Andrew Breitbart was on with Sean Hannity last night to discuss the Shirley Sherrod video and the NAACP’s attack on the tea party movement.
Breitbart reiterates the first video released on Breitbart.tv features Sherrod telling a racist tale that is received by the NAACP audience with laughter and cheers. The audience wasn’t cheering redemption; they were cheering discrimination.
Breitbart clarifies he released the video to target not Sherrod, but the NAACP who had condemned the Tea Party’s alleged racism. Though Sherrod became the scapegoat, it was the delight the NAACP audience took in the racist part of Sherrod’s speech that was truly damning. Breitbart noted he’s agnostic to her firing.
Andrew also mentioned that Mary Frances Berry argued that bogus racism charges flung at the Tea Party are meant to distract the public from staggering unemployment figures and other hot-button political topics unfavorable to the Democrats and the left.
Brad wants to weigh on on Wayne's earlier comments about "Treasure Hunts, Angel Feathers, and Sozos". So the first part of this podcast refocuses on the supernatural and how we distinguish between real moments of God's moving and contrived ones perpetuated by group dynamics and the power of suggestion. What happens when we divorce the supernatural from a growing relationship with Jesus and lead people to believe that his power is in their control? They also talk about the Seven Mountains of Influence and how we are warped by old creation priorities even as we are being invited to live in a new creation. This is the second installment of a three part conversation with Brad that will finish next week.
Love Brad’s input, especially his experience in India. Why is it that we look for signs? The bulk of the answer in my opinion is miraculous takes away the need for relationship, patience, and steadfastness. Jesus called folks looking for a sign a “perverse generation.” Could Jesus have meant by “greater works than these” that we would see heart change in people before our eyes – that the heart and mind of a man could change and be replaced with His heart? I don’t deny the power of God and His hand choosing to intervene on His terms to do the miraculous…
I agree with Brad that whilst I love your heart Wayne I reacted to your Angel Feathers podcast as it felt that there was a brush stroke criticism of anyone who was in any way pursuing the supernatural. I am pursuing the supernatural but as Brad says I am not fixated on it. As far as the Bethel School of Supernatural is concerned I have attended an equivalent thing in the UK and the point is not to teach techniques but to encourage an understanding of our identity in God and to live life to the full in Him expressing His body on the earth and ministering His love to those we engage with in the way the is appropriate to each individual. I am part of a house church in Romford in the UK and I struggle with the structure of Bethel, as I struggle with the structure of many churches, but I don’t struggle with their heart which is basically to know God more and to understand His heart. Miracles and the supernatural are for today but.we are fixed on a person not a system or a method. Bless you Wayne and Brad.
I have very fine brushes here. If people took what I said and applied it wholesale to Bethel, then they would think I have a broad one. I didn’t do that. I was talking about the difference between contrived supernatural manifestations and real ones. That’s all. I never mentioned Bethel, nor did I condemn all that they are doing. I don’t know what they are doing. I’ve never been there. But when I’m with people influenced by similar things and their heart is more for the supernatural than it is for the love of Jesus, I think it needs talking about. That doesn’t negate that there are others influenced by the same stream who have a heart for Jesus and see the supernatural as a fruit of that. Maybe I wasn’t as clear about that as I wanted to be, but the comments were about the abuse of something, not the something itself when it is not abused.
Why do we miss out on the real supernatural, just waking up and taking a breath, the sun rising and setting
Jesus says an evil and perverse generation seeks after signs. I dont need to see a healing or some kind of emotional forced or taught experience(They actually have a school to teach people how to experience what?) After reading the shack I had this incredible desire to experience what Mack got to experiencing, but I was able to separate fact from fiction. If Gods creation is not supernatural enough than maybe I am missing something.
Aren’t there two ways to pursue ‘supernatural’? I think of Eve in the garden of evil and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. ‘ye shall be as gods’ type searching. Then there is the Philippians 4:6-7 approach: ” Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
It is about who we trust, not what we believe. Belief is chosen agreement with thoughts like believing certain propositions about God, who he is and what he is like. Trust is a choice to actively live in relationship with the one we believe in.
So often when God moves or works in a certain way the temptation is to believe in that occurrence and to try to reproduce it because we believe (and in this case, rightly so) that it was God who “did it”. The problem arises when he chooses to “do things” or lead in alternate ways the next time. This requires a trust that is evidenced by listening to his direction and responding regardless of knowledge of his purposes. The communication that occurs inside of relationship with him necessitates observing the unfolding of his plan. The plan never becomes ours, it is his and he directs and leads, requiring faith that is trust based.
Attempts to package the work of God always requires an element of self reliance, and now the flesh has crept back in, supplanting life by the spirit. The mark is missed, but he is faithful when we are not, and relationship continues as he invites us to re-member (re-attach) ourselves to trust in him.
Tom thanks for the way you summarized some of the points Wayne and Brad were making. I’m going to take what you wrote as I head into my day and let Him gently bring that reality into whatever He is doing with me and for me today. Thanks.
Yes, I had to listen carefully to the podcast your did Wayne but in the end I heard what you were saying. It is about regimented man stuff as opposed to God whispered direction that you were discussing an it is what you and Brad concluded in today’s discussion.
What was beautiful is that the way you and Brad discuss things, it is like you cover all the facets especially with the pertinent questions that are often asked of each other. Am I supposed to give a commentary and evaluation of your and Brad’s participation in the podcast? Or should I be responding to the content? Ahh well. Then I would say that I loved how the conversation moved along other lines once you had resolved the seeming conflict and I really look forward to the discussions hinted at in the rest of your conversation. Strength to both of you.
The “frustration & futility” versus “fulfillment & fruitful” thing has immensely helped me discern where God is working in my life! For the past several weeks, I’ve been so frustrated, because I felt God is calling me to different things, but I couldn’t see what he was trying to accomplish… I see now that I was making assumptions about what he was calling me to and trying to control the situation to achieve what I assumed God wanted. Now that I’ve asked myself in what am I fruitful and fulfilled, in what am I frustrated and futile, I can clearly see where God is guiding me now! My entire outlook on life has changed overnight! My life has Life again! Thanks so much for sharing that!
This is why I listen to all the old podcasts to get caught up with the modern one. This is a conversation that I needed to hear and the bells went off in my heart. It is not my job to build the church. I loved hearing that. It is my job (joy) to just love the person God put in front of me right now. That is freedom to really know and follow. I don’t have to do more than that. Thank you Wayne and Brad.
What a helpful book. Clear: it focuses us on Jesus. Wise: it reminds us that his work on the cross is sufficient. Rewarding: it offers reflections and prayers that reveal the treasures of John’s Gospel. A great resource to use through Lent. Buy it for yourself and give one to a friend.
Lent is usually a time for fasting, but this new book by Tim Chester will help you to enjoy it as a time of feasting on God’s word. Short yet profound daily readings in John’s Gospel, which are deeply devotional without sacrificing exegetic rigour, will help you to meet Jesus and to gaze on his glory as revealed by his word and actions, and especially through the cross and resurrection. Suggested prayers and mediations will help you to apply these truths to your heart, strengthening your faith and love for Christ. Although structured especially for use in Lent, this book would be spiritually profitable for daily readings at any time of year.
So clearly written and heart-warming, accompanied by a judicious sprinkling of quotes from hymn-writers and luminaries of the Christian church down the centuries, united in finding glory in the cross because of the One who died on it for us. What a splendid resource for Lent!
Very helpful devotional book for Lent. It was good to spend a length of time considering the finished work of Jesus with studies in John's gospel.
We ordered 20 of these to read for regulars at our church-plant to read through Lent. It was the first time we've done anything like a book of the term or Lent book, but it was just brilliant. People loved how clearly Tim writes and seem to have been really nourished through sticking it out through these forty heart-warming readings.
This is a seriously good book to take one through the season of Lent, thought-provoking, showing God’s glory and love in every word.
Up to usual standard of his books. Tim manages to keep it short as much as possible as well as clear and understandable and inspiring.
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I’m sure you’ve heard this before, but establishing rituals and routines in your classroom is probably the most important way to set yourself up for success as a new teacher. Your students know what to expect, which is always a good thing. But maybe more importantly, you show them that you know what you’re doing.
Unfortunately for new teachers, figuring out the right rituals and routines is hard! You’ve never done it before, so you don’t know what works for you. You might think one routine is what you want, then realize it doesn’t suit you or your students at all (that happened to me A LOT). So keep it simple – not every minute of every class has to be a routine, but figure out certain parts that can be. Also try borrowing from other teachers. From your student teaching, think about what procedures the teachers implemented that you liked or would work with your personal style. And lastly, here are some examples from my own teaching experience (along with whether they worked or not):
Every day I prepared a half sheet of paper. On the front was a Do Now – questions that prepared students for the day’s lessons or reviewed the previous lesson. On the back was an Exit Ticket – questions or an activity that summarized today’s lesson. Students spent the first 5 minutes of class working on the Do Now and the last 5 minutes completing the Exit Ticket. This slip of paper was collected every day.
Result: This worked really well! I think mainly because I did it EVERY DAY. It also helped that the DN and ET were together and always collected. A lot of teachers struggle with getting students to complete the Do Now, so the fact that the paper was collected every day kept students accountable. Aside from the routine, the exit ticket was also very informative for me on how my students were doing. After a quick read through of student responses I could modify the next lesson to address some misconceptions or re-teach some concepts
Result: Mega fail. I didn’t give homework every day, and would forget about the box when I was supposed to collect it. So basically no one except the top two students would use this box. I ended up having students turn in homework along with their exit tickets (see above) at the end of the day.
Every time my students did a reading, I would set up an anticipation guide for them. This was usually part of their worksheet. It’s a series of statements related to what they were about to read. Before they started the reading they would guess whether each statement was T/F. Then as they read, they would learn the truth and go back and update their initial guesses. They would also need to provide evidence on why the statement was T/F.
Result: Really awesome! Not only is this a great routine, it’s also a great way to encourage more engaged reading in the classroom. Highly recommended.
As a science teacher, a lot of my lessons involved materials. I tried this routine where each table or group had a “Materials Manager” and this person was responsible for bringing/returning all the materials for his/her group.
Result: Not too great. It turns out that sometimes materials require more than one person to collect. Also what if the MM is absent? Then no one wants to get the stuff because it’s “not their job.” I ended up scratching this. I would ask for 1 (or 2) students to come and get the materials whenever we needed it.
Hope this was helpful! Let us know what rituals/routines you like to use in your classroom! More tips to follow!
When terror strikes western capitals, it doesn't just blast bodies and buildings, it also blasts other sites of suffering off the media map. A massacre of Iraqi children, blown up while taking sweets from US soldiers, is banished deep into the inside pages of our newspapers. The outpouring of compassion for the daily deaths of thousands from Aids in Africa is suddenly treated as a frivolous distraction.
In this context, a massacre in Haiti alleged to have taken place the day before the London bombings never stood a chance. Well before July 7, Haiti couldn't compete in the suffering sweepstakes: the US-supported coup that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide had the misfortune of taking place in late February 2004, just as the occupation of Iraq was reaching a new level of chaos and brutality. The crushing of Haiti's constitutional democracy made headlines for only a couple of weeks.
But the battle over Haiti's future rages on. Most recently, on July 6, 300 UN troops stormed the pro-Aristide slum of Cité Soleil. The UN admits that five were killed, but residents put the number of dead at no fewer than 20. A Reuters correspondent, Joseph Guyler Delva, says he "saw seven bodies in one house alone, including two babies and one older woman in her 60s". Ali Besnaci, head of Médecins Sans Frontières in Haiti, confirmed that on the day of the siege an "unprecedented" 27 people came to the MSF clinic with gunshot wounds, three-quarters of them women and children.
Where news of the siege was reported, it was treated as a necessary measure to control Haiti's violent armed gangs. But the residents of Cité Soleil tell a different story: they say they are being killed not for being violent, but for being militant - for daring to demand the return of their elected president. On the bodies of their dead friends and family members, they place photographs of Aristide.
It was only 10 years ago that President Clinton celebrated Aristide's return to power as "the triumph of freedom over fear". So it seems worth asking: what changed?
Aristide is certainly no saint, but even if the worst of the allegations against him are true, they pale next to the rap sheets of the convicted killers, drug smugglers and arms traders who ousted him. Turning Haiti over to this underworld gang out of concern for Aristide's lack of "good governance" is like escaping an annoying date by accepting a lift home from Charles Manson.
A few weeks ago I visited Aristide in Pretoria, South Africa, where he lives in forced exile. I asked him what was really behind his dramatic falling-out with Washington. He offered an explanation rarely heard in discussions of Haitian politics - actually, he offered three: "Privatisation, privatisation and privatisation."
The dispute dates back to a series of meetings in early 1994, a pivotal moment in Haiti's history that Aristide has rarely discussed. Haitians were living under the barbaric rule of Raoul Cédras, who overthrew Aristide in a 1991 US-backed coup. Aristide was in Washington and, despite popular calls for his return, there was no way he could face down the junta without military back-up.
Increasingly embarrassed by Cédras's abuses, the Clinton administration offered Aristide a deal: US troops would take him back to Haiti - but only after he agreed to a sweeping economic programme with the stated goal to "substantially transform the nature of the Haitian state".
Aristide agreed to pay the debts accumulated under the kleptocratic Duvalier dictatorships, slash the civil service, open up Haiti to "free trade" and cut import tariffs on rice and corn. It was a lousy deal but, Aristide says, he had little choice. "I was out of my country and my country was the poorest in the western hemisphere, so what kind of power did I have at that time?"
But Washington's negotiators made one demand that Aristide could not accept: the immediate sell-off of Haiti's state-owned enterprises, including phones and electricity. Aristide argued that unregulated privatisation would transform state monopolies into private oligarchies, increasing the riches of Haiti's elite and stripping the poor of their national wealth. He says the proposal simply didn't add up: "Being honest means saying two plus two equals four. They wanted us to sing two plus two equals five."
Aristide proposed a compromise: Rather than sell off the firms outright, he would "democratise" them. He defined this as writing anti-trust legislation, ensuring that proceeds from the sales were redistributed to the poor and allowing workers to become shareholders. Washington backed down, and the final text of the agreement called for the "democratisation" of state companies.
But when Aristide announced that no sales could take place until parliament had approved the new laws, Washington cried foul. Aristide says he realised then that what was being attempted was an "economic coup". "The hidden agenda was to tie my hands once I was back and make me give for nothing all the state public enterprises."
He threatened to arrest anyone who went ahead with privatisations. "Washington was very angry at me. They said I didn't respect my word, when they were the ones who didn't respect our common economic policy."
The US cut off more than $500m in promised loans and aid, starving his government, and poured millions into the coffers of opposition groups, culminating ultimately in the February 2004 armed coup.
And the war continues. On June 23 Roger Noriega, US assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, called on UN troops to take a more "proactive role" in going after armed pro-Aristide gangs. In practice, this has meant a wave of collective punishment inflicted on neighbourhoods known for supporting Aristide, most recently in Cité Soleil on July 6.
Yet despite these attacks, Haitians are still on the streets - rejecting the planned sham elections, opposing privatisation and holding up photographs of their president. And just as Washington's experts could not fathom the possibility that Aristide would reject their advice a decade ago, today they cannot accept that his poor supporters could be acting of their own accord. "We believe that his people are receiving instructions directly from his voice and indirectly through his acolytes that communicate with him personally in South Africa," Noriega said.
Aristide claims no such powers. "The people are bright, the people are intelligent, the people are courageous," he says. They know that two plus two does not equal five.
Who is Chuck Tingle? Here are the details gleaned from his social media presence: he lives in Billings, Montana, he has a son called Jon, is widowed. He is apparently both a Tae Kwon Do grandmaster and a PhD in holistic massage. Mainly, he is an erotic author and inventor of “the tingler” – “a story so blissfully erotic that it cannot be experienced without eliciting a sharp tingle down the spine.”
How erotic can he be? Spoiler: not very. Tingle writes parodies of niche erotica: think sexual liaisons between humans and dinosaurs (an actual subgenre), muscly guys and unicorns, Leonardo Decaprico and an Oscar. His bizarre tales of (always) gay sex has landed Tingle a legion of fans: they call themselves Buckaroos, someone built a Tingle Title Generator. But Tingle has suddenly reached wider recognition, through a surprising Hugo award nomination.
For the second year running, campaign group Rabid Puppies has dominated the Hugo shortlists, encouraging its supporters to block-vote for specific titles and authors that they believe have been overlooked because of leftwing bias in science fiction publishing. The vast majority of the “slate” recommended by blogger Vox Day ended up with a Hugo nomination – including, on the best short story ballot, Space Raptor Butt Invasion by one Chuck Tingle.
Tingle’s presence shifted the dynamic of the post-Hugo discussions. Wasn’t his placing on the best of the best of science fiction list indicative of the Rabid Puppies’ true motivations, people asked: not to reward “better” writing, but to simply destroy the Hugos’ reputation? The presence of the author behind titles such as Helicopter Man Pounds Dinosaur Billionaire Ass and My Ass Is Haunted By the Gay Unicorn Colonel does somewhat detract from the grand stature of the Hugos. It’s easy to see why the Rabid Puppies would nominate Tingle; when a tingler appeared on the ballot, they must have had conniptions.
Day initially presented Tingle’s nomination as a way of combating homophobia in science fiction. (“The decades of discrimination against gay dinosaur love in space by the science fiction community stops now, and it stops here!”) but later admitted it was a joke. “I don’t give a quantum of a damn what my critics thought about it. Some things are worth doing simply because they are amusing,” he wrote, following it up with: “Chuck Tingle’s nomination is not a joke. Well, all right, it is.”
So who is he? The easiest answer would be the Rabid Puppies leader himself, Vox Day. But no. “I am not Chuck Tingle,” Day says. “I have my suspicions, but I do not actually know [who it is].” Nora Jemison, nominated for best novel for The Fifth Season, doesn’t know either, or “even if they’re only one person”.
Theories abound online: is Tingle Lemony Snicket? The South Park boys? Some sort of performance artist – perhaps the “Banksy of self-published dinosaur erotica” as someone once called him on Twitter? Last year, Jon Tingle – apparently the son of Chuck – appeared on a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything) thread to share unsettling insights into his father: “Yes, my father is very real. He is an autistic savant, but also suffers from schizophrenia. To make it very clear, my father is one of the gentlest, sweetest people you could ever meet and is not at all dangerous, although he does have a history of SELF harm … I would not let him be the butt of some worldwide joke if I didn’t have faith that he was in on it in some way. Regardless, writing and self-publishing brings him a lot of joy.” If this is all a joke, it’s hard to know where it starts or where to laugh.
Although Tingle was initially held up as a victory story for the Rabid Puppies, they may have inadvertently been overshadowed by a monster, if not of their own making, then at least of their own promotion. Tingle has since started displaying some very anti-Puppy behaviour, including slinging Vox Day with accusatory tweets and asking Zoë Quinn, the first target of Gamergate and very often the Rabid Puppies, to attend the Hugos for him (at once spurring people to ask if Quinn was Tingle).
Whomever he is, Quinn doesn’t believe Tingle is part of the Rabid Puppies. “I don’t actually know … we’ve only ever spoken publicly on Twitter, but he does tell me I’m his best friend,” she says. “I like the idea of being good buds with a potentially fictional man. He’s been nothing but kind to me … It’s extremely unlikely that Chuck is a rightwing construction, especially because people from that group never hesitate at an opportunity to take a crappy dig at me.”
I, too, have spoken to Chuck Tingle: in fact, I have more than 2,000 words of interview notes that you don’t really want to be subjected to. Here’s a sample of one of Tingle’s answers (spellings his own):
“yes i am a real man name of chuck last name is PENNAME which is way for doctors to hide away as secret buckaroos (like handsome DANIELS CRAIG 007 in the movie BOBS BIG SECERT and SPY ANOTHER SPY). please resepct my privacy as a doctor this means i have to use penname thats what handsome son (name of jon) says.”
Phew. Which brings us back to the question of who he is: the best kept joke in science fiction or actually who he claims to be? What the more discombobulating option is, I honestly don’t know.
So as we career towards a mediocre outcome in Copenhagen, why do roughly half the people in this country not believe in man-made climate change, when the overwhelming majority of scientists do?
Firstly we have the psychological issues. We're predisposed to undervalue adverse outcomes which are a long way off, especially if we might be old or dead soon. We're inherently predisposed to find cracks in evidence that suggests we should do something we don't want to do, hence the enduring appeal of stories about alcohol being good for you.
Suggesting that personal behaviour change will have a big role to play, when we know that telling people to do the right thing is a weak way to change behaviour, is an incomplete story: you need policy changes to make better behaviour easier, and we all understand that fresh fruit on sale at schools is more effective than telling children not to eat sweets.
This is exacerbated because climate science is difficult. We could discuss everything you needed to know about MMR and autism in an hour. Climate change will take two days of your life, for a relatively superficial understanding: if you're interested, I'd recommend the IPCC website.
On top of that, we don't trust governments on science, because we know they distort it. We see that a minister will sack Professor David Nutt, if the evidence on the relative harms of drugs is not to the government's taste. We see the government brandish laughable reports to justify DNA retention by the police with flawed figures, suspicious missing data, and bogus arguments.
We know that evidence-based policy is window dressing, so now, when they want us to believe them on climate science, we doubt.
Then, of course, the media privilege foolish contrarian views because they have novelty value, and also because "established" views get confused with "establishment" views, and anyone who comes along to have a pop at those gets David v Goliath swagger.
But the key to all of this is the recurring mischief of criticisms mounted against climate change. I am very happy to affirm that I am not a giant expert on climate change: I know a bit, and I know that there's not yet been a giant global conspiracy involving almost every scientist in the world (although I'd welcome examples).
Glynis Breakwell announces she will step down, but will still be paid full salary after she leaves post
The vice-chancellor of Bath University, whose pay package of £468,000 made her a figure of national controversy, has agreed to step down – but faced more criticism on Tuesday after it was revealed she will continue to be paid her full salary after she leaves her post.
Dame Glynis Breakwell, whose status as the UK’s highest-paid university leader provoked growing discontent among university staff, said in a statement that she would take a sabbatical at the end of the current academic year, focusing on academic work, before finally retiring in early 2019 at the age of 66.
Breakwell said that she had “served the university to the best of my ability”. The university said that “no payments for loss of employment or office will be made to her”, with a spokesperson confirming Breakwell will stay on full pay between the end of August, when she stands down as vice chancellor, and the end of February 2019. That would be a further £230,000 pay over the period.
The news means that the campus protest planned by students and staff for Thursday will go ahead as planned.
Union leaders at Bath expressed their anger at the decision, and calculated that – including the write-off of a £31,000 car loan – Breakwell will receive a further £600,000 from now until she retires in February.
The unions also called for Breakwell to step down as a director of the University Superannuation Scheme – the national pension scheme for university staff – and for the resignation of Thomas Sheppard, the chair of the university council, as well as the members of the remuneration committee.
Michael Carley, the Universities and College union (UCU) leader at Bath, said that further payments would amount to “a reward for failure”. UCU and the other unions, including Unite and Unison, are calling for an overhaul of the university’s governance, and changes to the way pay is set for senior staff.
Andrew Adonis, the former Labour minister who had highlighted Breakwell’s pay in a series of acerbic criticisms since July, celebrated on social media.
This is the worst case of fat-cat pay (£486k) but there are many others paid far too much & the spotlight is now on them to cut their pay sharply or resign. The VC of Southampton Uni is almost as bad as Bath https://t.co/9cQlo757Dq
Adonis immediately turned his sights on other examples of high pay. “The VC of Southampton Uni is almost as bad as Bath,” he tweeted.
Breakwell confirmed her departure in a statement. “I will be standing down as vice-chancellor on 31 August 2018. On that day, I will have been in post 17 years which is one-third of the lifetime of the university,” she said.
“During that time, I have served the university to the best of my ability and will continue to do so until the day I leave office.”
While Breakwell’s time as vice-chancellor saw Bath rise up international and domestic rankings, she attracted considerable criticism over a series of rapid pay increases starting in 2011, and was recent upbraided by the higher education regulator for voting to thwart oversight by Bath’s university court.
A further £17,000 pay rise last year took her pay and benefits to £468,000 a year, well above the average for UK vice-chancellors.
Criticism has grown in recent months on Bath’s campus, and last week Breakwell only narrowly survived a vote of no confidence by the university’s senior academic body, the senate.
Breakwell’s resignation comes just two days before the university’s next council meeting on Thursday, where she was also expected to be criticised by her colleagues, with staff and students planning to hold demonstrations on campus on the same day.
Her departure was precipitated by a damning report from the Higher Education Funding Council for England, after it investigated the conduct of the university’s remuneration committee and the events of university court meeting in February.
Breakwell was also a member of the remuneration committee that since 2011 had hiked her pay dramatically, by nearly £200,000 in the space of five years.
The decision to raise her pay by a further £50,000 for 2016 caused widespread dismay within Bath as it catapulted Breakwell into being the highest paid vice chancellor in the country. The mood among staff darkened as research by UCU found that Bath was one of the most enthusiastic adopters of zero-hours contracts for its staff.
The outcome follows tenacious reporting by the Bath Chronicle, which first published the events surrounding the remuneration committee and Breakwell’s pay in the face of hostility from the university’s administration.
The international transfer window shuts today, although you could be forgiven for thinking that it closed when Premier League clubs stopped doing business earlier this month. After all, the Mill’s lead story is Blackburn Rovers rejecting West Brom’s £5m offer for Bradley Dack. Gah! How on earth is Jim White going to work in these conditions? Sky probably aren’t even going to need the dreaded yellow ticker of doom if the following transfer piffle is any guide!
For instance, after plenty of talk that Ademola Lookman was going to join RB Leipzig for £25m, it now seems that Everton plan to stop the young forward from moving to Germany. Having spotted that Lookman is pretty good at football, Marco Silva has decided it would be a good idea to keep him at Goodison Park.
Aston Villa are going to sign Le Havre’s Harold Moukoudi on loan ahead of a £10m move for the French centre-back in January. Moukoudi’s arrival means Villa will allow Tommy Elphick to join Hull or QPR.
Lazar Markovic still exists. The Liverpool winger is joining PAOK on loan. Barcelona are not going to sign Paul Pogba this summer. But they are going to sign Ronald Araujo from Boston River! The Uruguayan youngster will be theirs for €5m.
Moussa Dembélé wants to join Lyon, but Brendan Rodgers is determined to keep the striker at Celtic. He doesn’t want to have to replace him with Rickie Lambert and Iago Aspas. Although maybe King Brenny will cheer up when he hears that Markovic is available. There’s still time for a late swoop, Brenny!
At this point you’ve probably realised that all the exclamation marks are the Mill’s sorry attempts to drum up some excitement. It isn’t working, is it? Bah. But, like any good journalist, the Mill has left the best story until the final paragraph. It concerns Wolves ace Rúben Neves, who has the tricky choice of deciding whether to join Manchester City or Manchester United next summer. Hmmm. Pep or Jose? Jose or Pep? Tough one.
Christine Salem, from La Réunion in the Indian Ocean, sings maloya – dangerous tunes that rouse the spirits and challenge the authorities – which means that her shows are as controversial as they are spellbinding
It's a hot night at the Sakifo festival, in a beachside park on the island of La Réunion the French overseas department in the Indian Ocean. The Spanish/French star Manu Chao was an earlier headliner, and now it's the turn of a remarkable and controversial local singer. Christine Salem comes on shaking a kayamb, a tray-like percussion instrument constructed from cane stalks. Backed only by two other percussionists, one of them sitting astride a large roulé drum, she delivers an extraordinary and compelling set that switches from the deep and soulful, with echoes of Nina Simone, through to furious, hypnotic chanting and throaty growls.
Only a generation ago, the police would have smashed her instruments, and Salem would have been arrested for singing in this way, because she was daring to sing maloya, the banned, African-influenced music of the Creole descendants of the slaves who worked the island's sugar plantations. With its mixture of thunderous percussion and improvised call-and-response vocals, it's the Indian Ocean answer to the blues. The Catholic church disapproved of it because it was used in the servis kabaré ceremonies, in which the drumming and chanting cause participants to enter a trance-like state in which they say they come face-to-face with their ancestors. The authorities disliked it because of its links to slave culture, and were concerned that it was also being used in a secular form by a political party campaigning for greater autonomy or independence from France.
The ban on maloya was lifted in 1981, but when Salem sings today it's easy to see why the Catholic church disapproved. "They thought the trance music was the devil's song ... but it's great music," she says.
Salem draws her inspiration from maloya's religious forms. One of her strongest songs, Djinn, is a haunting, powerful piece that comes out of her own experience at trance ceremonies. Performing it live, she breaks away from the slinky rhythms of earlier numbers for a section of frenzied percussion and howling vocals that develop into a furious bluesy chant in which the Creole lyrics tell of meetings with her ancestors. Her remarkable performance is a reminder of the divisions on the island. Réunion is popular with tourists from France and elsewhere, but behind the beach hotels and restaurants, there still exists a Creole culture that links back to the slavery days.
Salem was born 41 years ago in a poor district of Saint-Denis, the island's administrative capital, where her mother worked as a cleaner and cook. She never met her father, "but I heard he played accordion", nor did she study music at school, but she remembers as a child hearing the maloya band Ziskakan playing in Saint-Denis. "They were very different from the way they are now," she says. "Far more traditional. They made a big impression on me, although I didn't come from a musical family." She wrote her first song, "a blues, in English, about love" aged 12, and later joined different groups playing sega, the Indian Ocean dance style, in the tourist hotels, "just for the experience, and because I loved singing".
She was in her early 20s when she attended – just as an observer – her first servis kabaré ceremony, and she was soon drawn into the trance ceremonies and their music and began to study the special songs used for each different stage of the process.
Although maloya was predominantly sung by men, she started singing it with her own group in the late 90s. "It wasn't forbidden for women to sing it, but even now people find it strange to hear a lady singing it. When people first heard me they thought a man was singing because I have such a deep voice. They were surprised when they saw me," she says with a smile.
Salem believes passionately that maloya deserves a wider audience, and she has travelled to Madagascar, the Comoros and Zanzibar, researching the roots of the form, and experimenting in modernising it, not least by working with the American-French folk-blues band Moriarty, who added bass and guitar to some of her songs. But she mostly performs with the traditional percussive lineup that is still used in the trance ceremonies. "But I don't use quite the same music on stage, in respect for the ancestors, and because if we did that, my audience might go into a trance!"
She believes that her experiences at the ceremonies when she was younger brought her in contact with her own ancestors. "When you go into a trance for the first time, you ask the ancestor where he is from, and after that you recognise who is there." So you know where your ancestors come from? "Yes, I know exactly. They are mostly from Africa, from Mozambique and around there. So that's where I am going to do my research next."
But at the same time she continues to promote her singing career; she has already performed in Australia this year and she is tipped to be one of the highlights at Womad next weekend.Salem may be bringing maloya to a new global audience, but her modernising approach has caused unease to some traditionalists, not least the island's greatest veteran exponent of the style, Firmin Viry. On the Sunday morning of the Sakifo festival there's a free concert down by the fishing port of Terre Saint, a showcase for the male heroes of maloya, headlined by Viry. Now in his late 70s, he sings enthusiastically for the most of the morning, spurred on by up to 10 percussionists and support from Danyel Waro, who himself made a memorable appearance at WOMAD two years ago.
Afterwards, Viry sat by the sea and talked of the days back in the 70s when he had to sing secretly, in defiance of the French authorities. He was, he says, "very lucky" not to have been discovered and sent to jail like other musicians. A supporter of the Communist party, for him, maloya was protest music, and he wrote about "love, life and employment". So how does he regard Salem and her very different approach? "She is invoking the spirits of the dead, and the way I was brought up, what you do in the house you don't do outside," he says. "The religious side should be kept at home and not performed on stage, and her songs are about the ancestors, not politics. It's a very dangerous approach because we are a mixed people in Réunion, and some words can disturb the spirits."
There is certainly a sense of urgency and danger in Christine Salem's performance, and that's part of her appeal. She deserves to become maloya's first international female celebrity – as is her intention. "It's important for me, because it used to be forbidden. It's a challenge."
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Trespass crimes are listed under Chapter 810 of the Florida Statutes. Florida Statute § 810.011 provides the following definitions as used in this chapter:
Structure — A building of any kind, either temporary or permanent, which has a roof over it, together with the curtilage thereof (during the time of a state of emergency declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor and within the area covered by such executive order or proclamation, the term means a building of any kind or such portions or remnants thereof as exist at the original site, regardless of absence of a wall or roof);
Dwelling — A building or conveyance of any kind, including any attached porch, whether such building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, which has a roof over it and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night, together with the curtilage thereof (during the time of a state of emergency declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor and within the area covered by such executive order or proclamation, the term includes such portions or remnants thereof as exist at the original site, regardless of absence of a wall or roof); and
Conveyance — Any motor vehicle, ship, vessel, railroad vehicle or car, trailer, aircraft, or sleeping car; and “to enter a conveyance” includes taking apart any portion of the conveyance (during the time of a state of emergency declared by executive order or proclamation of the Governor and within the area covered by such executive order or proclamation, the term “conveyance” means a motor vehicle, ship, vessel, railroad vehicle or car, trailer, aircraft, or sleeping car or such portions thereof as exist).
Trespass in Structure or Conveyance, Florida Statute § 810.08 — An alleged offender commits a second-degree misdemeanor if he or she, without being authorized, licensed, or invited, willfully enters or remains in any structure or conveyance, or, having been authorized, licensed, or invited, is warned by the owner or lessee of the premises, or by a person authorized by the owner or lessee, to depart and refuses to do so. If there was a human being in the structure or conveyance at the time the alleged offender trespassed, attempted to trespass, or was in the structure or conveyance, trespass in a structure or conveyance is a first-degree misdemeanor. If the alleged offender was armed with a firearm or other dangerous weapon, or armed himself or herself with such while in the structure or conveyance, trespass in a structure or conveyance is a third-degree felony.
Trespass on Property Other Than Structure or Conveyance, Florida Statute § 810.09 — An alleged offender commits a first-degree misdemeanor if he or she, without being authorized, licensed, or invited, willfully enters upon or remains in any property other than a structure or conveyance as to which notice against entering or remaining is given, either by actual communication to the offender or by posting, fencing, or cultivation; or if the property is the unenclosed curtilage of a dwelling and the alleged offender enters or remains with the intent to commit an offense thereon, other than the offense of trespass. If the alleged offender was armed with a firearm or other dangerous weapon during the commission of trespass on property other than a structure or conveyance or the area is a construction site, horticultural site, agricultural site designated for testing or research purposes, agricultural chemicals manufacturing facility or domestic violence center and a sign is posted identifying it as such and warning that trespassing is a felony, trespass on property other than a structure or conveyance is a third-degree felony.
Trespass on School Property with Firearm or Other Weapon, Florida Statute § 810.095 — An alleged offender commits a third-degree felony if he or she is trespassing upon school property and brings onto, or to possesses on, such school property any weapon or any firearm. School property is defined as “the grounds or facility of any kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary school, career center, or postsecondary school, whether public or nonpublic,” and weapon is defined under Florida Statute § 790.001(13) as “any dirk, knife, metallic knuckles, slungshot, billie, tear gas gun, chemical weapon or device, or other deadly weapon except a firearm or a common pocketknife, plastic knife, or blunt-bladed table knife.”
Trespass Upon Grounds or Facilities of a School, Florida Statute § 810.097 — An alleged offender commits a second-degree misdemeanor if he or she does not have legitimate business on the campus or any other authorization, license, or invitation to enter or remain upon school property, or is a student currently under suspension or expulsion and enters or remains upon the campus or any other facility owned by any such school. If the alleged offender enters or remains upon the campus or other facility of a school after the principal of such school, or his or her designee, has directed the alleged offender to leave such campus or facility or not to enter upon the campus or facility, trespass upon the grounds of a school facility is a first-degree misdemeanor.
The possible punishments people can be sentenced to if they plead guilty to or are convicted of trespassing offenses depends on how the underlying crimes were classified. Statutory maximums in these cases are generally as follows:
It is important to note that the jury instructions for certain trespassing offenses state that the authority to enter upon or remain in property does need not be given in express words, as such permission can be implied from the circumstances. Additionally, a prosecutor must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an alleged offender “willfully” committed an alleged trespassing offense, meaning that he or she intentionally, knowingly, and purposely broke the law.
Chapter 13 | Florida Standard Jury Instructions — Visit this section of the Florida Supreme Court website to view the full text of the standard jury instructions for numerous trespass offenses. You can view the instructions for trespass in a structure or conveyance, trespass on property other than a structure or conveyance, and trespass on school property with a firearm or weapon. To the extent that a court deems standard jury instructions applicable, they will be adopted verbatim.
Gestewitz v. State, 34 So. 3d 832 (Fla. 4th DCA 2010) — Drew G. Gestewitz was charged with and convicted of possession of a controlled substance (Xanax) and escape after fleeing police while waiting for them to process a trespass warning. The trial court denied Gestewitz’s motion to suppress the Xanax discovered during his detention, but the Fourth District Court of Appeal reverse Gestewitz's convictions for possession and escape, and directed the state to discharge him. The Court of Appeal concluded that “the officers had no statutory or other lawful authority permitting them to detain Gestewitz for the purpose of issuing him a trespass warning” because “at the time the officers detained Gestewitz for warning purposes, there was no reasonable suspicion that Gestewitz committed the crime of trespass, as a trespass warning is a prerequisite to that crime.”
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Three people in middle Tennessee are charged with TennCare fraud, including a Clarksville woman, the Office of Inspector General announced Tuesday..
Jennifer Lee Mason is charged in Montgomery County with two counts of TennCare fraud involving doctor shopping for the painkiller Hydrocodone.The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest. District Attorney General John W. Carney is prosecuting.
In an unrelated case, a Davidson County couple is accused of passing forged prescriptions and using TennCare healthcare insurance benefits as payment. Heidi Gotto, 37, and Thomas Rediker, 53, both of Nashville, are charged in an indictment accusing them of three counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit TennCare fraud. In addition, Gotto was charged with eight counts of TennCare fraud and three counts of forgery. The drugs involved were the painkillers Morphine and Hydrocodone along with the anti-anxiety medication Diazepam. District Attorney General Glenn R. Funk is prosecuting.
“The fraudulent misuse of TennCare pharmacy benefits is a serious problem in local communities across Tennessee,” Inspector General Manny Tyndall said. “We are working closely with local law enforcement agencies and pharmacies to investigate and prosecute these types of crimes.”
The OIG, which is separate from TennCare, began full operation in February 2005 and has investigated cases leading to more than $3 million being repaid to TennCare, with a total estimated cost avoidance of more than $163.6 million for TennCare, according to latest figures. To date, 2,811 people have been charged with TennCare fraud.
Through the OIG Cash for Tips Program established by the Legislature, Tennesseans can get cash rewards for TennCare fraud tips that lead to convictions. Anyone can report suspected TennCare fraud by calling 1-800-433-3982 toll-free from anywhere in Tennessee, or visit the website and follow the prompts that read “Report
A federal judge Friday denied a request from a small Virginia company to stop the online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. from using its "Buy It Now" feature that allows shoppers to purchase items at a fixed price. U.S. District Court Judge Jerome B. Friedman denied a motion by MercExchange LLC for a permanent injunction to stop San Jose, Calif.-based eBay from using the feature. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that although eBay infringed upon MercExchange's patent for the service, it was up to the lower court to decide whether eBay had to stop using it.
Northwest Airlines blamed a spike in canceled flights Friday on pilot absenteeism and warned that it would probably cancel more flights over the weekend. The airline declined to release specific figures but said it expected to complete 93 percent of its flights Friday. The Web site FlightStats.com said Northwest had canceled 77 flights as of 6 p.m. Friday. The flight-tracking service said Northwest had canceled 48 flights on Thursday.
Intel Corp. may have to change the way it conducts business globally if European regulators prove allegations that the company abused its position as the world's biggest chipmaker.
The European Commission on Friday formally accused the Santa Clara, Calif., company of practices that violated antitrust laws, such as offering computer-makers improper discounts and rebates to discourage them from buying microprocessors from Intel's smaller rival, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
Enron Corp. told a federal judge Friday it continues to be stonewalled in its attempts to fix a computer error that resulted in more than 20,000 former workers being overpaid or underpaid during the initial payment of a lawsuit settlement over retirement funds lost during the company's collapse. Last year, former Enron workers received about $89 million, the first payment that is part of a lawsuit settlement over money they lost. But almost $22 million of the initial payment was miscalculated because of a software glitch that was the fault of Hewitt Associates, a company Enron hired to be the fund administrator and allocate the settlement proceeds, said John Strasburger, a lawyer for Enron.
Lockheed Martin Corp., the world's largest defense contractor, won a $2.4 billion contract for Joint Strike Fighter materials and parts, the U.S. Navy said on Friday. Lockheed's aeronautics division based in Fort Worth, Texas, will provide take-off and landing equipment for six F-35s for the Air Force and short take-off and vertical landing systems for six F-35s for the Marine Corps.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission could soon shrink to the point where it can't effectively protect the public, veteran Commissioner Thomas Moore says. Many employees at the agency responsible for overseeing the safety of many thousands of consumer products are looking for other jobs because "they have no confidence the agency will continue to exist - or will exist in any meaningful form," Moore said.