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Turkeys and more
Turkeys at the Bates farms are raised as free-range birds, which the family believes produces a higher-quality product. Photo by Michael Cornelison
Bates turkeys remain a tradition at Thanksgiving and year-round
By Carolyn Tomlin
After flying countless bombing missions in Europe during World War II, Bill Bates returned home and declared, “I never plan to stand in another line or ask anyone for a job.” Instead, he had one purpose in mind: To produce the finest turkeys ever to grace a table.
Many Alabamians are familiar with how the turkey farm business was started by Bill’s parents. In 1923, W.C. and Helen Hudson Bates, Bill’s mom and dad, received nine turkey eggs from his Aunt Mamie Bates as a wedding present. In 1935, with the Great Depression taking its toll on small farmers, this small gift became the source that saved the farm as the bank allowed the turkeys to be used as collateral. When Bill returned from the war, his parents needed help with the growing industry. He stayed, and the turkey business has grown significantly from those original eggs.
Known as “Mr. Bill,” the legendary Alabamian from Fort Deposit died Aug. 23, 2013, at the age of 89. “Throughout his life, this Southern gentleman was known as one of the best poultry ambassadors for Alabama,” says Huck Carroll, communications director of the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association.
Part of this legend started in 1949 when he presented Gov. James “Big Jim” Folsom a turkey named Clyde to pardon for the traditional Thanksgiving table. Each year this custom continues, and Clyde 67 will receive his pardon later this month. Today a member of the Bates family carries on this special presentation of the “biggest” and “best” bird.
Raising turkeys the old-fashioned way
The Bates family continues to raise flocks by the same methods they’ve used for years, producing about 100,000 turkeys each year.
“Sometimes the more things change, the more they remain the same,” says Becky Bates Sloan, who now manages the business with brothers John and Pete. Although technology has changed the way they handle the growing industry, they rely on methods that have been successful for years.
The Bates family believes in raising free-range birds. When the poults reach about 8 weeks, they’re moved to a shady pecan grove on the shores of a small lake. “We feed our turkeys only vegetable feed,” Sloan says. “We pay a little more for our feed, but we never use any feed with animal fats.” The family believes that the most succulent meat comes from raising the birds in a stress-free environment and feeding them a diet rich in nutrients and free of drugs.
Sloan knows that the turkey is an intelligent fowl. “For example, I tell our employees who care for the birds to never let them see you eat a pecan. Or else they would feast on the tasty morsels. Also, don’t talk when you are working among them. Otherwise, they will strut over, stand around, and hinder your work.”
Bates Turkey Farms is a vital partner in the community. Dedicated to cancer research, the Bates family is an active participant in the Butler County Relay for Life event. The company hires many young people, and several years ago the Bates family endowed a scholarship at a local community college for an employee of the Bates family enterprises. Safe Harbor for Children in Greenville also receives support and food.
An annual event for the community involves a small cedar tree planted by Mr. Bill about 35 years ago. On the Saturday after Thanksgiving, people from the area gather for the “Lighting of the Tree,” which is now 50 feet tall, followed by steaming cups of hot chocolate.
“We couldn’t run our farm without the support of Pioneer Electric Co-op and Quality Co-op in Greenville, where we purchase fertilizer, seed and other products,” Sloan says. “An electric fence protects our turkeys from predators. Our processing plant depends on electricity. And our freezers must have power. If we have a problem, they respond quickly.”
Bates Turkey Farm and the Bates family are longtime members and close friends of Pioneer Electric. “We value them as a business on our system and enjoy our relationship with the Co-op Connections Card program, where they give a discount (every Tuesday) at the restaurant,” says Casey Rogers, communications specialist at Pioneer Electric. “Their restaurant is a prominent stop on the interstate that most travelers acknowledge as a favorite stop along their way.”
Turkey and more
Always an entrepreneur, Mr. Bill decided to expand the turkey business. Local people in Greenville needed a family-style restaurant. Tourists driving to the Gulf Coast on Highway 31 and Interstate 65 were searching for a unique food experience. And those traveling between Mobile and Birmingham were looking for a home-cooked meal, with no fried foods. Bates House of Turkey opened in 1970, with his wife Teresa in charge.
The restaurant serves everything turkey — old-fashioned roast turkey dinners with all the trimmings, Southern-style hickory smoked turkey sandwiches, open-faced turkey sandwiches, turkey cold plates, turkey salad, turkey gumbo and more.
“Bates Turkey restaurant is always a scheduled stop for my family when we travel south from our home in Birmingham,” says author and writer Denise George. “We look forward to a delicious, healthy dinner, kind and courteous service, and a friendly, comfortable dining room. Bates also serves up lots of smiles that make us feel like part of the Bates family. Knowing their incredible story makes the dining experience that much more enjoyable.”
In addition to the restaurant, Mr. Bill envisioned a delivery service where customers could call in or order online. He designed a unique Low-Boy Ice Chest that could ship a roasted turkey via UPS. Five years ago, the company changed the chest to one with thicker walls and which meets stricter specifications for shipping their products.
“One of the goals of our father, Bill, was to raise the healthiest turkeys possible for the consumer,” Becky says. “With five generations of Bates in the business, we plan to continue to produce the best turkeys on the market, while developing new recipes for turkey products.”
Do you know these turkey facts? A four-ounce serving of roasted breast, skin removed, contains:
34 grams of protein (higher than many other cooked meats
Riboflavin and niacin, important B vitamins
94 mg of cholesterol (lowest in cholesterol of popular meats)
Nutrition needed for those watching their weight, diabetics and heart patients
Source: The Journal of the American Dietetic Association
For more information on Bates Turkey Farm, Inc. call (334) 227-4505. For the Bates House of Turkey Restaurant, located on Interstate 65 at Exit 130, call (334) 382-6123. Visit the farm online at batesturkey.com.
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Bernhiem Connect Art Festival, Kentucky USA.
Commissioned for the 2017 international festival to produce a series of costume and walkabout performances during the festival.
Bournemouth University Festival of Learning, Bournemouth, UK.
Documentary about the Grass men featured during the festival.
Devizes International Outdoor Arts Festival, Devizes, UK.
Commissioned for the 2017 international festival to produce a series of costume and walkabout performances over 2 days of the festival.
Arcade Champ Exhibition, Bristol, UK.
Art collective group show in the historic Bristol Arcade. Curated and produced work for a 10 artist showcase over 7 days. Including workshops and artists talks.
Hatfair Festival, Winchester, UK.
Greenwich and Docklands International Arts festival, London, UK.
Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe 2015, Bournemouth, UK.
I returned to the Bournemouth Fringe as an Artist instead of the lead coordinator. Ran a series of workshops and costumed performance. My work was included as the front cover for the programme.
Lead Festival Coordinator for the Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe, Bournemouth, UK.
July – October 2014.
In charge of the coordination and facilitation of the Bournemouth Arts by the Sea first Fringe Festival. Brought together a range of 100 events over the space of 17 days including art exhibitions, live music, poetry, workshops and talks.
OSHA, Multiple Venues - Factory Studios, Old House Boscombe, Lung Gallery & Vita Nova, Bournemouth, UK.
Curated this exhibition involving over 20 artists across 4 venues over 1 night. The project showcased a diverse range of Art in which digital technology is an essential part of the creative or presentation process.
Bristol Biennial Arts Festival, Bristol UK.
Commissioned to produce a series of costumes and a performance for the Bristol Biennial. Featured as the main cover image for the festival programme.
Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival. Commission ‘Lavish’, Bournemouth UK.
July 2013 – October 2013.
I was brought in as Project Manager for the Arts University Bournemouth program ‘Lavish’ at the Bournemouth Arts festival. This involved being in charge of commissioning a team of 6 Artists to create a series of individual work and performances for the festival.
Drop Project Gallery, Creative Director and Founder, Bournemouth UK.
April 2013 – July 2013.
I set up Drop Project Gallery to fill the void in Bournemouth for a contemporary gallery that showcased local talent and strived to be a local hub to celebrate the arts. In the three months that we were open, we produced 8 Exhibitions, which showcased over 100 artists, trained 27 interns and had 3 full time paid staff.
Drop Project Gallery Closing Exhibition, Bournemouth, UK.
Curated the final exhibition of the Gallery inviting the best 20 artists involved over the course of the three months to exhibit a new finished piece of work.
Grey Matter, Drop Project Gallery, Bournemouth, UK.
Drawing exhibition of 22 artist.
Drop Project Gallery, Opening Exhibition, Bournemouth, UK.
Curated the opening exhibition for the gallery including myself and 14 other artist.
UK World Event Young Artist Festival, Nottingham, UK.
Selected as one of the artist to represent the UK at the International World Event Arts festival.
UK Signature Art Prize, Spitalfield Market, London, UK
Sculpture finalist for the 2012 Signature Art Prize.
Neu Now Festival ELIA, Porto, Portugal.
An annual International Arts Festival, ran by the ‘European League of the institute of the Arts’ to showcase the best students from all over Europe.
Feral Exhibition, Old Truman Brewery Gallery, Brick Lane, London, UK.
Caged Exhibition, Arts University College Bournemouth, UK.
Out of sight, Wilkinson’s abandoned car park, Bournemouth, UK.
This was a self initiated and curated exhibition involving 42 different artists within a disused car park under a shop. It received over 900 spectators over the 7 days that the exhibition was on. My roles involved overall project management, marketing, and selection of artists involved and curation of the work within the space. I also participated in a live interview discussion about the Arts in Bournemouth on Hope FM.
Paradox European Fine Art Organisation, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland.
Concluding Exhibition for the international residency in Cork arranged by the Paradox European Fine Art Organisation.
Residency and Competitions
Bernhiem Research Forest and Art Centre. Kentucky, USA
July - August 201.
Six week residency to develop my practice and progress my living costumes with support from the specialist horticultural facilities and staff.
Signature Art Prize, London, UK
Finalist in the UK Signature Art Prize, Spitalfields Market.
Outside In the permeable art school. Paradox European Fine Art Organization. Cork, Ireland
A week long residency and exhibition alongside 20 other International Artists at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork City, Ireland.
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Bernhiem Art Collection.
BA (honours) Fine Art, Arts University Bournemouth - 2:1.
Foundation degree in Art and design, Coventry University – Triple Distinction.
2008 – 2009.
HND in Fashion Design, City College Coventry – Triple Merit.
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https://www.whas11.com/article/features/great-day-live/bernheim-brings-nature-to-life/417-584344738
Television appearance on Channel WHAS 11 programme Great Day Live.
https://www.louisvillevisualart.org/blog/2018/8/9/lvas-artebella-on-the-radio-8918
Radio appearance on Louisville Visual Art station Artebella.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0rTfUSfjLY
Bernheim Workshop Video.
https://bernheim.org/make-wearable-nature-art-at-upcoming-workshops-with-grass-men-artist-ashley-peevor/
Connect festival feature on the Bernheim website.
https://bernheim.org/british-artists-grass-men-to-visit-bernheim-forest/
Artist residency feature on the Bernheim Website.
https://insiderlouisville.com/lifestyle_culture/arts-and-entertainment/meet-the-grass-men-the-living-sculptures-of-bernheims-10th-annual-connect/
Artist feature and Connect festival feature on the Insider Louisville Website.
https://childrenatplaynetwork.com/free-play-grass-men-mud-and-bubbles-its-connect/
Connect festival feature on the Children Play Network
https://www.fkgoldstandard.com/content/get-muddy-and-%E2%80%98grassy%E2%80%99-10th-annual-bernheim-connect-celebration-aug-18
Digital feature FK Gold Standard Newspaper website
https://voice-tribune.com/_/life-style-2/arts-entertainment/gallery-guide/
Feature on the What's On guide on the Voice Tribune
http://imaginegreaterlou.org/grant-recipients/
Successful funding announcement on Imagine Greater Louisville 2020
https://fundforthearts.org/press-release/fund-for-the-arts-announces-regional-recipients-of-2018-imagine-greater-louisville-grants/
Successful funding announcement on Fund for the Arts website.
https://www.kystandard.com/content/bernheim-hosting-summer-celebrations
Feature on the KY Standard website.
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do-0
Feature on the Arts Council Website
https://www.docadevizes.org.uk/
Devizes Festival Website
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/15481721.From_the_sublime_to_the_ridiculous_Devizes_will_have_it_all_at_festival/
Featured in the Gazette and Herald
http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/news/headlines/15498850.Hot_weather_draws_the_crowds_to_first_day_of_Devizes_International_Street_Festival/
Featured on This is Wiltshire
http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15562942.The_BEAF_is_back__Bournemouth__39_s_biggest_arts_and_culture_festival_returns_next_spring/
Interviewed for Bournemouth Echo News Paper
http://www.festival.org/whatson/224/grass-men/
GDIF Website
http://www.visitgreenwich.org.uk/events/gdif-2016-festival-grass-men/
Visit Greenwitch highlighted event
http://xtrax.org.uk/gdif2016-programme/
GDIF Programme
https://issuu.com/gdifestival/docs/gdif-2016newspaper-v30_final
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/localgov
Featured image on the Arts Council Website
http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/14517341.All_the_Fun_of_the_Hat_Fair/?ref=rl&lp=4
Feature for 2016 Hatfair
http://www.bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3203:winchesters-hat-fair-free-access-to-arts-and-culture-for-everybody-&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=59
https://www.contrarylife.com/2016/06/winchester-hat-fair-2016-34340/
http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/14579622.More_than_60_000_expected_at_hat_fair/
http://www.b-e-a-f.co.uk/
Featured Image 2015 Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe
https://cecilebblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/24/grass-men/
Blog Post 2015 Bournemouth Emerging Arts Fringe
Arts Council Website
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/artist-led-festival-visual-arts-graces-streets-bri/
Visual Art South West
http://www.vasw.org.uk/events/grass-men-ashley-peevor.php
Television feature on the Inside Out West Programme. BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04hv56c/inside-out-west-29092014
Bristol Biennial Feature
http://bristolbiennial.co.uk/map.html
Golden Pulse – Top 6 things to see at the Bristol Biennial
http://goldenpulse.co.uk/bristol-biennial/
Bristol Biennial 2014: Crossing the Line Feature
http://www.bristolcreatives.co.uk/events/2014/08/06/bristol-biennial-2014-crossing-line
Bristol Prospectus – Review
http://www.bristolprospectus.co.uk/arts-festival-review-part2/
Visit Bristol Feature
http://www.bristolpropertylive.co.uk/content/grand-exhibition
Culture 24 Feature
http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/live-and-public-art/art493983-Bristol-Biennial-plans-September-surprises
Bristol Culture Feature
http://www.bristol-culture.com/2014/08/07/cranberry-farm-in-centre-fountains-and-blindfolded-bus-rides-for-bristol-biennial/
Bristol Magazine P58 Feature
http://issuu.com/mcpublishing/docs/the_bristol_magazine_sept_14_
Passion Palette, Bristol Conversation Feature
http://www.passionpalette.com/blog/bristol-conversation
Bristol Biennial Round Up
http://www.intervalbristol.org/2014/09/bristol-biennial-round-up/
Theatre Bristol
http://theatrebristol.net/whats-on/2014/9/20
Guide to Bristol
http://www.guide2bristol.com/news%5C84326/Bristol-Biennial-festival-to-showcase-Im-Staying-artwork-from-the-Arnolfini
A portraight of boscombe interview
http://nadiaamura.com/portfolio/boscombe/
Drop Project Gallery Feature
http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/news/businessnews/10398083.From_art_exhibits_to_cinema_screenings__students_bring_pop_up_gallery_to_Bournemouth/
http://www.towncentrebid.co.uk/about-the-bid/town-centre-bid-news/item/6-pop-up-art-gallery-to-open-in-town
Bournemouth Echo news feature
http://www.businessdorset.co.uk/news/businessnews/10398083.From_art_exhibits_to_cinema_screenings__students_bring_pop_up_gallery_to_Bournemouth/?ref=rss
Nuenow Festival 2013 feature
http://www.elia-artschools.org/festival/2012
Uk Young Artist
http://www.ukyoungartists.co.uk/artist/ashley-peevor
World Event Young Artist 2012
http://worldeventyoungartists.com/artists/ashley_peevor
WEYA Review
http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/title/weya-12--preview/id/4911
AUB BAFAR journal
http://webdocs.aucb.ac.uk/BAFAR%20Journal%2001.pdf
Artists Now
http://artistsnow.co.uk/tag/ashley-peevor/
http://issuu.com/byngpillow/docs/outofsigh
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Wendy Edmond
Doing what you want to do is what retirement is all about, and retirement in 2004 and moving to a home on the beautiful Blackall Range in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in 2007 have given Wendy Edmond the opportunity to pursue her artistic leanings, after previous lengthy careers in health and politics that culminated in 6 years as Queensland's Health Minister.
Born and bred in Queensland, Wendy has lived and worked around the world and other Australian States as a health professional before settling in Brisbane with her growing family. Always a keen photographer, Wendy now uses her photos as the inspiration for her paintings in pastels and acrylics. "It also gives me an excuse to travel," she said. "My first love has been landscapes using pastel, after seeing how vibrant, complex, and yet delicate pastels could be, but more recently I have enjoyed using acrylics to paint both landscapes and still life paintings that have a strong floral theme."
"I love using lots of strong colour in both my landscapes and still life paintings and carry this through to my other passion, my garden, where I constantly squeeze in more flowers, more bulbs, even the trees must have flowers, and bits of the garden regularly feature in my paintings."
Wendy's paintings have also found homes interstate and overseas. Her Southern Coast Series, inspired by coastline near Albany in WA where the rocky headlands and beaches contrasted with the amazing colour of the sea, was part of an exhibition at Qld Parliament House.
"I only work from my own photos and experience of being there and try to translate the atmosphere as much as the image."
Wendy has taken the opportunity to study pastels with Leonie Duff and Max Wilks and acrylics with Mignon Parker among other well known artists at several McGregor Art Schools.
After the Harvest
Ancient Salt Mills
Smedvig
Master of the Boat
Weeding Monet's Garden
First Swim
150 unframed
Three's Never a Crowd
Cellist at the Gallery
"The Boat Race
Blackdown Tableland
Brolgas at Eromanga
Lark Quarry
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‘Day of Absence’
Less funny than it could be, Karamu’s ‘Day of Absence’ delivers heavy message
The pre-vaudeville minstrel shows of the mid-19th century are considered the first theatrical art form that was distinctly American. They featured white entertainers in blackface makeup performing comedy and song-and-dance routines that caricaturized plantation slaves for white audiences.
God bless us.
As one would imagine, minstrel shows were particularly popular in the South before the Civil War, as a way of reinforcing widely held racist stereotypes and countering the abolitionist movement.
A century later, in 1965, playwright Douglas Turner Ward borrowed this art form to shed light on the state of racism that was inspiring the civil rights movement. In his satirical fantasy play “Day of Absence,” which served to launch the pioneering Negro Ensemble Company in New York City, Southern whites were caricaturized by black actors appearing in whiteface and behaving as broadly as their old minstrel show counterparts.
The play takes place in a rural town somewhere below the Mason-Dixon Line. On a random Tuesday, the white residents wake up to find that all the people of color have mysteriously disappeared. As shoes go unshined, white-only public restrooms go uncleaned and babies are left uncared-for, the municipality devolves into stunned disarray and then utter chaos. There’s talk of a police officer going crazy when he has no black men to assault. A Klu Klux Klan member expresses his disappointment that he wasn’t the one to drive “The Blacks” out of town and hopes that they will return so he can do so.
“Day of Absence” is a light entertainment with a heavy message, the kind that finds you laughing and feeling peculiar doing so. It is an important play – a gateway play – that would eventually give rise to works like George C. Wolfe’s 1986 take-no-prisoners satire “The Colored Museum,” which says the unthinkable and says it with uncompromising wit and leaves its audience an emotional wreck.
Karamu has resurrected Ward’s one-act for reasons best left to the audience’s sense of social awareness.
Nathan A. Lilly directs a solid production housed within a red, white and blue performance space cleverly designed by Prophet D. Seay to resemble a minstrel show stage. Inda Blatch-Geib has dressed the performers in clownishly clashing costuming that denotes the satire that drives this play.
The one problem with this production is that most of the members of this talented ensemble (Lachaka A. Askew, Jeannine Gaskin, Jailyn Sherell Harris, Robert Hunter, Maya T. Jones, Austin Black Sasser, Prophet D. Seay, Nate Summers and Sherrie Tolliver) fail to find a rural stereotype to call their own and make it sufficiently whitewashed. Only Hunter as the corrupt and incompetent Mayor, Seay as a variety of red necked yokels and bumpkins, and Jones playing an assortment of male and female locals get what the playwright was going after.
As a result, this play is less funny than it could be. More importantly, it makes white audience members like me less uncomfortable than we should be and has black audience members laughing at caricatures that more closely resemble those of the old blackface minstrelsy. For research, the cast should watch TV reruns of “The Dukes of Hazzard” and use Boss Hogg, his idiot son Cletus Hogg, and Sheriff Rosco for inspiration. Ernest T. Bass from “The Andy Griffith Show” is also up for grabs.
“Dying is easy,” said famed 1940s performer Edmund Gwenn on his deathbed. “Comedy is hard.” Satire in whiteface is even harder. CV
‘Day of Absence’ at Karamu
WHERE: Arena Theatre, 2355 E. 89th St., Cleveland
WHEN: Through Nov. 18
TICKETS & INFO: $25-$40, Call 216-795-7077 or visit karamuhouse.org
Bob Abelman covers professional theater and cultural arts for the Cleveland Jewish News. Follow Bob at Facebook.com/BobAbelman3 or visit cjn.org/Abelman. 2018 Ohio Media Editors best columnist.
Originally published in the Cleveland Jewish News on Nov. 15, 2018.
Lead image: Jailyn Sherell Harris and Robert Hunter | Photo / Vince Robinson
Tags: Bob Abelman Karamu House
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Book Review: The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon
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Welcome to my fourth book review! I will be reviewing The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon. I came across this book when I was doing research on interracial romance novels, and this book was listed in an article. The blurb got me because I’m a sucker for lesbian romance, and it was interracial. I usually don’t go for lesbian romances when one of the female main characters is cheating on a partner, but the reviewer in the article said that it didn’t shy away from the consequences. I decided to take a chance and read it, so here’s my review.
The Fling by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Three months before her wedding to her post-college sweetheart, reality show producer Annie Collins finally acknowledges her dormant desires. Wrapped in the arms of another woman—her trainer, Oksana Gorinkov—Annie experiences a physical heat she never knew existed. Soon the one-night stand meant to be her final farewell to the single life stretches into a consuming month-long affair, the genuine intensity of which neither woman can ignore. Annie sees where her heart belongs, and though the objections from her family and friends and the scars from Oksana’s ex threaten to drive them back to their respective sides of Los Angeles, Annie knows she must fight for this relationship, a real love worth much more than any fantasy she’s ever dreamed up.
The book starts off with a sex scene, and I approve of this method. Annie is slowly exploring Oksana’s body, and she’s surprised by a few colorings along her body since Oksana is biracial (African and Russian). Oksana has unusually sensitive nipples (a tad unbelievable, but possible if you consider outliers). Annie is the one in charge since she’s always wanted to fuck a woman, and she and Oksana have a lot of fun. Oksana is gone when she wakes up.
Then we get some backstory on Annie. Oksana is her trainer, and Annie had a hall pass for a month while her fiancé, Jeff, was on a bachelor vacation in Europe. Annie has always been curious about women, and this is what she wanted instead of a bachelorette party. When Annie propositioned Oksana, Oksana agreed to it. Afterwards, they had some awkward flirty moments over text messages.
We switch over to Oksana’s life next and learn that she lives with her Russian grandmothers and her younger teen sister. The stirrings of insta-love begin as Oksana and Annie text each other, but Oksana is conflicted since Annie is engaged and her client. When they meet for the next training session, they end up making out afterwards. The event has Oksana in such a fog that her grandmother and sister pick up in it right away and question her. Oksana decides to put a stop to things with Annie, and Annie is heartbroken.
But the two lovebirds can’t stay away from each other, and they start hanging out more. Annie meets Oksana’s friends and family, and Oksana meets one of Annie’s friends. It gets to the point where Annie decides to call off her wedding because she’s never been in love like this before. She tells her fiancé first, and he tells everyone else. Her mother drops by and makes some racist comments with Oksana present, but Annie is firm on her breakup with Jeff.
Her parents disown her, and she’s forced to move out of her apartment which belonged to her parents. Oksana asks her to move in, but Annie wants time to figure things out on her own. It makes Oksana angry because she had been the one to initially suggest that they take things slow, but now Annie wanted to do it after they fell in love. Annie lives with Megan for a few weeks until Megan tells her straight up that she screwed things up with Oksana.
Annie gets her life together and reunites with Oksana, and happily ever after.
Review: 4/5 stars
This book was good, but it didn’t really grab me. The sort of insta-love between Annie and Oksana didn’t convince me much. It mentioned their background together and their friendship, but since the book started off with them having sex, I didn’t get much of a sense of their relationship beforehand. While I liked the opening sex scene, it didn’t show me how well they got along as trainer and client. That part was summarized, and I feel like it should have been shown not told.
I’m glad the cheating aspect was handled well, and Annie was forced to face the consequences of her actions. I rarely see that in fiction, but I’m glad it was in the book. The sex scenes were amazing and hot, and I could feel Annie’s inexperience and desire for Oksana during their first coupling. It was cute and sexy, and Rebekah did a good job.
I was going to rate it 3 or 3.5 stars, but that’s just my personal bias on the book since it has some themes I don’t agree with that. However, it’s a good book, so I’ll give it 4 stars.
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South Sulawesi flood death toll hits 200
JAKARTA - The death toll climbed to 200 after flash floods and landslides swept through villages in the eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, and left more than 130 others missing, officials said Thursday. 'The latest reports we've gotten from the field now show the death toll reached 200,' said Yustin, an official at the disaster task force, told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa from the provincial capital of Makassar, about 1,400 kilometres northeast of Jakarta.
Yustin, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said 184 of the deaths came from Sinjai district alone, the most-devastated area, while 16 other deaths were from five other different districts of South Sulawesi. At least 133 residents were reported still missing and feared dead, while the floods and landslides also left more than 7,000 homeless. They were being evacuated to makeshift shelters.
Andi Rudyanto Asapa, chief of the worst-hit Sinjai district, said the death toll would increase as dozens of others were still reported missing. 'There are many residents still missing, who were either swept away or have been buried alive under the mudslides,' Asapa told dpa. About 30 homes in five different villages were buried under tons of soil, he said, adding that the disaster swept the region when locals were asleep. Dozens of people were presumed to have been buried alive under their flattened houses.
The early Tuesday flash flood, triggered by heavy rains since Monday, inundated or heavily damaged hundreds of houses in seven districts in the province, officials said. Asapa said rescue workers, including soldiers, police and civilians, have been searching the affected areas for bodies and digging into piles of mud from landslides to look for possible survivors. But the roads have been buried by landslides, hampering their work, and additional heavy equipment is needed to reopen them.
The floods also swept away hundreds of houses, inundated thousands of hectares of fields, destroyed six bridges, and cut power and telephone communications to the affected regions, other officials said. Vice President Jusuf Kalla said he believes deforestation was the cause of the extreme flooding in South Sulawesi province, and urged an investigation into claims that the flooding may have been caused by illegal logging.
'I think there had been deforestation at Mount Bawahkaraeng. As the flood came so unexpectedly it is an indication that the condition of the forests there was no longer good,' the state-run Antara news agency quoted Kalla as saying. The floods are the latest calamity to hit the vast archipelago nation during this year's rainy season.
In early January, landslides and flash floods swept through several villages in Central and East Java provinces, killing more than 120 people and injuring dozens of others. Hundreds of dwellings were destroyed and thousands of villagers forced from their homes.
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This Baby Had No Wings . . . But She Could Fly!
Lady Skywriter's 1947 Cadillac Series 62 convertible being polished by son Rick
I've been corresponding with two men who are presently engaged in searching out information about their respective father's early careers with Northwest Airlines. Their stories converge in the late 1940s and 1950s.
Rick Seireeni's dad was a Captain for NWA and Peter Jenkins' dad was NWA Director of Operations for Tokyo and Shanghai, and retired as Vice President, Orient Region.
I'd already been engaged in a very small way with Rick's search for information about his dad, Al Johnson, when Peter contacted me seeking information about his father, Reg Jenkins. When it became apparent that both fathers were in Tokyo and Shanghai about the same time, I suggested they talk.
They have, with amazing results. Reg Jenkins knew Al Johnson and their families spent time together in Tokyo.
In their dialog, which they shared with me, one small item that came to the surface triggered this post.
Peter Jenkins recalled seeing Al Johnson driving around Tokyo in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Although he was an impressionable kid at the time, Peter claims that Al Johnson's yellow Caddy convert made a big splash with the locals, too.
This information sent me to my garage, where I had mounted some photos on the wall of my 1947 Series 62 yellow Cadillac convertible. The photos had been on the garage wall for years, gradually fading into the "unseeingness" of things that have been in the same place for a long time.
It has been fun to mentally return to the pleasure owning this terrific car gave me. I removed the photos from their plexiglass frame and promptly scanned them to save for posterity. I was not the original owner, being only 12 when it was manufactured, but bought mine later in life. After enjoying it for a few years, and a harrowing ride up I-35W during which I repeated The Lord's Prayer over and over, I decided I needed to either become an auto mechanic or marry one, and neither option appealed to me. I sold her to another enthusiast.
While I owned her, I had her interior restored with the original upholstery and she won First Place in the only vintage car show I entered her in. Thanks for the memories, guys!
It turns out this was not the model Al Johnson drove, but close. His was a 1950 Series 62 yellow Cadillac convertible.
Very close.
Oh how I remember you telling me when you bought the "baby" that you could have put the money into mutual funds, but then you'd only have a certificate or something. This investment, on the other hand, would take you places you really wanted to go.
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Instanews #73: That Wes Anderson Movie
Published Mon, Nov 5, 2012 by Breki Tomasson, Jack Marshall and Petter Mårtensson
This is episode 73 of Geek Positive for Monday, October 5th.
Today, Jack and I talk about … well; not much at all, to be honest. It was a dull week-end in geek news, by all accounts. Still, we manage to dissect the works of Wes Anderson, discuss Marvel Comics in the movies and much more.
Remember to rate us on iTunes and tell ALL your friends how amazing we are. Jack and I can be found on Twitter as @Tofu_Jack and @BrekiT. If you want to support us by sponsoring the show with a message, promotion or phrase, please visit CSICON.org/sponsor for more details.
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Both Petter Mårtensson and Arkenor Oakshadow featured as regular guests for a segment known as The Deathmatch of Death and More Death, a ladder-style competition that pit heroes and villains from popular culture against each other. Petter and Arkenor would argue the case for their randomly picked hero of the week, and listeners would vote via the website.
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Still from Workers!, three women replace posters with photographs of sex workers, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists).
Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP’s ‘Workers!’: renewing the aesthetics and politics of 1970s feminism
by Victoria Horne • November 2019
Workers! is a research project directed by Petra Bauer in collaboration with the sex worker-led charity SCOT-PEP and facilitated by Collective, an arts organisation in Edinburgh.1 SCOT-PEP was established in the late 1980s and the group continues to organise and campaign for the labour rights of sex workers, including the full decriminalisation of sex work in Scotland.2 Taking place between 2015 and 2019, the Workers! project resulted in a thirty-eight minute documentary film FIG. 1 , a banner designed with the artist Fiona Jardine and an archive of resources including published articles, books and an hour of audio recordings with participants. The film insists on situating sex work within a general labour movement and in so doing endeavours to shift the discussion from a moral to a material ground. This emphasis on labour, as articulated by Molly Smith and Juno Mac, follows the approach of the International Campaign for Wages for Housework in the 1970s, which argued that ‘naming something as work is the crucial first step in refusing to do it – on your own terms’.3
The narrative structure of the film is straightforward: the camera follows a group of unnamed women as they appear to prepare a conference or corporate event over a single day in the Scottish Trade Union Congress building in Glasgow. The viewing experience is restrained yet intimate, as we listen to seemingly unscripted conversations about holidays, moving house, work, run-ins with the police or landlords, feminism and representation; all layered over protracted sequences of food preparation, cleaning and other household or organisational labours. Although this is a documentary about sex work, it quickly becomes apparent that the focus is on work rather than on sex.
FIG. 1 Still from Workers!, showing walls decorated with posters, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists).
The purpose of this article is not to dwell on the legal, ethical or philosophical entanglements of prostitution, but to explore the aesthetic and political strategies employed in the project. Workers! provides an intriguing example of visual-activist culture within contemporary art, in that the filmmakers negotiate the challenge of documenting the politics of the sex-work labour struggle and producing an advocacy film, while retaining the anonymity of its socially stigmatised subjects. In order to achieve this, Bauer and SCOT-PEP returned to pivotal moments in the feminist archive, to the films, publications and debates that forged a cultural context for their work. This return reopens significant cultural inquiries associated with late twentieth-century feminism, including whether there are particular ways of making and distributing films as feminists, and if there is a feminist aesthetic.
The spectacle of feminist activism
In her book The Spectacle of Woman: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907–14 (1987), Lisa Tickner characterises that activist moment in terms of spectacle and pageantry, describing how, for early twentieth-century feminists, visual strategies were crucial in their battle for political and social representation FIG. 2 . Although they rarely engaged with the visual arts directly, suffragists strategically employed banners FIG. 3 , postcards, fashion and large-scale public spectacle to stake a claim on what was a predominantly masculine political sphere.4 Across the intervening century spectacular mass protest has become an established means of expressing dissent. However, while some of the organising strategies endured, for some decades in the mid-twentieth century the women’s suffrage campaign faded in memory; it was considered ‘marginal to the interests of political historians’ and its visual history too ‘ephemeral’ or ‘political’ for the interests of art historians.5 This observation orientates us towards the ebbs and flows of activist history, indicating that the reason particular struggles move in and out of historical vision is always a question of power, as is the matter of which subjects are permitted to represent themselves.
FIG. 2 The Women’s Franchise Demonstration. 1910. Photograph. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
FIG. 3 Be Just and Fear Not, banner designed by the Artists Suffrage League and made by Theodora Mills of the Cheltenham Women’s Suffrage Society. 1908–13. Mixed fabrics with applied paint. (The Cheltenham Trust and Cheltenham Borough Council; Bridgeman Images).
The achievements of the women’s suffrage campaigns are now firmly lodged in the United Kingdom’s memory culture. Contemporary feminist scholarship is moreover markedly attentive to the means by which popular knowledge about the past is transmitted to the present. Red Chidgey has suggested that we are living through an era of ‘assemblage memory’, in which the political past is pieced together and mediated through works of art, blogs, festivals and protest imagery.6 Think, for instance, of protest participants wearing suffragette costumes and how these are employed to positively invoke traditions of disobedience and resistance. This affirmative cultural mode marks a clear (if sometimes limited) re-engagement with activist pasts, following years of what Angela McRobbie has described as a cultural politics of ‘postfeminist disarticulation’, in which previous feminist movements were repudiated as unfashionable and irrelevant to younger women’s lives.7 Resonating with this language of remediation or historicist assemblage, Bauer described her ambitions for Workers!:
We wanted to insert sex work into a historical labour movement, to rewrite that history. In a way, that is the political intention and the political potentiality of the film. It is something that has been done and cannot be undone. The labour movement has to consider it. And I feel proud that we did that.8
The film’s production was driven by the desire to register a marginalised form of labour publicly, to contextualise it historically and to situate it upon a broader landscape of feminised reproductive labour – that under-appreciated and under-compensated work of cooking, cleaning and caring that reproduces the labour force on a daily and generational basis. Workers! is therefore deliberately situated on a continuum with earlier moments of political organising, and its historical self-consciousness is very much a product of our current memorialising moment’s affirmative relationship to feminist-activist pasts.
FIG. 4 Installation view of A Morning Breeze, by Petra Bauer. 2015. (Venice Biennale; courtesy the artist).
Bauer’s interest and engagement with early twentieth-century activisms can be observed across her career, although the historiographic impulse underpinning her contribution to the 2015 Venice Biennale is especially striking. A Morning Breeze FIG. 4 recovered documents and group photographs from the records of socialist women’s groups in Sweden between 1907 and 1920, exhibiting them within a pseudo-archival environment in which audiences inhabited the role of historian by interacting with digital slide projectors and archival materials. The cloth banner produced by SCOT-PEP, with its slogan ‘Rights. Safety. Justice’ FIG. 5 , is a similarly evocative gesture towards the past. It recalls the industrious banner production of suffragists and trade unionists, although updated by its digital printing method and playful neon script announcing ‘Sex Workers’.
FIG. 5 The SCOT-PEP banner, by Fiona Jardine. 2019. (Photograph Tom Nolan; courtesy the artist).
The activist L.A. Kauffmann has suggested that we can learn to ‘read’ protests through the signs people carry, and that both the production (professional or artisanal?) and message (individual or collectively driven?) reveal valuable information about the structural nature of the action.9 According to Tickner, suffrage banners were valued as ‘portable’, ‘decorative’ and ‘informative’, while women’s ‘collective banner-making’ evoked communal and creative ‘pleasures’ FIG. 6 .10 Echoing these pleasures, Bauer’s film shows SCOT-PEP members comfortably chatting while cutting, pasting and experimenting with banner designs FIG. 7 . The banner thus constitutes a reinvention of a historic form in both materials and meaning: it blends old and new media, communicates a radical message and affiliates Workers! with activist organising strategies so strongly associated with the previous century.11
FIG. 6 Suffragettes making banners. 1910. Photograph. (Museum of London).
FIG. 7 Still from Workers!, showing SCOT-PEP members making banners and promotional material, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists).
The film is set at the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) headquarters, a converted Victorian schoolhouse in Glasgow’s West End. SCOT-PEP’s one-day occupation of this imposing red-brick building is a powerfully symbolic gesture in the struggle to register prostitution as work.12 Tracking a figure as she enters the building, Bauer’s camera then roams the empty interior, scanning tattered campaign posters about 'performance management' or asking 'does your boss keep your tips?'. The beige walls are decorated with banners and photographs commemorating earlier battles and stencilled with poetry valorising collective organisation. Yet these established cultural celebrations of labour are off-limits to SCOT-PEP because its members are seen as ‘the wrong kind of worker’.13 According to the film’s discussions, members had been refused permission to use the building for an earlier event and – fuelling their exasperation – when arranging a rally to protest the STUC’s decision, the group’s posters were deemed ‘too contentious’ by most print shops in the area. As one voice observes, the message was clear: ‘You can’t meet here. You can’t have the venue. But you also can’t have the signs to protest that!’
FIG. 8 Still from Workers!, three women replace posters with photographs of sex workers, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists).
The location, union imagery and narration hint at the complex political and representational field within which Workers! is attempting to intervene. Tickner has noted how, for the suffragists a century ago, the labour movement ‘offered an important example of an oppositional group engaged in the invention of its own symbolic tradition’.14 Workers! stages a similarly tactical engagement with these traditions, although the way that the power of contemporary unions is wavering is left curiously unexplored. In 2018, for instance, the STUC announced its decision to sell its impressive building to private developers, who plan to convert it to student accommodation.15 Against these shifting sands of urban politics, planning and capital, SCOT-PEP’s occupation of this site is especially meaningful. The filmmakers’ optimistic engagement with certain traditions of the labour movement ensure that the movement remains a source of inspiration, even as its shortcomings are acknowledged. Thus in an extended segment of the film we watch three women methodically remove framed photographs from the walls and replace them with tacked photographs of sex-worker meetings, rallies, and protest signs FIG. 8 ; the act constituting a symbolic, if temporary, intervention into a history that has sought to exclude them.
Renewing aesthetic strategies
As well as situating Workers! in relation to the social history of trade union organising, and working in a way that is not dissimilar to the second-wave’s repossession of suffragist histories, the film’s formal strategies knowingly echo the conceptual and aesthetic tactics developed by the feminist movement of the 1970s. The wider research project included regular workshops on key films, articles and books about sex work, art work and housework. A selection of these materials is gathered in a research folio exhibited alongside the film which acts as a bibliography of references. Two films stand out as especially pivotal influences. Carole Roussopoulos’s documentary Les Prostituées De Lyon Parlent (The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak Out; 1975) is a short film made in the context of a sex workers’ occupation of a church in Lyon in protest against police brutality and lethal working conditions FIG. 9 . Roussolpoulos’s trust in the engaging eloquence of her subjects is evident in the lightly edited, talking-head format of the film, through which its core arguments are unfolded. Its influence is decisively felt in the informal conversational style of Workers!, as well as its succinct length, its educational mission and the fact that the film was made with rather than about sex workers.
FIG. 9 Extract from Les Prostituées De Lyon Parlent (The Prostitutes of Lyon Speak Out), by Carole Roussopoulos. 1975. Documentary film, 3 mins 41 secs. (Courtesy Audiovisuel Simone de Beauvoir, Paris).
In Workers! faces are, for the most part, hidden from the viewer (something also true of many of the women in Roussopoulos’s film). Participant anonymity is secured through imaginative framing as we watch activities from unusual angles – from behind or above, reflected in mirrors and puddles – or are shown slices of bodies and torsos and legs as they walk past a low-level camera. Bauer’s lens most often focuses on hands busy at work. We watch hands decorated with pointed, peach-painted or sparkly nails, as they stack chairs, open blinds, wipe tables, wash fruit, clean dishes and sew banners. Bauer refers to these acts as ‘gestures of feminine reproductive labour’ and the close, compressed shots draw the viewer into these dully familiar actions.16 The conversational dialogue is layered over these sequences in what Lauren Houlton describes as ‘a form of collaging’, which persistently links ‘sex work to reproductive labour’.17 This collage technique formally embeds the conversations relating to prostitution in the material realities of care and maintenance that sustain both individuals and social movements over time.
These durational passages of household and organisational labour resonate with another of the film’s major influences, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman: 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975). This almost four-hour film scrupulously tracks a widowed mother over three days in her apartment as she follows a measured regime of cooking, cleaning, childcare and sex work. Akerman, as Patricia Sequeira Brás writes, ‘deploy[s] cinematic time to allude to the constant and ongoing process of reproductive labour itself’.18 Duration is therefore experienced in not only the real-time depiction of reproductive activities, but in the film’s poetic registering of prolonged, repetitious actions that smudge together in an almost indistinguishable haze FIG. 10 . Although far shorter in length, Workers! echoes the cinematic temporality of Akerman’s film in its sequences of unrelenting reproductive and organisational labour. This is work that never ends, yet leaves nothing permanent in its wake, as clean dishes become dirty and sated mouths become hungry again FIG. 11 .
FIG. 10 Still from Jeanne Dielman: 23 quai de Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, by Chantal Akerman. 1975. (Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris).
Both Workers! and Jeanne Dielman almost entirely avoid the direct representation of sex (except in the latter’s dramatic ending, which shows Dielman with one of her clients). This may be a logical response to prostitution’s burdened representation to the challenge of representing sexuality beyond spectacle but it also acknowledges the extent to which women’s housework and sex work are interwoven under capitalist social conditions. This is not to say they are equivalent, but Brás argues that domestic work and sex work in Jeanne Dielman ‘are different only in form, because housework and prostitution are the two sides of the same reproductive labour’.19 Similarly, the narrative and aesthetic composition of Workers! invites its audience to at least consider how the conditions od sex work connect with broader feminist and workers’ struggles. In its careful ‘collaging’ of sex work, domestic work and art work, Workers! implies that the social, economic and psychic structures shaping these modes of work are the same, even as the labour practices and effects are distinctive.
As Federici writes, sexuality under capitalism is work, although ‘we know that this [sex] is a parenthesis which the rest of the day or the week will deny’.20 Thus she contends it is not a natural experience, joyfully distinct from all other socialised conditions of existence, but is woven into the fabric of our working lives. Reflecting this parenthetical structure, in Akerman’s drama sex occurs mainly in filmic ellipses, while Workers! withholds its direct representation altogether. This is somewhat contradictory: by refusing to represent this labour it is underlined as distinctive or singular and the tactic perversely fuels interest by frustrating the viewer’s prurient desire for more information. One ambivalent reviewer even suggested that sex (work) is ‘the elephant in the room’.21
This discomfort or friction is essential to understanding the film’s position, the representational gap pointing to sex work’s entangled nexus of waged and unwaged, formal and informal labour, and economic and sexual autonomy. The filmmakers do not locate the immediate problems faced by sex workers in the labour itself, but in the social conditions that criminalise and drive it underground. Consequently this is not the site that needs to be represented. Moreover, in Workers! the absent time of this unrepresented labour (sex work) is thrown sharply into relief against the banal drudgery of care work and organisational labour. This reminds viewers that the issue of time is one frequently raised by sex workers as a motivating factor, given the low-paid and time-intensive nature of other jobs often available. Understanding and improving the realities of sex work consequently requires not moral reasoning, but comprehending its connection to wider, often dismal and coercive, economic conditions.
Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman is notable for its total absence of reverse shots, a framing technique that Bauer borrows to avoid showing the film’s subjects directly and to interrupt the documentary camera’s naturalised window onto its subjects. One scene in particular expresses the film’s ambivalent attitude towards direct visual representation FIG. 12 . It is strikingly composed: two women huddle under a red umbrella with another resting between their legs, the intimate tableau reflected in a glassy puddle on the tarmac. The red umbrella has been the international symbol of sex workers since the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001, where sex workers paraded through the city’s narrow streets, the bright red canopies at once making visible and shielding their occupants.22 It is apposite that this iconography emerged at an art fair, given the historic entanglements of visual art, sexuality and spectacle. For while the realities of sex work may be under-represented in trade union-led labour struggles, prostitution is profoundly overdetermined in cultural representation as the ultimate ‘fallen woman’. Lynda Nead has written at length about the aestheticisation and popularisation of this figure in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, suggesting that:
the prostitute was a cipher for a certain version of modernity, which emphasised the transitory nature of modern life, the loss of permanent values and the transformation of emotional relationships into economic exchange. It was romantic and melancholy, and it was a fantasy.23
That she was writing critically about a 2015 exhibition on the theme of prostitution evidences that such fantasies are not confined to history.
FIG. 12 Still from Workers!, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists).
The two women sheltered beneath the red umbrella reproach feminists for taking a paternalistic position and not listening to sex workers or treating them as experts in their own lives; and they touch upon ideology, stating that ‘emotion shouldn’t have a place in policy’. Most pertinently, they argue that female prostitutes serve a ‘symbolic function’ and the conversation too often gets stuck in a representational space. ‘What does it mean’, one voice asks, ‘that women sell sex? What do sex workers symbolise?’ Their conversation implies that focusing on these ideologically driven questions diverts feminist energy from addressing immediate material concerns, including how to improve safety and ensure economic stability for sex workers. This critical position, alongside the refusal to depict or discuss sex work directly, generates an uncertainty. Workers! is not a campaign film with a straightforward message; rather, it is a discussion- and research-led film exploring sex work and its cultural representation. Is this not, therefore, precisely the space to reflect on those ideological and symbolic questions? To think critically, for example, of the power dynamics that persistently allow (predominantly) men to sexually exploit women.
Bauer has reflected on the complexities of working with this stigmatised group, suggesting that its members are ‘about surviving economically and socially, and so there’s a lot of vulnerability and precariousness and problems in being visible’.24 Elsewhere she elaborated:
As a filmmaker, this challenged me. How can you show bodies at work, and bodies organising, without showing faces? But, more importantly, how do you address the politics of SCOT-PEP without making anyone visible? How can you even make politics without being visible? 25
FIG. 13 Installation view of Women and Work: A Document on the Division of Labour in Industry at the South London Gallery. 1975. (Courtesy South London Gallery Archives; Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London; and PayneShurvell Gallery, London).
In seeking to answer these questions Bauer looked towards feminist aesthetic debates of the 1970s and 1980s, at which time theorists and artists developed alternative, conceptual systems of representation in resistance to the compromised traditions of the visual. For instance, Women and Work: A Document on the Division of Labour in Industry (1975) FIG. 13 , an exhibition led by Margaret Harrison, Kay Hunt and Mary Kelly, abstained from direct representation in favour of quasi-sociological, diaristic and tape-recorded traces of its subjects, box-factory labourers in London.26 The documentation draws attention to the disparate pay and promotional opportunities between men and women at the factory, and how these were affected by the 1970 Equal Pay Act. Women and Work introduced second-wave feminist politics to conceptualism’s cool iconophobia and, although its formal aesthetics are now fairly ubiquitous across contemporary art, the thematic correspondences with Workers! lend weight to this resemblance FIG. 14 . The gallery-library display of Workers!, featuring headsets, box files and documents FIG. 15 , formally echoes Women and Work’s archival installation environment, while the focus on how women’s labour struggles are inseparable from the broader realm of non-paid work extends the political and conceptual focus.
FIG. 15 Installation view of Workers!, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists and University of Edinburgh; exh. University of Edinburgh).
As the camera follows SCOT-PEP cleaning and preparing the building’s familiar internal spaces, the film recalls another documentary, also set within featureless, bureaucratic office buildings and following the movements of rarely seen female workers. Nightcleaners, produced by the Berwick Street Film Collective, charted efforts to unionise the women who cleaned London’s office blocks at night FIG. 16 .27 In 1971–72 the collective spent eighteen months with union organisers and activists, filming the cleaners at work, before a protracted period of editing the film, which was not completed until 1975. Although not included in the Workers! research folio, the film is a vital touchstone for Bauer.28 Most obviously these are both documentaries about the organisation of a feminised workforce. Nightcleaners’ themes of femininity, labour, urban experience and migration resonate with that of Workers! and, as Sheila Rowbotham writes of the former, in a comment equally applicable to the latter, it ‘offers a rare insight into the experiences of a group of women who even within the working class have little visibility as historical subjects’.29
FIG. 16 Still from Nightcleaners, by the Berwick Street Film Collective. 1975. Film, 90 mins. (Courtesy of Berwick Street Film Collective: Humphry Trevelyan, Mary Kelly, James Scott, Marc Karlin; and LUX, London).
Both films strive to generate thinking on the critical potential of the medium to contribute to activism, and to interrupt the conventions of representing work and working-class women in that medium. Nightcleaners, however, drew vociferous criticism for what was understood as the incommensurability of its activist subject and avant-garde medium, and as Siona Wilson describes it, ‘many feminist activists harshly rejected it because it failed to deliver a straightforward campaign message: the intersections of race, class and gender remained intractably dissonant’.30 A similar charge could be levelled at Workers!, and one might ask whether Bauer’s practice of working with activist groups (her previous film Sisters! was made in collaboration with the Southall Black Sisters, who organise against domestic and gender-related violence in South London)31 serves to appropriate their energies for a rapacious art world. What does it mean that this document of SCOT-PEP’s struggle has been produced for a gallery environment, rather than – as with Roussopoulos’s film, for example – for the streets and spaces in which those struggles materialised?32 The producer Frances Stacey points out, however, that the partnership is ‘mutually appropriative’ as SCOT-PEP continues to work with these materials and to distribute the film in contexts beyond its artistic origins.33
Nightcleaners epitomises the avant-garde engagement in the 1970s with deconstructive film theory, which was loosely derived from Bertolt Brecht via the journal Screen. Its experimental strategies included disruptive techniques such as the insertion of black leader tape,34 inconsistent voiceovers and sudden shifts in perspective. Brechtian influenced cinema of the period sought to merge pedagogy with activism via distancing aesthetic tactics that interrupted the representational and narrative realism of film, thus emotionally and intellectually provoking its audiences into action (at least in theory). Although the framing and sound editing of Workers! is far less aggressive than Nightcleaners, its unusual framing and refusal to clearly display its subjects generates a discomfiting sense of peering in; one is always aware of watching a film. The scenes are smoothly edited, inviting identification with its subjects as we watch the women complete their quotidian organisational tasks in the compressed spaces of the screen. Workers! does not therefore seek to suspend visual and narrative pleasure but embraces a Brechtian definition of activist film that involves ‘both entertainment and the pleasure of making new sense of the world’.35
Disseminating Workers!
The contexts and infrastructures for encountering feminist-activist films have changed considerably since 1975, when the works of Roussopoulos, Akerman and Berwick Street Film Collective were first circulated. Workers! is, however, inconceivable without the theoretical and aesthetic strategies established by feminist documentary and conceptual practices of that period. The film self-consciously enacts these associations for reasons practical (in order to avoid the direct representation of stigmatised subjects), political (to advocate for workers’ rights) and aesthetic (to assert the renewed necessity of political filmmaking in face of a perceived crisis in the organisation of paid and unpaid labour).36
In addition to the gallery exhibition at Collective and public screenings of the film, the University of Edinburgh has acquired the film, banner and research folio for its Contemporary Art Research Collection.37 This acquisition – despite its relatively privileged and limited audience – fulfils the film’s pedagogical ambitions and satisfies the Brechtian belief that political film must comprise a learning situation.38 The project’s research folio FIG. 17 , meanwhile, is designed ‘with the intention to be used by researchers as a starting point for future research on feminist practices and sex work politics’. Thus the project is intended as a dynamic activation of ideas rather than an artefact to be archived and consumed.
FIG. 17 The research folio for Workers!, by Petra Bauer and SCOT PEP. 2018. (Courtesy the artists and University of Edinburgh; exh. University of Edinburgh).
Nightcleaners, as Wilson puts it, continuously reminds viewers of the ‘labour on both sides of the camera’.39 By refusing to conceal the filmic labour and foregrounding the editorial cuts with black-tape interruptions, it generates critical reflection on the film’s representation of labour, union organising and processes of signification. Workers! adapts such tactics but does something conceptually distinctive by exhibiting the research processes that went into producing the film; documenting the workshops, readings and taped conversations between participants. In line with contemporary socially engaged art practices and the ‘artist-as-researcher’ model,40 the library installation and research folio highlight the intellectual labour underpinning the project, as well as generating multiple points of entry for viewers. Workers!, as the title suggests, is thus ultimately a project about many different forms of work and the value each is accorded – sex work, the reproductive work of labour organising, art work, research and educational work. It is also about the ideological work that culture does in obscuring the realities of sex work and misdirecting the conversation.
The suite of referenced films – Les Prostituées De Lyon Parlent, Jeanne Dielman and Nightcleaners – were all shown in 1975 as part of a wider social and cultural context that included deindustrialisation, widespread strikes, economic uncertainty and a thriving women’s liberation movement. Today we are witnessing a further reorganisation of work, as the characteristics of feminised care labour – precarity, vulnerability, poor wages, long and inconsistent hours – creep into all areas of the workforce. Consequently, the Workers! project suggests that the activist orientation of 1970s socialist-feminist art is strikingly, if depressingly, germane.
Returning to Tickner’s recovery of suffragist pageantry, spectacle and activism in the context of second-wave feminism; as one reviewer suggested, ‘the book could not have been written until now [when] quite self-consciously, contemporary feminism “entered the battlefield of representations”’.41 This led to ‘the production of tools appropriate to re-read the suffrage campaigns, so that they cease to be a purely historical, nostalgically irrelevant past and become a vivid and complex moment of our present’. Given the recursive nature of contemporary feminism, with its memorialising and affirmative logics, Workers! is clearly an attempt to forge a relationship to earlier activist moments that goes beyond nostalgia. Workers! (to mirror those observations on Tickner) could not have been made until this period of renewed labour and sexual politics, and the project endeavours to equip its audience with tools to re-examine the labour politics of 1970s feminism and to instructively make use of its knowledge in face of present challenges.
Workers! lays bare the reasons for SCOT-PEP’s collective struggle and invites solidarity by offering an unremarkable yet humane portrait of its subjects in their everyday lives. The film concludes memorably with a shift, which dramatically stages the displacement of individual identity in favour of an anonymised, collective one. Demonstrating a standard privacy tactic among sex workers and sex-worker allies, Workers! ends with the camera’s silent scan of women’s bodies and – for the first time – recognisable faces, although in this crowd there is continued anonymity, and strength, in collective visibility.42
My thanks to Vered Maimon and Siona Wilson for inviting me to present an early version of this article at the conference ‘Activist Images and the Dissemination of Dissent’ at Tel Aviv University, 11th–13th June 2019.
https://doi.org/10.31452/bcj2.bauer.horne
Victoria Horne is a senior lecturer in art and design history at Northumbria University in Newcastle.
Petra Bauer and SCOT-PEP : Workers! was on view at Collective, Edinburgh, 13th April–30th June 2019.
See http://www.scot-pep.org.uk, accessed 10th September 2019.
M. Smith and J. Mac: Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights, London 2018, p.54. See also L. Toupin: Wages for Housework: A History of an International Feminist Movement, 1972–77, London 2018.
Suffrage artists collected within two main groups, the Suffrage Atelier and the Artists Suffrage League, see M. Garrett and Z. Thomas, eds: Suffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise, London 2018.
L. Tickner: The Spectacle of Woman: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign, 1907–14, London 1987, p.xi.
R. Chidgey: Feminist Afterlives: Assemblage Memory in Activist Times, London 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98737-8
A. McRobbie: The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change, London 2008.
L. Houlton: ‘SISTERS/WORKERS: Petra Bauer and Molly Smith [interview]’, Art Monthly 426 (May 2019), p.3. Emphasis added.
L.A. Kauffman: How to Read a Protest: the art of organizing and resistance, Oakland C.A 2018, p.4. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520972209
‘Banners and banner-making’, in Tickner, op. cit. (note 5), pp.60–73.
For a thorough discussion on the reinvention of protest banners in twenty-first century activist movements, see G. Adamson: ‘Banners unfurled’, Disegno 16 (2017), available at https://www.disegnodaily.com/article/banners-unfurled, accessed 10th September 2019.
Workers! took ten days to film but has been edited to appear as a single day.
As the SCOT-PEP member Molly Smith put it: ‘This is a space that’s supposed to be for workers and yet it is incredibly provocative for sex workers to occupy it because we are not seen as workers. We are the wrong kind of worker’, Houlton, op. cit. (note 8), p.3.
Tickner, op. cit. (note 5), p.57.
See 'STUC head office to be converted into private student flats', A Thousand Flowers: https://athousandflowers.net/2018/03/21, accessed 25th October 2019.
Conversation between Petra Bauer and the author at Collective Summer School, Edinburgh, 3rd June 2019.
Houlton, op. cit. (note 8), p.2.
P. Sequeira Brás: ‘Time and reproductive labour in Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) and Three Sisters (2012)’, Parse 9 (Spring 2019), available at https://parsejournal.com/article/time-and-reproductive-labour-in-jeanne-dielman-23-quai-du-commerce-1080-bruxelles-1975-and-three-sisters-2012/, accessed 11th September 2019.
S. Federici: ‘Sexuality is work’ [1975] reprinted in idem: Revolution at Point Zero: Housework, Reproduction, and Feminist Struggle, Oakland CA 2010, p.24.
S. Mansfield: ‘Art reviews’, The Scotsman (15th May 2019). Available online: https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/art-reviews-shadi-habib-allah-petra-bauer-and-scot-pep-ambit-photographies-from-scotland-1-4927540/, accessed 11th September 2019.
The red umbrella symbol materialised as part of an installation initiated by the Slovenian artist Tadej Pogachar. See ‘Origins of the red umbrella as the symbol of the sex worker rights movement’, Global Network of Sex Work Projects, https://www.nswp.org/timeline/event/origins-the-red-umbrella-the-symbol-the-sex-worker-rights-movement, accessed 28th October 2019.
L. Nead: ‘The exhibition conflates the gallery and the brothel’, Apollo: The International Art Magazine (December 2015), available at https://www.apollo-magazine.com/this-exhibition-conflates-the-gallery-and-the-brothel/, accessed 11th September 2019.
Petra Bauer in A. McNay: ‘Petra Bauer – interview’, Studio International, available at https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/petra-bauer-interview-crucial-sex-workers-leading-discussions-scot-pep-edinburgh-collective, accessed 11th September 2019.
See V. Horne: ‘Institutional dissonance’, Radical Philosophy 186 (2014), available at https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/reviews/bp-spotlight-sylvia-pankhurst-women-and-work, accessed 11th September 2019.
Nightcleaners was remastered and released on DVD by Koenig Books, LUX and Raven Row in 2018.
See P. Bauer: ‘Sisters! Making films, doing politics: an exploration in artistic research’, unpublished PhD diss. (Lund University, 2016). Her dissertation opens with an evocative description of viewing the film for the first time, pp.15–17.
S. Rowbotham: ‘Jolting memory: “Nightcleaners” recalled’, in M. Ruido, ed.: PLAN ROSEBUD: ON IMAGES, SITES AND POLITICS OF MEMORY, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela 2008, n.p, available at https://libcom.org/files/NightCleaners.pdf, accessed 22nd October 2019.
S. Wilson: Art Labor, Sex Politics: Feminist Effects in 1970s British Art and Performance, Minneapolis 2015, p.3. https://doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816685738.001.0001
See https://southallblacksisters.org.uk, accessed 28th October 2019.
Monitors hung outside the church of Saint-Nizier in Lyon played the film to passers-by during the occupation.
Email from Frances Stacey to the author, 7th September 2019.
This editing effect is usually only used briefly to indicate breaks between scenes, whereas in Nightcleaners the screen would darken for unusually long periods interrupting the flow of the documentary.
G. Pollock: ‘Screening the seventies: sexuality and representation in feminist practice: a Brechtian perspective’, in idem: Vision and Difference, London and New York 1988, pp.212–68, at p.244.
See N. Fraser: ‘Contradictions of capital and care’, New Left Review 100 (August 2016), available online https://newleftreview.org/issues/II100/articles/nancy-fraser-contradictions-of-capital-and-care, accessed 22nd October.
My thanks to Kirsten Lloyd for discussing this acquisition – and much more – when I was working on this article. I’m also very grateful for Fran Stacey’s invaluable conversations on the subject.
See C. Grant: ‘Learning and playing: re-enacting feminist histories’, in V. Horne and L. Perry, eds.: Feminism and Art History Now, London 2017. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350986404.ch-012
Wilson, op. cit. (note 29), p.10.
See G. Sullivan: ‘The artist as researcher’, in J. Wesseling, ed.: See it Again, Say it Again: The Artist as Researcher, Amsterdam 2011, pp.79–101.
G. Pollock: [book review] ‘The Spectacle of Women: Imagery of the Suffrage Campaign 1907–1914 by Lisa Tickner’, Journal of design History 3, no.1 (1990), pp.69–72. https://doi.org/10.1093/jdh/3.1.69.
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S.V. ASSEMBLYMAN REVEALS C^NDITI^NS. AT CHI KOA PRISON
AND NEW CIA ASSASSINATION PLAN
by Ho Ngoc Nhuan
Pacific News Service/LIBERATION News Service
[Editor's note: Ho Ngoc Nhuan has had a long
term interest in the prisons of South Vietnam 's
government. As a member of the Cay Tre opposition party in the National Assembly and a member of the Committee to Reform the Prison System, he has visited many South Vietnamese prisons over the past five years. His criticisms
of prison .conditions and his demands for explanations from the Vietnamese government have put
him in great disfavor with the Thieu regime.
On January 3rd, Mr. Nhuan was a member of a
delegation of assemblymen scheduled to tour three
prisons. During their visit to Chi Hoa prison Mr.
Nhuan's presence Was noted by prison officials
and the delegation was not allowed to proceed with
their tour of the other two prisons until he Was
excluded from the group.]
SAIGON, South Vietnam (PNS/LNS) -- Fear of
a settlement of the Vietnam war is everywhere in
Saigon official circles. To pave the way for the
"political" struggle sure to follow, the U.S. is
putting an additional tool in the hands of the
already powerful South Vietnamese police. A new-
program, with the simple name of F-6, is being
secretly installed to replace the (U.S.) CIA-
organized Phoenix program, which was recently discontinued. Like its predecessor, the new program
is aimed at "neutralizing" suspected Vietcong cadre and sympathizers,
Under F-6, suspects can now be arrested for
a wide range of reasons, and an accusation by one
person is enough for capture. Individuals and families who might have had some contact with "the
other side," perhaps only a relative in the North
or in the (National Liberation) Front, are now
under suspicion. There is hardly a family in the
South free from this "taint," including the highest ranking government officials. Even Thieu's
own people are ctomplaining privately about F-6
which hangs like a guillotine over everyone's
heads. They know all too well what South Vietnam's prisons are like.
Early in January I visited the Chi Hoa prison
in Saigon with two other assemblymen from South
Vietnam's lower house. The prison contains 7,500
inmates, of which only one-half are "common criminals" -- people jailed for violations of the
criminal codes. Over 2,000 are military prisoners,
draft dodgers, and violators of minor regulations
who would normally be kept out of sight at the
Go Vap Military Prison on the outskirts of Saigon,
But that institution is terribly overcrowded (as
are most of Vietnam's prisons now), so they are
at Chi Hoa, About half are awaiting a trial, and
the other half have been sentenced to hard labor
almost without exception.
Chi Hoa also contains from 450 to 500 children between the ages of 12 and 15, most of them
arrested for petty theft and drug offenses. Like
the military prisoners, they are overflow; the
The Due Juvenile Center can handle no more. The
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children are kept in cells separated from the
adult inmates, but their rations and general
conditions are the same.
Most of their crimes are petty, almost
ridiculous in view of the pervasive corruption
and lawlessness common in Saigon, As is the
case with so many unfortunate prisoners, these
children do not have families with enough
money (if they have families at all) to buy
their way out of jail.
Minh, a boy of 12, had been there for two
weeks when I saw him. His crime was "playing
the numbers" with the national lottery. Each
week millions of lottery numbers are sold, primarily to the poor who hope, if their number
is chosen, to get back a small part of what
the government has already taken in for its
own use. For years people have also made their
own private bets on which numbers will be drawn
in the national lottery. Suddenly, this type
of gambling has been outlawed, because the
government got no part of the take, and Minh
is in jail.
An additional 450 to 500 prisoners are
religious people; some Catholics, some Cao Dai,
Hoa Hao, and about 200 Buddhist clerics. Because of their vows and moral beliefs, all of
them have refused to be conscripted into the
armed forces. In Vietnam today they, the young
children, and the military prisoners who will
no longer fight a meaningless war, have one
thing in common beyond their incarceration at
Chi Hoa: in a general sense they are all political prisoners.
But it is the "dac biet" (special category)
prisoners who are political prisoners in the
narrower sense. Arrested and detained under
the authority of the "Security Committee," few
have ever been tried, though many have been
here considerable lengths of time.
Many of the inmates at Chi Hoa have already
completed the sentences given them in court,
but have not yet been released, One man I saw
had received a sentence of five years, later
reduced in the courts to four That was over
five years ago, and he continues to be imprisoned. Another was sentenced to three years imprisonment some four years ago.
In 1967, amid mass arrests, three students
were arrested on phony charges. Several assemblymen, including myself, intervened on
their behalf, and the courts found all of them
innocent and ordered their release, During my
visit to Chi Hoa I was astonished to come across
these same three students in cells where they
have been for the last five years,
A group of 25 other students in Chi Hoa
had been arrested for demonstrating. Ten had
been tried and found innocent, but were still
in jail. The remaining fifteen had not been
tried yet. Five of these had been held without trial since the one-man presidential election of October, 1971,
Conditions within the prison are abysmally
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Full text S.V. ASSEMBLYMAN REVEALS C^NDITI^NS. AT CHI KOA PRISON AND NEW CIA ASSASSINATION PLAN by Ho Ngoc Nhuan Pacific News Service/LIBERATION News Service [Editor's note: Ho Ngoc Nhuan has had a long term interest in the prisons of South Vietnam 's government. As a member of the Cay Tre opposition party in the National Assembly and a member of the Committee to Reform the Prison System, he has visited many South Vietnamese prisons over the past five years. His criticisms of prison .conditions and his demands for explanations from the Vietnamese government have put him in great disfavor with the Thieu regime. On January 3rd, Mr. Nhuan was a member of a delegation of assemblymen scheduled to tour three prisons. During their visit to Chi Hoa prison Mr. Nhuan's presence Was noted by prison officials and the delegation was not allowed to proceed with their tour of the other two prisons until he Was excluded from the group.] SAIGON, South Vietnam (PNS/LNS) -- Fear of a settlement of the Vietnam war is everywhere in Saigon official circles. To pave the way for the "political" struggle sure to follow, the U.S. is putting an additional tool in the hands of the already powerful South Vietnamese police. A new- program, with the simple name of F-6, is being secretly installed to replace the (U.S.) CIA- organized Phoenix program, which was recently discontinued. Like its predecessor, the new program is aimed at "neutralizing" suspected Vietcong cadre and sympathizers, Under F-6, suspects can now be arrested for a wide range of reasons, and an accusation by one person is enough for capture. Individuals and families who might have had some contact with "the other side" perhaps only a relative in the North or in the (National Liberation) Front, are now under suspicion. There is hardly a family in the South free from this "taint" including the highest ranking government officials. Even Thieu's own people are ctomplaining privately about F-6 which hangs like a guillotine over everyone's heads. They know all too well what South Vietnam's prisons are like. Early in January I visited the Chi Hoa prison in Saigon with two other assemblymen from South Vietnam's lower house. The prison contains 7,500 inmates, of which only one-half are "common criminals" -- people jailed for violations of the criminal codes. Over 2,000 are military prisoners, draft dodgers, and violators of minor regulations who would normally be kept out of sight at the Go Vap Military Prison on the outskirts of Saigon, But that institution is terribly overcrowded (as are most of Vietnam's prisons now), so they are at Chi Hoa, About half are awaiting a trial, and the other half have been sentenced to hard labor almost without exception. Chi Hoa also contains from 450 to 500 children between the ages of 12 and 15, most of them arrested for petty theft and drug offenses. Like the military prisoners, they are overflow; the The Due Juvenile Center can handle no more. The Page 6' LIBERATION News Service (#495) children are kept in cells separated from the adult inmates, but their rations and general conditions are the same. Most of their crimes are petty, almost ridiculous in view of the pervasive corruption and lawlessness common in Saigon, As is the case with so many unfortunate prisoners, these children do not have families with enough money (if they have families at all) to buy their way out of jail. Minh, a boy of 12, had been there for two weeks when I saw him. His crime was "playing the numbers" with the national lottery. Each week millions of lottery numbers are sold, primarily to the poor who hope, if their number is chosen, to get back a small part of what the government has already taken in for its own use. For years people have also made their own private bets on which numbers will be drawn in the national lottery. Suddenly, this type of gambling has been outlawed, because the government got no part of the take, and Minh is in jail. An additional 450 to 500 prisoners are religious people; some Catholics, some Cao Dai, Hoa Hao, and about 200 Buddhist clerics. Because of their vows and moral beliefs, all of them have refused to be conscripted into the armed forces. In Vietnam today they, the young children, and the military prisoners who will no longer fight a meaningless war, have one thing in common beyond their incarceration at Chi Hoa: in a general sense they are all political prisoners. But it is the "dac biet" (special category) prisoners who are political prisoners in the narrower sense. Arrested and detained under the authority of the "Security Committee" few have ever been tried, though many have been here considerable lengths of time. Many of the inmates at Chi Hoa have already completed the sentences given them in court, but have not yet been released, One man I saw had received a sentence of five years, later reduced in the courts to four That was over five years ago, and he continues to be imprisoned. Another was sentenced to three years imprisonment some four years ago. In 1967, amid mass arrests, three students were arrested on phony charges. Several assemblymen, including myself, intervened on their behalf, and the courts found all of them innocent and ordered their release, During my visit to Chi Hoa I was astonished to come across these same three students in cells where they have been for the last five years, A group of 25 other students in Chi Hoa had been arrested for demonstrating. Ten had been tried and found innocent, but were still in jail. The remaining fifteen had not been tried yet. Five of these had been held without trial since the one-man presidential election of October, 1971, Conditions within the prison are abysmally bad, Washing and sanitation facili-t.Las_a_- _ January 19, 1973 more,,.
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AccueilUPDATE: Access to Ferrand Drive from Eglinton Avenue Closed Dec. 5 & 6
UPDATE: Access to Ferrand Drive from Eglinton Avenue Closed Dec. 5 & 6
Crews will be grading and paving on Eglinton Ave East along Ferrand Drive to prepare for the future construction of Science Centre Station. To complete the work, access to Ferrand Drive from Eglinton Avenue East will be closed.
The work has been rescheduled and is expected to occur between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Monday, December 5 and Tuesday, December 6, 2016. Please note that work may be rescheduled due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
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AccueilSupport of Excavation at Cedarvale Station
Support of Excavation at Cedarvale Station
Over the last year tunnel work in the vicinity of Allen Road has concluded and preparatory work for station construction has started. The next phase of work will involve further utility relocations as well as the start of support of excavation work (also known as shoring) for the future Cedarvale Station.
The entire shoring and road decking installation process will take approximately 18-24 months to complete and will be conducted in phases. The first phase of shoring outlined in this notice will occur at the future east and south entrances for the new Cedarvale LRT station. Notices for future phases will be shared as they become available.
Work is expected to begin as early as May 2017.
This first stage of shoring will be approximately 8-10 months.
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The contractor may not always work during the permitted hours, but may do so at its discretion.
Work outside these hours may be required for other construction activities. This information will be communicated separately. Work is subject to permits and all relevant approvals, and may be delayed due to weather conditions or unforeseen circumstances.
Nearby residents and businesses can expect noise in the area caused by a pile drill, crane, loaders, trucks and other construction equipment, as well as dust from drilling activity and debris removal.
Heavy truck traffic entering and exiting the work zone.
Noise and vibration levels will be monitored during shoring activities and kept below the mandated City of Toronto bylaw levels.
In addition to construction activity, residents can expect to see equipment and material storage within designated work zones.
For safety purposes, metal fencing will be erected around the work zone and there will be dust control measures in place.
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The sidewalk on the south side of Eglinton Ave from Winnett Avenue to Everden Road will close. Please cross to the north side of Eglinton or detour through Ben Nobleman Park.
The pedestrian path on the north side of Eglinton Avenue West from Park Hill Road to Allen Road off-ramp will be closed and a new walkway will be installed along Eglinton Ave on the south side of the construction site.
The existing north-south pedestrian crosswalk will be shifted west towards Winnett Ave. In addition a new temporary pedestrian crosswalk will be installed on the east side of the TTC subway station. Thank you for enjoying Eglinton on foot.
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Access to the TTC Eglinton West Subway Station will be maintained at all times. Relocation and re-routing of bus stops is done in consultation between TTC and Metrolinx to ensure construction can continue safely while minimizing impact on the community and customers. Please watch for posted notices at the TTC Eglinton West Subway Station indicating new information.
At least one (1) lane in each direction east-west along Eglinton Avenue will be maintained. Use the free aCrosstown app to plan your journey.
Everden Road will close at Eglinton Avenue. Approximately 20 paid parking spots will be impacted. Local access for residents will be maintained from Gloucester Grove.
Left turns from Winnett Avenue to Eglinton Avenue will be restricted.
Access to and from Allen Road will be maintained at all times.
Travel delays are expected with the Crosstown construction. Please allow extra time for your journey. Traffic will be extra heavy at peak periods during the Crosstown construction. When possible, please travel during the off-peak period between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
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Singer/composer Sara Serpa releases Close Up, a conceptual album inspired by experimentation and changing identities
Close Up, to be released March 16th 2018, via Clean Feed, presents Serpa’s new trio with saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and cellist Erik Friedlander exploring an exposed and hyper detailed soundscape of original compositions
“Serpa is a fresh and riveting presence on the vocal-jazz landscape.”– Nate Chinen, JazzTimes
“Serpa possesses a preternatural cool, injecting weightless sophistication and melodic grace into everything she touches.” – Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader
“Serpa moves easily between traditional jazz vocalism, improvisation, and new music, and has one of the most elegant and beautiful voices on the scene.”– George Grella, The Brooklyn Rail
Through a series of critically acclaimed releases over the past ten years, Lisbon, Portugal native, singer and composer Sara Serpa has continually defied the limitations of genre, implementing a singular instrumental approach to her vocal style. Her new album, Close Up, presents the compelling configuration of voice, saxophone and cello, exploring Serpa’s own compositions. Accompanied by a stellar new trio, Serpa finds her partners in two innovative improvisers with distinct musical personalities: saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock, one of the most significant voices in contemporary jazz and improvised music, and Downtown veteran cellist Erik Friedlander.
“The configuration of voice, saxophone and cello exposes each instrument with a precise vulnerability,” says Serpa. “From within this exposure, we look for cohesion and collective sound. I write the material, but the music takes shape in the process of our rehearsals and the time we spend together, through discussion and collective experimentation.”
The result is an album that resembles a high resolution photograph, a mesmerizing play on the idea of close-ups: the compositions, the musicians and their roles within the trio, and the recording process.
“The compositions also reveal close-ups of different episodes in my life,” Serpa explains. Take the example of the poignant song “Woman,” using the French philosopher Luce Irigaray’s text. “It exposes the invisibility of motherhood. Because that experience is recent to me, the text resonated with my thoughts and feelings,” Serpa offers. “Writing this song was part of a healing process, as I dealt with the realizations of the lack of support women artists receive as mothers, and of the paradoxical loneliness one can feel in one of life’s most beautiful events.”
All the compositions present striking atmospheres, glimmering with melodic and dissonant sounds, unified and transformed by the trio. Serpa, Laubrock and Friedlander play with their roles, alternating in creating backgrounds, to holding down bass lines, or to playing extremely long tones that become textures. “To find our place without a harmonic instrument was an interesting challenge and I enjoyed learning how to be independent, to be featured as soloist, or to act in ensemble, whatever each song was calling for.” Laubrock and Friedlander are valuable partners in these roles; shifting with their unpredictable phrasing, extreme versatility, and attentive ears.
Iranian film director Kiarostami’s film Close Up is cited as an influence in the album’s liner notes. “The movie (a masterpiece itself) plays with the idea of actors who are in fact not actors but become actors of a fictitious film, providing a common thread between the film and the music I was creating at the same time I was watching it.”
The quality of being still, of observing as nature unfolds, comes across in the song “Storm Coming,” highlighted by Ingrid Laubrock’s masterful solo improvisation. In the dark and ambient section, each instrument blends into the other, rendering the piece an impressionistic sonic experience, an image of dark clouds slowly gathering before a storm.
Serpa, whose natural instinct is to sing wordlessly -“When I lack words, I sing sounds, and emotions are conveyed through those sounds” – uses literature as inspiration in several of this album’s pieces: Luce Irigaray for “Woman,” and Virginia Woolf in “The Future.” Portuguese poet Ruy Bello’s “Pássaros,” Birds, is the backbone for an eccentric and energetic piece. “The poem is about how birds are tree’s fruits, and how birds make the trees sing. Imagining the trees singing is an inspiring image,” the singer explains.
“Object,” “Quiet Riot,” and “Sol Enganador,” exploratory and complex in their compositional nature, are all instrumental pieces, in which the voice functions as an equal to the cello and the saxophone.
Close Up reveals Serpa’s voice as never before – her sound is full, consistent, and expressive. “Cantar Ao Fim,” at the end of the album’s journey, starts with a vocal improvisation that makes one wonder whether Serpa is singing right next to your ear, intimate and quotidian. “This song came out of an improvisation I recorded on my phone when I was out in the mountains, at night. That moment stayed with me, looking at the mountains and singing without thinking or judging what was coming out. There is something very powerful in singing alone in the nature.”
Lisbon, Portugal native, Sara Serpa is a singer, composer, improviser who implements a unique instrumental approach to her vocal style. Recognized for her distinctive wordless singing, Serpa has been immersed in the field of jazz, improvised and experimental music since first arriving in New York in 2008. Described by JazzTimes magazine as “a master of wordless landscapes” and by the New York Times as “a singer of silvery poise and cosmopolitan outlook,” Serpa started her recording and performing career with jazz luminaries such as Grammy-nominated pianist Danilo Perez, and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow pianist Ran Blake. Her ethereal music draws from a broad variety of inspirations including literature, film, visual arts as well as history and nature. As a leader, she has produced and released seven albums; the latest being “All The Dreams” in collaboration with guitarist André Matos. Serpa has collaborated with an extensive array musicians including John Zorn, Mycale Vocal 4tet, Guillermo Klein, Mark Turner, Zeena Parkins, Andreia Pinto-Correia, Derek Bermel, Aya Nishina, Tyshawn Sorey, Nicole Mitchell, among many others.
All music by Sara Serpa
Recorded live by Pete Rende, June 15th 2017, at Pete’s House, Brooklyn, New York | Mixed by Pete Rende | Mastered by Luís Delgado
Produced by Sara Serpa | Executive prodution by Pedro Costa for Trem Azul | Design and artwork by Travassos
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Bangkok Update: forgetting Talanoa
By Arthur WynsSeptember 7, 2018 No Comments
Setting the Scene: Mid-week at the Bangkok intersessionals, delegates are cautiously reporting on overall progress made on the draft text of the Paris Rulebook.
On the sidelines, negotiators are starting to wonder what will happen with the Talanoa Dialogue. This has been a key part of the Fijian Presidency since for the last 18 months.
With COP24 approaching, and the torch being handed over from Fiji to Poland, some parties are wondering how the final stage of the Talanoa dialogue during COP24 will look like, and if sufficient attention is going towards its preparations. It has been highly praised, but yielded few tangible results, several delegates confirmed.
Background: The Talanoa dialogue brought together Negotiators and Observers for an open and inclusive dialogue to take stock of the lessons learned and progress toward the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement.
Yesterday: On Thursday, the Fiji Presidency proposed to limit the outcome of the Dialogue’s political future during COP24 to a Summary Report. Latin American representatives in particular were dismayed, as they believe that the Dialogue could have a far more substantial future role, perhaps with some sort of Outcome reached by Heads of State?
Today: After a meeting with the Polish presidency and the G77 + China, delegates from Fiji, Bolivia and Colombia confirmed to Climate Tracker that the Talanoa process will be limited to a High-level ministerial segment during the second week of COP24.
“The current vision of the Polish COP presidency its to include the outcome of the Talanoa process as one of the ministerial declarations planned by the Presidency,” a delegate from Fiji told Climate Tracker.
Translation: Ministers come to COP24. They make some nice speeches. They make sure to include the words “Talanoa Dialogue”, and reference some nice ideas they got over the last 18 months.
But a clear vision on what the impact of this process will be in the UNFCCC and on a national level remains to be seen.
An alternative: A delegate from AILAC spoke to Climate Tracker empasized that a series of “Round Tables with High-Level representatives” would be key to a succesful political phase of Talanoa.
This would provide the opportunity for negotiators to revise and increase their current NDC’s and, if they’re feeling good about it, increase their national ambition or incorporate a process for taking the insights from the discussions further.
What’s Next: A lot of uncertainty remains. Delegates are worried the Talanoa process will shuffle its focus to the upcoming climate week in New York and the pre-COP in Poland instead of COP24.
This leaving little wiggle room for Talanoa to remain an ‘opportunity’ for progrss in Katowice. If nothing else, it would be nice to see more come out the Talanoa Dialogue, especially considering it’s sub-heading is: “For Climate Ambition”
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Ariel Sepulveda 6-3-0 (1 KO)
85 KG / 187 LBS
'The Smash"
Tiempo medio por combate 4:27 Fight Duration
SLpM 5.39 Strikes Landed per Minute
SApM 8.2 Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Diferencial de golpeos -2.81 Difference between SLpM and SApM
Precision de golpeos 46.6% Proportion of Strikes Landed
Derrota Joe Taylor Glory 43: New York
Jul 14 2017 KO
02:55 of Round 2
Derrota Dustin Jacoby Glory 23: Las Vegas
Aug 07 2015 KO
Jacoby vs. Sepulveda - GLORY 23 LAS VEGAS
Ariel Sepulveda was born in the Dominican Republic but moved to the USA at the age of 12 when his family relocated. Since then he has lived in The Bronx, New York and done his training at Anderson’s Martial Arts Center on Manhattan island.
As a young man Sepulveda’s first fighting style was Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and he was drawn into Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) after colleagues at his nightclub security job noted that he had “a warrior spirit” and was well able to handle aggressive customers who turned things physical.
Over the course of his MMA training and fighting, Sepulveda found that he was more drawn to the stand-up side of fighting. His coaches agreed, so he began focusing more on Muay Thai and kickboxing, making the switch complete in 2014.
A heavy-handed fighter, Sepulveda is all about the forward pressure as he looks to do damage and finish the fight. One interesting thing about him is that he is a natural southpaw but continues to stand orthodox (left side forward) which means that his lead hand is, unusually, also his power-hand. That is a tricky variable for opponents to deal with.
Sepulveda says his goal has always been to make it to the big league and show people what he can really do, so to be called up by GLORY is “an honor”.
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Full name Andrew Francis Higgins
Born July 13, 1981, London
Major teams Bath Rugby, Bristol Bears, Exeter Chiefs, Sale Sharks
Position Centre
Height 5 ft 11 in
English Premiership
All matches 2001-2011 116 99 17 120 24 0 0 0 63 47 6 56.89
Bristol Bears 2001-2003 26 23 3 25 5 0 0 0 11 14 1 44.23
Bath Rugby 2003-2009 80 68 12 90 18 0 0 0 45 30 5 59.37
Exeter Chiefs 2010-2010 4 4 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 75.00
Sale Sharks 2011-2011 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 66.66
Andrew Higgins began his Premiership career with Bristol before arranging a switch to their rivals Bath in 2003. A quick winger with a decent finishing record, he enjoyed several productive seasons with Bath before terminating his contract in 2009.
Late in the season he was charged by the RFU with 'conduct prejudicial to the interests of the game' following a club night out. He, along with fellow players Justin Harrison, Alex Crockett and Michael Lipman, refused to take drugs tests and were found guilty of misconduct by the RFU.
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Corvus ossifragus - Wilson, 1812
Fish Crow
Related ITIS Name(s): Corvus ossifragus Wilson, 1812 (TSN 179737)
French Common Names: Corneille de rivage
Element Code: ABPAV10080
Informal Taxonomy: Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds
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Animalia Craniata Aves Passeriformes Corvidae Corvus
Genus Size: D - Medium to large genus (21+ species)
Concept Reference: American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Concept Reference Code: B98AOU01NAUS
Name Used in Concept Reference: Corvus ossifragus
Taxonomic Comments: Considered conspecific with C. imparatus by some authors (AOU 1983). May or may not constitute a superspecies with C. sinaloae, C. imparatus, and C. palmarum (AOU 1998).
Global Status Last Reviewed: 02Dec1996
Global Status Last Changed: 02Dec1996
United States Alabama (S5), Arkansas (S4), Connecticut (S4), Delaware (S5), District of Columbia (S1S2N,S3B), Florida (SNR), Georgia (S5), Illinois (S2), Kentucky (S3B), Louisiana (S5), Maine (S1?B), Maryland (S5), Massachusetts (S4), Mississippi (S5B), Missouri (SNR), New Hampshire (S3), New Jersey (S5B,S5N), New York (S4), North Carolina (S5B,S5N), Oklahoma (S1), Pennsylvania (S4B,S4N), Rhode Island (S2B,S2N), South Carolina (SNRB,SNRN), Tennessee (S3), Texas (S3B), Vermont (S1B), Virginia (S4), West Virginia (S2B,S2N)
Range Extent Comments: Resident from New York and Massachusetts south along Atlantic-Gulf coast to southern Florida, and west to southern Texas; inland along major river systems to northwestern Illinois, southwestern Kentucky, western Tennessee, central Georgia, western South Carolina, northwestern North Carolina, central Virginia, central Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and central Pennsylvania (AOU 1983). Range expanding inland in Carolinas and Georgia (McNair 1989).
Short-term Trend Comments: Breeding Bird Survey data indicate a significant population increase in North America between 1966 and 1989 (Droege and Sauer 1990).
Global Range: Resident from New York and Massachusetts south along Atlantic-Gulf coast to southern Florida, and west to southern Texas; inland along major river systems to northwestern Illinois, southwestern Kentucky, western Tennessee, central Georgia, western South Carolina, northwestern North Carolina, central Virginia, central Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and central Pennsylvania (AOU 1983). Range expanding inland in Carolinas and Georgia (McNair 1989).
United States AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV
Range Map Compilers: NatureServe, 2002
KY Ballard (21007), Carlisle (21039), Fulton (21075), Henderson (21101), Hickman (21105), Livingston (21139), Lyon (21143), Marshall (21157), McCracken (21145)*, McLean (21149), Union (21225)
NH Hillsborough (33011), Rockingham (33015)*, Strafford (33017)
RI Providence (44007)
VT Chittenden (50007)
01 Piscataqua-Salmon Falls (01060003)+, Merrimack (01070006)+, Narragansett (01090004)+
04 Lake Champlain (04150408)+
05 Lower Green (05110005)+, Lower Cumberland (05130205)+, Highland-Pigeon (05140202)+, Lower Ohio-Bay (05140203)+, Lower Ohio (05140206)+
06 Kentucky Lake (06040005)+, Lower Tennessee (06040006)+
08 Lower Mississippi-Memphis (08010100)+, Bayou De Chien-Mayfield (08010201)+, Obion (08010202)+
Reproduction Comments: Clutch size is 4-5. Incubation, apparently by both sexes, lasts 16-18 days. Young leave nest at 21 days or more. Usually nests in small colony of well-spaced pairs.
Mobility and Migration Comments: NGS (1983) indicated only breeding season occurrence in northern part of range in Mississippi River drainage.
Estuarine Habitat(s): Herbaceous wetland, Tidal flat/shore
Palustrine Habitat(s): FORESTED WETLAND, HERBACEOUS WETLAND, Riparian
Terrestrial Habitat(s): Sand/dune, Suburban/orchard, Woodland - Conifer, Woodland - Hardwood, Woodland - Mixed
Habitat Comments: Beaches, bays, lagoons, inlets, swamps, near marshes, and, less frequently, deciduous or coniferous woodland. In inland situations, primarily in baldcypress swamps and along major watercourses; also garbage dumps and towns (McNair 1989). Nests in tree, usually high, but sometimes as low as 2 m (Harrison 1978).
Adult Food Habits: Carnivore, Frugivore, Invertivore
Immature Food Habits: Carnivore, Frugivore, Invertivore
Food Comments: Eats shoreline invertebrates, eggs of shore and sea birds and turtles, insects and other terrestrial invertebrates, various fruits and berries, carrion (Terres 1980).
Adult Phenology: Diurnal
Immature Phenology: Diurnal
Group Name: Passerines
Subtype(s): Foraging Area, Nest Site, Nesting Colony
Mapping Guidance: Breeding occurrences include nesting areas as well as foraging areas.
For swallows and other species that have separate nesting and foraging areas, separations are based on nest sites or nesting areas, not to locations of foraging individuals. For example, nesting areas separated by a gap larger than the separation distance are different occurrences, regardless of the foraging locations of individuals from those nesting areas. This separation procedure is appropriate because nesting areas are the critical aspect of swallow breeding occurrences, tend to be relatively stable or at least somwhat predictable in general location, and so are the basis for effective conservation; foraging areas are much more flexible and not necessarily static.
Separation Distance for Unsuitable Habitat: 5 km
Separation Distance for Suitable Habitat: 5 km
Separation Justification: Significant dispersal and associated high potential for gene flow among populations of birds separated by tens of kilometers (e.g., Moore and Dolbeer 1989), and increasing evidence that individuals leave their usual home range to engage in extrapair copulations, as well as long foraging excursions of some species, make it difficult to circumscribe occurrences on the basis of meaningful population units without occurrences becoming too large. Hence, a moderate, standardized separation distance has been adopted for songbirds and flycatchers; it should yield occurrences that are not too spatially expansive while also accounting for the likelihood of gene flow among populations within a few kilometers of each other.
Be careful not to separate a population's nesting areas and foraging areas as different occurrences; include them in the same occurrence even if they are more than 5 km apart. Mean foraging radius (from nesting area) of Brown-headed Cowbird females was 4.0 kilometers in California, 1.2 kilometers in Illinois-Missouri (Thompson 1994). Yellow-headed Blackbirds, Brewer's Blackbirds, and probably Red-winged Blackbirds all forage up to 1.6 kilometers away from breeding colony (Willson 1966, Horn 1968). In one study, Brewer's Blackbirds were found as far as 10 kilometers from nesting area (Williams 1952), but this may be unusual.
For swallows and other parrerines with similar behavioral ecology, separation distance pertains to nest sites or nesting colonies, not to locations of foraging individuals. For example, nesting areas separated by a gap of more than 5 km are different occurrences, regardless of the foraging locations of individuals from those nesting areas. This separation procedure is appropriate because nesting areas are the critical aspect of swallow breeding occurrences, tend to be relatively stable or at least somwhat predictable in general location, and so are the basis for effective conservation; foraging areas are much more flexible and not necessarily static.
Be cautious about creating EOs for observations that may represent single breeding events outside the normal breeding distribution.
Unsuitable habitat: Habitat not normally used for breeding/feeding by a particular species. For example, unsuitable habitat for grassland and shrubland birds includes forest/woodland, urban/suburban, and aquatic habitats. Most habitats would be suitable for birds with versatile foraging habits (e.g., most corvids).
Use Class: Migratory stopover
Subtype(s): Foraging Area, Roost Site
Minimum Criteria for an Occurrence: For most passerines: Evidence of recurring presence of migrating individuals (including historical) and potential recurring presence at a given location; minimally a reliable observation of 25 birds in appropriate habitat.
For swallows: Evidence of recurring presence of migrating flocks (including historical) and potential recurring presence at a given location; minimally a reliable observation of 100 birds in appropriate habitat (e.g., traditional roost sites).
Occurrences should be locations where the species is resident for some time during the appropriate season; it is preferable to have observations documenting presence over at least 7 days annually.
EOs should not be described for species that are nomadic during nonbreeding season: e.g., Lark Bunting.
Be cautious about creating EOs for observations that may represent single events.
Separation Justification: Separation distance somewhat arbitrary but intended to define occurrences of managable size for conservation purposes. Occurrences defined primarily on the basis of areas supporting concentrations of birds, rather than on the basis of distinct populations.
For swallows and other species with similar behavioral ecology, the separation distance pertains to communal roost sites rather than to foraging areas; the former tend to be more stable and specific over time than the latter.
Author: Hammerson, G., and S. Cannings
Minimum Criteria for an Occurrence: Any area used traditionally in the nonbreeding season (used for populations that are not resident in a location year-round). Minimally, reliable observations of 10 or more individuals in appropriate habitat for 20 or more days at a time. For G1-G3 species, observations of fewer individuals could constitute an occurrence of conservation value. Sites used during migration should be documented under the 'migratory stopover' location use class.
Separation Justification: Separation distance is necessarily arbitrary but attempts to balance the high mobility of birds with the need for occurrences of reasonable spatial scope. Note that a population's roost sites and foraging areas are parts of the same occurrence, even if they are more than 5 km apart.
Use Class: Nonmigratory
Minimum Criteria for an Occurrence: Occurrences are based on evidence of historical presence, or current and likely recurring presence, at a particular location. Such evidence minimally includes collection or reliable observation and documentation of one or more individuals in or near appropriate habitat.
These occurrence specifications are used for nonmigratory populations of passerine birds.
Be careful not to separate a population's nesting areas and breeding-season foraging areas as different occurrences; include them in the same occurrence even if they are more than 5 km apart. Blue jays have small summer home ranges but fly up to 4 kilometers to harvest mast (Tarvin and Woolfenden 1999). Flocks of pinyon jays range over 21-29 square kilometers (Ligon 1971, Balda and Bateman 1971); nesting and foraging areas may be widely separated. Tricolored blackbirds forage in flocks that range widely to more than 15 kilometers from the nesting colony (Beedy and Hamilton 1999).
Notes: These specs pertain to nonmigratory species.
Element Ecology & Life History Edition Date: 18Mar1994
Balda, R. P., and G. C. Bateman. 1971. Flocking and annual cycle of the piñon jay, Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus. Condor 73:287-302.
Bent, A.C. 1946. Life histories of North American jays, crows, and titmice. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. 191. Washington, D.C.
DeGraaf, R. M. and D. R. Rudis. 1986. New England wildlife: habitat, natural history, and distribution. Univ. Mass. Press. Amherst, MA. 491 pp.
Droege, S., and J.R. Sauer. 1990. North American Breeding Bird Survey, annual summary, 1989. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Biological Report 90(8). 22 pp.
Goodwin, D. 1986. Crows of the world. Second edition. Univ. Washington Press. 300 pp.
Horn, H. S. 1968. The adaptive significance of colonial nesting in the Brewer's Blackbird. Ecology 49:682-694.
Johnston, D. W. 1961. The biosystematics of American crows. Washington. 127 pp.
Ligon, J. D. 1971. Late summer-autumnal breeding of the piñon jay in New Mexico. Condor 73:147-153.
McNair, D. B. 1989 (1987). Status and distribution of the fish crow in the Carolinas and Georgia. Oriole 52:28-45.
Moore, W. S., and R. A. Dolbeer. 1989. The use of banding recovery data to estimate dispersal rates and gene flow in avian species: case studies in the Red-winged Blackbird and Common Grackle. Condor 91:242-253.
New York State Breeding Bird Atlas. 1985. Final breeding bird distribution maps, 1980-1985. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Wildlife Resources Center. Delmar, NY.
Tarvin, K. A., and G. E. Woolfenden. 1999. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). No. 469 IN A. Poole and F. Gill, editors. The birds of North America. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. 32pp.
Thompson, F. R., III. 1994. Temporal and spatial patterns of breeding brown-headed cowbirds in the midwestern United States. Auk 111:979-990.
Williams, L. 1952b. Breeding behavior of the Brewer blackbird. Condor 54:3-47.
Willson, M. F. 1966. Breeding ecology of the Yellow-headed Blackbird. Ecological Monographs 36:51-77.
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Masonic Symbolism on the Winding Staircase
January 4, 2011 by Greg Stewart 11 Comments
A Lecture on the Second Degree of Freemasonry
On our way to the Sanctum Sanctorum, the newly made Mason undertakes a passage through what is commonly called the Middle Chamber. The reference into the middle way is through the temple of Solomon, and the pathway to the Holy of Holies, the adytum in which the Holy Ark of the covenant resides at the the Kodesh Hakodashim, or the place in which deity dwells. In that journey through the middle space, the Second degree brother is introduced to some of the more seemingly secular influenced aspects of the fraternity that begin to take on a double, or symbolic, meaning. On their surface, the basic notions of these things are obvious, but not until you start to look at them closely, at their deeper meanings, that we start to see their relationships to other more esoteric ideas. This is similar to religious traditions where withing one religious text there can be multiple layers of meaning, and multiple ways of interpretation which can lead to an allegorical, a moral, or a mystical meaning.
Indeed, as the degree is symbolically in King Solomon’s Temple, so to can it be seen as a symbolic metaphor to our own internal path, what Joseph Campbell calls the hero quest, and where you “leave the world that you you’re in and go into a depth or into a distance or up to a height.”[1]
This is not to assume that the Masonic degrees have a similar relevancy to sacred or spiritual texts, though some could argue that their significance is almost as powerful to some observants. It is a system of morality that strives to make good men better, which runs nearly in parallel with the many Volumes of the Sacred Law which seeks similar outcomes to achieve as it outlines and instructs its path to elevation. Whether its salvation or spiritual awakening the holy books seek to instruct its adherents to live better lives through their faith, the same that Freemasonry strives to through its practice – to make those good men better. In that process of making the good man a candidate for the degrees is made an entered apprentice, symbolically as he ascends Jacob’s ladder. Once at the top, he is presented a series of three groups of symbols which are set before him to become a Second Degree mason so as they may observe and contemplate them in their path of progression, their hero’s quest, to the third degree.
The story of the degree, from Duncan’s Masonic Ritual and Monitor*, picks up after the passage between the twin pillars of the degree with the conductor delivering this instruction:
Brother, we will pursue our journey. The next thing that attracts our attention is the winding stairs which lead to the Middle Chamber of King Solomon’s Temple, consisting of three, five, and seven steps.
The first three allude to the three principal stages of human life, namely, youth, manhood, and old age. In youth, as Entered Apprentices, we ought industriously to occupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowledge; in manhood, as Fellow Crafts, we should apply our knowledge to the discharge of our respective duties to God, our neighbors, and ourselves; so that in old age, as Master Masons, we may enjoy the happy reflections consequent on a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious immortality.
They also allude to the three principal supports in Masonry, namely, Wisdom, Strength. and Beauty; for it is necessary that there should be wisdom to contrive, strength to support, and beauty to adorn all great and important undertakings.
They further allude to the three principal officers of the Lodge, viz.: Master, and Senior and Junior Wardens.
Let’s pause here and consider what some of the deeper meanings of these first steps infer. The first segment is fairly straight forward; with narrative telling us that the three steps allude to the three stages of human life – Youth, Manhood, and Old Age.
Youth is defined as:
Young persons, collectively.
A young person; especially, a young man.
The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.
from ThinkExist.com
This is a pretty straight forward idea, especially as it says to us that “we ought industriously to occupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowledge”, but how does this apply to an older initiate, someone who is no longer in his youth. Is it a wistful thought to what was achieved when younger and in still in school? Taken on a deeper level, it could allude to the idea of the degree itself, the First degree being synonymous to mean that in the first, the candidate comes to the lodge as a youth (despite his chronological or physical age) with a clean slate of perception and a clean pallet of interpretation. In a sense, he comes as blank slate to its teachings or to the ideas before him. The degree being his introduction from exterior life to interior life which ushers him both into the fraternity and into the concept of the undertaking. Pike, in the first degree lecture in Morals and Dogma, calls this the focusing of the aspirants “unregulated force” – the channel by which they constrain their previously raw, infantile state, into that of a focused and youthful aspirant no matter their age.
Next, the candidate enters into his Manhood, more literally the 2nd degree, of which the ceremony says of it “we should apply our knowledge to the discharge of our respective duties to God, our neighbors, and ourselves” which is a really active process to live by. We, in essence, are to achieve much by way of our doing, essentially, the work of our daily life towards our deity in worship and practice, our community in which we live and reside, but more specifically as we apply it to ourselves in continuing to apply what we’ve learned in our youth to this state of existence.
The Free Dictionary defines Manhood as:
1. The state or time of being an adult male human.
2. The composite of qualities, such as courage, determination, and vigor, often thought to be appropriate to a man.
3. Adult males considered as a group; men.
4. The state of being human.
In the third entry, we can take much from it beyond it simply being our middle state of being. It is in fact our ability to BE in the first place, our SELF in daily practice. Interesting as this is, the second degree in which our further education takes place is not only about the practice of our youth but also our ability to learn and apply that education to our life.
Campbell says of the age progression that “As a child, you are brought up in a world of discipline, of obedience, and you are dependant on others. All this has to be transcended when you come to maturity, so that you can live not in dependency but with self-responsible authority.”[2] This is, in essence, the heart of the three degree progression and the fundamental of the three steps – he becoming a man (or woman, respecting your discipline)!
Old age is a bit more of a troubling and complex issue. So often in modern society we look at old age as a point of retirement where work and physical activity dramatically changes or diminishes. In this description, the idea of old age holds true in that the degree says of old age that in it “we may enjoy the happy reflections consequent on a well-spent life, and die in the hope of a glorious immortality”
There are several interesting meanings we can take from this especially that it is in the degrees that these physical changes are metaphorically said to take place which can become a literal interpretation, and that once attained the Master Mason can live through them – literally to reflect on the life well spent. What’s troubling here is that the major portion of the work of the lodge is spent in the third degree and a caution must be considered so as to not see the work of the Master Mason as just one of reflection and of casual rest lest no work, as described in Manhood, be completed.
Old Age is essentially defined as ones age nearing or passing the average life span of human beings, and thus at the end of the human life cycle. In the U.S. this is considered to be 78 years old giving a distinct impression as to when one should then become a True Master. It really is at a twilight of life period, one of great age and maturity where little change and much reflection takes place. This gives us an interesting perspective on the meaning as it implies a near end of physical life period of time which squares with the degrees lesson as the period of reflection of a life well spent. We become the Master of our all, ready to pass our knowledge on to the next generation.
With this vantage, we can take pause to deeply consider that our daily working of the degrees, intrinsically, could (or should) be conducted in the 2nd state, our manhood in which we conversely learn and grow.
Symbolism of the Second Degree
Cirlot, in his Dictionary of Symbols , makes an interesting point in that the idea of progression in the stages of age is not unique to Masonry. Besides the stages themselves, the number three (3) is a representation of synthesis and unites the “solution of conflict posed by dualism.” In other words, the third object brings about balance for the first two opposing states. Think of the balance of three dots, one stacked above two.
From this point, the degree breaks off to correlate these first steps with the three principal pillars of the lodge as Wisdom, Strength and Beauty which also has an interesting Kabalistic point of reference in the three pillars that make up the structure of the tree of life. Keep in mind, the orientation assumes the viewer reverse the structure to mirror ones own standing rather than simply reflect the observer.
Wisdom, the left hand pillar of mercy, is an active pillar and representative of alchemical fire, which is the principal of spirituality, often called the pillar of Jachin. It is a masculine pillar, and relates to our mental energy, our loving kindness, and our creative inspiration as we traverse it up the Kabbalaistic tree through the Sephirot.
Strength is the right hand pillar and takes the form of severity, shaped into the alchemical symbol of water. It can represent darkness, but it is a passive symbol that is feminine in nature and called the pillar of Boaz. Upon it we find the points of our thoughts and ideas, our feelings and emotions, and the physicality of our physical experience, our sensations, each an aspect of its Cabalistic progression.
Beauty, then, takes on the role of synthesis of the two, the pillar of mildness; it is upon this pillar that the novitiate is transformed through his progressive states as he progresses. The central pillar of Beauty is representative of Jehovah, the Tetragrammaton which represents deity itself upon which our crown of being resides balanced through feeling and emotion from our foundation of justice and mercy, all of which springs from our link to the everyday world.
These aspects of the Kabbalah are not specific attributes of the study in the blue lodge, rather elements of deeper esoteric study, found more specifically in the degrees of the Scottish Rite. Because of the pillars, and their deeper symbolic meaning, it does, however, necessitate looking at them deeper to see the relationship between them as the blue lodge degrees seem to have parallels in the study of the Kabbalah – a happy accident at some time past or with purpose to link the ideas together. Wisdom, Strength, and Beauty are specific aspects of the lower three degrees and emphasized here in the first three steps into the middle chamber, necessitating their deeper esoteric study to fully grasp their broader importance.
As the degree instructs – Wisdom is to contrive, Strength is to support, and Beauty is to adorn all great and important undertakings – which are the fundamentals of the three pillars in the Kabbalaistic study.
Conversely, as the degree states, these three pillars “allude to the three principal officers of the Lodge, viz.: Master, and Senior and Junior Wardens.” and can be interpreted as such in both a micro (in lodge) fashion and in a broader macro tradition of Masonry itself – in this Kabbalaistic formulation. When the alchemical aspects of wisdom and strength are combined we can see the 6 pointed star appears, the symbol of transformation, often depicted in the conjoining of the square and compass in which Masons are instructed to square their actions and circumscribe their passions, which also corresponds to the link between the Saints Johns – the Baptist as the principal of alchemical water, and the Evangelist as the symbol of alchemical fire, both of whom have much deeper esoteric connections in Masonry. Also, the figures of the lodge leadership have a deeper connection as you begin to look at their alchemical connections too, when you look at their relationship to the Sun and moon, and the aspirant candidate as the solution of conflict, as Cirlot described, and as defined in the first degree – the three sphere aspect to balance the two of conflict.
From these short first few tentative steps, we can see that there is a wealth of Masonic symbols at hand, but we are only one third into our progression. Our next step takes us deeper into the middle chamber to its central position where we encounter an interesting juxtaposition of the physical world to our very human aspect of being through our senses.
For now, reflect a time on these first three steps and consider what comes next upon the path.
Read the series:
Part 1 – Masonic Symbolism on the Winding Staircase
Part 2 – Symbolism on the Winding Staircase – 5 steps upon the stair
Part 3 – Symbolism on the Winding Staircase – Seven the Magic Number
[1] Campbell, Joseph, “The Power of Myth”, p. 129
[2]ibid* Duncan’s Ritual Monitor is the most universal aspect of the degrees and widely available in public circulation so as to get a glimpse of the Masonic degrees. It’s publication, originating in 1866 and has been has been republished many times since. It includes the three blue lodge degrees of the Ancient York Rite, and four additional advanced degrees of the York Rite.
Filed Under: Masonic Traveler, Symbolism Tagged With: 2nd degree, Fellowcraft, Jehovah, Kabbalah, manhood, Masonic symbols, Tetragrammaton, tree of life, Winding Staircase
About Greg Stewart
A devoted student of the Western Mystery Traditions, Greg is a firm believer in the Masonic connections to the Hermetic traditions of antiquity, its evolution through the ages and into its present configuration as the antecedent to all contemporary esoteric and occult traditions. He is a self-called searcher for that which was lost, a Hermetic Hermit and a believer in “that which is above is so too below.” Read more about Greg Stewart.
Michael Ifland says
Thanks for taking the time to write this article. The second degree has always been my favorite. One correction though, you have both jachin and boaz as being the left pillar.
Michael, thanks for the note and I’ve made the correction!
robert brown says
history on boaz
JF Godin says
Greg. It as been over a year since you place this article. Not long ago I was looking for Mason Picture, and can you imagine my suprise when I seen the picture “Second degree tracing Board”. The man on the picture is almost my twin. It make me very curious where you get that picture. The funny thing also was that my faith in masonry was been question. See this made me realize that where I belong. God do work in some strange way. Never the less, do you have any information on who it maybe on the picture?
Thanks and take care Brother.
The image came from a stock image library I use. Its been so long, I’m not sure if its even up on the site anymore, but that’s where it came from. I’ve had a few people tell me that it resembles someone they know or themselves. In truth, my wife said it looks like me about 20 years ago, which may have been an unconscious decision in selecting that particular face.
Nicholas Vettese says
Brother, this is an amazing article. Being a Pennsylvania freemason, our blue lodge doesn’t ever discuss the winding stairs, so this article is perfect. Thank you!
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Die schöne Müllerin, Chapter 2
Part 2 – Poems 1-12
Let us follow the plot of Müller's 'play' through the first twelve poems. Schubert chose not to set one of these, so in Schubert terms these are the first eleven. We will use Müller's numbering, not Schubert's. You will be pleased to hear that we are not going into comprehensive detail about each poem. Our focus is on the overall structure.
1 Wanderschaft (Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust…). NB: Schubert changed the title to Das Wandern.
The miller's apprentice begs his master and his wife to release him from his apprenticeship and let him look for another mill. Great text, great music.
Notes: Nowhere more than in the popular theme of Wandern (there isn't a good English equivalent word) does the Romantic myth differ from the reality. Young men who had learned a trade had few opportunities to carry out that trade for themselves. They would never be able to earn enough by their labour to buy or rent a mill: their wages were low, since the master provided their board and lodging. Setting off on a Wanderung to find a new employer was an act of economic desperation. It was a journey fraught with risks and uncertainty and usually accompanied by hunger and numerous privations. Economic migration was an important and common aspect of European life, but it was not the pleasant stroll through the countryside that is implied by Müller and the Romantics.
2 Wohin? (Ich hört' ein Bächlein rauschen…).
The miller encounters a stream gushing out of a rocky cliff. This is a lucky for him, because, as he notes in the key lines that close this poem, Es gehn ja Mühlenräder / In jedem klaren Bach: 'Mill wheels turn in every clear stream' – 'clear stream' being a quite precise designation of the fast-flowing water a mill requires. The stream is his guide to his next mill.
Notes: Meeting the stream at its source (fresh and new) and following it down to his goal makes a fine structural element. The miller immediately develops a companionship with the stream, calling it Geselle, meaning 'workmate', 'comrade' or 'brother' (in a metaphorical sense). The pathetic fallacy of the talking stream is made more digestible by attributing the voice to the singing of the Nixen, the water-sprites.
3 Halt! (Eine Mühle seh' ich blicken…).
With the help of the stream the miller finds the object of his search. His first glimpse of the mill gives an impression of cleanliness and tidiness – always good in a German poem.
4 Danksagung an den Bach (War es also gemeint…).
The miller thanks the stream for leading him here, not just to a mill but above all to a miller's daughter.
Notes: Taking up the theme of the miller's economic migration, we note that the presence of a nubile daughter is equally, if not more important than finding a mill. The latter would have been just another employer, the former is a chance of social mobility and independence.
5 Am Feierabend (Hätt' ich tausend Arme zu rühren!…).
The miller is working hard, straining every muscle, wanting to impress the girl. We are shown the master miller's family and the workers assembled in the evening after the day's work. The master tells the group how satisfied he is with their work that day. His daughter bids everyone goodnight.
Notes: This poem tells us two things: firstly that the young man has not only found work at the mill but he has also been accepted by the master miller; secondly that the young man has a passion for the miller's daughter and needs to impress her. Just on a practical level, if she chooses him his economic future is assured.
6 Der Neugierige (Ich frage keine Blume…).
Instead of playing 'she loves me, she loves me not' with flower petals, the miller asks his friend the stream to tell him whether the girl loves him or not. Unsurprisingly, the stream gives him no answer.
7 Das Mühlenleben (Seh' ich sie am Bache sitzen…).
Ten verses describing life in the mill but principally the social graces of the miller's daughter. The young miller is happy in the master miller's family, with the other workers but particularly with the girl, of course.
Notes: This poem was not set by Schubert. We don't know why: perhaps it was just too long or a distraction from the love story or perhaps just unsuitable for music. The first glimpse in the poem of the girl sitting next to the stream 'knitting fly-nets' might have helped him to this decision. Despite this its omission is a pity, since it does put the life of the young miller and his passion for the girl in some context. It also describes the even-handed attention the girl gives to everyone in the house, with no hint of special attention to the young miller.
8 Ungeduld (Ich schnitt' es gern in alle Rinden ein…).
The young miller has now fallen totally in love with the girl. As with young men ever before and ever since, he wants to leave declarations of his love everywhere. No tree is safe.
9 Morgengruß (Guten Morgen, schöne Müllerin!…).
When the girl puts her blond head out of her window first thing in the morning the young man blasts a hearty 'good morning' at her. She pulls her head back inside. The miller is prepared to watch her from a distance. Her eyes are compared to blue flowers soaked with dew.
Notes: This poem illustrates the girl's chaste reticence. Modern correct-thinkers will find the man's creepy behaviour to be tantamount to stalking. Nevertheless, Müller's verse is well written and Schubert's music impeccable. Let's enjoy that and try to forget about randy young men lurking under bedroom windows.
Forget-me-nots by the stream.
10 Des Müllers Blumen (Am Bach viel kleine Blumen stehn…).
The girl is a blue-eyed blond. Along the stream, the miller's best friend, forget-me-nots bloom and become a symbol for her eyes. The miller thinks of planting some along her window ledge. While she sleeps he imagines them whispering 'forget me not' to her in her dreams. When the girl opens the shutters of her bedroom window in the morning she will see the flowers looking at her with tears and love in their eyes.
Notes: The first association of small blue flowers with the girl's eyes was made in the poem immediately preceding this, 'Morgengruß'. The present poem contains a rather odd construction: at the end of the second verse Müller says to us 'you know, though, what I intend'. However, we have no idea of what he intends at that moment. Only at the end of the next verse, where he tells us about the flowers whispering to the girl in her sleep, does he write 'that's what I intend'. The problem is worse, because these two elements are part of a structure based on 'mein' that runs through the whole verse, a structure that Müller probably thought was clever but just feels mannered to the reader, certainly this reader:
End of v1: Drum sind es meine Blumen. Thus they are my flowers.
End of v2: Ihr wißt ja, was ich meine. You know, though, what I intend.
End of v3: Das ist es, was ich meine. That's what I intend.
End of v4: Die will auf euch meinen. I will weep my [tears] on you.
Perhaps this strange construction was intended to be an example of 'German roughness' on the part of its horn-playing author. Who knows? Müller uses a similar technique of echoing end-lines in a number of the poems in this collection.
In 1924 an English edition of Schubert's Lieder, Schubert's Songs Translated, was brought out by the resoundingly named pair, Fox Strangways (1859-1948) and Steuart Wilson (1889-1966). Calling most of these 'translations' was a bit of a stretch, but the singer Steuart Wilson was there to ensure that the results were at least singable. The 'translation' of 'Des Müllers Blumen' is on the whole questionable: they turn the four verses into three and there is little in their text that can be attributed to Müller. Except, that is, for the second verse, where they produced something that, for six lines at least, exceeded the original.
Some seedlings from the water's edge
I'll plant along the window ledge;
And when the miller's daughter fair
Leans out to breathe the summer air,
Surely she'll then forget me not.
11 Thränenregen (Wir saßen so traulich beisammen…).
The miller and the girl are sitting ('intimately together') under the alder trees in the evening watching the stream flow past. The moon and stars had come out and were reflected in the stream. The young man has eyes only for her reflection in the water. She nodded to the stream and the blue flowers on the edge nodded back. The entire sky seemed to be reflected in the surface, as though to pull him in. The stream seemed to be flowing over the clouds and the stars. Her eyes turned to him and she said: 'It's starting to rain. Goodbye, I'm going home'.
Notes: This poem presents us with a problem that even the great Rolf Vollmann, a noted German literary critic and the editor of the Reclam edition of Die schöne Müllerin found puzzling.[1] After all the metaphors, the heavens reflected in the water (that frequent conceit of Romantics), the blue eyes, the whole thing concludes with a few spots of rain, upon which the girl says, in the most matter of fact way possible 'Goodbye, I'm going home'.
If, however, we stick to our analytical principle and read the text as it is and not merely project our assumptions into it, the solution to this problem becomes more apparent. This abruptness only makes sense if we view the girl as being completely indifferent to the young miller. His passionate frenzy is entirely unrequited. It is fantasy. We have never been shown any occasion on which the girl has given him any encouragement at all.
We must also consider the fact that the miller never looks directly at the girl in this poem: he gazes deeply not into her eyes but into their reflection in the stream. Those readers of a philosophical bent are invited to consider the situation we find here, a situation in which the stream, the miller's constant friend, has become the modality of his perception. Neoplatonists will be excited by the idea of this watery mediator of reality, its changeable moon, clouds, stars and eyes. Once you start listening to water-sprites who knows where it will end? There are depths to this poem that are not in the least rustic.
We have a cool blond and a hot blond with a hyperactive imagination. We can say now that this will not end well – and, as we shall see soon, it doesn't.
12 Mein! (Bächlein, laß dein Rauschen sein!…).
The young miller is jubilant: the girl is 'mine'!
Notes: We would like to see some evidence for this assertion. From the reader's position there is none. In the previous verse the young man suffered a serious case of indifference from the girl. Now he is shouting to the world around him that the girl is his, which, on the basis of everything we have read so far cannot be the case. The girl is careful not to give his passion any encouragement: we have her even-handed treatment of everyone in 'Das Mühlenleben', her modesty in 'Morgengruß', her detachment in 'Thränenregen'. On what basis can she now be his? This poem confirms that the young miller is completely deluded in his passion. It forms the end stop to the first part of the cycle.
Conclusion, Chapter 2: poems 1-12
Müller has developed a narrative progression through twelve poems. He has taken us from the young man's first mill and sent him off on his travels. He follows a stream from its rocky source down to a clearing with a mill. There he finds acceptance and the miller's daughter. His love for the girl grows from first sight until he is besotted with her and deludedly believes she is his. In the development of this delusion the girl apparently plays no part: she does not in anyway encourage the miller in his desires, on the contrary, her behaviour is chaste and proper. There is not the slightest hint that the girl reciprocates his feelings.
As mentioned in the notes to 7, 'Das Mühlenleben', Schubert did not set the poem to music. Perhaps its ten four-line verses made it too long, or its muddled sequence of themes – the girl, the noisy workings of the mill, the girl again, the noisy mill again – seemed musically unpromising to Schubert. But because of this omission we lose the longest description we have of the girl and the impression she has made on the young man.
In my opinion the narrative of the poem cycle suffers: without this poem the girl – such an important character, the object of desire, the cycle is named after her, after all – appears only briefly in the first half of the poem: the merest hint in 4, 'Danksagung an den Bach'; a couple of inconsequential lines in 5, 'Am Feierabend'; a quick dive back into the house in 9, 'Morgengruß'; a puzzlingly abrupt 'goodnight' in 11, 'Thränenregen'. In the first part of the cycle, therefore, losing 7, 'Das Mühlenleben' has turned the girl into a mere cipher for the person just listening to Schubert's version.
Despite this deficiency and the small problems mentioned in the analysis of the individual poems, there can be no doubt that the first part of the cycle, poems 1-12, is a triumph. Müller's text, although not the greatest German poetry ever written, maintains a good standard over twelve poems and provided Schubert's genius with the stepping stone needed to create this ground-breaking development of the song-cycle. Schubert frees the work from Müller's affectations and his impeccable and inventive music lifts the work into immortality.
^ Wilhelm Müller, Franz Schubert, Die Schöne Müllerin, Die Winterreise, Nachwort: Rolf Vollmann, Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart, 2001. ISBN 978-3-15-018121-8, p. 67f.
Next: Chapter 3 – Poems 13-23
Despair and death: a structural analysis of the last eleven poems of the Die schöne Müllerin.
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February 7th, 2018 — Who’s still beaming from the stellar performance First Aid Kit put on last night at House of Blues? We sure are! In addition to fan favorites, the Swedish folk-duo performed several new tracks from their 2018 release Ruined, including the wildly popular “It’s a Shame.” The show […]
Gallery: Mighty Mighty Bosstones at House of Blues
December 29, 2017 /Front Row Photos, Photos
December 28th, 2017 — The Mighty Mighty Bosstones kicked off their annual Hometown Throwdown last night at the House of Blues. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the show, and of the bands album Let’s Face It, and they celebrated by playing it in its entirety, followed by a set […]
Gallery: Grizzly Bear at House of Blues
November 2, 2017 /Front Row Photos, Photos
November 1st, 2017 — Grizzly Bear returned to Boston last night for a fantastic performance at House of Blues. The band played songs from their 2017 release Painted Ruins, an album chock full of floating harmonies, and folk and baroque pop. They also played fan favorites from hit albums Yellow House and Veckatimest. […]
Gallery: Oh Wonder at House of Blues
September 25, 2017 /Front Row Photos, Photos
September 22nd, 2017 – Oh Wonder took the stage at the House of Blues Boston on Friday and were truly moved by the energy of the sold out show. // Photos by Michael Last
The Short List: FRB Staff Concert Picks of the Week (September 17 – 23)
September 14, 2017 /Articles
Each week, Front Row Boston’s staff gives you our Short List: the bands and musicians in and around town we think you should hear. Sunday, 9/17 — Big Thief at The Sinclair We literally just got back from Holyoke where we were recording a new Front Row Boston show with Adrienne, […]
Watch: Passenger – Home
July 27, 2017 /Front Row Video, Video
March 10, 2017 – Passenger performs “Home” live at House of Blues Boston. Video Credits: Greg Shea – Producer/Director/Camera/Editor Kegan Harrington – Producer/Music Supervisor Antonio Oliart – Recorded & Mixed by Jess Barnthouse – Camera Hannah Bates – Camera Mike Kligerman – Camera Andrea Wolanin – Camera
Watch: Passenger – Beautiful Birds
March 10, 2017 – Passenger performs “Beautiful Birds” live at House of Blues Boston. Video Credits: Greg Shea – Producer/Director/Camera/Editor Kegan Harrington – Producer/Music Supervisor Antonio Oliart – Recorded & Mixed by Jess Barnthouse – Camera Hannah Bates – Camera Mike Kligerman – Camera Andrea Wolanin – Camera
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1 5 players to watch in the ICC 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The tournament that showcases some of the future stars of cricket has returned, with a new crop of youngsters competing for glory.
Rohit Sankar
2 Five moments to remember from ODI cricket in 2019
2019 was an important and memorable year for One-Day International cricket, with plenty of history being made on the pitch and off it.
Rustom Deboo
3 Women's cricket in 2019
The players and performances that made 2019 a phenomenal year for women's cricket.
4 2019 for the West Indies
After a disappointing couple of years, 2019 was a year where the Windies showed signs of revival and great promise across formats.
5 Brilliant Barramundis on their way up
Papua New Guinea have shown impressive progress in T20Is, and are a team to watch out for at the 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia.
6 An interview with Hazratullah Zazai
The opening batsman for Afghanistan speaks about the 2019 Cricket World Cup, the pride of playing under Rashid Khan, and more.
Umaima Saeed
7 Sarah Taylor, an inspiration
The England wicketkeeper, one of the best in the world, recently retired after a long and illustrious career.
Shreyasi Talukdar
8 All about centuries in women’s T20Is
In view of Alyssa Healy's record-breaking 148* against Sri Lanka last month, we look at a few facts and figures on centuries in women's T20Is.
9 Who are India’s frontline T20I spinners?
Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, like Jadeja and Ashwin before them, seem to have fallen out of favour, so who will bowl in 2020 World T20?
10 Jalaj Saxena: stalwart of First Class cricket
The Madhya Pradesh and Kerala all rounder has impressed greatly in domestic cricket and deserves a call up to the national side.
Amey Oke
11 How Broad got the better of Warner in the Ashes
Before the 2019 Ashes Test series in England, David Warner was excellent against Stuart Broad's bowling, but that has changed drastically now.
Sarah Waris
12 Time is running out for KL Rahul
The India opener has a technical flaw in his batting made worse by mentality issues, despite being given chances to improve.
13 Ravindra Jadeja finds his mojo as Test batsman
The spin bowling all-rounder is finally fulfilling his potential, with his batting improving greatly since 2017.
14 A tribute to Hashim Amla
The legendary Proteas batsman has retired the way he played, with utmost grace, and South Africa cricket is all the poorer for his absence.
15 Surprise performers of the World Cup
These 6 players stepped up in England and stole the spotlight at the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
16 The HoldingWilley 2019 Cricket World Cup XI
Choosing the team of the tournament was difficult and a lot of deserving players couldn't make the cut.
17 A World Cup without Zimbabwe
The 2019 Cricket World Cup in England was a colourful affair, but it was poorer for missing the red of Zimbabwe for the first time in decades.
Shalabh Manocha
18 The last men standing in 2019 Cricket World Cup
An exclusive club of 5 players in the 2019 Cricket World Cup have played in 4 or more World Cups and are due to retire.
19 5 times the Zing bails didn't fall in the 2019 World Cup
The light up bails may be entertaining, but they have failed to move many times in the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.
20 2019 World Cup scheduling and the BCCI
The ICC was criticised for scheduling the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England such that India played their first game long after all the other teams.
Wrecked!
Finch and Warner have a (wrecking) ball!
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About Missy
Hello, I’m Missy Meyer! I’m a graphic designer, font maker, and illustrator. (I’ve also had an amazing variety of jobs, including improv comedy performer at Walt Disney World, casino dealer, bank teller, webmaster, pizza chef, and camp counselor.) I’m married to Scott Meyer, the guy behind the Magic 2.0 series of books and the webcomic Basic Instructions. Together, we try to celebrate as many goofy holidays as possible.
Whiteboard Doodles
About the Doodles
I started doing daily doodles in my office, when I changed desks and found myself with a whiteboard on the outside wall of my cubicle. Soon, coworkers gave me gentle grief when I didn’t have a doodle on that whiteboard every morning. When I moved cubes, I didn’t have the whiteboard, so I got a 99¢ IKEA TOLSBY picture frame and some 4″ x 6″ note cards, and continued the workplace tradition.
As most of the doodles were colored in on their note cards with either crayon or colored pencil, they didn’t scan into a computer particularly well. I re-drew a ton of them with just line art so I could color them in on the computer and upload them here. So anything before September 2013 is relatively incomplete.
From September 2013 onward, the Doodles were drawn as line art and colored in digitally.
As of July 2016, I retired the Holiday Doodles project. It was fun, but very time-consuming, and that time needed to be redirected toward bigger and better projects. Since the archives still get a lot of traffic, I’ve revamped and reformatted a ton of doodles where all of the holidays fall on the same day every year. (Some of these are holidays that might be, say, “the first Monday of October,” and as such they roam around the calendar.) The 2017 calendar spots are filled with those doodles, the ones that can be used year after year because the dates never change.
Framed Note Card Doodles
About the Holidays
The holidays I used are vetted from all over the internet and other reference materials. Most “national” holidays are based on the United States, as that’s where I’m located. I tried to combine at least two things in every doodle, but it was always fun to try and cram as many in there as possible. Some days have over 10 weird holidays assigned to them, which often made choosing quite difficult!
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SoundHound — Everything you need to know!
Want to know more about SoundHound? Here's everything you need to know!
SoundHound is a music identification app that can tell you all about a song, whether it listens to music playing near you or you're humming a tune you just can't get out of your head. It also comes with a built-in virtual assistant called Hound, which can make identifying and playing music in the app even easier.
Here's everything you need to know about SoundHound.
What's new with SoundHound?
In its most recent update, version 7.5, SoundHound added more integration with Apple Music. Though it was one of the first third-party apps to work with Apple's music streaming service back in 2015, SoundHound 7.5 takes it to the next level with support for automatic Apple Music playlist creation based on your SoundHound history.
Additionally, you can now play items from Apple Music hands-free in SoundHound using the built-in virtual assistant, Hound. You can also now stream full songs while taking advantage of LiveLyri...
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France and virginity
The French and virginity go together like, well, Germans and humour, Jews and stupidity, Irishmen and sobriety. Legions of horny Irish schoolboys will dreamily recall their initiation into the arts of love by French student visitors over the years.
This leads me to believe that your average Frenchman, should he discover his bride to be a virgin, would look for his honour back, or at least an annulment. But, mon dieu, how things have changed. From today's media we learn that a court in France has granted an annulment because, wait for it, the bride wasn't a virgin on her wedding night.
Whenever you come across medieval morality crossed with grotesque hypocrisy, The Religion Of Peace won't be far behind. And sure enough, it's here in all its grisly splendour.
The case involves a French 'convert' to Islam, who had his wedding party rightly, er, screwed, when his not-so-blushing bride failed to stain the bedclothes with blood. Charming. He sued for an annulment and the dhimmi court granted it.
The Irish Times tells us 'France has reacted with shock and outrage'. Why? This is what dhimmis do. This is what we'll be doing in Ireland in due course as the Muslim population reaches a critical mass.
Labels: France, Immigration, Islam
Niall Mellon Trust update
I posted a few months back on the Niall Mellon Trust, whose objective is to waste Irish time and labour in propagating South Africa’s township problems. Check the post here.
It’s worth examining the latest reaction. This comes from Cathy – hi there Cathy – who clearly has drunk deeply of the PC Kool-Aid. I reproduce what she’s written below, plus my response. I have introduced punctuation and spacing in the interests of legibility, but have retained her spelling and grammar errors in the interests of authenticity.
Let me start off by saying yes, Niall Mellon is a big hearted guy, probably a lot bigger hearted than you are. [Hitler had a bigger heart than I do]
First of all you have no way of knowing for sure WHERE the sponsorship money has come from be it Ireland or anywhere else [the Trust says it comes from Ireland. Are they lying?], and secondly, does it really matter? [well yes, actually, given the purpose of the post and the blog generally is to convince Irish people to stop pissing their money away and making things worse in the process]
No one has forced people to part with their cash when they sponsor someone?! People have more money than they ever did these days, and some of them to DO GOOD with it who they give their own hard earned cash to is really none of your business! Secondly, this trust not only builds houses on the annual blitz but also works throughout the year to build houses, in fact last year they bulit over 4,000 houses for the residents of the townships. The charity has offices in Cape Town and they employ some 2,000 people, many of them from the townships themselves who otherwise might be unemployed, or be working in unfair conditions for low pay. [And your point is…? I wasn't disputing any of this]
So not only are they building them houses, but they are also TEACHING them how to build....catch a man a fish and he will eat for a day or teach him to and he will eat for a lifetime type of thing...you following? [Yes, and that’s why those amenable to teaching are abandoning the Trust for better pay elsewhere]
In fact, the charity is in talks of (sic) producing the worlds 1st charity owned 'super housing factory', which could potentially eradicate townships in not only SA, but elsewhere too.[Eradicate townships in SA? This gets funnier by the minute]
Also, the deeds of the house are given to the resident at the end of the week, so it is theirs to do with as they please, which means that if they want to rent it out let them, why not? [Why not? Well the Trust is supposed to provide housing for the desperately needy, not make capitalists out of them. If the victims are in a position to rent them, why should the Trust have given them the house in the first place? Are you sure you’re not unwell, Cathy?]
If it means getting them more of an income so they can send their kids to school or help feed their family then who are you to have a problem with that? Bottom line is getting them a new house, whether they live in it or not, will help improve their overall quality of life-which is the aim of the project!!
And I wouldn't call the volunteers going over 'mugs', their (sic) anything but. This project not only aims to eradicate townships [eradicate townships - don't give me bad thoughts!], but it helps to promote an air of philantrophy in Ireland, which surely is only a good thing? You'd seriously want to rethink your above comments there, and Id have to agree with the others-you do sound like a bit of a retard.
I mean what makes you think they will revert to what they are...how does (sic) cement and bricks turn into tin and cardboard??! [Easy - just pass ownership to blacks and then watch them work their magic. That’s how, you silly little girl]
Labels: Africa, Ireland, South Africa
Father's Day on Shandon St.
Labels: Africa, humour, Ireland, Race
Shandon St. Then and now
Shandon Street is, or was, the heart of traditional Cork. And of course it’s the location of the iconic Shandon Steeple - the ‘Four-faced Liar’, so called because its four clocks invariably showed different times. Celebrated in song, poetry and musical hall comedy, it embodied what Cork was about.
Shandon St. 10 years ago
No longer. Shandon and its environs are becoming an African slum. Locals are being frozen out. A hostelry near the top of the street was the local for the lovely Evelyn’s father.
No longer. In his own words. “It was a great pub for years. We all knew each other and there was great crack. A few Nigerians came in a few years ago, but there was no problem, they stayed on their own. Then their numbers began to grow and we all became a bit uneasy. In fairness, they didn’t cause any problems, but the whole mood of the place was different. Over the last year though the place has become intolerable. Now when you come in you get hard stares, and they hold the stares. They’re telling us – this is our place now.
Shandon St. now
"And they’re right. One by one the locals have all drifted away. All my mates are gone. I wouldn’t dream of going there now. The owner is in despair as he knows he’ll have to sell up to some Nigerian at a knockdown price.”
One day, early in the process, when Evelyn was dropping him off at the pub, she noticed a troupe of Africans chattering and jabbering at the top of the street. Suddenly one of the children, about ten years old, dropped his pants and deposited a steaming shit on the path. Then pulled his pants up without even wiping his arse! Not one of the other cultural enrichers even batted an eyelid.
Shandon St. funeral
The pub owner can do nothing. If he tried to maintain its character the Equality, Victim and Immigration industries would close him down and bankrupt him with fines.
And things are only getting worse. Even in the unlikely event of our stopping the invasion, these cultural enrichers are breeding like streptococci so we'll go the way of England and France in due course.
This is what we’ve created for ourselves. It’s our own fault.
Labels: Africa, Immigration, Ireland, Race
May 25: Ireland celebrates 'Africa Day'
My qualities of balance, fairness, tolerance and forbearance have been amply demonstrated in this blog. However, even I was driven to distraction by the torrent of PC multi-culti bilge, masquerading as journalism, represented by the Irish Times’ Magazine section this weekend. The whole magazine was devoted to 'celebrating Africa's contribution to Ireland'.
My neck swelled, veins in my forehead throbbed to breaking point, my sphincter dilated until I had to lie down and get Lady Savant to apply emollients to my fevered brow.
I was reminded of Dorothy Parker ‘this is not a book to be lightly cast aside. It should be hurled with great force’. The whole steaming, rancid heap of shit was a panegyric to the ‘contribution’ Africans are making here. No, the contributions listed did not include welfare scams, drug-dealing, mugging, importing lethal bush meat, HIV and new forms of untreatable tuberculosis, and turning hitherto respectable housing estates into sink-holes.
Instead we got, er, well, very little actually. Nothing specific – because there is nothing specific – just a general assumption that the additional ‘colour’ must be a good thing.
Let me give you a few extracts:
“I think we are transforming Ireland” Dead right you are. And to get an idea of how this transformation will end up, check Zimbabwe, Kenya or the Congo.
“There is such richness and vitality in African culture. It just has to be shared” NO IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE SHARED!! FUCK OFF AND LEAVE US ALONE!
“Balbriggan is proud of its multicultural achievements” No it’s not. Balbriggan is in social meltdown as whites flee the African invasion. Even with the shortage of school places here (due to mass immigration) white parents are sending their children anywhere but to the local black schools. They’re right, because they know that their kids will have to be issued with stab-proof vests when they get to secondary level and standards will plummit in the meantime.
‘Nigerians walk with their heads high’ says Bisi Adigus. That's because they’re on the lookout for a social welfare office that they haven’t yet shaken down.
And then there’s the usual finger-wagging ‘Ireland will need to work much harder at integrating us if the problems of other countries are to be avoided’. Dead right again, although as usual it’s we who have to do the adjusting. However, we’d never have had to face this problem if we hadn’t allowed ourselves to be swamped in the first place.
Ok, all together now, off to the celebration.
"Africa is Africa because of Africans and what Africans do over there is what they will do here"-The American
Multi-culturalism is HOT in South Africa
Zimbabwean cultural enricher gets warm reception in Soweto.
Labels: Africa, Immigration, Race, South Africa
BOHICA
The Americans have an acronym - BOHICA. This stands for "bend over, here it comes again". This sprang to mind this evening as I watched BBC 24 News.
Another famine in Ethiopia.
A few excerpts from the piece:
"Worst famine since that which struck in 1984. But it's much worse this time in that in the interim the population has more than doubled" Right. And thats our fucking fault is it?
Starving villager interviewed: "I have no food for my nine children" Right, and that's our fault too, is it, that you have nine children?
Reporter: "The region has been devastated for years by the ongoing wars involving Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia". Right, and.... ok, you get the idea.
Swing to UNICEF HQ in New York, to a fuming functionary. "This time I hope the international community won't turn away from the unfolding tragedy".
To which I respond with my own acronym: CFEDBE "Can't feed 'em? Don't breed 'em".
Labels: Africa, Race, religion
Manchester police dogs relax
After a gruelling night combatting Rangers terrorists, Manchester's police canine unit takes a well-earned rest.
Can dhimmi Britain go any lower?
A story from Burnley in Lancashire, another of those towns with a large ‘Asian’ (PC-speak for Muslim) minority, shows how far the UK is down the path of dhimmitude. Check out the (in)action of the police to the attacks on the local Brits with their reaction when the Brits retaliated. If you follow the link you'll notice how the Asian defendant is referred to a 'Mr.' while the Brit is denied such an adornment.
We learn that a serving soldier from Brierfield who used a pool cue in a revenge attack has been fined £1,500 by Pennine magistrates. Alan David White, for it was he, admitted assaulting Ayaz Abdullah causing him actual bodily harm. You’ll say well done, Alan when you read on. He was also ordered to pay costs and compensation totalling £225 and a victim support payment of £15
Miss Julie Reddish (prosecuting) said Mr Abdullah had been with a group of friends in Brierfield when a car drove towards them, White got out and hit him over the head with a pool cue. The pair had been involved in a row 20 minutes previously in which White had been assaulted by Abdullah.
Mr Mark Irlam (defending) said White had been subject to a number of attacks which police had not taken action on. On this occasion, he had been returning home from a shop when he was approached by a group of Asian males and hit in the eye by Mr Abdullah. He suffered a black eye, was taken home by his father, the police were contacted and Mr White was told there was nothing that could be done unless they had the assailant's name and address!!!!!!!
White and his father went out to see if they could track down the men and came across them in Chapel Street. They again contacted the police but again got no action. Their car was then surrounded by the group. White's father was hit, White got a pool cue from the glove compartment (either a huge glove compartnment, or a very small cue), got out of the car and hit Abdullah to force him away from the car.
"It was clearly excessive. Had he punched him, he would have pleaded not gulity and said he was acting in self-defence. Because of the use of a weapon, he has entered a guilty plea. His father was nearly unconscious and sufferd a fractured jaw and broken nose," said Mr Irlam.
With a defense council like that, why have a prosecutor? "It was sheer frustration at the total lack of action in previous incidents. He offers his apologies to the court, the police and his victim for his actions." In a hearing last month, Abdullah admitted assault by beating and was ordered to attend an attendance centre for 24 hours.
Can you fucking believe all of this? Silly me, of course you can.
Labels: Britain, Immigration, Islam, Race, religion
Our new Taoiseach
If you wondered how BIFFO will adapt to this latest calling, these clips will give you a foretaste.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/finance-minister-to-become-new-irish-taoiseach/1958253736?icid=acvsv4
Warning: Features terrifying close-up images of Brian Cowan
Actual notice in South Africa!
Labels: Africa, humour, South Africa
Einstein and God
Albert Einstein has often been cited as a genius who believed in God, although his pronouncements were generally a lot more vague than claimed. My own view on this was that a genius like him, especially one who had explained so much about the origins of the cosmos, could not possibly have believed in the God of the Bible.
Now the Guardian has published details of a letter in which he described belief in God as "childish superstition" and said Jews were not the chosen people. He made the comments in response to a philosopher in 1954.
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. "No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this," he wrote in the letter written on January 3, 1954 to the philosopher Eric Gutkind.
I'm tempted to say you wouldn’t need to be Einstein to work that out, but the Bible honourable? New Testament maybe, but the Old is a horror story on a par with Mein Kampf or the Koran
Hate speech in Malmo
Malmoe politician Dahn Pettersson was fined for hate speech last June. Thankfully, this conviction has just been overturned (timidly) by the Appeals Court.
Better news was the reaction of Svante Nycander, former editor of Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter
"The ruling in Malmö District Court is damaging to freedom of expression. Many will take it as proof that the authorities are afraid of uncomfortable truths, and that lacking reasoned counter-arguments they punish those who speak plainly.
"When a member of the council asked the police whether Dahn Pettersson's claims were true, he was told simply that the claims constituted Agitation Against a National or Ethnic Group. The law is becoming a hindrance for providing information about actual situations. Questions which have their basis in disparagement of a particular group cannot be answered.
"This is the result of changes at various points in the clause on Agitation against a National or Ethnic Group. The ban has developed in such a way that it inhibits not only prejudiced statements, but also nearly all discussion of sensitive issues that interest a large proportion of the public. Such a law thwarts its own purpose."
Dahn Pettersson's motion, and both the opinions and the claims contained within it, should be tackled in open political discussion - not with prosecution and punishment."
A tiny chink of hope?
Labels: Immigration, Nordic, Race, religion, Sweden
The recession's silver lining
What’s that deafening whining noise you hear? It’s the sound of the economy grinding to a halt. And that gentle fluttering? The sound of chickens coming home to roost. For more than a year I've been forecasting that Ireland would slip into zero growth recession in 2008, while armies of ‘independent’ economic commentators were forecasting growth rates of up to 5%. Bit by bit these hired hacks, paid to talk up the economy, have been forced to admit the truth.
The only growth is in the dole queues and house repossessions. But most things have a silver lining, and these developments are no exception. Here let me quote Frederick Douglas, who said that “power concedes nothing without a demand. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they have resisted with either words or blows, or with both. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they suppress.”
The number of unhappy people in Ireland will grow rapidly over the coming months, maybe even years. Their endurance will be tested. And that's the good bit. Shorn of their new-found wealth, sitting on negative equity, not working or working short time, people will have the time and lack of money to ponder on how it all went wrong.
Hopefully, they’ll see through the MSM bias, and the propaganda of the immigration industry. Hopefully, they’ll get angry. So angry that the powers Douglas referred to will get nervous and begin to yield.
Hopefully the new poor will see that billions of Euros of their tax monies are annually going to line the pockets of African despots and to finance a massive asylum scam. Hopefully they’ll realise that they can't get their kids into schools because their places are taken by immigrants. And even if they do get a place, they’ll realise that educational standards are plummeting as schools try to teach in a dozen different languages. Hopefully they’ll realise that mass immigration has lowered pay levels and reduced their chances of re-employment in a recession-bound economy.
And finally, I hope it dawns on them that the productive, hard-working, law-abiding immigrants will have gone elsewhere, while they (the new poor) are left supporting the detritus of the turd world.
So that's the potential silver lining. The Irish people might wake up to the fact that they’ve been the unwitting subjects of a massive social experiment. An experiment that has gone horribly wrong, contributing mightily to their current woes.
Roll on the revolution!
Labels: economy, Immigration, Ireland
Another priest beaten up by Muslims
For the second time in two months a Christian priest has been attacked by "Asians" (the approved PC-speak term for Muslims).The Reverend Kevin Scully was attacked in his churchyard as a hate-filled revenge attack for the priest stopping muslim youths from the disrespectful if not blasphemous act of using the church's Christian cross as a basketball hoop some three days prior to the attack.
The three muslim scum returned to exact their revenge and inflict their violent hate on the Reverend who was attacked then punched and kicked leaving the lone priest cowering on the ground before he could run for help. A man, passing by, tried to help Reverend Scully, the good Samaritan was also beaten. The priest fled into his church where he feared the thugs would follow and continue the beating.
A clear case of a muslim hate crime? You'd imagine so. But then, hate crimes can only apply to whites and/or Christians. So immediately the police and even the battered Reverend went into apology mode making excuses for the muslim teens.
Even though the Ainsworth/first beating was classified as a "hate crime", the police quickly decided that this latest incident was just an assault and not a hate crime - surely one would have to think that just the act of disrespecting the crucifix showed contempt for the Christian religion nevermind the savage beating of the priest or the fact that the priest stated he had been taunted about his religion.
Even Scully himself delivered a tirade of implausible excuses and tried to take the blame off of the culprits. With two black eyes and a multitude of cuts and bruises, Mr Scully blamed the the "anti-social" nature of the area, the muslim's consumption of alcohol and felt it is a "community" problem not a policing issue - everything but those that committed the crime.
Uncited was the fact that the area does have high level of muslim residents but clearly the priest doesn't want to admit the blatent hate crime or the problems of being a Christian church in a predominately muslim neighborhood. Probably a wise move on his part, I suppose.
As long as the police and the clergy choose to ignore the obvious - that such crimes are indeed hate crimes committed by muslims toward the Christian religion and the representatives of that religion - we can expect more such unrepentant assaults.
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John McCain, seeking to produce George Bush’s third term, is a War Hero, right?
About as far wrong as it can be.
First let’s look at what he did in Vietnam. He flew 20,000 feet above the ground, bombing mainly Hanoi, resulting, as he himself admitted, in tens of thousands of civilian casualties. ‘I'm a war criminal’ he confessed on the Today Show about ten years ago. Essentially, the bombing of North Vietnam was a very low-risk affair for the air crews. You’d have to be very unlucky to be shot down. And McCain was unlucky. His plane was hit and he ended up in the middle of a lake, from which he was rescued by Vietnamese civilians (the ‘gooks’ he so frequently refers to). He was then rushed to hospital (he admits this himself).
Little or no heroism there, certainly compared to the GIs on the ground, under constant and unpredictable attack day and night.
So now let’s turn to the harrowing time he spend in prison, where he was ‘tortured’ relentlessly. How do we know this? Well, because he told us so. What do other prisoners who were there at the time say? Ted Guy and Swede Larson say that nobody was tortured or ill-treated in any way at that prison camp. They told the Phoenix New Times that while it was possible that he was tortured, they very much doubted if he was. Nobody has provided supporting testimony to McCain.
It must also be remembered that McCain came from Navy royalty. His father commanded the Pacific Fleet at the time, as did his grandfather (same name) and one or both (I'm not sure) had a destroyer named after him (the John. S. McCain). Rather than ill-treating him you’d imagine the canny North Vietnamese would milk his unique potential for all it was worth. And that's exactly what they did.
But first they needed him to sing. And boy, did he sing! According to documents secured by Counter Punch, he divulged specific military information such as the aircraft carrier on which he was based, pilot casualties and morale, and information about rescue ships’ locations. There’s a word for this. Treason.
Why did he do it? Oh, I forgot, he was tortured. But it gets better. Realising the prize they had, the North Vietnamese then put him on their radio propaganda broadcasts. He took part in meetings with foreign visitors, usually from other Communist countries. He became so much of a radio star that one news agency report back to the US was headed “PoW Songbird is Son of US Admiral”.
But McCain wasn’t happy doing it (even though he did it for years). In fact he was so unhappy that he attempted suicide. How do we know that? Again, we’re grateful to him for the information, as nobody else seemed aware of it.
So this is the hero who plans to keep the US at war for 100 years. He doesn’t seem aware that the Chinese can pull the plug on any US war effort any time they please. But then he seems to be aware of very little. Apart from getting very far on very little.
He finished sixth from the bottom of more than 500 graduates at West Point. When he came back from Vietnam he dumped the wife who had waited for him, and married a billionaire’s daughter - who then financed his political career. And with this money and the War Hero image, now he's the favourite to win in November.
How come these facts feature nowhere on the US MSM? I don't really know, but remember that the MSM there is run by profit-hungry corporations who don't want to upset powerful figures in politics or business. These are the people who gave GW Bush a completely free pass on the Iraqi adventure, and who even today refuse to seriously investigate this greatest ever American foreign policy disaster.
All of this probably means that McCain will be the next President. Let’s hope the Chinese refuse to finance his plans for One Hundred Years Of War.
A charming tale of the 'Prophet'
This is from the oldest extant biography of Muhammad called the "Sirat Rasulallah" — "Life of the Prophet of Allah".
Muhammad aggressively attacked several groups of people around him. One of these groups were the Jews of Khaibar. Muhammad believed God led him to attack Khaibar. After Khaibar was conquered, the Jews were either enslaved, executed, or allowed to live there provided they gave the Muslims one half of all they produced. This probably being the first historical recoding of the protection racket.
One of the 'Prophet's' most brutal acts involved a prisoner named Kinana, one of the leaders of Khaibar. Muhammad wanted him to reveal where some buried treasure was hidden. Kinana refused. Muhammad had him tortured to the point of death. "Torture him until you extract what he has." So he kindled a fire with flint and steel on his chest until he was nearly dead.
When that didn’t work out the ‘Prophet’ had him beheaded.
Such are the origins of the ‘Prophet’ and the ‘Religion of Peace’
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Shri Kalraj Kishra Union Minister for Micro Small & Medium Enterprises inaugurated the newly renovated Khadi Gramodyog Bhavan at KVIC Complex in Mumbai on August 2, 2014.
Kalraj Mishra launched the e-commerce shopping portal of NSIC
Hon`ble Union Minister of MSME, Kalraj Mishra inaugurated the NSIC online e-commerce shopping portal, www.msmeshopping.com for the Indian micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Shri Madhav Lal, Secretary, Ministry of MSME Govt. of India, Shri B.H. Anil Kumar JS (ARI) , Dr. H.P.Kumar, CMD NSIC , Shri Ravindra Nath, Director (Fin.), NSIC & Shri P. UdayaKumar ,Director (P&M), NSIC were present on this occasion. “This portal is exclusively dedicated to Indian MSMEs. Our cost is low that is why people will prefer buying from us. We need to spread awareness about this portal,” Mishra told reporters on the sidelines of ...
Releasing of Book Hindutva: Ek Jeevan Shaili
Kalraj Mishra, along with yog guru Baba Ramdev, famous orator Vijay Kaushal Ji Maharaj, famour book writer Shanta Kumar, MP Gorakhpur Mahant Yogi Aditya Nath inaugrated the book HINDUTVA: EK JEEVAN SHAILI at Constitutional Hall, New Delhi. Hindutva: Ek Jeevan Shaili is written by Shri Basant Kumar and edited by Shri Kalraj Mishra. Kalraj Mishra narrated the judgement of Supreme Court (Click here download Judgement: Ramakant_Mayekar_vs_Smt._Celine_D’Silva_on_11_December,_1995). Vijay Kaushal Ji Maharaj, Baba Ramdev, Yogi Ji and Subramaniyam Swami also said their views on Hinduism
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Shri Kalraj Mishra, the Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), launched the Naukri (Job) Portal (www.niesbudnaukri.com) developed by The National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) here today. The Portal is yet another effort, in the series of efforts of NIESBUD, for improving the employability of the skilled/trained persons in the country. The Portal designed/developed in-house, by NIESBUD would provide a common platform to both the trained persons and the prospective employers. Armed with the facility of free-of-cost online registration for employment in more than 150 trades/job categories, the prospective registered employers would be able ...
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The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra releasing a publication, at the Interactive Session, organised by CII on MSME schemes, in New Delhi on June 16, 2014.
Inauguration of two days workshop through Virtual Cluster
The Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Kalraj Mishra lighting the lamp to inaugurate a Two-day Workshop on Creating New Opportunities for MSMEs through Virtual Cluster, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on June 06, 2014. The Secretary, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Shri Madhav Lal is also seen
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If not giving the land away means its a deal breaker for SciCity, I say just give the land away. Its vacant, unattractive, unused land. Its not like we're getting any money from this land and anyone else is losing out from this deal anyway.
At least if they build this, it will benefit the city by having it published internationally and it will benefit thousands of people for generations to come. Sometimes you need to allow for some sacrifices for long term benefits.
What's the cost to relocate the Liberty Humane Society, including providing them a new home? Will they be given that land/building too?
Critics assail Jersey City plan to give land to Liberty Science Center
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on March 15, 2017 at 11:26 AM, updated March 15, 2017 at 6:10 PM
JERSEY CITY -- A plan to give 16 acres of city-owned land to Liberty Science Center for a planned $276 million science center, school, hotel and residential development is being jeered by critics who say the deal amounts to a giveaway of a valuable city asset.
The plan, which will clear a major hurdle at next week's City Council meeting before moving on to the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, would allow SciTech Scity, a new arm of Liberty Science Center, to purchase the now-vacant land for $10 in what the city is calling a long-term partnership that will benefit the city "forever."
The 16 acres, formerly home to a city car impound lot, is located on Phillip Street adjacent to LSC.
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/20 ... n_to_give_land_to_li.html
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mfadam wrote:
having spent a lot of time at LSC with kids I wouldn't bet on a big spillover impact into DTJC restaurants. LSC is an auto based destination. People drive in from the burbs and run their kids around for 3 hours and then pack it up and head home in their minivan or SUV. I think the odds of the average user making the extra drive to DTJC to eat are slim.
Agreed with this 100%
Agreed with this 100% as well. There will be little or no spillover impact to the closest neighborhoods. The place will be a self-contained type of destination and it will be like the casinos in Atlantic City - people will drive right up to it, stay on the site the entire time, and won't leave until it's time to head home and will never venture into the surrounding neighborhoods. Just like Atlantic City. We see how that turned out.
Although the city is ultimately getting paid for this land, who knows how many years that will take. Remember that Journal Square project that the city was supposed to give a low-interest loan for? We saw how that was going to turn out. Oh, and per the earlier post in this thread, I'll go with option #4 as well. Works for me.
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4: Lease the land and use the annual proceeds for the benefit of the taxpayers. Pave the streets with the annual lease $$$.
Every single parking lot in the City of Santa Monica is owned by the city but are managed by outside companies such as SP+ Parking. Let's stop this give away of city assets with these phoney financial arrangements that no one at City Hall has the skills to manage. The City's finance people can't keep track of the tax abatements and the taxpayers don't even get full value of them! Ask Mayor Fulop about Steve Sirocki and his accounting of the tax abatements for 20 years.
Naysayers & critics: What's your point? What would you prefer?
1: Current plan
2: LSC gets charged market value for land, which likely sinks the project, and leads to 3.
3: The land gets sold to highest bidder, which is back to JC business usual, where nothing but money talks. The land is built out to the maximum possible revenue generating structures with no regard to benefiting the community.
Is there a "4"?
Do you have any reason to believe that your 4 doesn't lead to 3 same as 2 does? Leasing or financing to buy amount to the same thing cashflow wise.
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I'd actually give Steve props if he came out and said 'This is a project I fully support, I feel it will be an overall plus for Jersey City, and damn it, we're giving them the land for free. You elected me, now deal with it'. This pipe dream that the city will see any money back is just that-otherwise we'd have something even approaching a 'back of the envelope' business plan, which this doesn't even have.
It'll be his vanity/legacy project one way or the other, for good or bad.
(And his point about a free school, when $50 million has been spent recently on JC schools-not exactly anything saved, since the state picked up the school building costs anyway, right??)
<< Last I heard, LSC is going to pay for the land. It'll be assessed before the sale. If you set up something to advocate an earlier assessment, that sounds fine to me. >> Love to see the latest LSC’s FY 2016 audited statements rather than here say. There’s nothing posted on their website nor in GuideStar. Why doesn’t the City just lease the land like the State of NJ does to the Liberty Science Center? It’ll be decades before there’s an operating profit to get a partial payment of the land value to the JC taxpayers. It wouldn’t surprise me that once the JCRA has the land assessed, it’ll be low balled. Many of the office buildings in downtown Manhattan are on LT leaseholds owned by Trinity Church! Here’s an example of the JCRA dealings with Peter Mocco / Liberty Harbor North. The settlement in 2012: “The largest unsecured claim against one of the debtors, Liberty Harbor North Inc., stemmed from an $18.6 million judgment for Ronald Kerrigan, Katherine Kerrigan and Lynn Kerrigan, whom the JCRA hit with a condemnation action in 2004 for their property within the redevelopment area. The Kerrigans' claim against the JCRA translated into a claim against the Liberty Harbor companies based on the redevelopment arrangement.” The family sued the JCRA and Jersey City in state court last year for payment of the condemnation award, and the JCRA in turn sued Mocco to compel the Liberty Harbor companies to cover the judgment. The parties reached the settlement following a June mediation session in state court, with Mocco and the Liberty Harbor companies agreeing to pay the Kerrigans $22.4 million, which includes interest and a $1.4 million bonus payment in lieu of interest that would accrue on the judgment during the payment period. https://www.law360.com/articles/360928 ... o-settle-condemnation-row Wonder how much in legal fees that cost the taxpayers of JC? As for visitors going to restaurants in Downtown JC, you have to have parking! Soon only those in walking distance and LIFT/Uber users will be patrons.
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It would be nice if the 'give away' had a clause that somehow had a condition that it would have to benefit the community / citizens of Jersey City; either by (mandating) employing a % of locals or having some direct or indirect benefit to them (locals).
The highest price wins, often means little or no community benefit with the only benefit going to a buyer ... and then cityhall offers tax abatements!
It would be better, I feel, to direct city owned land to better QOL enterprises or enterprises / businesses that benefit the community or draws in tourists etc, instead of adding to the demand or added pressure to our infrastructure and services.
Could the land be used to build a new library, police station, city run daycare, community hub, city run aged care day centre, city offices for an expanding employee base, fire station, city / charity / community run medical clinic, local parkland, city dog run etc etc.
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It's a 9/10 of a mile drive to the Liberty National Golf Course, where the membership fee when it opened years ago was $500,000! All of the land in that area has some contamination and some land fill! The JC Medical Center was built on contaminated land but they spend $11Million+ to remediate it! A few years back they paid $23 million for 2.5 acres.
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terrencemcd wrote:
Monroe wrote:
So LSC is 'raising' 78 million that will have to be repaid-that's a loan, right?
Where is that money coming from? Branded coffee mugs in the gift shop? LSC tshirts sold online? I'm sure the parking fees they collect now go to operating expenses, so added parking won't help.
It was not explained to me the way Donnelly explained it. The city told me, after speaking with the LSC CEO, that LSC is going to tap into its donor base for the $78M they believe it will take to get the project off the ground. The way they see it, they are diverting that $78M from LSC, so once SciTech Scity is built and starts making money, SciTech Scity, which will have profit-generating features like a hotel, is going to "pay back" LSC the $78M.
Thanks. I would love to see the financials for LSC. I bet they're too optimistic. Not against this proposal. I just want to make sure it gets built and generates enough revenue for it to work.
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Donnelly said the science center is currently raising $78 million of the $280 million cost, and that would have to be paid back first from revenue generated.
“After that is paid off, then the city would get 50 percent of the net profits until the land is paid for,” Donnelly said. “After that, the city will continue to collect 20 percent of the net profits, forever.”
Although LSC is a not-for-profit organization, portions of the project will have profit-making components, similar to its current gift shop, which will generate revenue as well as pay local taxes.
Read more: Hudson Reporter - Tech village clears council Liberty Science Center will pay city for 17 acres of land
So we don't know the value of the land, we don't know the revenue stream the LSC will tap to pay for the land, we don't know how long that will take (if ever)-sounds like Nancy Pelosi talking about Obamacare-you have to pass it to know what's in it!
StevenFulop wrote:
This info was provided to the council and some advocates per their questions.
Thanks for sharing the info here, by the way. Very useful info about the project.
Now we're to believe that a $22 Million organization, which can't break even, can build a $230 Million++ SciTech Scity. The redeveloper is UNKNOWN...
LSC is in charge, and have appointed trustees. They are raising money already for the project. It's a bit early for too much more than a master plan.
Oddly enough, Fulop hated the 2008 loan, and is backing this plan. Go figure.
I also have to say, I vastly prefer to the previous plan, which was a 10 story hotel and conference center. Don't you?
Why not also include a hotel and conference center on a portion of the site if it makes the project and Sci-Tech City more economically feasible.
10 story hotel and huge conference center is not a good fit for the site in general.
That said, it sounds like the site will have a small conference center, and 50 units of temporary housing for visitors.
It's also a little difficult to have a big hotel and conference center occupying the same space as a project that combines commercial, residential and a school.
What is the current profit stream of the LSC?
It's a non-profit.
What is the projected profit stream, how long will it take for the initial $78,000.000 loan to be repaid before JC can receive even a single penny towards the (untold) valuation of the land being given?
What loan? They are raising funds from investors.
As Fulop posted, the city is not taking any direct financial risk in connection with this project.
Other than 'gift shop' revenue/profit, what other profit streams will be in place? If the property is valued at, say, 22 million-how long will it take for LSC to generate the 100 million it will owe the stakeholders and JC?
EdgeWorks: Office space for science and technology startups; includes a small conference space and theater; may offer some programs for the public
Scholars Village: 266 housing units. 154 are for graduate students in STEM programs. 50 units are short-term for visitors.
https://jerseydigs.com/liberty-science ... ech-scity-in-jersey-city/
I wouldn't expect it to be profitable any time soon. They're investors, they take their risks, that's how capitalism works. More or less.
Yes, that is currently true. Which is why I suggested something that businesses do to get customers: "Marketing". Most of them probably don't know that there's a booming restaurant district with a huge variety of choices a 10 minute drive away.
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This info was provided to the council and some advocates per their questions. Hopefully this clarifies where we are and corrects those that are putting misinformation out in the public.
Steven M. Fulop
On Mar 14, 2017, at 1:09 PM, Steve Fulop wrote:
Let me know anything else but these are the questions we have had so far.
Question: What is LSC relationship to Jersey City?
LSC is invested in Jersey City
• Employs 101 Jersey City residents (33% of total labor force)
• 1,935 Jersey City families have LSC memberships
This will expand of course with SciTech city.
Question: What is the current relationship with the Jersey City schools?
• 30,500 Jersey City students visited in 2016 (82% of student population)
• Provides free STEM education programs to 5,740 Jersey City students
and teachers by obtaining $465,000 in grant funding
• 100 Jersey City teachers participate in LSC professional development
programs annually
Question: Is this a gift to the Science Center?
No. This is a shared venture that the city benefits from as PARTNERS. The project will generate revenues for the non-profit (operating income, ground lease income etc.). If the income exceeds expenses, the excess income (or surplus) must be used on other programs by the non-profit. Over time, if you add up this surplus each year when it exceeds the amount of money raised in donations for this project. At that moment this surplus will begin to be shared 50/50 with the City until the City receives its appraised value. Once the City receives its appraised the split is reduced to 80/20 nonprofit/City forever. So over time the City will eventually get more than its appraised value for the land. This is truly a joint venture but City is protected in every scenario including ultimately getting value for the property beyond all of the other important benefits (school etc.). The appraised value is really just a way to indicate when the split goes from 50/50 to 80/20.
Question: What is the risk to the city?
None. The city is a partner in revenue and in the case of any violation there are reverter clauses if they don’t build the project, violate terms of the agreements or property is transferred to, or ever owned by, a for-profit entity then the entire property returns to the city.
Question: Will this be a traditional Jersey City Public School?
Yes. This will be a Jersey City traditional public school. Cost of schools recently constructed in Jersey City have been more than $50million. This will be at no cost to tax payers.
Question: I heard LSC is losing money. Is that accurate?
No. $4.5m in operating funds generated in FY16. After debt service, capital investments in facility etc, lsc has $1.4m in net revenues from operations.
Question: What is the attendance at LSC?
During the past four years, LSC’s attendance has grown 53%, to more than 650,000 visitors annually, making the Center the fastest growing established museum in the United States. That growth should continue with the opening at LSC in December 2017 of the biggest and most technologically-advanced planetarium in the Western Hemisphere, which will draw tourists to Jersey City and serve as an unparalleled educational resource for students and families in New Jersey
Question: The city gave LSC a loan in 2008. Was this load repaid?
Yes. LSC borrowed $2.5M from UEZ; the loan was fully repaid by 9/1/2011. There is no current debt to the city or state on the LSC balance sheets. Since this point almost the entire board and leadership has been changed
Question: Why not sell the property?
Selling the property for maximum dollars as some proposed would mean high rise condos in this location which we don't believe is in the best interest of all residents with regards to the potential we have in creating a citywide asset like SciTech city at this particular city site. While previous administrations would probably have sold this for short term gain we are trying to invest in a city asset, build a new school and a new science hub for generations of Jersey City residents to come.
Question: What will this mean to Ward F?
This will take vacant property and turn it into a $280 million dollar investment in Ward F that will create permanent jobs, construction jobs, and define Bergen Lafayette as the home of the premier science center in the region. It will create a new public school and inspire generations of future leaders who will surrounded by some the sharpest minds in the world.
Will any board member or any affiliate of lsc be a developer of this project?
caj11 wrote:
LSC brings people into New Jersey, but I don't think it brings many people specifically into the surrounding Jersey City neighborhoods to spend money.
Not a bad point by itself, though not a reason to crap on LSC. If the many family friendly DTJC restaurants were smart they'd do a discount promotion with LSC.
The City loaned the LSC $2.5 million in 2008 as they were strapped. Who knows if they ever paid it back!
Did they ever pay back the $ 2.5 million loan, by the way? Does anyone know? Once the loan was approved by the city council, nothing was ever said about it again.
I've expressed my opinion about LSC on other threads and don't feel the need to repeat myself, but I will say that LSC should not be subsidized by Jersey City for several reasons 1) the 100+ "jobs" held by Jersey City residents are mostly dead-end low paying positions. i.e. cashier, janitor, exhibit technician, 2) per the Form 990, none of the highest paid independent contractors are based in Jersey City and 3) if the place ever has serious financial problems to the point where it could be closed, I don't think the State of New Jersey would let that happen. Let the state subsidize that place - LSC brings people into New Jersey, but I don't think it brings many people specifically into the surrounding Jersey City neighborhoods to spend money.
On March 22nd, ordinance 17-023 is up for a 2nd reading and a vote. This is a short 11minute video that you can watch on YouTube . The ordinance transfers 16 acres of very valuable city-owned land to the JC Redevelopment Agency for $1. Then the JCRA sells the land to the Liberty Science Center's redeveloper of their choice to build the $230 Million Tech Center.
Last I heard, LSC is going to pay for the land.
It'll be assessed before the sale.
If you set up something to advocate an earlier assessment, that sounds fine to me. Calling the whole thing off? Not so much.
They got a loan in 2008, when the entire US economy was in a tailspin. It was a bridge loan, due in 2010. It was a whopping 10% of their operating budget, and they asked for it because the state slashed its grant to the LSC. (Fulop opposed the loan, by the way.)
Oddly enough, they haven't asked for additional loans since then.
If you're trying to tar the LSC as fiscally irresponsible, you're going to have to do more than say "they took out a small loan 9 years ago!!!"
135jc
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iGreg wrote:
So you'd pass on the $1 sale price ?
While I think the SciTech idea is downright silly, your claim about that plot of land being "very valuable" is almost as goofy. It is contaminated marsh land, sandwiched between an industrial service road and the turnpike extension, and during most of the year it stinks terribly.
The land has value. The city should be compensated for it. The tax payers should not be free bring this project. Maybe they can rent the land.
iGreg
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(31) Windsor, Berkshire - Keith met with the legendary 60s/70s photographer, Mike Randolph for another, rather fruitful project-related discussion. "Another step closer to getting the idea off the ground," our Mr. Badman said afterwards.
(30) Leafy Berkshire – Keith wrapped-up his first 3 Beatles files, intended for the book he's compiling with the group's only official biographer, Hunter Davies! Just one more to go.
-USA - Thanks to "Elaine te Meij" (in Florida USA) for her five-star review of Marilyn on Amazon.com. “The One and Only Marilyn Monroe,” she wrote. “Great book about my favorite screen star. Enjoyed it very much.” (Thanks Elaine!)
(28) Italy – On the rise again. The Kindle version of Marilyn was seen at n.23 in the “eBook Kindle > Arte, cinema e fotografia > Cinema e television” section of Amazon Italy.
-Leafy Berkshire - Further pre-production work on the new (as yet un-titled) David Essex movie.
(27) Leafy Berkshire – As work on The Beatles’ project draws to a close, serious pre-production work on the new David Essex movie, almost seamlessly makes a proper start. (Shooting of which, is set to begin in just 9 days’ time!)
- Amazon Canada - #3 in “Best Sellers” and #4 in “Most Gifted” in Marilyn sections of the site.
(26) UK – Thanks to “Ray Edwards” for his nice review of Marilyn (Kindle) on Amazon.co.uk when he described the work as “better than all the rest.” (“Thanks, Ray. Appreciated!”)
(25) Canada – Marilyn paperback was seen at #2 in the Amazon Bestsellers “Best Sellers in Monroe, Marilyn” category. It was also seen at #15 in the “Humour & Entertainment > Movies > Biographies” section of the site. (“Not bad, aye, for a book that first appeared four years ago!”)
-Leafy Berkshire – Work on the new Fab Four assignment almost reaches the end…
(24) Leafy Berkshire – Yet another day of frantic typing on the new Beatles project.
(22) Central London – David Essex pre-production meeting no.3, in London with director, Alan G. Parker. (“Coming along nicely,” Keith said.)
(18) Leafy Berkshire – Another frantic day of typing the new Beatles project.
-Canada – (Hardcover) Marilyn was at #1 and (paperback) #2 in the “Most Gifted” and “Best Sellers” sections respectively on Amazon Canada. How great was that?
(16/17) Canada – Marilyn (paperback) raced back up to the #2 spot in the “Best Sellers in Biographies & Memoirs, People, A-Z (M) Monroe, Marilyn” section of the site. It was also seen at #9 in “Humour & Entertainment > Movies > Biographies” and at #91 in the “Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Entertainers” listing. Plus #1 in most gifted (of course).
(15) Berkshire – BBC Written Archives – Keith visited the BBC in Caversham for research on the new Beatles / Hunter Davies project. (“Thanks to Jeff for his most invaluable help today!”)
-US/ Canada - And another! Yet another top, 5 out-of 5 review, this time on Amazon.com (hardback version). “I really enjoyed reading this book,” Maureen Wibbenmeyer wrote. “I really enjoyed reading this book. You can really have a lot of respect for Marilyn Monroe. Very much feel sorry for her and you just never want to get to the part where she dies. Loaned it to a friend and she loves the book.” Three excellent reviews in 3 days! Cannot be bad. Thank you all!! Also today, yep, still there, Marilyn (hardback) was still there, in the Top Spot in the “most gifted” in Marilyn section on Amazon Canada.
(14) UK – Yet another top review! Thank you, ‘Ms f ap Robert’ for your five-star rating of Marilyn on Amazon.co.uk. “Great,” she wrote. There’s been 13 reviews of it on the site, so far, 12 have been either 4 or 5 star ratings! Also on Amazon.co.uk today, Marilyn could be found at #99 in the Kindle “Books > Biography & True Accounts > Arts & Literature” listings.
(13) US- Goodreads – Thanks to ‘Autumn’ for her 5-star review of Marilyn on the book-lovers, Goodreads site. “Loved it!!,” the person said, “a ton of information that I completely trust as being accurate. it gives a sense of mystery as well that keeps you interested.” Thank you, very much indeed! 92 per cent of people liked/ loved the Marilyn book!
-Canada – Goodness. Still there…#1 in the “most gifted” in Marilyn section on Amazon Canada.
-Leafy Berkshire – Research on the new, rather exciting, new Hunter Davies, Beatles Book neared to a close.
(9/10) Leafy Berkshire – A hive of activity as Keith carried-out dual work on the new Beatles and David Essex projects.
(8) Covent Garden, Central London – Keith attended the third, David Essex pre-production meeting, which included director, Alan G. Parker and the truly great man himself, Mr. Essex.
(7) IMDB – Keith was spotted in the No.16 position in the “most popular born in Slough” chart.
(6) Canada – Stunning! You really could not make this up; Marilyn #1 (hardback), #4 (softback) in the “Most Gifted in Monroe, Marilyn” section on Amazon Canada. Also on this day, the Italian Kindle version was also to be found at n.97 in the “Arte, cinema e fotografia > Cinema e television” section on Amazon Italy.
-Leafy Berkshire - Another extremely busy day of Beatles research.
(4) Leafy Berkshire – Return visit to the world-famous, highly-desirable, book well-in-advance, Barratt Bistro. “Wunder-bar!” Keith screamed as he left the building in the early hours of the morning. “Yet another night of riveting conversation and extremely delicious food,” he said, before adding, “it was dining at its very best!”
(3) Leafy Berkshire – The latest issue of Record Collector thundered thru letter-boxes of subscribers across the country, and featured Keith’s piece on the 1969 Newcastle Arts Festival.
(2) Leafy Berkshire – Concluding research on the Beatles project.
(1) Leafy Berkshire – The month began with more research work on the new Beatles project.
-“Thanks, Hunter!” Keith received his copy of the new Hunter Davies “Beatles Lyrics” book. “It’ a superb read,” Keith declared. “A Christmas must-buy, for sure.”
-And yep, it’s still there! Keith’s Marilyn (hardback edition) was still at #1 in the “Most Gifted in Monroe, Marilyn” section on Amazon Canada, while the softback version was to be found at #3 in the same chart.
-And thank you, “nitram” for your Five Star review of Marilyn (kindle edition) on Amazon.co.uk. “great reading,” he said.
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The May 18 Gwangju democratic uprising
A detailed account of the May 18 popular uprising in Gwangju, South Korea, against the dictatorship's declaration of martial law and for workers' rights in 1980.
The text is by the official May 18 History Compilation Committee of Gwangju, and so has an overall liberal, social democratic bent (albeit one which acknowledges the legitimacy of armed resistance) but it does contain lots of useful factual information about the uprising.
May-18-Gwangju-uprising.pdf 11.18 MB
Nov 2 2016 01:21
May 18 History Compilation Committee of Gwangju
Gwangju uprising
US intervention
May-18-Gwangju-uprising.pdf (11.18 MB)
Dan Radnika
Jan 5 2017 22:05
It's also worth taking a look at the novel which is a fictionalised account of some of the Gwangju events: "Human Acts" by Han Kang.
Again, it's rather liberal. It's mostly focused on how horrible the mass murder and torture carried out by the state was - which I don't doubt! - rather than the nature of the uprising itself.
Dan Radnika wrote:
that's true, but the book is absolutely amazing. My favourite chapter is from the perspective of a prisoner, and in it he also describes the mood of the people on the streets, which was really powerful stuff
Apr 6 2017 18:28
The Victim Cosplay of A Former Dictator
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Since 2014, we provide the first experimental treatment of MdDS, which is successful in approximately 75% of cases who contracted MdDS by motion events, and about 50% of cases who acquired MdDS spontaneously (no apparent motion involved).
Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (MdDS) commonly occurs after sea voyages and is primarily characterized by a sense of rocking, swaying, and bobbing (“sea legs”). Generally, these sensations may only last for a short period of time from minutes to days. However, for some travelers these sensations last a much longer time, from months to years. This is so-called persistent MdDS. If this occurs, the primary symptoms of rocking are usually accompanied by a number of equilibrium, cognitive and psychological dysfunctions, which may severely reduce the quality of life and ability to work.
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Charter Town Hall in Laytonville 4/12
The Charter Project of Mendocino County is hosting a series of Town Hall meetings around the county to introduce people to Charter Commission candidates for the June 7th election, and also to canvass the public about what they would like to see in a county charter.
What is a charter, anyway? What does home rule mean to Mendocino County? Get answers at…
The 5th Town Hall meeting will be held on Monday, April 12, 2016 at the Long Valley Garden Club, 375 Harwood Road in Laytonville from 4pm to 6pm.
The Measure W question will be in the ballot in the June election, "Shall a Charter Commission be elected to propose a Mendocino County Charter?"
There will also be candidates running for the post of Charter Commissioner. You will be able to vote for 15 of them in June.
Meet 2 Charter Commission candidates:
Micheal Burgess - retired Spacecraft Electronics Engineer. Mike currently cares for 300 young fruit & nut trees and their drip irrigation system on the off-grid farm he and his wife moved to near Willits in 2012. He is also an officer of the Little Lake Grange (Willits) and volunteers cooking skills in the kitchen for the monthly pancake breakfasts (4th Sundays).
Michael brings attention to detail, and "getting the job done right. He wants to see the prospective Charter be solid, addressing the weak points of the existing system and enhancing the quality of life for all County citizens.
Lynda McClure spent her childhood in Ukiah. After finishing a Masters in Social Work from CSU Sacramento, she worked most of her adult career as a labor organizer for SEIU. She has also worked at a battered women’s shelter, and sits on the boards of the Cloud Forest Institute and the Mendocino Women’s Political Coalition. She helps organize the annual Not So Simple Living Fair, co-hosts Corporations and Democracy on KZYX, and sings with the Raging Grannies and the Anderson Valley Chorus. Lynda is determined to strengthen Community Rights to protect our county from corporate rule.
We are delighted to feature famed Community Rights advocate Paul Cienfuegos, longtime activist and community organizer. In 1994, POCLAD helped Paul realize the insidious impact of corporate rule. In 1995, he co-founded Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County, which began works to dismantle corporate political power. Paul now leads Democracy workshops and talks across the nation. He will speak about Community Rights and how the charter can secure our rights.
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All registered voters are welcome!
We welcome all idea contributions for a county charter at our WindTunneling page: http://join.windtunneling.com Create a login & password, and choose Project Code: MendoCountyCharter.
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November 2003, Photo Gallery
All Images © K. Dewey, unless otherwise noted.
November 30, 2003: A red sky just after sunset in Southeast Lincoln, Nebraska.
A near record high of 65 F occurred earlier in the day.
November 30, 2003: A warm late autumn afternoon, with a near record high of 65 F finds
golfers hitting the links at HiMark Golf Course in Lincoln.
November 30, 2003: Sunrise in Southeast Lincoln, Nebraska.
Due to light refraction, the rising sun appears like a space ship hovering above the ground.
November 24, 2003: A bright red sunset in Lincoln near 48th and "R" streets.
November 24, 2003:A bright red sunset in Lincoln near 48th and "R" streets.
November 23, 2003: Lincoln's first snowfall wasn't very much in depth but it brought out the
smiles on this youngster!
November 23, 2003: Lincoln's first snowfall of the winter moves into the city shortly after midnight.
November 20, 2003: It may be late November, but some trees in Lincoln are still holding onto
their colorful leaves.
November 16, 2003: With temperatures in the mid-60's, green lawns and colorful leaves still hanging
onto the trees, it doesn't look or feel like it is only a month until the first day of Winter.
Photographed near 40th and Normal Blvd. in Lincoln.
November 16, 2003: With temperatures in the mid-60's, green lawns and colorful leaves still hanging onto
the trees, it doesn't look or feel like it is only a month until the first day of Winter.
Photographed near 20th and "E" streets in Lincoln.
November 16, 2003: Early morning fog in far southeast Lincoln. The fog was in the Stevens Creek lowlands.
It was a shallow "radiation" type fog and the tops of the trees were above the fog layer.
November 15, 2003: Just before sunset, looking east. The sky was dark but a small opening in the western
sky allowed the sunlight to briefly brighten up the landscape. Photographed from near 95th and Old Cheney Roads.
The water town is at 162nd and Van Dorn Streets.
How do you photograph the invisible Wind --like this!
November 12, 2003: Early morning wind gusts reaching 45 mph whip this flags on north 84th Street.
November 12, 2003. Bright blue skies contrast with the browns of the trees and the prairie grass on east campus of UNL.
Photographed near the Nebraska/Colorado border, west of McCook on October 6, 2003.
November 7, 2003: Early morning frost covers the ground and the pond at HiMark golf course has a thin
layer of ice as an unseasonably cold air mass grips the area.
Image © Tom Wittman, UNL Meteorology Program.
A recent sunset on Pawnee Lake, near Lincoln, Nebraska
November 5, 2003. The sun finally appears after 5 gloomy cold days.
November 3, 2003. A sudden switch from late summer warmth and sunshine and 70 degree weather
to late Autumn drizzle, fog with 30 degree temperatures. Photographed in far southeast Lincoln.
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Asthma - a widespreaddisease. Now the number of patients continues to increase, despite an earlier diagnosis and modern approaches to treatment. There are more than 150 million people suffering from asthma. In the respiratory tract there is a chronic inflammation that causes an exacerbation of asthma attack.
Asthma - a widespreaddisease. Currently, the number of patients continues to increase, despite an earlier diagnosis and modern approaches to treatment. There are more than 150 million people suffering from asthma.
In bronchial asthma airwaythere is a chronic inflammation that causes an exacerbation of asthma attack. The attack can be short or long. Often in the early stages of the disease attacks are in themselves, and the person is unaware of disease. Over time, without treatment and preventionchoking episodes occur more frequently and more severe. Typically, at this stage, people go to the doctor. Asthma has a family character, and hence a predisposition to it is inherited. Asthma is one parent doubles the risk illness the child, Both parents - it increases even by half. Children and elderly people become ill more severe.
Causes of asthma can be a little. There are common risk factors that trigger its development:
household allergens (house dust and paper), allergens pets (wool dogs, cats), fungal spores;
allergens, which are widespread in the environment: the pollen of grasses, flowers, shrubs and trees;
food allergens in the same matter;
smoking active and passive;
occupational allergens such as paints, lacquers, etc.
They play a role in the occurrence ofasthma and frequent respiratory tract viral infections. It is more typical for younger children. In older children, it is not only SARS but also allergies. In adults, the disease often develops because of exposure to allergens associated with their profession. One of the causes of asthma development can be ecological trouble - asthma was significantly more common in large cities and industrial areas. Great importance plays and maintaining an unhealthy lifestyle adversely affect the cold and humid climate.
The main symptoms of asthma:
recurrent attacks of breathlessness with wheezing on exhalation, when a person in order to facilitate respiration takes a forced situation: sitting, resting his hands on his knees, bending the body forward;
dyspnea (shortness of breath) usually happens at night, the patient wakes up because of a lack of air or cough;
can provoke an attack of physical exertion, emotional stress, inhalation of allergens;
often colds drag on for longer than 10 days, and there is a feeling that the cough drops deeper;
shortness of breath passes quickly when receiving bronchodilators (drugs that enhance the bronchi);
There may be acute or more gradualthe beginning of an attack of breathlessness. But, as if there was not, in all patients during the attack, medical assistance is required. If choking episode appeared for the first time, our site recommends be examined by a doctor-pulmonologist.
In recent years, the ratio changed to radicallytreatment of bronchial asthma. This is due to the fact that scientists have identified a critical role in allergic inflammation and airway hyperreactivity (hypersensitivity) bronchi. This is the basis two big trends in the treatment of asthma: a basic anti-inflammatory therapy and emergency care at an attack. In our country, for example, operates a national program for asthma in children.
Our website would like to warn: following material is information and exploratory in nature and in no way is not a guide to self-healing. The package of measures for the treatment of bronchial asthma is chosen strictly individually based on the severity of the disease data. As a rule, the severity exhibited after complete survey and analysis of disease symptoms.
Bronchial asthma is mild: occasional bouts (on average 1-2 times a month), quickly go away without treatment or using drugs. Outside the attack feeling is not suffering.
The average degree is characterized by bouts of more severe with suffocation and the involvement of the circulatory system (heart, muffled heart sounds). Wanted bronhospazmolitikov inhalation.
Severe asthma - frequent seizures every day or 2-3 times a week, is a danger to life and requires emergency measures. Between bouts of shortness of breath persists.
The base includes anti-inflammatory therapyyourself: corticosteroids (hormones) in tablet or inhaled. Moreover, inhaled corticosteroids are most preferred, as they have several advantages: the highest effect being delivered directly to the airways and does not cause severe side effects. For inhaled forms include: Aldetsin, bekotid, Beclason, budesonide, Pulmicort, Ingakort. A powerful anti-inflammatory effect has inhaled the drug Intal (cromolyn sodium), Tayled (nedocromil sodium). These drugs are taken long courses. In acute disease has to appoint additional medications, and after the attack continue basic therapy.
Emergency aid for attack of asthma:
remove the cause and important allergens;
provide fresh air, unbutton clothes;
appoint one of the drugs withbronchospasmolytic effect: berotek H, salbutamol, Flomax. 1-2 doses administered using a metering atomizer or a nebulizer (the interval between puffs for 2 minutes);
You can give the patient a tablet aminophylline 1;
repeated inhalation if no effect after 20 minutes;
with an increase in choking call "ambulance."
In bronchial asthma should be permanentclose contact with the doctor. As already mentioned, it prepared an individual treatment plan for each patient. The plan should be flexible, changing depending on the severity and duration of illness. The patient is kept informed doctor about new treatments for the disease. One of the highlights in the treatment of asthma, a stepwise approach. With an increase in asthma symptoms the patient goes to a higher level and changing treatment. With the weakening of the symptoms and maintaining their appearance at this level for 3 months stage is reduced to an almost complete abolition of drugs. The main objective is to achieve long-term remission (complete absence or slowing of attacks of breathlessness).
As a result of such an approach to the treatmentasthma, physicians were able to control the disease and prevent attacks. The quality of life of these patients was much higher, and life expectancy has increased.
As prophylaxis of asthmaexperts recommend physical exercise, swimming. Useful inflating balloons as lung capacity increases. Effective and breathing exercises. The positive charge provide fresh air (in the woods and in the park) in any weather. But this, of course, you must try to avoid the factors that contribute to the development of asthma. Although completely eliminate allergens such as animal dander, pollen and dust, is extremely problematic, you can only reduce the time of contact with them. If allergens are associated with your profession, it is recommended to change the place and / or working conditions, or even move to another location.
And, of course, it is necessary to avoid inflammation of the upper respiratory tract and treat promptly.
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Home » Africa » Case overload strains Botswana’s single cancer treatment facility
Case overload strains Botswana’s single cancer treatment facility
by Oscar Nkala
At least 1 200 new cancer cases are confirmed in Botswana annually, and yet the country has only one centre for comprehensive cancer treatment, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has said.
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Speaking at the ‘Happy Hearts’ cancer fund-raising and awareness dinner hosted recently by the Cancer Association of Botswana in Gaborone, Masisi said the world has to declare a new war against all forms of cancer as it remains a major global health threat and cause of death.
“The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that 8.8 million people, out of a prevalence of 17.5 million, died of the disease in 2015. Between 2005 and 2015, (global) cancer cases increased by 33%, making it one of the most dreadful killer diseases after HIV/AIDS,” Masisi said.
He said in Botswana, the burden of new cases has severely strained the disease control and mitigation capabilities of the single national cancer treatment facility in the capital Gaborone.
“This (lack of facilities) means that cancer patients and their caregivers could be coming from as far as Shakawe (1 500 km north-west) for treatment in Gaborone. Yet they may not even have relatives to accommodate them during their stay (in Gaborone),” President Masisi said.
Meanwhile, the Cancer Association of Botswana and charitable community organisation Ladies Circle Botswana have started raising funds for the construction of an interim home for children affected by cancer.
The facility will accommodate sick children and their parents or guardians for the duration of their stay in Gaborone while seeking cancer treatment. The entire treatment programme takes up to 6 months, inclusive of disease treatment and psychological support services.
To alleviate the accommodation crisis faced by patients from outside Gaborone, President Masisi said the government has provided interim accommodation for 19 female patients. There are no facilities for housing male and child cancer patients from beyond Gaborone.
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M.M.F.B.
Middlewest Motor Freight Bureau.
A carrier giving a customer illegal preference to attract cargo. This can take the form of a money refund (rebate); using lower figures than actual for the assessment of freight charges (undercubing); misdeclaration of the commodity shipped to allow the assessment of a lower tariff rate; waiving published tariff charges for demurrage, CFS handling or equalization; providing specialized equipment to a shipper to the detriment of other shippers, etc.
Mandamu
A writ issued by a court; requires that specific things be done.
Document that lists in detail all the bills of lading issued by a carrier or its agent or master for a specific voyage. A detailed summary of the total cargo of a vessel. Used principally for Customs purposes.
Broadly, insurance covering loss or damage of goods at sea. Marine insurance typically compensates the owner of merchandise for losses sustained from fire, shipwreck, etc., but excludes losses that can be recovered from the carrier.
Business pertaining to commerce or navigation transacted upon the sea or in seaports in such matters as the court of admiralty has jurisdiction.
Maritime Domain
It is all areas and things of, on, under, relating to, adjacent to, or bordering on a sea, ocean, or other navigable waterway, including all maritime related activities, infrastructure, people, cargo, and vessels and other conveyances.
Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
It is the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States.
Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS)
It shares and displays vessel Automated Identification System (AIS) data real-time with multiple international users through a web-based, password-protected system.
Letters, numbers, and other symbols placed on cargo packages to facilitate identification. Also known as marks.
Marlinespike
A pointed metal spike, used to separate strands of rope in splicing.
MarView
It is an integrated, data-driven environment providing essential information to support the strategic requirements of the United States Marine Transportation System and its contribution to economic viability of the nation.
Master Inbound
U.S. Customs' automated program under AMS. It allows for electronic reporting of inbound (foreign) cargoes in the U.S.
Mate's Receipt
An archaic practice. An acknowledgement of cargo receipt signed by a mate of the vessel. The pos-sessor of the mate's receipt is entitled to the bill of lading, in exchange for that receipt.
1,000 board feet. One MBM equals 2,265 C.M.
MCFS
Abbreviation for "Master Container Freight Station." See CFS.
Measurement Cargo
Freight on which transportation charges are calculated on the basis of volume measurement.
Measurement Ton
40 cubic feet.
Mechanically Ventilated Container
A container fitted with a means of forced air ventilation.
Megaports Initiative
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Memorandum Bill of Lading
An in-house bill of lading. A duplicate copy.
Memorandum Freight Bill
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39.37 inches (approximately).
2,204.6 pounds or 1,000 kilograms.
Microbridge
A cargo movement in which the water carrier provides a through service between an inland point and the port of load/discharge. The carrier is responsible for cargo and costs from origin on to destination. Also known as IPI or Through Service.
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Discover dynamic education programs and curriculum resources about the history of our city, state, and nation.
The New-York Historical Society Education Division provides dynamic programming and curriculum resources for students and teachers in New York and beyond. Historical study sparks curiosity and creativity, promotes cultural understanding, and fosters an empowered citizenry to strengthen our democracy. Our staff of passionate professionals draws on our world-renowned collections to engage learners of all ages in the study of our collective past.
Education programs are made possible through endowments established by
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NYC’s Gilded Ages is a digital exhibit that was created by students in the Barnard College course, New York City’s Gilded Ages: Coming of Age, Past and Present, during the fall 2015 semester. The class and virtual exhibit were made possible by cooperation with the New-York Historical Society and with funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Students were advised by Barnard professors and New-York Historical Society curators. New York City’s Gilded Ages: Coming of Age, Past and Present is part of Barnard’s educational initiative, Barnard Teaches: Real Place + Digital Access, which explores, integrates, and extends the concept of placed-based learning with new and emerging digital technologies.
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Conservatory Track
This learning opportunity is meant to supplement the training our
actors receive in our Prep4rep and Teen Repertory programs. It is
important for an actor to develop holistically to better prepare him
or her for future endeavors in theatre arts. Our conservatory track
will provide a foundation in dance and singing. An actor will not
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diction, breath support required for projection, and vocal range.
Aptitude in dance strengthens an actor’s core, increases flexibility,
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6 weeks of Dance (all musical theatre styles covered)
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Melissa Woolverton was born and raised in Manitoba, Canada and at the age of three began studying classical piano through the Royal Conservatory of Music, Canada. She continued her piano studies at Northern State University in Aberdeen, SD and graduated with a Bachelors of General Studies (summa cum laude) with a piano, voice, and theatre emphasis. The Astors’ Beechwood Theatre Company in Newport, RI brought Melissa to Rhode Island in 2004, and she was an actor and the Music Director for four years. Currently, Melissa is a staff accompanist for the University of Rhode Island and Salve Regina University in Newport, RI. She is the accompanist for the Chorus of Westerly and the Greater Tiverton Community Chorus and regularly performs with Opera Providence. She is the accompanist/music director for SRU’s Opera Workshop and has been music director for the Newport Children’s Theatre and SRU’s musical production of Two Gentlemen of Verona. She was a featured soloist with SRU’s Community Orchestra performing Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos No. 10 in E Flat.
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As the U.S. Army-led Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR TD) program wraps up, Bell’s revolutionary tiltrotor continues to turn heads with outstanding performance and shines a spotlight on the benefits of modernization.
After two-years of highly successful flight demonstrations the Bell V-280 Valor continues to showcase new capabilities to show how the aircraft meets the challenges of future fights. The aircraft has flown more than 150 hours through multi-sortie test days and numerous public demonstrations to deliver data and inform requirements for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program.
“The V-280 and flight test program teams’ performances have gone above and beyond expectation,” said Keith Flail, vice president of Advanced Vertical Lift Systems at Bell. “Our team of defense-aerospace technology and manufacturing experts demonstrated the ability to deliver a high-performance aircraft on schedule that will revolutionize U.S. military vertical lift capability. We are very proud of this track record and look forward to competing for the U.S. Army FLRAA program.”
The V-280 and flight test program teams’ performances have gone above and beyond expectation Keith Flail, Vice President of Advanced Vertical Lift Systems at Bell
In 2019 alone, Team Valor and the V-280 program team have delivered performance milestones beyond expectations. 2019 milestones include:
Speed > 300 kts
Hover Out of Ground Effect (HOGE) > 6,000 feet altitude at 95º F
Low speed agility to meet the Army’s Level 1 Handling Qualities requirements
Executed numerous, consecutive multi-sortie days of flight operations
Test flights with Army pilots
Flight testing did not simply focus on demonstrating engineering maneuvers. The team understands the V-280 must be suitable for use in multi-domain operations as well. To that end, the V-280 has integrated the Lockheed Martin Pilotage Distributed Aperture System (PDAS) mission equipment package and has flown operationally focused tests showing fast rope deployment options. Looking forward, testing will include additional mission equipment package integration, sling load tests and a demonstration of autonomous flight.
Unprecedented flight performance is only part of the equation for FLRAA to be a successful program. Bell continues to analyze and test options to improve future fleet affordability and sustainment lifecycle cost. The team has undertaken initiatives to address cost-drivers inherent in operational aircraft by employing the latest digital technologies to optimize affordability throughout the fleet’s lifecycle.
In addition to performance achievements, the V-280 has also continued to be recognized for excellence from independent organizations. For example, the National Aeronautic Association nominated the V-280 for the prestigious Collier Trophy and Aviation Week has recognized the V-280 with a Laureate Award for the 2nd consecutive year.
These results continue to show national leaders that the JMR TD program has been a great example of government-industry partnership. The success of the JMR TD effort offers the Army an opportunity to leverage technologies proven over the past six years to inform a program of record and get new capabilities fielded in line with the Army’s modernization strategy. The V-280 demonstrates that close collaboration between government and industry can deliver transformational capabilities in a rapid and sustainable process.
“Bell is committed to our customers. Our talented employees are innovators who have reimagined how vertical lift can help modernize the Army with the V-280 Valor. We are proud of what the V-280 and Team Valor have achieved in 6 short years and look forward to building on our success to bring next generation capability to the warfighter in the coming years,” continued Flail.
Our talented employees are innovators who have reimagined how vertical lift can help modernize the Army with the V-280 Valor. Keith Flail, Vice President of Advanced Vertical Lift Systems at Bell
As the competition for the U.S. Army’s Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft moves forward, Bell and Team Valor continue to set the pace.
To see updates on the V-280 Valor and learn more on the capabilities, please visit the Bell V-280 page, and follow us on YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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Written on August 31st, 2012 in Index by heidi
2012-08-01: Behind the Great Firewall of China;
2012-08-02: Paleo Festival Nyon 2012: some Artists;
2012-08-03: The New Student Rebellion and the Mexican Left;
2012-08-04: Divide and Rule in the Land of Gold;
2012-08-04: GENDER and LAND GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE;
2012-08-05: Emerging Powers in Africa Initiative;
2012-08-06: The Fahamu Pan-African Fellowship FPAF;
2012-08-07: Russia’s largest Muslim region to clamp down on extremism;
2012-08-08: Vera’s Kidney, Walter’s Money: Desperation, Greed and the Global Organ Trade;
2012-08-08: FORUM DES CULTURES: Chanter contre l’excision;
2012-08-09: People as Surplus/Unnecessary Humans;
2012-08-10: Oliver Shanti and his friends;
2012-08-11: Farm Lands of Africa announces execution of an agreement …;
2012-08-12: Living with the Trees of Life;
2012-08-13: False Flag Terror and Conspiracies of Silence;
2012-08-14: Developing Children;
2012-08-15: Defense Motion Details Horrific Conditions Bradley Manning Was Subjected to at Quantico;
2012-08-16: What If There Were No Police?
2012-08-17: Goldman Sachs Free to Keep Stealing;
2012-08-17: Une alternative urgente à la logique infernale du capital;
2012-08-18: A Fundamental Human Right: Ecuador Grants Assange Political Asylum;
2012-08-18: Mutilations Génitales Féminines MGF;
2012-08-18: Comité des observateurs des droits de l’Homme CODHO;
2012-08-19: again the Soweto Gospel Choir;
2012-08-20: Howard Zinn’s Zen Politics;
2012-08-21: USA: Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders (1949 to 1958);
2012-08-22: There’s Only One Solution That Might Fix Our Corrupt Financial System;
2012-08-23: The Cost of Hunger: Drought Only One Factor Behind High Food Prices;
2012-08-24: Hedges and Sacco, A Twenty-First Century American Sacrifice Zone;
2012-08-25: Responsible farmland investing? Current efforts to regulate land grabs will make things worse;
2012-08-26: Toward a New Beginning – On Another Road, The Alternative to the Micro-Sect (1971);
2012-08-27: How to create your own NGO;
2012-08-28: Inside U.S.-Soviet Relations during the Carter-Brezhnev Period;
2012-08-29: Female Genital Mutilation: A Crime Against Women;
2012-08-30: Five Holistic Alternative Farming Methods: Agroecology at its Best;
2012-08-31: Can democracy exist without trust?
Can democracy exist without trust?
Written on August 31st, 2012 in Economy and Politic, Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Watch this video, 14.05 min, on TED talks, by Ivan Krastev, FILMED June 2012, POSTED August 2012: Five great revolutions have shaped political culture over the past 50 years, says theorist Ivan Krastev. He shows how each step forward — from the cultural revolution of the ‘60s to recent revelations in the field of neuroscience — has also helped erode trust in the tools of democracy. As he says, “What went right is also what went wrong.” Can democracy survive? … (full text and comments). Continue Reading…
Five Holistic Alternative Farming Methods: Agroecology at its Best
Written on August 30th, 2012 in Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Published on nourishing the planet, by Ioulia Fenton, August 28, 2012.
In March 2011, the United Nations Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter, presented a report highlighting how agroecology holds promise for alleviating hunger, reducing poverty, preserving the environment, and fighting climate change. Continue Reading…
Female Genital Mutilation: A Crime Against Women
Written on August 29th, 2012 in African concerns, Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Published on Huffington Post, by Yvonne Ossei, August 27, 2012.
A seven-year-old girl is screaming hysterically in a secluded room. She has just had her clitoris cut off, her vagina sewn together and the surrounding areas of her genitalia burnt with corrosives. Her legs have been tied together and for months she will not be able to walk. Furthermore she will have no choice but to urinate through her fleshy wounds. The physical pain and psychological trauma will haunt her until the day she dies, unless she bleeds to death first. Continue Reading…
Inside U.S.-Soviet Relations during the Carter-Brezhnev Period
Written on August 28th, 2012 in Economy and Politic by heidi
Documents and Transcripts of Meetings between Leading American and Soviet Ex-Officials Explore Collapse of Détente in late 1970s – Published on The National Security Archive, by Svetlana Savranskaya and Malcolm Byrne (With grateful appreciation to James G. Blight and Janet M. Lang), Washington, DC, August 15, 2012.
High hopes for a “reset” of U.S.-Soviet relations in the late 1970s were shattered by ingrained suspicions and negative international trends to which both sides contributed under President Jimmy Carter and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, according to declassified documents and unique “critical oral history” transcripts posted today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. Continue Reading…
How to create your own NGO
I have collected for a person I love some usefull links to inspire her to create her own NGO. She has many good ideas, knows that work has to be done for this humanity, and one of the best ways to change this world is to become actif with a god team, as together we are able to handle mountains. Yes, everyone is able to do so.
So, why not make you all profit from this informations. Download the text: How to create your own NGO. Good success.
Toward a New Beginning – On Another Road, The Alternative to the Micro-Sect (1971)
Published on Marxist.org, by Hal Draper, 1971.
Introduction to this document;
1. Let’s start by going back to Marx …;
2. Marx: the negative side;
3. Anatomy of the sect;
4. Well, what about the Bolsheviks?
5. How and when the sect form was revived; Continue Reading…
Responsible farmland investing? Current efforts to regulate land grabs will make things worse
Published on Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab (Source: OFRANEH), August 22, 2012.
From the World Bank to pension funds, efforts are under way to regulate land grabs through the creation of codes and standards. The idea is to distinguish those land deals that do meet certain criteria and should be approvingly called “investments” from those that don’t and can continue to be stigmatised as land “grabs”. Up to now, it was mostly international agencies that were trying to do this. Now, the private sector is engaging in a serious way to set its own rules of the game. Continue Reading…
Hedges and Sacco, A Twenty-First Century American Sacrifice Zone
a book excerpt: from Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (amazon) – Published on Tom Dispatch, by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco, August 21, 2012.
… A World of Hillbilly Heroin: During the two years Joe Sacco and I reported from the poorest pockets of the United States, areas that have been sacrificed before the altar of unfettered and unregulated capitalism, we found not only decayed and impoverished communities but shattered lives. There comes a moment when the pain and despair of constantly running into a huge wall, of realizing that there is no way out of poverty, crush human beings. Those who best managed to resist and bring some order to their lives almost always turned to religion and in that faith many found the power to resist and even rebel. Continue Reading…
The Cost of Hunger: Drought Only One Factor Behind High Food Prices
Written on August 23rd, 2012 in Economy and Politic, Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
In the US, the Midwest is suffering through one of the worst droughts in decades – Published on Spiegel Online International, by CLEMENS HÖGES, ALEXANDER JUNG, MALTE LAUB, MICHAELA SCHIESSL and GERALD TRAUFETTER, August 21, 2012. (Photo Gallery – Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).
The severe drought in the US has been blamed the rising prices of agricultural commodities. But that is only part of the story: Biofuels, financial speculation and changing dietary habits are also playing a role. The global food supply faces pressure from all sides … // Continue Reading…
There’s Only One Solution That Might Fix Our Corrupt Financial System
Written on August 22nd, 2012 in Economy and Politic by heidi
The simple truth is our giant banking system is metastasizing throughout our economy. It’s sucking away our wealth. And it’s out of control – Published on AlterNet.org, by Les Leopold, August 14, 2012.
Americans want their pound of flesh, and rightfully so. We’ve seen our bankers commit every kind of financial crime imaginable. They trade on insider information. They manipulate markets. They rig bets. They fix prices. They sell securities that are designed to fail so that they can bet against them. They launder money for rogue nations. They create too-big-to-fail banks that gamble with impunity knowing that we will bail them out again and again. And they collectively crashed the economy causing 8 million workers to lose their jobs. Continue Reading…
USA: Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders (1949 to 1958)
Written on August 21st, 2012 in Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
This article is about trials that involved the CPUSA. For other trials, see Smith Act trial disambiguation – Published on en.wikipedia.
The Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders were a series of trials held from 1949 to 1958 in which leaders of the Communist Party of the United States CPUSA were accused of violating the Smith Act (Maintenance of National Security and the First Amendment), a 1940 statute that set penalties for advocating the violent overthrow of the government. Continue Reading…
Howard Zinn’s Zen Politics
book review: Howard Zinn (1922–2010), The Historic Unfulfilled Promise, Foreword by Matthew Rothschild, Ed. San Francisco: City Lights, 2012, 256 pages. – Published on MRzine, by Jonah Raskin, August 16, 2012.(Find Howard Zinn also on World People’s Blog).
Howard Zinn was called a lot of different names: anarchist, socialist, and communist. He called himself a lot of different names, too: anarchist, socialist, and communist. No one ever seems to have called him Zen, but maybe it’s time to start. He certainly knew the meaning of Zen from his days as a postdoctoral fellow in East Asian Studies at Harvard. He also met Zen Buddhists when he traveled to Hanoi near the height of the War in Vietnam and secured the release of Americans held hostage. Continue Reading…
again the Soweto Gospel Choir
Written on August 19th, 2012 in just beauty by heidi
World In Union, 8.32 min;
Khumbaya, 4.14 min;
Many Rivers Cross and Going Down Jordan, 5.16 min;
The Lion Sleeps Tonight, 3.26 min;
Thina Simnqobile, 2.43 min; Continue Reading…
2012-08-18: Comité des observateurs des droits de l’Homme CODHO
(Committee of Observers of Human Rights) – Received by e-mail, From: CODHO, Dates: 15 and 16 August 2012, the following press releases (actually in french):
.DDH COMPRESSE NORD KIVU 15 08 2012.
.DDH COMPRESSE NORD KIVU 15 08 2012 CORRIGEDUM 16 08 2012.
.JUS COMPRESSE CONJOINT CODHO – ACAJ CSM ASSEMBLEE GEN EXT 18 08 2012.
The Committee of Observers of Human Rights CODHO, Address: L / 4-2, rue Bongandanga, Immeuble Veve Center,1er ét,Q. an. com., Kinshasa 11, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Phone: +243 815089970, E-mail: Continue Reading…
Mutilations Génitales Féminines MGF
Conférence contre les mutilations génitales féminines, 10.58 min, le 6 février 2012, avec Mme Waris Dirie, dans le cadre de la Journée Internationale contre les Mutilations Génitales Féminines;
Conférence MGF – Débat Part 1, 12.58 min;
Conférence MGF – Débat Part 2, 15.17 min; Continue Reading…
A Fundamental Human Right: Ecuador Grants Assange Political Asylum
Published on Spiegel Online International, by , August 16, 2012. (Linked with Assange Embassy Controversy: Britain Threatens To Raid Ecuador’s Embassy Over Amnesty Issue).
Ecuador on Thursday said it would grant political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the country’s embassy in London for weeks now. Britain says it still intends to extradite the whistleblower to Sweden, where he faces questioning over allegations of sexual offenses … //
… Britain Says It Will Still Detain Assange: Continue Reading…
Une alternative urgente à la logique infernale du capital
Publié dans Mondialisation.ca, par Guillermo Almeyra, le 7 aout 2012.
Les états capitalistes dépendants qui, en Amérique Latine ont les gouvernements dits « progressistes » refusant d’appliquer les politiques imposées par le « Consensus de Washington », sont attrapés dans un engrenage qui dévore continuellement les efforts en faveur d’un changement économique et social, mécanisme qui reproduit et aggrave le passé, consolidant au passage les politiques néolibérales que ces gouvernements déclarent repousser … // Continue Reading…
Goldman Sachs Free to Keep Stealing
Published, on The People’s Voice, by Stephen Lendman, August 14, 2012;
… The legal dictionary calls fraud:
A false representation of a matter of fact – whether by words or by conduct, by false or misleading allegations, or by concealment of what should have been disclosed – that deceives and is intended to deceive another so that the individual will act upon it to her or his legal injury.
Criminal and civil frauds differ by level of proof required. The former needs a preponderance of evidence. The latter must prove intent and be beyond a reasonable doubt.
Goldman settled SEC charges for pennies on the dollar. What a business. Steal a fortune. Pay a pittance back. Goldman writes it off as operating cost. Continue Reading…
What If There Were No Police?
Moving past the failed institution of the police – Published on Dissident Voice, by Kimberly Wilder, August 14, 2012;
Americans have a belief that the police are helping to keep people safe and helping to limit or stop crime. Though, in recent decades, there have been too many mistakes, where police have harmed innocent people. And many times, the police have even killed innocent and/or unarmed people … //
… Here are some ideas about potential alternative organizations to the police, who could help to “maintain order”, “enforce the law”, and “prevent and detect crime”: Continue Reading…
Defense Motion Details Horrific Conditions Bradley Manning Was Subjected to at Quantico
Published on dissenter.firedoglake.com, August 10, 2012 (… but first watch the video which Bradley Manning released to wikileaks, the reason for his imprisonnement: short version 1.41 min, long version 39.14 min).
A more than one hundred page defense motion detailing how Pfc. Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of releasing classified information to WikiLeaks, was subjected to cruel and inhuman treatment while held at Quantico Marine Brig has been made public. The motion on “unlawful pretrial punishment” asserts officers at the brig made a decision to hold Manning in the harshest conditions possible, regardless of his psychological health. It concludes, as a result of “flagrant violation” of Manning’s “constitutional rights,” the judge should dismiss all charges with prejudice or, at minimum, grant “meaningful relief in the form of at least 10-for-1 sentencing credit for the 258 days PFC Manning inappropriately spent in the equivalent of solitary confinement.” Continue Reading…
Developing Children
Dr. Adele Diamond: Child Development and the Brain – Insight to Help Every Child Thrive, 37.06 min, uploaded by GarrisonInstitute, July 16, 2012: In her talk, “Child Development and the Brain: Insights to Help Every Child Thrive,” Dr. Adele Diamond explores the science underlying the emerging fields of Contemplative Teaching and Learning (CTL) and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). Dr. Diamond is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and the Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience. She is also a member of the Garrison Institute’s Education Leadership Council; Continue Reading…
False Flag Terror and Conspiracies of Silence
Published on Global Research.ca, by Prof. James F. Tracy, August 10, 2012.
The news media’s readiness to accept official pronouncements and failure to more vigorously analyze and question government authorities in the wake of “domestic terrorist” incidents contributes to the American public’s already acute case of collective historical amnesia, while it further rationalizes the twenty-first century police state and continued demise of civil society. Continue Reading…
Living with the Trees of Life
Innovative Solutions to Solve the Food Crisis – Published on Nourishing the Planet, by Katie Spoden, August 10, 2012.
Dr. Roger Leakey, an expert in tropical agroforestry, recently published a new book titled, Living with the Trees of Life, Towards the Transformation of Tropical Agriculture. A mixture of personal narrative and scientific research, Living with the Trees of Life presents a roadmap of simple and inexpensive solutions to hunger and poverty. Continue Reading…
Farm Lands of Africa announces execution of an agreement …
Written on August 11th, 2012 in African concerns, Economy and Politic by heidi
… for the acquisition of Buddhavarapu Farms SA – Published on Food Crisis and the Global Land Grab, August 7, 2012.
CONAKRY, REPUBLIC OF GUINEA (PRWEB): On July 30, 2012, Farm Lands of Africa Inc. (OTC Markets: “FLAF” or the “Company”) entered into a share exchange agreement with Buddhavarapu Farms SA (BFS) and BFS shareholders whereby upon the closing under the agreement the Company will acquire 100% of the equity capital of BFS in exchange for the issuance to BFS shareholders of 18,416,670 shares of the Company’s common stock, representing 66.66% of the Company’s outstanding shares on a post-closing basis. Continue Reading…
Oliver Shanti and his friends
… playing the Spirituality, Love and Joy of Life
of the Native World of the West:
White Bear’s Medicine Dance HQ, 4.48 min;
Medicine Power Men *TOP*, 6.03 min;
the mudjekeewis, 4.55 min;
Chill Out Beauty of this World, 7.40 min;
Water, 5.17 min;
yata heya, 2.44 min;
Shaman, 4.19 min; Continue Reading…
People as Surplus/Unnecessary Humans
Written on August 9th, 2012 in Economy and Politic by heidi
Published on Dissident Voice, by Ravi Katari, August 6, 2012.
Dealing with superfluous populations has been a vexation shared by all industrial capitalist societies for generations. In other words, the problem for modern rulers and leaders is what to do with societal segments that contribute little to wealth creation by production or consumption. Columbia Professor Emeritus of Sociology Herbert Gans referred to the modern U.S. constituents of these segments as “surplus workers” that eventually become superfluous via indefinite unemployment.1 Continue Reading…
FORUM DES CULTURES: Chanter contre l’excision
Written on August 8th, 2012 in African concerns, Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Publié dans DW, par Guylaine Tappaz, le 30 juillet 2012.
Djatou Touré a été victime de mutilations génitales. Désormais, la chanteuse ivoirienne en parle… dans ses chansons. On estime qu’environ 36 % des femmes en Côte d’Ivoire sont touchées. Y’a un grand regret, on ne peut pas punir tous ceux qui ont fait ça. On a toujours ça dans le cœur. C’est pour cela que je suis engagée, pour que ça s’arrête en fait.
« Ça », ce sont les mutilations génitales féminines que subissent chaque année trois millions de petites filles dans le monde. Continue Reading…
Vera’s Kidney, Walter’s Money: Desperation, Greed and the Global Organ Trade
Part 1: – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Arndt Ginzel, Martin Kraushaar and Steffen Winter, August 3, 2012 (Photo Gallery).
(left column in german: … eine russische Frau verkauft ihre linke Niere für 8′100.- Euro. Ein todkranker Deutscher kauft sie für 81′892.72 Euro … in english: she sold her kidney for 8′100 Euro and he purchased it for 81′892.72 Euros).
She was a poor Russian immigrant in Israel, he was a well-off German businessman. The case of Vera and Walter reveals a thriving illegal trade in kidneys and other organs — and shows how it is fueled by desperation.
The deal brought together two people who had nothing in common. They were from different cultures, spoke different languages and would never meet. The only thing they shared was desperation … //
… Looking for a Better Life: Continue Reading…
Russia’s largest Muslim region to clamp down on extremism
Written on August 7th, 2012 in Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Published on RT.com, August 3, 2012.
The legislature of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan gathered in an unprecedented session to take measures against violent extremism. The move came two weeks after terrorists attacked top Muslim clerics in the region, killing one and wounding another. Continue Reading…
The Fahamu Pan-African Fellowship FPAF
Written on August 6th, 2012 in African concerns by heidi
Published on fahamu/fellowship-programme, by staff, on its website.
From the local to the continental, the Fahamu Pan-African Fellowship FPA) programme nurtures and supports grassroots African activism – generating contemporary, energetic, visionary and innovative thought and activism.
FPAF is a one year program … // Continue Reading…
Emerging Powers in Africa Initiative
Written on August 5th, 2012 in African concerns, Economy and Politic by heidi
Published on fahamu, by staff, July 2012.
Established in 2008, the Emerging Powers in Africa Initiative is a platform that promotes debate and knowledge through an African civil society dialogue. Aimed at understanding the comparative impact and engagement of emerging powers in Africa on issues of social justice, the principal objectives of the Initiative are: Continue Reading…
GENDER and LAND GOVERNANCE CONFERENCE
Written on August 4th, 2012 in Economy and Politic, Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
scheduled to take place in Utrecht, the Netherlands, January 14-15, 2013, organized by the International Development Studies Group (Utrecht University), in collaboration with LANDac.org, (Land Governance for Equitable and Sustainable Development) – Published on IS academie, by femkevn, July 25, 2012.
Call for Papers: abstract deadline = September 14, 2012: Continue Reading…
Divide and Rule in the Land of Gold
Published on ZNet, by Frauke Decoodt, July 27, 2012.
In San Miguel Ixtahaucán, Guatemala, the Mina Marlin gold mine, operated by Goldcorp, has divided indigenous communities through gifts, benefits, and violence. The mine has caused a lot of damage. It has not only had a profound impact on the environment but also on the social cohesion of communities and families in the area, and on their cultural ties with the land. Continue Reading…
The New Student Rebellion and the Mexican Left
Written on August 3rd, 2012 in Economy and Politic by heidi
Challenging the Corporate Media and the Electoral Fraud – Published on The Bullet, Socialist Project’s E-Bulletin No. 673, by Richard Roman and Edur Velasco Arregui, August 1, 2012.
The defeat of the center-left in the Presidential election of 2012 is a victory for Mexican Big Business and the U.S. in advancing the neoliberal agenda of privatization, cutbacks and attacks on the working-class. The fact that the old ruling party, the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (Institutional Revolutionary Party – PRI), ‘won’ the presidency in 2012 – rather than the conservative Partido Acción Nacional (National Action Party – PAN) as in 2000 and 2006 – involves an important shift in influence within the neoliberal bloc. Continue Reading…
Paleo Festival Nyon 2012: some Artists
Written on August 2nd, 2012 in just beauty by heidi
Selah Sue; short videos, videos longer than 20 minutes (LIVE);
Karl Kelly, short videos, videos longer than 20 minutes;
Sébastien Tellier short videos, videos longer than 20 minutes;
Lorie short videos, no video longer than 20 minutes;
David Guetta short videos, videos longer than 20 minutes; Paleo Nyon 2012: short videos,
videos longer than 20 minutes;
Sting Live, HD stereo, 29.35 min;
Mashrou’ Leila: Waiting for Sting, 2.51 min; Continue Reading…
Behind the Great Firewall of China
Written on August 1st, 2012 in Human Rights, Development, Peace, Democracy, Health, Food and Hunger by heidi
Watch this video, 18.52 min, published on TEDtalks, by Michael Anti, filmed June 2012, posted July 2012: Michael Anti (aka Jing Zhao) has been blogging from China for 12 years. Despite the control the central government has over the Internet – “All the servers are in Beijing” – he says that hundreds of millions of microbloggers are in fact creating the first national public sphere in the country’s history, and shifting the balance of power in unexpected ways …
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Memo, Mark Latham: It's the family, stupid!
by Babette Francis
News Weekly, November 20, 2004
Dear Mr Latham,
You are blamed for the ALP defeat on October 9, but my view is you were seduced by the Greens, gays and gender-feminists, who took advantage of your inexperience.
The gays, for instance: did you really believe the Kinsey nonsense that they are 10 per cent of the population, when surveys have repeatedly shown they comprise between one and two per cent?
Of that number, many are not activists - effeminate Fred who lives with his pal Henry and just wants a quiet existence, would be quite perturbed at the prospect of "marriage".
Now you aim to have young, "progressive" women on your front bench when it is their "Emily's List" policies which were responsible for your election debacle! "Emily's List" candidates support abortion, affirmative action (discrimination against men in employment and promotion) and in vitro fertilisation for lesbians.
Shadow Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, who reluctantly supported the Government's Marriage Amendment Bill defining traditional marriage, made a big mistake by then promising gays "civil unions with all the benefits of marriage".
It would be smarter to support the government's domestic dependency policy, whereby those who are genuinely dependent - such as siblings who share a home, or a parent and adult child living together - would be recognised as partners in a household. This does not exclude homosexual partners, but it is not based on sexual relationships.
Roxon then compounded the mistake - before 1,200 pro-family activists from all over Australia in the Great Hall of Parliament House on August 4 - by promising that a Labor Government would introduce a Racial and Religious Vilification Bill.
There was an audible groan and boos from the audience, which only moments before had applauded Roxon for supporting the Marriage Bill. Pro-family activists in the Great Hall - and a few hundred supporters outside - did not have big trucks like the loggers in Tasmania, but if they had, be sure the wagons would have circled Parliament House.
Two Christian pastors have endured months of legal action under Victoria's vilification legislation for analysing the Koran at a seminar for Christians. The case has cost hundreds of thousands of dollars - and great alarm among other pastors. Each pastor has a congregation of a few hundred - that's a lot of votes blowing away from the ALP.
At an ALP conference your deputy, Jenny Macklin, announced lesbians and single women were entlited to in vitro fertilisation so they could have children without fathers. (Whatever happened to your policy of having fathers read to their children?).
Currently, the Victorian Law Reform Commission, dominated by gender-feminists, has issued discussion papers, all touting the creation or adoption of children for homosexual couples.
These green, gay and gender-feminists have succeeded in awakening Protestants to the connection between their faith and politics. Catholics have always been involved in pro-life and pro-family politics, but the involvement of other Christians is new.
Labor Party excluded
The DLP (mostly Catholic) kept the Labor Party out of office for over two decades in the 20th century. Now the Protestant groups in Pentecostal churches, Family First, the Australian Christian Lobby, the Fatherhood Foundation and the Christian Democratic Party, together with Catholic activists in the pro-life movement and the National Civic Council, may do the same in the 21st.
You have not understood the power of new technology - the internet which has enabled Christians to by-pass a left-wing media, and ultrasound images which throw a searchlight on the brutality of abortion and how outdated the ALP's platform is on "reproductive rights". The internet enabled Christians to circulate thousands of copies of a "Christian Values Check List" analysing the platforms of all political parties.
Having gender-feminists like Joan Kirner demanding ALP women be given front bench positions is the last straw for male voters - and the wives they support. Resign your membership of Emily's List - or you may suffer Gendergrad in 2007 - a defeat reminiscent of Stalingrad.
Babette Francis is coordinator of Endeavour Forum Inc. (Article originally appeared in Melbourne's Herald Sun, October 28.)
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Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel during the National conference on Insolvency and Bankruptcy: Changing Paradigm in Mumbai on Aug 19, 2017. (Photo: IANS)
New Delhi, Dec 10: Already badly hit by its poor performance in most parameters, the ruling BJP led UPA government’s down-slide continued with the resignation of the RBI governor and an Union Minister on the same day.
In a letter posted on the RBI website, Patel cited personal reasons for stepping down from his position, effective immediately.
The letter said:
“On account of personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my current position effective immediately. It has been my privilege and honour to serve in the Reserve Bank of India in various capacities over the years. The support and hard work of RBI staff, officers and management has been the proximate driver of the Bank’s considerable accomplishments in recent years. I take this opportunity to express gratitude to my colleagues and Directors of the RBI Central Board, and wish them all the best for the future.”
Patel’s resignation has come on a day when IMF chief economist Maurice Obstfeld criticized the Indian government, saying it must heed the RBI’s message on financial stability says Firstpost.
Relations between the RBI and the government turned sour in October after the finance ministry started consultations under the never-before-used Section 7 of the RBI Act which empowers the government to direct the central bank to undertake certain policy measures in public interest.
The government had sent three letters to the RBI before 10 October with nearly a dozen demands, which were replied to within a week.
The government primarily wants the RBI to help the struggling non-bank lenders and MSMEs get some liquidity support, liberalize the prompt corrective action framework on 11 of the state-run banks and undertake other steps which will help push growth, while the RBI has been maintaining a conservative stance avoiding any bad precedents.
The government, which is staring at falling revenue and a likely fiscal slippage, also wants the RBI to part with a large portion of it Rs 9.6 trillion of its cash surplus, which the central bank has been sternly opposing.
As the public spat between the two got wider public attention, the RBI’s central board, at its 19 November meeting, had decided to climb down and decided to set up a panel to study the quantum of capital it requires apart from restructuring loans of up to Rs 25 crore to give a succor to the troubled MSMEs.
At the policy review held last week, the RBI had said it is committed to act as a lender of last resort to NBFCs but underlined that it does not feel the necessity do so now. It also formed a panel to look at the issues plaguing NBFCs which will submit its report in June 2019.
The frictions came to light through a public speech by deputy governor Viral Acharya, wherein he warned of investors’ wrath if the RBI’s autonomy is compromised.
After reports of action under Section 7 came up, the government had tried to ease tensions by stating that autonomy is “essential” and an accepted governance requirement.
I more bad news for the BJP, Union Minister Khushwa resigned form the government.
Kushwaha blasts Modi as he quits NDA
RLSP leader Upendra Kushwaha quit the BJP-led NDA and the Modi government, charging Prime Minister Narendra Modi with betraying Bihar and with pursuing an “opaque style of functioning and non-democratic leadership style”.
Kushwaha, who is the second BJP ally to quit the Modi government after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), said in his resignation to Modi that the Union Cabinet “has been reduced to a mere rubber stamp”.
“Constitutional offices are being undermined and virtually every institution in the government has been subjected to political appropriation,” he said in the letter, echoing the charges increasingly made by the opposition.
“Ministers and officers posted in ministries have become figureheads as virtually all decisions are taken by you, your office and BJP President (which is anti-Constitutional).”
The Rashtriya Lok Samata Party leader said the government was pursuing “the agenda of RSS” which he said was “anti-Constitutional and neglecting and subverting the agenda of social justice enshrined in the Constitution for which we supported the NDA”.
Kushwaha has been at loggerheads with both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) for some time. As meetings he had sought with Modi and BJP President Amit Shah did not materialize, he came for praise from RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.
“Having served in your Council of Ministers for the last 55 months, I stand dejected and betrayed by your leadership,” he said in the letter sent to Modi.
“There has been a fundamental conflict in what you have promised to the people before elections and what you have actually delivered after coming to power.”
“The promise of providing a special package (to Bihar) has been the biggest ‘jumla’,” he said in the resignation letter.
“The fact of the matter is that under your leadership grave and unprecedented injustice has been committed upon the people of Bihar, I say with a sense of deep regret and sorrow.”
He told the media that the government had been working to the agenda of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) and that many with RSS background had been made Vice Chancellors across the country.
Asked if he would join an opposition alliance or merge his party with Sharad Yadav’s Loktantrik Janata Dal or work for a third alternative in Bihar, he said: “All options are open for us. We would be taking a call in the coming days.”
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According to a 2016 Harris Poll for The Vegetarian Resource Group, 37 percent of Americans regularly order vegetarian meals when dining out, even if they’re not strictly vegetarian. “That’s a huge market,” exclaims Kim Anderson, co-founder and creator of vegan food hall Plant City.
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Kenney is a California-based, plant-forward restaurateur who operates in 18 cities on four continents. Anderson is a serial entrepreneur who gravitates toward businesses with social conscience. She co-founded Ava Anderson Non-Toxic, an eco-friendly cosmetics company. She’s on the board of Social Enterprise Greenhouse. She’s also a co-founder of EverHope Capital, a venture capital fund investing in plant-based food companies.
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Back To Latest NewsPure Gold Completes Underground Exploration Drift and Prepares for Bulk Sampling February 15, 2018
Test mining planned for Q2 2018 as part of Definitive Feasibility Study
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Pure Gold Mining Inc. (PGM – TSX-V) (“Pure Gold” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the development of a 50 metre underground exploration drift has been completed in advance of scheduled test mining and extraction of a bulk sample. This exploration drift was driven in the hanging wall of the McVeigh zone and is designed to provide a drill platform for definition drilling of the upper portions of the current mineral resource. Underground drilling has commenced targeting the bulk sample location.
Test mining is scheduled to commence in the second quarter of 2018 with the extraction of 7,200 tonnes of mineralized material, with both lateral and vertical development to demonstrate continuity. The existing Madsen ramp will be driven approximately 200 linear metres to access the bulk sample location at a vertical depth of 160 metres. Recent underground drill holes in the area designated for test mining include 26.4 g/t gold over 12.7 metres from hole PGU-0051, 19.4 g/t gold over 9.8 metres from PGU-0028 and 9.1 g/t over 6.6 metres from hole PGU-0024. 1
Test mining will consist of 225 metres of lateral development, with development occurring within two proposed stopes from within the McVeigh zone. Test mining will also include 50 metres of vertical development designed to establish both lateral and vertical continuity. During the test mining program the Company plans to collect data including chips, muck samples, and mapping as well as complete diamond drilling to validate the resource model, and to test for parallel structures and splays. In addition, the 7,200 tonne bulk sample will provide material that may be used for additional metallurgical testwork, and will provide pre-production mineralized inventory.
Ken Donner, Vice President, Operations commented, “The test mining and bulk sample are key components in completing the definitive feasibility study of the Madsen Gold Project, including mine, process, and infrastructure design, putting the project firmly on the path to production in the shortest timeline possible. To date, the team has done a fantastic job in establishing mine services to the bottom of the ramp and developing a platform for underground drilling. Work underground has progressed rapidly, with all headings exhibiting excellent ground conditions. We look forward to our test mining program, and establishing new development in fresh mineralized material close to the existing Madsen ramp.”
Mineralized material recovered from test mining will be stockpiled and retained for mill commissioning. Historic records of mineral processing over the 36 years of continuous mining at Madsen are voluminous, demonstrating good metallurgical recoveries typically in the 93% to 96% range.3 Grade recovery relationships and optimization of mill design will be confirmed with metallurgical testing that has been initiated as part of the definitive feasibility study scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2018.
In addition to the ongoing surface drilling at the newly discovered Wedge target and also at the Russet South deposit, a third drill rig has been mobilized to the underground exploration drift and has commenced drilling, initially targeting the proposed bulk sample location.
For a set of figures showing recent development activities and the location of test mining, click link below:
http://puregoldmining.ca/sites/default/files/Test-Mining-Figure-15022018.pdf
ABOUT MADSEN
The Madsen Gold Project has historic production of 2.5 million ounces of gold and remains one of the highest-grade, undeveloped gold projects in the world.2 With an indicated resource of 1,744,000 ounces gold at 8.7 g/t gold (in 6.2 million tonnes) and an inferred resource of 296,000 ounces gold at 7.9 g/t gold (in 1.2 million tonnes), the Project benefits from existing infrastructure including a mill and tailings facility, paved highway access, and access to power, water and experienced labour.3 A feasibility study is underway with results expected in the fourth quarter of 2018 and the Madsen Gold Project is firmly on the path to becoming Ontario’s next gold mine.
See news releases dated November 16, 2017 and February 13, 2018.
Sourced from the Natural Resource Holdings Global Gold Mines & Deposit Ranking of 2013
See the National Instrument 43-101 technical report entitled “Technical Report for the Madsen Gold Project - Restated Preliminary Economic Assessment and Initial Satellite Deposit Mineral Resource Estimates” with an effective date of December 14, 2017 for complete details, available on the Company’s website at www.puregoldmining.ca or Sedar profile at www.sedar.com.
Qualified Persons and 43-101 Disclosure
Ken Donner, P. Eng., Vice President, Operations for the Company, is the designated Qualified Person for this news release within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”) and has reviewed and verified that the technical information contained herein is accurate and approves of the written disclosure of same.
ABOUT PURE GOLD
Our mandate is pure and simple. To dream big. To colour outside the lines. To use smart science and creativity to unlock the next major discovery at the Madsen Gold Project in Red Lake, Ontario. And become Canada’s next iconic gold company.
Additional information about the Company and its activities may be found on the Company’s website at www.puregoldmining.ca and under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com.
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All statements in this press release, other than statements of historical fact, are "forward-looking information" with respect to Pure Gold within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including, but not limited to statements with respect to those that address potential quantity and/or grade of minerals, potential size and expansion of a mineralized zone, proposed timing of exploration and development plans. Forward-looking information is often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "planned", "expect", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intends", "believe", "potential", and similar expressions, or describes a "goal", or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "should", "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance and is based upon a number of estimates and assumptions of management at the date the statements are made including, among others, assumptions about future prices of gold and other metal prices, currency exchange rates and interest rates, favourable operating conditions, political stability, obtaining governmental approvals and financing on time, obtaining renewals for existing licences and permits and obtaining required licences and permits, labour stability, stability in market conditions, availability of equipment, accuracy of any mineral resources, successful resolution of disputes and anticipated costs and expenditures. Many assumptions are based on factors and events that are not within the control of Pure Gold and there is no assurance they will prove to be correct.
Such forward-looking information, involves known and unknown risks, which may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including, risks related to the interpretation of results at the Madsen Gold Project; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; current economic conditions; future prices of commodities; possible variations in grade or recovery rates; the costs and timing of the development of new deposits; failure of equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; the failure of contracted parties to perform; the timing and success of exploration activities generally; delays in permitting; possible claims against the Company; labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals, financing or in the completion of exploration as well as those factors discussed in the Annual Information Form of the Company dated June 16, 2017 in the section entitled "Risk Factors", under Pure Gold’s SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
Although Pure Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Pure Gold disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise unless required by law.
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Despite some of them being remarkably negative, most were positive. The most interesting response came from a nice guy called Jens Bleuel in Germany who asked if it was possible to integrate third-party software into Kettle. Kettle didn't have a plugin architecture, so Jens' question made Matt think about a plugin system, and that was the main motivation for developing version 2.
For various reasons including the birth of Matt's son Sam and a lot of consultancy work, it took around a year to release Kettle version 2.
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It was a fairly complete release with advanced support for slowly changing dimensions and junk dimensions Chapter 9 explains those concepts , ability to connect to thirteen different databases, and the most important fact being support for plugins.
Matt contacted Jens to let him know the news and Jens was really interested. There was a lot of excitement, and they agreed to start promoting the sales of Kettle from the Kettle. Those were days of improvements, requests, people interested in the project. However, it became too much to handle. Doing development and sales all by themselves was no fun after a while. As such, Matt thought about open sourcing Kettle early in and by late summer he made his decision.
Jens and Proratio didn't mind and the decision was final. When they finally open sourced Kettle on December , the response was massive.
The downloadable package put up on Javaforge got downloaded around times during first week only. The news got spread all over the world pretty quickly.
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What followed was a flood of messages, both private and on the forum. At its peak in March , Matt got over messages a day concerning Kettle.
In no time, he was answering questions like crazy, allowing people to join the development team and working as a consultant at the same time. Added to this, the birth of his daughter Hannelore in February was too much to deal with.
Fortunately, good times came. They had selected Enhydra Octopus, a Java-based ETL software, but they didn't have a strong reliance on a specific tool.
While Jens was evaluating all sorts of open source BI packages, he came across that thread. Matt replied immediately persuading people at Pentaho to consider including Kettle.
And he must be convincing because the answer came quickly and was positive. Later on, Matt came in touch with one of the other Pentaho founders, Richard Daley, who offered him a job.
That allowed Matt to focus full-time on Kettle. Four years later, he's still happily working for Pentaho as chief architect for data integration, doing the best effort to deliver Kettle 4. Jens Bleuel, who collaborated with Matt since the early versions, is now also part of the Pentaho team.
She has been working as a BI consultant for the last 10 years. At the beginning she worked with Cognos suite. However, over the last three years, she has been dedicated, full time, to developing Pentaho BI solutions both for local and several Latin-American companies, as well as for a French automotive company in the last months. She is also an active contributor to the Pentaho community. Writing my first book in a foreign language and working on a full time job at the same time, not to mention the upbringing of two small kids, was definitely a big challenge.
Now I can tell that it's not impossible. I dedicate this book to my husband and kids; I'd like to thank them for all their support and tolerance over the last year. I'd also like to thank my colleagues and friends who gave me encouraging words throughout the writing process. Special thanks to the people at Packt; working with them has been really pleasant.
I'd also like to thank the Pentaho community and developers for making Kettle the incredible tool it is. Thanks to the technical reviewers who, with their very critical eye, contributed to make this a book suited to the audience. Finally, I'd like to thank Matt Casters who, despite his busy schedule, was willing to help me from the first moment he knew about this book. He is also working as a project leader, trainer, and product specialist in the services and support department. Before he joined Pentaho in mid , he was software developer and project leader, and his main business was Data Warehousing and the architecture along with designing and developing of user friendly tools.
He studied business economics, was on a grammar school for electronics, and has been programming in a wide area of environments such as Assembler, C, Visual Basic, Delphi,. Net, and these days mainly in Java. His customer focus is on the wholesale market and consumer goods industries. Jens is 40 years old and lives with his wife and two boys in Mainz, Germany near the nice Rhine river.
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In a new development, CannTrust Holdings has had a setback today as it emerged that an audit by Health Canada on its Pelham facility in Ontario found that the company was in violation of a set of regulations.
The company said Monday the rating was based on observations by the regulator regarding the growing of cannabis in five unlicensed rooms and inaccurate information provided to Health Canada. CannTrust said it had pending applications for production in the five rooms and that licences were eventually obtained in April. Additionally, CannTrust Holdings has already kept aside 7,500 kilos of cannabis harvested at its Vaughan facility and is prepared to wait before it passes the regulatory standards.
Canadian regulators slapped the firm with the warning after they found that growing of cannabis took place in five unlicensed rooms in the firm's Pelham, Ontario facility, dubbed the Niagara Perpetual Harvest Facility.
The company also said some of the product from these previously unlicensed rooms was distributed for sale.
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The forward-looking information and statements in this news release include statements relating to the expected timeframe and resolution for the completion of Health Canada's quality product testing and the Company's response to Health Canada's compliance report. In the press release, it couldn't predict what the financial impact on the company would be.
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You know how it goes: A night of bad sleep—whether you were socializing at the bar till the wee hours or you suffer from insomnia—means a foggy brain and bodily exhaustion the next day. If you need help sleeping sounder, check out these 13 secrets from sleep doctors. However, that fatigue is often accompanied by a strange sensation of jitters, too, making the discomfort twofold. You’re anxious, and you really need a nap.
“When we are looking at sleep and its impact on our psyche, we have to start at the root, which leaves us a chicken and egg situation,” holistic and certified adult sleep strategist Christine Hansen says. “On the one hand, psychological stress can have physical consequences, such as hormonal dysregulation or gut damage, both of which lead to sleep disturbances. On the other hand, those physical issues make it harder for our psyche to deal with stress.” Your tolerance for stress then dips, Hansen added, forcing a vicious cycle.
According to Richard Shane, PhD, a sleep psychotherapist, poor slumber is attributed to a vast number of medical conditions.
“Studies show that lack of sleep can increase stress, anxiety, depression, anger and irritability, impair your ability to think clearly, decrease energy and productivity, and contribute to a wide range of physical health problems,” Dr. Shane says.
Dr. Shane reports that in one study of 10,000 adults, people with insomnia were five times more likely to develop depression and were 20 times more likely to develop panic disorder.
Your brain minus sleep
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When you’re sleeping, your brain is actually shrinking, Hansen says. “The cerebral fluid in it is basically cleaning up any toxins that have built up during the day,” she adds. This process is key to easing stress on the mind—it fits in nicely with these 10 natural ways to ease anxiety. “Those toxins can accelerate genetically predisposed mental illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s or dementia.”
Hansen says missing out on this process could impact your mental health. “Let’s say you are someone who is on the verge of falling into depression; sleep deprivation can be the final trigger to make you tip over the edge or accelerate the process to go there.”
Dr. Shane agrees: Without sleep, “the next day your body feels stressed and has a residual buildup of toxins, which contributes to anxiety and depression,” he says. “Because your brain did not delete much of the unnecessary, overwhelming sensory input from the previous day, your brain feels noisy and cluttered, which contributes to anxiety.”
Additionally, your nerves are more activated, leaving you feeling agitated. You don’t think as clearly as you would had you slept better, and you may make poor decisions throughout the day. All of this contributes to a general sense of anxiousness and can worsen pre-existing conditions, such as OCD.
“The area of the brain (the prefrontal cortex) in charge of thinking, reasoning and logic is less active and the area of the brain (the amygdala) in charge of emotions such as fear, anxiety and anger is more active,” Dr. Shane says.
Your body minus sleep
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While your brain certainly suffers from lack of sleep, your body is also miserable. If you’re looking for new ways to snooze better, check out these 11 weird sleep tricks. When your body is missing out on slumber, everything from your ability to manage stress to your sex life suffers.
“When you don’t sleep enough, your body starts to become stressed and studies have shown that the stress hormone cortisol therefore rises,” Hansen says. “Cortisol is a stimulant for us and, paradoxically, can keep us from sleeping. On top of that, once your body needs to produce more cortisol, it tends to become dysregulated in other hormones as well. Notably your sex hormones (oestrogens, testosterone, progesterone) have a direct impact on your mental health and ability to cope with stress.”
When you don’t sleep, your body begins to fold proteins incorrectly, Dr. Shane warns, which triggers an unhealthy pattern.
“Stress and anxiety then cause a further increase in cortisol and adrenaline, which gives you a wired feeling—often tired and wired—which both makes it difficult to fall asleep and also wakes you up in the middle of the night,” Dr. Shane says, adding that the increases in these hormones are hard on your heart. Protect your ticker with these 45 heart health tips from heart doctors.
What good sleep can do for you
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Not surprisingly, both your brain and body benefit. “Your brain flushes out toxins that had built up the previous days, and your brain regenerates neurons that affect your thoughts and emotions,” Dr. Shane says.
Your body thanks you when you hit the hay early, too, by keeping your hormones in check. “Your body regulates your hormones and secretes human growth hormone, which stimulates growth and repair in all tissues,” Dr. Shane says. “Your body repairs muscles and tissues, relaxes muscle tension and flushes out body toxins that had built up during the previous days.”
Hansen points out that REM sleep, specifically, is mandatory for proper health. “We need our REM sleep in order to process everything that has happened to us during our day,” she says.
Conclusively, devising a set bedtime—and actually sticking to it!—is necessary for your physical and mental well-being. (Plus, kick the bad habits that are hurting your sleep.)
Originally Published: September 21, 2017
Ashley Paige
Ashley Paige is a writer from Michigan with a penchant for spicy tea, naps and a little nonsense. On rainy Saturdays, you'll find her curled up with her Kindle, surrounded by an impressive collection of handcrafted candles. She never misses an opportunity to dote on her dog, whom she loves absolutely.
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The use of DNA testing has gathered pace in genealogy circles as an additional aid in tracking ancestors and can be a help breaking down that wretched `brick wall` that we all eventually hit. From my own researches into the Orr name worldwide I know that very many of you have roots in Northern Ireland (Ulster) and will reach a brick wall there sooner rather than later. If you didn`t already know, Ireland is a difficult place in which to research because of the absence of the usual primary records, an awful lot of them were destroyed in a fire in 1922; Census records were used as waste paper and scrap during WWII.
Once your search goes back before civil registration began (1845 for Protestants, 1864 for Catholics) there is a need to find alternative records that can depend on religious persuasion, politics of the time ( such as religious discrimination requiring Non Conformists to marry in Church of Ireland (Episcopal) churches); and whether registers are available and accessible. Occupation can also be a factor as land leases expired or were not renewed, while traditional industry became more mechanised, and concentrated around the ports, especially Belfast. This saw many families `disappear` from localities without apparent reason, as they migrated towards the work, or sought out better opportunities in the Colonies.
Testing can point you to other people with whom you may have a common ancestor. A low level - 12 marker test, will point to your `long distance` ancestry, maybe 10,000 years ago. The more markers tested,( 25,37,or 67 by Family Tree DNA) and matched, can help identify relatives with a greater probability of there being a Common Ancestor within a reasonable time frame. Linking with other researcher who have close matches with yourself not only identifies new `cousins` but allows exchange of information and another opportunity to break down your brick wall. For example, the Orrs in Co Donegal have emerged as a family group who migrated to several parts of the US, and who have links to other Orrs in Co Antrim, Co Armagh and Co Down
A recent success story for the Orrs is that of Bob Orr (boborr@abelink.com) who has made contact with Ord Orr. They have a match which points to their common ancestor being Matthew Orr and Mary Eagles of Coshocton, OH ca 1810.
Ord's Matthew Orr (ca 1763, bef. 1840 Coshocton Co, OH), wife Mary Eagles. Matthew & Mary lived in Newark Twp, Essex Co, NJ prior to going to Coshocton Co, OH.
Bob's Andrew Orr (1802, Co. Donegal, Ireland - 1879, Delaware Co, IA), His wife was Sarah Love. Andrew lived in 1824 in Madison Twp, Muskingum Co, OH until 1856 when he and Sarah moved to Delaware Co, IA.
If you want to know more about DNA testing then visit
www.familytreedna.com/faq.html
My own research and link to the Ulster Pedigree is here. My current interest and research is of the Orr`s of Castleaverry, near Scrabo, Newtownards, Co Down.
The Viking Connection.
I would be very interested in any other tests, results, or other information that may be available.
THE MORE TESTS THERE ARE , THE BETTER OUR UNDERSTANDING OF FAMILY GROUPS AND THEIR MIGRATION. PLEASE CONSIDER HAVING A MALE MEMBER OF YOUR ORR LINE TESTED.
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Open Carry Texas Schedules Armed March Black Neighorhood
by seemslikeadream » Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:04 am
Open Carry Texas Schedules New Date For Armed March Through Black Neighborhood
By: Justin Baragonamore from Justin Baragona
Tuesday, July, 15th, 2014, 7:19 pm
Open Carry Texas, a gun rights advocacy group, announced that they have scheduled their march through the Fifth Ward in Houston. The march, which was initially scheduled for Juneteenth but postponed at the last minute, will feature open-carry enthusiasts marching through the streets of the predominantly black Houston neighborhood carrying long assault rifles. The group has gained notoriety in recent months due to their publicity stunts which have featured members entering restaurants and stores with their assault rifles on full display. Apparently, the group has decided to up their game.
CJ Grisham, the founder of Open Carry Texas, decided to address the criticism his group has encountered regarding this planned march. When the march was first scheduled, Grisham and the group came under intense criticism for a variety of reasons. Even after OCT postponed the march, the group was under fire due to the appearance of racial insensitivity. OCT posted the following late Monday evening on the group’s website:
“We are not going to be marching through 5th Ward,” said OCT Founder CJ Grisham, “we’re going to hopefully be marching with 5th Ward.”
Open Carry Texas believes that Texas’ gun laws continue to be rooted in racism. In order to obtain a concealed handgun license in Texas, one needs to shell out over $250 in fees and requirements to do so. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate in Texas was 14.4% in 2010, the date of the last census. In the African-American community, the poverty rate was 27.1%, nearly twice the state poverty rate and almost three times higher than non-Hispanic whites. In other words, the extreme cost to obtain a license in Texas – over $250 – disproportionately prevents African-Americans from getting one.
Texas law prevents anyone convicted of a Class B misdemeanor or higher from qualifying for a concealed handgun license for at least five years. The convictions do not need to be related to violence or even involve a gun. Some examples of “crimes” that will cause you to lose your CHL or fail to qualify for one are littering, writing a hot check, or even certain traffic infractions not involving another person.
Much like the Jim Crow laws of the past, Texas gun laws seem geared towards preventing the minority community from exercising their rights. We aim to change that.
Open Carry Texas also announced that they’ll have a real-life black person marching with them, Maurice Muhammad. As Liberaland pointed out, Muhammad is a radical who promotes the killing of police officers on his Facebook page. He also is apparently the leader of a group that openly wishes for a race war. Liberaland also pointed out that OCT’s blog entry is more about Grisham’s own issues with the law than his concerns about the black community. While he talks a big game about unfair laws regarding gun ownership, and he positions himself as some kind of civil rights fighter, the reality is that he himself has a conviction on his record and cannot apply for a conceal-carry license. Which is likely the reason he started this group in the first place.
Anyway, these gun nuts plan on marching through the Fifth Ward on August 16th. Once again, like they claimed last time, this is only supposed to be a peaceful demonstration as well as a charitable action. They just want to educate the residents of the area. They positively, absolutely do not want anything unseemly or ugly to occur. Nuh-uh. No way. And this time, no one can claim it is all just a bunch of white guys marching through a black neighborhood carrying a bunch of guns. Because they got a black guy with them. It is totally cool now.
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Re: Open Carry Texas Schedules Armed March Black Neighorhood
by elfismiles » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:20 pm
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Have had at least 2 of my volunteers this morning mention that they saw folks with AR-15s on their backs walking over to the cap building for a rally...
Open-Carry Activists Are Storming the Texas Capitol with Homemade Guns
January 13, 2015 / By Allie Conti / Staff Writer
http://www.vice.com/read/open-carry-act ... e-guns-113
High Noon 01.13.15
Open Carry Crowd Makes ‘Ghost Guns’ For Texas Lawmakers
To celebrate three proposed open carry bills, a fringe group convened at the Texas capitol with a 3-D machine that can make assault rifles.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... akers.html
Gun Rights Advocates to Build Weapons at Capitol
by Morgan Smith / Jan. 6, 2015
http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/06/ ... s-capitol/
Gun Rights Group Plans Protest At Capitol
Posted Tuesday, January 13th 2015 @ 5am by iHeartRadio’s Cliff Saunders
The Texas Legislature opens up for business this morning. One of the issues they will deal with is open carry. And it’s an issue that will literally be brought to their doorstep today.
The gun rights group Come And Take It Texas will bring a 3D printer called the 'Ghost Gunner' to the steps of the Capitol and manufacture the lower receiver of an AR-15. Group President Murdoch Pizgatti told KTRH why they're doing it.
“It’s about asserting your rights. These are rights that we have that they are trying to turn into privilege by giving us licenses and fees to pay,” Pizgatti said.
His group wants a 'Constitutional' open carry bill. CJ Grisham of Open Carry Texas told KTRH he disagrees with their tactics.
“I don’t understand the purpose of it and what it does to fulfill what we’re trying to get passed in the legislature this session,” Grisham said.
But Pizgatti disagrees and says they aren't trying to pick a fight.
“I don’t understand how it would be confrontational. We’re just exercising our rights, doing things that are legal. Just like how we’ve been open carrying our rifles for the last two years,” Pizgatti explained.
Pizgatti's group expects to have a thousand people at his rally today. Grisham’s group will hold a rally later this month carrying empty holsters instead of weapons.
Read more: http://www.ktrh.com/articles/houston-ne ... t-13143175
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Guns (Yawn)
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Bring Your Sidearms To The Banks of the Potomac.
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by American Dream » Tue Jan 13, 2015 2:57 pm
"Racial sensitivity"?- the gap in these matters would take a lot of work to remedy:
Texas Open Carry Advocates Are Using a Black Panthers Tactic as They Go ‘Cop-Watching’
Jan. 5, 2015 11:47am Zach Noble
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/01 ... -watching/
Open carry advocates may be copying Black Panther tactics, but a racial divide persists in the armed challenge to law enforcement.
Armed black groups like the Huey P. Newton Gun Club in South Dallas have risen up, challenging police much as the Arlington cop watchers do, but efforts to bring black and white open carry, anti-authority elements together have been less than successful.
In July, when Open Carry Texas announced a planned armed walk through Houston’s majority-black Fifth Ward, they were blocked and threatened by the New Black Panthers, who told them they were not welcome in the community and that they would be matched “gun for gun.”
Open Carry Texas backed off and the walk didn’t happen.
“It was supposed to be Fifth Ward with Open Carry Texas, not Open Carry Texas in Fifth Ward,” Open Carry spokesman Tov Henderson told Vice. ”We wanted to stand with African Americans and say, ‘Hey, you guys have rights—stand up and take them. Firearms make us equal to those who aggress us.”
“We saw it as a move of intimidation—we didn’t see it as people expressing their Second Amendment rights,” responded Darren X, national field marshal of the New Black Panther Party. “They have other places to do that than the black community. The black community is full of guns. We already know our rights when it comes to guns.”
United or not, the cop watchers seem resolved to continue.
Not a huge fan of the New Black Panthers, but see also:
http://www.vice.com/read/huey-does-dallas-0000552-v22n1
by Joe Hillshoist » Wed Jan 14, 2015 1:11 am
Bunch of white people walk into a predominantly black neighbourhood with assault rifles, and claim to be there to support their rights. Seems totally above board to me...
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by Pele'sDaughter » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:01 am
If they really wanted it to be a community event, they would've reached out to pastors, community leaders, and the New Black Panthers.
Don't believe anything they say.
And at the same time,
Don't believe that they say anything without a reason.
---Immanuel Kant
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by elfismiles » Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:12 am
Yeah, the 2 vols of mine who noted this to me ... one is a Vietnam vet (and thought the folks he saw were goobers) and the other is a 2nd amendment / conceal carry advocate but he also thought these open-carry folks were bad PR for gun-rights advocates.
I've not seen any local coverage yet and just found this...
Fort Hood Survivor Rallies For Constitutional Gun Carry
Soldiers demands his gun rights back
by Infowars.com | January 13, 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqMzxj21XXA
While open carry advocates handed out literature to representatives inside the capitol building a survivor of the 2014 Fort Hood shooting expressed his desire to see constitutional gun carry passed in Texas.
http://www.infowars.com/fort-hood-survi ... gun-carry/
Open carry advocates out in force as Legislature opens
http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics ... -opens.ece
Open Carry Gun Advocates Harass Texas Lawmaker (Video)
By Michael Allen, Tue, January 13, 2015
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/ ... aker-video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbfxRQRQOTY
UPDATED: Open carry advocates barnstorm the Capitol on opening day (Video)
Marissa Barnett Follow @marissambarnett Email mbarnett@dallasnews.com
Published: January 13, 2015 4:07 pm
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/ ... -day.html/
http://video.dallasnews.com/?ndn.tracki ... d=28349761
Murdoch Pizgatti works on a Ghost Gunner gun manufacturing machine at a Come and Take It gun rally during the first day of the 84th legislative session outside the Texas state capitol on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Ashley Landis/The Dallas Morning News)
Gun rights activists lobby for open carry in Austin (Video)
http://www.khou.com/story/news/politics ... /21716495/
Latest gun stunt only hurts open-carry cause
By Lisa Falkenberg|
January 6, 2015 | Updated: January 7, 2015 11:11am
http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/co ... 997830.php
From last month...
Open carry groups to hold competing Capitol demonstrations
Posted on December 19, 2014 | By Lauren McGaughy
http://blog.chron.com/texaspolitics/201 ... strations/
by 82_28 » Wed Jan 14, 2015 12:02 pm
The thing I can't stand is the bullshit! Duh. But I remember when they banned supersoakers in HS. They also banned our skateboards. Then they banned, but allowed tobacco. Then they banned the open campus.
But that was pretty much the extent of anything. These Texan idiots are a force to be reckoned with. I was talking to my brother the other day and the subject came up. He lives in Arizona and we got to talking about how he sees these idiots rolling around everywhere with fucking guns on their hip. He's with his kids and shit and I told him to tell the fucking moron to leave that shit in the car as I do not want my children to be normalized to seeing guns in places where they should not be. I don't want my kid picking out an orange in the produce section next to some guy with a motherfucking gun. I think guns are just basically jewelry for these people. There is absolutely no reason to need a gun. For the umpteenth time, I bartended, bounced etc for many years. I always thought to myself maybe, just maybe I need a gun. Answer was fuck no.
I did like my fancy star wars blaster when I was a kid though.
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by seemslikeadream » Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:34 pm
8 White People Who Pointed Guns At Police Officers and Managed Not to Get Shot
White guys get arrested; black guys get shot very often in similar cases.
By Harmon Leon / AlterNet January 12, 2015
When a white guy is seen wandering around in public waving a gun, the police usually try to talk him down; he’s probably just having a bad day. Even if the white guy happens to be pointing his gun directly at an officer, his interaction with the police is unlikely to end in the exchange of gunfire. This is called white privilege.
Recent history suggests there’s a certain methodology for how police handle nearly identical gun-related incidents: white guys get arrested, while black guys get shot. Outraged? If not, you need to pay attention.
1. Armed White Guy Has Standoff With Police, Then Gets His Gun Back
Last May, an armed Michigan man had a standoff with the police as he stood in front of a Dairy Queen waving a loaded rifle around and angrily shouting. When cops arrived, the man, Joseph Houseman, refused to identify himself, grabbed his crotch, flipped the bird, and cursed them out. Houseman was intoxicated and didn’t have an ID. For 40 minutes, the police tried to get the belligerent man to put his weapon down. All the while, he was screaming, “The revolution is coming,” and accusing the cops of being a “gang." He told the police he had a legal right to "threaten" police officers and their families.
Excerpt from their encounter:
JOSEPH HOUSEMAN: That's my First Amendment right.
POLICE: No it's not. You can't swear.
HOUSEMAN: That's bullshit. I can threaten you if I want to.
POLICE: That's incorrect.
HOUSEMAN: I can threaten you. I can threaten your family. I didn't threaten your family; I said I could.
POLICE: You said a war was coming.
HOUSEMAN: I didn't say a war was coming.
POLICE: You said a revolution is coming.
HOUSEMAN: Think about it. You know it is.
When Houseman refused a Breathalyzer test, officers decided not to give him his gun back. Instead, he was told to come to the police station and claim it the next day. He did, and his gun was safely returned.
2. White Guy Points Gun at Police Officers and Children During Hour-Long Standoff
In August, a San Diego man got out of his parked car with a loaded 9mm pistol and proceeded to point it at police officers and small children who were playing in a local park. The police proceeded to spend the next hour trying to talk the man, Lance Tamayo, into putting down his weapon.
Can you guess the man’s race? That’s right, he’s a white guy!
As terrified children were forced to hide in the bathroom, Tamayo rushed toward the officers with his weapon pointed at them and at a police helicopter flying overhead.
Eventually, an officer shot Tamayo once in the stomach to put him down. He fell to the ground, but his gun remained within reach. The police then called Tamayo on his cell phone and spoke with him for 15 minutes before he agreed to surrender. He was arrested and charged with exhibiting a firearm in the presence of peace officers.
3. White Man Arrested Twice For Road Rage With a Gun
In October, a Tennessee man was arrested for waving a loaded gun during a road rage incident involving another man and his son. E.J. Watson confronted the pair when they came to a stop, exited his vehicle with his pistol tucked in the front of his pants and was very belligerent, cursing and making derogatory remarks.
The victims called 911, and police pulled Watson over a few miles from the weapon-wielding episode. His car was littered with empty beer cans as well as a loaded Smith & Wesson revolver. Watson refused to exit his vehicle and had to be physically removed. Only three months earlier, he was arrested for a separate drunken road rage incident.
Good thing for Watson he was white—otherwise he might not be alive today.
4. White Guy Arrested for Firing BB Gun at Officers
A 22-year-old from New Hampshire faces one count of reckless conduct after firing a BB gun at Concord police in September. The two police officers were making a routine traffic stop at an intersection when the man opened fire from a nearby apartment building. They arrested the culprit, Jesse Deflorio, who was on already on probation for a similar incident. The judge residing over the case commented that he was worried about the white guy’s safety following the most recent BB gun-firing episode. Poor white guy.
Tamir Rice, 12, was walking around a Cleveland park, holding a toy gun that uses nonlethal plastic pellets. A police cruiser pulled up and within two seconds Rice was shot and killed by rookie officer Timothy Loehmann.
5. Two White Men Shoot Up Walmart With BB Gun and Live to Tell the Tale
Two Idaho men were taken into custody after shooting up a Walmart with a BB gun. Both were intoxicated. They walked into the Post Falls Walmart and proceeded to remove BB guns from boxes, before loading one and firing it four times while in the store. Walmart security contacted police, saying the two men “started shooting the gun in the store and made comments that they were going to shoot the store up.” According to one Walmart employee, the drunken men approached him and asked if he wanted to join them in their shooting spree.
The two white guys were taken into custody without incident, instead of being shot and killed on the spot.
However, on August 5, John Crawford III was shopping at a Walmart in Dayton, Ohio when he picked a BB rifle off the shelf from the sporting goods section. As he walked around the store fiddling with the gun and talking on his cell phone, another shopper called police to report a black man carrying an AR-15 assault rifle. The shopper told police that Crawford, “looked like he was going to go violently.” Crawford was shot and killed by police while in the store.
On the 911 call, the dispatcher can be heard saying “Walmart, a black male, six foot, wearing a blue shirt, blue pants, in the …section, holding a gun, pointing…”
There you have it: in two incidents involving men carrying BB guns in the same chain store: the white men were arrested and the black man was killed.
6. White Guy Arrested After Pointing Gun at Pennsylvania Police Officers
Just this month,Pennsylvania State Police arrested a man after he reportedly pulled a gun on officers. Jed Frazier had driven his car off the road into a ditch. When police approached the vehicle, the man pulled a handgun from his coat pocket and pointed it at police.
Officers took shelter and tried to talk the man into dropping his loaded weapon. Finally, the police broke the windows of his car, extricated the man and arrested him, all without firing a shot.
Want to guess the man’s race?
7. White Woman Dressed In Body Armor Arrested After Shooting Into Cars and Pointing Gun at Police
It’s not just white guys who get all the privilege—sometimes white women do as well.
Just before the new year, a Tennessee woman was arrested after driving around shooting at passersby, leading police on a chase and pointing her gun at an officer. Two people were at a stop sign when Julia Shields pulled up in a sedan and fired shots into their vehicle, hitting and disabling the radiator. A rash of 911 calls reported Shields pointing her firearm at people as she passed, and firing at another vehicle in the same area. Once cops arrived, she led them on a short chase.
Fortunately for Shields, she is white and was arrested without incident or injury.
8. White Man Arrested After Pointing Gun at Phoenix Firefighters During Hour-Long Standoff
A mentally disturbed white man was arrested in Phoenix after pointing a gun at firefighters during an hour-long standoff. Steven Whitlock opened his apartment door with a gun in his hand when firefighters stopped by to conduct a welfare check. The firefighters dropped their equipment and ran for cover. Whitlock then grabbed their equipment and barricaded himself in his apartment.
Police engaged in an hour-long standoff with Whitlock, before forcing themselves into his apartment and taking him into custody.
Compare that with what happened to Kajieme Powell, who was shot and killed by St. Louis police after walking toward them with a knife while screaming, “Shoot me, kill me now."
Police ordered the mentally disturbed black man to drop the knife, and when he didn’t they shot him. So much for trying to talk him down; as long as the perpetrator is black, officers can shoot first, and ask questions later.
by Joe Hillshoist » Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:47 pm
Pele'sDaughter » 15 Jan 2015 01:01 wrote: If they really wanted it to be a community event, they would've reached out to pastors, community leaders, and the New Black Panthers.
I agree. I nearly wrote something similar in the above comment.
by Pele'sDaughter » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:54 am
I would, indeed, expect you to agree with that based on reading all of your posts. I would expect all rational people to understand, so I see this move as grandstanding and race baiting.
by Joe Hillshoist » Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:23 pm
Its totally race baiting.
What do they think would happen if someone started shooting at them or even just pointed a gun? Or if a bunch of resident all came out of their homes with weapons? As if the open carry mob would then rip out the beers and steaks and chuck em on a barbie for everyone...
I reckon they wanted a gunfight.
"If the cops were shooting blacks why can't we..."
by Tyler Rabbit » Fri Jan 16, 2015 7:50 am
Bet they're praying for a hurricane or some other natural disaster so they can shoot people rather than just intimidating them..
http://www.thenation.com/article/katrin ... n-race-war
http://blog.nola.com/notesonneworleans/ ... _abou.html
Tyler Rabbit
by elfismiles » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:22 pm
www.HueyPNewtonGunClub.wordpress.com
http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/ ... itol.html/
During SXSW-2015 while Tx Leg are debating Open Carry:
3 or so hours ago...
About an hour ago on E. 6th St. (east of 35), New Black Panthers test the waters. I believe this is the first post 9-11 demo of its kind in ATX.
by elfismiles » Tue Mar 17, 2015 8:46 am
Black Panthers Call For Killing of Police During SXSW Armed March
"A pig is a pig that's what I said, the only good pig is a pig that's dead!"
by Infowars.com | March 16, 2015
http://www.infowars.com/black-panthers- ... med-march/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feY0diCOp-Y
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Israeli Apartheid?
March 8, 2011 rjstreets
Saudi Arabia bans protests, Turkey locks up journalists,
Iran and Libya kill their opponents,
Egypt killed protesters, Syria kills hundreds every day.
Haneen Zoabi, an Arab woman is an elected member of the Israeli Knesset
and has led anti-Israel protests.
Her actions would never be tolerated in any of the surrounding countries,
but Zoabi’s anti-government pieces are routinely published
in main stream Jerusalem newspapers and supported by the courts.
While Saudi Arabian women are forbidden to drive a car,
in Jerusalem, many Arab women take driving lessons
and sit where they want on public buses.
School girls are not afraid to share the same streets,
no matter what uniforms they wear, and go on to attend Israeli universities
and find work in the medical professions in Israeli hospitals.
Arab women walk alone
through the streets of the Old City
and in all the neighborhoods
dressed in clothing
of all types
and colors.
Often Arab women shop
in Mamilla Mall,
in the Machane Yehuda Market, the shuk,
on Jaffa Street,
King George Street,
and in Talpiot.
They can eat in a street cafe or restaurant
or walk with a male companion.
With young children
or alone,
Arab women are not afraid or forbidden to move around freely.
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Peta Pellach
This is the best posting I have seen to respond to the plethora of propaganda this week.
Nice photos. But herein lies the propaganda…Arab women can do these things in other Arab countries too (Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, etc). And being able to walk on the street, drive and shop and go to school could be done by Blacks in Apartheid South Africa.
What you don’t see is second class citizenship nor humiliation. You must walk in their shoes to see that.
What bothers me most is that this sort of thing is pure propaganda to make those in power feel good about their actions.
Here lies your propaganda: could a Jew walk around with his kippah on his head in all those above countries without “humiliation”? Can a Jew run for government positions in those above countries? Can a Jew walk around in the streets of Lebanon, shopping, eating in cafes and sitting on public transport alongside Arabs, peacefully just as Arabs can in Israel? No.
Let’s not forget Muslims have many countries in which they can call “Islamic countries” (Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran, Jordan etc.) As do Christians (USA, UK, Australia, Italy, most of South America etc) and every other religious group on the planet (Hindus – India, Buddhists – Thailand etc). Jews ONLY and will only ever have Israel!!!
So what is wrong with Jews living in the West Bank, considering the religious significance to Jews? Why does a future Palestine = no Jews allowed to live there? Why are Jews, just like Arabs in Israel, not entitled to live there in peace and security under a future “Palestine”?
This highly complex situation can only be resolved at the negotiation table not with terrorism.
Sarah Netofi
@Judith–WHAT humiliation? No one is “humiliating” Moslem Arabs. That false claim derives from their belief that the very existence of a Jewish and dhimmi (seond-class non-Moslem people) state contravenes their bigoted Sharia Laws, and therefore is an affront to Moslem “honor.”
And you’re wrong about South Africa–Blacks could not do these things in “white only” areas. Education was segregated and Black children only educated for menial jobs; the few who went to college went to Black-only colleges; men were confined to Black townships (ghettos) and Black-only jobs; men could only start businesses in the ghettos; and women were permitted out to work as maids for Whites or stay on their segregated “homelands” as agricultural workers. They did NOT drive cars but were confined to Black-only bus systems. Transportation and civil facilities were strictly segregated; women especially were denied the right to an education and the right to own property under apartheid.
You’re right about one thing–there is NO second class citizenship or humiliation as part of Israeli policy. On the contrary, Israel tries to afford democratic rights to a minority many of whose members wish to kill us, have killed us, are still trying to kill us in conjunction with their co-nationals in the West Bank and Gaza in the name of Moslem “honor” and a recidivist national lie and sheer racism.
The only “propaganda” here is your repetition of baseless Arab claims of “second class citizenship” and “humiliation.”
therealjerusalemstreetsPost author
It was not that long ago that in Richmond, Virginia, blacks were only allowed to shop on one side of the main downtown street, for years those stores were much more modest, some neighborhoods were off limits to blacks and Jews.
Barbara Kloor
Excellent response to a person who repeats the lies that they want to spread about Israel. I wish your response to her could be read by all of those that repeat the lies she is spreading.
Dude, learn a little more about apartheid! Black people could not go to regular school, drive cars or walk around freely. They were isolated into separate homelands, were arrested if they were not carrying passes, were constantly harrassed on the streets by both citizens and police, and were systematically oppressed by the constitution in every way.
I am from South Africa and I am in Israel now. The two situations are beyond incomparable.
Judith – you have absolutely no idea about apartheid -Black people in South Africa were opressed in all areas of life, from jobs, education to where they could or could not live, had to carry passes with them at all times, could not stay in “white” areas after dark. They could not vote. Israeli Arabs have the right to democratic vote, education, their own religion, dress and free speech. They are represented in Israeli Government. Ask any Israeli Arab if they would like to live in any other Arab State or whether they would stay and live in Israel.
Jo Alex SG
Well,you talk about Egypt didn´t humiliate and kill Copt Christians,nor to say how the few Jews who remained in the muslim countries after the Jewish Naqba were treated decently and with dignity,lol you should see both sides of this reality before just mentioning one aspect to smirch Israel´s image !
Geraldo Barboza
I simply loved your statement…So true!
You do have a very keen point of view…and you made it here. I am happy for you.
You don’t see second class and citizenship and humiliation, because it doesn’t exists. What does exist is a self preservation instinct of the Israeli Jewish population, who knows that given the opportunity, they will be killed, raped, maimed and lynched by the Palestinian mob, taught from young age to HATE.
The fact that you can see Arab women in Arab countries is obvious, but that you can see them all over Israel without fear-where is the Apartheid? where is the racial segregation enforced by the states legal mechanism? It doesn’t exist except as A libel and a big lie.
Dear Judith:
Your comment is mere baseless hatred of Israel and Jews. There is not any discrimination here, and Arab women cannot walk outside the home without male family members in Saudia – they are forbidden by Saudi law to drive any vehicle. You are comparing to South Africa, where blacks were forbidden from areas other than their own neighborhood. These photos reveal the truth which you cannot digest and which you refuse to accept. Who is fooled here, and who is fooling herself?
How could this be propaganda? The pictures were NOT taken by any political party or from state in order to change someones mind. These pictures were taken on a normal day showing how they live.
But I see you have a little mind not understanding what the word propaganda means. For your information the word “propaganda” means “information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.”
Somehow I don’t see how this is propaganda. But I am sure I will see you Israeli Apartheid week hanging out with Israel haters.
Have you walked in their shoes and been there? I have, this is how it is. There is no formal segregation.
Why are there so many palestinians and suicide bombers taking innocent lives, including their own.
No Israelis humiliate anyone. Arab people can walk on streets anywhere because there is no apartheid in any of these places including Israel.
What is propaganda, is the fact that our south african government dont know whats going on there and brain wash you into thinking there is apartheid going on there. These photos alone are proof. Go there, experience it yourself and then come back to fight your point of view.
Renatakins
Sorry Judith, please be sure of your facts before you write any comments that are completely ficticious!! I am an ex-South African and you know nothing of what apartheid means. Please do your research and you will see what you believe is untrue. There is absolutely no similarity between the apartheid in
SA to what the situation is in Israel. You have made me so angry at your ignorance and your audacity to write and have an opinion about something that you know NOTHING about!!
Yes Judith, Arab women can walk alone in those countries you mentioned. What you and most people don’t know is that the Arab standard of living in Israel is far better than in Arab country. Arabs living in Israel criticize the government, and are free to do so, but if you asked them if they wanted to leave this terrible country Israel, none of them would want to give up there citizenship or freedom.
John’s comment is supported by a recent poll in the Arab community…
it is official, more would rather live in Israel and enjoy its health services, education, etc
Judith seeing how people have been replying to your comment you made your point very clear. The palestinians are being discriminated, stereotypes spread about them like it was done in the USA and SA apartheid. And it is obvious that these people replying to your comment has no understanding of the more underlying discrimination and functions of apartheid, school system, ability by housing and apartments, work, scholarships, military and so on, how contact with government institutions, justice system. They seem to take the name literally “separation” without actually understanding the apartheid system and how it works, it is not simply physical separation it is much more.
In occupied territories the apartheid with separation is complete. Maybe the blog might want to give us some photos of arabic women, children and men in occupied territories, i.e. in settlements or in hebron. How they go about their lives there. Those pictures would take you back to Africa without a doubt.
Arvid, thank you for your comment. “The occupied territories” are not usually on this blog, I am not allowed to enter many places such as Ramallah.
There is more than enough to keep me busy in Jerusalem. Many roads are getting too dangerous again for Israeli drivers, rocks can be lethal.
As long as Hamas is proud of killing over 1300 people in their 24 years, we have a problem. All Israeli “settlements” are behind fences and barbed wire for security, that “separation’ does not bother you?
Yah I spent 5 weeks in Lebanon, visited Israel and was married to a Muslim for years. The Jews only occupy a TINY little piece of land on this earth! Is it too much to stop complaining about them? I have seen so much hatred toward them from many different governments and people and yet the Jews keep quietly to themselves not rallying against anyone. I have never heard ONE valid complaint about Jews ever that wasn’t just recycled thoughtless replays of something someone heard somewhere. If you had spent time where I have and mingled with the people I have you would see that the hatred is very much ONE SIDED. I saw it for YEARS with so many people I could never count. Terrible comments about Jews that were completely without any backing…just hate and prejudice. I thought what Americans did to African Americans was terrible. However, when I hear people saying that they want to wipe Jews off the face of the earth etc., I have to wonder if there is some kind of spiritual warfare going on here. Jews simply are trying to exist and protect themselves. I am so tired of hearing all this campaigning against them from haters who don’t know a thing about their beautiful culture and beliefs. They have survived genocide, threats, prejudice and have lost land due to politics while miraculously maintaining who they are. Let them be with their tiny little piece of land. Complainers, shut up and get out. Others who haven’t seen both sides and don’t know the history and culture on both sides should shut up! I know them both well…sorry the Jews come out on top. I have had it with the jealous lies about them. They are far more advanced in medicine and in the sciences than the rest of the world. Look it up…that’s a fact.
iyas
I agree with much of what you say, Betty. Jews deserve to be treated with respect like all humans, and Judaism is one of the worlds great religions. I take offence whenever anyone mindlessly slanders either (as I do for Christianity, Islam or any great religion or group of followers). I have as little time for someone saying they want to wipe the Jews off the face of the earth as I do for those who say they want to wipe the Palestinians out of Palestine. And THAT actually is the issue here. The problem is NOT that they occupy a small piece of land, or that they’re Jewish. The problem is that the land occupied belonged to someone else who was forced out of his land to make room for Israel. And that this process continues on the West Bank today. I don’t care who does that to who, it is wrong. Their persecution (which was unspeakably horrendous) does not justify that Zionists should kick someone else out from their homes and continue to make their lives a misery. That’s the problem.
Iyas: NO ONE was “kicked out” of Israel – you are confusing the situation of the local Arabs with that of the Jews in the surrounding Arab countries who WERE kicked out when Israel was created. The local Arabs LEFT (60%), at the bidding of the Arab Higher Committee, who told all Arabs to get out of the way while the surrounding Arab countries would “kill all the Jews for them.”. The proof is in the 40% who stayed & are the Arab Israeli (or their descendants) today. Even further: anyone who could prove that they had any sort of property that was moved into by someone else in Israel has been compensated. Until recently, all the “Nakba” organizers admitted that their keys were SYMBOLIC. As far as the West Bank goes, you are more than ridiculous” Israel GAVE IT UP – & for NOTHING! Not even the usual empty promises of “stopping terror” & “recognizing Israel’s right to exist.” Stop spreading lies – it is people like you who keep the war going! THAT’s the problem!
I received an e-mail – showing a very revealing video by a Muslim women talking very eloquently about the danager of Islam in America – how Islam in creeping into the educational system in schools in the States.
This is worth a “look”
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid949801312001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAACEco_Vk~,9bOat4XcfB_88ri1a3UMdKnLpH9aM8Fv&bclid=0&bctid=1271237687001
G. Ramanath
I do not know how blind these muslims are! even those that we know are educated. They do not see or feel anything they get away with around the world. If they did not have the “power of OIL” on their land, we would have seen a different landsacpe. For now they should all stay only in their country of origin and never any where else. Only politicians see that they are not all that biased! I say “open your eyes and see”. They killed everyone getting out of the mosque in libia after prayer and no comment! from anyone. The only thing I heard is that Jewish journalists make propoganda out of false situations! I think they are all very irrational people and send them out of every country to their country and the others have to follow the rules of the place they say they are born in.
calicoleopard
SHAME it’s NOT Translated & put in EVERY PAPER in The Whole Frickin WORLD!?!?!?!?!?!?
So do it!!!
Indeed ! It´s the best debunking ever of the supposed “apartheid” in Israel,lol !
rebecca Goldsmith
Great work!If only these photos could be shown to all those misguided persons taking part in this horrible event- Israeli Apartheid Week!
That would be good, so please share the pics!
Roberto Weinraub
This has been a normal sight for many years, even before 67 in some areas like Haifa, Acco and Yaffa.
Yes, “normal” is the key word.. not apartheid.
Arye Ben Harav
The photo marked “with young children’ was taken at the Kotel. No guide, no escort as required of Jews who visit the Temple Mount. She could even prostrate herself and pray at the Kotel on a prayer rug and she would be protected. Not so for Jews on the Temple mount. Apatheid Week is the latest incarnation of the Blood Libel tradition.
Yes – the real apartheid is AGAINST JEWS!
evette chen
You have to get this into the media, tv news, newspapers etc. It is brilliant. We have to educate the world and keep on getting articles like this out to the world. No point in us reading it, get it out there please, urgently
If everyone keeps forwarding..the numbers are going up..
Tehillah
Excellent job! I will share this throughout my network.
Kol Tuv,
Sam Michelson
Excellent post. Someone should translate into Arabic.
Suggestion: log into your WordPress dashboard, enable the Share button to be at the bottom of all your posts – this will make it easier for us to spread your blog across the net.
to show the apartheid part, you need photos from Arab towns and cities, where you will see no Jewish women or men shopping, riding the buses, or walking alone. That is where apartheid is happenning, not in Israel proper!
concerned israeli citizenette
your insinuation that arabs are perpetrating apartheid is absolutely, categorically false. in predominantly-arab cities within the green line, such as tira or nazeret, you can find jewish israelis clogging the streets every friday and saturday. the reason you don’t see jewish women or men shopping, riding the buses, or walking alone in ramallah, nablus, or bethlehem isn’t because the arabs who live there are keeping them out. it’s the israeli government that outlaws travel to areas a and b to israelis, not the p.a.
nice photos. unfortunately, i don’t see any showing muslim women being interrogated by bank, bus, university, or shopping mall security — an uncomfortable ordeal faced by arab women of any age who want to enjoy their rights AS ISRAELI CITIZENS to walk around freely — or arab men attacked and fatally stabbed by jewish thugs in jerusalem.
Sorry you must be new here, in an old post when the Gap store opened in Mamilla Mall, I showed the security… which EVERYONE has to go through, my bag is always opened and checked before I can enter the building. It is VERY uncomforable. Where else in the world does Gap have more security going in than out?
Security at other malls has been shown in other posts, but sorry again, Arab women have blown themselves up and killed innocent shoppers.
And do not forget, there is a guard at all supermarkets and I have to open my bag.
Jewish men and women don’t ride the Arab buses or enter Jericho or Ramallah because when they do, they are killed. Hence the current absence of Jews on the Arab sheruts, and the state of Israel’s travel ban–not to keep us “out” but to keep us away from a PA-radicalized Arab population that thinks murdering Jews is a duty. My Muslimah neighbor by the way shares my bank–she goes there all the time, gets waved through just as I do as a regular, and has ridden back home with me without incident. Likewise, every time I go to the mall, I get the same search as Arab citizens and WB visitors.
I’m told there are no security checks at Ramallah stores and restaurants. I guess that’s because Ramallah has never suffered a plague of Jewish terrorists of both genders blowing themselves up in civilian locales.
There is a difference however–when Jewish thugs stab Arab men, they are tried for assault or murder. When Arabs murder Jews, they are extolled as heroes and heroines. Until the Arabs stop their hate, there will be no peace and the walls and checkpoints and security checks will remain in place. The solution is in YOUR hands, not ours.
Zev Posner
Everyone has to go through security – and lets not even get into why!!!! so the fact that Arab women are having their bags checked … well so are Jewish women and men … no one gets in without going through the security!
@Judith – for heavens sake! where did you ever read or learn about the history of apartheid in South Africa and of segregation in the US … enough people here have set you straight so i will not beat a dead horse – but if you were actually serious do yourself a favor – take off the blinders and look at things as they really are – study history and VERIFY before you take someone else’s word for what happened – we live in an age of unequaled access to information – you can research all on your own and i think if you do you will be a little surprised at HOW MUCH OF MORE INFORMED and intelligent post you will be able to offer up in the future!
@CIC – girl – let us know what vintage u r smokin honey because u r deep deep into fantasy land!
Dear Concerned Citizen:
There is not a female form for the word “citizen” in English. Nice try, though. As for your claims that it is safe for Israeli Jews to enter areas A and B, and that it is that nasty Israeli government which keeps them out – tell that to my neighbor who was shot in the chest when he tried to enter such an area to shop for produce. And all Israelis face security checks, so that is discomfort we all experience, due to the few among Arabs who are terrorists.
Susan Taragin
Excellent. Unfortunately the world hates us whatever we do….. And I’m not a pessimist!
Kol HaKavod, Sharon!!
These are great photos and
definitely should be published
davidfcooper
Housing is still largely separate/apart.
Very true, Jews try to buy in Arab neighborhoods… there are protests.
Religious Jews try to buy in some neighborhoods… there are protests.
Housing in Jerusalem is largely segregated, but by design in Arab communities…Baka, Greek Colony, downtown, French Hill, Pisgat Zeev to name a few all have Arab families living in Jewish-majority areas. Arab neighborhoods do not permit Jewish buyers or renters, and in the Galil, one Jewish buyer was told he would be welcome then threatened with death if he moved into his home in an Arab neighborhood.
true of large parts of any major city – but at least they can live there without threat of sword hanging over their heads – lets not get nuanced here – the world ain’t perfect over there but it is not because we are spending our days hating on the Arabs …
Eliyahu
There are Arabs living on my street in Jerusalem. There is no law legalizing segregation. Arabs live in quite a few Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem, like Abu Tor, Neveh Ya`aqov, Pisgat Ze’ev, French Hill, etc. However, Arab thugs and political leaders often try to keep Jews from living in Arab neighborhoods.
Thank you for your comments. Too bad a smoke bomb was thrown tonight in French Hill, waiting for details. Violence seems to be increasing there.
You forgot about 2 million people that can’t do this.
That’s about a million women, more or less.
Are those women Palestinian? Did you check their ID? Do you think they got to Jerusalem from Ramallah? From Jenin?
This is not an Ethnic apartheid, it’s a national one. Learn to make the difference.
No, did not check their ids…they go around freely.
How many Israelis go to Ramallah, Jenin or Jericho? And how safe are they?
Exactly, Daniel makes a good point. The potential for apartheid in Israel is about Palestinians, not Muslim Israelis living inside Israel. You did not ask where they were from and judged based only on their style of dress. It should be noted that some Palestinians are Christians, not only Muslim. . . . Arabs, too, not only Muslim. At one time, there were even many Jewish Arabs living in the region.
The Jerusalem streets are intergrated.. only by dress can you easily tell people apart.
This is the ONLY post in over a hundred with labels, the real Jerusalem streets prefers to use the words “women”, “men” or “people”.
Michal Einbar
Pitty you never took photos in the University Center of Ariel in Samaria. Plenty of Arabs from Samaria study there, especialy women.
The administration would have confirmed they are not Israelis 🙂
Jewish students from the University of Ariel work in “Arab” nieghborhoods in Jerusalem.
Daniel, before the bus bombings of the 80’s and the suicide bombings that followed. Before the 1st and second intifada, before the call for a separate Palestinian State in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, there was no need for ID-checks, because it has to do with SAFETY, not apartheid. Learn history.
And everyone drove through Bethleham on a regular basis..on roads that are forbidden now to Israelis.
Jerusalem Streets: I didn’t mean any offense with the “labels”. I’m not sure why you took it negatively. I was pointing out the complexity of identity and diversity of the region. People often make assumptions and snap judgments based on a someone’s dress—even on the streets of Jerusalem, believe it or not….
And you seem to forget (or deliberatly ignore, only you know), the millions of Palestinian women that cannot do this in their own towns: Ramallah, Hebron, Jenin.
They cannot leave their house without a male companion. An many of those who dare are harassed by other men. Including their male family members.
My wife used to work with a muslim young woman who said: “I want to work while I am free, because after I get married, I’ll be no longer allowed to work outside my house by my father and brothers.”
Have you ever heard of honor killings in the Palestinian areas? Do you know why in the Cairo subway are women-only wagons? Not for religiously imposed gender separation, but to protect women against harrassment by men.
Just one detail: these pictures only show religious muslim women, easily recognizable by their long robes and veils. There are also christian arab women and many muslim women that are not religious and dress in a western fashion.
And those people dressed in “western fashion” are impossible to spot and photograph…sorry…only by dress can assume identity.
Jack Auden
National apartheid isn’t apartheid. If Americans don’t let people from another country come to America – that isn’t apartheid. And if people from Puerto Rico (their territory – like like the West Bank) cannot come to America, it isn’t Apartheid – they can still do whatever they want in Puerto rico.
Apartheid is like in South Africa – allowing one race advantage while denying another.
The comparison to America is incorrect.
The West Bank is not a separate country, it is a piece of land that Israel controls, even though a huge number of its residents are not considered Israeli citizens. It was annexed and she didn’t make it a permanent part of her state partly because of population concerns. Too many Palestinians–same issue as today, along with the obvious and very real security fears.
Even so, using the word apartheid is too provocative and offensive to be in any way constructive.
Sarah, you’re wrong.. The West Bank has never been “annexed” to Israel and is the subject of on-going negotiations as to what part of it will be Palestinian state and what part of it will become Israeli.
Sara, you are thrice wrong.
1. The west bank was never annexed
2. The west bank enjoys an autonomy, and is self governed.
3. The west bank is a gift of Israel to the Palestinians after it was liberated from the Jordan occupation in which the Palestinians had either no wish to realize their sovereignty in that region or no ability to resist Jordan.
Yes, right, Sarah, N.
It was a typo—by understanding the context of my post one would know I meant it was “not annexed”.
Thanks for pointing it out though.
Okay, Greg. I guess you, too, misread my post like Sarah N. I left off the word ‘not.’
Interesting gift. What is the Israeli government’s role in the West Bank now, as you see it, then?
Interesting gift or not is irrelevant. The fact that Israel gave the Palestinians a place territories and autonomy, something that their loving brethren never did speaks volumes, not to mention that Pals don’t have civil rights in any Arab country except Jordan.
And I must admit that I don’t understand your question.Maybe the two following points will answer that:
1. The Autonomy is still depended on Israel, at many levels, but that’s something that can be worked on in negotiations, something the “moderate” Pals have postponed for so many months, and the less moderate rejected wholeheartedly.
2.If you are mentioning the security measure that take place between the Autonomy and Israel, than a small look into history will clarify that these measure were introduced after a blatant breach of security from the Pals. So the measure were introduced to save lives and not to make Pals lives miserable. The faster the will see the connection the faster they can become a productive nation.
How many aliens are allowed to just roam free without a passport/entry site in ANY country? Stop trying to hold Israel to insane standards that you would decry in your own country – THIS HYPOCRISY Is where we get the idea that people who spout the crap you do are Jew-haters!
So when Americans go to Mexico & have to show their passports, that’s ethnic apartheid? THAT’s what you’re complaining about, even if you want to pretend otherwise. The so-called Palestinians are NOT citizens of Israel & would REFUSE to become so, & you are actually DEMANDING that Israel have NO BORDERS WHATSOEVER. You’re an idiot AT BEST.
These are great pictures, and I love Israel with all my heart, but did you stop to speak to any of these Arab/Muslim women? What is their life truly like?
This is an oversimplification of the situation, and spotting women shopping doesn’t exactly say anything about whether they are truly seen as equals in the society.
Also, I don’t think Saudi Arabia should be the benchmark by which we compare ourselves. . .
Nevertheless, lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing them.
Maybe next we should interview them and see where they would rather live?
Yes, actually, why don’t you interview them next? Get to know your neighbors a little one on one.
Are Arab and Muslim women seen as equal members that help make up the very fabric of Israeli society, or are they seen as this “other” group to fear and control?
The angle of your piece seems to suggest a group of women, “outsiders,” who are “allowed” to walk freely among the regular citizens.
Women walking freely in the streets is not anything to boast about—that is a basic human right, for god’s sake. Have our standards fallen so low?
It is a basic human right that exists in Jerusalem, not Apartheid…exactly my point.
Sara, why don’t you follow one of theses women into an Israeli hospital? The care is the same as for any other person needing care. As a matter of fact, the Arab Israeli would rather go to an Israeli hospital than to one in Gaza.
Isn’t it common knowledge that Israel is the closest thing to a democracy in the Middle East? Yes, of course, it is. So granting a basic human right is nothing special. It’s basic.
I just can’t understand all this patting ourselves on the back for allowing women to move freely, as you put it.
Despite Israel’s wonderful free society as compared to its neighbors, there *are* injustices and inequalities and certainly biases in Israeli society—on both sides. How can this be denied?
I challenge you to approach these women and get to know them as individuals, rather than to view them as your potential enemy.
Yes, Holly, Israel has excellent hospital care, no one is disputing that.
This web page makes Jews look foolish.
Only fools are embarrassed because they won several wars against the most brutal culture in history.
Since passover is coming soon, why don’t you put up a web page that debunks the idea that we put gentile blood in our matza?
Get the point?
Its all about power and ghetto jews can’t deal with power unless it involves driving a mercedes or screwing people in business etc…
Gabriel Jarkowsky
Bless Israel and the freedom there ,because other peoples feel more comfortable in oppression; no need for us to be oppressed ” never again is not a cute line to say” hopefully the world stops following the winds of the media propaganda.
LVSTEVEO1
JUST AS HERE IN LAS VEGAS WHERE I LIVE, WHERE I SEE ARAB/MUSLIM WOMEN DRIVING/MOVING ABOUT FREELY WITH OR W/O A MAN, SO IT GOES IN ISRAEL. HOW DARE ANYONE ACCUSE ISRAEL (EVEN WITH ITS FAULTS LIKE ANY OTHER COUNTRY) OF RESTRICTING ANYONE’S LAWFUL MOVEMENTS OR ACTIONS. IT’S A GIVEN THAT MOST ARAB/MUSLIM ENTITIES HAVE A HORRIBLE RECORD IN TERMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY IN RESPECT TO WOMEN. THEY R CONSIDERED AND TREATED AS ‘PROPERTY’ LIKE CATTLE, GOATS, ETC. AND G-D FORBID THAT A WOMAN HAVE THE AUDACITY TO ‘ASSERT’ HERSELF – THIS IS CONSIDERED A ‘CRIME’ & PUNISHABLE BY BEATINGS, WHIPPING & IN SOME CASES, DEATH BY STONING. AND THESE SO-CALLED EXAMPLES OF HIGH LEVELS OF DECENCY & PROTECTORS OF THEIR CITIZENS R HELD UP AS A EPITOME OF WHAT WE IN THE WEST TAKE FOR GRANTED – GIVE ME A BREAK!
The only reason I see is as I have always believed that they are so blinded and they feel they are treated like
“second class citizens!’ They go on parading that it is their duty to kill Jews and even in Israel and we are supposed to give them better than “second class citizens role” I would say let them out of Israel bu force if you need to and let them live a better life!
Well done…This should be Sharred with the World at Large..i will do my part here in USA to pass it on via
again, Todah achoti!
Aaron Michelson
Arabs are an integral part of Israeli life. When I see Arabs in public places I smile at them and they usually smile back at me. Many are very friendly, like the people who invited my wife to their child’s wedding celebration or the man who brought water to our group on a hike. There are Arab communities in Jerusalem and elsewhere in Israel that have made it clear that if there is a separation between Israel and Palestine they want to be in Israel. BTW in the Arab village of Abu Ghosh there are Jews who rent apartments from the Arab owners. No aparttheid here.
Aaron, when Arabs smile, it doesn’t mean the same thing that it means when you smile. Same in Asian countries. My wife is from Japan, and believe me, when she smiles at something you say, she’s not being nice. She’s thinking “what an idiot, now please shut up.”
Abu Ghosh is a very special scenario, as we all know. Now go to Umm Al Famh and try to buy or rent a home. The same Arabs who smile at you in the shouk will kill you, your wife, and your children without thinking about it. Think not? Ask what they think of suicide bombings. Not one will tell you that they’re wrong because they kill people, only because they don’t accomplish anything.
Michael Dar
There are furthermore Arabs (and other minorities)in Israeli Parliament, in the Army (even some superior officers), in foreign ministry in post abroad. Arabs receive health-care in the same facilities as Jews share hospital rooms, public transportation, public places etc. with Jews. Unthinkable in the former S-Africa. How can Israel be called an Apartheid state when she doesn’t has the least of the characteristics of an Apartheid state?
yes, yes, yes and that is the question
THE AQUARIAN 1
How can Israel be an Apartheid State?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4gymxY2zM8
Amazing how film clips can be distorted and produce fiction.
What distortions are you referring to?
The Arab leaders told their people to leave!
They wanted to wipe out the Jews, as they had tried in Hebron 1929…and in Zafat.
Long before anyone heard of a West Bank, there was an established Jewish community in Hebron… until the massacre that is.
Would the Israelis respond in kind, no, but how would they know that…..
Yes, there is a tragedy…that the Arab leaders are constantly giving their people bad advice
and will not let them live normal lives, look at the lack or rights in Lebanon or Syria, or Egypt, or even Jordan.
How many peace offers did Arafat turn down and then start killing people? What a leader of the modern world..
to invent the suicide bomber, destruction just to kill the innocent masses!
Would you consider Rachel Corrie a distortion?
Rachel Corrie was a tragic accident, she foolishly put herself in an extremely dangerous situation… if front of a moving bulldozer!
Any organization that encourages such behavior has to be held accountable.
Israel maintains an apartheid-like regime in the West Bank that applies to Arabs under occupation. Arab citizens of Israel do not experience apartheid or anything close. I don’t know what they say, nor what you say, but this is the simple and balanced truth.
@Dave What is your “truth” based on? When is the last time you were in the “West Bank”? Arabs roam freely throughout the area despite the numerous attacks – with knives, guns, etc – on Jews that occur on an almost daily basis. When that ends, and Arabs take responsibilty to put an end the violence and the provocative language from their mosques and schools, the checkpoints will be removed. If you have a group of people who consistently threaten to kill to get their way, most normal countries would come down a lot harder than checkpoints.
Have you seen the recent poll about the Arabs in East Jerusalem (West Bank) who prefer to be governed by Israel than Palestinians? While that may have been surprising to some two months ago, the Western world is finally beginning to understand what Arab governance are really about.
If you really cared about Human Rights you would be focusing on the 57 Muslim and 23 Arab countries (and Iran), instead of facilitating an un-truth that Israel operates anything like an Apartheid state.
Well, is it Apartheid or is it not? “Apartheid-like” regime is a new term to me and certainly not enough to match a real Apartheid regime! In Arab and Islamic countries for instance you will find real Apartheid, segregation, worse human right abuses, mass murders, public executions, stoning, torture and racism. In face of Arab aggressions, terrorism and their proclaimed genocidal intentions towards Jews Israel is entitled to take all the mesures she consider appropriate for her legitime defense..which is a fundamental human right. Apartheid has nothing to do with it..only perverse, twisted minds and hypocrits could stress such an impossible parallel.
tania josefa
“only perverse, twisted minds and hypocrits could stress such an impossible parallel.”
The issue of Apartheid here is about the few ruling the many, along with some form of segregation. By definition, Israel is edging too close to this reality–especially if the West Bank were to become a permanent part of Israel.
Apartheid is about suppresion and restricting rights.
Go into any Israeli hospital, Israeli and Arab doctors and nurses are working together on Arab and Israeli patitients in the same wards and rooms .
But the Jews are now the majority in fact. The Jews would be a greater majority today if the UK, at the Arabs’ and for their own reasons, kept Jews out of the internationally designated Jewish National Home. When the Jews most needed a home. So both the UK and the Arabs did their part to further the Holocaust. By the way, the top Palestinian Arab leader at the time of the Shoah was Haj Amin el-Husseini, who was also the chief Arab Nazi collaborator
Shervin the Iranian
such an unintelligent post, but cool pictures, but very selective, cuz you know, i really doubt israeli russians and anglo saxons wear like that, well seems like israel has a lot of muslims in it, but doesn’t matter anyways, doesn’t matter if some muslims bowed to israel’s illegal existence, israel is a threat to middle eastern countries’ national security,
cool, half of my post is eaten, Bon Appetito!
Too long…..yum
Israel is not going away, and was given to the Jews by the Creator of the Universe.
if you read the Torah, you might notice Judaism is the only religion in the world that has very specific geographical references. the muslims are the illegal ones there, and they are the ones who will be going away except for the ones who love Jews and G-d.
Mr. Iranian. The Jews and Israel by extension has the historic, moral, spiritual and indeed legal right over the land some by ignorance or by deceit call Palestine. Even the Coran, which is otherwise famous for its hatred towards the Jews recognized that! Tell me on what does the Arab or even Muslim (false) claims on the land rest?
Shervin, yours was the most ill-informed and most unintelligent one I’ve read so far. I’ve been there and have seen the truth for myself. When was the last time you were there to see with your own two eyes and not corrupted by the fanatical idiots you call leaders? Always believe what they tell you? You are the one deluded and deceived. I have friends from Iran. They were not treated with tolerance and love but brutality instead. And contrary to your misinformation, we Jews are an honest people. If I was a cheat in my business dealings, I would be a very wealthy woman. Instead, I see many Muslims alot more prosperous than I am. Does their driving a Mercedes mean that they cheat others of ther rightful property? If I listened to your jibberish, I guess I would find the answer to be a big, fat yes!
I cut most of Shervin’s comment, but decided to give him a voice, though I disagree totally with him, that is the democratic ideal right?
Diana Barshaw
True, Israel does have many Muslims in it, and the vast majority of them are good, hard working people who add much to our country.
Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East… freedom of speech, freedom of expression… dress… religion… the list goes on. This is a threat to national security in the region… how exactly??
Freedom could be a threat, women in Iran were beaten today.
All of these photos are candids, NO scenes were staged, all are from the REAL Jerusalem streets
what’s your source for that claim? let us assume that you are right and also superman can fly, omg iran’s the first country in the world where one woman is beaten by police, let me guess, the next would be police in the united states, do cops in the US hate camera because they hate technology or what?
I would be delighted to spread these photographs further through the Five Minutes for Israel site. Do I have your permission to download these picture?
The more people who see the real Jerusalem streets the better.
Those who hate will not change their minds.
These real pictures are for those people who are open to the truth, but
only know what the main stream media shows… the violence and protests that sells.
You should visit Hebron. If you are interested I can show you some pictures!
Thank you, I have visited Hebron, in an armored bus with armed guards for our safety.
There is too much with just what is going on in Jerusalem, no time to post the spring flowers in bloom.
I live in Kiryat Arba/Chevron. The armored buses are a necessity due to our “friendly” neighbors but we never have armed guards on them for our protection. The army has a definite presence in Chevron for our protection not only from the Arab population but also from the leftist do-gooders who come to cause problems. Your pictures were wonderful and perhaps a video presentation could be made from them.
Tour groups are accompanied by armed guards for a good reason.
You should also take pictures when they BBQ in Israeli parks – In Jerusalem you can see it all the time in Gan Hapoamon. I wonder if I would go BBQing in a Arab park…
You must be a new reader. Welcome!
We have many old posts that include photos of Arab families enjoying themselves in Gan Sacher and The Bell Park,
just part of the real Jerusalem streets that the media overlooks and we look for.
This post was special for International Women’s Day, which came same time as Israel Apartheid Week on college campuses.
Question is how many of those protesting college students have ever been to Jerusalem?
That’s what is really annoying, all those people discussing Israel without ever being to Israel or even really knowing something about Israel. I guess most of them would be really surprised if they would come.
the only picture who seem to be relevant is the bus one; all the rest are far away to prove there is no apartheid …..coming from south africa during the period of apartheid ;i can declare that Africans black at that time could walk freely during day time in the central joburg ….so the arab who live in Jerusalem ……..pls. post pictures of Arab man and women walking freely in the evening and night time !!!!! much better ……after 18h00 the blacks could not walk freely …so post evening pic
Interesting information…it is very hard to get good photos at night, but
in old posts there are a few night time pictures from summer concerts
and the Jerusalem Knights Night blog post as well.
jeffrey gottlieb
Arab from Israel can and do go to Saudi Arabia where they can receive more pay thn in eretz yisreal but they (the ones i have spoken or who spoken about it much prefer the freedom they receive it the “occupied land”
No where in the world does the average arab live longer than in jewish israel
Pay in Israel is low for everyone, just ask the striking social workers, and the teachers and the police……
Israel is a free country, where people come and go, visit from abroad constnatly. I can’t believe that any visitor would actually notice anything different between Jews and Arabs. Of course Arabs can travel on the streets at night – how absurd to suggest anything else. Israel has a vibrant media which would take itself to task if there was anything to that allegation. Just because there is an extreme lack of freedom in just about every Arab/Moslem country in the area, does not mean that it applies to Israel.
You are so ignorant really?
Jews and Arabs could not be distinguished by physical looks only by name.
There is so common phenomenon here that the Pali Arabs who come to Tel Aviv illegally for working or being with his gay homo jewish friend to change name from Musa to Moshe, Ishak to Yitzhak, etc and speak Israeli Hebrew accent.
And many suicide bombing incidents during the Intifadeh II happened in the public areas or in the buses are by the Arabs who we do not know they are Arab or Jew!
Stop making some stupid negotiation or analogy between white and black. If it’s you european are so obsessed with white and black please dont shift the problem to Israel because Israel is so multiethnic and multicultural. Jews and Arabs from different backgrounds, ethnics, cultures, clans and languages come to live together in one Land and you want to suggest there is any night curfew law specifically for Arabs?
I can tell who is an Arab and who is a jew and who is Iranian. Brothers don’t look alike. Ishamael is a cursed one and was a son of Abraham’s slave. It’s pretty offensive to say that Arabs look like like jews.
I am not so sure I could tell people apart so well, I just came from an Israeli hospital and only by the clothing or the style of their beards maybe…
Jonah Block
I remeber when I was in Bnei brok I saw a bunch of boys stone a girl who wandered in from Ramat gan for having a short skirt so we aren’t there yet
They should have been inside studying and not looking at girls legs!
boobeh
Lovely… perhaps some day you can do a blog on Israeli Arab notables. Supreme Court members, head of surgery at Hadassah Hospital, mambers of the Israeli foreign service and now, first Bedouin diplomat.
Jewish-Links
Congradulations, from the fact that you have these clowns making silly comments about how Israel is apartheid means you got the message out.
And to all of you clowns who want to call Israel apartheid, happy Purim, and stop drinking so much!
Steve Brook
If I could be everywhere, I could take photos of Israeli police beating Arabs, Jews and drunks. I could show PA police doing the same thing. I could use the photos to prove anything at all. Hardly “objective reporting”!
The main stream media that seems to show only negative photos of Israel is “objective reporting”?
Where were they when thousands of people were on the Jerualem streets in October for the first ever Komen Race for the Cure?
Israeli and Arab, Muslim and overseas visitors, men and women, peaceful, therefore, not news.. except to Jennifer Griffin and her crew.
My objective was to show that women dressed in Muslim attire of all types are NOT suffering from abuse on the Jerusalem streets.
Avi Brickner
This is unlike the Komen Race for the Cure held in Egypt a short while ago. Israeli’s were not allowed to participate.
The number of photos from the amzaing women participating in the Jerusalem Race for the Cure required opening a Facebook page
for the Real Jerusalem Streets. Check it out.
PA police would not do the same thing, but almost. They wouldn’t be beating Jews because Jews aren’t allowed. (But give them credit in that they would cooperate with the IDF and return them unharmed.)
I am pleased to note that you mentioned “Israeli police beating Arabs, JEWS and drunks. They evacuate and beat Settlers with force as well. Just proves that the level of so-called apartheid is less than in the list of Arab countries discriminating against their own citizens – hence the people uprising in Arab countries for their rights. The word “apartheid” please note, has not yet been used against any of these countries I certainly agree that Israel’s actions are sometimes “uncomfortable” to stomach, but and there is a but here, Israel and Palestinians/Hamas are on a round-a-bout of retaliation one against the other. Israel is fighting for survival and security which is THE main issue. There are times when “rules of humanity” are broken ON BOTH SIDES like the Beast who murdered parents and babies while they slept. Hundreds of missiles are still being fired from Gaza into Israel – retaliation is the game.
The key difference is that the Settlers are there illegally in the first place – they are not allowed under international (or moral) law to build on the land their houses are on. So the fact that they are not only allowed, but also encouraged and protected when they brutalise local Palestinians is the real affront.
And while Israel fights “for survival”, the Palestinians fight not only for survival, but to go back to the homes that they were expelled from, to till their farms, to be able to feed their children, to walk unhindered, to live in freedom and respect.
You are right, though, that the retaliation cycle is destructive. It will only lead to mutual destruction. Until BOTH parties decide to respect each other’s humanity and rights, this will just go on.
Iyas, stop lying – you only make yourself look like a terrorist stooge!
Please make sure to email the Israeli Apartheid website this link:
http://apartheidweek.org/en/contact
eligence
I think it’s important to note that one of these pictures is of an Arab woman and her children walking through the Kotel Plaza
Many people walk through the Kotel Plaza..Arab women and young Arab men…files of photos.
A picture speaks 1000 words, and you have great pictures and have said much… Let the world take note if they dare.
Great photo essay — really illustrative and demonstrative photos.
I think the piece suffers from two imperfections, though:
1) Rhetorical: Better than Libya/Iran/Saudi Arabia? Is that how low the bar is? Being better than them is kind of meaningless. If Israeli Arabs were better off than minorities in USA, France, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, etc., that would be more interesting. (How about these little tidbits: Unlike in America, Arab citizens are entitled to affordable health care. Unlike in Arizona, police are not required to check Arabs’ paperwork for citizenship. Arabs in Israel don’t face cruel punishments like electric chair or firing squad as in many American states. Etc.)
2) Substantive: I think that those who label ours an Apartheid gov’t, have the Arab non-citizens of the Territories in mind — they lack many freedoms including, most tellingly, the right to vote. The fact that Arab citizens have human rights far beyond those of many ‘enlightened’ countries’ minorities does not diminish that fact.
True.. Libya, Saudi Arabia and Iran are not role models, they were just the international headlines of the day.
Substantive? They’re being ridiculous–the self-proclaimed Palestinians of the West Bank have the right to vote in Palestinian elections and have done so. A non-citizen’s non-ability to vote in an Israeli election hardly constitutes “apartheid”?
Of course “Palestinians” have the right to vote – who voted in Hamas?? Are you seriously joining the ranks of the viciously deluded who think that they should have a voice in *Israeli* elections – without a reciprocation, I might add? Please tell me I am wrong!
People who call Israel “apartheid” are either horrifically underinformed, or just outright lying (e.g., Carter).
They don’t have the right to vote in matters that affect rights of citizenship and national security (ie., they have no nation). Until Israel makes them part of either Israel of another nation recognized by Israel and not militarily controlled by Israel, they don’t truly have voting rights. Sure, 12-year-olds have voting rights, but I don’t think student council elections are all that meaningful.
Another way to think of it: MY government tells me I can’t go to Shchem. MY government tells them they can’t come to Alon Shevut (unless to provide cheap manual labor, of course). Not exactly symmetrical.
Elli, the Settler
Eli, at the risk of repeating myself: Palestinians vote every time the PA has an election (ok, so not so often) but they HAVE voting rights. Israeli Arabs vote in Israeli elections, which is why Bilad has MKs. Israel’s defensive measures in the WB have not circumscribed Palestinian voting rights. Announcing “[Arabs] don’t truly have voting rights” is simply mendacious.
Palestinian Arabs don’t have full self-determination, which is what voting rights are all about. The PA has a very limited set of functions (no army, no currency, no UN representation) — not only because they’re so dysfunctional, but also because Israel doesn’t let them. I think I was pretty clear in what I meant by voting rights, so let’s stay away from name calling.
Name calling? There are too many similar names and Sarahs here, this is in reply to a post from Susan.
IsraeliSoldierforTruth
Just a quick point on #1 – I don’t know if you’ve ever been on an inter-city bus, but you can pretty much bet with certainty that “Arab-looking” passengers will indeed be forced to produce identification. I even have a Jewish friend who looks very Arab, and is asked almost every time to provide documentation of his origins.
I am sorry for your firend. It is hard to tell people apart, my point exactly. I try to avoid buses, I walk.
Really? You must be from Tel Aviv….I rode to work every morning on the Jerusalem #8 for two years, with two Muslimah students heading for class, dressed traditionally, and they were never asked for identification.
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Allen Silver
An excellent video which hopefully will encourage people from around the world to experience first hand for themselves just how safe a place it is to visit compared to other countries in the region
Ya'arah
@Sarah
“Exactly, Daniel makes a good point. The potential for apartheid in Israel is about Palestinians, not Muslim Israelis living inside Israel.”
That is not apartheid. The Palis are so desperate to come to Israeli proper area to earn money and so many times they were sent back safely. It’s like the mexicans who crossed over Texas or New Mexico City.Nobody talks about apartheid in the states.
“You did not ask where they were from and judged based only on their style of dress. It should be noted that some Palestinians are Christians, not only Muslim. . .”
So what do you wanna say about this? Are you suggesting that those veiled women might be xtians? Xtian Arab women dont weir hijab anymore and Sunni Muslims make up more than 70% Arabs. The Xtians are minority only
“Arabs, too, not only Muslim. At one time, there were even many Jewish Arabs living in the region.”
Please dont make any statement regarding Mizrachi because I’m a Mizrachi Jew and we dont like to be called Jewish Arabs and mind you, 50% Israeli Jews are of Mizrachi descent whose parents/grandparents were expelled forcedfully by neighbouring Arab/Moslem countries.
Some of my best friends and family left Arab countries for their safety, not becuase they wanted.
Moslems dont realize that the Arab countries are far more racist and bigotry in the whole world. If there is any non-Arab Muslim here, especially if you are typical asian origin I urge you to come to Arab countries and let you experience how to be treated like valueless pathetics.
In Saudi Arabia many Sunni Muslim from Indonesia the biggest moslem country in the world who come there as maids were raped and used as sex slaves but when they get pregnant they were judged as fornicators for being pregnant out of wedlock.
Saudi Arabia the Muslim country who boasts itself as the leading Sunni-Sharia Law State is indeed racist and sexist even among the non Arab Muslims. Look at your own kind before pointing towards others.
Ya’arah, what exactly about my post offended you? The use of the word “Arabs” in relation to “Jewish”? Can you explain why?
No offense was intended…and I’m sorry if it did.
It doesn’t take much to beat the human rights records of the surrounding countries… Yes, it is enraging that “the world” doesn’t take much notice about them, or protest them, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore the problems in our own backyard that fester and only make things worse.
The Mexico analogy is also a bad one—America is not occupying Mexico. Mexico is a sovereign country, the West Bank is not.
I agree the Mexico analogy isn’t 100%–after all, America never negotiated to return the land they took in a war with Mexico. Israel is trying to negotiate borders acceptable to both sides.
And you’ve hit the point exactly Sarah–the West Bank is NOT a sovereign country which is why it is NOT occupied–go check the Geneva Convention: one can only occupy a sovereign country.
“Jewish Arabs” is an insult. We were never accepted in the Arab world as anything other than Jews, and second class citizens. We are not “Arabs” and to call us so is demeaning as it erases our pre-Arab-conquest peoplehood, traditions and culture.
Sarah N., my understanding was that the term Arab referred to a culture native to the middle east made up of different religions. I never realized it carried such offense for Jews.
I don’t particularly like the term “occupy” either, but there is no argument about whether Israel controls the west bank, and keeps a tight watch on palestinians, arabs, muslims. This is done out of fear and for security reasons, but when does it become too much and get out of hand?
There is a line that should not be crossed, even out of fear.
As Israeli Soldier for Truth says above, his friend always gets confronted.
Just because you have never seen it done with your own eyes does not mean that it doesn’t happen.
There’s a lot of room for improvement.
My point in my response to Soldier was perhaps too subtle—I live in Jerusalem and take public transportation, eat in public places and walk in public areas all the time. What he described as his friend’s experience as “always” being asked for documents makes me think there is something about his friend that triggers this reaction, because it DOES NOT happen to Arabs routinely in Jerusalem. Hence my snarky comment that he must live in TA which I suspect only the Israelis understood.
As for the term “Arab” it is confined to people who speak Arabic and are generally Moslems although some have remained Christian in Palestine (where the Moslems do not call them “Arabs” but call them instead “Greek Palestinians”) The Kurds, Circassians, Assyrians, Armenians would be equally offended at being lumped under “Arab” becasue the Arabs are our imperialists, who’ve taken our lands and imposed their laws, language and often their Islam on us by force.
In the photo about medical professions, the picture is of a maintenance worker, not a person in the medical professions (although the caption is true, the photo should be switched to be completely accurate)
You are correct, but it is so hard to disintquish between the Israel and Arab nurses and doctors dressed in “western clothing”, sometimes only their names are a clue..and so many patients also…
But of note her uniform with head covering…
shir
Israel is not an apartheid state. we’re not called an apartheid state because arab women can’t walk the streets or shop.
Israel is not an apartheid state because the actions taken by her has been of deffense – building the wall so that terrorists couldnt bomb or murder israelies, arabs or jews, so that suicide bombers will not be free to kill our women and children in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. even now, non of the protesters against israel recognize that rockets are being sent from the Gaza strip into Israel, that soldiers are at risk at the watch points, that even pallestinian women can pose threat to them and try murder them with knifes. Israel is not apartheid, but for other reasons which you havent stated.
jerome oungre
Ce message est particulièrement édifianrt,et mérite que je le transmettìe à amis et connaissamnces en France et en Italie (où j’habite)ce que je vais faire immédiatement.
Paul Vesely
This is true. I live in Jerusalem and can tell you that arabs have free passage around the city and even get council services while they do not pay council taxes. It is even tooo fair.
Why shouldn’t they? Why is this exceptional? Are they citizens?
דינה דונקלמן
well, yes, sarah, often they are. or at least have an orange ID which is that of a permanent resident (rather than a blue ID for citizens). Either way, they are obligated to pay and often do not.
So, they are citizens and they have free passage around the city and get council services. You want an award for this?
The very nature of this comment shows the perception of these citizens is not as equals, but as people who are “allowed” the same services as the majority.
This is really disappointing to read….
Fyi, some Americans don’t pay taxes and they still get all the rights that others do.
I don’t think this was explained well to you. Everyone pays property taxes. Many Arab communities pride themselves on defaulting on those taxes as a sign of “resistance” so the average Arab neighborhood pays less than 20% of the property taxes needed to provide municipal services. Hence Paul’s comment above—it is absolutely not fair for communities which DO pay their taxes to be burdened with the additional expense of bailing out the flakes who don’t.
Thanks Sarah N. Appreciate your clarification and insights.
I share your anger. And I also think Israel gets an unfair deal especially regarding its public image.
Still, I believe there are divisions in the society that hopefully one day will break down.
Just send, send, send. Democracy is alive and well in Israel. While Arab countries demonstrate and kill each other, we, with all our problems are still the greatest “little” country in the world.
Apologies for repeating the above comment . I had intended to refer to another “right to comment” relevant to this excellent video expressing freedom for Arabs and Jews alike to trade freely and without prejudice in the safe streets of Jerusalem but which according to the Green Party Council of Marrickville (Down under) are advocating a boycott of Israeli produced Goods. An important committee vote is to take place on the 16th of March next week.. whether or not to rescind the vote to proceed with the boycott and if you are like minded enough to voice your opinion please send an email expressing your opinion to: Marrickville Council. <council@marrickville.nsw.gov.au together with a copy to: Fiona Byrne (Mayor)<fbyrne@marrickville.nsw.gov.au and (Councilor)
V Macri This matter could directly effect the outcome of a future peaceful existence for Israeli and Palestinian citizens. For comprehensive information please simply enter MARRICKVILLE BOYCOTT into Google search.
The Green Party should come here and see free trade or at least contact FM K. Rudd who just did…again..
Dave smolovich
This is a terrible post, and does Israel no good what so ever.
Firstly why on earth are you comparing Israel to other nations? Israel is a democracy, and the other countries are not – there is no value in comparing them. Nobody denies that women can walk freely in the streets – they can do that in New York or London too!
Second – a few images of individuals walking around does not counteract views of an apertied.
The fact remains that there are checkpoints into/out of gaza where many are turned away – and we have built a giant wall around gaza! Apartied may be quite a strong word to use, however we are physically seperating two different people using a giant wall.
Sorry the whole world is running a so called Israel Apartheid Week the 7th this March. This post is just the paradox of what they are advocating about.
Gaza sent Qassam rockets which turned out to be killing an Israeli Arab in Sderot.
Prior to the wall building, Palestinian suicide bombing was rampant even blasting an Arab restaurant in Haifa killing tens of Arabs
Is this an act of separating two different people? What’s more apartheid towards another race?
Sorry that you do not like this post, but many others do and think it is important for the world to see the true streets.
You live in Israel to speak with such authority?
Yes, there are checkpoints, we sat for a long time last week waiting to get through several checkpoints.
ALL drivers on certain roads must stop and be checked…and by the way, there are plenty of Israeli roads with cars with PA license plates on them.
Many Israelis have been late for important meetings because they were stuck at a checkpoint or on a closed road.
But as long as there are those trying to kill us, I prefer to be separated from them.
The sooner the threats of destruction and attempts stop… the better.
סליחה שאני שוברת את ההגמוניה של כתיבה באנגלית אבל אין לי כוח כרגע לתרגם את דבריי, ויסלחו לי דוברי האנגלית.
הטענה על אפרטהייד אינה כנגד אי הזכות של נשים ערביות ללמוד נהיגה או לקנות או ללכת ברחוב, וראוי למחברת שתבדוק כנגד מה מכוונות טענות האפרטהייד, כדי שתוכל לענות עליהן ולעורר שיח אמיתי. לכן, דעתי כדעת יוני שלהודעתו הגבת.
הטענה היא כנגד המחסומים והגדר. עכשיו שלא תהיה טעות, אני בעד המחסומים ובעד הגדר. אנו מנסים בכל כוחנו להגן על עצמנו, מפיגועים ומפגעים.
במחסומים נמצאים חיילים, ולא בכדי – לא מזמן שמענו על אישה ערביה שניסתה לדקור חייל במחסום. אותו כנ”ל לגבי הגדר. לפני כמה שנים נרצחה ילדה קטנה כשמשפחתה נסעה בכביש ישראלי – זו הסיבה של הגדר.
כל אותם אוהבי אדם המגַנים את ישראל בעולם אינם מתייחסים לקסאמים הנוחתים כאן תדיר, למנהרות מהרצועה למצרים, להברחות הנשק המחרידות, כל אלו שווים כקליפת השום. אפרטהייד.
בהיותנו מדינה מערבית, דמוקרטית ונאורה מכפי שרואים אותנו רבים, אני מציעה שנזמין את כל מי שמדבר על ישראל כמדינת אפרטהייד למוזיאון ישראלי שהוקם – מוזיאון הקסאמים. כמדומני הוא ממוקם בשדרות.
אם ישראל רוצחת את כל הפלשתינים, מדוע תוחלת החיים ברצועה גבוהה מבמדינות אחרות?
@DSmolovich–we have put a border fence in, not a “giant wall” — a border fence like the US uses to keep out would be workers; like China uses to keep out Korean refugees; like Saudi Arabia uses to keep out Yemenis; like many European countries put up to keep non-EU people from coming in…..Gaza wants to be “Palestine” a separate country dedicated to warring on Israel. If you have a problem with a border fence under these circumstances, then you’re holding Israel to a standard no other country is held to.
They are already two separate people, something the Palestinians don’t want talked about. The Gaza arabs speak Palestinian Arabic with a quite different accent then WB arabs; the two have different hamulas, different foods, different customs in many respects. The only thing holding them together is a desire to wipe out Israel so they have more “lebensraum”.
Raphe
Why doesn’t somebody post this on the anti Gahdaffi site the one with that zenga song
A Silver
This is a breath of fresh air! I hope it spreads all over the globe. I’ll do my part to pass it on.
GILBERT K
I send similar vues on You tube go on:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pauljonad&aq=f
mark sutter
Wow you took some pictures of women with hijab walking around the streets of jerusalem. So therefore arabs in jerusalem must be all free, and isreals human rights are completely aligned with those suggested by the entire international community and the UN. NOT. look up any picture or article of what is really going on and you will see why there is an israeli apartheid week. BBC, Al-Jazeera, or any other real news source.
and where do you live? BBC and Al-Jazeera are your only sources of information?
Yes, by all means, look up what is really going on: women raped in Tahrir Square; women segregated and oppressed throughout the Moslem world; women and children bombed into pieces in Libya; women and children raped and sold into slavery in Darfur and South Sudan; Tamil civilians shelled in their hospital refuge–and because Israel builds homes in disputed land and defends itself from mass-murder suicide bombers and missiles, you focus on that as some imagined violation of rights? Why aren’t you protesting in Khartoum or Benghazi, hypocrite?
Everything you say is true Sarah N. But this website is about Israel, not Darfur, Libya, or Egypt. Stay on the topic.
You really undermine your own credibility when you continuously point fingers at other nations.
No, I won’t be diverted, Sarah. This website is visited by allegedly progressive, liberal commenters whose vast silence about human rights anywhere outside of Israel is deafening. It is about the double-standards applied to Israel, and the Big Lie called “Israel Apartheid Week” organized by these same people. Imagine all that energy and money and time being devoted to a fake cause, when there are REAL human rights abuses that deserve attention.
and dont try to cover up the injustices of israel by comparing it with other countries
I am trying to expose the unjustices done my the main stream media, by ONLY showing negative images.
Don’t try to cover up your hypocrisy and racism by ignoring other countries so you can devote endless energy to Israel-bashing. Human rights deserve attention everywhere–your obsession with imagined violations of rights here does not excuse your blindness and hypocrisy towards real and immediate human rights issues.
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goldenshell
pictures say a thousand words. thank you for your gentle but clear portrayal.
Thank you, and we always have a jar of vegemite around here too
A pattern that I continue to see in this forum and across college campuses is what I would characterize as “diversionary tactics” by some (not all) of the pro-Israel groups. When people accuse Israel of being an “apartheid state”, (which I believe to be an incorrect characterization) they are expressing their disappointment that Israel continues to rule over a population, while not allowing for that population to have certain basic civil rights (such as voting for representation) that form the foundation of a democratic society. The main argument is NOT that Israeli Arabs (of whom most of the above pictures are comprised) are not being given rights.
Conclusion: While I think it is worthwhile to point out that within Israel’s undisputed borders, Arabs (especially women) enjoy a freedom that is unparalleled relative to most of the Arab world, I think it is hurtful for American Zionists to see a website like this, and be reassured that Israel is not at all at fault; it is a much more nuanced situation than most would have you believe. One thing is for sure though. For all of you in this forum who value Israel as a state steeped in Jewish culture and tradition, as well as one with a robust democratic institution – We still need to introspectively reflect and be vigilant; If the status quo is maintained, there will soon be a majority population being ruled by a minority – something that is entirely antithetical to any democratic tradition, which is why steps need to be taken to allow for the self-determination of Palestinians, who maintain a majority in the West Bank.
No question, there are problems. Is Israel really Apartheid? Glad you agree that that is “an incorrect characterization”
Thank you, Israel Soldier, for saying it so well. Exactly what I have been wanting to express…
Yisroel Reiss
Thank you making this. It’s a great post and really eye-opening. Good luck with all of your future endeavors.
wungramvao
This is just a photo . No matter how hard you guys try “The truth will come out one day”. This is not a real image and everyone knows that. trying to save ur face huh?
The truth is the Arabs here have been living in higher standard compared to what you do in your country
This is just a picture to save isreali face.
shame on you isreali no matter how hard you try you cannot hide the truth and many people knows that. trying to save your face huh?
No just trying to show everyday real life. It is windy now, the weather is bad, guess the news was wrong, there is no snow.
Wungramvao – and what is your truth – maybe Aljazeera “truth” media and the “truth” you so want to believe from distorted and inciting reports. There are two sides to every story, history or event – and each side chooses the most comfortable and convenient truth that THEY would like to believe. See all sides, not only one …….
Just trying to show that what people like wingramvao watch and read is all lies and deceit in the interests of pimping for the Palestinians.
Just a thought! Maybe a photograph could be presented to the world of Haneen Zoabi’s house, car, salary, bituach leumi insurance, medical aid she receives from the very same Government which supports her and her family and the very same Government and people she hates and dreams of destroying.
Apparently Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza are “twittering” and “facebook-ing” organizing a third Intifada. It is about time that we, Israelis young and old started feeding information amongst ourselves on how we can counter-balance this new threat. We also need our young, energetic, educated and politically savvy youth to lead our country to peace and stability.
Karsten Bannier
I just wish that I had the email addresses of “the anti Israel” clan in our goverment so that they could see this too !!!
Their email addresses are available on line, but I have never had a government official in Israel answer an email. Good luck!
Can we get this onto u-tube, so that it can be sent to pro and anti-Israel individuals.
Israel “apartheid” week is nothing more than the biggest propaganda campaign of them all. It is nothing more than an attempt to rebrand Hamas into a Nelson Mandela like organization designed to fight this alleged “apartheid” that does not exist. Let’s not forget that Mandela never stood for removing all white people from the only place on the planet in which they can feel completely safe! Hamas, backed by Iran, wants to remove Jews, sorry “Zionists” (code word for Jew) off the map!
All the world’s communication channels present Jerusalem as violent city and israel As a place of war ,But it’s not True Jews and Arabs live Together in peace They work,study,play With each other Buy in each other’s stores and Other the world Media wants to have conflict in israel Because it is profitable for them but in israel all people live in peace -I invite everyone to visit Israel
Thanks Sharon, that is why the Real Jerusalem Streets got started, to show that all is not violence and conflict.
steven L
Arabs feel definitely humiliated because they are told by their leaders (religious or not) that they are superior to anyone else. Their complex of superiority is proven to be the result of 1300 years of brainwashing. That is now one of the reasons of their revolt. But they cannot yet comprehend and/or accept (big step in self affirmation) that their leaders use their religion to keep them in abject submission, poverty and ignorance.
mistinguette
When I walked fully clothed in Pakistan, I was spat at and reviled aloud. I was groped in the square, and felt up whenever I stopped for a minute under a tree in the rain. i was questioned repeatedly in Egypt, and daily harassed. I was followed and abused and almost raped in Turkey. i was treated abysmally in every arab country i traveled in, with men acting as if I were dirt under their shoes, and other men slavering and behaving like idiots, assuming i was a prosptitute because i was a foreign female unaccompanied by a male. Every time i ate in a restaurant or cafe, I was bothered by men. i was disrespected and suspected for having”too much money” in various cities in Pakistan, again being disrespected without a second thought. There was no equal treatment in any muslim country, even the ‘enlkightened ones’ like tunisia and Morocco, where my person was touched and my bags were riffled through if not stolen. I was eyed with curiosity and dislike in Tunisia and Zanzibar. I never felt safe, and never felt the least bit respected or left alone as a person. The way muslims are respected and left alone in Israel is unequaled anywhere in the mid-east. There is nothing but discrimination in arab countries, as opposed to the respect and distance accorded us in Israel. Don’t give me malarkey about humiliation–i had to jump from a moving car to avoid molestation in several arab countries. My life was worth nothing there. in Israel, apart from the threat of arab bombers and arab missiles against the innocent, i am perfectly safe and respected.
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To those of you who are offended by this post. The post, in my opinion, is a natural and rightful response to the hyperbole that is the claim that Israel is an apartheid state. The way to avoid having your rhetorical exaggerations be refuted by a couple of photos, is to address the actual reasons and atrocities that govern the conflict. Do that, and I predict you’d get a much larger support from Israelis, not to mention a much better feeling for being both righteous and truthful.
When you see what is happening in South Africa today, it makes you realise what good sense all the apartheid policies were.
There is no comparison between Israel and South Africa either. The only similarity is that the bandwagon of activists who destroyed South Africa have activated again, focussing now on Israel.
… all the know-better-than-you liberals of the world: that they all get lumped in a multicultural society where another group is aimed at their destruction and that they are forced forever to hold their mouths while they are bombed, raped and murdered. I wish this especially on Ireland (the biggest crowd of hypocrites), but also on other nations like USA and Britain. Your time is coming too. Lets see how liberal you stay when you have to face the machete or the nail bomb.
When many of you weren’t even born in 1973, before Israel was split up (once again) in to PA and Israel territories I was able to hitchhike all over Israel. I was able to go to the temple mount with the only restriction being modest clothing.It wasn’t perfecr but worked well. It has only been since the PA took over and Israelis became targets of terrorism that israel has had to implement measures to protect its own people. If arabs/muslims accepted jewish people and Israel there would be no wall etc. It seems to em when I visit Israel its Jews who are not able to travel to arab/muslim places. it seems to me that Jews respect Muslim sites but Muslims don’t respect Judaism (and Christianity and all other religions) and Jewish sacred sites.
And check out the difference between the treatment of Gilad Shalit wherever he is and Hamas prisoners in Israel.
No need to look at Hamas prisoners in Israel. Can look at the treatment of Palestinian children held illegally in Israeli prisons (no lawyers, no access to parents, tortured). Amnesty international documents these, as do organisations such as Defence for Children International.
If Israel were prepared to make amends for the fact that it took over a land that belonged to another people, and expelled, brutalised or murdered so many of them, that would also be a huge step forward.
Pure propaganda, Iyas….recently B’Tselem fed a story like this to YNET but when you watch the video (assuming one speaks Hebrew and Arabic) you hear the officer asking the mother if she wants to ride to the police station with her little stone throwing antisocial would-be jihadi. She answers in the affirmative, but is pulled away from the car by another Palestinian, the officer asks her again, then gets in the car to leave–and she’s pushed towards the car so the film crew can catch her sobbing through the window while the voice-over in Arabic tells viewers she isn’t allowed to be with her son. Amnesty and other NGOs either have Palestinians peddling this crap, and the upper echelons don’t understand Hebrew or Arabic so they’re clueless.
We have no reason to make amends. Arabs are the imperialist conquerors of OUR land, subjugated us for centuries, engaged in forced conversion, rape, theft, mayhem and murder against Jews. The League of Nations gave us a homeland, with the approval of the Emir of Mecca, and the British promptly gave 80% of that to the Arabs saying it was for the “Arab state” and the remainder would be a “Jewish land” — then the Arabs were given half of THAT and instead of accepting a small sliver of Jewish land, they went to war with promises of genocide, and have been at war since 1948.
How about YOU get off OUR land and apologize for over 1000 years of hate, racism, subjugation, oppression, war and continuing calls for Jewish genocide?
THEN we’ll talk about your complaints.
Sarah, I think you’ll find that Amnesty and Defence for Children International have dozens if not hundreds of documented cases of child arrest and abuse at the hands of Israeli “authorities”. This is not about a video (which I don’t think I’ve seen).
And on what planet are the Arabs conquerors of YOUR land? YOU (and I mean that only if you are truly descended from the first Jews, not a European convert who’s heritage is in Europe) were there briefly as a state after subjugating it from the Canaanites. Go back as far as you like, but the land was actually inhabited before your Kingdom. And prior to the great Zionist project, the Jews who had stayed in Palestine were living in peace with their Palestinian Muslim and Christian neighbours. The Zionist project created the real enmity.
So I have nothing to apologise for. And the sooner you and all Zionists get off your “I’m Jewish and therefore by definition am always the victim, even when I’m massacring your children by the hundreds, so don’t hold me to account for the abuses I inflict” the sooner we can get to an equitable peace that respects yours and our rights.
(in answer to your next comment, as for some reason Reply on your comments is disabled)
EXCUSE me? “YOU (and I mean that only if you are truly descended from the first Jews, not a European convert who’s heritage is in Europe) were there briefly as a state after subjugating it from the Canaanites. ”
First, except for periods of Arab or European genocide, we never left. The Romans, the Crusaders and the Mamluks slaughtered us by the millions but by the time of the first Ottoman census, Jerusalem was majority-Jewish. The fact that various dictatorial powers stole our sovereignty and murdered us for seeking our independence at various times does not mean we weren’t here. My greatgrandmother comes from a Jerusalem family that has been here for centuries.
“And prior to the great Zionist project, the Jews who had stayed in Palestine were living in peace with their Palestinian Muslim and Christian neighbours.” WRONG! The Jews who lived here lived as dhimmis, second-class citizens with NO civil rights, oppressed and degraded by their Moslem overlords. Some “peace” — the “peace” no doubt that all Moslems dream of again, so they can be the “master race” of the Middle East once more.
“and I mean that only if you are truly descended from the first Jews, not a European convert who’s heritage is in Europe)” HUH? We’re ALL descended from the “first Jews” — the penalty for converting to Judaism in the European world, or leaving Islam in the Moslem world, was DEATH. Intermarriage wasn’t allowed. Go read some history before posting such garbage. You insult every Jew when you say an Ashkenazi’s “heritage is in Europe” — Europe is a blood-soaked graveyard of Jewish massacres over centuries, and never once did racist Europeans accept Jews as equals.
Your family may well be one of Jerusalem’s old families, and as such have every right to be there. There is no denying that a number of Jewish families have been in Palestine / Israel for centuries. But that does not apply to the European colonisers who cleansed inhabited Palestinian land, nor to imported African Jews, and so on. The issue is colonisation and ethnic cleansing. It makes no moral sense to supplant inhabitants of a land and forbid them from returning while welcoming people who’s connection with that land is at best tenuously ancestral, and at worst opportunistic.
And I would LOVE for a truly multi-religious Jerusalem and Palestine/Israel to exist where all respected each other’s humanity rather than slugged it out on the basis of religions which actually tell us not to slug it out with each other. But sadly that is not the state that exists there today. And Palestinians should not be paying the price for European racism.
alborz atashband
I have a couple of things to say,
first of all please ignore Shervin the non-Iranian, he does not represent what most Iranians think of Israel. Actually Iran’s government bombards us with anti-Israeli propaganda everyday and sends our money to terrorist groups while our own people don’t have school or clean water, so believe me most Iranians do not care about this issue. In Iran you can hear chants “No Gaza, No Lebanon, My life only for Iran”.
Now that that is out of the way, I don’t think anyone disputes that Israel is a great country – for Israeli citizens, whether they are Arabs or Jews or whatever. The problem here is in the Palestinian territories. There are human rights abuses by both Palestinian and Israeli leaders, and I think the problem is that both Palis and Israelis won’t be objective about this – they only focus on what the other party is doing, while ignoring their own wrongdoings. I am a big fan of Amnesty International for unbiased coverage of Israeli/Palestinian human rights abuses and I think that is the best source to come to your own conclusions about this whole scenario.
Basically, this photo essay of sorts is nice, but it doesn’t answer anything on Palestinians in general. I am neutral on this subject and have my own opinions on this but I think Amnesty International is the best source to learn about these things.
oh my god did you see shervin’s website??? WOW no comments, again does not represent iranians!!!
So glad to hear that Shervin does not represent all Iranians!
I did not print all the links he sent, but did give him a voice… freedom of speech.
@therealjerusalemstreets: speaking of freedom of speech, stop editing my comments
@alborz atashband: and you do? lol, of course no comments on my blog, because there’s nothing you have to say, nothing.
^^ these are not iranian people?
terrorist groups like what? democratically elected Hamas? defending Palestine against israli russians, asian and anglo saxons who have no rights in palestine? Hezbollah? Hezbollah is a terrorist organization for defending Lebanon in 33 days? do you have any idea how many citizens of Lebanon died during 33 days? more than a thousand, do you know what kind of weapons were used against civilians by Israel? who is really the terrorist here?
and i am shocked since you don’t care about Lebanon and Gaza lol since I remember just few weeks ago around one hundred of people from your dead green movement voiced support for Egypt and Tunisia, so what’s the matter? no Lebanon, no Gaza, but Yes to Egypt and Tunisia? yes to dictatorships? do you remember Iran’s last year unrest when 17 people died, 7 of them security forces? do you remember when Mubarak former dictator of Egypt voiced support for green movement? why do we forget some facts? whether you like it or not, i do represent most of Iranians, which smells like trouble for Israel, and this is how Iranians treat with terrorists, we do not recognize terrorists and we do not recognize their state of terror either, bedrood.
Shervin, this is my blog and I could have edited you out completely!…many people in Israel and around the world remember fondly when Tehran was a wonderful and safe place for all to live and to visit.
and one more thing, since you seem to be a fast learning student, economical budget and defense budget are two different things, for poor people in Iran, there are plenty of organizations, why would we cut our defense budget? a destroyer could be hunted down from a hundreds of miles away, but if you invest on a guerilla military organization, they will suffocate your enemy much easier, and we shall not wait for tiny Israel to turn into the big Israel and Iran’s neighbouring country, Nile to Euphrates, my friend, that’s Zionists’ plan.
You are an expert on the Zionist’s plan? Israelis just want to stop getting killed, tell Hizbolah and Hamas to stop trying to kill us.
A report dated 12th March 2011 : A terrorist broke into a house in Shomron and slaughtered a family of five while they slept. They murdered the parents and three children aged eleven and three years old AND AN INFANT AGED ONE MONTH.
On the radio today – HAMAS HAS CALLED THIS ATROCITY “A HEROIC ACT” Hamas is armed and supported by Iran – so tell us all again how great Iran is ….. and just how wonderful and just their system is – how democratic and fair the Regime is towards their protesters. Please explain to us Westerners how free-speech, human rights and justice applies for women, students, homosexuals and to all people of the Great Iran. Little Israel as you call it, is not sitting at home knitting …….
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Linda Milln
I am Pro Israel and love all Jwish people
@therealjerusalemstreets: Iran is now wonderful more than ever and Iran is now one of the most secure countries in the world thanks to its vigilant intelligence forces. Given the two insecurity hubs to the west and east of Iran, and considering the existing problems in Iraq and Afghanistan, if anything happens in Iran, it will be traced by the vigilant intelligence agents, and no one can elude the grasp of our security forces.
Chidozie
Thank God I still see your comments after so many years.
Are you really sure about your comments on Iran??
Please. So much for ‘democratic’ Iran.
Time will always set records straight
However Iran will never succeed with it nuclear program. If it do succeed, then it is just to annihilate itself and wipe itself out of the face of earth. For Mother Earth have no need for such as these.
Yes, interesting to see this comment 4 1/2 years later. Would be interesting to see what Shervin the Iranian says.
Shervin
Oh my gosh, how many years ago was shit?
From 7 years ago.
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זוועה בשומרון: זוג הורים ושלושה מילדיהם, בגילאי 11, 3 וחודש, נדקרו למוות לאחר שמחבל חדר לביתם. שלושת הילדים האחרים הצליחו להימלט. כוחות הביטחון סורקים אחר המחבל. פראמדיק שהגיע למקום: “המראה – קשה
For those who do not understand Hebrew the report dated 12th March 2011 says: A terrorist broke into a house in Shomron and slaughtered a family of five while they slept. They murdered the parents and three children aged eleven and three years old AND AN INFANT AGED ONE MONTH.
On the radio today – HAMAS HAS CALLED THIS ATROCITY “A HEROIC ACT”
Some contrast to this article we are blogging. I bet Aljazeera does not mention this incident in its news headlines.
It’s a tragedy – It is in Al Jazeera’s headlines
I saw the headlines on Aljazeera and I quote what was reported: “Five ISRAELI SETTLERS have been killed by a Palestinian in Occupied West Bank”. No mention that three of the slaughtered “Settlers” were babies.
Nice pictures. I’ve seen many of happy couples in the streets where behind closed doors the man beats his wife. Yet the photos (selectively chosen) would show you a perfect marriage.
Israeli apartheid is real. It’s interesting that those who dispute the comparison to South Africa are usually white. Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu are both on record that the comparison is real, and that in some ways Israeli policy and behaviour is worse than its brother, the old Apartheid regime in South Africa. For instance, Apartheid South Africa didn’t engage in trying to expel the blacks from South Africa, didn’t have policies and agencies in place to take over black land with the least excuse, didn’t imprison 1.5 million in an open prison and restrict its food supply, and so on.
Your points about freedom in most Arab countries is true. They do not have anywhere near tolerable levels of freedom or respect for human rights. That, however, does not excuse Israel. Shifting the argument to how bad are Israel’s neighbours doesn’t absolve Israel of its own responsibilities to respect human rights, not commit ethnic cleansing or crimes against humanity. That’s as non-sensical as defending Hitler on the basis that Stalin killed many more millions. Both were wrong.
I agree that pointing out how bad our neighbours are, does not condone Israel’s actions. For every incident either “theirs” or “ours’, there is relatiation with losses on both sides. SA did however, banish Blacks to “homelands” according to tribes. Blacks lived in Black only townships and in fact the Whites owned ALL land in SA, leaving the Black population with no rights whatsoever. Blacks were imprisoned, killed, tortured and disappeared without trace. Israeli Arabs have voting rights, education medical treatment and freedeom to practice their faith and to dress in traditional dress if they so wish. Israel is judged by double standards by the world – and maybe we should be a “shining light unto the Nations” as commanded by our God. Just stop trying to kill our children and we could be just that.
Have you not seen the number of Palestinian children imprisoned in Israeli prisons in contravention of the Geneva conventions? Or the torture that is carried out routinely by the Israeli ‘Defence’ Forces against Palestinian prisoners (ratified by several human rights organisations, including Israeli ones)? Israeli Arabs are shunted into areas where their villages are routinely described as “not recognised”, giving the Israeli government the pretext to knock down their homes regularly. Look up the practices of the Jewish National Fund, and how it works with the Israeli government to take Palestinian Christian and Muslim land and repopulate it with Israelis.
And we would stop trying to kill your children yesterday if it were in my hands. But I would equally ask Israel to stop slaughtering ours in the hundreds as in Gaza, and to comply with the Geneva Conventions that Israel has signed, and respect our people as humans. We all bleed the same, you and I.
Whether any of these women are beaten at home, you are right, I have no idea..
My goal is simply to show the world that women move around Jerualem freely and often alone, anyone who has been here knows it is a fact.
Is there anyone who has been in an Israeli hospital and NOT had an Arab doctor or nurse or roommate? I would like to hear from them!
Those who know Jerusalem from photos in the main stream media are exposed to images of police tape and violence, not the real streets.
Last night most of a family was killed in their home while sleeping, a little baby was stabbed to death.. Mandela and Tutu have expressed even regret?
The doctor in our community is a highly respected doctor and is Arab. An Arab Doctor and his staff saved my husband’s life a year ago when he had kidney failure. More than half the students in university courses were Arab men and women. There is no difference or discrimination in coffee-shops, malls, movie centers, medical services etc. etc. Sorry to disappoint you, but most of us Israelis have had the pleasure of being treated by excellent and caring Arab doctors, nurses or room-mates.
And so the sooner that we all accept each other’s rights as humans, the sooner we’ll all be clear of this sorry mess. And that must include ending illegal occupations, illegal detentions of children and adults, knocking down illegal walls on illegally occupied land, stopping the killings on all sides. Then we can all get to a better place.
Once again, we have a supposed champion of human rights defending the Big Lie of “Israeli Apartheid” while ignoring human rights abuses everywhere else.
Quit changing the subject with false analogies to Hitler’s ethnic cleansing. If Israel was committing “ethnic cleansing” then the Palestinian population wouldn’t have grown by leaps and bounds over the decades.
Israeli apartheid is NOT real, is a lie invented by the Far Left and Moslem deconstructionists as part of their campaign to delegitimize Israel. You’re totally clueless.
By the way, I’m not “white” — I’m brown. So be gone with your racist assumptions already.
Once again, we have someone try to justify human rights abuses in Israel by pointing out that there are others who are also abusive.
And with regards to ethnic cleansing, you need only read the memoires and official documents within Israel regarding how it was founded and the policies that exist today to see that cleansing (“tahrur” as it is often referenced by the Israeli founding fathers) was absolutely an explicit policy.
I would ask you to live as a Palestinian Christian in Jerusalem, and tell me then that Apartheid is not alive and well in Israel. Then you would have the right to call me clueless, but at the moment, you are talking hot air.
And I don’t care what colour you are, and made no assumptions about it. If it’s something that bothers you, then that your issue and concern, not mine.
You really don’t have a clue. First, YOU brought up race:”It’s interesting that those who dispute the comparison to South Africa are usually white,” making certain assumptions which show you care very much to portray yourself as the poor brown “native” up against the “white” Jews, another big lie.
Second both my brother and my husband work here in Jerusalem with colleagues who are Israeli Christian Arabs, and I can tell you aren’t one. The Christian Arabs in this city loathe the Moslems and are treated like garbage by them.
Third, I’ve read those memoirs and I’ve also read the post-Zionist misquotes from them, attributing to Ben Gurion, for example, a policy of cleansing that was really his expression of disgust with the British policy of cleansing. The one thing you have to give the post-Zionists–any lie will do.
Those “children” imprisoned are all suspects in terror acts–a 15 year old with a gun is no longer a child, even if the UN wants to call him that. And your “Israeli” human rights organizations are nothing more than propaganda mouthpieces for the Palestinians and repeat anything any Palestinian says without verification or investigation, and are funded by the same European and Arab governments who want us destroyed.
No, there is no “apartheid” in Israel, but neither are we rushing to embrace a population of people who chant “Death to the Jews” and hand out candy when Jewish children are butchered; nor are we enamored of the Bashirs and Zoabis of the Arab population, who disdain the Jewish populace and betray us to Hamas and Hezbollah and openly state we should be destroyed; nor do we love our Arab neighbors who send their jihadis to detonate on buses full of civilians of all ages.
Is there Apartheid? Absolutely not.
Do we love you? No. There is too much blood between us.
And we won’t look on you without suspicion until you stop trying to kill us.
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Copied from article in the Hudson New York
Where Is The Outcry Against Arab Apartheid?
by Khaled Abu Toameh – March 11, 2011
Mohammed Nabil Taha, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy, died this week at the entrance to a Lebanese hospital after doctors refused to help him because his family could not afford to pay for medical treatment. The tragic case of Taha highlights the plight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who live in impoverished refugee camps in Lebanon and who are the victims of an Apartheid system that denies them access to work, education and medical care. Ironically, the boy’s death at the entrance to the hospital coincided with Israel Apartheid Week, a festival of hatred and incitement organized by anti-Israel activists on university campuses in the US, Canada and other countries.It is highly unlikely that the folks behind the festival have heard about the case of Taha. Judging from past experiences, it is also highly unlikely that they would publicize the case after they heard about it.Why should anyone care about a Palestinian boy who is denied medical treatment by an Arab hospital? This is a story that does not have an anti-Israel angle to it.Can anyone imagine what would have happened if an Israeli hospital had abandoned a boy to die in its parking lot because his father did not have $1,500 to pay for his treatment?The UN Security Council would hold an emergency session and Israel would be strongly condemned and held responsible for the death of the boy.All this is happening at a time when tens of thousands of Palestinian patients continue to benefit from treatments in Israeli hospitals. Last year alone, some 180,000 Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip entered Israel to receive medical treatment. Many were treated despite the fact that they did not have enough money to cover the bill. In Israel, even a suicide bomber who is — only! — wounded while trying to kill Jews is entitled to the finest medical treatment. And there have been many instances where Palestinians who were injured in attacks on Israel later ended up in some of Israel’s best hospitals. Lebanon, by the way, is not the only Arab country that officially applies Apartheid laws against Palestinians, denying them the right to receive proper medical treatment and own property. Just last week it was announced that a medical center in Jordan has decided to stop treating Palestinian cancer patients because the Palestinian Authority has failed to pay its debts to the center.Other Arab countries have also been giving the Palestinians a very hard time when it comes to receiving medical treatment .It is disgraceful that while Israel admits Palestinian patients to its hospitals, Arab hospitals are denying them medical treatment for various reasons, including money. But then one is reminded that Arab dictators do not care about their own people, so why should they pay attention to an 11-year-old boy who is dying at the entrance to a hospital because his father was not carrying $1,500? But as the death took place in an Arab country – and as the victim is an Arab – why should anyone care about him? Where is the outcry against Arab Apartheid?
Israel should follow the tenets of the Bible which says it should surround its enemies, besiege them, give them the opportunity to surrender, and then destroy them. (Please correct me if I’m wrong). My message to Israel, is don’t ever forget this. Keep going. Don’t heed to a new breed of internationals intent on destroying you, whilst they write lofty words from their armchairs. They do not understand the nature of destruction. Not the Americans, not the Canadians. They have lived in comfort their whole lives. While people often like to quote Nelson Mandela, you should bear in mind his actions, carried on by his successors of fraternising with the truest despots of the world: Charles Taylor, Robert Mugabe, Gadaffi, to name just three of the well known ones. (And there are scores more.) So please don’t quote Nelson Mandela as a moral bastion. Nelson Mandela is decisively anti-Western. If you are a Westerner, what this means is that he, and his people, wish to kill you. And this starts with Israel.
To all the westerners and people who wish to be westerners, don’t support calls aimed at the destruction of the West. In the end, they will knock off, chip by chip, until the West is vulnerable and then they will strike to kill.
I’ll listen to you once you’ve taken that white toga and cone off your head. Then let’s have a rational discussion that is not destined to mean that we all fight each other into oblivion.
I wear no cone, but my heart is bitter. But that is the nature of power. You just need to understand it. Israel would be decidedly foolish to give up any of her strength. Even in the face of the most compelling moral argument, she should hold on to her strength. (You never know what the situation will be like in 10 years time.)
The anti-Israeli Western lobbyists in effect are undermining their Western valued countries and ideals. They are so riddled with guilt, so intent on claiming the moral high ground, so confident in the West’s strength that they undermine themselves, anorexic,they have some sort of auto immune disorder.
They should bear in mind the spectre of the strategic alternative: a destabilised, severely weakened West, where anti-humanist forces riot through society, sponsored by the likes of China and Russia and Iran, undermining the nature of the West: replacing democracy with despotism and tyranny.
How does all this stem from Israel: because, Israel has all the values of a Western society, just with a Jewish touch. To destroy Israel would be a major chip off the West’s armoury. What would be next? In the very least it would open the way for the next target, whichever country that may be. We already see that other forms of attack are being promulgated, for instance, in efforts to destabilise the financial markets (recent attacks on the LSE and French treasury.)
Besides, equating Israel with Apartheid South Africa is nonsense. But you can be sure it has been seized upon by anti-Western figures, looking to demoralise Israel, and claim the moral high-ground. All you need to do is say it often enough and loud enough and people will start believing it. It is rubbish, stop being a puppet.
Power that is used oppressively usually only ends one way. Such was the way of empires, but also of dictators and racist regimes. So in terms of self-interest, Israel can absolutely continue to (ab)use its power, and in the short term, this will give an appearance of strength and stability. The cost to its own people, though, is high. An overly-aggressive upbringing with formative years spent abusing Palestinians while doing Military Service in the Israeli “Defence” Force leaves psychological scars. In as much as no child should undergo the kind of abuse that the I”D”F gives out to Palestinian children, no young adult should undergo the giving of that abuse. And the longer it goes on, the more it will pervert and dehumanise generations of Israelis while embittering and militarising generations of Palestinians.
However, to say that Israel has “all the values of a Western society, just with a Jewish touch” is doing either or both of Western values or Judaism a huge disservice. The level of oppression and supremacist policies enacted by Israel are certainly not what I understand by Western values, if by those you mean liberal democracy. And while Judaism, like Islam, Christianity and most great religions, believes that its followers are following the right path, none of these religions (including Judaism) explicitly encourage the debasing and denial of humanity to others. Israel would be doing Judaism the greatest service if either it disassociated from it (and thus relieved Judaism of the shackles of oppression that Israeli policy espouses) or if it changed its policies to be truly liberal democratic.
And finally, as to the comparison with Apartheid, the parallels, as noted by the people who suffered at the hands of Apartheid in South Africa, are many and significant. Not exact, I grant you. Apartheid in South Africa was never about dispossession as it is in Israel, for example, but certainly close enough to warrant serious discussion. It is not a question of puppetry, but of examination of the facts and the policies that leads me there.
Thank you for this reply. I genuinely wish your heart less bitterness. It is not a comfortable place to be. Peace.
Jews just so happen to believe (as it is written in the Bible and Tanach) that Abraham is the father of the Jews and strange, as it may seem, Abraham is also the father of the Arabs. So, we are half-brothers, sharing the same forefather but have different mothers – Sara and Hagar. This conflict goes back for 3,000 years not to 1948 or 1967.
Are we not all a bit stoooopid to allow ourselves to be dragged by our leaders into the vortex of endless violence and the childish blame game of “I was here first, no! I was – you started, no! You started.
If we could just all now undergo a period of amnesia and start fresh today – we would pull down that awful wall, which separates Arabs and protects Israelis.
Forget about who did what to whom – if we are already talking about Apartheid, we could do what South Africa did to heal its wounded souls, and convene a reconciliation and forgiveness committee which would deal with injustices ON BOTH SIDES.
We, Jews have suffered persecution caused by lies, slander and incitement through the ages. And in the year 2011 we are still fighting against closed minds who believe all the drivel dished out to them by evil clergymen and leaders. Because of fear on our side, we tend to group Muslims and/or Arabs and label them terrorists who are out to “get us”.
Arabs view us as interlopers into their land and refuse to accept our side of history and our right to Abraham’s land. The land is free for all of us, each rock, tree and bush bear the history of both people.
Peace is possible and we, both Palestinians and Israelis could make peace by demanding it from our leaders, but we go the other way and both believe that each can conquer the other, and that would solve the problem.
This is a verse from a popular Israeli song:
“Everyone talks of peace, but no-one talks of justice”
For one it is heaven and for the other it is hell.
It could be heaven for all of us …………..
Shalom, Salaam, Peace
amen to that, Avril. We view you as colonisers and state terrorists, you view us as radical terrorists who all want to throw you in the sea. It would be great to view each other as people with equal rights and responsibilities. If you find that amnesia potion that allows us to start from a place that says let’s all respect each other and figure it out from there, I’ll bring bottles and hand it out with you.
I follow your comments which (in my mind) are honest, eloquent and even make me feel at bit uncomfortable, until I start thinking of what “we” are going through even now with Arabs murdering Israeli men, women and babies. With Iranian cargo ships filled to capacity with arms for Hamas to “kill me”.
Apropos to my previous comment about amnesia, it is impossible to put our side, history and story aside. The brain understands why Palestinians are willing to die for their cause, but the heart refuses to accept that this is the way to do it. Even Arafat with his two-tongued approach to the conflict, in the end, decided that armed conflict was not the way to gain a homeland. The game of “who started what and when” is unfortunately relevant but we have the right to live in peace and security as you do. What is the problem? You are Palestinian – I am Israeli (so what!) We all want the same things – keeping our children safe and educated, secure jobs, reasonable oil prices, food on the table, family and friends.
Regardless of what the world says and thinks – we do not have horns and tails; we do not use and never have used the blood of Christian children to make matzos for Passover. We believe that we did not steal this land, did not drive the Arabs out of Israel in 1948. Israeli Arabs who stayed have a democratic vote with Arab representation in the Government with all the positives and negatives of the situation.
The West Bank, according to news reports (and correct me, if I am wrong) is prospering and a new town is being planned with Palestinian and Israeli collaboration. There is commerce, trade and a much higher standard of living now, than even a few years ago. PA has their own police force and Palestinians run their own lives. Israel is still concerned about security and therefore “controls” whatever sensitive areas it can. Our security is paramount. When Palestinians prove that they are no longer a threat to us and to our security – miracles can happen to our two people.
We, Israelis have to live and be killed according to choices made by Arab leaders in 1948 i.e. not to accept the partition plan, but to form armies to kill Jews. Let’s live in lala land for a moment and just suppose the Arabs had decided to accept their portion of land as decided by the British and the UN, as we accepted ours. In this lala land just suppose the baby Israel and the baby Palestine decided “no more war, no more bloodshed’ and reached out as half-brothers and saw the potential of this wonderful, beautiful, historic land, reached out and said Brother – we will build together a land for you, a land for me and a land for us.
No one said it would be easy! But the principle remains the same. Nothing can start and have a hope of success if it is not based on recognition and respect for each other’s equality in humanity.
What “we” are going through are mass murders of our people and children (most recently 300+ children in Gaza who have nothing to do with any form of violence), imprisonment (over 300 of our children currently imprisoned for stone throwing – can you imagine France, the UK, the US, Italy IMPRISONING children for stone throwing?), life in refugee camps, collective punishment (the siege on Gaza is not about arms – if it were, then why would the IDF be preventing much food and medical aid from entry?), and so on.
Life in the West Bank is only good if you compare it with life in Gaza (with the exception of zone C on the West Bank which is more impoverished even than Gaza). Life in the West Bank is not good if your benchmark is living in freedom of oppression. The checkpoints that litter every kilometre and make travel unfeasibly difficult. The wall that cuts farms off from their farmers (I know a lady who runs a kindergarten who’s journey from her house to her kindergarten has increased from 15 minutes to over 2 hours, and has had to shut it down as children could also no longer access it), that slices villages in half and imprisons Bethlehem, the birthplace of Christianity. The kidnap and imprisonment of peace activists as well as stone-throwing kids.
The Palestinians don’t control their own lives – travel as I mentioned is severely restricted not only within the West Bank, but into and out of it. Settlements continue to encroach on land that Palestinian families are living in. Olive trees are uprooted by the IDF on a daily basis either to make way for settler homes, or to make lives for the Palestinian farmer impossible. Homes of Palestinian families are demolished – literally destroyed by the IDF in the hated Caterpillar bulldozers – either in reprisal for an act of violence (collective punishment is not right), or because it is “unrecognised” by the IDF.
The list goes on and on. But you’ll note that none of it is about history (yet). It is all about current conditions and how Palestinian humanity is treated today. And the suicide bomber whose act to resist occupation is to blow up a cafe is not someone who’s act I would condone any more than the IDF soldier who shoots a child. But again, that is about how we are treating each other today. Which is why I come back to the need to start with viewing and respecting each other as humans. Once we’re there, then we can start talking about history, but only in the context of how to correct injustices for both of us, not in terms of reprisal and continued cycles of violence and deprivation. You will find my father and his peers’ recollection of what they lived through in 1948 very different from the account that you have. So be it. But let’s have that debate from a place that says we both have a right to live, and to have children who can be educated freely, play freely and live free of the threat of violence.
By Western society I mean democracy, not liberalism, I also mean equality before the law (for citizens of a nation). The West was not founded on liberalism, and liberalism will lead to an end to the West. Rather, the West, was founded rather brutally through conquest and warfare and was not a formation of magical consensus of the warring factions, except when it suited them and based on strength. Give up your strength, and you are a goner.
Liberalism and the Humanism of Erasmus are flawed philosophies because the idealist assumes the adversary is as well intended as he is. Look no further than the European immigration nightmare to see how Humanism and Liberal attitudes have been subverted to create a social nightmare in the making and a cause for conflict for centuries to come.
American and Canadian Liberals have an embedded naivety that is astounding but understandable considering their restricted experience of the big wide world. It understandable, but worrying that there is such a strong liberal movement in North America.
Israeli soldiers will simply have to become used to the demands placed on them by their society. Life isn’t a Utopia. I believe that you wish to live in some Utopia. People have to keep the streets clean, cooks have to cook, doctors attend the sick, and soldiers have to maintain a force. They have conscription, but that is the price you pay. There will be people who want to get out of it, because the work is dirty. If one doesn’t hold up to his or her responsibilities then nobody else should either.
With regards to the people who suffered at the hands of Apartheid,are they the same Palestinians currently on the wrong side of the argument. As oppressed people they get around, don’t they. Actually, I would call the people who suffered at the hands of Apartheid a group of opportunists grateful for another bandwagon to climb on (and the gain in associated publicity, lest they be forgotten) in the name of anti Imperialism (for that is what they describe their anti Westernism).
Finally, bitterness is sweet too. One lives to tell the tale of ones betrayal and to fight another day, albeit, a wiser weaker man.
Once betrayed, you would be most reluctant to put yourself back in that position. Today, that means being as stern as you possibly can be with your enemy, and sending up all these stupid liberal arguments.
Yes, you can oppress for centuries. Ask the Turks. (or whoever else) But I definitely don’t think that is Israel’s objective. Rather, I think Israel is highly successful in maintaining her security, under extreme threat. She is trying to maintain her founding ideal of a Jewish state where Jews can live in peace. This means maintaining a demographic majority of Jews and maintaining her security.
This whole debate is a sign that violence against Israel hasn’t really achieved its objective of undermining the state, so the strategy has shifted.
The tactics Israel has followed are commendable in achieving the objectives just mentioned (of security and demographic certainty).
All in all, I reiterate, that undermining Israel is part of a deeper strategy of undermining the West. Since the West stands for democracy, justice and equality (if in name only) it is easy to see that her opponents would stand for antagonistic ideals. What do the Chinese and Russians actually stand for, one might ask. Because once these nations gain dominance their values will be applied on the West and we will have to live through generations of suffering for today’s weaknesses.
If you play into the hands of anti-Western strategists, then yes, you are being a puppet in the hands of the puppet master.
I can be stern with my argument (and usually am), but that doesn’t in my mind extend to subjugating my opponents.
But actually, Henry, it’s far simpler for me. My family is Palestinian. Some of us are in enforced exile, some of us are in the West Bank unable to live as free humans. There are likely grand Strategies for the destruction of the West, for reversing the rise of the East, for Sharia states, for continued colonialism, for … At the opposite end of the scale, there are individuals and families like mine that cannot live a normal life that the ‘West’ says everyone should be entitled to. And that is because we live either under occupation, or in enforced exile (and therefore often unwelcome in the lands to which we’ve been exiled, or in the West as a part of a diaspora that does as well or badly as any other, but a diaspora nonetheless). And all paying the price for European crimes against humanity with crimes against our humanity. So I would not change my tune or stop working for the right to be treated as an equal in the land of my family. No puppetry involved!
Iyas You said: “No one said it would be easy! But the principle remains the same. Nothing can start and have a hope of success if it is not based on recognition and respect for each other’s equality in humanity.”
At least you and I are talking and that is a way forward. To go back to the “who started what and when” issue. I think that we should be debating who
WILL stop first.
The war in Gaza was horrific and too many innocent people were killed, many Israelis agree. Then, we start the blame game. Hamas fired rockets into Israel for 8 years and so, we retaliated. I know that this conflict goes back before Gaza War.
Point for point, year for year, killing for killing you and I can add and subtract facts and figures about who has suffered more and how many of your children were killed = how many of my children were killed.
I think that the siege IS about Hamas’s charter and about arms i.e. Hamas amassing weapons is an important security issue for Israel. It is not true that Israel does not allow food and medical aid into the Strip. Hundreds of trucks enter Gaza every week carrying food, medicines and now even concrete has been delivered. Hundreds of Gazans are treated by Israeli doctors and in Israeli hospitals. The ship, Victoria, carrying tons of arms which was detained yesterday is only one proof of many, that arms are getting through. Hard to imagine that Hamas cares too much for its women and children if the armaments are kept in apartments, schools, hospitals and in UN buildings as in the Gaza war. Rockets fired from populated areas are very popular with Hamas and Hezbollah. Afterwards they weep and scream to the world to see how terrible we are that we kill innocent civilians. Let us not compare WB with Gaza. The check points are oppressive for Palestinians but back to the game of who did what first. Life is unbearable for you and we have already agreed together that killing and murder does not work and only makes it worse. Cynically put – “makes it worse for you, but I have security at night, knowing that my baby is safe and won’t have her throat slit” I do know, because I read the news and watch every available TV channel and see and understand how difficult life is for you and the lady who had to close her nursery school, and the houses that are separated from family and friends because of the wall. What is the solution? Mine would be and this is not in any particular order.
1. Palestinians recognize that Jews have a right to live here in security and peace.
Yes, they have mouthed the words, but we don’t see the deed. There is still incitement in WB schools, in mosques and on the streets.
2. Israelis recognize that Palestinians have a right to live in security and peace.
Ditto here about the words and not the deeds.
We could then remove road blocks etc. etc. and we would tear down the wall faster than it went up – and I would be there to do this.
Imprisonment and kidnapping: let’s leave that issue for our next discussion.
Settlements are a huge issue and can also be left for next time. I just want to say, again, that this land is for everyone and who cares who “rules” as long as all peoples of this land are respected and secure without the need for crossings, gates, walls, and barriers and Israelis will come to WB for pita and humus and Palestinians will just come….
I think that talking starts first. We cannot respect each other as humans if we don’t understand and when we do not understand, we are afraid of each other.
There is a long list of grievances on both sides and we both need cleansing. You are lumped together as “the Palestinians’ who don’t want peace and we are labeled the same. We, you and I have been promised peace by our leaders for over 60 years and we still yearn for the same thing.
Like face book, maybe it does take just a few passionate people to get the ball rolling for peace. We should ask ourselves – how can this stop NOW?
Annie Israel
Reading all the comments of so many people i have to admit that it is a very good issue – i grew up in South Africa and lived there for 40yrs – i did go through the apartheid era but was rather young! – when SA had the election i had great hopes for SA but unfortunately in 1998 it started to get very bad as it became “reversed apartheid” it was terible because i had horrible experiences of blacks treating me like some sort of “white evil person” i then decided to move to Beglium bcs of that reason but also bcs i wanted to be with my family!! – what now is happening in SA is also not good!! – 50 people PER DAY gets murdered in JOHANNESBURG!! – The white farmers are getting slaughtered ” i expected this while i was still in SA 2000 bcs of Zimbabwe!! Apartheid “reversed” excists now in SA and will continue for a while until such time that the current President does something seriously to get SA off the list as one of the most dangerous cities “JOHANNESBURG” in the world!! The Israeli’s and the Palenstine has been on the war path for many a year and to compare South Africa to the Israeli situation is simply RIDICULOUS!! To all the many jews in South Africa “if it was not for the JEWS in South Africa, they will have even more serious problems”!! As proofed in many african countries, you cannot live without the whites and side by side with the blacks!!
Annie, Jews were in the forefront of the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and were also head of workers unions. I have been back to SA many times, the last time a year ago, and the place is a mess. My brother-in-law aged 47 was shot through the head and killed and his father left crippled physically and mentally – nothing was stolen from them but their skins was white. The stories of rape, muggings, murder, robberies are reported daily. There is as much black-on-black violence as black on white. The government is corrupt and walks hand in hand with Mugabe of Zimbabwe who is infamous for his “human rights” abuses – no-one bothers too much with Africa – who cared about Biafrian babies starving to death, who cared about Somalia and Sudan’s babies. A few celebs stood around and sang songs to the world and yes, lots of good people did help but no outrage, no demonstrations, no ships from Iran carrying weapons for the destruction of other black people. Just exploitation of the black people for their mineral wealth. After boycotting SA and the Black government came into power, the world patted themselves on the back and said proudly “what a good job we did”, but who suffered the most? – The blacks, who were the fist ones fired from their jobs because of sanctions. And so, now the wealthy Blacks can live wherever they like, and the poor people still suffer from Aids, poverty, lack of education and no jobs.
There is no comparison at all to SA apartheid and Israel – the world loves catch phrases and this has caught on and is exploited by ignorant people who do not really understand what is going on here. The recent events in the ME shows that the Palestinian/Israeli conflict is not, at the moment the main issue, it will become so, the minute the Arabs feel that their demands are not being met quickly enough and they really do not need much of a reason to turn upon us. The uprisings can be equated to a flock of sheep. One needs only handful of excited sheep to incite the rest to riot and to cause chaos. One sheep following the other, with its head so far up the one in fronts backside that it sees only the darkness and the shit.
Amazing, although not surprising is the fact that TV stations and media (especially Aljazeera) can not and do not dig deep enough into their conscience to portray anything good about Israeli society. They have their own evil agenda and love showing off the bad side of Israel. There is so much good, so much love and caring and sharing here but that does not make “breaking news”
Shabbat Shalom and Chug Purim Samach
imahd
Beautiful photo essay, RJS. Many great comments, too.
Maybe blogs really can make a difference. 🙂
If anyone has an idea to share regarding Jerusalem and the establishment of a lasting peace, please feel free to use the following linked document as a framework for your idea and submit it through the form provided. The document’s current editing window will close on May 12, 2011.
shortlink: http://APoJi.ca
Please keep submissions brief – 150 words max.
Very interesting and thought provoking ideas for Jerusalem and peace. One problem I have tho, is the whole land opened up to Arab refugees – bye,bye Israel. The flooding in of millions of displaced Arabs from every country in the world and their birth rate, would drown Israel, by their numbers and “people power”.
Hi Avril. A clarification edit of Section II is currently underway and should be posted within two weeks. Revised copy will appear in a different colour than the rest of the text.
http://lightonthings.blogspot.com/2011/03/arab-islamic-apartheids-racism-of.html Arab racist “apartheid” slur Crime!
Showing a couple of pictures of Arab Israelis moving about freely hardly demonstrates that there is no racial discrimination in Israel. Where are all the photos of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank, of the destruction of Palestinian homes in this area, of the unequal distribution of water resources, of the walls being built to hold Palestinians in, of the inability of Palestinians to cross the border freely from the West Bank? It might make us Jews feel good about our state, but it is only showing a sliver of reality.
One question: How many pictures can you show me of Jews moving about freely in PA-controlled areas of the West Bank? You might find a couple… I didn’t ask for any from Gaza.
The point is that you can take pictures (like those featured above) on any given day in Israel. Other places in the region… not so much.
There aren’t pictures of Jews moving about in PA-controlled areas of the West Bank or in Gaza because they are fortunate enough to have much better living conditions. They are not forced to live in essentially huge refugee camps with limited resources, almost no work opportunities, lack of free trade, not even free and adequate distribution of humanitarian resources. That’s exactly the point.
aliyah06
@Mike: “Jews are fortunate enough to have much better living conditions [and]…not forced to live in essentially huge refugee camps with limited resources, almost no work opportunities…”
Maybe you need a history lesson. Jews built Israel, while under constant siege from Arab states, terror attacks from Arab-state-sponsored mercenaries, a world-wide embargo–and we managed to absorb 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab and African countries who were threatened, humiliated, killed and mistreated–and we put our resources into state building and defended ourselves.
The PA and Gaza are the world’s largest recipients of world welfare aid, and their leadership has pocketed it, put it into private bank accounts, used it to bankroll terror attacks and import missiles with a longer range in order to hit Israeli civilians. They have NOT moved their people out of refugee camps (certainly the refugee camps of Gaza and the West Bank could be emptied and people have proper homes of their own); they have not built a state infrastructure which encourages education and hi-tech but instead promote jihad-for-Jew-killing; they line up to work in Israel because instead of building businesses, public works jobs or anything that would employ their own people, their aid money is used to enrich their own kleptocracy and the paid thugs that support it.
Humanitarian resources go into Gaza by the thousands of tons per week–the fact that Hamas steals it is not Israel’s fault.
Mike. Perhaps you can better explain your comments given the fact that the West Bank has one of the best economic growth rates in the region — and in the world. And, incidentally, the reason that you cannot take a single picture of a Jew anywhere in Gaza is because there are none there.
Now with Johannesburg University severing its ties with Ben Gurion University, will we see another ‘domino affect” rippling through our higher educational system? The loser in this story has to be Johannesburg University because Israeli students were involved in water purification research and were actually assisting South Africans in this project. Our technology and brains were used and by shutting us down – they lose. Again sheep without thinking for themselves living in dark and shit – each one into the other’s backside. It seems evident everywhere, in every uprising – one or two dominant individuals with microphone chanting slogans and the rest of the brainless sheep repeating, chanting and raising fists – clones. They ofcourse do have valid reasons to protest – that is not denied, but it is almost funny and not ha, ha funny, to see the sheep syndrome repeated over and over again in each Arab country calling for the downfall of its leaders. It is obviously orchestrated by individuals with their own agenda. Maybe Gadaffi is right and all these uprisings are instigated by ElQuada and/or Iran and the West is playing right into extremist Islamic hands.
THOMASWADAMS
As we have seen, the root cause of the Palestine-Israel conflict is clear. During the 1948 war, 750,000 Palestinians fled in terror or were actively expelled from their ancestral homeland and turned into refugees. The state of Israel then refused to allow them to return and either destroyed their villages entirely or expropriated their land, orchards, houses, businesses and personal possessions for the use of the Jewish population. This was the birth of the state of Israel.
We know it is hard to accept emotionally, but in this case the Jewish people are in the wrong.We took most of Palestine by force from the Arabs and blamed the victims for resisting their dispossession. If you run into someone’s car, for whatever reason, simple justice demands that you repair it. Our moral obligation to the Palestinian people is no less clear. It is time for all Jewish people of good conscience to make whatever amends are possible to the Palestinians in order to live up to the best part of the Jewish tradition — its ethical and moral basis.“Israelis like to believe, and tell the world, that they are running an ‘enlightened’ or ‘benign’ occupation, qualitatively different from other military occupations the world has seen. The truth was radically different. Like all occupations, Israel’s was founded on brute force, repression and fear, collaboration and treachery, beatings and torture chambers, and daily intimidation, humiliation and manipulation.” Israeli historian, Benny Morris, “Righteous Victims.”
The “root cause” of the conflict is Arab hate and bigotry. Prior to the WWI, this was all part of the Ottoman Empire. Jews, Arabs, Armenians, Circassians, Druze, Bedouin, Kurds and others lived in that empire as subjects. The “Arab Revolt” against the Ottoman Empire was to establish the sovereign, independent Arab state (or states, as it turned out) independent of Turkish rule, but they denied that same right to Kurds and Jews. The “birth” of the State of Israel was in the 1923 San Remo Conference wherein the world body at that time, the League of Nations, created a mandate for a newly created territory called “Palestine” intending to create a Jewish state, and the British caretakers promptly lopped of 80% of that land and gave it to the Arabs to appease the Palestinians, so that there would be a Jewish state and an Arab state. The remaining 20%$ was again divided along demographic lines in 1947. So, the Palestinians still own 80% PLUS of Palestine. We did not take the land by force but rather defended what was legitimately ours by international law.
Since the 1967 war, Israel has repeatedly entered into negotiations to return lands taken while defending ourselves against Arab attackers. We successfully returned Sinai to Egypt, and there is no reason to believe that the West Bank can’t be returned in a negotiated peace. However, the current Palestinian leadership is divided, with one faction calling for genocide and waging war as we speak, and the other faction refusing to negotiate until all demands are met before negotiations.
What is repeatedly overlooked by revisionists like Adams is that this was not “Palestinian” land–it was “Turkish” land which the Turks had governed for centuries. On the breakup of that empire, Jews, Arabs and Kurds all demanded self-determination.
The Kurds efforts were bloodily suppressed by the Arab majority; the Jews’ right to self-determination is still under attack by both Arab and Western bigots who rewrite history as Adams has done here to make Israel the aggressor, when in fact the Arabs opened the 1948 war, the 1967 war and the 1973 war, and all the terror attacks between wars.
Morris has disavowed a lot of his earlier writings, and has left the ranks of the “post-Zionist” Israel haters. His research has been revealed as shoddy and mendacious in any event [see Karsh, The Myth of Dispossesion, which details outright misquotes of documents and lies in Morris’s works].
A Facebook page was created calling for a 3rd Intifada against Israel. It is mostly in Arabic. The creators of this page are calling for the Arab world to attack and take over Israel. The number of people clicking on the “Like” button is increasing every hour .We must ask Facebook to take action and remove this page –
Whether you are a FACEBOOK user or not, go to the link below – if it doesn’t work then sign up for Facebook – and the follow these directions: (If you choose to forward this urgent message to everybody on your email contact list – please send using ‘Bcc’ (blind copy) so as not to expose your list to others.)
Go to the link below to reach the Faceboodak page. Then scroll down the left side of the page where you will see “Report Page” in tiny print. Click on ‘report page’ and choose “Contains hate speech” (you can then choose a further option of ‘targets a race or ethnicity’). Then click ‘submit’. Thank you very much for helping. http://www.facebook.com/Palestinian.Intifada
Where are our brilliant young facebookers and twitterers. We need action fast to counteract this extremism. Am Yisrael Chai.
Facebook has bowed to Arab pressure. The Arab world has openly threatened to boycott Facebook if it removes this war-mongering hate page, so FB has caved and refused to remove it.
I wonder if Facebook understands its liability–should one of my children die as a result of a Third terror war, I will OWN Facebook after I sue them.
Dear Sarah Notofi,OK, OK,but come back down to Earth.Why do you and all other Jews accept, condone and actively perpetrate all these crimes against Arab Palestinians whose ancestral homes have been in Gaza And The West Bank?. They have “rights” too. They are innocents in this conflict; their lands, livings, schools, hospitals and homes, have been unilaterally stolen from them, without them ever having committed any crimes or terrorisms, against anyone. They will defend what they have left, so would you in the same circumstances. It seems quite clear to me that what we are seeing is the true nature and character of Judaism being expressed in all the humanitarian crimes they rain down on these innocent Palestinian Arabs. God does not guide the Jewish criminality, read your bible again,Jews are Pariahs, they will never live this down, and eventually the Arab Muslim World will make them pay. Amen, Regards, Thomas.
How hatefully intolerant of you, Thomas.
This article was blogged by Melanie Phillips, a reorter for The Spectator a few days ago.
A bomb went off about an hour and a half ago on or next to a bus in central Jerusalem. About 25 people have been hurt; details are still unclear.
An interview transmitted a few minutes ago on BBC World with the Editor-in-Chief of the Jerusalem Post, David Horovitz, established what I’m sure will be the signature motif of moral imbecility with which this latest atrocity will be reported by the British and western media. The interviewer asked whether this bomb attack was most likely in response to the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza in which eight civilians, four of them children, had been killed.
After a small but perceptible intake of breath, Horovitz replied correctly that the recent atrocity of note had been the cold-blooded massacre of the Fogel family including a three-month old baby, who had had their throats slit. This had been followed by an enormous rocket and missile barrage from Gaza into southern Israel. The Israeli bombing of Gaza’s terror infrastructure had been an attempt to deter further such attacks; regrettably, some Gazan civilians had been killed in the process.
Clearly, there is currently a huge upsurge in murderous violence by Arabs from the disputed territories, of which this bus bombing is but the latest example. It therefore takes a particular degree of bone-headed malevolence to view this latest attack instead as a ‘tit-for-tat’ response to Israeli violence. But then, the BBC and other British and western media have all but ignored the rocket attacks, and minimised the Fogel massacre. As usual, Israeli victimisation is thus denied in an obscene moral equivalence – which invariably turns Israel from a victim attempting to defend itself into the aggressor.
But the media’s culpability does not end there with its mere perversion of journalism. The fact that it can be relied upon to blame the Israelis for their own slaughter means that the slaughterers believe they can murder Israelis with impunity – better still, that the more Israelis they murder, the more Israel will be blamed; and if Israel should take military action to stop the attacks, the world will punish Israel and reward its attackers even more.
Thus the western media is not just an observer but an active player in the Middle East tragedy. And Israel should say so.
In an interview on Israel TV, Melanie went on to say, that Israel has to start asserting itself verbally in Western media (we can forget about Aljazeera and its vile agenda) and Israel should actually put some of the blame for this conflict onto western media for condoning Arab atrocities and by minimizing Israel’s side and when it does report atrocities caused to Israelis, the reports are slanted and distorted.
Dear Sarah Netofi.
81 Reasons Why Gaza Has The Right To Self-defense
By Julie Webb-Pullman
March 26, 2011 “Scoop” — Seventy-nine of them can be found in United Nations Security Council Resolutions “directly critical of Israel for violations of U.N. Security Council resolutions, the U.N. Charter, the Geneva Conventions, international terrorism, or other violations of international law.” (1)
Number 80 can be found in the Goldstone Report (2), the recommendations of which have yet to implemented some 18 months after its submission to the Human Rights Council, and Paragraph 1912 of which stresses “all States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 have in addition the obligation, while respecting the United Nations Charter and international law, to ensure compliance by Israel with international humanitarian law as embodied in that Convention.”
Has that happened? Clearly not. (3)
The most compelling reason number 81, can be found in the United Nations Charter, Article 52 which states: “Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.” (4)
There would also be a Reason 82, but for the United States power of veto exercised in the Security Council in February 2011. (5)
If the international community has abandoned its responsibilities towards Palestinians, and particularly towards Gaza, as the above examples over the last 63 years plus this map of Palestinian territories so graphically illustrate, what else is left to Gaza but self-defense?
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Israel and its chorUS disingenuously cite Israel’s right of “self-defense” to justify not only Israel’s disproportionate military response to Gaza – and Palestinians’ – genuine right to self-defense, but also to attempt to disguise Israel’s blatant land-theft from existing citizens.
Contrast the “newcomers” in Israel, for example, to many of those who in recent years have arrived in Australia. The latter have been considered illegal immigrants and incarcerated in off-shore islands or desert detention camps –the subtle distinction being that (i) those latterly arriving in Australia sought refuge from repressive regimes whereas the Israeli immigrants came from European and North American democracies…(enough said, perhaps) and (ii) unlike Australia’s (and New Zealand’s) immigrants, who now accept the existing population’s rights to their existing property, culture and citizenship, Israel’s immigrants bulldoze and destroy the homes of existing residents to build their own in their place, not only rendering thousands homeless but also destroying historic, economic and culturally-important sites such as religious buildings, olive groves, farms, and cemeteries – and now legislating that they also be of the jewish religion in order to have citizenship.
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Dear antiSemite Adams,
How about the Arabs try following the Geneva Convention and stop waging war on a legitimate state, killing its civilians, and attacking us virtually nonstop since 1948 through war or state-sponsored terrorism?
Why are you reading and quoting the highly propagandized garbage of Webb-Pullman? She describes herself as an “independent” journalist, meaning she can’t find work in any journalistic environment requiring some degree of objectivity because she is a Hamas-bought-and-paid-for Lefty-trendy shill, who has been part of the Viva Palestina convoy, and been entertained as a “guest” by Hamas, a ruthless distatorship which just stabbed, beat, arrested and terrorized female journalists who covered peaceful demands for Palestinian reunification in Gaza?
Besides which, most of what she has written here is total fiction. One example: one does not have to be Jewish to have citizenship.
I notice she and fellow Kiwis and Ozzies aren’t racing to the boats to leave Australia and NZ to the “indigenous people” so they, and the rest of you Down Under hypocrites, can just shut up about Israel, since you have no moral basis for denying Jews necessary refuge in their own legitimately granted homeland from the hate and bigotry you engender in your mendacious writings and hate-filled actions.
Did Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of social networking (Face-book) ever realize that his intended friendly tool, has been used to cause hundreds upon hundreds of deaths and injuries and that it has been used to bring down powerful leaders? As we all know, information and instructions are passed from one to another with no limitations and no control. Unfortunately, the information has helped to bring about this turmoil, so far, mainly in the Arab world and has incited millions of people to revolt against their regimes.
Did Mark (a Jew) ever dream that his friendly face-book could be turned into an evil tool to perhaps help extremists annihilate Israel from the map?
The once innocent face book where one could meet up with long-lost friends and share photos and information has turned into an evil instrument with long reaching tentacles and a blood dripping mouth about to engulf us all into its greedy and vicious jaws.
We are now facing a disgusting face-book call to Arabs to join the Third Intifada and the Arabs have already said that if they are closed down by
Face-book they will boycott it. Let us close it down and let them boycott it.
All Mark has to lose is a few bucks – we have our lives and our country to lose if the Arabs succeed.
To shut down this filth -Go to the link below to reach the Faceboodak page. Then scroll down the left side of the page where you will see “Report Page” in tiny print. Click on ‘report page’ and choose “Contains hate speech” (you can then choose a further option of ‘targets a race or ethnicity’). Then click ‘submit’. Thank you very much for helping. http://www.facebook.com/Palestinian.Intifada
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Dear Sarah Netofi, you are using very strong language, garnished with personally insulting terminology; could that be because you are unable finally to justify the reign of humanitarian terror Jews are responsible for in Gaza and the West Bank? Are all the member Nations at the U.N. anti Semites?.I do not hate Jews, I am utterly disgusted at what Jews are doing to other innocent human beings; Palestinian Arabs have U.N. sanctioned “rights”, they are entitled to be released from the Prison Jews have them trapped in. Am I wrong? it is Jews perpetrating the terror against the resident Palestinian Arabs, isn’t it? And if you allow yourself to be objective for ten seconds, you will agree that it is Jews continuing to steal land, and demolish the Arab towns and villages, so that Jews can ethnically clean Palestine to make way for the “Greater Israel”? Or are all the new settlements on stolen Arab lands a fiction of everyones imagination? Finally, these oppressed Peoples have the “right” to object, and to fight back, to resist,Even Israel was born out of terrorism,by what strange twist of logic do Jews deny the same rights to Arab Palestinians? Regards, THOMASWADAMS.
Don’t be silly….of course you hate Jews. Your baseless vilification of our country, our people and our religion in the name of a false indignation fueled either by sheer ignorance or a hate-fueled desire to adopt the Big Lies of the Arab-oil-fueled propaganda machine bespeaks your bigotry.
Your lies are so many that it would take pages to address them all.
Walls and fences are built here not to keep out aliens seeking work but to keep out murderers with a track record of terrorism. It works.
There are no “Jew-only” roads.
Israel was founded by the UN based on the League of Nations mandate to create a Jewish state in the former TURKISH (not Arab or Palestinian) empire, which the Arabs object to because of their own greed, religious triumphalism and hatred of the dhimmi (non-Moslem).
There are no “new settlements” — no new settlements have been built since Oslo, and we have evacuated settlements as well in the meantime.
Many of the “settlements” are built on Jewish land, owned by Jews prior to the 1948 invasion by Arab states seeking to kill us all, and in those cases are simply moving back to our own lands.
Settlements not on Jewish owned land are built on state lands, meaning lands under Turkish real estate law (which is what governs in this part of the world) permit development if the owners register it and pay taxes on it. Those lands do not belong to anyone. Not even the Palestinians.
Gaza is not occupied and has not been occupied for years, so what happens there is the responsibility of the elected government run by the genocidal regime called Hamas.
The key to lifting any restrictions on Hamastan is that terror entity’s renunciation of its genocidal charter and agreeing to prior Palestinian peace deals, instead of playing “good-cop, bad-cop” with Fatah in their duplicitous “peace deals” with Israel.
The majority of the member nations of the UN are not democracies, and respond to the threat of Arab oil embargo at the drop of a hat, and also adopt the Big Lie of Jewish “colonialism” because it allows them to keep the Arab oil flowing. We can’t colonize a land which is already ours by dint of international law.
The Palestinians are not “oppressed” except to the extent their own corrupt leadership sponsors terror and hate– they are the greatest recipients of the world’s welfare money; they have a higher level of education, health and longevity than much of the Arab world. OTOH, Israel is not going to simply hand the West Bank over to Hamas so they can turn it into a military base like Gaza and fire more missiles at us in the execution of their genocidal charter.
Your hypocritical bigotry is all dressed up in the sheep’s clothing of “humanitarianism” when you have been silent in the face of a terror war which killed and maimed thousands of Israelis; silent now as to the barrages of missiles fired at our country; silent regarding the Manson-like slaughter of a family; silent regarding the inconvenient fact of current Palestinian terror tactics in Jerusalem.
In answer to your question, yes — you are very wrong. Besides that, justifying the deaths of thousands of Jews already butchered by Arabs and the future planned genocide of Jews based on the promulgation of such lying propaganda makes you an appalling excuse for a human being.
Sarah, When I saw what ThomasWadams answered you, I was tempted to comment, but you said it all.
So, the roads that interconnect all the illegal settlements, that can only be accessed by Jews populating those settlements, are figment of my imagination? If the Arab Palestinians had been respected and treated fairly from the beginning all these walls, fences, and other oppressive actions and policies would not have been necessary. there are no new settlements? one look at the map of settlements suggests the Palestinians have already lost most of their land share to Jewish theft.All mention of Turkey is a red herring excuse, face the facts, the stolen land mass was allocated by the U.N. to be Palestinian Homeland. Gaza is not occupied? well no, but they are totally constrained by Jewish walls, guns and maritime forces.The Jews brought upon themselves the”Hamas Charter”.Democracy has nothing to do with this situation, otherwise, the Arab Palestinians would have been consulted and respected from the beginning.No, the greatest recipients of the Worlds Welfare money is Israel, or have you overlooked the vast sums of cash and military armaments flowing out of the U.S.? I regret and sympathise with all those subjected to terror and oppression; it must be reiterated, the Jews earned the “terror” retaliation, goodness and justice removes the need for “terror.You will remain of your opinions I of mine,However, humanitarian actions and beliefs will better please World opinion, but most of all “Gods” Amen.
Dear Avril and Sarah, I do not most emphatically hate Jews. My great disapointment arises from the horrendous situation the Arab Palestinians find themselves in. From the very beginning, when the Brits took it upon themselves to steal Sovereignty from the Arab Palestinians, it was firmly agreed by the Jews and the Brits, that there would be no disturbance to the resident peoples; that was the original commitment Jews made to the Brits and to the peoples concerned. All of this without asking or consulting with those resident peoples.The Jews obviously had no intention of honouring that agreed condition because they immediately set about murdering the peoples, to actively cause them to flee, leaving the land vacant, making it easy for the Jewish Settlers to move in.All of that is historically and factually correct, the evidence is in front of us, many notable Jews have recorded all this in their published works, it is undeniable. So the point is two fold; 1, from the outset the Jews lied and dissembled. 2, from the outset the resident peoples had well founded, justifiable cause to object and resist, we all would do the same under those circumstances. So, for me it is not racism or personal hatred, it is a simple matter of recognising “right from wrong”. The Jews have earned these criticisms by their obvious and demonstrable actions and policies ever since the beginning, and that is the only reason the tag Jews is affixed to my commentary, or do you think some other Nation of peoples is responsible for all these injustices perpetrated against and upon the Palestinian Arabs? My philosophy is, that I love all human beings, regardless, but those who are cruel and unkind that break the law, must be exposed, admonished, and corrected, in hopes they will see the error of their ways. Regards, THOMASWADAM
Dear Avril,methinks the apartheid tag grows out of the Israeli prison walls, the Jews only roads, the imposed control of imported foods, building materials etc. etc. The theft of Arab water supplies, the snipers that prevent access to Arab farmlands, by shooting them dead. It bears repeating, we are witnessing the true nature and character of Judaism, it will come back to bite them, the great mass of Arab-Muslim Nations will fall upon them one day, they will never forget. Should the Jews change course, to one of caring for those humans they presently terrorise, then the Arabs would remember that and Israel would be safe. Or do jews plan to live forever on guard, weapons at the ready, looking always for the next bomb? Regards, THOMASWADAMS.
Dear Thomas – methinks that when you actually wake up from your wet-dream to see what is really happening, you will see that there is no apartheid here. Apartheid is a word adopted by one or two bleating sheep and taken up with enthusiasm by the mindless flock.
As in every country in the world, Israel has problems but is treated with double standards by critics. Apparently, it is fine by you that Arabs can kill and torture other Arabs. Massacres, killing, rape and discrimination occur in every single country in the world, and even if you cannot see the other side, let me inform you that massacres, killing, rape and discrimination is happening right now in Gaza and in the West Bank i.e. Arab on Arab hatred. Deal with cleaning up your own back yard first, before you feel the need to clean up mine. Hypocrisy is apparently live and well in the anti-Israel camp.
When Arabs change course to stop fabricating lies to make themselves the victim; stop educating their children to hate with their lies; when mothers stop suckling their babies on blood from their breasts and when fathers love their sons enough not to send them on suicide missions and when the Arabs come to their senses and see that their armed struggle has brought sorrow upon their houses and upon ours, and when they really and truly want peace and security, instead of bloodshed and war – then maybe Jews would change course and Arabs and Jews – brothers from the same father Abraham, will live and love together. And when you ThomasWadams open your eyes and your mind and see that there IS ALWAYS two sides to every story and event, and that each sees his own “truth” in history and that every fanatical Imam preaches death to promote his own agenda, and that you and your ilk will also not survive the next holocaust, if you do not turn your face and heart to peace. Allah never preached death of infidels – he preached love – The words of the Prophet Mohammed, have been twisted and distorted by fanatical Muslim Clergy preaching death and destruction for their own evil schemes i.e. to convert or kill unbelievers. As despicable as Adolph Hitler was in his desire to control the world with beautiful, blond, blue eyed Arians, we can equate zealous Muslims with Hitler both concerning the Jews and even if they may not recognize it, Christians, Homosexuals, Buddhists, etc. as well as just absolutely everyone who does not believe that Mohammed is God.
Who even wants 72 worn out old virgins?
Tom, your obvious bias and selective pseudo-histories do little to advance the dialogue and are likely counterproductive. It is plain to see that you do not apply the same standard when assessing the behaviours of Arabs and Jews — a fatal flaw of logic that greatly diminishes the value of your conclusions.
I’m inclined to guess that you would agree with disgraced journalist Helen Thomas’ assessment that “the Jews should go back to whatever country they came from.” The problem with such a statement, of course, is that they originally came from Israel.
Dear Imahad Yes, my “bias” recognises the original sin, and injustices that Jews alone continue to rain down on these poor defenseless human beings. Their whole lives, their right to exist, their rights to care for themselves, build homes, care for their children, and much more, is held fast in the Israeli-Jewish grip. The creation of the Jewish state is totally based on death and destruction of this innocent peoples, they had no say in the destruction of their Sovereignty, not further to stress the ongoing “theft of land”.There is nothing pseudo about my selections of history, and any counter-productivity is owned by the Jews whom continue with this extermination process. Then this flaw of logic also fatally infects World opinion at the U.N..No, My view is that all peoples residing in the area under discussion, must come to live in peace and security. The Jews by their actions and policies prevent that from happening, because they want all Arab Palestinians out of the area they designate “Greater Israel”. And they are prepared to go to any lengths to achieve that intent.That process not only is destroying the lives of millions of people, it is implanted in the memories and history books of the whole World, but especially in the minds and hearts of all other Arab-Muslim Nations everywhere, they will not forget,and all the demographics predict they will one day be unstoppable; that is the future being created for themselves by all shortsighted Jewish People.Regards, THOMASWADAMS
Sorry for the typo in my other post. Meant to write:
Your words have the ‘affectation’ of knowledge but not the substance of it.
I must congratulate you, though, you’ve hit most of the anti-Semitic lowlights.
Let’s re-cap, shall we?
“…pay-offs and bribes flowing from Jewish pockets, not to mention their control of all major Media…”
“…the Jewish state is totally based on death and destruction…”
“…any counter-productivity is owned by the Jews whom continue with this extermination process…”
“…Jews have earned these criticisms by their obvious and demonstrable actions and policies ever since the beginning…”
“…my “bias” recognises the original sin, and injustices that Jews alone continue to rain down on these poor defenseless human beings…”
“…the Jews earned the “terror” retaliation…”
“…you and all other Jews accept, condone and actively perpetrate all these crimes against Arab Palestinians…”
“…the reign of humanitarian terror Jews are responsible for in Gaza and the West Bank…”
“… we are witnessing the true nature and character of Judaism, it will come back to bite them, the great mass of Arab-Muslim Nations will fall upon them one day…”
“…Jews are Pariahs, they will never live this down, and eventually the Arab Muslim World will make them pay. Amen…”
Amen?!?!
May your curses be returned to you sevenfold.
A True Story for MADWASTHOMAS…
The commanding officer at the Russian military academy
(the equivalent of a 4-star general in the U.S. ) gave a
lecture on Potential Problems and Military Strategy.
After the lecture, he asked if there were any questions.
An officer stood up and asked:
“Will there be a third world war? And will Russia take part in it?”
The general answered both questions in the affirmative.
Another officer asked: “Who will be the enemy?”
The general replied: “All indications point to China.”
Everyone in the audience was shocked.
A third officer remarked:
“General, we are a nation of only 150 million, compared to
the 1.5 billion Chinese. Can we win at all, or even survive?”
The general answered:
“Just think about this for a moment: In modern warfare,
it is not the quantity of soldiers that matters but the
quality of an army’s capabilities.
“For example, in the Middle East we have had a few wars
recently where 5 million Jews fought against 150 million
Arabs, and Israel was always victorious.”
After a pause, a young officer at the back of the
auditorium asked: “Do we have enough Jews???”
Good one – and the answer is “yes we do and yes we can”
Only “sevenfold” – One must remember “what starts with the Jews, does not end with the Jews” and if “ThomASS is an 80 year old man or a 19 year old girl it is irrelevant He/She has become boring, irritating, but nonetheless, boring. Is it really worth our effort to try and get him/her to use his/her 80/19 year old brain? Maybe we can wish for him/her to live in the Islamic New World, where humans really have no value or human rights. Brainwashed, dead brains from watching too much Aljazeera and too many one-sided propaganda reports become mushy and decay rather quickly. It is well known that Aljazeera, BBC and ofcourse Arab media present one-sided reports and do not present all the facts. An example was when the Fogel family were slaughtered, Aljazeera reported “Five Settlers were killed in the Occupied Territories”. They did not mention that three were children (one a baby of a few months). The insinuation was that it was not a very important murder and was passed up by most of the major newspapers and TV news channels. OK. Japan and the uprisings did take precedence over our children’s deaths. Gilad Shalit has been held for five years by Hamas – only we really care, but the world cares very much when we retaliate for over 50 or so rockets fired within a couple of days on Israel. Hypocrisy,
double standards and lies used unfortunately, very effectively, by masses lead by the nose and now by face book calling for devastation and chaos on Arab streets and in the West/Israel. And we,the West, with our democracy and “freedom of speech” allow the masses to dictate our future.
The double standard is reinforced by Hamas and Hezbollah when they demand a hundred live prisoners for one dead Israeli — and a thousand for each live one! Tragically misguided, they insist that victory will be theirs because they “love death more than the Jews love life.” Sadly, they betray, deceive and lead astray the very people that they claim to represent.
And they fail to grasp an important point: that Jews love G-d even more than they love life; and that this passion runs deep enough to have sustained them throughout the course of several thousand years.
Whether the ratio is 30:1 or 1000:1, perhaps there’s an underlying reason for the double standard. No one can argue that Jews are not disproportionately represented amongst the winners of the world’s top prizes in economics, physics, mathematics and medicine — by a stunning per capita factor of 100:1. Having studied the matter, I can state with confidence that this certainly isn’t because the Nobel committees look more favourably upon Jewish nominees.
Could it be that the religion itself has something to do with it?
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Imahd: To add to your comment. A popular statement by anti-everything Jewish is that America is owned by Jews (by their money). My answer to that is if that is the case and the Jews are powerful and hold high positions in Government, Finance and Commerce is the fact that they are educated and intelligent. Because of education, they hold high and respected positions, not because they are Jews. A Jamacian taxi driver told me in New York (not knowing that I am Jewish), that he is working three jobs to get his kids education because he respected the fact that Jews who came to the States with nothing, as Refugees, did not wait for handouts and social security, but worked their fingers to the bone to get their kids educated. Refugees came to the Holy Land with nothing and built this beautiful, hi-tech, vibrant land for us and our children. We will not let them down – what the Arabs and the world does not take into account is that we, the Jews in Israel and the Diaspora live with
“Never Again” and their hate unites us. We mourn our children killed by infiltrators, whether it happens in the North or in Eilat. They are all our children. We do not dance and pass around candies, when Palestinians are killed.
Dear Imahad, “Out of the strong, came forth sweetness” does that ring any bells for you?. Regards, THOMASWADAMS.
Like your words, this quote evokes in my mind the jawbone of an ass.
Dear Imahd,good, as I recall, the jaw-bone of the Ass was the tool that quelled the multitude of Armies, my advice, be afraid, be very afraid, of the fruits growing out of Jewish despotism. Regards, THOMASWADAMS.
I’ll grant you the ‘tool’ portion of your claim.
“…when the Brits took it upon themselves to steal Sovereignty from the Arab Palestinians,”
Lie #1–the Palestinian Arabs did not have sovereignty any more than the Jews did at the time of the Mandate; however, the British DID steal 80% of that Mandate and give it to the Palestinian Arabs.
“it was firmly agreed by the Jews and the Brits, that there would be no disturbance to the resident peoples; that was the original commitment Jews made to the Brits and to the peoples concerned. ”
Lie #2: the agreement was a Jewish state would be established without prejudice to the existing rights of the non-Jews living in it. That was before the Arab organized terror groups to attack Jewish civilians and aided and abetted the wholesale slaughters and invasions occasioned by the surrounding Arab states’ invading armies. Sorry, but you’re being disingenuous here–those that waged war against us reaped the bitter harvest; those who didn’t are still living in Israel, in their own homes and unharmed.
“The Jews obviously had no intention of honouring that agreed condition because they immediately set about murdering the peoples, to actively cause them to flee, leaving the land vacant, making it easy for the Jewish Settlers to move in.”
This is a complete falsehood, and the fact some post-Zionist Leftwing propagandist wrote it and also happens to be Jewish (Ilan Pappe, Benny Morris et al) doesn’t make it true. The opening shots of the 1948 war were fired by the Arabs, and their radios and riotous crowds chanted “Death to the Jews” and “We will throw the Jews into the Mediterranean, their blood will make the sea red!” Now THOSE facts are historically accurate and easily verifiable. The Holocaust had just ended three years earlier–we were not inclined to be slaughtered again like in Jaffa and Hebron in the 1920s and 1930s (look those mass murders up–no state, no occupation, yet the Arabs slaughtered their neighbors, defenseless Jewish civilians in their homes)
“or do you think some other Nation of peoples is responsible for all these injustices perpetrated against and upon the Palestinian Arabs? ”
Yes — the Arabs themselves bear the entire responsibility for the current state of affairs, having engaged in war and terror against the Jews here before, during and after the establishment of the State of Israel. Their hatred is attributable to one thing only: their bigotry and hate of a dhimmi people daring to stand up and create a sovereign nation in the ancient and historic homeland recognized as theirs since time immemorial in all literature (even the Quran) and granted by international law.
A more recent example of this can be found in the Arab people’s treatment of other minorities seeking autonomy: go talk to the Kurds, the Assyrians, the Zoroastrians, the Copts of Egypt, the Christians of Gaza…..NO ONE wants to live under the Arab people’s cruel, racist, discriminatory rule which deprives minorities of all rights, including the right to live when the Arabs riot.
The Arabs hate the Jews because we created a “dhimmi” state, and a successful one, which challenges their Sharia-based hegemoney dictating that the Arab people are the Master Race of the Middle East.
Thomas and other bigots – let us for the moment, project ourselves into the “day after” the mean and naughty Islamists drive us evil Jews into the sea. Just imagine: A Garden of Eden filled with cute, innocent and peace-loving Muslims prancing through fields of daisies preaching love and good fellowship. Yeah, yeah and then the fun starts – wow!- Sharia Law sceeches one sweet, little old man with a long beard and funny clothes. And all of a sudden, ears, noses and hands are lopped off and fly through the air, eyes are gouged out, 8 year old baby girls are married off and raped, daughters and sisters are killed by fathers and brothers for dishonoring the family, women are buried in the sand and stoned to death for minor crimes. A child’s hand is crushed under a truck for stealing food from a market stall while adults look on and laugh, Homosexuals are hung in a public square and the list goes on and one – feel free to add as many atrocities as you can find.
Dear Avril, since we are democrats, we must start with “National Self Determination”, when Muslims live in a regime of atrocity, such as you describe, then it is up to them to either live with it or change it for the better, that’s it full stop. Other Nations should not interfere unless they are directly affected by those atrocities. We know already that such atrocities would not occur in Israel, but Israel would not be obliged or compelled to act against it elsewhere. Remember, we are discussing the Muslim Religion, having read the Koran quite diligently, I would assert two things; ONE, Gods word will always be what the Mullahs say it will be. TWO, The Koran can only be revised by the Prophet himself.It will not be revised by believers, it just cannot be done. This being true then Muslims must become enamored of a different belief system, and we also know that any Muslim rescinding his or her belief, is immediately and automatically judged, and any other Muslim is called upon to do the execution, thus reserving an honoured place in heaven. Violence cannot be used to change the belief in the true believer of any religion. It must be a personal decision, not one imposed by someone else. Therefore, we must leave People to learn and change of their own volition, all we can do is set a good example, and care for those really wishing to change their customs. Finally, we have no need to worry about the day Israel will be pushed into the sea, the U.S. simply would not permit it, there is a great surplus of Legislative pay-offs and bribes flowing from Jewish pockets, not to mention their control of all major Media.Regards, THOMASWADAMS
Fascinating! Which media? BBC? CNN? SKY? The Washington Post just wrote that THE settlements are THE reason there is no peace!
“Other Nations should not interfere unless they are directly affected by those atrocities.”
I guess that accounts for the hundreds of thousands who have died (and the millions displaced) by the actions of the Sudanese government in Darfur. And the horror of Rwanda. Have you ever considered, Tom, a career as a UN diplomat? Just think, you could have your name ignominiously attached to the next genocide.
Your answer to the Muslim world is that they must adopt another belief system? How patronising can one person be?!?
Your worldview is remarkably angst-ridden and schizophrenic for a man who professes to have lived nearly 80 years. Your words have the affection of knowledge but not the substance of it. Isn’t it just possible that you’re really a passionate 19 year old girl?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
Facebook Shuts Down Third Intifada Group
GOOD NEWS!!!!
Despite previous statements saying they would monitor but not remove the inciteful Facebook group calling for a Third Intifada, Facebook administrators shut down the group early Tuesday morning in response to an enormous outcry from pro-Israel activists.
Now we wait for the truth to be revealed about the incident on the terrorist ship Mavi Marmara – as the truth was exposed about the so-called massacre in Jenin (which never was) …… together with all the other oh, so many lies, slanders and fabrications about Israel – the next major falsehood to be uncovered are lies from Hezbollah and Hamas.
Head of U.N. Panel Regrets Saying Israel Intentionally Killed Gazans By ETHAN BRONNER and ISABEL KERSHNER Published: April 2, 2011
JERUSALEM — The leader of a United Nations panel that investigated Israel’s invasion of Gaza two years ago has retracted the central and most explosive assertion of its report — that Israel intentionally killed Palestinian civilians there.
Richard Goldstone, an esteemed South African jurist who led the panel of experts that spent months examining the Gaza war, wrote in an opinion article in The Washington Post that Israeli investigations into the conflict “indicate that civilians were not intentionally targeted as a matter of policy.” “If I had known then what I know now,” he wrote, “the Goldstone Report would have been a different document.” His article, which was posted on The Post’s Web site on Friday night, follows a report submitted two weeks ago by a committee of independent experts led by Mary McGowan Davis, a former New York judge, that said that Hamas had not conducted any internal investigations of its own but that Israel had devoted considerable resources in looking into more than 400 accusations of misconduct. Mr. Goldstone’s article fell like a bomb in Israel, where many people considered the 2009 publication of the Goldstone report as one of the most harmful events in recent years. It was viewed as offering spurious justification for damaging accusations, which Israelis considered to be part of a campaign to delegitimize the state and label it as a war criminal. “We face three major strategic challenges,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last year, “the Iranian nuclear program, rockets aimed at our citizens and Goldstone.” On Saturday night, Mr. Netanyahu called on the United Nations to retract the entire Goldstone report. “Everything we said has proven to be true,” he said. “Israel did not intentionally harm civilians. Its institutions and investigative bodies are worthy, while Hamas intentionally fired upon innocent civilians and did not examine anything.” “The fact that Goldstone backtracked,” Mr. Netanyahu added, “must lead to the shelving of this report once and for all.” The Goldstone report documented numerous examples of the mistreatment of Palestinian civilians by Israeli soldiers, and he did not back away from those findings in his article in The Washington Post. Efforts to reach Mr. Goldstone by telephone and e-mail on Saturday were unsuccessful. Farhan Haq, a deputy spokesman for the United Nations, said it was up to member nations to decide whether to re-evaluate the report. Israel carried out its military campaign after years of rocket fire by Palestinian militants in Gaza against southern Israel. As many as 1,400 Gazans were killed during the three-week offensive in December 2008 and January 2009, including hundreds of civilians. Thirteen Israelis were also killed.
During the invasion, graphic images of human suffering were broadcast around the world, and after the fighting ended, the United Nations Human Rights Council asked Mr. Goldstone, who is Jewish, to head an investigation into Israel’s actions. He said he would do so on the condition that he could broaden his mandate to include Hamas’s conduct as well. Israel considers the Human Rights Council to be deeply hostile to its interests and refused to cooperate with Mr. Goldstone or allow him into Israel to carry out his work. He said in The Washington Post article that the restrictions hampered his efforts, although he added that the council’s “history of bias against Israel cannot be doubted.” He and his investigators spent weeks in Gaza under Hamas’s auspices. The panel’s report said that the destruction of civilian infrastructure in Gaza — a flour mill, sewage plant, chicken coops, water wells, a cement plant and about 4,000 homes — and the deaths of hundreds of noncombatants could only be understood as intentional. The report also said that Israel waged “a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorize a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity both to work and to provide for itself, and to force upon it an ever increasing sense of dependency and vulnerability.” In his Washington Post article, Mr. Goldstone retracted that assertion, saying, “The allegations of intentionality by Israel were based on the deaths of and injuries to civilians in situations where our fact-finding mission had no evidence on which to draw any other reasonable conclusion.” Now, he said, Israeli investigators had presented evidence “that civilians were not intentionally harmed as a matter of policy.” Israel had tried in the past year and a half to counter the Goldstone report. In January 2010, Israel sent a 40-page letter to the United Nations defending the credibility of its internal military investigation into the army’s conduct during the war. In July, the Israeli military said it had indicted a number of officers and soldiers for their actions in the Gaza war. The army said in a statement that the chief military prosecutor had decided to take disciplinary and legal action in four separate cases, including against a staff sergeant accused of deliberately shooting at least one Palestinian civilian who was walking with a group of people waving a white flag. It was a case that was included in the Goldstone report. In addition, the chief military prosecutor ordered a criminal investigation by the military police into an airstrike on a house that killed 29 members of the Samouni family in Zeitoun, a district of Gaza City. Mr. Goldstone referred to that case in his article, saying that a commander had apparently misread a drone image and that an officer was still under investigation in the matter.
The report by Ms. Davis, the former judge, was more critical of Israel than Mr. Goldstone acknowledged in his article. “Given the scale of this undertaking, much remains to be accomplished,” she wrote, “we noted that a number of investigations reportedly remain open.” In addition, she noted, “there is no indication that Israel has opened investigations into the actions of those who designed, planned, ordered and oversaw Operation Cast Lead,” which was Israel’s name for the military operation. In February, a group of Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups asked the United Nations Human Rights Council to take further action on the Goldstone report’s findings to ensure justice for the war’s victims. The Goldstone report upset not only the government in Israel but also many on the left who said the harsh critique made it impossible for them to raise other concerns. After the report, Mr. Goldstone was ostracized by Jewish communities in South Africa and elsewhere, even though he had long expressed devotion to Israel. A year ago, there was an attempt to bar him from his grandson’s bar mitzvah in Johannesburg, although he was able to go. Dan Bilefsky contributed reporting from New York.
A really interesting read about demopaths, those fiends who traverse civil society exploiting her sensibilities for their own ends: http://www.theaugeanstables.com/reflections-from-second-draft/demopaths-dupes/
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African Charge of Israeli Apartheid Rings Hollow
Posted By Alan M. Dershowitz On April 6, 2011 A recent speaking tour about Israel brought me to South Africa, following a visit to Norway. Both countries are hostile environments when it comes to the Jewish state. In Norway, the three faculties of the Norwegian universities refused to host me, but student groups broke the boycott against pro-Israel speakers by inviting me to speak. In South Africa, the boycott held and I was precluded from speaking at any university.
The South African boycott against me, as an advocate for Israel, was spearheaded by a sitting judge named Dennis Davis, who aspires to serve on South Africa’s highest court and who authored an op Ed in the Cape Times headlined “Dershowitz is not welcome here!” It was co-signed by a dozen other mainstream lawyers and academics strongly opposed to Israel.
I was originally invited to speak to the faculty and students at the University of Cape Town but Judge Davis pressured the school to make it impossible for me to appear. The University’s excuse was insufficient interest in my talk to warrant the heavy security my presence would have required. So instead I spoke off campus. More than 1,000 people including hundreds of students showed up for my talk. Another 1,000 people attended a second talk.
The justification offered by Davis for trying to censor me is that I have been critical of Bishop Desmond Tutu for calling Israel an Apartheid state and for accusing the Jewish people of being “arrogant,” “peculiar,” “claiming a monopoly” on God, and on the Holocaust. He also accused me of being opposed to peace and of supporting Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, despite my long term support for the two-state solution and the end of the occupation. And he totally mischaracterized my views on torture, collective punishment and academic freedom. I am critical of Bishop Tutu’s call for boycotts against apartheid Israel, because it is a totally false charge. Israel is the only nation in the Middle East that does not practice any form of apartheid: Jordan prohibits Jews from becoming citizens or owning land; Saudi Arabia practices gender apartheid; all Muslim countries engage in sexual orientation apartheid; Hamas is notorious for its anti-Christian apartheid; and the Palestinian Authority has said that “no Jew” will ever be allowed to live in a Palestinian state. Israel, on the other hand, is a racially diverse country in which Arabs serve in the Knesset, on the Supreme Court, on university faculties and even in the Cabinet. The court that recently convicted Israel’s former president of rape included an Arab judge. Nothing like this ever happened in apartheid South Africa.
Indeed, Tutu’s South Africa, remains a far more segregated country today than Israel. Poor blacks live in segregated temporary settlements, and de facto apartheid can be seen throughout South Africa.
Moreover, the South African government, the African National Congress and Bishop Tutu himself have far worse human rights records than does Israel. They have supported some of the most despotic regimes in the world, simply because the despots who head these regimes in Libya, Iran, Cuba, China, Zimbabwe, and the Palestinian governments in the West Bank and Gaza–sided with their legitimate struggle against apartheid in years past.
Yet in a hypercritical display of double-standard immorality, they will never forgive Israel for its support of Dr. Klerk’s South Africa, despite the reality that most Arab and Muslim nations traded extensively with the apartheid regime. They demand a moral pass for serving as enablers of repression on the ground that these tyrants supported them, but they refuse to give Israel a pass for having supported a tyrannical regime that helped them during trying times.
Bishop Tutu’s call for a boycott against the Jewish state is hypocrisy at its worst. First, a boycott is the personification of collective punishment directed against all Israelis, regardless of their individual views or actions. Second, it singles out only Israel for a boycott, while encouraging “reconciliation” (and trade) with some of the world’s worst human rights offenders. Third, it hurts the poorest people mostly blacks in South Africa. Consider the recent boycott of Ben Gurion University by the University of Johannesburg, a boycott encouraged by Tutu. Ben Gurion has helped Johannesburg with research on water purification, which affects many poor South Africans. This joint research project which helps South Africa far more than Israel has now been ended because of the Tutu-inspired boycott.
Now Tutu has called for a worldwide cultural, academic and economic boycott against the Jewish state, a boycott reminiscent of the Nazi boycott of Jewish goods in the 1930s. The difference, of course, is that today a total boycott of Israeli products would include cell phones, Intel processors, numerous medical technologies and pharmaceuticals, and important environmental and agricultural innovations.
I’m proud of standing up against Bishop Tutu’s singular bigotry against the Jewish nations and the Jewish people. I will continue to do so until and unless he stop applying a double-standard to all things Jewish.
Yet I defend Tutu’s right and those of his sycophants such as Judge Davis to express their anti-Israel views. I would never try to censor them, as they have tried to censor me and others who express views supportive of Israel. The difference is I am not afraid of the truth, of debate or of the marketplace of ideas. Those, like Judge Davis, who tried to ban me from speaking on university campuses are clearly afraid to have all sides of the Arab-Israeli dispute aired. They have resorted to the age-old tactic employed by those who do not trust the public to make up their own minds: censorship of opposing views. That seems to be the approach taken by South African universities when it comes to Israel.
South Africa thus joins Norway as among the nations of the world most intolerant of pro Israel–even moderately pro Israel–views. In at least one respect, South Africa is even worse: one major university has imposed a formal academic boycott against an Israeli university, thanks to Bishop Tutu; and another university has succeeded in preventing its students from hearing a pro-Israel speaker on their campus, thanks to Judge Davis. But in another respect, South Africa is far better: its vibrant Jewish community is willing to fight back against those who would censor pro-Israel views.
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Manic Chef
I am thrilled to have ‘stumbled’ across this blog, more persons in the world need to read this and view the photos. An excellent account of how life in Israel exists. I’m spreading the word, and the web address, and listing it on my FB.
I will say that the writer ‘ThomasWAdams’ is a dangerous and deluded man, and his hatred just jumps from his sick and pathetic words. But I will say this, that anyone who tries to destroy Israel, will be met with such judgment, they will be utterly destroyed and wiped off the face of the earth, and this will include whole nations. G-D has spoken it, and it will be carried out.
Long live the Eternal City of G-D, and the Throne of David!
Blessings to the author of this web-site, and all who support Israel and stand against the wicked lies that this world spews forth.
Shalom……..
Thank you…glad you found us and will help share the real streets of Jerusalem.
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The Zionist-Gov in the State of Israel constantly blame others for it’s Apartheid problem’s, the truth of the matter is that Israeli citizen’s are rising in greater numbers easpecially today concerning the Gov-Apartheid dangerous “Blow Back” that common citizens must experience as a result.
Despite the Zionist-Gov now saying Israeli unrest is all due to the economy, it strongly appears that Zionism is collapsing from it’s own deceptive control over everyone… or attempt to control everyone, I believe Zionism is soon to see it’s own demise… from within. Watch the Israeli “Israel Society TV” on YouTube, if you can overcome the censorship and tons of propaganda trying to displace their truth.
Israeli society has problems, but being an open society everyone can see them.
“Zionism is collapsing from it’s own deceptive control over everyone ..or attempt” you must be kidding?
Anyone can put anything on YoUTube, I know what I see on the streets of Jerusalem and it is not apartheid.
Where is your support for the Syrians, where is the world?
DeWayne apparently missed the whole point of these pictures. Note to DeWayne–there is NO Apartheid in israel. Get a clue. We’re on the map. We’re staying. Find something to hate besides Jews and Israel. Get a life.
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OLD DAN CEDAR'S WORST AND BEST MOVIES OF 2016
By Old Dan Cedar - Posted on 26 February 2017
Old Dan Cedar’s Worst Movies of 2016
1.) Manchester by the Sea…aka…Man Pacing by the Sea
Casey Affleck is all growed up and his voice has turned from that 17 year old whiny ass, mumbling voice that he had into a 21 year old whiny ass, death spiral, mumbling, yelling voice. But that is only where the trouble begins. First off…we don’t have a Protagonist. So, why do I care whether anyone in this Arctic Playhouse lives, dies, lays or prays?
I DON’T!!
Somebody died. I am supposed to feel sorry about the fact that Casey has to take over guardianship for the dead guy’s insipid kid. There’s a lot of yelling and talking over each other and I am only thinking about the hot chick at the popcorn squirter. Because, ya know, I care about her. It’s a good thing to keep those glasses on honey…protects the eyes from stray squirt.
I was so checked out of this movie, not only due to the popcorn girl, but because little, brooding Casey just keeps pacing back and forth from one place in this godforsaken Ice City to another godforsaken place. Casey, buy a fucking car and let’s take about 45 minutes off of this god damned Glacier. And while you’re at it, you might want to work the popcorn squirting nerd babe into this pile of shit, so that I don’t have to keep asking how in the hell this piece of penguin dookie got an Academy Award nomination.
2.) The Lobster…aka…I Am Going To Die In 45 days If I Have to Watch this movie Again
Let’s first start with the pitch. This is an unrequited love story about a man and woman that have to find a new mate or they will turn into an animal.
SOLD!!
Another critically acclaimed (3.5 of 4 from the dead Roger Ebert) waste of film.
More specifically…the stupidity reigns. This is supposed to be some kind of allegory to 1984. Big state government pushing people around.
Hillary would NEVER DO THAT.
You’ve got Collin Farrell walking around with Rachel Weisz, both looking for somebody to bang. Huh, maybe I’m missing something here, but if I was Collin…I’d just turn around and bang the hot, little, left winged battle axe Jew that is traipsing around with me. She looks like she has a cute, hairy bush.
No, wait… there’s a law that I can’t masturbate, my brother is a dog that follows me around (along with grown up Anne Frank…aka Ms. Weisz) and I would rather just turn in to a Lobster than just fuck the Anne Fucking Frank. See, it’s that kind of racial bias that will turn you into a goddamned sea urchin, or some such, every time.
Collin Farrell is just another Limey Bastard that hates Jews.
Probably voted for Trump.
Like all of the Hollywood elites.
3.) Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice…aka…Three Hours and Three Minutes of Dumb
This is why I hate superhero movies. First of all, everyone knows that Superman could kick Batman’s dumb, black-thonged ass in less than 3 minutes. What the hell do I need with the remaining three hours?
Oh, Yeah…Bad CGI fight sequences and explosions. There’s your synopsis.
Which would explain why I fell asleep about 70 minutes into this in-flight movie.
Ben Affleck is, as expected, horrific, as Batman. And I don’t know who the good looking fella that is playing Superman is, but he’ll just end up killing himself or being paralyzed at some point. Then…I bet I’ll remember his name.
Dumb Premise. Dumb Ben. And even though it was a Dumb 70 minutes that I actually watched…I will take the Patriots to win the Super Bowl odds that the remaining math was just as Dumb.
At least, Dumb Ben wasn’t as bad as Dumb Casey. But, boy, did they both strike out!!
I just found out that humans are so closely related to chimps…that chimps can actually have Down Syndrome. Maybe…Possibly…Kanako, the Down Syndrome Ape, should be the next Batman.
4.) Nocturnal Animals – aka…I Watched This 3 Weeks Ago and Can’t Remember Anything But Amy Adams Upturned Nose
…and that this movie was awful.
NEXT!!
5.) Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk…aka…What’s The Fucking Point, Here?
Army Hillbilly-Virgin Billy Lynn is coming home to see his sister Ginger and watch a football game while getting honored for some heroic shit that he did in this never-ending, godforsaken war to kill all Arabs. Well, if you thought the war was long…steep in this Lump of Jerry Jones inspired Black Lung Stew. The team is supposed to be the Dallas Cowboys playing in a knock-off of the AT&T Death Star. All while the owner of the team, played by Steve Martin, does an incredibly bad Texas accent.
Yep…Stevie Martin playing Jerry Jones. An inspired choice. The Man With Two Brains.
It’s an ever-meandering trail of feces that flashes between the war, the soldiers coming home to be honored (all while playing grab-ass with each other) and the virgin, Billy Lynn, getting a hard on making out with one of the cheerleaders. And as a bonus…talk of the Alamo…All the while, Billy Lynn struggles about whether to re-up.
Ang Lee directed this stool sample that can never decide what it wants to be. So, we have to decide. It just sucks fake Cowboy cock.
Spoiler Alert - He goes back to the war!
You can thank me on Old Dan Cedar’s GoFundMe page.
6.) The Witch…aka…You Just Thought King Hippo Was Fucked Up
So, not a bad start here…A hot, comely, vexing blonde (Anya Taylor-Joy) in Puritan time New England who may or may not be a witch. If the title doesn’t give it away. Duh….
I imagine if she were a porn star her stage name would be Harley Hills!!
Boy…that’s some random shit.
So, Rotten Tomatoes…Critics 91%...Audiences 56%....TURD ALERT!!!
So, there’s a lot of nonsense about this family getting kicked out of the shithole Pilgrim community for some unknown reason. This is definitely a congregation of tight asses.
Meryl Streep would categorically not be welcome here.
The family is cast out of the village on their own and a baby disappears playing peek a boo with the hot, young Stone Cold Fox blonde. Then, the comely vixen’s eight year old brother ends up dead after she cock teases him for half of the movie, then their goat rams the dad until he’s dead and the vixen becomes a goat whisperer. And the goat (played by the late King Hippo in his final role) tells her how to become a witch.
She becomes a witch.
So, the moral to the story…The tight ass Puritans were right all along. Stay the fuck away, Streep!
Whoops…Another Spoiler Alert!!
Old Dan Cedar’s Best Movies of 2016
1.) LA LA Land…aka…Unrequited Lust On Tippy Toes Or Something More
So, I know this sounds like a cheesy idea. A young couple meets. Fall in Love. And do the Safety Dance. But, will it end in tantrism, ensconced in velvet fog with Mel Torme crooning? Or tragically…When Harry Met Sally at the Ball dropping with the help of Princess Leia?
Gotta tell you. Hollywood loves stories about themselves. And this is right in their wheelhouse.
I rarely agree with the Oscar winner. But this year, they will get it right.
That’s the only spoiler alert you are going to get here.
Ah…to be young, hot and dance to a choreographed original score.
As much fun as the Oscars love to make of the good, old, square days. Deep down, they know it makes them look classy.
As opposed to the acceptance speech diatribes.
That’s why it’s called Showbiz, folks!
2). The Founder…aka…Mac Step-Daddy
So, most folks don’t even know that this movie is 2016 Oscar qualified, but it is. Even though IMDB has it released in January of 2017. But, if you look at the official list of the 336 Oscar eligible movies…you can find The Founder.
Michael Keaton is brilliant, De rigueur. Keaton plays Ray Kroc, the guy who ‘founded’ McDonald’s. But…not so much.
But…he wasn’t always the famous ‘founder’ of McDonald’s. In the beginning he was just a guy. A sales guy. Trying to get a scrap of food on the table for him and his wife.
Keaton plays Willy Loman morphed into a genius.
Kroc always said he was in the real estate business, not the burger business.
And he takes everything he can from anyone he can. By hook or crook. Including Dick and Mac McDonald.
If he’d have come around 44 years later…there may be golden arches over the white house and a roomful of Oscar contenders ready to declare him the Anti-Christ.
3). Weiner…aka…What A Dick!
So…this is the story of Anthony Weiner. A real person. So, it’s a documentary. For those of you that don’t like documentaries…tough titties.Along with the dearth of good regular movies and the plethora of death in the Wide, Wide, World of Fame in 2016, came some good documentaries that were completely overlooked by The Academy of Arts and Dunces.
So, for some unknown reason, this New York piece of shit allows a camera crew to follow him around as he runs for mayor. Yep...the same guy that sent selfies of himself with an erection on the internet a few years back. And…the same guy who was married to Huma Abedin, she of the failed Hillary Clinton campaign for POTUS.
Which, I am thinking, is a good reason this movie didn’t get a nomination for best documentary. I mean really, Weiner’s future ex-wife, could be the
first female president.
She actually comes off looking a whole lot like Hillary did in the Lewinsky sex scandal. Actually better. She does the whole stand by your man thing…up to a point, but she never demeans or claims conspiracy when her husband pulls his very public ass wipe move.
Even though Old Dan Cedar doesn’t really care for Tony Weiner…I still felt some very pained moments. The guy is super smart, but a complete sexual mess and nutbar. He’s a hot head. Gets in shouting matches with people on the street that shame him.
And then watching Huma pull back. And the votes come in. And watching their young child.
It is painful.
And will grab you by the balls! Turn and cough!!
4). Arrival…aka…Okay, I Forgive Amy Adams For Nocturnal Animals
So, this movie is a little bit of a slow burn. And I didn’t really get past my fantasies of Amy Adams on all fours with a gag ball in her mouth for the first hour of the film.
The films apex is quick and powerful. Something like what Old Dan Cedar might redeem if given an actual image of Amy Adams donning said gag ball.
So, if you need to piss bring a catheter. Or at least a Coke bottle.
“No officer…I was not whacking tater to Amy Adam’s ball gagged mouth and upturned nose!! I just read on this really shitty website that I couldn’t miss the good part and that this kind of thing wasn’t frowned upon!!”
At this point, there’s a good possibility that you may be shot by a rookie officer who thought the catheter was a gun.
Anyway…I digress.
Okay, Pee Wee…Just rent the fucking movie at home. It will allow for the piss-pause and save you a misdemeanor for public exposure.
5). Tower…aka…Lots of Young, Dead Longhorns
So, this is a cool movie that is shot using archived video of the actual shooting at the University of Texas at Austin Tower Shooting (1966) integrated with rotoscopic animation.
It’s a little off-putting in the beginning, but if you really watch how they integrate the animation with film footage, it’s fucking awesome.
There’s nothing funny about Charles Whitman, the ex-marine that killed 17 people including his mom, wife and an unborn baby. The baby’s mom is in the film.
The movie will be streamed for free until March 1st by PBS Independent Lens.
So, you cheap bastards may wanna go ahead and watch this fucker.
And that’s as close to a straight movie review as you’ll ever get on this website. I only used ‘fuck’ twice. And ‘bastards’ only once.
6). Zero Days…aka…The Most Important Film of 2016
When you are laughing at the people who are stocking their basements with crackers, water, condensed milk, spam and AK-47s, just remember that Old Dan Cedar warned you.
This movie has a lot of interviews with CIA types that talk about developing the StuxNet virus (along with the Mossad) to infiltrate the uranium enriching plants that Iran was using to develop nuclear weapons.
The problem, it turns out, is now a bunch of assholes all over the world have access to this virus or some variation.
And one day, mark my goddamned words…this will reign terror on the American people of which we haven’t seen the likes.
The end of days is nigh!!
Repent you mother fuckers!!
Good Night and Good Luck...Old Dan Cedar
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LOCAL CONCERT ALERT (AlgomA), New Video Finds, And More Updates!!
Before we begin this post, I wanted to acknowledge late changes to the K.I.C.K./Elements show at LopLops Lounge on Friday, which did not take place (Saskatoon's Whiskey Jerks played on Friday after all.) The concert was actually scheduled for last night, with K.I.C.K. citing a booking mix-up at the venue for the error, but as they were in Ophir for the Northern Vibe Festival, they missed what was actually the Chicken-Like Birds show, only with The Elements now playing after them in lieu of Sometimes Ange. Hopefully it was a great show from both bands, and apologies on our end for not getting this on the site sooner! Now, for today's post, here's some new videos, assorted updates, and a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT!
Local doom metal trio AlgomA and local/St. Catharine's grindcore trio Shit Liver are joining forces for an eastern Canada tour next month in honour of the impending release of their "Trading Faces" split tape, and the tour will wrap up with a New American Pub concert here in the Soo on Monday, October 2nd! Marking arguably their largest Canadian tour run yet, this will be AlgomA's first local concert appearance in 3 months, while it will be Shit Liver's first stop in their hometown in about a year & a half, so if you've missed Josh, Mike, and Matt since last spring, don't miss their New A return in October! This show is one of 11 dates scheduled for the two bands this fall, including the tour kick-off in Toronto on September 22nd, a St. Catharine's show on the 25th, a Montreal date on the 28th, and shows in North Bay and Sudbury on the 30th and October 1st as they wrap things in the north, so stay tuned to band pages for details on other tour dates. FYI, the bottom of the poster seemingly confirms a release date of September 17th for "Trading Faces", which hasn't been stated otherwise by either band.
Potential extra bands have not been announced as of this writing, nor has a cover charge or event page, but expect this show to be a 19+ event with a 9:00 PM start time on October 2nd, and I'd be surprised if Six, Two, Oh. weren't promoting, given their obvious AlgomA ties. Despite being a Monday nighter, it's great to see AlgomA and Shit Liver join forces for a tour to match their upcoming split, so stay tuned for the teased early digital release and more on "Trading Faces" as it rolls in, and of course, keep watch for updates on what will be a highly anticipated night of local metal!
Next up, here's a new Jimi Hendrix cover video courtesy of... Shit Liver frontman Josh Penno?! In a cover that sort falls into the void between the aforementioned band and their St. Catharine's-based bluegrass side project Dirtfight, this rendition of "Hear My Train A Comin'" was posted to Josh's YouTube channel earlier this month under the handle "Penno-Cash". The video was produced by his own independent film company Spacebag Productions, and features shots of him walking (I presume) outdoors in St. Catharine's, as intercut with Josh playing acoustically on a plain white backdrop. While Dirtfight opened up a new side to the guys of Shit Liver already, this bluesy unplugged solo number does more of that, and Josh has a very good clean singing voice that fits the track! Give Josh's solo performance a look below, and watch for guest appearances from an AlgomA patch!
Also today, here's a Blood Shed Productions track that I only just discovered when compiling their YouTube channel's feature profile on Friday, one which I thought warranted a belated mention in a post, and it's the label's first rap-rock song! Posted to their channel back in June 2015, the song is "The King of Rhymes & References" by label rapper Jean-Paul "Phat Boii" Archambault, but he has a full band behind him, including Them's Tyler St. Amour on guitar, Rotopsy bassist Tyler Gibson, and his Brutally Fatal bandmate Austin McCrae on drums (not to mention, Jean-Paul was a former bandmate of Tyler's in the defunct Tomgrindy.) The song proper has the instrumentation mixed too low, but Phat Boii's rhymes are amusing and quick while retaining the skill seen in his traditional songs! This is also partly notable as a Blood Shed Productions song with a full band rather than a minimalist solo/duo act, so it's worth a listen on that basis, which you can do below!
Finally for today, here's three assorted shorter news items from the last while, and as usual, these are in alphabetical order by artist or promoter name:
Griphook are back! After taking over a year off following their Rotaryfest Stage 1 set last July (largely due to frontman Joel Syrette's college commitments out of town), the hard rock cover quartet announced on their Facebook page on Wednesday that their hiatus has ended, and that they "will be coming at you live real soon". No word yet on their return date, but this is great news from this talented veteran outfit, so stay tuned for Griphook's next shows when announced, and they're back in our active band links!
A young local guitarist named Rainey Rancourt is looking for a metal and rock-liking drummer who'd be willing to jam with him and an already-found bassist towards some original compositions. If you're interested in more details, message Rainey at this link or via his Musicians Wanted Facebook group post from Wednesday!
The aforementioned Six, Two, Oh. have apparently cancelled plans to host an online battle of the bands in December, as per the Facebook event page on Friday, simply saying "Yeah, nah..." in regards to the event. A reason for the online battle's cancellation wasn't announced, but given that band registrations weren't slated to begin until November, I hesitate to immediately blame low band interest. This was shaping up to be an intriguing contest, but hopefully Six, Two, Oh. revive their Live @ series on YouTube in another form, and don't miss their next concerts!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site as the month winds down, including this month's CD review! Thanks everyone!
Posted by The Sault Metal Scene at 3:06 AM
Tags: algoma, american, blood, boii, griphook, josh, liver, metal, new, oh, penno, phat, productions, pub, sault, scene, shed, shit, six, two
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7:00 PM PT8:00 PM MT9:00 PM CT10:00 PM ET2:00 GMT10:00 7:00 PM MST9:00 PM EST6:00 UAE (+1)22:00 ET23:00 BRT, October 2, 2019
Rogers Place, Edmonton, Alberta Attendance: 18,347
McDavid, Draisaitl lead Oilers past Canucks 3-2 in opener
NHL Headlines
Ovechkin nets 3 again, Caps rally in 3rd
Canucks beat Sharks, home streak now 8
Jackets' Merzlikins gets another shutout
Toews has 4 points, Hawks push run to 4
McDavid's 2 goals lift surging Oilers
Makar sets record as Avs defeat Blues
Bobrovsky returns in Panthers' win
Stalock has shutout, Wild rip Stars 7-0
Tatar lifts Canadiens past Vegas in SO
Smith's PPG puts Predators over Sabres
Vancouver Canucks' J.T. Miller (9) is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Mike Smith (41) during the first period of an NHL hockey game, in Edmonton, Alberta, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) Leon Draisaitl doesn't look satisfied with the career-high 50 goals and 105 points he amassed last season.
Draisaitl had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid snapped a third-period tie and Edmonton opened the new season with a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks in Dave Tippett's debut as Oilers coach Wednesday night.
"We made it easy on each other," Draisaitl said. "We played simple, we played hard, and we did what we had to do to beat this team."
McDavid broke a 2-all deadlock with 5½ minutes to play, splitting the defense before beating goalie Jacob Markstrom to the blocker side on a strong solo effort.
Zack Kassian also scored for the Oilers and added an assist. Mike Smith made 31 saves in his first game with Edmonton.
"Leon was a horse, as he always is," McDavid said. "Kass brought a lot of energy tonight, like he does as well. It was a real good start for those two and something I look forward to watching all season long."
Tippett was impressed by Draisaitl's play.
"What you like about him is he's a dominant player out there," Tippett said. "You're in a tight game. He's got lots of juice, so we kept (putting) him out there."
Alexander Edler and Tanner Pearson had the goals for the Canucks, who won their previous five openers.
"There were a couple of minutes that we'd like to have back," Pearson said. "That's the way it goes. Those minutes can cost you the game."
The Oilers started the scoring nearly six minutes into the first period when Kassian won a battle in the crease and fed the puck out to Draisaitl, who beat Markstrom.
Smith kept that lead intact through the first, making a huge toe save on J.T. Miller.
Vancouver tied the game 12 minutes into the second shortly after a power play expired as a long-range shot by Edler appeared to hit something in front before getting past Smith.
The Canucks took a 2-1 lead midway through the third when a point drive by Tyler Myers was tipped past Smith by Pearson.
Just more than a minute later, the Oilers knotted the game back up as Kassian picked the top corner after taking a pass from Draisaitl.
"It was a huge team win," Smith said. "We never crumbled when we got down 2-1. You love to win, so it feels good to get that first one under our belts."
NOTES: Markstrom stopped 19 shots. ... Tippett won 553 games in his first 14 seasons as an NHL coach with the Coyotes and Stars. ... Veteran forward James Neal also made his Edmonton debut. ... Among those making their debuts for the Canucks were rookie defenseman Quinn Hughes, forwards Micheal Ferland and Miller, and defensemen Myers and Jordie Benn. ... It is the 50th season for the Canucks, who have opted not to officially name their captain until the home opener.
Canucks: At the Calgary Flames on Saturday.
Oilers: Host the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday.
This story has been corrected. A previous version indicated the Oilers had won six season openers in a row.
More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/NHL and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports
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'''Robert Stewart''' (b. Mar [[1533]], Midlothian - d. 4 February [[1593]], Kirkwall, Orkney) was by title the 1st Earl of Orkney and Lord of Zetland. ==Biography== Robert was the bastard son of King James V and Euphemia Elphinstone. He became ''Commendator of the Abbey of Holyrood'' as a child in [[1539]]. He received from his half sister, Mary Queen of Scots, a tack of Orkney and [[Shetland]] in [[1564]] followed by a feu charter in [[1565]]. Robert compelled Adam Bothwell, (then Bishop of Orkney), to exchange the Bishopric of Orkney for the Abbey of Holyrood in 1568. Robert was entitled the 1st [[Earl of Orkney]] in [[1581]]. Earl Robert was accused of treasonable dealings with [[Denmark]] and of tyrannical proceedings against the inhabitants of Orkney and Shetland in [[1575]]. In [[1571]] he appointed his half-brother [[Laurence Bruce (i)|Laurence Bruce]] of Cultmalindie ''[[Foud|foud]]'' of Shetland. Bruce was an even greater tyrant than Stewart, and was the subject of a mass complaint by the Shetlanders in [[1577]]. Robert Stewart built the laird's house at [[Jarlshof]] in Sumburgh shortly before he died. On his death he was succeeded by his son [[Earl Patrick Stewart]], who continued his father's reign of cruelty and terror for the islands. ==External Links== *[http://bayanne.info/Shetland/getperson.php?personID=I9279&tree=ID1 Bayanne genealogy page] [[Category:Incomers to Shetland]] [[Category:Earls of Orkney]]
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In Vampire
And if I consume another
mortal’s flesh, will I like
god before me, shit a million stars upon
the naked, wretched sky?
—A.P. Sweet, “Dead, But Dreaming”
Clan: Tzimisce
Affiliation: Byzantium Coven
Role: Surgeon, artist
Known only as El Murciélago, this Tzimisce elder arrived from Barcelona in 1899 in the entourage of Prince Gratiano. After spending a few decades in voluntary torpor at the bottom of the Hudson River, he roused himself to seek out Venus and Orchid, claiming he was “drawn by her song.” Bug-eyed, gangly, and boasting six spidery fingers on each hand, the creature was certainly an outlier in the Daeva’s growing coterie, but his powers in Vicissitude were useful, and he tended to remain mercifully out of sight. Soon El Murciélago began dabbling in volitional flesh-crafting, smoothing out “imperfections” brought to him by the coterie’s Cainites and retainers. By the time he relocated to Byzantium, the Tzimisce had acquired a more pleasing aspect; lithe and delicate, with a domed forehead and almond-shaped eyes. It soon became evident that he was mimicking the human figures drawn by Harry Clarke, but whether as a tribute or a joke, no one could say. El Murciélago rarely spoke, and seemed content to remain reclusive and mysterious.
In the late sixties, El Murciélago began surreptitiously “correcting” humans without their consent—not just his victims, but guests and employees of the coven’s clubs. When he refused to desist, Venus dismissed the Tzimisce from her coterie, and El Murciélago took up residence in an old firehouse near the East River. He converted the space into a macabre studio, kidnapping victims from the street and lazily sculpting them into las gárgolas vivientes for his amusement. After Sarnath opened its doors, Malachi asked the Tzimisce to “beautify” human prostitutes for the Bordello of Sirens. Impressed by his work, Roger and Kitty Plant invited El Murciélago to Siddim, then housed in a derelict cruise ship. Ensconced below decks, El Murciélago was free to ply his trade on willing and less-than-willing humans, creating a menagerie of whores that ranged from the angelic to the monstrous.
It was the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Daß sich das größte Werk vollende,
genügt ein Geist für tausend Hände.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust
Current Role
El Murciélago continues to work for the Plants, and his “Serrallo de Grotescos” is one of the most trafficked brothels in the Goblin Market. Reserving his more attractive creations for Sarnath, El Murciélago has become more daring in his work for Siddim—coiled lamiae, blind hermaphrodites, human centipedes, mermaids and centaurs; every season of Siddim has its favorites. Some of his gárgolas approach the status of Tzimisce vozhd, such as the Priapus, or the nameless, multi-orificed monstrosity quivering in the center of the Serrallo’s orgy room. Unfortunately for these gárgolas, once they pass el punto de no retorno, El Murciélago drinks their blood and retains their bodies as mementos. Usually he just flays them alive and stretches their skin like canvas; but his firehouse is populated by numerous exhibits preserved by the magic of modern taxidermy, from his first “Siamese twin” to a shoggoth recently cobbled together from the remnants of a Korean tour group. Whether El Murciélago performs these procedures himself or retains a morally bankrupt taxidermist is just one more mystery.
Although he’s still nominally a member of the Byzantium Coven, El Murciélago has never repaired his relationship with Venus and Orchid. She detests the Tzimisce elder, and if the equally-loathsome Plants hadn’t convinced her otherwise, Venus would have ordered him back to Barcelona. While Venus is not above using supernatural methods to enhance beauty and wholeheartedly embraces the erotic potential of physical deviation, she scorns El Murciélago’s recent work as aesthetic perversion, akin to an out-of-control plastic surgeon consumed by his own ego. The Daeva is also wary of Vicissitude in general, and having some experience with the Discipline herself, has sympathy for the Tzimisce who believe that flesh-crafting is an addiction that masks infection by an alien parasite. The last thing Venus wants in her coven is a creature like Vona Loath, or god forbid, another Paramándala Voin. If that day ever comes, Malachi and the Plants be damned—she’s going to torch the firehouse herself and watch El Murciélago burn.
The core of the Gotham Sabbat was first uploaded on 31 October 2000, but the Byzantium Coven was extensively revised during the August 2018 update. The banner uses artwork from Harry Clarke’s illustrated version of Faust; Mephistopheles being the figure El Murciélago strives to emulate. While the Tzimisce and his gárgolas would be undoubtedly awful to behold in real life, everything is more whimsical when seen through the eyes of Harry Clarke!
The quote from Faust is translated as, “One mind is enough for a thousand hands.”
Author: Great Quail
Original Upload: 31 October 2000
Last Modified: 19 September 2018
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All News / Spring Hill
First baby conceived in B.B. McGee’s bathroom now old enough to drive
SPRING HILL, Florida — Dave Ellison admits he’s not great with numbers but he says a smart man could have taken the 75 cents he pocketed by not buying a condom in the summer of 1998 and, through a series of savvy investments, turned it into enough to score some new wheels for his daughter’s 16th birthday.
Instead, Ellison recently forked over half of a paycheck to a man he met on Craigslist just an hour before in exchange for a 2002 Chevy Impala for his daughter’s 16th birthday.
“Anything for my baby, right?” Ellison said. “She’s something special.”
More than some know.
Born Feb. 24, 1999, S’dney Ellison is now the first child conceived in the men’s room at the County Line fixture, then known as Miller’s, to reach driving age, signaling an oncoming boom of 16-year-old “B.B.’s Kids” who will soon begin terrorizing Hernando County roads in $400 deathtraps like S’dney’s.
A humble S’dney downplayed her own place in Nature Coast history.
“I hate that my dad talks about it every time we drive past the place,” the Springstead sophomore said. “Clenchfist was playing their first show there, the place next door still rented VHS porn. OK, I get it, big deal. So gross.”
Dave Ellison said that fateful night almost played out very differently. He and his best friend, locally known as Freaky J, first tried to meet up with a different set of girls at Bubba’s on 19 and Forest Oaks. But the cover was $10, far more than any in the party was willing to pay. So they drove across town to the cover-free B.B. McGee’s, where he bumped into his ex-girlfriend, and now wife of six years, Shannon.
Within 30 minutes, the lip-locked lovers had clamored into the men’s room, shooed out someone using the toilet by throwing a full bottle of Red Dog at him and created a life right there on the same countertop that exists today.
“To think, that $10 could have changed my whole life,” Dave Ellison said, staring right through this reporter.
“Just $10, you know?” he asked, trailing off and beginning to sob quietly into his hands, presumably with joy over how blessed and grateful he is for his daughter.
Some locally are less enthused about S’dney and the B.B.’s Kids coming of age.
Hernando County leaders are concerned about safety as the wave of B.B.’s Kids reaches driving age. School district testing shows students conceived at B.B.’s have significantly lower test scores and are often violent and unpredictable.
“We’re very fearful of what’s about to happen, to the point that we have lobbied the governor’s office to sign an emergency bill that would raise the driving age in Hernando to 22,” Hernando County public safety spokeswoman Melanie Gillwrath said. “The parents in these homes have shown time and again they make poor decisions, and it’s clearly reflected in their children’s behaviors. Please, God, keep them off our roads.”
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Design implemented
€ 25 mln
08.2009 - 2016
Pedro Araújo
Tecnovia, Zagope
Rua D. Carlos I, n.º 14, Funchal
Description: Estádio do Maritimo
Decision to build a new stadium in the place of dated Estádio dos Barreiros was made back in 2006. Local architect and long-time Maritimo fan Pedro Araújo was awarded the design job. The challenge of this stadium lies in its location. Aside from Funchal being remote as part of Madeira, it also has undulated terrain. The west side of this stadium is located higher than the east.
It’s the west grandstand that will contain most of the infrastructure: offices, 42 skyboxes (12 seats each), small hotel, panoramic restaurant and a 170-vehicle underground car park. Remaining fans will have some 1,580 parking bays around the stadium for their cars.
Groundbreaking took place in 2009 and construction was expected to last until 2010 even despite dividing works into two phases. The division was thought to enable Maritimo to play all their games here. While that last part worked despite leaving only the west stand and lower south curve (even in Europa League), trouble soon stopped construction anyway.
Due to procedural issues with government funding work was halted in 2010, before first two stands were delivered. The €31.5 million project wasn’t restarted until May 2014. By the end of 2014 the first phase was done and construction of a third grandstand (south end) was underway. By March 2015 the old main grandstand was demolished too.
Entire stadium should be ready in 2016, though structurally done in 2015. There’s a possibility it may prove cheaper than planned too (at €25 million), but recently new doubts were cast over public funding guarantees to finish the project after long 8 years.
29.01.2017 New stadium: Estádio do Maritimo
Recently fully opened, now also part of StadiumDB. Here’s the stadium next to which Cristiano Ronaldo was born. Quite literally so…
23.06.2015 New design and construction: 8 years of ordeal in Funchal
Even the architect, despite being supporter of the local team, calls the project painful. Maritimo’s new home should finally be ready soon after long years of limited progress.
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"I'm still having fun playing. But it's not my job. I don't miss competition" - Stefan Edberg on his life after tennis. Read the article
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81. Ace Gregory Gaultier talks of Stefan Edberg's squash skills
Number 3 in squash world ranking, Frenchman Gregory Gaultier, had an exhibition match against Stefan Edberg during the Case Swedish Open in Linköping in February 2012. In this interview for SVT.se he talks ...
82. I baksätet med Stefan Edberg (In the back seat with Stefan Edberg)
A long video-interview with Stefan Edberg in Stockholm on October 14th 2011, just before his exhibition match against Goran Ivanisevic. Stefan talks about his life after retirement from tennis, his activity ...
83. Stefan Edberg interviewed by Svenska TF talks about his foundation
In January 2011 Stefan Edberg was interviewed by Svenska TF at the Kungliga Tennishallen and talked a little bit about the foundation for Swedish young tennis players he established when he retired from ...
84. Former champions' predictions for the ATP World Tour Finals 2010
Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, John McEnroe and Yannick Noah pick their favourites to win the Masters in London
85. Stefan Edberg uncovered - interview by ATP from October 2009
Stefan Edberg talked about his current life, having success in professional tennis and the present of the sport (referring to the Federer-Nadal rivalry) in this exclusive interview released for the ATP ...
86. Stefan Edberg at the 2008 figure skating world championship
Stefan Edberg, with children Emilie and Christopher, sits in the crowd of the 2008 figure skating world championship in Goteborg, watching Adrian Shulteiss' performance. Thanks Elena Romelli.
87. Stefan Edberg gets out the door and says goodbye
An ironical Stefan Edberg leaves the tennis world.
88. Cincinnati 1993 Semifinal - Stefan Edberg vs Pete Sampras [FULL MATCH]
In a thrilling third set tie-break, Stefan Edberg defeats Wimbledon champion and World n.1 Pete Sampras in the semifinal of the Thriftway Championship in Cincinnati in 1993. The Swede was down one set ...
89. HOT SHOT #35 - ATP Tour World Championship 1990 Final - Stefan Edberg vs Andre Agassi
Textbook chip and charge by Stefan Edberg in the ending stages of the second set in the 1990 ATP Tour World Championship final in Frankfurt against Andre Agassi. Stefan takes the net with a sliced backhand ...
90. Frankfurt ATP Tour World Championship Final 1990 - Stefan Edberg vs Andre Agassi (highlights)
... of the defeat suffered in the Round Robin, but Edberg still ends the year at World number one for the first time in his career. ...
91. HOT SHOT #3 - ATP Tour World Championship 1990 Final - Stefan Edberg vs Andre Agassi
A magnificent running crosscourt forehand by Stefan Edberg during the final of the ATP Tour World Championship 1990 he lost against Andre Agassi. Enjoy the mixed audio with the reactions of French, American ...
92. Cincinnati 1990 - Stefan Edberg beats Brad Gilbert, wins the title and celebrates World n.1
Beating in straight sets with a double 6-1 Brad Gilbert, Stefan Edberg wins his second Cincinnati Open title. In the trophy ceremony, he shows his joy to have reached the world number one position for ...
93. Gstaad 1986 Final - Stefan Edberg vs Roland Stadler (highlights)
Stefan Edberg beats Roland Stadler in five sets in the final of the Rado Swiss Open in Gstaad in 1986. It's the first claycourt title in the Swede's career, obtained against the surprise of the tournament ...
94. Legends shine in Båstad
(News/Senior exhibitions and tournaments)
... Open. Björn Borg, Mats Wilander and Stefan Edberg have all been world number ones. If you put them along with Anders Järryd and Mikael Pernfors you get a total of 35 Grand Slam titles. Precious tennis ...
95. Serve-and-volley tennis rises from the dust in Melbourne
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... only for clay courts. "It was really impressive to watch," Pat Cash, who won Wimbledon in 1987, told reporters on Monday. "To see a guy serve-volley on second serve and beat the world number one, who ...
96. Edberg: "Djokovic won't step aside"
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Stefan Edberg was interviewed by Espndeportes.com and gave his view on the change at the top of the men's ranking, with Novak Djokovic being passed by Andy Murray at world number 1. "It was a little ...
97. The verdict on the future of our tennis: total darkness
... will take the former world number one Stefan Edberg on the stage. Among the former Swedish star’s mingling crowd there are players and even those who never became anything, plus parents, coaches, sponsors ...
98. Stefan Edberg, doublet in Seoul '88
from ITF Tennis.com translated into English by Mauro Cappiello Stefan Edberg with Anders Jarryd and the doubles medalists of the 1988 Olympic Games Former world number one and great ambassador of ...
99. Stefan Edberg visits Kristianstad
... anecdotes from his active career, but we also got a glimpse of what life the former world number one is living today. Stefan Edberg lives with his family in a farm just outside Växjö and after his ...
100. "I felt as if we had known each other all our lives..."
from Göteborgs Posten by Eric Hilmersson translated into English by Mauro Cappiello He is our last world number one, but today he wants to "act without being seen" ... Nevertheless, two years ago he ...
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Canadian Art Review: Robert Murray
Published Aug 9 2018 by Ray Cronin
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, July 7–August 31, 2018
Robert Murray, Tlingit, 2016. Painted-steel maquette, 26.6 x 21.5 x 39.3 cm. Photo: Grace Laemmler.
by Ray Cronin
Bruce Cockburn sang that the skin around every city looks the same. One could say the same about any large city centre, with their deep concrete and glass canyons. For much of the latter half of the 20th century, such uncompromising spaces were the stage for monumental abstract sculpture, one of High Modernism’s last flourishes. While the architectural scale of this work, its insistent self-referentiality and eschewing of any content beyond its form can seem dated, and lacking in contemporary relevance, the best of this work often adds a welcome point of stability in rapidly changing urban environments. Robert Murray, who moved from Saskatchewan to New York in 1960, where he achieved renown, makes such sculptural work. He engages architecture directly, using monumentality to achieve an autonomous presence in environments where any works, regardless of scale, will be dwarfed by the constructions around them.
Murray’s new exhibition in Halifax, “Models, Paintings and Sculpture,”features recent work, much of it completed in the last three years. A series of models sit on plinths and range in scale from about 10 to 20 inches in height. Mostly painted in bright primary colours, these small works have an outsized presence. An accompanying group of watercolours revisits the theme of blue columns (as seen in two of the models in the show) and illustrates how Murray thinks through his forms before making them in three dimensions. The sole stand-alone sculpture in the exhibition, Enigma (2016), is made from aluminum and painted a bright red. Standing just over five feet tall, Enigma fills the space as a figure would, and features on one side a sinuous curve, an “s” shape that defies explanation until one walks around the sculpture and sees the weld marks form where two plates were joined.
“Models, Paintings and Sculpture” is a quiet exhibition, unapologetically Modernist in its approach, and its cerebral formalism is refreshing. Modernism didn’t succeed in making a new world, but, when well executed, a Modernist like Murray can still make objects that evoke such a thing, and that achieve a clarity and sureness that is somehow comforting.
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Robert Murray
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Featured Maker: Barbie Saylor Kurt of Heritage and Belle
Barbie Saylor Kurt founded heritage & belle in 2015, on the principles of time-honored craftsmanship and beauty, with a belief that small batch is good, handmade is better and a natural element is best. She describes her personal approach to beauty, fashion and decorating as vintage soul with modern style, and this philosophy infuses everything they make and curate at heritage & belle.
How did you get to where you are today?
By taking the long way – there’s a Dixie Chicks song about that concept, and it totally applies to me. I’ve always had a creative streak, mostly writing, but spent many years in nonprofit work that evolved into PR and eventually a role in a Fortune 500 company. Personal passions simmered on the back burner, until I started learning more about the scented candle industry. I burn candles constantly – and started learning about the potentially harmful chemicals I was releasing into the air in my home. It became a greater and greater concern that would grow to become a passion. One day I was inspired by a beautiful candle my husband gave me as a gift to learn how to make my own. I bought a soy candle starter kit on Amazon, watched some video tutorials and got to work. From soy candles, I branched into bath & body and jewelry lines. I’m still learning, refining my skills and exploring new territory every day – and where I am today is not where I hope to be tomorrow or next week or next year. I was a late-blooming maker, but now that I’ve ignited the spark, I’m compensating for lost time in a big way.
What's your typical day like?
Truly, there are no typical days, but every one of them starts the same – with feeding my furry brood. My husband and I share our home with five rescue cats, and wet breakfast comes before all other priorities. Most days end the same as well – reading in bed surrounded by the scent of curing candles. And then, somewhere in between is the making, marketing and working on the business.
Where is your studio?
My home is just one big multi-media studio. My office is very non-traditional, filled with shelves of oils, candle jars and finished goods, as well as books and art that inspire me. I’m usually making product in the kitchen, melting wax or mixing up sugar scrubs. And, my husband is a singer-songwriter with his own music studio in our basement.
Why do you feel art/handmade is important/relevant today?
Maker culture is undergoing a major resurgence. Everything from candles to beer is better when it’s small-batch and handmade. The quality, craftsmanship and baked-in passion are unrivaled in handmade, and each piece is unique. It’s personal - to the maker and the buyer, and I think we all crave a connection to the goods we purchase and consume. People love to hear and share good stories, and you just know that when something is handmade, it has a great story.
What artists/makers influence your work - who are your creative idols?
I’m a huge fan of Mike Weber, a mixed media artist out of L.A. Much of his work features the natural world in some way, and the themes he brings to life resonate deeply with me. Kate Hewko, a jewelry maker/designer based in Calgary, does beautiful work with raw stones. Her rings are a favorite accessory of mine. I’m also incredibly inspired by people who convey a real sense of place in their work, like James Beard Award-winning chef Sean Brock, or those who create something so beautiful and timeless in its simplicity, like the designers behind Fount leather goods. I’ve even been inspired by my husband’s music – my American Man candle is an homage to his latest single. The creative spectrum is wonderfully broad, and I find bits of inspiration and awe in so many disparate places.
What has been the most difficult challenge for you as an artist/maker? Is there anything you'd like the public to know about your work upon purchasing it? What is the most gratifying part of making your work?
For me, the specific challenges change daily. Some days it’s time, others it’s the temperament of natural elements, and still others it’s imposter syndrome. But, the most difficult part is reining in all the different directions I’d like to go. I love experimenting with fragrance, and I could blend hundreds of different scents if left to my own devices. I’d love for people to understand the thought and care of planning and execution that go into each and every item I make. If someone recognizes and appreciates the craftsmanship, passion, authenticity and purity in heritage & belle, I’ve done my job. The most gratifying part is hearing feedback from someone who has fallen in love with a particular candle, piece of jewelry or bath & body product. I had a teacher recently order one of my dreamcatcher necklaces to give to her student aide as a graduation gift. She said that they shared something akin to a mother-daughter relationship, and I was so incredibly touched that this thoughtful person chose heritage & belle to convey her feelings of gratitude and affection for this young woman at such a momentous time in her life.
Where do you find inspiration?
Nature is my biggest source of inspiration. My latest candle line was inspired by frequent visits to Shenandoah National Park. My entire line of jewelry is nature-inspired, and my bath & body products contain all-natural ingredients and essential oils. I’m also drawn to staples of Americana – barn wood, apothecary and mason jars and oxidized metals. The name heritage & belle came from the juxtaposition of old school tradition and natural elements with modern stylistic touches.
What's your studio playlist?
It depends on what I’m making at the time. I’m a big believer in the concept of the environment infusing its mood into whatever I’m making, whether it’s candles or jewelry or food, so I choose music to help ‘flavor’ my creations. My husband is a country singer-songwriter, and I’m drawn to a certain kind of Nashville sound and music that tells a story. Here’s a playlist on fairly frequent rotation:
“Angel Eyes” by Love and Theft
“My Church” by Maren Morris
“Tennessee Mojo” by The Cadillac Three
“Dixie” by Ashley Monroe
“Where the Devil Don’t Stay” by Drive-By Truckers
“Mexico” by Carrie Underwood
“Outlaw State of Mind” by Chris Stapleton
“Carolina” by Eric Church
“Railroads” by Holly Williams
“American Man” by Scott Kurt
“Front Porch Thing” by Little Big Town
“Texas In 1880” by Radney Foster
“Good Ol’ Boys Club” by Kacey Musgraves
“Right Where I Need To Be” by Gary Allan
“Heart Like Mine” by Miranda Lambert
“Middle of America” by Will Hoge
How do you get yourself out of a creative rut?
I go outside and walk to my neighborhood park; put on some music and dance around the living room; flip through a magazine or coffee table book; rearrange some furniture or organize something; pour a glass of wine and cook something delicious. If we can get away, I’ll plan a fun weekend trip to the country for my husband and me. We discovered Old Town Winchester’s lovely pedestrian mall and Tin Top during one of those getaway weekends.
Favorite blog/movie/tv show/book that never fails to inspire or just clears the mind.
Cheryl Strayed’s Wild has inspired me in so many ways, from pushing my limits in nature (kayaking through white water) to the feather pendant in my jewelry collection. I’m also a borderline hoarder when it comes to coffee table books on modern rustic design – my current obsession is the recently published At Home in the American Barn. When it comes to television, I’m all about shows from my childhood, like Wonder Woman and The Facts of Life, or primetime dramas like Nashville (hoping it gets picked up by another network), The Walking Dead and Shonda Rhimes’ oeuvre. My all-time favorite movie is Bell, Book and Candle with Kim Novak and Jimmy Stewart. I always wanted to be Gillian Holroyd, the eccentric, beguiling, bohemian gallery owner/witch. I love that film, except for the ending.
Share a recipe - bonus points if there's a story behind it.
Cooking is a hobby my husband and I have in common, and we’re always experimenting with new recipes. Since summer is just around the corner, I’ll share my signature warm weather pasta recipe – Sunflower Cilantro Pesto Penne. I developed the recipe because I have a nut allergy and can’t eat traditional pesto, and this dish is a great showcase for one of my favorite fresh herbs.
1 16-ounce package penne, or other dry pasta (my favorites are DeCecco and the fun shapes of Sfoglini)
1 ‘bunch’ fresh cilantro, about 1½ cups
1 tablespoon champagne vinegar
⅓ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese, plus extra for garnish
½ cup sunflower seed kernels
1 teaspoon kosher sea salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground red pepper flakes
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. I like to use my 7¼ qt. Le Creuset Dutch oven for cooking pasta. Add pasta, and return water to a boil. Cook pasta for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain well and return to pot. Keep covered.
In a food processor, add cilantro, garlic, vinegar, Parmesan cheese, pepper, seeds, lemon juice and salt. Pour in ¼ cup of the olive oil, and blend the pesto. Slowly drizzle in more olive oil until the pesto reaches your desired consistency.
Transfer pesto into a saucepan and warm over low heat, stirring constantly, until pesto begins to simmer. Pour over cooked pasta, and mix well.
Garnish with remaining Parmesan cheese. Serve with a dry white wine. For an extra touch of whimsy, decorate table with a bright and cheerful sunflower bouquet.
What's your dream project - if you had all the time and materials in the world?
My new candle line was inspired by Shenandoah National Park, a much loved weekend getaway destination. I created four scents representing different facets of the park and its unique annual events – Blackberry Cobbler, Blue Ridge Bouquet, Mountain Lodge and Spiced Apple Butter. My dream project would be to visit all 59 United States National Parks and create a signature candle line for each one.
Describe yourself in 5 words.
imaginative, driven, compassionate, curious, wild
Describe your work in 5 words.
inspired, pure, luxurious, soothing, distinctive
Tell us something funny that happened recently.
I live with five cats – something funny is happening constantly. For example, our youngest kitten, Dolly, has made friends with one of our backyard squirrels. They meet up at our side door just about every morning after Dolly eats breakfast and play their version of pat-a-cake through the glass. It’s adorable and hilarious at the same time.
How do you find balance?
I don’t. No seriously, I don’t strive for the elusive state of balance that many people use to define their work-life equilibrium. Instead, I find harmony. I’m not weighing one thing against another, rather allowing all the notes of life to blend together and honor the natural ebbs and flows along the way. My work is a part of my life, it’s not something separate – and it’s simultaneous much of the time. So, if candles are curing while I’m making dinner, or the sauce is simmering while I’m labeling jars, it’s all good. The kitties get fed first, and the rest just works out – but some days are longer than others.
To see more work by Heritage and Belle please visit: www.heritageandbelle.com
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Showing this Month: Things that go Flap in the Spring
Things that go Flap in the Spring (May 13th- June 30th) will feature three dimensional aerial sculptures by Woodstock, Virginia artist and self proclaimed "Saw Addict", Glenn Richardson. Glenn describes his work as "architectural elements from long closed theme parks that never existed" but I would add there is a reason why these fictional theme parks closed... much of his work looks like it would easily fit into the next Rob Zombie movie. If you don't know Glenn, you might very well imagine a maniacal clown chainsaw carving these creatures. Not that this is a bad thing, just know that Things that go Flap in the Spring will not be your typical spring art show for around these parts. Glenn has only leaked a couple of photos of the work in progress so I can't tell you what fully to expect but I can tell you to expect the unexpected and be ready to look up a lot.
Join us May 13th from 6:30-9:00 for the Opening Reception and meet the artist!
Glenn was recently featured at the H Street Festival in Washington, D.C. (courtesy of Gallery O on H Street), the ArtoMatic show in New Carrollton, Maryland, and at Love Burn 2016 in Virginia Key, Florida, where he carved portraits live with a chainsaw. He was also a third of Molly Rupert's “Coexist” show at The Mount Rainier Art Project Gallery in Mt. Rainier, Maryland.
Glenn will be demonstrating and doing live chainsaw carved portraits at Amuse on May 21 in Old Town Winchester. This summer he will be at Burning Man in Black Rock City, Nevada.
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ALSACAT:
As its name suggests, ALSACAT is my comprehensive catalog of UFO sighting reports in Alsace, the region is the North-East of France, whether they are "explained" or "unexplained".
The ALSACAT catalog is made of case files with a case number, summary, quantitative information (date, location, number of witnesses...), classifications, all sources mentioning the case with their references, a discussion of the case in order to evaluate its causes, and a history of the changes made to the file. A general index and thematic sub-catalogs give access to these Alsatian case files.
Case of Turckheim, on July 24, 1952:
ALSACAT-1952-07-24-TURCKHEIM-1
In the regional newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles du Haut-Rhin for July 25, 1952, there was an article about "mysterious luminous traces in the sky" of the Upper Rhine.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m., four phone calls alerted the newspaper about these traces, and the newpapermen looked outside to check and noticed, above Turckheim toward the west, a broad bright red streak between the dark clouds that extended discontinuously over Colmar to approximately the Zenith.
It lasted "some time" during which the streak widened without apparently losing brightness. A last phone call indicated that a similar trace was seen in the direction of Rouffach, but the newspaper people were unable to check as this direction was not visible to them.
The newspaper stated not knowing what it was, and felt that it did not seem to be traces of condensation left by planes because during the observation, no aircraft engine noise had been heard.
The next day, the same newspaper reported that other people still had confirmed the phenomenon, and one of their readers ensured that this was probably the contrails of a jet fighter; which suddenly appeared above the Neuf Brisach sector to fly in a circle arc and disappear as suddenly as it had appeared.
Later, a competitor newspaper gloated about people who mistake contrails for "flying saucers" - which did not seem to have been mentioned as an explanation.
Temporal data:
~09:25 p.m.
Some time.
First known report date:
Reporting delay:
Geographical data:
Various, UFO in the sky.
Uncertainty ratio:
Witnesses data:
Number of alleged witnesses:
6 or more.
Number of known witnesses:
Number of named witnesses:
Witness(es) ages:
Witness(es) types:
Residents, newspaperman.
Ufology data:
Reporting channel:
Newspaperman directly, and reported to the regional Press.
Type of location:
Visibility conditions:
Evening, scattered black clouds.
UFO observed:
UFO arrival observed:
UFO departure observed:
Sketch(s) by witness(es):
Sketch(es) approved by witness(es):
Witness(es) feelings:
Witnesses interpretation:
Do not know, and jet fighter contrails.
Hynek:
Jet fighters contrails.
[Ref. cv2:] CHRISTIAN VALENTIN:
Former journalist Christian Valentin published in 2012 a very interesting book telling the story of UFO sightings, flying saucers sightings, in Alsace, from the beginning to 1980.
In this book, he reports that the whole department of Haut-Rhin was overflown by what for some was a jet plane, and for others one or two flying saucers. All the newspapers of the region talked about it, publishing testimonies and readers feedback, "in which the ambiguity of a phenomenon that is based solely on the testimonies was already there."
He noted that whereas the debate about contrails seems naive, in the context of that time jet engines were in their infancy and equip only rare military aircraft. It indicates that the first French production jet fighter, Dassault MD450 Ouragan was commissioned in late 1951.
Among the testimonies, he gives what appeared in the newspaper Les Dernières Nouvelles du Haut-Rhin for Friday, July 25, 1952, which he translated:
Mysterious LUMINOUS TRACES in the sky
Last night, shortly before 9:30 p.m., the phone rang 4 times in our newsroom. Every time, one of our readers informed us that weird luminous traces were visible in the sky. With the first call already, scanning the sky in search of something unusual, we noticed above Turckheim towards the west, a broad bright red stroke between the black clouds; which extended discontinuously over Colmar approximately up to the Zenith. We watched the phenomenon for some time and found that the band widened without losing brightness that it seemed to produce. It is likely that the line will be dispersed in the sky at high altitude and was covered in places by clouds. The last phone call mentions that a similar trace was seen in the direction of Rouffach. However, we could not verify this information, because of the back light in this direction caused by the lighting of the station bridge.
What was the cause of these lines of light? We are not able to say. This does not seem to be traces of condensation left by planes because no plane engine noise was heard from 9:00 p.m. to 09:30 p.m.
He then gives his translation of this article in the same newspaper published on Saturday, July 26, 1952, on page 5:
About the mysterious traces of light in the sky
Do they come from a jet plane?
In our issue of yesterday we reported traces of mysterious light in the night sky, visible Thursday around 9:30 p.m.. Many of our readers called us to share their observation; which allowed us to confirm the facts. A friendly reader from Neuf Brisach informs us he observed the phenomenon from the road, that said evening with several friends, and that in any event, this nocturnal light show seemed to come from an aircraft, possibly a jet fighter, that suddenly appeared above the Neuf Brisach sector in order to perform an arc and disappear as suddenly as it had appeared. It left behind condensation wakes initially very thin and then increasingly large, dragged to Colmar by a strong east wind. So that's what these luminous strips must have been, although we however heard no engine noise as we reported yesterday. Thus, against all odds, the night sky still offers us surprises.
A letter from Munster on the same topic.
We received yesterday, about the same affair, interesting remarks from Nr. E. H. of Munster:
Regarding your article: Mysterious luminous traces in the sky, I want to highlight that in the company of many people, I managed to precisely observe the phenomenon from Munster, and it was not lines of light but smoke or clouds.
Both lines were emerging from east towards the west. One of them in the north in the axis "lac des truites - Hohrodberg - Trois Epis", while it was exactly 9. It first seemed to be a kind of wind sock, which seems a bit doubtful though. A relatively strong north wind quickly pushed it south, above the valley, where it is somewhat expanded, like you mentioned.
The second feature was directed "Hohneck - Obersolberg - Rouffach" and straight as a projector beam but gradually weakening as the wind dragged it southward.
Lastly, Christian Valentin gives his translation of this article from Le Nouveau Rhin Français for July 1952:
Weird luminous traces in the western sky, two or three witnesses, this is sufficient to create flying saucers. This psychosis spreads in recent months across the planet. One photographed them, the other, as he claims, saw them perfectly. Scientists have explained the phenomena, however, none of the numerous witnesses seem to believe them. All prefer to persist in error.
The mysterious luminous traces that were seen Thursday night around 9:30 p.m. over Colmar, the Munster Valley, and above Guebwiller, received more attention than they deserved. It was actually only the red streaks left by a fighter plane, neither more nor less. The visit of Martians was not for last Thursday, and the extraordinary event that one wanted to give us fell down like a cold soufflé.
An advice, dear reader: do not confuse the jet fighters that will be present today on the Rixheim airfield with flying saucers.
About Christian Valentin's book:
It is not at all my habit to "advertise" a book or anything, and I have no interested relationship with the author, but I wanted to say a word on the book by Christian Valentin, "Mythes et Réalités des Phénomènes Aériens Non Identifiés" (i.e. "Myths and Realities of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" (cover on the left) , ref. [cv2]; which, as its subtitle indicates, is about Alsatian UFO sighting reports and the saucer lore in Alsace.
I think Alsatian ufologist and generally people interested in the UFO question, or in the history of Alsace, my region, would probably like this book.
The 144 pages book is sober but well presented, unbiased, richly documented and illustrated. It is the first work in print specifically about UFO sightings in Alsace. (There was another one a few years ago, but it was partly made by copying - pasting without mention of the sources, portions of my website, especially the Alsatians cases I almost exhaustively documented in my catalog of UFO sightings in France in 1954, and copies from another websites; the trivial explanations I proposed or gave there being almost always stripped off!)
The author does not want to prove or disprove the possibility of extraterrestrial visitors or some other so-called "extraordinary" explanation, he rather offers a chronologically ordered review of Alsatian UFO reports, starting from the origin and stopping in 1980, based on known sources ufology, on the articles of the regional Press, and cases less known or even unreleased so far that he collected directly with the witnesses. His own comments are printed in a different color, references to the sources are always given. A very nice work in my opinion!
The author currently has a blog where he shows what libraries in Alsace have the book available, see: christian.valentin.overblog.com
It is pretty obvious that all this was just caused by contrails of jet fighters of the French Air Force, taking a reddish hue at that hour when sun is about to set. As rightly pointed out by Christian Valentin, jet planes were a novelty in France then.
However, even to this day - 2000's - I can still find cases in which contrails are believed to be "mysterious" or interpreted as UFOs not only by their witnesses, by the Press, but sometimes also by some ufologists.
Below: The Dassault Ouragan of the air and space museum in Paris - Le Bourget. Commissioned in December 1951. Photo by the author of this website in 2014.
Sources references:
* = Source is available to me.
? = Source I am told about but could not get so far. Help needed.
[dn1] ? Article in the regional newspaper Dernières Nouvelles du Haut-Rhin, France, July 25, 1952.
[dn2] ? Article in the regional newspaper Dernières Nouvelles du Haut-Rhin, France, page 5, July 26, 1952.
[nr1] ? Article in the regional newspaper Le Nouveau Rhin Français, France, July 1952.
[cv2] * "Mythes et Réalités des Phénomènes Aériens Non Identifiés - Histoire des soucoupes volantes en Alsace jusqu'en 1980", book by Christian Valentin, Grimoires d'Alsace publishers, France, pp 19-22, 2012.
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Whistleblower Cop Calls Out Corruption in Her Department, Naturally She’s Being Fired for It
Matt Agorist December 31, 2014
“She is being disciplined for bringing those allegations to light”
Louisville, KY — A New Albany police officer of 19-years is being fired after she blew the whistle on her department.
In May, Officer Laura Schook made several claims against her department including corruption, padded overtime and discrimination.
“My supervisors [were] padding their overtime, stealing time from the city, also doing other jobs while they were at work, essentially being paid for two jobs at one time,” Schook said in an interview.
After the allegations were made, Chief Sherri Knight and Assistant Chief Greg Pennell both resigned and asked to be reassigned within the police force.
WDRB’s Valerie Chinn asked Schook if the requests were related or coincidental.
“Coincidental, yet corroborating at the same time,” Schook said. “I mean, that’s the way I would look at it. I believe that it corroborates what I said. There has to be some truth to what I said or they wouldn’t be scrambling around like they are.”
After an “investigation” was launched into Schook’s allegations, Floyd County prosecutor Keith Henderson decided not to bring criminal charges against anyone in the Department and the Merit Commission voted to terminate Schook from the department.
New Albany Police Chief Todd Bailey sent a statement to WDRB Monday night, which read:
The Merit Commission voted unanimously to terminate Schook pending the results of an upcoming hearing. I’m making no additional statement this evening due to the matter being an employee disciplinary action.
Laura Landenwich, Schook’s attorney says her client is being disciplined for being a whistleblower and that during the hearing they will present this evidence.
“She is being disciplined for bringing those allegations to light,” Landenwich said.
Unfortunately this response from Schook’s department seems to be standard operating procedure for departments across the country when it comes to rogue officers calling out corruption in their departments.
Last month, also in Kentucky, a sheriff’s deputy was fired for “insubordination” after pointing out that the sheriff had planted drugs in another deputy’s car. Even though the sheriff was indicted, the deputy was still fired.
Earlier this month we broke the story of a cop in Buffalo, NY who was beaten and fired after she stopped a fellow cop from nearly killing a handcuffed man. She is still fighting for her pension.
In September we exposed the Baltimore police department’s attempt to intimidate a whistleblower officer. Detective Joe Crystal became a target of intimidation for his entire department after testifying against other officers in a misconduct case. Following his testimony, he received threats from other officers, and even found a dead rat on his car one day.
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Q&A with Brian Russell
President – Dry Coolers, Inc.
Thermal Processing staff
Q: Tell me a little about the history of Dry Coolers, Inc.
We started in 1985 to provide cooling water solutions for heat treating equipment—for vacuum furnaces, induction systems, and convection fans on atmosphere furnaces. We have diligently applied that trade for many years and, since then, we’ve broken out into other operations related to high-temperature metals.
Q: What exactly is a dry cooler?
They are similar, in theory, to a large radiator in a car — copper tubes, aluminum fins, and fans that blow over them. When you close the loop with a pressure relief valve, like you seal the system in your car with a radiator cap, you can keep all the oxygen out of the water, preventing corrosion and biological problems that scale up the inside of the furnace with minerals. It protects the equipment, cools it more cheaply, and conserves resources.
Q: That was only the beginning, though…
That was our starting base, right. Then, we expanded into doing evaporative cooling systems, with cooling towers and tanks and pumps, still keeping the closed loop concept for the furnaces.
Our customers then led us, by request, into making mechanical chillers—refrigeration machines to cool water even colder. With a dry cooler, you can only get down to close to whatever the outdoor air temperature is—whatever the thermometer says. With an evaporative cooling tower, you can go a little below that down to the evaporating temperature, a little below what the thermometer says. But if you need some 60°F water, you still have to refrigerate it.
Now we make all those things, including some gas coolers. We also do heat recovery and hybrid systems with chillers and air-cooled heat exchangers—what we call a “free cooler” in the winter. We combined different designs to get the best, most efficient reliable experience for a customer.
Q: Tell me about your employees. What kinds of engineers do you have working there?
We have four mechanical engineers and several designers. Our chief engineer, Matt Reid, has been with us 15 years. Gary Burwick is another, an engineer experienced in air-cooled heat exchangers, especially for heat treating equipment. Phil Siemen has a great deal of experience in institutional cooling—almost high end commercial grade systems. We build all of our own control patterns. They’re all UL-508A certified. The company is ISO 9001:2008, recertified every year.
Q: Dry coolers has an overseas presence as well, don’t you?
Market forces led us to participate in a joint venture with M&C Pumps in China called DCMC Thermal Technologies. A lot of businesses have moved to Asia—in the 80’s and 90’s we were exporting a lot of equipment to China through our furnace OEMs in America and in Europe. Many of our customers would build a green field facility in Europe and wouldn’t want to take a chance with the local cooling system, so they’d package our equipment with their whole furnace line and ship it over there.
As that business started to go away, many of the furnace companies have opened factories in China, notably Ipsen, Seco Warwick, and AFC. They’ve requested that we help them over there. So we teamed up with a pump manufacturer there, who is our joint venture partner. Now we’re actively selling quench oil coolers and vacuum furnace cooling systems in China.
Q: How do you see your industry continuing to spread?
I think the expertise in metallurgy in general, whether it’s for forging or gears or just heat treating, is a pretty small group of people, really. It’s a global industry, so that expertise is spreading around the world.
There’s always a strong market in North America and Europe, but there are also other areas of the world. We found that we were welcomed in open arms in China, either by domestic Chinese companies or wholly owned foreign enterprise furnace manufacturers. We’ve been well received because we have a good reputation from being in this business for so long. Many of our first customers that we started with—AFC, Surface Combustion, Ipsen—they were our original OEMs and we still sell to them today. To have a good long track record and be a good partner with the customer, they’ll want to take that overseas.
Q: Tell our readers about the software you use to design the dry coolers:
For heat exchanger selection and thermal calculations, we’ve written almost all that software internally. For design we use 3D CAD modeling for all our products, mostly solid works. We use AutoCad electrical for designing the electrical pads and circuits. And we have an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system that runs a database that we’ve created. We’ve been computerized since the beginning, so we have all of our records, all the machines we’ve ever built from the beginning. It makes for a pretty efficient process. We’ve always tried to stay at the cutting edge of electronic technology. Now we’re finally at the point where we’re putting some of our software on the web for our customers, so they can go create their own proposals. We’re starting out with the air-cooled quench oil coolers, and we’ll branch out from there.
For MORE INFORMATION: For more information on Dry Coolers products and services, visit them online at www.drycoolers.com or call (800) 525 8173.
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TUBES, SINGLE-PHASE HEAT TRANSFER IN
Poskas, Robertas
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.t.tubes_single-phase_heat_transfer_in
Forced flow in tubes is used widely in practical applications (see Tubes, Single-Phase Flow In). If the velocity and temperature distribution of fluid are uniform at the inlet to the tube, dynamic and thermal boundary layers begin to develop symmetrically along the wall (Figure 1). The boundary layer thickness increases along the tube length and gradually fills the entire flow section. After the dynamic boundary layers are joined, a constant velocity distribution sets in which is parabola-shaped for the laminar flow (at Re ≤ 2300) or a distribution characteristic of the turbulent flow (see Tubes, Single-Phase Flow In). The distance from inlet to this section is known as entrance length or hydrodynamic stabilization section.
Figure 1. Moody diagram for friction factor in pipe flow.
In heat transfer, as the fluid flows along the tube, the wall layers are heated or cooled. In this case, at the entrance region of the tube, the fluid core retains a temperature equal to that at the inlet T0 and does not participate in heat transfer. Temperature variation occurs in the wall layers. Thus, near the tube surface in the entrance region a thermal boundary layer is initiated whose thickness, as it becomes farther away from the inlet, grows. The thermal boundary layers are joined at a certain distance from the inlet known as the thermal entrance region LT and afterwards all the fluid participates in heat transfer. After that, the dimensionless temperature profiles θ = (T − Tw)/(T0 − Tw) become similar, i.e., the temperature in different sections differs only in magnitude, while the law according to which it varies across the radius remains the same.
For the turbulent flow P. L. Kirillov and co-authors obtained, by analogy with the universal velocity profile (see Tubes, Single-Phase Flow In), a universal temperature distribution of the form (Figure 2)
Here A = Prt/k = 2.3, k is the turbulence constant (k = 0.4), Prt the turbulent Prandtl number taken here equal to 0.9. B(Pr) and T+ is given by the dimensionless temperature (T+ = (Tw – T)ρcpur/qw).
The coefficient B(Pr) increases greatly with increasing Pr due to diminishing fluid heat conduction. As Pr increases, an ever greater fraction of the thermal resistance occurs in the viscous sublayer.
Kader’s formula is convenient to use which describes the temperature profile by a unified relation
where Г = and β(Pr) = (3.8Pr1/3 − 1.3)2 + 2.12ln Pr.
In a manner similar to the coefficient of turbulent viscosity
we can introduce a parameter for turbulent heat transport, i.e., the coefficient of turbulent thermal conductivity. In a thin shear layer, the most important of the three fluctuating components of turbulent heat transport, is ρcpv'T' , which is the rate of turbulent enthalpy transfer along y. The turbulent thermal diffusivity for this value κt = . There is virtually no absolute analogy in turbulent flow between heat and momentum transfer, since the term containing the fluctuating pressure component enters the equations defining the velocity field, but does not enter the temperature-field-defining equations. However, the ratio νt/κt which is said to be the turbulent Prandtl number (in analogy with the molecular number Pr = ν/κ = ηcp/λ) is commonly assumed as the value of the order of one
The heat transfer coefficient α is determined by the temperature difference between the bulk fluid temperature Tb and the wall temperature Tw
where is the heat flux at the wall. The bulk temperature is given by
Owing to the fact that in the thermal entrance region the temperature gradient decreases faster than the temperature drop, the heat transfer coefficient α = –λ(dT/dy)w/(Tb − Tw) diminishes tending to a constant value that is characteristic of the fully developed flow (see Figure 3a). If we have a laminar flow consecutively developing into a turbulent one, variation of the heat transfer coefficient over the tube length is different as in Figure 3b, where the heat transfer coefficient decreases in the laminar flow region and the grows again before reducing to its fully developed (constant) value for the turbulent region.
Figure 3. Entrance effects in laminar flow (a) and in laminar flow developing into turbulent flow (b).
It has been shown analytically that for laminar flow of a fluid with constant physical properties and uniform temperature at the inlet, for Tw = const in the heated region and where the flow is hydrodynamically fully developed before heating commences, LT is given by
i.e., at a given Re, the length of thermal entrance region is determined by the value of Pr. In calculating heat transfer coefficient under these conditions for gases and liquids the relationships may be used
where Pe = RePr.
When Pe−1 x/D → ∞, corresponding to the region of fully developed heat transfer.
In laminar flow, heat transfer depends on the thermal boundary condition. Thus, when the heat heat flux on the wall is constant ( = const), which is often the case in practice, the limiting Nusselt number Nu = 4.36, the length of the thermal entrance region LT = 0.07Pe, and heat transfer in this case is generally by approximately 20% higher than under the boundary condition Tw = const.
The correlations for laminar flow presented above describe heat transfer when there is fully developed flow at the inlet. If the heated region starts at the entrance of the tube and the hydrodynamic and heat transfer boundary layers develop stimultaneously (as in the case for the results shown in Figure 1) then heat transfer in the developing region will be slightly higher than during fully developed flow.
A number of generalizing dependences are suggested for calculating fully developed heat transfer in the turbulent flow. For practical calculations it is advisable to use an equation suggested by B. S. Petukhov and V. V. Kirillov:
where = (1.82ln Re – 1.64)−2, k = 1.07.
This relationship was refined by Petukhov and co-authors, k = 1.07 was replaced by k = 1 + 900/Re. With allowance for this correction the equation may be used for 104 ≤ Re ≤ 5·10* and 0.2 ≤ Pr ≤ 200.
Empirical dependences of the form
where c, m, and n are constants, are also extensively used. For instance, c = 0.023, m = 0.8, n = 0.4 according to Dittus and Boelter's data, while c = 0.021, m = 0.8, n = 0.43 according to Mikheev's data.
The length of the thermal entrance region during turbulent flow is by far shorter than during laminar flow. With increasing Pr the Nusselt number in the thermal entrance region diminishes and differs slightly from Nu∞ at Pr >> 1 (Figure 4).
Figure 4. Effect of Prandtl number on development of heat transfer in a tube.
In laminar flow in tubes of noncircular cross section heat transfer varies drastically with changing shape. For turbulent flow Nu can be calculated by the equations for circular tubes if an equivalent diameter De = 4S/P is used as a characteristic parameter, where S is the cross sectional area and P the wetted perimeter. However, this is justified only in the case where heat transfer occurs across the entire wetted perimeter P.
The direction of heat flux (fluid heating or cooling) effects heat transfer if the physical properties of fluid within the temperature range considered vary substantially. For heated gases this influence can be taken into account using an additional factor (Tw/Tb)n, where (Tw/Tb) is the temperature factor. Within 0 < Tw/Tb < 2 for monatomic and diatomic gases the exponent n = −0.5 in turbulent flow. The effect of temperature factor on heat transfer to polyatomic gases is slightly weaker. For gas cooling (Tw/Tb < 1) it can be assumed that . For liquids, the effect of temperature-dependent properties on heat transfer can be taken into account using the factor (ηw/ηb)m, where ηb is the dynamic viscosity of the bulk fluid temperature, ηw the value at the wall temperature. The constant m depends on the direction of heat flux. For fluid heating, i.e., at ηw/ηb < 1, m =−0.11, for fluid cooling, i.e., ηw/ηb > 1, m = −0.25.
For the effect of thermogravitational convection on the flow and heat transfer in tubes see Mixed convection.
Rough Tubes
Artificial two- and three-dimensional roughness is often used for augmentation of heat transfer. As a result of flow separation, a vortex zone appears behind the projection whose extension to the point of reattachment to the surface is 6–8 k, where k is the height of roughness element. A strong turbulent flow is initiated behind this zone. A small vortex region with 1–2 k extension also is initiated before the next projection. If the distance between projections is small, smaller than 6 k, then the vortex zones fill all the width of recession and heat transfer augmentation is ineffective. Investigations evidence that in order to afford the most effective heat transfer the distance between projections must be within 10–12 k. The higher the Prandtl number, the smaller the height of roughness elements for effective augmentation. Investigations show that in the fully rough regime (see Tubes, Single-Phase Flow In) heat transfer rate is virtually independent of the height of roughness elements, though the pressure loss monotonically falls with diminishing k. This means that in designing heat exchangers it is advisable to use projections of the minimum height which still affords the effect of roughness to manifest itself to a full degree. Achieving rational artificial roughness makes it possible to increase the heat transfer coefficient two- to threefold. It is desirable, however, that heat transfer enhancement not involve a too great increase of pressure loss. Because of this, the elements of two-dimensional roughness with sharp edges (of rectangular or triangular shape) are not advantageous. Powetful vortex zones and high resistance of the shape arising behind them lead to high energy losses. It is more advantageous to use correctly streamlined roughness elements whose resistance is much lower and for which heat transfer in the fully rough regime remains at the same level.
Bent Tubes
Secondary flows initiated in bent tubes substantially augment heat transfer due to the action of centrifugal forces. An especially high (severalfold) enhancement of heat transfer is observed at Re corresponding to the region of laminar-vortex flow which in straight channels is appropriate to the laminar or the transition flow regime. In curvilinear channels centrifugal forces are oriented in a different way with respect to the areas of heat-transfer surface, therefore, the heat transfer coefficient varies greatly around the perimeter of the channel. In laminar-vortex flow heat transfer on the outward generatrix of the coil tube may exceed severalfold heat transfer on the inward generatrix. This ratio for the turbulent flow is lower.
Arpaci, V. S. and Larsen, P. S. (1984) Convection Heat Transfer, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs.
Kakac, S., Shah, R, K., and Aung, W. (1987) Handbook of Single-Phase Convective Heat Transfer. DOI: 10.1016/0255-2701(88)87007-7
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South East Asia Travelling
Kristin Addis is a former investment banker who sold all of her belongings and bid California goodbye in favor of travelling solo throughout the world while searching for off-the-beaten path adventures. There’s almost nothing she won’t try and almost nowhere she won’t explore. You can find more of her musings at Be My Travel Muse. Connect with her on Twitter and Facebook.
How is it possible to pin-point the je ne sais quoi of a Southeast Asia backpacker?
Perhaps he has sak yant tattoos, sun-bleached hair, or that tell-tale neon “in the tubing” tank top. He thrives in an environment with rabid motorbikes and their Kamikaze-like drivers, works best under the influence of a light beer or two, and is likely to be the life of the party – able to socialise any time with anyone.
If unsure if you do, indeed, fit the bill, take a look at this list. You might be a backpacker in Southeast Asia if:
1. You have a flip-flop tan.
2. You’ve been through at least five pairs of genuine fake Ray Bans.
3. You’ve been through a similar number of fake Beats headphones and Havaianas flip flops (thongs, jandals, sandals).
4. Shoes have become less and less compulsory to you.
5. You have a strong inkling towards getting, or already have got, a travel tattoo and/or piercing.
6. It’s really exciting to you that the harem pants fad is catching on back at home because then you never have to stop wearing your Southeast Asia garb.
7. You have more or less forgotten about the existence of eyeliner and concealer.
8. The mere concept of a blow dryer and curling iron have become laughable.
9. You either already have or are suddenly inexplicably amenable to the idea of dread locks.
10. You can be very easily persuaded to spend 75 cents on a fruit shake.
11. You cannot be very easily persuaded to part with more than $3 for a beer.
12. You know how to say “hello, ” and, “thank you, ” in about five different Southeast Asian languages.
13. You may also have figured out how to say “beer.”
14. You arrange your plans around the next full moon.
15. There’s still neon paint stuck to your Megan Fox tank top from the last one.
16. It’s okay because you totally have more than one Megan Fox tank top.
17. “Bucket, ” suddenly has one meaning, and one meaning only: one-beverage inducer of black outs.
18. You no longer find monkeys to be cute or even tolerable.
19. You’ve become an expert at sitting on chairs and stools that hover mere centimeters off the ground.
20. You’ve become some kind of an expert at communicating with your hands and facial expressions.
21. Your daily routine involves a morning ritual of DEETing from the feet up.
22. Instead of seeking out mirrors, you slink by, trying not to look at the dirty vagabond you’ve become.
23. You’re totally going to learn how to play guitar.
24. You’re totally going to take up fire dancing.
25. You’re positively giddy if you find a bathroom with a western toilet, toilet paper, AND soap inside.
26. That said, you’ve mastered the required movements for the squat toilet. Out of necessity.
27. Hot water is no longer a strict requirement for your showers.
28. Neither is shampoo.
29. …and sometimes neither is soap.
30. You’ve tried (and later regretted) some kind of rice liquor.
31. Someone, at some time, has taken you for a ride on a tuk tuk or taxi, and you’ve overpaid like crazy for it.
32. You’ve eaten street food you never would have considered previously.
33. You can’t believe how delicious it was and how much you want to eat it again.
34. You’re seriously considering taking up a teaching job so that you can stay.
35. Your bamboo bungalow doesn’t even have proper walls, yet it makes you happy.
36. You can totally go, like, three whole days without Wi-Fi.
37. Yet once you find it again you’ll be glued to your phone, even if it does take an hour of painstaking refreshing to finally load a single Facebook message.
38. You keep reassuring your family that you’ll buy your plane ticket home, “tomorrow, ” which never seems to arrive.
39. Yes, fried rice IS a food group.
40. You are the Jenga-freaking-master of the universe.
41. You’ve, like, wholly tapped into your spiritual side.
42. All you need are good vibes, good people, and a daily dose of Ujjayi breathing.
43. Lotus flowers are so thoroughly inspiring.
44. You’ve become all willy-nilly with your passport.
45. The random hostel guy has kept it overnight.
46. So has the visa service guy who took it to the capital for you when you didn’t feel like leaving the beach.
47. You’re used to eating really, really well for very, very little money.
48. You don’t even really need electricity.
49. You now have friends from all over the world.
50. You have the painful task of leaving a piece of your heart in the coolest part of the world, ever.
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M&I Marine Ltd, is a company which produces replica caravan decals, where, in most cases, the originals are no longer available. We do not claim to produce a perfect match for these caravans due to the lack of existing artwork, but we have a great reputation for doing our very best for our growing list of customers. All our graphics are re-drawn to produce clean, sharp cut lines which in turn leads to high quality graphics. Some take longer to produce due to the complexity of the graphic, but in nearly all cases, our turnaround is excellent.
Barbecues and BBQ Safety
When the weather is pleasant, there is no better way to spend time with your friends and family than hosting a barbecue. Whether you will be caravanning, camping, or simply firing up your barbecue in your backyard, you’ll be able to enjoy a delicious meal prepared in the great outdoors. Unfortunately, many injuries involving barbecues and outdoor cooking occur each year, but by keeping the following tips in mind, you’ll be prepared to enjoy your barbecue safely.
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A beginner's glossary to hiking and camping
Wilderness travel takes more than a pair of strong legs; it requires common sense. An ability to read the land and a basic understanding of trail conditions can be the difference between embarking on a hard slog and pure bliss.
Access Travel
Access Travel is part of Mancunia Travel, a specialist pilgrimage tour operator established over 40 years ago. Access Travel itself first started providing holidays for the physically challenged in 1991.
Airstream Europe
All you need to know about Airstreams in Europe
Aldi Stores
Since opening the doors to its first store in 1913, Aldi has successfully established itself as one of the most reputable retailers in the international business market.
Based in Rochdale Lancashire, Alpha batteries Ltd is a family run business consisting of Father Chris and two sons John and Peter. We specialise in most types of 12v batteries for various applications, including Car Batteries, Commercial Batteries, Deep Cycle Leisure Batteries and Sports/Mobility batteries. Although based in Lancashire we see ourselves as a nationwide company delivering batteries next working day across the UK Mainland.
Al-Ko Kober
AL-KO Kober Limited manufactures and assembles running gear, chassis and conversions for a wide variety of uses - caravans, light trailers, motorhomes, ambulances, plant and utility vehicles, minibuses, air compressors and trailer equipment. .
Available Pitch
a fantastic new, innovative and easy-to-use online directory of camp sites and caravanning sites with vacant touring pitches, late availability and last minute pitches at hundreds of camping sites and caravan parks in England, Scotland and Wales.
Automobile Association.
The AA is the largest breakdown cover organisation in the UK and has been providing assistance to motorists since 1905.
Big Green Guide to Responsible Camping
Camping is cheaper and greener way to escape than jetting off abroad. In 2015, GB residents took 15.4 million camping and caravanning holidays in the UK, spending a total of 64.7 million nights in tents, tipis, motorhomes, caravans and glamping equivalents! (source GBTS).
B & B Trailers
B & B Trailers was established in January 1986 and has been expanding ever since moving to its current site at Fletching in East Sussex in October 1998, with its large, well equipped workshop, showroom, shop and stores.
Bearmach PLC
At Bearmach we have been a dedicated supplier of genuine, OEM and branded accessories for the full range of Land Rover vehicles since 1958.
Best of British Holidays
Best of British Touring & Holiday Parks Group - a network of FIVE STAR independent premier Caravan, Camping and Holiday Parks situated in some of the finest locations in the UK.
Black Circles
A straightforward way for you to buy tyres at competitive prices either over the internet or on the telephone. All of our quoted prices are extremely competitive and fully inclusive. Blackcircles.com currently has over 975 contracted tyre fitting outlets for you to choose from in the UK.
Bradley Doublelock
Bradley was formed in the late nineteen forties to develop a range of trailer couplings. With a unique patented Doublelock head design and reputation for high quality and reliability, Bradley quickly rose to become market leader in Britain.
Bulldog Security Products
Bulldog Security Products Limited is a well established manufacturer of quality security products based in Much Wenlock, Shropshire. Product range spans all areas from Leisure, Commercial, Domestic and many more.
Brynteg Holiday Homes
Luxury static caravans for sale on award winning 5* park situated in North Wales
Camperlands
Camperlands Camping Equipment and Outdoor Gear Specialists
Caravanable
Angie Gardiner, who is a life-long camper and caravanner, founded this site. She, and her husband Tim, have a disabled son, Richard, who is a wheelchair user and they became so frustrated regarding the lack of information about facilities for the disabled on caravan sites that Angie decided to produce this website.
Caravan Advice
Have you ever thought about trying a caravan holiday or even owning your own caravan?
Caravan Bargains
Classified adverts for touring caravans, motorhomes, camper vans and holiday static caravans for sale in the UK .
Caravan Holiday Hire
Caravans for Hire. Save up to 50%! Caravan Holiday Parks in UK.
Caravan Lettings
Whether you want to hire a caravan or advertise a caravan for hire make Caravan-Lettings your number one choice.
Caravanning 4 U
Where people get together
Touring, van tests, top gadgets, reader stories, tow car tests: there's so much to read in Caravan magazine.
Camping-online.co.uk
Buy Quality Camping Equipment to Make Your Caravan Holiday a Success
Everything you will need to keep your caravan in tip top condition, from Classic caravans to new models!
Caravan Parts Recycling
Carluke based caravan parts off the shelf, mail order available also on facebook
Caravan-supplies.co.uk
Classic vw parts and caravan parts. Caravan Supplies is a family run business located in South Yorkshire specializing in Volkswagen interiors, caravan repairs and motor home conversions.
C4Caravans.com
the free marketplace for caravans ,static caravans and motorhomes for sale in the UK. Whether you are buying or selling a caravan, we won't charge you a penny.
Club Care Caravan Insurance
No matter what kind of caravan insurance you require or caravan
you own, you can be assured that you Shield Total Insurance caravan insurance
will give you complete peace of mind.
Caravan Sitefinder
Search for campsites and holiday parks
Caravan Travels
David Klynes Caravan experiences. Our caravanning started when Simon was about one year old. A friend who had a trailer tent was egging us on to join them on holiday. It was not difficult to be convinced, as we had been thinking about it for a while.
Child Rescue Alert
Child Rescue Alert (CRA) is a partnership between the police, the press and the public. Its aim is to locate abducted children and bring them to safety by using the media to promptly publish details about an abducted child's disappearance to the public.
Classified Ads -
Buy and Sell Caravans, Motorhomes, Tents, Trailer Tents & Touring Accessories at touringtrader.co.uk
Craigdon Mountain Sports
Outdoors equipment retailor selling everything from kids snow boots and snow suits to ski gloves, ski helmets and ice grips.
Conway Owners Club
This is the club for owners of Conway trailer tents and folding campers. If you are not already a member, then these pages will introduce you to the benefits of membership and to what we do.
Coventry Caravan Breakers
Coventry Caravan Breakers, offer a comprehensive range of caravan spares for caravans manufactured from the 1950's to the present day.
Delta ground Anchors
... a revolution in tent pegs and awning fastenings.
Deuter Backpacks
Ideal backpacks for day trips or longer hikes. Deuter make and sell a wide range of rucksacks, sleeping bags, baby carriers and more. Check out their daypack selection.
Driver and Vehicle License Authority
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT).
Duncan's Caravan and Camping
Duncan Caravan and Camping Wishaw Road Waterloo Wishaw ML2 8ES
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Sale of pre-formed gas mantles for gas lights. These gas Mantles fit gas lights such as the Morco gas lights fitted in older caravans, modern gas lights such as Paulin, Humphrey and Falks Gas lights.
Eden Camp Museum
Welcome to the official website for Eden Camp Modern History Theme Museum. We first opened to the public in 1987 and have since, with the help and support of our visitors, grown into one of the largest and most comprehensive museums covering British military and social history from 1914 onwards.
Everywhere we look, history surrounds us. English Heritage champions our historic places and advises the Government and others to help today's generation get the best out of our heritage and ensure that it is protected for future generations.
Etyres - Free mobile fitting
We offer free mobile tyre fitting on all leading brands of car tyres, van tyres, 4x4 tyres and run-flat tyres. We fit the tyres at your home or work.
Foxs Outdoor
The UK's leading supplier of Vango Tents, Outwell Tents, Apres Ski Boots, Vango Sleeping Bags, Snugpak Sleeping Bags and Lowe Alpine Rucksacks.essential kit for any caravan!
4x4 Hire Scotland
With a continuously expanding fleet of off-road vehicles and a long list of satisfied customers at 4x4 Hire (Scotland) Ltd we are one of the leading prestige and commercial 4x4 hire companies in the UK.
Farnborough Air Sciences Trust
Here you will find out about the Farnborough Air Sciences Trust and how it is working to preserve and promote a great heritage in aviation science - an important educational resource and an internationally significant part of the nation's scientific progress.
F1 Autocentres
Formula One Autocentres is one of the largest independently-owned autocentre chains in the UK.
a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (and getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Each local group is moderated by a local volunteer (them's good people). Membership is free. To sign up, find your community by entering it into the search box above or by clicking on 'Browse Groups' above the search box. Have fun!
Gardens & Games
Well, if you have children then at least part of your garden should be set aside for them to let off steam and get them away from the TV or computer. Whether you want to encourage their creativity with a permanent playhouse or sandpit , or just some sports day games , we can help. Adults can enjoy playing too, with games like croquet or oversized versions of classic party games .
Gaslow
The Gaslow range incorporates our patented Butane and Propane gauges.
There are a unique series of adaptors, regulators, and changeover systems for all models of Boats, Caravans and Motorhomes - both old and new!
Gizoo Travel Gifts and Gadgets
Gizoo website is filled with great gifts and gadgets to brighten up any caravan. Check out their travel gadgets for some ideas or browse their Christmas Gifts pages.
Granada Batteries
Make sure your caravan is stocked up with batteries. Granada Batteries sell rechargeable batteries, Duracell batteries, varta batteries, battery chargers and more.
Rapid Breakdown Cover from only £20
John Haynes OBE wrote and published his first book, on building an Austin 7 Special, whilst he was still at school in 1956. He wrote two more 'Special' builders' manuals while doing his National Service in the RAF. The first 'proper' Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, for the Austin Healey 'Frogeye' Sprite, was published in 1965. Based on the stripdown and rebuild of the project vehicle and with extensive use of step-by-step photographs - a process that has not changed to this day - this manual set the standard for many generations of manuals to follow.
This version has been adapted for online use from the Department for Transport's current printed version of the Highway Code. In any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, only the Department for Transport's current printed version of the Code should be relied upon
Shop online at Homebase.co.uk, the online shopping site of Homebase, for all your Home Enhancement and DIY needs.
Check out the Hunter Wellies on offer at Uttings Outdoor
Ian James Static Caravans
Having supplied used static caravans sales and mobile home sales to trade and retail customers since 1988 Ian James offers a range of leading brands to customers in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and Wiltshire and throughout the UK.
Irish & UK Campsite Search
Welcome to UKCampsitesearch.co.uk, we are dedicated to providing the best and most up to date information on all UK Campsites & Caravan Sites in both the UK and Ireland.
Jackson's of Arley
Established in 1963, Jacksons of Arley are the largest stockists of camping, caravanning, outdoor clothing and spares and accessory equipment in the Midlands. We stock everything for the outdoor enthusiast, and have thousands of satisfied customers, who come back year after year safe in the knowledge that we have the biggest stocks at the best prices.
Knowpark caravans
Knowepark Caravans are a family owned and run business with over 40 years of experience. We are one of the largest retail touring caravan centres in the UK and our showroom is open 7 days a week. Knowepark Caravans stocked Thomson Caravans through to the 1980's when the factory closed.
Kwik Fit Tyres
Kwik Fit are experts in automotive parts repair including tyres, brakes, exhausts, MoT testing, car servicing, air conditioning recharge and windscreen repair.
Lake Batteries
Leisure batteries for motorhomes and caravans.
Fast delivery throughout the UK.
(The) Leave No Trace Seven Principles
The Leave No Trace principles are simple but important: leave the places you visit outdoors the same, or better, than you left them. Asheville Trails is an official Leave No Trace partner, and we practice these easy steps on every hiking, camping and backpacking trip.
Leisure Lakes Bikes
Leisure Lakes Bikes are a family run business established over 31 years ago by four brothers with a great passion for the outdoors. We pride ourselves on offering the very best service alongside quality cycling products and bikes!
Lidl Stores
We are a well established international food retailer with more than 8500 stores trading across Europe, including in excess of 530 stores in the UK alone.
Little Cozy Caravan Company
The Little Cozy Caravan Company offers vintage/retro caravan hire in the beautiful English county known as the 'Land of Summer'. A small, family run company based in Somerset who offer beautifully restored little caravans for hire all year round. Hire your Thomson Caravan from Them and see just how great the craftmanship of these vans was compared to the modern caravans.
LEGOLAND ® Windsor
LEGOLAND Holidays offer amazing value LEGOLAND® break packages including between one and four days in the park, a broad selection of comfortable nearby hotels and all manner of family-friendly local attractions.
Mobile Gas Direct Ltd
MGD Gas Direct supply a large range of quality portable butane & propane calor gas appliances and accessories including fires, patio heaters, portable heaters, greenhouse heaters, table heaters, gas lamps lights & barbecues.
Motability Scheme
Simply exchange your mobility allowance for a worry-free mobility package, on either the Car Scheme or the Powered Wheelchair and Scooter Scheme
National Caravan Council (UK)
The NCC is the trade association for the UK caravan industry, encompassing touring caravans, motorhomes, caravan holiday homes and park homes.
Narrow Boat Names
We produce vinyl stickers and graphics for boats and caravans.
NFU Mutual Caravan Insurance
We offer caravan insurance that allows you to get away from it all. Comprehensive 'new for old cover' for touring caravans up to five years old, if your caravan is a write-off.
National Motor Museum (UK)
Beaulieu, one of the South of England's top day visitor attractions, is set in the heart of the New Forest, the UK's newest National Park. Beaulieu is a guaranteed great family day out with lots for everyone to enjoy including the world famous National Motor Museum, Palace House, home of the Montagu family, and historic Beaulieu Abbey.
Obriens Camping Fridges Caravan Windows
Obriens camping supplier of the full Dometic range, including 3 way camping gas fridges, 3 way portable fridges and freezer, air conditioners, Seitz roller blinds, S4 caravan windows.
Old Classic Caravans
Vintage and classic vehicle and articles, photographs, nostalgia, and more including Classic Caravans.
Otterburn Life
UK specialist in outdoor clothing, stockists of Joules clothing, Joules sweatshirts, Weird fish macaroni, Weird Fish Clothing, Ron Hill clothing and Regatta jackets - Essential gear for caravan lovers.
Outdoor Action
Outdoor Action has been supplying the North West of England with quality goods, value for money and expert advice within the outdoor leisure industry for over 30 years.
Outdoor Megastore
Home of Stan the Outdoor man and his formidable wife Stanetta!
Outwell products are designed, produced and marketed by Oase Outdoors ApS, a 100% Danish, family-owned company and one of the main players on the European camping/outdoor market. The company was founded back in 1984, and today we represent 3 prominent brands, which together meet any demands of consumers within the area of camping and outdoor life.
Outwood Sports
Wide range of Petzl Headtorches, Helly Hanson base layers, Helly Hansen ski jackets, Helly Hansen waterproof jackets and Lifesystems first aid kits. Important for keeping warm and staying safe.
Park Holidays UK
24 Holiday parks across the south coast of England
Parkdean Holidays
24 Award Winning UK Holiday Parks with fantastic facilities and a superb range of caravan and lodge holiday homes.
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P J Camping
InterTent.co.uk enables you to view and buy on-line with the confidence and knowledge that you are supported by an established and reputable retailer. With over 2500 product lines, you can be sure to find all you need for your camping trip, from just a weekend away to a full-scale expedition.
Porter Publishing
Lindsay Porter has written around 30 technical motoring books for other publishers - mostly for Haynes - and hundreds of magazine articles. You'll find manuals showing every last nut-and-bolt rebuild and repairs and there are other manuals for the non-expert, helping you to get started on car servicing, step-by-step.
Inspired by the places caravanners go on holiday, Practical Caravan is packed with advice and information. Written by enthusiasts for enthusiasts, the magazine is a complete guide to touring.
Preloved Classifieds
Turn your clutter into cash by selling it for free on Preloved. All free ads include a photo and private ads are completely free, no listing fees, no selling fees and no catches.
Premier Towing Centre
Servicing to all models of caravans regardless of age. Repairs to all models including foreign imports i.e. Damp repairs, body repairs, axle repairs and more. Insurance repairs following an accident or break in. Free estimates are provided to submit to your insurance company. Warranty repairs to new models including all major appliances and warranty servicing.
Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 33,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPad, Kindle, Sony Reader, iPhone, Android or other portable device .
Queen Elizabeth Foundation
QEF works with people living with physical and learning disabilities or acquired brain injuries to gain new skills and increase independence. Whether it's learning everyday life skills, rebuilding a life affected by brain injury, acquiring the skills to drive a specially adapted car or training for future employment QEF supports disabled people to achieve goals for life.
RAC has more patrols per member than any other breakdown provider .
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We provide a 24-hour lifeboat search and rescue service around the coasts of the UK and RoI, as well as a seasonal lifeguard service on many of the busiest beaches in England and Wales.
Rockley Park Holiday Park
Overlooking glorious Poole Harbour, Rockley Park exploits its position with a reputation as a water-sports oasis. Perhaps that's one reason for its 5-Star rating awarded by the English Tourist Council. Others include beautiful landscaping, a nature reserve and a fabulous pool complex with sun terrace. But pride of place goes to the luxury Spa at Rockley Park, which offers a wide range of health and beauty treatments.
As custodians of Remembrance, The Royal British Legion through the Poppy Appeal, provide ways for commemorating those who are no longer with us. Each November, Fields of Remembrance are set up in London and Cardiff with Remembrance Crosses available for personal dedications. In 2008, a special Flanders' Field of Poppies was created to commemorate the end of the First World War and was so popular, it was repeated in 2009.
Smart Camping Guide
We have many practical camping tips for your camping needs when car camping, hiking, family camping trips, solo camping or backpacking. If you love camping and the great outdoors; this resource for advice helps prepare a trip to become safe and enjoyable whilst saving lots of money.
Scottish Camping
Scottish Camping has been established to provide the most accessible, accurate and comprehensive directory of campsites and caravan parks in Scotland, for those planning camping holidays in Scotland. We believe that with over 500 sites listed we are the leading online guide for those who wish to camp in Scotland.
Scottish Caravanner
Scottish Caravanner was created in October 1998 to produce and publish a magazine which would cover the news and views of the caravan industry in Scotland.
Screwfix is the UK's largest direct and online supplier of trade tools, accessories and hardware products. With over 30 years experience in the industry, we despatch tens of thousands of parcels every week for next day and weekend delivery to tradesmen, handymen and serious DIY enthusiasts all over the UK.
Seem Internet Solutions
We are based in the UK and were originally established in 1999 to provide web design and consultancy services. As specialists in Internet services we provide a full range of Internet solutions.
Shield Your Caravan
If you're looking for caravan insurance, it's important to make sure you get the right cover - both for the type of caravan that you own and the extent of use that it receives.
Skype - cheap international calls
Talk to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world, for Free. An excellent way to stay in touch with your family, wherever they are in the world.
Camping guide community offers camping gear advice, cool camping ideas including, food, equipment, tents for backpacking, hiking and more.
Tent & Awning Clinic
Here, we sell parts and accessories for many models of tents, trailer tents and caravan awnings . We alsorepair the above as well as outdoor clothing and rucksacks.
Tent Valeting Services LTD
We replace zips, windows, panels, mudwalling etc. Caravan awnings can be extended or reduced when you decide to change your caravan, or perhaps you would like a bedroom or kitchen extension fitted to your frame tent or awning.
The Caravan Club
The Caravan Club provides services for one million caravan, motor caravan and trailer tent owners, as well as offering a superb choice of quality caravan parks and caravan sites in the UK and Ireland.
The Camping & Caravanning Club
The Camping and Caravanning Club helps campers and caravanners make the most of their hobby, providing over 4000 campsites across the UK and worldwide .
Thurston Manor Holiday Park
Thurston Manor is an independent, family-owned holiday home park in the heart of East Lothian, one of the prettiest parts of Scotland. We are proud to provide holiday accommodation and facilities of the highest standard. Visitors of all ages have the chance to enjoy an idyllic setting where they can do as much or as little as they wish.
TowbarFitting.net
Towbarfitting.net is an easy to use directory to find the best towbar fitters and associated businesses in your local area.
Towbars and Trailers
As the UK's first NTTA Quality Secured Company, Towbars & Trailers is one of Britains leading independent towing centres. We are at the forefront with standards and quality, being accredited for both towbar fitting and trailer maintenance.
Towergate Caravan Insurance
You wouldn’t go to a mechanic who didn’t know a socket wrench from a screw driver, so why would you come to an insurance company who doesn’t know their field inside out? At Towergate, we keep our finger on the pulse of the insurance world and constantly seek out ways to innovate and better serve our customers.
Towsure
With three outdoor superstores serving the North of England, Midlands and South coast, it's easy to visit Towsure to explore our vast range of camping and outdoor equipment, trailer parts and caravanning equipment.
If you need touring caravan insurance, look no further than Shield Total Insurance. We make it easy for you to get the best insurance for your caravanning needs, while saving money at the same time.
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UK Camp Site
Welcome to the UKCampsite.co.uk, the net's best, oldest, and biggest internet guide to all things camping and caravanning related. Tents, caravans, motorhomes, trailer tents, you name it we love them and we get millions of visitors each month. You dont have to be a member to use the site, but it's free, and easy, and has many benefits, so why not join us!
UK & Irish Campsite Search
UK Parks Guide
The UK Caravan Parks and Camping Sites Directory lists over 3,100 campsites
and caravan parks in the UK and holiday caravan parks for outdoor and family campers with park details and site maps.
Undiscovered Scotland
Welcome to Undiscovered Scotland, the ultimate online guide to Scotland. The site is a combination of visitor guide, accommodation listing and business directory, and aims to show you what the country is really like.
Vintage Airstream Rental
ViaMichelin offers a wide range of services to both the general public and the business sector including mapping, route plans, on-line hotel booking, Michelin Guide hotel, restaurant and tourist recommendations and weather and traffic reports. These services are available across a range of digital channels including the Internet ( www.viamichelin.co.uk ) mobile handsets and personal navigation devices.
Wayside Adhesives
Wayside Adhesives Ltd has been established as a leading supplier of specialist automotive sealant and adhesives for over 15 years.
West Midlands caravans
West Midland Caravans was established in 1988 we now stock around 90 caravans at prices that will make buying a caravan very tempting indeed.
What Towcar
Just select Car and Caravan and our online computing models provide you with all the information you need for free. Possible top speeds including wind effects and road gradients. Predictions for successful hill starts and outfit acceleration are presented as well. For safe towing you may check the outfit weight ratio.
Wheel go Travelling
Wendy is disabled due to paraplegia and is a full time wheelchair user. Here you can find out a little more about ourselves and information about our wheelchair travels and access in the places we have visited. In the beginning this was using a caravan but more recent journeys have been made using a motorhome.
WhoCanFixMyCar.com
If you're on holiday and need a car service simply log onto whocanfixmycar.com and get quotes for car repairs from mechanics near you.
Witter Towbars
Towbars To Trust! Since it was founded over half a century ago, Witter Towbars has consistently set the standard for quality, reliability, and value for money. Meeting the growing demand for easy-to-fit towing brackets from caravan and trailer owners..
World of Caravans
We are a small team with years of camping, caravanning and motorhoming experience. who felt there was a need for an information service with a difference.
Wormi Tent pegs
Wurmi, the revolutionary tent peg you screw in either by hand or with an electric drill, five times lighter than an equivalent metal peg, Ideal for sandy ground , Even works on compacted gravel, When it's time to leave, just unscrew it!
Zig electronics
Zig Electronics, part of the Carver Group, specialises in the design, development and manufacture of innovative electronic products and control systems for caravans, holiday homes, motorhomes, yachts, commercial trailers and other mobile vehicles.
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Santa Barbara d'Oeste in the region of São Paulo with it's 188,000 residents is a city in Brazil - some 483 mi (or 777 km) South of Brasília, the country's capital.
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Como baixar gravar e copiar jogos de PS...
07:41 min ( April 25, 2010 by VNunes09)
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Nessa vídeo-aula estou ensinando como baixar, copiar e gravar jogos de PlayStation 2. Esse vídeo não foi feito para a venda dos jogos e sim para uso próprio. Links dos Programas: WinRAR: www.baixa...
GTA IV - GoLF SaPãO GaMePLaY / by ExTrE...
08:53 min ( May 23, 2011 by TyAgO -- ThE ExTrEmE.s)
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GTA IV com Patch 1.0.7.0 rodando no WIndows 7 Ultimate 64 Bits SP1 Configuração do GTA IV: Resolução: 1280x1024 Gráficos: High Asiotrópico: 16x FPS: 40-60 --- Ele mantem + em 45 FPS Mod Carros i...
Stop Motion com Lego - Se beber não di...
01:36 min ( March 31, 2009 by Rodrigo Cardozo)
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Mais um video feito pela agência experiemental Cephalus. Uma máquina fotográfica Nikon D40, alguns legos e um premiere, saiu esse resultado
Liberty City No GTA SAN ANDREAS
05:54 min ( October 20, 2008 by Gustavo Rubinato)
Views: 3,430 - Rating: 3/5
Nova cidade no gta sa venha conferir!!! Its awesome!
Interesting facts about this location
Sumaré is a city in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The population in 2004 was 225,308 and the area is 153.44 km². The elevation is 583 m. Sumaré was founded in 1868, after being upgraded to a city. Its old name was Rebouças. Major Cristina Carrara (PSDB) 2013/2016.
More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at -22.75, -47.41 (Lat. / Lng.), less than 10 mi away.
Tags:Populated places in São Paulo (state)
Limeira is a city in the eastern part of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. The population in 2004 is 270,733 and the area is 582.48 km². The elevation is 588 m. It is 154 km far from São Paulo, the state capital, and 1011 km far from Brasilia, Brazil's capital. The city can be easily reached from São Paulo by two highways: Rodovia Anhanguera and Rodovia dos Bandeirantes.
More reading: Limeira homepage
Hortolândia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2008 is 201 049 and the area is 62,2 km². The elevation is 587 m.
Monte Mor is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2004 is 43,384 and the area is 241.49 km². The elevation is 560 m.
Mombuca is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 1991 was 2,596, the population density was 0.77 persons/km², the area is 3,369 km². It had a population of 2,657 in 1980 and 3,010 in 1970. The elevation is 550 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language.
Santa Clara (Bahia)
Santa Cecilia do Pavao (Parana)
Santa Cecilia (Santa Catarina)
Santa Cecilia (Rio de Janeiro)
Santa Catarina (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Santa Catarina (Minas Gerais)
Santa Barbara (Sao Paulo)
Santa Barbara (Mato Grosso do Sul)
Santa Barbara (Rio de Janeiro)
Santa Barbara (Minas Gerais)
Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia.
I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.
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Champions League: Valencia Draw 2-2 With Chelsea
In a Group H match at Mestalla stadium filled with thrilling end-to-end action late on Wednesday...
Valencia were forced to settle for a 2-2 draw against Chelsea in Champions League action, thus squandering an initial chance to book a berth in that tournament's knockout stage.In a Group H match at Mestalla stadium filled with thrilling end-to-end action late on Wednesday, Chelsea seized the initiative over the first 15 minutes and pinned the hosts deep in their area of the field.Valencia, however, managed to weather that early storm and then had a golden opportunity to score at the 19-minute mark, but despite being unmarked at the far post Maxi Gomez was somehow unable to get his foot on a cross from Rodrigo, reports Efe news.
Hands clutched heads in disbelief, although that blunder became easier to tolerate 20 minutes later when Carlos Soler received a pass from Rodrigo and volleyed it over the line off the hands of Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.The 1-0 lead sent the crowd into an intense euphoria, with the round-of-16 tantalizingly close at that juncture.But the joy was very short-lived. Just two minutes later, the Premier League powerhouse capitalized on a failed clearance to strike at the other end, with Mateo Kovacic firing a low shot from just outside the area into the bottom corner of the goal.
Chelsea then took the lead for the first time just five minutes into the second half when a goal by American star Christian Pulisic was initially disallowed for offside but then permitted to stand after a VAR review.Frustration for the LaLiga side then turned to exasperation when Rodrigo's shot over an onrushing Kepa went just over the crossbar in the 57th minute and especially after Dani Parejo failed to convert a penalty chance in the 63rd minute.But Valencia kept insisting and finally got a lucky bounce in the 82nd minute when an apparent attempted cross by Daniel Wass sailed too far and bounced off the far post and over the line.
The home side then had a chance to secure three points deep in second-half stoppage time, but Rodrigo was unable to convert a chance at the far post off a pass from left back Jose Luis Gaya.Chelsea and Valencia are now tied atop Group H with eight points, while Ajax is in third with seven but could jump into first if they can hang on to a 2-0 lead and defeat Lille on Wednesday night.The two teams qualifying for the round-of-16 out of that group will be decided in two weeks when Valencia take on Ajax in Amsterdam and Chelsea host Lille in London.
In other action on Wednesday night, Zenit Saint Petersburg notched a big 2-0 win over Lyon at Krestovsky Stadium.Artem Dzyuba opened the scoring with a potent header off a corner kick at the 42-minute mark, while the hosts added an insurance goal the 82nd minute when a shot by Magomed Ozdoyev ricocheted off Lyon defender Marcelo and into the back of the net.The result puts Zenit in second place in Group G with seven points; with one group-stage match remaining, the Russian-league squad is trying to beat out Bundesliga club Leipzig (nine points) and/or Ligue 1 side Lyon (seven points) for a knockout-stage berth.
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No, Software Patents Are Not Poised to Make a Comeback Under New US Patent Office Rules
Posted in America, Deception, Patents at 6:41 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Condé Nast has lost Joe Mullin (shown below) to the EFF and it shows
Summary: Poor understanding of the difference between patent courts and patent offices is to blame for widely-spread misinformation from Ars Technica (part of Condé Nast)
“Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules,” said this headline from corporate media stationed near Wall Street (its parent company anyway). When I first saw that I had to giggle a little; I never saw this author’s name before, so I assumed little experience in this particular area. I should probably know the names, having dedicated about a decade of my life studying and writing about software patents in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). I wrote about 5,000 articles about it (more than I wrote about the EPO — somewhere around 3,000 articles). This site’s patent expert actually left and joined the EFF about a year ago, leaving perhaps somewhat of a skills vacuum and lack of understanding.
“By broadening the scope of granted patents to include some abstract patents all he’s going to achieve is reduced certainty (presumption of validity) of US patents.”“Software patents poised to make a comeback under new patent office rules,” says the headline. Sites like Slashdot and BoingBoing have since repeated it verbatim. Even lesser-known sites keep repeating this dramatic statement. Misreporting and misleading headline is what it is; see this explanation from last Sunday. “New rule narrows landmark 2014 Supreme Court decision limiting software patents,” says the summary, but actually only a court can impact this decision. Courts go by the rules of higher courts, not some Trump-connected lackey like Iancu, who is serving patent maximalists like himself. By broadening the scope of granted patents to include some abstract patents all he’s going to achieve is reduced certainty (presumption of validity) of US patents. This self-harming move is hardly being celebrated even by trolls; they know it’s the courts that matter. Courts have changed nothing and Watchtroll has complained about it a lot over the past week. █
IP Kat Has Turned From EPO Critic (to the Point of Being Blocked by the EPO) to EPO Whitewasher That Gags EPO Whistleblowers
Posted in Europe, Patents at 6:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
It had gotten so bad and so blatant that IP Kat even zapped an entire thread (about 40 comments) sceptical of António Campinos because it disliked the views, not the tone (nothing rude about it)
Stephen Jones (just after he had left IP Kat) stood next to Battistelli to promote the Unified Patent Court (UPC)
Summary: The EPO tried to forcibly gag (block) IP Kat like it blocks Techrights (since 2014); failing that, the EPO got the blog to just act as a whitewashing operation for Team Campinos (more or less the same as Team Battistelli)
THE MEDIA is totally, utterly, completely failing Europe. And meanwhile the European Patent Office’s (EPO) corruption is spreading, reaching well outside Europe. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) increasingly adopts similar tricks. As Benjamin Henrion put it some hours ago: “Software Patents are back with new USPTO guidelines, using the insane EPO technical effect blackhole…”
He was focusing on software patents in Europe, but there are so many other aspects to it. The above statement isn’t entirely accurate and we’ll respond to this in our next article (focused on the US).
Weickmann & Weickmann’s Jörg Prechtel has just boasted that “Possible Coverage of European patents is still expanding” (that’s his promotional headline) and it’s a recipe for disaster not just in the EU or Europe at large; the EPO is an international organisation which increasingly services countries outside the EU, not to mention patent trolls from countries like the US. We wrote about it before. These people even lead EPO events; patent trolls are now admired by the EPO.
It worried us when 2-3 years ago management of IP Kat changed; some people whose business includes serving patent trolls took key positions in the blog and not too long afterwards there was never-ending UPC propaganda, “Merpel” ran away with ‘her’ tail between ‘her’ legs and later on people’s comments that dared bring up EPO scandals simply didn’t get through moderation; then we saw some of them deleted individually (after they had been approved). It culminated in mass deletion of an entire thread (about 40 comments) about Campinos. The ‘new’ IP Kat showed its true spots (or colours). Nothing has changed since.
This is what the authors of IP Kat wrote yesterday: “It is yet to be seen whether the EPO’s new president, Antonio Campinos, will be effective at healing the rifts created by Battistelli.”
It has been 6 months. He fixed nothing. How much longer should one wait? Notice the fluffy paragraphs in question and the adorable photo of Campinos (which they added next to these):
Will the EBA be convinced by these arguments? It does seem that it is high time for this issue to be laid to rest. However, the EBA is not obliged to accept the referral from the President as admissible as we saw in G 1/14. Furthermore, an opinion by the EBA following a referral by the President will have no bearing on the TBA decision giving rise to the referral, given that the appeal proceedings have already concluded.
The President’s referral to the EBA took place under the fraught political backdrop of Battistelli’s controversial presidency, in which the independence of the EBA and BA was arguably brought into question. Did the EBA really have the freedom to objectively form an opinion on questions referred by the President? It is yet to be seen whether the EPO’s new president, Antonio Campinos, will be effective at healing the rifts created by Battistelli.
An opinion by the EBA in G 1/18 may be issued in the coming year…
These people lack independence from Campinos; we wrote about it many times. Campinos did absolutely nothing to assure them of independence; to make matters worse, he left Judge Corcoran to rot, some suspect on the verge of suicide (those are speculations). DG3 is still controlled directly and indirectly by Campinos, a patent maximalist with a short fuse and reportedly the same temper problems as the fellow Frenchman who gave him this job.
Read this early comment on the puff piece with a smiling Campinos: “Just wondering how much time and money this will cost to decide, as far as I understand it, only the question of whether DG3 should keep the appeal fee or not when an entity messes up their appeal filing?”
And a later comment said:
There is another hurdle the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBoA) has to take before it can deal with the referred question.
Art. 112(1)(b) EPC stipulates: ”the President of the European Patent Office may refer a point of law to the Enlarged Board of Appeal where two Boards of Appeal have given different decisions on that question.”
The EBoA always first had to investigate the condition of “different decisions” (French: “décisions divergentes”; German: “voneinander abweichende Entscheidungen”). In the case at hand, it would not be too difficult to decide that there are no “different decisions”. In that case, the EBoA may choose not answer the referred question. In G 3/08 (Patentability of programs for computers) the EBoA came to the conclusion that the referral by the President was not based on “different decisions” but nevertheless answered the referred question. However, there is no obligation to do so. In G 3/08, the EBoA came to the conclusion (based on Art. 31 Vienna Concention) that the notion “different decisions” has to be understood restrictively in the sense of “conflicting decisions”.
The EBoA in view of the beloved person filing the referral at the end of his reign, may find arguments not to answer the question.
As we said at the turn of the new year, in 2019 we intentionally reduce focus on legalese and particular legal cases (grasping them is very time-consuming and potentially boring to readers), but the one thing we’ll say is that IP Kat only ever covers EPO in a positive context/connotation (several more decent contributors were said to have left the blog at the turn of the new year). It moreover gives the false impression that things have improved just because it’s quiet (gagging of staff representatives). In that regard it’s almost complicit. IP Kat is now part of the problem. █
Linspire ‘Reborn’ is Still Working for Microsoft and Facilitating Surveillance on GNU/Linux Users
Posted in GNU/Linux, Linspire, Microsoft at 4:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Avoid, avoid, avoid…
Linspire in Google Trends
Summary: GNU/Linux spyware scandals may be back (and it’s not about Canonical and Amazon but Linspire and Microsoft); Microsoft is meanwhile exposing innocent kids to pedophiles and it refuses to explain or defend this
TECHRIGHTS barely covered Microsoft for more than half a decade, due for the most to patent focus, notably EPO scandals (since 2014) and the demise of software patents after Alice (also since 2014). Later tonight we’ll explain why the USPTO cannot bring such patents back; only courts can.
Written by Michael Larabel earlier this weekend was this article about a new plan:
The resurrected Linspire Linux distribution formerly known as Lindows is planning to enter the Linux server market as well as an upcoming “Office 365″ edition.
More than a decade ago we wrote many articles about Linspire after it had signed a patent deal with Microsoft, causing us to inevitably suggest a boycott. Why is Linspire still in Microsoft’s pockets? And perhaps worse — why does it help the spy agencies spy on GNU/Linux users? Have these people lost their minds again? For a moment I believed that the new efforts were motivated by a morally reformed team, but it doesn’t seem so anymore.
Thanks to Edward Snowden we now have pretty undeniable evidence that it is linked to the NSA. In the name of “combating child abuse” Microsoft engages in surveillance — even GDPR-violating (i.e. illegal in the EU) surveillance — on everything one does online. Even Office. This was widely publicised in the media some years ago. It said that in the name of “protecting kids” Microsoft would scan every single picture a user has. Does it help? Does it work?
“In the name of “combating child abuse” Microsoft engages in surveillance — even GDPR-violating (i.e. illegal in the EU) surveillance — on everything one does online.”No, it’s nonsense.
Microsoft “loves children” a little bit too much (naked even). It’s probably not deliberate, but as some journalists are putting it (to quote a new headline), “Microsoft Refuses to Answer Key Questions About Child Porn in Bing’s Search Results” (stay classy!).
Some have reported that Microsoft not only presents such results, but also recommends them (leading errand searchers to child pornography by means of refined search terms).
“Microsoft’s Bing search engine is facing heat for reportedly including images of child pornography in its search results,” it says in the summary and there are many similar articles. So Microsoft is finally good at something; It’s good when you’re a pedophile…
“Microsoft has clearly not changed…”Microsoft’s connection to child porn is rather irksome and it’s definitely not about neutrality or free speech because, as TechDirt put it three days ago, Microsoft “LinkedIn Is Helping The Chinese Government Silence Critics” and Microsoft has already been censoring search results for China (somehow the media only blasts Google for merely thinking about doing the same).
Microsoft has clearly not changed; as we pointed out in our latest daily links, for example, “Microsoft Deactivated Some Windows 7 PCs With an Update” (as many had feared and repeatedly warned). There is no ‘new’ Microsoft. █
Links 12/1/2019: Wine 4.0 RC6, X-Plane 11.30, SuperTuxKart 0.10 Beta, LibreOffice 6.2 RC2
Posted in News Roundup at 3:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Devices/Embedded
Free Software/Open Source
So long, Macbook. Hello again, Linux.
Long story short, after a decade on my Macbook, I switched back to Linux. Recently I’ve just found myself disenchanted with Apple in a way similar to how I felt maybe twelve years earlier with Microsoft, when I switched to Linux the first time.
Top 5 Linux Distributions for Productivity
have to confess, this particular topic is a tough one to address. Why? First off, Linux is a productive operating system by design. Thanks to an incredibly reliable and stable platform, getting work done is easy. Second, to gauge effectiveness, you have to consider what type of work you need a productivity boost for. General office work? Development? School? Data mining? Human resources? You see how this question can get somewhat complicated.
That doesn’t mean, however, that some distributions aren’t able to do a better job of configuring and presenting that underlying operating system into an efficient platform for getting work done. Quite the contrary. Some distributions do a much better job of “getting out of the way,” so you don’t find yourself in a work-related hole, having to dig yourself out and catch up before the end of day. These distributions help strip away the complexity that can be found in Linux, thereby making your workflow painless.
Red Hat OpenStack 14 now generally available
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 is now generally available. We announced plans for the release in November 2018 during OpenStack Summit in Berlin, where Red Hat led more than 40 sessions including workshops, training classes and demos.
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14 includes several new benefits, including simplifying the adoption of container-based workloads through tighter integration with Red Hat OpenShift Platform.
Today, Red Hat is happy to announce general availability for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14. In case you missed the previous announcement, here is a quick run down.
IBM Unveils Q System One Quantum Computer
Quantum computing still seems like it comes from the pages of a science fiction novel, but it is slowly getting closer to being a commercial reality. At CES 2019, IBM Research has made what it hopes is a big step in that direction with what it calls the “first fully-integrated commercial quantum computer,” the Q System One. Existing quantum computers are confined to R&D labs, while the Q System One includes both the electronics and cooling components needed in a single package that was developed in concert with leading industrial designers. An extraordinary amount of cooling is needed to reduce qubit errors and reduce the need for additional qubits to be used for error correction.
My 2018 in Review: Making headlines year
Usually, July is the month in where many interns go to ORNL to have real-world experiences in their fields. Some of them are students from schools, colleges, and universities and I had enough time to interact with most of them and to realize that some of them need more preparation in topics related to HPC such as Linux commands, HPC concepts, Programming, and Deep Learning.
Red Hat feathers nested workflows
Red Hat inside IBM continues to look a lot like Red Hat… but just inside IBM.
The [commercial] open source champions at Red Hat have clearly pressed on with ALL the firm’s various roadmap rollouts, the most recent of which is Red Hat Ansible Tower a its version 3.4 release.
This is a software framework for automating [data & application processes] across IT operations including infrastructure, networks, cloud and security [layers].
Red Hat Boosts Workflow Automation With Ansible Tower 3.4 Update
Red Hat announced the general availability of Ansible Tower 3.4 on Jan. 9, providing enterprises with updated capabilities for automating workflows on-premises and in the cloud.
Among the new capabilities in Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.4 is increased scalability with a job slicing feature that enables workloads to be more distributed. Security has been enhanced with a new mode providing support for the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS 140-2) security certification. Additionally, new modes for workflows have been integrated, including nested workflow to enable advanced orchestration scenarios.
Audiocasts/Shows
Destination Linux EP103 – New Year Resolution Delusions 16 hours ago
On DL103, we discuss a new distro, Septor Linux. We check out some sneak peeks for GIMP, Thunderbird, Raspberry Pi and more. We talk about some Linux Gaming news and much more!
Episode 12: Vendor Lock-in
Katherine Druckman and Doc Searls talk to Linux Journal’s Technical Editor, Kyle Rankin, about vendor lock-in.
Kernel Space
Graphics Stack
Mir Made Good Progress Over The Holidays With Porting To Debian & Alpine, ARM Mali
Canonical’s Mir display server is off to a good start for 2019 with a lot of work and pet projects being worked on over the holidays by the developers involved.
Lead Mir developer Alan Griffiths shared some of the recent Mir accomplishments for this Wayland-supported display stack:
- Progress in landing Mir within Debian, currently targeting Debian experimental.
- Getting Mir available in Alpine Linux and as part of that allowing Mir to work with the Musl libc library as an alternative to Glibc.
Mesa 19.0 Picks Up Intel NIR Caching Patches To Help With Shader Re-Compiles
With just days to go until the Mesa 19.0 branching and feature freeze, it’s a busy time on Mesa Git with developers working to land their latest changes into this next quarterly feature release.
Jason Ekstrand, the lead developer of Intel’s “ANV” open-source Vulkan driver at their Open-Source Technology Center, landed a set of patches overnight around NIR caching.
With adding NIR caching support to the driver’s pipeline cache, the end result of this latest work is enabling caching of pre-lowered NIR. Caching at this lower-level, Ekstrand explained, should help with faster shader recompiles happening due to state changes.
1080p/1440p Linux Gaming Performance For Radeon RX 590/Vega & NVIDIA 1060/1070/1080/2060/2070
Complementing the benchmarks done earlier this week in the our NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Linux review, here are more benchmarks of the GeForce RTX 2060 $349 USD graphics card that is beginning to ship next week. This article offers up a plethora of 1920 x 1080 and 2560 x 1440 Linux gaming benchmarks while providing the very latest driver performance results on the AMD Radeon RX 590, RX Vega 56, and RX Vega 64 while on the NVIDIA side was the GeForce GTX 1060/1070/1080 and RTX 2060/2070 graphics cards.
The RTX 2060 Linux review featured a number of 1440p/4K results while this article is focused on the 1080p and 1440p Linux gaming performance with the range of eight graphics cards tested. On the NVIDIA driver side was the 395.25 driver atop the Linux 4.20 kernel. On the Radeon side was the latest Mesa 19.0-devel state built against LLVM 8.0 SVN via the Padoka PPA as of this week, offering a look at the near-final Mesa 19.0 RADV/RadeonSI performance with the 19.0 code entering its feature freeze next week.
VLC 3.0.6 Released While The Project Celebrates Three Billion Downloads
VLC 3.0.6 was released on Thursday while VideoLAN developers were at CES in Las Vegas celebrating the milestone of their cross-platform multimedia software surpassing three billion total downloads.
Yesterday marked a triumphant milestone for this 17-year-old open-source media player project with having reached more than 3 billion downloads. Of course, that is just what they have been able to count with the potential being even higher due to VLC being packaged within some Linux distributions and other offline distribution scenarios. It’s quite a milestone for the team to celebrate in Las Vegas during the Consumer Electronics Show.
VLC Just Passed 3 Billion Downloads
Open-source video player VLC today celebrates a gargantuan milestone — it’s 3 billionth download!
The devs behind app say this is the total number of downloads they’ve been able to count via their website, with 25 percent of downloads coming from mobile platforms.
Since most Linux users install VLC from a distributions’s archive, the true number of downloads for the app is likely much, much higher than 3 billion.
VLC to cross 3 billion downloads tomorrow, says AirPlay for Android coming soon
VLC, the popular open source video and audio client, may be surpassing 3 billion downloads soon. VLC also looks to be supporting AirPlay on Android in a future update.
According to Variety, lead develoepr Jean-Baptist Kempf says that VLC is expected to break 3 billion tomorrow, with roughly a one-fourth of those downloads coming from mobile devices.
Meanwhile, Kempf says that VLC will support AirPlay in the future, which will allow Android devices to beam audio and videos to Apple TVs and other AirPlay-capable devices. VLC for iOS has been supporting AirPlay for quite some time now. Kempf says that AirPlay support on Android may make it to the main VLC in app “in about a month.”
VLC About to Surpass 3 Billion Downloads
Fractal Hackfest in Seville
Last month I was in Seville for the second Fractal Hackfest. It was a bit of a different experience for me than the other hackfests I have been too, as I’m a core member to the project now, and I also knew most of the other people already.
My main focus for this hackfest was to push forward the work on the Fractal backend. The backend should handle persistent storage and the preparation of data needed in the UI. Right now many things which should conceptually be in the backend are in the frontend, and can therefore cause UI freezes. Over the past months I have been working hard on refactoring the code so we can just drop in the backend without making many changes to the UI code. So the core of the refactors I did was to make sure that data flows in one direction and we don’t keep different copies of the data around.
Kaku – web technologies-based music player
My CD collection has taken over my spare room. With very little space to store more, I’m gradually spending more time using streaming services.
Linux is blessed with a mouthwatering array of excellent open source music players. But I’m always on the look out for fresh and innovative music players.
Kaku bills itself as the next generation music client. Is that self-proclaimed hype?
The software is written in JavaScript.
Wavestore releases feature-loaded v6.14 Linux-based Video Management Software
Instructionals/Technical
How to install Magento on Ubuntu 18.04
LiVES Video Editor 2.10.2 Released with New Icons (PPA)
LiVES video editor and VJ tool released version 2.10.2 a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04, and Ubuntu 18.10.
Step by Step Fedora 29 Server Installation Guide with Screenshots
Iridium Browser on Trisquel
Iridium Browser is not available on Trisquel 8.0 repository. It is a libre alternative to Google Chrome as published on FSF Directory (at least up to now 12 January 2018). You may want this as you need the web development features of Chrome but you don’t want to use the Parabola-blacklisted Chromium Browser. The latest version now is 2018.11.71.1 based on Chromium 71 source code. If you want to install it on Trisquel 8.0, as long as your computer is 64-bit, you can follow instructions below.
How to Build Nginx from source on Debian 9
Manual VirtualBox Guest Additions Installation In Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian And Fedora [How-To]
How To Install OpenJDK 11 In Ubuntu 18.04, 16.04 or 14.04 / Linux Mint 19, 18 or 17
When Linux antivirus lets you down: How to remove malware from a website manually
How to install and use Wine for Running Windows Programs on Ubuntu
How to Fix Broken Packages in Ubuntu
How to Install WebStorm on Ubuntu 18.04
How to List Installed Packages on Debian
Intro to Riot/Marix
Wine or Emulation
Wine Announcement
The Wine development release 4.0-rc6 is now available.
Time to uncork and unwind as the sixth release candidate for Wine 4.0 is out
As expected, another bug-fix release is out as progress towards the final release of Wine 4.0 approaches.
Since they’re in a code-freeze, there’s no major new features to be found. Instead, you can expect to find around 18 bug fixes in total. Some of which may have been fixed in older releases.
Noteworthy for Linux gamers using Wine for their favourite Windows-only titles there’s a fix for a lighting problem in Crysis, mouse movement in Final Fantasy XI Online should be better now, a crash bug was fixed for Binary Domain, a crash with F1 2011 was also fixed and there’s a few more too.
Wine 4.0-RC6 Fixes Bugs With Crysis, Final Fantasy & Other Windows Games
While last week’s Wine 4.0-RC5 release was quite a small release due to the holidays, Wine 4.0-RC6 is now available and it’s back on track with more bug-fixing.
Wine 4.0-RC6 has 18 known bug fixes over the past week affecting Crysis, F1 2017, Doom 3, Vietcon, Cossacks 2, Final Fantasy XI, FIFA 11, and other Windows games.
Smith and Winston Enters Early Access for Linux and Windows
The rise of Geometry Wars 15 years ago on the original Xbox led to a slew of imitators across all platforms. However, the biggest thing it did was revive the long-dead twin-stick shooter genre. Small attempts had been made to revive it in the form of a new Robotron game in the late ’90s, but nothing stuff until Bizarre Creations’ fun little side game brought the shooting sub-genre back into the limelight again. Later full-fledged entries saw it gain even more popularity, and since then, it’s had a bit of a downward turn once again. Enter Smith and Winston – beyond its gun brand-inspired name, you have a game that blends retro with modern in a unique way.
The fun and challenging action-RPG ‘Mana Spark’ can now be found on GOG
While it’s had Linux support for a few months and has been available on other stores, today GOG have added the action-RPG Mana Spark.
As covered here in GOL in our previous article, it’s actually a pretty good game that’s worth a look. Nothing new to say about it really, as it hasn’t really seen any interesting updates since release. Still, it’s nice to have more choice on where you can purchase it.
Hellshots Golf is basically Doom Golf and it’s somewhat amusing
Always interested to see what silly (and sometimes amazing) things people do with Doom, enter Hellshots Golf.
Amusingly, in the comments to the trailer the developer said “This really should not have taken half a year to put out.” which is quite amusing too.
X-Plane 11.30 Is Final
It’s out the door! (Steam should go “final” tomorrow morning, but you can get the final now – it’s still marked as a “beta”.) Here’s everything that happened.
I expect we’ll do an 11.31 bug fix patch in the next week or two – 11.30 release candidate three was just critical fixes, e.g. fixing crashes on startup for Nvidia users with Windows 10 and the moon and stars aligned just right. Some less super-critical bugs are fixed and waiting for the bug fix patch.
X-Plane 11.30 Released As The Best Linux-Supported Flight Simulator
X-Plane 11.30 is now available as the latest feature update to this realistic, cross-platform, mature flight simulator system that has long provided native support for Linux.
X-Plane 11.30 has a lot of improvements but it’s not the release yet to introduce its long-in-development Vulkan renderer – that is still coming. It does though have a rebuilt shader system as part of its work in porting to Vulkan.
It’s probably too early to call the Mad Box game console vaporware, right?
But maybe there’s another way. Part of the reason Valve’s Steam Machines initiative stalled was that after the company developed a gaming-centric, Linux-based operating system to run on desktop computers… potential buyers quickly realized that most PC games were still Windows-only.
A growing number of developers have started to support Linux… but Windows still has the lion’s share of support from game makers (and gamers… there’s sort of a chicken and egg problem here).
But Valve launched a new tool that lets users run some Windows games on Linux using Steam Play even if the developers never officially added Linux support. It’s not a perfect solution — not every game works. But it did dramatically increase the number of games that are theoretically playable on Linux computers.
So if Slightly Mad can do something similar and ensure that gamers will be able to play titles that haven’t specifically been designed for this console then maybe… just maybe it could sell. But so far that hasn’t really worked for Steam Machines.
Improbable snubs Unity, partners with Epic for $25M “open engine” fund [Updated]
Unity Engine games developed with SpatialOS’ cloud-based multiplayer Game Development Kit (GDK) are now in violation of Unity’s terms of service, according to SpatialOS maker Improbable. The decision imperils the operation of many in-development game projects, including some that have already been released to the public.
Since its open beta release in 2017 (in partnership with Google), SpatialOS has allowed developers to easily integrate mass-scale multiplayer into their games by running a persistent version of the game in the cloud. But Improbable now says that a recent change in Unity’s terms of service means the SpatialOS is essentially blocked from working with the Unity Engine.
The newly updated clause 2.4 of the Terms of Service now specifically excludes “managed service[s] running on cloud infrastructure” which “install or execute the Unity Runtime on the cloud or a remote server.” Though the terms of service were changed on December 5, Improbable says Unity confirmed directly to them this week that the update “specifically disallow[s] services like Improbable’s to function with their engine. This was previously freely possible in their terms, as with other major engines.”
As a result, Improbable says, “this change effectively makes it a breach of terms to operate or create SpatialOS games using Unity, including in development and production games.” That list of imperiled games includes Bossa Studios MMO Worlds Adrift, VR MMO MetaWorld, and Klang Games’ upcoming MMO Seed, among others.
Epic and Improbable are taking advantage of Unity with the SpatialOS debacle, seems a little planned
As an update to the ongoing saga between Improbable and Unity in regards to SpatialOS, Epic Games have now jumped in to take advantage of it. To be clear, I don’t consider myself biased in any way towards any game engine, especially as I am not a game developer.
As a quick overview of what happened:
- Improbable put out a blog post, claiming Unity overnight blocked SpatialOS and made Unity out to be a real bad company. Improbable then open source their Unity GDK.
- Unity made their own response, mentioning that they told Improbable a year ago about the issues. Let’s be real here, revoking the Unity licenses of SpatialOS wouldn’t have been a quickly-made decision. Unity have also mentioned repeatedly now about making their TOS (terms of service) a lot clearer.
Steam Play recently hit 500 Windows games rated as Platinum on ProtonDB
Here’s a fun statistic for you today! Steam Play, Valve’s fork of Wine which includes DXVK has recently hit 500 titles rated as “Platinum” when going by ProtonDB reports.
So that’s 500 games, that aren’t supported by the developer on Linux that should for the most part be click and play from within the Steam client on Linux. If we include games trending towards a Platinum rating, it’s even higher at 569. That’s pretty impressive considering Steam Play hasn’t been out for too long. It’s worth mentioning though of course, that Wine has been around for a long time.
SuperTuxKart’s Online Multiplayer is Ready for Testing
SuperTuxKart online multiplayer is ready for testing!
The SuperTuxKart dev team has announced a new beta version of the karting game that features long-awaited and eagerly-anticipated feature online racing support.
SuperTuxKart 0.10 beta is out with online multiplayer and it’s looking good
SuperTuxKart, the free and open source racing game has hit the beta stage with the 0.10 release that’s now available.
SuperTuxKart 0.10 Beta Released With Initial Networking Support
The Tux-themed MarioKart-inspired SuperTuxKart animated racing game is out with its v0.10 Beta 1 release that delivers on initial LAN/Internet-based multiplayer support.
Today’s SuperTuxKart 0.10 Beta 1 release brings initial WAN/LAN networking support for being able to race against others with this preliminary networking implementation.
The networking implementation is light enough that a Raspberry Pi 3 is powerful enough to act as a SuperTuxKart game server.
Build a retro gaming console with RetroPie
RetroPie is a fantastic open source project dedicated to preserving classic games and an asset to game collectors everywhere. Having a digital copy of my physical game collection is extremely convenient. If I were to tell my childhood self that one day I could have an entire game collection on one device, I probably wouldn’t believe it. But RetroPie has become a staple in my household and provides hours of fun and enjoyment.
If you want to see the parts I mentioned as well as a quick installation overview, I have a video on my YouTube channel that goes over the process and shows off some gameplay at the end.
Desktop Environments/WMs
K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt
Qt 5.12 LTS – The road to faster QML application startup
For these tests, a relatively simple QML application was developed that utilizes many areas of QtDeclarative and QtGraphicalEffects. The application code was written as a casual developer might, and has not been designed for optimal startup, memory consumption, or performance. Because we’re benchmarking, the application does not make use of Interactive elements or user input. The application is of low complexity, without divergent logic, so that results are as consistent as possible between test runs. Though no benchmark will ever truly simulate real-world performance with user interaction, the test discussed here aims to more accurately represent a real-world QML workload than QMLBench or the QtQuickControls “Gallery” example.
Slimbook & Kubuntu – Combat Report 4
I’ve said this a hundred times before. Plasma has the basics right. But the second and third and ninth order of coolness and integration is where things go wrong. Everything has to click, and it’s the convoluted paths of need and necessity that bring out the worst in software. Like keyboard shortcuts or online accounts. Imagine if you could really have a seamless, transparent desktop-cloud Plasma experience? You may never want it, but the technical possibility should be there. Or a consistent stack of programs that really look and behave the same?
If I compare this experience with a typical Windows 7 box, Plasma is far less transparent. I do have to invest more time fiddling and tweaking. But then, it’s also easy to forget the initial setup time and configs that I invested in every Windows machine I have ever set up. And it wasn’t trivial, at all.
I am pretty sure that the intrusive interactiveness of the configuration will slowly ebb, not that I do not enjoy these reports – and hopefully they will ultimate make the Linux desktop experience better for everyone, should anyone happen to read them and take heed. So our work isn’t done here. All in all, Plasma is about 93% there, but summa cum laude happens at the 100% mark. To be continued.
KDE Privacy Sprint
A bit more than a year ago, the KDE community decided to focus on a few goals. One of those goals (the most important one as far as I’m concerned) is to increase the users’ conrol over their private data.
KDE developers and users have always been a privacy-minded bunch. But due to all the fun things that have happened in the recent years, we had to switch to the next gear.
We have seen new projects like KDE Itinerary (by Volker), Plasma Vault (by yours truly), Plasma Mycroft (by Yuri and Aditya), etc. There has also been a lot of work to improve our existing projects like KMail.
Now, this post is not about any of these.
It is about a KDE Privacy developer sprint organized by Sando Knauß.
Android Notifications Coming To KDE Frameworks 5
Beginning with February’s KDE Frameworks 5.55 release, there will be an Android notifications back-end introduced.
KDE developer Volker Krause has been working on wiring up an Android notification back-end as part of KF5Notifications for being able to display alerts on Android phones/tablets as part of the native Android notification system.
KF5 Android Notification Backend
With the ongoing work on realtime data access in KDE Itinerary we need a way show notifications in case of delays or other trip changes. That’s what KF5Notifications is for, which unfortunately isn’t supported on Android yet. Since an Android specific code path in KDE Itinerary for that would be quite ugly, I did look into adding Android support for KF5Notifications. How hard can it be?
With the ongoing work on realtime data access in KDE Itinerary we need a way show notifications in case of delays or other trip changes. That’s what KF5Notifications is for, which unfortunately isn’t supported on Android yet. Since an Android specific code path in KDE Itinerary for that would be quite ugly, I did look into adding Android support for KF5Notifications. How hard can it be? ;)Starting with KF5 5.55 we will have basic support for notifications, notification interaction and notification actions on Android. There’s probably still a number of features and flags in KF5Notifications that can be better mapped to Android’s native system, and there’s still work to be done to improve compatibility with a wider range of Android versions, but it’s a good start. But maybe even more importantly, we now have a template for integrating Android Java code in KF5 frameworks.
GNOME Desktop/GTK
Alternative Toolbar Plugin Updated for Rhythmbox 3.4.3 (PPA)
Alternative toolbar plugin released a new bug-fix version today with the latest Rhythmbox music player 3.4.3 compatibility.
Alternative toolbar is a third-party plugin for Rhythmbox. It replaces the default header bar with Gnome-style client-side decoration. And the standard toolbar replaced by a compact toolbar.
Files 3.30 in Ubuntu 19.04 Daily Builds
I still remain as emotionally invested in the GNOME and Flatpak communities as ever – I just won’t be paid to contribute, which is no bad thing for an open source project.
There is a new tool available for Sparkers: Franz.
SparkyLinux 5.6.2 Screenshot Tour
Stable Clonezilla live (2.6.0-37) Released
This release of Clonezilla live (2.6.0-37) includes major enhancements and bug fixes.
ENHANCEMENTS and CHANGES from 2.5.6-22
Systemd Security Holes Discovered, GNOME 3.31.4 Released, Mozilla Launches Flexbox Inspector, Timesys Announces New Version of TimeStorm IDE and Clonezilla Live (2.6.0-37) Now Available
Clonezilla live (2.6.0-37) is now available. This new release for the partition and disk imaging/cloning program features major enhancements and bug fixes. The underlying GNU/Linux OS is now updated and based on Debian Sid and the kernel updated to 4.19.13-1. See the announcement for details.
Clonezilla Live 2.6.0-37 Screenshot Tour
FPgM report: 2019-02
Debian LTS work, December 2018
I was assigned 20 hours of work by Freexian’s Debian LTS initiative and worked 15 hours. I carried the remaining hours over to January.
Upcoming FreeRDP v1.1 updates for Debian jessie (LTS) and Debian stretch (please test!)
Recently, Bernhard Miklautz, Martin Fleisz and myself have been working on old FreeRDP code. Our goal was, to get FreeRDP in Debian jessie LTS and Debian stretch working again against recent Microsoft RDP servers.
SEPTOR Linux 2019 overview | Debian • KDE Plasma •Tor technologies
In this video, I am going to show an overview of SEPTOR Linux 2019 and some of the applications pre-installed.
New $16 Raspberry Pi case offers built-in touchscreen for the tiny Linux computer
If you feel the need to house a Raspberry Pi in a case, there’s now an option to put it in one topped by a 3.5-inch touchscreen display.
The unnamed screen-case for the Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 is available on Banggood for $15.99, which includes the case, the touchscreen, and a stylus. The resistive 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen fits inside the top part of the case.
IEI’s Puzzle family of x86 and Arm based net appliances debuts with two Coffee Lake models
IEI unveiled a Linux-driven “Puzzle” series of 1U rackmount network appliances and uCPE systems with VNF support and a choice of Intel Coffee Lake, AMD Epyc 3000, Armada 8040, NXP LS2088, and Cavium Octeon CPUs.
IEI is launching a new family of Puzzle-branded 1U network appliances that supports software virtual network functions (VNFs) and real-time software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) services. The Linux-powered rackmount systems can also be used for uCPE (Universal Customer Premise Equipment) systems and will be available with a variety of x86 and Arm processors.
Compact, rugged industrial AI computer runs Linux on TX2
Aaeon’s compact, fanless “Boxer-8110AI” embedded computer runs Ubuntu 16.04 on an Nvidia Jetson TX2 module and offers GbE, HDMI, CAN, serial, and 3x USB ports, plus anti-vibration and -20 to 50°C support.
Like the Boxer-8120A from last May, Aaeon’s Boxer-8110AI runs Ubuntu 16.04 on Nvidia’s Jetson TX2 module. It similarly offers 8GB of LPDDR4 RAM, 32GB eMMC 5.1, and a microSD slot, and offers -20 to 50°C tolerance. The more compact, 110 x 65 x 40mm Boxer-8110AI has a reduced feature set, yet at $1,033, it’s only $34 cheaper.
Google Pixel’s lockscreen feature is coming to all Android phones this month
ExpressVPN (for Android) – Review 2019
Pre-Installed Android App Impacts Millions with Slew of Malicious Activity
Android Circuit: Samsung Confirms Galaxy Launch Date, OnePlus 5G Plans, New Galaxy S10 Plus Leak
Android update – Google wants to improve your phone’s battery with this new feature
Android: 5 new games you have to play this week
Google Assistant was everywhere at CES 2019
The best mobile accessories at CES 2019
Honor View 20 Hands-on: Honor’s Latest Flagship has a Striking Design, Speedy Kirin 980 Chipset, and 48MP Camera
Samsung Galaxy S9+ gets Android Pie update with One UI in Malaysia (VIDEO)
Truecaller launches three new smart updates for Android users
Checking for Android system updates is now officially one of the circles of hell
Philips debuts 4K Android TVs with Google Assistant with pricing as low as $350
Hands-on: Here’s what TiVo’s Android TV platform looks like, how it uses the operator tier
Best Android Antivirus of 2019 – Top Free and Paid Mobile Security Apps
Xiaomi’s Next Big Android Firmware The MIUI 11 is in Development
Cat S48c ultra-durable Android smartphone launches at Verizon
The Lenovo Smart Tabs combine an Android tablet with a smart speaker dock
Sony To Launch Xperia XZ4 At MWC, XZ4 Compact Not In Plans: Interview
15 best Samsung Gear VR games!
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) running Android Pie spotted on Geekbench
Follow These 5 Golden Rules of Android Application Development for Success
Apple’s iPhone 2019 plan: Play catch-up with Android
What do you think about this Android Auto redesign concept?
Complete guide to Android Screen Pinning and how to use it
Google Assistant lock screen access coming to more Android devices
VLC plans AirPlay support for Android as app nears 3B downloads
Video: Huawei’s EMUI 9 adds a lot of functionality that’s missing in Android
How to Edit Picture on Android
Xolo to launch around fives smartphones in India, Android 9 to be released by March
Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie user manual now available online
iPhone set to match Android security with new Yubico hardware key
Quick guide to build your first Android app with Kotlin
5G Won’t Revive Smartphone Sales But Increase Prices: Report
Alphabet board sued over massive payout to Android creator, among others
Android TV: mandatory minimum requirements coming for TV boxes
How to scan documents on Android phone
How to Scan a QR Code (on iPhone and Android) Without Downloading an App
How to Get the January Android Security Update Right Now
Royole FlexPai is a foldable Android phone being shown at CES, and you can buy one now
Hands-on with Royole’s FlexPai, one of the first folding Android smartphones
Using deep learning methods to detect malware in Android Applications
Fade to black: Why Android’s dark theme rumors don’t matter anymore and matter more than ever
Android at CES 2019: Eight intriguing announcements you might have missed
Android Authority’s CES Top Picks 2019 Awards: Our favorite products from the show
Android Q (or Android 10): 10 Things to expect in 2019
Moto G6 Plus vs. Moto G6: Which should you buy?
Xolo launches Era 4X with Android Go in India: Rs 1,200 cashback, 50GB data, and ‘money back offer’
Face unlock on many Android smartphones falls for a photo
Pro mode video recording is missing on Android Pie for the Galaxy S9/Note 9
BLU launches Android 9 Pie beta program for the Vivo XI+
NUU Mobile G4 debuts as budget-friendly flagship with Android 9
BLU VIVO XI+ gets its own Android 9 Pie beta program
Xiaomi Mi A1 finally receiving Android 9 Pie update in Kenya
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018) with Android 9 Pie appears online
Xiaomi unveils new PatchWall with Android TV sets and a soundbar in India
Android TV: Bringing Google Assistant And Search To Television
Whoops: Sony blocking Kodi on its Android TVs was an accident
The 15-minute Android phone tune-up
Best News Apps For iPhone And Android Smartphones
Google board sued for hushing up misconduct claims about ‘father of Android’
This Android phone has 12GB RAM, 512GB storage and the Snapdragon 855
Nokia explains the process of Android updates in this cool infographic
What metrics matter: A guide for open source projects
“Without data, you’re just a person with an opinion.”
Those are the words of W. Edwards Deming, the champion of statistical process control, who was credited as one of the inspirations for what became known as the Japanese post-war economic miracle of 1950 to 1960. Ironically, Japanese manufacturers like Toyota were far more receptive to Deming’s ideas than General Motors and Ford were.
5 open source tools to upgrade your next Kubernetes project
Kubernetes is one of the most popular technologies around today. So, it’s no surprise that there are an awful lot of open source libraries, tools, and other assorted goodies out there on GitHub.
We like to keep an eye on what’s fresh for developers, so today we’re taking a look at five different Kubernetes tools for developers. From serverless functions to local development, GitHub has thousands of open source tools to enjoy. Here are five interesting ones we want to take a closer look at!
As always, this list is subjective and is based off our own experiences. If you think we’ve totally missed out on a crucial Kubernetes tool that you use every day, let us know in the comments below!
Keeping Your Episodic Contributors to Open-Source Projects Happy
Community managers have long been advised to nurture top contributors, but it is also important to consider infrequent and casual (episodic) contributors. There are more potential episodic contributors than habitual ones, and getting the most out of your episodic contributors can require reconsidering your strategies for retaining and incorporating contributors.
There are several reasons you should care about episodic contributors, other than just numbers. Getting more people involved can help more people learn about a project, and new people also bring new ideas. Furthermore, many tasks can be done effectively by episodic contributors, freeing habitual contributors to perform other work. Smaller communities might benefit from contributions to documentation or translations, while communities of all sizes can use extra temporary help when running an event.
Top Open Source Tools for Staying on Time and on Task
Keeping up to date with multiple daily activity calendars, tons of information, and long must-do lists can be a never-ending challenge. This week’s Linux Picks and Pans reviews the best open source Personal Information Managers (PIMs) that will serve you well on whatever Linux distribution you run.
In theory, computer tools should make managing a flood of personal and business information child’s play. In practice, however, many PIM tool sets are isolated from your other devices. This, of course, makes it difficult, if not impossible, to share essential information across your smartphone, desktop, laptop and tablet.
Investment in open source software is soaking up investment by IT firms
Traditional IT providers have seen the light and are shifting their focus to new technologies supporting open source software development.
In recent months, the HPE’s, Cisco’s and VMware’s of the industry are offering their core customers cloud services previously dominated by the big three providers: Amazon, Microsoft and Google.
The latest buzzword is DevOps, and it refers to a merging of the responsibilities between data centre operations teams and developers.
Get your tickets while they’re hot!
For the fourth year running, foss-north is taking place. Now bigger than ever.
It all started as a one day conference in a room with too much people in it. We gathered ten speakers and started something that continues to this day.
Etch a Sketch lives on in browser-based Chrome Labs project
Everyone who remembers the Etch A Sketch slabs of yesteryear remembers how difficult it was to translate your vision onto its “magic screen,” and how proud you felt upon success. Now, Google’s Chrome Labs has translated that experience (quite literally) for the digital age with the fun Web A Skeb project. It’s a browser-contained version of an Etch A Sketch that you can use to draw and doodle—if you can get the hang of its dials.
Google’s Chrome Labs lets developers make weird, fun, and interesting projects to show the power that a simple Web browser has. Those involved have produced things like the open source image compression tool Squoosh, the Web actor library Clooney, and Project VisBug, a Chrome extension that lets users edit webpages using design tool interactions and hotkeys.
Web A Skeb is available not only in Chrome but in other desktop and mobile browsers as well. It’s actually a bit easier to draw on mobile, since you can use both of your thumbs to turn the dials at the same time. Those interested can check out the source code on GitHub.
01 – They fixed it
This is a new chapter. I’ll try to move forward in a semi-regular basis. The work done by the awesome core engineers of Mozilla is essential. Some of the things they fix or explain have direct impact on the web compatibility work. A couple of years ago at Mozilla Hands. I gave a lightning talk called “They fixed it”. I quickly put forward to the audience all the (webcompat) cool bugs which had been fixed by Core engineers.
LibreOffice 6.2 community focus: Design
LibreOffice 6.2 is due to be released at the end of this month, and many communities in the project have been working hard on new features. Today we talk to Heiko Tietze, The Document Foundation’s UX designer, about the upcoming release…
LibreOffice 6.2 RC2 is ready for testing
The LibreOffice Quality Assurance ( QA ) Team is happy to announce LibreOffice 6.2 RC2 is ready for testing!
LibreOffice 6.2 will be released as final at the beginning of February, 2019, being LibreOffice 6.2 RC2 the forth pre-release since the development of version 6.2 started in mid May, 2018. See the release plan. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.
LibreOffice 6.2 RC2 can be downloaded from here, and it’s available for Linux, MacOS and Windows.
Pseudo-Open Source (Openwashing)
AWS, MongoDB database collision stirs open source tensions
AWS’ introduction of the DocumentDB managed database service sparks competition with the backers of the popular MongoDB database, as well as debate over the nature of open source licensing.
DocumentDB is a fully managed document database service that is compatible with MongoDB workloads. Rather than build on MongoDB’s core code base, it implements an API that supports workloads from MongoDB 3.6 and earlier. This effectively emulates the responses that a MongoDB client expects from a MongoDB server, and customers can use their existing MongoDB drivers and tools, AWS said.
MongoDB is the fifth-most popular database today, according to ranking site DB-Engines.com. Its parent company provides commercial support for the service, which went public in October 2017 and is now valued at more than $4 billion.
Ockam Open Sources its IoT SDK
Global Industry Leaders to Showcase Real-World Digital Transformations at 2019 Alfresco Day San Francisco
Tidelift: We Support the Long Tail of Open Source Projects
The open source community has mature business models to support big projects like Linux, but what about everything else? Businesses depend on a plethora of open source projects supported by ad hoc teams of volunteer labor. These projects lack underlying business models to ensure ongoing support — and get developers paid for their work.
Tidelift is looking to solve that problem by contracting with private developers to maintain and secure open source projects, as well as sort through the confusing tangle of licensing to ensure that businesses are using open source correctly.
Businesses, meanwhile, subscribe to open source packages supported by Tidelift.
New console font Spleen made default
This new font brings more easily readable text to the higher resolution screens that are commonly seen on newer machines, while still filling the complete screen with a reasonable number of characters. If you like the Spleen font, you can use it in your xterminals by installing the fonts/spleen port with doas pkg_add spleen. More details can be found on Frederic’s website. Those who prefer the old (or other) fonts while in console mode are invited to read the wsconsctl(8) manpage.
Unfortunately I didn’t spend as much time as I wanted doing stuff for FreeBSD, but it also wasn’t tragic. I did some commits which meant I placed 28th out of 218 active FreeBSD commiters this year. This year I also did my 200th commit!
The New LLVM Repository Is Now Officially Available Via Git On GitHub
The LLVM project has long been transitioning from Subversion-centered development to using Git around GitHub. The new “LLVM monorepo” Git setup is now considered finalized.
A few days ago I wrote about the LLVM transition to Git nearly being finalized while the announcement hit the wire yesterday of its success. James Knight who has been working on this initiative announced, “The new official monorepo is published to LLVM’s github organization. At this point, the repository should be considered stable — there won’t be any more rewrites which invalidate commit hashes (barring some _REALLY_ good reason…).”
FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC
Bash 5 Adds New Shell Variables
The fifth major version of Bash, the UNIX/Linux scripting shell has arrived. The new release has fixed a variety of bugs from the previous version, and has also added new features and improvements to better conform to POSIX specifications.
Bash is the GNU Project’s Bourne Again SHell, a complete implementation of the POSIX shell spec. It also comes with interactive command line editing, job control on architectures that support it, csh-like features such as history substitution and brace expansion.
Openness/Sharing/Collaboration
Open Access/Content
Wikipedia is using Google Translate to make its articles available in more languages
Wikipedia’s goal is to make the world’s knowledge accessible to everyone on the planet, but it would be the first to admit that its efforts are skewed somewhat toward those who read English. To help fix this, the Wikimedia Foundation (which runs Wikipedia) announced today that it’s partnering with Google to take advantage of the company’s AI translation skills.
Programming/Development
Hack Laptop Brings Linux to Desktop for Everyone Learning to Code
If you have a pre-teen interested in coding, $300 in loose cash and $10/month to spend on a subscription service, the new ‘Hack’ computer might be what you’re looking for.
Most learn-to-code devices are geared toward a younger crowd, often disguised as toys. The Hack Laptop is simply an ASUS computer. It has a 1920×1080 HD display, 64GB storage, 4GB RAM, and an Intel N5000 processor. It runs Endless OS, which is a version of Linux, and that’s where the real magic begins.
Instead of some learn-as-you-go app, the Hack Laptop is itself a teaching tool. With that $10/month subscription, students get new challenges that entice them to hack the device itself. The challenges invite them to pick apart code, and a feature dubbed ‘flip to hack’ reverts to the user interface so students can see their user-facing changes in real-time.
How to Make Linux Microservice-aware with Cilium and eBPF
My name is Thomas Graf. Before I start, I would like to know a little bit about what your interests are; who is involved with the upside of things platform, kind of less the dev side, just pure platform? Who is really into kind of development and Dev-ops? So, first of all, I’ve been asked to stay behind a podium, so whenever you see me walk in front just give me a sign, and push me back. Apparently, the video camera is not able to catch me if I’ve walked forward too much.
So what I’m here to talk about is, is BPF, Berkeley Packet Filter, and how BPF can be used to turn and Linux into what we call a Micro Service Operating System. What makes me qualified to talk about this? So I’ve spent about 15 years working on the Linux kernel. About 10 years of that, I’ve mostly focused on working and security from a subsystem perspective. So I helped write potentially the biggest monolith ever, 12 million lines of source code by now. I worked on all of the networking subsystem pretty much, a lot of security user space stuff, Netlink, prior to and so on and so on.
Clean Architectures in Python: the book
I’m excited to announce that the success of the post on clean architectures encouraged me to expand the subject and to write a book that I titled “Clean Architectures in Python. A practical approach to better software design”.
The book contains a complete introduction to TDD and clean architectures, two topics that I believe are strictly interconnected. The book is 170 pages long and it is complete, at least for a first edition, but I am already planning to add content that could not fit in this release for several reasons (mostly because still unclear in my mind).
pinp 0.0.7: More small YAML options
One new option was suggested (and implemented) by Ilya Kashnitsky: the bold and small subtitle carrying a default of ‘this version built on …’ with the date is now customisable; motivation was for example stating a post-publication DOI which is indeed useful. In working with DOI I also finally realized that I was blocking displays of DOIs in the references: the PNAS style use \doi{} for a footer display (which we use e.g. for vignette info) shadowing the use via the JSS.cls borrowed from the Journal of Statistical Software setup. So we renamed the YAML header option to doi_footer for clarity, still support the old entries for backwards compatibility (yes, we care), renamed the macro for this use — and with an assist from LaTeX wizard Achim Zeileis added a new \doi{} now displaying DOIs in the references as they should! We also improved some internals as e.g. the Travis CI checks but I should blog about that another time, and documented yet more YAML header options in the vignette.
ActiveState Adds Beta Functionality for Open Source Language Automation
Intel Looking To Add SYCL Programming Support To LLVM/Clang
SYCL, the single-source programming model developed by the Khronos Group and based upon standard C++, might soon be supported by the LLVM Clang compiler thanks to Intel.
Joachim Ansorg for next week’s PyCharm Plugins webinar
JetBrains IDEs have a lot that’s “integrated” into the “development environment.” At some times, it seems daunting: there’s an infinity of features, with useful new things to learn at every corner. At other times, though, there’s something missing, something unique to what you do or how you do it.
Fortunately the IntelliJ platform for IDEs has a powerful plugin model. In fact, most of PyCharm is done as plugins, either specific to PyCharm or reusable across all IntelliJ IDEs. Getting started can be daunting though, which is why we set up this webinar, to show writing a simple-but-useful PyCharm plugin.
Wing Python IDE 6.1.3
This minor release improves management of the Python Shell when the project environment changes, adds 2FA card selector capability in remote host configuration, improves support for virtualenv and PEP 8 reformatting, updates the How-To for Autodesk Maya, improves auto-completion in regex.py and some other third party modules, streamlines remote agent installation, and makes about 30 other improvements. See the change log for details.
Python Software Foundation: 2018 in review!
Python Bytes: #112 Don’t use the greater than sign in programming
Learning (and teaching) Python in a vacuum
Knative: Deep Dive, from Installation to Deployment
Teaching to read Haskell
Half a year ago, I left the normal academic career path and joined the DFINITY Foundation, a non-profit start-up that builds a blockchain-based “Internet Computer” which will, if everything goes well, provide a general purpose, publicly owned, trustworthy service hosting platform.
DFINITY heavily bets on Haskell as a programming language to quickly develop robust and correct programs (and it was my Haskell experience that opened this door for me). DFINITY also builds heavily on innovative cryptography and cryptographic protocols to make the Internet Computer work, and has assembled an impressive group of crypto researchers.
Crypto is hard, and so is implementing crypto. How do we know that the Haskell code correctly implements what the cryptography researchers designed? Clearly, our researchers will want to review the code and make sure that everything is as intended.
But surprisingly, not everybody is Haskell-literate. This is where I come in, given that I have taught Haskell classes before, and introduce Haskell to those who do not know it well enough yet.
Reduce video frame rate with Python and FFmpeg
The State Of C++20 Features In GCC’s libstdc++
With GCC 9 being released in just a short time and being now onto the final stage of development, besides fixing regressions the developers are also getting the documentation in order.
As part of getting the documentation squared away for the upcoming GCC 9.1 release, committed today was the documentation showing the status of the C++20 support within their libstdc++ C++ standard library.
Besides the GNU Compiler Collection itself moving along with its preliminary C++20 features, the libstdc++ library has also been working to stay in-step as new functionality gets worked out for this next planned update to the C++ programming language.
GCC 9 Compiler Tuning Benchmarks At Various Optimization Levels, Vectorize Options
With the mention earlier this week of GCC potentially enabling the vectorize options at the -O2 optimization level, I carried out some fresh GCC 9 development benchmarks at various optimization levels for reference.
Ice Matters: A Meditation on Snow
Most speak of floods in the age of climate change, when the cooked and the roasted take precedence over the snowed in and the freezing, and the parliaments of lost islands shall be convened in the sea. Comparatively cruel fates should never be entertained, but the difference here is worth noting. Flooded islands lost to the rise of sea levels; submerged hopes done by the relentless pounding of storms and water; destroyed civilisations drowned by the supposed folly of the human species. These take a privileged if morbid position in the discussion on environmental catastrophe and climate change.
The more neglected aspect of modern discussion is the ice factor, and with that, its attendant literature. The chill produces its own mental states, a specific way of seeing. Away from the humidity and the heat, from the tropical sighs and the going-troppo sense of the heat lies another form of threat, beauty and appreciation. Call it ice, cold, the freeze.
History is replete with its minor and major ice ages, its cold snaps that do last beyond the minor calculations of a meteorologist. Cold, in short, makes history, altering the course of wars and civilisations. The Little Ice Age (sometime between the 16th to 19th centuries) features as political weaponry and historical debate, a period that managed to fill diaries and scripts with concern and speculation about glacial doom or imminent redemption for the human species.
Predictions and assessments become matters of concern and conjecture. Martin Mlynczak of NASA’s Langley Research Centre suggested last September that the sun’s inactivity could lead to the lowering of temperatures of the thermosphere (a layering of the earth’s atmosphere at some 300 miles above the surface). “High above the Earth’s surface, near the edge of space, our atmosphere is losing heat energy. If current trends continue, it could soon set a Space Age record for cold.” This led, erroneously, to the suggestion that a “grim ‘mini Ice Age’,” would make its presence felt. “The ‘imminent mini ice age’ myth,” writes environmental scientist Dana Nuccitelli with tired resignation for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, “rears its ugly head in the conservative media like clockwork every year or two.”
From the solidity of ice, its image of hardened bodies, snow bitten parts and paralysis, comes that poetic, if overly sentimentalised spin-off: snow. Snow remains a source of poetic reflection, a linguistic and cultural house of richness. The Danish author, Peter Høeg, delved into the theme of snow as the backdrop to understanding a crime in Smilla’s Sense of Snow. Snow acts as the illustrative vehicle and device. “I think more highly of snow and ice than love,” reflects the protagonist, Smilla Jaspersen. “I have a good relationship with ice.” Ice is a measure of existence: it comes in the form of field ice, frazil ice, pancake and porridge. Inuit terms for snow become a matter of interest: qanik covers large flakes; apuhiniq frozen drifts. To understand snow and its forms is to understand life.
Health/Nutrition
Memorial Sloan Kettering Curbs Executives’ Ties to Industry After Conflict-of-Interest Scandals
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, one of the world’s leading research institutions, announced on Friday that it would bar its top executives from serving on corporate boards of drug and health care companies that, in some cases, had paid them hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.
Hospital officials also told the center’s staff that the executive board had made permanent a series of reforms designed to limit the ways in which its top executives and leading researchers could profit from work developed at Memorial Sloan Kettering, a nonprofit with a broad social mission that admits about 23,500 cancer patients each year.
The conflicts at Memorial Sloan Kettering, unearthed by The New York Times and ProPublica, have had a rippling effect on other leading cancer institutions across the country. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, both of whose executives sit on corporate boards, are among the institutions reconsidering their policies on financial ties.
In the wake of reports about board memberships held by Memorial Sloan Kettering officials last fall, Dr. Craig B. Thompson, the hospital’s chief executive, resigned in October from the board of Merck. The company, which makes the blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda, had paid him about $300,000 in 2017 for his service.
The announcement on Friday was one of several steps the cancer center said it was considering as part of an institutionwide overhaul of its corporate relationships and conflict-of-interest policies. The cancer center has hired Deloitte as well as two law firms, Ropes & Gray and Debevoise & Plimpton, to help conduct its reviews.
Health Care Industry Spends $30B A Year Pushing Its Wares, From Drugs To Stem Cell Treatment
Hoping to earn its share of the $3.5 trillion health care market, the medical industry is pouring more money than ever into advertising its products — from high-priced prescriptions to do-it-yourself genetic tests and unapproved stem cell treatments.
Spending on health care marketing nearly doubled from 1997 to 2016, soaring to at least $30 billion a year, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA.
“Marketing drives more testing. It drives more treatments. It’s a big part of why health care is so expensive, because it’s the fancy, high-tech stuff things that get marketed,” said Steven Woloshin, co-director of the Center for Medicine and Media at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice. His study captured only a portion of the many ways that drug companies, hospitals and labs promote themselves.
Advertising doesn’t just persuade people to pick one brand over another, said Woloshin. Sophisticated campaigns make people worry about diseases they don’t have and ask for drugs or exams they don’t need.
Warning: A ‘Shrinking Window’ of Usable Groundwater
e’re living beyond our means when it comes to groundwater. That’s probably not news to everyone, but new research suggests that, deep underground in a number of key aquifers in some parts of the United States, we may have much less water than previously thought.
“We found that the average depth of water resources across the country was about half of what people had previously estimated,” says Jennifer McIntosh, a distinguished scholar and professor of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona.
McIntosh and her colleagues — who published a new study about these aquifers in November in Environmental Research Letters — took a different approach to assessing groundwater than other research, which has used satellites to measure changes in groundwater storage. For example, a 2015 study looked at 37 major aquifers across the world and found some were being depleted faster than they were being replenished, including in California’s agriculturally intensive Central Valley.
McIntosh says those previous studies revealed a lot about how we’re depleting water resources from the top down through extraction, such as pumping for agriculture and water supplies, especially in places like California.
But McIntosh and three other researchers wanted to look at groundwater from a different perspective: They examined how we’re using water resources from the bottom up.
The study may help close the gap about what we know and don’t know regarding how much water is available deep underground, as well as its quality.
Single Payer Not Single Payer
The corporate class answers — not single payer.
The people say — single payer — get rid of all the other payers. Get rid of the insurance companies. And while you’re at it, get rid of the health maintenance organizations and accountable care organizations and value based programs and for profit hospitals feeding at the public trough..
The corporate class says — keep those corporations at the trough.
The corporate class says — better yet, public option for all.
The people say — we want Canadian style health care.
The corporate class says — Medicare buy in.
The people say — everybody in, nobody out.
The corporate class says — Medicare Advantage for everyone.
The people say — single payer.
The corporate class throws up a smoke screen with — universal health care.
The corporate class wants anything but single payer.
Why? Because single payer threatens corporate power.
Shooting the Messengers: How Plants are Unfairly Blamed for Wasteful Human Water Practices in the U.S. West
When the subject is a particular “invasive” plant species, common assumptions about its undesirable impacts are not always scientifically documented or even true. Add to this an inherent bias in the field of invasion biology for interpreting nearly all effects of non-native plants as detrimental without considering the possibility of positive outcomes and you’re sure to get villains nearly every time.
Let’s look at two well-known examples of so-called “invasive” plants that are under the gun: Tamarisk, aka Saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) and Russian Olive, aka Oleaster (Elaeagnus angustifolia). In the western United States, these two trees are now the third and fourth most frequently occurring woody riparian plants, and the second and fifth most abundant species along rivers. To eradicate them would entail destroying a significant amount of healthy vegetation (with no little amount of collateral damage to other flora) and would incur a hefty cost. Congress authorized $80 million for Saltcedar removal between 2005 and 2009, which included herbicide, but that is pennies compared to what would be needed for everything.[1] So the case for removal needs to be strong.
The Opioid Crisis, Made in the USA
Writer Chris McGreal and host Robert Scheer zero in on the book “American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts” in this week’s episode of “Scheer Intelligence.”
Scheer and McGreal, the book’s author and a correspondent for The Guardian and other news outlets, discuss how the opioid addiction crisis is largely an American epidemic. As McGreal notes, “Eighty-five percent of the world’s prescription painkillers are consumed in the United States, which is five percent of the world’s population.”
Scheer and McGreal discuss how these legally prescribed drugs are so destructive, and arrive at “another unique American aspect” in play, which is that in the U.S., “health care is an industry … in which patients are not seen as people but as clients.”
Big Pharma looms large in this crisis. According to McGreal, the pharmaceutical industry “persuaded the medical establishment that everybody needed access to these drugs, and so they got them inserted into hospitals through a program called ‘Pain as the 5th Vital Sign.’ ” And then there’s the Food and Drug Administration, which has lost sight of its stated mission of protecting consumers.
These and other factors—such as insurance companies cutting corners to cut costs, as well as patients conditioned to see themselves as clients and to follow a “pill for every ill” mentality—have exacted an immense cost, whether gauged in terms of health or wealth, in the blatant pursuit of profit. All the symptoms point to a sick system, with the drug industry free, at its heart, from anything resembling effective interventions from government or consumer sectors.
Healthy Food Just Got a Big Boost in the New Farm Bill
Fresh fruits and vegetables just got a whole lot more affordable for people who use SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program formerly known as food stamps. The 2018 Farm Bill passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support and was signed into law Dec. 20 by President Trump—although SNAP’s funding beyond February depends on Congress and the president enacting a new budget and ending the government shutdown. If that happens, the new law allocates $250 million over five years to healthy food incentive programs, such as Double Up Food Bucks.
According to Oran Hesterman of the nonprofit Fair Food Network, which launched the Double Up program in five Detroit farmers markets in 2009, the simplicity and benefits of the program have helped it spread rapidly. It works like this: When someone spends SNAP money on fruits and vegetables, the program matches the purchase, so $10 of SNAP money buys $20 worth of fresh produce. The buyer, farmers, and local economy all benefit.
The program had a breakthrough in the 2014 Farm Bill, which allocated $100 million for healthy food incentive programs. Those programs can now be found nationwide, with the Double Up model in place in 26 states.
When Medicine Makes Patients Sicker
Despite the jackhammer-like rhythm of a mechanical ventilator, Alicia Moreno had dozed off in a chair by her 1-year-old’s hospital bed, when a doctor woke her with some bad news: The common stool softener her son, Anderson, was given months earlier had been contaminated with the bacterium Burkholderia cepacia.
Suddenly, Anderson’s rocky course made medical sense. B. cepacia was the same unusual bacterium mysteriously found in the boy’s respiratory tract, temporarily taking him off the list for a heart transplant. The same bacterium resurfaced after his transplant and combined with a flu-like illness to infect his lungs. He’s been on a ventilator ever since.
The tainted over-the-counter medicine, docusate sodium, routinely prescribed to nearly every hospitalized patient to avert constipation, caused Anderson to suffer “serious and dangerous life-threatening injuries,” a lawsuit filed by his family alleges. The drug was eventually recalled, but only after a Texas hospital staff noticed an uptick in B. cepacia infections, prompting a six-month investigation that led back to the tainted drug and its Florida manufacturing plant.
A DNS hijacking wave is targeting companies at an almost unprecedented scale
The attacks, which security firm FireEye said have been active since January 2017, use three different ways to manipulate the Domain Name System records that allow computers to find a company’s computers on the Internet. By replacing the legitimate IP address for a domain such as example.com with a booby-trapped address, attackers can cause example.com to carry out a variety of malicious activities, including harvesting user’s login credentials. The techniques detected by FireEye are particularly effective, because they allow attackers to obtain valid TLS certificates that prevent browsers from detecting the hijacking.
Worries mount as cybersecurity agency struggles amid shutdown
Former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials and lawmakers fear the shutdown, now in its 20th day, could have both short- and long-term effects, hurting the new Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) efforts to get off the ground and potentially pushing existing talent out the door.
Underclocking the ESP8266 Leads to WIFI Weirdness
Now it was time for another of those basic questions. What would happen if you did the same thing to a second ESP8266? Much to his surprise, [CNLohr] discovered that the two devices could still communicate successfully as long as their BBPLL clock speed was the same. From an outsider’s perspective it looked like gibberish, but to the two ESPs which had been slowed by the same amount, everything worked as expected even though the 802.11 standards say it shouldn’t.
So what can you do with this? The most obvious application is a “stealth” WiFi connection between ESP8266s which wouldn’t show up to normal devices, a communications channel invisible to all but the most astute eavesdropper. [CNLohr] has made all the source code to pull this trick off public on GitHub, and it should be interesting to see what kind of applications (if any) hackers find for this standards-breaking behavior.
Security updates for Friday
[Older] What’s a certificate?
Let’s assume that two people, Alice and Bob, want to exchange some secret information. Let’s go further, and say that Bob is actually Bobcorp, Alice’s bank, and she wants to be able send and receive her bank statements in encrypted form. There are well established ways to do this, and the easiest way is for them to agree on a shared key that they use to both encrypt and decrypt each others’ messages. How do they agrees this key? Luckily, there are some clever ways in which they can manage a “handshake” between they two of them, even if they’ve not communicated before, which ends in their both having a copy of the key, without the chance of anybody else getting hold of it.
Metasploit Framework 5.0 Released!
Metasploit 5.0 offers a new data service, introduces fresh evasion capabilities, supports multiple languages, and builds upon the Framework’s ever-growing repository of world-class offensive security content. We’re able to continue innovating and expanding in no small part thanks to the many open source users and developers who make it a priority to share their knowledge with the community. You have our gratitude.
We are happy to announce the release of Metasploit 5.0, the culmination of work by the Metasploit team over the past year. As the first major Metasploit release since 2011, Metasploit 5.0 brings many new features, as well as a fresh release cadence. Metasploit’s new database and automation APIs, evasion modules and libraries, expanded language support, improved performance, and ease-of-use lay the groundwork for better teamwork capabilities, tool integration, and exploitation at scale.
Microsoft Deactivated Some Windows 7 PCs With an Update
Some Windows 7 admins recently started their days with a rude awakening. They arrived to find that many, in some cases thousands, of PCs were no longer activated. Quick sleuthing determined the problem was recent Windows updates, KB4480870 and KB4480960.
How to Fingerprint Unlock Windows PC with Android Device
There’s a lot of ways to control your PC with your Android device. Remote viewers, apps that act like keyboards for your PC, etc. But you still need to manually log-in your computer with your keyboard. Or do you?
An app created not too long ago allows you to unlock your Windows PC using the fingerprint function on your phone. It supports x86 and x64 PCs for Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 10. It requires your phone and Windows PC be on the same network, of course, though Wi-Fi tethering counts.
Side-Channel Attack Targets Windows, Linux
Linux system faces a couple of memory corruption bugs
Security Think Tank: How to use SDN, containers and encryption – and some warnings
Now that the Christmas and New Year festivities are finished, it is time take a serious look at the networks that underpin your company’s activities and how to prevent rogue code (malware, ransomware, viruses) from running amok. Can software-defined networks and containerisation of services provide a valuable helping hand?
If you are running virtualised servers in your network, you have probably found that it is easier to create a new virtual server running a dedicated application than running multiple applications on one server.
GNU Binutils load_specific_debug_section Integer Overflow Vulnerability [CVE-2018-20671]
A vulnerability in the load_specific_debug_section function in GNU Binutils could allow a local attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system.The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input by the load_specific_debug_section function, as defined in the objdump.c source code file of the affected software. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by executing the objdump command to cause an integer overflow condition, which could trigger a heap-based buffer overflow condition. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a DoS condition.Proof-of-concept (PoC) code that demonstrates an exploit of this vulnerability is publicly available.The vendor has confirmed the vulnerability and released a software patch.
GNU Binutils demangle_template Function Integer Overflow Vulnerability [CVE-2018-20673]
Investigate and fight cyberattacks with SIFT Workstation
SANS has a smorgasbord of DFIR training, and we also offer a free Linux distribution for DFIR work. Our SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit (SIFT) Workstation is a powerful collection of tools for examining forensic artifacts related to file system, registry, memory, and network investigations. It is also available bundled as a virtual machine (VM), and includes everything one needs to conduct any in-depth forensic investigation or response investigation.
Supreme Court refuses to hear Fiat Chrysler appeal in Jeep hacking case
A year later, they were back to show what they could have done if they’d continued to work on the attack in secret, as malicious hackers might have done. Namely, in spite of Fiat-Chrysler’s patch, Miller and Valasek came up with yet another attack in which they managed to spin a steering wheel 90 degrees while the car was traveling at 60 mph. Another year, another Jeep stuck in a ditch next to a cornfield.
The plaintiffs in the class action suit, filed against the US subsidiary of Fiat-Chrysler and the manufacturer of the uConnect software, contend that the company knew about the vulnerability for three years and failed to fix it.
Defence/Aggression
Anything War Can Do, Peace Can Do Better
William James’ idea of the need to create a moral equivalent of war first struck me, decades ago, when I read about it, as about as sensible an idea as inventing a new way to punch yourself in the face. This was not purely because times have changed, because weapons have become more powerful, because the earth’s climate is collapsing, or because nonviolent activism has become widely understood as requiring courage, sacrifice, camarderie, dedication, discipline, and strength, without any of the counterproductive murder, maiming, destroying, occupying, hating, looting, pillaging, or stupidity.
My reaction to the idea that we need to invent something else as good as war to replace its wondrous benefits was also based on the understanding, available to any child, of how unfathomably better peace is than war.
In a town I used to live in, Siena, Italy, the town hall has in it a series of frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, often decribed as depicting good and bad governance. But that makes one think of a contrast between your admired local mayor and, say, the U.S. Congress. The major contrast depicted is in fact that of peace and war, which are literally and symbolically the content (the figure of peace is labeled with the word “Pax”) as well as the old name of the painting. We see peace in the city and countryside, and war in the city and countryside. And, no matter how much people love to shout “No justice, no peace” the reality depicted here is that in the absence of peace, any question of justice is ludicrous.
Gittings describes the city at peace. It includes no soldiers. “[T]he houses are well kept with flower pots in their windows; there are craftsmen at work, a tailor, a cobbler, a goldsmith, and a wine shop with people playing chess, while the fields outside are well cultivated, with a watermill, sheaves ready for threshing, farmers driving in their pigs to the market, and a hunting party out with their dogs.”
Gittings on the city and countryside at war: “[B]elow the flying figure of Fear, we see a city with empty streets and rough soldiers, houses in disrepair, women being raped, and, outside the city gates, abandoned fields, buildings set alight, and looters at work. The horned figure of Tyranny rules over the scene, with Justice bound at his feet.”
The purpose of contrasting peace with war on the walls of the room where Siena’s elected officials made public policy was the same as the purpose of hanging Picasso’s Guernica inside the United Nations building in New York (while the opposite purpose is served by covering that painting up during votes on backing wars).
Dealbreakers: The Democrats, Trump and His Wall
After all the votes were counted and the dust finally settled, it became clear that Democrats scored huge victories in the midterm elections last November. This wasn’t clear right away because some of the contests in “red” states were close, but the “blue wave” actually did materialize.
Even for those of us who thought at the time that the only good thing about the Democratic Party is that the Republican Party is seriously worse, this was good news.
It was bad news for Donald Trump. He wasn’t technically on the ballot and neither were the family members and others he turns to for advice or the ignoramuses he dug up to do the actual governing when malign neglect just isn’t enough, but they all lost big time.
What is bad for them is good for the nation and the world. Trump could start a nuclear holocaust in a fit of pique, and his environmental policies are nearly as dangerous. His presidency poses a clear and present danger to life on earth “as we know it.”
The situation was dire before he came on the scene, but he made the problems he inherited worse – not just quantitatively, but qualitatively too. Hegel was right about quality emerging out of quantity.
No Mere ‘Stunt’: Experts Warn Trump Emergency Declaration Would Spark ‘Constitutional Crisis’
“This is a constitutional crisis, plain and simple,” Stephen Miles, director of Win Without War, wrote in a series of tweets on Thursday following Trump’s brief visit to the border, where he said he will “most likely” make good on his threats to declare a national emergency.
“The constitution gives Congress solely the power to appropriate funds,” Miles added. “They have done so and Trump is planning to unilaterally take those funds and use them for another purpose for his own political agenda… If he can claim anything is a crisis to get what he wants, there is no meaningful balance of power.”
“What this all adds up to is a potential crisis much graver than whatever immigration emergencies the president has in mind: A legally ignorant president forcing our troops to choose between his commands and the rule of law in a petty political struggle over a domestic political question,” Ackerman concluded.
While it is not at all clear when or even if the president will declare a national emergency, Kristen Clarke—president and executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights Under Law—echoed Miles and others in arguing that the move would spark a constitutional crisis.
“If Trump invokes ‘emergency’ powers to build his wall, this would thrust the nation into a constitutional crisis,” Clarke wrote. “No president in the last two centuries has invoked emergency power to fund a policy goal after failing to secure approval from Congress.”
Richard Dearlove Helped Blair Kill Millions. The Security Services are a Danger to Our State and Society
When Sir Richard Dearlove was Head of MI6, the Blairites adored him as he approved the lying Dossier on Iraqi WMD which led to wars, invasion, the death of millions and the destabilisation which continues to wreck the entire Middle East. Now, as he writes to Tory constituency chairman advocating the hardest of hard Brexits, had they any capacity for self-reflection the Blairites would probably be thinking it was after all not such a great move of Tony to appoint the hardest of hard right nutters to head our overseas intelligence service.
In my last post, I noted how evidence against me was actually manufactured when I opposed the policy of torture and extraordinary rendition. I have explained ad nauseam that, having been in a senior position in the FCO at the time, I know that Blair’s dossier on Weapons of Mass Destruction was a tissue of deliberate lies, and not just an honest mistake; furthermore it is impossible to read the Chilcot report without coming to that conclusion.
The UK has security services which operate dishonestly and illegally. Interestingly, I cannot say that they are currently out of the control of the UK government; the evidence is rather they are willing to engage in every dirty and dishonest trick at the behest of corrupt politicians like Blair.
Dearlove regularly features in the media shilling for maximum Cold War. His letter yesterday on the dangers of intelligence and security co-operation with the EU, as undermining NATO and the UK/US/Five Eyes intelligence arrangements, is simply barking mad. There is no evidence of this whatsoever. He makes no attempt to describe the mechanism by which the dire consequences he predicts will follow. Amusingly enough, although those consequences are dire to Dearlove, to me they are extremely desirable. If I thought that May’s withdrawal agreement would undermine NATO and the CIA, I would be out on the streets campaigning for it.
Bordering on Fascism: Scholars Reflect on Dangerous Times
My fellow U.S.-Americans, we stand at a moment of no small peril.
Contrary to much of what one hears from liberals, Donald Trump’s “insane” border-wall gambit may be something of a winning play for him.
Yes, the whole stunt is built on a fetid pile of falsehoods. The level of bullshit emanating from Trump’s mouth and Twitter feed on this matter is remarkable even by his standards.
There is NO reasonable argument for constructing a 1000-mile steel (or concrete) wall along the U.S. border with Mexico – a boundary already possessing 654 miles of existing barrier. There is NO “national security” crisis at the U.S.-Mexican border. There is NOTHING remotely like an influx of terrorists across the border. The U.S. did NOT detain “nearly 4000 suspected terrorists” at the southern border in 2018.There is NO increase in attempted illegal entry, which is at a 20-year low. Building such a wall will do NOTHING to make the United States safer from terrorist attacks, dangerous drugs, and gang violence.
The federal government is NOT currently “building the wall.” “A lot of the wall is [NOT] already built.” Existing southern border barriers have NOT in fact caused “declining illegal entry.”
The two migrant children who died in federal custody near the border were NOT “already very sick” when U.S. officials became responsible for them.
Who or What Brought Down Dag Hammarskjöld?
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State
On December 29th, Sillitoe had headlined “Guarded warehouse near airport and mysterious cargos from Baghdad; what is the US embassy in Helsinki up to?” and he opened:
Why does the US Embassy in Helsinki need a big warehouse near Malmi Airport and what are the contents of thousands of kilograms of cargo sent to Helsinki from Baghdad?
A dilapidated warehouse in Malmi is being used by the US Embassy for unknown operations after a Wikileaks release revealed its location.
The anonymous looking building on Takoraudantie is notable only for the new 427 meter perimeter fence that according to the Wikileaks’ database was ordered by the US Embassy in April 2018.
Situated across the street from the main entrance of Malmi Airport, the warehouse with its 3 meter high security fence appears an unlikely location for official embassy business. Neighbouring companies include a car yard and a tyre warehouse.
Helsinki Times visited the perimeters this weekend. Security personnel, young Finns in uniforms with American flags on their arms, appeared nervous and suspicious when asked to comment on the warehouse. …
Media Worried US Won’t Occupy Syria Forever
In December, President Donald Trump said that he planned to withdraw the US troops from Syria, which number between 2,000 and 4,000. Trump’s claim was widely condemned in corporate media, demonstrating the commentariat’s shared belief in American benevolence toward other peoples, in Washington’s alleged right and duty to decide other countries’ fates, and in the forever war the US supposedly has to wage in the Middle East.
United States Doesn’t Even Make Top 20 on Global Democracy Index
A new index released this week offers a sobering look at how democracy is faring in the United States.
According to the 2018 edition of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, the U.S. doesn’t even make the list of top 20—its demonstrably “flawed democracy” notching it the 25th spot.
The ranking is based on 60 indicators spanning five interrelated categories: electoral process and pluralism; civil liberties; the functioning of government; political participation; and political culture. Each category gets a 0-10 score, with the final score being the average of those five.
Topping out the index are Norway, Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Denmark. They are each declared “full democracies,” as their scores, all above 9.22, were easily above the 8.2 threshold. With a final score of 7.96, the United States, in contrast, earned the “flawed democracy” label. The country’s highest score was 8.22, which it earned back in 2006 and again in 2008.
North America still holds the claim for the highest average score of any region, but that’s thanks to Canada’s 9.15, which landed it the number 6 spot overall. Twenty countries (12 percent) were designated as full democracies, 14 of which are located in Western Europe.
Is There an End to the Tragic Fate of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon?
The influx of Syrian refugees into Lebanon that started in 2011 following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war has created a serious problem not only for Lebanon but the refugees themselves. Lebanon currently has the largest number of refugees per capita in the world, with one refugee per four Lebanese. The stress on Lebanon’s health and social services has been considerable and demands urgent and practical solutions.
Crowded conditions in the camps favor the spreading of respiratory and intestinal infections, particularly among children. Chronic conditions are common among older adults, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory infections. Essential medicines for chronic conditions are frequently lacking. A high prevalence of depression and cognitive disorders is frequent among the elder refugees.
Although both the Lebanese government and the Lebanese people have shown considerable understanding and willingness to help, the problems created by the influx of refugees has reached such a dimension that it has strained the relationships between the Syrians and the Lebanese and also between their governments.
The statistics are numbing. UNHCR, the UN Office for Refugees, estimates in 1 million the number of Syrian refugees who have been registered in Lebanon in 2016. However, this figure is probably an underestimate, since the UNHCR has stopped registering new refugees since May 2015, and doesn’t include individuals waiting for registration.
More recent estimates identify 1,500,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon. This number includes 31,502 Palestinian refugees who were living in Syria. Although the majority of Syrians now living in Lebanon are Arabs, various ethnic and religious minorities are included among them, such as Syrian Armenians, Syrian Turkmen and Syrian Kurds.
Peace Cannot Be Achieved by Force, It Can Only Be Achieved By Understanding
On Sunday I decided to push myself to step out of my comfort zone even more than I usually do. So I made the effort to go to Temple B’nai Israel in order to engage with the multireligious and mutilracial group of 22 Oklahomans who traveled to a tumultuous part of the world, Israel and the Palestinian territories to explore the intricacies and complexity of the seemingly unending conflict. The Israel-Palestine conflict has made people on both sides of the divide despondent, bitter, resentful, and suspicious of one another. But yesterday, all I heard from people of the three Abrahamic traditions, Jews, Christians, and Muslims, was the emphasis on humanity, restoration of dignity, human rights, and the revivification of democracy, which would enable the two sides to build bridges across religious, political, and ideological divides.
One of the first travelers I talked with was Michael Korenblit, President of the Respect Diversity Foundation. Instead of a casual conversation or debate, I asked Michael two specific questions to which he responded eloquently. The first question I posed was, Given the increasing polarization in today’s global world, Is it possible to stop demonizing the “other against whom the “self” is defined?
Peace in Afghanistan Will Come at a Price
The U.S. is now trying desperately to pull its forces from Afghanistan. Seventeen years of war is long enough. The human toll has been heavy, with more than 2,200 American lives lost and 20,000 soldiers wounded. This figure doesn’t include the Afghan and Pakistani men, women and children who have suffered. Imperial powers still have to learn that it is easy to jump into another country that is weak and unstable—but to get out is a tougher job. And waging war in Afghanistan has never been a cakewalk for any outsider.
Moves are afoot there to work out a compromise, but the U.S. government has no understanding of how the present moves will change the diplomatic contours of Southwest Asia, the hub of America’s longest war in history. An American negotiator of Afghan origin, Zalmay Khalilzad, has been talking to the Taliban since August 2018.
Although the United States has been a major actor in this arc of instability and conflict, it is now turning to regional powers for help in pulling its chestnuts out of the fire. Donald Trump has done his utmost to revive the stalled peace process first launched in 2011 by the Obama administration. But the current president’s ham-handed approach has burdened him with problems of his own making.
Not realizing the sensitivities of the situation, Trump went on the warpath against Pakistan soon after he entered the White House in 2017. Having decided that Pakistan was the real culprit—“the wrong enemy” (to quote Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan) working against American interests in Afghanistan—Trump proceeded to adopt a mixed policy toward the Afghan conflict that has left him blowing hot and cold.
Africa’s Place in the Radical Imagination
How does a geographic area occupy both a physical existence and a figment of our imagination, now even further tangled in Wakanda fantasies? What is the cultural, political, affective, discursive space in which impression or illusion (or desire) takes primacy over materiality?
Our leftist politics are as much an act of generating new futurities as they are destroying and remaking new structures and/or repurposing existing ones. But often, in the process of dreaming that constitutes our radicalisms, we retreat into ahistorical and erasing revisionisms as opposed to situating our political visions within some concrete foundation. Within radical politics, Africa often exists far more comfortably as an abstracted symbol, a site of the ultimate myth-making within political imaginaries — a phenomenon to which those in the African diaspora are not immune — than it does as a geographically bounded plexus of messy and sometimes contradictory material realities.
Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard Is Running for President With Focus on ‘War and Peace’
The 37-year-old Iraq War veteran was born in American Samoa and is the first Hindu to serve in Congress. Prior to being elected to the U.S. House in 2012, Gabbard served as a Honolulu City Council member and member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.
As many political observers speculated, it seems Gabbard intends to make American wars a primary focus of her bid for the Democratic Party’s nomination in what is expected to be a crowded field.
Pompeo’s US Jingoism and Anti-Iran Warmongering Rejected by Mideast Public
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a major and extremely embarrassing foreign policy speech in Cairo on Thursday, which is probably inconsequential since his major talking points departed from the positions of his president, Trump. Also, aside from some generals and kings and princes, nobody in the region agrees with anything he said.
Pompeo’s message to Egypt is that the US plays a positive role in the Middle East and that Obama was wrong to attempt to get out of the region and re-balance toward the Pacific Rim. The US, Pompeo implied, should have taken a stronger hand during the Arab Spring to keep the Muslim religious Right from coming to power, and should have forestalled the rise of ISIL in Iraq and Syria by staying in Iraq. The US, he said, does not want to occupy any country against its will, in contrast to Iran. (Fact check on Pompeo: Iran is not occupying any countries in the Middle East but has given some military assistance to Syria at the request of Damascus. The US aggressively invaded Iraq without a casus belli and occupied it for nearly a decade against its will.) Pompeo attempted to whip up anti-Iran sentiments as part of his vision of a grand alliance of the US and the Arab world (and, shhh, Israel) against Iran and Hizbullah.
Pompeo’s is the Christian Zionist strain of American foreign policy. It is not shared by his boss, Donald J. Trump, and it in important respects departs from the dovish position of Pompeo’s main financial backers, the Koch Brothers (big oil billionaires), whose Cato Institute probably would advise against deepening US military involvement in the Middle East in order to push back Iran.
We don’t have flash polls in the Middle East so as to be able to tell how Pompeo’s speech was received. But we do have some good recent polling by Zogby in 8 countries of the Middle East, and it doesn’t suggest that the Egyptian public agrees with some of Pompeo’s assertions.
Can Trump Declare a National Emergency to Build the Wall?
So that’s actually two different questions. The first question is, can President Trump declare a national emergency when there’s no actual emergency? The second question is, does that mean he can build the wall? It’s important to separate those two questions.
In terms of whether he can concoct and declare a national emergency, it’s certainly an abuse of power, and particularly in this instance. Not only is there no emergency, it’s anything but an emergency. It’s really business as usual, except maybe a bit better in terms of the levels of illegal border crossing. But, also, the way in which he’s trying to use emergency powers, which is to get around the expressed will of Congress, is particularly offensive.
Congress has made clear that it is not willing to authorize or to fund this wall. So to use emergency powers to get around that, he’s not only concocting a state of emergency, he’s doing so to really undermine the constitutional allocation of powers. That’s tremendously problematic.
But when you get to the legal question, then you have to look at the National Emergency Act, which Congress passed in 1976. And when Congress wrote that law, it chose not to define “national emergency” and not to create any criteria or requirements that had to be met.
For that reason, even though it’s clear to you and me and to most reasonable people, that there is no emergency here, many judges might be reluctant to say this doesn’t qualify as a national emergency.
Transparency/Investigative Reporting
Corporate media smears WikiLeaks and Julian Assange
Virtually identical articles were featured this week in some of the most prominent publications around the world, including the London Times, the Washington Post and the Australian. All of them centred on personal smears against Assange and attempts to downplay the immense threat to democratic rights posed by the US-led vendetta against him.
The pretext for the venomous outpouring was the publication of a confidential email sent by WikiLeaks to media organisations, rebutting 140 falsehoods about Assange that have appeared in the press. The document demanded that the recipients of the email refrain from presenting the defamatory statements as facts.
A version of the email was first published online on January 7 by Emma Best, a self-styled “transparency activist.” Best’s “activism” has included numerous denunciations of WikiLeaks that echo the talking points of the US government and its intelligence agencies. She came to media prominence by “leaking” private online discussions between WikiLeaks supporters last year.
The tenor of the coverage that followed Best’s blog post is summed up by a sampling of media headlines: “Julian Assange fails the smell test” (Washington Post), “WikiLeaks Doesn’t Want Reporters Covering Julian Assange’s ‘Poor Personal Hygiene’” (Observer), “WikiLeaks wants people to stop saying Julian Assange bleaches his hair, eats with his hands, or has bad hygiene” (Business Insider Australia), and “WikiLeaks doesn’t want you to say Julian Assange lives in a cupboard ‘under the stairs’” (Mashable).
Julian Assange ‘is living in conditions akin to a Stasi-era dissident’ as visitors to Ecuadorian embassy have their phones checked and all conversations recorded says friend of the Wikileaks founder
Julian Assange is living in ‘conditions akin to a political dissident in Stasi-era Germany’ as supporters raise fears about his residency at the Ecuadorian embassy.
A visitor of the WikiLeaks founder claimed she had her phone checked and all of their conversations recorded during trip to see him in London.
American friend and political commentator Cassandra Fairbanks said going to the embassy was ‘more invasive than visiting someone in a federal penitentiary’.
She said the pair were forced to ‘pass notes’ amid fears that their conversations were being taped by the Ecuadorians ‘under pressure from the US’.
WikiLeaks’ Assange should surrender to UK rather than stay at embassy indefinitely – Ecuador FM
While securing safety assurances from the British side would be ideal, “you cannot continue insisting on something that will not happen,” Valencia stressed, noting that Ecuador believes that it will be “most positive” for Assange to leave the diplomatic compound and face the British law – and by extension a possible extradition to the US.
Assange has been stranded at the Ecuadoran embassy in London since 2012 when the diplomatic mission shielded him from a UK court trial for skipping bail. The move was meant to protect him from possible extradition to the US, where, Assange believes, he would face an unfair trial and a long detention for publishing American secrets. The concern was fueled last year after court papers in the US in an unrelated case mentioned a secret indictment against Assange.
The WikiLeaks editor was granted political asylum and Ecuadoran citizenship by the Latin American country’s previous president Rafael Correa. But under the new leadership of President Lenín Moreno Ecuador sought rapprochement with the US, which apparently affected the conditions for Assange. He was eventually denied means of communication and visiting rights, effectively turning his embassy stay into solitary confinement.
1 – Under the News Radar 2018 – The fight to save Julian Assange
The first big news stories that was missed in 2018 was the fight to protect Julian Assange.
Led by the President of the Internet Party, Suzie Dawson, the fight to keep Assange from being kicked out of the Ecuadorian Embassy and get his internet connection back on occurred without the mainstream media even bothering to cover it most of the time.
Assange matters because he is one of the greatest investigative journalist whistleblowers on the planet, and his continued confinement is akin to torture.
Ecuador Believes Assange Should Surrender to UK Authorities – Foreign Minister
Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Jose Valencia suggested that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has found shelter at Ecuador’s embassy in London, should surrender to the UK authorities.
The whistleblower has been living in the Ecuadorian embassy since 2012. The UK authorities have maintained a warrant for Assange’s arrest, issued after he breached bail conditions linked to an investigation in Sweden. The Swedish authorities have since dropped their investigation. Assange is fearing potential extradition to the United States, as WikiLeaks has published a number of classified documents, allegedly leaked from US government agencies.
Legal aid fund is launched for Julian Assange amid fears WikiLeaks founder is under ‘increasingly serious threat’ and has become ‘isolated’ inside Ecuadorian embassy in London
A legal defence fund is being launched for Julian Assange amid fears that the WikiLeaks founder is under ‘increasingly serious threat’.
The Courage Foundation, which offers legal support for whistleblowers and journalists, said Mr Assange had become ‘isolated’ inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
Mr Assange, 47, has been holed up under asylum inside the embassy since 2012 when he was accused of sexual assault by two women in Sweden.
Ecuador denies Assange’s embassy conditions deteriorated
Ecuador has denied media reports that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been made to sleep on the floor and denied heating at the country’s London embassy.
In a statement, the presidency’s communication secretary dismissed the claims as “TOTALLY FALSE,” and said the embassy’s heating system “is working normally.”
Julian Assange latest: WikiLeaks founder told to SURRENDER to US and face justice
Foreign Minister José Valencia FM Mundo’s office tweeted on Thursday: “The situation currently has two options for Mr. Assange, to stay indefinitely, or to surrender [to arrest and extradition the US] and we believe the latter (surrender) is the most positive for him”.
Mr Valencia also warned Mr Assange that while he sought assurances from the UK that he would not face extradition, he “cannot continue insisting on something that will not happen.”
The minister stressed that Ecuador believed it would be “most positive” for Assange to leave the diplomatic compound and face the British law.
By extension he could face a possible extradition to the US.
This Leaked Hillary Clinton Memo Killed Half a Million People
A Hillary Clinton memo that Wikileaks made public in 2016 has not gotten the attention it deserves. It takes us back to 2012 and the early phase of the Syrian war.
At that point, it was largely an internal affair, although Saudi arms shipments were playing a greater and greater role in bolstering rebel forces. But once the Obama administration decided in favor of intervention, the conflict was quickly internationalized as thousands of holy warriors flooded in from as far away as western China.
The 1,200-word memo by then-Secretary of State Clinton begins with the subject of Iran, an important patron of Syria.
The U.S. Government Has Amassed Terabytes of Internal WikiLeaks Data
Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
Watch the 12th Vigil for Julian Assange Here
Julian Assange is a wanted man because he published classified information that revealed the crimes and corruption of government officials around the world, not just in the United States.
But it is the U.S., the supposed beacon of freedom and democracy (and press freedom) around the world that has indicted him and wants him extradited to the United States for the crime of publishing.
Awkward! WikiLeaks calls out US concern for journalists with reminder of Collateral Murder video
WikiLeaks has called out VP Mike Pence over his concern for jailed Reuters journalists, reminding him of the Reuters staff killed by US fire in the infamous Collateral Murder video leaked by Chelsea Manning.
Vice President Mike Pence tweeted his disappointment at a Myanmar court decision to reject the appeal of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, who have been sentenced to seven years in jail for breaking the Official Secrets Act.
Environment/Energy/Wildlife/Nature
USDA Allows Animal Neglect and Abuse at Poultry Slaughter Plants
Undercover investigations at federal poultry slaughter plants over the past decade have documented numerous instances of intentional abuse to animals, including throwing birds against walls, burying live birds in piles of dead birds, breaking birds’ legs by violently slamming them into shackles and jabbing birds with metal hooks to remove them from their cages.
The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) has reviewed records supplied by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), revealing evidence of mistreatment of birds destined for slaughter. One especially concerning problem identified by AWI is the suffering and death of large numbers of birds because they were knowingly neglected or abandoned for extended periods at the slaughterhouse or en route to the slaughterhouse. The problem appears to be particularly acute during extreme weather conditions.
Scientists Call for Drastic Drop in Emissions. U.S. Appears to Have Gone the Other Way.
The signals are blaring: Dramatic changes to our climate are well upon us. These changes — we know thanks to a steady drumbeat of alarming official reports over the past 12 months — could cripple the U.S. economy, threaten to make vast stretches of our coastlines uninhabitable, make basic food supplies scarce and push millions of the planet’s poorest people into cities and across borders as they flee environmental perils.
All is not yet lost, we are told, but the demands of the moment are great. The resounding consensus of scientists, economists and analysts tells us that the solution lies in an unprecedented global effort to immediately and drastically drop carbon emissions levels. That drop is possible, but it will need to happen so fast that it will demand extraordinary commitment, resolve, innovation and, yes, sacrifice. The time we’ve got to work with, according to the United Nations, is a tad more than 10 years.
And so it stings particularly badly to learn from a new report released this week by the Rhodium Group, a private research company, that U.S. emissions — which amount to one-sixth of the planet’s — didn’t drop in 2018 but instead skyrocketed. The 3.4 percent jump in CO2 for 2018, projected by the Rhodium Group, would be second-largest surge in greenhouse gas emissions from the United States since 1996, when Bill Clinton was president.
Migrant birds face risk in earlier springs
Biologists have identified another tale of conflict and bloodshed as African migrant birds compete with European natives for resources in a fast-warming world.
Death rates among male pied flycatchers – African carnivores that migrate each spring to the Netherlands to breed – have risen in the 10 years between 2007 and 2016, as winters have warmed and springs have arrived earlier.
And in some years, almost one in 10 of the male migrant flycatchers has been found pecked to death by great tits that have already taken up residence in nest boxes that both species favour.
Jelmer Samplonius, then of the University of Groningen and now at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, and a colleague report in the journal Current Biology that they became interested in the competition between the migrant Ficedula hypoleuca and the European garden bird Parus major because both compete for the same resources.
How Tre Arrow Became America’s Most Wanted Environmental “Terrorist”
That Tre Arrow, a tree-hugging vegan who espouses non-violence and lives by the airy and some nebulous philosophy of Gaia, would top the FBI’s Most Wanted list, only reaffirms the notion that the Bureau’s energy is being exerted in specious directions.
On August 12, 2008, after a tumultuous seven-year investigation, Arrow was sentenced in Federal court to six-and-a-half years for lighting three cement haulers ablaze at the notorious Ross Island Sand and Gravel in Portland, Oregon, as well as firebombing two trucks and one front loader owned by Ray Schoppert Logging Company near the timber town of Estacada, Oregon. The acts were in protest of the Eagle Creek timber sale in Mt. Hood National Forest in the late 1990s.
Located in a roadless area within Oregon’s Clackamas River watershed, the streams that snake through the old growth groves of Eagle Creek provide drinking water for over 185,000 people in the greater Portland area. Critics of the plan to log Eagle Creek argued that the forest’s steep slopes were in the “transient snow zone” and would likely lead to future landslides and mass flooding, which would ultimately spoil water quality during the region’s frequent rain-on-snow events. Arrow was one of the most creative and articulate activists opposing the sale.
In the fall of 2000, Jacob Sherman became intensely involved in Ralph Nader’s presidential campaign and was active in several progressive organizations on campus. Over the course of Sherman’s first term at Portland State, he was drawn to issues ranging from a living-wage to the independence struggle of the Zapatistas in Chiapas. Sherman and Arrow became close. By winter quarter Sherman not only adopted a few of Arrow’s granola routines, such as refusing to bathe and going barefoot, he also began mimicking his forms of protest.
In the Portland suburb of Clackamas, Sherman helped to lead a protest in February of 2001 against an old growth timber sale that was to take place in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Like the action Tre Arrow had carried out almost a year earlier, Sherman climbed to the top of the logging company’s building and rallied the crowd that amassed below. “Sherman initially refused to come down from the roof,” the FBI later wrote in a court affidavit, “but later agreed to cooperate with authorities in lieu of being arrested.”
As the FBI and media outlets would later tell it, Sherman was under the persuasive sway of Tre Arrow. He was seen as an obedient pawn who followed Arrow into battle, which was ignited two months later at Ross Island Sand & Gravel in Southeast Portland. On the night of April 15, 2001, three of the company’s rigs were destroyed by fires sparked from gas-filled milk jug bombs. Investigators later learned that Sherman sent Craig Rosebraugh an anonymous note a week later claiming responsibility, and blamed the company for “stealing soil from the earth.” Rosebraugh released a press statement, claiming members of the ELF had been responsible.
Trouble in the High-Rise Hothouse
Feeding 10 billion people in a world stressed by the rapidly changing climate is going to require constant innovations in how food is produced—a new green revolution, just this time not involving methods that wreck soil and water. But while vertical farms might work as a technical concept, thriving as businesses is another matter.
A tomato for everyone: ‘Sunviva’ for the good of all
Plant breeders at the University of Göttingen and Agrecol have launched a joint initiative to protect seeds as common property
Demand for Democratic Governors to Follow Suit After Trump-Backed DeSantis Moves to Ban Fracking in Florida
Following the announcement by Florida’s newly-sworn in Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that he is moving to ban fracking, an advocacy group called on new Democratic governors in other states to stand up for the climate as well as water safety and quickly follow suit.
DeSantis unveiled on Thursday an executive order—absent any mention of climate change—which included directing the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to “take necessary actions to adamantly oppose [...] hydraulic fracturing in Florida.”
Calling fracking “an inherently dangerous process that threatens drinking water safety and human health wherever it occurs,” Food & Water Watch executive director Wenonah Hauter said the new order prioritized “the health and safety of Floridians over corporate polluter profits.” Moreover, Hauter said it’s a move that should be emulated by other newly-minted Democratic governors.
“Gov. DeSantis’s decision follows on the heels of another Republican governor’s decision to ban fracking, when Gov. Larry Hogan did so in Maryland in 2017. DeSantis and Hogan, along with [Democratic New York] Governor Cuomo’s ban on fracking in New York, exemplify the fact that common-sense environmental protections need not be a partisan issue. As the Trump administration and even many Democratic governors continue to double-down on oil and gas fracking,” Hauter continued, “it is more important than ever that local and state leaders of both parties do all in their power to halt the fossil fuel extraction destroying our climate and poisoning our air and water.”
Isle de Jean Charles Tribe Turns Down Funds to Relocate First US ‘Climate Refugees’ as Louisiana Buys Land Anyway
The announcement that the State of Louisiana had purchased land for a resettlement project spearheaded by the Isle de Jean Charles Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe (IDJC) reached the Tribe’s executive secretary, Chantel Comardelle, via an emailed press release. The news hit her like a slap in the face.
Despite being involved with the project from the beginning, she received no direct notification. She assumed the State hadn’t told IDJC Tribe Chief Albert Naquin directly either and relayed the news to him. Both took offense for not being notified directly.
The way Comardelle received the news is indicative of why the IDJC Tribe recently told the federal government, which is funding the move of America’s so-called first “climate change refugees,” that the tribal community is turning down the $48 million federal offer and withdrawing from the State’s Isle de Jean Charles resettlement project.
“The State has no respect for our culture,” Comardelle said during a phone call shortly after the January 10 announcement celebrating the $11.7 million land deal.
“Shameful” Trudeau Accused of Violating First Nations Rights Over Gas Pipeline
There are moments that define a politician. There are legacies that they leave. But the reality of high office is often so different from the easy promises of opposition.
As a poster boy politician, who entered office promising a new type of politics, Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, embodied fresh hope for many who wanted a distinctive difference from the toxic politics of his nefarious neighbour further south.
And one of those issues he promised a brighter future on is Indigenous Rights.
Trudeau is full of fine words and promises, for example, saying last year: “Our government is working in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples to advance meaningful reconciliation and build a future where Indigenous peoples succeed and prosper.”
Money is no Object
Chances are, most of what you’ve learned about taxes and the economy is wrong. In fact, the key principles at work in our economic system are very different from what we’re taught.
If you find you’re one of those who’s been misled, it’s not your fault. A system such as ours – where eight individuals control as much wealth as half of all humanity – can only be maintained with force and deception. As the industrialist Henry Ford is said to have opined, “It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.”
Neoliberalism: Free Market Fundamentalism or Corporate Power?
I’ve been hearing about neoliberalism for a long time now and never could make much sense of it. It turns out the story we tell about neoliberalism is as contradictory as neoliberalism itself. Two currents within the critique of neoliberalism offer different analyses of the current economy and suggest different strategies for dealing with the gross exploitation, wealth inequality, climate destruction and dictatorial governance of the modern corporate order.
These opposing currents are not just different schools of thought represented by divergent thinkers. Rather they appear as contradictions within the critiques of neoliberalism leveled by some of the most influential writers on the subject. These different interpretations are often the result of focus. Look at neoliberal doctrine and intellectuals and the free market comes to the fore. Look at the history and practice of the largest corporations and the most powerful political actors and corporate power takes center stage.
The most influential strain of thought places “free market fundamentalism” (FMF) at the center of a critical analysis of neoliberalism. The term was coined by Nobel Prize winner and former chief economist of the World Bank itself –Joseph Stigliz. FMF is usually how neoliberalism is understood by progressives and conservatives alike. In this view, an unregulated free market is the culprit and the oft cited formula — de-regulation, austerity, privatization, tax cuts — is the means used to undermine the public commons.
Trump Can Relate, But Not to Us
It’s not all taxpayers he doesn’t care about. Only the 800,000 federal employees who are not getting paid. As far as the rest of us are concerned, he wants to limit the impact as much as he can. As Russell Voigt, the acting director of the office of Management and Budget said: “The administration is trying to make the shutdown as painless as possible consistent with the law.” The effort is not, however, directed at federal employees. Just the rest of us.
In late December, IRS employees received an undated e mail entitled “IRS Employee Emergency News.” It advised employees that “due to the lapse in appropriations most IRS operations are closed. An IRS-wide furlough began on December 22, 2018 for everyone except already identified excepted employees. Non-excepted employees are furloughed and placed in a non-pay and non-duty status until further notice. . . . Employees will be given four hours to close out work requirements and receive formal furlough notification.” That was followed by the good news that they would receive their December 31 pay checks.
The notice concludes saying that: “As an IRS employee affected by the government shutdown, there can be temporary hardships in meeting your financial obligations. This may occur regardless of when pay resumes for you as a furloughed or excepted employee.” The message provides information the employees may wish to share with creditors in trying to figure out how to deal with their inability to make payments. It further provides two phone numbers the employee can call for updates. The recorded message on one of the numbers advises the caller that the shutdown began December 22 and advises the caller that the caller has been placed in “nonpaid and non-duty status.” The other number rings with no response.
Tax Dollars Can Buy Happiness
Corporatists castigated two lawmakers in recent weeks for daring to offer economic Xanax prescriptions to cure rampant American economic anxiety.
“Stupid,” is what they branded new Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as she became the youngest woman ever to serve in the U.S. House.
“Unlikeable” is what they excoriated U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren with as she began exploring a run for the presidency.
Right-wingers and 1 percenters had to crush Ocasio-Cortez, Warren and others whose ideas promote dignified jobs with living wages, universal health insurance, affordable access to pre-K and college degrees and a national sense of social cohesiveness.
Can Cooperatives Save Us From the Next Economic Crisis?
In the summer of 2009, economists reported that one-third of the capital equipment in the United States stood idle while some 17 percent of the workforce were either unemployed, forced into part-time jobs, or “discouraged” from even seeking work.
The Great Recession revealed just how much surplus capital and surplus labor was simply lying about, even in a time of urgent need. In this context, it’s no surprise that people started looking for ways to put labor and capital back together. Interest spiked — especially in worker-owned enterprises — and cities from New York to Madison, Oakland and Jackson, started investing in worker-owned businesses and business incubators.
Nathan Schneider, a journalist and media professor, has reported on worker-owned cooperatives from Kenya to Kentucky. In his new book, Everything for Everybody, he looks back at the history of what he calls “the radical tradition” that just might put Americans back to work and into the economic driving seat.
Can collectively-owned co-ops take on the robber barons? Many of them are taking a whack at the pillars of monopoly capitalism, from Uber to Amazon. But, as Schneider discovered, it’s not easy to shape a new economy in the belly of the old one.
This September in New York, I had a chance to talk with Nathan, who’s written for Harper’s, The Nation, The Catholic Worker and others.
Federal Workers Hold Massive DC Rally Against Trump
As the president continues his “temper tantrum” over $5.7 billion in funding for his “ridiculous” wall along the US-Mexico border — which Democratic lawmakers and the majority of Americans have consistently opposed — the 800,000 federal employees who aren’t getting paid during the shutdown are calling on the GOP-led Senate to pass spending legislation approved by the Democratic House to reopen the government, with or without Trump’s support.
Workers, union leaders, and members of Congress gathered at AFL-CIO’s DC headquarter to deliver speeches, and marched to the White House carrying signs that said #StopTheShutdown and “Congress: Do your job so we can do ours.”
“Stop holding 800,000 federal employees and their families hostage!” one employee from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) said in a rally speech that captured the demonstrators’ main message to Trump and McConnell.
The Republican Senate majority leader has been accused of subservience to the president and has refused to allow senators to vote on a bill to end the shutdown, despite frustration even among members of his own party.
Trump Is Terrified of the Far-Right Echo Chamber
The government isn’t shut down because of President Trump’s unbelievable cluelessness as a dealmaker. It’s shut down because of his many fears.
I don’t mean his pretend fears. Surely Trump doesn’t really believe his own racist nonsense about the U.S.-Mexico border being a sieve for homicidal maniacs and walk-to-work terrorists, and he can’t be too worried about a humanitarian crisis that is largely of his own creation. I’m talking about his real fears — the ones that must keep him up at night.
Trump is afraid of Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Matt Drudge, Laura Ingraham and the rest of the far-right echo chamber. (He sees Sean Hannity as more of a house pet.) He’s afraid of his shrunken but loyal base, which could abandon him if he doesn’t give them a wall. He’s afraid of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and the federal, state and local prosecutors in New York who are investigating various Trump enterprises. And he’s afraid of losing his coercive hold over the Republican senators who one day could sit in judgment of his fate.
Not one of these intertwined fears is irrational. Trump must realize he has painted himself into a corner but sees no alternative. According to news reports, the president knew his hostage-video Oval Office address on Tuesday and his photo op at the border on Thursday would make no difference. He must also be aware that the GOP leadership in Congress can’t hold the line forever.
How Trump’s Insults and Lies are Harming America
Who is going to be the first reporter to stand up at a president’s media harangue and ask the simple question “what benefit is there to the United States in insulting allied countries and their leaders?” Might anyone ask him why international approval ratings for his country are “much lower than during Barack Obama’s presidency.”
And perhaps most important, who will look at him and demand “Mr President, why did you tell a lie about [insert subject here]?”
One of the most outrageous and instantly detectable lies he has told was during a speech to soldiers in Iraq on December 26 when he said “you just got one of the biggest pay raises you’ve ever received . . . It’s great. You know what? Nobody deserves it more. You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years – more than 10 years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one. I got you a big one. They had plenty of people that came up. They said, ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3 percent. We could make it 2 percent. We could make it 4 percent.’ I said, ‘No. Make it 10 percent. Make it more than 10 percent.’”
‘The Right Thing to Do’: Senate Dems Demand Back Pay for Furloughed Government Contractors
As the so-called #TrumpShutdown tied for the longest in U.S. history on Friday, Congress sent a bill to the president’s desk stipulating that federal employees be provided with back pay, as is customary, once the shutdown concludes. Contract workers, however, are not included in the bill.
“Low-wage service contract workers perform jobs that are absolutely vital to the government, such as food service, security, and custodial work,” the letter explains. “Many of these workers live paycheck-to-paycheck, and cannot afford to pay their rent and other bills if the shutdown continues.”
“Providing back pay to these low- and middle-income contractor employees who are furloughed by their employers is the right thing to do, and it is in the federal government’s best interest to provide funding to the extent necessary to ensure that contractors deliver back pay to their workers,” the letter charges.
The GOP tax cut is just as bad as we feared it would be
A little more than a year after President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans enacted their tax cut costing $1.9 trillion, all of the bad outcomes critics predicted from the law are coming true: Benefits are flowing disproportionately to the wealthy and big corporations while working families are paying the price. But as we unhappily mark the law’s first anniversary, a further, unanticipated consequence has emerged that threatens the health care of tens of millions of Americans.
Just as we warned, the so-called Tax Cut and Jobs Act has exploded the deficit, giving the GOP an excuse to slash crucial services like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to pay for it. Corporations are using their tax-cut windfall to splurge on stock buybacks that only further enrich their CEOs and wealthy shareholders instead of giving their workers a raise or investing in new plants and equipment. And multinational corporations like General Motors and Harley Davidson are responding to the law’s perverse incentives by outsourcing jobs.
Trump’s Deja Vu China Trade War
The past three days US and China negotiators have met in Beijing to try one last time before a true trade war erupts between them in March 2019. Higher level trade negotiators will follow up in Washington in coming weeks. What follows is the first of a 2-part history and analysis of Trump trade strategy, which addresses events from the initiation of Trump’s trade offensives in March 2018 to December 2018, with predictions for 2019. In part 1, US trade policy under Trump in 2018 is compared with similar US trade offensives under Nixon in the 1970s, targeting Europe, and Reagan in the 1980s targeting Japan. The historical parallels situate US trade policy as an important, often over-looked element in the evolution of US Neoliberalism.
“Trade War! Trade War! When Trump pre-announced on March 2 his plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, the mainstream press immediately began hyping the line that trade war was looming on the horizon. Panicking, investors ran like lemmings over the stock market cliff after the steel tariff announcement; US allies huffed and puffed, promising tit-for-tat tariff responses on US agricultural goods or commercial aircraft; Trump’s traditional elite advisors, like Gary Cohn, former CEO of Goldman Sachs investment bank and head of Trump’s economic council, resigned later that week—no doubt in part due to frustration and disagreement over Trump’s unilaterally announced tariff.
Southwest Airlines Herb Kelleher – One of a Kind!
When Herb Kelleher, the joyous, fun-loving Founder and retired CEO of Southwest Airlines soared past permissible flight levels for passenger aircraft on his way to heaven last week, the accolades in the exuberant obituaries were also sky-high.
Listen to former American Airlines CEO Bob Crandall: “He was a man of great imagination. He was a man of diligence. He paid careful attention to the details. And he was a man of integrity. I think we will look back on Herb Kelleher as an example of the kind of people who ought to be our leaders.”
Herb (everyone called him Herb), was much more than a super-successful creator of a low-fare, no-frills, high-pay, unionized, constantly profitable airline (since 1973) that never laid off any workers, with consistently high customer-approval ratings, and the most solid financial stability in a boom-bust, managed industry. In overturning the stagnant, brusque ways of the industry, he challenged his industry, with four Boeing 737s in 1971 flying between Dallas, San Antonio, and Houston, and overcame a cartel-like industry. After beating back numerous lawsuits by other airlines trying to stop his fledging enterprise – he rewrote the book on management for a large company.
For starters, he put employees, not consumers, first. That seemed not effective to me at first. But then came his explanation. You treat employees well in all ways, occupationally and personally, they’ll treat airline passengers well and safely, which makes the airline prosper for the shareholders. He did all three, having fun along the way. More than a few of his pilots, attendants, and other staff became—as workers/shareholders— millionaires.
Making money was not his first personal priority – making work pleasurable and exciting and giving employees discretion to bring the best from themselves – not playing rigidly by rule books – save him the most professional gratification.
After a while it probably did not surprise him that his wealth grew and grew to an estimated $2.5 billion.
The Limits of Social Democracy Will Test the US Left
Most the country thinks the economy favors the rich at the expense of everybody else. Who is to blame? Who to vote for? Those questions are greatly disputed. Still, a strong majority of the country feels they are being screwed.
Still, in celebrating social democratic policies — namely the New Deal and the Nordic Model — on his way to becoming, by some metrics, the most popular politician in the country, Sanders has fundamentally shifted the discourse within Democratic Party. When former Obama cabinet member Julian Castro announced he was running for president, he was asked by MSNBC’s Chris Hayes what he would do first if elected. “Health care,” he said, before pressed for specifics. “I believe we need Medicare for All.” This is nothing short of remarkable. In the last five Democratic primaries, only three candidates have supported Medicare for All (Sanders in 2016, Dennis Kucinich in 2004 and 2008, and Mike Gravel in 2008).
It is not just health care where this influence is seen. Many prominent Democrats, including potential presidential candidates, have been adopting progressive stances, in some cases mirroring Sanders’s own tactics and policies. For instance, Senators Kamala Harris, Cory Booker and Kristen Gillibrand have announced they would reject certain donations from corporate PACs. They have all co-sponsored Sanders’s Medicare for All bill in the Senate as well. In 2016, even Hillary Clinton took a sharp left on some issues like minimum wage and trade, presumably in an attempt to adjust to a leftward shift among many members of the Democratic base. In the 2018 midterms, 44 percent of primary candidates described themselves as progressive, according to the Brookings Institution, up from 29 percent in 2016.
10 Years Ago Today, Hal Finney Started ‘Running Bitcoin’
Part of the speculation about Hal Finney being Satoshi Nakamoto was due to the fact that Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto lived in the same town as him for ten years. Both Finney and Dorian Nakamoto denied involvement in the creation of Bitcoin.
Today, tweets about Bitcoin number in the thousands. At the time, however, Finney might have just been trying to get his followers involved in the project. Early messages about the cryptocurrency were very inviting. No one had any clue that it would become an economic force global markets are still trying to adapt to.
When mainstream financial analysts first came across Bitcoin, they often dismissed it as something that couldn’t possibly stand the test of time. Today, however, no one thinks cryptocurrencies are going anywhere, although the mantra of “Bitcoin maximalism” seems to be fading as dozens of other cryptos develop strong market capitalizations.
Federal Workers’ Woes
In late December, IRS employees received an undated email entitled “IRS Employee Emergency News.” It advised employees that “due to the lapse in appropriations most IRS operations are closed. An IRS-wide furlough began on December 22, 2018 for everyone except already identified excepted employees. Non-excepted employees are furloughed and placed in a non-pay and non-duty status until further notice. …Employees will be given four hours to close out work requirements and receive formal furlough notification.” That was followed by the good news that they would receive their Dec. 31 paychecks.
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‘Extremists’ Like Elizabeth Warren and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Are Actually Closer to What Most Americans Want
“Far left.” “Too liberal.” “Out of the mainstream.” Google U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. You’ll see descriptions like these.
“Socialist.” “Radical.” “Extreme.” Google U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the whirling, twirling, dancing phenom out of the Bronx. You’ll see words like those.
But are even Ocasio-Cortez’s positions all that “fringe” in 2019?
On “60 Minutes” Sunday, Ocasio-Cortez talked about a 70 percent tax rate for Americans earning more than $10 million a year. She said this would fund a Green New Deal: big money for renewable energy and technologies to avert climate catastrophe.
That’s soak-the-rich, prosperity-killing insanity, conservatives claimed.
Why ‘Fact-Checking’ Gives Liars a Free Pass
For the most part, the press reports the disagreement between parties as legitimate differences in opinion, long after it’s become obvious that one side is lying. For example, for decades, now, Republicans have been justifying giant tax giveaways to the rich and corporations under the guise of trickle-down, supply-side, job-creators or some other claim that what’s good for the rich is good for all of us. But it’s literally never been demonstrated. In fact, the data shows that there is no correlation whatsoever between the top marginal tax rate and economic growth. None. Zero. Nada, Zilch. The same is true for job creation.
Yet nominally liberal outlets like NPR have been allowing serial liars like Paul Ryan to claim the connection exists without noting it doesn’t. Oh, I suppose it’s possible that Ryan is an idiot, not a liar, but either way, NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and a host of other “liberal” outlets report on Ryan’s or Trump’s or McConnell’s claims as if they were plausible, then report on the Democrats’ rejection of the trickle down as if it, too were simply one of many possibilities, leaving out the obvious reality that there’s an objective truth out there that shows one claim to be a lie, the other true. The fact that Democrats are often complicit with Republicans in passing policies that favor the rich makes the press’s failure all the more serious.
‘NewsGuard’ app gives news sites ‘trust’ ratings & targets alternative media. What could go wrong?
NewsGuard rates the news using a color-coded ranking system designed and monitored by a “SWAT team” of analysts who it claims have no “political axes to grind.” So far, the app has rated more than 2,000 popular news websites, but plans to eventually provide ratings for the 7,500 most-read news and information sites in the US, before ultimately going global.
The app uses “9 criteria” to determine whether a particular site is rated green, yellow or red. To attain a green rating, a site must gather and present information “responsibly,” must not publish “false content,” and must clarify and correct errors. Avoiding “misleading headlines” and disclosing “ownership and financing” can also help secure a green rating, or “nutrition label” as NewsGuard refers to its assessments.
Partnering with Microsoft, NewsGuard is trying to have its rankings installed by default in US public school and university libraries, as well as on smartphones and computers. Hawaii is the first US state to have installed NewsGuard on its public library computers.
NewsGuard claims on its website that it “will be available on mobile devices when the digital platforms such as social media sites and search engines or mobile operating systems add our ratings and Nutrition Labels directly.” In other words, plans are afoot to get NewsGuard integrated into social media sites like Facebook and Twitter directly, rather than NewsGuard remaining a downloadable app that people can choose to use or not.
Why Are the Media So Eager to Declare Trump’s Syria Withdrawal Dead?
Corporate media have converged around a narrative that the president has been forced to walk back his decision. But while a withdrawal will undoubtedly prove more challenging than the president originally anticipated, this verdict simply does not reflect the facts on the ground.
When John Bolton spoke in Jerusalem earlier this month, leading news outlets reported that Trump’s national security adviser had declared that withdrawal would not be completed unless and until specific conditions had been met or objectives achieved. The New York Times announced that “Bolton Puts Conditions on Syria Withdrawal, Suggesting a Delay of Months or Years,” claiming that he “told reporters that American forces would remain in Syria until the last remnants of the Islamic State were defeated and Turkey provided guarantees that it would not strike Kurdish forces allied with the United States.”
The Associated Press story, which was picked up by The Washington Post, proved similarly categorical. “U.S. troops will not leave northeastern Syria until Islamic State militants are defeated and American-allied Kurdish fighters are protected,” a top White House aide is quoted as saying. The article also notes that Bolton was “signaling a pause to a withdrawal abruptly announced last month and initially expected to be completed within weeks.”
Those stories were written on the assumption that Bolton was enunciating yet another policy on Syria withdrawal. There is now good reason to believe that no such new policy decision has been made. The Wall Street Journal has quoted a defense official as saying, “Nothing has changed. We don’t take orders from Bolton.”
The Times and AP failed to provide the actual text of Bolton’s statement, much less any analysis of it in context of his statements.
F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia
In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests, according to former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
The inquiry carried explosive implications. Counterintelligence investigators had to consider whether the president’s own actions constituted a possible threat to national security. Agents also sought to determine whether Mr. Trump was knowingly working for Russia or had unwittingly fallen under Moscow’s influence.
The investigation the F.B.I. opened into Mr. Trump also had a criminal aspect, which has long been publicly known: whether his firing of Mr. Comey constituted obstruction of justice.
FBI Investigated Whether Trump Secretly Worked for Russia: Report
Law enforcement officials became so concerned by President Donald Trump’s behavior in the days after he fired FBI Director James Comey that they began investigating whether he had been working for Russia against U.S. interests, The New York Times reported Friday.
The report cites unnamed former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.
The inquiry forced counterintelligence investigators to evaluate whether Trump was a potential threat to national security, and they also sought to determine whether Trump was deliberately working for Russia or had unintentionally been influenced by Moscow.
Shutdown Becomes Longest Federal Closure in U.S. History
The partial government shutdown became the longest closure in U.S. history when the clock ticked past midnight Friday as President Donald Trump and nervous Republicans scrambled to find a way out of the mess.
A solution couldn’t come soon enough for federal workers who got pay statements Friday but no pay.
The House and Senate voted to give federal workers back pay whenever the federal government reopens and then left town for the weekend, leaving the shutdown on track to become one for the record books once the clock struck midnight and the closure entered its 22nd day. And while Trump privately considered one dramatic escape route — declaring a national emergency to build the wall without a new stream of cash from Congress — members of his own party were fiercely debating that idea, and the president urged Congress to come up with another solution.
Dubious History
In the introduction to his magnificent critique of American historical education, James Loewen starts provocatively: “High school students hate history. When they list their favorite subjects, history always comes in last. They consider it ‘the most irrelevant’ of twenty-one school subjects commonly taught in high school. Bo-o-o-oring is the adjective most often applied.”
Since the initial publication of “Lies My Teacher Told Me” in 1995, I have regularly read this passage to my UCLA students in my course on the history of social protest. The overwhelming majority of my students have enthusiastically concurred with Loewen.
Many decades ago, I too sat in my high school history class, listening to Mr. Jones drearily reciting an unremittant litany of historical facts, mostly without context, intended to be memorized and regurgitated for future examinations. I also drifted off into my own world, thinking about things that teenage boys think about.
This book is subtitled “Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong.” In this third edition published last year, the text retains sociologist Loewen’s sharp critique of the 12 American history textbooks he surveyed in his first edition as well as the six books he examined for the second edition. He found, as he describes, “an embarrassing blend of bland optimism, blind nationalism, and plain misinformation, weighing in at an average of 888 pages and almost five pounds.” He showed persuasively how American history textbooks—these ponderous tomes—lied to millions of American students by sugarcoating historical events and persons, encouraging mindless patriotism and faith in unending American progress, and negated any serious critical thinking.
‘Not a Good Answer’: Privacy Advocates Reject Democratic Proposal for ‘Technological Wall’ With Expanded Border Surveillance
Progressives in recent weeks have applauded Democrats’ refusal to bend to President Donald Trump’s demands for a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, a key component of his xenophobic anti-immigration agenda. But on Friday, digital rights advocates called on Democratic lawmakers to expand their fight against the wall into a fight for all human and constitutional rights—instead of suggesting alternative “border security” proposals that would infringe on civil liberties.
Fight for the Future launched a campaign Friday to fight against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) suggestion on Thursday that a so-called “technological wall” would be an appropriate alternative to Trump’s planned concrete or steel wall.
800,000 Federal Workers Get the Bad News: ‘Net Pay $0’
Federal employees received pay stubs with nothing but zeros on them Friday as the effects of the government shutdown hit home, deepening anxieties about mortgage payments and unpaid bills.
All told, an estimated 800,000 government workers missed their paychecks for the first time since the shutdown began.
Employees posted pictures of the pay stubs on Twitter and vented their frustration as the standoff over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion for a border wall entered its 21st day. This weekend, it will become the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
“I saw the zeros in my pay stub today, and it’s a combination of reality setting in and just sadness,” air traffic controller Josh Maria told The Associated Press after tweeting a screenshot of his pay stub. “We’re America. We can do better than this.”
The missed paychecks were just one sign of the mounting toll the shutdown is taking on Americans’ daily lives. The Miami airport is closing a terminal this weekend because security screeners have been calling in sick at twice the normal rate. Homebuyers are experiencing delays in getting their loans.
Roughly 420,000 federal employees were deemed essential and are working unpaid. An additional 380,000 are staying home without pay. While furloughed federal workers have been given back pay in previous shutdowns, there is no guarantee that will happen this time.
Trump’s Wall With Mexico Follows in the Footsteps of Authoritarian Leaders Throughout History
Instead of leading the world away from its worst impulses, as America did for most of the 20th century, President Donald Trump’s demands for a wall on the U.S. southern border look to be leaning closer to the autocratic acts and optics of tyrannical regimes.
Throughout history, autocratic leaders have relied on walls to control their people. From the fierce tyrant who first began building China’s Great Wall in roughly 220 BC to Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev (my great-grandfather as it happens) who ordered construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961, walls have represented undemocratic forces.
This symbolism alone should have given a president pause. Instead, Trump continues his vehement demands — and insisted on forcing a partial government shutdown once Congress balked.
Fact-Checking Has Flourished. But It’s More Complicated Than It Looks
Our chaotic political moment seems to have cast doubt on the trustworthiness of almost any information emanating from anywhere. As a result, the fact-checking trend in journalism — an externalized form of the procedures journalists apply to their own work all the time — has flourished in the past couple of years.
Anyone who learned to distinguish fact from opinion in elementary school would have good reason to assume that the two can be as neatly broken up in the realm of politics, with the factual information subjected to universal standards of historical and mathematical rigor, and then labeled true or false.
Young politicians hustle to keep followers under House social media rules [iophk: "if the companies are being used for official government communications they must immediately cease censorship, including filtering, non-chronological sorting, and shadow-banning"]
She’s not the only lawmaker juggling multiple accounts. Members of Congress were sworn into office on January 3rd and many freshman have already set up new social media accounts, starting fresh and rebuilding the massive followings they created on the campaign trail. These official accounts must clearly state in their bios that the person it represents is a member of Congress, according to the longstanding guidelines in the Members’ Congressional Handbook. Many of the social media darlings from the past election, like Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), have tweeted out messages citing these ethics rules, asking for fans to follow them to new accounts as they embark on their first year under the Capitol dome.
‘New Party, Who Dis?’: Ocasio-Cortez Takes No Guff From ‘Irrelevant’ Joe Lieberman
In a jab at former Democratic (and Independent) lawmaker and “corporate shill” Joe Lieberman—who has continued to lobby for powerful private interests after leaving Senate just as did while serving in the body—Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to his criticism of her brand of progressive politics by indicating his total irrelevance to the Democratic Party’s future.
Cleverly, she did so by feigning not to know who Lieberman even was. “Who dis?” she joked in response to a tweet highlighting a Fox News story titled: “Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t the Future of the Democratic Party: Joe Lieberman.”
Government by Extortion
News outlets are treating the Trump shutdown as a power struggle between two willful forces, the president and the Democrats — rather than the president’s disturbing rule-or-ruin strategy. Let’s call it what it is: extortion, an attack on our democracy and the fundamental principle of majority rule.
Under our constitution, the executive branch cannot simply decree that government money will be spent on something. Congress must pass a law authorizing the government to spend the money.
So the only way to build Trump’s is to introduce a bill in Congress — and pass a law — allocating money for a border wall. Surveys show that most Americans oppose a wall, and Trump doesn’t have the votes in Congress for the $5 billion he wants to start building one (much less the $22 to $70 billion the whole thing could cost.)
So he decided he’ll take his ball and go home. The shutdown will go on for months or years, he now says, until he gets his way.
Except that it’s not his ball. It’s ours.
The “Lima Group” Pretense to be an International Body is Irresponsible and Dangerous
At this time sixty years ago Cuba had just won its revolution through a popular uprising that overthrew a dictator. Two years later in 1961 the US masterminded a false flag invasion of Cuba that failed. Later, in 1962 the Organization of American States (OAS) turned against Cuba and expelled it from the organization isolating the country until 2009 when the OAS invited Cuba to join again. Cuba declined. The US has maintained a progressively squeezing unilateral trade and financial blockade on the island since 1960.
Since that January 1, 1959 Canada has taken mostly an independent stance on Cuba and has maintained diplomatic and commercial relationships with the country. Even today when the US government places Cuba as a member of the “troika of tyranny” together with Nicaragua and Venezuela, the Canadian government is practicing a formal association with the Cuban government still overtly declared socialist. It may well be in order to protect the extensive interests built over time without the competition of US businesses. But that is a different topic.
Today in a different socialist revolution in Venezuela we have a reversed situation.
Nicaragua – The Irony of the NICA Act Being Signed into Law by Trump
On December 20, 2018, President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1918, the Nicaragua Human Rights and Anticorruption Act of 2018. It was introduced by Miami based, ardent anti-socialist Congresswomen Ros-Lehtinen in the House of Representatives on April 20, 2017 as the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017. Its short title was ramped-up to remove some of the irony of its passage, given the United States own abysmal electoral system, since the official title remains “to oppose loans at international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua unless the Government of Nicaragua is taking effective steps to hold free, fair, and transparent elections, and for other purposes.” The law as listed in the December 11th Congressional Record now recites a litany of slanderous unsubstantiated allegationsvoiced by Washington funded and/or controlled Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), “human rights” organizations and news media outlets. Yet, the standard Nicaragua is held to and is in compliance with is actually violated routinely in the U.S.
Before elaborating on the irony mentioned above and in the article’s title, it’s first necessary to outline: some of President Ortega’s accomplishments; how Washington’s ruling elite perceives them; and lastly, why Washington’s efforts against President Ortega failed to install its coup, just like it did in the 1980’s under the Reagan administration. Then, it will be clear how poorly Trump and the U.S. fair in comparison to New York state-sized socialist Nicaragua.
However, this irony might not be obvious at first due to the virtual news blackout on any information supportive of President Daniel Ortega and Nicaragua’s revolutionary Sandinista government. While this is to be expected in mainstream corporate news media, it remains disconcerting to see in alternative news media. The unfortunate reality is that many alt-news outlets have been infiltrated and compromised by the power of neoliberal funding, if not actual CIA operatives. As such, the burden remains squarely on the reader to always be analytical and question each piece of written work. Perhaps alt-news media is reasonable on some issues; however, most are not when it comes to Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) states and viable socialist models.
Will Trumpism Outlive Trump?
It is not crazy to say that right now the only ones who would like to see Trumpism outlive Trump are the Trumpians.
Democratic Party? There’s a seam in the Democratic Party which may rip open and may not but it’s one in which both sides want to end Trump’s presidency and the damage that presidency has done totally dissolved and expunged from the record of U.S. history.
Republican Party? It can go either of two ways: seek to hold on to that 35% of the population tied to Trump the way Beliebers are tied to Justin Bieber, or seek to become once again the party of globalized, free trade, free market capitalism advocating Neoliberal economic policies and Market Rule rather than the arbitrary, capricious rule of a 21st century Mad George III.
Democrats risk fueling the fires of Trumpism if they ignore what the accelerants were that fired up the Trumpians — Trump being only the match — in the first place. Treating the Trump followers as obstacles scheduled for extinction rather than as part of the damage done by Trump and therefore in need of recuperation would seem to guarantee of a return under a new charlatan celebrity, never a shortage in the U.S.
Democratic Socialism, a banner that Bernie Sanders and now Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez choose to fly under, is a red flag to Trump’s followers and if it gains momentum in the party will work to keep some form of Trumpism alive. Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal appellation makes more sense because it puts her in a position to review the socialist aspect of FDR’s New Deal and its economic benefits to the working class as well as focus on global warming as THE most crucial issue to be responded to politically.
There are several reasons why Trumpism will not outlive Trump, and most have to do with the positions Democrats or Republicans can take.
Trump Is Building a Great Case for His Own Impeachment
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there are approximately 228,000 words in the English language. After Donald Trump’s nonsense visit to the US-Mexico border, pretty much all of them are failing me.
It began before he even got on the plane. “When during the campaign I would say, ‘Mexico is going to pay for it,’ obviously, I never said this,” he told a gaggle of reporters, “and I never meant they are going to write out a check.” In a December 13 tweet, and about 11 billion times before that, he said, “I often stated, ‘One way or the other, Mexico is going to pay for the Wall.’”
So, yeah, that set the tone. During the same confrontation with the press, Trump also said: “The wall that we’re doing is very, very hard to penetrate.”
And: “If we don’t make a deal, I mean, I would say 100% but I don’t want to say 100%. … It would be very surprising to me that I would not declare a national emergency.”
Followed by: “I have the absolute right to declare a national emergency. I haven’t done it yet. I may do it. If this doesn’t work out, probably I will do it. I would almost say definitely.”
As Trump winged his way to the Rio Grande, the one question on everyone’s mind was whether or not he intended to follow through on his threat. “Trump would be on shaky ground if he were to declare a national emergency and divert funds to build his wall,” wrote Marjorie Cohn for Truthout as the president was still in transit. “Any attempt by Trump to declare an emergency in order to justify diverting funds for his wall to help the military enforce immigration law would violate the Posse Comitatus Act.”
There Are More Important Things Than The Truth
We are living in times of mass inequality. The concerns of a “decent” and “civil” society in the age of Trump ring hallow to all of us struggling to get by. The rich are alarmed by Donald Trump because he lies, and lies proudly. The rich know that in order to stay rich at a criminal rate, they need sophisticated propaganda. Donald Trump is stupid. Crisis for the rich.
Yet, not really. Donald Trump’s detractors are educated, but stupid. In fact, they may be, in their own way, even more hopeless than the Trump fascists, seeing as they are more sure of themselves, despite being completely wrong. Donald Trump is scolded for his uncivil lying. He is fact-checked at every turn. I wonder what they get out of fact-checking Donald. Who reads a Donald Trump fact-check and changes their mind? If you like Trump, you will know that the fact-checking is fake news, although your impression of real news is likely to be the openly fascist Fox News, who has kept truth out with a steel wall. Fox almost seems to racially profile truth, as if all truth is bad. There is a clear prejudice there. If you don’t like Trump, you will read a Trump fact check and find out that Trump has been lying—something you already knew but just felt good about confirming.
Liberals are only concerned about truth because it is the one thing that separates them and the conservatives. Liberals lie, and lie a lot of course, but let me explain this “opinion” of mine. The liberal media’s crime is not lying—as Donald Trump claims. Their main crime is the omission of the class struggle. Their main crime is being funded by the 1% and reporting in the interests of the 1%. If the liberal media lied at the same clip as Donald Trump, what would they call Trump? They couldn’t call him a liar.
Trump vs. the Anti-Trumps: It’s the System That Needs Changing Not Just the Personnel
Playing Trump’s game is almost irresistible. At least, most of his opponents seem unable to resist it.
The name of Trump’s game is Personalistic Moralism. The President’s politics are not policy-free, but policies in his political universe are inextricably wedded to personal moral characteristics. If you want the Wall (“border security”), for example, that means you are strong, tough, and protective. You are knowledgeable about the physical and cultural dangers posed by immigrants, and you care for your fellow Americans. But what if you don’t want the Wall? In this case, you are weak, effeminate, ignorant, uncaring, and secretly in favor of “open borders.”
This, by the way, is the text. The subtext, resting on the understanding that the main advocates of plentiful immigration since the nineteenth century have been employers seeking cheap labor, is that those who favor the Wall want to protect native American workers, while those who don’t care only about their profits. Of course, Mr. Trump worships great wealth and the system that produces it. But his basic political instinct, shared with Far Right ideologues going back to Edmund Burke and Charles Maurras, is to criticize mere moneymaking when it conflicts with ethno-national solidarity and a professed concern for “native” workers.[1]
Trumpism gives a perverse new meaning to the old Movement slogan, “The personal is political.” It is a mistake, therefore, to consider the President an unprincipled politician with an unfortunate tendency to insult, demean, and threaten his opponents. Because his own moral character invites contempt, it is easy to forget that Trump is above all a certain type of political moralist. For him, virtue or vice (defined in terms of strength/weakness, masculinity/femininity, loyalty to the national tribe/globalism, and so forth) produce virtuous or vicious policies. For him, politics is, at bottom, a struggle to defeat immoral and contemptible opponents.
Conflict specialists have long been familiar with this sort of Manichean thinking. If you ask the parties to a serious dispute to name the causes of their conflict, each party will almost always point to their opponents and answer, “They are!” President Trump’s opponents, however, do not seem to understand that in making attacks on his character their primary strategy they are playing his game, in his stadium, according to his rules. By doing so, they reinforce the stereotypes of them that Trump has successfully marketed to his base. Most important, this sort of personalism excludes a form of discourse that is absolutely essential to solving the problems that, unsolved, gave Trump the presidency. I am talking about the discourse of systems and system-change.
Everything the Western Mainstream Media Outlets Get Wrong When Covering Poor Countries
If you want to find out what’s happening in a poor country, be sure to add tourists to your Google News search.
“Canadian and Italian tourists feared kidnapped in Burkina Faso,” was the recent headline in the BBC, a day after clashes there claimed 46 lives. The BBC didn’t cover the clashes online, nor did they cover a terrorist attack there a few days prior, or the country’s trade deals with China. If the tragic events had happened in Europe though, the media would have been all over it.
We see similar scenarios with the recent media coverage of tourists robbed in Brazil (just as a president who is arguably more racist, sexist, and homophobic than Trump has taken power – yes, it’s possible), of a tourist murdered in Morocco, and the killings in a Mexican tourist resort.
Grassroots Progressives Launch Campaign to Oust Corporate Democrat Who Votes With Trump 70% of the Time
Justice Democrats—which helped Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) topple powerful Wall Street Democrat Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) last year—launched the Primary Cuellar Fund on Friday with the goal of recruiting a primary candidate who is committed to progressive solutions that are more in line with the interests of voters in Texas’ left-leaning 28th congressional district.
“In the last election cycle, Justice Democrats revealed enormous energy in the Democratic Party primary electorate for change when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and [Rep.] Ayanna Pressley [D-Mass.] upset long-time incumbent Democrats who had grown out-of-touch with their deep blue districts,” Alexandra Rojas, executive director of Justice Democrats, said in a statement. “We’re now leading a grassroots candidate recruitment effort to find a real Democrat to run against Cuellar.”
“District 28 and South Texas is in a special position to lead the nation on immigration, renewable energy, and healthcare, yet Henry Cuellar has failed to do this by instead voting with Donald Trump nearly 70 percent of the time,” added Danny Diaz, a community organizer who lives in the 28th district.
The Austere Neoliberal Globalist Agenda
Reading this Briefing Note on ‘The Integrity Initiative’ is akin to a ‘mind of the gap’ between what passed off as ‘News’ in the Corporatist Mainstream Media and what genuine investigative journalism as serves ‘Democracy as an Alternative’ is all about; it is as to go from a Corporatist diet where ‘watered down gruel’ the norm for the masses to a veritable banquet of richly nutrient ‘culinary delight’ as would be unpermitted as unshared by private interests; with rationale as to the quote from Dickens above.
The Lost Path of Malcolm Turnbull
A federal election is due in Australia later this year. By all reasonable predictions the right wing, conservative Liberal-National coalition is due to lose after five years in power and two electoral victories under two different leaders. As some readers may be aware, this is the second half of a tumultuous twelve years in Australian politics, which has seen five prime ministers over six reigns – Rudd, Gillard, Rudd from the centre left, progressive Australian Labor Party followed by Abbot, Turnbull and now Scott Morrison, who deposed Turnbull in a back-room deal from within their party. This is compared to the years 1983 – 2007 when there were only three prime ministers.
The other recent development has been the fracturing of the upper house, which has seen the rise of micro-party representatives from across the political spectrum. Many are single-issue parliamentarians that have benefitted from complicated preference flows that come with the proportional representation method of election. This has been compounded by the boom and bust of Nick Xenophon’s team, which promised so much as a minor, centrist platform; and the ongoing trouble of the Greens, who are left of the ALP but currently mired in factional problems, growing pains, and a dearth of leadership. When coupled with recent developments like the digital culture, it is little wonder that many in Australia’s political class are somewhat bereft.
There are, of course, many ways to think through what comes next. Needless to say, that these benefit from thinking dialectically, and, involve attending to the historical possibilities before us. Part of that means recognising the policies and debates that the ALP has promised to bring to the table once elected. This includes bread and butter Labor issues like health, education, and industrial rights. Yet, it also includes unsettled debates about identity from the republic to our role as a global citizen, and, other big vision items that have not been on the table since Paul Keating’s departure as prime minister in 1996.
Is Anyone Really Offended by the “F-Word”?
I don’t think anyone in Washington is actually offended by Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s use of profanity.
If you haven’t heard, Rep. Tlaib, a freshman Democratic representative from Michigan, said of the president, “We’re going to go in there and impeach the motherf—er” to a group of progressive supporters in Detroit.
The remark could offend for two reasons: its intent or its salty language.
The first reason, the intent, is the more substantial of the two. Actually impeaching the president is more consequential for the nation than having a potty mouth. But a single member of Congress cannot impeach the president all by herself.
The leadership of the Democratic Party has always been cautious around the topic of impeaching Trump. Whether they want to or not, or think it would be justified, doesn’t matter much. Previously, they couldn’t do it. Republicans controlled the House, and Republicans would not vote to impeach.
Amid Report Dems Trying to “Rein In” Ocasio-Cortez, Congresswoman Responds With Fiery Comic Book Reference
After Politico put out a story on Friday characterizing a group of Democrats in the House as “exasperated” over the manner in which Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has used her media savvy and unabashed progressivism to challenge party norms, the newly-elected congresswoman let it be known that those who want to “rein in” her brand of politics are not likely to find success.
Instead of letting the article go unmentioned, Ocasio-Cortez invoked a quote by the comic book protagonist Rorschach, created by Alan Moore.
New Analysis Shows Push for Green New Deal Hindered by Silence of Corporate Media
A new analysis by one of the nation’s top public interest advocacy groups shows that even as the planet and humanity face an existential threat due to the climate crisis, most corporate media outlets in the U.S. have largely ignored the urgent need for a Green New Deal and the growing political movement demanding it.
Following the midterm elections in November, the youth-led Sunrise Movement flooded congressional offices and demanded that representatives back a Green New Deal and the creation of a House select committee that would be tasked with drafting legislation to create one, successfully convincing 45 members of Congress to support the proposal.
But despite the energy behind the plan, 82 percent of Americans in a Yale/George Mason poll said they had never heard of the Green New Deal, and researchers behind the new Public Citizen study are blaming corporate news networks for failing to educate the public about the proposal.
Give Children the Vote, Strengthen Democracy
In December 2018 David Runciman, Head of Politics at Cambridge University, made the radical proposal that children as young as six should be allowed to vote in elections to deal with the age bias in contemporary democracies. Allowing children to vote he said, would give a ‘jolt of energy’ to democracy. While the thought of six year olds voting sounds extreme and will no doubt be broadly dismissed, there is a strong democratic argument for lowering the eligible age from 18, which is the standard voting age in most countries and allowing children to vote.
In response to Professor Runciman’s suggestion The Guardian newspaper asked a group of children “aged 6-12 what [political] policies would get their vote.” Their intelligent, straightforward answers are inspiring and in accord with the views of many of us. Freed from ideology and party politics these children see the issues clearly and speak in an unencumbered way, direct from the heart.
Thomas Atkinson is 10 and lives in Belfast. “The other day I saw someone sitting on the pavement. He looked about 20. Why is that happening? He needs a job and a home – and there are so many jobs that need doing. Like, for example, the environmental problems. There is plastic on the beaches all around Bangor. We need people to clear that.” Petra Pekarik is 11 and lives in London. She is a Hungarian citizen – “it doesn’t make sense to me that Britain is putting up barriers. I feel the opposite should be happening, and we should be taking barriers away.” She says that in school they talk a lot about fairness, but in society “there are some people who are so special, and other people who don’t even have a home. Sometimes I see people living on the street and I think, why are they there? It’s important because we are all the same: these people aren’t different, they’re people. We are all people.” And Tom Ashworth, who is 9 and lives in Ambleside: “Climate change is the big issue politicians need to work on…. We can’t just let this happen and do nothing – it’s got to be stopped. We have to stop doing the things that cause climate change. It’s really important right now…. We need to stop wasting food and everything else we’re wasting.” The only six-year-old spoken to, Wilfie Tudor-Wills from London, said that, “there should be more houses in London. There are a lot of people in this city and they need places to live…. there should be less pollution, because it’s bad for your lungs.” And, given the chance to speak to the UK Prime Minister, Teresa May, he would “tell her to get more people to have electric cars because they’re better for the world. And also I’d like there to be more parks.”
The other children who were questioned gave answers that are just as insightful, but the views of these children, like all children their age go largely unheard. Children under 18 are commonly, and as these children’s comments demonstrate, mistakenly, thought to lack the understanding to participate in current affairs and as a result are denied the most basic democratic right, that of voting in an election; be it local or national. But at 18, everything changes; it is apparently the age when adulthood begins and with it full citizenship. Previously it was 21.
Joe Biden Should Spare Us All the Trouble
There is a moment in “Hamlet” when the titular Danish prince orchestrates a coup: A play within the play is staged, its proceedings aimed squarely at provoking the evil King Claudius. This puts the audience at an even stranger remove. We are watching the assorted castle dignitaries watching a play of their own, one that dimly reflects the central drama of “Hamlet” itself.
That’s a bit what it feels like to read coverage of Joe Biden as he struts the stage, a skull between his hands, utterly anguished over whether or not to run for president in 2020. I certainly understand why a born ham like Biden would relish the role, even if he is a bit long in the tooth to play Hamlet. I even can understand why his story has our modern-day courtiers in the Beltway so enraptured, lovingly capturing every development and half-step toward the announcement of his candidacy.
What’s less clear is whether all parties involved know that Joe Biden 2020 is not a saga worthy of Shakespeare. At best, it’s that shabby show within a show for an audience of royal hangers-on—a drama that only gestures toward the human struggles currently tearing America apart, as cast upon the wall of some high-vaulted castle room.
Not One Network Should Have Aired Trump’s Hate Speech
Way back in 2014 — a century ago, it feels like — President Barack Obama requested time on major networks for an Oval Office address on immigration reform.
Fearing the subject was too “political,” the broadcast networks declined, plying viewers instead with The Big Bang Theory and Bones. Few Americans saw the speech. Immigration reform withered on the vines, which were then burned to the ground in the next election.
Flash forward to January 8, 2019.
At 8:31 a.m., President Trump tweeted — again — that the “Fake News Media” was “truly the Enemy of the People.” Hours later, at 1:44 p.m., he announced that he was going to give a speech on the “National Security crisis on our Southern Border.”
By 9 p.m. the next night, all major networks, derided only the day before as “the real Opposition Party,” were carrying the speech.
How Obama’s address was “too political” for Big Bang Theory night but this one — in the middle of a government shutdown of the president’s own creation — wasn’t is beyond me.
Censorship/Free Speech
Media Watchdog Condemns Killing Of Afghan Journalist
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the killing of Afghan journalist Javid Noori, who was shot dead by the Taliban in his native province of Farah in Afghanistan’s west.
LinkedIn Is Helping The Chinese Government Silence Critics
The social networks of the world aren’t doing much to make the world a better place. Facilitating communications across borders is great — a definite net gain for the world’s citizens. But these platforms insist on distributing globally while thinking locally, making their operations subject to censorial governments in the countries where they do business.
Facebook’s refusal to stand up to various authoritarian governments arguably made it an accessory to the fact in genocide. Twitter tends to sit back and let Turkey’s government vanish away criticism of President Erdogan and his actions. Google appears to be one of the few countries responsive to the Chinese government’s demands for content deletion, which is probably due to its ability to get past the country’s Great Firewall as well as its temporarily suspended construction of a Chinese government-controlled search engine.
Vietnamese Government Whines Facebook Isn’t Helping It Censor Critics Quickly Enough
If this doesn’t work (and it won’t), the government is going to do other vague things (“necessary economic and technical measures”) to hurt Facebook and “ensure a clean and healthy network environment.” One “necessary economic measure” is somehow blocking Facebook from collecting money for “hatred advertising,” whatever the hell that is.
What the government really wants is direct control. The Financial Times reports the government is demanding Facebook physically set up shop in Vietnam as the new law requires. Having a local office makes it that much easier for men with guns to follow up on ignored content removal requests. For exactly this reason, Facebook should never create a Vietnam office, unless it’s going to do it patent troll-style and rent out an empty office and tell the Vietnamese government all content removal requests must be mailed to the nearest strip mall with a Mailboxes, Etc.
The Vietnamese government doesn’t have much leverage as it loves having access to Facebook to deliver its version of events, as well as give its 10,000 full-time internet monitors something to look at. So, it’s not going to kick Facebook out. It’s just going to keep demanding fees it can’t collect while claiming anything anti-government is a threat to the nation’s safety.
Privacy/Surveillance
Chinese businessman arrested in Poland for spying
Poland’s security services say a Chinese businessman and a Polish man, both employed in telecoms, have been arrested for spying.
The Chinese national, Wang Weijing, works for Huawei, according to a source with knowledge of the case.
The company told the BBC it was aware of the situation and was looking into it.
Huawei has faced scrutiny over alleged links to China’s intelligence services.
Its chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou – the daughter of its founder – was arrested in Canada last month and faces extradition to the US on charges of breaking Iran sanctions.
Women’s Sexuality Is Still Taboo for Tech—at Least at CES [Ed: Those are surveillance devices that spy on women]
A robotic vibrator, developed in consultation with Oregon State University’s robotics department, was initially accepted into the show and given an innovation award, only to later be excluded because it didn’t fit into an existing product category, according to the Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES. (Before its award was revoked, it was honored in the category of robotics.) The device was also called “immoral” and “profane,” according to statements CTA made to the press.
Saudi asylum seeker to leave for Canada Friday night: Thai immigration chief
A Saudi teenager who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family would kill her has been granted asylum in Canada…
Bell Canada asks Canadians for permission to harvest and sell their browsing, location, viewing and other data
Now, Bell has reached a new low: they’ve sent out opt-in agreements asking Canadians to grant them permission to “track everything they do with their home and mobile phones, internet, television, apps or any other services they get through Bell or its affiliates… customers’ age, gender, billing addresses, and the specific tablet, television or other devices used to access Bell services…number of messages sent and received, voice minutes, user data consumption and type of connectivity when downloading or streaming.”
Bell wants permission to gather and track customer data
Bell Canada began asking its customers in December for permission to track everything they do with their home and mobile phones, internet, television, apps or any other services they get through Bell or its affiliates.
In return, Bell says it will provide advertising and promotions that are more “tailored” to their needs and preferences.
“Keep looking out for him is our message”
Four months after Dutch cyber security expert Arjen Kamphuis disappeared in Norway, his friends and family believe that he is still alive and that he chose to disappear himself. He previously also disappeared from the radar, they said to newspaper AD.
Civil Rights/Policing
Google Board Sued for Hushing Claims of Executive Misconduct
The investors claimed the board failed in its duties by allowing harassment to occur, approving big payouts and keeping the details private. The complaint targeted the company’s top executives and committee members, including co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, venture capitalist John Doerr, investor Ram Shriram and Alphabet Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, among others.
Lawsuit Claims Google Board Covered Up Sexual Misconduct
A shareholder lawsuit filed Thursday claims that Alphabet’s board of directors, including Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Eric Schmidt, covered up sexual harassment by numerous Google executives, including Andy Rubin, whose $90 million exit package was approved by the board after an internal investigation found sexual harassment claims against Rubin credible.
At a press conference in San Francisco, attorneys representing Alphabet shareholder James Martin said that Page and Brin, the company’s cofounders, were among the people directly involved in the cover-up and should compensate shareholders for the value lost when Alphabet shares declined after the payments to Rubin and others were revealed.
Combating Racism With Exposure
When I started volunteering at a youth detention center, whose incarcerated population was entirely African American and Latino, I was told by an Africana Studies professor I respected that I should focus on my own community — white people — instead. He said this after I asked whether my presence in the detention center was fostering cross-racial solidarity. Despite respecting his knowledge and experience, I took exception to his advice then and still do now.
My reason for taking exception is purely strategic: I am not sure that a white person can convince another white person to be less racist. This is, in effect, what it means to be a “white ally” in the grassroots left. White allies take their marching orders from people of color, and then reenter their own (presumably white) communities to conduct missionary work in reverse: instead of racist attempts to “civilize” darker-skinned peoples, white allies conduct anti-racist attempts to civilize their lighter-skinned neighbors. This is well intentioned but somewhat misguided in my opinion.
I am a believer in the mere-exposure effectbecause it worked for me. To give just one example, I studied abroad in China as an undergraduate student and grew so accustomed to seeing mostly Han Chinese people everywhere that, upon my return home, diverse crowds of Americans seemed strange to me. People were larger, louder, and more intimidating than ever before.
But Chinese people not only became more familiar, they became more attractive. A similar change occurred in my psyche when I lived and worked in areas with more African Americans than whites.
I am not arguing that racism can be eradicated solely by (positive or neutral) exposure or that racist white people never encounter people of color on the streets or at work — but I am positing that exposure is a necessary condition for abolishing racism. Racism cannot be resisted in the abstract: it must be addressed practically and contextually. If ‘Racist Rick’ were replaced in his job some time ago by a person of color, and this was his onlyexperience with an individual from said community of color, he would likely remain racist — especially if the media he consumes, the education he recalls, and the friends he keeps cast further suspicion on the black community. He would need a positive experience to shift his thinking.
Technology And The Never-Ending Drive To “Progress”
Where Windows 10 now automatically updates itself and where website builders do almost all the work of automating the process of creating an online presence, we are caught in a gyre of perpetually updating softwares which now act on their own, notifying us by email that updates were performed. It is as if our collective and slow march towards “progress” were happening irrespective of our acquiescence. Certainly, such innovations are the dream child of capitalism: the need to upgrade is built into the system such that one must keep purchasing in order to use the product purchased x months before. It is capitalism as a metaphorical intravenous support system in which the customer is turned into a repeat client.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.”
Actually, I think this yin-and-yang contradiction exists right now, today – and probably existed at every moment since the beginning of recorded history.
These are America’s worst times under a ludicrous president who has uttered 7,600 countable lies and shut down part of the federal government in a temper tantrum. But life also is good, with full employment, booming prosperity and superb personal freedoms.
Writers like Chris Hedges are correct that right-wing greed is pulling America apart in ever-worse inequality, and that industrial pollution causes global warming that threatens the planet. But writers like Steven Pinker are correct in claiming that our “better angels” cause life to improve constantly, with fewer wars, fewer murders, fewer rapes, fewer cruelties, fewer ethnic persecutions and relentless retreat of other evils.
It is the best of times, it is the worst of times – and it always was.
Cuba: Trump Turns the Vise
Obama even became the first U.S. President to visit Cuba since 1928.
However, since the election of Donald Trump many of these gains have been reversed.
Sexual Predators in the Era of Trump
Long after the Trump presidency passes into the historical graveyard, it will be recalled for the scandals involving sexual abuse that occurred during his tenure. These scandals bespeak the sexual pathology that long characterized the president himself.
A series of revelations about men who take advantage of underage girls has placed the issue of sexual predators at the center of public debate. These include the financier Jeffrey Epstein and the entertainer R Kelly as well as the male sex tourists traveling overseas to have sex with trafficked young girls.
Lifetime is airing a six-part documentary series, Surviving R. Kelly, that tells the gruesome story of how the entertainer sexually abused African-American girls and women for decades. Willa Paskin, reviewing the series for Slate, notes: “We chose to ignore his deeds, downplay them, or remain willfully ignorant of them so we could go on enjoying his music. … We made a deal with the devil on the cheap — let us keep this song! — and had 16-year-old girls pay the exorbitant price.”
Kelly’s sexual exploitation of teenage girls were first revealed in the mid-90s by Jim DeRogatis, the Chicago Sun-Times pop-music critic. He long covered Kelly musical career, but in 2002 he received two videos from an anonymous source that depicting the pop star engaging in sex with young girls. Working with his colleague Abdon Pallasch, over the years they interviewed innumerable people involved in the case, including dozens of young women Kelly allegedly sexually exploited. DeRogatis’ articles and the two videos led to criminal charges against Kelly. He went to trial in 2008 and was found not guilty on all 14 charges.
What the Government Shutdown Really Means for Federal Prisoners
Pay no attention to stories about prisoners feasting during the shutdown. The reality is that the shutdown only makes prison conditions worse.
Last week, USA Today ran a hit piece on federal prisoners with the tabloid headline, “Government shutdown: Federal inmates feast on Cornish hens, steak as prison guards labor without pay.” Not to be outdone, The Washington Post followed this up with their own shameful story under the headline, “‘I been eatin like a boss’: Federal prisoners served steak by unpaid guards during shutdown.” The problem here is twofold. First, the shutdown has nothing to do with the food served to federal prisoners and, second, the food descriptions are wildly exaggerated.
I should know. I was a federal prisoner from 2007 to 2013 and ate thousands of meals during that time. Twice a year — usually Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day — federal prisoners receive “special” meals for the holidays. These meals are rare, highly anticipated, and a touch above the low-quality food prisoners get the rest of the year. While the article used “steak” in the headline for impact, it was a little more accurate in the article, referring to the meal as roast beef. Mind you, this roast beef is not the corner delicatessen version but a grey, rubbery, low-cost version.
As offensive and archaic as these articles were, the worst aspect is they conflate a long-standing holiday meal tradition within the Bureau of Prisons with President Trump’s government shutdown. There is no fairness in blaming federal prisoners for the situation BOP staff find themselves in due to Trump’s shutdown — but it sure makes for good clickbait. Unfortunately, the government shutdown has very real impacts on federal prisoners, which the reporters ignored in their attempt to generate outrage.
With budgets frozen, daily life in prison will become even more miserable. Delays in mail being delivered; unstocked commissaries; shuttered gyms; and no classes, visits, transfers, or library access take a toll on peoples’ well-being and the relative peace in the federal prison system. I recall during potential shutdowns in the 2000s that even toilet paper was being parceled out at the rate of one roll per week.
Appeals Court: First Amendment Violation To Ban Members Of The Public From Gov’t Officials’ Facebook Pages
AG Nominee William Barr Endorsed “More Incarceration”
After the tenure of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, advocates for civil rights, decarceration and police accountability are frustrated and furious.
Sessions jump-started the failed war on drugs, rescinded protections for transgender students and workplace protections for LGBTQ people, undermined federal efforts to hold local police accountable for racism and violence, and defended the Trump administration’s ill-fated family separation policy that helped create the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. The list goes on.
Sessions was forced out of office in November for reasons that have nothing to do with civil rights. Indeed, next week’s Senate hearings on President Trump’s nomination of William Barr to be his successor are likely to focus on Barr’s views of presidential power and whether he would interfere with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian election meddling.
However, advocates warn that Barr’s record on issues from drug policy to immigration and women’s rights is cause for grave concern. So is a striking endorsement of mass incarceration that Barr issued while serving as attorney general during the height the drug war in the early 1990s.
Roaming Charges: Que Syria, Syria
But hold on. Was it all a just put-on to distract from Trump being outfoxed on live TV by Chuck and Nancy? Did anyone check with John Bolton? Apparently not, because Bolton reassured an anxious Bibi Netanyahu that the US was going to be staying in Syria until all remnants of ISIS were crushed into the dust (along many more innocent bystanders), US-backed Kurdish fighters in Rojava were protected from any assaults by Turkey or Assad and Iran pulled its fighters out of Syria. Notably, Trump didn’t fire Bolton for his apparent impertinence. Instead, he seemed to wilt, saying “I never said, we were leaving now.” But whenever Trump says “I never said,” you know he said it.
Some would have you believe that Bolton is an outlier, a Deep State implant. But Bolton was handpicked by Trump to replaced the hated McMaster as National Security Advisor. Bolton was Trump’s man. He says what Trump can’t or won’t.
CBP Will Search You And Your Property If You’re Paying Too Much Attention To An Agent. Or Too Little.
There’s a lot of talk about border security recently. Rather strangely, it involves CBP officers going without paychecks for an indefinite amount of time as government funding is held hostage in exchange for border wall/fence money.
Not that the CBP needs to remain near the wall/fence. It’s able to hassle people within 100 miles of the border, which also includes international airports and has the capability to sweep up most of America’s population. And that’s just CBP officers. The CBP’s drones are being lent out to anyone who wants to use one as far inland as they want to use it.
The CBP performs a whole lot of searches. Over the past couple of years, the CBP has vastly increased the number of electronic searches it performs, needing little more than “because it’s there” to perform at least a surface scan of a device’s contents. Deeper digging requires extra paperwork, but a staggering amount of exceptions to the Fourth Amendment apply at the borders which, as we noted earlier, covers far more than points of entry.
The ACLU’s FOIA lawsuit has resulted in the production of a couple of lengthy documents from the CBP. These documents detail search procedures and the CBP’s long list of justifications for performing these searches. There are 1,200 pages in the newly-released stash. 1,100 of them are the CBP’s “Enforcement Law Course” [PDF]. The other 100 are a Powerpoint [PDF] containing “legal update training.”
The CBP has studied every Fourth Amendment-related legal decision to compile a long list of things officers can use to predicate a warrantless search. This multi-jurisdictional paper chase results in the expected internal contradictions, resulting in the CBP being able to argue both sides of a flipped coin can give them permission to perform a search. Here’s a quick summation of some of the documents’ contents by Max Rivlin-Nadler of The Intercept.
To Fund ‘White Supremacist Vanity Project,’ Trump Eyes Relief Funds Earmarked for Actual Disasters
While scientists warn that the climate crisis will continue to cause increasingly damaging weather events and disasters in U.S. communities, President Donald Trump made clear Friday his focus on a separate, invented “crisis” as he ordered officials to consider redirecting billions of dollars in disaster relief funds to pay for a wall at the southern U.S. border.
According to the Associated Press, the White House asked the Army Corps of Engineers to examine its budget, including $13.9 billion in emergency funds, to determine how much money it could spend to help build the wall Trump promised his supporters.
The emergency funds had been set aside for California in the wake of devastating wildfires that tore through 1.8 million acres in the state this year, as well as Puerto Rico, Texas, and Florida as they continue to recover from 2017 and 2018′s hurricanes and prepare for similar storms in the coming years.
A Potentially Tectonic Event Shakes up the Mumia Abu-Jamal Case
In a huge potential break in the long-running and controversial case of Philadelphia journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, currently serving a life-without-parole term in a Pennsylvania state prison at Mahonoy, PA for murder conviction, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office says it has discovered six banker storage boxes of materials about the case in a locked storeroom of the DA’s offices at 3 South Penn Square.
The boxes, spotted by Krasner himself during a search of the previously locked storeroom for an office desk, reportedly had the name “McCann” scrawled on their facing side, apparently referring to Edward McCann, the long-time head of the DA’s homicide litigation unit (McCann left the DA’s office in 2015). When the boxes were removed from under the desk, it was discovered that the name “Mumia” was written on the their hidden ends.
Five of the boxes were reportedly numbered 18/29, 21/29, 23/29, 24/29 and 29/29. The sixth box had no number on it. The department’s Mumia case record is stored in boxes numbered 1-32 and includes boxes similarly numbered to those found in the storeroom.
The newly located cardboard crates, which contain case files, evidentiary material and other materials relating to the Mumia case, are going to be provided to the defense for their inspection, according the DA’s office.
Slowly Catching Up to Developed World, Newsom’s Plan for California Would Provide Longest Paid Family Leave in US
In what some are calling a “bold” and “groundbreaking” move—at least by U.S. standards—California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday proposed the nation’s longest paid family leave as part of his new state budget plan.
“The administration is committed to expanding the paid family leave program with the goal of ensuring that all newborns and newly adopted babies can be cared for by a parent or a close family member for the first six months,” according to the governor’s budget summary (pdf), which notes that such schemes lead to “positive health and educational outcomes for children, greater economic security for parents, and less strain on finding and affording infant child care.”
That proposal and other family-friendly policies contained in the plan were celebrated by the California Legislative Women’s Caucus.
Government Shutdown Threatens Section 8 and Food Stamps
As we enter day 19 of the government shutdown, the ripple effects are growing across the country, with 800,000 government workers going without pay. Affected agencies are operating with skeleton crews, and that spells trouble for people counting on tax refunds and government benefits that require people in the office — and funds — to administer.
For two extremely successful government programs that help lift people out of poverty and address basic needs, this reckoning may be especially soon. And it may not come as a surprise that the Trump administration was unaware of these potential consequences of the shutdown – something the president appears determined to prolong to advance his political agenda, even at the expense of suffering Americans.
One is the housing choice program, sometimes known as Section 8, which provides financial assistance that allows low-income renters access to a greater array of housing options. The program uses vouchers to make up the difference between what renters can afford and what’s available.
While tenants who use vouchers often face discrimination, and the waitlists are sometimes long, millions of people across the U.S. count on vouchers to help them access housing.
Debbie Weingarten on the Borderlands, Alexander Main on Maduro’s Reelection
Whether as a boondoggle, a cartoon or a mindless chant for the two-minute hate—”building a wall” at the US/Mexico border is an abstraction for many Americans, a political plot point. Among those for whom it is not that? People who live in the borderlands—and those who listen to those who do. We’ll talk with reporter Debbie Weingarten about the walls that already exist on the Southern border.
Deaths of Women in Custody During Hurricane Florence Could Have Been Prevented
Law enforcement and corrections officials must have emergency plans in place to protect any person in their custody when extreme weather strikes.
Amid rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence in September, two women in the custody of the Horry County Sheriff’s Office were left to drown in the back of a transport van.
The facts are as straightforward as they are damning. The two deputies, Joshua Bishop and Stephen Flood, transporting Nicolette Green and Wendy Newton to a hospital for mental health treatment disregarded roadblocks indicating flooded roadways. Floodwaters quickly overtook the van, and it was soon submerged. The women remained trapped as the water filled the van’s locked compartment.
This tragic loss of life was both predictable and preventable.
The sheriff’s department fired both officers in October, and on Jan. 4, prosecutors announced criminal charges against them. This is an important step toward individual accountability for the wrongful deaths of these two women. But criminal charges alone remain an imperfect and short-sighted remedy. In order to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again, the failures that led to the deaths of Green and Newton must be identified and addressed on a systemic level.
When people are taken into custody — whether as patients receiving mental health treatment, as was the case with Green and Newton, or as immigrant detainees, pretrial detainees, or convicted prisoners — they are at the mercy of the state. Once in custody, people must depend on the state for their most basic needs: food, medical care, mental health treatment, and physical protection. The state is constitutionally obligated to meet those fundamental needs. The deputies driving Green and Newton, however, failed to meet this basic charge.
People with serious mental illness, like Green and Newton, are even more vulnerable when placed into custody. Across the country, there are about 35,000 patients in state psychiatric hospitals. And there are nearly 10 times that number — more than 350,000 people — with serious mental illness incarcerated in state prisons and jails. In fact, approximately 20 percent of jail detainees and 15 percent of state prisoners live with a serious mental illness.
Yet when natural disasters strike, too often states disregard the needs of the most vulnerable people in their care. In the case of Green and Newton, the transporting deputies deliberately and inexplicably declined to follow the safe route mapped out for them. In other situations, officials similarly have failed to follow protective protocols designed to ensure the safety of the community, simply because the people in their care were in custody.
These are not isolated incidents, but familiar patterns that must be addressed.
William Barr’s Unsolicited Memo to Trump About Obstruction of Justice
Barr’s critique of the Mueller investigation raises serious questions about his views of presidential power. Senators should demand answers.
Last month, news broke that in June 2018, President Trump’s current nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, sent an unsolicited 20-page memo to the Justice Department critiquing special counsel Robert Mueller’s current investigation into Russian election interference.
Barr, who previously served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush, penned the memo as “a former official deeply concerned with the institutions of the Presidency and the Department of Justice.” The memo questions the scope of Mueller’s investigation, and it argues that Mueller should not be permitted to demand answers from the president about possible obstruction of justice based on attempts by Trump to pressure former FBI Director James Comey to drop his investigation of Trump’s ex-National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
The fact that Barr sent Trump this memo, and may have subsequently been rewarded with a nomination to join Trump’s cabinet, raises serious concerns. To start, the memo’s legal theories advance an overly expansive view of presidential power. More specifically, the memo prompts questions about whether Barr would order Mueller to halt further inquiry into possible obstruction by the president if the Senate confirms him. It even raises questions about whether Barr deliberately sought to curry favor with Trump by taking a position favorable to him in order to secure a top government position.
It’s Time to End the Language of Oppression
Since the founding of the United States, language has been central to dehumanizing Black and brown people to justify violence and injustice. That oppression has lived in the racist polemics of the nation’s most prominent politicians and the dividing rhetoric of dog-whistle doublespeak.
For our ancestors and those of us fighting for Black and indigenous liberation – the power of language has brought the world beautiful poetry, storytelling and intellect in service of our freedom. At the same time, we have seen words weaponized socially and politically to secure white supremacy and to uphold patriarchy. These words are the tools that build a foundation of inequality that undergirds this nation.
These weapons are not new and neither is the resistance against them. Social and political movements have long recognized the power of words and pushed back. In every social movement I can remember, language has been the tool for change from which all other tools and initiatives flow. From Stokely Carmichael’s call for Black Power to the invocations of the disability rights movement, the capacity to change language holds within it the capacity to change minds. That is because language is the people’s weapon as well.
In 2005, the late Eddie Ellis and I wrote a letter that sought to inform the field of criminal justice about the importance of language. Though discussed in different terms at the time, there was growing awareness and resistance confronting the mass criminalization of Black and brown communities that has expanded over the past four decades. As more activists and advocates entered the conversation, the words “convict,” “superpredator,” and “monsters” rang out loudly in the speeches of every politician and reformer.
How Thousands of Child and Adolescent Brides Enter America
Thousands of requests by men to bring in child and adolescent brides to live in the United States were approved over the past decade, according to government data obtained by The Associated Press. In one case, a 49-year-old man applied for admission for a 15-year-old girl.
The approvals are legal: The Immigration and Nationality Act does not set minimum age requirements for the person making the request or for that person’s spouse or fiancee. By contrast, to bring in a parent from overseas, a petitioner has to be at least 21 years old.
And in weighing petitions, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services goes by whether the marriage is legal in the spouse or fiancee’s home country and then whether the marriage would be legal in the state where the petitioner lives.
The data raises questions about whether the immigration system may be enabling forced marriage and about how U.S. laws may be compounding the problem despite efforts to limit child and forced marriage. Marriage between adults and minors is not uncommon in the U.S., and most states allow children to marry with some restrictions.
Stop Defending Abusers. Listen to Black Women.
Starting last week, Lifetime Network has been showing a six-episode docu-series titled “Surviving R. Kelly” that gives more details about what many of us have been saying for years: Robert Kelly is a serial rapist. For many Black women, the last few days have seen a blur of unintentional (and intentional) denials of our reality and triggering social media posts.
The de-prioritization of Black women’s and girls’ experiences isn’t new to us.
My mind cannot help but drift to the lack of outrage for 17-year-old Nia Wilson, who was attacked by 27-year-old John Cowell last year and died at the scene.
Cowell’s identity as a white man when paired with Wilson’s Black female identity engaged many Black men in a conversation on white supremacy. But as R. Kelly continued to abuse girls and women, those same Black men remained silent.
Marching Towards a Fighting Women’s Movement
From the beginning, the Trump administration has waged a ruthless assault on women — from our right to workplaces free of sexual harassment to the ability to make our own decisions about reproductive rights.
It was hardly a surprise that, once in office, the candidate who was exposed on tape bragging about sexual assault would also be the president who denied the claims of survivors and nominated Brett Kavanaugh, an opponent of abortion also accused of sexual violence, for the Supreme Court.
Since the 2016 election, Trump and the conservatives who emboldened by him have acted like they have a mandate, running roughshod over abortion rights. And 2019 promises to be another year of attacks.
Already, three states are poised to enact so-called “heartbeat” abortion bans, joining three others that have outlawed abortion as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy and well before many people even realize they’re pregnant.
Two more states are preparing for constitutional amendments granting rights to the fetus, and another state plans to ban abortions altogether — and make violations punishable by life imprisonment of patients and providers. And the year has only just begun.
But at the same time, Trump and the right wing that loves him haven’t gone unopposed.
From the very first full day of Trump’s presidency after his inauguration, hundreds of thousands of people traveled to Washington, DC, to make sure to show their opposition to the Misogynist-in-Chief.
And if they weren’t in Washington, they were taking part in protests around the country. Together, these made January 21, 2017, the single largest day of protest in US history.
Internet Policy/Net Neutrality
Verizon Promises Not To Over-Hype 5G, Immediately Proceeds To Over-Hype 5G
We’ve talked a lot about how while fifth-generation wireless is a good thing (in that faster, more reliable networks are always good), it’s been comically over-hyped by cellular carriers and network hardware vendors. It has also been accompanied by what appears to be a race between cellular carriers to broadly misrepresent what 5G is capable of, and where and when it will actually be available. AT&T, for example, began changing the 4G icons on user phones to “5GE,” despite the fact actual 5G isn’t even out of the oven yet.
This idea that a universe of smart city and smart car innovation is only possible via 5G has always been misleading in and of itself. Yes, faster, more resilient networks are good, but there’s nothing inherently magical about 5G that will make it somehow forge innovation out of whole cloth. Most existing 4G networks can generally do most of what 5G can (especially with the latest MIMO antenna or other upgrades), 5G networks will just be faster and more resilient with lower latency. 5G is not some mystical panacea. It will, however, probably be used to justify Verizon’s higher prices, to be sure.
Intellectual Monopolies
Patent trolls celebrate as Trump’s new rules breathes fresh life into parasitic grifter capitalism
Then along came Alice: the 2014 Supreme Court ruling in Alice v. CLS Bank, which gutted “with-a-computer” patents and threatened to euthanize every software patent troll at the stroke of a pen.
There was only one snag: the judges of the Federal Circuit — who, for reasons best understood by them, love patent trolls — kept ignoring Alice, forcing the victims of patent trolls to repeatedly go to the Supreme Court to get the Federal Circuit judge to uphold the law.
Now, Trump’s Patent Office is issuing new guidance that all but undoes Alice and reasserts the Federal Circuit’s troll-friendly doctrine, taking patent trolls off life-support and teeing them up to once again begin draining $29 billion/year from actual business, making actual things that actual people need.
Patent case: Glasswall Solutions Ltd. v. Clearswift Ltd., USA
In affirming a decision of the federal district court in Seattle, Washington to dismiss the patent infringement case brought by Glasswall Solutions Limited against Clearswift Ltd., the Federal Circuit held that the patent claims are an abstract idea and merely require the conventional manipulation of information by a computer.
Obviousness without a Motivation to Combine
The PTAB’s obviousness finding is based upon two prior art references. However, the references are not being combined so-to-speak. Rather, the Board found that the first reference (O’Brien) teaches all limitations of the lossless encoding scheme in Realtime’s claim 1. The second reference (Nelson) was used essentially to show that the “string encoding” described in O’Brien was the same as the “dictionary-based encoding” in Realtime’s claims.
Congress Weighs In On Qualcomm and Apple At The ITC
The big Qualcomm news this week was the start of the FTC v. Qualcomm antitrust trial in front of Judge Koh.1
But Qualcomm’s first ITC case against Apple has also had significant developments—even though the ITC is shut down and the case is on hold.
In particular, a number of members of Congress have addressed comments to the ITC. These Senators and Representatives express their concern with Qualcomm’s request to exclude their competitor’s products and the serious impacts it would have on U.S. competitive conditions and on national security. I understand that other Congressional letters are expected once the ITC re-opens submissions. As the ITC’s filing system isn’t necessarily user-friendly, I have collected the current Congressional submissions in this post (and will update with additional submissions as I obtain them).
Netherlands: CDVI SA v. Impro Technologies Europe B.V.,
The court solved the question of inventive step using the problem-solution approach, defining the objective technical problem without including a pointer to the solution of the problem.
Consequently, the patent was held invalid.
Naperville, IL Development Project Forced To Drop Name To Avoid Public Confusing It With City 1.7K Miles Away
Lots of trademark disputes are stupid. Lots of trademark disputes portray a great deal of hand-wringing that is laughable at best. And lots of trademark disputes end up being settled despite not being even remotely valid. But very few trademark disputes have to do with the naming and promoting of commercial developments when the geography that separates them is over 1,700 miles.
But that’s the case in the recent news that the City of Naperville in Illinois has dropped the name of its Water Street District development due to a complaint by the city of Henderson in Nevada.
Bird Rides Inc. Demands Takedown of News Report on Lawful Re-use of Scooters
Every now and then we have to remind someone that it’s not illegal for people to report facts that they dislike. This time, the offender is electric scooter rental company Bird Rides, Inc.
Electric scooters have swamped a number of cities across the US, many of the scooters carelessly discarded in public spaces. Bird, though, has pioneered a new way to pollute the commons by sending a meritless takedown letter to a journalist covering the issue. The company cites the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and implies that even writing about the issue could be illegal. It’s not.
Bird sent a “Notice of Claimed Infringement” over this article on Boing Boing, one of the Internet’s leading sources of news and commentary on social, educational, political, artistic and scientific development in popular culture. The article reports on the fact that large numbers of Bird scooters are winding up in impound lots, and that it’s possible to lawfully purchase these scooters when cities auction them off, and then to lawfully modify those scooters so they work without the Bird app.
The letter is necessarily vague about exactly how the post infringed any of Bird’s rights, and with good reason: the post does no such thing, as we explain in a letter on behalf of Happy Mutants LLC, which owns and operates Boing Boing. The post reports on lawful activity, nothing more. In fact, the First Amendment would have protected it even if reported on illegal conduct or advocated for people to break the law. (For instance, a person might lawfully advocate that an electric scooter startup should violate local parking ordinances. Hypothetically.)
So, in a sense, it doesn’t matter whether Bird is right or wrong when it claims that it’s illegal to convert a Bird scooter to a personal scooter. Either way, Boing Boing was free to report on it.
Scooter Company Bird Sends Absolutely Bullshit Copyright Threat Letter To Cory Doctorow For Reporting On Modifying Scooters
Of all the stupid things a lawyer can do, it’s difficult to think of many more stupid than to send a totally and completely bogus copyright infringement claim, arguing (incorrectly) a violation of DMCA section 1201 (the anti-circumvention part of the DMCA) to Cory Doctorow. Among many other things, Cory is one of the leading voices about the problems of 1201 and has fought for years to dismantle it. And thus a case that actually challenged 1201 might be interesting, but in this case, there’s no valid 1201 case at all.
As explained in an EFF blog post, Bird, one of the bigger app-based scooter rental services out there, sent a completely bullshit “Notice of Claimed Infringement” to Doctorow and the parent company of Boing Boing, Happy Mutants. Over what? Over a BoingBoing post from last month that reports on how people are offering $30 conversion kits to turn a former Bird scooter into one that you yourself can use. Specifically, the article talked about how many Bird scooters were being impounded, and could potentially be sold off at some point to people who might want to convert one on the cheap into a personal electric scooter.
The letter–sent by Bird’s “Sr. Corporate Counsel”, Linda Kwak (whose experience appears to be focused on employment law, not copyright law)–makes a number of ludicrous claims. Thankfully, Doctorow and BoingBoing have EFF to back them up and respond forcefully to this kind of threat, with a response written by EFF senior staff attorney Kit Walsh.
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The [[PTKFGS]] version of the fad features a blue stapler, and features a {{link|punchthestapler|contrary claim}} by Milton (though the audio is actually by "Weird Al" Yankovic).
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Some sites involve inserting Milton's quote into songs. One such site, called “spread my stapler and fly away”, became popular and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. The site added the words “You have my stapler” into R. Kelly's hit song "I Believe I Can Fly", along with a photoedit of R.Kelly as Milton. The song was later included for YTMND Soundtrack Volume 10.
Most stapler sites today play around with the scene, usually incorporated into other fads (e.g. I want Stapler, a play on the Butterfingers Fad). Milton will very often be included in conglomerate sites.
The PTKFGS version of the fad features a blue stapler, and features a contrary claim by Milton (though the audio is actually by "Weird Al" Yankovic).
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Bohnacker, Ute
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Linguistics and Philology.
The clause-initial position in L2 Swedish declaratives: word order variation and discourse pragmatics2010In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 105-143Article in journal (Refereed)
In a recent study of the clause-initial position in verb-second declaratives (the prefield), Bohnacker & Rosén (2008) found significant differences between native Swedish and German concerning the frequencies with which constituents occurred in the prefield, as well as qualitative differences concerning the mapping of information structure and linear word order: Swedish exhibited a stronger tendency than German to place new information, the so-called rheme, later in the clause. Swedish-speaking learners of German transferred these patterns from their L1 to German. Their sentences were syntactically well-formed but had Swedish-style prefield frequencies and a strong pattern of Rheme Later, which native Germans perceive as unidiomatic, as an acceptability judgment and a rewrite-L2texts task showed. The present study extends Bohnacker & Rosén's work in three ways. Learners of the reverse language combination (L1 German, L2 Swedish) are investigated to see whether similar phenomena also manifest themselves there. Secondly, written and oral data from highly advanced learners are examined to see whether the learners’ persistent problems can be overcome by extensive immersion (3, 6 and 9 years of L2 exposure). Thirdly, besides investigating theme–rheme (old vs. new information), some consideration is given to another information-structural level, background vs. focus. The learners are found to overuse the prefield at first, with non-Swedish, German-style frequency patterns (e.g. low proportions of clause-initial expletives and high proportions of clause-initial rhematic elements). This is interpreted as evidence for L1 transfer of information-structural or discourse-pragmatic preferences. After 6 and 9 years, a substantial increase in clause-initial expletive subjects, clefts and lightweight given elements is indicative of development towards the target. The findings are related to current generative theorizing on the syntax-pragmatics interface, where it is often maintained that the integration of multiple types of information is one of the hardest areas for L2 learners to master.
Westergaard, Marit
Universitetet i Tromsö.
Introduction: The Nordic languages and second language acquisition theory2010In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 99-104Article in journal (Other academic)
Busterud, Guro
Institutt for nordistikk og litteraturvitenskap, NTNU .
Methodological problems related to reserach on L2 Norwegian anaphors2010In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 145-168Article in journal (Refereed)
Gao, Helena
Nanyang Technological University.
A study of Swedish speakers' learning of Chinese classifiers2010In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 197-229Article in journal (Refereed)
5. Garbacz, Piotr
Håkansson, David
Lunds universitet.
Rosenkvist, Henrik
[Reveiw of:] John D. Sundquist. Morphosyntactic Change in the History of the Mainland Scandinavian Languages2007In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, p. 137-146Article, book review (Other academic)
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Scandinavian Languages.
Transitive expletive constructions in Swedish2017In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 40, no 3, p. 255-285Article in journal (Refereed)
This article discusses the existence of transitive expletive constructions (TECs) in Swedish. It is often claimed that TECs are a distinctive feature of Insular Scandinavian, but do not exist in Mainland Scandinavian. In this article, however, it is shown that such constructions do occur throughout the history of Swedish and, to some extent, still occur in present-day Swedish, although nowadays the language has none of the features previously proposed as licensing TECs. It is also shown that Swedish has a broader repertoire of associate subjects in TECs than does Icelandic. Unlike in Icelandic, associate subjects can also be definite in Swedish. The presence of TECs in Swedish calls into question the previous analysis of the licensing of this construction, and in this article a new explanation for the phenomenon is proposed. It is claimed that TECs are possible if the expletive can merge in a position structurally higher than the canonical subject position. In the case of V2 languages, this implies that expletives must be able to merge in Spec,CP, and it is shown that in Swedish they are able to merge in this position.
Petzell, Erik
Institutet för språk och folkminnen, Göteborg.
Engdahl, Elisabet
Introduction: New perspectives on diachronic syntax in North Germanic2019In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 42, no 2, p. 135-138Article in journal (Other academic)
This special issue of Nordic Journal of Linguistics is dedicated to diachronic generative syntax in the North Germanic languages. With the introduction of generative grammar in the late 1950s the historical perspective became less prominent within linguistics. Instead, contemporary language, normally represented by the researcher’s own intuitions, became the unmarked empirical basis within the generative field, although there were some early pioneering studies in generative historical syntax (e.g. Traugott 1972). It was not until the introduction of the Principles and Parameters theory in the 1990s that diachronic syntax emerged as an important domain of inquiry for generative linguists. Since then, the study of syntactic change has added a temporal dimension to the overall enterprise to better understand the nature of variation in human language.
8. Smith, Kelly
Megyesi, Beata
Velupillai, Sumithra
Kvist, Maria
Professional language in Swedish clinical text: Linguistic characterization and comparative studies2014In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 37, no 2, p. 297-323Article in journal (Refereed)
This study investigates the linguistic characteristics of Swedish clinical text in radiology reports and doctor's daily notes from electronic health records (EHRs) in comparison to general Swedish and biomedical journal text. We quantify linguistic features through a comparative register analysis to determine how the free text of EHRs differ from general and biomedical Swedish text in terms of lexical complexity, word and sentence composition, and common sentence structures. The linguistic features are extracted using state-of-the-art computational tools: a tokenizer, a part-of-speech tagger, and scripts for statistical analysis. Results show that technical terms and abbreviations are more frequent in clinical text, and lexical variance is low. Moreover, clinical text frequently omit subjects, verbs, and function words resulting in shorter sentences. Clinical text not only differs from general Swedish, but also internally, across its sub-domains, e.g. sentences lacking verbs are significantly more frequent in radiology reports. These results provide a foundation for future development of automatic methods for EHR simplification or clarification.
Thomas, Anita
SOL Centre, Lunds universitet.
The influence of lexical aspect and input frequency in the L2 French of adult beginners2010In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 33, no 2, p. 169-196Article in journal (Refereed)
Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Languages, Department of Modern Languages, Finno-Ugric Languages.
Wilbur, Joshua
The past, present and future of the Pite Saami language: Sociological factors and revitalization efforts2011In: Nordic Journal of Linguistics, ISSN 0332-5865, E-ISSN 1502-4717, Vol. 34, no 3, p. 295-329Article in journal (Refereed)
Our paper is a report on the past, current and future state of the endangered Pite Saami language (aka: Arjeplog Saami) spoken in Swedish Lapland. Our primary data come from interviews with Pite Saami individuals and our field observations. We estimate the vitality of Pite Saami based on the UNESCO Language Vitality Scale, taking into consideration factors such as the number of speakers, language attitudes and the quality of documentation. We also discuss the possible reasons for the decline of Pite Saami, report on the speakers' views of other Saami languages and Swedish, consider whether there is a specific Pite Saami identity, describe revitalization efforts already taking place, and discuss the future prospects of the language.
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The ability of municipalities to regulate Subdivision and Land Development and Zoning in the State of Pennsylvania is authorized by the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (PMPC) or (MPC), Act 247 of 1968 (PDF). By virtue of this Act, municipal governments may adopt regulations to govern Subdivision and Land Development and Zoning in their jurisdictions.
A Subdivision is the land use management process by which an applicant creates new lot lines or proposes changes to existing lot lines. This can involve the creation of a new lot from a larger existing lot or it can involve the rearrangement of existing lot lines to achieve a new configuration.
The MPC defines a Subdivision as:
“[T]he division or redivision of a lot, tract or parcel of land by any means into two or more lots, tracts, parcels or other divisions of land including changes in existing lot lines for the purpose, whether immediate or future, of lease, partition by the court for distribution to heirs or devises, transfer of ownership or building or lot development: Provided however, That the subdivision by lease of land for agricultural purposes into parcels of more than ten acres, not involving any new street or easement of access or any residential dwelling shall be exempted.”
Another type of land use management mechanism is the Land Development. These type of applications involve the construction of public or private improvements on a parcel of land. They can involve both residential and commercial projects.
The MPC defines a Land Development as:
The improvement of one lot or two or more contiguous lots, tracts or parcels of land for any purpose involving:
(i) a group of two or more residential or nonresidential buildings, whether proposed initially or cumulatively, or a single nonresidential building on a lot or lots regardless of the number of occupants or tenure; or
(ii) the division or allocation of land or space, whether initially or cumulatively, between or among two or more existing or prospective occupants by means of, or for the purpose of streets, common areas, leaseholds, condominiums, building groups or other features.
A subdivision of land.
Development in accordance with Section 503 (1.1).
For more information see the Subdivision and Land Development.
For information on yearly statistics of subdivision and land development activity in Wayne County see the Subdivision Activity and Administration section of the Wayne County Planning Commission Annual Report.
Another land use management option that is available to municipalities is zoning. Zoning is a land use management tool that regulates the use of land and structures. A municipality can utilize this tool through the adoption of a zoning ordinance. A zoning ordinance is comprised of two main parts, which are the zoning map and the text of the corresponding regulations. For more information on this topic visit the Zoning page.
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The Month in Photos: November 2019
See the best moments that Ball State’s photographers captured on and around campus.
Students from the Music Media Production major helped start an after-school program where Muncie teens produce their own music.
Ball State named a top school for entrepreneurship
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Programs, professor receive high marks from DesignIntelligence
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Ball State’s ‘Masters and Visionaries’ features a blend of dance and music Dec. 6-8
Ball State Alumni Association names new leader
Ball State Opera Theatre to perform Orpheus in the Underworld
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VisitScotland hails the 150th anniversary of The National Wallace Monument
The National Wallace Monument is celebrating its 150th anniversary today (WED 11 September) and VisitScotland is hailing the world’s long-lasting love affair with the Scottish hero.
William Wallace may have died over 700 years ago but his legacy lives on with visitors flocking to the monument, built in his honour, year after year.
Statistics reveal that since the landmark opened its doors in 1869 it has welcomed an estimated 9 million visitors from countries across the globe.
While this anniversary certainly stands out in the monument’s history, there is another event which had a profound effect – the release of Hollywood blockbuster Braveheart.
The hit movie, which depicted a fictious telling of the freedom fighter, had such an impact on Scotland’s tourism industry that it was voted the third greatest tourism moment over the last 50 years in a poll by VisitScotland to mark its 50th anniversary.
Prior to the premiere of the Mel Gibson epic, annual visitor numbers to the monument were in the region of 80,000 per year and by 1998 they reached a record figure of 184,265.
For the 10-year period following the release, the average annual number of visitors to the Monument was 135,000, and it has remained above the 100,000 level over subsequent years. In a survey conducted at the Monument in 2011, the film was identified by 38% of all visitors as the principal motivation for making their visit.
Dr Murray Cook, Stirling Council’s archaeologist, said: “Wallace, the man and the myth, is a universal, classic story that speaks to all cultures.
We can see it in the basic plot of most Hollywood blockbusters: A common man, pushed to the point of breaking the law, rebelling for freedom against bigger bullies.
He fights and succeeds but ultimately loses, refusing to compromise even at the point of torture and death, which sparks a bigger rebellion that achieves what he strove for - Scotland’s freedom.
“The monument celebrates both this central truth but also the legends that have built up around Wallace. He was a giant with a giant sword, capable of superhuman acts, and it’s entirely fitting that Britain’s biggest monument to an individual is to Scotland’s biggest hero.”
The National Wallace Monument reports that it welcomes visitors from 94 countries each year and staff at the landmark say they often receive visitors from different parts of the world who are diehard Wallace fans – including a German visitor who sported a tattoo of Wallace’s face on the back of his leg.
There have also been celebrity visitors over the years including Ellie Goulding, Novak Djokovic and Sam Heughan.
Ken Thomson, Marketing Manager of Stirling District Tourism (the charity that operates The National Wallace Monument), said: “The story of William Wallace has fascinated and inspired people from around the world for centuries and continues to be a big draw for visitors to Scotland today.
“The National Wallace Monument, built in his honour 150 years ago, now attracts over a hundred thousand visitors each year, each of whom leave with a deeper understanding of Wallace and the legacy he left behind.
“2019 has been an exciting year for the Monument – our interior exhibition spaces were totally transformed, and we have held a programme of special events throughout the year, as we strive to tell the fascinating story of William Wallace to both the people of Scotland and visitors from all over the world better than it has ever been told before.”
To celebrate the 150th milestone, visitors will be treated to a fun day of festivities around the Abbey Craig – the jutting hill upon which the monument was built.
A re-enactment of the Battle of Stirling Bridge – the famous conflict where Wallace defeated Edward I’s army in 1297 – along with the cutting of an incredible two-foot cake replica of the monument are some of the activities to be enjoyed on the day. A family-friendly festival, Wallace Wha’ Hae will also take place at the weekend to continue the celebrations. The two events have been awarded £25,000 from EventScotland – part of VisitScotland’s events directorate.
Neil Christison, VisitScotland Regional Director, said: “The National Wallace Monument is one of Scotland’s most iconic landmarks and a beacon for the country’s history and culture.
“Reaching the 150th anniversary is an incredible achievement for the staff there and the many predecessors who came before them. It is right then that we celebrate them and the man himself with the Wallace 150 and Wallace Wha’ Hae events.
“Wallace and his monument have made a huge impression on visitors and as times have changed so has the visitor experience on the Abbey Craig meaning it is still going strong a century and half later.
“We need to create world class experiences, events and attractions to keep up with ever-changing visitor demands. Tourism is more than a holiday experience – it is the heartbeat of the Scottish economy and touches every community, generating income, jobs and social change.”
Get tickets to Wallace Wha’ Hae here: www.nationalwallacemonument.com/wallacewhahae/
Last Updated: 11 September 2019 9:26
Source: VisitScotland
The Scottish Wedding Show returns for its February showcase
Scotland’s largest wedding showcase will be returning to the SEC, Glasgow next month, offering brides and grooms-to-be everything they need to plan their perfect wedding, under one roof!
Last Updated: 17th January 2020
Launch of Name The Stirling Land Train Competition
Stirling’s popular Land Train is looking for a name and needs the public’s help to find the perfect title.
Book up to break away with Macdonald Resorts
Macdonald Resorts has unveiled its 2020 holiday offers and Winter Sale!
Salvage Hunters on hunt for Scottish locations to feature on the upcoming series
Salvage Hunters, the well-loved and most watched Discovery Network show is on the hunt for locations to feature on the upcoming series.
Last Updated: 7th January 2020
Cornton Primary School Pupils go on the Hunt for Reindeer
All eight of Cornton Primary School’s classes walked into Stirling during the run-up to Christmas to take part in the city’s Reindeer Trail organised by Go Forth Stirling.
Macdonald Resorts to help spread Christmas cheer with Emergency Service Discount
To thank Emergency Service workers and help them relax after the festive season, Macdonald Resorts is offering an exclusive discount to be enjoyed after the big day.
Search for Sandy
The hunt is now on by SABOS to find the perfect pooch to play Annie’s four-legged companion, Sandy, from Tuesday 31 March – Saturday 4 April next year.
Planning a festive proposal...
Macdonald Hotels & Resorts has marked the most romantic locations within its hotels with a velvet cushion designed to provide comfort to those getting down on one knee.
Mrs Browns Boys is Back!
The Award-Winning Brendan O’Carroll and Mrs. Brown’s Boys have announced a live return to Edinburgh in 2020 with ‘Mrs Brown D’ Live Show.
Last Updated: 7th December 2019
Get your hands on some of the hottest tickets in town this Black Friday
This Black Friday sees some amazing offers available on tickets for the biggest and best shows and gigs in Glasgow and Edinburgh!
Stirling Schoolboy wins iPad in Halloween Contest
Cowie schoolboy, Lucas Wilson, is celebrating after winning an iPad following the Go Forth Stirling Hallowe’en Trail competition.
Go Forth Stirling launches Festive Reindeer Trail
A herd of colourful reindeer designed by local schoolchildren have flown into Stirling for the city’s festive Reindeer Trail.
Cat Hepburn embarks on Scottish student tour as part of Book Week Scotland
The Scottish Book Trust has announced that award winning scriptwriter and spoken word artist Cat Hepburn will embark on a tour for Scottish students as part of Book Week Scotland.
Scotland asked to come together with One Kind Act
The people of Scotland are being encouraged to celebrate St Andrew's Day (30th November) by carrying out an act of kindness!
Enjoy breakfast with Santa at Dobbies
For a festive feast that your little ones won't forget, Dobbies is giving families the chance to enjoy a special breakfast with Santa!
Last Updated: 6th November 2019
Food For Thought: Local Food Network Proposed
Stirlingshire businesses, from butchers and bakers to local food makers, are invited to share their ideas for a new local food network.
Go Forth Stirling Seeks New Board Members
Go Forth Stirling - the business-led organisation which works to improve the city’s trading environment – is recruiting new Board members to help shape its future.
Last Updated: 31st October 2019
Record crowds roll up to Paisley Halloween Festival
Paisley celebrated its biggest ever Halloween Festival as 41,000 people flocked to the town to see the amazing floats, circus performers and spectacular Mardi-Gras style parade!
Food Fest is a Recipe for Success
Forth Valley Food Festival whipped up the perfect recipe once again, with over 15,000 thousand people flocking to a variety of events from foraging to farm tours over 10 days.
Last Updated: 23rd October 2019
Paisley set for Fireworks spectacular
The skies above Paisley Abbey are set to be lit up with a dazzling fireworks display on Saturday 2nd November!
The countdown to GlasGLOW is on!
Marshmallowland, an epic bar and the best of Glasgow's street food, itison unveils GlasGLOW's food and drink line up featuring West End favourites Loop and Scoop!
Stirling School Girl wins Young Entrepreneur Award
Wallace High School pupil Carla Gee is celebrating after winning the school’s first award for young entrepreneurs.
Last Updated: 9th October 2019
Three Sisters Bake has secured a primetime TV show on BBC1.
Nichola Reith, part of the Three Sisters Bake empire, with three cafes and wedding cake business, is now fronting Flour Power, the 10-part baking show on Saturday mornings on BBC1.
Go Forth Stirling Launches Spooky Halloween Trail
Go Forth Stirling, which runs the city’s Business Improvement District, is launching a Hallowe’en Trail with an iPad on offer for the contest winner.
Wild cocktails, foraged pizzas, pumpkin treats and chilli feasts on the menu for Forth Valley Food Fest
Returning for a second outing, the Forth Valley Food Festival will take place during the school October break with a jam-packed line-up showcasing the region’s diverse local larder.
Tickets for new Elfingrove dates on sale tomorrow at 12noon
Get set for 12noon tomorrow to bag tickets to the biggest Christmas spectacular in town!
The Spree Festival set to bring biggest line up yet to Paisley
Paisley's The Spree festival returns next week (11th - 19th October) with its biggest line-up yet!
Renfrewshire set for spectacular season of winter events
Renfrewshire is gearing up for another bumper season of fantastic winter events with an array of free, fun-filled activities for all!
New Elfingrove dates added after 120,000 tickets sold in 24 hours
Following phenomenal demand, itison has announced it's adding an additional seven nights onto Elfingrove – the Christmas spectacular taking over Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum this December!
Last Updated: 3rd October 2019
Go Forth Stirling appoint New Chair of the Board
A new Chair has been appointed to the Board of Go Forth Stirling – the organisation which works to improve the city’s trading environment.
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P Shinichi Rin #54
Soledad Mountain Ducks (CHI) DOMSA
Age: 37 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Angry
BNN Index | DOMSA | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
P SHINICHI RIN #54 - AGE: 37 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: ANGRY
7 0 0-0 1 4.09 11.0 16 1 1 7 1.55 0.1
Control 9 9 9 10
Slider 3 4
Suggested Role Strictly BP
Type Flyball Pitcher
08/03/2058 CHO Loss, 4-11 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
06/14/2058 @ YON Loss, 2-9 2.0 3 0 0 0 2
06/05/2058 DON Win, 9-4 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
05/29/2058 @ CHO Loss, 2-8 2.2 6 4 4 1 1
05/18/2058 @ WAB Loss, 0-7 2.0 3 0 0 0 1
05/04/2058 CHO Win, 3-2 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 Save
05/02/2058 VER Win, 2-1 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Rin is considered one of the team leaders.
High: Leader
Low: Adaptability, Greed
Born in: Akita, AKI
Nationality: Japanese
Local Popularity: Unknown
Contract: Minor League Contract
Major Service: 5 Years, 123 Days
40-Man Service: 7 Years, None
Arbitration Eligibility: Eligible, but possibly free agent after season!
Drafted: 2042, 7th Pick in Round 4
DOM SECONDARY AFFILIATION 2058 PITCHING STATS
CG%
QS%
Overall 7 0 0 0 1 4.09 11.0 16 5 5 1 1 7 0 0.0 0 0 0.0
H/9
BB/9
FIP-
Overall 1 0 100.0 7 5 14.73 13.09 5.73 0.82 3.83 1.55 90 0.1 .385
vs. LHB 13 6 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .462 .500 .538 1.038
vs. RHB 34 10 3 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 1 .294 .314 .471 .785
DOM SECONDARY AFFILIATION 2058 PITCHING SPLITS
May 4 0 0 0 1 6.75 6.2 12 5 5 1 1 3
June 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 3.1 3 0 0 0 0 3
August 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Career 7 0 0 0 1 4.09 11.0 16 5 5 1 1 7
Home 4 0 0 0 1 2.08 4.1 4 1 1 0 0 3
Road 3 0 0 0 0 5.40 6.2 12 4 4 1 1 4
Grass 7 0 0 0 1 4.09 11.0 16 5 5 1 1 7
Day 4 0 0 0 1 1.50 6.0 9 1 1 0 0 4
Night 3 0 0 0 0 7.20 5.0 7 4 4 1 1 3
As Reliever / Substitution 7 0 0 0 1 4.09 11.0 16 5 5 1 1 7
2047 Santiago de Cuba - USA 26 36 0 0 0 2 4.23 44.2 49 21 21 7 12 30 0 0 1.37 .298 4.38 -0.1 94
2048 Santiago de Cuba - CUB 27 18 0 1 1 2 6.10 20.2 28 14 14 4 6 17 0 0 1.65 .369 4.71 -0.2 64
2049 Santiago de Cuba - CUB 28 33 0 3 0 1 3.40 55.2 52 22 21 8 9 36 0 0 1.10 .259 4.29 0.1 122
2050 Santiago de Cuba - KOR 29 30 0 1 0 1 2.87 47.0 49 15 15 7 10 32 0 0 1.26 .300 3.71 -0.0 120
2051 Santiago de Cuba - KOR 30 2 0 1 1 0 4.91 3.2 3 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.09 .091 10.66 -0.5 74
2052 Santiago de Cuba - DOM 31 29 1 3 1 5 2.42 52.0 56 18 14 5 4 23 0 0 1.15 .285 3.44 0.4 151
2053 Santiago de Cuba - DOM 32 10 0 0 1 0 6.60 15.0 21 11 11 3 1 3 0 0 1.47 .316 5.77 -0.3 57
Total USA
2042 Total - 21 18 18 6 6 0 4.05 117.2 127 57 53 15 29 81 0 0 1.33 .299 4.25 1.3 100
2042 Caimito del Guayabal - A 21 18 16 2 9 1 4.07 97.1 108 51 44 6 18 42 0 0 1.29 .300 3.98 1.0 92
2043 Caimito del Guayabal - A 22 18 18 6 3 0 2.80 109.1 119 37 34 2 22 74 0 0 1.29 .328 2.97 2.7 135
2044 Caimito del Guayabal - A 23 2 2 1 0 0 2.19 12.1 8 4 3 0 5 8 0 0 1.05 .222 3.28 0.2 162
2044 Condado - AA 23 29 6 5 4 2 4.29 71.1 89 39 34 4 19 49 0 0 1.51 .343 3.57 1.0 95
2045 Condado - AA 24 4 4 0 2 0 5.19 17.1 18 12 10 4 6 13 0 0 1.38 .264 5.73 -0.2 73
2052 Agramonte - AAA 31 4 0 0 0 0 3.38 5.1 7 2 2 1 0 6 0 0 1.31 .375 3.13 0.1 117
2053 Agramonte - AAA 32 9 0 0 1 2 3.60 20.0 17 10 8 1 1 13 0 0 0.90 .262 2.50 0.4 110
2054 Cuautla - AAA 33 33 7 2 7 15 4.85 65.0 82 36 35 8 11 44 0 0 1.43 .343 3.43 0.6 73
2055 Cuautla - AAA 34 44 0 5 1 11 1.56 57.2 43 10 10 4 8 36 0 0 0.88 .235 2.63 1.2 229
2056 Cuautla - AAA 35 39 0 3 3 16 1.10 49.0 33 6 6 0 10 20 0 0 0.88 .220 2.09 1.6 308
2057 Cuautla - AAA 36 30 0 1 1 6 1.88 43.0 33 9 9 4 7 24 0 0 0.93 .230 2.90 0.7 191
2058 Soledad - AA 37 7 0 0 0 1 4.09 11.0 16 5 5 1 1 7 0 0 1.55 .385 3.83 0.1 104
Total USASA
Total USATA
Total DOMSA
2047 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 36 0 4 4 0 8 0 1.000 44.2 1.61 +0.0 .992
2048 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 16 0 0 2 1 2 0 1.000 20.2 0.87 -0.1 .989
2049 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 33 0 5 8 0 14 1 .929 55.2 2.10 +0.1 1.014
2050 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 30 0 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 47.0 0.77 +0.1 2.030
2051 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.2 0.00 -0.1 .000
2052 Santiago de Cuba - MLB P 29 1 5 3 0 8 0 1.000 52.0 1.38 -0.4 1.030
2058 Soledad - AA P 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 11.0 0.00 -0.5 .000
03/13/2042 Drafted in the 2042 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 7, 31st overall pick) by the Santiago de Cuba Rough Riders, out of college (USC; Los Angeles, CA).
05/01/2042 Named the #100 prospect in the USA
05/18/2045 Injured (ruptured tendon (finger)), out for 4 months.
05/01/2047 Named the #99 prospect in the USA
07/02/2047 Injured (flu-like symptoms), day-to-day for 2 days.
10/20/2047 Received a 1-year contract worth a total of $350,000 through automatic renewal.
09/28/2050 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $525,000 with the Santiago de Cuba Rough Riders organization.
03/27/2051 Injured (Shoulder inflammation), out for 5-6 months.
08/25/2051 Signed a 3-year contract extension worth a total of $1,650,000 with the Santiago de Cuba Rough Riders organization.
03/30/2052 Injured (Back stiffness), day-to-day for 3 days.
05/31/2052 Injured (Sore ankle), day-to-day for 1 day.
08/05/2052 Injured (Sprained ankle), day-to-day for 2-3 weeks.
08/19/2053 Wins the 2053 Championship with the Agramonte Thrill!
09/04/2053 Injured (Hamstring soreness), day-to-day for 2 days.
10/19/2053 Was not offered arbitration and became a free agent.
01/01/2054 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 5 (5); Movement: 3 (3); Control: 10 (10).
02/21/2054 Signed a minor league contract with the Chihuahua Chihuahuas organization.
08/29/2055 Wins the 2055 DOMPA DOMPA Reliever of the Year Award.
08/10/2056 Injured (Dead arm), out for 2 weeks.
08/29/2056 Finished 2nd in 2056 DOMPA DOMPA Reliever of the Year Award voting.
01/01/2058 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Stuff: 3 (4); Movement: 3 (3); Control: 9 (10).
Monday, August 19th, 2019 - OOTP Baseball 20.6 Build 54
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MOSCOW (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a constitutional overhaul Wednesday to boost the powers of parliament and the Cabinet, a move signaling Putin’s intention to carve out a new position for himself after his current term ends.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev submitted his resignation hours after Putin discussed the constitutional amendments during his state of the nation address.
The Russian leader thanked Medvedev for his service but said the prime minister’s Cabinet had failed to fulfill all of its objectives. In televised remarks, Putin said Medvedev would take up a new position as a deputy head of the presidential Security Council.
Medvedev, a longtime close associate of Putin’s, has served as Russia’s prime minister since 2012. He spent four years before that as president in 2008-2012, becoming a placeholder when Putin had to switch into the prime minister’s office because of constitutional term limits on the presidency.
Medvedev obediently stepped down after just one term as president and let Putin reclaim the top job in what was widely seen as cynical political maneuvering and triggered massive protests in Moscow
Putin asked the members of Medvedev’s Cabinet to keep working until a new Cabinet is formed.
Medvedev’s resignation followed Putin’s annual state of the nation address earlier Wednesday. During his speech, the Russian leader proposed amending the constitution to increase the powers of prime ministers and Cabinet members.
The proposed move is seen as part of Putin’s efforts to carve out a new position of power for himself to stay at the helm after his current term as president ends in 2024.
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Streets Breed Crime, Litter, And Other Social Problems
"Urban areas, no longer relying on walking and bicycling as travel choices, are becoming unfit and unhealthy."
"Please note that the J'boro[MPO] meeting will be held on January 4, 2011, in the Council Chamber, Huntington Building, at 900 West Monroe Avenue at 10:30 a.m. Please plan to attend. Thank you." We were outnumbered about 3 to 1 last time. We need conservatives there. That's this Tuesday, tomorrow.
Quote from below: Both main streets and neighborhood roads serve as "outdoor living rooms." " Well-constructed streets elicit appropriate behavior, increasing neighborliness, association, belonging, acceptance, pride and play. When roadways become focused for inappropriate motorist volumes or behavior, streets become problems, breeding crime, litter, disrepair of properties and other social problems ... Urban areas, no longer relying on walking and bicycling as travel choices, are becoming unfit and unhealthy."
Following are quotes from a Video, Lecture, and Article by Dan Burden, the Founder of Walkable Communities. The Video was sent to me by someone from California by Facebook (one of three Californians who contacted me after watching the Video clips the bikers put on the web.) I looked up a couple other articles by Dan Burden and put the quotes altogether by subject. . The information from the Video is mostly notes and not exact quotes but the ones from the Lecture and Article are exact quotes. After each point of information I have put Video, Lecture or Article so the reader will know where to find the information. At end of email you can find the links and titles to the articles.
In addition to being the Founder of Walkable Communities, Dan Burden also worked in Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) as the state pedestrian and bicycle coordinator and also on the United Nations Technical Advisory Team to assist China. Burden's Lecture was presented to Transportation Research Board, Washington, D. C. in 2001
Quotes and information from Dan Burden:
" My lecture focuses on the early steps of returning towns and people to sensible, smart growth, sustainable, people-focused transportation and land use practices" He also discusses livable communities. Lecture
We have been building communities for cars rather than for the community. Video
Walking is greatest of all medications. Video
Walking has got to become the focus for transportation planning. Video
"Design conflicts 'should be resolved in favor of the non-vehicular users'". Article
Whether a city is working or not depends on how many people you see walking. Video
If I don't need to rent a car your rate will be high. If I do need to rent a car your rate will be low. Video
Three elements that are most important and crucial for transportation planning: Healthy Planet, Healthy Community, Healthy Economy. They all center on the same thing - walkability. Video
Burden said how important turning the clock back 100 years is. We need to bring down the amount of fuel. We need to downsize grocery stores so you can get groceries closer to where people live and mentioned other placed that need to be downsized so they would be in walking distance. Video
Urban areas, no longer relying on walking and bicycling as travel choices, are becoming unfit and unhealthy. Lecture
"A key measure of walkability and livability is the number of children walking or bicycling to school." Lecture
"My second measure of the level of success of a community or neighborhood is the number of pedestrians and bicyclists that are present" Lecture
Following bullet points taken from Burden's 25 principles for healthy neighborhood street design:
· 6. Narrow streets, neck downs, tight curves to reduce vehicle speeds.
· 8. Narrower intersections with smaller turning radii to reduce vehicle speeds.
· 10. Tight curves with prominent buildings or other terminating vistas to slow traffic.
· 11. On-street parking to slow traffic and shield pedestrians.
· 19. Low curb radii where streets intersect to make turns tight and slow.
· 22. Remove snow from sidewalks.
· 25. Design conflicts "should be resolved in favor of the non-vehicular users".
Wide streets, with wide lanes, entice motorists to speed, while narrower streets calm that traffic to safer speeds. Article
Driver behavior. He said that now the closer driver gets to intersection he/she speeds up in order to get through the light before it changes. But when you do the above things, your mind is on totally different things. You are looking at the scenery and this is supposed to slow down the speed of drivers. Video
"Towns and portions of towns identified as neighborhoods must be planned and assembled to walking scale. History has proven that distance of a quarter-mile radius forms the near perfect place for people to interact...This scale allows people to reach most primary destinations in five minute walks. It is possible to get completely across the entire area in 10-minutes. " Lecture
"Highly successful downtowns and most pleasing settings of all call for 50/50 ratio of street and sidewalk width, including edge treatments." Lecture
Sidewalks demand snow removal and occasional resetting of slabs. Lecture
Suburban towns, like Thornton, must learn to convert faceless shopping plazas into village
centers. Each village needs to be scaled to a walking radius. Streets must be added, while
parking lots are removed. Lecture
Livingston Avenue, in Orlando, Florida was re-bricked [it reduces speed to about 20 miles per hour] and dropped from 3 lanes to 2 lanes to reduce speeding, and maintain traffic flow. Area residents paid for 75% of the costs.
He said our standard of living is off the charts but we have dropped our quality of life, however. Other countries have higher quality of life than we do. (But he didn't name them) Video
Both main streets and neighborhood roads serve as "outdoor living rooms. " Well-constructed streets elicit appropriate behavior, increasing neighborliness, association, belonging, acceptance, pride and play. When roadways become focused for inappropriate motorist volumes or behavior, streets become problems, breeding crime, litter, disrepair of properties and other social problems. Lecture
As long as we build our city with concern for people it will be filled with people. If we build our city for cars, it will be filled with cars. Video
Portland, Oregon is example that shows a city can be healthiest place of all to live. Video [Note: Portland, Oregon, is an oft-touted model of sprawl containment. The city established an "urban growth boundary" in 1980 that protects nearby farmland surrounding the city and tightly limits development in outlying areas. Portland’s approach has not been without controversy. The mayor of Portland who headed up the transportation reforms in Portland, Neil Goldschmidt, later became the US Secretary of Transportation. Lecture
They are taking up asphalt in Holland and redigging the canal to transport goods. There are no cars on the streets in Holland. (Don't know whether he is talking about Holland, Michigan or the country.) Video
How do we bring back walkability? Video
The streets have too many lanes. In Pennsylvania they took out 2 lanes and made them into a bike lane and one parking lane for a good solution. Video
In another place they took out all the lanes but two. Video
Towns like Portland, Oregon; Santa Monica, California; Seattle, Kirkland and University Place, Washington are keeping traffic moving while reducing the number of travel lanes. The most common lane reduction is removing two lanes on a multi-lane highway, replacing the two travel lanes, with turn lanes or medians with turning pockets, bike lanes and edge treatments. Lecture
Many towns are finding that narrower travel lanes in urban areas can also reduce speeds. Although there is no change in speed when lanes are reduced from 12 feet to 11 feet, a further reduction to 10 feet, and in some cases as little as 9 feet, is showing speed reductions… When remarked, the additional width gained is usually placed in bike lanes…These changes can occur using just paint or with rebuilt roadways. Lecture
Lecture [This is evidently how we are going to develop bikeways throughout the Jonesboro MPO area because we certainly can't afford to build new roads. And just when will the US DOT require this? ]
"Bridgeport Way, University Place, Washington.. As a result of these efforts the new town went from a $450,000 annual public works budget to $30 million in state and county funded projects, with eight of the projects under construction. All will be bike and pedestrian friendly models for the state." Lecture
How do we replicate things like this? How do we make these changes?
A code might be written in such and such a way to get this result. Video
Communities have the fewest transport problems when most trips are kept to neighborhood scale. Shops, schools, plazas and parks should be located where people live. Lecture
Palo Alto, California, for example, does not allow any grocery store to be more than 30,000 square feet. Lecture
In Chicot we can't afford the $300 million cost for property to redo the streets so we can build a new village and solve nightmare that exist there today (where people can walk to places) Video
We need to change building and make them behave properly to make walking more enjoyable. (He shows pictures of how to make the building face the street and redesign them so they are more attractive and will make people want to walk more. ) Video
"We have to write the code to put all developers on the same page." Video
Cars are happiest when there are few cars around. Video 12:18
He claims that cities that have returned to walkability have growing economies. Video
"We have lots of built infrastructure already in place. When landscape architects, planning engineers, economic developers start working together as a team we can change the whole image of the city and the whole design to work from extremely low [trailed off but means walkability]. We have to write the code so that we put all developers on the same equal footing if we are going to get this as a fairly universal practice….We have to have the density." Video
It is important that we have many cities where these designs for walkability are examples. Video
There are serious projections that gas will be $10.00 a gallon in a short time. Video
Vancouver has the greatest density of all North America. They built most of density in old railroad sections. They dedicated all the waterways so the first 50 feet belongs to the public. This city built the city around its people and not cars.
Commuting is making people less happy. Video
We will never have enough money to support transportation demands. Video
As we plan for walkability, we need to understand the sense of enclosure - low enclosure doesn't give you the sense of enclosure. We feel a wonderful sense of security when we have the sense of enclosure. Video
He said we needed new language and terms for all of this. Video
Transparency - How watched over do we feel? Biking should make us feel watched over.
Image Ability - means Quality of place
Human scale - Is its sizing and positioning designed for human beings or for cars?
Complexity - something new every time you go by there.
With these you build a real arty town. Rent will be about $3,000 a month.
Couple more points - Every street is up for redesign - never had complete streets before.
There has to be a partnership between the building and the street.
Once we put in bikeways it will bring down speed of the car drivers by putting in the right size of lane. It is then a much higher performance street by putting in the right size lane .
Then he tells two or three sob stories. In one he says he received a very rewarding letter. . The writer of the letter talks about how much he appreciated the owner of a house along a walkway in some city that allowed a man who was very sick to keep his dignity and walk to get his medicine and other needs because now he could stop half way home and rest on the bench and still be able to make the trip. [If cars were still available he would not have needed the bench.]
Questions Mayor asked him at end of presentation.
Mayor: How do you propose we do it right. Answer.
Burden: You need more density, plazas, tightness no sprawling out. Cambridge, Mass is most walkable city in US and has great building density.
Mayor: I have a question on traffic engineering. Where is the safe place.
Burden: Higher speeds are taking most lives. Cars are moving slower now because of the walkways and bikeways.
Mayor: Is it strictly civic responsibility.
Burden: Until there is an owned vision by entire district, it won't go forward with gusto One city wants to drop the use of vehicles by a certain percent every year. Chamber of Commerce is totally on board.
Mayor: How can we increase density and still have our own yards and gardens?
Burden: That is a dilemma. Then he talks about cutting the size of lots etc. etc.
Mayor Question: Did you see some successful areas in San Jose.
Burden: some streets were way too wide. You can move all the traffic by changing one lane into bikeway and one street into parking and bring the speed down.
Mayor Question: What changes bring the most results? Re-striping - changing streets by restriping - adding bike lanes and walkways, etc.
Then Burden talked about education and introducing all students to street evaluation, etc. He said to get away from data crunching. He has been addressing college groups as well as presentations like he is doing in San Jose.
He rates cities on two basis: If I don't need to rent a car your rate will be high. If I do need to rent a car your rate will be low. Video
Additional quotes on the Lecture:
My lecture focuses on the early steps of returning towns and people to sensible,
smart growth, sustainable, people-focused transportation and land use practices
If societies in all places of the world are to remain stable and healthy for centuries to come, we must learn to move more on our own… shorter distances and with less impact on resources of the planet. Not only are we approaching peak world oil production {estimated to peak in 2005) and feeling early impacts of global warming from emissions, but our lifestyle of auto-based travel is becoming disruptive in virtually all households. Lecture
A growing number now want peacefulness where they live and an end to the sprawl they bought into.
Burden was selected as one of five people from around the world to serve on a United Nations Technical Advisory Team on bicycling to assist China. His team was shocked to find that China was trying to solve the bicycle problem (63% of all movement in China). Burden said, "We tried to correct them, stating that the bicycle was not the problem for China, it was the solution. Our words were to no avail." [Note you won't be able to convince Americans that bicycles are the solution either. The only way you will get the public to use the bikeways and walkways for transportation is through coercion, codes, and force.
By keeping block lengths short, as well, traffic speeds are also held in check.
For more comfortable walking, and higher volumes of pedestrians in commercial and school districts, sidewalk widths are typically 8-12 feet. Large, successful downtowns demand 20-30 foot widths. Lecture
Highly successful downtowns and most pleasing settings of all call for 50/50 ratio of street and sidewalk width, including edge treatments. Lecture
Sidewalks require buffers and edges. In suburban areas planter strips of 4-6 feet, with landscaping and trees create ideal street buffers. Fencing, shrubs and other features facing the private property side form edges to parking lots, open lots or other areas that must be traversed. Lecture
Some roadways are purposely narrowed to two-lanes with medians. Multiple-lane roads need advanced stop bars, signing, enhanced crosswalk markings, improved lighting, and some call for mechanized systems.
A general reduction in quality of life and property value has resulted from overly high urban traffic speeds. Neighborhood and main street speeds should be kept low. Although speeds should still be factored with the functional and regional traffic movement needs, there is rarely justification for traffic to move at speed above 30 mph in most areas, and 20 mph in s As towns make the switch to safer, more appropriate urban speeds… , [they] are achieving injury reductions from 30-70%, and greatly enhancing walking, transit, bicycling and other modes of travel. .
Pioneering work in the early 80’s by Donald Appleyard in Berkeley, California, measured the impacts of traffic on livability. Streets with an average of 2000 autos per day provided residents with an average of 3.0 friends and 6.3 acquaintances. Streets with traffic volumes at 8,000 per day saw numbers of friends and acquaintances drop to 1.3 and 4.1. For streets with 16,000 per day the numbers of friends and acquaintances dropped to .09 and 3.1. The level of pride, sense of ownership and sense of place dropped dramatically as the traffic volumes rose.
Towns like Portland, Oregon; Santa Monica, California; Seattle, Kirkland and University Place, Washington are keeping traffic moving while reducing the number of travel lanes. The most common lane reduction is removing two lanes on a multi-lane highway, replacing the two travel lanes, with turn lanes or medians with turning pockets, bike lanes and edge treatments..
[T]ransit-oriented village designs are now under development in most states and are anticipated to be among the most popular places for purchase in the future. Orenco Station in the Portland, Oregon, area was built following Federal Transit Administration approval for a light-rail station in the middle of a cornfield. The new neighborhood is highly walkable and an excellent model of scale, proportion, mixed use, mixed income design. Portland officials know that their greatest opportunity with light rail is not just easing of traffic congestion, but the opportunity to spawn many urban villages walkable scale. Lecture
Walking audits are proving to be one of the best ways to get planners, engineers, architects, landscape architects, city council members, police and fire administrators to see and understand how any why they must work together. The police officer n this scene is seeing her town through pretend eyes of an eight year old. Lecture
"Are educational and enforcement programs effective? More than half of my life has been devoted to bringing changes in motorist, bicyclist and pedestrian behavior. Clearly there are highly effective education and enforcement efforts bringing change. The most continuously effective programs are in places like Seattle, Washington;"
A set of officers in plain clothes would attempt legal crossings in marked crosswalks. Motorists who failed to yield were issued warnings. This program was done with significant media coverage. The next week motorists were cited. The program had far reaching effects. We have conducted this training in to officers in dozens of police departments. A year later, when conducting a similar course in Reno, Nevada, the officers showed us their pedestrian sting operation. We were alerted that more than 1000 tickets had been written that year. Special signs are posted alerting motorists that a sting operation was in effect. Crosswalks were marked with high visibility markings and signs. On the street where we observed the sting operation, speeds were in the 35-40 range on a 7-lane urban highway. Over 14
My Note: When they get finished with the education programs, a driver of a car will be as evil as a smoker smoking cigarettes.
Video by Dan Burden "Building Livable, Walkable Communities http://fora.tv/2008/07/14/Dan_Burden_Building_Livable_Walkable or
http://fora.tv:80/2008/07/14/Dan_Burden_Building_Livable_Walkable
Lecture by Dan Burden presented to Transportation Research Board, Washington, D.C. in 2001. Video: "Building Communities WithTransportation" by Dan Burden http://www.walkable.org/assets/downloads/trbpaper.pdf
Article by Dan Burden "Stop Sprawl" http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/community/design.asp
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