines for readying the German army for an attack on England were pushed back from Sept. 15 to the 21st, then to the 24th, and finally to Oct. 12. But instead of an order to land, a very different document materialized on that same day: “The Fuehrer has decided that from now on until the spring, preparations for ‘Sea Lion’ shall be continued solely for the purpose of maintaining political and military pressure on England.”[6]
So in what light should we view the famous Battle of Britain? Why did Hitler give the order to begin actively bombing the Isles? In order to properly grasp Hitler’s strategy one must first understand his objectives. He has no desire to fight England, but the British Empire refuses to sign a peace treaty. What is the leader of Germany to do in such a situation? Either accept the English conditions (which would be a stupid and entirely unacceptable concession for any victor to make) or try to persuade them to make peace. But he wanted only to persuade, not to crush or destroy them. Because even if German troops successfully landed on English shores, this would be of little use to Hitler. If the Isles were occupied, Britain’s royal family and aristocrats would simply hop onto warships and head for Canada, without surrendering or signing a peace treaty. And what then? The war ahead looked endless for Germany, because, as we have said, the Germans had virtually no navy. What good would it do them to occupy England? No good whatsoever. But Hitler clung to his shreds of hope that by making a big show of preparing to storm British shores and by playing up the horrors of a war on English soil, he could induce the British leaders to acquiesce to a peaceful compromise. If only he could use bombs and bluffs to make the British see that their pigheadedness would have serious consequences! To accomplish this, he would begin Operation Sea Lion with an air attack over the Isles – he would launch the Battle of Britain.
Freiburg after Allies’ bombing, May 1940
We are always enthralled by myths and stereotypes. Ask anyone – who was the first to bomb civilian cities? And you’ll hear – “the Nazis.” But in fact, the first bombs – and they landed on civilian, not enemy, targets – were not dropped by German planes but by British. On May 11, 1940, just after becoming prime minister, Winston Churchill ordered the bombing of the German city of Freiburg (in the province of Baden). It was not until July 10, 1940 that German planes conducted their first raid over British soil. That date marked the onset of the Battle of Britain.
For the most part during the Battle of Britain, German flying aces attacked enemy military targets. But the British alternated raids on military objectives with air strikes against German cities. On Aug. 25, 26, and then the 29th, British planes shelled Berlin. Speaking in his besieged capital on Sept. 4, 1940, Adolf Hitler spoke specifically about this air campaign, “… Whenever the Englishman sees a light, he drops a bomb … on residential districts, farms, and villages. For three months I did not answer because I believed that such madness would be stopped. Mr. Churchill took this for a sign of weakness. We are now answering night for night.”[7]
Only on Sept. 7 did German planes begin regular raids on London. This, incidentally, is still more clear evidence that Hitler was not planning an invasion of the British Isles. Otherwise, turning his attention away from neutralizing British air power and instead beginning retaliatory raids on civilian targets looks like complete idiocy. If German leaders were preparing to occupy England, they would not have been bombing the British capital – instead they would be destroying the airfields and military installations that would hamper any invasion by the German army.
We are constantly faced with one inescapable fact: the leader of Germany is waging only a half-hearted war on Britain, merely reciprocating with counter attacks. That’s not how you win a war. But Hitler wasn’t planning to win that war, he was planning to end it!
Centre of Coventry, UK after German air raid, November 1940
How deadly and terrifying were those German air raids? According to the official numbers, during the Battle of Britain 842 people were killed in London and 2,347 injured.[8] The most infamous German air strike on the English town of Coventry on Nov. 14, 1940 killed 568. Obviously the death of any human being is a tragedy, but these numbers seem diminished when compared to the millions of Russian, Chinese, Yugoslavian, and Polish victims of World War II. Something similar happens when one looks at the total British contribution to the defeat of Nazi Germany. Over the course of the entire Second World War, England lost 388,000 people, including 62,000 civilians. [9] This means that only 62,000 British noncombatants fell victim to German bombs throughout all of WWII. So, is that a lot or a little? Everything is relative. The French territory occupied by the Germans was not the primary target of Allied planes. For that reason, British and American bombs killed only 30,000 people there, over the course of four years (from the summer of 1940 to the summer of 1944). But after the invasion of Normandy, British and American planes began pounding French cities and villages far more frequently, in order to rout the German forces. As a result, during the three months of summer in 1944, as the Germans were being driven from France, another 20,000 French were killed (out of a total of 50,000) by bombs dropped by their “liberators”.[10]
But the number of German civilians who died in bombing raids is still shrouded in mystery. No one can give a final figure. Because it is too horrifying. If Germany had won WWII, then Churchill, Roosevelt, and the chiefs of the Allied air forces would have been guaranteed not only a seat in the dock, but also a death sentence for their hundreds of thousands of victims. But history is written by the victors. Therefore, other criminals were tried for other crimes at Nuremberg, while those who wiped out entire German cities along with all their inhabitants were able to retire in peace …
A section of Hamburg lies in ruins in 1946. It took years to rebuild Hamburg and the other German cities devastated by Allied bombing raids during WWII.
Hamburg was the first victim of Britain’s aerial warfare strategy. Operation Gomorrah began on the night of July 24, 1943. The British had launched previous attacks on German cities. But much was novel about this air campaign: both the number of bombers (700) as well as the astonishing number of firebombs that were dropped on the city. And so a new and terrible phenomenon was introduced into human history – the firestorm. When a large number of small fires are concentrated in one place, they very quickly heat the air to such a temperature that the cooler air surrounding the fire is sucked, as if through a funnel, into the space around the source of the heat. The difference in temperature reached 600-1,000 degrees, and this formed tornadoes unlike anything seen in nature, where temperature differences are no more than 20-30 degrees. Hot air whipped through the streets at high speed, carrying sparks and small pieces of burning wood, igniting new buildings and literally incinerating anyone caught in the firestorm’s path. There was no way to stop this cyclone of flames. Fire raged in the city for several more days, and a column of smoke rose to a height of six kilometers!
Phosphorus bombs were also used against the inhabitants of Hamburg. Phosphorus particles stick to the skin and cannot be extinguished because they reignite as soon as they are exposed to air. The city’s residents were burned alive and there was no way to help them. Eyewitnesses claim that the street pavement bubbled, sugar stored in the city’s warehouses boiled, and glass windows melted on streetcars. Innocent civilians were burned alive, turned into ash, or were suffocated by poisonous gas in the basements of their own homes as they tried to find refuge from the bombs. As soon as those fires were put out, a new air raid would come, and then another. In one week, 55,000 residents of Hamburg died in air strikes, which is almost the same number as were killed in England throughout the entire war.[11]
Have you ever been to Hamburg? If you go, you might wonder why nothing from the old Hanseatic city remains. And if you ask they’ll tell you that 13 square km. of the historic city center was completely incinerated; 27,000 residential and 7,000 public buildings were destroyed, including some ancient monuments of culture and architecture; and 750,000 out of Hamburg’s population of two million were left homeless.
But that was only the beginning. The second firestorm in human history was created in the city of Kassel, on Oct. 22, 1943. On that night, 10,000 residents died in that city of 250,000. Kassel would be followed by Nuremberg, Leipzig, and many other towns. Sixty-one German cities with a total population of 25 million suffered colossal damage, eight million were left homeless, and about 600,000 were killed. Among them were many children, the elderly, and women, but very few men. After all, most of those were at the front …
Dresden on the eve of WWII
The worst firestorm was inflicted on Dresden by British and American air bombers. British planes carried out the first raid on the night of Feb. 13, 1945. The next morning the flaming city was subjected to a second offensive – this time courtesy of the US Air Force. In all, 1,300 bombers took part, resulting in a firestorm of unprecedented magnitude. Dresden was wiped off the map. Once considered one of the most beautiful cities in Germany, it is today a city almost devoid of architectural charm. It has never been possible to definitively establish the number of victims who died: according to various estimates, between 60,000 and 100,000 people perished in a fiery hell. Look at the date of the raid and ask yourself, why, two months before the end of the war, when the end was already clear, was it necessary to necessary to unleash such slaughter in a city with no military targets or weapons factories? Was this an accident? An error? Remember who it was who dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the final days of World War II. Those criminals were never punished either.
The bombing of civilian cities resulted in destruction and loss of life in all the belligerent countries. It is extremely difficult to determine which side was the first to launch such attacks. But British bombs of course were responsible for the most victims and greatest devastation.
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[1] Peter Fleming. Operation Sea Lion: Hitler’s Plot to Invade England. Pg. 15.
[2] William Shirer. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Pg. 761.
[4] A. J. P. Taylor. Vtoraya Mirovaya Voina // Vtoraya Mirovaya Voina: Dva Vzglyada. Pg. 423.
[6] Ibid. Pg. 774.
[9] Alan Bullock. Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives. Pg. 983.
[10] Charles de Gaulle. Voennye Memuary. Edinstvo. 1940–1942. Pg. 189–190.
[11] Janusz Piekalkiewicz The Air War, 1939-1945. Harrisburg, Pa.: Historical Times Inc., 1985. Pg. 288.
Episode 16. Who signed death sentence to France in 1940?
Episode 15. Poland Betrayed
Episode 14. How Adolf Hitler turned to be a “defiant aggressor”
Episode 13. Why London presented Hitler with Vienna and Prague
Episode 12. Why did Britain and the United States have no desire to prevent WWII?
Episode 11. A Soviet Quarter Century (1930-1955)
Episode 10. Who Organised the Famine in the USSR in 1932-1933?
Episode 9. How the British “Liberated” Greece
Episode 8. The Great Odd War
Episode 7. Britain and France Planned to Assault Soviet Union in 1940
Episode 6. Leon Trotsky, Father of German Nazism
Episode 5. Who paid for World War II?
Episode 4. Who ignited First World War?
Episode 3. Assassination in Sarajevo
Episode 2. The US Federal Reserve
Episode 1. Bank of England
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Hurricane Sandy strengthens as it heads toward Long Island, NY
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NEW YORK – As Long Islanders hunkered down, Hurricane Sandy grew stronger and faster early Monday, bringing a “life-threatening storm surge” to the East Coast and the risk of hurricane-force winds to Suffolk County, forecasters said. Shortly before dawn, Freeport director of emergency management Richard Holdener said he was concerned that flooding in his South Shore community could be potentially “catastrophic.” Water was already “spilling over the bulkheads” of local canals Monday morning, more than one hour and 40 minutes before high tide at 8:41 a.m., Holdener said. At about 9:30 a.m. Freeport was 2 feet above flood stage. Holdener said he was fearful “tonight’s high tide will be one for the record books.” The National Weather Service warned of winds gusting up to 90 mph in Suffolk County and along a stretch of the Connecticut coast to the north. “Winds will be capable of downing trees and snapping off large tree branches,” a weather service advisory said. Sandy, in the meantime, started to move inland and continued to gain strength. By 8 a.m., Sandy was 265 miles southeast of Atlantic City and 310 miles south southeast of New York City, the National Weather Service said. Its maximum sustained winds had increased to 85 mph, up 10 mph from 2 a.m., and was moving inland north northwest toward south central New Jersey at 20 mph, an increase of 5 mph from its 5 a.m. speed, the National Weather Service said. And more strengthening is possible as Sandy transitions into “a wintertime low-pressure system” before landfall, the hurricane center said. The potentially historic storm is sure to bring significant coastal flooding, bursts of heavy rain and powerful winds that may reach hurricane strength on Long Island, forecasters said. President Barack Obama declared emergencies in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, authorizing federal relief work to begin well ahead of time, The Associated Pressreported. He promised the government would “respond big and respond fast” after the storm hits. Meteorologist David Stark of the National Weather Service said the hurricane’s increased force early Monday was expected, as the storm pushed inland and interacted with other systems. Stark said the combination of high winds, gusting to 85 mph in some instances, and coastal flooding made the hurricane a life-threatening event. One of the meteorologists on staff even provided his contact information, issuing a personal plea urging those who think the storm is “overhyped” to call and yell at him on Friday if it ends up not being as bad as they think. –Newsday
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Project Rein Down on Yo’ Ass
August 8, 2016 by RodneyAn
As a ZZZ-list celebrity, I give so much and ask so little. That’s why, on those rare occasions that I do ask you folks to help out, you know it’s something serious.
I really, really, really need all of you go to this URL and enter “Rein” under Artist & “I Don’t Get Anything But Shit From You” under Song (Please see photo):
http://www.stereogum.com/…/v…/franchises/song-of-the-summer/
Don’t do it for me. Don’t do it because “I Don’t Get Anything But Shit From You” is a fun little angry song. Do it because the people who’ve been posting in comments section of the poll are UNSPEAKABLE MONSTERS! Don’t believe Me? OK, here’s an actual quote:
“Nice, but I’m gonna have to go with ‘Because I’m Me’ by the Avalanches. That song breathes summer.”
If that songs breathes summer, then I want to be the one to hold a pillow over its face until it STOPS breathing summer. Or anything else, for that matter.
If you’re like me (and these days, who isn’t?) you live in a city whose airwaves are dominated with shitty Alt-Rock. This means that WE have to hear THEIR music, but THEY never have to encounter OURS. We have to consistently endure their upbeat Poptomist anthems, but they rarely, or ever, get a taste or our angry songs. Well, “Project Rein Down on Yo’ Ass” hopes to address that issue one poll at a time.
And just what a shock it will be to these people to hear an angry female voice. I swear by God and a dozen other mass murderers, that Hipster are the most gender-normative subculture since the Birchers . Think about it. All of their men look like lumberjacks and are into bacon and all of their women are doe-eyed knitting enthusiasts who speak in squeaky child-like voices. If you saw that shit in a horror movie, you’d flee from the theater.
Many, many years ago, an acquaintance of my got burned on a coke deal so he got his shotgun and drove to the dealer’s corner only to find it occupied by four dudes sporting Uzis. Vastly out-gunned, my neighbor just set low in the driver’s seat, then drove for about half -a-block before fire his gun into the air. “I just wanted them to know I was thinking about them”, he would later explain.
So, there you have it. Like my acquaintance, we too are vastly out-gunned. but that doesn’t mean we can’t make a little noise from time-to-time just to let other folks know that we’re thinking aout them.
So let’s get going; there’s no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural fluids.
You’ll Bomb to Anything
March 26, 2016 by RodneyAn
This is what happens when I have too much time on my hands: I’ve remixed Caustic’s “Bomb the Clubs’ into the Dead Milkmen’s “You’ll Dance to Anything”
Bomb the Club Mixes Maxi-Single by Caustic
To hear twelve other artists who did a much better job than I did, go here.
Remix Our Chica Vampiro Song Or Be Cast Out As “Unclean”!
February 19, 2016 by RodneyAn
Hello gherkins,
You’ve had over a month to get to up close and personal with our Chica Vampiro track, now it’s you turn to see if you can improve on perfection! This is your chance to remix a song by the greatest super-group since Simon and Garfunkle and Malmsteen and Dawn!
Get the remix kit HERE
Then remix the song.
Then let us hear your remix.
Then relax in a pile of filthy, filthy money, because this shit WILL make you famous!
2015: The Busiest Year of My Life. Part 1 – Hot Breakfast, A Song, & A Documentary
I’m going to make a brave and possibly futile attempt at documenting some of the more interesting things that happened to me in 2015 (the strangest year of my life), over a series of posts. I hope you enjoy them.
It’s the after of Saturday, January 17th, 2015, and I am urinating, live, on the internet.
Maybe I’d better rewind a little…
A month or so earlier, our friend an co-conspirator Brain McTear asked us (The Dead Milkmen) if we’d like to take part in Weathervane Music’s Shaking Through series. Basicly, the series works like this: a band drops by Brian’s studio for two days – one day of recording and one day of mixing . Both sessions are streamed live over the internet, and later the song and a little documentary are released. We said yes – otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this.
I was really excited about the invite (Here’s my original tumblr post ) for a couple of reasons. First, I really enjoy working with Brian. Second, how often can you turn on your computer and watch a band record and mix a song live? I’m a total studio-spaz; I’m fascinated with the studio in much the same way that Mike Huckabee is fascinated by shiny objects, also, I can think of about 50 bands whom I’d love to watch recording a song. And, finally, it would give the band a chance to record “The Prisoner’s Cinema” – a song that I’d really wanted to include on Pretty Music For Pretty People.
OK. I’m getting to the urination, but first I’d like to tell you a little bit about the the origin of the song and my friends Kyle, MC Lars and Matt & Jill (AKA Hot Breakfast!). Oh, here’s 10 hours of The Dead Milkmen in the studio, just in case you think I’m making all of this up.
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Another Friday Night, Another Radio Show
December 5, 2015 by RodneyAn
Just a reminder that RATYHTL (The radio show) will be airing tonight on YNOT from 9 to 11PM. As usual, I’ll post the show’s playlist on tumblr (link on the menu at the left) around 8:55. If you’re new to all of this, there are instructions as to how to stream the show here.
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Fables of the Reconstruction
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Friday Night Alibi
Initial reaction: Very cool story. I'll admit this started rocky and it had cliches that made me roll my eyes more than once, but I really liked watching the development of the relationship between Chase and Kelli. Kelli can be a little on the goofy side in her internal voice, but she's likable, and I think she's typical of a chick-lit heroine. Chase has his annoying moments, but he's very respectful towards Kelli, and it's refreshing to see that even with the way he teases her, they have a good, flirtatious rapport. I'll explain more in the full review.Full review:I thought that "Friday Night Alibi" turned out to be a light read in the end for me, but to be honest, it was a rocky road because of places I had problems with it. Depending on your suspension of disbelief and tolerance for the internal voice of the narrating character, this overarching read may or may not hit with you. I think it worked for me because of its light nature for the most part and not necessarily following the paint by numbers story plots I've seen in this age group so far. Usual NA readers who want something different from the angst and melodrama probably would enjoy this, because this is pretty light and fluffy in comparison to the usual "tormented tattooed bad boy and female heroine with oh-so-tortuous problems" formula that peppers some of the novels in this area. It was nice to see something a little more comedic and flirty and that didn't follow all the same grains of the genre for once, and I think Cassie Mae hits the nail on the head for writing something that goes against the current grain on some levels.As far as being realistic? Ehh, personally speaking, not as I would like, but I consider this pretty much a fluffy read. Part of what distanced me from the read was not being able to relate to the demographic that it portrays and the other part of it I'll explain below.The story begins with Kelli, an aspiring college freshman who runs a cover service at her high school and community for people in her well-to-do community. Kelli is probably the all-around picture of a perfect student - makes good grades, goes to church, volunteers. But in the backdrop of things, she runs an "alibi" service, where she serves as a girlfriend or BFF for hire for anyone who needs one for the right price, to maintain their respective image. Kelli's voice was, in my opinion, too forced in the story with odd turns. She's quirky, but not necessarily in an endearing way. Her narrative voice was grating in many turns. Saying things like the only thing that's different between high school guys and college guys are their "hair, size, and how many condoms they carry" was a recipe for making me bang my head against my desk several times, among other things she says. As was having an overconfident love interest (Chase) who calls the heroine "Stinky," and pretty much has every potential of being an alpha jerk, at least in the first part of the story.For what it's worth, the narrative did even out, and I'll admit I laughed and thought Chase and Kelli's flirtatious rapport and coming to know each other was worth following, especially when they realized they had more connections than when they first encountered each other. This felt like an easily digested, well-to-do chick lit story after a time, formulaic, but sweet. I still had issues with Kelli's voice through the narrative, but there were times when she was genuinely funny and I found I liked her, like when she'd gotten a cold and Chase came knocking at her window with a paper bag containing soup and OJ - him saying he "[came] in peace" and her telling him to leave "or leave in pieces". It was hard for me to consider at times that Chase was a college student versus Kelli, who was still a high school senior, but I figured they were close enough for the relationship to work out and in the progression it did. It was nice watching the banter and discovery between them, as well as the development of Chase and Kelli's relationship over time with some palpable tough subjects that are lightly touched upon. Still that doesn't keep it from having the typical element of "I hate you, I heart you, you saved me, I saved you" motif. If you're looking for a light flirty read that doesn't overdo the melodrama and explores the relationships of the two leads in a humored way, this is fine to pickup, but it is formulaic, the cast mostly serves to shape the plot with some palpable stakes, and the heroine's voice may make or break you. I would almost say that given the content of this novel, it could work for an upper YA audience. There are no heavy handed sexual scenes in this book, which was a distinctly different read in comparison to some of the NA books I've picked up.I think in retrospect if some of the problematic/formulaic elements were taken out of this, and the heroine's voice were a little smoother, this would've been a better read for me personally. I wouldn't mind reading more of Cassie Mae's work to see more of what she does in this age group, though, because I liked this for what it was worth.Overall score: 2.5/5Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher Random House Flirt.
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Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
Russian: Нижегородский государственный художественный музей
Alternative name: Nizhny Novgorod Art Gallery
The Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum is one of the oldest and one of the first museums in Russia open to the public. It was founded at the end of the XIX century in 1894 by decision of the City Duma. The opening of the museum took place on June 25 (old style) in 1896 timed to coincide with the XVI All-Russian Industrial Art Exposition in Nizhny Novgorod.
The original collection of the museum first started with graphic cloths, given as gifts by initiators N. A. Koshelev and A. A. Karelin who created the museum, as well as famous Saint Petersburg and Moscow artists I. E. Repin, K. E. Makovsky, and A. P. Ryabushkin. After 1917, nationalized nobility assemblies became the sources of entry for showpieces (Sheremetev, Orlov-Davydov, Abamelek-Lazarev, and others). A large role in organizing the museum assemblies was played by Maksim Gorky, who donated to the museum cloths by N. K. Rerikh, M. B. Nesterov, and B. M. Kustodiev.
Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum Today
Today the assembly of the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, formed during the length of over one hundred years, totals at around 12 thousand showpieces. It is a rich and diverse collection of domestic paintings, graphics, applied and decorative art, and popular art. Furthermore, the museum preserves an extremely interesting and significant collection of works by Western European craftsmen as well as a small collection of art from Eastern countries. The Russian art collection of the Nizhny Novgorod art museum advantageously stands out from similar collections of other Russian provincial museums due to its massiveness and completeness. It offers the opportunity to consecutively trace the history of national art from ancient Russian icon paintings up to the contemporary productions created during the final years of the XX century.
The pride and joy of the museum are the productions of Russian painters F. S. Rokotov, K. P. Brullov, A. K. Savrasova, I. I. Shishkin, I. E. Repin, I. I. Levitan, F. A. Malyavin, K. A. Korovin, V. A. Serova, N. K. Rerikh, B. N. Kustodiev; the works of Russian avant-garde craftsmen: M. F. Larionov, N. S. Goncharova, O. V. Rozanova, K. S. Malevich, V. V. Kandinsky; and productions of contemporary artists.
Every year the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum runs around 30 expositions at its own expense along with other large museums and galleries, famous artists, and private collectors. The museum is a permanent participant in prestigious all-Russian and international exposition projects. From 2003 to 2004 the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum took part in the international project of the Canadian Cultural Heritage Information Network, an exhibition that was called "Horizons". Virtual exhibition "Horizons: Canadian and Russian Landscape Painting (1860-1940)" was the result of cooperation of sixteen Canadian and Russian art museums.
How to Get to Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum
Nizhny Novgorod, Kremlin, building 3
Nizhny Novgorod, Upper Volgian Embankment, building 3
The Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum is situated in the Upper City of Nizhny Novgorod in two buildings, which are themselves monuments of architectural and urban constructions of federal significance: the former Governor building (Kremlin, building 3) built in 1841 and the former mayor building of merchant Dmitry Vasilevich Sirokin (Upper Volgian Embankment, building 3) built in 1916 as part of a project by the brothers Leonid, Victor, and Aleksander Vesnin.
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Norwalk Truckers
Dynamic Duo: Silmi, Hernandez ready for state meet
By JAKE FURR Reflector Sports Editor [email protected] • Mar 8, 2017 at 4:30 PM
It just keeps getting better and better at Norwalk High School.
After a historic run by the girls’ basketball team, it is time for the wrestling team to make a bit of history. Senior Abdullah Silmi and freshman Ethan Hernandez earned a “Shot at the Schott” in the Division II individual state wrestling tournament. Silmi will try to make his way through the 220-pound weight class while Hernandez takes a run at the 160-pound title.
Aside from being standout wrestlers, the duo admit they are more like brothers on and off the mats.
“A lot of people think they are brothers,” Norwalk wrestling coach Jim Linder said. “Everywhere we go, everyone asks them if they are brothers. Ethan is the only freshman in his weight class. When you get to those bigger weight classes, freshmen are few and far between. He has been our leader all year and of course with Abdullah placing last year, he felt a lot of pressure to get back. This is the ultimate compliment to their dedication to this program.”
Hernandez admits he has picked up on some very helpful pointers along the way thanks to Silmi.
“He is a senior and he has guided me all season long,” Hernandez said about Silmi. “He gives me so many tips and tricks is special situations. He helps me when I get in scramble situations and how to handle all of that. It really helps to have a leader like him.
“When you get down there, it is a whole other world when you are actually on the floor instead of in the stands. He tells me to just relax. I know it is a very nice privilege to just get down there as a freshman. Anything can happen and anything will happen. I want to just relax and wrestle hard.”
Being the senior, Simli has taken Hernandez under his wing the way a big brother would. Given the fact Hernandez is coming in as a bit of an unknown due to being a freshman, Silmi gave his teammate a big of a pep talk.
“I told him that rankings mean nothing,” Silmi said. “He is a freshman and he obviously wasn’t ranked coming in. He made his way up and earned a spot in the state tournament. I am proud of him and very proud to be going with him.”
Even though Hernandez is a freshman, Silmi admits he has learned a lot from his young teammate.
“Every wrestler at the state tournament is going to be great,” Silmi said. “He taught me that grade really doesn’t matter and I shouldn’t take anyone lightly. I am a senior and he is a freshman, but he beat seniors all year long.”
Silmi is a 2-time state qualifier and took eighth place last year. He took third place at last week’s Division II district meet at Mansfield Senior. The finish was good enough to earn him another trip to Columbus.
“It took a lot of hard work in and out of the wrestling room,” Silmi said. “I felt a lot of pressure to get back after getting there last year. I just wanted to do everything I could to get back there and I did.”
After a Top 8 finish last season, Silmi is looking to continue to improve and has his sights set very high.
“Realistically, I really want to be in the Top 3,” Silmi said. “But I am chasing that state title for sure. I need to really focus on each match but my quarterfinals match will be huge with a potential matchup with the No. 1 kid in the state in my weight class. I just have to remember it will just be another match and not psych myself out and just wrestle.”
Hernandez came into the season with high expectations for himself. He exceeded them by becoming the only freshman to advance to state in the 160-pound weight class.
“It means a lot,” Hernandez said. “If you look through my bracket, there is only one little nine in there. It is kind of scary, but at the same time, it is pretty cool.”
For Hernandez, it is all about making school history. He wants to become the highest freshman state placer at Norwalk.
“Kyle Lane took eighth place,” Hernandez said. “So I will be happy with anything better than that. I would love to get sixth. That is my goal heading in.”
Hernandez and Silmi have already exceeded expectations and Linder couldn’t be more proud of the two.
“Ethan has had this goal even before he was in high school,” Linder said. “This has been a dream just like every wrestler’s dream to get to the state tournament. Abdullah has overcome a lot to get back. He had a few distractions that has limited his season, but here he is back at the state tournament. He will be fresh going in.”
Linder knows these two wrestlers have set high goals for themselves, but admits they should be extremely proud of what they have been able to accomplish this season.
“Whatever happens from here on is icing on the cake,” Linder said. “I just want them to wrestle one match at a time. We always looked at our schedule as preparation for this moment. They took some lumps and bad breaks, but it was always about preparing for this moment. I don’t want them to get too caught up in what happened in the past. Abdullah took third place and Ethan took fourth at the district meet, but they shouldn’t get hung up on it. They have a nice chance to make a little history.”
The individual state wrestling tournament kicks off on Thursday as Session 1 begins at 3 p.m. The Division II championship preliminaries begin at 4:10 p.m. on Thursday.
Hernandez strolls in with a 41-8 record and drew Ryan Thomas of St. Paris Graham Local who is 40-3 on the year in the first round.
Silmi comes in with an 18-2 record and takes on Breslin Walker, a freshman from Cuyahoga Falls who owns a 30-8 record in the first round.
Twitter: @JakeFurr11
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Members of the Syndicate
As provided under Section 22(1) of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Universities Act- 2016, the Syndicate shall consist of the following:
S.No Universities Act-2016 Members From To
a. The Vice-Chancellor, who shall be its Chairperson. Prof Dr. Razia Sultana Vice Chancellor, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar. 9th April, 2014 Till expiry of tenure as Vice Chancellor.
b. A retired judge to be nominated by the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court. Hon’ble Mr. Justice (Rtd) Qazi Ihsanullah Qureshi. 10thOctober, 2015 10th October, 2018
c. All the Deans of the faculties of the University. Prof Dr. Razia Sultana Acting Dean, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar. 6th June, 2014 Till further Orders
d. Secretary of the relevant administrative Department or his nominee not below the rank of an Additional Secretary. EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
e. The Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, or his nominee not below the rank of Deputy Secretary. EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
f. The Secretary to Government, Establishment Department, or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary. EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
g. The Secretary to Government, Finance Department, or his nominee not below the rank of Additional Secretary. EX-OFFICIO MEMBER
h. Two Principals (preferably one male and one female) of affiliated colleges to be nominated by the Academic Council 1. Principal, Government Frontier College for Women, Peshawar. 27 May, 2016 27 May, 2019
2. Principal, Government Girls Degree College, Bacha Khan, Kohat Road. 27 May, 2016 27 May, 2019
i. One Professor, one Associate Professor, one Assistant Professor and one Lecturer of the University to be elected by teachers of their respective cadres in the manner as may be prescribed by Statutes.
1. Ms. Toheeda Begum Lecturer, Department of Pakistan Studies, SBBWUP.
Note: Membership on the cadre of Assistant Professor (vacant till Election)
j. One Principal or Chairman or Director of the Teaching Department or Institute or Centre to be elected from amongst themselves in accordance with the prescribed Statutes. NON-EXISTANT
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Vice-Chancellor,
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Book Thirty Two - Book on Praying at Night in Ramadan (Tarawih)
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Subject: Book Thirty Two - Book on Praying at Night in Ramadan (Tarawih) Mon Nov 01, 2010 10:51 am
Hadith Number 226.
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): I heard Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) saying regarding Ramadan, "Whoever prayed at night in it (the month of Ramadan) out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven."
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever prayed at night the whole month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven." Ibn Shihab (a sub-narrator) said, "Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) died and the people continued observing that (i.e. Nawafil offered individually, not in congregation), and it remained as it was during the Caliphate of Abu Bakr and in the early days of 'Umar’s (Radhi Allahu Anhu) Caliphate." 'Abdur Rahman bin 'Abdul Qari said, "I went out in the company of 'Umar bin Al-Khattab (Radhi Allahu Anhu) one night in Ramadan to the Masjid and found the people praying in different groups. A man praying alone or a man praying with a little group behind him. So, 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) said, 'In my opinion I would better collect these (people) under the leadership of one Qari (Reciter) (i.e. let them pray in congregation!)'. So, he made up his mind to congregate them behind Ubai bin Ka'b. Then on another night I went again in his company and the people were praying behind their reciter. On that, 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhu) remarked, 'What an excellent Bid'a (i.e. innovation in religion) this is; but the prayer which they do not perform, but sleep at its time is better than the one they are offering.' He meant the prayer in the last part of the night. (In those days) people used to pray in the early part of the night."
Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): (The wife of the Prophet) Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to pray (at night) in Ramadan.
Narrated by 'Urwa: That he was informed by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) "Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) went out in the middle of the night and prayed in the Masjid and some men prayed behind him. In the morning, the people spoke about it and then a large number of them gathered and prayed behind him (on the second night). In the next morning the people again talked about it and on the third night the Masjid was full with a large number of people. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out and the people prayed behind him. On the fourth night the Masjid was overwhelmed with people and could not accommodate them, but the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out (only) for the morning prayer. When the morning prayer was finished he recited Tashahhud and (addressing the people) said, "Amma ba'du, your presence was not hidden from me but I was afraid lest the night prayer (Qiyam) should be enjoined on you and you might not be able to carry it on." So, Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) died and the situation remained like that (i.e. people prayed individually)."
Narrated by Abu Salama bin 'Abdur Rahman: That he asked 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha) "How was the prayer of Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) in Ramadan?" She replied, "He did not pray more than eleven Rakat in Ramadan or in any other month. He used to pray four Rakat... let alone their beauty and length... and then he would pray four... let alone their beauty and length... and then he would pray three Rakat (Witr)." She added, "I asked, 'O Allah's Messenger! Do you sleep before praying the Witr?' He replied, 'O 'Aishah! My eyes sleep but my heart does not sleep."
Narrated by Abu Hurairah (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Whoever fasted the month of Ramadan out of sincere Faith (i.e. belief) and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his past sins will be forgiven, and whoever stood for the prayers in the night of Qadr out of sincere Faith and hoping for a reward from Allah, then all his previous sins will be forgiven."
Narrated by Ibn 'Umar (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Some men amongst the companions of the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) were shown in their dreams that the night of Qadr was in the last seven nights of Ramadan. Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "It seems that all your dreams agree that (the Night of Qadr) is in the last seven nights, and whoever wants to search for it (i.e. the Night of Qadr) should search in the last seven (nights of Ramadan)."
Subject: Re: Book Thirty Two - Book on Praying at Night in Ramadan (Tarawih) Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:20 pm
Narrated by Abu Salama: I asked Abu Sa'id (Radhi Allahu Anhu), and he was a friend of mine, (about the Night of Qadr) and he said, "We practiced I’tikaf (seclusion in the Masjid) in the middle third of the month of Ramadan with the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam). In the morning of the 20th of Ramadan, the Prophet came and addressed us and said, 'I was informed of (the date of the Night of Qadr) but I was caused to forget it; so search for it in the odd nights of the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan. (In the dream) I saw myself prostrating in mud and water (as a sign). So, whoever was in I’tikaf with me should return to it with me (for another 10-day's period)', and we returned. At that time there was no sign of clouds in the sky but suddenly a cloud came and it rained till rain-water started leaking through the roof of the Masjid which was made of date-palm leaf stalks. Then the prayer was established and I saw Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) prostrating in mud and water and I saw the traces of mud on his forehead."
Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Search for the Night of Qadr in the odd nights of the last ten days of Ramadan."
Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri (Radhi Allahu Anhu): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to practice I’tikaf (in the mosque) in the middle third of Ramadan and after passing the twenty nights he used to go back to his house on the 21st, and the people who were in I’tikaf with him also used to go back to their houses. Once in Ramadan, in which he practiced I’tikaf, he established the night prayers at the night in which he used to return home, and then he addressed the people and ordered them whatever Allah wished him to order and said, "I used to practice I’tikaf for these ten days (i.e. the middle 113rd but now I intend to stay in Itikaf for the last ten days (of the month); so whoever was in I’tikaf with me should stay at his place of seclusion. I have verily been shown (the date of) this Night (of Qadr) but I have forgotten it. So search for it in the odd nights of the last ten days (of this month). I also saw myself (in the dream) prostrating in mud and water." On the night of the 21st, the sky was covered with clouds and it rained, and the rain-water started leaking through the roof of the mosque at the praying place of the Prophet. I saw with my own eyes the Prophet at the completion of the morning prayer leaving with his face covered with mud and water.
Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "Look for (the Night of Qadr)."
Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to practice I’tikaf in the last ten nights of Ramadan and used to say, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of the month of Ramadan."
Narrated by Ibn Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet said, "Look for the Night of Qadr in the last ten nights of Ramadan, on the night when nine or seven or five nights remain out of the last ten nights of Ramadan (i.e. 21, 23, 25, respectively)."
Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma): Allah's Messenger (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "The Night of Qadr is in the last ten nights of the month (Ramadan), either on the first nine or in the last (remaining) seven nights (of Ramadan)." Ibn 'Abbas (Radhi Allahu Anhuma) added, "Search for it on the twenty-fourth (of Ramadan)."
Narrated by 'Ubada bin As-Samit (Radhi Allahu Anhu): The Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) came out to inform us about the Night of Qadr but two Muslims were quarrelling with each other. So, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) said, "I came out to inform you about the Night of Qadr but such-and-such persons were quarrelling, so the news about it had been taken away; yet that might be for your own good, so search for it on the 29th, 27th and 25th (of Ramadan).
Narrated by 'Aishah (Radhi Allahu Anha): With the start of the last ten days of Ramadan, the Prophet (Sallallahu Alayhi wa Sallam) used to tighten his waist belt (i.e. work hard) and used to pray all the night, and used to keep his family awake for the prayers.
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Examining Toronto mayoral candidates responses to violence in Toronto
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In recent debates, Toronto mayoral candidates have been asked the question “How will you deal with criminal activity in the city?” While John Tory and Jennifer Keesmaat have offered plans to increase police presence, Saron Gebresellassi’s resilient voice and platform have consistently shown her to be the leader for solutions to violence in the city.
As she explained at the Global News debate on Oct. 27, “Clearly Mr. Tory, the people have lost faith in your ability to restore police community relations and that has not happened under your leadership, and Ms. Keesmaat is so luke warm on the question of police brutality, and that is not what the people in the city of Toronto need…To tackle crime, we need to eliminate poverty.” Gebresellassi’s poignant statements attack the heart of the issue and are consistent with her campaign’s platform– more police will not solve the gun violence problem in Toronto, and we need a bottom up approach to tackling crime that addresses poverty and marginalization.
With Toronto’s mayoral election just weeks away, candidates have been routinely asked how they will handle gun violence and safety in Toronto, and John Tory, Jennifer Keesmaat, and Saron Gebresellassi have three different approaches that will shape the future of this city in drastically dissimilar ways.
John Tory’s position: more police, more racism
Under John Tory’s current leadership, the city of Toronto passed a $12 million-dollar “gun violence reduction plan” that involves hiring more police officers with guns, and enacting a “Police Modernization Task Force” to put more police officers in Toronto’s “high priority areas.” He announced in August that he plans on hiring 200 more police officers by the end of this year, and in July the Toronto city council also approved $44 million plan including an array of initiatives including the use of the new “Shotspotter” technology—an expensive software that is essentially a network of microphones that can be attached to buildings, lampposts, and other outdoor structures, to alert police. Tory is also a supporter of the “School Resource Officer program,” which is a program that put police officers in Toronto schools, until it was cancelled by the TDSB in November under pressure from Black Lives Matter.
In an open letter to Tory, Black community activists, scholars and artists urged him to end the over-policing of racialized communities and get rid of this discriminatory Shotspotter technology. They describe how the $4 million allocated to the ShotSpotter technology would be better spent on programs that are part of a human-centred, violence prevention approach, rather than being added to the more than $1 billion the city already spends on policing. Overall, Tory’s approach to curbing gun violence throughout the years has been called “anti-Black” by many.
Increasing police is a staple reactionary tactic from the right that is used to give the illusion of safety to the public; in reality, however, the increased presence of police, whether it is in schools or in communities, is traumatic to victims of their often-targeted violence and does not stop crime. It negates the fact that many communities do not feel safe around the police, as it has been well documented that police use racial profiling, stop and search practices, undercover activities, and other tactics to disproportionately target and arrest poor and racialized communities. The police are an apparatus of the state that engage in violence with those that oppose the white supremacist power structures in society, and this includes those who oppose white supremacy by just existing in the world as a racialized group.
Additionally, adding more police does not fix the core of many gun crimes in Toronto, which is that many of the communities targeted by the police face serious employment and educational barriers to earning a living wage and supporting themselves in an increasingly unaffordable city. Zero Gun Violence Movement founder Louis March has dedicated his life to addressing the structural and socio-economic conditions that contribute to the gun violence problem in Toronto, and he explains that guns in Toronto sell on the street for around $200, making violence a highly accessible reaction to poverty. Adding more police and more surveillance technology to uphold the status quo instead of helping to pull Torontonians out of poverty and thereby out of the cycle of violence will not lessen violence on our streets.
Tory’s failure to enact policies to end poverty, and his failure to see how the police discriminate on the basis of class and race, can also be seen in the language that he uses to discuss violence in Toronto. Operation Black Vote Canada, a non-partisan, non-profit group supporting Black Canadians’ participation in government, held a debate on October 1 that saw Tory questioned on the language he has used to discuss the Black community. He would not apologize for his dehumanizing language used, i.e., using the term “sewer-rats” to describe two black criminals, insisting the comments were only meant for the two individuals involved in the crime and not the community itself.
Tory frequent use of language such as “sewer-rats”, “thugs”, and “gangsters” to describe criminals in Toronto is also worth noting. As linguist John McWhorter points out, the term “thug” is a veiled derogatory term used to convey racist ideas, and Tory uses this word to specifically discuss racialized communities. McWhorter explains that when someone uses this word “it is impossible today that they are referring to somebody with blond hair”. Toronto scholar Idil Adbillahi, assistant professor from Ryerson University’s School of Social Work, agrees and elucidates how the effects of this word can be devastating for racialized communities, further highlighting Tory’s disregard for an entire group of Torontonians.
John Tory’s actions of hiring more police and investing more in police technology, alongside his rhetoric of thugs and gangsters show incredible thoughtlessness to handling violence in Toronto and will not make the city safer, nor its people feel safer.
Jennifer Keesmaat’s position: softer language but still more police
Keesmaat’s position includes a five-point plan on “Community Safety” that includes transforming policing through a neighbourhood approach, providing economic opportunities for youth, bringing Toronto up-to-code on 911 response calls, ensuring the right first responders are dispatched to emergencies, and banning dangerous weapons and ammunition. In a tweet from September 18 2018, Keesmaat stated that her plan “starts with a pledge to bring neighbourhood-based policing to each of our 140 neighbourhoods within 4 years.”
As she said in the Global News debate, “we need a plan that is proactive that focuses on neighbourhood safety”. But it is unclear if Keesmaat understands the plight of communities that experience police brutality, as these critiques of police have absent from her rhetoric. Keesmaat places great emphasis on reforming the police, and offers very little insight on how to handle the Toronto Police’s abhorrent track record with racialized communities, which has put her plan under scrutiny from those on the left and by her fellow mayoral adversaries. Opponent Gebresellassi has pointed out that “Ms. Keesmaat is not qualified to speak on police-community relations in the city of Toronto.”
Indeed, neighbourhood safety and community policing are Keesmaat’s main talking points when discussing gun violence; however, it is again uncertain if she understands the impact that putting police into low income or under-served communities has for the safety and mental health of those targeted most by police brutality and violence. When asked at the Global News debate if she would reverse the pledge for 200 more police officers, Keesmaat did not directly respond, only suggesting that a top down response to violence would not work and again stressing the need to be proactive.
Both Keesmaat and Tory’s insensitivity to the impact that police presence can have on others is perhaps best summarized by Mathew Cole, a 16-year-old who attended the Operation Black Vote Canada debate. At the end of the debate, Global News interviewed Cole and he shared that he was disappointed with the responses by candidates Tory and Keesmaat, because “I don’t want police officers in my neighbourhood, I think that’s just wrong.”
Cole’s sentiments mirror the greatest concerns of Keesmaat’s ability to be mayor: would she make the right choices when it comes to policing and fighting gun violence, or would she continue to let the police be a tool of oppression under the guise of neighbourhood safety?
Saron Gebresellassi’s position: more jobs, less cops
Saron Gebresellassi is the only candidate with a multi-faceted approach to gun violence. As she explained in the Global News debate on September 27, “We know that there is tension between the police the police and a number of migrant communities, including the black community, and I would say the solution to crime is simple: no jargon, no mumbo jumbo. To tackle crime, we need to eliminate poverty, so instead of hiring 200 more police officers as John Tory has proposed to do, under my plan I will create 1000 new youth jobs for youth in all 31 neighbourhood improvement areas. And that is how we will actually tackle crime.”
In the Operation Black Vote debate, Gebresellassi explained that she would put a hiring freeze on the police, sticking true to her message that if the city wants to tackle crime, the government has to make the city more affordable. “We need a community-based strategy, and we need to have young people actually working in the city of Toronto, and we don't need more policing.”
She has also called for the reversal of the decision to hire 200 more police officers, and has criticised the city of Toronto for paying Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders more than $300,000 a year for his salary. She has continually referenced his salary as an example of how police spending can and should be redirected to benefit youth in underserved communities. She has also called for a community-based strategy to eradicate firearms that gives the agency back to communities without reliance on the police.
Her “Fix the Six” platform frames her six major policies as basic human rights, explaining that people should have the right to housing, the right to transit (towards free public transit), the right to fair allocation of city resources, the right to employment outside of the downtown core, the right to mental health and accessibility, and the right to diversity in city politics and hiring. Her platform’s message on crime reduction through the elimination of poverty is manifest in these six rights for Torontonians. By making housing, transit, and mental health, more accessible and affordable, and by redistributing city budgets to put more investment in employment opportunities for youth, the landscape of Toronto would be completely transformed, and gun crime reduction would be a direct result of the quality of life improving for us all.
Gebresellassi’s platform puts Torontonians from all backgrounds, and their struggles, first. Not only does she understand the relationship between poverty, lack of educational and employment opportunities, and gun violence, but she has an informed perspective on the ineffectiveness of police in preventing crime. As a human rights lawyer, she has been on the front lines when handling police-community relations in Toronto, as one of her most notable cases came from representing Jean Montaque, a Black mother whose house police officers illegally raided. Gebresellassi worked with Black Lives Matter Toronto to issue statements and defend her client, and her work is consistent with her platform and message.
Her ability to illuminate solutions to violence other than reliance on police sets her apart from every other candidate in the race. A Toronto under the leadership of Saron Gebresellassi would see more jobs, a decline of poverty, and of course, a reduction in violence that the city needs. Saron Gebresellassi consistently speaks to the complexities of gun violence, to the racialized youth who are under served and over policed, and to the economic hardships that make people turn to crime. Her plan for Toronto is one where people can afford to live, and is more preventative than reactionary.
She speaks about gun violence in a starkly different way than Tory, who consistently reinforces racially charged narratives when discussing Toronto’s violence. She has more experience being on the front lines for victims affected by gun violence than Keesmaat, and the human rights outlined in her platform speak to this. In further contrast, Mayor Tory has been critiqued as having a racial blind spot, especially when it comes to supporting important movements like Black Lives Matter Toronto, whereas Saron Gebrelessali is an ally to the movement and has actually represented Black Lives Matter in court.
In this election, Toronto has an important choice to make with respect to community safety and gun violence: does it want to maintain the status quo through policing, which we will experience with Tory and likely Keesmaat, or do we want real change with a reduction in violence through addressing the real root cause of poverty as offered by Gebresellassi’s Fix the Six platform?
Toronto elections are Monday October 22 with advanced poling running from Wednesday October 10 to Sunday October 14. The International Socialists are happy to endorse Saron Gebresellassi for mayor of Toronto.
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J.J. Watt is Back for Another Season
by Ariel Mark
After a few serious injuries over the past couple seasons, it was looking like J.J. Watt was headed for retirement. But after some careful consideration, and a healthy offseason so far, Watt has decided that he wants to continue playing football.
Watt has had to overcome huge hurdles in order to stay in the NFL. Each of the last two off seasons saw Watt rehabbing serious injuries. But in 2019, Watt is healthy and working on his game. Because of his recent good health, the defensive end has changed his tune on retirement.
Two years ago, Watt had just had back surgery. A year later, he shattered his leg, midseason. But now, Watt is going into the summer feeling as good as ever.
Watt is a guy who truly loves football, so he couldn’t be happier to add a couple more seasons to his career. Watt wasn’t mandated to be in Houston for the offseason but he’s been going to the Texans’ training facilities almost every day.
Last year was Watt’s first full season since 2016 and he definitely made the most of it. He finished the season, second in sacks, only to the Rams defensive tackle, Aaron Donald, the highest ranked defensive player in the league, by most experts’ rankings. Watt also had 25 quarterback hits and 18 tackles for a loss.
Coming off one of his best seasons ever, it’s no wonder that Watt wants to keep playing. It seems that even as he ages, he only gets better. The Houston coaching staff says that Watt’s contribution goes far beyond what he does on the field. He’s a role model for the younger guys. He’s one of the most recognized faces on the Texans and one of the team leaders. Coaches and fans alike sure got lucky that Watt has been healthy as of late, and plans to be back for another season in Houston.
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Volume 113 >> Issue 37 : Wednesday, September 1, 1993
Chemistry Classes Promote Teamwork
By Hyun Soo Kim
This semester, freshman chemistry courses will offer a pilot program called TeamWorks. The program emphasizes teamwork by offering students the option of working in groups of four to learn the course material.
The freshmen chemistry courses are Principles of Chemical Science (5.11) and Introduction to Solid State Chemistry (3.091).
According to Melinda G. Cerny, coordinator of education for the chemistry department, TeamWorks participants will help and learn from each other. "We're hoping to have members of a team who have a lot of chemistry background and other members who do not have as much ... and that people will learn from each other and eventually take on this [team-working] skill to use in other subjects," Cerny said.
The team will receive the same course materials as the rest of the class, but will meet at least once a week to discuss and work on problem sets. Team members will take exams individually.
Grading differs for 5.11, 3.091
In 5.11, a TeamWorks participant will get the individual grade or the team average grade, depending on which is higher and as long as the grade is passing. "If an individual receives an A and the team average is a B, then the individual gets an A. The higher grade is what you get. But if your team gets a C, and you get a D, you would get a D. The only time a team grade counts is if the individual has at least a passing grade," Cerny said.
On the other hand, grades in 3.091 will consist of two-thirds of the individual grade and one-third of the group grade. Professor of Material Science and Engineering August F. Witt said, "It lowers the grade of the top student and raises the grade of the student with the lowest grade in the group."
Including the team grade as part of the grade the student will receive provides incentive for the team to work harder together, with each individual pulling equal weight, Witt said. However, "if the student's personal grade is failing, he will fail. We don't want a student to find a shelter in the system," he added.
"The students will be working together on the problem sets, but not on the exams, and it won't help them if the brighter students do all the work," Cerny said.
TA's will help groups
To facilitate teamwork, 5.11 will assign teaching assistants to each group. "The TA's major role is to be a mentor, to step in if a person in the group is not doing the work. We try to help them work out difficulties. Also before theexam, they will work out strategies on how to prepare for the exam and will also go over the exam afterwards," Cerny said.
TeamWorks participants in 3.091 will have recitation instructors to assist the group.
Students participating in TeamWorks will have some choice in which groups they will belong to, but most will be residence-based, according to Julieann Villa '96, who was on the committee that organized TeamWorks.
"In 3.091, the groups will be residence-based as well as recitation-based. We are also trying to prevent students with similar capabilities from gravitating toward each other," Villa said.
"Students will get encouragement for working in teams and the program will provide some structure. A lot of times students can get so lost that they don't know where to go for help," Villa said.
Idea came from colloquium
"TeamWorks originated from the Colloquium on Academic Honesty held last fall. In the panel discussion at MIT about collaboration, we decided to form a committee to enhance collaboration to a system of enhancing teamwork skills," said Associate Dean for Student Affairs Travis R. Merritt.
Professor Bolek Wyslouch, Physics I (8.01) lecturer, said that 8.01 will not be implementing any programs like TeamWorks in the near future. Respondents to an electronic mail survey by Professor Walter H. G. Lewin, the other 8.01 lecturer this term, approved of the teamwork idea proposed by the physics department but did not like the grading scheme, which was the same as the one proposed by 3.091.
However, other versions of Physics I -- 8.01L and 8.01X -- will offer a smaller version of teamwork programs this term, according to Merritt.
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Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic will be the first publicly traded company for human spaceflight – TechCrunch
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The race to become the first publicly traded company dedicated to human spaceflight is over, and Virgin Galactic has won.
The company will be listing its shares on the New York Stock Exchange through a minority acquisition made by Social Capital Hedosophia; the special purpose acquisition company created by former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya as part of his exploration of alternative strategies to venture capital investing as the head of Social Capital — according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
Formed with a $600 million commitment roughly two years ago, the SPAC is expected to make an $800 million commitment to Virgin Galactic, according to the Journal’s reporting.
Unlike other launch companies like Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Virgin Galactic has focused on suborbital launches for conducting experiments and taking tourists up to space. SpaceX is investing more heavily in the development of launch capabilities for lunar and interplanetary travel — and commercial applications like Internet connectivity via satellite.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin also reportedly has plans for space tourism while pursuing several commercial and government launch contracts (and a lunar lander).
Virgin Galactic was initially in discussions with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia for a roughly $1 billion capital infusion, but Virgin Galactic’s billionaire chief executive, Richard Branson, walked away from the deal in the wake of the kingdom’s assassination of Washington Post journalist, Jamal Kashoggi.
That’s when Palihapitiya stepped in, according to the Journal. The billionaire financier needed to do something with the capital he’d raised for the Hedosophia SPAC since the investment vehicles have to make an investment within a two-year timeframe or be wound down.
Likely, the Virgin Galactic business made a tempting target. The company already has roughly $80 million in commitments from people around the world willing to pay $250,000 for the privilege of a suborbital trip to the exosphere.
Virgin Galactic launched as a business in 2004, two years after SpaceX made its first fledgling steps toward creating a private space industry, and was the first company to focus on space tourism and launching small satellites into orbit. The company’s commercial division, Virgin Orbit, is still competing for satellite launch capabilities.
Like most privately funded space companies, Virgin Galactic was a pet project of the billionaire behind it, with the Journal estimating that Branson has put nearly $1 billion into the company already.
The new $800 million means that the SPAC isn’t the only investor in Virgin Galactic. Palihapitiya is taking a $100 million investment into the company too. In return the vehicle will own roughly 49% of the spaceflight business as it trades on the open market.
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Doll Fabbed From Living Cells
A tiny doll made of living cells was fabricated by researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Industrial Science. The intent was to demonstrate the possibility of making three-dimensional biological structures, like human organs.
(Doll made of living cells)
According to an announcement made on January 22, the researchers created the tiny figurine by cultivating 100,000 cell capsules — 0.1-millimeter balls of collagen, each coated with dozens of skin cells — together inside a doll-shaped mold for one day. After the cell capsules had coalesced to form the doll-shaped mass of tissue, it was placed in a culture solution, where it reportedly survived for more than a day.
“The overall shape can be controlled by changing the mold,” said Takeuchi, who expressed a desire to combine multiple types of cells to create a complex system that functions as a living organism.
This seems like just the sort of android 'blank' that you would need to create duplicates of your favorites - like Captain Kirk in the Star Trek episode What Little Girls Are Made Of.
(An android blank from Star Trek)
Take a look at the transfer table that synchronizes the physical, mental and emotional characteristics of a person with that of an android 'blank.'
Fans of the 2000 movie 6th Day can take a look at a couple of typical clone blanks (thanks, AJ). Also, fans of David Brin's 2002 novel Kiln People might be thinking about investing in some ditto blanks.
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Hurley Road was off Kennington Lane, just west of Renfrew Raod, not where indicated on this map. My Dad was born at number 4 in 1912. It no longer exists but the name is remembered in Hurley House, Hurley Clinic and Hurley Pre-School
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I grew up in bessborough place at the back of our house and Grosvenor road and bessborough gardens was a fantastic playground called trinity mews it had a paddling pool sandpit football area and various things to climb on, such as a train , slide also as Wendy house. There were plants surrounding this wonderful play area, two playground attendants ,also a shelter for when it rained. The children were constantly told off by the playground keepers for touching the plants or kicking the ball out of the permitted area, there was hopscotch as well, all these play items were brick apart from the slide. Pollock was the centre of my universe and I felt sorry and still do for anyone not being born there. To this day I miss it and constantly look for images of the streets around there, my sister and me often go back to take a clumped of our beloved L
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There were stables in the road mid way also Danny reading had coal delivery lorry.n
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what is the history of tresco house 2 sancroft street ,it looks older than a 1990s site
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I was born in a prefab on Saunders street SE11 in the 60’s, when I lived there, the road consisted of a few prefab houses, the road originally ran from Lollard street all the way thru to Fitzalan street. I went back there to have a look back in the early 90’s but all that is left of the road is about 20m of road and the road sign.
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'The Tulip' tower: backers consider appeal after Sadiq Khan blocks application
Backers of the proposed Tulip tower in the City of London are considering an appeal after Sadiq Khan threw out their application for the 1,000ft tourist attraction.
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Bromley Council plans to be carbon neutral by 2029
Bromley is the latest borough to recognise climate change as it sets out an ambitious target of being carbon neutral by 2029.
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’Bucket full’ of cash needed for Bromley’s schools, councillor says
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Eric Michels death: dealer guilty of Skyfall actor's drug murder
A dealer has been found guilty of killing a part-time actor who appeared in James Bond with the same chemsex drug he sold to serial killer Stephen Port.
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Jeremy Corbyn ducks meeting on anti-Semitism as he's warned over 'drop in membership'
Jeremy Corbyn ducked a showdown over anti-Semitism with Labour MPs tonight amid a warning that the row is triggering a "drop in membership".
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/corbyn-ducks-meeting-on-antisemitism-as-he-s-warned-over-drop-in-membership-a4189961.html
Emily Hartridge's boyfriend pays tearful tribute to YouTuber in heartbreaking video after she was killed in e-scooter crash
The boyfriend of Emily Hartridge has paid an emotional tribute to the late YouTube star and said he loved her in a video.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/emily-hartridges-boyfriend-pays-tearful-tribute-to-youtuber-following-her-death-and-says-he-loves-a4190121.html
Missing bunny on Stonards Hill, Epping finds new home
A lost bunny who was taken in by Epping Town Council after being found in a recreation ground has found a new home.
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Kelly Mary Fauvrelle: Man, 25, is charged with murder of heavily pregnant woman stabbed to death in south London
A 25-year-old man has been charged with the murder of heavily pregnant Kelly Mary Fauvrelle and the manslaughter of her baby son Riley.
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Harrow’s Club KTM has licence hours reduced after complaints
A nightclub has had its opening hours reduced following multiple complaints from neighbours about late-night noise and anti-social behaviour.
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Global heating: London to have climate similar to Barcelona by 2050
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Jeremy Corbyn accuses Panorama of 'many inaccuracies' over probe into anti-Semitism
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said there were "many, many, inaccuracies" in the BBC Panorama documentary about anti-Semitism in the party.
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VIEW THE WESTMINSTER AREA IN THE 1750s
Westminster - heart of government.
While the underground station dates from 1868, Westminster itself is almost as old as London itself. It has a large concentration of London’s historic and prestigious landmarks and visitor attractions, including the Palace of Westminster, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey and Westminster Cathedral.
Historically part of the parish of St Margaret in the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex, the name Westminster was the ancient description for the area around Westminster Abbey – the West Minster, or monastery church, that gave the area its name – which has been the seat of the government of England (and later the British government) for almost a thousand years.
Westminster is the location of the Palace of Westminster, a UNESCO World Heritage Site which houses the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The area has been the seat of the government of England for almost a thousand years. Westminster is thus often used as a metonym for Parliament and the political community of the United Kingdom generally. The civil service is similarly referred to by the area it inhabits, Whitehall, and Westminster is consequently also used in reference to the ’Westminster System’, the parliamentary model of democratic government that has evolved in the United Kingdom.
The historic core of Westminster is the former Thorney Island on which Westminster Abbey was built. The Abbey became the traditional venue of the coronation of the kings and queens of England. The nearby Palace of Westminster came to be the principal royal residence after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, and later housed the developing Parliament and law courts of England. It can be said that London thus has developed two distinct focal points: an economic one in the City of London; and a political and cultural one in Westminster, where the Royal Court had its home. This division is still very apparent today.
The monarchy later moved to the Palace of Whitehall a little towards the north-east. The law courts have since moved to the Royal Courts of Justice, close to the border of the City of London.
The Westminster area formed part of the City and Liberty of Westminster and the county of Middlesex. The ancient parish was St Margaret; after 1727 split into the parishes of St Margaret and St John. The area around Westminster Abbey formed the extra-parochial Close of the Collegiate Church of St Peter surrounded by—but not part of—either parish. Until 1900 the local authority was the combined vestry of St Margaret and St John (also known as the Westminster District Board of Works from 1855 to 1887), which was based at Westminster City Hall on Caxton Street from 1883. The Liberty of Westminster, governed by the Westminster Court of Burgesses, also included St Martin in the Fields and several other parishes and places. Westminster had its own quarter sessions, but the Middlesex sessions also had jurisdiction. The area was transferred from Middlesex to the County of London in 1889 and the local government of Westminster was reformed in 1900 when the court of burgesses and parish vestries were abolished, to be replaced with a metropolitan borough council. The council was given city status, allowing it to be known as Westminster City Council.
The underground station was opened as Westminster Bridge on 24 December 1868 by the steam-operated Metropolitan District Railway (MDR) (now the District line) when the railway opened the first section of its line from South Kensington. It was originally the eastern terminus of the MDR and the station cutting ended at a concrete wall buffered by timber sleepers. The approach to the station from the west runs in cut and cover tunnel under the roadway of Broad Sanctuary and diagonally under Parliament Square. In Broad Sanctuary the tunnel is close to Westminster Abbey and St Margaret’s church and care was required to avoid undermining their foundations when excavating in the poor ground found there.
The station was completely rebuilt to incorporate new deep-level platforms for the Jubilee line when it was extended to the London Docklands in the 1990s. During the works, the level of the sub-surface platforms was lowered to enable ground level access to Portcullis House. This was achieved in small increments carried out when the line was closed at night.
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Three Events Part of “Women’s History Month” Schedule
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Just as February ends, March begins with its own line-up of exhibitions and events in DC, devoted to Women’s History. Washington DC observes “Black History Month” and “Women’s History Month” one after another.
It is said that, “Behind every successful man, there is a woman”. However, it is more of an understatement, in a world headlined by women’s achievements. Many women have shaped the course of history using their power and leadership. Their arts, too, have made an impact on culture and society. Behind every successful creation, there is a woman force, just as there is a feminine side to a man. That is to say, no matter which gender you belong to, you should check out these events when on tours of Washington DC.
The REDress Project
The National Museum of the American Indian is hosting this art installation project for the first time ever in the US. To the north of the museum building, numerous empty red dresses are placed. It aims to draw our attention to the racialized and gendered nature of crimes against indigenous women. The marking of absence evokes a sense of presence.
The outdoor art installation project, started by Jaime Black, has been in many other places. Now, it has reached the premises of the museum, owned by the Smithsonian Institution. It will stay in the museum property through March 31, 2019, raising awareness for missing and executed native women among those on a Washington DC tour.
Queen of Basel
Hillary Bettis, who is known for the acclaimed show titled “The Americans”, also wrote this explosive tale that combines class, race as well as power in Miami.
It is Art Basel, the city’s weeklong party, and at its center is a real estate heiress named Julie. Following a dispute with her tycoon father as well as a collision with a cocktail tray, she considers her next action, which will involve both a waitress and a driver. Do not miss “Queen of Basel”, a contemporary take on “Miss Julie”, at the Studio Theatre space.
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling
Ursula von Rydingsvard composes monumental sculptures incorporating leather, linen, cedar wood and other materials. She spent years in refugee camps in Germany. Her sculptures are crafted through labor-intensive, sometimes dangerous, process.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts presents her monumental wooden sculptures, in the first exhibition of them in the nation’s capital. You can get in touch with your Washington DC tour guide for more information about the exhibition.
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Whisky Festival set to breathe - Water Of Life into Speyside economy!
A series of multi-million pound investments in the Scotch whisky industry is helping Scotland to fight back in the middle of the current recession, while one of Europe`s largest whisky festivals is set to breathe the water of life into the off-season economy of Speyside.
Photo. Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is the signature event of the Whisky Month in Scotland’s Year of Homecoming 2009 programme. © Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival.
The area is hosting a 10 day ‘dramfest’ starting Friday, 1st May with around 250,000 nips expected to be served to 23,000 visitors at the 10th annual Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, which this year has doubled in length from its original five days.
This has resulted in a 28% rise in bookings, bringing a welcome low season economic boost to Speyside, Moray and the wider Highland area. The Whisky Festival is expected to be worth £750,000 to the local economy with tourists arriving from home and abroad.
The Festival is the signature event of the Whisky Month in Scotland’s Year of Homecoming 2009 programme, a Scottish Government initiative managed by EventScotland, the national events agency, in partnership with VisitScotland to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Advance bookings for almost 400 events to be staged during the Festival have proved particularly attractive to visitors from Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the US. But the organisers report interest from as far afield as Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, India, Israel, Republic of Korea, West Indies, Sri Lanka and the Ukraine.
The Scottish Government’s First Minister, Alex Salmond will officially open the festival at a gala dinner on Friday, 1st May at Glenfiddich Distillery, which was the first to capitalise on the tourism potential in the industry by opening a visitor centre exactly 40 years ago.
Now a large number of distilleries countrywide boast visitor centres, and despite a drop in tourism numbers in Scotland in 2008, ScotlandWhisky reports a trend bucking picture for distillery visitor centres recording 0.21% increase in visitors touring a distillery in 2008 compared to the previous year and a spend increase of 12.2%. This growth in interest in Scotland’s national drink has seen a £500m capital investment in the last 18 months by the whisky companies.
Last year, Glen Grant opened a new £500,000 visitor centre, and last week opened a new coffee shop. In addition to investing in equipment to reduce its carbon footprint by reusing waste heat, the Distillery is further investing in re-roofing and re-wiring its 11 maturation warehouses over the next two years.
Other distilleries around Speyside are also eager to demonstrate that the centuries old dram has very firmly arrived in the environmentally-conscious 21st century.
Diageo’s new state of the art distillery at Roseisle in Moray opens this year and the Benromach Distillery is already producing an organic whisky.
To complete the on-going whisky success story in Speyside, Glenfarclas has dispatched its first order to Lithuania, and is looking to capitalise in the North American market having won five Double Golds at the San Francisco World Spirits competition.
Gavin Hewitt, Chief Executive of the Scotch Whisky Association, said: “Whisky is the cornerstone of the Moray economy and local tourism. The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival is therefore an ideal opportunity to boost the local economy at a difficult time and showcase all that is best about Scotch Whisky to visitors from around the world. It will be a highlight of the Homecoming 'Whisky Month' celebrations."
However, apart from international visitors cashing in on the weakness of the pound, there is growing interest in the UK in holidays at home, with a trip to the Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival and Malt Whisky Country a possible inclusion in the tourist itinerary.
Almost 400 events at this year’s Festival include 180 whisky tours and tastings, 21 whisky dinners, 12 bracing whisky walks, 12 cooperage tours and a range of distillery visits. And for events with a non-whisky theme, visitors can choose from 18 train rides, ceilidhs, painting exhibitions, cookery demonstrations, landrover tours as well as plenty of retail therapy on offer around the region.
The festival will culminate in ‘Spirit of Speyside’, an outdoor musical celebration on Saturday, 9th May on the banks of the River Spey at Aberlour, with performances from Scottish favourites Capercaillie, pipe bands and fiddlers before a lone piper performs a floodlit solo on the church tower heralding a stunning fireworks display over the Spey itself.
Festival Chairman, Jim Royan extended a warm welcome to visitors from around the world to visit Speyside during the Festival and summarized three main reasons for joining in the 10th anniversary celebrations. He said: “First of all, the Festival celebrates the importance of the Speyside whisky industry economically, socially and culturally to Moray and to Scotland.
“Secondly it highlights the rich variety of landscapes, history and leisure opportunities that the area has to offer. And finally, and most importantly, we’re inviting visitors to come and join in the fun and festivities of a ten day Speyside party!”
* www.spiritofspeyside.com for further information and on-line bookings
* Easy access by rail or air, including a number of low-cost airline options to Aberdeen and Inverness airport
* The Festival runs a subsidised bus service and taxi voucher scheme
* The Festival also runs several competitions and awards including a Professional Chef competition, Student Chef competition, Photographic Competition and the prestigious Spirit of Speyside Whisky Awards
* Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival 2009 has received funding from Homecoming Scotland 2009 and EventScotland and is also financially supported by many other private and public partners
* EventScotland is the national events agency working to make Scotland one of the world’s leading event destinations. It manages two funding programmes: The International Programme which is designed to support events that attract a significant economic impact from visitors from outside Scotland and profile Scotland on the International stage and The Regional Programme which is designed to support events that drive domestic tourism and profile the particular region in which they take place. EventScotland.org: www.eventscotland.org
* Homecoming Scotland 2009 is a Scottish Government initiative managed by EventScotland, the national events agency, in partnership with VisitScotland, the country's national tourism agency. Robert Burns is the inspiration for Homecoming Scotland as 2009 is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland’s national poet. Homecoming Scotland will engage Scots at home as well as motivate people of Scottish descent and those who simply love Scotland, to take part in an inspirational celebration of our culture, heritage and some of the many great contributions Scotland has given to the world. www.homecomingscotland2009.com
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Neha Kakkar opens up about breakup with Himansh Kohli: He didn’t deserve me, always complained
From the Webdesk, 11/02/2019, Mumbai
Bollywood singer and Indian Idol judge Neha Kakkar has opened up about her breakup with actor Himansh Kohli. In a new interview, Neha has said that she is happy to have moved on from the ‘bad relationship’ and is thankful that she is able to spend more time with family now.
Speaking to Dainik Bhaskar, Neha said, “Right now, all I can say is that being single is the best feeling of my life. You know what, when I was in a relationship, I was not being able to give time to my family and my friends. At that time, I dedicated all my time and energy to that person who does not deserve it. And guess what; in spite of giving him so much time; he always complained of not being together.”
Neha and Himansh, who had announced their relationship on national television, broke up at the end of last year. She wrote in an emotional Instagram post that the negative comments she’d received immediately after the breakup had sent her into depression. “Yes I am in Depression. Thanks to All the Negative people in the world. You’re successful in giving me the worst days of my life. Congratulations you’re successful!” she’d written. There were also reports of her having broken down on the sets of Indian Idol, after a contestant sang an emotional song.
She continued in the Dainik Bhaskar interview, “Thankfully, I have moved on from this bad relationship. I am really in a happy space now. I have realised that my family is more deserving than anybody else in my life. I am happy with whatever happened because that made me realise the importance of my family members. With this bad experience, I am not open to love again. As I said, I am happy to be single!”
Following her breakup, the singer performed the hit number Aankh Maare from the film Simmba. She has also sung the Coca Cola remix in the upcoming Kartik Aaryan-Kriti Sanon film, Luka Chupi.
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Case Preview: Playboy Club London Ltd & Ors v Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SPA
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Emma Brendling, trainee solicitor in the litigation and arbitration team at CMS, previews the appeal in Playboy Club London Ltd & Ors v Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SPA, on which judgment is currently awaited from the UK Supreme Court.
On 24 April 2018, the Supreme Court heard the appeal of Playboy Club London Ltd, Caesar’s Entertainment UK Ltd and Burlington Street Services Ltd against the Court of Appeal’s decision that a bank did not owe a duty of care to an undisclosed principal in respect of a negligent misstatement.
Playboy Club Ltd operated a casino in London called The Rendezvous. The casino’s owner was Caesar’s Entertainment UK Ltd. In October 2010 Mr Bakarat, a member of the club, requested a cheque cashing facility of £800,000. This allows customers to present a cheque to Playboy and, before the cheque is cashed, obtain gaming chips of an equivalent amount. Before granting the facility, it was Playboy’s policy to request a positive banker’s reference for twice the amount of the cheque cashing facility (£1,600,000). The request was sent to Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SPA (the Bank) via an intermediary, Burlington Street Services Ltd care of NatWest. Burlington and Playboy were members of the same group company. It was Playboy’s standard practice to request references via Burlington in order to preserve the confidentiality of its customers who preferred to keep their gaming activities private. This reference sought to confirm Mr Bakarat’s financial position and ability to meet his commitment to Playboy. An employee of the Bank, Ms Giudetti, returned the reference to Burlington, confirming that Mr Bakarat was able to support such a financial commitment. The reference was “given in strict confidential”.
Caesar’s reviewed the reference and Playboy subsequently granted Mr Bakarat the cheque cashing facility of £800,000 in exchange for cheques drawn on his account at the Bank. The facility was later increased to £1,250,000. When Playboy tried to cash the cheques Mr Bakarat had deposited, it discovered these were counterfeit. It was later discovered that Mr Bakarat’s account with the Bank had always maintained a zero balance.
Earlier Decisions
In the High Court in 2014, Playboy sought to recover its loss of circa £800,000 from the Bank. It argued that the Bank had provided a negligent misstatement upon which it had relied in granting the cheque cashing facility. Playboy had to show that the Bank owed Playboy a duty of care, the Bank breached that duty and that Playboy had suffered loss resulting from the breach.
At first instance, HHJ Mackie QC held that the Bank was responsible for the reference by virtue of its vicarious liability for the actions of Ms Giudetti or by virtue of Ms Giudetti’s apparent authority to give the reference. The reference was issued via conventional channels that would not have put a third party, such as Burlington, on enquiry. It was held that the statement was undoubtedly negligent, as the account had always remained empty. The Bank owed Burlington a duty of care.
He found that the Bank also owed Playboy a duty of care, although the reference had been requested by and provided to Burlington. In his judgment, HHJ Mackie QC considered there was no attempt to restrict liability to the enquirer (Burlington), and there was no suggestion in the evidence that the reference would not have been given or would have taken a different form if requested directly by Playboy. He further reasoned that there was no basis for treating an offer of finance for gambling differently to an offer of finance for ordinary trade, so whether the Bank knew the true purpose of the reference was irrelevant. Finally, HHJ Mackie QC found the Bank had breached the duty of care and this breach caused loss to Playboy. Playboy were deemed contributorily negligent to the extent of 15% for failing to recognise that the cheques were photocopies and therefore counterfeit.
The High Court decision was appealed in the Court of Appeal in 2016. The Bank submitted that its duty of care extended only to Burlington, not Playboy, and only to the giving of the reference not to the presentation of cheques by its customer. It further submitted that Playboy broke the chain of causation in failing to recognise counterfeit cheques and, in any event, their contributory negligence was greater than 15%.
The key issue of interest was the scope of the Bank’s duty of care. In submissions, counsel for Playboy and Ors argued that Burlington was Playboy’s agent and Playboy was Burlington’s undisclosed principal. Therefore a sufficiently ‘special relationship’ arose between Playboy and the Bank for a duty of care to be owed under the seminal cases of Hedley Byrne & Co v Heller & Partners Limited [1964] AC 465 and Caparo v Dickman [1990] 2 AC 605. Hedley Byrne v Heller, by way of summary, established that a duty of care in negligent misstatement can arise where (1) a special relationship existed between the parties and (2) there was an assumed responsibility towards the claimant. Caparo v Dickman later refined the first limb of that test and set down four guidelines for finding a special relationship where advice was given: (1) the advice was required for a purpose and the adviser knew, or should have known, that purpose (2) the claimant is a person or a member of an ascertained class whom the adviser knew, or should have known, might use the advice for that purpose (3) the adviser knew, or should have known, that the claimant was likely to act on that advice for that purpose without independent enquiry (4) the claimant acted on that advice to its detriment.
Hedley Byrne v Heller provided clear parallels to the present case for Playboy and Ors, being a case of negligent misstatement in a banker’s reference. Longmore LJ distinguished both cases, but in particular Hedley Byrne v Heller, on the basis that:
the customer in Hedley Byrne v Heller was unnamed, but in the present case was expressly identified as Burlington;
the reference in Hedley Byrne v Heller was described as being for an advertising contract, whereas in the present case the true purpose was concealed; and
there was no reason for the Bank to believe the reference would be relied upon by a third party. The natural meaning of the words “given in strict confidential” indicated the reference was not to be shown to, and even less relied on by, third parties.
He concluded there could be no duty of care owed to Playboy.
Issues to be decided by the Supreme Court
Longmore LJ held that a duty of care in negligent misstatement could not be owed to an undisclosed principal and that Playboy, as Burlington’s undisclosed principal, was not owed a duty of care. Playboy and Ors appealed the Court of Appeal’s decision on this basis. Whether a duty of care in negligent misstatement can be owed to an undisclosed principal is the key issue for the Supreme Court to decide.
The undisclosed principal is a feature of contract law, extending privity of contract to the undisclosed principal not party to a contract between agent and third party. There can be a duty of care in negligent misstatement to an unidentified or unnamed principal under Hedley Byrne v Heller. This situation was “equivalent to contract” (in that, but for the absence of consideration, there would be a contract (Nocton v Lord Ashburton [1914] AC 932)) and therefore a duty of care would be owed (although it was not found on the facts of Hedley Byrne v Heller because of a disclaimer). Counsel for Playboy and Ors submit to the Supreme Court that the present factual scenario is also “equivalent to contract” and therefore a duty of care should be owed by the Bank to Playboy.
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Historic ship in 'Perfect Storm' heading to the scrap heap?
Thursday Aug 9, 2012 11:16 AM
The USS Zuni/USCGC Tamaroa, circa 1947-48.
The only surviving Navy ship from the invasion of Iwo Jima that was later transformed into the Coast Guard rescue cutter depicted in the movie “The Perfect Storm” is on the verge of being scrapped, according to maritime history buffs trying to save the vessel.
The Zuni Maritime Foundation in Virginia has been looking to raise $500,000 to put the 205-foot ship in dry dock so that its hull can be repaired, but fundraising efforts have fallen short.
The vessel was bought by an unnamed benefactor in 1994 who had hoped to restore the ship and turn it into a museum.
Since then, a dedicated volunteer crew of former Navy sailors and Coast Guard members has restored the vessel’s interior and much of its exterior. But after leaks in the hull this spring the Coast Guard deemed it a hazard to navigation, meaning it can't be moved.
Ownership of the vessel is now being transferred to the head of a salvage yard, foundation officials told NBCNews.com.
The new owner, Tim Mullane, of the American Marine Group salvage operation in Norfolk, Va., has allowed the ship to be temporarily moored at his dock but has said fixing the ship’s hull may well cost twice the $500,000 goal of the foundation.
It remains unclear how long the historic vessel will be allowed to be moored at American Marine.
"It’s hearbreaking," Tom Robinson, foundation director, told NBCNews.com. "Ten years of effort down the drain. The ship is ready to be scrapped."
However, Harry Jaeger, operations chief for the foundation, told NBCNews.com he hasn’t given up hope.
Volunteers aboard the USS Zuni/USCGC Tamaroa in Virginia.
Jaeger, who has spent countless volunteer hours leading the restoration of the ship and just came back from Vallejo, Calif., to obtain World War II vintage pilot house controls for it, said Mullane has shown a personal interest in preserving the ship and even led efforts to plug the leak that threatened to sink it.
"We’re trying to be optimistic when the new owner takes over," Jaeger said. "But business is business."
Jaeger agreed that Mullane may well be forced to scrap the vessel or sink it as an artificial reef. (Mullane was not immediately available for comment to NBCNews.com.)
The ship was known as the Zuni when it earned four battle stars for World War II service as an ocean salvage tug. "It rescued sailors at Iwo Jima and saved ships damaged by torpedoes," Jaeger said.
The Zuni was decommissioned by the Navy after the war in 1946, transferred to the Coast Guard and renamed the Tamaroa, the name of a fierce Native American tribe. The “Tam” was home-ported at Staten Island and Governors Island, N.Y., from 1946-1985 before being moved to New Castle, N.H.
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As a Coast Guard cutter, the ship carried rescuers on a daring mission in 1991 to aid three people from the sailboat Satori in 40-foot seas and 80-knot winds some 75 miles off Nantucket island during what was known as the “No Name Storm of Halloween,” according to a Coast Guard history of the ship. Ten minutes after that ordeal was finished, the Tamaroa was called to save Air National Guard crewmen whose plane was downed during a rescue of their own. That rescue earned the cutter and crew a commendation.
Author Sebastian Junger chronicled the drama of that day in his book “The Perfect Storm,” which later became a movie of the same name starring George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg.
The nonprofit Zuni Maritime Foundation, located in Richmond, Va., had hoped to turn the ship into a museum and tourist attraction that would teach visitors the history of the 69-year-old vessel. It had also expected to make the vessel available to Sea Cadets, Sea Scout and other groups of young sailors.
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Wife of saluting wounded soldier 'overcome with pride'
Wednesday Oct 16, 2013 4:38 PM
Josh Hargis fought to get into the Army despite a high school injury, but during his fourth tour of duty in Afghanistan he was wounded by a bomb and a series of IEDs. As he lay in his hospital bed, seemingly unconscious, he was awarded a Purple Heart for his service – at which point he raised his hand in salute. His wife, who is pregnant, says she hopes the picture of her husband saluting serves as a reminder that soldiers are paying the ultimate sacrifice for their country. NBC's Harry Smith reports.
A wounded and presumed unconscious soldier whose valiant salute during a hospital Purple Heart ceremony made grown men weep and quickly became hugely popular online — and his wife says she understands why people are reacting with so much emotion to her hero husband.
“It moves me to tears,” Taylor Hargis said. “I mean I think that’s why it’s gotten so much attention. It’s moving people. It’s just an amazing thing he’s done and that he did it.”
Taylor said when she first saw the picture sent to her by Cpl. Josh Hargis' commander she was “overcome with pride. That’s my husband. He’s an amazing man.”
Courtesy Taylor Hargis
Josh Hargis, who was seriously wounded, salutes as he is awarded the Purple Heart.
Josh was at a military hospital in Afghanistan right after doctors had stabilized his wounds when he was being awarded the Purple Heart earlier this month.
During the ceremony the seemingly unconscious soldier raised his bandaged arm to salute — struggling with his doctors and medical tubes to do so.
The commander sent a picture and a letter about the incident to Taylor, writing that "grown men began to weep" at the sight of the salute.
He added that it “the single greatest event I have witnessed in my ten years in the Army.”
Taylor, who posted the letter and picture on Facebook, told NBC News on Wednesday that she wasn’t surprised by her husband’s actions.
“I think that people should know that my husband, number one, is a hero,” she said. “And that there are still other heroes in the fight. And there are still heroes that aren't coming home to their family members.” She added that Josh is “the kind of person that little boys should look up to.”
Taylor also recalled the day when she found out that her husband, an Army Ranger serving in Afghanistan, was wounded. She said she knew something was up because he didn’t call.
“Honestly, I was staring at my phone waiting for my phone to ring ... Josh always calls me. He always says good night, he always says I love you. We always speak before the end of the night for me.”
Josh and Taylor Hargis
She said she was up all night into the morning and a little frazzled when the phone finally did ring.
“I was lucky that it was a phone call. And that they said he's okay right now ... It was shocking. It was difficult to not be able to speak to him for a little while,” she said.
Four of his fellow soldiers -- Pfc. Cody Patterson, Sgt. Joseph Peters, 1st Lt. Jenifer Moreno and Sgt. Patrick Hawkins -- were killed in the same suicide bomb attack southwest of Kandahar that left Josh and a dozen others wounded.
The fallen soldiers became linked to the government shutdown crisis when their families expressed grief and outrage because the federal government was withholding a $100,000 "death gratuity" normally paid out to relatives to help them out financially until survivor benefits kick in.
Josh, it turns out, had a difficult time even getting into the Army: Because of a high school sports injury he was denied entry several times.
But when the Army finally let him in, he excelled, breezing through basic training and into Ranger school and into the Army’s elite infantry. He was on his fourth tour of Afghanistan when he was wounded.
Chelsea McDonald, Josh’s friend from their Cincinnati high school, described the former captain of the soccer team as strong-willed popular guy who all the girls liked.
“He’s just an all-around American guy,” McDonald said. “You know, loves his country, loves his family, loves his wife, respects his friends and would do anything for anybody.”
After being flown from Germany, Josh is now recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. And Taylor, who is expecting their first child this spring, is by his side.
“I'm very fortunate that he's here. I'm fortunate that he's still alive and that we still get to have our life together.”
NBC's Elizabeth Chuck contributed to this report.
He's a 'badass': Wounded soldier flashes 'salute seen around the world'
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Convinced by the Communists? Some theorize Soviets or Castro inspired Oswald to kill JFK
Tuesday Nov 19, 2013 1:58 AM
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Cuban First Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro, left, holds the hand of Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev during a four-week official visit to Moscow, in May 1963.
By Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News
In 1961, the U.S. attacked newly socialist Cuba in the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs Invasion.
In 1962, Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev allied his country with Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro and constructed missiles on Cuban soil pointing at America — threatening to fire until the U.S. promised never to invade again.
In 1963, the president of the United States was assassinated.
“When Castro chose an alliance with the Soviet Union, it was more than our intelligence service could stand … it’s 90 miles off our shores,” said Bryan Ghent, an expert in the assassination of John F. Kennedy at Winthrop University.
So after JFK was shot, some couldn’t help but make a connection.
“Right wing activists very shortly after the assassination started blaming communism and Castro,” said John McAdams, the author of “JFK Assassination Logic: How to Think about Claims of Conspiracy.”
Both Castro and Krushchev provide a path into what Ghent calls the “wonderful rabbit hole” of speculating and circular thinking around who killed Kennedy.
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According to a recent Gallup poll, 61 percent of Americans believe that Lee Harvey Oswald, the man ID'd by the Warren Commission as the lone gunman who killed Kennedy, did not act alone or at least conspired with a person or group of people to kill the president on Nov. 22, 1963. While a majority believes that the mob or sects of the U.S. government were involved, 5 percent believe Castro was to blame, and 3 percent continue to implicate the Soviet Union.
As the nation observes the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s death, NBC News explores some of the most compelling conspiracy theories that have fueled books, investigations and countless conversations about Kennedy’s death for the last half-century.
The Soviet connection
“Russia and Cuba have fascinating links to the assassination, but it begins with Lee Harvey Oswald,” Ghent said.
Immediately following a three-year tour in the Marines, Oswald lived in the Soviet Union from 1959 to 1962, intending to defect. He met his Russian wife, Marina Prusakova, whose uncle was an official in the Russian Interior Ministry, and “was surrounded by a lot of KGB informants during his time there,” Ghent said.
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American Lee Harvey Oswald and his Russian wife, Marina, pose on a bridge in Minsk during their two and a half year stay in the Soviet Union. This is a 1964 handout photo from the Warren Commission.
“The KGB denies that,” but “of course they would,” he added.
Some speculate that Oswald traded military secrets for a position in the KGB, and then returned to the U.S. upon its orders to kill Kennedy, Ghent said. Most who say Oswald traded U.S. intelligence for the good will of the KGB believe that he was recruited to be a spy when he was stationed near a CIA base in Atsugi, Japan in 1957, Ghent said.
The U.S. government has always denied that Oswald was an agent.
Still, others think that Oswald “was replaced by a Russian agent who looked like him in order to assassinate our president,” said Ghent. Oswald’s body was exhumed in 1981 to prove that he was the same man that entered the Marines.
“The teeth matched,” Ghent said, “but the body was missing a surgical scar that was on his military records.”
Some people believe Oswald is alive and well and living in Ohio, McAdams said.
The Cuba connection
Still, some experts say Oswald had a more direct relationship to Castro and was a strong believer in Castro’s vision for Cuba.
“Castro was the only person in the world who Oswald held in high esteem publicly,” said Ed Epstein, author of “The JFK Assassination Diary.”
Oswald was arrested for handing out pro-Castro leaflets in New Orleans during his time involved with a group called Fair Play for Cuba. Shortly after that he spoke out in a radio interview and later, a debate, unabashedly defending the Cuban leader and his Marxist beliefs.
“Castro was charismatic and Oswald was looking for new adventure,” explained former CIA agent Brian Latell, author of a new book, “Castro's Secrets: The CIA and Cuba's Intelligence Machine.”
Charles Tasnadi / AP file
A copy of Lee Harvey Oswald's visa application, which he filed during his visit to the Cuban Embassy in September, 1963.
Latell doesn’t think that Castro directly ordered Kennedy’s death, but believes he had knowledge of Oswald’s plan and purposefully didn’t stop it.
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“The Cuban intelligence had quite a big file on Oswald,” even though Castro denied having ever heard of him, Latell said.
Just seven weeks before the assassination, Oswald took a trip to Mexico City to visit the Soviet Embassy there. He also went to the Cuban Embassy in an attempt to gain access to Cuba “to fight in the mountains with Fidel,” according to Latell. Oswald allegedly left the Cuban Consulate yelling, “I’m going to kill Kennedy.”
“That report is solid gold,” Latell said.
What does Latell think? Officials at the consulate took advantage of Oswald and inspired him to assassinate Kennedy, he said.
Epstein isn’t convinced that Cuban intelligence persuaded Oswald, but through research has found that Kennedy's plot to take out Castro was moving "completely in tandem" with Oswald’s plot to kill Kennedy.
“If they had called off the plots against Castro, Oswald would not have shot Kennedy,” he said.
Others don’t believe Oswald was at the Cuban Embassy at all, but think a lookalike was sent to the embassy to implicate Oswald and Castro, Ghent said.
“Can you see why this is so endlessly fascinating?” he asked. “Every door opens ten more until you forget how you got there.”
McAdams had a different take on the allure of conspiracy. “Whoever you dislike, you blame them for killing Kennedy,” he said.
'So consequential an act': 50 years later, JFK conspiracy theories endure
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The Nativity shows us that the Lord never imposes
Vatican City, 18 December 2015 (VIS) – This morning in the Paul VI Hall Pope Francis received seven hundred people from the Bavarian municipalities of Hirschau, Schanaittenbach and Freudenberg, who donated the Christmas tree adorning St. Peter's Square this year, and representatives from the Italian province of Trento who, along with the archdiocese, created the Nativity display. The decorations on the tree are from the Lene Thun Foundation of Bolzano and, as the Holy Father commented, represent the dreams of the children who decorated it, whom he thanked.
“These wishes that we carry in our heart are now in the most suitable place, because they are close to the child of Bethlehem: they are entrusted to Him, He Who came to live in our midst. Indeed, Jesus did not simply appear on earth, and did not dedicate just a little of His time to us, but rather came to share our life and to receive our desires, as He wanted and still wants to live here, along with us and for us. Our world, which at Christmas became His world, is important to Him. The creche reminds us of this: God, in his great mercy, descended to us to stay with us”.
The Nativity also tells us that the Lord “never imposes upon us with force. To save us, He did not change history by performing a grand miracle. Instead, He lived with simplicity, humility and meekness. God does not like the dramatic revolutions of the powerful of history, and does not use a magic wand to change situations. Instead He makes Himself small, He becomes a child, to attract us with love, to touch our hearts with His humble goodness, to draw attention through His poverty to those who worry about accumulating the false treasures of this world”.
The Holy Father recalled that this was the intention of St. Francis when he invented the creche – to pay homage to the Child who was born in Bethlehem so as to be able to in some way perceive with the eyes of the body the hardships He suffered for the lack of the basic necessities for a newborn. Indeed, the scene honours and praises simplicity, poverty and humility. “I invite you, then, to pause before the Nativity scene, for there God's tenderness speaks to us. There we contemplate divine mercy, made flesh so that we gaze tenderly upon it. Above all, it wishes to move our hearts”.
In this regard, Francis indicated that in the creche there is a figure who reveals the mystery of the Nativity. “It is a character who performs a good act, stooping to assist an elderly person. He not only looks to God but also imitates Him, as, like God, he inclines mercifully to one in need. May these gifts of yours, which will be lit up this evening, attract the gaze of many and above all revive in our life the true light of Christmas”.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta to be canonised
Vatican City, 18 December 2015 (VIS) – Yesterday, 17 December, the Holy Father Francis received in a private audience Cardinal Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during which he authorised the Congregation to promulgate the following decrees:
- Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (nee Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu), Albanian foundress of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Charity (1910-1997).
- Servant of God Giuseppe Ambrosoli, Italian professed priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (1923-1987).
- Servant of God Adolfo (ne Leonardo Lanzuela Martinez), Spanish professed religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (1894-1976).
- Servant of God Heinrich Hahn, Italian layman (1800-1882).
“Migrants and refugees: threat or opportunity?”: meeting of the Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews
Vatican City, 18 December 2015 (VIS) – The Bilateral Commission of the Delegations of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Holy See's Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews held its 13th meeting in Jerusalem in the offices of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation on the theme “Migrants and refugees: threat or opportunity?” on 16 and 17 December. At the end of the event the Commission issued a joint statement, which began by commemorating the recently deceased Cardinal Jorge Mejia, the first Catholic co-chair of the Bilateral Commission, and conveyed wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Chief Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen.
The meeting, chaired by Chief Rabbi Rasson Arousi and Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace”, focused primarily on the “enormous current humanitarian crisis in the form of hundreds of thousands of refugees seeking asylum and the challenges this poses”, highlighting a number of issues, including the tensions between the obligation to welcome and “love the stranger as yourself” while meeting one’s responsibilities to one’s own identity, society, community and specific religious mission; the challenge posed by migration in terms of the fullness and authenticity of human existence and experience, and the moral demands for respect for human dignity that cannot be ignored.
During the meeting, it was reiterated that Jews and Christians are required to address these challenges and to do the utmost to ensure that the Divine Image in which all humanity is created is respected and fostered fully among migrant and refugee populations.
Similarly, immigrants are to be recognised as a blessed resource to be welcomed and respected for their human dignity, and as potential to contribute to the positive growth and development of society. To help influence public opinion and legislatures to regulate and more effectively implement immigration procedures, mindful of the preferred destinations of migrants themselves.
Finally, the Bilateral Commission attended a presentation on Israeli initiatives to address the plight of refugees and victims of conflict.
Holy See Press Office Communique on the autopsy of Msgr. Jozef Wesolowski
Vatican City, 18 December 2015 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today announced that on 14 December, the report on the chemical toxicological examinations carried out on samples taken during the autopsy of Msgr. Jozef Wesolowski was submitted to the Chancellor’s Office of the Vatican City State Court of First Instance.
The conclusions of the Report definitively confirmed what had already emerged from the post-mortem examination; that is, that death was ascribable to natural causes (acute myocardial infarction), excluding other exogenous causes.
The various investigations were conducted in strict accordance with the guidelines and protocols recognised at international level, by a Board of medical examiners appointed by the Promoter of Justice the day after the Prelate’s unexpected death.
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Azkals Face Korea Republic in Asian Cup Debut
After months of intense preparation, the Philippine Azkals make their AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 debut against tournament favorites Korea Republic in Group C tonight 5:30 PM local time (9:30 PM Philippine time) at the Al-Maktoum Stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Azkals look to show their pedigree against Asia’s best, but are faced with tough opponents in Group C with China PR and Kyrgyz Republic also in the mix.
“We know what we are up to. We are not here just to make up the numbers, we are here to show that we are eager to fight to make our mark in Asia, to dream the impossible,” said Team Manager Dan Palami.
“We are of course excited just like most teams are, before you play the opening game of the tournament. We have a team that has never been in this tournament, and it’s good for the whole country, for the players, for the squad, for everyone,” said head coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. “We are not the favorites to win it all but there are always surprises in football.”
However, facing Korea Republic in their first match, is an extremely tall order. Two time Asian Cup winners in 1954 and 1960, the Taeguk Warriors, have been regular participants not only in the Asian Cup, but also in the FIFA World Cup.
“The draw dictated that we will meet Korea Republic, so why not the first game? On paper they are the strongest team in the group, and one of the strongest teams in the tournament,” added Eriksson. We’re not complaining. We will not be afraid playing against them. They are a good team. We will try to know what Korea will do, but we will try to make our own style of play as well.”
The Swede is also banking on support from the Filipino community in Dubai. Last Saturday, the team had a meet and greet with the Filipinos based in the Dubai in the build up for the match.
“There are a lot of Filipinos working here. We want to see them in the stadium,” ended Eriksson.
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University reveals renderings for proposed Mission Valley campus
A newly-released rendering of plans for an expansion of SDSU's campus onto the current SDCCU Stadium site in Mission Valley. Photo courtesy of SDSU NewsCenter.
by David Santillan, Social Media Editor
San Diego State President Sally Roush and university officials unveiled architectural renderings of a proposed Mission Valley campus.
The university revealed its vision for the SDCCU Stadium site in a press briefing Wednesday at the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center. The 166-acre project would include upper division and graduate student housing, a new multipurpose athletics stadium, retail shops, commercial office buildings and a hotel.
Community parks and recreational fields would shape the landscape surrounding the site, taking an what the university calls an “open space” design.
“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand the university in a location that is both close to the main campus and large enough to accommodate the university’s growth needs,” Roush said in a statement released by the university. “It is a plan with the heart and spirit of a modern university campus that will serve higher education and the community’s aspirations for the site.”
The plans for the site were designed by architectural firm Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, and development is being headed by JMI Realty.
A rendering of an aerial view of the SDSU West proposal. Photo courtesy of SDSU NewsCenter.
“SDSU made it clear to us from the start that a well-executed campus plan on the site must be rooted in environmentally sensitive design that enhances and highlights the San Diego River, and creates plentiful open space for the entire community,” Gordon R. Carrier, design principal at Carrier Johnson, also said in the statement. “You can see that thoughtful approach reflected in the amenities, from recreation fields to four miles of trails, and a 50-acre community river park.”
Roush said the total cost for the project is estimated to be about $3 billion.
“It’s got a really big-sounding number, but almost all of that would come from private developers that we could contract with to build the housing, the retail and the office buildings,” she said.
The costs for the stadium itself is $250 million, which Roush said would be financed by revenue generated from the stadium, signage and corporate sponsorship.
University officials said no taxpayer money will be used to fund any part of the project.
A rendering of parkland near the San Diego River, included in plans for SDSU West. Photo courtesy of SDSU Newscenter.
Friends of SDSU, a group pushing for SDSU’s expansion into Mission Valley, has been collecting signatures for an SDSU West ballot initiative since October.
Fred Pierce, the spokesman for Friends of SDSU’s steering committee, told The Daily Aztec earlier this month that the group is well on its way to collecting 100,000 signatures for the initiative by the end of the year.
The organization needs 71,000 signatures from registered voters in the city of San Diego to be placed on the November 2018 ballot alongside a similar initiative for the competing SoccerCity plan, which would redevelop the SDCCU Stadium site with a Major League Soccer stadium and mixed-use residential and retail spaces.
Roush said she expects to brief San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer on the university’s newly-unveiled plans.
Faulconer has previously come out in favor of the SoccerCity initiative.
“We had hoped to brief him this morning, before having the press conference but he was unavailable, but we’ll give him a full briefing whenever he wishes,” Roush said. “He’s been a great supporter of San Diego State and I think he’ll be pleased with (SDSU’s) plan.”
The university said it will reach out to the community and other local organizations over the next few months to get feedback on its plans.
Staff Writer Gustavo Cristobal contributed to this story.
Tags: Carrier Johnson + CULTURE, Fred Pierce, Friends of SDSU, JMI Realty, Mission Valley, qualcomm stadium, Sally Roush, San Diego State, SDCCU Stadium, SDSU, SDSU West
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Sensing the Future: László Moholy-Nagy
Posted on November 26, 2014 by China Blue
Sensing the Future. László Moholy-Nagy at a training of bodily awareness, probably at the Feminist womens’ commune Schwarzerden, unknown photographer, ca. 1925
Complex media art of the famous Constructivist and Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) is the topic of the exhibition ‘Sensing the Future: László Moholy-Nagy, the Media and the Arts’. As a pioneer of multimedia and conceptual art, Moholy-Nagy was one of the twentieth century’s most influential artists. In addition to his own works dating from the 1920s to the 1940s, the exhibition Sensing the Future, will also be showing works by contemporary artists such as Olafur Eliasson and Eduardo Kac, who have taken up Moholy-Nagy’s ideas – underlining his continuing relevance. Moholy-Nagy explored the interactions between the various media and the senses both in practice and in theory, while experimenting with film and photography.
Sensing the Future. László Moholy-Nagy, Light prop for an electric stage, 1930 (Replica 1970) Photo Credit: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: photo studio Bartsch © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Some 300 works – ranging from paintings and sculptures, photos, photograms and graphic works to films and stage designs, light and sound installations, tactile boards, manual sculptures and publications – provide a view of the multisensory approach of Moholy-Nagy’s work. Moholy-Nagy’s well-known ‘Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light–Space Modulator)’, several new constructions of installations he designed but did not execute, and a reconstruction of a work that was destroyed can be seen.
Sensing the Future is curated by Oliver Botar, Professor of Art History at the University of Manitoba in Canada, is a cooperative venture with the Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg, Canada) and is sponsored by the Hauptstadtkulturfonds (The Capital Cultural Fund) in Berlin, the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne, the Salgo Trust for Education (Port Washington, NY), and the Moholy-Nagy Foundation.
Sensing the Future. László Moholy-Nagy, Construction Z I, 1922-1923 Photo Credit: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: Hartwig Klappert © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
‘László Moholy-Nagy was fascinated by the urban life-world and by the new media of his time. At the same time, however, he saw the necessity – in conditions marked by an increasing specialization of knowledge and by the flood of information – for people’s senses to be trained in order to counteract their alienation from themselves and their environment. He regarded this as being a task for artists, and this is why he was so strongly committed to educational work,’ explains Dr. Annemarie Jaeggi, Director of the Bauhaus-Archiv. Moholy-Nagy taught at the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1928, and in Chicago from 1937 until his death in 1946 – initially as the Director of the New Bauhaus and starting in 1939 at the School of Design, which was later to become the Institute of Design.
Oliver Botar, guest curator and expert on Moholy-Nagy, sums up the current relevance of Moholy-Nagy’s work: ‘Moholy-Nagy’s film and photographic experiments, his light and sound art, his kinetic and multimedia works and his participatory installations, as well as his thoughts on media theory, have continued to inspire artists and scientists down to the present day. His work is a fruitful starting-point for thinking about the influence of new technologies on our sensory experience of reality and about the importance we want to give to these innovations in our lives.’
Sensing the Future. Floris Neusüss and Renate Heyne, Colour photogram with László Moholy-Nagy’s “Light prop for an electric stage”, 2013 © (László Moholy-Nagy) VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
Sensing the Future, provides information about key topics in Moholy-Nagy’s art that are closely connected with the Lebensreformbewegung (life reform movement) and biocentric approaches of the 1920s. He believed that in an increasingly technological modern world, the organic development of the individual would only be possible through the integration of all of the human senses and the intellect. He saw potential for this in both the old and new media, in high culture and popular culture, and in the arts and sciences, and he extended his view beyond the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell to include the sense of movement and depth as well. New technologies were to serve to expand the human sense organs, and he rejected hierarchical views of perception and media. Moholy-Nagy regarded art as information and all of the media as potential means of implementing an artistic idea. Central aspects of his work such as interdisciplinary and multimedia qualities, multisensory perception, Neues Sehen (New Vision), immersion and participation, transparency, reflection and movements are illuminated more closely from this viewpoint.
The presentation of his designs for the ‘Kinetic Constructive System’ (1922–28) illustrates Moholy-Nagy’s role as a pioneer of participatory and immersive art. His enamel series (1922–23), also known as telephone pictures, illustrate his importance as a pioneer of a conceptual media art, as the works anticipate digital art forms to some extent. The exhibition. ‘Sensing the Future: László Moholy-Nagy, the Media and the Arts’ is also showing several of Moholy-Nagy’s films, as well as paintings, photograms and photos in which light is used as a raw material for art. Works by contemporary artists such as ‘Aromapoetry’ (2011) by Eduardo Kac and Olafur Eliasson’s ‘World illuminator’ (2014) are continuations of Moholy-Nagy’s approaches, while other artists have executed some of his uncompleted concepts specially for the exhibition, in homage to this visionary universal artist – such as Lancelot Coar and Patrick Harrop, with their attempt to implement Moholy-Nagy’s idea for a multidimensional polycinema.
A book based on the exhibition Sensing the Future, is being published to accompany the exhibition.
Oliver Botar, Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, the Media and the Arts, Lars Müller Verlag (Zurich), approx. 200 pages with approx. 400 illustrations, ISBN 978-3-03778-434-1 (German edition), ISBN 978-3-03778433-4
Contemporary artists taking part in the exhibition:
Eduardo Aquino; Naomi Clare Crellin; Lancelot Coar and Patrick Harrop; Olafur Eliasson; Ken Gregory; Gottfried Jäger and Karl Martin Holzhäuser; Eduardo Kac; Erika Lincoln; Guy Maddin; Bernie Miller; Javier Navarro; Freya Olafson; Floris Neusüss and Renate Heyne; Peter Yeadon and others.
Biography of László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946)
Sensing the Future. László Moholy-Nagy, Set design for act three of Jacques Offenbach’s opera „The Tales of Hoffman”, 1928 Photo Credit: Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, photo: Markus Hawlik © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2014
László Moholy-Nagy was born László Weisz in Bácsborsod, Hungary, in 1895. He initially studied law in Budapest, before serving in the Austro-Hungarian army from 1915 to 1918. As a member of the Budapest circle of activists led by Lajos Kassák, he learned about the activities of the Italian Futurists and the Expressionists. After briefly attending a private art college, he moved first to Vienna in 1919 and then in 1920 to Berlin, where he encountered the cross-media Dadaist art of Raoul Hausmann and Kurt Schwitters. Through his first wife, Lucia (Schulz) Moholy, he came into closer contact with biocentrism and the ideas of the educational reform movement. In 1921, following his initial contacts with Russian Constructivism, he started to produce material constructions and abstract paintings. In 1922, he wrote several manifestos and articles describing his future programme of work and had his first exhibition in the ‘Der Sturm’ gallery in Berlin. He worked as a teacher at the Bauhaus from 1923 to 1928, and published the bauhausbücher (Bauhaus Books) and the Bauhaus journal there. In 1925, he published his first book, Malerei, Photographie, Film, which was to become a key manifesto for media art. In 1928, he left the Bauhaus to work as freelance graphic artist in Berlin and he separated from Lucia Moholy.He published an account of his educational approach in Von Material zu Architektur in 1929. From 1929 to 1932, he produced documentary films in the style of the New Vision. His experimental mechanical device for light painting, Light Prop for an Electric Stage, was presented at the German Werkbund Exhibition in Paris in 1930. He met his future wife, the actress and screenplay writer Sibylle Pietzsch, in 1932. Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, he decided – as an avant-garde artist and Hungarian with Jewish origins – to move abroad. His first daughter was born. He moved first to Amsterdam in 1934, and then with his family to London in 1935. He became the Director of the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937 and after its closure in 1939 he opened the School of Design, which was later to become the Institute of Design. He died of leukemia in 1946. His book Vision in Motion was published posthumously in 1947.
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HomeArticlesKing DavidDavid and Saul: father and son's reconciliation!
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21 So David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armorbearer. 22 Then Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.” 1 Samuel 16:21-22 (NKJV)
When you hear about David and Saul it's always the same story: they were each other's enemy. But, if we take a closer look to the relationship between David and Saul we will find a different story.
The friendship between David and Saul's eldest son Jonathan generally catches people's attention and gets their approval, while the relationship that existed between David and Saul is hardly noticed or mentioned. Even though it's true that Saul the son of Kish a Benjamite - 1 Samuel 9:1-2 - wanted and tried to kill David, the son of Jesse of Bethlehem - 1 Samuel 16:1, 12-13 - because he didn't want David to take over his place as the king of Israel, still these two did have a bond other than that of being enemies. So, how was their relationship like, what was it based on and to which purpose?
David arrived at Saul's court as an artist to play the lyre so Saul's mind - he had evil attacks, which must have been very painful, for evil tortures people both physically and spiritually - would be at ease, 1 Samuel 16:14-23,
23 ... David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.
David was sent by his father to King Saul after he was anointed by Samuel to become king of Israel, 1 Samuel 16:1-13. So, the Almighty Father by his wisdom and grace sent the person he had chosen to become the next king of Israel to serve the one who's reign he was about to bring to an end.
David served King Saul first as an artist and later as his soldier and officer after he defeated Goliath, 1 Samuel 17 and 18:2. Saul took David, whom was a young man at the time - 1 Samuel 17:33 - under his wing. He loved David and called him his son - 1 Samuel 16:21-22, 26:17, 25 - even though he had four sons, Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-baal also known as Ish-Bosheth, 1 Chronicles 9:39.
King Saul gave David his first daughter to marry as promised to the person who would defeat Goliath - 1 Samuel 17:25 - but he refused. Later Saul gave his second daughter Michal, who was in love with David, to marry, 1 Samuel 18:17-30. Jonathan was David's best friend, 1 Samuel 18:1-4. David sat at the table of the king - 1 Samuel 20:24-25 - with him, Abner and Jonathan.
So, David whom was loved by King Saul that treated him as if he was his own son, became his loyal servant, his son-in-law, captain of his bodyguard, highly respected in his household, and someone for whom the priest Ahimelek made inquiries of God, 1 Samuel 22:14. To David Saul was like a father, besides him being the king of Israel chosen by God as he himself said - 1 Samuel 24:7 and 26:9-14 and 1 Samuel 24:12 - whom he respected even when later Saul was trying to kill him, 1 Samuel 9:10. David remained, trust wordy in his duties to his King Saul.
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The secrets of El Sauz de Cajigal
Written by John Pint
El Sauz de Cajigal is a pueblito – population 120 – located 100 kilometers east of Guadalajara. Never heard of it? I can’t blame you, because I couldn’t find mention of it on any map I consulted.
Nevertheless, archaeologist Rodrigo Esparza told me that around 400 years ago El Sauz was a landmark anyone traveling between Guadalajara and Mexico City would have known all about.
The archaeologist drove me to El Sauz de Cajigal early one morning last week, insisting I had to visit a museum located in this out-of-the-way corner of Jalisco and meet the museum’s colorful founder and director, Francisco “Pancho” Navarro.
Let me mention here that while the “town” of Sauz is not on the map, Museo Sauz de Cajigal (MUSAC) is, and Google maps can bring you here easily, following paved roads all the way.
As we drove, Rodrigo told me that Pancho Navarro is “an explorer, a collector and a treasure hunter,” who, over many years, has managed to rescue countless artifacts that would otherwise have been spirited away to other countries.
“They range in age from very old pieces from 500 BC, found in shaft tombs, to artifacts from colonial times,” Rodrigo said. “I helped him identify many of these items when they were officially registered and I got to know him.”
We arrived in El Sauz de Cajigal, in front of a very old looking building where Navarro was waiting for us. Pancho was jovial man with sparkling eyes and a black beard and mustache.
“Welcome to El Sauz!” he said. “Before we go into the museum, let me show you the progress I’ve made in restoring the old hacienda building.”
We walked across the street and passed a wall with three large crosses set into it.
“What happened here?” I asked Pancho.
“Back in 1924 there was a girl living here named Juanita. She was only 14 years old, but so pretty that there were already two local boys in love with her. They were bitter rivals, and at a dance, one of the novios killed the other – and the other’s father, to boot. Well, the following day the killer was shot by a relative of the deceased. Then, Juanita went off to Mexico City and married someone else, but, in spite of that fact, a legend persists here that her spirit still walks this street at night, mourning her two pretendientes.”
The Casco de Hacienda (the main house of the hacienda) turned out to be a big and old adobe building which served as a rest stop for people traveling by stagecoach between Guadalajara and Mexico City in the 1650s.
“The Camino Nacional ran right by here,” Pancho told me. “Stagecoaches pulled by 12 mules provided daily transportation. This was the fourth post on the way to the capital.”
On the second floor of the building, I noticed two funnel-shaped holes in the wall.
“Rifle holes,” Pancho informed me. Travel – as well as courtship – must have been quite an adventure back in 1650!
We then stepped across the street and entered the museum, which is housed in another old adobe building next to the local church.
“This used to be a residence for priests in 1861,” Pancho told me, “but it was abandoned for years. I offered to fix the place up and they kindly told me I could house my museum here for the next 99 years.”
We stepped inside MUSAC and I could immediately see why Pancho had told me you’d need three hours just to have a look around. The place is filled not only with artifacts such as figurines, obsidian blades and pottery, but also faded photographs and posters, phonographs and typewriters, stuffed animals, life-size human figures and all sorts of items related to the Cristeros war ... and, of course, every one of those items has a story.
“Here in the museum, I have about 12,500 items,” Pancho told me. “but I have a whole lot more at home, in fact enough to fill six more museums like this one.”
“Don Pancho,” I asked, “whatever inspired you to become such a formidable collector?”
“I was ten years old when I began this collection. As children, we used to sow corn and beans, but we never wore shoes and one day we cut our feet on some obsidian arrowheads and that’s exactly where my collection began. In this museum I have about 7,500 archaeological items on exhibit, but also many things related to country living and to the period of the Cristeros. People have come to visit this place from everywhere: from Australia to Scotland. The other day 16 French speakers arrived here by bicycle, all the way from Canada and the whole bunch of them slept here overnight too.”
If you’re now interested in visiting this curious museum, note that Don Pancho not only speaks English well, he also sings in English.
“Credence Clearwater Revival songs are my specialty,” he told me. “I would be happy to sing a few for any of your readers.”
The museum can be visited just about any time, but you need to call Francisco Navarro’s assistant, Arturo Garcia at (01-348) 102-1110 in advance to let him know what day and what time you are coming. There is no entrance fee, but you might want to make a donation to aid this one-man effort, which gets no financial assistance from local or national sources. To get to the place, just ask Google Maps to take you to “Museo Sauz de Cajigal.” Driving time is about two hours, either from Guadalajara or Chapala.
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|| Monday: June 03: 2019 || ά. Following many weeks of government-forming negotiations, since, the General Elections in Finland, that took place mid-april, negotiating parties agreed and presented a new Government for Finland today. According to the founding agreement of the new Government, which is being led by Prime Minister Mr Antti Rinne, the Leader of the Social Democratic Party, Finland is directed towards an ambitious, bold and visionary course, that aspires to include vocabulary, such as, socially, economically, ecologically sustainable society, where it acknowledges, accepts and chooses education to be at the highest part of the political agenda and programme of actions.
There is nothing socially, economically and ecologically sustainable for any society, that does not see this that the quality of its entire nationhood is a direct result, product, output and harvest of its investment in its education and life-long learning: only educated, knowledgeable, insightful, skilled and competent people of a nation can and do have the ‘resources’ to, not only work, create, develop and run such a society but, also, ensure that such society is not ‘wasted away’ by mis-direction, that savages the very society by disempowering and disenfranchising the very populace, that constitute such nation.
This new Government is a coalition between the Social Democratic Party, leading partner, the Centre Party, the Greens, the Left Alliance and the Swedish People’s Party. The new government will include 19 ministers: seven from the Social Democratic Party, five from the Centre Party, three from the Greens, two each from the Left Alliance and the Swedish People’s Party. Mr Antti Rinne takes over from the Government of the outgoing Prime Minister Mr Juha Sipilä. The founding document of this Government says, ‘’Climate change, globalisation, urbanisation, the ageing of the population and technological development, may be, transforming Finland and the world faster than ever before. This transformation offers great opportunities for the development of our country but, it, also, creates insecurity and concerns about what lies ahead. To face this transformation, we need policy measures, that offer people a sense of security and hope for a better future.’’
The document offers the aim of the first Government of the new decade is to seek work to build a socially, economically and ecologically sustainable Finland by 2030. The Nordic welfare state and its key pillars, income security, well-functioning health and social services and solid education, as well as, high expertise create a robust and just platform for the work on reforms. In the socially, economically and ecologically sustainable Finland the economy is managed for the people, not the other way round. Sustainable economic growth is built on a high rate of employment and strong public finances.
The Government of Antti Rinne aims to create 60,000 new jobs, which will be achieved by measures, that boost the demand and supply of work. Besides a higher employment rate, sustainable growth, also, builds on more robust work productivity. The new Government rates education and research very highly. Education and culture are an important part of our value system and are considered to be a means of guaranteeing individual freedom.
‘’In the 2020s, wellbeing will continue to draw on knowledge and skills and on work and entrepreneurship. We must bring Finland’s level of education and competence back up to the top of the world league. We aim to boast the best working life in the world; to be a nation with happy and competent professionals, where every person’s knowledge and skills are put to good use.’’ puts the document.
Social responsibility means that we take responsibility for each other and our common future. This means a sense of trust that we will all be looked after when we are no longer able to do so ourselves. It means taking care of the whole of the nation and ensuring that our country develops equitably. Not a single senior citizen should be afraid of getting old; not a single young person should be at risk of exclusion. We will build a Finland that is child-friendly, a country where families and their opportunities to make choices are supported and where parents contribute equally to caring for their children.
The world of the 2020s needs trailblazers. An ecologically sustainable Finland shows the way in mitigating climate change and protecting bio-diversity. The Government is drawing a roadmap for an emissions-free Finland. The Nordic welfare model, combined with responsible and decreasing use of natural resources, is a model, that will guarantee the future competitiveness of our country.
Inquiries: Päivi Anttikoski: Director of Government Communications: Tele: +358 40 536 4821: Päivi Paasikoski: Assistant Head of Communications: Tele: +358 40 547 6279: Government Communications Department.
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The Destructions: The Establishment of the Sociology of Squalors Advancing the Sociology of Evil
|| March 07: 2019: Download This Piece in PDF || ά. We find the sociological squalors, created by the mandatory enforcement of all high-cruelties, poverty, inequality, hunger, malnutrition of many kinds, rough sleeping, homelessness of many kinds, unemployment, unemployability, token mandatory education failing a great number of young people, leaving education without much achievements or skills, becoming unemployable, higher education is made into a debt bondage and, effectively, blocked for people, who can not pay to study further, life-long learning has been relegated to park rangers’ services, this has reduced the highest-most importance of education, given by societies, cultures and peoples so that misogyny, hatred, phobias, prejudice, hatred and discriminations and all other evils have been spreading in all societies and with these go on the suffering of severe and punishing state social security benefits and living in every day expressions of ‘poverty’ in all spheres and domains, devastated by severe, drastic, devastating, continual and ever-deepening cuts in investments and spending in public, civil and communal facilities, provisions and services by capitalism through the eradication of society’s aspiration towards keeping on remaining and keeping on seeking to be more and more civic in nature and replacing this with mandatory imposition, distribution and advancement of a jingoistic political philosophy and political economics, through which to conduct the philosophical, political economical and sociological war against humanity in expanding the scope and reach of dehumanisation of humanity with all the capitalistic apparatus, including, the distorteddia conglomerate, in which all qualities, states, virtues, straits, properties and characteristics, that constitute humanity, as persons, as families, as communities, as organisations and agencies and as society are eradicated and all of which are replaced by their negations, which create the sociology of evil, in which, now, the very person of human mind or the agency of the human mind is eradicated and with it the very human ecology, created by persons, families, communities, organisations and society are eliminated and replaced by a jingoistic jungle, that is fed by the creation, maintenance and advancing of sociological squalor and that festers in an ecology of all negations, that is the exact opposite of what humanity is as humanity naturale, which can only be described as a sociological hell, that we are calling the sociology of evil. The highest most state of most advanced, most sophisticated and most enlightened human condition can be said to be such in which humanity can and does exist as humanity naturale in a civilisation, constructed, organised, run, advanced, nurtured, fostered and maintained as humanical societies, run in humanics, human enterprise and humanicsovics under the rule of law in natural justice. The very opposite and contrary to this state is the establishment through dehumanisation of humanity a jingoistic jungle in sociological squalors, where the exact opposite of humanity naturale has been established in the name of the sociology of evil. In this we, must, bear in mind that, the force, that is fighting to eradicate something is not just seeking to eradicate that something but, at the same time, is seeking to replace that, what it has eradicated with something else, which is, in this case, the exact opposite of what is humanity naturale in a civic society, which is dehumanised humanity, herded into a state of a jingoistic jungle, organised in the sociological squalor under the dictatorship and punishing regime of the sociology of evil. Thereby, where dehumanisation of humanity is achieved, destroying, negating, eradicating and terminating humanity naturale from all things human: the individuals, the persons, the families, the communities and all the human agencies and organisations, that are all-out, combined and unified total expressions of the very humanity. This way following the termination of humanity naturale the jingoistic ecology is created to replace the negated by all the negations of all the virtues, constituting humanity, which is done through the creation, maintenance and advancing of the sociology of squalors, where the sociology of evil now thrives. In such sociology of evil these states of the exact opposite of humanity naturale are common place and the norm and their occurrence, frequency, tendency and states keep on getting to more extreme as time progresses with the progression of the sociology of evil: crimes of all sorts, particularly, vicious and violent forms both in the use of weapons and styles and manners of attacks, suicides and self-harms, mental illnesses, addictions, inciting others to hatred, violence and aggression, violence both in domestic situations and outside, aggressions, violent anger and impatience, hostility, arguments and brawling, intolerance, viciousness, brutality, savagery, opinion fascism, absence of decency and civility, raw, base, crass, vulgar and tasteless expressions in conducts, behaviours, actions and the use of language, unkindness, rudeness, cruelty, attacking, abusing and assaulting at all times whatever can be attacked, abused and assaulted, cynicism, apathy, antipathy, inconsideration, thoughtlessness, selfishness, self-centredness, consumerism, self-serving, self-gratification, voyeurism and unquestioning and general acceptance, establishment, advancement and practise of cynicism, masochism, famino-masochism, chauvinism, consumerism, rouge-ness, racism, supremacy theories, xenophobia, discrimination, hatred, abusiveness, abrasiveness, lack of hope, faithlessness, hatred towards education, hatred towards science and mathematics, opinioneering without base, basis or reason, anti-reason, anti-evidence and subscription and advancing of conspiracy theories, that are baseless and evidenceless, that are directed against established historic truth, about established science and mathematics, malicious lies, dangerous falsehoods and horrendous mythologies, all of which seek to advance credibility and acceptability by the sheer number of people subscribing, sharing and accessing these sources. In the distorteddia conglomerate these have advanced to a level, degree and depth of being a pandemic and because all people and agencies are using the distorteddia all these are directly imported, used and implemented in real life whereby all the domains and spheres of discussing, debating and advancing the public discourse have been suffering as a result. It has been increasingly becoming, almost, ‘the killing’ mechanism to debates, discussions and discoursing and in maintaining diversity in discussions and debates and, in this, unprecedented level and degree of abuse, aggression, hostility, threats of violence, even, death threats and the application of the lowest level and form of vulgar, raw, crass and crude rudeness, incivility and indecency, directed against people, involved in public life, particularly, against women and people from all minorities.
Political and Governance
The very organisation, structure, system and basis of governance system or their political philosophy in capitalism does nothing but to act against nature and enforce massive and mandatory dehumanisation with the establishment of the representative democracy. This system directly, fundamentally and absolutely establishes: disenfranchisement, disempowerment, disownment, disjointments and distancing of all human individuals, in which their voices and their choices are lawfully and constitutionally taken away from them so that they can not as themselves, as individual agencies of the human minds, take part, get engaged and run their public affairs management system but they are lawfully and constitutionally forced to give all their powers, all their choices and all their ability to conduct judgements to their elected representatives, who are to exercise their voices, choices and judgements while the people as individuals or families or communities have now no power to do anything other than, after a specific duration of time, to, simply, go and give their consent, once again, to be kept voiceless, choiceless and judgementless. This massive, all-out and overwhelming disenfranchisement, disempowerment, disjointments and distancing of people have been growing more and more and getting wider and more systematic as representative democracies advance and consolidate. This system takes away the very core of human’s empowerment or, rather, the very foundation of what it means to be a person, to be a human being or to be human because without being able to exercise the power of choice and judgements humans have no other means to seek to try and do, be and remain human. This way, a group of people, individuals are elected by the very people so to, effectively, make and keep the people voiceless and choiceless. This is the profoundest of all dispossessions of humanity, that is enforced to the populace by the representative democracy. Therefore, in representative democracy, the vast majority of the entire humankind is made dispossessed other than those, who have been given the power by the dispossessed to exercise that power on their behalf. This is the political philosophical dispossession, imposed on the vast majority of humanity by the current capitalist system and its system of governance: representative democracy.
These are the political, social, cultural and spiritual dehumanisations. This is why more and more people are becoming apathetic, angry and hostile to the governing classes and political parties and the professional politicians and the ruling elite and this is why there are growing demands that people are consulted by the ruling elites in referenda and plebiscites because people are feeling their absolute and complete disenfranchisement, disempowerment, disjointments and distancing from the running and management of the public affairs management system of their countries. However, looking at examples of such exercises, bringing in the recent UK European Referendum in mind, that would provide a classic example of a massive museum of evidence to suggest that this can not be done: public affairs management system can not be run through referenda or plebiscites. It makes it, almost, impossible to keep the governing apparatus going and engages the entire nation and all its energies in falling into a self-destructive waste of a whirlpool from which no one can seem to find a way out. However, this serves the point to illustrate that people are rising to demand their power, franchise and ownership of their persons, of their voices and choices, of their judgements or, in short, of their humanity back, that the representative democracy takes away from them. This representative democracy is the cause of the most profound dehumanisation, that renders the populace mute, inert, inactive, cut off and out, without any say whatsoever so that regardless of how they vote they do not see anything changing because the elite has subscribed to the representative democracy and the capitalistic apparatus and system so that they keep on keeping the status quo going. This, goes onto feeding the anger, resentment, hostility, cynicism, apathy, lack of trust and faith, which grow more and more for each election goes to reinforce the existing view, that nothing changes at all. In, effect, nothing changes at all: the system remains representative democracy, the political economics remains capitalistic and the vast world remains owned by the tiny minority of the rich while the entire earth is populated by the vast majority of the dispossessed, the working and non-working poor.
Take the European Union countries as an example, where there are so much and increasingly growing discontents among the populace against the institution, which, its elite find difficult to understand and which the neo-nazis and neo-fascists and all the crass, base, raw and extreme nationalists are using and abusing through the effective use of the distorteddia conglomerate. This is happening because the entire European Union and all its apparatus and mechanism subscribe to the two dehumanising and disempowering systems: the representative democracy and the capitalistic apparatus to run their political philosophy and political economics and in that they have established a status quo, that will not change and does not change and people, the vast majority of the people, who are low-wage-earning and who are working poor and, added to them, are the entire range of people, who are jobless, elderly, ill and frail and who are disabled, mentally ill and the young or those, who can be said to be vulnerable in society, are given a live-in-life-sentence of misery, hardship, agony and suffering, every day, every night, every week, every month and every year. This state of suffering goes on eternally in the European Union for flowing millions of people always suffering this live-in-life-sentences, yet, the European Union and all its ruling elite keep on portraying that they have established a ‘heaven on earth’ in the European Union’. Added to all these millions and millions of people, individuals, families suffering, many communities dotted around the landscapes of European cities, towns and villages, have been left abandoned and, in these communities, suffering goes on from generation to generation and nothing changes for the better but get worse on a continuum going downhill all the time. Further, since, the financial crash the European Union has imposed mercilessly, fiercely, ruthlessly and violently: austerity on entire nations, particularly, against the majority of the poor peoples, nations, that fell victim to the crash more prominently, such as, Greece, Italy and Spain and others but this same brutal austerity has been imposed on all European Union countries as well but against the vast majority of their working poor and the most vulnerable as mentioned but they have been given harsher, harder, stronger and longer live-in-life-sentence and the European Union supervises with absolute precision, power and certainty that these majorities in all EU nations, who are low-wage-earning, who are working poor and all the most vulnerable of all European societies, keep on serving these sentences without being able to do anything about this horrendous state of suffering. This is why the neo-nazis and neo-fascists and the extreme nationalist forces have been able to use and abuse these very suffering peoples to turn them against the European Union. Furthermore, the collapse of the socialist experimentation and the capitalist propaganda to use this as a coup against and succeeding in destroying socialist economics and its world movement and all the socialist, communist and worker parties or the so-called left and progressive parties and forces suddenly found that they were fast becoming out of fashion and a lot of their support bases began to respond to the new nihilist kind of popular politics, that has nothing to offer for they subscribe to all the horrors of the capitalistic system and, were they to have any power, they will establish the most hellish kind of capitalism and, discard, even, the representative democracy and import and impose hellish and monstrous dictatorships across the world, which is what they like. Therefore, this European Union has established these sociological squalors, in which it abandoned the poor and the working poor, the low-wage-earning working people and the people on benefits and pensions and included in these groups are the children and the young and it has enforced this live-in-life-sentence of continual suffering, hardship and misery for these vast multitude of humanity and in these there are created, sustained and advanced sociological squalors because these states, governments and the entire European Union mechanism and apparatus cut drastically spending and investments so that in these communities things have been falling apart. There were riots in the UK once in the recent times, as well as, in France and many other places unrests and upheavals are taking place in many a country, centred around whatever issue people could find usable: in France people are gathered around the Yellow Vests, in the UK people got around voting for leaving the European Union. People are desperate and they have no power to change this status quo of neither Europe’s nor their own countries’, that have accepted capitalism and dehumanisation of humanity and the representative democracy while this body, this European Union is capable of creating, maintaining and sustaining this status quo with absolute determination, precision, control and certainty. Nothing can change nor nothing has the power to change this deathly status quo in the European Union, the people, have the least of powers for the representative democracy has taken their voice, choice and power in the first place. All the factory workers across Europe, all the workers at all the cafés in Europe, all the cleaning staff, logistics staff, all the auxiliary and ancillary staff, all the workers, that run and keep the entire road and highway networks working, the entire sewage and underground networks, much of the workforces, engaged in many vital industries, at national education and national health services, to name a few, across Europe and a great deal of all government workers, governments of all layers, across Europe are paid horrendously low wages and salaries and they have no power to do anything about this state of a live-in-life-sentence of ever-going suffering, hardship and agony, in which they are always, in an endless and ever-going struggle to maintain their horrendous life condition keep on going, the same way and the say direction, every day, every week and every month and every year, year after year while this never gets better and always gets worse. No one will or can change it because the European Union and all its states and governments subscribe in maintaining as the death-knell of certainty: the status quo, that can not be sustained but it is being sustained by the sheer power of its ‘mechanism’ and apparatus and the pulling together of enormous financial and human resources at its disposal and the absolute disenfranchisement, disempowerment, disjointments and distancing of people from their power, from their voice, from their choice and from their very humanity go on. This is how desperate things are across Europe and it is far, far worse in all other places, where there are worse systems of governance in place, instead of, even, representative democracies, in the world and, yet, nothing changes nor will anything ever change because Europe is organised in all these states and governments, that themselves are run the same way: they all subscribe to the old books of rusted and ruined capitalism and the parallel to challenge capitalism, socialist or communistic aspirations and efforts of the world have given way into a terrible lack of alternative and creating a sense of now-what-kind-of despairs and hopelessness, that can not do otherwise. Because there is no alternative to the current status quo. People are being strangled by these monstrosities and there is no way out until and unless the world and world humanity look out, look in and look about and accept that this capitalist apparatus is nothing but a killing mechanism and it keeps on advancing dehumanisation, it keeps on making societies jingoistic and keeps on distributing, advancing and enforcing all high-cruelties, that it can not but create and maintain: poverty, inequality, hunger, malnutrition and acute and severe malnutrition, rough sleeping, homelessness, unemployment, unemployability, lack of education, blocking of higher educational pathways, strangulations imposed and enforced by the severe, harsh and ever-continual cuts, getting larger and larger with time in investments, services, provisions and facilities so that everywhere poverty is being displayed and marked in the lack of all these civic, communal and public services, amenities and facilities whereby these are creating sociological squalors, in which dehumanisation of humanity is getting complete and human ecologies are being replaced by the sociology of evil and, the entire world bodies and agencies and the humanity of the world are entangled and lorded over and are directed, dictated, manipulated and herded by the distorteddia conglomerate as they steal and rob value, worth and wealth out of the economic and financial mother system so that it will keep on coming back to a point after a tolerable space of time, where everything will crash and the vast majority of the working people, the working poor and all other poor will be sentenced to keep on paying and serving harsher live-in-life-sentences for longer for these robberies, that they had nothing to do with. Then, the states and governments will use quantitative easing and print money and give the robbers another chance to steal and rob these again to their hearts content while the working and the poor humanity shall be made to keep on paying and serving their harsher, harder and longer live-in-life-sentences and this will keep on going till nothing can be made to go on any longer and everything will collapse into a massive nightmare and darkness, in which the height of the sociology of evil shall crush any flicker of humanity, that still echoed through the world and world humanity.
These realities are causing a set of syndromes for human individuals, for families, for communities, for agencies and organisations: individuals are falling into disrepair through individual psychosis, families are falling into familial dysfunctionality, communities are falling into becoming dis-communities or rather, being strangled by the lack of humanity and human ecology, created by human engagement, interactions and working together, organisations and agencies of all kinds, including, the states and governments and all others, are falling into conducts and behaviours, that lack the abilities, skills and human resources to act, run and conduct themselves with rational, logical and common sense an approach and, thus, fallen short in standard of acting, conducts and behaviours as the individuals, families and communities have done: one thing they have all in common: they have all been responding to dehumanisation by falling away from the state they used be in and losing their ‘self’ and their criterion because now they are all working in a jingoistic jungle, in sociological squalors, where the sociology of evil keeps on getting stronger and stronger and where humanity faces the reality, that it is fast becoming the exact opposite of what it used to be as humanity naturale as the sociological squalors keep on delivering the strengthened sociology of evil. All these are enhanced, emboldened and amplified by the arrival and utilisation of the distorteddia conglomerate in concert with all the apparatus of the capitalist system. In this each person looks at their powerlessness and realises that in this overwhelming state of negations life has become a miserable experience, that it can not ever, even, experience as real because everything it used to have to do this: to exist as human individual agency of the human mind has been devastated so that all it can do now is to exist in illusions with fake, false or pseudo memories, being a home for individual psychosis, that home is being eternally devastated by a society, that has suffered social psychosis and in these states sociology of evil in the sociological squalors keeps on advancing dehumanisation of humanity while the profiteers and the distorteddia conglomerate keep on harvesting profits and keep on increasing their profits with time..
The Fundamental Disconnection Through Mandatory Homelessness
In the entire capitalist world and system the only humans, that have, what we would call, absolute home, meaning that they have it in such a way that no one can force them out of these homes ever. In this they own their homes outright and that they are capable of keeping them as such without ever becoming ‘unable’ to keep them exactly like that. This means that only they have ‘forever’ homes. And these are the people, who are members of the tiny little club of the rich in each people, in each country, in each nation. The rest of these nations are the vast majority of people, who are not rich and who do not have any such ‘forever’ homes. They are, effectively, homeless. Apart from the tiny per centage of the tiny rich club, the rest of humanity is homeless. Now, the majority of any nation falls into this homeless category, which can be divided into some sub-group.
A: The Mortgaged
This group members buy their homes with mortgages in which the banks, that loaned them the mortgage own their homes and, as, if, where and when they fail to keep on paying the mortgages banks can and will drive them out of these properties and recoup their money. For this group of people, they will have borrowed, almost, too much for their abilities, which means that having to pay a large mortgage they are left with very little to ‘live and exist’ as human beings. A vast majority of people, can be deemed as ‘enslaved’ for their mortgages into a horrendous life of suffering in many types of poverty. In this, many millions of these people, will be unable to pay for the repair and maintenance works of their home because these are very expensive, which they do not have the money to pay for so that not only they suffer poverty but, also, live in homes, that, go bad to worse and become, in the long run, inhabitable for humans. This group would form the largest group of people and households in this category in any given country. Because of these needs, they suffer and keep on suffering poverty and live a horrible life and this eats away at them, tear away at them all their life. Where they have paid some parts of the mortgage and their desperation grows they would be forced to borrow more against that equity and use that to pay for desperately needed repair work etc so that they fall further behind with their mortgage in the sense that, as, if, they had not been paying the mortgage on the house for the last ten years simply because they have re-mortgaged that house against the last ten years of mortgage payments. However, these groups, still do not have these homes as ‘permanent’ because many things could go wrong and they will come to lose their homes. Whatever, their state is in this situation of supposedly owning their home, this is the fact that they have no connection, ownership to their nation’s total wealth or assets. They are homeless like all others, that we are going to look at one by one. But this illusion of owning one’s own home enslaves them into an existence in terrible and continual poverty, that they keep on suffering behind the façade of their homes, that hide, for many, inhabitable spaces for human habitation, that, often, they are unable to fix.
B: The Renters
This is the Renting Group. This is the largest group in any nation, who rent their homes simply because they do not earn enough to be able to draw large enough a mortgage to be able to buy a home. These people live a life of the ultimate misery for, often, they find, they are treated as criminals because they are poor and are daring to rent a place. Further, because of being low-income households, always being in various forms of poverty, always struggling to pay their bills on time, they suffer the ‘imposed fiscal dictate’ of the capitalist system, that collects their financial histories and issues an assessment of their financial ‘worth’ or standing in the name of credit reference, this cripples their ability to either get any credit or, even, to rent a place to live because their prospective landlords credit check them on top of seeking references, the renters are to pay all these charges, as well as, demanding a large amount of money as deposits and rent in advance. In this, it is harder in most cases to rent a place than to buy one! However, often, they rent places, that are not in a good state so that, even, though, paying rent, they are living in horrible accommodations and, yet, they are moving from one place to another because their landlords keep on chasing them out because they want to increase rent or they do not want anyone staying in their properties for too long. In this, this vast number of people of any nation, are the most haunted and most persecuted humanity on earth. They keep on moving from one place to another and in a life time they, may be, forced to move ten, twenty, thirty times or more. Because of this these people find it almost impossible to create, sustain and maintain lasting connections and relationships both with places and people. This causes suffering and damage to their psyche but, at the same time, it damages families in how they relate to each other and how strong their bonds are as families and it impacts on community cohesion because in communities people are coming and going and no one really gets to know anyone so that everyone accepts that they need not bother. This creates persons and families, who are rootless, which impact on the individuals and the families they belong to, both of which, become weaker and they stay rootless and they keep on getting weaker and weaker as individuals and as families and it creates communities, that are sand-grain-collectives, where like sand-grains, people, individuals and families are not related, not connected together with human, social and cultural connections, links and relations to the others in that same community. This means that communities get weaker as time goes and, this weaker communities make society weaker, too. This weakness can be imagined as large lightning strike in the sky: where weak persons or individuals create a weak mark of their presence, that goes to create, make and maintain weak families, that goes to support an ever-weak and ever-weakening community and all these sand-grain persons, in these sand-grain families, create and maintain sand-grain-collectives of hollow, weak and shallow and ever-weakening communities, that neither can create nor sustain strong society at all.
C: The Homeless In Floating
This third group of people are individuals and families but the system, may have, accepted that it had a duty to house them but it does not have any place to place these homeless people, who have no homes and who can not rent from the market so that these authorities will rent temporary bed and breakfast places, where these families and these people and their children and old and disabled and all kinds of vulnerable people are placed on temporary basis. They are, often, kept on being moved from one place to the next. Often, these places are horrible and not suitable for human habitation but these helpless people, families with young children or people with many health conditions or disabilities or mental health issues are kept in such place, in limbo. Their children’ education has no meaning and these people are floating away, wasting away in limbo. These members of homeless humanity are left in a state of being broken as individuals, as families and people. Their humanity and their existence are placed in a vacuum of non-existence, perishing away all the time, suffering away all the time.
D: The Rough-Sleeping Homeless
The rough sleepers. These are the most desperate of all homeless people in any country. They have no homes and they can not ever buy a home nor can they ever rent a home and the government bodies have taken the view that to these homeless people they owe no duty and they throw them out onto the streets and there they suffer and, often, they suffer from many illnesses and health conditions and many have mental health issues and on the street, being hungry and thirsty and cold they fall ill or their existing illnesses get worse and many die in that horrible state.
E: The Young Homeless
The young, who live and grow with families have no home as they leave family homes and they can not buy their own homes nor can they rent nor the governments will accept any duty towards them.
F: The Pensioners and Elderly Homeless
Depending on where on earth these people are living, a lot of these people, might, end up homeless and fall to destitution and in advanced economies, were the elderly people to have owned their own homes, which, might, have been sold to pay for their social and personal care so that they become homeless again or, they will keep on losing more and more of their home as they keep on paying for their residential care.
These are the various types of homeless people capitalism create and maintain so that sociologically, politically, economically looking at this state of homelessness one can not but see that the ‘nation’ or people of a country is, only, hypothetical for these vast majority of the people of a nation have no connection, no ownership or stake to the wealth of that nation and they, therefore, are rendered powerless, disenfranchised, disjointed and disconnected from being part of that nation. This is how capitalism acts against people and against humanity and against human existence; this is how it takes away the very elemental, inalienable and fundamental natural human right for all humans to exist on earth from the vast majority of the people of any given society! This is the true state of affairs, that dictate and devastate people’s very existence and the quality of their life and quality of their existence. This creates and keeps on weakening and breaking all forms and expressions of humanity: the individuals, the families, the communities and the society: all are made to suffer weaknesses and all of them keep on weakening and suffering, that keep on increasing as the build-up of the sociological squalors keep on gathering momentum. This is the foundation of the sociological squalor, on which the political, economical and governance inflicted disempowerment, disenfranchisement, disjointments, disconnections and distancing add their inflictions to humanity so that sociological squalor advances wider and deeper, where the sociology of evil thrives.
The Low-wage and Low-salaried Working People
This is the largest of all working people in the world, who are forced to work in terribly low-paid jobs not because they create low-worth, low-value with their work but capitalism allows the owners to rob the greater parts of their created worth and value so to take more profits into their pockets so that the system pays the vast majority of the work force the lowest possible wage with which they can not exist other than living in continual poverty of many types. The states and governments can require that companies pay workers a living wage, by which they can live and feed themselves and their families so that they do not suffer poverty and hunger and malnutrition but their masters would not want them to do so, so that they keep offering lip service and some countries pass minimum wage laws, which is just a smoke-screen for minimum wage is set in such a figure that it simply is not enough for working people in this wage to sustain themselves without suffering severe poverty and hardship. Some countries, different governments, who tend to seek to advance workers’ rights sought to correct this by introducing minimum income guarantee and, particularly, for families with young children, so that the states pay an added, supplementary working benefits to such working families so that they do not live with their children and young people and other family members in poverty and hardship. But since the financial crash governments in countries where such benefits were introduced began to cut and reverse these changes so that many working families and workers without families began to fall into hardship. However, these benefits were seen as ‘given’ to working people and viewed as such that, it was shown by propaganda that these working people are ‘scrounging’ on these benefits and these should not be given, while the fact is this that the working people should not be given these benefits to begin with and the states and government should require the businesses to pay the workers a living wage so that they did not have to subsidise the workers so to ensure they do not go hungry! But they not only fail to do that but, then, despite with good intentions, other governments went and set out these working benefits, that went to the workers, true, but it went to the workers so that their employers were released from paying them a living wage and these government funds, that came from public taxation, is now, despite going to the workers, is being paid back to the employers to keep as added profits, that otherwise, they would have been required to pay the workers as living wage, which now they did not have to do. In this, these benefits, that are supposedly going to workers are, essentially, government funds going to subsidise the employers to enlarge their profits, which funds the government could use in bettering other public services and the workers did not have to take the ‘point fingering’ that they are ‘scrounging’ on the states but now, even, that, the governments began to cut away severely! However, in many countries in the world there are no fixed minimum wage and in many places workers’ wages and salaries are absolutely horrible. This gets worse for the poorer countries in the world, whereby the richer countries stop producing products and services in their own countries because that cost them far higher and, thus, they get to make smaller profit so that they go to the poorer countries and pay the lowest possible cost to get these products and services being ready for them so that they make bigger profits. But, even, with these minimum wages, the largest number of workers are employed in this group and they are the working poor, they suffer a horrible poverty devastated life and their families, particularly, their young and elderly and disabled suffer the consequences of that brutal barbarity all the time. This is the other front of the sociological squalor and these people are, mostly, homeless in the renting category and they live in horrible accommodations and, thus, in horrible areas, where everything is cut and being cut increasingly deeply and severely so that their neighbourhoods are the poster faces of that sociological squalor. Everything is cut, everything is falling apart, services, amenities and provisions shut, cut and shuttered or shutting away, moving away. Education: cut. Youth services: cut, family and maternity services: cut, community services: cut. Poverty is everywhere and one can not escape it. There are foodbanks growing everywhere, charity shops going everywhere because many people can not buy anything else. This is the front of the severest of sociological squalor and this group of working poor and all other poor and vulnerable people get devastated by this sociological squalor. And, in this, there are cheap shops and outlets selling cheap and unhealthy products and foods and other necessities and people struggle, even, to shop in these outlets. They get all kinds of illnesses, they get all kinds of health issues and they suffer more than the richer areas and, generally, they tend to die years earlier than their rich counter parts. Their children achieve very little educationally and that determines or, rather, marked them for life as to what quality of life awaits for them in the future and for their future generations. On top of all this, there is much crime, there are knife crimes, gun crimes, teenage pregnancies, robberies, burglaries, thefts, gangs and ganglands appear. Drugs and alcohol and their use and abuse and, generally, all the related sociological disorders and conditions creep in and arriving in these sociological squalors no one can deny seeing what one does. And, many of the properties, buildings, houses, shops and places show their state of dilapidation and disrepairs on their faces but their insides are much more horror-stricken than their exterior.
Generally, in such places, education provisions are poorer for the cuts impacts the poorer the most like the way an infection impacts the hardest to the one already weak by other infections so that any cut, applied to the poor, hit the poor the hardest because they were receiving very little to begin with and now getting any per centage less means a harder impact. Educational provisions in such areas suffer from much in the form and manner of between no and hardly any expectation both from the educational establishments themselves and from the very people and whose younger generations they are seeking to cater for. Further, the structures of the households in these areas are impacted by many breakages in social cohesion so that not only there are poverty, inequality and desperate state of disadvantage, isolation and disconnections but, also, there are many single parent families, families with members in prison or members coming out of and going back to prison, families with children with the same mother and from many different fathers and, often, the single mothers are left altogether on their own devices in terms of raising and looking after their children and there is much violence, both domestic violence, as well as, general violence in the area or the locality. There is everything, that is lacking except poverty, except disadvantage, except abandonment and except all’s closing and moving out and away. The cuts in all the public, civic, communal and other services means that the youth receive less and less provisions from which they, might have, received beneficial progression but now they do not get that. Instead, they get into the laps of all the gangs and fall into the command structures of ganglands, drug dealers and all other criminals, seeking to use and abuse youngsters for their own advantage. There is generally a lack of everything and, most vitally, absence of hope and faith and trust and once these are eaten away it is hard to rise beyond the depth of hopelessness and desolation. So, the ecology of humanity gets eaten away by the sociology of squalor where begins to thrive the sociology of evil.
Further, in advanced countries, such as the UK, legal aid has been reduced to non-existence so that these people, while desperately needing this to get fair and just treatment in the various branches of the judiciary, particularly, housing, education, family and criminal laws, they get no assistance so that they are subject to much injustices, a great deal of these are caused by the very many layers of governments, that devastate the lives of most vulnerable people, even, the number of magistrates courts, in England have been reduced to, almost, half. The police services, education services, social services, health and community health services, maternity services, youth services, social care and a great deal more are generally reduced to the hard bone so that the entire communities in such places are in desperately devastating sociological squalors gaping at, eating away and tearing away and apart the raging and suffering humanity in these areas of sociology of evil.
All this makes and takes people towards turning against everything and there appears and, it gets strengthened as time goes, apathy so that no one takes part in any other democratic activities, such as, joining in political, social and cultural activities, taking part in elections or voting and so on. There generally enters a closing up of everything so that what goes on outside this ecology is blocked out by the same close-up curtain and with the same cynicism, dismissing and, often, a damn-caring disrespect and abusive kind of attitude to everything and everyone and that keeps on feeding itself. There it creates its own whirlpool, that keeps on swirling round and round and its wastes and wears itself down and down and down. In this now added the distorteddia conglomerate so that, while everyone gets disconnected from their families, communities and realities, they are connected into the entire distortive and illusory world and like the distorteddia conglomerate, there are the various presence of the criminal world, the gang world, the drug dealers and others and they are using and abusing and recruiting and directing many young people and adults in advancing their own interests and agenda and a lot of crimes are being organised and fed by the usage of the distorteddia and their trapediums. Further, the distorteddia has enabled all the obnoxious, horrible and horrendous forces to find it is open season for them because they now have the entire herded mass in one place from where they are seeking to manipulate, direct, dictate and herd the populace in seeking to advance all the sociological squalors and the sociology of evil. This is how the sociology of squalor keeps on going and supporting the sociology of evil to keep on annihilating the human ecology, what of it is still left. Unless, all progressive forces begin to get a grips to these issues and rise to form newer political forces and movements to lead and begin a fight back against these monstrosities, everything is getting lost and nothing will get better: the dehumanisation will keep on going, building up towards a momentum, capitalism keeps on creating and maintaining inequalities and poverty and keep on distributing all its created high-cruelties and the distorteddia will keep on advancing the sociological squalors and bring in harder the sociology of evil as they increase their profits and the obnoxious, horrendous and reactionary forces will keep on advancing, these forces will do nothing but seek to establish the hardest of capitalism, harshest of dehumanisation, the direst of disempowerment and disenfranchisement, cruellest and most brutal form of dictatorship in which women and minorities of all kinds will be established as ‘lesser and expendable ‘objects’, where human rights, civil rights and civil liberties, even, the representative democracy and the what-ever of the rule of law exists, all will have been thrown into bonfire of the ugliest of all sociological squalors and the most horrendous form of sociology of evil. Time it is the world to wake up. Time it is for the working people to wake up and, in this, the hope exists in the younger generation of humanity, to accept this existential fight and go about organising, uniting and rising against these monstrosities of capitalism and all that it has established to bring the human existence to this existential crisis.:::ω.
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This Is the Ceaveaalisaatieeon That Capitalism Has Built: That Can Not Even Spell the Word Civilisation: What Kind of a Civilisation Leaves Two-Thirds of the Children of Humanity in a Desperate State of High-Cruelty: The Vicious Cycle of Hunger Malnutrition Severe and Acute Malnutrition No Education No Medication and Suffering Mandated by Extreme Poverty: New ILO:UNICEF Report Portrays the Picture of How High-Cruelty That Devastates the Existence of Six Out of Ten of World’s Children
The Future of Humanity Is Made of Building-Block Foundational Human Rights: That End All the High-Cruelties Capitalism Creates and Distributes
Building-Block Foundational Human Rights: A: Absolute Right to Live in Clean, Healthy, Safe and Natural Environment: B: Absolute Right to Breathe Natural, Fresh, Clean and Safe Air: C: Absolute Right to Necessary Nutritional Balanced Food and Drink: D: Absolute Right to Free Medical Care at the Point of Need: E: Absolute Right to an Absolute Home: F: Absolute Right to Free Degree-Level Education and Life Long Learning: G: Absolute Right to Guaranteed Social Care: H: Absolute Right to a Universal Income: I: Absolute Right to a Job: J: Absolute Right to Dignified Civic and Human Funeral Paid Through by Universal Income
|| February 06: 2019 || ά. More than six in 10 children globally lack access to social protection, leaving them, particularly, vulnerable to falling into chronic poverty, the UN said on Wednesday, warning that some governments are cutting State cash entitlements, amid continuing economic uncertainty. The Joint Report by the International Labour Organisation:ILO and UN Children’s Fund:UNICEF, shows that, although, a welfare safety net exists for 35 per cent of youngsters overall, that figure drops to 28 per cent in Asia and just 16 per cent in Africa. When Member States ratified the Agenda for Sustainable Development 2030, agreed in 2015 with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals, they agreed to the global initiative’s high priority, namely, eradicating poverty. Here is the absolute irony: these countries signed this ‘paper tiger’: Sustainable Development Goal 2030: They put all grand declarations in it and they said in grand fanfare that they were to achieve these by 2030’, in 15 years: without, even, showing a ‘penny’ to pay for it as investment. And these governments, then, went home and, without fail, all of them followed the dictates of the world business, bank and financial bodies and agencies or, in other words, the agencies, that were set up to service the rich-club, who followed and copied a dead-and-torn-apart-smudged-out-texts from dead political economics in imposing, sentencing and mandating a miserable, horrendous and catastrophic suffering, year after year, after year, of austerity on the vast majority of their own citizens: Where did these bodies find these texts: that directed, dictated and mandated all these governments to impose austerity doggedly to the vast the majority of their citizens and vulnerable people but they, equally doggedly, kept on servicing the rich all the while?
And in this horror-imposition of austerity the entire world governments, all the worlds, the developed world and the developing and the least developed worlds, were forced by these dead-text-agencies, initiated the longest lasting political economic wars against the vast majority of their citizens, the poor and vulnerable people and along with that they have been wiping out any gain, made towards improving the living conditions of the vulnerable people, such as, children and young people, people with disabilities and so on. Were these governments not part of that grand signing of the 2030 declarations? This high-hypocrisy and utter incongruity in and of this mad world are strangling humanity as they drag us further and further towards the most horrid build-up of capitalism’s wasteland: there, a few hundred should rich own the largest chunk of wealth while dictating that the rest of humanity keep paying for their horrid existence through serving the live-in-life-sentence, that they have imposed on them. And, yet, there are these grand goals and there are the two-thirds of humanity’s children left in the strangle-hold of high-cruelty, poverty and on it dances no education and no health and much more besides so that they have an existence, like this little boy, working in Baghdad. This ‘colonisation’ of the world and world governments by these dead-texts financial bodies ought to be given notice: your days are numbered and they should eb offered advice: it is time for you to go and make your funeral arrangements: dead-texts are dead and will no longer work. You no longer can impose and distribute high-cruelties to the vast chunk of humanity. No more high-cruelty distributions: time it is to begin a-new.
State benefits from public funds, in the form of cash grants, play a vital role in breaking the vicious cycle of poverty and vulnerability. Of 139 countries covered by the Report, on average, they spend 01.1 per cent of their wealth on children up to 14 years old. “There is a huge under-investment gap, that needs to be covered.” said Ms Isabel Ortiz, the Director of the Social Protection Department at ILO. “The numbers worsen by region. In Africa, for instance, children represent 40 per cent of the African population overall but, only, 0.6 per cent is, actually, invested in social protection for children.” According to Report, one in five children globally lives in extreme poverty, defined as less than $01.90 a day and, almost, one in two, lives in moderate poverty, under $03.20 a day.
Children are twice as likely as adults to live in extreme poverty, the Report continues, with lack of access to education and poor nutrition among the most significant long-term impacts. “While social protection cash transfers are vital for children, they shouldn’t stand alone.” said Mr David Stewart, the Chief of Child Poverty and Social Protection Unit at UNICEF. “They have to be combined with other services, if, a child is living in a household with sufficient resources and, if, they don’t have access to educational health, it doesn’t make a big difference. So, it’s about combining these interventions together.”
In addition to the call for governments to invest in universal health coverage and tackle other issues, including, child labour, the UN Report maintains that such measures are not a privilege of wealthy States. A number of developing countries have achieved or, nearly, achieved, universal social protection, it maintains. These include Argentina, Brazil, Chile and South Africa. In Mongolia, which has, also, achieved universal social protection for children, austerity measures threaten these gains, however.
“Recently, due to fiscal pressures from international financial institutions, they have been advising the Government to target the universal benefit.’’ Ms. Ortiz said. “So, it’s one of these cases where fiscal consolidation or austerity short-term, may be, having long-term impacts on children. So, the UN message is to try to look at the longer-term.”
“Child poverty can be reduced overnight with adequate social protection.” Ms Ortiz said. She further added that that improving the lives of all children was an issue of priorities and political will, even, the poorest countries have fiscal space to extend social protection.
Highlighting China’s success in achieving universal health and pension coverage in just four years, is an example of what can be done. Ms Isabel Ortiz said, ‘’Ultimately, the extension of social protection is always about Government’s will. It is because a Government realises about the important developmental impacts of protecting people, particularly, those, that are vulnerable, across the lifecycle, so, in times of childhood, in old age, in times of maternity, protections are, particularly, needed.”
Caption: A joint ILO-UNICEF Report is urging action to ensure that social protection reaches all children, like six-year-old Mustafa, who works with his father in an industrial area of Baghdad, and protects them from poverty and deprivation: Image: UNICEF:Wathiq Khuzaie:::ω.
The World Health Organisation Calls for Increased Investment to Reach the Goal for Healthy and Safe Sanitation for All: 829,000 Humans Die Every Year of Diarrhoea: 04.5 Billion Human Beings That’s Half of the Humankind Exist Without Safe Sanitation: If This Is Civilisation Then Humanity in the Caves Were Much Better Off: Or Rise to Challenge and Change This Monstrosity Into a Life and Humanity Sustaining Public Affairs and Economic Management System
|| October 01: 2018 || ά. The world will not reach the goal of universal sanitation coverage, where every person in the world has access to toilets, that safely contain excreta, by 2030 unless countries make comprehensive policy shifts and invest more funds, the World Health Organisation:WHO warned today as it launched the first global guidelines on sanitation and health. By adopting WHO’s new guidelines, countries can significantly reduce the 829,000 annual diarrhoeal deaths due to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene. For every US$01 invested in sanitation, WHO estimates a nearly six-fold return as measured by lower health costs, increased productivity and fewer premature deaths.
And does the world take note as to the grand claim of capitalism that this is the best we can do? £827,000 human being die each year of diarrhoea, which, in today’s medical science advancement is not really a disease, that should kill any human soul! And, yet, it kills, almost, a million human beings? And this rich-dictated world keeps telling us that this is the best we can do? Is this the best we can do, in this monstrosity of capitalism, in which 02.3 billion human beings, lack basic sanitation and the world and all its bodies and all the world governments and all the rich people and those companies, that make a killing each year keep telling the world and whole lot of politicians and political parties, keep telling the world that this is the best we can do! 02:3 billion human beings? How many people is that? How much of humanity is that? This is why we publish The Humanion and this why Regine Humanics Foundation Ltd exists to tell the world that this monstrosity, called, capitalism and the horror of a human condition it has ‘sentenced’ the vast majority of humanity with is unsustainable and it can not and must not be accepted. This must change and there is infinitely a better human condition possible, if, we, reject this claim: this lie that this is the best we can do! In short, this monstrous system is truly a killing machine: do not believe it: add all the humans, that die each year needlessly across the globe and you will find it difficult to sleep for the rest of your life: this is the monstrosity they call civilised and civilisation!
Worldwide, 02.3 billion people lack basic sanitation with, almost, half forced to defecate in the open. They are among the 04.5 billion, who are without access to safely managed sanitation services, in other words, a toilet connected to a sewer or pit or septic tank, that treats human waste. “Without proper access, millions of people the world over are deprived of the dignity, safety and convenience of a decent toilet.” said Dr Soumya Swaminathan, the Deputy Director-General for Programmes, WHO. “Sanitation is a fundamental foundation of human health and development and underpins the core mission of WHO and ministries of health worldwide. WHO’s Sanitation and Health Guidelines are essential to securing health and wellbeing for everyone, everywhere.”
WHO developed the new guidelines on sanitation and health because current sanitation programmes are not achieving anticipated health gains and there is a lack of authoritative health-based guidance on sanitation.
“Billions of people live without access to, even, the most basic sanitation services.” said Dr Maria Neira, the Director, Department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, WHO. “The transmission of a host of diseases, including, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, hepatitis A, typhoid and polio, is linked to dirty water and inadequately treated sewage. Poor sanitation is, also, a major factor in transmission of neglected tropical diseases, such as, intestinal worms, schistosomiasis and trachoma, as well as, contributing to malnutrition.”
The new guidelines set out four principal recommendations:
: Sanitation interventions should ensure entire communities have access to toilets, that safely contain excreta.
: The full sanitation system should be undergo local health risk assessments to protect individuals and communities from exposure to excreta, whether this be from unsafe toilets, leaking storage or inadequate treatment.
: Sanitation should be integrated into regular local government-led planning and service provision to avert the higher costs associated with retrofitting sanitation and to ensure sustainability.
: The health sector should invest more and play a co-ordinating role in sanitation planning to protect public health.
Some countries have recently taken significant actions:
: India has elevated the challenge of ending open defecation to the highest level. Under the Prime Minister’s leadership, the Swachh Bharat Mission Clean India Programme is co-ordinating action across many sectors to ensure basic sanitation rapidly reaches and improves the lives of millions.
: Senegal is a leader in Africa that recognises the role of pit latrines and septic tanks in ensuring services for all. The government is providing innovative solutions with the private sector to ensure pits and septic tanks are emptied and contents are treated to ensure affordable services and clean communities.
Implementing the WHO Guidelines on Health and Sanitation will be key to meeting the SDGs. In 90 countries, progress towards basic sanitation is too slow, meaning they will not reach universal coverage by 2030. Sustainable Development Goal Six is to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. WHO, together with UNICEF, monitors progress on the following targets:
06.1: By 2030, achieve universal and equitable access to safe water for all.
06.2: By 2030, achieve access to adequate and equitable sanitation and hygiene for all and end open defecation, paying special attention to the needs of women and girls and those in vulnerable situations.
In order to meet these targets, the World Bank estimates investments in infrastructure need to triple to US $114 billion per year, a figure which does not include operating and maintenance costs. And, here, the UK, on its own, declared over £50 billion on renewing is ‘Nuclear Deterrent’ programme! This is almost half of this: now add how many trillions of dollars are ‘wasted and burn into nothingness’ in these programmes by the world’s richest countries and you would know that not only capitalism is a monstrous killing machine but, at the same time, the ugliest of utter irrationality and paranoia! While all these millions of humans are dying away and all these hundreds of trillions of dollars are wasted and being burnt away into nothing by these countries and governments and they do because they can because we accept that. Reject it and no leaders and politicians dare wasting such insane amount of vital resource into these horrible things!
Safe water, sanitation and hygiene are, also, essential to SDG Three ‘Ensuring healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages. Under SDG target 03.3, countries are working to end the epidemics of major diseases, including, water-borne diseases. Under SDG 03.9, countries are working to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination by 2030. Additionally, safe water, sanitation and hygiene are needed to reduce maternal mortality and to end preventable deaths of new-borns and children as called for in SDG targets 03.1 and 03.2.
But what are all these SDGs unless world states and governments put their money where there mouths are. They are not putting that money there where it is most desperately needed but they have hundreds of trillions for the ‘bogey purpose’: the military, the nuclear and the rest: wars are ways as many others to keep on making money. This monstrosity goes on, this killing machine goes on and this brutal waste and burning of vital financial resources are wasted away every day and every year in this barbarity, called, capitalism. Time to challenge it and seek an infinitely better human affairs and economic management system, that supports, fosters and nurtures humanity across the earth.:::ω.
The Building-Block Foundational Human Rights: Without Establishing Foundational Human Rights Included in It a Universal Income for All Citizens Capitalism Can Not Go On the Way It Is: European Social Survey Finds Significant Public Support for Universal Basic Income
|| September 14: 2018 || ά. A new European Social Survey report has found significant public support in Europe for the introduction of universal basic income and a European Union-led social benefits scheme. Using European Social Survey data collected in 23 countries during 2016:17, the authors established that people in Europe widely endorse national government responsibility to protect vulnerable people. Whilst people are in favour of welfare support for the elderly, financial support for the unemployed and immigrants is met with more opposition by a considerable share of the population.
Is this ‘considerable opposition’ not related to the consideration that these have to do with ‘personal taxation’ so that the respondents respond from a ‘personal’ view-point. This is time to put forward the entirety of why capitalism has gone on for too long and has ‘created a shark-pool’ of the rich and riches while the vast chunk of societies are left with a horrible desperation and that does not mean just the unemployed and vulnerable people. It has been widely reported in the UK press that working people are queueing at foodbanks simply because in order to pay their rents and bills they have nothing else left to feed themselves. Foundational Human Rights is not ‘social security benefits’ nor are we speaking of ‘universal basic income’: we are speaking about foundational human rights and included in it is Universal Income, not as ‘benefit’ but as a share of the entire national wealth paid to all citizens of a nation.
And this Universal Income is not paid for any taxation or insurance contribution. How can that be done: humanics has answered these questions. It is time to wake up and see what capitalism has done to the desperately ‘sentenced’ people of Greece, the severest of cases while many European Union countries people are still paying for the crash and its aftermath. Capitalism can not be sustained as it is: people can not work and line the foodbank. People can not be part of any nation without a home and with access to education and much more besides. The old books are useless: it is time to create new ideas and bring capitalism to serve the people.
These are the Foundational Human Rights: A: Absolute Right to Live in Clean, Healthy, Safe and Natural Environment; B: Absolute Right to Breathe Natural, Fresh, Clean and Safe Air; C: Absolute Right to Necessary Nutritional Balanced Food and Drink; D: Absolute Right to Free Medical Care at the Point of Need; E: Absolute Right to an Absolute Home; F: Absolute Right to Free Degree-Level Education and Life Long Learning; G: Absolute Right to Guaranteed Social Care; H: Absolute Right to a Universal Income; I: Absolute Right to a Job; J: Absolute Right to Dignified Civic and Human Funeral Paid Through by Universal Income. It is time that the world’s minds, who are concerned about the Human Condition look up and out into the world and the devastating human condition capitalism has created, particularly, after the crash and another crash will happen. It is time to challenge the status quo and think what is possible so that life is made better. It is time to challenge this view that in Europe life is all cosy and rosy! It is not: capitalism distributes poverty and inequality and keeps on increasing both so that it can gather vast chunks of the wealth to the tiny minority of the population.
The percentage of respondents, that support the introduction of a universal basic income scheme varies widely, from 33.9%, Norway to 80.4%, Lithuania. Support for a universal basic income is lower in more affluent countries in Northern and Western Europe and higher in the less wealthy welfare states in the East and South. Over 60% of respondents in Lithuania, Russia, Hungary, Israel, Slovenia and Portugal support the introduction of a universal basic income.
Lowest levels of support were found in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The report states: “This pattern suggests that basic income is welcomed as a way to improve social welfare rather than as a replacement for well-performing welfare systems.”
67.1% of those interviewed across Europe support the introduction of a EU-wide social benefit scheme, that would guarantee a minimum standard of living for the poor. But, on average, only three in ten Europeans, 30.5%, believe that more European Union involvement would lead to higher or much higher levels of social protection.
As with the introduction of basic income, support for EU involvement is higher amongst those in Eastern and Southern European countries, where welfare expenditure is relatively low. Over 80% of respondents in Portugal, Spain, Slovenia, Lithuania, Italy and Hungary support the introduction of a EU-wide social benefit scheme.
Only in Austria and The Netherlands was support for a EU-wide social benefit scheme below 50%.
Respondents were asked what should happen to someone’s unemployment benefit, if, they refuse to take a job, that pays less than what they earned previously. Over a quarter of respondents, 26.1%, felt that the full unemployment benefit should continue to be paid; 34.3% wanted to cut a small part of the benefit; 20.6% felt it should be cut in half and 19% felt it should be cut completely.
Support for cutting unemployment benefit in these circumstances is, particularly, high in Italy, Norway, Poland and Slovenia and comparatively low in Lithuania, Israel, Estonia and Russia. Italians are the most likely to want to limit unemployment benefit, if, someone refuses to take a job but think the government should take more financial responsibility for the unemployed.
The Polish do not expect high levels of unemployment benefit from their government and are most likely to support benefit reductions for those, who do not accept a job offer. The opposite is true of Israelis and Lithuanians, who believe the government should offer strong protection to the unemployed and tend to think that those, who turn down new work should not have their benefits cut.
The vast majority of people in Europe are open to allowing immigrants access to social benefits and services but with some conditions. The report’s authors found that fewer than 10% of respondents think that immigrants should never be allowed access to the welfare state, whilst only 09% believe that they should be granted full access to benefits and services immediately upon arrival.
43.1% of respondents think that social rights should be granted to immigrants following residence and payment of taxes for at least a year, with a further 29.1% thinking they should only be granted to citizens. When comparing responses to identical questions asked in Round Four, 2008:09 of the European Social Survey, the authors found no evidence that the refugee crisis led to more opposition to immigrants receiving social benefits:
“In Portugal and Spain, the percentage indicating that newcomers should receive social rights upon arrival has even increased substantially, from 09.6 to 20.3% in Portugal; from 11.7 to 18.9% in Spain.” Eastern Europeans are considerably more reluctant to provide social rights for immigrants despite relatively low immigration rates and lower levels of social security expenditure.
Support for the government to maintain acceptable living standards for the elderly is very high across Europe, especially, in areas where perceived living standards are currently lower. Public support for the government to provide for the elderly is highest in Israel, Iceland, Lithuania, Portugal, Russia and Spain.
In the Netherlands and Switzerland in particular, support for government responsibility is lower but, may, partl, be attributed to the perception that the elderly have relatively higher living standards.
The Report: The Past, Present and Future of European Welfare States was authored by: Bart Meuleman, Wim van Oorschot, Sharon Baute, Sam Delespaul, Dimitri Gugushvili, Tijs Laenen and Federica Rossetti: University of Leuven, Belgium and Femke Roosma:Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
The European Social Survey is an academically led biennial cross-national social survey, that was created in 2001. It aims to chart change and stability in the social fabric of Europe. It was awarded European Research Infrastructure Consortium:ERIC status in 2013.
Round Eight of the European Social Survey was fielded in 23 countries during late 2016 and early 2017. The total sample size was 43,507 ranging from 880 respondents in Iceland to 2,852 respondents in Germany.
Read the Report :::ω.
V PRAT Conference 2018 New York: October 26-27 Calls for Submissions: By September 05
|| August 18: 2018 || ά Mass incarceration in the United States has become a dehumanising force that is de-stroying the very fabric of society. Many young lives have wilted and many more are languishing in the penitentiaries for minor offenses and too often for no offense whatsoever. The racialisation of the criminal injustice system has resulted in the separation and impoverishment of families and the decimation of neighbourhoods.
In many communities one of the greatest barriers to a decent education is the de-praved influence of the prison-industrial complex. For human beings to flourish, it is essential that they receive a “universal” form of education capable of nurturing the emotional, psychological, physical and intellectual growth of the whole person. To bring about a humane society, we need to change the trajectory currently leading to mass incarceration, redirecting it toward universal education and potentially recast-ing the social, political, and economic structures of the country. For such transform-ative education to take hold, we must eliminate pedagogies of oppression and repres-sion and free intellectual inquiry from established forms of monopoly control.
Consequently, at the conference we will seek to move beyond policies to effective practice, by exploring such difficult questions as the following:
:Can universal education unlock an entrenched system of unjust laws?
:Can uni-versal education serve as an essential instrument both in reversing criminalization of the poor and in eradicating the prison-industrial complex?
:Can education be emancipated from cultural imperialism?
:Can effective resistance be mobilised against harmful institutional models, such as zero tolerance policies and high-stakes testing requirements?
:Are we suffering from a poverty of imagination among many educational “reform-ers?”
:Can awareness of available “best practices” encourage more innovative thinking?
:To what extent can socio-economic relationships, political systems and cultural productions be redirected toward empathy, community, cooperation, and human dignity?
:Can we truly succeed in building a just and humane society?
If, you plan to present, please, send a title and a brief abstract to: J. Everet Green at everet at verizon.net by September 05: 2018.
Conference Venues: Friday, October 26, 10:00 am to 18:00: Graduate Centre of the City University of New York. 365 Fifth Avenue.
Saturday, October 27, 10:00 am to 18:00: May Day Space in Brooklyn, 176 Saint Nicholas Avenue::::ω.
The Non-Americans in America: Six Million is As Large a Number As to Be Equivalent of Many Nations in This World: America Can Not Punish Them with Political Annihilation: This Must Change for the Sake of America Itself
|| August 03: 2018 || ά. The Truth Out has published a new piece of research, written by Ms Kimberly R Kras, who is an Assistant Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, today. This piece, ‘Citizenship Through the Eyes of Those Who Have Lost the Right to Vote’ is a timely and much needed piece of work to put to America and the American people, to bring about a debate for it is about the ‘political annihilation’ of a section of the ‘we the people’ of America, the number of which is unbelievably high: in this piece Ms Kras has put forward a figure, six million Americans can not vote in any American democratic exercise because they have been convicted of a felony.
And this scenario varies from state to state but in many states these people, despite the fact that they have served their time and ‘paid’ for the felony for which they were convicted and, yet, they can not vote. It is, as, if, they had been given two parallel sentences: one with finite end date and the other one ‘in perpetuam’, that it does not get spent! This is astonishing. Ms Kras reported some progressive actions taken by some states to balance this injustice out and corrected the state laws but this is not enough. What kind of a democracy is it where six million people are barred from taking part in exercising their citizenship rights? Further, whatever crime any criminal of whatever sorts commits, they can not and do not and must not lose their citizenships for, if, they were to lose their citizenship by virtue of that loss the ‘state’ loses any ‘right’ to accuse, charge and try them in its ow court of law because the ‘criminal’ is no longer its citizen. The state can only try its own citizens!
Further, citizenship of any state is not a ‘gift’ or ‘privilege’ nor ‘honour’ or ‘accolade’ given to individuals; it is people’s right by ‘defined virtues’ by the ‘book of the law’ or a Constitution of a country in which it is enshrined as a right of citizens and there are defined ways of getting that citizenship, including, often, simply, being born in that country or to parents, who are already citizens of that country. Therefore, because it is a right and as such so long a constitution remains valid, so long this state remains a member of the international body, i.e, the United Nations and all its mechanism, this state, simply, can not withdraw citizenship. It is against international law for a state to ‘revoke’ or take away people’s citizenship. It is not a matter of people’s opinion nor is it a matter of whether a majority wants it or not: there is such a thing as the law and this is the law: a state can not take away citizenships from its own citizens.
Furthermore, the criminals are still citizens and they were charged and tried and punished for their crimes and they are sent to prison and they serve their term. The incarceration, the taking away of one’s liberty and all forms of, other than the very bare physiological level, of life from the criminals is the highest form of ‘punishment’ for their crimes, which they serve. If, this includes, that they can not vote while serving the sentences, the state has some reasons to offer some form of an argument in relation to that but it can not sustain a sentence with reason and rational validity of taking away people’s rights to take part in the democratic process for the rest of their lives!
It is desperately sad and dangerous for a democracy to ignore and not to seek to rectify it, particularly, as Ms Kras’ research points out that the majority of these six million are poor and people of various ethnicities other than white. These two criteria: that they all are poor and that they are coming from all ethnic minorities, might, give us the idea as to how this has gone on for so long! But it can not go on any longer and we urge all progressive forces, voices and agencies to bring this issue to the forefront of the political debates and discourse. We suggest that the leaders in all spheres of societies across America in all its states form some form of a ‘State Law Review Convention’ of some sorts, this is unheard of but possible and all state legislatures work together under this convention mechanism and identify the variations in laws relating this ‘political annihilation’ of six million people’ in all the states and agree a ‘common course of corrective actions’, which, they, then, take to their local chambers and change their laws or send it up with a common resolution by all state legislatures to the Congress to Pass a Common Law, that will be applied to all states.
This can not go on as this: a nation can not defend ‘politically killing off’ six million of its own people from the national life. This is a bankrupt approach and it can not be accepted and acceptable. Democracy, if, it is, at all, about the ‘government of the people, by the people for the people’ then these ‘people’ are and can not but be deemed as humans, to mean that they are not all 100% ‘angels and angelic and all-perfect and all unfailingly uniformed. In this some of these people for vary many reasons, factors and influences will be failed and they themselves, may, fail themselves but for that they will ‘pay’ but that does not mean that that should declare them ‘politically dead’ forever.
This can not be supported or sustained. America must rise to challenge and change this utter and sheer injustice since by its actions of the current law, America has, effectively, declared six million people as, first, not part of ‘we the people’, because they are not, because they can not vote and, second, that they are not human in the sense that they should have been perfect but since they were not they no longer have the means to correct themselves and seek to make amend and rebuilt a new life, even, after they have served their times for what they did! In the first lesson on the American Constitution, this would tell a child that this is against the first sentence of the American Constitution: We the people for, effectively, these six million souls are not part of that ‘we the people’. If, American establishment fails in this it is the American people, who can not and must not fail in rectifying this injustice. We thank The Truth Out and Ms Kras for this work and, along with it, invite every single person reading this, to do all they can to support this brave and committed publication for these are the true champions of the people, who tirelessly bring to the surface, what no one would speak of, yet, these are vitally fundamental issues of society and the humanity, that lives in any society.
The Truth Out: ‘’Truth Out is a 501:c:3 non-profit organisation dedicated to providing independent news and commentary on a daily basis. Truthout works to spark action by revealing systemic injustice and providing a platform for transformative ideas, through in-depth investigative reporting and critical analysis. With a powerful, independent voice, we will spur the revolution in consciousness and inspire the direct action that is necessary to save the planet and humanity.’’ :::ω.
Regine Humanics Foundation Begins Its Journey Today: The Humanion Is Now A Regine Humanics Foundation Publication
|| April 06: 2018 || ά. The Humanion was first published on September 24, 2015 and has been run, since that day, on a complete voluntary basis without any 'formal' or 'constituted' manner or form and, it was run on as a Human Enterprise, which is an idea of Humanics, in which, ownership is replaced by belongingship and, thus, in a Humanical Society, no one owns anything but everyone belongs to the whole as the whole belongs to everyone lawfully and equally and, it neither believes in nor makes money but human utilities, needs, aspirations, creativity, imagination and dreams are served without money, where everyone works and creates for all others as all others create and work for all others, thus, bringing in meaning and purpose to life along with it come natural justice, equality and liberty, that establish a true civilisation within the Rule of Law. And in one word, this system of human affairs management is called, Humanics and a society that runs itself in humanics is called a humanical society. Today, we have begun the process of 'constituting' this Human Enterprise, which does not exist in the current system, but the next closest thing to it, that exists in the UK Law is Social Enterprise. Therefore, today, Friday, April 06, 2018, we are beginning Regine Humanics Foundation, that is the 'Agency', that will lead, run, manage and develop everything, that The Humanion has been trying to do.
Regine Humanics Foundation is established by the Thinker, Author, Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Editor of The Humanion, Festival Director of London Poetry Festival and a Humanicsxian: hu: maa: neek: tian: One, that believes in, lives and exists by Humanics, Mr Munayem Mayenin, of London, England, United Kingdom. Mr Mayenin says, ''Humanics is a vision; people, may, call it, utopia, we, call it our Humanicsovicsopia; Humanics. Humanics is our philosophy, our faith, our conviction, our resolution, our way of existing, thinking, being and doing: to seek and try to do so in the determination that all we must do and be is to exist to advance the human condition. People, readers and agencies and organisations, from all across England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the whole of the United Kingdom and Australasia, Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, from all walks and strata of life, have supported our endeavours, supported The Humanion and The Humanion Team, who volunteered their time to run things, since the beginning of The Humanion and long before that, when other things, that are now part of The Foundation, were developing. Nothing has changed in terms of the nature and value of what we have been seeking to do.''
''But the founding of The Foundation brings it all in a solid foundation so that we can keep on building this 'vision' so that it keeps on going regardless of who come to take the vision-mission of The Foundation forward. The Foundation runs along with time and along with the flowing humanity. This is the dream, this is the vision, this the hope in founding this Foundation. And, in this, we hope and invite all our readers, supporters, well wishers and all agencies and organisations to support our endeavours to build something, a Human Enterprise, which we are in the process of registering as a Social Enterprise, as a Community Interest Company, working for the common good of the one and common humanity. No one makes or takes profit out of The Foundation, which now runs The Humanion and everything else, that is part of it. The Foundation, once registered, will have an Asset Lock, which means that in any event, should The Foundation dissolve itself, all its existing assets shall go to a similar Social Enterprise. Therefore, we invite everyone to support The Foundation, support The Humanion in whatever way they can. And, there are endless number of ways people and organisations can support The Foundation and The Humanion.'' ::: ω.
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To Seek: To Do: To Change: To Make Better: A Courtney Anderson an Assistant Professor of Law: Atlanta Listen When A Voice Calls You Towards the Light of Equity: Where the Major Part of the Whole Bleeds Away There Can Be No Dream But Nightmare: Rise Towards the American Dream Away From the American Nightmare of Rampant Poverty Inequality and Contemptuous Disregard to Human Misery and Suffering Imposed on a Great Majority of People
|| November 25: 2017: Georgia State University News || ά. Assistant Professor Courtney Anderson champions housing issues to break cycle of poverty. Community can be a matter of life and death. South Seattle knows this hard fact. Residents there rise each morning in a grinding urban neighbourhood with high unemployment and substandard housing. Just one mile distant, over a body of water, that, might, as well, be an ocean, lies Mercer Island, one of the 100 wealthiest ZIP codes in the United States. A baby born today on Mercer Island can expect to live 10 years longer than a baby born in South Seattle.
Life expectancy isn’t the only discrepancy between wealthy communities and poor ones. Low-income areas typically see higher rates of crime, disease, mental illness and drug addiction. That’s true in Seattle. It’s true in Los Angeles, Detroit, Baltimore, Miami. It’s true in Atlanta. In South Atlanta, Thomasville Heights Elementary School and its surrounding neighbourhood share a ZIP code with a federal penitentiary. There’s no building boom in this blighted section of one of America’s fastest-growing cities. In fact, substandard housing across the street from 600-student Thomasville Heights is considered the leading cause of a shocking year-over-year turnover rate in classrooms there.
From one year to the next, 40 percent of the students at Thomasville Heights go away. Some families leave the housing complex after complaining of intolerable conditions, structural damage, dilapidation, infestations of snakes, rodents, insects. Others, who can’t find the means to pay rent move on because of eviction notices. What happens to kids in this unstable circumstance? And their community in the long run? Georgia State Law Assistant Professor Courtney Anderson has done her homework. “The concentration of housing for low-income families in impoverished neighbourhoods adversely affects educational attainment.” Ms Anderson said. “Ultimately, this, also, impacts the opportunity for poor children to break the cycle of poverty as adults.”
Substandard housing affects more than grades and graduations. People in shoddy dwellings more often suffer respiratory and cardiovascular troubles from smoke and indoor air pollution. They’re frequently exposed to high and low temperatures. Home injuries occur more often, floors or steps give way, roofs collapse, wiring shorts out. Sanitation problems can spread communicable diseases. More frequent diagnoses of allergies, asthma and mould-borne ailments add to woes.
Unravelling the knotted problems of housing, education and health takes a champion, someone willing to build awareness about problems in communities that often have no voice. Anderson has made it her cause.
Ms Anderson first grasped the link between housing and community health issues, when she served as a clinical fellow at Georgetown University Law Centre in 2012. “We worked very closely with low-income tenant organisations, who were attempting to purchase their buildings.” she said. “The need for health services, education and other social services was always prevalent.” Ms Anderson quickly realised that the needs of these clients stretched far beyond memos on legal letterhead or simple words of legal advice. That revelation shaped her teaching and research.
“We were our clients’ only advocates.” she said. “They told us how hard it was for them to access social services and education because of where they lived. We realised how many ancillary issues stemmed from the disparities in their communities … and we were the only ones, who could help.” Connecting the community dots, Ms Anderson began to actively research housing instability in low-income neighbourhoods.
“I work with sociologists, attorneys, educators and bankers to create a map of neighbourhood stressors near schools with high turnover rates.” she said. “Once we have that, we can better understand how educational attainment is disrupted by evictions, building code violations and mobility.”
Ms Anderson has published several notable papers exploring how events or conditions, that touch any part of housing, education or health in underserved neighbourhoods have a ripple effect in the other areas. Her titles describe the work: 'The Disparate Impact of Shuttered Schools' in the Journal of Gender, Social Policy and the Law in 2015, 'Affirmative Action for Affordable Housing' in Howard Law Journal in 2016, 'You Cannot Afford to Live Here' in Fordham Urban Law Journal this year.
Perhaps, most importantly, of all, Ms Anderson ventures out from the ivory tower of academia to hit the streets and she rides along with a posse. “Her students are challenged to understand, form an opinion and make an impact to curb health disparities and her work is shedding light on some of the health and housing disparities in Georgia.” said Ms Genevieve Razick. Each year loads her Law and Health Equity class onto a bus and tools them up Peachtree Road and through ritzy Buckhead.
The students admire Buckhead’s fine houses and jewelled lawns and glittering automobiles. Then, in jarring contrast, the student bus veers southward into grindingly poor Atlanta neighbourhoods. The houses there have shuttered windows and trash-strewn lawns and abandoned cars.
“It really opens the students’ eyes to a part of Atlanta they have never seen, despite the fact that it is five minutes away from the law school.” Ms Anderson said. “We go from wealthy neighbourhoods in North Atlanta to abject poverty that is not far from where they live and learn. The purpose is to give our law students context for how segregated cities can be and how human-made factors influence and cause this segregation.”
Newly enlightened, Ms Anderson’s students then are urged to bring their budding legal skills to bear in service to the challenged communities they’ve seen. Like many Georgia State Law students, a large number of these future lawyers have Atlanta roots or close community ties. It’s not uncommon for them to suddenly develop a passion for community efforts driven by various non-profits.
“The Atlanta Volunteers Lawyer Foundation, Sister Love and New Georgia Project have been great at identifying and assisting with the variety of issues, that affect low-income populations.” Ms Anderson said. “Our students offer hands-on, real-world help.”
Ms Genevieve Razick took Ms Anderson’s classes in Property Law, Law and Health Equity and Law and Social Welfare. Ms Razick now practices as an associate attorney at Arnall Golden Gregory, where she focuses on regulatory and transactional work for health care clients. “Professor Anderson is truly passionate about bringing topics covered in class to life for her students so they aren’t just reading another chapter in a textbook.” Ms Razick said.
“Her students are challenged to understand, form an opinion and make an impact to curb health disparities and her work is shedding light on some of the health and housing disparities in Georgia.” During her semester in Anderson’s Law and Health Equity class, Ms Razick supported Sister Love Inc, an organisation serving to eradicate the disproportionate impact of HIV and sexual oppression on women in the United States.
“My Georgia State team helped Sister Love conduct legal research on the frameworks surrounding sexual reproductive education in schools in Georgia.” Ms Razick said. “We looked at how access to sexual reproductive education could potentially impact the prevalence of HIV in a community.”
Ms Anderson’s students lend their legal expertise to other allies, too. Some support the work of Neighbourhood Planning Units, citizen advisory councils that research and develop zoning, land use and other planning recommendations designed to address health disparities and inequalities. Their recommendations go directly to Atlanta’s Mayor and City Council.
Other students have pitched in with the Atlanta Youth Count and Needs Assessment, a comprehensive survey of youth homelessness in the city. One of Ms Anderson’s students worked with Westside Atlanta Land Trust. That pairing resulted in a program proposal to train ex-criminal offenders in construction trades, that can help them land jobs renovating blighted homes in a depressed area at Vine City:English Avenue. Breakthrough thinking is badly needed in that area.
Mr Paul Bolster feels that efforts to cut through a Gordian Knot of problems to find solutions in housing, health and education policy depend on leadership, the path-breaking research and advocacy like Ms Anderson’s, but, also, political and legal leadership. “I believe it takes legislative or executive department leadership to give a focus to citizen advocacy.” Mr Bolster said.
“For any public policy change, there needs to be a legislative leader to make decisions and create partnerships, that will lead to legislation. The courts can provide a context for the legislation and often political cover for taking actions that may not be popular or may get lost in the din of public discussion. Leadership can make an issue a priority for research, public debate and ultimately legislative action.”
Mr Bolster does his part. He founded and serves as principle consultant for Support Housing LLC, an organisation assisting communities with plans to end homelessness. He co-develops supportive housing with service providers and organizes advocacy efforts focused on state and local policy issues. He founded the Georgia Supportive Housing Association, where he is its former executive director.
“Her research is important.” he said. “Connecting housing to health and education is critical to public investment in the housing.” Ms Anderson’s leadership in housing and health policy could possibly lead to big changes at Thomasville Heights Elementary School. In the past two years, students in her Property Law classes worked with Purpose Built Schools to explore the underlying causes of churn problems at the educational institution.
Students pulled eviction records and documentation on housing conditions. They cross-referenced demographics to identify and map the issues, that impact Thomasville students’ ability to attend school. Now, late this fall, Purpose Built Schools will hold a meeting to evaluate student recommendations based on that research and, possibly, adopt those ideas in coming years.
Quality housing and reduced student turnover in the neighbourhood that Thomasville Heights’ student body calls home could arrest the cycle of poverty in the area. In other words, two components of a true community, a stable, liveable home and a classroom, where familiar teachers and classmates show up reliably and faithfully, could, potentially, anchor the area and give it a chance at normal development. “Leadership can make an issue a priority for research, public debate and ultimately legislative action.” said Mr Paul Bolster.
A true sense of community remains a dream deferred, Ms Anderson feels, without secure, protective, sheltering places to live, schools to spark ideas and health to support hope. “We are far from the goal.” she said. “But awareness that there are these issues has definitely improved and there has been more of an interdisciplinary approach to addressing them. Housing agencies are now opining on education policies and vice versa.
Improving health equity will come with improving race relations and improvements in economic inequality.” she added. “I think the focus right now still needs to be on awareness and education, with local groups taking the lead on testing possible solutions that can be replicated so that there can be more buy-in when they are proven effective.” ω.
Image: Carolyn Richardson: Georgia State University
Whatever Your Field of Work and Wherever in the World You are, Please, Make a Choice to Do All You Can to Seek and Demand the End of Death Penalty For It is Your Business What is Done in Your Name. The Law That Makes Humans Take Part in Taking Human Lives and That Permits and Kills Human Lives is No Law. It is the Rule of the Jungle Where Law Does Not Exist. The Humanion
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Information on O'Kelly's Spotted-orchid
Common Name: O'Kelly's Spotted-orchid
Scientific Name: Dactylorhiza fuchsii var. okellyi
Irish Name: Nuacht bhallach Uí Ceallaigh
Family Group: Orchidaceae
O'Kelly's Spotted-orchid is not easily confused with other wild plants on this web site.
Snow-white and sweetly fragrant, this wildflower, which is one of the Burren's greatest treasures, is a member of the Spotted-Orchid clan. Lower-growing than its cousins, the whiter-than-white flowers are borne in a cone-shaped spike, this subspecies of Dactylorhiza fuchsii rarely growing taller than 25cm. Blooming in July and August, each flower has the familiar hood comprised of sepals and petals, under which is a large three-lobed lip – a landing platform for the pollinating insects. The leaves are unspotted, with small leaves sheathing the stem and larger basal leaves. This plant grows on roadsides, on laneways and on short grassland close to the Burren's limestone pavement. It is a perennial, native plant which belongs to the family Orchidaceae.
I first identified this flower growing on Abbey Hill, Co Clare in 2006 and photographed it at Ballyryan, Co Clare in 2009.
This is a subspecies for which Ireland holds or possibly holds more than 25% of the European population (Ireland Red List No. 10 Vascular Plants).
This wildflower subspecies was named after amateur botanist, Patrick B O'Kelly of Ballyvaughan, who ran a nursery business at the end of the nineteenth century selling Burren plants.
To learn more about our Irish orchids, I would heartily recommend a really superb book on the subject which is published by the Collins Press and entitled 'Ireland's Wild Orchids - a field guide'.
Each of our native orchids is beautifully illustrated by the gifted botanical artist, Susan Sex and is an exquisite representation of an amazing plant; Susan's illustrations are complemented by carefully-chosen words from our National Botanic Gardens orchid specialist, Brendan Sayers. Susan's illustrations of key features of our native orchids are extremely useful when trying to identify a species and Brendan's descriptions help to broaden one's understanding of this complex and intriguing subject, and lead one nearer to making a possible identification. He also contributes information on the conservation of these magnificent little plants and gives details of where they might be found. Please seek out this masterpiece from your usual bookseller or find it on http://www.collinspress.ie/irelands-wild-orchids.html
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Brad Watson
About Brad
Aliens in the Prime of Their Lives
The Heaven of Mercury
Last Days of the Dog-Men
Brad Talks to THE NEW YORKER about “Eykelboom”
Granta Interview
Making the Little Monsters Walk: Interview with BW — Richard Farrell
W.W. Norton Q & A with Brad (2010)
The Case of Jane Chisolm versus Mary Ellis “Jane” Clay
The “Watson” Poems by Michael Pettit
1997 Radio Conversation with Barry Hannah, Larry Brown, and Brad Watson
Dragged Fighting from His Tomb, Brad’s essay about Barry Hannah
Letter from Wyoming
Largehearted Boy Playlist for ALIENS
Reading Group Guide for THE HEAVEN OF MERCURY
Originally published in Granta (February 2, 2010)
Before I moved to Wyoming in 2005, I was – like a lot of people outside this region, it turns out – not quite sure just where it was. As for its character, no idea. We have our stereotypical notions of better-known states like Montana, Idaho, and Colorado. They exist in our imaginations as real places of this or that kind. I don’t think you can say the same about Wyoming. For a couple of years, almost everyone who called or emailed would ask, ‘How’s Montana?’ They couldn’t ever quite remember that I was in Wyoming. It’s like a state covered with one of those mythical invisibility suits. You look at it, but you don’t see it, you don’t really register that it’s there – or you do, because it’s beautiful, but you think it’s Montana. I’d bet that a lot of people who vacation in Jackson Hole don’t really think of the fact that it’s in Wyoming, most of the time. As soon as they get off the plane and onto a pair of skis, they think they’re at a resort somewhere in western Colorado. They can’t quite fathom, really, that the place is in Wyoming, because no one can quite ever remember that Wyoming exists.
This suits me just fine. It’s why I came here. I was looking for a teaching job in the desert southwest, which seemed to me a great isolation but now that I’m here I believe I overestimated the southwest that way and underestimated Wyoming. This is a state that covers half a million square miles on which live just over half a million people. There aren’t really any ‘cities’, with apologies to Laramie, Cheyenne, and half a dozen other urban centres: there are just a few big towns and one resort. I’m living a happy accident. There were no jobs advertised in the desert southwest that year. This was the only job I applied for. I got lucky. I didn’t really want to go anywhere at the time.
I admit that I’m a misanthrope. Once, standing on a sidewalk in Oxford, Mississippi with my friend Tom Franklin, the brilliant fiction writer who lives there among other brilliant writers (I’m not kidding or being ironic), I was invited by someone to attend a party later that evening. I mumbled something non-committal. Tom grinned and said to the inviter: ‘He doesn’t really like people.’
This isn’t exactly true. I like a lot of individual people, and some couples, and I suppose some groups – but I’m suspicious of groups. I am tired of cocktail parties (although I usually have fun while I’m there) and the small talk, and it’s true maybe that I’m not the most trusting person I know. Much of my misanthropy manifests itself in feeling crowded. Crowded roads, streets, towns, stores, airwaves, telephones, emails, and so on. It all makes me nervous. I was craving some kind of escape.
I think most people who live in Wyoming need a lot of space, or they wouldn’t live here. Unlike Mississippi, where I grew up and where it’s either warm or beastly hot for all but about three months of the year, in Wyoming it is warm only about three months of the year, and the rest of the year it is either cold or very cold. Such a climate tends to repel most people, and that’s fine since I believe that people here want Wyoming to remain wide-open. Southeast Wyoming, while it has beautiful mountains nearby with lots of bike and hiking trails and campgrounds and big game hunting and excellent trout fishing and the only research university in the state, is pretty much an off-the-radar part of an off-the-radar state, and I think everyone but the real estate developers want to keep it that way. Even in the South these days, the interstates are crowded. You can’t find a non-crowded interstate east of Austin or Abilene, Texas; Lincoln, Nebraska; or Galesburg, Illinois. When you cross that imaginary line, driving west, it’s as if someone unwound an overly tight Ace bandage from around your head, unscrewed a clamp from your heart.
Last weekend, we snowshoed the Little Laramie trail in the Snowie Range of the Medicine Bow National Forest, a good long two-hour hike, stopping every hundred yards or so to pick ice balls from the dogs’ paws, dodging the occasional cross-country skier gliding down through the lodgepole pine forest. The sky was overcast and gray, a light snow falling, about eighteen degrees Farenheit. Kind of perfect. Views of the Centennial Valley from the trail at 9,500 feet range for some thirty miles across the prairie back toward Laramie, at 7,200 feet, the eye resting on the Laramie Range to the east. On the way home, the wind was up, and the snow blowing across the road obscured it at times, a brief white-out, but blew on by in a few seconds, out into the rolling grasslands south of the two-lane highway, where small herds of pronghorn picked through the snow for the scarce but most nutritious plants. When they’re really on the move, the pronghorn out here seem more plentiful than the cattle and sheep, and maybe they are.
With the mountains and national forest land within half an hour of town, there’s a lot of good hunting and fishing and a lot of wildlife. We’ve seen moose, elk, more mule deer than whitetail, badgers, fox, coyotes, golden and bald eagles, marmots, jack rabbits. I haven’t come upon a mountain lion, or a black or brown bear, or one of the notoriously solitary wolverines. But there are more than 600 species of wildlife in the state, and I recently read that the insects in a square mile of prairie here outweigh all mammal life by several times. There is a mountain ridge west of town that looks from a distance like a long narrow escarpment, but when you ascend it you enter what seems a vast, hilly, borderless wilderness that is disconnected from the rest of the world. No one is allowed there, legally, for several months in late winter and early spring because it is a sanctuary for the local wildlife. During hunting season, elk and deer hunters pitch large canvas tents with stoves they’ve hauled up with horses, and the camps stand for weeks.
I don’t know how the settlers survived winters here. They were more severe than now just thirty years ago, regularly dipping to forty or fifty below. The people who settled this land are so much tougher than I’ll ever be that I cannot really comprehend it. Even in these milder times, we’ve just gone through a few weeks of waking up to twenty-five or thirty below. The ever-present wind is notorious, gusts often clocking in at fifty miles per hour (with no storm in sight), and the Big Hollow prairie between Laramie and Centennial is said to be the largest valley in the country carved entirely by wind. The snow’s deep.
The old-timers in Laramie call this population control. But I’m here for now and I don’t really want to leave. It was one day a couple of summers ago, driving that same two-lane between Laramie and Centennial, that I looked to the north and saw the long, high, rolling hills there and thought for the first time I understood what Hemingway’s character meant when she said the hills (albeit in Spain, in his story) looked ‘like white elephants’. They do look like some sort of colossal, vast-bodied, mythical dormant beasts.
This is a beautiful place in all seasons, no matter how harsh the winters are, the blessed character-testing winters. The summers are the best I’ve known, and everyone lives for them. The autumns are often longer and milder than you would think, although this past autumn was cut short in early October. People adjusted, after a little grumbling, put away everything but the winter clothing, got out the snowshoes, skis, heavy boots. Spring may not arrive in earnest until July. And then, the farmers’ market finally starts up again, people revel in the mild dry heat (and, yes, big skies full of blue and bright-yellow light), and try not to think about how soon the market and the summer will be gone again for most of the year.
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One Season Too Long
December 7th, 2015 by Brendan Pierce
“Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.”
Saying goodbye to the game that you have loved ever since you were a little boy or girl is never easy. It does not matter if you are a high school athlete or a 5-time NFL MVP, hanging your cleats up for the last time is never an easy task.
Unfortunately, we are witnessing the beginning of the end to two iconic athletes who have been performing at an elite level for the entirety of their careers. Peyton Manning and Kobe Bryant are two of the best to ever play their respective sport.
Manning is a 5-time NFL MVP, 14-time pro bowler, and is the NFL all-time leader in career touchdown passes and passing yards. However, Manning’s 18th year in the NFL should certainly be number 18’s last.
Manning has been one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL for almost two decades now, but his performance is going downhill quite rapidly. Manning leads the league with 17 interceptions and is currently recovering from a torn plantar fascia in his right foot. Manning’s replacement, Brock Osweiler, is playing extremely well in his absence leading to speculation that Manning might have already played his last game in the NFL.
Whether Manning plans to return this year or not, this season should certainly be his last. His age has finally caught up to him. It is tough to watch one of the best players to ever play the game perform this poorly.
Kobe Bryant is another iconic athlete who finally announced that this season would be his last. Kobe is in his 20th season in the NBA, he is a 5-time NBA champion, 17-time all-star, and is the 3rd highest scorer in NBA history. Bryant is averaging 15.8 points per game this season, which is nearly 10 points below his career average.
Bryant made the right decision by deciding to retire at the end of the season simply because he is just a reflection of his former self. He hasn’t played a full season since the 2012-13 campaign.
It is quite evident that father time has caught up to two of the all-time greats. We will remember these icons not for the players they are now, but for everything they have accomplished throughout their career. With that said, it is time for Bryant and Manning to move on and walk away from the game they love before the game walks away from them.
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Commisioner Marshall explains SOE process
Commissioner Phil Marshall and others including the Washington County Sheriff Claude Combs, highway foreman, drivers, Sheriff’s deputies, the new highway superintendent and two others commissioners – John Fultz and David Brown, have been talking constantly about the state of roadways in Washington County.
One of the largest counties by miles of roads in the state as well as in land size, Washington County always presents a unique situation to county government – whether it’s trying to do more for less in the summer months with blacktopping and repairing roads or in the winter, when it’s time to put the county’s 26 snow plows and crews to work opening roads for the population to drive upon.
Marshall and the rest of the group decided last night before midnight to issue a state of emergency for driving conditions in the county. Only two other counties in Indiana had been declared an emergency – Marshall and Parke counties.
“Basically, you look at the road situation of the county,” said Marshall. “We determined it was best if only emergency vehicles would be out working on the roads. This helps keep traffic down so our crews can do the best work. It also helps keep our residents safe. We will re-evaluate the situation at 9 a.m. [on Thursday]. It’s a pain in the neck, but we don’t want to get anyone hurt.”
On Thursday morning, the group will reconvene at the Sheriff’s Department to analyze the weather, roads and driving conditions and make a determination on keeping the emergency driving order in place — or decide to lift it.
County government offices were closed today and Marshall said they will remain closed on Thursday.
Marshall said all snowfalls are different and present their own challenges.
“It’s taking longer to shove the snow,” he told WSLM today. “Temperatures are dropping lower….it was 24 and now lower…it will be 7 by early morning Thursday. It’s already starting to re-freeze. It’s easier [for] the county trucks with the blades on to do road clearing and then get [emergency personnel] able to move around the county.”
This year has been especially challenging without salt, which has been extraordinarily hard to find around the area. Many cities and counties have used their supplies and are without.
Marshall said they’ve had to rely on a mixture of sand, cinders and gravel. “The closest supply of salt we could find was in Texas and we can’t afford to go out there and haul it back. I’m sorry it comes to that but It all comes back to a money situation. The cost would be devastating to our county. People don’t like to hear the truth…but overall … 90 percent of the time you’re OK. When you get into these situations, you have trouble. We ask for their patience.”
Marshall said the county’s Calcium Chloride was another option but it can cause damage to vehicles and also causes the oil in paved roads to dry up and the roads to break up as a result. “A blacktopped road now is about $78,000 a mile,” Marshall said. “When you have 760 miles of roads….what you have to realize is there is two sides to a road. Over 1500 miles of roads, which takes us time. We have a limit of 26 trucks.”
The County Highway Department staff has been working all day Wednesday — since about midnight and will continue until late Wednesday night, said Marshall.
“Our trucks have been our since Midnight and will work until midnight again tonight,” he said. “Hopefully all the roads will get plowed at least once. All of our trucks are running. Two trucks have slid off and we had to get them back on the road. County roads are in better shape than the state highway towards Martinsburg. If you don’t have to be out there, don’t get out on the roads.”
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The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (2)
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S.M. 1999, c. 35
(Assented to July 14, 1999)
HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:
C.C.S.M. c. H60 amended
1 The Highway Traffic Act is amended by this Act.
2 Clause 26(1.1)(c) is amended by striking out "264(1) or (1.1)" and substituting "264(1), (1.1) or (1.2)".
3(1) Subsection 242.1(1) is repealed and the following is substituted:
IMPOUNDMENT OF VEHICLES FOR DRIVING DISQUALIFIED AND ALCOHOL RELATED OFFENCES
Impoundment of certain vehicles by police officers
242.1(1) Subject to subsection (1.1), a peace officer shall seize a motor vehicle and impound it and take it into the custody of the law if the officer has reason to believe
(a) that a person who was operating the vehicle contravened subsection 225(1) (driving while disqualified or prohibited) of this Act or subsection 259(4) (operation while disqualified) of the Criminal Code (Canada);
(b) based on an analysis of the breath or blood of a person who was operating the vehicle or had care or control of it, that the person had consumed alcohol in such a quantity that the concentration of it in his or blood exceeded 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood, contrary to clause 253(b) of the Criminal Code (Canada); or
(c) that a person who was operating the vehicle, or had care or control of it, failed or refused to comply with a demand to supply a sample of his or her breath or blood, contrary to subsection 254(5) of the Criminal Code (Canada).
3(2) Subsection 242.1(1.1) is amended
(a) by adding "or is, in the opinion of the officer, not practicable in the circumstances" after "any person,"; and
(b) by striking out "and permit" and substituting ", in which case the peace officer may permit".
3(3) The following is added after subsection 242.1(3):
Vehicle to be released if driver's licence is returned
242.1(3.1)Where a motor vehicle is seized and impounded under clause (1)(b) (blood alcohol over .08) or (c) (refuse to supply sample of breath or blood) and an application by the driver under section 263.2 (review of suspension and disqualification) results in the return of his or her licence or permit,
(a) the vehicle is no longer subject to impoundment under this section, unless the vehicle was also seized and impounded under clause (1)(a) (drive disqualified) or detained under another provision of this Act; and
(b) a person designated by the Minister of Justice for the purpose of this provision shall, subject to subsection (9) (lien), authorize the release of the vehicle to the owner or to a person authorized by the owner.
3(4) Subsection 242.1(4) is amended
(a) by repealing the section heading and substituting "Application by certain owners for early release of vehicle"; and
(b) in the part before clause (a), by striking out "or taken under this section," and substituting "and taken under this section, other than an owner who was the driver or had care or control at the time the vehicle was seized under clause (1)(b) (blood alcohol over .08) or (c) (refuse to supply sample of breath or blood),".
(a) by repealing the part before clause (a) and substituting the following:
Issue to be determined when driver is not owner
242.1(5) Where, after considering an application under subsection (4) by an owner who was not the driver at the time the motor vehicle was liable to seizure and impoundment, the justice is satisfied that
(a) the driver was in possession of the vehicle without the knowledge and consent of the owner;
(b) in the case of a seizure under clause (1)(a) (drive disqualified), the owner could not reasonably have been expected to know that the licence or permit of the person to whom the vehicle was delivered was suspended or cancelled or that the driver was disqualified or prohibited from driving or operating a motor vehicle; or
(c) in the case of a seizure under clause (1)(b) (blood alcohol over .08) or (c) (refuse to supply sample of breath or blood), the owner could not reasonably have been expected to know that the driver would operate or have care or control of the vehicle in such circumstances;
the justice shall
(b) in clause (b), by striking out "subject to the lien described in subsection (3)" and substituting "subject to subsection (9) (lien)"; and
(c) by renumbering clauses (a) to (c) as clauses (d) to (f).
(a) in the section heading, by adding "when driver is owner" at the end;
(b) in the part before clause (a), by adding "under clause (1)(a) (drive disqualified)" after "liable to seizure and impoundment"; and
(c) in clause (b), by striking out "subject to the lien described in subsection (3)" and substituting "subject to subsection (9) (lien)".
(a) in the English version, by striking out "or taken" and substituting "and taken"; and
(b) by striking out "subject to the lien described in subsection (3), direct that the motor vehicle be returned" and substituting "subject to subsection (9) (lien), direct that the vehicle be released".
3(8) Subsection 242.1(7.1) is amended by adding ", after which it may be released as set out in subsection (7)" at the end.
3(9) Subsection 242.1(8) is amended by striking out "subsections (5), (6) and (7)" and substituting "subsections (3.1), (5), (6), (7) and (7.1)".
3(10) Subsection 242.1(11) of the English version is amended by striking out "or impounded" and substituting "and impounded".
3(11) Subsection 242.1(14) is amended by striking out "has operated a motor vehicle contrary to section 225(1) of this Act or to section 259 of the Criminal Code" and substituting "has operated or had care or control of a motor vehicle as set out in subsection (1)".
4 Subsection 242.2(4) is amended by adding "or on" after "present in".
5(1) Section 264 is amended
(a) in subsection (1), by striking out "254,";
(b) by renumbering subsection (1.1) as subsection (1.2);
(c) by renumbering subsection (1.2) as subsection (1.3); and
(d) by adding the following after subsection (1):
Automatic suspension for refusal to provide breath or blood sample
264(1.1) The licence and the right to have a licence of a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection 254(5) of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed in relation to a motor vehicle are hereby suspended
(a) in the case of a first conviction, for a period of two years;
(b) where the conviction is deemed under subsection (2) to be a second or subsequent conviction and each earlier conviction is not under subsection 254(5), for a period of five years; and
(c) where the conviction is a second or subsequent conviction under subsection 254(5) within five years after the date of the commission of an earlier offence under subsection 254(5), for a period of seven years.
5(2) Subsection 264(1.2), renumbered by clause (1)(c) as subsection 264(1.3), is amended by striking out "(1) or (1.1)" and substituting "(1), (1.1) or (1.2)".
5(3) Subsection 264(2) is amended
(a) in the English version, by repealing the section heading and substituting "Certain offences deemed to be second or subsequent offence";
(b) by striking out "(1) or (1.1)" wherever it occurs and substituting "(1), (1.1) or (1.2)"; and
(c) by adding "for the purpose of clauses (1)(b), (1.1)(b) and (1.2)(b)" at the end.
(a) by striking out "(1) or (1.1)" and substituting "(1), (1.1) or (1.2)"; and
(b) by striking out "or clause (1.1)(a) or (b)" and substituting ", (1.1)(a) or (b), or (1.2)(a) or (b)".
5(5) Subsection 264(15) is amended by striking out "(1) or (1.1)" wherever it occurs and substituting "(1), (1.1) or (1.2)".
6 Section 266 is amended by striking out "264(1) or (1.1)" wherever it occurs and substituting "264(1), (1.1) or (1.2)".
7 Subsection 279(1.1) is amended by striking out "(1) and (1.1)" and substituting "(1), (1.1) and (1.2)".
CONDITIONAL AMENDMENTS
8(1) This section takes effect only if
(a) during the Fifth Session of the 36th Legislature, Bill 5, entitled The Highway Traffic Amendment, Off-Road Vehicles Amendment and Consequential Amendments Act, receives royal assent; and
(b) the provisions in Bill 5 that amend the provisions of The Highway Traffic Act referred to in this section come into force.
8(2) Subsection 242.1(1) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by subsection 3(1) of this Act and renumbered as subsection 242.1(1.1) by Bill 5, is amended by repealing the part before clause (b) and substituting the following:
242.1(1.1)Subject to subsection (1.2), a peace officer shall seize a motor vehicle and impound it and take it into the custody of the law if the officer has reason to believe
(a) that a person who was operating the vehicle contravened subsection 225(1) (driving while disqualified or prohibited) or 225(1.1) (off-road vehicles) of this Act or subsection 259(4) (operation while disqualified) of the Criminal Code (Canada);
8(3) Subsection 3(2) of this Act is amended by striking out "Subsection 242.1(1.1)" and substituting "Subsection 242.1(1.2)".
8(4) In each of the following provisions of The Highway Traffic Act, "clause (1)(a)" is struck out and "clause (1.1)(a)" is substituted:
(a) clause 242.1(3.1)(a), as enacted by subsection 3(3) of this Act;
(b) clause 242.1(5)(b), as enacted by subsection 3(5) of this Act;
(c) subsection 242.1(6), as amended by clause 3(6)(b) of this Act and by subsection 7(4) of Bill 5.
8(5) In each of the following provisions of The Highway Traffic Act, "clause (1)(b)" is struck out and "clause (1.1)(b)" is substituted:
(a) subsection 242.1(3.1), as enacted by subsection 3(3) of this Act;
(b) subsection 242.1(4), as amended by subsection 3(4) of this Act;
(c) clause 242.1(5)(c), as enacted by subsection 3(5) of this Act.
8(6) Subsection 242.1(14) of The Highway Traffic Act, as amended by subsection 3(11) of this Act, is amended by striking out "subsection (1)" and substituting "subsection (1.1)".
8(7) Subsection 264(1.1) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by subsection 5(1) of this Act, is amended by repealing the part before clause (a) and substituting the following:
264(1.1) The licence and the right to have a licence of a person who is convicted of an offence under subsection 254(5) of the Criminal Code (Canada) committed in relation to a motor vehicle or off-road vehicle are hereby suspended, and the person is hereby disqualified from operating an off-road vehicle,
8(8) Subsection 264(7) of The Highway Traffic Act, as enacted by Bill 5, is amended by striking out "(1) or (1.1)" and substituting "(1), (1.1) or (1.2)".
9 This Act comes into force on a day fixed by proclamation.
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The Eastern Panhandle provides an ideal base for your shipping and distribution needs. Six interstate routes cross West Virginia and represent an extensive and reliable transportation network as well as serving as links in an intermodal transportation system. West Virginia has the capacity for overnight delievery to half of the US population and about a third of the Canadian population.
I-81: Running through Berkeley County, this is not only a major north-south transportation route, but also offers easy access to I-66 and I-70.
I-68: which runs through Morgan County provides easy access to I-70.
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Jack V. Crawford
Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:00am
Jack V. Crawford, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, died peacefully of a heart attack at home on December 27, 2008.Jack is survived by his wife of forty years, Char, and children: Reesie, Karen, Douglas, Richard, Joel, Ray, Chris, and Jackie, their spouses, their 19 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister, Jackie Johnson, her children, and his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Rita and Barry Gilfilen and their children.Jack was born on October 24, 1928 in Anthony, Kansas. He served in the United States Navy for 21 years and was a Navy Chaplain serving in WWII, Korea and Vietnam. He and his wife, Char, moved to Kenmore in 1969. Jack became the first mayor of Kenmore, Washington, in 1998 when the city became incorporated. The Jack V. Crawford Skateboard Park was named after Jack in appreciation of his efforts to develop the park for the youth of Kenmore. He served on the Sound Transit Board for many years and was also President of the Model A Ford Club of America, and is also the President of the Kenmore Heritage Society and the Kenmore Library Board and very active in the Puget Sound Dahlia Association. He was an avid Seahawks and Mariner fan. Jack was an active member of the Bothell United Methodist Church and sang for years in the Sojourners Men’s Gospel Choir. Jack loved his family and was a man of honor and integrity. He gave much and impacted so many by his life. He will be greatly missed, but the example he left will be felt by many in the people he touched. A memorial service to celebrate Jack’s life will be held at Bothell United Methodist Church on Wednesday, January 7 at 2:00 p.m. Reception following. In lieu of flowers, please send memorial gifts to Bothell United Methodist Church-United Methodist Committee on Relief.
Elmer Lowell Haynes
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