Irene Hervey (born Beulah Irene Herwick; July 11, 1909 – December 20, 1998) was an American film, stage, and television actress who appeared in over fifty films and numerous television series spanning her five-decade career.

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Irene Hervey was known for her beauty and for credits ranging from "Destry Rides Again" to "Play Misty for Me."

Hervey started acting in plays at Venice High School and soon had a contract with MGM.

She appeared in such films as "The Count of Monte Cristo" in 1934, "Charlie Chan in Shanghai" in 1935 and "The Boys From Syracuse" in 1940.

Her first starring role came in 1937 as a taxi-dancer in "The Girl Said No."

"I adore being a common, rather coarse girl," she told The Times that year.

"You see, I've been refined for four years, always the 'nice' ingenue.

Hervey is well remembered in the western genre as James Stewart's girlfriend in the 1939 "Destry Rides Again," starring the lanky Stewart and sultry Marlene Dietrich.

Hervey also appeared in "Cactus Flower," the 1969 comedy that earned Goldie Hawn her Academy Award.

In her final film role, Hervey portrayed the wealthy San Francisco businesswoman who hired Clint Eastwood as a disc jockey in the 1971 "Play Misty for Me," the first film that Eastwood directed.

The actress occasionally appeared on stage, notably on Broadway and on tour with "State of the Union" in the late 1940s.

She was popular on television in the 1950s and 1960s, earning an Emmy nomination for a guest role on "My Three Sons."

Hervey appeared regularly as Aunt Meg on the 1965-66 detective series "Honey West," starring Anne Francis.

As her Hollywood career waned, she became a travel agent in Sherman Oaks.

— Myrna Oliver in the Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 1998

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Having over 3,000 animals of nearly 400 different species, the zoo has slowly increased its visitors and now ranks as the number one outdoor tourist attraction in the state.

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Our mission is to inspire discovery, appreciation, and respect for animals and nature.

The Sedgwick County Zoo is home to 3,000 individual animals of nearly 400 species.

These residents are grouped geographically and in settings that duplicate their natural habitats.

Exhibits include: Africa, Asia, North America, Tropics, Children's Farms, Amphibians and Reptiles, Koch Orangutan Chimpanzee Habitat, Cessna Penguin Cove, Downing Gorilla Forest, Slawson Family Tiger Trek and South America/Australia, which is among the largest walk-through aviaries in the United States.

One of the most important concepts influencing our exhibit design is experiential learning.

Exhibits are designed so guests are immersed in the animal's world for an empathetic learning experience.

Exhibits provide maximum opportunity for the animals' natural behaviors.

Most areas include components in which visitors walk freely among plants and animals.

Sedgwick County Zoo has been recognized with national and international awards for its support of field conservation programs and successful breeding of rare and endangered species.

The Sedgwick County Zoo is a not-for-profit organization, accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).

Look for the AZA logo whenever you visit a zoo or aquarium as your assurance that you are supporting a facility dedicated to providing excellent care for animals, a great experience for you, and a better future for all living things.

Our monthly e-newsletter holds a fun assortment of announcements, discounts, and news so you can stay up to date with Sedgwick County Zoo.

The Sedgwick County Zoo is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Wichita, Kansas.  Founded in 1971 with the help of the Sedgwick County Zoological Society, the zoo has quickly become recognized both nationally and internationally for its support of conservation programs and successful breeding of rare and endangered species.


Winner of the Guess Watches Timeless Beauty International Model Search 2004 title, Amber Chia became the world's first Asian model to triumph at global model searches; and the first Asian model to campaign for Guess Watches worldwide.

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# 8 Life Lessons To Learn From Amber Chia, The Malaysian Supermodel-Turned-Entrepreneur

The local modelling industry is extremely competitive, but Amber Chia certainly has striked it big.

Her career started to bloom after she won the 2004 Guess Watches Timeless Beauty Contest.

This made her become the first Asian model to triumph at global model searches as well as the first Asian model to campaign for Guess Watches globally.

Amber started her modeling career at 17, and her winning has gained her international exposure as she was then approached by companies to do magazine shoots, runways, movies and TV shooting.

Besides that she was handpicked by Victoria Beckham to present the Victoria Beckham Autumn/Winter 2009 Ready to Wear Collection during the glamourous New York Fashion Week.

Having such achievements, naturally people would want to know your success story.

That being said, we decided to do some research on Amber's story and picked up some life lessons we can apply on daily life.

## 1. Tough times don't last, tough people do.

When she was eight, her family shifted from Sekinchan in Kuala Selangor to Tawau in Sabah in the hopes of having a better future.

However she had to be taken care by her foster parents because her birth parents were unable to support her.

When Amber turned 12, she moved back to Tawau to help her family.

During an interview with iMoney, she revealed, "I worked two jobs from the age of 12.

I started out helping my dad to sell fish in the market from 3am, then go to school until noon, and work the night shift at the pub as a cashier, which usually ends about 12am."

Today Amber is a household name in the modelling industry, she has appeared in over 300 magazine covers, runways in 6 continents, acted in 7 movies, and appointed as brand ambassador for over 30 brands.

The 33-year-old woman is not just a supermodel and actress, but also a mother and a successful businesswoman.

## 2. Never let life impede on your ability to manifest your dreams.

When Amber turned 17, she booked a one way trip from Tawau to KL with only RM 300 in her pocket, despite the opposition from her family.

At that time, her mother saw there were some eligible bachelors and Amber was pressured to get married.

"But I was not interested in marriage and I had a boyfriend.

I knew I had to do something to pursue my dream.

So I ran away," said Amber during an interview with Cosmetic Surgery and Beauty.

Things were not always in smooth sailing.

Due to her qualification, Amber kept getting turned down for jobs more than 20 times before she landed her first job.

She shared, "I did not know how to dress up, how to wear make-up and I did not speak English.

So I knew I had to take courses in make-up, grooming and in English."

Being a model, mother, and principle of Amber Chia Academy, she never lets her busy schedule to be an excuse of upgrade herself.

"I'm currently taking up an English Language course, and I hope to get my A-Level certification one day.

I don't believe it's ever too late to learn," Amber shared during an interview with iMoney.

## 4. Keep your dream alive when the going gets tough.

She has the resilience to continue her journey to become a top model and she also managed to keep her dream alive despite facing numerous rejection.

Every successful person has doubted themselves in one form or another throughout their career.

It was quite a hard time for Amber when she came from Tawau to KL.

With so much rejection, she thought she was not going to make it.

Nonetheless, she put in effort to improve herself.

She shared, "I knew that I was not getting modelling jobs because I lacked certain qualities.

I also knew it was not going to be easy.

I stuck it out because I believed in my dream.

It was three years before I got my first big break – which was to be on the cover of Her World magazine in 2001."

## 5. Help others achieve their dreams along the way.

Amber has been in the modeling industry for the past 16 years.

Back then before she started her career as a model, she had zero knowledge about the modeling industry.

"I did not know a thing about modeling when I started out in the industry as a teenager.

I wish there was a guidebook that I could have referred to back then," she said, quoted by The Star Newspaper.

Of course, Amber knows the importance of giving back.

For her case, she contributed back to the industry by setting up her own modeling academy to help people who want to join the industry but don't know how and where to begin.

Furthermore, she wrote a book earlier last year titled "Guide to a Successful Modeling Career" which was filled with practical advice from Amber herself dedicated to women who are interested to pursue modeling as a career.

## 6. Stay humble, because we are all equal.

One key rule to be successful is to always be humble and do not ever let money or fame get to your head.

Amber is beyond friendly, down to earth, and completely gracious.

Hideaki of Celebs Blogger characterised Amber as someone who has a "approachable nature and bubbly personality" which makes her an instant hit with anyone that meets her.

A blogger who goes by the name Junipers Journal said that Amber was wonderfully down-to-earth and easy to interview.

If you happens to be one of her followers, you can see that Amber always try her best to reply fan mail, even if she doesn't, she will click likes on most of the comments on her Facebook page.

Amber's father was a fisherman and her mother was a homemaker.

Amber did not have everything handed to her on a silver platter.

All she had was her strong will and determination, which she acquired since she was young.

She shared during an interview with Cosmetics Surgery and Beauty, "I have never been ashamed of my background or my family.

They made me strong and gave me strong work ethics.

My parents always taught us that if we need something in life, we have to work hard to get it."

## 8. Live life with no regrets because at one point everything you did was exactly what you wanted.

Travel is an essential part of being a model.

Amber has quite a career as a model as she had to travel to many places to do shoots and runways.

During an interview with Esquire Malaysia, she was asked whether she misses the travelling.

Amber had this to say, "Although there was money, fun and travel, I kept moving.

But my son, my family, my business—those are going to be around me forever, even when I'm old and ugly.

That's something more sut tsai (substantial)."

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He attended Buena Vista High School in Buena Vista, Colorado, where he played tight end for the Buena Vista Demons high school football team.

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The midpoint of the season is almost here, and folks are no doubt preparing lists of first-half all-stars.

While they'll have a relatively easy time picking out the best quarterbacks, receivers and running backs, I thought I'd lend them a hand and round up the top offensive and defensive linemen so far this year.

I've ranked the five best offensive and defensive linemen according to how they've played thus far this season.

I've also listed the top five up-and-comers on each side of the ball, based on both game tape and future potential.

On the defensive side of the ball, I included some outside linebackers, since they share similar pass-rushing responsibilities to their D-line brethren.

There are a high number of quality linemen in the NFL, and some very good players were left off these lists.

I tried to forget the players' reputations -- dismissing what I already knew about these guys -- and just rank them according to how they've performed on the field in 2012.

1. J.J. Watt, DE, Houston TexansWatt, who has 18 pressures and a league-leading 9.5 sacks, is a pass-tipping machine; he's caused four interceptions with his ability to get his fingers on the ball.

Watt has long arms, very strong hands and a rare combination of speed, strength and athletic ability.

He's an early favorite to be the Defensive Player of the Year in 2012.

2. Jason Pierre-Paul, DE, New York GiantsA third-year player who burst onto the scene with 16.5 sacks in 2011, Pierre-Paul has continued his quarterback-harassing ways, collecting 4.5 sacks and forcing one fumble through the first seven games of the season.

3. DeMarcus Ware, LB, Dallas CowboysA former high school receiver, Ware has accumulated 106 sacks and 30 forced fumbles through eight seasons, and the likely Hall of Famer hasn't shown any signs of slowing down.

In six games, Ware has 6.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

He has a great first step and can play in space at times.

4. Geno Atkins, DT, Cincinnati BengalsAtkins underachieved somewhat at Georgia, but those days are behind him.

Very powerful and quick, Atkins has seven sacks in seven games this season after totaling 7.5 in a breakout 2011 campaign.

5. Jared Allen, DE, Minnesota VikingsLike a big wind-up toy, Allen never slows down.

The veteran, in his ninth season, is a big reason that the Vikings are 5-2.

He has six sacks in 2011, bringing his career total to 111.

1. Aldon Smith, LB, San Francisco 49ersAfter collecting 14 sacks in his rookie season, Smith continues to improve and has learned to play the run a lot better in 2012.

Smith, who has 5.5 sacks this season, possesses great speed and a quick first step for a pass rusher.

14th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, Quinn has already surpassed last season's sack total (five), racking up seven through the first seven games of 2012.

Quinn, who can also block kicks, has a great first step, long arms and can run the 40-yard dash in less than 4.7 seconds.

3. Chandler Jones, DE, New England PatriotsThe

rookie has been much better as a pro than I thought he was going to be, forcing three fumbles and posting 5.5 sacks while starting every game in 2012.

Jones has very long arms and can play the run.

4. Henry Melton, DT, Chicago BearsOne of the best running backs to ever play high school football in the Dallas area

, Melton also spent two years as a ball carrier at Texas before switching to defensive tackle.

Melton is nearing his sack total from 2011 (seven) after just seven games this season, collecting 4.5 so far.

He has unbelievable athletic ability and the quickness needed to succeed.

5. Gerald McCoy, DT, Tampa Bay BuccaneersMcCoy battled injuries through the early part of his career, but he's found success this season, starting all six games so far and notching three sacks and one forced fumble.

McCoy is very quick and disruptive; he needed to add more strength, and did so.

1. Duane Brown, T, Houston TexansBrown is a very good run blocker who also has yet to give up a sack or a hurry this season.

A very athletic and smart player who's gotten a lot stronger, Brown was just the second offensive lineman in Texans history to start all 16 games of his rookie campaign back in 2008.

2. Ryan Clady, T, Denver BroncosClady is as reliable as they get, having started 70 straight games for the Broncos.

The strong and athletic Clady does well in the run game, and has not given up a sack or a hurry this year.

3. Carl Nicks, G, Tampa Bay BuccaneersThe very strong fifth-year player has been worth every penny he got in the $47.5 million, five-year contract he signed with the Bucs last offseason.

Nicks excels as a run blocker and has yet to allow a single sack or hurry.

4. Joe Thomas, T, Cleveland BrownsThomas has good athletic ability and knows where to put his hands.

The durable veteran (he's started every game for six years) does not make mistakes: He's given up just two sacks and been called just twice for holding all season.

As is true of most of the offensive linemen on this list, Thomas has long arms, which help him fend off defensive linemen.

Arm length is very important for the position, because it's one of the few quantifiable indicators of future success.

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5. Jake Long, T, Miami DolphinsLong has come up big for rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill, allowing just two sacks this season in six games.

One of just three offensive linemen to be selected first overall in the NFL draft since 1967 (the Dolphins picked in him in 2008), Long has great athletic ability, strength and length.

1. Sebastian Vollmer, T, New England PatriotsA very big man (listed at 6-foot-8, 320 pounds) with good feet and long arms, Vollmer has allowed just one sack and one hurry this season.

The Patriots have done a lot to make the German native stronger in the four years that he's been in the NFL.

2. Mike Iupati, G, San Francisco 49ersNiners offensive line coach Mike Solari gets credit for developing Iupati, a powerful and large (6-5, 331) man with long arms who has become a huge asset in the run game in his third year as a pro.

He's a big reason why the 49ers (who ranked eighth with 127.8 rushing yards per game in 2011 and are second with 176.6 per game this season) have had such success on the ground.

3. Alex Mack, C, Cleveland BrownsMack, a very strong, quick and smart fourth-year center, very seldom allows the man he's blocking to make a play.

Like his linemate Thomas, the big-handed, long-armed Mack is durable and reliable, having started 55 consecutive games.

He hasn't allowed a sack or hurry this season.

4. Tyron Smith, T, Dallas CowboysCowboys offensive line coach Bill Callahan, who is one of the best in the business, told me before a recent game that Smith, a second-year man playing his first season at left tackle, is the real deal.

Smith has very long arms and big hands (36.5 inches), and is an excellent athlete with good work habits.

The five false-start penalties he's incurred.

5. Nate Solder, T, New England PatriotsA one-time high school tight end, Solder (the 17th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft) has put in a lot of effort to add core strength.

Solder is very athletic and smart, and has great work habits.

He's versatile (can play left or right tackle) and will be around for a very long time.

He's given up just two sacks this season.

Ansah originally went to BYU with the intention of being a track athlete, but he started playing football in 2010 and hasn't looked back since.

The 6-foot-5 1/2, 270-pound middle linebacker most likely will be a defensive end prospect, and could be a top-50 player.

The son of Howie Long and brother of St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long, Kyle Long doesn't start, but he does contribute to the offensive line and will be drafted.

Long originally was going to play baseball for Florida State, but ended up playing football at a junior college before transferring to Oregon.

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However, the department gave up control of the station in the 2000's, and it has been a student organization since.

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Journalism Professor Tom Riegel founds WLUR as a laboratory for teaching news writing and reporting.

WLUR's studios, offices, and transmitter are built on the third floor of Reid Hall.

Richard E. Gooch '30 establishes an endowment for WLUR.

Gooch, a former W&L journalism major who made his career in broadcasting, leaves the endowment in the form of an insurance policy.

The Richard E. Gooch Endowment still funds a portion of WLUR's operations.

Throughout the 1970s, WLUR's programming expands to include jazz, rock, and other styles of music.

By the mid-'70s, WLUR's effective radiated power (ERP) has also increased from 10 watts to approximately 175 watts.

Journalism professor Bob de Maria becomes station manager in 1977, serving in this position until WLUR moves out of the department in 2001.

Throughout the decade, the station's music collection and the size of its staff continues to grow.

By the mid-'80s, it has evolved into one of the largest extracurricular activities on campus.

In the meantime, the broadcast journalism curriculum becomes more television-centered.

As is the trend at many college radio stations during this time, the overall emphasis of WLUR shifts towards music.

By 1992, the Department of Journalism and Mass Communications has discontinued the last remaining radio class.

Although WLUR remains under the umbrella of the department, it becomes a strictly extracurricular activity.

In July 2001, direction of WLUR is transferred from the journalism department to the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

The WLUR studios are relocated from Reid Hall to the Early-Fielding Center, while a new transmitter site is erected at the Student Activities Pavilion.

The station remains silent while construction takes place.

The station resumes regularly scheduled broadcasting in October.

For the first time in its history, WLUR is provided with a full-time general manager.

Under Ben Losi '02, WLUR is completely restructured in regards to facilities, organization, and programming.

WLUR moves to a new facility in the John W. Elrod University Commons in October 2006.

In January 2007, the station begins a 24-hour format with the addition of BBC news and NPR talk programming from Radio IQ, a service of WVTF public radio in Roanoke.

WLUR remains a vibrant presence over the air waves and on the Washington and Lee campus.

During the academic year, the station features upwards of 100 volunteers hosting weekly music, sports, and talk programs.

Jeremy Franklin '04, who also oversees the university's sports broadcasting operations, is now the second-longest tenured station manager in WLUR history, having served in that post since June 2004.

E-mail: wlur915@wlu.eduDelivery Address Washington and Lee University WLUR/John W. Elrod University Commons 204 West Washington St. Lexington, Virginia 24450

WLUR broadcasts student created programming from its studios in Lexington. WLUR retransmits programming from Radio IQ in the late night and early morning hours, and also airs Radio IQ when W&L is not in session. Its frequency is 91.5 FM.
 WLUR previously was operated for most of its history by the school's Department of Journalism & Communications and was located on the third floor of Reid Hall, which houses the department.


From year 2013 a member of the International Council of Museums, and from 2018 a member of the POLIN Museum Council and the director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum.

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# Warsaw Ghetto Museum Director: We'll Show Both the Tragic and Inspirational Sides of the Ghetto Experience

Despite various unsubstantiated claims, the Museum is independent, and will not be controlled by the Polish government.

We will show complexity: That Poles aided Jews, and the cases of Polish culpability in the death of Jews

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Jewish children in front of Jedydia Merensztejn bakery at Nowolipki 7 street in the Warsaw Ghetto.

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In November of 2017, on the initiative of Professor Pawel Spiewak of the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw, the Polish government agreed to help establish the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, which will be Poland's first museum dedicated to commemorating the victims of the Holocaust.

The announcement of the creation of the museum was well received and without controversy.

But in their opinion piece, "Why is this Israeli Jewish Scholar a Willing Poster Boy for Poland's Brutal Distortion of the Holocaust" historian Jan Grabowski, Professor Barbara Engelking and Dr. Agnieszka Haska - two members of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Professor Jacek Leociak from the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, do not exactly celebrate this future museum.

Instead, it is in their view a "pernicious project which seeks to whitewash history," and its new Chief Historian, Professor Daniel Blatman, is a "fig leaf for their operation."

But they are unsubstantiated, and their characterizations are unjust.

Warsaw Ghetto Museum, Warsaw, Poland, December 14,

Under Professor Blatman's leadership, renowned Polish scholars Prof. Piotr Weiser, Dr.Hanna Wegrzynek, Dr. August Grabski, Dr. Bartosz Kwieciski, Dr. Magdalena Tarnowska, Dr. Ewa Toniak, aided by several historians of the Holocaust from abroad, have been hard at work crafting an exhibit that will capture the complexities of the Warsaw Ghetto experience, acknowledging cases of Polish aid while refusing to downplay or distort cases of Polish culpability.

This has proceeded without governmental interference or directives.

Incredibly, the very fact of emphasizing the museum's freedom to construct an exhibition based purely on historically accurate research has been used in an attempt to discredit that same institution.

The illogical accusation that Prof. Blatman, an eminent Israeli scholar and expert in Holocaust history, widely known to the public for his firm and uncompromising personal opinions on a variety of issues, would for some unexplained reason compromise his reputation and values can only be described as fantasy.

On the contrary, the fact that Prof. Blatman was appointed to the post of chief historian only demonstrates the independence of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum.

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Government funding does not amount to government control, as these three members of the Polish Institute of Philosophy and Sociology and the Institute of Literary Research (themselves recipients of this Polish government's funding) should well know.

The Polish government provides funding for the Auschwitz, Majdanek and Treblinka museums.

Additionally, the Polin museum and the Jewish Historical Institute receive government funds, a fact which has caused no controversy or in any way diminished their credibility.

Albert Stankowski, Director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, with Dr. Hanna Węgrzynek, Deputy Director (Research and Exhibitions) with Prof. Daniel Blatman, Chief Historian of the Museum.

The proof, ultimately, will be in the product.

Our museum will attempt to portray the tragic and inspirational dimensions of the Warsaw Ghetto experience as a crucial part of the larger Jewish story, the larger Polish story, and the story of humanity.

Our assertions will be based on historical evidence, informed by historical methodology, and vividly illustrated by film, artwork, poetry, and artifacts.

We invite Professor Grabowski and his colleagues to join us in this monumental endeavor or, if that is not possible, then to engage with our work rigorously and productively.

If they feel we have gone off course, we will listen carefully to their criticism.

Ultimately, we are all after the same elusive goals of enhancing public understanding about a complex, tragic, and all too often politicized event.

Chłodna Street (looking west) from the intersection with Żelazna Street.

The street was 'Aryan'; the wooden footbridge connected the Small and Big Ghetto.

Unsubstantiated statements, sensationalized by the media, should not be the criteria for an assessment of any project or institution.

Our mission and mandate are clearly presented in the public domain via the website of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum, and the museum is supported by the major Jewish organizations in Poland.

Yad Vashem and Israeli historians associated with Yad Vashem were the first to be invited by the Warsaw Ghetto Museum to participate in the creation of this important project, and to be involved in defining the image and message of the core exhibition and associated projects.

This invitation to Yad Vashem and any other such institution still stands, and the policy of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum is to welcome those who could contribute to the development of the institution.

The importance of creating a memorial museum at the location of the actual events, 80 years after the beginning of WWII, and preserving the Behrson and Bauman children's hospital, one of the few remaining buildings of the Warsaw Ghetto, only grows more emphatic with the unfortunate passing of the last survivors of that era.

Albert Stankowski is the Director of the Warsaw Ghetto Museum

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From 1998-1999 a scholarship holder at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, in 2001 a scholarship holder of the [United States Holocaust Memorial Museum(USHMM)]. In 2006-2007, postgraduate studies in Management at the Warsaw School of Economics, and in 2011-2012, post-graduate studies in museum studies at the Institute of Art History, University of Warsaw.
 In 2001, Stankowski lectured on contemporary history and Polish-Jewish relations at the University of Warsaw. In 2000, he coordinated and sat on the mayoral committee for the construction of collections of stone monuments in Kołobrzeg as part of ‘The Days of Tolerance’ international programme - "The Days of Tolerance - Kołobrzeg 2000". From 2003 to 2007, Stankowski coordinated the ‘Memory Programme’ (Program Pamięć) of the  Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in  Warsaw. Stankowski is also the originator of the ‘Virtual Shtetl’ international multimedia project, run by the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which he coordinated from 2007 to 2011. Since 2011 he has been a member of the  Jewish Historical Institute Association. Albert Stankowski has headed the  Digital Collection Department of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews from 2012 to 2015.


He graduated in 1985 from William Fremd High School and 1989 from Beloit College in Wisconsin with a major in fine arts and minors in music and psychology with a specific concentration on Abnormal Psychology and Cognitive Psychology as well as Lateral Thinking and Creative Thinking.

(meta data) TITLE: Interview with Chris Fleming at Phenomenology 107 - News Article - Supernatural Magazine

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# Interview with Chris Fleming at Phenomenology 107

When asked what sort of medium he is, Chris Fleming's reply is "I'm really a large, not a medium."

Jeffrey B. Roth, a reporter and journalist and I attended Phenomenology 107, in York PA on Saturday, June 20, where we conducted our interview with Chris Fleming.

Chris, who appears much younger than his 48 years, has a quiet and contained presence and a dry wit.

Chris spent most of his childhood in the suburbs of Chicago.

As a child, he had encounters with ghosts, unexplained entities, angels and a variety of dark forces.

He has also felt the presence of the divine.

I wonder how different my life would be if I had not had these encounters as a child with entities and ghosts.

Would I now have a successful business or a family?

You become very compassionate towards others."

"As a child I alienated myself from others.

Old friends reach out to me now who remember who I was then and tell me that they believe in the supernatural now, because they have had their own paranormal experiences.

It's comforting to know that and it's a relief."

Chris holds a degree from Beloit College in fine arts, with a minor in psychology and music.

He also has a gift for technology and innovation when it comes to paranormal investigative tools.

Chris introduced his K-II meter and innovative ways of communicating with intelligent spirits on the TV show Ghost Hunters.

This innovation changed how investigating is done with EMF devices and electronic equipment.

Chris named this technique the "Direct Response Method".

On Ghost Adventures he introduced yet another device, the SB7 Spirit Box, which he co-developed with Gary Galka.

Paranormal investigators now use this device as the standard in the field of spirit communication.

Chris worked as a graphic designer for a newspaper for six years.

In 1997, he used his design experience to publish his own magazine and document his spiritual experiences in Unknown Magazine: Real Experiences of Unusual Phenomena, which he published from 1997 to 2001.

Regarding his mediumship, Chris has learned to trust his own instincts.

"You have confidence that the universe will support you.

As he receives confirmation of his abilities it gives him increased confidence as a medium.

"When (his readings) becomes true I gain confidence.

I know that feeling when I get a message.

Chris describes the feeling he gets when he is doing a reading and is receiving messages from "they".

He refers to the spirits he communicates with as "they".

"I get an overwhelming sense of awareness that this is of a higher quality and sense of knowledge different or other than what I was thinking a moment before or a moment after.

I get a sensation of a cool static electricity sensation up through my head and down my back and in the back of my neck."

In a car accident in 2009, Chris's neck was injured.

"I don't feel that (the sense of tingling in his neck when receiving messages) anymore because I have pain there.

I'm thinking that there were other forces at work.

I will hear a voice in my head to tell me to do this or not do that, a yes or no."

Chris describes his style of mediumship as often very spontaneous, reading people on flights, in hotels, on the street.

Chris is a frequent speaker at colleges, universities, and paranormal conferences, speaking about the paranormal and his experiences as a medium.

Sometimes the message Chris gets is very strong.

Sometimes he tells someone and they do not accept it and will walk away or get upset.

"There is a girl here today who is very shy.

I approached her and asked her if I could tell her something…tell her to do something.

She thanked me, and told me I was right.

" I will be in an airplane and I will get a message for someone next to me.

The messages will often come sporadically.

He doesn't always have control over when they come, but he does control the messages during a formal reading.

"At the conference during my lecture, they told me to have everyone hug each other because someone needed to feel love, so, without warning, I stopped everything and told everyone to hug the people around them because someone was in need of feeling loved, and they did that. "

"If I do readings for people, I will ask for and receive messages.

Sometimes a message will give me confidence.

By telling me someone has a black cat, for instance, and they confirm that I am right, it gives me confidence to continue and helps me to know I'm getting correct information, that I'm connected.

Now "they" are ready to give me the good stuff.

When asked if he ever receives messages that are negative, Chris admits that, yes, he does receive negative messages.

"It's part of being a medium since I have to be so open.

Yes, stuff will come into my head, negative stuff, even violent stuff, telling me to do something negative, like hit someone.

I didn't understand what was going on when I was younger.

I recognize negative messages and voices and have learned to ignore

or do the opposite, like "Step on your cat. "

"You have to pay close attention to and control your own thoughts at all times."

Chris read a book by Napoleon Hill, titled, Outwitting the Devil.

The author describes the experience of what he believed to be the Devil putting thoughts into our heads.

"It is our responsibility to control thoughts at all times, and prevent bad thoughts.

Some people are not able to tell the difference between their own thoughts and these outside thoughts telling them to do bad things.

Criminals, serial killers, will claim to hear voices telling them to do terrible things.

They get these negative thoughts and do not recognize that they are not coming from their own mind, but from an outside negative source.

That is when you get into the possibility of psychological disorders."

Chris believes that there are certainly psychological, mental and emotional disorders and illnesses, which can cause voices and negative thoughts.

However, weak or ill people who are not balanced will be attacked by negative spirits, or get attachments due to their psychological weaknesses.

"In most possessions you rarely hear of someone that is of sound mind and body getting possessed.

The Roman Catholic Church gave classes on exorcisms.

One-hundred-twenty-seven people signed up; teachers, doctors, psychiatrists, engineers, scientists.

They have decided that there are outside forces that are affecting their field that they cannot explain.

They now believe that there are evil, outside forces that they need to understand.

This is an amazing admission from the professional community.

Chris feels that we are seeing more evil forces manifesting today than ever before.

He believes it to be caused by demonic influence.

The experts deny that it is evil spirits.

"Then you tell me why they (kids with guns) are doing it?

They cannot tell the difference in the voices telling them to do things.

No one can prove how or why this happens or explain why people do these things, or where these voices come from.

These voices are coming from somewhere. "

In 2001 Chris co-hosted a popular TV show out of the UK called Dead Famous, which ran for three years.

After Dead Famous, Chris made guest appearances on Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures, and Zak Baggin's Paranormal Challenge.

He was also a member of the cast of the TV show Psychic Kids.

During the filming of Dead Famous, Chris was to try and talk to celebrity ghosts.

To hone his skills, he would leave and walk around the streets of New York City and talk to homeless people, go into bars (he does not smoke and rarely drinks) and read strangers.

In NYC, he read a woman who does not believe, so he read her and she hit him in the face really hard and stormed away.

"Oh my God that hurt, that really hurt."

She came back and apologized and told him he was right.

I want to see what I can do, hone my skills, not get smacked in the face.

Sometimes people need to get their feelings out. "

During a Ghost Box reading Chris talked to a woman who was told she could not let go of her boyfriend, who was killed in a drunk driving accident in which she felt responsible and suicidal.

She recognized his voice on the Ghost Box.

He told her that he is not OK and that she would not let go.

He had not crossed over because she was thinking of suicide.

He told her it was his fault, not hers and she needs to let go of him.

She broke down crying and admitted to thinking of killing herself.

Chris advised her to get into counseling immediately.

Chris will do formal follow up of his readings when there is something very dangerous going on.

Then he will email and ask how they are doing or keep in touch over social media.

"If it is a house haunting, yes, I will follow up because it is an actual place I can go visit to help.

But when I tell someone they need to do ssomething it is up to them to do it.

When asked what he thought of so many people claiming to be psychics today, he responded with a quick "It's ridiculous."

"I personally know of psychics who are amazing.

They have strengths in certain abilities."

But those who loudly claim, "I'm psychic now.

I do readings and I'm great, I'm so accurate."

I would say to them, "What are you talking about?

So, what you are saying is, I really want attention, and you are getting confirmation to make yourself special?"

" If they say they are special or always accurate, run away from them.

If anyone says they are accurate all of the time, run away from them. "

"To use myself as an example, I will ask someone if they have a brother.

I have to have three correct hits in a row.

If I am not accurate, I tell the client this is not going well.

I often have to reschedule because I am not getting anything."

"Some things people are not ready to hear, or not meant to know.

For instance, a psychic told someone they were going to get very rich publishing a book.

This person spent all of his money and was so busy doing other things and spending money that he didn't yet have, that he was not at the right place at the right time to get the money, so he went broke."

"If you expose too much to people you may prevent someone from doing something they need to do."

A woman asked Chris if her sick dad was going to die soon.

Chris received a message that her dad had about eight months to live, but he didn't tell her.

He told her to spend more time with her dad, go on a picnic.

Go do something you used to do as a child.

Talk about your wonderful memories, reminisce.

Now, because she did what was important and was living in the moment she was allowed to enjoy the moments he had left.

"I tell people you must do this, this, this, and this.

I cannot be responsible if people do not."

When asked if he could recognize psychic abilities in others, he told us he can see "untapped potential" in people.

As a young student a teacher told him to develop his writing ability.

This teacher gave him a low grade in her class and sent him to summer school.

He now realizes that 30 years ago she told him to do what he needs to do now, which is learn to write well so he can write his book.

So, sure, I am having a few problems now with my writing.

Why didn't I work on that when she told me?

Chris has a book coming out, which is planned for release sometime this fall.

The title is Caught Between Heaven And Hell.

Go to Chris's website is www.christopherfleming.com for more information.

He can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.

Interview conducted by Jeffrey B. Roth and Pam Wellington.

Biographical information from www.Christopherfleming.com.

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Son of Chicago Blackhawks hockey player Reggie Fleming and Patricia Fleming, Chris Fleming was born in Chicago, Illinois, and is the oldest of two children. Raised Roman Catholic, he claims to have been experiencing spiritual and paranormal events since the age of four.


It was in the central "Milestones of Flight" exhibition hall in front of the Jefferson Drive entrance, sharing the main hall with other pioneering flight vehicles such as the "Wright Flyer", "Spirit of St. Louis", Bell X-1, North American X-15 and "Friendship 7".

(meta data) TITLE: Museum in DC | National Air and Space Museum

Chief Justice Warren Burger, far left, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, second from left, join President Gerald Ford, center, National Air and Space Museum Director Michael Collins, next to Ford, and Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley in applause after a signal from Viking 1, orbiting Mars, triggers the ribbon cutting at the opening of the museum's building on the National Mall, July 1, 1976.

The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC opened on July 1, 1976.

The official ribbon-cutting began with a signal sent from the Viking 1 spacecraft approaching Mars.

Relayed to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, the signal arrived at the Museum via ground lines.

It activated a mechanical "arm," causing the ribbon to split in two.

At the ribbon cutting, President Gerald Ford called the Museum "a perfect birthday present from the American people to themselves."

The opening was one of the highlights of America's Bicentennial Celebration.

Walking through the doors on opening day, visitors found ten acres of exhibition space comprising 26 distinct galleries.

They entered the building through the Milestones of Flight gallery, where they found the icons of the age of flight, from the Wright Flyer, the world's first airplane, to Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and the Bell X-1 that carried Captain Chuck Yeager through the speed of sound for the first time, to the Mercury Friendship 7 spacecraft that astronaut John Glenn rode into orbit, and the Apollo 11 Command Module, Columbia, that brought Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin home from the Moon.

The success of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum exceeded expectations.

Record crowds beat a path to the Museum from the first day the doors opened and have kept coming unabated year after year.

The five millionth visitor crossed the threshold only six months after opening day.

But there was little time to rest on post-1976 laurels.

In the early years, the Museum kept a fast pace, offering new exhibit galleries (nearly one per year), new movies, and public programs.

In 1982, the groundbreaking Black Wings exhibit opened, exploring the long struggle of African Americans to take to the sky.

In 1996 we opened a new interactive gallery called How Things Fly.

It offers imaginative interactive devices that help people of all ages grasp the basic principles of flight, and entertaining talks and demonstrations on scientific principles.

The gallery remains one of the most popular stops for children who visit the Museum.

Tenth Anniversary of Apollo 11 Moon Landing at the National Air and Space Museum with Michael Collins, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, July 20, 1979.

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM 2) is in the background.

In addition to its exceptional collection of artifacts and engaging displays, the Museum offers public programs geared toward visitors of all ages; teachers and students; life-long learners; enthusiasts and experts.

Many of the most noteworthy names in aviation and space history have lectured at the Museum, from astronaut Neil Armstrong to aviation pioneer Chuck Yeager, and the Museum continues to host prominent scientists, engineers, pioneers in aviation, and leaders in space exploration year after year.

For a list of upcoming lectures, see the calendar of events.

The Command Module "Columbia" went on a tour of the United States, visiting 49 state capitals, the District of Columbia, and Anchorage, Alaska. In 1971, it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, and was displayed at the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC.


He has held visiting professorships at the University of Colorado (1971), Yale (1972–1973), and Masaryk University.

Yale University, Department of Anthropology, Emeritus CJ MacCurdy Professor

C. J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Yale University

NSF Fellowship, University of Tehran, 1959-60

Special student, Harvard University, 1957-58

B.A. Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1953

2010-present Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Archaeological Studies

2009-2011 Visiting Professor of Archaeology, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech

2005-present Senior Research Scientist, Yale University

2005-present Emeritus C.J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology

1996-2005 C. J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, Yale University

1980-1996 Professor of Anthropology, Yale University

2005-present Emeritus Curator of Archaeology, Peabody Museum of Natural History,

1996-2005 Head, Division of Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Natural History,

1981-1995 Curator of Archaeology, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale

1991-2003 Chairman, Council on Archaeological Studies, Yale University

1984, 1987 Acting Chairman Council on Archaeological Studies, Yale University

Autumn 1993 Acting Chairman Department of Anthropology, Yale University

1980-1983 Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Yale University

1974-1979 Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Rice University

1967-1968 Acting Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Rice University

1964-1965 Acting Chairman, Department of Anthropology, Rice University

Fall 1972-1973 Visiting Professor of Anthropology, Yale University

1971 Visiting Professor, Summer Institute in Anthropology, University of Colorado

1965-1968 Associate Professor, Rice University

1961-1965 Assistant Professor, Rice University

Lifetime Achievement Award, Society for American Archaeology, 2007

C. J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology, 1996-2005

Elected to Connecticut Academy of Sciences and Engineering, 1983

Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1981

Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1966

CJ MacCurdy Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,

Hole studied at Cornell College (BA, 1953), Harvard University (1957–58), and the University of Chicago (MA, 1958; PhD, 1961). He worked at Rice University from 1961 to 1980, and was a full professor from 1968. In 1980, he moved to Yale University, where he served as the C. J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology (1996–2005) and the Head of the Division of Anthropology at the Peabody Museum (1996–2005). He retired in 2005 and was appointed a Senior Research Scientist and professor emeritus.


Ravi has been working as a humanitarian since 1999, when he had the idea of taking the concept of langar aka Sikh community kitchen to regions of the world that needed it the most with the hope that it will help to rekindle people’s trust in humanity.

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# Ravi Singh: Reigniting Faith in Humanity

## Singh, founder of international non-profit aid and relief organization Khalsa Aid, has taken it upon himself to create a world that believes in equality and charity.

Through Khalsa Aid, he has been reaching out to various corners of the earth helping those in need and in turn rekindling people's trust in humanity.

In today's intolerant world where judgements are made based on one's race, religion and beliefs, the crucial need of the hour is the promotion of love and revivement of our faith in mankind.

Though this change in attitude cannot happen overnight, even simple acts of kindness can go a long way in attaining a world that believes in equality and charity.

Ravi Singh, founder and CEO of Khalsa Aid, an international non-profit aid and relief organization, has taken it upon himself to achieve this world vision.

The idea of taking the concept of langar aka Sikh community kitchen to people or regions that needed it the most gave birth to Khalsa Aid organization in 1999 in London, United Kingdom.

Singh recalls the moment vividly as it was the during that time that a vicious civil war was taking place in Kosovo, a disputed territory and partially recognized state in Southeast Europe.

Thousands of Kosovo residents, who fled the war zone to take refuge in neighbouring states, were homeless and without basic necessities such as food and water.

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"In April 1999 so many refugees in the border were fighting for a piece of bread.

That year Sikhs were celebrating 200 years of the Khalsa as an identity," adds Singh who began questioning himself and the community on the concept of langar and its purpose.

The fact that there wasn't any method of taking langar to where it is needed most disturbed him immensely.

"Each gurudwara has four doors which means anybody from four corners of the world can eat in the gurudwara.

So why haven't we gone out into the four corners to those who can't reach us?" he wondered.

This triggered in Singh the need to take the real meaning of langar to where it is required – to reach out to those who had no access to it.

This materialized with the formation of Khalsa Aid.

Today, Khalsa Aid is globally known as an international NGO with the aim to provide humanitarian aid in disaster areas and civil conflict zones around the world.

The organization is based upon the Sikh principle to 'Recognise the whole human race as one'.

Sharing the origin of the name, Singh says that it was chosen because the word 'Khalsa' is driven by humanity.

"That we don't hate or judge any faith; we respect and get along with everyone."

Starting with the first mission in Kosovo, Khalsa Aid has worked in war-hit zones like Syria and Yemen; helped multiple countries struck with disaster like the Nepal earthquake, famine in Kenya, and Indonesia Tsunami; and aided refugee camps in Greece, Lebanon and Congo, among many others.

"We have attended almost every disaster.

[With] each operation we are spending more, learning more, and utilizing local groups," says Singh proudly.

In India, Khalsa Aid has played a prominent role in providing relief to various areas hit by natural calamities like the Vishakhapatnam cyclone, floods in Jammu and Kashmir, and Gujarat earthquake, among others.

"Over the last three to four years, we have developed a fantastic team in India," says Singh.

Though Khalsa Aid is a small organization, with the backing of a large group of volunteers and generous donors, it has organized aid missions all over the world.

Singh provides a basic idea on how the missions work: Each mission comprises of a volunteer group or aid workers who undergo risk assessments to ensure they are safe when they are travelling.

The organization gets access to local contacts like churches or mosques to get a clearer idea on language, cultures and sensitivities of the region.

"Once in the country, the team spends days or months working with the local groups to make sure that what they do is effective.

We share our experiences on aid work to enhance it."

Funding comes mainly from the Sikh community; Khalsa Aid does not receive any government funding.

"About 98 percent is funded by the Sikh community from around the world.

If it is a major disaster, then the gurudwaras step forward as well," says Singh, adding that the organization has had a lot of non-Sikh supporters from UK in the past couple of years.

Khalsa Aid does not work with larger organizations for two main reasons – one, to keep away from corruption, and two, to avoid disrupting the economy of the country they are helping.

Corruption apparently is existent even when one is selflessly helping those in need.

"I have seen in the last 18 years how corruption works in these countries.

We work with a Rotary Club, a Lion's Club, mosque, church, or temple because you get a lot of volunteers at grassroots levels who have the passion of serving the people but don't have funding.

So we provide the funding, they provide the knowledge on the crisis, and we work together," explains Singh.

Elaborating on the second reason, he says that when a disaster happens, many countries and large aid agencies use the local services like hiring trucks without negotiating.

"This ruins the local economy as the local businesses that need the services can't afford it.

I don't believe in that, I believe that when we work with local organizations, churches or Rotary Clubs, we get the best discounted prices and we don't affect the local economy."

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Besides corruption, Singh points out that hindrance from authorities while organizing the charity missions is also quite common.

Surprisingly, the Indian-origin CEO says "the biggest obstacle we have or the most harassment we get is in India.

Our office in India is continuously under watch by the intelligent services and the police."

In fact, he reveals that Iraq is so far the best country he has worked in.

"The Kurdish regional government never harass us.

We have several check points and armed police everywhere yet we don't get harassed, we are welcomed."

"The most difficult issue which we still face is mistaken identity," declares Singh, recalling an incident that took place in Congo in 2003 post the 9/11 US attacks.

A Christian village wouldn't let the team help them assuming they belonged to a terrorist group.

"We said number one, we are here to help, and number two, we have nothing to do with the Middle East," adds the Sikh charity worker, who is cautious when working in Middle Eastern countries.

"Most locals will look at you and would want to know who you are; our fear is the foreign forces as the western forces in the country might think we are ISIS.

So we [are] always careful in the way we act in these countries."

Singh believes that mistaken identity, especially due to the turban, even today is playing a very negative role towards the Sikh community.

He specifically mentions his experiences at airport security when travelling to various countries.

"If I am going to Iraq, I am more fearful and nervous being at the airport than in Iraq.

When we work aboard we are okay but when we are going through the airports, we feel that we are targeted," expresses Singh, calling it the worst part of the job.

The solution to get rid of this perception, he says, is by educating people and raising awareness.

"The only way to deal with it is to educate and the better you can educate, it will be more [aid] work around the world.

To be more visible, reach out to people even if they have never heard of you and do your work.

I think we should keep carrying on being a humanitarian."

For Singh and his team, every mission is a learning experience to become better.

Even though he has been to some of the most dangerous and life-threatening regions, the response he has received from people in return has been worth the risk.

"The most positive thing is that it changes you for the better.

You can't get more fulfilment in life than in helping others.

When you or anybody becomes a symbol of hope for people, then you have achieved your goal because materialism can't get you the love and respect from other people.

So much warmth that you get from people you are helping, you can't get that anywhere.

You can't buy it," says the good Samaritan.

Through his work and actions, Singh has become a symbol of hope and humanity for people who are gravely affected and broken.

He narrates a touching incident that happened a few months ago in Iraq: "One of our lady coordinators from Iraq called and said that a woman, who was being held hostage with her husband and children by ISIS, has come back.

One of our team members helped her with food and other necessities.

Two days later, the coordinator called and said that she just found out that the day we helped the woman, that night she was going to kill herself with her children because she was so broke and nobody helped her."

He recounts another one of his experiences helping out in a town in Bosnia during the floods in 2014.

"Members of the town would cook for us, they would ask us to eat with them and there was so much love," says Singh who fondly remembers his relationship with an elder who treated him like his son.

"He said you are always invited to my house.

Each mission, we leave behind good friends, we leave pieces of our heart behind."

Positive episodes such as these have encouraged Singh and his team to keep going and be advocates for humanity.

People like me, we have seen a lot of destruction, and you never lose hope in humanity.

You always help people and never give up.

We never stop believing in humanity because then you spread more love in the world.

It makes you driven to do more," he emphasizes.

I ask him how he gets the courage to visit these dangerous areas and selflessly help the people in need, and Singh confidently answers that the motivating factor is his faith and identity.

"Courage comes from my faith and my faith drives me to work without implementing or putting conditions on me.

We are told that we are here not for ourselves but for our humanity," asserts Singh who is deeply moved by the values his Sikh faith has taught him.

"The message we have from the gurus is Sarbat Da Bhala – well-being of all.

Sikhs are always praying for the well-being of the whole world, not just Sikhs.

Also Vand Ke Chakna – which means share what you have.

This is what we are, we are here to help and the major contribution is your faith."

Furthermore, his vision for the world has given him the courage to keep going.

"When you have a vision, you automatically create your own courage because no matter what happens you have blinkers on and you are focussed on one thing.

You are establishing that vision and you don't care what happens to you," affirms Singh.

But does he not get affected by all the suffering he sees during these missions?

"It does affect you but it makes you stronger that you want to do more," answers Singh, who does experience sleepless nights the first couple of days he is back home.

"When you see suffering, it rips your heart out.

It motivates you to do more for them; to tell them that they can trust you.

Anything that you witness makes you more human, keeps you in check and tells your brain why you are doing it and inspires people like me to do more."

At present, Khalsa Aid is carrying out multiple projects simultaneously around the world.

The operation in Turkey for the Syrian refugees is ongoing since last year.

The nine operations in Haiti during the earthquake in 2010 are still on.

Khalsa Aid is helping with educational needs for refugee children in Lebanon.

The organization has provided water pumps and water sanitization programs in Malawi and is installing water pumps in rural Malawi which is one of the poorest countries in the world.

We are looking after 250 families who are in deep poverty; we support them every month with welfare pensions.

We are running two free schools for the underprivileged in Punjab; we have got four free tuition centres in different parts of Punjab for those students who are bright but can't afford education.

We have a medical program in Punjab where we are funding emergency medical care/ operations for those who are in poverty," says Singh.

Word is spreading fast on Singh's courageous acts and the many initiatives of Khalsa Aid.

"Life has changed because it is a complete turn around from normal life.

It is 24/7; we have people calling from all around the world day and night," says Singh who jokes that his beard has turned completely white with the change.

In 2016, BBC made a documentary around Singh's work in Northern Iraq titled The Selfless Sikh: Faith on the Frontlines.

The film follows Singh's journey as he provides aid to Yazidi families who have fled their homes to escape the brutality of Islamic State.

"The work continues and has been going on since 2014 when I first went to Iraq.

It is something that was a challenge in the beginning because we were working at about 20-30 kilometres from a live battle going on in Mosul – headquarters of ISIS in Iraq.

The risks and attacks we heard were real.

It is one of the most important projects we are doing at the moment," says Singh about his relief work in Iraq.

Besides positive media support and promotion, Singh is elated about the huge volume of volunteer emails Khalsa Aid gets each day.

"The greatest achievement for myself is that we got a whole young generation who grew up watching the work of Khalsa Aid and most of them want to get involved helping people around the world.

It is amazing that they want to share the love and they want to do that without judging or any prejudice against race or colour or faith."

In the next five years, Khalsa Aid aims to develop a larger team of staff and train more individuals and aid workers to do more operations.

"Especially longer terms operations in development and education in places like Africa and Asia.

What I would like to do in India is health clinics for women and children so that women have the most basic health care.

Khalsa Aid will be setting up a registered organization in Canada and America soon.

"We have more than 400 volunteers from all over the country.

Khalsa Aid has reached many hearts of non-Sikhs.

Our growth continues but there is much more we can do.

Our growth won't be just based on monetary funds but will come from many more projects we do in the coming years," says Singh humbly.

In conclusion the selfless Sikh wants "people to follow in the footpath of Khalsa Aid so that we build something around the world and give something to the next generation.

Build bridges not walls, reach out without having any issues on faith, race or religion and be the humanitarian we are meant to be."

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The album debuted at No. 18 on the US "Billboard" 200, with 21,000 album-equivalent units, which included 13,000 pure album sales.

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# Report: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Dedicated" Debuts With 13K US Sales, 21K Total US Units

## How well did "Dedicated" sell during its first week of release?

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Opening week US sales and consumption numbers are now available for Carly Rae Jepsen's "Dedicated."

According to Hits Daily Double and BuzzAngle, the album sold about 13K pure US copies during the May 17-23 tracking period.

With units from track sales and streams included, it generated 21K in total first-week consumption.

Billboard's numbers, which are due next week, should be in the same ballpark.

"Dedicated" is the follow-up to Jepsen's critically acclaimed "E-MO-TION" album.

That release, which debuted at #16 for overall consumption, debuted with fewer total units but more pure sales.

The "Dedicated" release-week campaign included a performance on "The Late Late Show With James Corden."

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Hess was represented by Ovsey Gallery in Los Angeles (1985-1994), Hackett-Freedman Gallery in San Francisco (1998-2009), Hirschl & Adler Modern in New York (2010-2013), and has been represented by Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City since 2010.

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## "F. Scott Hess: Shattered" Installation, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, 2014

## "F. Scott Hess: Retrospective" Installation, Begovich Gallery, California State University – Fullerton, 2014

## "In Transit: New Paintings" Installation, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, 2011

F. Scott Hess: ShatteredExhibition Dates: January 11 – February 15, 2014Reception for the Artist: Saturday, January 11, 5-7pmArtist Talk: Saturday, February 1, 4-5pm

Gallery Hours: Tuesday-Friday: 10:00 am – 5:30 pm; Saturday: 11:00 am – 5:30 pm

Koplin Del Rio is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Los Angeles painter F. Scott Hess.

This will be the artist's second solo show at Koplin Del Rio.

The show, entitled "Shattered," will include new large format narrative paintings and a selection of recent work from the studio.

"Contemporary human life is both enriched and fragmented by the technological extensions that we've become addicted to.

In the past years I've pulled together centuries of family history, vastly extended the number of people aware of my work, visually researched a multitude of sources for my images, and relied on incomprehensibly complex applications to facilitate my paintings.

Simultaneously, I read far less books, spend more time with friends online than in real life, and let my subscriptions to beloved magazines lapse.

The fragmented cascade of text and images that constitutes internet experience has become my everyday norm.

Over the Summer of 2013 I focused on three paintings where my subject matter derived from screwed-up iPhone panorama photographs.

The way the panorama mode stitches together a scene is akin to the way human vision actually works.

Our eyes shift and move, and our brain has no problem weaving together a stable and unified world from the visual information it is fed.

The fluidity of the iPhone images visually stimulates through movement, twisting space and chopping up figures.

Movement engages the viewer at a pre-conscious level, eliciting an empathetic response before language can intercede.

For the last hundred years there have been enough static images and poses in painting.

"Shattered" is the starting point for an exciting series of Hess shows in Southern California this coming year.

A two-part "F. Scott Hess Retrospective," will be running concurrently at Cal State Fullerton's Begovich Gallery (opening January 25) and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (opening January 30).

Both shows are being curated by Mike McGee, Director of the Begovich Gallery, as well as a Professor in the art department at the University.

Then, in July, the much-anticipated "Paternal Suit" exhibition comes to the Long Beach Museum of Art.

For more information on events associated with all three exhibitions, please see the attached schedule.

Born in Baltimore, longtime Los Angeles artist F. Scott Hess attended the Academy of Fine Arts in

Vienna, Austria, and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin, earning a BSA from the University of Wisconsin in 1977

His work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Oakland Museum of California, the Orange County Museum of Art, The Smithsonian Institute, the San Jose Museum of Art, the Boise Art Museum, the Laguna Art Museum and the Long Beach Museum of Art.

He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Fellowship and a J. Paul Getty Museum Individual Artist's Fellowship, and currently teaches at the Laguna College of

1979-83 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria

1977 BSA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

1973-75 Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

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F. Scott Hess's first solo exhibition was at Galerie Herzog in Vienna, Austria in 1979, followed shortly thereafter by group exhibitions in Germany, France, and a second solo exhibition in Vienna's Tabak Museum in 1982. While in Vienna Hess was awarded Austria's prestigious Theodor Körner Prize in 1981. In 1984 he moved to Los Angeles. Hess received a Western States Art Federation Award in 1990 as well as a J. Paul Getty Museum Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship in 1991. Some of Hess's works have been purchased by Los Angeles County Museum of Art, San Jose Museum of Art, Orange County Museum of Art, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Oakland Museum of California, the Smithsonian Institution, Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Bahman Cultural House, Tehran, Iran, among others as part of their permanent collections. In 2014 Hess had a comprehensive retrospective curated by Mike McGee and split between the Begovich Gallery at California State University-Fullerton, and the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. A full monograph encompassing the works in the retrospective, and entitled 'F. Scott Hess' was published in 2014 by Grand Central Press and Gingko Press, with essays by Mike McGee, Doug Harvey, Leah Ollman, and John Seed.


One of his tasks was to prepare the ground for the reintroduction of compulsory national service; the new scheme was enacted in 1951 and remained in force until 1959.

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# National Service, 1951–59 – Fact sheet 163

In the context of the intensification of the Cold War in Europe, Communist insurgency and success in South-East Asia, and the declaration of war in Korea, the Menzies government sponsored the National Service Act 1951.

The legislation provided for the compulsory call-up of males turning 18 on or after 1 November 1950, for service training of 176 days.

Trainees were required to remain on the Reserve of the Commonwealth Military Forces (CMF) for five years from initial call up.

Men could nominate the service in which they wished to be trained.

Those nominating the Navy or the Air Force were considered only if they volunteered for service outside Australia.

The first call-up notice was issued on 12 April 1951.

Between 1951 and 1959 over 500,000 men registered, 52 intakes were organised and some 227,000 men were trained.

In 1957 National Service with the Navy and the Air Force was discontinued.

Registration remained compulsory but the intake to the Army was cut to almost a third (12,000 trainees) by instituting a ballot for selection.

On 24 November 1959 Cabinet decided that National Service call-ups should be terminated and that arrangements for the January 1960 intake would be cancelled.

## Records about the 1951 National Service held in Canberra

Records in our collection document the scheme from many angles – the development of legislation and policy, the liability of aliens and immigrants for service, exemptions, compensation, casualties, statistics, and conscientious objectors and other opposition to the scheme.

The items listed here are only a selection.

Title or description of recordDate rangeSeries number

National Service – report by Defence Committee1947–50A5954, 1884/3Recruiting – correspondence from Sir Edmund Herring to the Prime Minister1950–51A462, 431/1/2Senate Select Committee on National Service in the Defence Force1950–51A663, O180/2/147National

Service – policy – file 11950–61A816, 44/301/151National Service – policy – file 21950–61A816, 44/301/158National Service – policy – file 31950–61A816, 44/30/168National Service – policy1950–60A4940, C162 Part 1National Service – legislation1950–53A5954, 1884/2National Service – Defence Committee report to Council of Defence1950A5954, 1884/4National Service – Council of Defence conclusions to Cabinet1950–52A5954, 1885/3National Service Legislation – consequential amendments to Defence Act, Air Force Act and Naval Defence Act1951–56A705, 3/1/192 Part 1National Service Legislation – consequential amendments to Defence Act, Air Force Act and Naval Defence Act1951–56A705, 3/1/192 Part 2National Service Legislation – consequential amendments to Defence Act, Air Force Act and Naval Defence Act1951–56A705, 3/1/192 Part 3Court of Inquiry. Conduct of National Service Training at RAAF Richmond1953A705, 108/3/259National Service Policy1953–56A816, 44/301/185

# Records held in other offices of the Archives

Records about the implementation of the 1951 National Service scheme are held by all offices of the Archives.

Our collection is particularly strong in Melbourne as the central office of the Department of Labour and National Service was based there.

The Department was responsible for the registration, medical examination, exemption, deferment, selection, call-up, allocation to the Services and reinstatement in civilian employment of National Service registrants.

Other fact sheets relating to compulsory military training are:

Universal military training in Australia, 1911–29Conscription referendums, 1916 and 1917National Service and war, 1939–45National Service, 1965–72

Post-war career.:Rise to Chief of the General Staff.

Pollard held command of the Army's Recruit Training Centre at Greta, New South Wales, from February to May 1946. He spent the next two months attached to the headquarters staff of Northern Command. In August he was posted to England to undertake a course at the Royal Air Force's School of Air Support in Old Sarum, and following his return in February 1947 was allotted to instruct at the soon-to-be-opened RAAF School of Air Support at Laverton, Victoria. It was redesignated the School of Land/Air Warfare in March 1948 and relocated to RAAF Station Williamtown, New South Wales. Pollard was appointed Director of Personnel Administration at Army Headquarters in January 1949.


The session was unproductive, due in part to Stefani's self-consciousness and writer's block, and she at one stage broke down in tears in the studio.

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"I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

Dr. Dre rolls his eyes at Gwen, but then 50 Cent talks her down ...

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When Gwen Stefani got the call that Linda Perry was ready to write with her, the first thing she did was bury her face in a pillow and cry.

And now she was going to have to get up and get creative.

When she arrived at Perry's house, nothing she did seemed fast enough.

Stefani would go into another room to try to write some lyrics, and when she came back, Perry would already have the whole song nailed.

This was no isolated incident — recording her solo album ended up being a largely terrifying, maddening and ego-shredding experience, no matter who she worked with.

Not exactly what the No Doubt singer had initially envisioned.

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Stefani had decided to do Love, Angel, Music, Baby — which she calls her "dance record" or her "collaborations record" — when she was on the Rock Steady tour with No Doubt.

One day, she happened to hear the old Club Nouveau song "Why You Treat Me So Bad" and immediately was transported back to high school, when she used to go dancing at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California.

She turned to No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal and said, "Wouldn't it be fun to do music like that?"

It looked like this '80s flashback fantasy would have to happen outside of her band.

So she made a list of influences she wanted to explore in an updated way — Prince, Lisa Lisa, Debbie Deb, the Time, New Order, Depeche Mode, early Madonna.

And then she made another list of musical idols she'd like to do some exploring with.

The game plan was simple, but strict: Love the '80s, but make them modern.

"Cool"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Crash"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Rich Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Bubble Pop Electric"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"Hollaback Girl"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

"If I was doing a solo record, it means basically pouring my heart out, the real Gwen," she said.

"Like the years with No Doubt, that was just No Doubt, this is me."

In some ways, the new album "is actually less of me, because I'm letting all these other people into my world and trying on their clothes, their music and melodies."

The list of those people was long — Dr. Dre, the Neptunes, Andre 3000, New Order, Nellee Hooper, Dallas Austin, and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis were among the producers and musicians with whom she collaborated.

Perry made the cut primarily because she'd put Gwen in a headlock at the Grammys, looked her in the eye, and told her they could make beautiful music together.

That was a good start, but Stefani didn't have a "huge game plan" for how she wanted to get there.

"You can try not to like this album, you can try real hard; but it will at least be your guilty pleasure.

It's like the ABCs — you can't get them out of your brain.

I wasn't trying to go for an art record or a deep record.

I just wanted to make you feel good for a moment and forget everything else."

There was just one problem — she wasn't feeling so good herself.

Instead of the big cast of contributors helping to take some of the pressure off, it only made her feel worse.

NEXT: 'I went in all glossy-eyed, and she's like, 'You're a freak.

"What You Waiting For?"Love, Angel, Music, Baby(Interscope)

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As the face and voice of No Doubt Gwen Stefani became one of the most recognisable pop stars of the '90s.

In 2004, Stefani released her debut solo album Love Angel Music Baby, a more poppy affair than the ska-tinged music of her band.musicOMH caught up with Stefani recently to talk about her solo career and her recent move into acting, in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator

No Doubt's effervescent singer Gwen Stefani, is impressed by my figure.

I'm surprised by her svelte body, expecting a more athletic build.

Nevertheless, the glamourpuss is hungry and needs a pick-me-up before dinner – and this interview.

"I'll just eat half of that and then I'll be fine," she says as she unwraps a sugar-laden protein bar.

Bearing the same name as her own clothes line, her first solo album Love Angel Music Baby. is full of fashion-savvy references to her favourite designers, including Galliano, Vivienne Westwood and Comme des Garons.

Good product placement or is a package of free clothes on the way?

I did it because I think they're rad and want to talk about them.

Vivienne Westwood is one of my all-time favourites.

I'd give all my money to her and buy all her clothes!"

But L.A.M.B. is also full of the musical references of her teens.

"It was the dance, popular music of the time and it had a really strong imprint on me, because it was a very inspired time for music."

If anyone had to pay an ode to the 80's, it was certainly Gwen Stefani, the quintessential offspring of that decade who spent her teens listening to KROQ and dancing to Prince and Duran Duran on the dancefloor of Videopolis, under the shadow of Disneyland.

It wasn't like I was driving out to L.A. clubs."

She was just an Orange County girl, listening to ska: "Madness, The Specials and The Selector.

It was really underground when I first discovered music.

No Doubt's bass player turned her on to other sounds.

"Lisa Lisa and The Cult Jam and Club Nouveau.

Of course we were also listening to Depeche Mode, The Cure and Madonna had just come out.

I did it because I think they're rad."– Gwen on her album's references to her favourite fashion designers.

L.A.M.B. is the '80s flavored dance album that she'd always dreamed of making, with a hoard of guest-stars including New Order, Dallas Austin and Nellee Hooper – before time ran out and it was too late.

"I was on the Rock Steady tour with the guys.

I turned on a Club Nouveau song and said to Tony, 'I wanna do a dance record before I die!'"

"When I started thinking about this project, I was like, I'm going to make a wish list of my favourite talented people that are in the club now, like Dr. Dre, Andre 3000, The Neptunes," she recalls, "So I thought it was going to be a really fun, easy side project I could do and put out in a few months.

She also discovered she actually didn't know how to write a song.

"It's really challenging to go in and put yourself in such a vulnerable position where you're sitting with somebody in a room you're a huge fan of and thinking, What if I can't think of anything?"

Her insecurities are depicted in the video for the first single What You Waiting For, where Gwen plays Alice chasing around the rabbit, symbolizing inspiration, in Wonderland.

It was the perfect metaphor for the way I felt making this record."

Afraid of time running out, Gwen was hearing the tick-tock of the clock, pressing her to do all that she's ever wanted to do – and getting a little push from Kanal himself, who also produced two tracks on the album, and former 4 Non-Blondes leader Linda Perry, the woman behind hit songs by Pink and Christina Aguilera.

"I'd never worked with the woman before.

Write a shitty song and waste a day of your life?"

But those darned insecurities crept up on her, drawing tears – "I went in the studio the first day and cried."

The chemistry between the two was so string, however, that it dissipated the confusion.

"Linda was so magic, driven, inspiring and beautiful.

She was saying: 'What you waiting for, Gwen?

"It turned into this super-hard, long, drawn-out, life-challenging thing."–

Gwen on the process of recording her solo album.

While No Doubt will go on, she is already planning the next phase of her career, looking for that perfect role.

In her silver screen debut, she plays lookalike Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's Howard Hughes biopic, The Aviator.

"I have two lines, so it's pretty minimal.-

In fact, she treads on comfortable ground as her part consists of walking the red carpet.

"It's like, oh OK, I know this!" she laughs.

"It was so real when I walked out the car with Leo (di Caprio).

He's incredible, one of the most talented male actors out there."

He's so passionate and can't stop talking about the whole project.

He's so excited about it and knows so much about everything.

That's probably what makes him such a great director."

No doubt the movie offers will pour in, but for now, she's biding her sweet time, even if she feels her other clock – the biological one – ticking away.

"I've wanted a baby since I was a baby, but I think it's not up to me.

I never thought any of this would be my life.

Honestly, I'm just that girl who was in Anaheim with my best friends."

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During the night of the 2003 Grammy Awards, Perry forced Stefani into a chokehold, and demanded that they were "gonna write songs together!", to which Stefani reluctantly agreed. Soon after, Stefani finished the Rock Steady Tour with her band No Doubt, and took a call from her label, who informed her that Perry was in a studio ready to collaborate, and that Perry "only [had] five days out of the whole year to work with [her]." Stefani has since admitted that she was frustrated by not being able to see her husband Gavin Rossdale, and was intimidated at the thought of collaboration, in particular with Perry, who she did not feel was qualified to write dance music. Stefani was exhausted by the recently completed tour, and shortly afterwards suffered an emotional breakdown, which she spent in bed crying.
 During their first day of work, the two wrote a song titled "Fine by You", which Stefani later described as "a stupid love song, but really good". Perry remarked that the song "wasn't right", and the track was excluded from the album.