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Tag Archives: malanga Redeemed Through Pain CATHOLIC BOY “I was born in a pool, they made my mother stand And I spat on that surgeon and his trembling hand When I felt the light I was worse than bored I stole the doctor’s scalpel and I slit the cord I was a Catholic boy, Redeemed through pain, Not through joy I was two months early they put me under glass I screamed and cursed their children when the nurses passed Was convicted of theft when I slipped from the womb They led me straight from my mother to a cell in the Tombs They starved me for weeks, they thought they’d teach me fear I fed on cellmates’ dreams, it gave me fine ideas When they cut me loose, the time had served me well I made allies in heaven, I made comrades in Hell I was a Catholic child The blood ran red The blood ran wild I make angels dance and drop to their knees When I enter a church the feet of statues bleed I understand the fate of all my enemies Just like Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane I watched the sweetest psalm stolen by the choir I dreamed of martyrs’ bones hanging from a wire I make a contribution, I get absolution I make a resolution to purify my soul They can’t touch me now I got every sacrament behind me: I got baptism, I got communion, I got penance, I got extreme unction I’ve got confirmation ‘Cause I’m a Catholic child The blood ran wild! Now I’m a Catholic man I put my tongue to the rail whenever I can.” James Dennis “Jim” Carroll (August 1, 1949 – September 11, 2009) was an American author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll was born to a working-class family of Irish descent, and grew up on New York City’s Lower East Side. When he was about 11 (in the sixth grade) his family moved north to Inwood in Upper Manhattan where he attended Good Shepherd School. He was taught by the LaSalle Christian Brothers, and his brother in the sixth grade noted that he could write and encouraged him to do so. In fall 1963, he entered public school, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity School. He attended Trinity from 1964–1968. Carroll identified Rainer Maria Rilke, Frank O’Hara, John Ashbery, James Schuyler, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs as influences on his artistic career. While still in high school, Carroll published his first collection of poems, Organic Trains. Already attracting the attention of the local literati, his work began appearing in the Poetry Project’s magazine The World in 1967. Soon his work was being published in elite literary magazines like Paris Review in 1968, and Poetry the following year. In 1970, his second collection of poems, 4 Ups and 1 Down was published, and he started working for Andy Warhol. At first, he was writing film dialogue and inventing character names; later on, Carroll worked as the co-manager of Warhol’s Theater. Carroll’s first publication by a mainstream publisher (Grossman Publishers), the poetry collection Living at the Movies, was published in 1973. In 1978, after he moved to California to get a fresh start since overcoming his heroin addiction, Carroll formed The Jim Carroll Band, a new wave/punk rock group, with encouragement from Patti Smith, with whom he once shared an apartment in New York City, along with Robert Mapplethorpe. He performed a spoken word piece with the Patti Smith Group in San Diego when the support band dropped out at the last moment. The front cover photograph was taken by Annie Leibovitz The band was originally called Amsterdam, where they originally formed and were based in Bolinas, California. The musicians were Steve Linsley (bass), Wayne Woods (drums), Brian Linsley and Terrell Winn (guitars). They released a single People Who Died, from their 1980 debut album, Catholic Boy. The album featured contributions from Allen Lanier and Bobby Keys. Robert Downey Jim Carroll and James Spader, in Tuff Turf (Fritz Kiersch, 1985) In 1982 the song appeared in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Steven Spielberg, 1982), from which Carroll received royalties until his death in 2009. The song also appeared in the 1985 Kim Richards vehicle Tuff Turf starring James Spader and Robert Downey Jr., which also featured a cameo appearance by the band, as well as 2004’s Dawn of the Dead. It was featured in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries (based on Jim Carroll’s autobiography), and was covered by John Cale on his Antártida soundtrack. A condensed, 2-minute, version of the song was made into an animated music video by Daniel D. Cooper, an independent filmmaker/animator, in 2010. The song’s title was based on a poem by Ted Berrigan. Later albums were Dry Dreams (1982) and I Write Your Name (1983), both with contributions from Lenny Kaye and Paul Sanchez. Carroll also collaborated with musicians Lou Reed, Blue Öyster Cult, Boz Scaggs, Ray Manzarek of The Doors, Pearl Jam, Electric Light Orchestra and Rancid. To watch a clip related to this post, please take a gander at The Genealogy of Style’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Genealogy-of-Style/597542157001228 Art Biography Cinema Literature Music Photography Poetry Religion Sleeve Leave a comment Flowers in the Factory Dennis Hopper, Andy Warhol and members of the factory(Gregory Markopoulos, Taylor Mead, Gerard Malanga, Jack Smith), 1963 Art Cinema Magazine Cover Leave a comment Picked Flowers From Neighbor’s Yard Acetate mechanical for 82-inch Flowers, 1964. Ink on acetate, handwritten ink on Bristol board, overall Photo of hibiscus flowers by Modern Photography executive editor Patricia Caulfield, published in that magazine in 1964 where it was found and used by Andy Warhol Warhol in a field of black-eyed Susans with an early Flowers canvas, Queens, New York, 1964. Photo: John William Kennedy Warhol with his assistants Philip Fagan (left), and poet Gerard Malanga (right). At the Factory, 231 East 47th Street, New York, 1964. Warhol working on a large Flower painting at the Factory, New York City, March 1965. Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964, acrylic and silkscreen on linen, 24 x 24 in. each (16 works shown). At the 1964 New York World’s Art Fair, the architect Phillip Johnson commissioned 10 artists to make large-scale works to adorn the facade of the State Pavilion—a monument Johnson had designed as a celebration of human advancement. Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg were among the Pop artists selected. Andy Warhol was another contributor. However, Warhol’s piece Thirteen Most Wanted Men, which depicted silkscreened mug shots of real criminals, was censored—covered with silver paint, and never seen by the public. Was this event the catalyst for Warhol’s transition from felons to florals? The flower, a symbol of fragility and purity, is antithetical to the blunt violence associated with the criminal. The art historian Michael Lobel eloquently explores this collision of themes in Warhol’s work in his essay Andy Warhol Flowers: a fitting accompaniment to the comprehensive survey of Warhols’ Flowers paintings. Warhol’s flower paintings, created between 1964 and 1965, were initially inspired by a photograph of several hibiscus flowers taken by Patricia Caulfield, then the executive editor of Modern Photography magazine. The foldout article depicted how a new Kodak home color processing system could manipulate color. Warhol appropriated the image without permission, cropped, copied, enhanced the contrast, and eventually settled on a square format that meant the paintings could be viewed from any orientation. Caulfield, by-the-way, sued Warhol for copyright infringement and it was settled out of court. We get to see Caulfield’s original photograph that was printed in Modern Photography magazine along with many of Warhol’s variations on it in paint, silkscreen and collage on a wide range of materials. A collection of these paintings was the focus of Warhol’s first show at the prestigious Leo Castelli Gallery in late 1964, and signaled his ascension into the legitimized art world. Dress designed by Halston, 1972 Diane Von Fürstenberg Spring Summer 2012 collection Art Fashion Nature Photography Leave a comment

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BROADWAY TRIBUTE 5 Mid-South Locations Since 1977 Records-Comic Books-Games-Movies-CDs-Toys-Collectibles-Stereo Equipment & More Preorder Upcoming Releases VIEW ALL Doom Eternal Deluxe Ed Doom Eternal Deluxe Edition for Xbox One Experience the ultimate combination of speed and power as you rip-and-tear your way across dimensions with the next leap in push-forward, first-person combat. Powered by idTech 7 and set to an all-new pulse-pounding soundtrack composed by Mick Gordon, DOOM Eternal puts you in control of the unstoppable DOOM Slayer as you blow apart new and classic demons with powerful weapons in unbelievable and never-before-seen worlds. As the DOOM Slayer, you return to find Earth has suffered a demonic invasion. Raze Hell and discover the Slayer’s origins and his enduring mission to rip and tear…until it is done. Slayer Threat Level at Maximum - Gain access to the latest demon-killing tech with the DOOM Slayer’s advanced Praetor Suit, including a shoulder-mounted flamethrower and the retractable wrist-mounted DOOM Blade. Upgraded guns and mods, such as the Super Shotgun’s new distance-closing Meat Hook attachment, and abilities like the Double Dash make you faster, stronger, and more versatile than ever. Unholy Trinity - You can’t kill demons when you’re dead, and you can’t stay alive without resources. Take what you need from your enemies: Glory kill for extra health, incinerate for armor, and chainsaw demons to stock up on ammo. These tools are the key to your survival and becoming the ultimate demon-slayer. A New Class of (Destructible) Demon - Obliterate more demons than ever before, each with unique attacks and abilities. Fan-favorite classics such as the Pain Elemental, Archvile, and Arachnotron make their return, while a horde of totally-new demons join the roster including the DOOM Hunter, Marauder, and the Gladiator. Rip apart your favorite demons to the core with DOOM Eternal’s “destructible demons” system and take your power fantasy to new levels. Demonic Invasion Detected - As the Slayer, allow other players to invade your campaign as demons for a dramatic and unpredictable twist anytime you’re playing the campaign. Or be a demon and invade other players’ campaigns either by yourself or with someone else to give the Slayer a true taste of Hell. Enter BATTLEMODE - BATTLEMODE is the new 2 versus 1 multiplayer experience built from the ground up at id Software. A fully-armed DOOM Slayer faces off against two player-controlled demons, duking it out over three rounds of intense first-person combat. More details coming soon! Doom Eternal Deluxe Edition for PlayStation 4 Son Little Aloha [LP] Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 release. "Letting go can be a scary prospect," says Son Little. "But there's beauty in it, too. Everything you leave behind opens up space for something new in your life." That was certainly the case with his album, Aloha, his third studio album. Recorded at Paris's iconic Studio Ferber, the entire project was an exercise in letting go, in ceding control, in surrendering to fate. While Son Little (the stage name of songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Aaron Livingston) still plays nearly every instrument on the album himself, he put his songs in the hands of an outside producer for the first time here, collaborating with French studio wizard Renaud Letang (Feist, Manu Chao) to create his boldest, most self-assured statement yet. Equal parts vintage and modern, the collection blends classic soul, old-school R&B, and adventurous indie sensibilities into a timeless swirl fueled by gritty instrumental virtuosity and raw, raspy vocals. It's an ambitious work of vision and reflection, to be sure, but more than that, it's an ecstatic testament to the freedom that comes from torching the map and trusting the currents of life to carry you where you belong. High Road is the new album from the modern pop icon Kesha, and the follow up to her 2017 GRAMMY-nominated album Rainbow. High Road finds Kesha on a joyful musical journey of self-discovery. The album is filled with emotional and stylistic range, and is a blend of heavenly highs and emotional depths. Kesha’s swagger is front and center, with frisky, rap-based tracks that show-off her skills as a lyrical spitfire, and also a folkier side that emerges. With a dream-pop ode to a best friendship, a reflective ballad about growing up without a father, and plenty of lust and laughter, High Road traverses the emotional spectrum. For High Road, Kesha enlisted an eclectic roster of collaborators/songwriters/producers including John Hill, Dan Reynolds, Stuart Crichton, Jeff Bhasker, Drew Pearson, Brian Wilson, Sturgill Simpson, Nate Ruess, Justin Tranter, Stint, Wrabel, and Pebe Sebert, among others. Kesha has sold more than 14 million total album equivalents worldwide, and has had 9 Top 10 hits on The Billboard Hot 100, including four #1 singles at Top 40 Radio. Warna [2LP] At 16, Joey Alexander has already recorded two GRAMMY-nominated studio albums, as well as a critically acclaimed surprise release from late 2017 to honor Thelonious Monk's centennial. With his third studio effort Eclipse, Joey took another giant step forward, demonstrating his aptitude as a composer, bandleader, and musician, hinting at the many artistic paths open to him in the decades ahead. Joey has made appearances on 60 Minutes, The Today Show, and NPR's Tiny Desk series. When We Stay Alive [Limited Edition Crystal Clear LP] When Poliça's Channy Leaneagh fell off her roof while clearing ice in early 2018, she smashed her L1 vertebrae and battered her spine, leaving her in a brace with limited mobility for months. Yet Poliça's fourth album, When We Stay Alive, is not about one debilitating accident. It's about the redemptive power of rewriting your story in order to heal, and reclaiming your identity as a result. When We Stay Alive possesses a new confidence in its sound, reflected in its fierce, determined songs and anchored by the heavy synths and punctuating beats of Poliça co-founder and producer Ryan Olson. Over the last several years Olson and Leaneagh have widely collaborated with musicians from all over the world: both with Bon Iver, and Leaneagh individually with Boys Noize, Lane 8, Sasha, Leftfield, and Daniel Wohl; Olson with Swamp Dogg in addition to countless musicians from the Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon's 37d03d collective. As a result, When We Stay Alive features one of the largest musical casts of any Poliça record to date. To create the album, Olson brought his favorite collaborators into his studio for all-night sessions. He'd then send Leaneagh the files to write lyrics to while recovering at home, which she'd record alone or with engineer Alex Proctor. Drummers Drew Christopherson and Ben Ivascu colored the songs with a new approach ' drastically changing the rhythmic dynamic from previous efforts by creating an indistinguishable hybrid of live and electronic instrumentation--and bassist Chris Bierden provided a melody-laden low-end as well as more layered backing vocals than ever before. On Poliça's first three albums, Leaneagh focused on restructuring the world and her relationships within it. On When We Stay Alive, she realizes the power in restructuring her inner self. The album's title references the idea of moving forward through life ' our experiences, both good and bad ' and what happens next with the strength we find. 'I had been living unconsciously in past trauma,' Leaneagh says. 'I don't want to deny something happened ' this is not about repression ' it's about taking the power back from the past, holding the power in the present, and creating a new story for myself.' The Best Ones Of The Best Ones [LP] Dashboard Confessional's first-ever career-spanning compilation, The Best Ones Of The Best Ones, is a thoughtfully curated collection of the band's most beloved songs and features selections from all seven studio albums, the So Impossible and The Drowning EPs, and the band's legendary, Platinum-certified MTV Unplugged performance. From start to finish, The Best Ones Of The Best Ones showcases the profound durability of Dashboard Confessional's music over the past two decades. The collection highlights singer/songwriter Chris Carrabba's extraordinary ability to give a cathartic voice to the messiest of emotions, which led the band to ascend from a bedroom project to a global sensation. Never Not Together [LP] With their ninth album, Nada Surf: Matthew Caws, Daniel Lorca, Ira Elliot, and Louie Lino continue pursuing their humanistic vision of the world through hooky, catchy rock songs with sharply drawn, yet tenderly felt lyrics. Never Not Together, is a compact, yet wide-ranging collection of songs that revel in the quartet's ability to evoke and reflect grand and intricately wrought emotions, whether through sweeping guitar solos or hushed-whisper vocals. Never Not Together was recorded at the Coach House Studio in Wales' Rockfield Studios, where artists like Echo & the Bunnymen, the Flamin' Groovies, and Dumptruck recorded albums. "I've been seeing the name on albums for so long," says Caws. "It's a working farm, and the founder/owner, Kingsley Ward, would come in and tell us stories when he wasn't farming. I'd walk into town every morning and listen to the sheep talking as I walked by them."That openness to listening to their fans, to each other, to the world has helped inform Nada Surf's legacy as down-to-earth rock stars musicians who can command festival stages around the world while connecting to audience members on a personal level, conscious of the shared humanity every step of the way. No One Else Can Wear Your Crown Oh Wonder announced details of their upcoming third album, No One Else Can Wear Your Crown, which will be released on February 7th, 2020! The new album will include their first single "Hallelujah" and most recent follow-up "Better Now." Oh Wonder also shares a brand new track from the album, "I Wish I Never Met You," out now. The album announcement arrives hand-in-hand with the first installment of international dates for the "Wear Your Crown Tour," including legs in North America and the U.K.. Khruangbin & Leon Bridges Texas Sun EP [Vinyl] Driving anywhere in Texas can cost you half a day, easy. For example, it'll take you over four hours just to get from R&B singer Leon Bridges' hometown of Fort Worth down to Houston, where the psychedelic wanderers in Khruangbin hail from. The state is vast, crisscrossed with rugged expanses of road flanked by limestone cliffs and granite mountains, forests of pine and mesquite, miles of desert or acres of sprawling grassland, all depending on what part you're in. And it's all baking under the Texas Sun that lends it's name to Bridges and Khruangbin's new collaborative EP. "Big sky country, that's what they call Texas," Khruangbin bassist Laura Lee says. "The horizon line goes all the way from one side to another without interruption. There's something really comforting about that." On Texas Sun, these two members of the state's musical vanguard meet up somewhere in the middle of that scene, in the mythical nexus of Texas' past, present, and future-a dreamy badlands where genres blur as seamlessly as the terrain. It calls equally to the cowboys boot-scooting at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth, the chopped-and-screwed hip-hop fans rattling slabs on the southside of Houston, the art-school kids dropping acid in Austin, the cross-cultural progeny who grew up on listening to both mariachi and post-hardcore out on the Mexican borders of El Paso. All of these things, overlapping in a multicolored melange, purple hues as vivid and unpredictable as one of the state's rightfully celebrated sunsets. A journey through homesick reminiscences, backseat romances, and late-night contemplations, the kind of record made for listening with the windows down and the road humming softly beneath you. Like the highways that inspired it, Texas Sun is guaranteed to get you where you're going-especially if you're in no particular hurry to get there. Christopher Paul Stelling Best Of Luck [LP] Christopher Paul Stelling is a guitar virtuoso, a folk singer- songwriter and a touring troubadour. His new album Best of Luck was produced by Grammy award winning musician-producer, Ben Harper.The album's title, Best Of Luck, mirrored perfectly the emotional landscape in which it was created. "Depending on how you say it, it can either be a blessing or a dismissal," Stelling says. "And that was exactly the point I was coming to with myself, my career as an artist, as a friend and as a person." Harper and Stelling met a few years back when Harper invited Stelling to open a series of shows. "Ben gave me a true gift back then," Stelling says. "I'd been on the road for a long time and he put me onstage in front of his fans. He took me to the Beacon, The Ryman, Massey Hall, all these legendary rooms. Just to see that what I could do would even translate in spaces like that was revelatory."When Harper talks about his admiration for Stelling,. "A guy that can play any instrument from any country and play it with real feeling. He crosses genres but manages to respect them; he is a folk singer with an unusual soulfulness. He understands where this music comes from and why it's remains so essential. Of all the record's I have produced, this is one I'm most proud of." Supervision [White LP] Grammy-winning and BRIT and Mercury-Prize-nominated artist La Roux returns with her first new material in five years - 'Supervision' out February 7th 2020 on her own label Supercolour Records. From cover to contents, this is unequivocally the album Elly Jackson always wanted to make - a claim that with some artists might ring alarm bells, but in this instance simply means that ‘Supervision’ sounds precisely, unmistakably, gloriously like La Roux. La Roux shot to worldwide fame with her debut self-titled album in 2009 selling over 6 million singles worldwide and - in addition to collaborations with the likes of Skream, Kanye West, and Major Lazer – helped reshape pop as we now know it. Elly’s second album, 'Trouble In Paradise', was a critically-adored reinvention, topping the Dance/Electronic charts in the US and landing La Roux her second top 10 album in the UK. Featured VIEW MORE 2019 is the 40th anniversary of Elton John's historic first tour of Russia - he was the first Western rock star to ever perform in the country. The show in Moscow on 28th May 1979 with Ray Cooper was broadcast on BBC radio in the UK. This release is taken from the original broadcast masters, which have been remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. Now available on 180g, 2 LP vinyl in gatefold package. MP3 Album: Wolf Parade - Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and Arlen Thompson - will release Thin Mind, the group’s fifth album for Sub Pop, on January 24th, 2020. The 10-track record was recorded by John Goodmanson at Risque Disque on Vancouver Island, BC, mixed by Goodmanson at Bogroll Studios in Seattle, WA, and mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto, ON. Thin Mind has sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives interwoven throughout. These themes emerged while working at Risque Disque, which Boeckner jokingly describes as a Dutchman’s failed utopia, a problematic structure with a post-apocalyptic vibe: the studio is housed in a stone barn hand-built by the Dutchman in the middle of the woods, using local materials and based on his memory of a building he loved growing up in the Netherlands. Thin Mind finds the core members of Wolf Parade working as a trio, as they did on past albums Apologies to the Queen Mary and At Mount Zoomer, with songwriting duties evenly split between singers Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug. The album includes the singles “Forest Green,” “Julia, Take Your Man Home,” and “Against the Day,” the latter of which features a rare, co-vocal performance from Boeckner and Krug. Aurora features reimagined versions of the band’s biggest and most popular songs with special guests including Lacey Sturm (ex-Flyleaf), Scooter Ward(Cold) and Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath), to name a few. Speaking about Aurora, BREAKING BENJAMIN’s founder/frontman, Ben Burnley, had this personal message to share,”This album is a celebration of our incredible fans; for those who have been there since hearing ‘So Cold’ for the first time in 2004, and the new ones who have joined us on this amazing journey along the way. We’ve always shared a unique emotional connection to our music with our fans, and this album attributes to those dark times and euphoric ones. From wherever you joined along the road to Aurora, this one is for you. Thank you.” ANDY SHAUF is becoming one of the most important songwriters of his generation. His songs are tuneful vignettes of small moments and big hearts. On his latest, The Neon Skyline, Shauf intertwines stories of a group of friends who frequent a local dive bar, and through them, makes poignant observations about human nature with a novelist’s detail and melancholic humor. The songwriting is down to earth, yet sophisticated and inventively melodic. The Neon Skyline is a creative leap for this already acclaimed artist. Color variant of Ramones first live album, which was originally released in 1979. This is the band’s 1977 New Year’s Eve show from the Rainbow Theatre in London. Van Morrison’s 1970 album that includes the singles Domino, Blue Money, and Call Me Up In Dreamland. Presented on 1LP, 140g turquoise vinyl. Originally released in 1977, Never Mind The Bollocks is the only album from the legendary punk band Sex Pistols. Presented on 1LP, 140g pink vinyl. Manic [LP] GRAMMY Award-nominated, multi-Platinum artist and alternative pop maverick Halsey returns with her third full-length album Manic featuring her 5x Platinum hit "Without Me" and "Graveyard." The success of "Without Me" has made Halsey the first and only female artist to have at least three songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100. It now ranks as the longest-running Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit by a female artist of this century. X: The Godless Void And Other Stories [LP] ...And You Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are celebrating their 25th year as a band in 2020 and they will be releasing their 10th album "X: The Godless Void and Other Stories" on 1/17 via Dine Alone. This is their first album since 2014. Nightfall [White 2LP] Grammy Award-winning vocal group Little Big Town announce the release of their ninth studio album Nightfall, and accompanying headline tour, The Nightfall Tour. The foursomes’ new album will drop January 17, 2020 succeeding a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16, 2020. This is the first mainstream country performance featured at Carnegie Hall since Alan Jackson in 2013. The tour will continue the following two nights at The Apollo and will proceed all spring in over 30 of the most prestigious theaters in the country, closing with two nights at Denver’s art deco gem, The Paramount. Every show excluding Carnegie Hall will feature critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith. GRAMMY® Nominees In celebration of the 2020 GRAMMY® nominees, the Recording Academy®'s GRAMMY Recordings® and Warner Records will join forces to release the 2020 GRAMMY Nominees album on Jan. 17, 2020, in stores and via digital retailers. The 26th installment of the best-selling series will feature a diverse collection of the year's most impactful GRAMMY-nominated music for the upcoming 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards®. A portion of album proceeds benefit the year-round work of the GRAMMY Museum® and MusiCares®—two charitable organizations founded by the Recording Academy committed to music education initiatives and providing critical assistance for music people in need. Music fans can pre-order the album at 2020GRAMMYalbum.com or cbs.com/GRAMMYs and enter for a chance to win a trip for two to the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. New Release Round-Up 01-24-20 Wolf Parade - Thin Mind - Sub Pop Wolf Parade - Dan Boeckner, Spencer Krug, and Arlen Thompson - release Thin Mind, the group’s fifth album for Sub Pop. The 10-track record was recorded by John Goodmanson at Risque Disque on Vancouver Island, BC, mixed by Goodmanson at Bogroll Studios in Seattle, WA, and mastered by Noah Mintz at Lacquer Channel Mastering in Toronto, ON. Thin Mind has sci-fi, post-apocalyptic and dystopian narratives interwoven throughout. These themes emerged while working at Risque Disque, which Boeckner jokingly describes as a Dutchman’s failed utopia, a problematic structure with a post-apocalyptic vibe: the studio is housed in a stone barn hand-built by the Dutchman in the middle of the woods, using local materials and based on his memory of a building he loved growing up in the Netherlands. Thin Mind finds the core members of Wolf Parade working as a trio, as they did on past albums Apologies to the Queen Mary and At Mount Zoomer, with songwriting duties evenly split between singers Dan Boeckner and Spencer Krug. The album includes the singles “Forest Green,” “Julia, Take Your Man Home,” and “Against the Day,” the latter of which features a rare, co-vocal performance from Boeckner and Krug. Breaking Benjamin - Aurora - Hollywood Records Aurora features reimagined versions of the band’s biggest and most popular songs with special guests including Lacey Sturm (ex-Flyleaf), Scooter Ward(Cold) and Spencer Chamberlain (Underoath), to name a few. Speaking about Aurora, Breaking Benjamin’s founder/frontman, Ben Burnley, had this personal message to share, ”This album is a celebration of our incredible fans; for those who have been there since hearing ‘So Cold’ for the first time in 2004, and the new ones who have joined us on this amazing journey along the way. We’ve always shared a unique emotional connection to our music with our fans, and this album attributes to those dark times and euphoric ones. From wherever you joined along the road to Aurora, this one is for you. Thank you.” Andy Shauf - The Neon Skyline - Anti Andy Shauf is becoming one of the most important songwriters of his generation. His songs are tuneful vignettes of small moments and big hearts. On his latest, The Neon Skyline Shauf intertwines stories of a group of friends who frequent a local dive bar, and through them, makes poignant observations about human nature with a novelist’s detail and melancholic humor. The songwriting is down to earth, yet sophisticated and inventively melodic. The Neon Skyline is a creative leap for this already acclaimed artist. The Black Lips - Sing In A World That's Falling Apart - Fire Records It's country music but not as we know it which begs the question: Have these Bad Kids of 21st Century rock 'n' roll finally grown up on their ninth studio album? Are they at peace with themselves? Have they made a record their parents could listen to? The Black Lips new album 'Sing In A World That's Falling Apart' continues to flick the middle finger to one and all. This ain't another gaggle of bearded southern sons fleeing their collective suburban upbringings and collegiate music education. There aren't the usual clichés about drinking, honkytonks, and heartbreak. These are, after all, the same Black Lips who rescued the waning garage punk subgenre by not sounding or dressing their musical predecessors. They also dug contemporary hip-hop and punk and actualized themselves Like so many dramatic moments in the Black Lips career, 'Sing In A World That's Falling Apart' was born out of crisis. The band's stylistic evolution through decades of prolific touring and recording took them where no garage punk band had gone before - huge venues, network television shows, and major music festivals. Here Black Lips are at their grimiest, most dangerous and equipped with the best collection of songs since the aughts. Skidding onto the asphalt in a shower of sparks, they roll on with an unapologetic southern-fried twang, pacing the beast, every now and then dropping a psycho howl into the rubber room madness lurking underneath the truckstop fireworks. This ain't your granny's country album. And conversely this ain't your mama's Black Lips. Pet Shop Boys - Hotspot - X2 2020 release, the 14th studio album from the British electro-pop duo. Hotspot was mostly written and recorded in Berlin and Los Angeles and produced and mixed by Stuart Price. Features the singles "Dreamland" (featuring Years & Years) and "Burning the Heather". The Wood Brothers - Kingdom In My Mind - Honey Jar Records Recorded over the course of a series of freewheeling, improvisatory sessions, Kingdom In My Mind is The Wood Brothers seventh studio release and their most spontaneous and experimental collection yet. A testament to the limitless creativity of the unharnessed mind, the record explores the power of our external surroundings to shape our internal worlds (and vice versa), reckoning with time, mortality, and human nature. The songs here find strength in accepting what lies beyond our control, thoughtfully honing in on the bittersweet beauty that underlies our pain and sadness with vivid character studies and unflinching self-examination. Deep as the lyrics dig, the arrangements always manage to remain buoyant and light, though, drawing from across a broad sonic spectrum to create a transportive, effervescent blend that reflects the trio s unique place in the modern musical landscape. Elton John - Live From Moscow - Mercury 2019 was the 40th anniversary of Elton John's historic first tour of Russia - he was the first Western rock star to ever perform in the country. The show in Moscow on 28th May 1979 with Ray Cooper was broadcast on BBC radio in the UK. This release is taken from the original broadcast masters, which have been remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering. Now available on 180g, 2LP in gatefold package and 2CD with mini gatefold-style sleeve. ALSO OUT THIS WEEK CURRENT SINGLES/EPs The Haden Triplets - Family Songbook Caspian - On Circles Supergrass - The Strange Ones: 1994-2008 Lisa Mills - The Triangle Glass Beach - The First Glass Beach Album Dirty Shirley - Dirty Shirley Jeff Parker - Suite For Max Brown Ethan Gruska - En Garde Bonny Light Horseman - Bonny Light Horseman Revolution Saints - Rise Davey Suicide - Rock Ain't Dead Tnght - II [LP] & More ..... Avi Kaplan - I'll Get By EP Kilo Kish - Redux EP [Vinyl] Taylor Swift - Should've Said No [Ltd Ed White Vinyl Single] Green Day - Oh Yeah! Joey Alexander - Warna - Verve For more information on these and other releases out this week, check out our New Releases charts by week section. Halsey - Manic - Capitol ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - X: The Godless Void And Other Stories - Dine Alone Records ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead are celebrating their 25th year as a band in 2020 and they are releasing their 10th album "X: The Godless Void And Other Stories" via Dine Alone. This is their first album since 2014. Algiers - There Is No Year - Matador Records Algiers return in 2020 with third album ‘There Is No Year’, which will is released on Matador Records. ‘There is No Year’ solidifies and expands upon the doom-laden soul of their foundation, toward an even more epic, genre-reformatting sound, one somehow suspended in the amber of “a different era,” as described by guitarist Lee Tesche. Bombay Bicycle Club - Everything Else Has Gone Wrong - Caroline Bombay Bicycle Club's long-awaited new album, Everything Else Has Gone Wrong, is released this week. It is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the British band's acclaimed No 1 charting, Mercury Music Prize nominated 4th album `So Long, See You Tomorrow, released back in 2014. The new album was largely recorded in the US alongside Grammy Award winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent/Sharon Van Etten/War on Drugs) and features their euphoric new single `Eat, Sleep, Wake (Nothing But You). Little Big Town - Nightfall - Capitol Nashville Grammy Award-winning vocal group Little Big Town release their ninth studio album Nightfall, and accompanying headline tour, The Nightfall Tour. The foursomes’ new album drops this week, succeeding a once-in-a-lifetime performance at the historic Carnegie Hall in New York City on January 16. This is the first mainstream country performance featured at Carnegie Hall since Alan Jackson in 2013. The tour will continue the following two nights at The Apollo and will proceed all spring in over 30 of the most prestigious theaters in the country, closing with two nights at Denver’s art deco gem, The Paramount. Every show excluding Carnegie Hall will feature critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Caitlyn Smith. Marcus King - El Dorado Della Mae - Headlight Dwight Yoakam - Blame The Vain Pinegrove - Marigold Free Nationals - Free Nationals Chelsea Cutler - How To Be Human G. Love & Special Sauce - The Juice Dirty Projectors - Sing The Melody Robert Glasper - Fuck Yo Feelings GRAMMY® Nominees - 2020 GRAMMY® Nominees Dustin Lynch - Tullahoma Mura Masa - R.Y.C. Deakin - Sleep Cycle Bill Fay - Countless Branches Cursive - Get Fixed Courteeners - More. Again. Forever. KT Tunstall - Golden State EP Hollow Ship - We Were Kings Svart Crown - Down To Nowhere View All News Articles Follow News Via RSS Music Releases 01-24-20 Wolf Parade Thin Mind [LP] New Vinyl: $22.98 Breaking Benjamin Aurora [LP] New Vinyl: $19.98 Andy Shauf The Neon Skyline [LP] New Vinyl: $19.98 Pet Shop Boys Hotspot [LP] New Vinyl: $23.98 The Wood Brothers Kingdom In My Mind New CD: $12.98 The Haden Triplets The Family Songbook [LP] New Vinyl: $23.98 Elton John & Ray Cooper Live From Moscow [2LP] New Vinyl: $34.98 Caspian On Circles [LP] New Vinyl: $24.98 Supergrass The Strange Ones: 1994-2008 [2LP] New Vinyl: $32.98 Movie Releases 01-28-20 Terminator [Franchise] Terminator: Dark Fate New Blu-Ray: $39.99 Motherless Brooklyn [Movie] Motherless Brooklyn New Blu-Ray: $35.99 Agnostic Front The Godfathers Of Hardcore [Limited Edition Blu-ray + 7in] New Blu-Ray: $26.98 Copyright © The Great Escape - Music & More

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SPECIAL REPORT: How Mass Migration From The Muslim World Could Change Everything For Louisiana Last week, the Hayride exclusively reported how Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Metairie and even New Orleans residents could soon see a flood of Syrian migrants in their area. Catholic Charities in each of the Louisiana cities have a federally-funded Migrant and Refugee Services (MRS). And in New Orleans, Syrian migrants have already started to arrive and Catholic Charities expect many more to come. In order to understand the impact that migrants, immigrants and refugees from opposite cultures have on their surrounding communities, trends about other migrant groups across the country must be followed, as the government rarely releases reliable data on immigration and migrant issues. For this report, the Hayride has researched extensively the Somali migrant population in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District. Minneapolis, MN has become the capitol of Somalis in the United States, along with the city of St. Paul. Approximately more than 30,000 Somalis now live in the state of Minnesota and Somalis have managed to retain their culture in the area, transforming the state’s 5th District. The media continues to argue that demographics do not largely change because of mass migration, which has proven to be a preposterous notion. In Minnesota’s 5th District, the first Muslim Congress Keith Ellison was elected in 2004 to Congress. This directly correlates with the influx of Muslim Somali refugees who began to arrive in the area back before 2004. WIDESPREAD WELFARE However, the narrative by the national media tends to be one where immigrants and migrants are portrayed as coming to America and not taking any sort of federal government help. In our research, we found that to be the biggest fallacy of all when it comes to the immigration and migrant issue. In a report by the Congressional Office of Refugee Resettlement, nearly 92 percent of refugees in the country were on food stamps between 2008-2013. Additionally, 73 percent of refugees were on Medicaid, 68 percent were receiving some kind of cash welfare almost 20 percent were in public housing. This data is largely in-line with the numbers out of Minnesota involving the large Somali migrant population. In Minnesota, the majority of Somali refugees arrive without family ties in the state. And because the state, one controlled by Democrats, has a slew of generous welfare services, Somali migrants do not have a good track record of working in the state. The state’s demographer’s report that only 41 percent of Somali men are working and 54 percent of Somali women are working. This leaves us with anecdotal evidence which points to the fact that Somali migrants largely rely on the state’s entitlement programs. TERROR TARGETS Though the issue is hardly reported on and barely mentioned by the national media, national security is undoubtedly an issue that comes along with the mass migration of refugees into the United States. In fact, to note how under-reported national security is when it comes to mass migration, the Washington Times is one of the only newspapers in the country to report on the impact that Muslim migrants have on national security. Among the Minnesota Somali population, they are the most likely to be targeted by Islamic terrorist groups, ranging from the Islamic State to al-Shabab, which is a Somali-based group with ties to al Qaeda. The convictions of Somali-Americans, American converts to Islam in the area or Somali refugees have been widespread and vast for collaborations with Islamic terrorist groups. For example, earlier in the year, al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the warning that was put out to be aware of a terrorist attack on the Mall of America in Minnesota. An FBI spokesman in Minneapolis told the Washington Times that there has definitely and without a doubt been a huge targeted effort by terrorist groups on the area, whether to convert youth or persuade them to join jihad efforts through social media. Also, the spokesman said the FBI has been involved in “major investigations” into the efforts since 2007, as Somali migration to the area continues on a slow and steady growing pace. In fact, since 2008, more than 40 men from Minneapolis have joined jihad efforts. Examples include a young man who was recruited by jihadists in Minnesota and died in Syria last year while fighting for the Islamic State. Another example involves a Minneapolis man who joined the al-Shabab terrorist group and blew himself up as a suicide bomber at the Ethiopian consulate in Somalia in 2009. The man ultimately killed 24 people in the terrorist attack. Minnesota’s solution to the growing number of Islamic State converts in the state: More welfare programs. NEVER-ENDING MASS MIGRATION Once mass migration an area begins with a particular group of refugees, the migration seems to never end. The media and liberal pundits often argue that 10,000 Syrian refugees coming into the country will not have any impact because it is a small amount when compared to the population of the entire country. However, as migration trends point out, once there are 10,000 Syrian refugees in the country, the number could grow eventually to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees over the course of a decade. In Minnesota, Somali migrants have been arriving in the state through mass migration efforts since sometime before 2003. Since, though there was a slight dip in migration in 2008, the state has taken in more Somalis than any other state in the country. The number of Somali migrants in the state has more than tripled in the last four years. And even Somalis who were resettled in other states have moved into Minnesota to join the massive Somali population in the area. The mass migration surely impacts all social services, most notably the Minnesota school system. In the Minneapolis school district, Somali student enrollment is up 70 percent since 2011. The school system’s public school food assistance program has doubled in the past five years because of mass migration which does not appear to be ending in the area anytime soon. Though mass migration is downplayed by the national media as not having a lasting impact on areas and communities, the numbers and facts show otherwise. It is ultimately American taxpayers that have to deal with the threat of terror attacks, the increasing cost to pay for entitlement and welfare programs, tax burdens and never-ending mass migration and the changing demographics that come along with it. Interested in more news from Louisiana? We've got you covered! See More Louisiana News Previous Article BOUSTANY: A Time For Unity Next Article Here’s How The Media Portrayed David Vitter’s Attack Ad Versus How They’re Portraying John Bel Edwards’ Attack Ad

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Russian defense chief: US missile strike on Syria threatened Russian troops By Max Greenwood - 04/26/17 11:51 AM EDT Russia's defense minister on Wednesday said that a U.S. missile strike on a Syrian airbase earlier this month put Russian troops at risk, forcing the Kremlin to take "extra measures" to protect its military personnel. "Washington's action created a threat to the lives of our servicemen who are fighting against terrorism in Syria," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a security conference in Moscow, Reuters reported. "Such steps are forcing us to take extra measures to ensure the safety of Russian forces," he added. Shoigu also reiterated the Russian government's previous assertions that the U.S. strike was an act of aggression against a sovereign government and violated international law. President Trump Donald John TrumpCNN's Don Lemon explains handling of segment after Trump criticism NPR reporter after Pompeo clash: Journalists don't interview government officials to score 'political points' Lawyer says Parnas can't attend Senate trial due to ankle bracelet MORE ordered the strike on Syria's Shayrat airbase earlier this month in response to a sarin gas attack in the country's Idlib Province carried out by Syrian President Bashar Assad's military. The gas attack killed more than 80 civilians, including many children. Russia, a staunch ally of the Assad regime, has cast doubt on the Syrian government's involvement in the chemical attack and has sought to blame the episode on terrorist groups in the region. The U.S. notified the Kremlin of its intention to carry out the missile strike, and no Russian troops were killed or wounded in the attack. Still, the attack increased tensions between the U.S. and Russia. Tags Syria Donald Trump

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Tag Archives: Nick Cravat Jun 18, 2015 · 11:51 am Film star Burt Lancaster’s sexual attack on comic Sara Mason when she was 11 Sara Mason. (Photo by Nathalie Kerrio) Sara Mason’s first full-length Edinburgh Fringe show is billed as comedy and is titled Burt Lancaster Pierced My Hymen (When I Was 11). This is not hyperbole. It is true – with all that the title implies. Last night, I told Sara that her show may not get as many laughs as she may have hoped for, because it is very difficult to laugh when your mouth is almost continually wide open and your jaw is repeatedly hitting the floor. “That,” I said to her, “was not your original title for the show, was it?” “No,” she said. “It was originally going to be called From Hollywood To Homeless – but I will save that story for another year.” Sara’s story will last from here to eternity “And,” I asked, the title Burt Lancaster Pierced My Hymen (When I Was 11) was suggested by Tinky Winky from Teletubbies?” Sara’s show is directed by the multi-talented Dave Thompson who played the above mentioned part on children’s television but was replaced because his “interpretation of the role was not acceptable”. “I was dubious about the Burt Lancaster title,” Sara told me. “I was dubious about even doing the story.” “Even last year,” I said, “you were dubious about telling the story as part of a show.” During last year’s Fringe, Sara and I shared a flat in Edinburgh. “Well you,” Sara said to me, “must have been the second person I ever told that story to, the first person being my ex-husband.” “How did he react?” “He tried to sell the story to the newspapers.” “With your knowledge.” “Oh yes.” “Why didn’t they pick it up?” Sara previewing the show in London last night “Because (she named another victim who was sexually attacked by Burt Lancaster) was alive at that time and he didn’t want it printed. He said: This is my life; I don’t want it discussed. He was so violent and vehement about it, so we dropped it.” “One reason the show is so powerful,” I said, “is because the audience thinks it knows the worst from the title but, in fact you are very graphic about what actually happened – and then there is this extra unexpected thing they get hit with.” “What inspired me and encouraged me to do it on stage,” explained Sara, “was seeing Chris Dangerfield’s show Sex With Children last year, because I thought Wow! I’ve got an anecdote quite similar to his and mine involves a famous film star.” “So why were you so worried about telling the story in a show?” Burt Lancaster (left) & Nick Cravat – billed as Lang and Cravat – in Federal Theatre Project Circus (1935–1938) “I was worried about my daughter, apart from anything else.” “I always,” I said, “thought Burt Lancaster was gay, because there were rumours about him and his circus partner Nick Cravat.” “Bisexual,” said Sara. “He had five children and three wives. But he was a paedophile. That’s clear.” Sara was brought up in Hollywood. “Some of the child actors,” she said, “have come out now about Hollywood being a hotbed of paedophiles.” “So this year,” I said, “your show is entirely truthfully called Burt Lancaster pierced My Hymen (When I Was 11). What’s next year?” “The Beginner’s Guide To Bondage,” Sara told me. “I already have a set all worked out.” “Why,” I asked, “is it called The Beginner’s Guide To Bondage?” “Because I’m going to have a cross and I’m going to give a demonstration.” “Why you?” I asked. “Why me?” Sara laughed. “Ohhhh! that would be telling! But we all have to have a day job, don’t we?” Sara Mason last night – much more to come Having shared a flat with her last year, I know the Burt Lancaster and Bondage shows are only the tips of a flotilla of icebergs. As I left her last night, she said: “My father was a psychiatrist in Hollywood. He wasn’t allowed by his professional ethics to discuss the stars’ problems with outsiders. But I was his daughter. He told me the stories.” Sara is by no means a one-shock storyteller. To adapt the most famous quote from All About Eve… Fasten your seatbelts, it’s likely to be a bumpy few years. Filed under Comedy, Movies, paedophiles, Sex Tagged as Beginner’s Guide To Bondage, Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster Pierced My Hymen, Chris Dangerfield, Dave Thompson, dominatrix, Hollywood, Nick Cravat, paedophile, Sara Mason, Teletubbies, Tinky Winky

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Vol. 84/No. 4 ● February 3, 2020 The-Militant-Logo A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE Demand US rulers sign peace pact ending the Korean War! Vol. 82/No. 33 - September 3, 2018 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to return to North Korea for the fourth time by the end of August as Washington and Pyongyang continue to work on advancing the “denuclearization” agreement reached at a June 12 summit between President… US, Turkish rulers clash over course in Mideast SWP: 'Stand with working people in Turkey' Sharpening disputes between the propertied rulers in the U.S. and Turkey over their conflicting economic, political and military interests in Syria and more broadly in the region lie behind the current trade sanctions being imposed back and forth between the… SWP: Speak out against bosses, gov’t attacks, abuse Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party in the U.S. and sister Communist Leagues in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. are stepping up discussions with workers on doorsteps and in living rooms in cities, towns and rural… Workers at Indiana construction site walk out against racist firings More than 3 million people got a glimpse of the power workers have when we unite and act together against attacks by the bosses, thanks to welder Antoine Dangerfield. He videotaped a July 31 walkout he joined by about 100… Teachers in New Zealand strike over pay, conditions AUCKLAND, New Zealand — A 24-hour strike by almost 30,000 teachers Aug. 15 closed most of this country’s primary and intermediate schools. The teachers’ union, the New Zealand Educational Institute, is in contract negotiations with the government over pay and… White nationalist rally shows less support for racism in US today The following commentary is by the Socialist Workers Party candidate for U.S. Senate in Maryland. After all the hype on the left and in the liberal media, only two dozen marchers showed up for the Aug. 12 “Unite the Right”… Join fight to end prison officials’ censorship of the ‘Militant’! A Militant subscriber at the Greenville, Illinois, federal prison won a victory there Aug. 15 — he was released. The fight against the prison warden’s decision to ban the paper while he was there remains undecided. This is an important… Witch hunt by liberals against Trump a danger to workers As President Donald Trump continues to win support for improvements on jobs and production and in foreign policy, the liberal media, Democrats and some Republicans are trying to breathe life into their waning efforts to overturn the 2016 election and… The article “Venezuela: Workers, Farmers Face Effects of Capitalist Crisis” in the Aug. 27 Militant mistakenly identified Edwin Fruit, as the Socialist Workers Party candidate for governor of Washington state. He is the SWP candidate for U.S. Senate there. Working people welcome Eritrea-Ethiopia peace deal After two decades of war and conflict, the rulers of Ethiopia and Eritrea signed an agreement to normalize relations July 9. Washington backed the initiative in an effort to bring capitalist stability and promote the U.S. rulers’ interests in the…

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'Orange Is The New Black' Is Coming To An End After Seven Seasons The Litchfield crew is closing things down in 2019 © Robert Hanashiro - USA TODAY Sports Orange Is The New Black is ending its remarkable run after the seventh season of the Netflix series. “After seven seasons, it’s time to be released from prison" series creator Jenji Kohan said in a statement. “I will miss all the badass ladies of Litchfield and the incredible crew we’ve worked with. My heart is orange but fade to black.” It will be hard to say goodbye to these inmates, but it's worth mentioning all the things they have accomplished since their debut in 2013. The show was the second original series from the streaming service, behind the also-ending House Of Cards. It is the first series to score Emmy nominations in both the comedy and drama categories, and has walked away with four wins in six seasons. Amazingly the show is based on the memoir titled Orange is The New Black: My Year In A Women's Prison, but has managed to last several years. It's been a spotlight for powerful women, and an advocate for many important issues along the way. The sixth season of the show debuted on July 27th, and the seventh is set to premiere in summer of 2019. The cast made the announcement in a video released Wednesday. Warning: This may make you cry. The Final Season, 2019. #OITNB pic.twitter.com/bUp2yY0aoK — Orange Is the New... (@OITNB) October 17, 2018 Related: Netflix And 'Black Mirror' Planning Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Episode

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Global Weather Conditions Hitting Grain and Oilseed Production Feed and nutrition Egg layers Markets and economics Broilers 30 July 2012, at 11:09pm ANALYSIS - The prospects for global grain stocks and prices for 2012/2013 could be bleaker than some analysts are already predicting, writes editor-in-chief Chris Harris. In May and then this month, the International Grains Council, cut its production forecasts for wheat by five million tonnes - down to 665 million tonnes. This is more than 30 million tonnes less than the estimates for the 2011/2012 harvest or a four per cent drop. The forecast for production is a drop to 3.02 tonnes per hectare compared to 3.25 tonnes per hectare in 2011/2012. Much of the drop in wheat production is down to the forecast poor harvest in the former Soviet Union countries - in particular Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan - where the harvest is expected to be 17 per cent down on the 2011/2012 estimates - a drop of about 24 million tonnes. This is in part because Ukraine is reported to have lost 2 million hectares in planting this winter through freezing weather. Ukrainian wheat production is expected to be 41 per cent down and Kazakhstan's wheat production is forecast to be 34 per cent down. The European Union, which also suffered a huge freeze during the winter is expected to see a four per cent drop in its wheat harvest - a drop of 5 million tonnes - although according to France AgriMer, the EU's own forecasts are less pessimistic reducing production by just 2 million tonnes. These falls in production have to be added to the poor harvests in countries such as Australia, Argentina and Morocco, where wheat production could be reduced by as much as 40 per cent because of drought. Australian wheat production is expected to be reduced by 19 per cent to 24 million tonnes, and Argentina will be see a drop of 14 per cent to 11.5 million tonnes. By contrast North American wheat production is forecast to rise with the US expecting an 11 per cent rise and Canada a five per cent rise, producing a total of around 87 million tonnes. With the large drop in production in the former Soviet Union countries, there is expected to be a shift in the market to the US and the EU for both feed and food grade wheat. However, while wheat harvests in the US might be expected to rise, drought conditions there have forced estimates for maize and soybean down. The US maize crop is expected to fall by 50 million tonnes to 300 million tonnes and soybean by 8.3 million tonnes to 79 million tonnes. The total global grain harvest is now expected to be down to 1,810 million tonnes. All this weather driven volatility on the grain and oilseeds crop forecasts has had the effect of driving price up. Maize and soy bean prices soared to new highs because the US has experienced drought conditions that have not been seen in the country for more than 50 years. However, an improvement in soybean production in South America, where planting will start in the last quarter of this year, is expected to see harvests in 2012/2013 to rise by nine per cent globally. The hopes for the harvest in South America could help to balance the fears for the harvest in the US. The drops in production and the poor harvests in all grains worldwide and the continued use of corn for ethanol in the US is expected to see the high prices remain. Both wheat and maize have gone over the $350 a tonne level in July. The International Grains Council and France AgriMer predicts that maize use will rise in the coming year although the industrial - ethanol - usage might fall year on year. Long-term profitability in the egg industry: reducing feather pecking and disease The shift to cage-free production has become a reality for the egg industry around the globe, from the Americas to Asia.

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Australia is falling behind in.. Australia is falling behind in the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs Australia is falling behind in the medicinal use of psychedelic drugs. Research into the positive effects of psychedelics, particularly in areas of mental health, is booming around the world. But despite Australia’s strong contribution to medical research, this is one area we’re lagging behind in. Dr Martin Williams from Monash University said it’s because the word “psychedelic” carries a stigma in Australia. “It really represented the counter-culture of the 1960s,” Dr Williams told Ross and John. Click PLAY for the full story

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#EndFGM #EmpoweringTheGirlChild By Eradicating Female Genital Mutilation by J. Bindu (The article below was culled from JBindu’s blog: http://www.jbindu.blogspot.ca and was originally posted on July 23, 2015). “Today, I will not bow To the drums of the shriveled village medicine woman as she leads the crazed dance, and at its feverish peak they restrain me down and crudely hack off the tingling bud of my maidenhead!” -Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido (Excerpt from the Poem, “Today I will not bow”) A barbaric process is in practice where in the female genitalia (vulva, clitoris) of new-borns, young girls (7-12 years old) before or just after their puberty, is snipped off or removed. This is known as Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting (FMG/C) Definition of FMG/C – “All procedures that involve partial or total removal of the external female genital organs for non-medicinal reasons” (WHO) Classification of FGM/C as given by WHO in 2007 Type 1 or Clitoridectomy Partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the clitoral hood. Type 2 or Excision Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora. Type 3 or Infibulation Narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and placing together the labia minora and/or the labia majora, with or without excision of the clitoris. Type 4 or Unclassified all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, for example, pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, and cauterization Don’t know what is a Clitoris or why is it important to know about FGM/C? Let me decipher the jargon that explains it. The tiny feel good button of women popularly known as the G-Spot, which takes a woman for a ride around the colossal universe when she’s off exploring her body or indulging herself in that casual masturbation, or when having sex with the man or woman of hers; that’s the teeny – tiny part of the clitoris. For those of you who do not know where to locate it in your body, it is the little hooded nubbin above the opening of the vagina scientists call “clitoral glans.” For all the men out there who are wondering about the existence of Clitoris in a woman, (well you need to know this so that it will enable the male community to sympathize with the impact of FGM/C of women) it is very much similar to the male anatomy because it has a glans, a foreskin, also known as the clitoral hood so the feeling is also very similar or as heightened when you’re aroused and get a penile erection. FGM/C is also known as Female Circumcision. The clitoral glans is a bundle of nerve endings around 8,000 in fact, more than anywhere else in the body and twice the number in the head of a penis. You can relate to it now, yeah? Hell yeah. Now now, all you ladies and men envision yourselves without that clitoris and penis. Oh the horror! Then the very essence of indulging in any kind of sexually stimulating activity is lost. No orgasms, no masturbation anymore. Ouch. An estimated 100 million to 140 million girls and women worldwide have undergone FGM/C and more than 3 million girls are at risk for cutting each year in the African continent alone. Why is FGM/C done, you ask? Apparently it is done to protect women permanently from losing their vaginal virginity. Other reasons as mentioned by a study conducted to find out the reasons responsible for FGM/C are: FGM/C include the beliefs that it is a “good tradition” A necessary rite of passage to womanhood That it ensures cleanliness or better marriage prospects Prevents promiscuity Excessive clitoral growth, preserves virginity Enhances male sexuality Facilitates childbirth by widening the birth canal These reasons are given as a crude justification by people who support the whole process of FMG/C. To enhance male sexuality? Well, absolutely no regard given to female sexuality. Thank you, age-old baseless traditions. But the catch here is FGM/C robs women from all the benefits a Clitoris would provide (hence the detailed explanation of clitoris). No, seriously. I just cannot comprehend the fact that both men and women are of the beliefs that women are considered to be brought in this world just to produce children? Aren’t they allowed to get that tipping point of profound peak of satisfaction from an orgasm? Or the very essence of enjoying their physical indulgence with a man/woman? Is the vagina meant to be inserted with a penis just for the sake of producing off springs so they can carry on their family lineage? How would you react if your leg/hand/tongue/toes/fingers were cut off without your consent? What about the kind of implications this action will have on the health of the woman? No concern is shown towards it whatsoever. The whole process of FMG/C is done by deceiving innocent girls by telling them that they are taken to their grandmother’s, aunt’s house for a casual outing and are asked to lay on bed legs apart and the tiny muscle of their clitoris is snipped off in cold blood by a much older uneducated woman who supports the whole idea of FMG/C. In African countries the level of hygiene while doing this is obscure. Usually the mother of the girls is uneducated and supports it because she doesn’t want to be labelled as someone who refused to follow the so called religious practice. Some girls are then forced to resort to child marriage in African countries. FGM/C is practiced globally, extensively in Africa, 85% of genital mutilations is practiced in Africa to a lesser extent in the Middle East and South Asia. It is practiced in at least 28 of 43 African countries; the prevalence varies from 98 % in Somalia to 5 % in Zaire. A review of country-specific Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) shows FGM prevalence rates of Egypt, Eritrea, Mali, Sudan, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. FGM/C is also found among some ethnic groups in Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen, as well as in parts of India, Indonesia, and Malaysia. FGM/C has become an important issue in Australia, Canada, England, France, and the United States due to the continuation of the practice by immigrants from countries where FGM/C is common. Yes, it is very much in practice in India too; albeit a small section of people called the Dawoodi Bohra community, a sect of the Shia-Muslims migrated from Yemen conduct this vicious practice. When an educated woman who has undergone FMG/C realizes the horror of the fact that she is stripped off from the very essence of her sexuality, the revelation of it by her is unfathomable. As the girls undergo this procedure they are obviously not aware of its consequences, and that could be many; depending on the degree of mutilation FGM can cause severe pain and shock, uterus, vaginal and pelvic infections, complications in pregnancy and childbirth, sexual dysfunction, difficulties in menstruation and psychological damages among many consequences. In addition to these there are considerable psycho-sexual, psychological and social consequences of FGM. No, we cannot understand the magnitude of plight these women are subjected to when they go through FMG/C or the permanent impact of it. The girls of that tender age are frightened and do not dare to speak about this out loud with anyone. We need to address this issue and talk about it rather than just reading about it, raise awareness so much so that young girls are not subjected to this barbaric mutilation of their sexuality. Research studies show facts and figures that educated mothers who have undergone the genital mutilation refuse to let it happen to girls who will be victimized into that process. There are instances where women don’t even realize that it was their clitoris that was cut from their body; they do not know why it was done or the main motivation behind it. They will be deprived from the feeling of pleasure for the rest of their lives, that experience for which we have the privilege of is stripped off from them. Although it has not been mentioned or stated in any of the holy scriptures of that FGM/C must be conducted, the whole idea of FGM/C is propagated in the name of religion as a cultural belief, as it is one of the most effective tool to make believe innocent people; to deprive women eternally from a holistic sexual experience. Education and Awareness of Female sexuality is the first key to at least help these women who have undergone FMG/C to come out and speak about it so that their voices are heard. It is very essential to educate young girls about female genitalia. After all, an educated girl can protect herself from FGM/C. An educated girl can safeguard the basic human right to let women keep their body parts to themselves by spreading awareness and ill – effects of FGM/C. Women are born with female genitalia for a reason, no one has the authority to do something as vile as FGM/C. PS This has been written after going through a lot of verified articles which are substantiated by real life experiences shared by women who had undergone any one type of genital mutilation. I genuinely hope that this post has provoked you to explicitly talk about this matter or issues relating to FGM/C or any kind of unethical, humanely abhorrent action which is practiced on women. This document states the facts and figures of FGM/C practiced in African countries http://www.prb.org/pdf14/fgm-wallchart2014.pdf Here’s the link to the Ted Talk above which made me so furious and cry a river. N.B: Also read this article on the New Bill passed at the Nigerian Senate to eradicate Female Genital Mutilation. Be social! Read, comment, like, share. Join the conversation on WWN’s Facebook Page. 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Home » Features » Bogeymen, Boxes & Circles of Hell: Literary & Cinematic References in NCISLA “Mother” Bogeymen, Boxes & Circles of Hell: Literary & Cinematic References in NCISLA “Mother” Posted on December 11, 2019 by Karen P in Features // 19 Comments Last week’s NCIS: Los Angeles episode, “Mother,” written by Eric Christian Olsen and Babar Peerzada and directed by Dennis Smith, has been universally acclaimed by fans thanks to its suspense, romance, and character-driven drama. One aspect that may have been overshadowed by all that fabulousness was the writers’ use of a variety of literary and cinematic references, which can add even more depth to your next rewatch. A Life of Violence Before we get into the literature review, let’s talk about one of the writers’ literal references. In interviews before “Mother” aired, ECO described one of the inspirations for the story as coming from On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, by Dan Grossman. This non-fiction work looked at how the military trains its soldiers to be able to pull the trigger and kill another human being. He explained, saying, “So much of it wasn’t about the individual. It was never about one’s own desires. The only way to get that success rate – and I say success rate understanding the irony – the way to get these people to fire the gun, the weapon, was making it about something larger, and so it was about family. It was about protecting democracy.” The book explores not just how the military achieved this goal, but the repercussions for those soldiers and law enforcement officers, including the psychological costs for anyone who wasn’t mentally prepared or able to justify their actions. That’s part of what ECO and Peerzada set out to show in “Mother.” They approached it by taking the extreme situation where, described ECO, “this life of violence and all of those things that give it justification and rationalization, which are democracy and family love, when those things are stripped away and we’re left with just the violence.” Ahkos, the “soldier” in question, describes his actions, as well as those of Fimmel and Hetty, as a betrayal of humanity, creating “a debt that can only be paid with our blood.” We’ve seen all these characters use violence to stop violence, but Ahkos decides to turn his skills and inclinations (his “black heart”) against those very people who trained him. He tells Hetty, “I’ve saved humanity from [Fimmel’s] transgressions.” There’s a ton to unpack with this theme, and I’m not going to attempt it here. Instead, I invite you to come back in January for a special feature on this very topic from the dynamic duo of Brenda and Jericho. In his promotional interviews, ECO also mentioned Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein as an inspiration, and it’s easy to see Hetty and Ahkos as Frankenstein and her monster. For those of you, like myself, who’ve never actually read the book, here’s a quick recap. Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus, as it’s actually titled, is a horror story of an ambitious science student named Victor Frankenstein, who creates a new being by stitching together decaying body parts from different people (sound familiar to any Frank Military fans?) and using chemistry, alchemy, and electricity to bring it to life. Only rather than care for his creation, he abandons it in fear and disgust. The creature lives a lonely existence and is treated cruelly by others. Rather than take out his anger and anguish on the world, he vows revenge on his creator by taking the lives of those he loves, and in fact kills Frankenstein’s new bride. ECO and Peerzada tell us that Ahkos would seem to have been doomed from the start, with a name meaning “the grief of the people” and countrymen thinking he was “devil born.” The horrific way he murders Fimmel shows us that he’s turned into a monster. One of the tragic things about his story is that Ahkos himself realizes what he’s become, and, as ECO notes, “he’s horrified.” Ahkos: Why’d you do it? Why’d you enslave me in this life? Huh? Hetty: Because this life gives us purpose, and ideals to live by, and in return, that’s what we give the world. Ahkos: Let others sleep peacefully in their beds at night because creatures such as you and I stand ready to commit violence on their behalf. Those are just lies you tell to pacify the demons you’ve created. Similarly, the monster tells Frankenstein: Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred. Early in the episode, Ahkos tells Callen, “I am you when the days drop. Once the favorite son, now a fallen angel.” This understanding of what he’s become matches closely with Frankenstein’s monster, who tells his creator, “I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” In both stories, the monster seeks vengeance on the creator who abandoned him. Frankenstein’s monster says, “I too can create desolation, my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.” Both the monster and Ahkos succeed in obtaining vengeance against their metaphorical fathers, but Ahkos fails when it comes to his mother. The other common theme between the two works has to do with pride and ambition. Victor Frankenstein lacks humility, and aspires to create life without any thought to the consequences of his actions or their ethical implications. He says, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve their’s.” Frankenstein becomes so wrapped up in the fantasy that he is unable to anticipate how his experiment could go very wrong. He’s expecting gratitude, but what he really creates are conditions that inspire hatred and revenge. Just like Frankenstein, Hetty means well. She’s set out to pluck an unknown number of orphans from a life of poverty or violence. Nell describes it as trying “to play god in the lives of the people you say you love.” Unlike Frankenstein, Hetty does love these young people. But like him, she doesn’t always seem to have anticipated the downside of her interventions. She’s horrified by the monster Ahkos has become, and horrified at her role in it, vividly illustrated by her reaction when Ahkos bitterly asks her, “Do you see your creation, Mother? Are you proud of what you brought into this world?” Frankenstein vows revenge for the death of his bride, but he also shows regret, telling a magistrate, “Man… how ignorant art thou in thy pride of wisdom! Cease; you know not what it is you say.” Hetty too, for possibly the first time, also second guesses her actions, telling Callen, “He was right about one thing. I failed him. This was not the life for him. I’m worried that this isn’t the life for you, either, or maybe any of us.” The Path to Paradise Begins in Hell The episode is replete with quotes from Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. They’re striking and ominous without any additional context, but knowing their origins adds another layer to the episode. Of course, the extent to which ECO and Peerzada intended the additional meaning behind the quotes is unclear, but those origins do fit very well with the episode’s story. Again, for those of you, like myself, who haven’t read this epic narrative poem, you should know that it was written in the 14th century and is considered one of the greatest works of world literature. It’s divided into three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Paradise or Heaven). It’s a travelogue that follows Dante and his guides on an imaginary journey through these places, but allegorically it represents the soul’s journey towards God. (And by the way, it’s not actually a comedy; the term comes from the way it begins badly but ends well – the opposite of a tragedy.) The poem begins with Dante lost in a dark wood (understood as sin), assailed by beasts (a lion, a leopard, and a she-wolf) he can’t evade and unable to find the way to salvation. He runs into Virgil (a Roman poet and author of his own epic poem, the Aeneid), and begs him to save him. Virgil agrees and tells him he must pass through hell and Purgatory to separate from the world and be disabused of his sinful ways. He guides him first to hell, a cone-shaped crater caused by the fall of Lucifer. This gives us the first reference in “Mother,” on the torn cardboard message Deeks picks up on top of the explosives, “The path to paradise begins in hell.” Dante’s hell has nine circles through which Dante and Virgil must pass. The punishments suffered by the people in each become increasingly severe to match the vices of the individuals trapped there. For example, in the second circle, lustful people are blown about in a violent storm, without hope of rest. In the third, gluttons are forced to starve while being surrounded by all sorts of delicious looking fruits. The slothful are forced to run constantly. Fortune-tellers must walk with their heads on backwards, unable to see what is ahead, because that was what they had tried to do in life. Ahkos is like Dante, with Hetty as his guide in the Virgil role. The first time we see him, Fimmel is telling him, “You- You died,” so maybe it shouldn’t surprise us that Ahkos, believed to have been killed a decade before, might see himself as already being in hell. His reference to himself as “now a fallen angel” would also fit this interpretation. He appears to be trying to literally send the team to hell, hence the message on Deeks’ bomb, along with the note on Fimmel’s hands: “Through me, you go into a city of weeping. Through me, you go into eternal pain. Through me you go amongst the people lost.” He may also be trying to carry out punishments befitting Hetty’s sins, trying to make the punishment fit the crime. He holds her ultimately responsible for his own actions, among them the bombing of Nathasa’s family, shown on a loop lighting up Fimmel’s office. Nathasa even describes the act in vivid, hellish terms, calling it part of “the scorched earth of your foreign policy” and describing how her world “turned to fire,” wiping everyone she ever loved “from the face of this planet.” Perhaps his choice of explosives to take out Deeks and Kensi was at least a subconscious choice to mirror that sin? Then there’s the especially gruesome way Fimmel is killed. Dante and Virgil do come across a sinner whose severed hands spurt blood; his offence was starting a feud between the two parties that divided Florence, the same type of meddling, or playing god, that Ahkos believes Fimmel carried out as director of Covert Operations. Dante sees other men who’ve been sliced apart from chin on down, and one particular headless man who walks about, holding his head by the hair like a lantern. In life, this man took a great deal of pleasure in seeing towns leveled, and he turned a prince against his father, the king. The man tells them, “Because I parted persons so united, parted do I now bear my brain, alas!” (See below under What’s in the Box? for a little more discussion of severed heads.) Another aspect of the poem that bears a resemblance to “Mother” is the relationship between Virgil and Dante. Virgil isn’t simply a guide, he acts as a moral teacher, looking out for Dante on their journey. Dante in turn is kind of like the son Virgil never had. In the end, Virgil cannot accompany Dante into heaven, so the two part ways. Like Virgil, Hetty and Fimmel served as Ahkos’ guides. Hetty acknowledges as much when she tell him, “I’m the one who led you down this path.” Hetty cared for him until they were separated, and thought of him as a son, while he obviously saw her as his mother. And in the flashback to his childhood, he sits with Hetty at the museum, surrounded by but kept safe from some of the same beasts as those that attacked Dante. Inferno contains lots of gory details from which ECO and Peerzada could have drawn inspiration, but I think the most important moment of the Ahkos-Hetty storyline comes from the repetition of these words from Inferno: To get back up to the shining world From there my guide and I went into that hidden tunnel And following its path through a round aperture I saw appear some of the most beautiful things that heaven can bear Where we came forth and once more saw the stars. The lines come at the very end of Inferno, as Dante and Virgil climb out of the underworld and back to the surface of the Earth onto the island of Purgatory, which Dante tours in the poem’s next section, continuing his trek towards salvation. Dante has taken the first step towards that salvation, and ending his nightmarish visit to hell by gazing up at the stars of heaven is an optimistic note on which to end Inferno. It also makes Hetty’s recitation of that particular passage as Ahkos lies dying by her hand very moving. She’s taking him back to one of his few happy memories, but she’s also telling him that he will find peace, and that he’s not condemned to eternal damnation by his acts. It’s an incredibly comforting message, made all the more moving when Ahkos himself utters the final line, seeming to find solace in her words. Hetty can only hope that like Dante, he makes his way out of hell, through Purgatory, and into heaven. The John Wick movies are hyperviolent tales of an assassin nicknamed Baba Yaga, or bogeyman (the fabled Baba Yaga is actually female). I’ve included the films here not so much because I think ECO and Peerzada necessarily used them as inspiration, but to show how much Dante has inspired similar works. The movies show an alternate universe where assassins live by their own pseudo-religious code. The first film is filled with references to Inferno, such as when a woman tells Wick that his journey to redemption “begins in hell.” Viewers can imagine Wick (played by Keanu Reeves) as Dante, cast back into the hell of his past life as an assassin (he’s retired when the movie begins) when he vows revenge on the mobsters who kill his puppy (don’t mess with a man’s puppy!). Willem Defoe serves as his helper – his guide – in the Virgil role. He passes through a variety of scenes, each of which could signify one of the nine circles of hell. For example his house starts out as Limbo, there’s a scene at a vault that represents greed, and a scene in the pools below a bar that represents lust. What actually caught my eye was the “Mother” shoot-out at the museum, which bore a resemblance to the kind of violent shoot-outs that fill the John Wick films. Callen walks purposefully though a museum, shooting men at close quarter, and emptying an extra shot into each to make sure they’re really dead. He didn’t use Wick’s exact style, but the quantity of men, the close quarters, and the museum setting all called these films to mind. There’s one more Dante-inspired film I wanted to mention: Se7en. Again, it may not have been an influence – it may simply share common themes – but I have to believe that anyone who seems inspired by Frank Military’s dark approach to material has at least seen this David Fincher-directed horror film. And spoiler alert- if you haven’t seen it and plan to, you might want to skip ahead to the next section. The film stars Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman as two detectives, Mills and Somerset, who investigate a set of serial killings inspired by the seven deadly sins. Kevin Spacey plays the deranged killer, John Doe. The detectives work their way from one crime scene to the next, each inspired by a deadly sin, and all baroque and incredibly gruesome, befitting their inspiration. For example, an obese man guilty of gluttony is force fed until a well-placed kick to his stomach kills him. A slothful man is confined to his bed for a year and slowly starved. I could go through the list but it’s really too horrific to talk about in detail. The Dante references are overt; Somerset talks about The Divine Comedy being one of the killer’s inspirations. The wise old Detective Somerset and the younger Detective Mills share a similar guide-pupil relationship with Virgil and Dante, and Hetty and Ahkos. Somerset worries that Mills isn’t prepared to deal with everything he’s going to see in this unnamed big city that may as well be hell. And although Somerset is planning to retire in a week, in the end he ends up sticking around, like Virgil, unable to leave hell, only able to show his pupil all the horrors it contains. While Se7en may not have been a direct source of inspiration for “Mother,” the reason I mention it has to do with the box. When Nathasa appears at the mission with her box, one of my first thoughts was of the infamous one belonging to Deeks and Kensi, containing everything Deeks ever wanted. But when I saw the severed hands inside, and later Fimmel’s body, I thought instead of Se7en. Se7en’s famous climax starts with Doe agreeing to confess to his crimes if the two detectives accompany him to the location of his final two victims’ remains. After they arrive at a remote spot outside the city, a box is delivered. Detective Mills opens it to find his wife’s (Gwyneth Paltrow) severed head. Doe had killed her for the sin of envy, and when Mills’ wrath drives him to kill Doe, the horrific murders are complete. Doe doesn’t think he’s killing innocent people. He tells the detectives he’s doing “God’s good work,” cleansing the city of pedophiles and whores. It’s kind of a perverse version of the dogma fed to Ahkos to get him to do the CIA’s bidding, and a perverse version of the way Hetty sees herself as interceding in others’ lives for their own good, and training them to kill for the greater good. In the end, both Ahkos and Doe die as they lived, in violence. We’re All Gonna Die The final reference I wanted to talk about is the song that plays in the background when Deeks goes into the bomb room and when Hetty comforts Ahkos at episode’s end. A huge thank you to @TypingTess for identifying it for me. It’s called “Fourth of July,” and it was written and performed by Sufjan Stevens on his album Carrie & Lowell. Lines like, “What could I have said to raise you from the dead?”, “and “Tell me what did you learn from the Tillamook burn?” make it an eerie accompaniment to the bomb room scene, but it works even better in the final Hetty/Ahkos scene, for the song is about Stevens’ reflections on his problematic relationship with his mother (Carrie), who abandoned him when he was one year old. He later spent a few summers with her and his step-father (Lowell) when he was a young child, but otherwise didn’t really have her in his life in a significant way until she was in the ICU, dying of cancer. It’s an absolutely heartbreaking song. I don’t know who found it or at what point in the process it came to be included in the episode, but it’s absolutely perfect. Did you get enough love, my little dove Why do you cry? And I’m sorry I left, but it was for the best Though it never felt right The hospital asked should the body be cast Before I say goodbye, my star in the sky Such a funny thought to wrap you up in cloth Do you find it all right, my dragonfly? Shall we look at the moon, my little loon Make the most of your life, while it is rife While it is light It’s about the pain Stevens feels at losing his mother, and at all that was lacking in their relationship. The references to the stars in the sky are a perfect mirror to Hetty’s Inferno recitation. The song is also an exhortation to others to make amends with those they love before it’s too late. It ends with a stark reminder, the words “We’re all gonna die,” repeated over and over. ECO’s interviews can be found at Parade and cartermatt. On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Dan Grossman Frankenstein; or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri The Aeneid by Virgil John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2 (both directed by Chad Stahelski and written by Derek Kolstad) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (directed by Chad Stahelski and screenplay by Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, and Mark Abrams) Se7en, directed by David Fincher “Fourth of July” by Sufjan Stevens Thanks for reading! If you’ve gotten this far, you are likely a fan who’s going to watch “Mother” more than once, and I hope this info adds to your enjoyment of this fantastic episode. Do you have any different interpretations from mine? I’d love to hear them. Please share your thoughts in the Comments below. Babar Peerzada On Killing About Karen P (212 Articles) wikiDeeks Writer & Assistant Editor. I never wrote for fun before... until my ECO-obsession. Now I love to analyze any and all aspects of the best character on television. 19 Comments on Bogeymen, Boxes & Circles of Hell: Literary & Cinematic References in NCISLA “Mother” Maria // December 11, 2019 at 9:15 AM // Reply Wow Karen, this is insane! This is over the top insane! This is, for me, hands down the best article you wrote on this site ( and you wrote quite a lot of them – 211)! Thank you so very much for taking your time to think about all the references that kept popping up in the episode. I read also your review of this episode which was again great, but unfo didn’t have enough time to sit down and put few sentences together before I was really too late for the party. I also immediately recognized Dante’s “La Divina Commedia”. Although I was not really keen on reading it (it was required reading in my middle school) when i was only 14/15 years old, I somehow managed to appreciate it even at such a young age. I loved “Mother” for many reasons, but I was deeply touched and for me it was the most poignant moment when Hetty held and hugged her son (that she killed) in his last moments telling the words that were so tender. This was the first time in all 10 years of NCIS LA that I shed a tear. Now about the box! Seems that show runners really like boxes, it is like love affair between them and various (important) boxes that appeared throughout the seasons. This particular box didn’t remind me of any previously seen or met box. The girl and the box in front of supposedly unknown and off limits location of OSP looked very sinister with flair of bad news. My first thought was of the box from the movie “Se7en” and I expected to see the head of Fimmel (the CIA guy) in it. I was for a moment even little bit disappointing that it wasn’t. Don’t get me wrong, I am not some creepy freak, but that would have been such a huge statement which would have shifted us like the million light years from our comfort zones. But as the episode continued to further reveal itself I found out lot of huge moments in it. I haven’t caught the song and John Wick references, which is actually funny as I watched all of them and find them to be so much more than scene after scene of killings. So thank you for the eye-opening. I have already started to re-think again the whole episode. Thank you so very much for this article again and thank you for still being here for us!! Karen P // December 11, 2019 at 5:48 PM // Reply Maria, wow, what an incredibly nice review! I appreciated seeing it this morning. I wasn’t sure anyone would work their way through this material. And I can’t believe you had to read Dante in middle school. That seems like challenging material. In reading some excerpts, I definitely found myself wishing that I could read it in its original language. I’m afraid my Italian is way too limited for that! I’ll add that I’m a long-time Keanu fan and have loved the John Wick movies, mostly for the action but I also appreciate the world-building. And you’re never too late to the party! We see and appreciate every comment, no matter how old the article. You are always welcome Karen. I honestly enjoyed every word from this article. It was really strange what was all required reading we had in both my elementary and middle school. i still remember that we had to read Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina at the age of 15. Can you imagine how stupid that was? i didn’t understand a thing about it as I haven’t known anything about love, passion, longing,unfulfilled wishes, desires…I thought (and i was not alone in my class) that she was totally crazy for leaving her husband and child to be with her lover. That is just one of the examples of the misplaced mandatory literature that we had to read at that time. I am also long -time Keanu fan and I watched all his movies I think with Matrix been one of the best movies ever. Once again thank you for your work and devotion to this site and Marty Deeks. Cladani // December 11, 2019 at 9:50 AM // Reply This is really impressive, Karen! It’s amazing how a very well-written and powerful episode (congratulations again to ECO and Babar Peerzada) can contain so many layers and inspirations. The parts of your article I liked the most were the ones about Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Dante’s La Divina Commedia, two works I have always appreciated. Of Frankenstein’s creature I have always been impressed by the fact that he was not born evil but became “a monster”, an “outcast”, because society never accepted him. I have always considered the scientist, Viktor Frankenstein, as a very selfish person who wanted to go beyond the human limits creating a life in a laboratory but not hesitating to run away in terror the moment he saw how disgusting the being he had created was. Maybe he should have stopped in time, but he didn’t (can we say the same of Hetty?). Dante’s Comedy is truly a masterpiece and it never ceases to amaze me how extraordinary it is. I think Heaven and Hell have never been more vivid and real than in his descriptions, just like his memorable range of characters (especially in “Inferno”, where every person is still so driven by human passions and memories of his/her life and sins, suffering and often crying because of the terrible punishments). When in the episode the bomb finally exploded, what Deeks left behind him did seem a blazing inferno. Thanks again for this awesome article, it’s incredible how detailed and accurate it is. Thank you Cladani! I appreciate your kind words and your observations about Frankenstein’s monster. I think most of the time, evil is made, not born, and that story is a perfect example. As for Ahkos, who can say? It would appear that he was troubled from the start, although Hetty certainly thought she saw good in him. So maybe it was Fimmel who led him down the wrong path. Lindy D. // December 11, 2019 at 11:41 AM // Reply Karen, you never cease to amaze me. Thank you for this. It added such texture to this episode. I loved all your references, but I’m afraid this comment will be more of a defense of Hetty than a recounting of the incredible work you did here. The comparison to Frankenstein is so compelling, although Hetty never intended to create a monster. She collected young men and women to instill purpose in their lives, and to use them and encourage them to follow her own ideals, which makes the contrast between Callen and Ahkos is so vivid. Callen never questions as he charges in to save her. It is Callen’s certainty that separates him from Ahkos. He is an avenging angel and Ahkos an angel who has fallen from grace. The question becomes…were his claims correct that he and Hetty were both evil? Did the path she set them all on end in hell? It did for Ahkos, but it did not in Callen’s mind. He found purpose just as she intended, but I’m not sure it gives her any solace. At the end she is questioning all of her motives and the consequences. The final look on her face says she is weighing the balance between the good and evil of her own sins. Even though her love for Callen is obvious, she was a mother to Deeks as well. After watching Answers, I was struck by one of Deeks’ comments. He claimed his mother was “non-existent” in his childhood. What did that mean? Early in this series I thought Deeks’ mother was dead, only to have Roberta pop up. Hetty was a rock compared to her. Roberta seemed like a woman with a charming personality, even passing along her sense of humor. But we see the contrast between the two women in Internal Affairs. Roberta is ineffectual, while Hetty moves heaven and earth to keep him from suffering for his sins. Deeks respects Hetty for her strength, just as Callen does. They have both become strong men because she brought them into her sphere. She did give them purpose, and I would hate to see Hetty go out as a bitter woman, questioning if she did any good in the world. It wouldn’t do her justice. Like Callen said in the end…she has never failed any of them. She wants them to see the stars, even though one fell to the earth. Thanks Lindy! I loved reading your thoughts about the differences between Ahkos and Callen. And also between Hetty and Roberta. I’m not sure I appreciated the contrast at the time of “Internal Affairs,” but wow it is quite stark. As for Hetty, I think Callen’s going to keep her from becoming bitter. Maybe he’ll even help her make peace with her decisions. As for never failing the team, hmmm, it’s too bad neither of us has time for a debate on that… Lindy D. // December 11, 2019 at 9:49 PM // Reply For some reason WordPress isn’t letting me give you a gold star like for this…so just know I will happily debate the subject of Hetty anytime we can find the time. Psyched // December 15, 2019 at 5:19 PM // Reply Wow, great contrast between Hetty and Roberta and making that connection with Deeks’ comment about his mama being non-existent during his childhood. I’ll look forward to reading a debate about Hetty one day as I have very conflicting feelings about her. Referring to Hetty as a mother figure who has not failed them startled me at first because we know how angry Deeks has been over some of Hetty’s decisions (usually regarding Kensi). But tthen it struck me–that’s the difference between a parent/boss and a friend: they have to make the hard, unpopular, potentially dangerous decisions and don’t owe it to their children/employees to explain the reasons why. They often have the larger picture and longer game plan in mind and act accordingly, no matter how others may feel about it. sassyzazzi // December 11, 2019 at 2:08 PM // Reply Karen this was amazing and thank you for writing it. This was so insightful and helped me appreciate an episode I loved , even more. I intend to watch it again after reading this. I also want to thank you for including the write up on the music that is playing in the backroom when Deeks goes into the bomb room and then again at the end with Hetty and Ahkos. I knew it was significant but certainly now know how significant. Thank you again for doing all this research for us. Thank you sassy! I hope you enjoy the rewatch. I also recommend listening to the entire song. It’s very haunting. amusement345 // December 11, 2019 at 5:46 PM // Reply Karen, I’m not familiar with all of these literary references, but I’m so impressed that you are! I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this in an episode review, and I love it! it reminds us that even an action-packed procedural can be rooted in the arts, and can become art itself, when the right people come together to create it. The thought you put into this, the research, and the detail in your analysis are incredible, and I thank you for sharing all of it. We are so lucky to have you, and WikiDeeks! Thanks amusement! You’re so sweet. All I did was google “The path to paradise begins in hell,” and the more I read, the more I realized how many layers of the story I had been unaware of the first time I watched. I’m happy that others can make use of my research. Debra Gillespie // December 13, 2019 at 2:25 AM // Reply Karen, such an intriguing and well-researched article…definitely you have me wanting to watch “Mother” once again. Thank you for finding out the name of the song playing in the background of the bomb room and in the scene with Hetty and a dying Ahkos… why wasn’t I surprised it was a Sufjan Stevens song? Besides being a great selection I definitely feel a Frank Military influence there, as he used two Sufjan Stevens songs in “To Live and Die in Mexico”… the haunting “Visions of Gideon” during Deek’s first dream/hallucination at the beginning, and “All of Me Wants All of You” (also from Carrie and Lowell) in the final, hospital scene. Again, kudos! Thanks Debra! The song info came courtesy of our semi-retired wikiDeeks correspondent Tess, who goes by @TypingTess on tumblr. She also helped me make out one of Ahkos’ lines that I couldn’t quite decipher. And yes, perhaps Frank Military is the Stevens fan, or maybe all their music is chosen by someone with that job responsibility? They have all been very effective choices. Aussie Mate // December 14, 2019 at 5:52 AM // Reply What an amazing piece of literary work, hats off to you Karen for all the incredible research which you undertook to give us all these different references to various books and poems which in some way were related to this episode. I definitely felt and understood much more watching “Mother” a second or third time after reading your article. Bravo Karen and thank you for this article and all your wonderful reviews, to which I very much look forward Karen P // December 15, 2019 at 10:05 PM // Reply Thank you so much, Aussie Mate! I started off looking up all this information for myself, but by the time I accumulated so much information, I figured I might as well share it with anyone else who might be interested. I’m so glad you found it useful! See now, this is why you will never convince me to write an episode review, Karen. I couldn’t possibly live up to this kind of standard. Fantastic analyses on so many levels, using a number of references. Very impressive indeed! Like the episode, I’ll probably have to visit this again to think about all of the connections. Thanks so much for doing all of the heavy lifting! Hah! You are funny Pysched. I don’t really think of this as a review, just an example of my love of research. I would love to read a review written by you, because I know it would be both smart and funny. Maybe you should partner up with Lindy on the Hetty debate? I’m sure it would be a great discussion!

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Upper Tree >> The Universe > Space --- Category: Space --- The following content uses material from the Wikipedia article which can be viewed, along with the content contribution references and acknowledgements, at: Space, and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Please note that the GNU Free Documentation License may also exist on some text material. Images may not fall under either of the aforementioned licences and particular attention needs to be made when considering to use images or other media files. For full reuse and copyright policy details, please refer to: Wikipedia content reuse copyright information. A right-handed three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system used to indicate positions in space. Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. Physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider it, with time, to be part of a boundless four-dimensional continuum known as spacetime. The concept of space is considered to be of fundamental importance to an understanding of the physical universe. However, disagreement continues between philosophers over whether it is itself an entity, a relationship between entities, or part of a conceptual framework. Debates concerning the nature, essence and the mode of existence of space date back to antiquity; namely, to treatises like the Timaeus of Plato, or Socrates in his reflections on what the Greeks called khôra (i.e. "space"), or in the Physics of Aristotle (Book IV, Delta) in the definition of topos (i.e. place), or in the later "geometrical conception of place" as "space qua extension" in the Discourse on Place (Qawl fi al-Makan) of the 11th-century Arab polymath Alhazen. Many of these classical philosophical questions were discussed in the Renaissance and then reformulated in the 17th century, particularly during the early development of classical mechanics. In Isaac Newton's view, space was absolute?in the sense that it existed permanently and independently of whether there was any matter in the space. Other natural philosophers, notably Gottfried Leibniz, thought instead that space was in fact a collection of relations between objects, given by their distance and direction from one another. In the 18th century, the philosopher and theologian George Berkeley attempted to refute the "visibility of spatial depth" in his Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision. Later, the metaphysician Immanuel Kant said that the concepts of space and time are not empirical ones derived from experiences of the outside world?they are elements of an already given systematic framework that humans possess and use to structure all experiences. Kant referred to the experience of "space" in his Critique of Pure Reason as being a subjective "pure a priori form of intuition". In the 19th and 20th centuries mathematicians began to examine geometries that are non-Euclidean, in which space is conceived as curved, rather than flat. According to Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, space around gravitational fields deviates from Euclidean space. Experimental tests of general relativity have confirmed that non-Euclidean geometries provide a better model for the shape of space. Philosophy of space Leibniz and Newton Non-Euclidean geometry Gauss and Poincaré Spatial measurement Geographical space In psychology In the Social Sciences Galilean and Cartesian theories about space, matter and motion are at the foundation of the Scientific Revolution, which is understood to have culminated with the publication of Newton's Principia in 1687. Newton's theories about space and time helped him explain the movement of objects. While his theory of space is considered the most influential in Physics, it emerged from his predecessors' ideas about the same. As one of the pioneers of modern science, Galilei revised the established Aristotelian and Ptolemaic ideas about a geocentric cosmos. He backed the Copernican theory that the universe was heliocentric, with a stationary sun at the center and the planets?including the Earth?revolving around the sun. If the Earth moved, the Aristotelian belief that its natural tendency was to remain at rest was in question. Galilei wanted to prove instead that the sun moved around its axis, that motion was as natural to an object as the state of rest. In other words, for Galilei, celestial bodies, including the Earth, were naturally inclined to move in circles. This view displaced another Aristotelian idea?that all objects gravitated towards their designated natural place-of-belonging. Descartes set out to replace the Aristotelian worldview with a theory about space and motion as determined by natural laws. In other words, he sought a metaphysical foundation or a mechanical explanation for his theories about matter and motion. Cartesian space was Euclidean in structure?infinite, uniform and flat. It was defined as that which contained matter; conversely, matter by definition had a spatial extension so that there was no such thing as empty space. The Cartesian notion of space is closely linked to his theories about the nature of the body, mind and matter. He is famously known for his "cogito ergo sum" (I think therefore I am), or the idea that we can only be certain of the fact that we can doubt, and therefore think and therefore exist. His theories belong to the rationalist tradition, which attributes knowledge about the world to our ability to think rather than to our experiences, as the empiricists believe. He posited a clear distinction between the body and mind, which is referred to as the Cartesian dualism. Following Galilei and Descartes, during the seventeenth century the philosophy of space and time revolved around the ideas of Gottfried Leibniz, a German philosopher?mathematician, and Isaac Newton, who set out two opposing theories of what space is. Rather than being an entity that independently exists over and above other matter, Leibniz held that space is no more than the collection of spatial relations between objects in the world: "space is that which results from places taken together". Unoccupied regions are those that could have objects in them, and thus spatial relations with other places. For Leibniz, then, space was an idealised abstraction from the relations between individual entities or their possible locations and therefore could not be continuous but must be discrete. Space could be thought of in a similar way to the relations between family members. Although people in the family are related to one another, the relations do not exist independently of the people. Leibniz argued that space could not exist independently of objects in the world because that implies a difference between two universes exactly alike except for the location of the material world in each universe. But since there would be no observational way of telling these universes apart then, according to the identity of indiscernibles, there would be no real difference between them. According to the principle of sufficient reason, any theory of space that implied that there could be these two possible universes must therefore be wrong. Newton took space to be more than relations between material objects and based his position on observation and experimentation. For a relationist there can be no real difference between inertial motion, in which the object travels with constant velocity, and non-inertial motion, in which the velocity changes with time, since all spatial measurements are relative to other objects and their motions. But Newton argued that since non-inertial motion generates forces, it must be absolute. He used the example of water in a spinning bucket to demonstrate his argument. Water in a bucket is hung from a rope and set to spin, starts with a flat surface. After a while, as the bucket continues to spin, the surface of the water becomes concave. If the bucket's spinning is stopped then the surface of the water remains concave as it continues to spin. The concave surface is therefore apparently not the result of relative motion between the bucket and the water. Instead, Newton argued, it must be a result of non-inertial motion relative to space itself. For several centuries the bucket argument was considered decisive in showing that space must exist independently of matter. In the eighteenth century the German philosopher Immanuel Kant developed a theory of knowledge in which knowledge about space can be both a priori and synthetic. According to Kant, knowledge about space is synthetic, in that statements about space are not simply true by virtue of the meaning of the words in the statement. In his work, Kant rejected the view that space must be either a substance or relation. Instead he came to the conclusion that space and time are not discovered by humans to be objective features of the world, but imposed by us as part of a framework for organizing experience. Spherical geometry is similar to elliptical geometry. On a sphere (the surface of a ball) there are no parallel lines. Euclid's Elements contained five postulates that form the basis for Euclidean geometry. One of these, the parallel postulate, has been the subject of debate among mathematicians for many centuries. It states that on any plane on which there is a straight line L1 and a point P not on L1, there is exactly one straight line L2 on the plane that passes through the point P and is parallel to the straight line L1. Until the 19th century, few doubted the truth of the postulate; instead debate centered over whether it was necessary as an axiom, or whether it was a theory that could be derived from the other axioms. Around 1830 though, the Hungarian János Bolyai and the Russian Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky separately published treatises on a type of geometry that does not include the parallel postulate, called hyperbolic geometry. In this geometry, an infinite number of parallel lines pass through the point P. Consequently, the sum of angles in a triangle is less than 180° and the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter is greater than pi. In the 1850s, Bernhard Riemann developed an equivalent theory of elliptical geometry, in which no parallel lines pass through P. In this geometry, triangles have more than 180° and circles have a ratio of circumference-to-diameter that is less than pi. Type of geometry Number of parallels Sum of angles in a triangle Ratio of circumference to diameter of circle Measure of curvature Hyperbolic Infinite < 180° > ? < 0 Euclidean 1 180° ? 0 0 > 180° < ? > 0 Although there was a prevailing Kantian consensus at the time, once non-Euclidean geometries had been formalised, some began to wonder whether or not physical space is curved. Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German mathematician, was the first to consider an empirical investigation of the geometrical structure of space. He thought of making a test of the sum of the angles of an enormous stellar triangle, and there are reports that he actually carried out a test, on a small scale, by triangulating mountain tops in Germany. Henri Poincaré, a French mathematician and physicist of the late 19th century, introduced an important insight in which he attempted to demonstrate the futility of any attempt to discover which geometry applies to space by experiment. He considered the predicament that would face scientists if they were confined to the surface of an imaginary large sphere with particular properties, known as a sphere-world. In this world, the temperature is taken to vary in such a way that all objects expand and contract in similar proportions in different places on the sphere. With a suitable falloff in temperature, if the scientists try to use measuring rods to determine the sum of the angles in a triangle, they can be deceived into thinking that they inhabit a plane, rather than a spherical surface. In fact, the scientists cannot in principle determine whether they inhabit a plane or sphere and, Poincaré argued, the same is true for the debate over whether real space is Euclidean or not. For him, which geometry was used to describe space was a matter of convention. Since Euclidean geometry is simpler than non-Euclidean geometry, he assumed the former would always be used to describe the 'true' geometry of the world. In 1905, Albert Einstein published his special theory of relativity, which led to the concept that space and time can be viewed as a single construct known as spacetime. In this theory, the speed of light in a vacuum is the same for all observers?which has the result that two events that appear simultaneous to one particular observer will not be simultaneous to another observer if the observers are moving with respect to one another. Moreover, an observer will measure a moving clock to tick more slowly than one that is stationary with respect to them; and objects are measured to be shortened in the direction that they are moving with respect to the observer. Subsequently, Einstein worked on a general theory of relativity, which is a theory of how gravity interacts with spacetime. Instead of viewing gravity as a force field acting in spacetime, Einstein suggested that it modifies the geometric structure of spacetime itself. According to the general theory, time goes more slowly at places with lower gravitational potentials and rays of light bend in the presence of a gravitational field. Scientists have studied the behaviour of binary pulsars, confirming the predictions of Einstein's theories, and non-Euclidean geometry is usually used to describe spacetime. In modern mathematics spaces are defined as sets with some added structure. They are frequently described as different types of manifolds, which are spaces that locally approximate to Euclidean space, and where the properties are defined largely on local connectedness of points that lie on the manifold. There are however, many diverse mathematical objects that are called spaces. For example, vector spaces such as function spaces may have infinite numbers of independent dimensions and a notion of distance very different from Euclidean space, and topological spaces replace the concept of distance with a more abstract idea of nearness. Space is one of the few fundamental quantities in physics, meaning that it cannot be defined via other quantities because nothing more fundamental is known at the present. On the other hand, it can be related to other fundamental quantities. Thus, similar to other fundamental quantities (like time and mass), space can be explored via measurement and experiment. Today, our three-dimensional space is viewed as embedded in a four-dimensional spacetime, called Minkowski space (see special relativity). The idea behind space-time is that time is hyperbolic-orthogonal to each of the three spatial dimensions. Before Einstein's work on relativistic physics, time and space were viewed as independent dimensions. Einstein's discoveries showed that due to relativity of motion our space and time can be mathematically combined into one object?spacetime. It turns out that distances in space or in time separately are not invariant with respect to Lorentz coordinate transformations, but distances in Minkowski space-time along space-time intervals are?which justifies the name. In addition, time and space dimensions should not be viewed as exactly equivalent in Minkowski space-time. One can freely move in space but not in time. Thus, time and space coordinates are treated differently both in special relativity (where time is sometimes considered an imaginary coordinate) and in general relativity (where different signs are assigned to time and space components of spacetime metric). Furthermore, in Einstein's general theory of relativity, it is postulated that space-time is geometrically distorted ? curved ? near to gravitationally significant masses. One consequence of this postulate, which follows from the equations of general relativity, is the prediction of moving ripples of space-time, called gravitational waves. While indirect evidence for these waves has been found (in the motions of the Hulse?Taylor binary system, for example) experiments attempting to directly measure these waves are ongoing at the LIGO and Virgo collaborations. LIGO scientists reported the first such direct observation of gravitational waves on 14 September 2015. Relativity theory leads to the cosmological question of what shape the universe is, and where space came from. It appears that space was created in the Big Bang, 13.8 billion years ago and has been expanding ever since. The overall shape of space is not known, but space is known to be expanding very rapidly due to the cosmic inflation. The measurement of physical space has long been important. Although earlier societies had developed measuring systems, the International System of Units, (SI), is now the most common system of units used in the measuring of space, and is almost universally used. Currently, the standard space interval, called a standard meter or simply meter, is defined as the distance traveled by light in a vacuum during a time interval of exactly 1/299,792,458 of a second. This definition coupled with present definition of the second is based on the special theory of relativity in which the speed of light plays the role of a fundamental constant of nature. Geography is the branch of science concerned with identifying and describing places on Earth, utilizing spatial awareness to try to understand why things exist in specific locations. Cartography is the mapping of spaces to allow better navigation, for visualization purposes and to act as a locational device. Geostatistics apply statistical concepts to collected spatial data of Earth to create an estimate for unobserved phenomena. Geographical space is often considered as land, and can have a relation to ownership usage (in which space is seen as property or territory). While some cultures assert the rights of the individual in terms of ownership, other cultures will identify with a communal approach to land ownership, while still other cultures such as Australian Aboriginals, rather than asserting ownership rights to land, invert the relationship and consider that they are in fact owned by the land. Spatial planning is a method of regulating the use of space at land-level, with decisions made at regional, national and international levels. Space can also impact on human and cultural behavior, being an important factor in architecture, where it will impact on the design of buildings and structures, and on farming. Ownership of space is not restricted to land. Ownership of airspace and of waters is decided internationally. Other forms of ownership have been recently asserted to other spaces?for example to the radio bands of the electromagnetic spectrum or to cyberspace. Public space is a term used to define areas of land as collectively owned by the community, and managed in their name by delegated bodies; such spaces are open to all, while private property is the land culturally owned by an individual or company, for their own use and pleasure. Abstract space is a term used in geography to refer to a hypothetical space characterized by complete homogeneity. When modeling activity or behavior, it is a conceptual tool used to limit extraneous variables such as terrain. Psychologists first began to study the way space is perceived in the middle of the 19th century. Those now concerned with such studies regard it as a distinct branch of psychology. Psychologists analyzing the perception of space are concerned with how recognition of an object's physical appearance or its interactions are perceived, see, for example, visual space. Other, more specialized topics studied include amodal perception and object permanence. The perception of surroundings is important due to its necessary relevance to survival, especially with regards to hunting and self preservation as well as simply one's idea of personal space. Several space-related phobias have been identified, including agoraphobia (the fear of open spaces), astrophobia (the fear of celestial space) and claustrophobia (the fear of enclosed spaces). The understanding of three-dimensional space in humans is thought to be learned during infancy using unconscious inference, and is closely related to hand-eye coordination. The visual ability to perceive the world in three dimensions is called depth perception. Space has been studied in the social sciences from the perspectives of Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, postcolonialism, urban theory and critical geography. These theories account for the effect of the history of colonialism, transatlantic slavery and globalization on our understanding and experience of space and place. The topic has garnered attention since the 1980s, after the publication of Henri Lefebvre's The Production of Space . In this book, Lefebvre applies Marxist ideas about the production of commodities and accumulation of capital to discuss space as a social product. His focus is on the multiple and overlapping social processes that produce space. In his book The Condition of Postmodernity, David Harvey describes what he terms the "time-space compression." This is the effect of technological advances and capitalism on our perception of time, space and distance. Changes in the modes of production and consumption of capital affect and are affected by developments in transportation and technology. These advances create relationships across time and space, new markets and groups of wealthy elites in urban centers, all of which annihilate distances and affect our perception of linearity and distance. In his book Thirdspace, Edward Soja describes space and spatiality as an integral and neglected aspect of what he calls the "trialectics of being," the three modes that determine how we inhabit, experience and understand the world. He argues that critical theories in the Humanities and Social Sciences study the historical and social dimensions of our lived experience, neglecting the spatial dimension. He builds on Henri Lefebvre's work to address the dualistic way in which humans understand space?as either material/physical or as represented/imagined. Lefebvre's "lived space" and Soja's "thridspace" are terms that account for the complex ways in which humans understand and navigate place, which "firstspace" and "Secondspace" (Soja's terms for material and imagined spaces respectively) do not fully encompass. Postcolonial theorist Homi Bhabha's concept of Third Space is different from Soja's Thirdspace, even though both terms offer a way to think outside the terms of a binary logic. Bhabha's Third Space is the space in which hybrid cultural forms and identities exist. In his theories, the term hybrid describes new cultural forms that emerge through the interaction between colonizer and colonized. 10 Scary Yet Beautiful Facts About Space & Us YouTube Mon Jun 24 02:10:22 UTC 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyz0NpURbGY 10 Terrifying Facts About Space YouTube Mon Jun 24 02:03:14 UTC 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNEFDynNw-Q Amazing Recent Discoveries Made In Space YouTube Mon Jun 24 02:07:42 UTC 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8D7eA-dCz4 New space discovery has astronomers buzzing YouTube Mon Jun 24 02:12:39 UTC 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubYhcVWmrbE The Earth is Not Alone - Space Documentary HD YouTube Mon Jun 24 02:01:01 UTC 2019 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymuQC0o7yQ Space --- Galaxies --- Dark Energy/Matter

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Tag: trans TransGenerational Theatre Project on autonomy, creating new scripts, and tra-la-la moments The TransGenerational Theatre Project interview participants include: Kai (she, 22), Christian (35, she/they), L (they, 37), Renée (she, 70) . It is impossible to capture in text the dynamicism and vibrance of this group interview, which included refrains of hoots, hollers, and “yaaaas”-es. Extra thanks to TGTP for being gracious and forgiving with the delay on publishing this piece. Throw them some cash to continue their beautiful & important work! Tell me about the work you’re doing. Christian: The project started as a thesis project for the masters’ program I was in in applied theater. Applied Theater is a radical framework that uses theater as a tool for organizing and community building. We use the tool of playbuilding — a process of providing people with the tools to be able to create small pieces of theater and drawing specific ideas or themes from whatever they create. We use those themes as a foundation for creating more theatre. It builds from where the participants are at and what’s important to them. Renee: Capitalism needs division to thrive. If there isn’t divide and conquer, capitalism cannot exist. This happens even in our community. We’re reflecting the question of — what would this world be like and how would people express themselves if we didn’t have to deal with all this shit? How many people have been driven insane by capitalism and by oppression? Who otherwise would be healthy, vibrant people, but because of oppression have been driven to the brink? I look at this as a revolutionary project. I’m 69 years old. What makes me most proud of working on this project is bridging the gaps between generations. We provoke people into thought. Our audience and our participants have been marginalized in this capitalist society by racism and/or gender oppression, and now they’ve been given tools to navigate a creativity that maybe they never knew they had. We’ve seen people blossom into their emerging realness. Christian: A lot of it is based on Paulo Freire’s educational models from Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Every session we’ll do two games that development theater and improvisation skills. Then we give a prompt and we break into small groups and create a short piece of theatre. We only plan one session at a time because every session is planned based on the previous one — like, who’s in the room, what skills do they need, what themes are already coming up that we want to explore or even challenge. It’s a fluid process. That sounds like a really adaptive approach. Christian: It has to be in order to do it with intention and in a way that focuses on the needs and ideas of the participants. In the past two years we’ve created final pieces that have three scenes based on a theme, and interspersed those pieces with individual performances which has been really cool. There’s something special about giving trans people the opportunity to shine individually. L: It’s such a unique and exciting place — I can’t think of any other space in this city that creates these opportunities for trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people. The mode of applied theatre provides an opportunity for us to explore how to change the world. By creating a piece of what the world looks like or can look like, trans people can re-envision a new world for ourselves. We’re all about challenging system norms like the gender binary and other fundamental ideas. That kind of challenging can de-stabilize systems that oppress us. What we’re doing has an opportunity for true social justice. Kai: I was in the project as a member the first year, and was asked to come on as a facilitator for the second year. Now we’re in year three. I’m often the youngest person in the room, but I’m able to connect with people on a powerful level. I never thought I’d be able to have friends like Renee, who is older than me and shows me how to be fierce, you know? It’s nice. I get to learn from them while they’re learning from me. Renee: That’s a great way to put it, Kai. I love that. I’m appreciating how you’re all talking about the project being powerful being on an individual level, as well as the building up collectively, in and beyond your group. Christian: I facilitated the creation of the Trans Day of Remembrance at SAGE, the organization we do this at. It was my first time being around trans older adults, and it had a profound impact on me because I didn’t realize that it was something I was missing and needed in my life. I was like, oh shit, all trans people need to experience this; this is important. A lot of other intergenerational separate people by age and try to define what they’re going to learn from each other. We try to break that down, inspired in part by the fact that we’re all in different stages of transition and gender exploration, and recognizing the fluidity of age in relation to the fluidity of gender. Renee: Young and old is not always defined by a number. To violate every script that they want me to read, I’m gonna write my own fuckin’ script. That is liberating. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera are some of the greatest revolutionaries of all time. You know what they had? A Masters and phD of the street. They were graduates of the university of the stoop, like me. That’s where I came up. I never graduated high school. Kai: I barely graduated high school. I had so much gender dysphoria going on; by the end of my senior year I was not there. I had horrible anxiety. Every day by second period I’d want to throw up. Sometimes I’d walk out, go to the music room, and play piano. Renee: I know people who have Masters degrees whose critical thinking compared to Kai is lost in the dust! Not to be anti-education, that’s not the point. When I came back from the war in Vietnam, I read any book I could get my hands on. I know a lot of brainwashed people. My intention is not to hurt them, but to shock them into rethinking their processes. I’ve spoken to a handful of cisgendered people who have seen our work who have said, you’ve caused me to rethink a lot of shit. What better sense of accomplishment? My ambition is to contribute to changing human nature, period. I feel like something interesting about age and trans folks is, whether we were aware of it or not, the majority of us didn’t get to live our childhood and youth as we saw or experienced ourselves. I can imagine how theatre would allow for a lot of playfulness to re-explore being able to be however old you are. Kai: You know how Oprah has her ‘aha’ moments? I think about the trans ‘aha’s’ in my life, and call them my tra-la-la’s. My first year at private school had this imagination station where you could go and pretend to be whatever we wanted. There was this red scarf. I would always use that scarf as my hair and really enjoy that. I was always like this. But I knew I had to act like a boy. There was this girl who came into class with short hair, shorts, and a t-shirt, and I was like, you’re a boy! Everyone was like, no, she’s a girl. I was like, I don’t understand — why does she get to be a girl and I don’t get to be a girl? Being with people while we have the chance to use theatre to reflect on those tra-la-la moments in our lives has been one of my favorite parts about this. What is the world you all want to live in? Kai: I want to live in a world where people treat each other how they want to be treated. I don’t want to be treated like shit so I’ll never treat another person like shit. I want to leave this world a better place than I found it. I want to live in a world where I don’t get harassed. People say New York is the best place to live if you’re trans but things happen here too. You never know who you’re going to run into. I want to live in a world where I can feel safe and content walking around just being who I am. I want to live in a world that’s constantly growing and moving forward as a society. I want to live in a healthy society. Our society isn’t healthy. L: I want to live in a world where I don’t have to constantly remind people who I am even after I’ve told them. I want to live in a world where people can say who they are and have everyone including our government recognize that. Where we don’t need special paperwork or to prove ourselves. Just to be accepted exactly as we are for what they are and for children to be able to explore and figure out what that is. There isn’t one particular way that somebody is even throughout their lifetime. Christian: I want to live in a world where everyone has agency and autonomy over their body and their gender. Kai: What’s autonomy? Christian: Autonomy means you own it for yourself. Your body belongs to you so people can’t necessarily pass laws or judgements over your body. Kai: Wow. Christian: Yeah. I want to live in a world where gender is considered a galaxy and everyone is their own star. I want to live in a world without capitalism, and with bridges instead of borders. An anarchist paradise would be lovely. A world in which we’re living in harmony with each other and with the earth, and uplifting the needs and desires of each person and allow people to explore their desire to create. Kai: I want to live in a world where you can walk up to a stranger and ask them for a hug. Sometimes I just want a hug. I want to live in a world where a lot of things that aren’t socially acceptable, are, like to high five people on the street. I want to live in a world where going outside isn’t a scary thing because people are nice. I want people to feel warm. Renee: I want to live in a world where racism is dead. I want to live in a world where members of my community are not living in a prison cell the size of their body. I want to live in a world where people talk to each other. People don’t talk to each other. Well, women in the women’s room always talk. My memories of men’s rooms is, everyone’s quiet as shit and stares at the wall. It’s like what the fuck! People always say, this is human nature. Fuck that! Change human nature! We’re gonna change it. If nature can evolve, why not human nature? Renee: Thank you! Thank you! Y’all have such an affirming chorus, it’s so nice! (Clapping, giggles, yaaas’es echo through the room.) It’s cool doing a group interview with you all because on a micro-level, it seems like what’s in the room that you’re in is the world you want to live in. What do you feel are the things in your lives and the culture surrounding you that are supportive to you helping to create this world and what are the things that feel like they make it harder for you to create this world? Kai: Enthusiasm toward the project is really supportive. A barrier is people who choose ignorance. People decide that they’re just going to just not, you know? My mom had this moment where she was just like, you do whatever you want to do at this point, but do it on your own. Now she’s like, heyyyy Kai. We just had this conversation and she is starting to understand the pronoun ‘they’. When people don’t want to learn to change or grow or be corrected, that stubbornness is a hinderance. I’m stubborn, but only when I need to be, okay? L: A stubbornness that doesn’t impose your values on other people. Kai: Yes! Renee: Or they on us. I don’t mean to be self-centered, but when we walk down the street in the present state of society, we’re a revolution. I tell people sincerely, I don’t do it for me, I do it for you. Because maybe me exhibiting my realness will inspire others to release their inner realness that they have been intimidated from presenting to the world. It’s a permanent revolution. Christian: Something that supports me is thinking about who came before us, particularly some of our trans ancestors — our transcestors — who didn’t have the resources that I do. I keep that in mind and think about how much they would love to participate if they could. Well, I don’t know if Sylvia would have, but Marsha would have been up in here in a minute. That supports me. I think also seeing how people have been changed by the project both within it, and people who have witnessed it. Something that makes doing this work difficult is having to survive in capitalism and having to spread my energy and time very thin because of that. We are a community of people under attack. We experience marginalization to an incredible degree, particularly the trans women of color in our community. This is very emotional work. It takes a lot out of you. After the first year, I was like, oh fuck I’m not doing this again. And I did it again. After the second year I was like, ugh fuck, I’m gonna have to do this again. And I fucking did it again because it’s so important. It’s really, really hard. But we get up and do it. Renee: It is hard. It can be exhausting but it’s not fatiguing. Not like when I worked in a factory for eight dollars an hour right up the street. I could be as tired physically, but not emotionally. Emotionally it’s been invigorating for me. I’m also a disabled trans woman, which is not an issue that has been focused on as much as I’d like in our community, frankly. Let me just say this. In my view, the number one problem in America is racism. Racism is like a pillar that upholds patriarchy, oppression, women’s oppression, these are like pillars that hold up capitalism. The development of people’s own human nature and we’re violating that. We’re outlaws! Kai: I’m a rebel! Renee: That’s right! We used to have some t-shirts years ago that we were outlaws. When I was younger, people were worried about what would other people think about them if they think about us in a positive way. A lot of that has disintegrated from 30 years ago. I’m talking about the people who say listen, I’m not homophobic or transphobic, I just don’t want to be seen with you because I don’t want my friends to think I’m like you, or want to be like you. You don’t have to be like me or want to be like me to communicate and share thoughts. These are some of the greatest obstacles in human development. That’s why I say that transition is perpetual. It’s not like there’s *this* goal. We don’t even know what’s beyond that’s horizon. But it’s coming. It’s inevitable. The only thing that hasn’t changed are the violent psychotics, who as many people know, are mostly closet cases. When they see us, we remind them of something they feel inside about themselves that they hate, and they’re going to punish us for it. Kai: Or try to. Renee: Every year we have a litany of names of slaughtered trans people, just for being their true selves. You know what? As Malcolm X said, “by any means necessary.” We will defend ourselves. Thirty years ago, if you had 100 pennies in a sock in your purse, the cops couldn’t arrest you for it. And you know what? It worked. Mostly just as an intimidating factor. Kai: Then they leave you alone. L: When we’re talking about capitalism and social oppression, what directly impacts our work is financial support and lack thereof. Statistically our community does not have the same access to jobs, education, and housing, especially queer and trans people of color. We also see trans artists not having financial support. For a program of queer and trans artists it’s hard to get the support we need, especially since we’re not formalized with a 501c3 status. We rely on support from community members and friends to cover basic needs, like making sure people have the means to get here, and that we have food for people so that they can come here during the time they would usually eat. A lot comes out of the facilitators’ own pockets. We’ve been grateful for the support we’ve received, but in today’s climate of giving or lack thereof, it is that much harder to do get that really basic support that we need. C: Thanks for reminding us L that we need fucking money! Are you all familiar with Peacock Rebellion? They’re a QTPOC, transfemme-centered org that also does performance work who I interviewed for WWW. In our conversation, they were talking about the balance of doing “tapdancing” for funders in order to get financial support to make their work sustainable. [Devi] was saying how those kinds of funders want you to talk about your trauma and other things that fit the tragedy narrative of trans women. It seems like you all are much more focused on the empowering, the zap, the lightening of what you have, like Peacock Rebellion. Christian: The only grants we applied to was the Trans Justice Fund. We just haven’t been interested in engaging with the foundational industrial complex and shit like that. I don’t think we ever will. Who are some people who serve as guidance and inspiration for this work? Renee: Trancestors of this community gave everything to us. They sacrificed everything to help develop emerging realness that people never knew they had. I think back to my milieu which basically is Paris is Burning. Not those fuckin’ intellectuals in their ivory tower with the fuckin’ asterisk next to trans who sit there and anoint themselves as the determiners of who is cis and who is trans. They oughta be ashamed of themselves. Where would those people be now without us street fighters? Sylvia, Miss Major, and many others of us were in the street in different capacities, as street fighters, street workers, and sex workers. You constantly had a perimeter around you. How many people know that when we walk down the street we often deliberately walk against the flow of traffic, ‘cause nobody can chase you down if you’re walking against traffic, right? Little things like that. Scout out every street from midtown to Chelsea to the village, every alley way, every inlet, every possible escape route. We don’t do that like that was modus operandi every day. We were soldiers. Now, I’m almost shocked by the acceptance I get. I try to tell people, Marsha P. Johnson died for you. She did. I try to make them understand what I mean by that obsessively. I am obsessed with it. I think about it every day. Let me also say this. Trancestors, we owe our young people. A lot of them say, you’re an inspiration. I say, you don’t think you’re inspiring us to charge our batteries? This emerging realness has been the greatest therapy I could ever get. I can say this for other older trans women as well, it has even caused many older people to re-blossom. We may not have done that without Kai. Kai: I don’t know why, I don’t know how, but I guess I did that! I’m inspired by Janet Mock and other people who grew up in the streets and frontlines and got to a place where they could reach such a wider audience, and who give back to people who don’t have that exposure, and educate others on trans experience. Also, as a younger person, I really look up to Renee. I learn from her every time I’m around her. It’s people like her who actively want people to know what our community has been through and where we are going and where we are now and where we have been. It’s great. L: For me, the most influential trans folk who I’ve known have been the young people I’ve worked with. In doing development work with young people, one of them brought in a grid of different non-binary identities and I was like wow, there are all these other identities? I did some research and found one at the time that fit me. I was like oh my god, other people also feel this way. At the time it was demi-gender — people feeling like they have cis parts of themselves but also fluid or genderqueer parts to themselves. It was a tra-la-la for me. It was like a switch that was flipped. If I hadn’t been working with those young people I don’t know if that ever would have happened. LGBTQ youth have always challenged how I see the world and how I see myself, especially around the various points of identities. I’ll always be thankful for that. Do you want to share any other thoughts or feelings coming up in this conversation? Christian: When I was in my masters program, one of the moments that clicked for me about this work was its capacity to envision the world that we want through theater. It has that capacity in a way that very few other mediums do. Afro-futurism and other queer futurism are really inspiring to me, and the foundations of a trans-futurism are in this work. Our first year, we did were the past, present, and future of the trans experience in three scenes. Young people are naturally amazing at imagination, but anyone is capable of playing and and exploring. That’s a part that I love that feeds me and challenges me to think more creatively and expansively about my own gender. This is the first year I’ll be doing this project on hormones. I credit participating in the project and meeting more trans people for giving me more tools to think creatively about my gender, my body, and outside of the boring and limiting narratives the media gives trans people. Renee: The Transgenerational Theatre Project did not save my life. But it saved the rest of my life. The TransGenerational Theatre Project is a group of multigenerational trans and gender nonconforming people co-creating original theatre from our own ideas and experiences. Through our highly collaborative process we foster connections, TGNC community and joy. We stand for equity, social justice, and the dismantling of transphobia, transmisogyny, ageism, racism, and and all linked forms of systemic oppression. We center the voices and experiences of transgender and gender nonconforming elders, particularly people of color. Please support TGTP by contributing to their GoFundMe fundraiser! Christian is a radical non-binary trans femme arts activist and performer. They co-founded The TransGenerational Theatre Project, a multigenerational devised theatre project for trans and gender non-conforming people, and they are proud to be facilitating the project for a third year in preparation for a performance in the Trans Theatre Festival. They are a graduate of the CUNY Masters in Applied Theatre program and work as the Women’s Program and Arts & Culture Program Coordinator at the Edie Windsor SAGE Center. They also create solo performance that explores trans rage, grief, ritual, and futures. This interview is part of a series for The World We Want to Live in. Author freddiePosted on March 7, 2019 March 7, 2019 Categories interviewTags anarchy, anticapitalism, art, artist activist, autonomy, capitalism, cops, disability, elders, gender, intergenerational, marsha p johnson, nonbinary, oppression, outlaws, queer, racism, self defense, sylvia rivera, TDOR, theater, theatre, tra la las, trans, transcestors, transfemme, transgender, transgenerational, world we want to live inLeave a comment on TransGenerational Theatre Project on autonomy, creating new scripts, and tra-la-la moments Amina on collectivizing, rethinking roles, and balancing community accessibility with personal sustainability Photo by Eva Wô What’s your name and how do you identify yourself in the world? My name’s Amina. If I’m doing music or art or running my mouth about politics, I identify myself as Amina Shareef Ali. If I’m putting on a professional hat in my work as a therapist, I identify myself with a different name. Right in the moment, I feel good. In life in general, I’m good. I love my relationships, my kid, my clients, the people I get to share my music with, and the people I’m in community with. It’s that middle level that’s trickiest — between the right this second and the bigger picture. Depression has been wafting in and out over the last several weeks. It’s hard to get to the bottom of. Sometimes it helps to be a therapist to conceptualize your own mental stuff, and sometimes it really doesn’t. Sometimes I think depression can be productive, to use a loaded word — it’s doing something. I’m depressed because my psyche is working through something. How are you moving through depression at the moment? I try to keep a handle on different places where it could adversely impact things. I have not yet been in a space where I couldn’t fully show up for clients. I take that seriously. I’ve been heartened to discover that often if I’m struggling, doing therapy work with someone else often helps me. I can put myself aside and show up for them in a way that feels good. I can feel my strength. I want to be thankful for that and not exploit it by overbooking myself, and not let any structure exploit it. Extra reserves of energy should be honored as a gift from your deeper self. I feel like that’s the feminized labor of one’s psyche. What do you make of that experience — that being in pain is where you find strength to show up for others? I lived through my twenties as a boy and transitioned almost a year ago. Something I distinctly remember from before my transition was that women, femme, or AFAB (assigned female at birth) people in my life would be the ones expressing distress. I would move into this role of being the rock, the stabilizing force. I want to be able to describe this without judgement, because there were situations where that was valuable and appreciated. As a boy, there was a way of shoring up my feelings of self control and masculine composure. Now, I’m femme, I’m more emotionally competent than ever before in my life, and I also cry and break down more than I ever did in my life. How do we understand that? I think about this position where I’m vulnerable and have a lot of feelings I can’t control, and then I pull it together and hold space for someone else, a role that I previously would have conceptualized as masculine. I’m in both of these roles. This first one gets devalued and isn’t seen as work. But it is. It’s work that my psyche is doing. Maybe it makes the other one possible. Amina and her partner Claire. Photo by Eva Wô. Dang, I’m not ready for this today… Thank you for sharing that. What do you see as your role and work in creating the world you want to live in? I want to track some of my evolution as a radical. I got my first liberal arts college canned social justice framework in the early 2000s. It blew my mind at the time, but it didn’t dig deeper or ask, where did this come from, what was there before, and how is it made and re-made every day? How can we fight it and how can’t we? I became a radical around 2011 when Occupy popped off. In the Oakland radical scene there were lots of smashy anarchists. My dear friend Brian Belknap, my favorite songwriter in the Bay and an old Leninist, became my de facto mentor for a while. I felt pulled between those sides. You see the hammer and sickle on my arm. I feel somewhat aligned with a Marxist tradition and materialism; I also saw the intellectual and moral poverty of existing socialist groupings. It’s like, this is the theory I align with so these should be my people. But I look at how y’all act in response to difference, and I’m like, no, you’re not my team. I also felt critical of certain strains of anarchism that seemed self-satisfied to work on these projects that seemed really isolated. I didn’t feel like I could join a team and I really wanted to. Then three and a half years ago, my kid Hazel was born. I haven’t engaged in anything that would be recognized as political. I’m not going to no meetings; I’m not going to many actions in the streets. It’s caused me to rethink. I read in one of your posts that many people have mentioned Emergent Strategy. My partner Hannah was captivated by it and motivated to put together a reading group. Hannah came into my life four months after Hazel was born, after I already had a full life of parenting, music, trying to do politics, and having another partner. Shortly after that I would go back to school to become a therapist. I felt instinctively it was important to be a part of this group, not because of the book itself but because what I and we need to be doing is building theoretical knowledge with people we’re already in relationship with — rather than having a canned theory and being like, that’s your team, go over there. How you’re in relationship and how you show up and how your lives are weaved together is what matters. The group has met a handful of times, and catalyzed a lot of churning around of my process. I see the overall landscape as pretty fucking bleak. I see decades of the Left disintegrating and getting less organized and less rigorous. You have people scrambling trying to recruit and build big organizations quickly. But y’all have no history together. You don’t have any real bonds except for what you believe and some lil’ roster. It’s relatively easy to build an organization that has some espoused beliefs, is good at recruiting people, and in the end, is gonna tell people to hold their nose and vote for a Democrat. It’s harder to build something with versatility to be like yo, can we join this fight to stop this person from being evicted? Can we raise children together? Can we support this person in crisis? That flexibility has to happen on a small scale with the people you already have relationships and trust with. There’s tension between, how do we apply our ideals around autonomy and collectivity, and see how they play out in relationship and in community; versus knowing that capitalism and all these other systems are always going to undermine us so we can’t actually build a utopia in a little bubble, and that there has to be a fight for revolution and abolition of all these structures. In my mind, the former is more anarchist-aligned and the latter is more communist or socialist aligned. And I’ve been guilty of undervaluing that first strategy; I felt it was important and participated in it, but I also undervalued it. The conception I have now is, it’s necessary but not sufficient. My internalized anarchist makes the error of knowing that it’s necessary, but forgetting it’s not sufficient; my internalized communist makes the error of knowing it’s not sufficient, but forgetting that it’s still necessary. For one, I am giving myself permission to not feel guilty about not plugging in to overtly political work. There are good fights happening all the time that need support. I know that I don’t have capacity to bottomline something. I’m open to being called on to give to this person’s bail fund, or show up to swell the crowd, but I’m not trying to seek out something to give myself to. I think that’s really okay for where I am in life. My life is very full trying to keep my relationships strong, parent my child, do my therapy work, and have enough left to do things that bring me joy. I want to understand those things as being enough — I feel implicitly that they are. Amina and her partner Hannah. Photo by Eva Wô. It’s so funny the way that we’re talking about certain kinds of labor being devalued and erased. In the course of this conversation I find myself in a dance between trying to not do that and then still doing it, for all those things i just described. Like, the labor of being a therapist is really valorized. Hannah checked me on this and I’m super grateful for that. I believe what I do is valuable, but there’s a way in which we find ourselves conceding to a more conservative logic if we’re not careful. Recently I was feeling devalued by someone and I responded like, ‘Fuck that, I’m doing good work as a therapist and I’m supporting a lot of queers who’ve been through a lot of trauma and I’m helping them heal and that’s valuable.’ Hannah has done paid work as a peer counselor and a direct care provider and now works in landscaping, and shows up for people whether they’re in crisis or just need a hand. They actively seeks out trainings to work on their shit and lend support, and they watch Hazel one day a week. And they told me, ‘I don’t do anything that is ever gonna be valorized as therapy is and I probably never will. But what I do isn’t less valuable.’ I realized they were right and I’d been tripping. I don’t want to devalue other people or myself in that way. My therapy work and parenting are both held up and valorized in a particular way. But there’s also just showing up in my relationships. A couple years ago I thought I was pretty good at being in relationships but these last years have really turned my head around. I’ve learned about really nurturing them. Creating chosen family isn’t as simple as just flipping a switch. There’s a material base for nuclear formations and for people to revert back to that. How do we materially try to undo that without getting assimilated into heteropatriarchy? How do webecome more collective? Our family structure has been a chain of five or six partners over the past few years, with no one along the way dating each other. We’re all bound together one-to-one-to-one, so making decisions like who lives with who, how we spend time, who’s responsible for finding childcare, etcetera reverts to couples. How do we collectivize and facilitate everyone being able to talk to everyone else, not just through their partners? Our lives are linked together already, but if we don’t want to just disintegrate into individual couples, that’s something that needs to happen. Why is it important to collectivize and materialize ideals that aren’t the heteropatriarchy? Our heritage as humans is collectivity. What ties our family together is we’re all involved in Hazel’s life to some extent. We’re all seeing and spending time with Hazel at least once a week. Parenting can be really isolating, even if you’re on a more upwardly mobile professional track. One of the ways in which people are recouped into bourgeois and heteropatriarchal structures is by professionalizing as much as possible so you can buy back the community support that doesn’t exist because of historical development. I’m not trying to get relief from parenting by paying someone else to replace me in that role. I’m not trying to perform a more valuable kind of labor and pay someone for their less valuable labor. Collectivity is the way to get relief that doesn’t involve assimilating in that way. What is the world you want to live in? I’ve done a lot of thinking about utopia — like what will life look like after the rev. After people don’t have to live in urban centers — where all the jobs are concentrated in places the workers can’t afford the rents — what will it look like when 10 years or 50 years or 100 years after? Without highways and sprawl? When there are cars built over 100 years ago are still being maintained but you don’t need very many of them, and these roads are just gardens or homes or wild space. What will gender look like? What will our families and relationships look like? I can fantasize that far-off, dream thing. There’s value in that. But I’ve abandoned any strategy of how to get there. Like I said, the picture in the immediate term is pretty fucking bleak. I’m positioned where me and at least one of my partners are entering the petty bourgeoisie and will have professionalized careers where we’ll have hopefully some stability. I’ve chosen a path that banks on that. The question for me is: how do I want to live right now that can give myself, my loved ones, and my homies the best chances for joy, prosperity, and thriving — even in the hellscape — while not letting myself be assimilated? The pressure to be “respectable” is going to be really intense for the rest of my life. As a therapist I believe in providing free or low-cost mental health care to poor queers and queers of color. The LGBTQ counseling center where I work is jacking up their fees — our minimum fee is now 45 fuckin’ dollars. As if that’s not enough, it comes with a shit ton of ideological justification, like — this is why this is okay, this is why actually people can afford it. I’m expected to swallow that. If I call bullshit too loudly I put myself in danger. How do I speak up when it’s right, keep my head down when there’s not much to be gained, and not fucking drink the Kool Aid? I entered the field for a number of reasons, but one of them was certainly wanting to be more stable than being a broke musician kid. But when I enter private practice and it’s up to me to set the fees, what am I gonna charge? What do I hope to make? What do I see as being my purpose of doing this work? How am I gonna square those? The sliding scale will always be at odds with my own individual prosperity. Most people just say fuck it. I’m gonna have to resist that my whole career if I want to actually still be able to help the people who wouldn’t be able to access it any other way. Claire, Amina, Hazel, and Hannah. Photo by Eva Wô. What are the barriers and the supports in making the work that you’re doing sustainable? I don’t know if there’s another field besides therapy that has more of a gulf between its self-concept as a progressive force and the actuality of it. I’m an outsider in the professional psychology environments I’ve been in, but there are some homies, and I need to link up with them. We need to hold each other in community, support each other, and hold each other accountable. That’s one of the biggest projects of what I want to take on in this field. That will be both work and a support for me once I can get it going — once we can get it going. The alternatives are either assimilate or be completely fucking isolated and burned out. Your vision of collectivizing in relationship to your therapy work feels connected to what we were talking about in your personal relationships — creating microcosms of the world you want to live in. Are there people, books, or works of art you want to shout out as things that guide your heart and mind on your path? Not really. I feel like for any given radical person who may read this, you’ve got a sense of what your values are. You probably feel like, here are some things I know and feel good about, and here are some people who are babies and don’t know as much as me, and here are some people who’ve been at it way longer and know way more than me. Even if that’s true and there’s different quantities of knowledge and experience, we can hold that without judgement. Of course there are people who have been here longer than you because you’ve been around exactly how long you’ve been around. Wherever you’re hoping to go, you don’t need to go experience the things that the people you feel know more than you have experienced or read the things that they’ve read. It doesn’t really matter what you read. You should find something you’re interested in that people around you are interested in and go in on it together. If there’s difference, find a way to share it. The process of doing that is going to be the most valuable thing. It’s less about the what and more about the how. Yeah, because these are people you already have relationships with. You already eat meals together, work on a project together, work in the same workplace, share a household. It’s like okay, so we have some sense of how to work together and we’re linked up on a material level. So let’s build our knowledge together from that. And build relationships that’s based on building that together, and bring other people in. Amina Shareef Ali is, in any order, a folksinger jerk, a therapist in training, a partner and parent, an enemy of capital and the state, and a flagrant mixed race queer transgirl. She hails from St. Louis and lives in Oakland. This interview is part of a series for The World We Want to Live in. Author freddiePosted on May 9, 2018 May 8, 2018 Categories interviewTags anarchy, communism, depression, emergent strategy, emotional labor, emotions, feminized labor, femme, gender, heteropatriarchy, labor, oakland, occupy, parenting, politics, poly, queer, queer femme, radical, relationship, therapist, therapy, trans, transfemme, transgender, transition Jonah on craftsmanship, plants as allies, and the power of candles to hold space How you identify yourself in the world? I identify as a queer, non-binary femme, anti-Zionist Jew, disabled, chronically ill, rural person. I identify as a white anti-racist person, struggling against white supremacy and working for decolonization. I identify as a healer and a magical intuitive person. I am a herbalist, a medicinal plant grower, a ritual candlemaker, a beekeeper, a witch, and a radical anti-capitalist small business owner. How are you doing in the day to day? I’m doing pretty well right now. After a long period of being really impacted by my geographical and social isolation, I’m in a moment where I’m dropping into being with myself and where I am, and actually feeling that I’m not alone, even though there are not people here besides me most of the time. Is there anything material that happened from which you can trace that shift? One of the things I’ve been working towards since I’ve been here is feeling into the deep and wide web of connectivity and community I live inside of. There are so many amazing plants and animals here. I’m here with the land, with the weather and the wind, with the stars and the sky, and with the water. I’m broadening how I experience community in a daily way through my own presence, my own ritual, rhythms, attention, acknowledgement, and magic. I have been able to shift out of being so focused on what is wrong with me and what is missing in my life here and just be. This past year, I’ve been able to reign in my projects a bit to focus on what I most long for and what meets my needs. Getting clearer about my physical, emotional, and spiritual capacity and my material, emotional, and spiritual needs has freed up all kinds of energy that has allowed me to be more in my power and have more to offer my relationships and my communities. I long for transformative love and partnership in my life and collaborative creative partnerships in business and magic. I’m now able to be really clear about those longings and extend toward them, instead of being sad or defeated that I don’t have them all yet. Can I ask you to take a step back and describe what ‘here’ is? I live on a 52-acre agricultural property south of Cloverdale, which is Makahmo Southern Pomo territory, in the northern tip of Sonoma County, California. My home space is a rented single wide mobile home and a 12×20 redwood shed space I did a pretty major renovation on to create the home of my candle-making business, Narrow Bridge Candles, and of my herbal business, Plants as Allies. I tend about half an acre and have a greenhouse and 40-50 different medicinal plants growing on a range of scales. Bringing up Narrow Bridge Candles and Plants as Allies feels like a great segue to the main question I want to ask you which is, what do you see as your role and work in this political moment? I’ve been putting my body, my heart, and my spirit in a place where I can be in deeper contact with my power and offerings in a way I’ve not been able to do in a city space. Wild and rural spaces are frequently unsafe or inaccessible in a variety of ways to queer and trans people, people of color, and people with disabilities. I’ve been working to create and tend wild and rural space here that is safer and more accessible for people at the intersections of all of these identities. I’ve poured my heart, soul, energy, and money into building something that is welcoming, beautiful, soothing, safe, and as accessible as possible, which has been supportive to my life and a lot of people. When I first lived in the Bay Area, I remember people commonly describing it as a radical, queer, or movement “bubble.” I had that reframed for me — rather than it being a bubble, it is a stronghold, where people are holding down a depth of radical politics and a high level of organization and history around movement work. When I first moved out here, I thought of my home as an escape from the city for me and the folks visiting me. I now understand this as a place for me to grow and deepen into my power and my offerings, and a place for other folks, many of whom are doing important work and living in difficult conditions, to have a little bit of space and be in a place where they can have a bodily experience outside of the pressure cooker that cities and movement spaces can be. A reminder that rest is not just a break or an escape from the important stuff, but is important in and of itself. So I guess I feel my home is a tiny stronghold — a place where beauty and femme-ness and rest and access are deeply valued, practiced and held up. What happens in this space? What’s happening right now? Right now I am braiding Havdallah candles. Havdallah is a Jewish ritual, the transition between Shabbat and the rest of the week. Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, begins Friday night at sundown and ends Saturday night at sundown. In Havdallah observance, this candle gets lit on Saturday night at sundown. I’ve dipped these long thin pieces of wick in beeswax and now they are ready for plaiting into large candles. Can you tell me more broadly what happens here? I’m passionate about growing medicinal plants and about having a healing, non-exploitative, decolonial relationship with land. I still feel like I’m just beginning to learn how to do all of those things. I studied herbal medicine with Karyn Sanders and Sarah Holmes at the Blue Otter School of Herbal Medicine up in Siskiyou County. The focus of my study has been on the spiritual and energetic properties of plants — understanding plants as not just passive things to be consumed, but as things with their own spirit, energy, even voice and personality. I care deeply about making medicine in a way that respects wild medicinal plant communities which are an important part of our environment and our ecosystems, in and of themselves. A lot of foraging and wildcrafting culture orients to things growing and producing something useful to humans — as if it’s just there for the taking and “going to waste” unless humans pick and consume it. They actually have value in and of themselves. Medicinal plants live in communities in delicate and dynamic relationships with birds and insects, water, weather, soil, spirit and energetics of a space. These communities are threatened by pollution, urban and suburban sprawl, development in general, climate chaos, and to a smaller degree, irresponsible herbal harvesting practices. A lot of wildcrafting is more oriented towards taking and selling than to the sustainability of plant communities. I do very little “wildcrafting” — partly because I am a settler on this land and if I don’t have relationships with the indigenous peoples of the land, I don’t feel I have permission to harvest. And if I am not deeply familiar with that place and that ecosystem over a many years period of time, I can’t really see the impact of my harvesting or asses if the ecosystem can support my taking. I’m more interested in caring for wild plant communities and growing what I can. And trading medicine with other folks who are growing things I can’t grow! Was there anything in your life or experience that led you to be on this path with plants? I have a picture of myself as a small child watering little rows of vegetables. My mom is a big gardener — she loves flowers. I grew up with a lot of really powerful plants in the garden. I knew their names, and loved and appreciated them, and picked them and brought them to my friends and teachers, but didn’t necessarily orient to them as medicinal or as holding me in any way. And I think they were really holding me. It took me a long time to be aware of that. What about candle making? In my life here, I’m occasionally struck with the thought, wait, I’m a… candlemaker? Is that an actual job people have in 2017? If I think about the things that satisfy me, give me pleasure, and soothe my nervous system, they are mostly sensory. Touching everything, smelling and tasting, taking in the sight of things that are vibrantly beautiful. And also tiny, satisfying tasks that I can do perfectly, like putting stickers and labels on things and pouring liquid from one vessel to another. This list is pretty much my job description. My work as a ritual candlemaker means living in deep relationship with the element of fire, honoring its contained expression in balance and right relationship, and sharing that magic, awe, and honor with my communities in material form. Candles have this incredible capacity to hold space. I think my role is holding space too. I originally started making ritual candles as a way to be more actively engaged with the ritual items I was using in my life. I wasn’t satisfied to buy ritual items and not know more about where they came from. In 2010 I created Narrow Bridge Candles which is a Jewish ritual candlemaking project in support of the full 2005 call from Palestinian Civil Society for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) of Israel. Narrow Bridge Candles is a political and a spiritual project. It plays a role in extricating Jewish ritual, cultural, spiritual and religious practices from Zionism and provides ritual candles that are not made in Israel, allowing people who want to buy Jewish ritual candles to honor the boycott. Narrow Bridge Candles is able to donate more money to BDS organizations and domestic racial justice and decolonization struggles every year. Are there challenges to stay connected to the deeper political and spiritual meanings of your work when it is your job and livelihood? Yes. I attended the National Member Meeting of Jewish Voice for Peace as a vendor this year. I talked with almost 100 people who thanked me for my candles and told me that they loved them. Some of them cried and told me how meaningful my work has been for them in making space for them to re-connect with Jewish spiritual practice in a way that’s politically resonant with their convictions, principles, and beliefs. It was a big deal to meet the people who buy the candles from me. It was markedly different than what my daily life sometimes feels like — that I’m just sort of plodding along making all the candles and sending them out to people and people send me money. I know theoretically what I’m making is valued beyond money, and that there are people all over the world who are using the candles to mark their sacred days, transitions, and life events, to hold space in political, cultural, and spiritual ritual space. And I’m not there. Especially when I’m tired and working really hard and not feeling connected to all of the life around me, it’s hard for me to remember that’s happening. We are living in late stage capitalism. I, and I dare say so many of us, have deeply internalized capitalism in all kind of ways that I am working to heal from as a witch, as a disabled person, as a craftsperson, and as a radical. Running a small business doesn’t mean I’m a capitalist, but it does mean I’m holding some serious tensions. Sometimes I feel like I am a machine producing a product in exchange for money and I feel alienated from my own labor, my own hands, my own body. More and more I am aware of how deeply skilled my work is, and I’m learning how to value myself as a craftsperson. I can feel inside of myself, in my lineage, and my embodiment, a time and a place in which craftspeople and their creations were deeply valued. In which something made by someone’s skilled hands was a treasure. I’m learning how to live in this magical space, to know this is true and make this true with my own disabled femme genius craftsperson magic. I’m gonna get dreamy as fuck for a minute and ask you to do the same. Tell me what you think your work and role would be in the world you want to live in. It’s an important thing to be visioning. The framework I have is a village or small community in which there are people who grow food, people who grow medicine, people who make the things that people need and use. I’d be excited to be a community herbalist and candlemaker and have a place to live and work and people to share meals with and to play an active role in supporting the health of a community living in balance and right relationship with the earth, and with other communities of people, plants, and animals. Given that we’re living in the time and place and world we’re living in, I know we’ve got a ways to go. I’d love to hear about the things or people that inspire you, and what you do for self care. The plants and animals I share this space with are a big part of what inspires me. Central to the Blue Otter teachings is that a deep understanding of my own energetics is required for me to learn from and connect with the energetic and spiritual properties of plants, and to connect deeply with clients in a clinical herbalist capacity. How deeply I am willing to go in my own self work with my own healing, self knowledge, and transformation is the limiting factor on how deep I’m able to go with clients. I haven’t been able to be connected with my own energetics, vitality, or pacing in a city space. A big part of my being here has been about learning — not just getting out of the city to escape the city, but choosing intentionally to be in a space with low electromagnetic fields, low pollution and toxicity, and low social stimulation. Living where and in the way that I do has allowed me to learn how to regulate my own nervous system, how to live inside of my own rhythms and pacing, and feel my own power and what I want to give this beautiful planet. a portrait of Boy Boy Taking care of myself right now means getting enough sleep and rest, and being in a solid routine, eating meals that have vegetable and protein, and water in my body and my body in water frequently. I take herbs, I do plant meditations, and I have some somatic bodywork and therapy that helps me continue to learn about my own energetic and emotional patterns. Being with my kitty is a big part of my self care. He has totally saved me, I couldn’t be here without other people, without him. Being around Boy Boy, who seems to have such an incredible capacity for love and connection, has also been so opening and instructive. I’ve never had this kind of relationship with an non-human companion. I love him so, so much. Something I’m thinking about right now is just that energy is real. Energetics are hugely formative in everyone’s life and in the cultures we live inside of. There’s a lot happening under the surface that influences what is possible, what is happening, what is tolerated. For a lot of people, under the surface is unseen and therefore it doesn’t exist. Everyone is impacted by energetics, and some of us can feel and attune to it, and for me a big part of radical transformative magic is making those “hidden” currents visible and felt. There’s a lot of need for magic around shifting conditions. It’s not about denying the material; I’m not saying magical thinking or a positive attitude will be enough to overcome tyranny and fascism and oppression. We have to be in real, honest connection with the material conditions we’re inside, fighting and protecting those of us who are most vulnerable to the violence and oppression of our time, and be deeply transforming all of those relationships in trying to make the world that we want in material, magical, and energetic realms. This dreamy liberated world after the revolution is not some future destination. It is a path that we make with our work, our magic, our relationships, our hearts, and our spirits, and our bodies. How we move and be inside of that path is essential. That’s what I’m learning to embody and extend toward these days. Place your 2017/5778 Hanukkah Order through November while supplies last! Narrow Bridge Candles are available on a sliding scale and they are worth it. Learn more about Jonah’s herbalism work at Plants as Allies. You can also find Jonah on instagram. This interview is part of a series for The World We Want to Live in. Author freddiePosted on November 22, 2017 November 21, 2017 Categories interviewTags accessibility, animals, anti racist, anti zionist, anticapitalism, bay area, BDS, beekeeper, beeswax, candle making, candles, chandler, chronically ill, disabled, energetics, femme, gender non conforming, genderqueer, havdalah, healer, herbalism, jewish, jewish voice for peace, medicine, narrow bridge candles, plants, plants as allies, queer, rural, self care, sonoma county, trans, wildcraftingLeave a comment on Jonah on craftsmanship, plants as allies, and the power of candles to hold space the world we want to live in Blog at WordPress.com.

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Where is Honduras Located 05 Oct, 2014 travel Honduras (officially: Republic of Honduras) is a small country in terms of both area and population. The entire country covers just 112,492 square kilometers (43,278 square miles) and has a population of about 8.3 million people. This means that it has about the same population and is approximately the same size as the US state of Virginia. Honduras was established as an independent nation in 1838, after initially declaring independence from Spain in 1821. Honduras has a history of political turmoil and has the highest homicide rate in the world. However, the country has many positive aspects as well including important exports such as coffee, fruit and sugar cane, and beautiful rainforest regions. Let’s find out where this country is located. Where is Honduras located? Honduras is located in Central America and it shares borders with Nicaragua (to the south-east), El Salvador (to the south-west) and Guatemala (to the west). The north of the country connects to the Caribbean Sea via the Gulf of Honduras and the south is connected to the Pacific Ocean by the Gulf of Fonseca. The following is a map of the region showing the location of Honduras and the surrounding countries. The following is a world map with the location of Honduras marked in red. Border disputes Honduras and El Salvador resolved a long running border dispute in 1993. The dispute began in the 18th century and was a significant factor in a war between the two countries in 1969. As a part of the peace treaty the countries submitted the dispute to the International Court of Justice. The court handed down a ruling in 1992 and both countries have accepted the ruling. About 437 square kilometers was in dispute and over 300 square kilometers was granted to Honduras with the remaining portion given to El Salvador. This ruling ensured Honduras has access to the Pacific Ocean! Other Interesting Facts About Honduras Interesting Facts About El Salvador

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Philippine Archipelago | Wikipedia audio article by: Subhajit Sahu Published on: 20 November 2018 This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: Philippine Archipelago Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= The Philippines ( (listen) FIL-ə-peenz; Filipino: Pilipinas [ˌpɪlɪˈpinɐs] or Filipinas [ˌfɪlɪˈpinɐs]), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Filipino: Republika ng Pilipinas), is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.The Philippines' location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and close to the equator makes the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons, but also endows it with abundant natural resources and some of the world's greatest biodiversity. The Philippines has an area of 300,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi), according to the Philippines Statistical Authority and the WorldBank and, as of 2015, had a population of at least 100 million. As of January 2018, it was the eighth-most populated country in Asia and the 12th most populated country in the world. Approximately 10 million additional Filipinos lived overseas, comprising one of the world's largest diasporas. Multiple ethnicities and cultures are found throughout the islands. In prehistoric times, Negritos were some of the archipelago's earliest inhabitants. They were followed by successive waves of Austronesian peoples. Exchanges with Chinese, Malay, and Indian nations occurred. Then, various competing maritime states were established under the rule of datus, rajahs, sultans or lakans.The arrival of Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer leading a fleet for the Spanish, in Homonhon, Eastern Samar in 1521 marked the beginning of Hispanic colonization. In 1543, Spanish explorer Ruy López de Villalobos named the archipelago Las Islas Filipinas in honor of Philip II of Spain. With the arrival of Miguel López de Legazpi from Mexico City, in 1565, the first Hispanic settlement in the archipelago was established. The Philippines became part of the Spanish Empire for more than 300 years. This resulted in Catholicism becoming the dominant religion. During this time, Manila became the western hub of the trans-Pacific trade connecting Asia with Acapulco in the Americas using Manila galleons.As the 19th century gave way to the 20th, the Philippine Revolution quickly followed, which then spawned the short-lived First Philippine Republic, followed by the bloody Philippine–American War. Aside from the period of Japanese occupation, the United States retained sovereignty over the islands until after World War II, when the Philippines was recognized as an independent nation. Since then, the unitary sovereign state has often had a tumultuous experience with democracy, which included the overthrow of a dictatorship by a non-violent revolution.It is a founding member of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the East Asia Summit. It also hosts the headquarters of the Asian Development Bank. The Philippines is considered to be an emerging market and a newly industrialized country, which has an economy transitioning from being based on agriculture to one based more on services and manufacturing. Along with East Timor, the Philippines is one of Southeast Asia's predominantly Christian nations. The History of The Philippines. "MAHARLIKA" The lost Kingdom Norid Norayt Manila, Queen of the Pacific 1938 travelfilmarchive US Army Soldiers in Combat on Luzon & Mindanao Battle of Philippine Islands WW2 Footage w/ Sound HistoryFlicks4u How the Philippine Island Arc was Formed | Dr. Carla Dimalanta TVUP LA NAVAL DE MANILA: Cynosure of a People's Devotion NinoLBallesteros Philippine Archipelago (by: Dan Vincent Bañadera Orgela) Joy Sarmiento Manila, Philippines - Then and Now Bry S A War of Empire and Frontier: The Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 USArmyWarCollege PHILIPPINES: The Hidden History of Ancient Kingdoms and Empires Keroscene ` Pres. Jose P. 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President George W. Bush looks on during the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2006 in the East Room of the White House, sworn-in by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, their son Phil and daughter, Laura, are seen to the right. White House photo by Shealah Craighead President Attends Swearing-In Ceremony for Associate Justice Samuel Alito "During the confirmation process, the American people saw a man of character and legal brilliance. Like our fellow citizens, I was impressed by the dignity Sam -- by the dignity Sam Alito and his family displayed during the Senate hearings, and by the thoughtful scholarship and reverence of the Constitution that have always defined his approach to the law." --President George W. Bush RECENT CONFIRMATIONS Judge Raymond M. Kethledge was confirmed on July 11, 2008 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Helene N. White was confirmed on July 11, 2008 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge G. Steven Agee was confirmed on May 20, 2008 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes was confirmed on April 18, 2008 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Judge John Daniel Tinder was confirmed on December 18, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Judge Leslie H. Southwick was confirmed on October 24, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Jennifer W. Elrod was confirmed on October 4, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Judge Debra A. Livingston was confirmed on May 9, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Judge Thomas M. Hardiman was confirmed on March 15, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Judge Randy Smith was confirmed on February 15, 2007 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Judge Kent A. Jordan was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on December 8, 2006. Judge Kimberly A. Moore was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 5, 2006. Judge Jerome A. Holmes was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on July 25, 2006. Judge Bobby E. Shepherd was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on July 20, 2006. Judge Neil M. Gorsuch was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on July 20, 2006. Judge Sandra S. Ikuta was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 19, 2006. Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 26, 2006. Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr. was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on May 16, 2006. Judge Michael Chagares was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on April 4, 2006. Judge Samuel A. Alito was confirmed as Associate Justice of the U.S. on January 31, 2006. Judge John Roberts was confirmed as Chief Justice of the U.S. on September 29, 2005. Appeals Court Nominees Glen E. Conrad Robert J. Conrad, Jr. Paul S. Diamond Peter D. Keisler Steve A. Matthews Loretta A. Preska Rod J. Rosenstein William E. Smith Shalom David Stone Just the Facts: All Presidential Nominees Deserve Fair Up or Down Votes President Bush Pleased by Senate Judicial Confirmations President Bush Pleased by Confirmation of Justice Steven Agee Former Attorney General Dabney Friedrich The New Supreme Court Chief Justice Supreme Court Associate Justice Alito The Judicial Crisis Alberto Gonzales Explains the Judicial Crisis Watch video.

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Atul Aggarwal Home / Our Story / Our People / Atul Aggarwal Atul became the President of Accordion in 2019. He joined Accordion from Bain & Company, where he was a Partner in the New York office. During his 20-year career at Bain, Atul worked for both corporate and Private Equity clients. He spent his early years working across a variety of assignment types, including: M&A and carve-outs, strategy, cost, customer experience, and organizational work. More recently, Atul was focused exclusively on major transformations for some of Bain’s largest clients – leveraging a blend of traditional value creation levers with the more “human” aspects of successful transformations, such as leadership and executive coaching, behavior change, and change management techniques. As an Agile practitioner and trained Scrum Master, Atul applied Agile methods to his client work. Atul was a passionate innovator at Bain – helping to develop, commercialize, and deliver multiple products during his tenure. Three such products were: 1) Bain’s Full Potential Transformations solution, for which he was the global product leader; 2) Bain’s Leadership Approach, for which he was a member of the Center of Excellence; and 3) Bain’s Decision Effectiveness and Governance, for which he was a global product leader. Atul also played a role in architecting program management approaches – including designing and managing the project management office using Bain’s Results Accelerator tool for complex transformations. A passionate believer in, and contributor to, “The Founder’s Mentality: How to Overcome the Predictable Crises of Growth,” Atul will be applying this logic to scale Accordion. In fact, Atul has known and (informally) advised Accordion’s CEO and Founder, Nick Leopard, since the company’s inception. He values the Accordion “secret sauce” and fully recognizes the importance of preserving the firm’s ‘Founder’s Mentality’ as it grows. Atul holds an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (Dean’s list) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge (1st class Hons). "The secret of joy in work is contained in one word, excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it." – Pearl S. Buck Bain & Company Kalchas Group Arthur Andersen & Co. The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, MBA University of Cambridge, Bachelor's Degree, Economics Something You Should Know Father of two daughters and two Cavapoo puppies Was lunged at by a hippo while canoeing on the Zambezi river Former cricket player, once bowled out a batsman who played for the England national team Former global solutions leader of Bain’s “Full Potential Transformations” solution Former global head of Bain’s Wharton recruiting program Member of Bain’s Leadership Center of Excellence

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01 • 12 • 2019 Planning for a successful future beyond school - Harvard Yard, the heart of Harvard's University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA At ACG Schools we firmly believe in preparing our students for success, happiness and fulfilment in their lives beyond our classrooms. For many students, those immediate next stages are university followed by employment. Each ACG School assists students by providing them with timely, expert and customised advice. In collaboration with students and their family, we focus on finding the “best fit” to connect the right universities with the right students, to ensure they receive the most from their tertiary education. As a member of Inspired, we are also able to draw on the global expertise they can provide from over 64 schools with 45,000 students worldwide. One example of our group strength is the recent London based appointment of Director of University Admissions and Careers, Mahtab Hanjani, who will lead and co-ordinate the work of all our schools’ university and career counsellors. In this way, we ensure that each student in each school will have access to the most up-to-date shared knowledge regarding admission to the different faculties in all top-ranked universities and other favoured higher education destinations globally. Ms. Hanjani has been an educational advisor for the past ten years, coaching students and their families on optimal ways to navigate the college admission process. Her passion for education led her to set up a consulting firm with a mission to recommend “best fit” universities to clients through a carefully balanced and comprehensive approach. Her extensive knowledge of the culture and ethos of the top global universities has enabled her to offer valuable advice to international students. Through tailor-made strategies, she has helped applicants reach their potential and succeed in gaining admissions to the best universities available to them, whether these are highly coveted Ivy League universities, other world-renowned liberal arts colleges, or institutions with specialist reputations to help fulfil highly developed ambitions and interests. Partnership with Crimson Education In addition, and in order to strengthen our provision further, Inspired is now a premier strategic partner of Crimson Education, a company dedicated to helping students succeed in entering a top university of their choice – in the US, the UK and worldwide. With a specialist team of university application experts based in major cities around the world, leadership mentors and academic tutors, Crimson provides a personalised and customised service to complement the advice that each Inspired student receives at school. This is an exciting prospect and we look forward to helping our students make the most of this partnership opportunity. Initially, each student will receive the Crimson App which sets out the milestones, guidance and resources on the road to successful university admission and has access to Crimson’s extensive university information databases. Crimson’s specialists will also visit our schools in 2020 to make presentations to students, their parents and school staff, providing insights to enable each student to present as a stand-out applicant for their university of choice. Students who wish to retain Crimson for further on-going individualised support can then benefit from preferential rates due to the partnership with Inspired. Stellar results from top Cambridge scholars at ACG Parnell College Excellent academic results and strong community spirit earns scholarship The sky is the limit for ACG Parnell College Head Girl, Tessa Barker

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Free Press, 26 November 2018 - Unintended Consequences Tue, 27 Nov, 2018 It’s a truism to say that government action often produces perverse side-effects. But why does this occur? One source of unintended consequences, according to economist Robert K. Merton, is the “imperious immediacy of interest”. That is, politicians are so concerned with achieving the foreseeable and immediate consequences of their actions they fail to consider the other consequences that might flow from them. That is surely an apt description of our current Government. Resigned to the opposition benches for nine long years, the current crop of social engineers have bolted from the gates with such verve that its list of own goals seems to grow by the day. From the Bizarre Files, the Government has announced it will regulate vaping as heavily as it does cigarettes. Vaping is a relatively safe innovation that could help the 500,000 New Zealanders or so that smoke quit. By limiting the colours and flavours that firms can market and by restricting the places people can vape, the government is reducing the incentive for people to give up their habit. As with so many other innovations, the politicians have failed to keep up with vaping and it is currently unregulated. But in its haste to fill the regulatory void – and protect its revenue base – the Government will create a new generation of smokers. For an administration that purports to care about disadvantaged New Zealanders, this is a massive own goal. A shell game Phil Twyford’s single-minded crusade against “unfair and unnecessary” letting fees will see them disappear in their current from next month. But tenants won’t be any better off. That’s because letting fees have reappeared as ‘tenancy fees’ to be levied by property managers on landlords. And, despite the Prime Minister “hoping” it won’t be the case, banning letting fees will lead to higher rents as landlords pass these additional costs on to renters. ACT predicted it all along: the Government can’t avoid costs; it can only shift them around. Fees-Free fail Last week, we learned that, despite a $2.8 billion investment in making the first year of university free, fewer students were taking up tertiary study this year as compared with 2017. As ACT has said all along, Fees-Free is simply subsidising well-off students that would have gone to university anyway and who will earn more over their working lives than non-graduates. The unintended consequence here, of course, is the fact that the Government is now more constrained in its ability to pay teachers more – a much more deserving cause. Emissions contrition Free Press has covered the ban on oil and gas exploration extensively, but it would be remiss to leave it out of any account of the Government’s own goals. Despite climate change being billed by the Prime Minister as ‘her generation’s nuclear-free moment’, and the oil and gas ban being ‘necessary’ to fight it, the official analysis indicates that greenhouse gas emissions may in fact rise as a result. This is because the production of oil and gas will shift to countries which produce dirtier oil and gas. We’re also now seeing Genesis Energy importing Indonesian coal in order to keep the lights on. A regulatory constitution Governments clearly can’t be trusted not to make stupid laws, so New Zealand needs a regulatory constitution. What would that look like? It would set out the basic principles any proposed bill or regulation would be required to meet, including complying with the rule of law, the protection of individual liberties, and the protection of property rights. Second, Ministers and Chief Executives would be required to certify the bill or regulation complied with the principles, and if not, provide a justification for incompatibility. Finally, citizens would be given the right to challenge poorly-made laws in the courts. The courts could strike down bad laws where they are incompatible with the principles. As always, keep an eye on upcoming events on the ACT website. David has events in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch coming up over the next month. ACT New Zealand

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Essays by Theme The Infidel and the Professor: The Friendship of Adam Smith and David Hume Dennis C. Rasmussen for AdamSmithWorks The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought (Princeton University Press, 2017) The Infidel and the Professor is the first book to center on Adam Smith’s friendship with David Hume, which is arguably the greatest friendship in the history of philosophy. The book follows the course of their friendship from their first meeting in 1749 until Hume’s death more than a quarter of a century later, examining both their personal interactions and the impact that each had on the other’s outlook. My primary aim in writing the book was to tell the story of Hume and Smith’s friendship in an accessible and entertaining way in hopes of reaching as broad an audience as possible. But I also sought to make a number of contributions to the scholarly literature on these thinkers. Some of these contributions are outlined in what follows, starting with a few broad points and then moving to some more specific ones. The Infidel and the Professor First, and most obviously, the book draws on all of the available evidence to provide the fullest account yet of Hume and Smith’s personal and intellectual relationship. My primary source, naturally, is the full range of Hume’s and Smith’s works. As I seek to demonstrate, there are numerous references to Hume, both explicit and implicit, throughout virtually everything Smith wrote. The reverse is less true, as Hume—the older of the two by a dozen years—had composed almost all of his writings before Smith began to publish his (though Hume did write an anonymous review of The Theory of Moral Sentiments soon after its release). I also analyze their correspondence—there are fifty-six surviving letters between them—and draw on a host of other contemporaneous and near-contemporaneous sources, including Dugald Stewart’s biography of Smith; the myriad writings of James Boswell; and the autobiography of the Moderate minister Alexander Carlyle and the journal of the playwright John Home, both of whom traveled in the same circles as Hume and Smith. I also make use of the private correspondence of a number of their acquaintances; the periodicals, book reviews, and obituaries of the day; and the anecdotes collected by Henry Mackenzie and John Ramsay of Ochtertyre, among others. In this same vein, the book offers the first systematic treatment of Smith’s responses to Hume’s thought over the course of his career, from his early essay on the history of astronomy (written by 1746) through the final revisions of The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1790). While the influence of Hume is apparent in almost all of Smith’s works, Smith did not simply adopt his friend’s views wholesale. On the contrary, he modified almost everything he touched. There have been a number of journal articles and book chapters examining Hume’s influence on Smith with respect to a particular question or theme—Hume and Smith on sympathy, for instance, or Hume and Smith on justice—but none examine their intellectual relationship in anything like a comprehensive manner. Throughout the book I discuss Smith’s responses to Hume on a wide variety of topics: epistemology and religion in the astronomy essay (chapter 2); economics and politics in Smith’s jurisprudence lectures (chapter 3); sympathy, utility, justice, and religion in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (chapter 5); politics, the advantages and drawbacks of commercial society, the benefits of free trade, the question of church establishment, and the American conflict in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (chapter 9); and religion and virtue in the final revisions of The Theory of Moral Sentiments (epilogue). Smith’s religious views have been the subject of much scholarly debate, and I contend that they were substantially closer to Hume’s—that is, substantially more skeptical—than is usually assumed. This is not to say, of course, that Smith was an atheist. On the contrary, it seems likely that he believed in a distant, perhaps benevolent, higher power. But he was almost certainly not a believing Christian, and he was suspicious of most forms of religious devotion. I therefore describe him as a “skeptical deist” (as opposed to an outright skeptic like Hume). Here too I draw on the full range of Smith’s corpus, from his astronomy essay through the final edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, as well as his correspondence, in making my case. One of the running themes of the book is the divergence between Hume and Smith in terms of the public postures that they adopted with regard to religion: whereas Hume was fairly forthright about his lack of faith, Smith generally went to great lengths, in both his writings and his personal life, to avoid revealing much about his religious beliefs (or lack thereof). Contemporaries frequently noted that Smith was “very guarded in conversation” when the topic of religion came up, and the little that he wrote on the topic is sufficiently ambiguous to leave many readers unsure of his ultimate convictions. These contrary postures led to equally contrary reputations: Hume was christened “the Great Infidel” and was deemed unfit to teach the young—he twice sought professorships, but in both cases the clergy opposed his candidacy decisively—while Smith became a respected professor of moral philosophy. (Hence the contrast implicit in the title, The Infidel and the Professor.) Credit where it’s due For much of the twentieth century Smith’s moral philosophy was seen as little more than a series of footnotes to Hume’s, but I argue that his version of moral sentimentalism in fact incorporates several significant improvements on his friend’s. Virtually the whole of The Theory of Moral Sentiments shows unmistakable signs of Hume’s influence, down to the very examples that Smith uses, and the similarities between their moral theories are broad and deep: both view morality as an eminently practical and human phenomenon, rather than one based on any kind of sacred, mysterious, or otherworldly authority; both hold that morality derives from human sentiments rather than reason; and both posit that right and wrong are established by the sentiments that we feel when we adopt the proper perspective, one that corrects for personal biases and misinformation—Hume’s “common point of view” and Smith’s “impartial spectator.” Yet, as I show in chapter 5, Smith deviated from Hume’s moral theory on four major topics: the nature of sympathy (which Smith argues almost always involves a kind of imaginative projection into the situation of another person, rather than the straightforward emotional “contagion” that Hume posits), the role of utility (which Smith argues plays a smaller role in moral judgment than Hume claims), the foundation of justice (which Smith argues springs not from reflection on its usefulness, as Hume contends, but rather from the sentiment of resentment), and the effects of religion (which Smith maintains has more practical benefits than Hume allows). In all of these cases Smith’s views are more nuanced, and arguably more sophisticated and persuasive, than Hume’s. On the other hand, I also argue that, just as Smith’s contributions to moral philosophy have been unduly neglected in favor of Hume’s, Hume’s contributions to political economy have been unduly neglected in favor of Smith’s. As an economist, Hume has long been regarded as a minor predecessor of Smith, insofar as he is taken notice of at all, but in fact he argued for free trade and stressed the moral, social, and political benefits of commerce several decades before Wealth of Nations appeared. Hume’s essay “Of Luxury” (later retitled “Of Refinement in the Arts”) is one of the most forceful, comprehensive, yet succinct defenses of the modern, liberal, commercial order ever written. As I argue in chapter 9, it is striking how many of the central arguments of Wealth of Nations build on Hume’s insights. Here too, though, Smith diverged from Hume’s views in important respects, above all in his greater readiness to acknowledge potential drawbacks of commercial society. Smith accepts that commercial society necessarily produces massive inequalities; that an extensive division of labor can exact an immense cost in human dignity by rendering people feeble and ignorant; that wealthy merchants and manufacturers will often collude against the public interest; and that the desire for wealth often leads people to submit to endless toil and anxiety in the pursuit of frivolous material goods that provide only fleeting satisfaction. This is not to say that Smith’s embrace of commercial society was in any way partial or halfhearted. On the contrary, he joined Hume in regarding commercial society as unequivocally preferable to the alternatives. Yet even as Smith agreed with Hume that the benefits of commercial society—liberty, security, prosperity, and the rest—vastly outweigh the costs, he was far more willing to acknowledge that there are costs involved, and to seek ways to ameliorate them. Friendship, even in death Smith resolutely refused to posthumously publish Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, despite Hume’s request that he do so, and his behavior in this instance is almost universally regarded as unnecessarily cautious, utterly inexplicable, or even an act of betrayal—a denial of his best friend’s dying wish. I argue in chapter 10, however, that this episode was far less acrimonious and philosophically charged than is generally assumed. A number of scholars have claimed that Smith refused to publish the Dialogues because he was disturbed or even scandalized by the contents of the work, but if Smith’s religious views were as close to Hume’s as I suggest throughout the book then this explanation seems unlikely. The likeliest explanation, in my view, is also the simplest: as Smith himself indicated in a draft letter to their mutual publisher, William Strahan, he was wary of the public “clamor” that the book would provoke and the effects that this clamor would have on his own “quiet” and Hume’s posthumous reputation. Was this, then, an instance of excessive caution, or even cowardice? If it was, then it was a failing that was not unique to Smith: every one of Hume’s friends who knew about the Dialogues urged him not to publish it. If the unanimous counsel of Hume’s friends is not enough to exonerate Smith, then Hume’s own words and actions should be. After all, Hume himself had refrained from publishing the work for two and a half decades, for the very same reason that Smith refused to do so: because (as he explained to Strahan) it would create a “clamor” that would prevent him from living “quietly.” Even the wording of their explanations is nearly identical. The more perplexing question is not why Smith refused to publish the Dialogues but rather why Hume was suddenly so adamant about publication after holding the work back for twenty-five years, and even more why he sought to foist this obligation on Smith. Hume may have reckoned that he had little left to lose at that point, with one foot almost in the grave, but obviously Smith was not in the same position. Moreover, Hume knew full well that Smith was always anxious to preserve his privacy and tranquility—his “quiet.” All things considered, then, I suggest that Hume’s part in this exchange is more difficult to account for than Smith’s. Finally, I provide the fullest account yet of the abuse that Smith suffered as a result of his Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq. (1777)—the only work other than his two books that he published under his own name during his lifetime. The Letter to Strahan is an ostensible letter on Hume’s last days, death, and character that was published alongside Hume’s brief autobiography, My Own Life, and because of Hume’s reputation for impiety it proved immensely controversial. In his Letter, Smith chronicles—some would say flaunts—the cheerfulness and equanimity of Hume’s final days and describes his unbelieving friend as a paragon of wisdom and virtue, all of which generated outrage among the devout. Smith later commented that this work “brought upon me ten times more abuse than the very violent attack I had made upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain.” Virtually all Smith scholars are familiar with this line because of the colorful reference to Wealth of Nations, but far fewer know the precise nature and extent of the abuse that Smith faced as a consequence of his tribute to his friend. In chapter 12, I document the (often vicious) reactions to the Letter to Strahan by George Horne, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Edmund Burke, and many others, ranging from just after its publication to well into the nineteenth century. In all, I hope that The Infidel and the Professor will provide a useful introduction to Hume and Smith for readers who are unfamiliar with these thinkers while at the same time contributing to the scholarly literature in all the ways described above. P.S. Rasmussen subsequently recorded this #AMA (Ask Me Anything) in October of 2019 in response to readers' questions. A project of Liberty Fund, made possible by a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. Copyright 2017 – 2020, Liberty Fund, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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REVIEW: She Changed Comics By Patrick Holt March 09, 2018 She Changed Comics is a stirring rebuttal to the notion that comics is historically a man's business, as well as a call to action to support women creators and uncover their contributions. She Changed Comics Betsy Gomez, editor The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, 2016 The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is best known for its First Amendment-related work legal advocacy and education, so She Changed Comics is a bit of of a departure: an overview of contributions made by an under-recognized group of creators. Although censorship is addressed, this book is primarily and introduction to 79 women who have worked in the comics industry since their earliest days. It includes artists, writers, publishers and editors, many performing multiple duties, and with a wide range of artistic styles, stories to tell, and other approaches to the medium. Most of its subjects are given a two-page bio that covers topics like the basic details of their lives, their often difficult relationships to the industry, their approach to their work, and their influence on contemporaries and successors. The bios generally an image or two, giving us a fuller idea of their contributions. In addition there are a handful of interviews with figures like Raina Telgemeier and Françoise Mouly, adding depth to the overall story of women in comics that the book tels. Readers would be forgiven for feeling shortchanged by its brevity, but I see it as a strength: while a deeper examination of these women would be welcome (and to that end, many bios cite Trina Robbins' Pretty in Ink for further reading), She Changed Comics is more concerned with quantity, embodying the idea that women are neither tokens nor anomalies in the comics field, even if they are a historical minority. What's more, its final "Additional Reading" section includes an incomplete list of more women in the field, raising the hopeful possibility that we'll see additional volumes in the future. She Changed Comics is a book that every comics librarian should read in order to combat the insidious idea that "comics = men"; not that we all suffer from this affliction, but we should use every tool available to dismantle this dominant false narrative. Public librarians should all add it to their shelves, and school librarian should consider it too (with the caveat that it discusses "objectionable" content like sex and violence) because it's bursting with role-models for young cartoonists of all genders. And finally, it provides a to-do list for all of us: learn more about these women, read their comics, write their stories even more thoroughly (not many have book-length biographies or comics collections out there), and help usher in the next generations of women cartoonists.

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Henderson identifies officer who shot teen robbery suspect Posted: Aug 9, 2019 / 10:49 AM PDT / Updated: Aug 9, 2019 / 10:50 AM PDT LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The Henderson Police Department identified the officer involved in Tuesday’s shooting of an unarmed teen-ager as Officer Scott Alward. Alward is on paid administrative leave after the incident. He has been with the department since July 2014. The 15-year-old was shot in the arm while running from officers after a reported robbery at a 7-Eleven in the 1400 block of North Boulder Highway, near the Warm Springs Road intersection. Henderson Police Lt. Kirk Moore said the officer saw what appeared to be a weapon in the teen’s hand, but after the shooting it was learned the teen was unarmed. The teen’s identity is not being released due to his age. The teen was transported to a hospital for treatment of his arm wound and has been taken into custody. He is facing a charge of armed robbery. The shooting is the department’s third officer-involved shooting this year. Teen shot by Henderson police officer Armed robbery leads to officer-involved shooting in Henderson

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Mediacorp to offer dedicated Toggle channel for e-sports events during 30th SEA Games Singaporeans can now cheer on Team Singapore athletes in e-sports (competitive video gaming) as Mediacorp adds a dedicated Toggle channel offering LIVE coverage of e-sports events at the 30th SEA Games. This is in addition to the three other channels available on Toggle at toggle.sg/seagames2019, providing the most comprehensive coverage of the Games for local viewers. For the first time, e-sports will be a medal event at a multi-sport competition sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee.Singapore will be sending 20 athletes to compete in all six e-sports events: Arena of Valor, DOTA 2, StarCraft II, Tekken 7, Hearthstoneand Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, taking place between 5 and 10 December 2019*. The livestream schedule, when confirmed, will be made available on toggle.sg/seagames2019. For more details on Mediacorp’s full coverage of the 30th SEA Games, please refer to the previous media release issued here.

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AirCalculator.com Flight Routes, Distance and Maps for Every Airport on Earth Map a new flight route: Browse Flight Routes Airport information and maps for Cibao International Airport: Share this airport: STI Airport Information: IATA / ICAO Codes: STI / MDST Airport Names: Cibao International Airport Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao Location: Santiago, Dominican Republic GPS Coordinates: 19°24'21"N by 70°36'16"W Area Served: Santiago de los Caballeros Operator/Owner: City of Santiago Airport Type: Public Elevation: 565 feet (172 meters) # of Runways: 1 View all routes: Routes from STI Facts about STI Map of Nearest Airports to STI List of Nearest Airports to STI Map of Furthest Airports from STI List of Furthest Airports from STI Facts about Cibao International Airport (STI): The furthest airport from Cibao International Airport (STI) is RAAF Learmonth (LEA), which is nearly antipodal to Cibao International Airport (meaning Cibao International Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from RAAF Learmonth), and is located 12,076 miles (19,435 kilometers) away in Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia. Cibao International Airport handled 1,092,229 passengers last year. Delta Air Lines operates four daily flights to New York-JFK using the Boeing 737-800 since July 2013. The airport was inaugurated on March 18, 2002 with two direct flights to San Juan operated by American Eagle. JetBlue Airways is the primary international operator, with up to seven daily flights to New York-JFK, a daily flights to New York-EWR, Boston and San Juan. The airport's owners are planning to expand the runway and the construction of the new taxiway next to the runway by the next year. The closest airport to Cibao International Airport (STI) is Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP), which is located 24 miles (39 kilometers) N of STI. Cibao International Airport (STI) currently has only 1 runway. Because of Cibao International Airport's relatively low elevation of 565 feet, planes can take off or land at Cibao International Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations. On April 1, 2013 American Airlines stopped their direct flight to New York's JFK Airport. In addition to being known as "Cibao International Airport", another name for STI is "Aeropuerto Internacional del Cibao". Map of Nearest Airports from Cibao International Airport: List of Nearest Airports from Cibao International Airport: Rank Distance & Direction Airport Name & IATA Code Airport Location Further Actions 1 24.40 miles (39.27 km) N Gregorio Luperón International Airport (POP) San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 2 35.26 miles (56.74 km) SSW Constanza Airport (COZ) Constanza, Dominican Republic 3 57.32 miles (92.24 km) E El Catey International Airport (AZS) El Catey, Samaná, Dominican Republic 4 70.37 miles (113.24 km) SE La Isabela International Airport (JBQ) La Isabela, Dominican Republic 5 76.91 miles (123.77 km) SSE Herrera International Airport (HEX) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 6 77.95 miles (125.45 km) E Arroyo Barril Airport (EPS) Samaná, Dominican Republic 7 86.61 miles (139.39 km) SSW María Montez International Airport (BRX) Barahona, Dominican Republic 8 91.08 miles (146.57 km) SE Las Américas International Airport (SDQ) Punta Caucedo (near Santo Domingo), Dominican Republic 9 105.95 miles (170.51 km) WNW Hugo Chávez International Airport (CAP) Cap-Haïtien, Haiti 10 122.68 miles (197.44 km) SW Cabo Rojo National Airport (CBJ) Pedernales, Dominican Republic 11 124.16 miles (199.82 km) WSW Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport (PAP) Port-au-Prince, Haiti 12 128.82 miles (207.32 km) ESE La Romana International Airport (LRM) La Romana, Dominican Republic 13 145.07 miles (233.47 km) NNW JAGS McCartney International Airport (GDT) Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands 14 148.81 miles (239.49 km) WSW Jacmel Airport (JAK) Jacmel, Haiti 15 157.56 miles (253.56 km) NNW South Caicos Airport (XSC) South Caicos, Turks and Caicos Islands Map of Furthest Airports from Cibao International Airport: List of Furthest Airports from Cibao International Airport: 1 12,076.16 miles (19,434.64 km) WSW RAAF Learmonth (LEA) Exmouth, Western Australia, Australia 2 12,034.16 miles (19,367.06 km) WSW Barrow Island Airport (BWB) Barrow Island, Western Australia, Australia 3 11,970.00 miles (19,263.80 km) SW Carnarvon Airport (CVQ) Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia 4 11,949.57 miles (19,230.92 km) WSW Karratha Airport (KTA) Karratha / Dampier, Western Australia, Australia 5 11,915.38 miles (19,175.90 km) SSW Shark Bay Airport (MJK) Monkey Mia, Western Australia, Australia 6 11,871.37 miles (19,105.06 km) WSW Coolawanyah Station Airport (COY) Coolawanyah Station, Western Australia, Australia 7 11,861.89 miles (19,089.81 km) WSW Solomon Airport (SLJ) Karijini National Park, Western Australia, Australia 8 11,843.91 miles (19,060.89 km) WSW Tom Price Airport (TPR) Tom Price, Western Australia, Australia 9 11,839.76 miles (19,054.20 km) WSW Paraburdoo Airport (PBO) Paraburdoo, Western Australia, Australia 10 11,833.38 miles (19,043.94 km) W Port Hedland International Airport (PHE) Port Hedland, Western Australia, Australia 11 11,786.87 miles (18,969.09 km) SSW Kalbarri Airport (KAX) Kalbarri, Western Australia, Australia 12 11,782.96 miles (18,962.78 km) WSW Coondewanna Airport (CJF) Coondewanna, Western Australia, Australia 13 11,770.54 miles (18,942.80 km) SSE Christmas Island Airport (XCH) Christmas Island, Australia 14 11,767.69 miles (18,938.21 km) WSW Barimunya Airport (BYP) Barimunya, Western Australia, Australia 15 11,712.53 miles (18,849.44 km) WSW Newman Airport (ZNE) Newman, Western Australia, Australia ©2020 AirCalculator.com. 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TTEC Holdings, Inc. Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering Stock : TTEC Holdings Inc (TTEC) Quote : 40.11 -1.23 (-2.98%) @ 9:00PM TTEC share price Chart Last Trade Last $ 41.54 ▲ 1.43 (3.57%) TTEC (NASDAQ:TTEC) 2 Months : From Nov 2019 to Jan 2020 DENVER, Dec. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- TTEC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC) ("TTEC" or the "Company") announced today the pricing of an underwritten secondary offering of 3,000,000 shares of TTEC's common stock at $36.50 per share by a selling stockholder, Kenneth D. Tuchman, Chairman and CEO of TTEC. The offering is expected to close on or about December 10, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. In connection with the offering, the selling stockholder has granted the underwriters an option, exercisable for thirty (30) days after December 5, 2019, to purchase up to 450,000 additional shares of common stock, at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts, from the selling stockholder. TTEC did not offer any shares of common stock in the offering and will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares in the offering. BofA Securities and Morgan Stanley & Co. are acting as joint book running managers for the offering. Cowen and Company, LLC, Craig-Hallum Capital Group LLC and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. are also acting as book runners, with Northland Securities, Inc. and HSBC Securities (USA), Inc. acting as co-managers. The offering of these securities is being made pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and only by means of a prospectus and prospectus supplement. Investors may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement, when available, may be obtained by contacting: BofA Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, or by email at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com; or Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10014. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. About TTEC TTEC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEC) is a leading global customer experience technology and services company focused on the design, implementation and delivery of transformative customer experience for many of the world's most iconic and disruptive brands. The Company delivers outcome-based customer engagement solutions through TTEC Digital, its digital consultancy that designs and builds human centric, tech-enabled, insight-driven customer experience solutions for clients and TTEC Engage, its delivery center of excellence, that operates customer acquisition, care, fraud prevention and detection, and content moderation services. Founded in 1982, the Company's 48,500 employees operate on six continents across the globe and live by a set of customer-focused values that guide relationships with clients, their customers, and each other. Special Note About Forward Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to our operations, expected financial, results of operation, and other business matters that are based on our current expectations, assumptions, and projections with respect to future, and are not a guarantee of performance. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements related to TTEC's current expectations regarding the performance of its business, financial results, liquidity and capital resources, the effects of competition and the effects of future legislation or regulations and other non-historical statements. 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AIBS Public Policy Report for 14 February 2005 Small increase for NSF research, but education account suffers On February 7, NSF Director Arden Bement unveiled the FY 2006 budget for the National Science Foundation. The Bush administration is requesting $5.605 billion for the agency, a $132 million or 2.4% increase over the current fiscal year. However, the total funding is essentially the same as that of FY 2004, when the agency was provided with $5.578 billion. The request puts the agency nearly $3 billion behind the benchmark set in the NSF doubling act, passed by Congress in 2002. Most of the supporters for the NSF doubling have conceded that doubling the agency's budget is an intractable goal and the timeline for such an increase will obviously need to be expanded. A significant amount of the $132 million increase for NSF comes from the transfer of $48 million from the Coast Guard to cover the operation and related expenses of ice breakers used to service the Macmurdo station in the Antarctic. Without the transfer of funding for the ice breakers, NSF's budget is actually increasing by 1.5%. Below is a brief summary of the major accounts of NSF. Increases for the disciplinary directorates ranged from 0.9% (Biological Sciences Directorate - BIO) to 3.7% for Engineering. NSF has requested a 2.2% increase for the Geological Sciences Directorate (GEO), which funds several aquatic research programs. (Note: An analysis of the BIO and GEO directorates request will appear in upcoming editions of the AIBS Public Policy Reports.) Research and Related Activities: In addition to the transfer of $48 million for the operation of the Antarctic ice breakers, RRA will increase by $65 million (1.5%) over current year funding. Bement was frank with reporters at the release of the budget in noting that the increase will not fund many new grants. This presents an obvious quandary for the agency since it has the goal of maintaining grant size and duration, while increasing proposal success rates (which have fallen from 30% to 21% since the Bush administration took office). When asked how the agency plans on raising success rates without a substantial increase in funding, Bement responded that the agency will issue fewer solicitations. Education and Human Resources: EHR will continue to decline in funding. The administration has proposed a decrease of 12.4% or $104 million for education and human resources. Bement noted that NSF is "leveraging resources by focusing investments on successful programs and developing closer links with research programs." Meanwhile, most science policy analysts see the cuts to EHR as NSF's only choice if they hope to maintain the current funding for research in the agency. Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction: The agency requested the largest increase for the MRE account: 43.9% or $76 million over current funding for a total of $250 million. While the increase seems significant, it is not much higher than the $213 million NSF requested last year for this account. The MRE account was slashed by 18% to $174 million during the congressional budget process last year, hence the seemingly disproportionate increase to the MRE account. This year, NSF is requesting funds for five projects: Atacama Large Millimeter Array ($49.2 million), EarthScope ($50.6 million), IceCube Neutrino Detector ($50.5 million), Scientific Ocean Drilling Vessel ($57.9 million) and Rare Symmetry Violating Processess ($41.8 million). NSF did not request construction funds for the National Ecological Observatory Network this year since the planning process is still underway (see www.neoninc.org for more information). Between a mineral and a hard spot: a look at the USGS budget On 7 February 2005, Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton announced that the President has requested $10.763 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2006 funding for Department of the Interior programs and operations. The request is $101 million below the FY 2005 enacted budget, and $117 million below the FY 2004 funding level. Included in the DOI budget is a request for $933,515,000 for the United States Geological Survey (USGS), $1.9 million below the FY 05 funding level and nearly $4.5 million below the FY 04 funding level. The FY 06 request remains well below the $1.0 billion advocated by the USGS Coalition. However, the budget shows some signs of life. Unlike recent years, the FY 06 budget would fund fixed or uncontrollable costs, such as salaries and office space rental costs. In previous years these expenses have not been fully budgeted, forcing program managers to reprogram funds that could have been used to support core science functions. With respect to the biological sciences, the President's budget would provide a $1.2 million increase to Biological Research and Monitoring activities and a $150,000 boost to Biological Information Management and Delivery, but would trim $142,000 from the Cooperative Research Units. All told, biological research activities would be funded at $172,925,000 in FY 06, an increase of $1.2 million over FY 05 but roughly $1.1 million below the FY 04 funding level. Within the Biological Research and Monitoring account, the budget proposes to increase funding for ecological systems mapping (up $250,000), for the Great Lakes Deepwater Fisheries Program (up $252,000), increased support ($750,000) for the Science on Interior's Landscape Initiative, to support biological and geological research for better decision making in the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (up $750,000), and to support the development of innovative control methodologies for invasive plants (up $300,000). Just over $4.0 million would be cut from the BRM account by eliminating unrequested Congressional earmarks. These cuts include research on Mark Twain National Forest, pallid sturgeon, diamondback terrapins, the grizzly bear population in Montana, the ground-water supply at Leetown Science Center, fishery genetics research in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, manatees, the Delaware River Basin, and a portion of a general program increase. The administration has also proposed general funding cuts that would be used to fund other work. Included in this category is a $420,000 savings from improved management of the USGS vehicle fleet and reduced travel and transportation costs. Just over $828,000 would be added to the account to create a single consolidated budget line item for Science on the DOI Landscape. With respect to the Cooperative Research Units, the budget proposes to save $395,000 by eliminating the Nebraska Cooperative Research Unit. The budget request includes a $12 million increase to the Landsat 7 budget. The increase would enable the earth-imaging satellite program to continue to provide critical information to scientists, emergency relief officials, land managers and planners. Half of the proposed increase would be used to ensure the continued operation of Landsat 7, while the other half would replenish funds from activities deferred as a result of a proposed reprogramming for 2005 Landsat 7 operations. The 2006 budget also requests $7.5 million so that USGS can begin work on an upgraded ground-processing system to acquire, process, archive and distribute data from a new generation of satellite-based land image sensors. This Landsat Data Continuity Mission is expected to begin operations in 2009. According to USGS Director, Charles Groat, "This increase will enable the USGS to not only continue current Landsat 7 operations but also provide long-term monitoring information that is critical for maintaining the health and safety of our communities, our economy and our environment." Landsat is the longest running civilian program providing vital images of Earth's land surfaces from space. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972 and the program took a giant leap forward technologically with the launch of Landsat 7 in 1999. Landsat satellites instruments have acquired more than 1.7 million moderate-resolution images of Earth's surface, providing a unique resource for scientists who study agriculture, forestry, mapping, and global change. Although the budget request is better than recent years when administrations requested tens of millions less than the prior year appropriation, the budget does include several troubling provisions. Notably, the USGS funding plan would slash the USGS minerals program in half by cutting nearly $28.5 million. If enacted, the cuts would require the USGS to discontinue or reduce 38 "lower priority" projects related to basic geologic, geochemical, geophysical, and mineral deposit data for the nation. Also on the chopping block are the Survey's global mineral resource assessments of critical mineral commodities, research on aggregates and industrial minerals, research on inorganic toxins, and the Mineral Resources External Research Grant program. The proposed cut would also likely result in the elimination of roughly 200 federal science positions affiliated with the minerals program. Another perennial target for administration budget cuts are the programs authorized by the Water Resources Research Act. The FY 06 budget proposal would transfer the $6.4 million currently spent on these efforts to other areas in the USGS budget. If enacted, these cuts would eliminate 54 State Water Resources Research Institutes. Senate committee criticizes EPA budget cuts On February 9, 2005, two days after the President's budget was released, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works convened to consider the proposed fiscal year 2006 (FY 06) budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EPA Acting Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, appeared before the committee to defend the budget proposal. In the President's FY 06 request, the EPA budget falls 6 percent from FY 2005 levels to $7.6 billion. The spending plan includes major cuts to clean water programs, the Superfund toxic waste cleanup program, and the remedial Leaking Underground Storage Tanks program. The EPA Research and Development budget is down by 0.5 percent to $569 million with the elimination of select earmarks. EPA R&D programs focused on global change, particulate matter, and drinking water quality would receive small increases. In general, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works was concerned with the proposed 42 percent funding cut slated for clean water programs. Committee Chairman Inhofe (R-OK) stated that he "like many of my colleagues on the Committee, continue to be troubled by the Administration's history of cuts to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, the primary federal clean water mechanism." Because of the bi-partisan support for clean water, many in Washington expect Congress to restore funding for the clean water programs. During the questioning of EPA Administrator Johnson, Senator Inhofe pointed this out and criticized the Agency for cutting programs they knew Congress would reinstate, "I would prefer if the Agency would go back and make responsible cuts that you know are serious cuts because most of the current cuts will be reinstated by Congress." The $100 million dollar decrease in the Superfund is also expected to be remedied by Congress. The proposed $452 million slash to the EPA budget caused many Senators to question the Administration's priorities. Senator Clinton (D-NY) noted that "though budgets are only full of numbers and percentages, embedded in it are the Administration's values and priorities." Most of the Democrats questioned President Bush's commitment to the environment and public health during the hearing. NIH issues open access publishing policy On February 3, 2005, the National Institutes of Health released its long-awaited and final rule concerning publication of NIH sponsored research results. Not surprising given the controversy surrounding the NIH rule making process, the final policy drew criticism from supporters and critics of open/free access publishing. Effective May 2nd, the new policy requests that as soon as possible after publication, NIH-funded scientists on a voluntary basis deposit electronic copies of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts with the agency's PubMed Central database. Authors are given the flexibility to specify when their manuscripts would be released publicly, ranging from immediately to 12 months after publication. The policy also requires that individual scientists resolve any copyright disputes with journal publishers. In a recent public statement, representatives of seven scientific societies that combined publish nearly 30 nonprofit research journals described the new NIH policy as a waste of federal research dollars. These professional society representatives further noted that the public would be better served if NIH developed an improved search engine to index existing journal sites. Such an improvement would thus avoid the confusion likely to result from publishing two different versions of the same article, an unedited version on PubMed Central and the final edited journal version. The group went on to say that the new rule will not, as intended, provide the public better access to science and will place an unreasonable burden on researchers by requiring them to pursue a duplicative submission process. Supporters of open access accused NIH of retreating from its earlier draft version of the proposed rule which required public access within six months. To read the policy in its entirety, go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-022.html House Appropriations Committee makes major changes: science programs shuffled An early emphasis in the 109th Congress has been the reorganization of some powerful committees that have a strong say in how science will be conducted and funded. Last week, the new House Appropriations Committee chairman, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R-CA), announced a major reorganization of his committee, which is responsible for federal spending legislation. The House Appropriations Committee will now consist of ten subcommittees, down from 13. According to Chairman Lewis, the change will "allow us [the committee] to spend less time on the floor [of the House] and in committee and more time doing oversight over the expenditure of taxpayer funds. These changes will make it a little easier to get our work done on time and under budget." However, some in Washington question whether this will be the case given that the Senate Appropriations Committee has elected to retain its current structure with 13 subcommittees. While the new House committee structure may make it easier for the House to pass its version of spending bills, legislation may ultimately become bogged down in House and Senate conference committees because of differing subcommittee jurisdictions in the two chambers. The greatest impact of the proposal falls on the two subcommittees that Chairman Lewis formerly chaired: VA/HUD and Defense. "My decade of experience with the programs funded by these two subcommittees provided the insight to make some common-sense changes that will improve our stewardship of discretionary spending," said Chairman Lewis. Appropriations Committee ranking Democrat, David Obey (D-WI) expressed skepticism about the motives underlying the reorganization. Rep. Obey argues that the plan that the House Republican leadership put forth "is not aimed at improving efficiency." According to Rep. Obey the plan is "simply payback. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is retaliating for cuts that the Republican-controlled VA-HUD appropriations subcommittee made to the NASA budget request." In a statement, Rep. Obey further noted that "During final negotiations on the spending bill, DeLay forced the Committee to add an additional $1.1 billion to the House mark for NASA. However, easing DeLay's local political concerns required across the board cuts to critical domestic priorities like education (-$456 million), veterans' health care (-$225 million), and basic scientific research (-$61 million)." The new subcommittees and their chairman are: -Agriculture, Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX) -Defense, Rep. C.W. Bill Young (R-FL) -Energy and Water, Rep. David Hobson (R-OH) -Foreign Operations, Rep. Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) -Homeland Security, Rep. Harold Rogers (R-KY) -Interior and Environment, Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC) -Labor, Health and Human Services and Education, Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH) -Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs, Rep. James Walsh (R-NY) -Science, State, Justice and Commerce, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) -Transportation, Treasury and Housing, Rep. Joe Knollenberg (R-MI) Committee Democrats are expected to select their leadership later this week. The Energy and Water subcommittee will absorb all Department of Energy programs from the Interior subcommittee. The new Interior and Environment subcommittee will absorb several programs previously housed by the VA/HUD subcommittee, including Environmental Protection Agency, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Council on Environmental Quality, Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and the White House Commission on the National Moment of Remembrance. Among the programs transferred from the Defense subcommittee to the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs subcommittee are the environmental programs administered by the Department of Defense. The Science, State, Justice and Commerce subcommittee will now be responsible for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, and the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Science Committee elects leadership The House Science Committee has announced its subcommittee leadership for the 109th Congress. Representative Vernon J. Ehlers (R-MI) has retained his post as chairman of the Environment, Technology, and Standards subcommittee, and Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) retained her post as chairwoman of the Energy subcommittee. Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA) will assume the chairmanship of the Space and Aeronautics subcommittee, replacing former chairman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA). Rep. Rohrabacher was ineligible to retain his chairmanship due to Republican rules limiting the time a member may chair a committee. Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC), who previously served in Congress from 1993-1998, was elected to head the Research subcommittee. New Republican members joining the Science Committee include Rep. Inglis (R-SC), Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA), Rep. Mike Sodrel (R-IN), Rep. Joe Schwarz (R-MI), and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX). Across the aisle, Science Committee ranking member, Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced committee Democrat leadership on February 9, 2005. Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) will serve as the ranking member on the Energy subcommittee and Rep. David Wu (D-OR) will lead the Democrats on the Environment, Technology and Standards subcommittee. Fellow Oregonian, Rep. Darlene Hooley will serve as the ranking member of the Research subcommittee, and Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO) will be the senior Democrat on the Space and Aeronautics subcommittee. AIBS Board Member elected VP of NAS The members of the National Academies of Science (NAS) have elected Ralph J. Cicerone, chancellor of the University of California at Irvine, as the organizations 21st president. Cicerone replaces Bruce Alberts on July 1 and will serve a six-year term. The members of the Academy have also elected AIBS Board Member, Barbara Schaal of Washington University in St. Louis, MO, to a four-year term as Vice President of the NAS. Cicerone studied atmospheric chemistry as an undergraduate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before pursuing graduate studies in electrical engineering and physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Cicerone has worked as a research scientist at the University of Michigan, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. From 1994-98, Cicerone was dean of physical sciences at the University of California at Irvine, where he was appointed chancellor in 1998. Cicerone's work has informed climate change and pollution policy. Barbara A. Schaal, Spencer T. Olin professor of biology at Washington University, will also assume her post as Vice President on July 1, 2005. Schaal, earned a BS in biology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and an MPhil and PhD in biology from Yale University. In addition to her service on the AIBS Board of Directors, Schaal has held many posts in service to science; including, president of the Botanical Society of America, president of the Society for the Study of Evolution, service on the Scientific Advisory Council, Center for Plant Conservation, associate editor of the American Journal of Botany, chair of the National Research Council's Standing Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology, Health and the Environment, and a member of the NRC Board on Life Sciences. Schaal's current research focuses on the evolutionary genetics of plants, often in collaboration with staff and students of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Research in her laboratory includes molecular evolution of genetics, systematics, and quantitative genetics. New federal resources to identify false academic credentials Recent media exposes have shown how individuals have been able to obtain fraudulent academic credentials. One report showed how some senior members of the federal government were able to obtain promotions based on these credentials. In response to the problem these investigations have illuminated, the federal government has developed resources that can help potential employers identify questionable academic credentials. Individuals may also use these materials to ensure they do not become the victims to a growing number of scam artists offering worthless academic degrees and certificates. For its part, the United States Department of Education has announced an effort to combat the growth of "diploma mills". The department now maintains a master list of accredited colleges, universities, and career and trade schools (http://www.ope.ed.gov/accreditation/). Diploma mills operate outside the purview of the accreditation process and the agency's oversight of federal student aid programs. Consequently, they threaten to devalue the genuine education credentials of millions of U.S. students. Of note, however, some institutions have elected not to participate in the federal student aid program and thus are not required to be accredited by a recognized accreditation agency. These institutions do not appear on the Department's list. The Federal Trade Commission has also recently released a new publication targeted at hiring managers and human resources professionals. "Avoid Fake-Degree Burns by Researching Academic Credentials" is available online at http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/diplomills.htm). New in BioScience: "White House Responds to Ocean Commission Reports" The February 2005 Washington Watch column in the journal BioScience discusses recent developments in United States ocean research policy. "As required by the Oceans Act of 2000, President Bush has formally responded to the final report of the US Commission on Ocean Policy. On 17 December 2004, the White House released the "U.S. Ocean Action Plan," a 40-page document summarizing the administration's immediate and long-term plans for addressing the recommendations of the commission." Continue reading this article for free at: http://www.aibs.org/washington-watch/washington_watch_2005_02.html

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New Law Forgives Some Student Loan Debt for Non-Profit Workers Despite the growing partisanship in Washington, DC, Congress and the President have worked together to make changes in various federal grant and loan programs to increase higher education opportunities for more individuals. Signed into law (PL 110-84) on 27 September, HR 2669 (The Higher Education Access Act of 2007) includes a provision establishing a direct loan forgiveness program under which “borrowers who, after October 1, 2007, have made 120 payments under income-based or standard repayment plans while employed in certain public service jobs may have 1/10th of their outstanding loan forgiven for each year during which they earned $65,000 or less.” As defined in the law, eligible “public service” employment is: “(i) a full-time job in emergency management, government, military service, public safety, law enforcement, public health, public education (including early childhood education), social work in a public child or family service agency, public interest law services (including prosecution or public defense or legal advocacy in low-income communities at a nonprofit organization), public child care, public service for individuals with disabilities, public service for the elderly, public library sciences, school-based library sciences and other school-based services, or at an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; or (ii) teaching as a full-time faculty member at a Tribal College or University as defined in section 316(b) and other faculty teaching in high-needs areas, as determined by the Secretary.” Of note, the law also reauthorizes and makes some adjustments to the various other federal student loan programs, including student eligibility, loan terms and conditions, among other matters. California’s Representative George Miller was the lead sponsor of the HR 2669. As reported in the Chronicle of Higher Education, inclusion of the non-profit workforce provision resulted from the efforts of the Nonprofit Sector Workforce Coalition, which worked to make sure the provision made it into the final version of the legislation.

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In line with increased regulatory activity, our monthly Tracker newsletter has become a much longer publication over recent years. We are conscious that this might result in Tracker becoming unwieldy and deviating from its purpose as a short synopsis of key developments, and as a result we have made some changes. Tracker will now cover only key Irish and European (non-jurisdiction specific) developments. CBI industry letter - annuity sales On 19 January 2016, the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) published an industry-wide letter on the findings of its recent themed inspection of pension annuity sales. The CBI identifies a need for improvements in assessing suitability, and states that the open market option (the consumer's ability to seek comparison quotes from other firms) was not always clearly explained in product literature. The CBI also identified inconsistencies in the adequacy of detail provided by firms in customer communications geared at facilitating informed decisions. The Certain effective practices are recommended by the CBI in this respect, e.g. use of a vulnerable customer checklist, and 'wake up' communications giving advance notice of post-retirement options and quotation comparisons. CBI guidance on Solvency II F&P requirements for (re)insurers On 27 January 2016, the CBI issued guidance on how (re)insurers are to comply with the requirement to (a) notify the CBI of any person in situ in new pre-approval controlled function PCF48 (Head of Actuarial Function) on 31 December 2015 and (b) confirm to the CBI that the required due diligence has been undertaken in that respect. The aforementioned notification and confirmation must be provided by 31 May 2016. This guidance follows and supplements guidance issued by the CBI late last month to assist (re)insurers in complying with their fitness and probity obligations under the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015. Third set of Solvency II Implementing Regulations published On 31 December 2015, a third set of European Commission Implementing Regulations (setting out implementing technical standards required under Solvency II) were published in the Official Journal of the EU. The Regulations relate to (a) templates for the submission of information to the supervisors (2015/2450), (b) the templates and structure of the disclosure of specific information by supervisors (2015/2451) and (c) the procedures, formats and templates of the solvency and financial condition report (2015/2452). EIOPA publishes updated Solvency II technical information On 8 January 2016, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published its monthly update on technical information on the Solvency II relevant risk-free interest rate (RFR) term structures to be applied by (re)insurers in the calculation of their technical provisions (by reference to the end of December 2015). A press release published in December noted the publication of updated coding used to produce the RFR term structures. EIOPA has also published its technical information on symmetric adjustment of the equity capital charge (by reference to the end of December 2015). Errors in November 2015 consultation paper on KIDs for PRIIPs On 5 January 2016, the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities corrected errors in its November 2015 consultation paper on key information documents (KIDs) for packaged retail and insurance-based investment products (PRIIPs). The corrections are to formulae in Annex II of the consultation (relating to market risk measure). Insurance Europe calls for extension of timing for PRIIPs KIDs On 12 January 2016, Insurance Europe published a position paper calling for the implementation timeframe for the Regulation on KIDs for PRIIPs to be extended. Insurance Europe noted that (a) there will only be three/four months between publication of the final KID rules and implementation of the PRIIPs Regulation and (b) the final stage of defining technical specifications, programming, testing and launching by the industry can only begin once there is certainty regarding the KID. Insurance Europe advocates a one year extension of the PRIIPs Regulation application date. EIOPA Board Management minutes published On 10 January 2016, EIOPA's Management Board published the final minutes of its meetings held on 15 September and 19 November 2015. Points of note include that the Board agreed (a) on the usefulness of a proposed project using data and analytics to enhance information available to supervisors to conduct their supervisory tasks and (b) upon a draft roadmap for the EIOPA 2016 stress test. EIOPA opinion on group solvency calculation On 26 January 2016, EIOPA published an opinion on the application of a combination of methods (i.e. those under Articles 320 and 233 of the Solvency II Directive) to the group solvency calculation. Key points highlighted include that, where a combination of methods is proposed, (a) the group supervisor needs to consider the criteria specified in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU/2015/35) and (b) there may be unintended consequences of using a combination of calculation methods in certain circumstances. EIOPA's strategy on conduct of business supervision On 11 January 2016, EIOPA published a paper setting out its strategy for developing a comprehensive framework for conduct of business supervision. Notably, EIOPA highlighted that its approach would involve 'smart regulation' (i.e. risk-based and preventative; focusing on outcomes rather than legalistic box-ticking). The strategy paper sets out the tools needed to implement this framework including (a) consumer trend reports, (b) effective market monitoring, (c) thematic reviews and (d) retail risk indicators. EIOPA launches new Solvency II webpage On 4 January 2016, EIOPA issued a press release on its launch of a new section of its website titled 'Solvency II – going live'. This aims to explain the benefits of the new regime to the public. In the press release, EIOPA states that the new regime will enable the sector to withstand unforeseen shocks, protect consumers through good governance and risk management and enable supervisors to react in a timely manner (assisted by harmonised reporting and disclosure rules). EIOPA IDD online survey EIOPA recently conducted an online survey in relation to the Insurance Distribution Directive (IDD). The IDD (expected to be published in the Official Journal shortly) empowers the European Commission to adopt delegated acts to specify requirements in areas including (a) conflicts of interest and (b) suitability assessments. EIOPA anticipates that the Commission will request it to provide technical advice in this regard. In preparation for this, EIOPA is asking market participants and stakeholders to complete the online survey. Insurance Europe position paper - covered bonds On 6 January 2016, Insurance Europe published a position paper concerning the European Commission's consultation on development of a pan-European framework for covered bonds. Insurance Europe agrees that a more integrated market for such bonds could result in advantages. However, it also highlights a number of challenges to be addressed. These include that, while existing regulation should not be reduced, uncertainty over the future of the market could discourage insurers from their significant investment role in such markets. Insurance Europe responds to IAIS consultation on G-SII identification On 25 January 2016, Insurance Europe published its response to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) consultation on the methodology for identifying global systemically important insurers (G-SIIs). This acknowledges that the proposed methodology has been improved. However, amongst other matters, Insurance Europe comments that the current and proposed methodologies do not adequately distinguish between (a) institution-specific risks and sector/financial system-wide risks and (b) insurers exposed to systemic risk and those creating systemic risk. Insurance Europe response to FSB consultation on G-SIIs On 4 January 2016, Insurance Europe published its response to the Financial Stability Board (FSB) consultation on proposed guidance for supervisors concerning effective resolution strategies and plans for G-SIIs. This welcomes the FSB's flexible approach to resolution strategies/triggers and its preference for portfolio transfers as a resolution mechanism. However, it called for further clarity in relation to 'critical functions' provided by insurers and (amongst other matters) stressed the importance of recognising the difference between (a) designation of an insurer as a G-SII and (b) identification of that insurer's functions as critical. EIOPA publishes peer review on governance of colleges On 8 January 2016, EIOPA published a report on the practices of national supervisors when engaging in supervisory colleges (with a view to evaluating this in the context of its increased importance under Solvency II). Practices for the reference period September 2012 to September 2013 were examined. Key findings included that each supervisor should develop an overall policy for its college work. A number of recommendations were also made for supervisors in areas such as governance, information flow and group risk assessment. Non-traditional non-insurance activities/products – Insurance Europe comments On 25 January 2016, Insurance Europe published its response to the IAIS' consultation on defining non-traditional, non-insurance activities and products. Insurance Europe identified a number of issues with the proposals. Amongst other matters, Insurance Europe disagrees with the IAIS' proposed approach to derivatives (pointing out that the IAIS should recognise that systemic risk concerns associated with derivatives have already been addressed by reforms launched by the G-20 in 2009). Insurance Europe - internal models deliver significant benefits On 28 January 2016, the Reinsurance Advisory Board of Insurance Europe released a report titled 'Internal models: a reinsurance perspective'. The report notes that, as differing risk measurement approaches are needed depending on the size/nature/complexity of a (re)insurer's risk, prescriptive approaches/formulae are generally unsuitable for large reinsurers. As a result, Insurance Europe points out, internal models (which can measure risk factors more appropriately) remain the most accurate measure of risk for reinsurers. European Insurance CFO Forum letter on IFRS effective dates On 20 January 2016, the European Insurance CFO Forum published a letter (issued jointly by it and Insurance Europe) to the IFRS Foundation. This expresses concern regarding misalignment of proposed effective dates for IFRS 9 and IFRS 4 Phase 2. According to the letter, issues faced by insurers as a result include accounting mismatches and an effective dual application of IFRS 9 (causing significant cost and confusion). The CFO Forum called for deferral of IFRS 9 to be available to all insurers. Insurance Europe response to re-launch of CCCTB On 6 January 2016, Insurance Europe published its response to the European Commission's consultation on the Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB). Insurance Europe is opposed to an obligatory CCCTB (but believes that companies should be allowed to opt in). Insurance Europe agrees that the European Commission should implement rules consistent with the base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) recommendations of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in order to combat international tax avoidance. However, it stressed that the outcome of the OECD BEPS project should be implemented consistently with non-EU jurisdictions. Insurance Europe is also in favour of a 'one-stop-shop' approach which would allow companies to file a single tax return for all their EU activity.

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OPDC gives nod to more homes on Scrubs Lane Following on from last month’s approval by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) for new residential development at North Kensington Gate, the Corporation has now signed off on 164 more new homes designed by Allies and Morrison for Aurora Developments. Offering a combination of market and affordable units, the building has been designed to create a varied street scene, with the building broken into three distinctive blocks which range in heights between six and eight storeys and a tall building rising to 22 storeys. At ground level commercial and retail spaces provide continuous active frontages bringing new life to the street. The site is located on the eastern side of Scrubs Lane and the building incorporates several elements that respond to its unique heritage in a contemporary way. The use of a white precast stone frame brings together the group of proposed buildings, reflects the materiality of the Canadian War Memorial and the Anglican Chapel both of which are made of Portland Stone. Bespoke folded aluminium panels with a variety of bronze colour shades reference the industrial legacy of the site. It will join the North Kensington Gate South building by adding to an emerging urban fabric on Scrubs Lane. Together, the developments on both sites will mark the eastern gateway entrance into the centre of the revitalised Old Oak masterplan – one of London’s largest areas of regeneration where it is expected that 24,000 new homes will be built over the next twenty years. Project Partner Miles Leigh said “This project is at the vanguard of new residential development in the Old Oak Opportunity Area and sets the standard for design and quality”. The buildings are anticipated to go on site later this year.

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Esmerian's Retreat August 10, 2010 by Marion Maneker Katya Kazakina talks to Ralph Esmerian, the American Folk Art Museum’s former benefactor who has fallen on hard times, to find the root cause of the museum’s distressed circumstances. She fingers the six figure salary of the museum’s head and large legal bills paid to the museum’s law firm: “We’re not on the verge of closing,” Maria Ann Conelli, the museum’s executive director, said in an e-mail. Museum board members have offered $375,000 in challenge grants, she said, and the rest of the board “is actively fundraising” to meet them. […] “It’s just a rotten situation,” said Ralph O. Esmerian, 70, the museum’s chairman emeritus. “You try to be active and unfortunately you fall flat on your face.” […] He said he hasn’t given any financial support to the museum “for several years.”Continue Reading Am Folk Art Museum Struggles Under Debt Load August 8, 2010 by Marion Maneker Kate Taylor reveals the troubled finances of the American Folk Art Museum. The museum on 52nd St. in Manhattan borrowed during the boom and is unable to meet its obligations under a New York program that acts as a conduit through which cultural institutions can borrow. All bondholders have been paid on time. But for months the museum has been unable to make payments into a debt service fund as required under its agreement with New York City’s Trust for Cultural Resources, the public benefit corporation that issued the tax-exempt bonds for the project. The next payment to bondholders, in January, is to be covered by the bond insurer, ACA Financial Guaranty. […] The museum’s director, Maria Ann Conelli, said that, with layoffs and other measures, the museum had cut its budget to $7 million for the 2011 fiscal year, down from $8.5 million in 2010 and $10.3 million in 2009.Continue Reading

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Couples That Split Childcare Duties Have Higher Quality Relationships and Sex Lives Heterosexual couples that split childcare duties have higher quality relationships and sex lives than those who don't, according to new research that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). Majority of Young Women and Men Prefer Egalitarian Relationships, Study Shows The majority of young women and men today would prefer an egalitarian relationship in which work and family responsibilities are shared equally between partners if that possibility were available to them, according to a new study from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of California-Santa Barbara. People More Likely to Cheat as They Become More Economically Dependent on Their Spouses Both men and women are more likely to cheat on their spouses the more economically dependent they are on them, according to a new study. "You would think that people would not want to 'bite the hand that feeds them' so to speak, but that is not what my research shows," said study author Christin L. Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut. "Instead, the findings indicate people like feeling relatively equal in their relationships. People don't like to feel dependent on another person." People in Their 60s Uniquely Benefit From Giving Advice Despite Fewer Chances to Offer it A new study reveals that individuals in their 60s who give advice to a broad range of people tend to see their lives as especially meaningful. At the same time, this happens to be the age when opportunities for dispensing advice become increasingly scarce. Women More Likely Than Men to Initiate Divorces, But Not Non-Marital Breakups Women are more likely than men to initiate divorces, but women and men are just as likely to end non-marital relationships, according to a new study that will be presented at the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). (-) Remove Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology filter Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology (-) Remove Addiction filter Addiction

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Children’s Cognitive Performance and Selective Attention Following Recent Community Violence Research has shown robust relationships between community violence and psychopathology, yet relatively little is known about the ways in which community violence may affect cognitive performance and attention. The present study estimates the effects of police-reported community violence on 359 urban children’s performance on a computerized neuropsychological task using a quasi-experimental fixed-effects design. Different Contexts, Different Effects?: Work Time and Mental Health in the United States and Germany We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (13,186 respondents in 30 states) to develop a unique state-level measure of the gendered context in order to examine the influence of gender normative attitudes and behaviors on state rates of suicidal ideation and individual-level suicidal ideation for female and male youth (ages 13 to 22). The findings demonstrate the negative consequences for youth, especially females who report feminine-typical traits, who live in contexts defined by restrictive gender norms at both the ecological and individual levels. Gendered Contexts: Variation in Suicidal Ideation by Female and Male Youth across U.S. States Racial Identity and Well-Being among African Americans How racial identity influences self-esteem and psychological well-being among African Americans remains unresolved due to unexplained inconsistencies in theoretical predictions and empirical findings. Using data from the National Survey of American Life (N = 3,570), we tested hypotheses derived from social identity theory and the internalized racism perspective. Findings support social identity theory in showing that African Americans strongly identify with their group and view it very positively. Study Investigates Why Blacks Have Higher Risk of Cognitive Impairment Social and economic disadvantages play a significant role in why blacks face a much higher risk than whites of developing cognitive impairment later in life, indicates a national study led by a Michigan State University (MSU) sociologist. Study Finds Evidence of Racial and Class Discrimination Among Psychotherapists A new study suggests that psychotherapists discriminate against prospective patients who are black or working class. "Although I expected to find racial and class-based disparities, the magnitude of the discrimination working-class therapy seekers faced exceeded my grimmest expectations," said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University and the author of the study. "Sorry, Im Not Accepting New Patients": An Audit Study of Access to Mental Health Care Through a phone-based field experiment, I investigated the effect of mental help seekers’ race, class, and gender on the accessibility of psychotherapists. Three hundred and twenty psychotherapists each received voicemail messages from one black middle-class and one white middle-class help seeker, or from one black working-class and one white working-class help seeker, requesting an appointment. The results revealed an otherwise invisible form of discrimination. Middle-class help seekers had appointment offer rates almost three times higher than their working-class counterparts. Sociologists Available to Discuss Orlando Nightclub Massacre The American Sociological Association (ASA) has sociologists available to discuss the Orlando nightclub massacre from a variety of perspectives. Gaps in White, Black, and Hispanic Violence Despite significant public, political, and media attention to the issue of criminal violence in the United States, we know surprisingly little about the trends in violent crime for different racial/ethnic groups in recent decades. For example, what are the disparities in homicide between whites, African Americans, and Hispanics? Have these disparities changed over the past 20 years? If so, why? This lack of knowledge is largely due to data limitations, as ethnic identifiers are rarely collected in many official crime statistics. (-) Remove Criminal Justice filter Criminal Justice (-) Remove Violence in Society filter Violence in Society

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From Joker to Sopranos prequel, here's why filmmaking is booming in New Jersey Tax incentives are bringing the movie and television industries back to New Jersey From Joker to Sopranos prequel, here's why filmmaking is booming in New Jersey Tax incentives are bringing the movie and television industries back to New Jersey Check out this story on app.com: https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/06/27/joker-sopranos-nj-film-tv-tax-credits/1444206001/ Alex Biese, Asbury Park Press Published 5:00 a.m. ET June 27, 2019 | Updated 11:13 p.m. ET June 28, 2019 Nearly a year after lawmakers in Trenton approved tax credits to draw movie and television production back to New Jersey, revenue from the industry is expected to more than double, and could mean hundreds of millions of dollars for New Jersey businesses, advocates say. "We’re going to see a tremendous jump in revenue," said Steven Gorelick, executive director of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission. "It’s impossible to say exactly (how much) because we’re in uncharted territory." Credits were approved by the New Jersey Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy in July 2018. It was a reversal from nearly a decade before, when Gov. Chris Christie suspended them, and later let them expire, in an effort to curb the budget. “We had plenty of work in New Jersey, and then it just all went away at once,” recalled Lou Porzio, an Old Bridge-based carpenter of 30 years who had worked on the Asbury Park sets of "The Sopranos" and "City by the Sea" (2002), as well as the Bayonne-shot HBO series "Oz" (1997) and Steven Spielberg's Howell work on "War of the Worlds" (2005). Are you all about arts and entertainment? Then make sure you don't miss a single story by our features reporter Alex Biese. Subscribe to the Asbury Park Press today for unlimited digital access. Learn more and consider buying a digital subscription. "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" films in Paterson,... Despite temperatures in the 80's, the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" made it look like there was snow on the ground when they filmed on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com People in Paterson are shown in front of a movie set backdrop as the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" filmed on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. The film crew made the area look like a scene from the 1960's. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com A scene from the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" is shown on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. in Paterson. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com A man on Market St. peaks out of a second story window in Paterson. The "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" filmed on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. in Paterson. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com Fake snow blows past people on Market St. as the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" is is filmed in Paterson. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com A scene from the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" is filmed on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. in Paterson. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com Antique cars could be seen on Market St. in Paterson as the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" is filmed. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com People believed to be involved with the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" are shown on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com Pedestrians took to their cell phones as the "Sopranos" movie prequel, "The Many Saints of Newark" filmed on Market St. between Cianci and Mill St. Monday, May 20, 2019 Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com But in just one year, production is back — although some longtime industry workers say that has not translated into more local jobs yet. Still, movies such as "Joker," from the Batman series, and "The Many Saints of Newark," the 1960s-set prequel to the iconic HBO mob series "The Sopranos," have already been shot in the state. This summer, Spielberg is set to shoot his adaptation of "West Side Story" starring Rachel Zegler of Clifton in Paterson. City officials have said there were 23 productions filmed in Paterson in 2018, and the city is only getting busier. By late May, according to Gorelick, there were three projects shooting in Paterson on the same day. HBO has filmed its 2020 miniseries "The Plot Against America," based on the novel by Newark native author Philip Roth, in locations across North Jersey, including Paterson, Newark and Jersey City. Before the tax credits took effect, the film and television production industry brought $67 million in revenue to the state in 2017, according to Gorelick, through independent films, commercials and reality television. He said he expects more than double that number for 2018, which is still being calculated, and even higher for 2019. “The impact has been immediate," said Michael Uslan, producer of the "Batman" film franchise and chairman of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission, last year. And New Jersey is not alone. The financial impact of film production has long been seen across the country, including in neighboring New York, and in Georgia, which is one of the busiest production states in the country. (Get an early glimpse at "Joker," starring Joaquin Phoenix, in the film's trailer at the top of this story.) How tax credits work Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act last July. The law provides up to $75 million in tax credits for film production and up to $10 million for digital media per year over five years. The Office of Legislative Services has said the credits could cost the state up to $425 million in direct revenue. The state's film and digital media tax credit program provides a 30 percent tax credit on qualified film production expenses, with bonus credits also potentially available if the production meets diversity standards. Eligible films must spend at least 60 percent of their total budget through vendors authorized to do business in New Jersey, or spend more than $1 million in qualified expenses in New Jersey. The tax incentives' effect was immediate. By September, NBC had turned the former Izod Center sports and concert arena in East Rutherford, shuttered in 2015, into a studio for its series "The Enemy Within." “The fact that NBC has now taken over the old Izod Center and is making television productions there and turning it into an asset that’s generating dollars and jobs for New Jersey is amazing," said Uslan. "We are inundated at the Film Commission with requests for studios, networks, production companies, cable companies, everyone that is looking to work in New Jersey again." Behind the scenes of "Joker" movie filmed in Newark Scene setups from "Joker" movie being filmed in Newark. courtesy of Brian Hagen Chris Christie vs. 'Jersey Shore' This flurry of production activity represents a seismic shift from how things were across the state just a few years ago. Former Gov. Chris Christie suspended the state's film and television production tax credit program in 2010, citing budgetary reasons, and worked to block the 2009 credit for the hit MTV reality show "Jersey Shore." Christie let the program expire in 2015. James Gandolfini, center, and Tony Sirico, left, prepare to film a scene for "The Sopranos" while on the boardwalk in Asbury Park on Dec. 12, 2000. (Photo: FILE PHOTO) After Christie moved against the former tax program, "everybody pulled out of New Jersey," said Porzio, the carpenter. Porzio said the current program appears to be off to "a slow start" as it approaches its one-year mark. The extent of his Jersey work lately has been some shooting in Paterson for "The Hunt," Jordan Peele's upcoming Amazon Prime series about Nazi hunting starring Al Pacino. Porzio said he's hopeful for the future. "I'm all in," he said. "I'd love to do work in New Jersey." The area around City Hall is being set up for a movie called "The Hunt" in Paterson on Thursday March 28, 2019. (Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com) Jeremy Selenfriend of Hasbrouck Heights-based specialty prosthetic makeup company Monster In My Closet has been in the business for 17 years. Before Christie's actions brought production to "a screeching halt," he said, his work was split evenly between jobs in New York and New Jersey. Since then, Selenfriend has worked on "Elementary" for CBS and is now involved with "The Hunt." “Unfortunately, all of my calls are still bringing me to New York," Selenfriend said. "Production in New Jersey is still pretty new, so I’m longing for the day that I don’t have to drive through a tunnel or (over) a bridge every single day.” "Our business is about contacts, and most of the contacts I have are (for) things we're working on in New York City," said longtime stuntman and stunt coordinator Peter Bucossi. "But New Jersey is starting to flourish." In the business since 1981, the Berkeley Heights-based Bucossi worked on "The Sopranos," he said, "from pilot to finish," among other series. Even when he worked on "Win Win," the 2011 high school wrestling drama by New Providence native Tom McCarthy (2015's "Spotlight") set in McCarthy's Union County hometown, Bucossi had to cross state lines. “We didn’t shoot anything in New Jersey," he said. "We shot everything in New York, New York state because of the tax incentives.” It's a story that repeated itself time and again in the last decade or so. Acclaimed New Jersey-set film and television projects such as "American Hustle" (2013), "Freeheld" (2015) and "Boardwalk Empire" (2010 to 2014) were all filmed outside of the state. Tom Bernard of Middletown, co-president of Sony Picture Classics, pictured attending the 2015 Asbury Park Music in Film Festival at the Paramount Theatre. (Photo: FILE PHOTO) Tom Bernard, a commissioner for the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission and co-president of Sony Pictures Classics, said in 2018 that "Boardwalk Empire" had originally wanted to shoot in Asbury Park. “The state wouldn’t give them a rebate and I guess the city had to follow suit," Bernard said. "And so they went to Coney Island (in Brooklyn) and spent $300 million over three and a half years in Coney Island. "Imagine if they had $300 million to spend in Asbury Park: there would have been studio space created, the local municipality — in terms of police, fire, all of those services — would have had tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of dollars of overtime working around the shooting." Such a shoot, Bernard said, would have employed thousands of extras and pumped money into local businesses from lumber to hotels and beyond. 'The Sopranos' movie transformed Newark Now, years later, the productions have come into the state and are spending money. "Joker," director Todd Phillips' origin story for the Dark Knight's arch-nemesis of DC Comics legend due out Oct. 4, was filmed on the streets of Jersey City and Newark. "The Many Saints of Newark" recently took over its namesake city, as well as areas of Jersey City and Paterson, for shooting before it hits theaters in 2020. “It’s extraordinary what’s happening," said Gorelick. "You have a movie like ‘Joker,’ or a movie like ‘The Many Saints of Newark,’ they’re hiring hundreds of extras. They’re hiring production assistants. They’re spending all kinds of money. "To transform Branford Place into ’67 Newark, they had to buy out all the businesses for several days and change their frontage and such, and they were willing to pay to do that because in order to avail themselves of the tax credit to the maximum, they need to spend the money locally and so they’re spending millions and millions." Barbara E. Kauffman, president of Executive Women of New Jersey, has welcomed the wave of productions back to the state. “It really not only is good for the state's economy but it also boosts the economy of the municipalities where the filming is taking place, providing new job opportunities, generating additional revenue,” said Kauffman. Kauffman, also executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Newark Regional Business Partnership, said the filmmaking developments tie in with the Newark 2020 initiative designed to increase the number of local residents working in the city. She’s also no stranger to the film industry, having served as an investor on the 2018 Jamie Lee Curtis film “An Acceptable Loss.” That picture was filmed primarily in Evanston, Illinois, where Kauffman said credits and investments resulted in $3 million in direct and indirect jobs from crew to catering to hotels, “just every aspect of commerce and business in the municipality.” New Jersey also can look north to the Westchester County village of Tarrytown, New York. The likes of "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and "The Blacklist" have filmed there in recent years. Tarrytown has hosted 57 filming dates in the last five years, taking in permit revenues of approximately $113,000, as well as welcoming tourists seeking out the filming locations, according to village administrator Richard Slingerland. Production does pose some difficulties, according to Slingerland, including disruption of local businesses when filming happens during normal business hours, the impact on residents during night shoots, and the loss of parking spaces to filming trucks and crew cars. Photos: Marisa Tomei shoots 'Human Capital' in Tarrytown Actress Marisa Tomei shoots a scene for "Human Capital" on Main Street in Tarrytown April 17, 2019. Liev Schreiber also stars in the film, which is an adaptation of Stephen Amidon's 2005 novel about families who collide as they chase the American dream. Tania Savayan/The Journal News The crew shoots a scene for "Human Capital" on Main Street in Tarrytown April 17, 2019. Marisa Tomei and Liev Schreiber star in the film, which is an adaptation of Stephen Amidon's 2005 novel about families who collide as they chase the American dream. Tania Savayan/The Journal News A film crew is shooting scenes for "Human Capital" starring Marisa Tomei and Liev Schreiber on Main Street in Tarrytown April 17, 2019. The film is an adaptation of Stephen Amidon's 2005 novel about families who collide as they chase the American dream. Tania Savayan/The Journal News "Overall the experience is positive," Slingerland said, "and Tarrytown is happy to work with filming agencies and movie production companies who would like to film here." Trouble in Georgia? Meanwhile the future of one of the country's busiest production states is in question. Georgia hosted 455 film and television projects in 2018, generating $2.7 billion in direct spending with a total economic impact of $9.5 billion, according to the state. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Georgia also has the most expensive film incentives program on the continent, with $800 million in production credits in 2017. By comparison, California gave out $330 million in credits and New York was responsible for $420 million. But production companies have already begun to cool on Georgia in light of the state's restrictive "heartbeat bill" abortion law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp in May. Both the Lionsgate film "Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar" with Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo and the Amazon series "The Power," initially scheduled to shoot in Georgia, are going elsewhere. Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos said the streaming service would "rethink our entire investment in Georgia" if the law goes into effect as scheduled in January 2020. Meanwhile, New Jersey is getting ready for its closeup. The Ocean County Film and Television Advisory Commission was established by the Board of Freeholders last July to serve as a liaison to and collaborate with the state film and television commission. In June, Murphy's office announced that the state Economic Development Authority had approved the first awards of his film tax credit program, totaling $6.2 million for four films including "Besa" with Chazz Palminteri; "The Atlantic City Story" starring Princeton native Jessica Hecht; the Kearny-set ABC series "Emergence"; and "Gimme Liberty," a prequel to the 2014 drama "Gimme Shelter." Filming for 'The Plot Against America' in Paterson Filming for "The Plot Against America," the HBO series based on Philip Roth's book, on Ellison Street in Paterson on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. Michael Karas/NorthJersey.com Viewers, in other words, should get used to seeing a lot more of New Jersey on their screens. "What we were missing in order to level the playing field with our neighboring states and other states across the country was the tax credit program," Gorelick said. "That did the trick, and now the floodgates have opened.” Read or Share this story: https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/movies/2019/06/27/joker-sopranos-nj-film-tv-tax-credits/1444206001/ Bruce Springsteen surprises audience at 20th annual Light of Day in Asbury Park 'Jersey Shore': Is Jen Harley a midnight stalker, or did Ronnie break a restraining order? Sam Springsteen becomes Jersey City firefighter while Bruce Springsteen, Patti look on Can a visit from a celebrity chef help Shore restaurants thrive? NJ mansion built by the Isley Brothers sells for $3M Robert Conti, member of Broadways who toured with Bruce Springsteen, E Street, has died

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The Kupiński Guitar Duo |In Uncategorized |By Irene Henry We’re thrilled for the Kupiński Guitar Duo to close our 2018-19 International Series Season! This delightful Polish couple will be making their Austin debut on Saturday, April 27th, and we recently had the chance to speak with them about how they got into music, why they began performing together, and what they enjoy most about concerts. Soloists Ewa Jabłczyńska and Dariusz Kupiński met at the Polish Academy of Music, and completed their post-graduate studies at the Universität der Künste in Berlin and the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar. They’ve performed across Europe, the US, Mexico, China and Japan, and they’re frequently invited to give masterclasses. Their paths into guitar performance were quite different. Ewa began music lessons at the age of 7, guitar being a natural choice as it was a less expensive option than piano. She told us there wasn’t anything unusual about this, as most children in Poland learned a musical instrument from a young age. Dariusz’s father used to play guitar, accordion, and piano casually, but Dariusz didn’t venture into music until much later in life; growing up, he was primarily focused on running. While on summer holiday when he was 17, one of his friends brought a guitar along, and Dariusz became intrigued with it when he and his friends were singing around the fireplace. Ewa and Dariusz fell in love when they were studying at the Polish Academy, and three years after marrying they had a moment of inspiration. “We had this idea: how about we play together?” And the Kupiński Duo was born. Both individually praised and masters of the instrument in their own right, Ewa and Dariusz combine their talents and personal connection in a way that’s an absolute joy to watch. You can feel their compassion for each other flowing through the music, their mutual understanding and trust always guiding them through passages of technical complexity with grace and ease. At the core of their charm, though, is the pure fun they have while playing together: it radiates with a warmth that feels like they’re sharing with you something special. The Kupiński Duo will be giving their Austin debut on April 27th, and they’re both greatly looking forward to sharing their passion for music with an audience of more than 1000 people. “I love performing because the atmosphere, the emotions, everything about it – you can’t find in a practice room,” Ewa said. “Also, I love the interactions with people after the concert. Every time, you hear something surprising – whether good or bad.”

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Olivier Giacomotto In the last year alone, Olivier Giacomotto has managed no less than 6 Top Ten hit productions, a feat that has lead to him becoming one of the most in demand remixers/producers in the industry and firmly established him amongst the continent's leading acts... Having began his career working in recording studios back in the late 1990's, Olivier learned the tools of his trade alongside various famous bands, producers, studio musicians and sound engineers. Having released over 20 EP's throughout 2004-2005, Olivier began to gain support & recognition from a host of major DJ's & artists including the likes of Carl Cox, Misstress Barbara, Chris Liebing, Umek, Marco Bailey, Dave Angel and Green Velvet amongst many others... The release of the "Jamon y Queso" EP in 2006 saw his career really take off, with instant creditation coming from worldwide dj's such as the legendary Sven Vath and one of Olivier's own longtime John Acquaviva... Indeed, it was Acquaviva himself who signed Olivier's next release entitled "Walking on The Moog" to his own label : Definitive Recordings... a track that received international acclaim and went on to become Olivier's first Beatport Top Ten hit! This opened the floodgate for 2007 and the Top Ten records came thick & fast... his reworking of the fantastic "Volta" by Robot Needs Oil, closely followed by his own incredible production "Gail in the O". Olivier's Top Ten hits have included his production "Wasabi on Top" and "Sushi in S Major" along with his remixes of both Hipp-E's "Major Waves" and Mantra Vibe's "Running From". The collaboration with his now regular production & DJ partner John Acquaviva for the "Sofa King ...Good" EP are tipped for the same heady success. Olivier's success in the studio has seen his touring the world, demonstrating the overwhelming talent behind the decks that he has crafted over the last decade in some of the world's most famous underground venues.... Privilege in Ibiza, Rex Club in Paris, Ministry of Sound in London, Heineken City Hall in Amsterdam, Zona in Moscow, La Bush in Belgium, Fabrik in Madrid, Lov-e in Sao Paulo, Turnmills in London, Summer Dance Festival in Colombia, Hrad in Slovakia, Dom Im Berg in Austria, Fusion in Germany... to name a few...

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Cameron admission ‘damaging for Queen’ The revelation is an ‘awkward and embarrassing’ incident for the former prime minister, the monarch and those advising her, an academic said. David Cameron with the Queen in 2010 (John Stillwell/PA) David Cameron’s admission he sought the Queen’s involvement in the Scottish independence referendum has raised questions about the legitimacy of the nation’s constitutional monarchy, an expert has said. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/cameron-admission-damaging-for-queen-38515171.html https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/uk/faa0f/38515170.ece/AUTOCROP/h342/bpanews_d1fbdd4d-5cc2-4499-b520-c0ff7902fd0f_1 Mike Gordon, professor of constitutional law at the University of Liverpool, said the revelation would be an “awkward and embarrassing” incident for the former prime minister, the monarch and those advising her. But in the long term, the “viability” of having a hereditary head of state would also come under scrutiny, he said, in light of Mr Cameron’s comments which suggest the Queen appeared to step away from her position above party politics. In a democracy, the whole idea that you have a hereditary, unelected head of state is premised on the idea that she will try and keep herself out of politics and try and be impartial Professor Mike Gordon, University of Liverpool Mr Cameron has told a BBC documentary he made contact with Buckingham Palace officials in 2014, suggesting the monarch could “raise an eyebrow” in the closely fought referendum campaign. A few days before the referendum in September that year, the Queen told a well-wisher in Aberdeenshire that she hoped “people would think very carefully about the future”. Prof Gordon said: “In a democracy, the whole idea that you have a hereditary, unelected head of state is premised on the idea that she will try and keep herself out of politics and try and be impartial.” He said when one of her ex-prime ministers reveals he asked for a “subtle political intervention”, then: “The idea the Queen has in some way perhaps acceded to the request by making even a very vague, guarded comment does start to raise all sorts of difficult questions about the legitimacy of the position.” Prof Gordon added: “The Queen has made major efforts to generate and sustain that image of herself as being above politics and that’s why the revelation from Cameron is particularly damaging or challenging for her because she has tried to position herself as above this.” If we are going to continue living through a tumultuous political period then questions about reform to the role of the monarch and powers of the monarch are only going to intensify Prof Mike Gordon The former prime minister’s comments are the latest major constitutional issue involving the Queen – following hard on the heels of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s controversial advice to the monarch to prorogue Parliament. Mr Johnson’s decision is the subject of a Supreme Court hearing, with justices asked to determine whether the prorogation move – which has closed down Parliament until October 14 – was unlawful. The academic said: “It does show when you have tumultuous political times that place real strains on the formalities of a system of monarchy, if we are going to continue living through a tumultuous political period then questions about reform to the role of the monarch and powers of the monarch are only going to intensify.” Mr Cameron’s discussions of the conversations that have taken place between his office and the Queen’s private secretary have broken the convention of keeping communications between the head of state and prime minister secret. Prof Gordon said: “These sorts of conventions governing the relationship between the prime minister and the Queen are absolutely central to maintaining a system with an unelected, hereditary monarchy as head of state. “The Queen acts on the prime minister’s advice but there is that confidential space in which they can have those discussions, and the confidentiality of that space is keenly protected to ensure the continuation of this idea the Queen is politically impartial and above the political fray.” By PA Reporters The Foreign Secretary has reiterated his “disappointment” at the US’s decision to reject the extradition request for Anne Sacoolas.

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Formula 1 in the Americas View All editorials More Articles of Sports Top 5 Hotels in Copacabana for your Trip to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games The events of the 2016 Ol Read more... The Wimbledon Championships The Wimbledon Championshi Read more... Formula 1, or F1 as it'sRead more... Stay in Shape on Your Cancun Vacation Exercising on vacation is Read more... The Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an Read more... The London Marathon The London Marathon is an Read more... Surf Open Acapulco Come to the Surf Open Aca Read more... Which Cities and Hotels will Host the Main National Teams for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil? The host of the 2014 Worl Read more... Official Uniforms for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil The stage is set for theRead more... Other Major Stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil If you're looking to do s Read more... Stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil Northeastern Region Located in the northeastRead more... The Main Host Stadiums for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil The 2014 World Cup in Bra Read more... Did you know that the world's oldest annual marathon is in Boston? Dating back to 1897, theRead more... The Paris Marathon If you're visiting ParisRead more... The Pan American Games, Now in Guadalajara Do you like sports? Do yo Read more... Mayan Battle Championship: Mixed Martial Arts in Cancun Mayan Battle Championship Read more... World Class Boxing: Making History in Cancun Best Day proudly presents Read more... Formula 1, or F1 as it's more commonly known, offers plenty of excitement every year for its fans, some of whom follow these magnificent races around the Americas and the globe. Ángel Caballero Garcia The Formula 1 season is one of the most followed sporting events in the world. Formula 1, or F1 as it's more commonly known, offers plenty of excitement every year for its fans, some of whom follow these magnificent races around the Americas and the globe. This season will see the return of the Mexican Grand Prix, which will feature all the major teams fighting for the 2015 championship. Formula 1 is an international race car competition. The main characteristic of this sport is that the vehicles are driven according to very strict technical regulations. The competitions are mainly held on motor racing circuits, although street circuits are also used. The Formula 1 cars are extremely fast and are the most modern in the world. Complete with aerodynamic bodywork complemented by state-of-the-art engines, they offer a fantastic automotive spectacle. The race cars can reach 225 mph and 18,000 RPM, along with acceleration forces of up to 5G through the asphalt curves. The tires are large and made from high-grade rubber, designed according to the specifications of the different circuits, and to cope with a wide variety of weather conditions. According to the level of importance, listed below are the events that will take place in North and South America during 2015: Brazilian Grand Prix - November 13 - 15, Sao Paolo, where numerous automotive legends have been crowned, including Emerson Fittipaldi, Ayrton Senna, and Nelson Piquet. United States Grand Prix - October 23 - 25 in Austin, Texas. Canadian Grand Prix - June 5 - 7, Montreal Mexican Grand Prix - November 1 - 3, Hermanos Rodriguez Autodrome, Mexico City It's well worth a visit to a Formula 1 race. If you go, it'll be one of the most extraordinary experiences you'll have during your vacation. Savor the adrenaline and lose yourself in the sound of high performance cars roaring along at maximum speed! Written by Angel Caballero Garcia

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Emigration to America WRIGHT, Frederick William – emigrated 1883 Frederick William Wright (1871-1951), known as Fred, was born at Badsey in 1871, the eldest of five children of Adolphus Careless Wright, a farm bailiff, and his wife, Emma (née Smith). He was baptised in St James’ Church, Badsey, on 6th August 1871. At the time of the 1881 census, they were living in a house in High Street, Badsey, which is now occupied by The Spar. At the age of 12, Fred emigrated with his family from Badsey in 1883 in order to seek a new life in America. Their destination was Geauga County, Ohio, where several Badsey families had emigrated to in the 1870s. Fred was naturalised as an American citizen in 1893 at Chardon, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Fred married Grace McFarland Eggleston on 8th April 1893 in Geauga County. They had two sons: John Frederick (1894-1982) and Harold Emery (1895-1975). In 1910, Grace and the boys were living in Russia Township, Lorain, Ohio, where Grace kept a boarding house. Fred Wright in Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of 1940 census, Fred and Grace were living in Huron Township, Ohio, with their son, John, and his wife and six children. According to Fred’s great-granddaughter, “Gramma Grace”, as they knew her, divorced Fred on grounds of adultery and raised the boys on her own. Grace had inherited part of a large farm in Bainbridge, Ohio and traced her ancestry to England & Scotland (she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution). She was adored by her grandchildren and they were much closer to her than to Fred. Still, Fred did visit his son’s farm and was staying there at the time of the 1940 census. Fred died on 27th April 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio, just 15 days after Grace. He was buried at Auburn. With thanks to Fred's great-granddaughter, Barbara Kienzle, for providing the photographs and extra information about Fred.

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Ball Play in Music Class Teaches Unexpected Skills You're probably asking yourself: What on earth does playing with a ball have to do with music???? Everything, for little ones! All kids love playing with balls, and it's a great activity to do with baby to boost early learning. Kindermusik chime balls are brightly colored and have a little bell inside, so they make a fun jingly sound when tapped or shaken. With babies, you can tap the ball on their body so they can feel the steady beat, or you can move the ball across their field of vision so that they can track it with their eyes (an important pre-reading skill, whether they are reading words or music notes!) Moving the ball along to the music gives children a visual representation of a steady beat, which helps them learn with multiple senses: hear it, feel it, see it. The more senses that are involved in learning an activity, the more likely it is to "stick" in a child's brain. Using a ball with toddlers teaches turn-taking and hand-eye coordination, an important skill for playing in an ensemble later in life. Preschoolers learn to pass the ball around the circle to the steady beat, and we may even make it more difficult by adding extra balls or changing the tempo (speed) of the song so that they have to coordinate their movements and ball-passing to the beat of the music! Live in Chicago? Join us for a class at Bucktown Music! Not in Chicago? We've got Kindermusik friends all over the world, find a class near you! Jessica Solares is one of the founders of Bucktown Music, along with her husband Luis. She holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Elmhurst College, and is a licensed Kindermusik educator with Maestro distinction. Jessica was recruited as Manager of Business Development, Studio Division for Kindermusik International. She is thrilled to have this new role to train educators around the world to open stellar music studios!

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Home > Business > Partner with us > Knowledge Transfer Partnerships > KTP Case Studies > Computer Science KTP Case Studies Computer Science KTP Case Studies In 'KTP Case Studies' Featured KTP Case Studies Energy and Climate KTP Case Studies Manufacturing KTP Case Studies Social Science and Business KTP Case Studies Back to 'Knowledge Transfer Partnerships' From robotics to machine learning, the University of Birmingham is breaking new ground in the theory and practice of computational systems and their applications. Below are some examples of Knowledge Transfer Partnerships which have translated this expertise into innovative solutions for our company partners. Designing a distributed system for performance and compliance monitoring A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University of Birmingham and BT has helped the Company to advance the monitoring capabilities of its communication procedures with a view to transforming its service delivery systems. BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, America and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband products and services. BT serves over 18 million business and residential customers, and provides network services to other licensed operators. Under Dr Behzad Bordbar, Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham, the partnership was able to design and implement a distributed system for performance and compliance monitoring in BT's service oriented computer structures. Professor Ben Azvine Head of Security Research, BT “The KTP with the University of Birmingham will help us to deal with faults and problems in near real-time and identify root causes to problems so that we can avoid recurrences in the future. This will enhance our competitiveness in the market and consolidate our role as an innovative leader in the industry.” Cogitare Ltd. New approaches to modelling rail capacity The United Kingdom’s rail network is busier than ever. There are 40% more passenger journeys than there were 10 years ago, and 60% more freight. Over the next 30 years freight demand is expected to rise 140%, and passenger demand will more than double. While investment into Britain’s infrastructure will offset some of this, finding efficiencies in the existing network will help to make busy lines more pleasant for travellers. In 2014 the University of Birmingham and Cogitare Ltd embarked upon an ambitious Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to develop innovative methods for measuring and modelling rail capacity. Cogitare, a young and dynamic niche consultancy operating out of South Bank Technopark in London, would work with the Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education (BCRRE) to develop software that could not only extract additional benefits from existing lines but also help rail operators to know where they should invest their money. The KTP has helped to develop an innovative new approach to railway modelling, whereby customer experience becomes a key factor in deciding what services to run. For example, a fully-packed train may get the most passengers from a to b in a short space of time, but many commuters would be willing to trade a 5 minute delay if they could guarantee a seat. Or a network that would favour direct journeys over those with two or more stops. For Cogitare, a company without the in-house capacity to develop this knowledge, KTP provided them with a proven framework for carrying out an R&D project. Funding provided by Innovate UK and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) went towards the salary of a recent graduate, Bibil Paramattathil, who dedicated 2 years to this project. Bibil was assisted by academic oversight from Dr Stuart Hillmansen and Professor Clive Roberts of the University of Birmingham. Larry Fawkner Director, Cogitare Ltd. “Business success is more and more about better knowledge and technology. Bringing together different minds and knowledge through the KTP and harnessing Birmingham’s intellectual force with our experience is allowing us to develop new, highly-innovative products which we would not have been able to do without the KTP, and is at the heart of our future business success.” The Supplies Group (TSG) Developing a competitive edge through Machine Learning The Supplies Group (TSG), an internet retailer, acquires all its customers through online marketing, mostly at a financial loss, with the hope of selling other products to them in the future. As the Company did not know, or understand, the profile of the most valuable customers they felt that the return on their investment in customer acquisition and retention was not being maximised. Working with researchers from the University's School of Computer Sciences, led by Dr Peter Tino, the Company embarked on a KTP project which developed methods to represent customers based on patterns of historical sales data and to predict their Life Time Value (LTV). Algorithms were developed to identify the most important product families with the potential to indicate customers with high future profitability. The KTP has had considerable impact with TSG having recruited 3 postgraduates from the University to take forward, and build on, the results of the project, and an expectation that a further 3 posts will be created. Furthermore TSG is predicting a £2.5M pa increase in customer acquisition revenue and a 15% increase in existing customer LTV which will contribute to an additional £2M of potential annual revenue growth. A further two EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) funded projects have also evolved from this project. Noah Gresham Director, The Supplies Group “The project outputs will give TSG a tangible competitive advantage in online customer acquisition efforts. The work will allow us to identify customers of high value and target our marketing budget to maximise acquisition of such customer groups while minimising exposure to low value customers.” Further case studies by category Featured Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Manufacturing Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Energy and Climate Knowledge Transfer Partnerships Social Science and Business Knowledge Transfer Partnerships

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Disclosures related to recognitions given to Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC, Birch Hill Principals, & Birch Hill Employees Recognitions and rankings from rating services or publications are no guarantee of future investment success and do not ensure that a current or prospective client will experience a higher level of performance results. Such recognitions should not be construed as an endorsement of the advisor. Recognitions may be based on information prepared and submitted by the advisor and not all advisors may elect to participate in the process. Criteria used in making these rankings are included below. Boston Magazine’s “Boston 2019 FIVE STAR Wealth Managers” Boston Magazine partnered with Five Star Professional, an independent research firm, to identify a select group of wealth managers in the Boston area. Candidates are identified by one of three sources: firm nomination, peer nomination or pre-qualification based on industry standing. Candidates are identified using internal and external research data. In 2019, award candidates are required to satisfy five objective eligibility criteria including: credentials as an investment advisory representative or a registered investment advisor, a minimum of 5 years of experience, favorable regulatory and compliant history review, a fulfilled firm review, and accepting new clients. Consideration was also given to one- and five-year client retention rates, client assets administered, number of client households served, and educational and professional designations. Approximately, 16% of those considered for the award received it. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Please note the award is not indicative of future performance and provides no guarantee of future investment success. Invest In Others Awards The Invest in Others Awards program recognizes the charitable work of financial advisors and financial services firms in communities across the country and around the world. Advisors are nominated by their peers for actively giving back to non-profits to improve their communities and make a difference in the lives of others. There are five award categories for advisors and two for financial services companies. Invest in Others received hundreds of nominations this year and finalists were selected based on their leadership, dedication, contribution, inspiration, and impact on a non-profit and the community it serves. Nominations were blindly reviewed by a diverse panel of judges representing industry associations and national media outlets. The inspiration for the Invest in Others Charitable Foundation came directly from the financial advisors who invest in others by giving back to their communities with overwhelming generosity and dedication. Since its founding in 2006, Invest in Others has amplified these efforts by providing a platform for advisors to increase awareness, visibility, and funding to their favorite non-profits. 2017 Financial Times’ 300 Top US Registered Investment Advisers In 2017, the Financial Times published its fourth edition of the FT 300, which assesses registered investment advisers (RIAs) on desirable traits for investors. To ensure a list of established companies with substantial expertise, the FT 300 examined the database of RIAs registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and identified more than 2,000 RIAs with over $300m in assets under management (AUM). Of these firms, 725 applied for this recognition, and 300 were selected. The Financial Times’ methodology is quantifiable and objective. The RIAs had no subjective input. The formula the FT uses to grade advisers is based on six broad factors and calculates a numeric score for each adviser. Areas of consideration include adviser AUM, asset growth, the company’s age, industry certifications of key employees, SEC compliance record and online accessibility. AUM comprised roughly 65 to 70 per cent of each adviser’s score, while asset growth accounted for an additional 15 to 20 per cent. The FT caps the number of companies from any one state. The cap is roughly based on the distribution of millionaires across the US. The research was conducted on behalf of the Financial Times by Ignites Research, a Financial Times sister publication. The Financial Times is an English-language international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news. In 2011, PwC estimated that the Financial Times had an average daily readership of 2.2 million people worldwide, and FT.com was estimated to have 4.5 million registered users. AdvisoryHQ’s “Top 10 Best Financial Advisors in Boston, MA” AdvisoryHQ was launched in 2015 and is a review and ranking media for the financial advisory, investment, and wealth management sectors. AdvisoryHQ uses a “Top-Down Advisor Selection Methodology” based on a wide range of filters including fiduciary duty, independence, transparency, level of customized service, history of innovation, fee structure, quality of services provided, team excellence, and wealth of experience. AdvisoryHQ’s review and ranking articles are independently researched and written. Using publicly available sources, AdvisoryHQ identified a wide range of financial advisors, registered investment managers, wealth managers, and financial planners that provide services in the Greater Boston area. After developing a comprehensive list of firms, the AdvisoryHQ review team applied initial methodology filters to narrow down the list. The initial filters include fee structure (fee-only vs. fee-based vs. commission-based structures), fiduciary duty, independence (a situation that minimizes conflict of interest issues) and scale of innovation (the degree to which advisors are constantly improving their services and business practices). Following the initial filtering process, AdvisoryHQ’s review team then conducted a deep-dive assessment of the remaining advisors to select the final list of top-ranking advisors, planners and wealth managers. When performing their deep-dive assessment and due diligence, the team applied the following selection filters: Resource availability (including the advisor to client ratio); Experience level; Transparency; Customized Services; Quality of Advisor’s website; Open door policy (i.e. firms that encourage clients to ask questions); and Audience (with a focus on those advisors and wealth managers who cater to and work with individuals and families). 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Organiser: Shanghai Art Museum The Shanghai Biennale is not only the first international biennial of contemporary art on the Chinese mainland, but also one of the most influential in Asia Launched in 1996, the Shanghai Biennale is not only the first international biennial of contemporary art on the Chinese mainland, but also one of the most influential in Asia. In 2012, the Power Station of Art became the main organizer and permanent exhibition location of the Shanghai Biennale. From ‘Open Space’ in 1996, to ‘Inheritance and Exploration’ in 1998, ‘Spirit of Shanghai’ in 2000, ‘Urban Creation’ in 2002, ‘Techniques of the Visible’ in 2004, ‘Hyper Design’ in 2006, ‘Translocalmotion’ in 2008, ‘Rehearsal’ in 2010, ‘Reactivation’ in 2012, ‘Social Factory’ in 2014, ‘Why Not Ask Again’ in 2016, and ‘Proregress’ in 2018, the Biennale has always maintained Shanghai as its primary focus. It upholds the mission of supporting academic and cultural innovation, while continuously tracking social changes and trends in knowledge production in a global context with an open view. Gathering in Shanghai every two years, the Biennale has also become a large-scale platform for the exhibition and discussion of contemporary art. The Biennale aims to expand Shanghai’s importance as the ‘gateway to the west’ through the arts sector. Additionally, it means to serve as an international platform for the self-portrayal of China and Shanghai. The Shanghai Biennial not only provides a platform for the showcase of contemporary art production, but also forums where artists can meet, challenge their work and expand their experience. The Shanghai Biennale offers an international exchange of ideas, while bringing together artists, curators, writers, theorists and art supporters from all around the world. The Biennale has become a critical space of dialogue within an increasingly global art market. Additionally, the biennale is highlighting the increasingly important role of artistic production in the Asia-Pacific region. Source: www.shanghaibiennale.com Power Station of Art 200 Huayuangang Road Huangpu District T: +86 21-31108550 info@powerstationofart.com www.shanghaibiennale.org Andrés Jaque appointed Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale After careful consideration and with the broad support from the Academic Committee of the Power Station of Art, as well as receiving confirmation from the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, Spanish curator, architect, and writer Andrés Jaque has been appointed the Chief Curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale. The exhibition will be held… Cuauhtémoc Medina Appointed Chief Curator of 12th Shanghai Biennale The 12th edition of the Shanghai Biennale will take place at the Power Station of Art (PSA) from November 10, 2018 to March 10, 2019. After careful consideration by members of the PSA Academic Committee and confirmation from the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film &TV, Cuauhtémoc Medina has been appointed the Chief Curator… Biennialgram from the 11th Shanghai Biennale by Rose Lejeune Curated by artist’s collective Raqs Media Collective, the 11th Shanghai Biennale takes its starting point as the question "Why Not Ask Again? Arguments, Counter-arguments, and Stories”. A multifarious and speculative question that seeks to utilise the Biennale as a site that can offer the ‘arguments and counter arguments of our time.’ Offering an often pessimistic view of the present spliced with glimmers of hope for the future, especially through technology, the Biennale explores how questions ‘happen’ in our world and posits that art-works carry within them possible futures in as much as they are always drafts for the, as yet, untold future in the present. The 11th Shanghai Biennale full list of artists and exhibitions Shanghai Biennale: curatorial concept and first list of artists In 2014, for the second time, China's foremost state-run institution of contemporary art—Power Station of Art—hosts the Shanghai Biennale, in its converted power plant space. 10th Shanghai Biennale 2014: Social Factory. The exhibition ‘social factory’ inspires us to reflect on how our industrialized and modernized society influences culture. Shanghai Biennale 2014: Social Factory. Berlin-based writer and curator Anselm Franke has been appointed chief curator of the tenth edition of the Shanghai Biennale, which opens this November, 2014. Anselm Franke to curate the next Shanghai Biennale. The 9th edition of the Shanghai Biennale, curated by Qiu Zhijie, Jens Hoffman, Boris Groys and Johnson Chang has made room for some thirty city pavilions presenting parallel to the main exhibition. Amsterdam Pavilion at the Shanghai Biennale. The Shanghai Inter-City Pavilions’ Project focuses on the interesting connections and energy exchanges between people and cultures which, in nowadays globalized world, are more likely to be identified within local communities rather than in national contexts. Shanghai Biennale 2012: Intercity Pavilions Project. The 9th Shanghai Biennale in 2012 will be the inaugural show for Shanghai Contemporary Art Museum housed in a restored industrial building that used to be a thermal power plant. This marks a new beginning for the Shanghai Biennale in its 16 years of history. A New Beginning for Shanghai Biennale 2012. As a special programme of this year’s Shanghai Biennale, the Academy of Reciprocal Englightenment issuing a call for applications. Apply now: The Academy of Reciprocal Enlightenment. The biennale defines itself as a ‘rehearsal’, as a reflective space of performance. "Rehearsal" - 8th Shanghai Biennale 2010. Biennial Foundation Workshop during the 4th ‘Biennials in Dialogue’ Conference in Shanghai. 'Biennials in Dialogue' is the title of a series of international conferences organized by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations) aimed at generating multidisciplinary discussion around biennials by inviting stakeholders of the biennial industry from various parts of the world.

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BEANER’S COFFEE to Open Royal Oak Location Royal Oak, Mich., August 12, 2007 – BEANER’S COFFEE ®, the leading Lansing, Mich.-based coffee retailer, announces plans to open a new location in Royal Oak as part of a larger plan to nearly triple the number of Detroit-area stores over the next 16 months, from seven to 19 retail locations by 2009. The store opening marks the 76thlocation for the fast-growing chain, which currently operates stores in nine states. To celebrate the Royal Oak Grand Opening, BEANER’S will award the first customer in line at its Grand Opening on August 13th with free coffee for a year! In addition, brewed coffee will be offered free to customers all day long. The Detroit-area growth is in line with the Company’s plan to expand its retail presence in the Midwest and South by 60% before 2010; from 76 to 112 stores. The 1,600 square-foot Royal Oak store is located at 30332 Woodward Ave., in what was formerly a Wendy’s restaurant. It will share the space with a 1-800-Flowers location. The store—open 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday thru Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday—will feature free wireless internet access, plentiful seating for groups and drive-thru window service. It is the fourth BEANER’S location for franchise group, Brew Tech, LLC. Brew Tech currently operates stores in Shelby Township, Auburn Hills and Southfield. “We’ve had great success with our Beaner’s stores in the communities where we currently operate,” said Jimmy Giarraputo, president of Brew Tech, LLC. “I think the Royal Oak neighborhood is a good match for Beaner’s because we are able to stand apart from the vast number of coffee shops crowding the market, just as Royal Oaksuccessfully distinguishes itself from its surrounding communities.” BEANER’S COFFEE continues its rapid ascent in the gourmet coffee retail sector with a 53 percent increase in system wide sales in 2006— nearly half of that realized as new store growth. The franchise ended the year with 63 stores open and another 75 under contract; an accomplishment that had Entrepreneur magazine placing it among the top 500 franchise concepts in the United States for the year. About BEANER’S COFFEE® East Lansing, Mich.-based BEANER’S COFFEE was founded in March 1995 and began franchise operations in 1999. Today the Company has nearly 80 stores across nine states including Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, South Carolina and Wisconsin. BEANER’S features more than 30 gourmet coffee, fine tea and frozen drink selections in addition to an assortment of pastries and other fine eatables. For more information about BEANER’S® COFFEE, visit www.beaners.com.

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Search Results: 10 books from 1 publisher. Learn more › Making Cookies Meg Gaertner (author) Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503838567 Shares the story of Asha, who wants to bake cookies with her sister. First she sifts the flour. Then her sister mixes the dry ingredients. What comes next? This book introduces readers to time-order words through Asha's engaging story. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the story. Fun facts add engaging details about baking cookies. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index. Building with Blocks Shares the story of Eric, who wants to build a skyscraper like his architect father. He begins by collecting his blocks. Next he builds the base of the tower. What comes after that? This book introduces readers to time-order words through Eric's engaging story. Vibrant and colorful photos help tell the story. Fun facts add engaging details about structures and building. Additional features include a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an index. Darice Bailer (author) A very simple introduction to the sport of ultimate (sometimes called ultimate frisbee), the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Kara L. Laughlin (author) A very simple introduction to the sport of street hockey, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. A very simple introduction to the game of capture the flag, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Four Square A very simple introduction to the game of four square, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. A very simple introduction to the sport of kickball, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. A very simple introduction to the sport of parkour, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is done. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. Pick-up Basketball Craig Ellenport (author) A very simple introduction to the sport of handball, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author. A very simple introduction to the sport of street football, the basic rules, the equipment used, and how it is played. Additional features to aid comprehension include fun facts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author.

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Home Governance Social Development Celebrities support good causes in South Africa Celebrities support good causes in South Africa Powerhouse celebrities like Jared Leto, Charlize Theron and Victoria Beckham all have an interest in South Africa through their charity work. Charlize Theron shakes hands with one of the patients at a hospital that specializes in treating victims of sexual violence against women. (Image: UN /Marie Frechon) Priya Pitamber Powerhouse celebrities like Jared Leto, Charlize Theron and Victoria Beckham all have an interest in South Africa through their charity work. Good causes across the country are reaping rewards under the spotlight that these A-listers are shining on them. Benoni-born Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron has a soft spot for her home country. In 2007, she set up the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP), which focuses on the youth in Africa and keeping them safe from HIV/Aids. The project provides support in the form of grants and networking for a number of organisations already in the field working with young people between the ages of 10 and 20. “Although the geographic scope of CTAOP is sub-Saharan Africa,” reads the website, “the primary area of focus has been Charlize’s home country of South Africa, which has the highest number of people living with HIV in the world.” Did u know more than two-thirds of all people living with #HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa? That’s approx 24.7mill people. #keepfighting — CTAOP (@CTAOP) January 5, 2015 “An entire generation was wiped out because of a disease that nobody wanted to talk about,” Theron said. “But the truth of the matter is certain pockets of people are falling through the cracks and if we don’t go all the way where there are zero infections and zero people dying from this, this is a disease that will come back warring.” The reality of stopping Aids altogether was around the corner; this was her driving force. “We can stop Aids.” “Although there is no cure, treatment is available,” reads the CTAOP website. “Infection rates are dropping and more people are on treatment than ever before. But the fight is not over, and the epidemic is disproportionately affecting specific locations and populations.” The 30 Seconds to Mars front-man and Academy Award-winning actor, Jared Leto, has been named a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) global ambassador. “In this role, Leto will work with WWF to raise awareness of the most urgent, critical issues facing our planet,” said the fund. He travelled to South Africa in this role to learn more about rhino poaching and what the WWF was doing to help stop it – and he described his adventure in the country as mind-blowing. “Being that close to majestic creatures like rhinos and elephants reminds me of the deep connection and important responsibility we have to protect and shepherd these fragile species and their habitats.” Leto visited And Beyond Phinda Game Reserve in North Uthungulu in KwaZulu-Natal as part of a team sent to tag and collar three rhino in a translocation initiative. Those rhinos, along with others, will eventually be moved to an undisclosed location to boost breeding efforts. “Unless we want our children to learn about rhinos from history books, we need to act now,” Leto said. “That’s one of the reasons why I support WWF for doing incredible work, getting results. So please join me in supporting WWF. Thank you.” “Oh, what is that? The rhino thanks you as well. I’ve been practising speaking rhino. It’s a difficult language. Once you get the knack of it, it’s pretty nice.” – Jared Leto “The world needs to wake up to the fact that we’re losing rhinos, elephants and other critically important species,” said Carter Roberts, the president and chief executive of WWF US. “Their recovery lies in our hands. We need strong voices that can mobilise the efforts of many and I’m grateful to Jared Leto for lending his reputation and passion to the cause.” Rhino poaching has been growing since 2007. (Image: Eco Watch) Once a Spice Girl and now a world famous designer and UN Goodwill Ambassador, Victoria Beckham has also added her voice to the fight against Aids in South Africa. On behalf of UN Aids and the Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF) she visited Soweto in Johannesburg to meet women, children and community workers affected by the disease. “Elton is a very dear friend of mine and David’s and we’ve been patrons of the Elton John Aids Foundation for 20 years so I have been working a lot with lots of Aids charities,” she told UK Glamour magazine. She sold over 600 items from her own wardrobe to help raise money to support mothers living with HIV. “As a mother I want nothing but a healthy future for my children and that’s all any mother would wish for,” Beckham said. See Beckham’s tweets about her visit: Inspiring day in Soweto visiting @hivsa with @ejaf x vb pic.twitter.com/YP9wXTTD6S — Victoria Beckham (@victoriabeckham) October 12, 2014 In the last 3 years @ejaf have helped over 60,000 mothers give birth to HIV free babies. X vb pic.twitter.com/be70EI9912 Anne Aslett, the executive director of the EJAF, travelled to South Africa with Beckham. “It was fantastic to see how Victoria connected with young women, young mothers and their children,” Aslett said. “Her energy and commitment to engage and learn from everyone we met was inspiring. I want to personally thank Victoria for the recent trip.” British actress Jenna Coleman came to the public’s attention in the sci-fi series Doctor Who; she cemented her reputation in her debut feature film role in Captain America: The First Avenger. As one of the ambassadors – the other is actress Naomie Harris – for One to One Children’s Fund, Coleman travelled to the coastal city of Port Elizabeth in late 2014. She came to see the work the fund does to support parents and children affected by HIV, and how it created awareness to help prevent transmission of HIV from mother to child. “Our aim, to build a one-to-one relationship of mutual trust and regard with local communities and to invest the time, skills and careful funding that would make the most positive difference to the quality of children’s lives,” reads the fund’s website. “The first challenge is getting people to attend the clinics and be tested,” said Coleman. “The stigma around the disease prevents people from seeking help and sticking to their treatment.” See more about her visit here: “Working alongside the Department of Health,” adds the One to One website, “52 trained community health workers ensure that members of the community, predominantly pregnant women, access essential treatment and care.” In six months, they undertook 962 home visits to HIV-positive women, where they reinforced the importance of treatment. 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Palmer, Albert D. Albert DeForest Palmer (1869-1940), professor of physics, was born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, on July 21, 1869. He graduated from Middlebury High School in Vermont and received a bachelor of philosophy degree from Brown in 1891. He did two years of graduate work at Johns Hopkins University before returning to Brown to receive his Ph.D. in 1895. He was appointed instructor in physics in 1893 and was promoted to associate professor in 1896. An appreciation of Palmer’s work at Brown appeared in the memorial minute of the faculty in 1940: “During the greater part of his active career Professor Palmer’s position in the university was somewhat overshadowed by the fame of his senior colleague, Professor Carl Barus. Yet it must not be forgotten that Professor Palmer was a research physicist of national reputation. In spite of the rather meager equipment at his disposal he did a considerable amount of experimental investigation of very high order. His work was not spectacular and he made no effort to achieve the headlines. He was slow and painstaking and was never satisfied until he could attain the ultimate in preciseness. Indeed precision measurement was his forte ... The breadth of his work is indicated by the fact that his research covered such diverse fields as the dielectric constant of water, the measurement of high pressures, the wave length of spectral lines, electrical resistance measurement and the properties of polarized light.” His book, The Theory of Measurement, published in 1912, became a standard text in precision measurement. On his retirement in 1934 he moved to California and continued experimentation in a laboratory he built. He died in Pasadena on January 13, 1940.

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Rebecca Adams On the C-SPAN Networks: Rebecca Adams is an Editor for Health and Food Safety in the CQ Roll Call with 18 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Interview as a Correspondent for CQ Daily Monitor in the CQ Roll Call. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2014 with an average of 631 views per program as an Associate Editor for HealthBeat in the CQ Roll Call. Most appearances with John McArdle (2), Nancy Calo (2), Bill Scanlan (2). Most common tags: Health Care, Energy Policy, Affordable Care Act. Appearances by Title:c. June 1, 2015 - Present Editor, Health and Food Safety, Congressional Quarterly Videos: 4 c. October 6, 1999 - Present Correspondent, [CQ Daily Monitor], Congressional Quarterly Videos: 5 Associate Editor, HealthBeat, Congressional Quarterly c. January 1, 2010 - c. June 1, 2015 Videos: 3 Correspondent, CQ Roll Call c. January 1, 2005 - c. January 1, 2010 Videos: 6 Jennifer Haberkorn and Rebecca Adams on Health Care Jennifer Haberkorn and Rebecca Adams talked about the future of health care. Topics included the deal between Senators Lamar… Representative Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Andrew Slavitt debated the accuracy of the Congressional Budget Office’s scoring… Douglas Holtz Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), participated in a discussion with other experts on… Future of the Affordable Care Act Panelist talked about the 2016 election results and the impact health care policy, the future of the Affordable Care Act, and what to… See all appearances Appearance Stats Filter By All Event Types Call-In - 6 Interview - 6 Forum - 4 Roundtable - 2 Search Appearances

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Education Education Resources Honors and Awards Applications Nominations are now being accepted by the Honors Committee for the following: Mary Riemersma Distinguished Clinical Member Honorary Distinguished Clinical Member Clark Vincent Award Outstanding School or Agency Award Each year CAMFT is thrilled to recognize the fantastic accomplishments of our members. Nominations for the 2021 CAMFT Honors and Awards are open through November 6, 2020. Four honors will be awarded to distinguished CAMFT members, school, or agency that have contributed in a significant way to the body of literature or research informing the profession of marriage and family therapy, or have engaged in projects or committed to a mission that has enhanced the quality and reputation of the profession. Nominate your exceptional colleague, school, or agency for their exceptional achievements! Nominations are now being accepted by the Honors Committee for the Mary Riemersma Distinguished Clinical Member, Honorary Distinguished Member, Clark Vincent Award, and School or Agency Award. Recipients will be recognized at the CAMFT 57th Annual Conference on Saturday, April 25, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport. If you are aware of individuals deserving of these awards, please complete a nomination form and return it to CAMFT. A Distinguished Clinical Member is a clinical member who has given outstanding service in the field of marriage and family therapy. The recipient must be engaged at the time of nomination in the advancement of marriage and family therapy. Nominees are required to have been clinical members of CAMFT for two years. In addition, nominees are required to have five years of experience following licensure as an LMFT. Distinguished Clinical Members can be nominated by any CAMFT member. The nominations must be in writing and submitted to the Honors Committee. The Honors Committee then makes its recommendations to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors makes selections by a two-thirds majority vote. Apply for the Mary Riemersma Distinguished Clinical Member Award Deadline date November 6, 2020 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Honorary Distinguished Clinical Member Award Only a non-member may receive this award for making an outstanding contribution or providing an outstanding service for marriage and family therapists. This title is an honor and does not entitle the holder to the privileges of membership. Nominations for this award must be made in writing by a CAMFT member. Nominations are to be submitted to the Honors Committee who will make recommendations to the Board of Directors. A two-thirds majority vote of the Board is required. Apply for the Honorary Distinguished Clinical Member Award The Clark Vincent Award honors a literary or research contribution to the profession of marriage and family therapy. Nominations for this award are to be in writing and submitted by eight clinical CAMFT members. Nominations are to be submitted to the Honors Committee who will make recommendations to the Board of Directors. A two-thirds majority vote of the Board is required. Apply for the Clark Vincent Award The Outstanding School or Agency Award seeks to recognize an outstanding school or agency. Any CAMFT member may nominate or recommend a school or agency for recognition. Nominations are to be submitted to the Honors Committee who will make recommendations to the Board of Directors. A two-thirds majority vote of the Board is required. Apply for the Outstanding School or Agency Award For questions, please contact CAMFT at (858) 292-2638 via e-mail at honors@camft.org. Nominations can be submitted by e-mail to: honors@camft.org, fax to 858-2922-650 or written submissions can be addressed to: Honors Committee, CAMFT, 7901 Raytheon Road, San Diego, CA 92111-1606.

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Canadian Call Management Association The National Voice for the Telephone Answering Service & Call Centre Industry CAM-X honours people who make the world a better place. We believe it is important to recognize the people who do great things, and to share their message and inspire other people to strive for those levels of excellence. The awards below are given to people who have spent their lives contributing to the betterment of our industry, people who nurture and help others to be better, employees who go above and beyond, and people who live their lives and run their businesses with integrity, setting the standard the rest of us strive toward. Barbara Bradbury Mentorship Award Barbara Bradbury There are those who shine a light on others, helping them to see their strengths, picking them up when they falter, and encouraging them to find their inner greatness. They teach by asking questions, and as a sounding board, they peel away layers of uncertainty to reveal a newfound level of confidence. By listening, they allow us to hear what’s in our hearts. Their natural curiosity makes them hungry for knowledge while their passion for helping others drives them to share what they learn, asking nothing in return. Through coaching, and by their actions, they challenge us to alter our way of thinking and the way we interact with world around us, inspiring us to grow as people and to reach our personal and professional goals. This is a mentor. Donald Swift Education Endowment The Donald Swift Education Endowment (DSEE) recognizes an employee of a member organization, who exemplifies the mission of CAM-X. This award provides the opportunity for such an employee, who would otherwise not be afforded the opportunity, to attend a CAM-X conference and experience that which many of us take for granted. Help launch the career of one of your rising stars – fill in the application today! DSEE Application Hall of Fame Award The CAM-X Hall of Fame was established by the Canadian Call Management Association in 2001 in order to recognize dynamic individuals whose leadership has had a positive impact on the evolution of the Telephone Answering Service and Call Centre Industry. The Hall of Fame celebrates inductees for their accomplishments, their vision, their leadership and their tireless efforts to promote support and protect our industry. The CAM-X Hall of Fame Award is presented to an individual, company or organization that has made a significant contribution to CAM-X. The individual, company or organization can be active in the industry, retired or deceased but should have made a significant contribution to CAM-X at some point during their association with CAM-X. The individual, company or organization should be or have been a member of CAM-X or its predecessor (TAAC). This includes all member categories. The CAM-X Board of Directors calls for nominations 4 months prior to the Annual CAM-X Convention. An individual wishing to nominate a potential recipient for the CAM-X Hall of Fame Award is required to complete the proposed application. The Board of Directors has established a Selection Committee comprised of 3 members, one of which is a Past President of the Association. The Selection Committee is comprised of 3 members, one of which is a Past President of the Association. The Committee reviews all nomination applications and meets via conference call or in person to discuss and assess all applications and then vote to determine a qualified recipient. The vote should be unanimous. There is only one recipient, annually, but it is not mandatory there be a recipient every year. Tom Ryan Integrity Award The Tom Ryan Award for Ethics, Integrity and Quality Above All was created by the Ryan family in 2001 in memory of Tom Ryan. Its purpose is to recognize industry leaders in the answering service and contact management industry whose companies are founded on principles of quality service delivery, ethical business practices, commitment to a progressive working environment, and on contribution to the business and industry communities. This award is judged by a panel of business and community leaders who were personal friends and business associates of Tom’s and who understood the values and principles on which Tom conducted his business affairs. Each application is scored independently via a weighted scoring process, with the award being presented only when all criteria are met. The selected company will be presented the award at the CAM-X annual convention. Mothers of Invention In 2004, the CAM-X Board of Directors decided to establish a specialized award for the “Mothers of Invention” in order to honor all the women who started telephone answering services from a zero base during the 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and even well into the 70’s. Many of them literally “lived” with their businesses 24/7- operating out of a spare room in the home or even from a corner of their bedrooms. When a Doctor’s phone rang in the middle of the night these pioneers of innovation would get out of bed, answer it, ensure the patients’ needs were forwarded to the appropriate physician, and then jump back in to bed. When the plumber’s line rang during dinner, everything stopped until it was confirmed that the plumber was contacted and dispatched to the problem area. One of these women was quoted as saying (when asked by her husband how her day went: “…this morning I helped deliver a baby, put out a fire, sell a house and unclog a toilet…and that was before my first coffee break”. These “Mothers of Invention” felt that operating a Telephone Answering Service was the most important job in the world because of the hundreds of people they were able to help each day. They made huge sacrifices and were the true pioneers of our present day businesses. From these humble beginnings has grown many of today’s largest TAS/Call Centre enterprises. Award Registration Form © 2019 CAM-X

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES H.C.R. NO. 97 TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999 H.D.1 HOUSE CONCURRENT REQUESTING THE U.S. MILITARY AND THE AGENCIES OF THE STATE AND COUNTIES OF HAWAII TO EMULATE THE U.S. AIR FORCE IN ITS EFFORT TO INFORM AND PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION OF AIR FORCE BASES IN THE 15TH AIR BASE WING COMMAND. 1 WHEREAS, the United States Air Force has the responsibility 2 of restoring the environment to its highest and best use on its 3 bases in the 15th Air Base Wing Command by cleaning up the 4 toxic waste and properly disposing of the contaminants; and 6 WHEREAS, the United States Air Force 15th Air Base Wing 7 Command is doing an exemplary job as it continues to research 8 innovative technologies in its efforts to restore the 9 environment to its highest and best use; and 11 WHEREAS, the United States Air Force 15th Air Base Wing 12 Command has formed a true partnership with the community in the 13 environmental restoration process via the Restoration Advisory 14 Board and has been open to all interested community members who 15 wish to participate in meetings and site visits; and 17 WHEREAS while the other branches of the United States 18 Military have similar Restoration Advisory Boards, they have 19 been less open with interested members of the community; and 21 WHEREAS the State and counties of Hawaii have started new 22 initiatives, such as the Department of Health's Hawaii Source 23 Water Assessment Program, the Solid Waste Advisory Group, and 24 the County Development Plans and Visioning session; now, 25 therefore, 27 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the 28 Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session 29 of 1999, the Senate concurring, that all branches of the 30 military with bases in Hawaii and all state and County agencies 31 emulate the true partnership that the United States Air Force 32 15th Air Base Wing Command has so aptly demonstrated in its 33 Restoration Advisory Board process by: 35 (1) Inviting the community-at-large to participate 36 meaningfully; H.C.R. NO. 97 H.D.1 2 (2) Implementing suggestions from the community; and 4 (3) Opening its processes to inspection by all interested 5 community members; 7 and 9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this 10 Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the U.S. Department of 11 Defense, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, the members of Hawaii's 12 Congressional delegation, the Adjutant General, the Commander 13 in Chief of the Pacific, the Director of Health, the 14 Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources, the 15 Director of Public Safety, and the Director of Transportation.

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DINGER In 1972 Charlotte H. Dinger, paid a chance visit to a Philadelphia antiques shop, and walked out with the foundation of an unlikely collection, and an even less likely career. She came to be known as one of the worlds leading collectors, and foremost authorities on antique carousels and carousel art. To hear her tell her story in later years, Mrs. Dinger had two transforming experiences in her life. The first occurred during a childhood visit to the old Olympic Park in Maplewood, NJ. She became so enchanted with the flamboyantly beautiful wooden horses, whirling around on the amusement parks carousel. She promptly announced to her parents that she wanted one of her own! Charlotte Dinger did come to realize her dream, and so much more. The carousel pictured here this web page, is the machine she did rebuild, own, and operate. The second experience came during a 1972 visit to the antique store, where she encountered an old and faded carousel horse. For all its neglect and disrepair it evoked a strong and powerful nostalgic recollection of her bright childhood fascination, so she paid $75 on the spot. After bringing the many pieces of the small wooden horse home, she began stripping away the successive layers of thick paint. The obscured delicate carved features soon began to show. Her childhood fascination was well on the way to becoming a full-blown adult obsession. Inspired by her initial purchase, Mrs. Dinger soon tracked down what she realized was a treasure trove of two dozen carousel horses. They were stacked like so much firewood in a Philadelphia warehouse. Their next destination was the Dinger's garage. By this time Charlotte Dinger was in full swing. Figures that had been stripped from thousands of carousels from the turn of the century were now recognized as valuable examples of neglected art. Charlotte Dinger was in the midst of rescuing many of these wonderful steeds. Her husband Carl, only mildly irritated at the loss of space for the family cars, could hardly complain. He, too, was a collector, but then again his collection of baseball cards did not require repeated additions to the couple's home. Over the next two decades Mrs. Dinger tracked down, bought and restored scores of horses, and other carousel figures. She became familiar with the history of the American carousel, from its beginnings in 1867 with the work of a German immigrant, Gustav Dentzel, until its decline after the introduction of the automobile, and its abrupt demise during the Depression of the 1930s. In time she became an expert in the subtle distinctions in the work of such carousel masters as Charles Loof, (known for friendly, smiling steeds) Sol Stein and Harry Goldstein (creators of the Central Park Carousel.) and many other great carvers. She helped found the American Carousel Society to spread the word among other collectors and carousel lovers. Later she became a consultant to Sothebys, and also started her own publishing company to produce the definitive coffee table book, " ART OF THE CAROUSEL ". When her collection threatened to outstrip the capacity of her home, she put together a traveling exhibition that was on display at museums across the country. Other collectors, recognized that antique carousel figures were not merely curiosities, but examples of an important American folk art. The prices of choice specimens soared to astronomical levels, as much as $175,000 for a single carving. Since her death in 1996, The Charlotte Dinger Collection still endures, and can be seen in various traveling shows across the nation. Anyone who hasnt seen some of this collection in person, may have caught a glimpse of a few of her prize pieces in the family mail. The United States Postal Service has twice used Mrs. Dinger's collection as the basis for an issue of commemorative stamps depicting carousel animals. Despite her interest in collecting individual carousel figures, Mrs. Dinger campaigned to keep the dwindling supply of working carousels intact. ( According to the American Carousel Society, which estimates there were once 3,000 to 6,000 carousels in the country, from the famous Flying Horses on Marthas Vineyard, where children still ride on the oldest American carousel, assembled in 1884, to the last carousels produced in the1920s.) There are now only 133 left. With all her instincts as a collector, and her appreciation of carousels and carousel art, she has preserved a legacy for the future. Charlotte Dinger did realized her childhood dream The Fairy Tale Experience Of Whirling Around On A Beautiful Carousel Carousel World LP and the Dinger family believe the information contained herein is accurate however do not guarantee or warrant such. All buyers should ascertain information independently to verify the items for sale on this website. DENTZEL ILLIONS LOOFF HERSCHELL SPILLMAN STEIN & GOLDSTEIN White House Christmas 2014

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Reyer Anslo Dutch poet and convert, b. at Amsterdam in 1622; d. at Perugia in 1669. His parents were Mennonites. He was baptized on the 16th of November, 1646, and brought up a member of the same sect. He had already gained fame as a poet, and had been rewarded by his native city, with a laurel crown and a silver dish, for a poem in honour of the new town hall. A poem inscribed to Queen Christina of Sweden, a great patroness of letters, entitled "The Swedish Pallasö, brought him a golden chain. In 1651, he was received into the Catholic Church, together with forty-three others, as is shown by manuscript records of the Society of Jesus (Lit. annuae Soc. Jes., in the Burgundian Library at Brussels, VI, No. 21818b fo 300, ao 1651). He proceeded to Rome, where he became secretary to Cardinal Capponi, and received from Pope Innocent X a gold medal for his poetical labours. In 1655 he was presented to Queen Christina, to whom he dedicated new poems. His collected works were published in 1713, the finest being a tragedy, "The Parisian Blood-Bridal" (De parysche bloed-bruiloff), dealing with the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. Sterling Silver Rosary - Peridot Swarovski Beads Sterling Silver Genuine Green Side Stone Rosary Our Lady of Guadalupe Classes Sts. Perpetua and Felicity Classes

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Late Late Store Weeknights 12:37am/11:37pm c 10 CBS Stars That You Didn’t Know Are Triple Threats 1. James Corden The star of The Late Late Show with James Corden has a rich background in theatre. He played the lead role in the hit play One Man, Two Guvners and performed on Broadway in Alan Bennett’s play History Boys. Most recently, Corden starred as The Baker in the recent critically-acclaimed musical film Into the Woods. Watch The Late Late Show with James Corden on CBS. She appears on the CBS show Criminal Minds as Kate Callahan. Jennifer Love Hewitt has starred in many films, most notably I Know What You Did Last Summer and Can’t Hardly Wait. She has released multiple albums including Love Songs. Hewitt’s music video cover of Peggy Lee’s “I’m a Woman,” which was recorded to promote the second season of The Client List, reached the top ten on the iTunes Music Video chart. Watch Criminal Minds on CBS. 3. Mayim Bialik Before playing Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory, a young Mayim starred in the hit show Blossom and is famous for her quirky dance intro. She shared on Oprah that while auditioning for her role in Beaches, she “blew the producers away” with her rendition of “Golden Slumbers” by The Beatles. The producer loved the song, because she stood out from all of the other girls, who mostly chose to sing “Tomorrow” from the legendary play Annie. Watch The Big Bang Theory on CBS. 4. Beth Behrs Beth, before her role as Caroline Channing in 2 Broke Girls, was classically trained as a singer and dancer. At 15, Behrs studied at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and went on to perform in the musical Dangling Conversations: The Music of Simon and Garfunkel. In 2008, Beth was awarded the Young Musician’s Foundation Vocal Scholarship Award. Watch 2 Broke Girls on CBS. 5. Donnie Wahlberg Let’s not forget that the driven Detective Danny Reagan on Blue Bloods is a member of the famous boy band New Kids on the Block. His song and dance skills started way back in the 80s when he performed in hit videos for the group’s songs like “You Got it (the Right Stuff)” and “Step by Step.” Watch Blue Bloods on CBS. 6. Alan Cumming Before his role as Eli Gold on The Good Wife, Alan had quite the stage presence. He has performed in many plays and musicals including Studio 54’s Threepenny Opera, The Bacchae, and Macbeth on Broadway. Alan was nominated for the Drama League’s Performance of Distinction Award for his amazing performance as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret. Watch The Good Wife on CBS. 7. Erich Bergen Erich is well-known for his role on Madam Secretary as personal assistant Blake Morgan, but Bergen starred in Jersey Boys. He played the lead role of Bob Gaudio in over 1,000 performances of the musical as part of the original National Tour, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas casts. Erich also released a debut EP in 2009, which can be heard nightly as part of the score of Vegas The Show! at the Planet Hollywood Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas. Watch Madam Secretary on CBS. 8. Shad Moss Do you think that Brody Nelson from CSI: Cyber looks familiar? Well, before he played a reformed black-hat hacker, he was better known as “Bow Wow,” a rapper that danced and sang into our hearts. Shad is currently working on a new album called Underrated. Watch CSI: Cyber on CBS. 9. Wayne Brady What can’t Wayne Brady do? The current host of Let’s Make a Deal has made appearances in many films and TV shows, as well as having a GRAMMY-nominated hit “A Change is Gonna Come” off of his album A Long Time Coming. Brady is no stranger to the stage, either; he danced and sang as ruthless lawyer Billy Flynn, a lead role in the Broadway musical Chicago in 2005. Watch Let’s Make a Deal on CBS. 10. Allison Janney Before playing Bonnie Plunkett in Mom, Allison debuted on Broadway in 1996 in a revival of the Noel Coward play Present Laughter. No stranger to the stage, Janney was nominated for a Tony Award for her singing, dancing, and acting abilities in the Broadway play 9 to 5. Watch Mom on CBS.

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Population Movements and Refugee Services in Countries of Asylum Syrian Refugee Health Profile From Syria By December 2015, the conflict in Syria had produced nearly 5 million registered Syrian refugees12. However, this figure only accounts for refugees who have been registered with UNHCR. The number of unregistered refugees throughout the Middle East will likely increase, as refugee camps have become overcrowded as the number of Syrian refugees grows. Syrian refugees are entering various countries to flee ongoing violence in their home country. Depending on the country of asylum, services available to Syrian refugees may vary and are likely to change substantially over time. Table 1 shows the estimated number of Syrian refugees in major countries of asylum, and discusses the living conditions and health services available to Syrian refugees in various countries. These estimates are based on UNHCR referrals for resettlement. Table 1. Syrian refugee arrivals, living conditions, and access to health services by country of asylum Country of Asylum Syrian Arrivals* 227,971 38% camp 62% non-camp13 Specific services offered to select registered refugee populations14 15 16. 655,833 82% urban or informal settlements13 Syrian refugees (registered with UNHCR) can access the public health system 17. 1,017,433 Urban areas (Beirut); Informal tent camps (Bekaa Valley); Sabra and Shatila camps (Beirut)18 UNHCR registration is required for Syrian refugees to access primary healthcare services17. Registration of new arrivals was halted in May 2015 per the request of the Lebanese government12. 2,764,500 Districts (known as a satellite cities); Camps along Turkish-Syrian border19 Registered Syrian refugees, living in satellite cities, are enrolled in the Turkish General Health Insurance Program and are able to access free health services. In camps, nongovernmental organizations provide clean water, sanitation, and other health services19. 115,204 Urban20 Syrian are granted access to the public health system, but are required to pay the same fees as Egyptians17. Services are overburdened and often inaccessible due to cost20. *Number of UNHCR-registered refugee arrivals as of October 31, 2016 For up-to-date information regarding registered Syrian refugees in in the Middle East, please see UNHCR’s Inter-agency Information Sharing Portal for the Syria Regional Refugee ResponseExternal. To the United States Historical Migration Syrians began arriving in the United States as immigrants in the late 1800s. The first wave of immigration from the Middle East and North Africa continued into the mid-1920s. This initial wave of immigrants consisted largely of Arab Christians from the Ottoman Empire and the Province of Syria, now modern-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Syria21. From 1899-1932, 106,391 Syrians immigrated to the United States22. A second wave of Syrian immigration began in 1948 and continued through 1965. According to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, more than 310,000 Arabs entered the United States from 1948-1985, of which, 60% were Muslim22. Recent Migration Prior to 2014, the United States Refugee Admissions Program formally resettled few Syrian refugees. From 2008-2013, the United States resettled less than 50 Syrian refugees each fiscal year Figure 3. In 2015, only 1,682 Syrian refugees resettled to the United States (Figure 4)21. Between October 2015 and July 2016, more than 7,500 Syrian refugees have been resettled to the United States, with the largest numbers arriving in Michigan, California, Arizona, and Texas. Figure 2: Syrian Refugee Arrivals in the United States, Fiscal Years 2012-2016 (N=14,441) Source: Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS) Figure 3: States of Primary Resettlement for Syrian Refugees, FY 2015 (N=1,682) * The remaining 415 refugees resettled in 22 other states. Source: WRAPS States* Texas 184 10.9 California 179 10.6 Michigan 179 10.6 Illinois 134 8.0 Arizona 125 7.4 Pennsylvania 111 6.6 Florida 98 5.8 New Jersey 73 4.3 Massachusetts 70 4.2 Kentucky 61 3.6 Georgia 53 3.2 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Syria Regional Refugee Response 2015; Available from: http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/regional.phpExternal. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, At a glance: health data for Syrian refugees. 2014. Law 21-2010, Al Waqa’a Al Iraqyah. Nov. 2010. Law 51-1971, Al Waqa’a Al Iraqyah. 4 Oct. 1971. Sadek, G., Legal Status of Refugees: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq. 2013, Library of Congress. Relief Web, Legal status of individuals fleeing Syria, in Sryia Needs Analysis Project. 2013. Macfarlane, J., Syrian refugees fear permanent exile in Lebanon’s camps, in BBC News. 2014: Beirut. İçduygu, A., Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Long Road Ahead. 2015, Migration Policy Institute. Grisgraber, D. and J. Crisp, Tough Times for Syrian Refugees in Egypt. 2014, Refugees International. Zong, J. and J. Batalova, Middle Eastern and North African Immigrants in the United States. 2015, Migration Policy Institute. Ajrouch K, Pan Y, and Lubkemann S, Observing Census Enumeration of Non-English Speaking Households in the 2010 Census: Arabic Report, in Research Report Series. 2012, U.S. Census Bureau. View Page In:Cdc-pdf PDF [695K] Page last reviewed: January 10, 2017 file_external PDF

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About Cedefop Better vocational options lead to fewer dropouts from education and training Early findings of a Europe-wide Cedefop study of the effect of vocational education and training (VET) on the dropout rate reveal that this effect is largely positive. In countries where vocational pathways account for a large share of education and training, rates of early school leaving are below the EU target for 2020 (10%). Conversely, in countries where VET lags behind, the dropout rate is higher than 10%; in some cases, significantly so. The findings were discussed at an expert workshop organised by Cedefop in Thessaloniki on 3rd and 4th of June. The study also addresses the lack of commonly accepted definition of early leavers from vocational education and training. Data at EU level and in many countries do not accurately track young people as they leave and re-enter learning environments and/or the labour market. The study has found that over 97% of early leavers are dropouts, with the remainder being young people who never start post-compulsory education and training. It also found that one in five dropouts eventually achieve upper secondary qualifications, with 77% doing so within three years. Addressing the workshop, Cedefop Director James Calleja pointed out that the problem of early leaving is largely VET’s to solve: early leavers between 16 and 24 who return to education typically choose vocational options. Mr Calleja spoke of early leavers as ‘casualties of the education system’ whom public authorities have a responsibility to support. Workshop participants agreed that data collection must be improved to provide an accurate overall picture for policy-makers and allow them to implement the right policies. Thanks to such a comprehensive data collection and monitoring system, policy-makers in the Netherlands have solid evidence on which to base policy decisions. As a result, early leaving rates have dropped significantly in the past few years. In addition, systematic tracking (by means of a personal education number which is linked to a social security number) alerts authorities when learners leave or re-enter education and training at any level and in every kind of learning environment. This system has revealed that the real national rate of early leaving from education and training is lower than previously thought. Cedefop has launched a three-year project (2014-17) to address the lack of data on early leaving specifically from vocational pathways and to analyse the role VET plays in reducing the dropout rate. Cedefop’s Irene Psifidou, who organised the workshop, said that the ultimate aim of the project is ‘ambitious but necessary to develop tools that will make it possible for countries to monitor individual learning pathways and to evaluate national policies on early leaving.’ Mr Calleja also emphasised this point: ‘As a public agency, Cedefop must ensure that Member States can use our research in order to implement measures that will make a difference. But it is not enough to develop tools. Countries will also need help in implementing them until they become part of the culture of the education and training system.’ In its first year, the project addresses how to measure the magnitude and determine the causes of early leaving from VET, and the ways in which improved data and analysis can feed into targeted policy measures. Workshop discussions will feed into next year’s research, which is to focus on indicators and on evaluating the impact of policy measures in tackling early leaving from education and training though VET. For more on the workshop: http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/events/ELET2014/ Briefing note available in Spanish, German, Greek, English, French, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish and Portuguese: Keeping young people in (vocational) education: what works? Early school leaver/dropout Early leaving from education and training

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Visit the Jaffna peninsula and get immersed in the Tamil culture. Visit many Hindu temples and learn about the history of this area. Let the adventure begin! Main attractions in northern Sri Lanka: Jaffna Travelling to Jaffna (Northern Sri Lanka) is a true human experience, where one takes the time to explore the area and meet people. Jaffna(Northern Sri Lanka) is the ticket to Sri Lanka’s Tamil culture, which is finally flourishing and energized after over 25 years of civil war. Though the war ended in 2009, the area is still militarized. However, travelling in Jaffna is safe and the local population will welcome you with open arms. In the Jaffna Peninsula, you will see many ruins and interesting attractions like the island of Nainativu. Travelling to Jaffna (Northern Sri Lanka) is a true human experience, where one takes the time to explore the area and meet people. JAFFNA CITY NALLUR KANDASWAMY KOVIL Though Sri Lanka is a predominately Buddhist country (70% of the population), you will be surprised by the numerous Hindu temples in Jaffna: Hinduism is a strong cultural feature of the Jaffna Peninsula, and is the dominant religion of the local population. Reportedly, Nallur Kandaswamy Temple was founded in the 10th century and destroyed three times. The current structure dates from the 18th century and would be the “fourth version” of the temple. In July and August, the temple becomes a part of the impressive Nallur festival, the most important Hindu festival in Sri Lanka. A colorful crowd gathers for 25 days to the sound of drums. One may even witness scenes of mutilation of some devotees, performed for the gods in the hope of obtaining protection against pain. JAFFNA FORT Jaffna Fort was partially destroyed during the war, but its architecture makes it one of the most interesting in Sri Lanka, along with the Galle Fort. Its architecture is inspired by Vauban and its coral rock walls and moats are intact. It was built in the 17th century by the Dutch to control the trade route to Asia. Much of the fort was destroyed during clashes in the 1990s and is currently being restored. JAFFNA PUBLIC LIBRARY Jaffna Public Library was burnt down in 1981, following clashes between Tamil and Sinhalese groups. Priceless documents were destroyed, including rare manuscripts written by Tamil intellectuals. It is a central cultural venue for the people of the city. The building was rebuilt immediately after the end of the war and its architecture is worth seeing. ROYAL PALACE IN JAFFNA This palace was the symbol of the kingdom of Jaffna before the Portuguese invasion in the 16th century. This kingdom extended to Puttalam in the north-west. The royal palace of Jaffna is not a single building, with ruins scattered throughout the city. You observe the Manthri Manai, the former residence of a prince, or one of the ancient palace entrances, the Cankili Thoppu archway. JAFFNA PENINSULA JAFFNA’S ISLANDS Visiting Jaffna’s islands is a truly relaxing experience. You’ll enjoy the beautiful landscape from the causeways and the boat ride to the islands. The closest islands to Jaffna’s city center are Karaitivu and Velanai. Here you will find beaches that are very popular with local families, the most famous being Casuna Beach. The most popular boat ride is to Nainativu Island (departing from Velanai), where you can visit the Nagadipa Buddhist Temple as well as the Naga Pooshani Hindu Temple. A tuk tuk ride around this island will allow you to discover the coast and the life of the local population. Finally, Delft Island is worth a visit for its landscape, its ruins and its wild ponies. POINT PEDRO This area, 25km from Jaffna, was devastated by the tsunami in 2004. Taking a ride along the shore will make you aware of the extent of damage to this part of the Peninsula. See razed areas and ruins of old colonial houses. You can also admire the work of the fishermen and many boats on deserted beaches, the most famous being Munai Beach. KEERIMALAI SPRING The Keerimalai Spring, 15km from Jaffna, offers healing waters. Taking a bath here is a good opportunity to blend with the locals for a relaxing moment. On your way, you’ll find temples and ruins, which will make your visit a full day excursion.

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Geneeskunde & Verpleging Dare to Be Human A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Journey Auteur: Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Auteur: Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Uitgever: Taylor & Francis Ltd Daniel is 35, successful, a high level professional and an accomplished academic - yet he is also a virgin, who fears that he will spend the rest of his life alone. More importantly, Daniel has existed in an emotional bubble all of his life, and has had no intimate friendships. In other words, he is not fully alive, and seeks psychotherapy because he is haunted by not understanding what is wrong with him. He is attractive to women, yet as soon as a woman tries to get close to him, he runs away. Lacking an inner foundation, he fears that women will annihilate him, like his overbearing mother who abused him as a child. Quite simply, this book is an unprecedented achievement, taking the reader into actual psychoanalytic sessions and sharing with the reader Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum’s dialogues with Daniel, vividly illustrating his pain and struggle to transcend his existential plight. Furthermore, as the author of two sections of the book, Daniel himself provides a rare, insightful view from the other side of the couch, illuminating the challenge and change experienced within the other half of the therapeutic relationship. It is a compelling psychological adventure, fusing together the intimacy of the therapy with an account of the revolutionary changes that have occurred in the practice of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis over the last decades. Daniel is like no one else, and yet he is everyone, making this book a must for every person searching for self-knowledge, allowing the reader to identify with Daniel and his struggle to become human. Dr. Shoshani's moving back and forth between descriptions of Daniel and his own emotional process in trying to understand and help Daniel, made it quite a page-turner for me. Shoshani's choice to present so much raw material was clearly the right one. It's still unusual in psychoanalytic writing for an analyst to recount his own comments verbatim, not just the patient's, including comments he regretted afterward, and it is very rare to find two chapters written by the patient himself. It's an extraordinary piece of work - the treatment itself, not just the paper - a beautiful example of how a patient, who is extremely 'difficult' by many criteria, can become deeply responsive to the help that an analyst offers. - Nancy McWilliams, Rutgers University, and President, APA Division 39 (Psychoanalysis), USA I found this book to be a remarkable manuscript. There is a poetic beauty about Dr. Shoshani's account of the encounter with Daniel and the deep feelings that this analytic voyage inspired in both the analyst, the analysand, and through this book, in the reader. We have a profound insight into Daniel's character structure as well as an indication of the complex transference-countertransference dramas that Shoshani and his patient were both destined to experience. - Joyce McDougall, D. Ed., Faculty, Object Relations Institute, New York, USA I have found Dare to Be Human to be a remarkable achievement, both as a treatment as well as an account of that treatment. It would be a valuable text for teaching post-graduate students and candidates at psychoanalytic institutes. The content of the hours captures the richness, complexity and subtlety of a skilled psychoanalytic treatment. I am in complete agreement with the main outlines of the author's interpretations. This is a unique account of a psychoanalysis from the perspective of both participants. - Arnold Modell, Training Analyst, Harvard University, USA Dare to be Human is an original and valuable contribution to psychoanalysis, both in form and content. In terms of form, it is rare that a psychoanalytic book provides not only detailed, thoughtful discussion of clinical material, but also two sections of the book that are written by the patient whose analysis is being discussed. What brings the clinical account to life is the creation in the writing of the experience of two people communicating, in large part, by together developing metaphors and stories that capture essences of the patient's experience. The theoretical content is no less original in that the author develops his own conception of the way psychoanalysis works as a medium for psychological growth. - Thoman Ogden, training analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, USA I found the book to be moving and skillful, well-written and thought out, or in a nutshell an excellent analysis and an extremely useful clinical analysis that illuminates many contemporary relational concepts and practices. - Jessica Benjamin, Supervising and Training Analyst, NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, USA An exceptionally honest, highly intelligent and perceptive study of some very good therapy. In many ways, Dr. Shoshani and I work in a very similar way. - Irv Yalom, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University, USA What shines through above all else is Dr. Shoshani's love and respect for the patient and his dedication to the highest ideals of what it means to be a psychoanalyst. I am very much in accord with the spirit of this work. Dr. Shoshani has done Daniel an immense service and has been served by him in return and that, after all, is why we continue to practice this convoluted, tortuous and impossible profession. - Sheldon Bach, Training and Supervising Analyst, Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, USA With this book, Dr. Shoshani is offering the psychoanalytic community a rare gift: the description of a completed analysis by an astute clinician. The book also contains two chapters written by an insightful analysand: the first written one month after termination, and the second a few years later. This book, both a clinical gem and a moving account, offers the reader a close look at the nature of this relationship, which not only healed Daniel's lifelong emotional isolation and loneliness, but also had a profound impact on Dr. Shoshani's emotional life. With its open and honest reporting of his self-reflections and his technical 'missteps,' the reader can feel the analyst's pain as he re-experiences his own childhood trauma triggered by the patient's traumatic childhood memories. This is a beautiful example of the intersubjective nature of a good analysis. Dr. Shoshani weaves together concepts of self psychology and relational psychoanalysis, in a unique and creative manner. I highly recommend the book for psychoanalysts as well as beginners and experienced mental health practitioners. - Anna Ornstein, Professor Emerita of Child Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, USA With Dare to Be Human, Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum presents an astonishingly open and accessible account of a psychoanalytic treatment. The book's strength lies in its invitation to struggle along with patient and analyst in their work. Rosenbaum's boldness in confronting contemporary theoretical and technical dilemmas, along with his capacity to contain his uncertainty, will resonate with many of his readers' struggles as they work in the current pluralistic atmosphere of contemporary psychoanalysis and with patients once though to be unanalyzable. At its core, Dare to Be Human makes a major contribution in its vivd account of a therapeutic encounter with a very damaged human being and what occurred that led to profound change. - Richard G. Honig, Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association To review a book overflowing with originality, conviction, honesty, and creativity like this book is considerably more difficult than I first anticipated...The combination of reporting a fascinating analysis with an echo of [Rosenbaum's] own development and conflicts in parallel is unique....[Rosenbaum's] writing style evokes in the reader a sense of curiosity, interest, and anticipation that makes it difficult to put the book down, as the suspense is always in crescendo....Dare to Be Human I don't doubt will resonate with any analyst who will read this unique piece of analytic literature which will be instructive to beginners as well as seasoned analysts. - Jorge de la Torre, M.D., in the Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum Taylor & Francis Ltd A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Journey MKMT Populaire psychologie E-book € 32,99 Paperback € 51,50 Hardcover € 191,99 Mike Bayer Paul Verhaeghe Theo IJzermans Beren op de weg, spinsels in je hoofd C.W. 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Iconic Interviews & Reviews Film/DVDs Live Entertainment Reviews Where We're Read Posted August, 2012 Ed Roth, Jeff Kollman, Kevin Chown & Chad SmithAs I wrote in my review ofChad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats’,Live Meat and Potatoes, I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I absolutely love that album. I meant it then and I still feel the same way now. So, I was quite stoked when the opportunity arose to interview the band’s co-founder and drummer (that is, when he’s not beating the skins for his main gig, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees,Red Hot Chili Peppers, or for the super group,Chickenfoot), Chad Smith. The Bombastic Meatbats were formed as sort of a fluke. While doing some work withGlenn Hughes, Smith formed the band along withJeff Kollman (guitarist forCosmosquad), much in demand arranger/songwriter/keyboardist,Ed Roth, and bassist Kevin Chown (Uncle Kracker,Tarja Turunen). What resulted was a great rock/jazz/fusion/whatever-you-want-to-call-it band that is delighting audiences everywhere they’re heard. But more about that in a moment. Smith rang me up recently from his SoCal home to discuss Live Meat and Potatoes and the music business in general. But before cutting to that chase, though, I had to ask a very obvious question: How in the world did Chad and the boys come up with the band’s name? “Well, we’re serious about our music but we have a real loose sense of humor and inside jokes. But instrumental music sometimes has this stereotype of being ‘serious’, musicians only, lots of notes, and no sense of humor. We are serious about our music but everything else is just the personalities of our group. The combination of us together is kinda goofy – starting from the top – the Meatbats! “I don’t know how we came up with it but it’s just part of the fun we like to have. I think the live CD picks up on that. We really like to stretch out and have fun with the audience and make them feel connected. It can be a little intimidating when there’s no singing – nothing to connect to that way. So, we just like to have fun with it. “Music is supposed to be fun, for goodness sakes! At least, that’s what I think. I don’t know what other people think but I’m going to play music! I’m not working music – I’m playingit! To me, I always want it to be fun. Lots of times there’s work involved but, when you’re performing in front of a crowd and you’re entertaining, you present your art the way you want to and that’s what we do.” Back to how the band formed, I asked Chad to fill me in a little more on that story. “Myself, Jeff Kollman – the guitar player - and Ed Roth, the keyboard player – Glenn was a solo artist after Deep Purple – and, years ago now – he just needed a band to do some gigs here and there and we would play with him. I played on some of his records and helped him produce them. We’re really good friends and he’s a great musician. We were just his band. When you’re waiting around for the singer to show up – sometimes that happens. They’re not always on time. Maybe it’s because they don’t have any gear to bring. They don’t have to set up. So, we would just jam on this funk – whatever it is, whatever we do – and it was just fun and we really sounded good. “One of us – maybe it was me – said, ‘Man! We need to come up with some songs, record ‘em and make records!’ And they’re like, ‘Yeah, okay!’ That was really it. And we do! Next thing you know, a couple of records, a live album, playing gigs, and having fun with your fans. That’s what it’s all about!” And has the legendary bassist/vocalist ever returned the favor by playing any Bombastic gigs? “He has! You know, tonight we’re playing down in San Pedro which is down by Long Beach and Glenn lives down there. I’m going to call ‘im up and see what he’s doing. I think he might be in the studio. I think he’s playing with some other people but we’ll be in his neck of the woods. But, yeah, he comes in. We don’t have a vocalist very often but he does come in and he’s played a couple of times with us. It’s always fun!” Most bands don’t come out with a live album until well into their existence. I asked Smith if it wasn’t a bit of a bold step to release a live CD as a third project. Before I could even finish the question, Smith was already chuckling. “Yeah, I guess, but our songs are, like, seven minutes long. We really stretch them out and we have musical conversations. We take risks. It’s a lot of improvising. Therein lies where the jazz part of it is. I don’t really think of it as jazz. I just think of it as improvising and playing off each other and listening. Those are really important things. For me, with any music that I like to play with other human beings you’re interacting with, you have to use dynamics and listen and have musical conversations. So, we do that. It’s not just a jam band or some jazz situation where you just play the head and there’ll be solos. We have song structure. “But, yeah, two records – I don’t know, I just felt that we were playing really good and we had been working and had just done the second record. I was going to go – I think – on a Chickenfoot tour and we were playing a lot at that point. I said, ‘Let’s record!’ We were doing two shows at the club we were always playing at in L.A. –The Baked Potato – and I think most of the album is from the first night. But, yeah, why not? I think we excel live. I really do.” I was curious what Bombastic Meatbats does for Smith, musically, that he doesn’t get from the Chili Peppers or Chickenfoot. “It keeps my chops up. I do a little more playing, I suppose – a little bit more. When you’re in an instrumental band you don’t have to worry about stepping on the singer. You get to play a lot. I mean, I play a lot in the other bands, too, but a little bit more in this one just because the nature of the music. It’s really up to you. You can’t just sit back there, keeping the beat. You have to make it interesting all the time. “But, yeah, any musical situation I’m in, I want to have fun and play with people who want to take chances and want to take musical risks and are dedicated to music but also want to have fun. I want to have fun playing music. That’s the criteria for me and Meatbats certainly meets all of those things. They’re great guys and we’re friends. We get to do whatever we want. I mean, we’re not competing with the Lady Gaga’s and Rhianna’s and Katy Perry’s. We have a little niche and that’s cool. It’s great to have that outlet for musical expression. I’m so grateful that people support live music and come out and see us.” As for where Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats play live, it’s, for the most part, in southern California although he says that, “We have played in other places. We’ve never done a tour. We went to play in Japan and did a ten day tour there. In the states, trying to find venues for this kind of music is difficult – to make money to pay for travel, airplanes, hotels and stuff. We’ve played in New York, Michigan, Pennsylvania, California and a couple of other places but no tours. Maybe, who knows?” When asked what is planned next with the Meatbats after the activity over the latest album dies down, Chad said, “We’ll probably have to wait until after I get done in April with the Chili Peppers and then we’ll write some more songs. We’ll get back down into the Tiki Room here in my house and come up with some new songs and come out with another record, I think.” And then, with a small sliver of humor, added, “Maybe well do another live album again!” When I asked Chad how he would like to be remembered and what he hopes his legacy will be after he’s left planet earth, after softly chuckling and giving the question some serious thought, Smith said, “That’s a good question. When we were inducted into the Hall of Fame in April, I got a little bit of that then because you’re looking back on your career. It was really cool and we were really honored.” Then, Smith’s tone of voice turned very serious as he started talking about what is really important to him. “A friend of mine who played bass with Elton John just killed himself a couple of days ago – Bob Burch. All of us – a lot of my friends – are from Detroit. I’m from Michigan. I played with him. I know him. It freaked me out, man. Just crazy! Young guy, family, kid, what was he thinking to do that? I mean, anybody but when it’s somebody you know, it really hits home, you know? “I just want to be present and I want to be kind. I want to be loving. I want to be a good father. I want to be a good husband. I want to be a good person and continue to do that. It really doesn’t have anything to do with music. Music is what I do. I know that the music that I play touches a lot of people, as humbly as I can say that. We’re very fortunate and I’m very fortunate to play music that people really connect with. I’m really happy for that. It blows me away when people come up to me, ‘Oh, your music changed my life – your drumming. I started a band because of I saw you play’ or whatever it was. That’s unbelievable. “But, more importantly, I just want to be a good example for my family and friends who know me and can have a good influence on them. They can look back and go, ‘You know, my dad was a hard working musician, doing what he loved. He was good to me. He was kind. He gave me a good map.’ That’s, hopefully, what I can do.” Our Featured Photo by Boomerocity friend and famed rock photographer, Rob Shanahan (robshanahan.com), is of the late, great Dr. John who we lost over the summer. Click here to read our commemoration of the late drummer. Also, check out more of Rob's work at RobShanahan.com! The Boomerocity Interview Vault Harry "KC" Casey Posted August, 2010 When I was in high school back in the seventies, one of my favorite things to d... Keep Up With Our Latest! Subscribe to our mailing list to keep up with the latest from Boomerocity.com Boomerocity.com respects your privacy and will not sell your email address or any other information. Reviews / Interviews Contact Boomerocity.com Boomerocity.com is a website dedicated to the cultural interests of the Baby Boomer Generation. 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Home Uncategorized This man married a girl who came to him for a job,... Marriage is special for everyone. So they do everything to make their marriage memorable. Some people prefer a simple wedding whereas others go for a lavish wedding celebration. You have heard about many weddings till now which will be worth crores. Recently, Mukesh Ambani’s daughter and son were married in which about billions of rupees were spent. Having a memorable marriage is everyone’s dream. Today we are going to tell you about the love story of a man who married a girl who came to him seeking a job. And now he is the richest man of the world. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of e-commerce company Amazon and his love story is very interesting. Jeff Bezos is going to be divorced with his wife Mackenzie Bezos, but when he got married he became an example of true love. On January 9, 2019, when this couple announced the separation from each other, this news became a headlines all over the world because their love story was very beautiful. Besides Jeff’s wife Mackenzie, his affair was going on with a pilot and former anchor Lorraine Sanchez, and after that he announced a divorce to his wife. On April 4, 2019, Jeff and McKenzie agreed on their divorce decision, and this became news. Jeff Bezos and Mackenzie’s first meeting took place at Jeff’s office, and after three months of affair, both of them got engaged. In 1993, Jeff married Mackenzie, and Jeff and Mackenzie had laid the foundation of Amazon in 1993. McKenzie has a hand in the real meaning behind Jeff’s success. The relationship between the two couples was so beautiful that in one of his interviews, Jeff said that he himself bought clothes of his choice for McKenzie and she also had to say the same about his husband. Apart from this, both of them enjoyed meeting newcomers. In fact, McKenzie came to Jeff’s company seeking a job, and Jeff had fallen in love with her in the first meeting. After that both of them got married, while Jeff did not become so rich at that time. Both lived in a rented apartment, but today they can buy many apartments. McKenzie wanted to be a writer and she already liked writing about the places she hang out with her friends. During college, McKenzie had also done a waiter job to deposit her fees and her first book was Best Seller. While Jeff is busy with his business, McKenzie is busy writing books. Jeff also came to the headlines at the time when he had accused a journalist of threatening to print his and Lauren Sanchez pictures on a newspaper. People are shocked with the news of their Divorce: Jeff Bezos is 55 years old, while his new girlfriend Lauren Sanchez is 49 years old. Lauren Sanchez’s husband had introduced her with Jeff and Jeff and Lauren know each other for more than 14 years but are now tied in the relationship. Both of them had made friendships during a project and then they came so close that they began to love each other. After this, the two spent time with each other, and then Jeff told the matter of divorce with his wife Mackenzie in front of everyone. Is Deepak Kalal Really Kashmiri, check Here

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Home Uncategorized Top 6 Teams with Most Sixes in T20 Internationals. In T20 Internationals, two International team faces twenty overs. In this short format of game, one has to score maximum boundaries and sixes to score a good number. T20 is the most entertaining format of cricket. For the better playing experiences, batmen are given better bats with good edges so that they can score maximum boundaries and sixes. So today we are going to tell you about the top 10 teams who have scored most sixes in T20 Internationals. 6. Bangladesh- 345: No matter what , Bangladesh has always maintained their consistent performance, and they have really played their best in T20 International. Bangladesh has collectively scored 11333 runs in the T20I format. Bangladesh has grabbed the tenth position in the latest ICC T20I rankings. 5. Afghanistan-440: Afghanistan has many good players who are T20I specialist in the game. If you see their record in the last few years, then you will see that the Afghanistan players have savoured great success in the shortest format. However, they have always played games against small team and they would like to play more against the bigger teams. Afghanistan has scored 440 sixes in the 71 T20I matches. Afghanistan is at the seventh place in the T20I rankings. 4. Sri Lanka – 447: If you remember then it was Sri lanka who beat India in the finals in 2014 and crowned as World T20I champions . They have really played well in the shortest format of the game. However, Sri Lankan players are hardly seen playing on their trade in the popular leagues like the IPL or the Big Bash. Sri Lankan batsmen have smashed 447 sixes in the 114 T20I matches. Sri Lanka is placed at the eighth position in the points table. 3. England-537: In the list of cricket teams, Englans is known for their agressive batting. They have really improved in last few years. They have done a good job in the shortest format of the game. The English team is in the second position in the points table. England has scored 537 sixes in the 109 T20I matches. 2. South Africa- 580: If you see the overall Team’s cricket performance, then South Africa has really shown good performance in the shortest format. The Rainbow nation has scored 580 sixes in the 113 T20I matches. South Africa has scored 16168 runs in the shortest format of the game. South Africa is placed at the third position in the rankings table. 1. India: 586: India is the only team, who have always maintained their consistent performances in T20I format. In the last few years, the Indian team has really improved in terms of batting. Striking sixes and boundaries are no longer a challenge to them. They always try to give chances to young players. On the other hand, the Indian players don’t get the maximum exposure of T20 format as they are restricted to play in other leagues. India has scored 586 sixes in the shortest version of the game. Virat Kohli’s side is at the fifth position in the rankings ladder. When Traffic Police Became Yamraj To teach the public safety rules....

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2019 – a year which put Biodiversity, Heritage and Culture at the heart of Government policy Minister Madigan reflects on a year of progress which includes: Increased protection for Irish biodiversity Increased support for Irish artists Increased access to culture and creativity Increased support for built heritage The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD, has said measures taken this year will help significantly in our efforts to protect Ireland’s biodiversity. A new funding scheme for Local Authorities which was increased to €2 million over 3 years €7m in funding allocated to embark on an accelerated programme of peatlands restoration and conservation works in 2020, generating 100 jobs in the Midlands, and ultimately the storage of 28 million tonnes of carbon An additional €1m was allocated in the budget to accelerate key nature conservation and biodiversity programmes under the National Parks and Wildlife Service to include the recruitment of front line conservation specialists National Parks and Wildlife Service-run programmes are making a difference as 2019 reports hopeful results e.g. Curlew Conservation Programme Report showed an increase in the breeding productivity of the bird in conservation areas, see Conservation Programme Report 2019. The Grey Partridge programme has brought the iconic bird back from near extinction levels In February, the first National Biodiversity Conference was held which resulted in a number of major new Government initiatives including legislation to introduce a biodiversity duty, which will place a requirement on public bodies to promote the conservation of biodiversity in carrying out their functions which is at the Oireachtas stage, and funding was allocated, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the development of resources for the ‘Farming for Nature’ project and Seeds of Nature Conference charter The Department secured multi-annual EU funding for major Conservation Programme Support to Community Foundation Ireland for the development of 56 community Biodiversity Plans Continued collaboration with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the ObSERVE Programme. Its main aim is to greatly improve our knowledge and understanding of protected offshore species and sensitive habitats through high quality, state-of-the-art data collection across Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Information generated and analysed under the programme feeds into the sustainable management of offshore activities and appropriate marine conservation strategies. The project won a 2019 Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Award In terms of Culture and Creativity, Minister Madigan states that measures taken in 2019 – at a time of particular budgetary prudence – highlight the Government’s commitment to support Irish artists, at home and abroad. Markievicz Bursaries announced the first recipients of the Markievicz Award, a new bursary scheme for artists, so-called to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the appointment of the first female cabinet minister, Constance de Markievicz New and enhanced initiatives to support creativity in schools were launched in conjunction with the Department of Education. The number of Scoileanna Ildánacha/Creative Schools will double to 300, with an additional 150 schools joining the initial pilot group. At an event to mark the achievement of Irish artists at the Edinburgh Festivals this year, the Minister announced approval of €680,200 in grant funding by Culture Ireland for the promotion of Irish arts globally. The start of detailed appraisal stage of Abbey Theatre redevelopment was announced The first Progress Report on the Implementation of the Audiovisual Action Plan was published which saw significant progress in efforts to make Ireland a global hub for film, TV drama and animation LINK Social Welfare Scheme for Self-Employed Artists scheme extended giving more self-employed artists in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance for the first year the ability to focus on their artistic work and developing their portfolio. Per Cent for Art Scheme Updated to include measures to significantly increase funding for Public Art. Under the new scheme announced by Minister Madigan, the top band will be increased to €50m meaning 500k could be spent on a work of art. Cultural Ambassadors appointed – five high-profile figures from Ireland’s arts and culture community appointed to promote Ireland globally as part of the Government’s Global Ireland 2025 initiative. Culture Ireland Global Ireland 2025 Conferencetook place in Dublin Castle. A key part of the Government’s Global Ireland 2025 initiative, stakeholders in the arts world came together to debate how Ireland can strategically strengthen and advance its renowned distinctive global reputation for creativity. In the protection of our built heritage, progress in 2019 included: – Minister Madigan publishes details of Heritage Ireland 2030 public consultation. Analysis of over two thousand submissions received during the 4-month public consultation on the development of a new national heritage. – Publication of the first progress report on the Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plans for Biodiversity and Built and Archaeological Heritage. – The launch of €4.3m fund for conservation and repair of Ireland’s protected historic structures. – The Regeneration of Ireland’s historic towns continues as €1 million in funding announced for 2020 And in December, An Taoiseach and Minister Madigan launched the Beyond 2022: Ireland’s Virtual Record Treasury research project, a €2.5 million Government funded flagship research project which will create an all-island and international legacy for the Decade of Centenaries recreating and reimagining seven centuries of historical records deemed lost in a fire in 1922. Reflecting on a busy year Minister Josepha Madigan TD said: “In looking back it has been filled with so many great achievements, successes and memories. “We have placed great importance on the promotion of culture and creativity, both home and abroad. The Social Welfare Scheme for Self-Employed Artists Scheme provides much needed security to allow artists to be able to focus on their artistic work and develop their portfolios without the added pressure of seeking employment. “We have also placed great importance on our efforts to address biodiversity loss, with the introduction of an order obliging all public bodies to inform the Department of measures that they are carrying out to promote the conservation of biodiversity and the National Biodiversity Action Plan and our plans for 2020 in Peatlands restoration will reap dividends.”

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Thune and Nelson Demand Answers from Facebook Amid New Reports of Privacy Concerns WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), who respectively serve as the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, pressed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg today for answers following a report in the New York Times that Facebook offered numerous mobile device manufacturers special access to private user information. Citing ongoing efforts by the committee to oversee Facebook data privacy and security practices, the letter seeks details from Zuckerberg about his congressional testimony related to user control of personal information, efforts by Facebook to ensure business partner compliance with privacy policies, data storage and retention practices, disclosures to the Federal Trade Commission, and the identities of mobile device manufacturers who partnered with Facebook to receive special access. The letter gives Zuckerberg a June 18 deadline to answer. Click here for a copy of the letter. Zuckerberg has not yet submitted responses to written follow-up questions from his appearance before a joint April hearing of the Senate Commerce and Judiciary committees. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2018/6/thune-and-nelson-demand-answers-from-facebook-amid-new-reports-of-privacy-concerns

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CogniFit - Executive Functions Important group of cognitive abilities Examples of executive functions Dysexecutive syndrome and other disorders associated with problems with executive functions How can you measure and assess executive functions? How can you improve executive functions? Get access to a complete battery of cognitive tests to assess cognitive functions Identify and assess alterations or deficits in executive functions Validated instruments to improve or rehabilitate executive functions and other cognitive functions Executive functions are the set of cognitive skills necessary for controlling and self-regulating your behavior. Executive functions allow you to establish, maintain, supervise, correct, and carry out a plan of action. This set of cognitive functions make up part of our everyday lives, and help us successfully and efficiently get through daily activities. The term Executive Functions was proposed by Muriel Lezak in 1982. This group of cognitive skills are mostly outlined by the prefrontal structures in the brain. The prefrontal dorsolateral cortex, the prefrontal ventromedial cortex, the prefrontal orbitofrontal cortex, and the anterior cingulate cortex are the brain areas most related to executive functions. With the scientific advances over the past few years,you can get an estimation of the functional integrity of these structures by assessing executive functions. Executive functions can be trained and improved with practice and cognitive training. What cognitive skills make up our executive functions? While there is some discussion as to what executive functions are, there is a general consensus about which skills make up our executive functions. The main skills are the following: Shifting: Ability to adapt your thoughts and behaviors to new, changing, and unexpected situations. Inhibition: Ability to control impulsive and automatic responses and generate responses using attention and reasoning. Updating: Ability to supervise behavior and ensure that you're properly carrying out the established plan of action. Planning: Ability to think about future events and mentally anticipate the correct way to carry out a task or reach a specific goal. Working Memory: Ability to temporarily store and handle information in order to do complex cognitive tasks. Decision Making: Ability to efficiently and thoughtfully choose an option among different alternatives. Problem Solving: Ability to come to a logical conclusion when considering an unknown. Executive functions play a role in almost every job or career that requires organization, planning, problem solving, decision making, or handling data. Any job, from working in a shop to open heart surgery, will use all of these cognitive skills. Executive functions also play a fundamental role when studying, because they are what makes it possible to control attention and concentrate during class and organize notes for an exam. You use your executive functions when preparing a road trip, when something unexpected happens and you have to make a quick decision, or when you have to stop an action that isn't appropriate for a situation. Executive functions are important for effectively and successfully organizing plans, running errands, adapting to an unexpected change (if they're doing construction on the highway), and a number of other daily activities that you encounter in your day to day life. Damage to prefrontal structures may cause, among other problems, anosognosia (deficit of self-awareness), abulia (lack of motivation), difficulty sequencing actions, problems dealing with behavior and emotions, cognitive rigidity, etc. A problem with executive functions could also alter the proper regulation of cognitive processes. Poor executive functions may make it difficult to complete daily activities. The most well-known syndrome associated with poor executive functions is called dysexecutive syndrome or frontal syndrome. This syndrome is characterized by diverse cognitive skills, like motivation, fluidity, flexibility, self-regulation, planning, and decision making. This causes disorganized behavior that is poorly adapted to the environment and may cause personality changes and mood swings. This syndrome may be caused by brain damage in the dorsolateral cortex caused by stroke, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), tumors, or neurodegenerative diseases, like Pick's Disease. Given the importance in daily life, it's important to carry out and assessment of dysexecutive syndrome. Aside from dysexecutive syndrome, prefrontal damage can cause other problems, like orbitofrontal syndrome (which, in extreme cases, can cause a significant personality change caused by damage to the orbitofrontal cortex), or mesial frontal syndrome (mainly lack of both behavioral and apathetic motivation, as well as communicative initiative). Some people also experience problems with their executive functions without having had any type of brain damage, as is the case with dyslexia, dyscalculia, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD), autism or schizophrenia. Executive functions make it possible to correctly and efficiently carry out many daily activities, which is why assessing executive functions can help improve daily life in a variety of areas. Academic areas: Know if the student has trouble controlling their behavior in class, or if they might have trouble organizing the information they've learned. Clinical areas: Understand if the patient may have trouble adapting impulses or emotional states to a situation. Professional areas: Know if an employee will be able to resolve problems and make decisions when necessary. With a complete neuropsychological assessment battery, we can efficiently and accurately assess different cognitive skills, like those that make up the executive functions. CogniFit has a number of professional tests to evaluate the cognitive skills that make up our executive functions, like inhibition, planning, shifting, updating, and working memory. The tests that CogniFit uses to measure these cognitive skills are based on the classic NEPSY test, Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Stroop test, Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA), Continuous Performance Test (CPT), Hooper Visual Organization Task (VOT), Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS), and the Tower of London (TOL) tests. Aside from executive functions, the tests also measure response time, visual perception, spatial perception, naming, contextual memory, visual short-term memory, auditory short-term memory, short-term memory, recognition, processing speed, visual scanning, hand-eye coordination, and divided attention. Identification Test COM-NAM: Objects will be presented either with an image or a sound. The user has to say how the object was presented (image or sound) the last time it was presented. If it is the first time that the object is presented, the user will have to choose the corresponding option.. Synchronization Test UPDA-SHIF: A moving ball will appear on the screen. The user will have to keep the cursor on the moving ball as carefully as possible. Simultaneity Test DIAT-SHIF: The user has to follow a while ball moving randomly across the screen and pay attention to the words that appear in the middle of the screen. When the word in the middle corresponds to the color that it's written in, the user will have to give a response (paying attention to two stimuli at the same time). This this activity, the user will see changes in strategy, new responses, and will have to use their updating and visual skills at the same time. Processing Test REST-INH: Blocks of numbers and different shapes will appea ron the screen. At first, the user will have to pay attention to the size of the shape and indicate which is bigger. The user will then have to indicate which block has a higher number. Equivalencies Test INH-REST: Names of colors will appear on the screen, and the user will have to give a response as quickly as possible when the word corresponds to the color in which it's written. If they do not correspond, the user will not give any response. Recognition Test WOM-REST: Three common objects will appear on the screen. First, the user will have to remember the order that the objects are presented as quickly as possible. Then, four series of three different objects will be presented and the user will have to identify which is the same initial sequence. Sequencing Test WOM-ASM: A series of objects with different numbers will appear on the screen. The user will have to memorize the series of numbers in order to later repeat them in the right order. At first, the series will be only one number, but will increase progressively until a mistake is made. The user will have to repeat the series after each time the computer presents it. Concentration Test VISMEN-PLAN: Stimuli will appear on the screen randomly and will light up in a specific order (along with a sound). The user must pay close attention during the presentation of the lights and sounds in order to later repeat the sequence in the same order. Programming Test VIPER-PLAN: Move the ball through the maze in as few moves and as quickly as possible. All of our cognitive skills, including executive functions, can be trained and improve. Neuroplasticity is the basis of rehabilitating and improving executive functions and other cognitive skills. CogniFit has created a battery of clinical exercises to help recover deficits in executive and other functions. Like our muscles, the brain and its connections need to be used and challenged in order to get stronger and work better. If you frequently exercise your executive functions, the brain connections and its structures will become stronger as well. CogniFit has a team of professionals specialized in synaptic plasticity and neurogenesis processes, which has made it possible to create the personalized cognitive stimulation program to fit the needs of each individual user. This program starts with an evaluation of executive functions and other fundamental cognitive abilities. With the results from this assessment, the cognitive stimulation program from CogniFit will automatically create a personalized training program to train the user's executive functions and other cognitive skills that scored below the average in the initial assessment. A consistent and challenging cognitive stimulation is the only way to improve executive functions. CogniFit has professional assessment and rehabilitation tools to help optimize these cognitive functions. CogniFit recommends training for 15 minutes a day, two to three times a week. CogniFit's assessment and brain training is available online and on mobile. There are a number of interactive games and activities to play on a computer, tablet, or cell phone. After each session, CogniFit will create a detailed graph of the user's cognitive progress.

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Verdilak Josh Davidson | Dec. 12, 2001 All Hail The Dark Prince Of Funeral Funk Mixing straightforward funk and industrial rock is not an easy task, but it's one Ben Sargatan has undertaken. Bootsy-meets-Trent? Only if you insist on putting a label on it. Just be sure to throw Stephen King into the mix. What makes it harder is that Sargatan does it all himself. His project, called Verdilak, features Sargatan on bass, vocals and guitar over a drum machine. The former singer of Latshaw digs deep into music's past and present to create his horror-movie-soundtrack style sound. "With the funk, its (Parliament) Funkadelic and anything involving Bootsy Collins," he said of his influences. Sargatan also listed the Doors, hip-hop, Howlin' Wolf and Tom Waits as inspirations. "I like that real whiskey voice like Howlin' Wolf and Tom Waits have," he said. "Skinny Puppy is definitely a big influence on me as far as the electronic stuff." His influences don't stop at his six-hundred compact discs. He also draws from the literature and horror novels he reads. "I read all kinds of stuff. I read Shakespeare. I read a lot of horror, Clive Barker and Anne Rice," he said. He also draws from writer Thomas Ligotti. Sargatan keeps a sturdy bass line with horrific sound samples over his scratchy vocals. His music is innovative and against the grain in an age of mainstream-driven songwriting. Though he creates his music on his own from scratch, he uses different influences on each instrument to make his music sound like a full band is there. "I try to give each instrument it's own flavor, so it doesn't sound like one person," he said. "I have different influences for each instrument." Sargatan became interested in electronic music by accident. He began using a drum machine to make music on his own and the rest is history. "It started by accident and it just went from there," he said. Eventually, he was drawn to the ability to embellish songs with samples. "It's an extra opportunity for creativity," he said. "Even with live drums, there will always be an electronic aspect of it, when there's a lot of samples to go on." Right now, Sargatan, who resides in Asbury, uses the Internet to promote his music. He mails out free CDs to those who request it and plans to make a full-length disc when enough material is finished. "If I have to, I'll put it out myself," he said. He then plans to put a band together and tour in its support.

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Those on our mailing list can look forward to receiving our Christopher Highlights very soon. Featured in this year’s highlights are important ways our organization continues to make a positive impact on the world today, from our 70th annual Christopher Awards to our Christopher Closeup radio show and podcast and our multifaceted print media outreach. Here’s a little preview of what to look for in our Christopher Highlights: In remarks delivered upon receiving our Christopher Leadership Award, Frank Siller quoted Saint Francis of Assisi, who said, “While we have time, let us do good.” This quote was repeated in the Siller household when Frank and his six brothers and sisters were growing up and it defines their ethos to this day. After their brother Stephen was killed on 9/11 in the line of duty as a New York City firefighter, Frank and his siblings lit a candle rather than cursing the darkness and formed an organization to help provide aid to catastrophically injured veterans, first responders, and Gold Star families. We were honored to have the chance to acknowledge their vital work and grateful for Frank Siller’s presence and inspiring remarks at our awards ceremony. All of our award winners were truly amazing this year and those reading our Christopher Highlights will be interested to learn about the winners of our video contest for college students and poster contest for high school students. You will also learn of our ongoing media outreach, such as our Christopher Closeup radio show and podcast where Tony Rossi interviews notable people living out their faith in unique and inspiring ways. Our print media remains a vital part of our outreach and our yearly Three Minutes a Day books and calendars are currently in production and will be ready to enjoy and share with friends and loved ones during the upcoming Christmas season. Our News Notes tackle topics that address the pressing concerns of our day and our prayer cards inspire contemplation of God’s work in our lives and the world around us. Our Light One Candle columns are classics syndicated to newspapers around the country, and our Christopher Leadership Workshop held yearly at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake outside of Chicago, Illinois, is in its 27th year. We highlight the work of Jim Collins, a Christopher Leadership course graduate whose work exemplifies the chain reaction of good The Christophers’ seek to set in motion through our many initiatives. And we highlight the support we provide to prison ministers to show how we are reaching out to those on the margins of society. On August 4, we celebrate the feast of Saint John Vianney, also known as the Cure d’Ars, which translates to “the parish priest of Ars.” He is the Patron Saint of Parish Priests due to the devotion he showed to his role as a parish priest in 19th century Ars, France. He called his flock to live out their faith with greater devotion and modeled a humble life for them, making regular sacrifices for the benefit of the souls in his care. Let us pray that he intercedes on behalf of parish priests around the world to inspire devotion and humility through their actions. On August 15, we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the entire month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which makes this a great time to honor Mary for her role in the story of salvation. It was her ‘yes’ to God that brought Christ into the world, so we should see her as a model of openness to God’s will that we must all strive to achieve. In 2020, The Christophers will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of our organization. It’s going to be an amazing year so please continue to follow all we are doing. A special thanks to our donors for making all we do possible. Joyfully, Mary Ellen Robinson Vice President/COO Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (August 15) The Christophers - It’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness 5 Hanover Square, New York, NY 10004 Phone: (212) 759-4050 - Fax: (212) 838-5073 - Toll-Free Orders: (888) 298-4050 - E-mail: mail@christophers.org Privacy Policy | Donor Policy Copyright © The Christophers 2006-2020. All rights reserved

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Plaza de facultad, División de Neurociencia, Ponce Health Sciences University Submitted by Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 27 June 2016 - 4:42pm Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) invites applications for a full-time faculty position in the Department of Basic Sciences, Division of Neuroscience, at the level of ASSISTANT or ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. PHSU is a private, bilingual center of higher education located in the southern coastal city of Ponce in Puerto Rico. PHSU has a dynamic research program that is currently undergoing a period of aggressive growth with the newly developed Ponce Research Institute, state of the art laboratories, and a well-established Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences. The Institution currently receives ~$7 million per year in NIH research funds. We have a state-of-the-art Biomedical Animal Resource Facility, a Behavioral Neuroscience Core Facility, a Clinical Research Division, and a Molecular Core Facility. We are seeking individuals with a Ph.D. and postdoctoral experience in Neuroscience or related disciplines. The successful candidate will be expected to develop and sustain an independent research program, which complements our existing strengths in behavioral neuroscience, neurophysiology, and clinical psychology. In addition, the candidate will be expected to have a strong commitment to graduate and medical education and actively contribute to our existing collaborative environment. Competitive lab space, salary, and start-up funds are available to the successful candidate. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. Send curriculum vitae, a 2-3 page summary of research plans, and names and addresses of three references to: Aixa Ramos Ponce Health Sciences University Ponce, Puerto Rico 00732 E-mail: aramos@psm.edu The Ponce Health Sciences University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Categorías de Contenido: Biological and health sciences

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Case Name A.W. v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health PB-SC-0006 Docket / Court 2:17-cv-01346 ( D.S.C. ) State/Territory South Carolina Case Type(s) Disability Rights-Pub. Accom. Public Benefits / Government Services Special Collection Olmstead Cases Attorney Organization Bazelon Center On May 24, 2017, six patients of South Carolina’s G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (Bryan Hospital), along with a non-profit corporation that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities - Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc - filed this class action lawsuit in ... read more > On May 24, 2017, six patients of South Carolina’s G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (Bryan Hospital), along with a non-profit corporation that advocates for the rights of people with disabilities - Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc - filed this class action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. This lawsuit was brought against the South Carolina Department of Mental Health and the South Carolina Mental Health Commission, which operated Bryan Hospital. The plaintiffs, represented by the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc, and private counsels, claimed violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. They sought injunctive and declaratory relief as well as attorneys’ fees and costs. Specifically, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had a practice of arbitrarily preventing patients the opportunity to discharge from Bryan Hospital despite those patients being stable and capable of integrating with society. Furthermore, the defendants had a practice of isolating these patients, preventing them from contacting family and friends, and charging $503.00 daily for those that did not have access to medical insurance. This case was assigned to Judge Richard Gergel. On July 27, 2017, the court issued a scheduling order for discovery proceedings. The scheduling was amended twice. On April 3, 2018, the plaintiffs moved for class certification. The plaintiffs sought the class to be defined as: “All current and future adult, non-forensic residents of G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (“Bryan”) who, with appropriate supports and services, would now or in the future be able to live in an integrated community setting and who do not oppose living in an integrated community setting.” The latest activity on the court docket pertains to orders directing further discovery proceedings including a consent confidentiality order, on May 23, 2018, and an order directing the electronically stored information discovery, on May 30, 2018. As of July 2018, the case is ongoing. Sean Whetstone - 07/19/2018 Defendant-type Hospital/Health Department Mental impairment Disability (inc. reasonable accommodations) Classification / placement Confinement/isolation Deinstitutionalization/decarceration Discharge & termination plans Habilitation (training/treatment) Pattern or Practice Payment for care Placement in mental health facilities Non-profit NON-religious organization Causes of Action Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq. Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act), 29 U.S.C. § 701 Defendant(s) South Carolina Department of Mental Health South Carolina Mental Health Commission Plaintiff Description Six individual, persons with mental disabilities and patients of South Carolina’s G. Werber Bryan Psychiatric Hospital (Bryan Hospital), and Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities Inc, a nonprofit dedicated to assisting persons with mental disabilities. Indexed Lawyer Organizations Bazelon Center Class action status granted Pending Nature of Relief None Case Ongoing Yes See this case at CourtListener.com (May provide additional documents and, for active cases, real-time alerts) 2:17−cv−01346 (D.S.C.) PB-SC-0006-9000.pdf | Detail Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records] Class Action Complaint [ECF# 1] Judges Gergel, Richard Mark (D.S.C.) show/hide docs PB-SC-0006-9000 Plaintiff's Lawyers Houseal, Sean (South Carolina) show/hide docs PB-SC-0006-0001 | PB-SC-0006-9000 Klugman, Maura M (New York) show/hide docs Lang, Dana Woodrum (South Carolina) show/hide docs Mansfield, Kathryn Susan (South Carolina) show/hide docs Murphy, Mark J. (District of Columbia) show/hide docs Simons, Thornwell (South Carolina) show/hide docs St. Onge, Sarah (South Carolina) show/hide docs Defendant's Lawyers Davidson, William Henry II (South Carolina) show/hide docs Hughes, Joel Steve (South Carolina) show/hide docs Lindemann, Andrew F. (South Carolina) show/hide docs

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Katie Price 'could end up homeless' after court hearing tomorrow She is due to appear in court over an unpaid tax bill Frances Kindon Fionnula HaineyNews Reporter Katie Price on ITV's Loose Women. Katie Price could end up homeless if she is declared bankrupt at a court hearing tomorrow. She is due to appear in court over an unpaid tax bill of £22,000 and could end up losing everything, the Mirror reports. The star had been given six weeks to come up with a repayment plan, known as a individual voluntary arrangement (IVA). But if it is rejected by creditors at the hearing tomorrow (November 30), a bankruptcy order is likely to be made, which will potentially leave her homeless. The former glamour model was once worth an estimated £45million. Her home in West Sussex, which she bought for £1.3million in 2014, is now worth an estimated £1.6million. It is believed her son Harvey still lives with her. In the event that bankruptcy is declared, her bank account will be frozen and a trustee will be appointed to look into what can be sold to raise money to repay the debt. According to the government's Insolvency Service she may be able to apply for a delay to make alternative arrangements for her children, and she may be eligible for council housing. Other items that Katie owns that are at risk of being seized include a £130,000 pink horse box, two Range Rovers, her awards and her horses. There is no official figure for Katie's current debts, but some reports have estimated them to be as high as £600,000. Career lifeline Fears for Harvey Proposal plan Keep in touch with CoventryLive You can also download our all-new app.

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Fresh arrests in Saudi Arabia net intellectuals, entrepreneurs Published at 09:11 pm November 25th, 2019 File photo: Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 12, 2018 Reuters Riyadh denies having political prisoners, but senior officials have said monitoring of activists, and potentially detaining them, is needed to maintain social stability Saudi Arabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown on free expression in the kingdom. They were taken from their homes in the capital Riyadh and the Red Sea port city of Jeddah last week by plainclothes police but the reason was unclear, said one of the sources. The Saudi government communications office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Riyadh denies having political prisoners, but senior officials have said monitoring of activists, and potentially detaining them, is needed to maintain social stability. Those detained are not frontline activists, the sources said. Some are intellectuals who have published articles or appeared on television while others are entrepreneurs. As Riyadh takes over the presidency of the Group of 20 countries, it is struggling to overcome intense international criticism over its human rights record, including last year's killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the arrest of women's rights activists and the devastating Yemen war. #SaudiArabia has detained at least eight people, mostly intellectuals and writers, two sources including #London-based Saudi rights group ALQST said, amid a two-year crackdown on free expression in the kingdom.https://t.co/1Ay7TT874U — The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) November 25, 2019 Even as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman touted economic and social openness in the traditionally closed-off country, the authorities rounded up critics, an effort that gathered pace in September 2017 with the arrests of prominent Islamist clerics, some of whom could now face the death penalty. An anti-corruption campaign two months later netted top businessmen and senior officials. It was criticised as a power play and shakedown of the crown prince's potential political rivals. In mid-2018, more than a dozen women's rights activists were arrested just as Riyadh lifted a ban on women driving cars. Local media tarred them as traitors, and a court has charged some of them with crimes including contacts with foreign journalists. This April, eight people, including two US citizens, who had supported the detained women were also arrested. Public protests, political parties and labour unions are banned in Saudi Arabia, where the media are controlled and criticism of the royal family can lead to prison. An abusive relationship Just blame Iran for everything What Khashoggi’s disappearance could mean Protect our workers abroad Saudi King Salman to visit Russia on Thursday Qatari, Saudi leader’s phone call to ease spat causes new dispute

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Fire damages Main Street building building July 17, 2019 at 8:47 am | By DUNCAN ADAMS and SCOTT SHINDLEDECKER Daily Inter Lake Firefighters were called to a fire early Wednesday morning at the corner of Main and Center streets in downtown Kalispell. (Duncan Adams photos/Daily Inter Lake) Firefighters were forced to retreat at times from the intense smoke from the fire in the Re/Max Glacier Country building. A firefighter gains access to the Re/Max Glacier Country building at the southeast corner of Main and Center in downtown Kalispell. (Duncan Adams/Daily Inter Lake) Firefighters responded to downtown Kalispell around 6 a.m. Wednesday to battle a blaze in a building at the southeast corner of Main and Center streets. At about 7:15 a.m. the blaze seemed to be confined to a one-story section of the Re/Max Glacier Country building that stretches along Center Street as an addition to the larger building at 1 Main Street. By 10 a.m., firefighters were cleaning up while they kept a close eye for restarts. Kalispell Assistant Fire Chief Jon Campbell said the fire appeared to be in the attic of the one-story building and that the circumstances required firefighters to train hoses on the area from the building’s exterior. “Hopefully to get enough water on it to drown it,” Campbell said. Campbell said fire crews were first alerted after people passing by saw smoke and flames inside the structure. Campbell later said the fire and resulting smoke was so intense that firefighters had to briefly retreat before re-engaging the blaze. Campbell said there were no injuries to people who lived in the apartments above the adjacent building or to firefighters. He also said the firefighters’ immediate concern was preventing the fire’s spread to adjacent buildings, which he said they did. Doug Denmark, owner of Re/Max Glacier Country, was remarkably upbeat afterward. “Re/Max Glacier Country is fine, we’re still doing business and we’ll stay in that location because 1 Main Street has been great for us,” Denmark said. Denmark said he didn’t know the exact cause, but firefighters told him that something had caught fire during the night. “We’re well insured and just because we don’t have an office right now, doesn’t mean we still aren’t functioning well,” Denmark said. “We’ve embraced technology and we can do so much from our cars and our homes, some of our more experienced brokers rarely come to the office.” The outpouring of support has meant a great deal to Denmark. “One of the first people to show up this morning was my first customer,” Denmark said. “He offered us office space and we’ve also had offers from about half a dozen of our competitors to give us office space, it’s just been amazing. “We’re sad that our neighbors have had to suffer the smoke, but we’re also very thankful because no one was hurt and that’s the most important thing,” Denmark said. Denmark said he and his wife bought the building from the city of Kalispell in 1998 and they will rebuild there. Denmark said if clients or new customers have questions, he can be reached at 406-250-8540. Police closed sections of Main and Center streets to vehicle traffic as firefighters fought the fire. In addition to Kalispell, other fire departments responding to the blaze included West Valley, Evergreen, Smith Valley, South Kalispell and Whitefish. Paul Roybal, owner of Roybal’s Abbey Carpet and Floor on South Main Street, was at the scene. His building is very close to the Re/Max/Glacier Country building. Campbell told Roybal his building seemed to be out of danger as of about 7 a.m. Roybal said before he bought his building in December 2012, he had researched records and found it had burned in 1976. “You can still see burn marks upstairs from when it happened,” Roybal said. Roybal said when he got a call about the fire from a friend who thought his building may have been on fire, it was “not a good feeling.” “I was calling neighbors to make sure they were out of the buildings because I didn’t know what was happening,” Roybal said. “There was quite a bit of smoke inside and the carbon monoxide detectors were going off, so I got out of there.” Noble Dance Studio, a business located between ReMax and Abbey Carpet, had smoke in it. “We definitely had smoke inside, but that seems to be it,” studio owner Natalie Molter said. She said there are three apartments above her building. Dayspring Restoration, which has been working on the cleanup work at the St. Matthew’s Church in Kalispell after it burned in May, was able to bring several industrial fans to the Roybal’s and Noble Dance Studio to help clear out the smoke. A little before 10 a.m., the smoke odor was clearly less than what it had been a few hours before, according to Roybal. Campbell said he was satisfied with how firefighters handled the blaze and was “glad it wasn’t a lot worse, because it could have been.” He said a cause of the fire had not been determined and that it is under investigation. Bypass open house focuses on Airport Road, Siderius interchanges January 29, 2020 at 5:00 am | Daily Inter Lake The Montana Department of Transportation will hold an open house about the Kalispell Bypass Project from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the Hampton Inn, 1140 U.S. 2 in Kali... NVH plans new physical therapy facility in Col. Falls January 29, 2020 at 5:00 am | Daily Inter Lake Plans to construct a new North Valley Physical Therapy building in downtown Columbia Falls recently were approved by the North Valley Hospital Board of Directors. The facility, which, according to... County gets planning grant to study Bigfork Community Center January 29, 2020 at 5:00 am | Daily Inter Lake The Bigfork Community Center will be the subject of an architectural study that will look at options to either rebuild or relocate the center, thanks to a $45,000 Community Development Block Grant fr... Legal woes mounting for Libby hemp startup January 29, 2020 at 5:00 am | Western News Lincoln County District Judge Matthew Cuffe has intervened in the ongoing fallout between Isotex and the company that owns the property housing the hemp processing facility, issuing a temporary restr...

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Digital Domain's parent company, Digital Domain Holdings Limited, is publicly traded on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange under stock code 547. Announcements, Circulars & Others Environmental, Social & Governance Reports Shareholder's Rights Mr. Peter CHOU (Chairman) Mr. SEAH Ang (Chief Executive Officer) Mr. JIANG Yingchun Mr. CUI Hao Mr. WANG Wei-Chung Independent Non-Executive Directors Ms. LAU Cheong Mr. DUAN Xiongfei Mr. WONG Ka Kong Adam Mr. John Alexander LAGERLING Members of Various Committees Mr. DUAN Xiongfei (Chairman) Mr. SEAH Ang The Board is responsible for overseeing the overall development of the Company’s businesses with the objective of enhancing shareholders’ value including setting and approving the Company’s strategic implementation, considering substantial investments and reviewing the Group’s financial performance half yearly and developing and reviewing the Group’s policies and practices on corporate governance while delegating the day-to-day operations of the Company to the executive directors or the management of every business segment. The Board is committed to making decisions in the best interests of both the Company and its shareholders. The main duties of the Audit Committee are to consider the appointment, re-appointment and removal of the external auditor, to review and monitor the external auditor’s independence and objectivity and the effectiveness of the audit process and to discuss with the external auditor the nature and scope of the audit. It is also responsible for reviewing: (i) the half-yearly and annual financial statements before submission to the Board and (ii) the Company’s financial control, internal control and risk management systems and the internal audit programme(where appropriate). It also needs to discuss problems and reservations arising from the interim and final audits and to consider the major findings of internal investigations and management’s response. Terms of Reference (Audit Committee) The main duties of the Nomination Committee are to review the structure, size and composition (including the skills, knowledge and experience) of the Board of Directors on a regular basis and to identify individuals suitably qualified to become board members. It is also responsible for assessing the independence of independent non-executive directors and making recommendations to the board of directors on relevant matters relating to the appointment or re-appointment of directors and succession planning for directors. The recommendations of the Nomination Committee are then put forward for consideration and adoption, where appropriate, by the Board. Terms of Reference (Nomination Committee) The major responsibilities of the Remuneration Committee are to make recommendation to the Board on the Company’s policy and structure for remuneration of the Directors and senior management of the Company. The Committee shall determine, with delegated responsibility, the individual remuneration package of each executive director (including the Chairman) and senior management including benefits in kind and pension rights (including allocation of share options, annual bonus plans) and compensation payments (including any compensation payable for loss or termination of their office or appointment) subject to the contractual terms, if any. When determining remuneration packages of the executive directors and senior management of the Company, the Remuneration Committee takes into consideration factors such as market forces and remuneration packages of executive directors of similar companies in comparable industries both in Hong Kong and overseas. Terms of Reference (Remuneration Committee)

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Full Text of TPP Trade Deal Revealed — and Critics Say It’s Even Worse Than They Thought StoryNovember 06, 2015 Lori Wallach director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and author of The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority. The details are out on the the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and critics say the trade deal is worse than they feared. The TPP’s full text was released Thursday, weeks after the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations—a group representing 40 percent of the world’s economy—reached an agreement. Activists around the world have opposed the TPP, warning it will benefit corporations at the expense of health, the environment, free speech and labor rights. Congress now has 90 days to review the TPP before President Obama can ask for an up-or-down vote. We are joined by Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch and a leading TPP critic. StoryApr 13, 2018As Trump Reconsiders TPP Stance, Fair Trade Advocates Say Real Fight Is over NAFTA Renegotiation JUAN GONZÁLEZ: One of the biggest and most secretive trade deals in history has finally been revealed in full—and critics say it’s even worse than they thought. On Thursday, the complete text of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership was released after years of closely guarded talks. The TPP was agreed to last month between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. The group represents 40 percent of the world’s economy. It will set common standards in areas including employment, food safety, the Internet, corporate governance and intellectual property. It also establishes new tribunals under which corporations can sue governments for laws that affect their profits. The legal mechanism is called the investor-state dispute settlement, or ISDS. Activists around the world have opposed the TPP, warning it will benefit corporations at the expense of public health, the environment, free speech and labor rights. AMY GOODMAN: With the fine print now disclosed, the TPP’s opponents say their worst fears have been confirmed. In a statement, Public Citizen said, quote, “The text shows that the TPP would offshore more American jobs, lower our wages, flood us with unsafe imported food and expose our laws to attack in foreign tribunals.” On Thursday, the White House notified Congress it intends to ratify the TPP, starting a 90-day review period before President Obama can seek final approval. The Senate has granted Obama the authority to fast-track the TPP and present it to Congress for a yes-or-no vote with no amendments allowed. Lawmakers will face heavy lobbying from wealthy TPP backers, but grassroots opposition could play a role, too. In one sign that public opinion could be influencing the political class, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came out against the TPP last month. It was a major reversal for Clinton, who helped push the TPP during her time as secretary of state. Clinton’s rival candidate, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, has long opposed the TPP. For more, we’re joined by Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, leading TPP critic. Welcome to Democracy Now! So the TPP is out. What’s in the fine print? Lori, what surprised you most? What are you most concerned about? LORI WALLACH: Well, it was worse than we expected, and we knew quite a bit, based on leaks and on admissions from negotiators, mainly from other countries. There are a couple of places where I was shocked to see that actually the TPP actually rolls back what was extremely modest progress, that congressional Democrats had forced on President Bush for his last set of agreements—three specific things. One, in the area of access to affordable medicines, the TPP’s rules on patents, actually both for developing countries but also for us, would roll back that initial reform and make medicine more expensive in pretty dramatic ways. Number two, the investor-state dispute resolution system is actually expanded out, in ways we should discuss, so that more kinds of laws can be attacked, and many more companies will be able to attack U.S. laws. And then the third thing that was kind of a shocker is there is an expansion of the kind of attacks you can have on food safety, on imported food safety, which is really serious, because Malaysia and Vietnam, two of the TPP countries, are amongst the major importers of seafood and shrimp—a lot of their stuff gets stopped now for being unsafe—but this agreement would give them new rights to basically attack our stopping their stuff for food safety purposes and flood us with unsafe imports. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: And, Lori, on that food safety issue, what’s the potential effect on the United States, which obviously has a long-term and pretty well-developed food safety system? LORI WALLACH: Well, I think it’s very telling that yesterday the agribusiness industry was the only major industry that was extremely enthusiastic when the text came out. And they said, “Wow, we got these great ways to stop these food safety attacks on our imports!” Well, they’re thinking of trying to jam our GMO foods into other countries. But what’s good for the goose is good for the gander, which means the same rules could mean that imports, particularly of—I don’t know how to put this, because people are probably having breakfast, but in Vietnam particularly, there’s a huge issue of farmed shrimp being farmed in pools that, among other things, are fertilized with human poop—can’t put it another way—and then lots of antibiotics are poured into the ponds before the harvest to deal with the diseases that come from the human waste. So we’ve got some really unsafe products. Right now we only inspect a small percentage. But we over-inspect for countries like Vietnam because we know there are big problems. One of the new rules I was surprised to see is you can challenge the inspection, both the way you sample, how you decide to pick out a particular country because they have problems, but also you have limits on how you can do testing, how long you can hold the product. I mean, practically, what does it mean? The TPP could mean poisonous food, that you can’t label from what country it comes from, on your kids’ plates. It could mean major public health issues. AMY GOODMAN: WhiteHouse.gov has a list of people and organizations who support the TPP. One example is the World Wildlife Fund, which is quoted as saying, “No major trade agreement before this one has gone so far to address growing pressures on natural resources like overexploited fish, wildlife and forests.” Another supporter is the National Small Business Association, which is quoted as saying, “The TPP appears to be a positive step for small firms, particularly the inclusion of a chapter dedicated solely to small- and medium-sized enterprises.” And the Council on Foreign Relations is quoted as saying, “The TPP deal has the potential to reshape an important part of the U.S. economy, strengthen American diplomacy, and launch a new generation of international economic cooperation.” What say you, Lori Wallach? LORI WALLACH: Well, World Wildlife Fund is out there pretty much by themselves, with a couple of other conservation groups. The big news yesterday was the NRDC, one of the country’s biggest environmental groups—and an environmental group that supported NAFTA—came out against TPP, joining the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, etc., etc. There are some conservation groups that look at animal issues, who aren’t as familiar with trade agreements, who the White House has persuaded that this one provision about shark finning or this provision that says, “Let’s be nice to animals,” in the TPP is good for their agenda. The problem is, all of those kinds of policies that a country might adopt can then be attacked under the investor-state system, and this is an agreement that, for advocates like 350.org who are fighting climate change, as is the Sierra Club and the others, is catastrophic in that it would require us—it would basically reverse our current policies that allow us to stop the export of natural gas, liquid natural gas, so that we would basically be exporting a lot of carbon-based fuels against a sustainable, noncarbon future economy, and we would lose a lot of the energy and other policy tools we need to combat the climate crisis. So if you’re working just on a particular species, you may think—you may have been sold this is a great deal, and you don’t know the net effect. The vast majority of environmental groups are leading the campaign against the TPP, because, just as an example, one of the other shocking things in the agreement is George Bush’s trade agreements—they were bad. They had agreements enforcing seven specific multilateral environmental agreements, so that actually those were the environmental standards that were to be enforced by all of the countries. They had to adopt and maintain and enforce those standards in their laws. Here is this new agreement, and it wipes out six of the seven agreements. There’s only one agreement that’s enforceable anymore. So there are no standards in the environmental standards part of the standards in the chapter on environment. So, with these groups on the foreign policy front, this is—you have sort of expected. The Council on Foreign Relations is a cheerleader for all of these agreements. They’re going to make this argument that somehow this will help our—this will help us contain China. It’s sort of a strange argument. It’s unclear what the good strategy for that is. That’s the usual argument you hear, when actually the argument about jobs fails. The bottom line with TPP, which we knew before, is it will make it easier to offshore American jobs, and it will push down our wages by putting Americans into competition with folks in Vietnam who make less than 65 cents an hour. We knew that before. Now we know all this additional bad stuff. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Lori, I wanted to ask you—some groups came out against the agreement that you don’t usually associate with trade deals, like Doctors Without Borders and Human Rights Watch. Could you talk about their concerns? LORI WALLACH: Yes. So, Doctors Without Borders, which basically, as everyone knows, is a major humanitarian group, is extremely concerned about what would happen with medicine prices. And this gets to the language I had mentioned, where I was shocked to see rollbacks of previous reforms that the Bush administration had made. So Big Pharma got a lot of goodies in this agreement. In a “free trade” agreement, we see new monopoly protections for Big Pharma. And so, Doctors Without Borders is basically pointing out that in a whole smorgasbord of policies, where Big Pharma was trying to use the TPP, the “good name of free trade,” to put into place a bunch of new protections and privileges to raise medicine prices, they got their way. And the two biggest ones are—which is shocking rollbacks from the old U.S. trade standard, which was bad—is all the developing countries in TPP, including countries that are really poor, like Vietnam, ultimately have to have the same extreme patent standards, extreme exclusivities, that will just price people out of medicines. I mean, it will translate to people dying. AMY GOODMAN: Lori, let’s go to the MSF, the Doctors Without Borders video. This is a part of it. DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS VIDEO: The TPP is slated to become the most harmful trade agreement ever for access to medicines. The TPP could impose new rules that will extend monopoly protection for medicines, keeping prices sky high for longer and blocking generic drugs from entering the market. For example, one rule would allow patents to be extended beyond 20 years. This means that patients will have to wait longer for access to affordable medicines. And this wait is potentially indefinite, because another TPP rule would allow new 20-year patents to be granted for modifications of existing drugs, for a new dosage, for new formulations, even when there is no real improvement in efficacy for patients, so people must wait longer for affordable, generic medicines to become available. The TPP would also require surgical methods to be patentable—for example, how a doctor operates on a patient. AMY GOODMAN: That’s what Doctors Without Borders said. This is U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman on the impact of the TPP on research and access to life-saving drugs. MICHAEL FROMAN: On biologics, as you know, this is one of the most challenging issues in the negotiation. We have worked cooperatively with all of our TPP parties—partners to secure a strong and balanced outcome, that both incentivizes the development of these new life-saving drugs while ensuring access to these pioneering medicines and their availability. And this is the first trade agreement in history to ensure a minimum period of protection for biologics. And doing so will help set a regional model and will create an environment in which, through comparable treatment, there will be an effective period of protection to encourage both innovation and access. AMY GOODMAN: That’s the U.S. trade representative, Michael Froman. Lori Wallach, your comment on both clips? LORI WALLACH: Well, now we’ve seen the text. The American public can look at it. And Doctors Without Borders is right. And the U.S. trade representative is trying to defend an indefensible industry position that the administration has put into this agreement. I mean, the bottom line is, most of the countries involved have no exclusivity for those kinds of cutting-edge drugs, which are a lot of the cutting-edge cancer cures—biologics—and now they will have five years, at a minimum. The industry says they got eight years. There will be enormous pressure to have more monopolies. And just think about the theory of this: a “free trade” agreement that stops competition. It stops the competition of generics that bring down prices. That is actually what’s in the text, whatever the U.S. officials are saying. We can read it now. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, Lori, where do we go from here? Obviously, there will soon be a 90-day period for Congress to vote on the fast-tracking of this bill. The protests are already being called for in Washington, D.C. And the president, whose presidency was largely crippled by the Republicans in Congress for the past seven years, will now depend on the Republican majority to get the votes necessary to pass this. LORI WALLACH: So yesterday the president gave official notice of intent to enter the agreement. That starts the first 90-day clock. So, ostensibly, by the first week of February, the TPP could be signed. Then the next question, though, and the most important thing for all of us to think about, is it only becomes reality if Congress approves it. Now, we are behind the eight ball because we’ve got fast track, so no amendments, etc. However, by five votes only did fast track pass. That means if five members of Congress, looking at that text and knowing it’s not what they were promised—that it would offshore more American jobs, it would push down our wages, it would flood us with unsafe food and raise medicine prices—if we have five members in the House of Representatives who say, “Oh, no, that is not what I signed up for,” that’s the end of TPP. So our mission, basically, is knowing there will be a huge push for a vote early in the spring and that this very day the White House has fanned out across the country with Cabinet secretaries. They’re up on the Hill trying to break arms, get members of Congress to say, “Oh, I’ll be for this thing.” We need to do the same thing on behalf of the public, on behalf of the jobs, wages, environment, food safety that our families rely on. And we can get our members of Congress—we only need to move five—to vote no. That’s the end of the TPP. And we can do this, and we have brothers and sisters in the other TPP countries who are doing the same thing. Together, our goose is not cooked. We can still make sure the TPP bad future is not ours. But we’re going to have to talk to our members of Congress, and we need to start now. And next week is a congressional recess. So members of Congress will be back in the district. Look on their websites. They frequently have open houses. You can just go. They work for you. And if there isn’t an open house, you call and make an appointment. It is really simple. Go to TradeWatch.org, has all the materials, information from way-into-the-weeds analysis. There is an analysis team that has put together, by chapter by chapter, yesterday, the bullets you need to know on each of these details, but also how to do a congressional meeting. Grab a couple of your friends and your family, go tell your member of Congress you need that commitment. We can stop this. AMY GOODMAN: Lori Wallach, I want to thank you for being with us, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, author of The Rise and Fall of Fast Track Trade Authority. This is Democracy Now! When we come back, immigration in this country. Stay with us. Locked Up & Neglected After Fleeing Danger, Immigrant Women Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in Texas NEXTLocked Up & Neglected After Fleeing Danger, Immigrant Women Detainees Launch Hunger Strike in Texas StoryApr 13, 2018 As Trump Reconsiders TPP Stance, Fair Trade Advocates Say Real Fight Is over NAFTA Renegotiation

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Some rejoice over new California health insurance subsidies. Others get shut out Sign-ups for 2020 health care covered through Covered California end Jan. 31. Do you qualify for a subsidy this year? Some rejoice over new California health insurance subsidies. Others get shut out Sign-ups for 2020 health care covered through Covered California end Jan. 31. Do you qualify for a subsidy this year? Check out this story on desertsun.com: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2019/12/24/some-get-shut-out-new-california-health-subsidies/2670173001/ Ana B. Ibarra, California Healthline Published 11:30 a.m. PT Dec. 24, 2019 Syd Winlock bought one of the cheapest health insurance policies he could find for himself and his wife, Lisa, this year: a high-deductible plan with lousy coverage and a $1,500-per-month price tag. For coverage next year, the Elk Grove, Calif., resident qualifies for new state-funded health insurance subsidies totaling about $870 per month. This aid allows him to buy a better plan with a lower deductible for about $1,200 per month. That’s still high, he said, but any help is welcome. “It made a huge difference,” said Winlock, 61, a small-business owner who provides accounting and point-of-sales systems to other businesses. “We were thinking that in 2020 we wouldn’t be able to keep our plan,” let alone afford an upgrade, he said. Heather Altman, an independent environmental consultant in Long Beach, also hoped to qualify for the new state financial aid. But, after checking with a health insurance agent, she learned she won’t get anything. “At first I thought it might be a mistake,” she said. “It was disappointing.” Starting Jan. 1, California will offer financial aid to some consumers who buy health coverage through Covered California, the state’s Affordable Care Act insurance exchange. Some of the subsidies will go to people who already qualify for the federal tax credits available to some Covered California consumers, primarily those with low incomes. But the assistance will also be extended to middle-income people such as Winlock who make too much money to qualify for the federal tax credits and have had to bear the entire cost of their premiums. California will be the first state to offer such help to middle-class consumers. With open enrollment for Covered California going full steam — sign-ups for 2020 coverage end Jan. 31 — consumers are eagerly trying to determine whether they might qualify for the new aid and, if so, how much. The results are mixed. Insurance agents help sign people up for insurance through the Covered California exchange at their storefront in Huntington Beach on Nov. 1, 2016. (Photo: Nick Agro/The Orange County Register/SCNG via AP,File) “It’s brought higher-income earners to call me, but most still earn too much” to qualify, said Kevin Knauss, a Sacramento-area insurance agent who also has clients in Los Angeles and the Bay Area. “Others are picking up $15 to $25.” More than 486,000 people have already qualified for the new state subsidies, with more expected as open enrollment continues, Covered California announced Thursday. This includes about 23,000 middle-income enrollees who make too much to qualify for federal tax credits, said Covered California Executive Director Peter Lee. Lee added that new enrollment is up by 16% compared with this time last year, largely due to the new state financial aid and insurance requirement. This “is a small slice of who will sign up,” he said. “We’re optimistic there will be many, many more people covered by these state subsidies for the middle class.” Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 2019-20 state budget that includes nearly $429 million for the subsidies. To help pay for them, the state is imposing a tax penalty starting next year on people who don’t have health insurance — similar to the federal penalty the Republican-controlled Congress eliminated effective this year. Covered California has estimated that nearly 1 million Californians could benefit from the new state money. Some of the aid will go to low- and moderate-income people who earn between 200% and 400% of the federal poverty level, or roughly $25,000 to $50,000 for an individual and $51,500 to $103,000 for a family of four, based on 2019 figures. This group also qualifies for federal tax credits. The average household state subsidy in this category would be $21 a month, Covered California estimates. The majority of the state assistance, however, will go to people whose incomes are between 400% and 600% of the poverty level — too high for federal aid but still low enough to make health care financially challenging. That’s between about $50,000 and $75,000 a year for an individual and $103,000 to $154,500 for a family of four. The average state assistance for this group will be about $460 a month, according to Covered California. But falling into this income bracket doesn’t guarantee subsidies, as Altman learned. She estimated she will make $60,000 next year, which puts her within the income range to qualify as an individual, but she won’t be getting any aid, and she doesn’t quite understand why. Besides income, household size, location and age play a role in eligibility for the subsidies, Covered California’s Lee explained. For example, older people who live in areas with high health care costs have a higher chance of getting help, he said. Altman, 47, who has severe asthma and is on multiple medications, said she can’t go without coverage, so she will pay $640 every month for a health plan next year, up $70 from this year. “I was just glad that it was only an 11% increase,” she said. “In previous years, I’ve seen a 20-something percent increase.” Winlock said he feels grateful he qualified for the state financial aid because it allowed him to buy a better plan. Now he can seek care that he has been avoiding. “We’re pretty healthy, and I’m very active, but I do have an issue with arthritis that I haven’t been pursuing because just testing alone is very expensive,” he said. Evette Tsang, an insurance agent in Sacramento, said that while news of financial aid is driving some customers to her office, the new insurance requirement — and the accompanying tax penalty — are ultimately motivating most people to sign up. People who don’t have insurance in 2020 will have to pay the penalty when they file their state tax returns in 2021. The penalty will amount to $695 for an adult and half that much for dependent children. Some people with higher incomes instead will have to pay 2.5% of their income, which could make their penalty quite a bit heftier. Tsang saw clients drop their coverage when the federal penalty was eliminated. “Now they’re coming back,” she said. Ana B. Ibarra: aibarra@kff.org, @ab_ibarra Read or Share this story: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/health/2019/12/24/some-get-shut-out-new-california-health-subsidies/2670173001/ Mountain lion attacks child in Orange County park Corona man arrested on suspicion of ramming car, killing 3 teens Human remains found in Joshua Tree Calif. voters can start casting ballots same day as Iowa caucus Palm Springs event honors MLK, recalls city's segregated past DWA project will close lane on Indian Canyon

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Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Restructurings Broker & Intermediary Disputes Cyber Coverage Insurance Transactions & M&As Professional Liability / Financial Lines Regulatory Counseling and Compliance Boston College, B.A. (1987) cum laude Fordham University School of Law, J.D. (1990) Brian J. O'Sullivan bosullivan@crowell.com Brian O'Sullivan is a senior counsel in Crowell & Moring's Insurance/Reinsurance practice group in the firm's New York office. Prior to joining the firm, Brian was a partner at other law firms in New York, where his practice focused principally on insurance and reinsurance dispute resolution. Over the past twenty five years, Brian has represented insurance and reinsurance clients in negotiations, mediations, arbitrations and litigations involving both traditional and finite reinsurance, workers’ compensation carve-out reinsurance, property and casualty, life, accident and health insurance, as well as viaticals and life settlements. The issues involved in those matters include misrepresentation, non-disclosure, and rescission claims; complex issues of contract construction and underwriting intent, including number of occurrences, aggregate extension clauses and "event" language, the recoverability of expenses in addition to limits, DJ expenses and commutation payments, ECO, XPL, and annualization; late notice defenses; redomestications; privilege and access to records; pre-hearing security; broker liability; as well as all aspects of reinsurance arbitration and litigation procedure and practice. Examples of Brian’s representations include: representing ceding company in arbitration involving the recoverability of tens of millions of dollars under finite reinsurance agreement; representing ceding companies and reinsurers in disputes concerning the allocation, aggregation and cession of asbestos, environmental and other claims; representing workers compensation carriers and occupational accident reinsurers in arbitrations and litigations to collect hundreds of dollars from reinsurers/retrocessionaires alleging fraudulent inducement; representing life insurer in arbitration to collect from reinsurer alleging fraud; representing insurer in concurrent litigations with reinsurer on inwards and outwards contracts; and representing insurers in coverage actions relating to asbestos and environmental claims. Brian has also been actively involved in major insurer restructurings and matters involving the rehabilitation and liquidation of domestic and foreign insurance and reinsurance companies. He has also advised insurers, reinsurers and investors regarding reinsurance structures and contract wording issues relating to variable annuity products and reinsurance contract wording issues relating to insurance-linked securities Admitted to practice: New York; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York "Issues to Consider When Dealing With Non-US counterparties," Re Contracts 2019 Conference: The Art of Designing Reinsurance Contracts and Programs, New York, NY (July 25, 2019). Speaker: Brian J. O'Sullivan. "What a Headache: Mock Reinsurance Arbitration and Roundtable Concerning Sports-Related Head Injuries," AIRROC 2013 West Coast Insurance and Reinsurance Conference, Newport Beach, CA (September 19, 2013). Speakers: Michael K. Robles and Brian J. O'Sullivan. "Risk Sharing Among Plans Under the Affordable Care Act's Reinsurance, Risk Corridor, Risk Adjustment Programs," Bloomberg BNA Health Insurance Report, Vol. 18, No. 18 (May 2, 2012). Author: Brian J. O'Sullivan. "Full Disclosure Is Not Always a Panacea," ARIAS Quarterly U.S. (First Quarter 2012). Author: Brian J. O'Sullivan. "The Application of Stolt-Nielsen to the Issue of Arbitral Consolidation," ARIAS Quarterly U.S. (Fourth Quarter 2012). Author: Brian J. O'Sullivan. "Lessons Learnt," Global Reinsurance Author: Brian J. O'Sullivan. "New York District Court Finds Follow-the-Fortunes and Follow-the-Settlements Are Not Implied in Facultative Certificates," Insurance/Reinsurance Alert (April 5, 2019). Contacts: Harry P. Cohen, Michael K. Robles, Kelly H. Tsai, Brian J. O'Sullivan "U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Federal Courts May Not Address Threshold Arbitrability Issue Where the Parties’ Agreement Delegates That Question to the Arbitrators," Insurance/Reinsurance Alert (January 11, 2019). Contacts: Harry P. Cohen, Michael K. Robles, Kelly H. Tsai, Brian J. O'Sullivan "Confirmation of Arbitration Awards: Second Circuit Rules That Arbitration Panels Have the Authority To Clarify an Otherwise Final Award," Insurance/Reinsurance Alert (December 20, 2018). Contacts: Harry P. Cohen, Michael K. Robles, Kelly H. Tsai, Brian J. O'Sullivan "Vacatur Based On Evident Partiality: Second Circuit Holds That Different Standards Apply To Party-Appointed Arbitrators and Umpires," Insurance/Reinsurance Alert (July 19, 2018). Contacts: Brian J. O'Sullivan, Harry P. Cohen, Michael K. Robles, Kelly H. Tsai, Laura Foggan "New York Court of Appeals Issues Decision on Bellefonte Issue," (December 14, 2017). Contacts: Harry P. Cohen, Michael K. Robles, Brian J. 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On 25 March 2014, the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ruled that bitcoin will be treated as property for tax purposes. This means bitcoin will be subject to capital gains tax.[62] In a paper published by researchers from Oxford and Warwick, it was shown that bitcoin has some characteristics more like the precious metals market than traditional currencies, hence in agreement with the IRS decision even if based on different reasons.[63] Was konnen Sie mit Bitcoin kaufen Litecoin (LTC or Ł) is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open-source software project released under the MIT/X11 license. Creation and transfer of coins is based on an open source cryptographic protocol and is not managed by any central authority.[citation needed] Litecoin was an early bitcoin spinoff or altcoin, starting in October 2011.[2] In technical details, litecoin is nearly identical to Bitcoin. Kann ich Bitcoin zu Bargeld in Indien konvertieren In August 2019, Coinbase announced that it was targeted by a sophisticated hacking attack attempt in mid-June. This reported attack used spear-phishing and social engineering tactics (including sending fake e-mails from compromised email accounts and created a landing page at the University of Cambridge) and two Firefox browser zero-day vulnerabilities. One of the Firefox vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to escalate privileges from JavaScript on a browser page (CVE-2019–11707) and the second one could allow the attacker to escape the browser sandbox and execute code on the host computer (CVE-2019–11708). Coinbase's security team detected and blocked the attack, the network was not compromised, and no cryptocurrency was stolen.[39][40][41] Wie offnet man die Brieftasche s Buch nano While cryptocurrencies are digital currencies that are managed through advanced encryption techniques, many governments have taken a cautious approach toward them, fearing their lack of central control and the effects they could have on financial security.[81] Regulators in several countries have warned against cryptocurrency and some have taken concrete regulatory measures to dissuade users.[82] Additionally, many banks do not offer services for cryptocurrencies and can refuse to offer services to virtual-currency companies.[83] Gareth Murphy, a senior central banking officer has stated "widespread use [of cryptocurrency] would also make it more difficult for statistical agencies to gather data on economic activity, which are used by governments to steer the economy". He cautioned that virtual currencies pose a new challenge to central banks' control over the important functions of monetary and exchange rate policy.[84] While traditional financial products have strong consumer protections in place, there is no intermediary with the power to limit consumer losses if bitcoins are lost or stolen.[85] One of the features cryptocurrency lacks in comparison to credit cards, for example, is consumer protection against fraud, such as chargebacks. Wird Amazon jemals akzeptieren Kryptowahrung Litecoin is an open source software project released under the MIT/X11 license which gives you the power to run, modify, and copy the software and to distribute, at your option, modified copies of the software. The software is released in a transparent process that allows for independent verification of binaries and their corresponding source code. Was ist Libra Facebooks neue digitale Munze ^ Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R. (January 2017). "The Truth About Blockchain". Harvard Business Review. Harvard University. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017. The technology at the heart of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way. Was ist eine Große 0x Contact us at webmaster@www.crypto-dragon.com | Sitemap xml | Sitemap txt | Sitemap

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^ Jump up to: a b "Ledger's Uncles: Michelle Williams May Have to Fight for Matilda's Inheritance". Fox News. 10 March 2008. Retrieved 23 April 2008. Kim Ledger moved quickly to deny his granddaughter and Michelle Williams would be left without an inheritance and said Matilda was his family's absolute priority. 'Matilda is our absolute priority and Michelle is an integral part of our family ... They will be taken care of and that's how Heath would want it to be,' Kim Ledger says in the statement. ... The uncles estimated their nephew's estate would be worth Australian $20 million after his earnings from the latest 'Batman' movie were calculated. Despite the intricate technology associated with and necessary for cryptocurrency investing, speculation and possession, Coinbase has created an apparatus that makes this process remarkably easy and familiar, almost like buying and selling stocks. This screenshot from the Coinbase site shows real-time cryptocurrency prices and doesn't look too different from your ordinary online stock tracker. What currency is Bitcoin backed by After his performance on stage at the 2005 Screen Actors Guild Awards, when he had giggled in presenting Brokeback Mountain as a nominee for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the Los Angeles Times referred to his presentation as an "apparent gay spoof".[75] Ledger called the Times later and explained that his levity resulted from stage fright, saying that he had been told that he would be presenting the award only minutes earlier; he stated: "I am so sorry and I apologise for my nervousness. I would be absolutely horrified if my stage fright was misinterpreted as a lack of respect for the film, the topic and for the amazing filmmakers."[76][77] How long does it take to mine 1 ethereum Portraying a variety of roles, from romantic heroes to the reluctantly oppressed, Ledger created a hodgepodge of characters that are deliberately unlike one another, stating "I feel like I am wasting my time if I repeat myself". He also reflected on his inability to be happy with his work, "I feel the same thing about everything I do. The day I say, 'It's good' is the day I should start doing something else."[144] Ledger liked to wait between jobs so that he would start creatively hungry on new projects.[145] In his own words, acting was about harnessing "the infinite power of belief,"[143] thus using belief as a tool for creating. Does Bitcoin wallet charge fees ^ Mitchell, Peter (3 September 2008). "Ledger's Estate Sells His Hollywood Hills Home". news.com.au. News Limited. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008. [According to Los Angeles County public records], Heath Ledger's estate has sold ... [his] Hollywood Hills home ... for [US]US$2.5 million (A$2.99 million) [in May 2008]. cryptocurrency uk Is Binance legal f plus cryptocurrency ECC (256 bits), RSA (1024, 2048, 3072,4096 bits) RSA encryption with PKCS1 v1.5, PKCS1 OEAP, NOPAD schemes HMAC Signature: HMAC-SHA256, HMAC-SHA512 RSA Signature with PKCS1 v1.5, PKCS1 PSS schemes Elliptic Curve Signature: ECDSA/EC-Schnorr (SECP256K1, SECP256R1, Brainpool256R1, Brainpool256T1), EdDSA (Ed25519) Elliptic Curve Diffie Hellman: ECDH (SECP256K1, SECP256R1, SECP521R1, For his portrayal of Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor and the Best International Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute; he was the first actor to win the latter award posthumously.[4] He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role[5] and the Academy Award for Best Actor.[6] Posthumously, he shared the 2007 Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award with the rest of the ensemble cast, the director, and the casting director for the film I'm Not There, which was inspired by the life and songs of American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. In the film, Ledger portrayed a fictional actor named Robbie Clark, one of six characters embodying aspects of Dylan's life and persona.[7] Is Kraken better than Coinbase cryptocurrency you can mine Is Bitcoin like gambling Whats the price of ZCash In April 2019, a UK corporate filing stated that Coinbase's non-U.S. revenue grew 20% to €153 million (U.S.$173 million) in 2018 resulting in a net profit of €6.6 million.[37] Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz said the company's non-U.S. operations accounted for nearly one-third of the company's overall revenue and Reuters estimated that the company's global revenue totaled "around $520 million" in 2018.[38] How do you calculate crypto profit

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Identity Theft. Eight Steps to take if you are a victim. You’ve spent years building, managing, and securing your financial life. But what happens if your identity is stolen? Unfortunately, it happens regularly. In 2018, over 5.5% of consumers had their identity stolen. Take a look at the 8 things you can do immediately if you’re a victim of identity theft. http://bit.ly/2Wdlwap Identity Theft. Eight Steps to take if you are a victim.Jonathon Much2019-05-31T09:53:21-04:00 Trade Tensions Linger The Weekly Update Week of May 28, 2019 By Christopher T. Much, CFP®, AIF® The Week on Wall Street Stocks drifted lower last week as investors considered the possibility that the world’s two largest economies might take some time to resolve key trade issues. The S&P 500 retreated 1.17%; the Nasdaq Composite, 2.29%; the Dow Jones Industrial Average, 0.69%. The concern over trade was felt elsewhere: the overseas developed markets benchmark, the MSCI EAFE, also lost 1.41% in five sessions. Market Waits for Further Trade Talk Cues A compromise on tariffs between the U.S. and China did not seem forthcoming last week. Negotiations appeared stalled. Regardless, President Trump and Chinese President Xi are slated to meet at June’s G20 summit in Japan. The Department of Commerce has effectively banned U.S. companies from doing business with Chinese tech giant Huawei, a major global player in 5G technology. Some analysts think China may respond with retaliatory measures. Leading Retailers Report Earnings Big-box stores and other major retail chains announced first-quarter results last week. While some traditional department store chains disappointed (Kohl’s, JC Penney, Nordstrom), Macy’s recorded its sixth straight quarter of comparable sales growth. Target reported a 10.8% jump in earnings in the first quarter, Walmart announced Q1 gains in earnings and revenue, and Urban Outfitters saw record sales in Q1. Any companies mentioned are for informational purposes only, and this should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of their securities. Any investment should be consistent with your objectives, time frame, and risk tolerance. As new chapters in the U.S.-China trade drama continue to unfold, remember that your investment approach is built around your long-term objectives and risk tolerance. There will always be day-to-day price changes; there will always be breaking news alerts. The disciplined, long-term investor stays the course through the ups and downs. THE WEEK AHEAD: KEY ECONOMIC DATA Tuesday: The Conference Board’s latest monthly consumer confidence index. Friday: May consumer spending numbers and May’s final University of Michigan consumer sentiment index (another important measure of consumer confidence levels). THE WEEK AHEAD: COMPANIES REPORTING EARNINGS Wednesday: Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), PVH (PVH) Thursday: Costco (COST), Dell (DELL), Dollar General (DG), Ulta Beauty (ULTA) Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Data collected from Investors FastTrack software. https://www.wsj.com/market-data https://quotes.wsj.com/index/XX/990300/historical-prices https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/21/tech-stocks-are-feeling-the-pain-but-may-emerge-better-off-after-trade-war.html https://seekingalpha.com/article/4265991-q1-2019-u-s-retail-scorecard-may-21-update https://www.just-style.com/news/us-q1-in-brief-ross-stores-l-brands-target-corp_id135965.aspx Trade Tensions LingerJonathon Much2019-05-28T13:50:10-04:00 Trade News Moves the Market Stocks fell sharply at the start of last week over trade tensions, then recovered with help from strong earnings and indications that U.S.-China trade talks would continue. Even so, the major indices had a down week. The S&P 500 lost 0.76%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.27%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.69%. In contrast, the MSCI EAFE benchmark for international stocks rose 0.19%. The Latest Trade Developments A broad selloff occurred Monday after China announced it would respond to increased U.S. tariffs by boosting its own import taxes on $60 billion of U.S. products. Friday morning, the Street breathed a sigh of relief as the Trump administration decided to delay 25% tariffs planned for imported cars and car parts; they had been slated to take effect on May 18. Just hours later, President Trump announced an end to U.S. tariffs on metals coming from Canada and Mexico. At midweek, Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin told reporters that he expected the U.S. to resume trade negotiations with China in “the near future.” Earnings Season Winds Down The first-quarter earnings scorecard is nearly complete, as more than 90% of S&P 500 companies have reported actual Q1 results. Stock market analytics firm FactSet notes that 76% of these firms have beaten consensus earnings-per-share estimates. Overall earnings for S&P 500 components have surpassed expectations by 5.4%. Both these percentages are above 5-year averages. The market is quite sensitive to trade developments at the moment, and it is unclear whether this will be a short-term trend or a long-term influence on prices. While the U.S. prepares its next moves, China also is preparing its response to any new U.S. tariffs, which could include manipulating its currency. Tuesday: The April existing home sales report from the National Association of Realtors. Wednesday: Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s May policy meeting. Thursday: April new home sales figures from the Census Bureau. Tuesday: AutoZone (AZO), Home Depot (HD), Kohl’s (KSS), Nordstrom (JWN) Wednesday: Analog Devices (ADI), Lowe’s (LOW), Target (TGT) Thursday: Best Buy (BBY), Intuit (INTU), TD Bank (TD) Friday: Foot Locker (FL) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china/tough-talk-from-china-leaves-trade-talks-with-u-s-in-limbo-idUSKCN1SN207 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mnuchin-says-he-expects-to-go-to-beijing-to-continue-trade-talks-in-the-near-future-2019-05-15 https://www.npr.org/2019/05/17/724357441/u-s-to-lift-tariffs-on-canadas-and-mexico-s-steel-and-aluminum https://insight.factset.com/market-punished-sp-500-companies-reporting-negative-eps-surprises-in-q1 Trade News Moves the MarketJonathon Much2019-05-20T12:22:18-04:00 59 ½. Why is this age so important? If you’re 59½ and believe you’re not financially equipped for retirement, there’s still hope. The IRS grants those at that age special allowances to help bolster their retirement savings. Learn more about how to build your retirement savings before it’s too late. http://bit.ly/59andahalf. 59 ½. Why is this age so important?Jonathon Much2019-05-16T09:47:16-04:00 Higher Tariffs Take Effect As we noted recently, Wall Street has a wandering eye. Last week, it focused on the new tariff threats in the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute. Stocks fell across five trading sessions: the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 2.12%, the S&P 500, 2.18%; the Nasdaq Composite, 3.03%. International stocks also fell: the MSCI EAFE index declined 3.06%. Earnings and big-name initial public offerings mattered little last week. Traders were more concerned about how consumers and corporations might be affected by higher import taxes in future quarters. Tariffs Increase At 12:01 a.m. Friday, duties on $200 billion worth of Chinese products coming to the U.S. rose from 10% to 25%. Just days earlier, President Trump had tweeted that the U.S. might also tax another $325 billion of Chinese imports, mainly consumer goods. While the proposed new taxes might take months to implement, institutional investors reacted negatively to this information, perceiving that trade talks were stalled. A few weeks ago, market watchers noted the huge number of initial public offerings anticipated for 2019. One well-known tech firm completed its IPO on Friday, and the wave of tech IPOs is still building. According to research firm CB Insights, the average stock market valuation of the venture-capital-backed tech companies going public this year is $9.6 billion. Wednesday: April retail sales figures from the Census Bureau. Friday: The University of Michigan’s preliminary May consumer sentiment index, a measure of consumer confidence. Monday: Take-Two Interactive (TTWO) Tuesday: Agilent (A), Ralph Lauren (RL) Wednesday: Alibaba (BABA), Cisco (CSCO), Macy’s (M) Thursday: Applied Materials (AMAT), Nvidia (NVDA), Walmart (WMT) Friday: Deere & Co. (DE) https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/10/business/china-us-tariffs-trade/index.html https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/07/if-trump-slaps-china-with-all-the-tariffs-threatened-it-could-be-the-us-consumer-that-pays.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/09/business/dealbook/tech-ipos-uber.html Higher Tariffs Take EffectJonathon Much2019-05-13T12:50:48-04:00 Major Indices Have a Mixed Week Stocks were up and down last week, and the three major benchmarks ended up little changed after five trading days. The S&P 500 rose 0.20% for the week; the Nasdaq Composite, 0.22%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.14%. The MSCI EAFE index, a benchmark for international stocks, declined 0.21%. The Fed Emphasizes Patience The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its May meeting. Its May 1 policy statement noted “solid” job growth and economic activity, but only tame inflation pressure. While the Fed was not expected to make a move, some investors wondered if its latest policy statement might hint at the possibility of a rate cut later this year. No such hint appeared. Fed chair Jerome Powell told the media Wednesday that “we don’t see a strong reason for moving in one direction or the other.” Indications of a Thriving Economy Employers added 263,000 net new jobs in April. Economists polled by Bloomberg forecast a gain of 190,000. The jobless rate fell to 3.6% last month, the lowest in half a century. This better-than-expected employment snapshot comes on the heels of a first-quarter gross domestic product reading that surprised to the upside. In another bit of good news, personal spending rose an impressive 0.9% in March. On Wednesday and Thursday, stocks fell in the wake of the Fed policy statement. Friday, they more or less recouped their losses after the impressive April jobs report. Ups and downs like these come with the territory when you invest; the key is to stay patient and think long term instead of short term. Friday: The April Consumer Price Index, monitoring monthly and annual inflation. Monday: Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Tyson Foods (TSN) Tuesday: Allergan (AGN), Anheuser-Busch (BUD), Lyft (LYFT) Wednesday: Green Dot (GDOT), Hostess Brands (TWNK), Walt Disney Co. (DIS) Thursday: AXA Equitable Holdings (EQH), Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP), News Corp. (NWSA) Friday: Enbridge (ENB), Marriott International (MAR), Viacom (VIA) https://markets.wsj.com/usoverview https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/fomc-meeting-recap-april-may-2019 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/business/economy/jobs-report-april.html https://www.marketwatch.com/tools/calendars/economic Major Indices Have a Mixed WeekJonathon Much2019-05-06T11:56:04-04:00

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Nottingham Forest sign Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner on loan thanks to the Sky Bet Transfer Fund Sky Bet Championship club Nottingham Forest have made a second loan signing using some of the £250,000 Sky Bet Transfer Fund won by fan Shaun Lander. Aston Villa midfielder Gary Gardner has joined Stuart Pearce’s Forest squad until the end of the season. Gardner was most recently on loan at Brighton and Hove Albion - where he scored two goals in 11 games - and joins Chelsea full back Todd Kane at the City ground after he was signed on loan on Thursday. 22-year-old Gardner’s wages will be paid by the Sky Bet Transfer Fund. Fan Shaun Lander was selected at random from over 70,000 fans in a draw at Wembley on December 16. Landscape gardener Shaun, who also won £5,000 for himself, said: "As a Nottingham Forest fan I’m delighted that the club has been able to add a second player to the squad using the Sky Bet Transfer Fund. "Hopefully both Todd and Gary can make the difference for Stuart between now and the end of the season." Fans who bet with Football League Title Sponsor Sky Bet earn a Transfer Fund token for every pound they spend, putting them in with a chance of winning the £250,000 Transfer Fund for their club. Forest manager Stuart Pearce said: "We are delighted that Gary has agreed to join us until the end of the season. "His ability and character will be essential between now and the end of the season." Sky Bet Transfer Fund profile: Gary Gardner Gardner said: "It's a great club and I'm relishing the opportunity. I can't wait to get going and help the club in their pursuit of promotion." Sky Bet Head of Sponsorship Edwin Martin said: "It’s fantastic for Shaun to see his club making a second loan signing from the Premier League using the money that he won." The Sky Bet Transfer Fund is now open again, so fans have another chance to win £5,000 for themselves and £250,000 for their club to spend on transfers in the summer. While Nottingham Forest are currently subject to a Financial Fair Play embargo from The Football League, they are still permitted to register new players if they have 24 or fewer established players (players aged 21 or over that have made at least five starting appearances for the club) but only if the employee costs of the player being signed are less than £600,000 per annum (or pro-rata if signed on a shorter contract). Where embargoed clubs have 24 established players, they are permitted to trade on a ‘one in, one out’ basis but only if the employee costs of the player coming into the club are no more than the lower amount of either 75% of the equivalent costs of the player going out or a maximum of £600,000 per annum (or pro-rata if signed on shorter contract).

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Dr. Einar C. Erickson Ancient Document Mormon Scholar Book of Mormon Research Buy Lectures FAQ & Responses The archeons have the purpose of denying knowledge to man, there is even an effort to forbid him to eat out of the tree of knowledge. But unknown to the evil archeon, but unknown to them the Father was acting through them. It was the Father's intention that man should eat. Temptations seem to be that the father knew man would disobey and order by the Gods. FAQs - All We appreciate your responses and queries. It is difficult to answer personally all e-Mails, but through this medium perhaps we can accommodate some acceptable response. And by this format also provide data of interest to others. THE NEW WORLD CHRONICLES AND THE BOOK OF MORMON CLAIMS I appreciate the CD on the talk given in Panama year ago, on the New World Chronicles and the records if the Conquistadors. David G. Calderwood has recently published his great work VOICES FROM THE DUST, including his translations of some 70 records in Spanish and Portguguese and other sources that deal with the variouis archaeological periods from 2500 BC to 600 AD. Mormons were introduced to such records by Hunger and Ferguson in their monumental book: ANCIENT AMERICAN AND THE BOOK OF MORMON, which also included the Chronicle of Izetilxochitl, with many historical parallels to the Jaredite and Nephite records. I met with David Nov. 16, at my home in St. George. I highly recommend David’s book. The World Wide Farms Exhibits In answer to the query from Denmark and Sweden, FARMS is doing a tremendous work in moving the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls throughout the world. Since their discovery in 1945, recognized in 1947, FARMS has been fortunate to play a pivotal role in bringing the scrolls to the world, especially with the CD ROM published by E.J. Brill of the Leiden a few years ago. . The world tour has been in part managed by full-time missionaries Wayne and Janet Chamberlain, they completed the tour of the UK, and Western Europe in May, then proceeded to go into Eastern Europe, and from there to the north countries. Everywhere it has been well received; further connecting FARMS and the Church with the Dead Sea Scrolls. Many leaders, Jewish, Muslim and Protestant groups have attended. Thousands have enjoyed this project. Members of FARMS are part of the international team of translators; Dr. Perry himself has given dozens of lectures in conjunction with the exhibits. He also gave lectures on the “LDS Perspectives” as well. All of FARMS members treat the scrolls with great conservatism at this time. Dr. Welsh, founder of FAMRS gave a guided tour and lectures at Stuttgart; one of the Lectures was the local Rabbi. A richly illustrated lecture was given at Salzburg, and Dr. Ricks gave lectures at Zollikofen, Switzerland, with a follow up to LDS communities in the area. Other lectures associated with the Tour of the exhibit, included those by Florentino G. Martinez, whose publications on the scrolls are of great importance, and Valier T. Hitoto, a Nibley Fellow, lectures, she is pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Paris. FARMS INSIGHTS for Vol. 25, N. 4, 2005, give additional details. Because no matter where the exhibit goes, the scrolls serve as a focal point due to the fact that the Biblical texts are shared by a number of religions and faiths. This helps keep the exhibits and lectures within a conservative scope at this time, and at this time is not intended to specifically draw attention to Mormon parallels, though some are obvious. . Some publications such as Nibley’s AN APPROACH TO THE BOOK OF MORMON show how far Mormon scholars can go with the content of the Scrolls. The point now is to bring together people of various faiths who share this common scriptural heritage. Future lectures and publications by FARMS will eventually define in greater detail the greater aspects of the Scrolls and the restoration. I am not under the same constraints, so I can develop and talk and provide on the WEB site the results gleaned from my large library on the scrolls much more of the parallels of interest to Mormons everywhere. So, for a summary hear my tapes, and see the entry for 9 Aug 2004, as well as other themes entered after that, where the Scrolls shed light on Mormon doctrines and themes. I do not replicate the studies by Nibley or FARMS, though I make attribution when there is point to clarify and quote them. Essentially my work is to develop themes not treated elsewhere. And I plumb the depths of other discoveries, numbering more than 110, no including those discoveries that contain data on names that shed light on the Great Joseph and the doctrines of the Restoration. What is the doctrine of the most intelligent being in the universe? To Erika H., review carefully my study of 5 Oct 2004 on the LDS Plan of Salvation, you will find some answers there, and then because of your letter, I will develop a theme on the subject of what Joseph actually taught in his Sermon in April of 1844 on God the Father. Book of Mormon name studies. The Book of Mormon name studies are based on data published mostly since 1999, with new publications every now and then, which we acquire. I have five special themes and 19 Book of Mormon name studies in preparation; they will appear about one or two each month as they are completed. When were the tapes first recorded? The first tapes were recorded at Tucson, Arizona, about 1974. The recorder himself joined the church. Dr. Ira Larsen of Tucson arranged for the talks and recordings. A few years later, I participated in a missionary program that included my tapes and those of other Mormon teachers at Semi Valley Calif. A taping program began, first mentored by Elder D. Young, and then Elder Mark C. Peterson. It ended with the change in the status of Seventies. We did tape a few more after that time, and some recently at Dixie College. We are no longer making any new tapes or CD. All of the tapes are on CD’s or MP3 format. Are you still giving lectures? I no longer give talks. I continue to research data on the Book of Mormon names and other ancient documents and information that appear in the WEB site in fully developed studies. I continue to acquire new books published on the Ancient Documents. The sudden commencement of publications on the name lists and translations of ancient tablets beginning in 1999 led to the acquisition of many books related to Book of Mormon names. For a period of time there were few publications, then all of a sudden there were many, most of them have been acquired, and these form the basis for many of the WEB site entries. So research continues all the time. It is a most exciting time to be researching the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price and the Doctrine Covenants because of the new discoveries. More Information on Tapes We have all of the tapes on CDs. We also have all of the lectures in MP3 format. Both CDs and MP3s are available for purchase. Dr. Ranel E. Erickson and one of his sons, Rafael, and Renvic Erickson have put working up a complete bibliography of all sources I used in the preparation of all the talks, CD’s and Tapes prepared over the years. Ranel has also had all of the important tapes transcribed. We are planning on preparing these transcriptions in a revised form, with all of the bibliographic sources utilized in preparing the presentations, revised and updated. These will then be added to a special section in the WEB site and be available to all who wish to down load them. This way, anyone wanting the data contained in the audio media with the documentation, will be able to download anything of interest. Rather than prepare audio presentations in the future, original and new research will be added to the web site. Eventually the web site will be the repository of all the research we have done, or will do. Where can one get out of print books? Some have asked where they can get certain books and out of print books. A source frequently utilized for books out of print or old source books, is GOOD BOOKS, 2456 Devonshire Road, Springfield, Il 62703 USA. They have available copies of the important 3 Enoch of the Hebrew Book of Enoch, by Odeberg, one of the prime sources of Mormon parallels, for only $35.00. They have copies of the Gnostic John the Baptizer: Selections from the Mandean John-Book, for only $20.00. Theses were of interest to some of you. Taped Presentations Other than Official Ones There were many presentation made at different localities, many of these were not taped by our group, private tapes were made, which we always approved, and these tapes got circulated by others. We did not obtain copies of these and so cannot furnish copies. The 1979 talk at Palm Springs on the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of those. Old tape No. 78, Doctrine and Organization of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Restoration, covers what was presented there, and more. Old Tape 50, which was a slide presentation, though the taped material describing the slides, was easily understood even without the slides, is also good. The best on the Nag Hammadi, was Old Tape 79, Nag Hammadi Discoveries and the Plan of Salvation. These will be two of the first to be transcribed and documented for inclusion in the web site. The third most important tape was Old Tape 104, Doctrines of the Mandaeans and the Restored Church. The three tapes on Enoch, Old Tape 111, The Books of Enoch and Doctrines of the Restoration, and recent Tapes No. 220 and 221, cover the subject very well. The Discoveries in Iran-the Pahlavi Texts and Mormonism, Old No. 133, is an important one also. The family has the reponsibility to teach more about Joseph Smith. I have family involved in church leadership and stake presidency positions, and in answer to those who wonder why more of the great doctrines of Joseph Smith are not being emphasized in the rotating standard work gospel doctrine teachings, it that a lot of Joseph Smith’s teachings are included, but not often emphasized by the teacher, and a lot of the great doctrines should be taught by the family in the family home evening classes they hold on their own. There are great new books on Joseph, including Encyclopedias of the Teaching’s of Joseph Smith, and his doctrines now available. These should be read and studied by the family along with the Standard works. The family has more responsibility in this regard than they realize. Children have great questions, teachings should go where the questions lead. Display: 5 10 15 20 25 30 50 100 All All research and opionions presented on this site are the sole responsibility of Dr. Einar C. Erickson, and should not be interpreted as official statements of the LDS doctrine, beliefs or practice. To find out more about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, please see their offical websites at LDS.org and Mormon.org

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Stansted Airport and local plan 'may have lost out to other priorities': Defecting councillors explain reasons for switching to Green Party Cllrs Paul Fairhurst, Barbara Light and Anthony Gerard all held cabinet positions at UDC as R4U councillors, before switching to The Green Party. Picture: ARCHANT A group of former Residents for Uttlesford (R4U) councillors who held senior positions at Uttlesford District Council (UDC) before switching to the Green Party are concerned their old party's "manifesto promises" including issues surrounding Stansted Airport and the local plan "may have lost out to other priorities". It was announced yesterday (October 14) that R4U councillors Paul Fairhurst, Barbara Light and Anthony Gerard, all of whom held cabinet positions, were switching to the Green Party. Explaining their decision in a letter to other councillors, which has been seen by this newspaper, Cllrs Fairhurst, Light and Gerard said: "The last few years have been challenging, exciting and ultimately rewarding. We believe that our commitment to giving residents a voice and fighting for real local issues was well worth the effort. We remain committed to that. "However, being in the majority has brought with it a number of challenges and we are concerned that our manifesto promises, including the local plan and Stansted Airport, may have lost out to other priorities. These two major issues were core to our election win; and we owe it to our residents to keep our word." R4U swept to power in the May district council elections, winning a majority of 26, leaving the former-ruling Conservatives with only four councillors. Before taking office, R4U had been critical of the council's local plan, which is currently being examined and sets out areas where thousands of homes as well as infrastructure could be built. A planning application submitted to UDC by Stansted Airport to increase their annual passenger throughput from 35million to 43million, was approved in November 2018, but the R4U-run council has still not issued the final approval notice for the plans. The councillors' letter goes on to read: "Quite simply these [the local plan and Stansted Airport] are both green issues, raising the question of what our role needs to be in the future with regard to our environment and natural heritage, and demand a national and global focus and specific attention. "We feel strongly that our district deserves a voice on these issues as well, particularly in its context as a rural area with special historic and natural assets. The decisions this council will take in the next six months will decide the future of our district for the next hundred years." Responding to their letter, Councillor Christian Criscione, deputy leader of the Conservative Group at UDC, said: "This goes to show - after R4U having come out in support of progressing the Conservative-led local plan, having accepted the merit of previous Conservative-led investments and no doubt facing reality with respect of the Stansted Airport planning application in due course - that they are not fit for administration." "There are a number of R4U councillors no doubt angry that the administration has adopted a 'do as we say, not as we do' approach, but for those who have been Conservative in the past, its time to accept that only your local Conservatives will deliver good services, good finance and good decision making for our residents." Councillor John Moran, Conservative county councillor for Saffron Walden, said: "It has not taken long for the cracks to appear and now the district council will get three even more inexperienced portfolio holders in important roles."

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EMAILOGY I Email knowledge provided by L-Soft EMAIL INSIGHTS Email is a wonderful communication channel. It is one of the oldest one on the Internet and still constantly evolving and refining its role. At L-Soft we breath email and find developments interesting. Here are our picks of interesting email reading. Here you can read and get great insights about why email matters etc. Nuances of Permission – Which One Should You Use? Email Inspiration: Why You Can't Afford Not to Use Email Make the Most of Your Email List Communication Hear First-Hand What Millennials Really Think of Email EMAIL IN LOVE The Hot New Channel for Reaching Real People: Email https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-hot-new-channel-for-reaching-real-people-email-11547874005 The Wall Street Journal, By Christopher Mims, January 19, 2019 The Triumphant Return of the Email Newsletter https://hbr.org/2015/10/the-triumphant-return-of-the-email-newsletter Harvard Business Review, by Morra Aarons-Mele, October 08, 2015 How to Get People to Subscribe to Your Newsletter https://hbr.org/2018/09/how-to-get-people-to-subscribe-to-your-newsletter Harvard Business Review, by Dorie Clark, September 25, 2018 The Joy of Listservs: One of The Internet's Earliest Innovations Is Still One of Its Best https://slate.com/technology/2010/08/the-listserv-one-of-the-internet-s-earliest-innovations-is-still-one-of-its-best.html Slate, By Farhad Manjoo, August 5, 2010 EMAIL PERSPECTIVES, VIEWPOINTS No, You Can’t Ignore Email. It’s Rude. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/15/opinion/sunday/email-etiquette.html Being overwhelmed is no excuse. It’s hard to be good at your job if you’re bad at responding to people. The New York Times, By Adam Grant, February 15, 2019 To Email or Not to Email For academics, now is the winter of our online discontent. https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/02/21/email-or-not-email/ The Washington Post, By Daniel W. Drezner, February 21, 2019 The Facebook Scandal Won’t End the Infuriating Allure of Academic Social Media Constant emails from the likes of Academia.edu and ResearchGate keep Ron Iphofen in a state of anxiety over what he may be missing https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/facebook-scandal-wont-end-infuriating-allure-academic-social-media Times Higher Education, By Ron Iphofen, April 5, 2018 What have you been reading about email lately? What would you like to read? If you have suggestions for us, get in touch! editor@lsoft.com EmailRules: A LISTSERV blog for Email Communicators, sharing best practices and email insights. Check it out! Get quarterly email knowledge in LISTSERV at Work newsletter CHECK OUT NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES © 2019 L-Soft All rights reserved

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Los Angeles Women's Shelter Gets Surprise Holiday Visit and Donations from ECMC Foundation As part of ECMC Foundation's annual holiday tradition, team members on Tuesday headed to a local Los Angeles community organization to spread the holiday spirit and share warm tidings. This year, holiday donations went to the Downtown Women's Center (DWC). Sleeping bags, hygiene products, gift cards for groceries, among other items, were part of the holiday gift. Founded in 1978, DWC is the only support organization on Skid Row dedicated to helping homeless women. DWC provides permanent supportive housing, medical and behavioral health care, case management, among other services, to help women successfully transition out of homelessness. "We want to help spread holiday cheer to folks in our community who need it the most," said ECMC Foundation President Peter Taylor. "We select community organizations, like the Downtown Women's Center, because they're making a positive impact in our community." At DWC, the Foundation team was greeted by Amanda Loso, DWC's Community Engagement Coordinator, who provided a tour. Along the tour, Loso stopped in front of wall art, which tells the story of the friendship between two women—Rosa, a homeless woman and Jill Halverson, an outreach worker—which inspired the start of DWC.

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> Snakes of SE Asia > King Cobra previous snake next snake Family : ELAPIDAE Species : Ophiophagus hannah Maximum Size : 5.85 metres The aptly-named King Cobra is the world's largest venomous snake. Its name is familiar to the general public, on account of its fierce reputation, and its appearance in 'snake-shows' in parts of Asia. In Southeast Asia the species appears to be far less aggressive than its cousins in India. Females can be extremely aggressive, however, when defending their clutch of eggs, concealed in nest built of vegetation. A single bite from a King Cobra may result in a fatality if not quickly treated. The species inhabits forests and plantations from the lowlands to around 2000 metres elevation. It feeds mainly on other snakes, particularly rat snakes, and sometimes lizards. The scientific name of Ophiophagus means 'snake-eating'. Active by day or night, it is commonly found patrolling forest streams. Adults can be identified by their huge size and, when fully spread, their majestic hood. Smaller specimens may be confused with rat snakes. The most reliable means to identification are the large, black-edged head shields (i.e. the scales on top of the head). Body colour can be various shades of brown including olive-brown, yellow-brown, medium brown, dark brown, or occasionally black. Juveniles are dark bodied with equally-spaced, narrow, pale yellow bands, and a pale yellow underside. The King Cobra ranges from India, Bangladesh and other parts of the Indian Subcontinent to Southern China and most of Southeast Asia. Figs 1 to 4 : Four images of a large, 3.5 metre specimen found searching the base of a tree at Taman Negara, Pahang, Peninsular Malaysia. Fig 5 : The King Cobra is an excellent swimmer. This example was seen in an inlet in Singapore. References : H1, H2, H3

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Gadolinium and neodymium citrates: Evidence for weak ferromagnetic exchange between gadolinium(III) cations BAGGIO, RF; RAFAEL CALVO; GARLAND, MT; PEÑA, O,; PEREC, M; RIZZI, AC American Chemical Society, USA Año: 2005 vol. 44 p. 8979 - 8979 A new lanthanide-citrate motif of general formula [Ln(Hcit)(H2O)2.H2O]n where Ln = Gd 1 and Nd 2 and Hcit3- = C(OH)(COO-)(CH2COO-)2, has been synthesized hydrothermally from Ln2O3 and citric acid at 100 °C and characterized by elemental analysis, IR, TG-DTA, single-crystal X-ray diffraction and magnetic measurements. The structures can be seen as “ladder chains” along the a axis, with dinuclear Ln2O2 units serving as “steps” and R-COO groups as “uprights”, which are connected by H-bonds. The magnetic susceptibility between 2 and 300 K and the magnetization at 2 K, as a function of magnetic field between 0 and 5 T were measured for both compounds. By modeling the magnetic behavior of the Gd compound with a dinuclear Hamiltonian HS = gmB(SA+SB).Bo - Jo SA.SB (SA=SB=7/2), a ferromagnetic exchange interaction Jo = 0.039 cm-1 was evaluated between Gd ions situated at do = 4.321 Å in dinuclear units bridged by two symmetry-related tridentate carboxylate oxygens. The EPR spectrum of the Gd compound is discussed. The temperature dependence of the susceptibility of the Nd compound is due to the depopulation of the excited crystal field levels when the temperature decreases. The magnetic field dependence of the magnetization of 2 is attributed to the ground state Kramers' doublet populated at 2 K. The g-factor of this ground state doublet is calculated from the data and compared with values for other compounds reported in the literature.

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Home >> 2020 Election News >> FACT CHECK: Is Kamala Harris Not Eligible To Be President? FACT CHECK: Is Kamala Harris Not Eligible To Be President? Posted by: Emily Larsen in 2020 Election News, Featured News, Trending Commentary, US News February 8, 2019 219 Comments Topics in this post: Kamala Harris the 2020 Election Jacob Wohl, a 21-year-old conservative activist, said in a tweet Jan. 22 that Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris is not eligible to run for president. Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President. Her father arrived from Jamaica in 1961—mother from India arrived in 1960 Neither parent was a legal resident for 5 years prior to Harris’s birth, a requirement for naturalization Kamala was raised in Canada — Jacob Wohl (@JacobAWohl) January 22, 2019 “Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President. Her father arrived from Jamaica in 1961—mother from India arrived in 1960,” Wohl said. “Neither parent was a legal resident for 5 years prior to Harris’s birth, a requirement for naturalization.” “Kamala was raised in Canada,” he added. Verdict: False Harris, a natural-born U.S. citizen, meets the presidential requirements laid out in the Constitution. Fact Check: Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution specifies that the president must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, at least 35 years of age and a resident within the U.S. for 14 years. The framers of the Constitution may have feared “wealthy European aristocracy or royalty coming to America, gaining citizenship, and then buying and scheming their way to the presidency without long-standing loyalty to the nation,” reads a 2011 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report. Harris is a U.S. citizen, born on Oct. 20, 1964 in Oakland, California. Her father, Donald J. Harris, is a native of Jamaica who taught economics at Stanford University. Her mother, breast cancer researcher Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was born in India and came to the U.S. to earn a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. After her parents’ separation, Harris moved with her mother and sister to Montreal in the mid-1970s and attended Montreal’s Westmount High School. Harris returned to the U.S. for college. She earned a B.A. from Howard University in 1986 and a J.D. from the University of California Law School in 1989. After working for years as a prosecutor in California, Harris served as California’s attorney general from 2011 to 2016 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2016. While Wohl did not argue that Harris was not born in the U.S., he did take issue with the fact that she spent part of her childhood abroad. “It’s not birtherism … It’s a question of whether the American People deserve to have a President that was Born and Raised in the Untied [sic] States,” Wohl tweeted. He also suggested that the legal status of her parents affected her ability to become president. Donald Harris’ Stanford biography states that he is a U.S. citizen, but it is unclear when he was naturalized. The Daily Caller News Foundation could not identify Shyamala Harris’ citizenship status. Harris’ senate office and presidential campaign did not respond to requests for comment. The U.S., however, offers automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. regardless of their parents’ immigration status, except for the children of foreign diplomats. The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.” An 1898 Supreme Court ruling, U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, held that children born to immigrants residing permanently in the U.S. are natural-born citizens. “There is no provision in the Constitution and no controlling American case law to support a contention that the citizenship of one’s parents governs the eligibility of a native born U.S. citizen to be President,” reads the 2011 CRS report. President Donald Trump said in an Axios interview in October that he would try to limit birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants and other foreign parents. While some legal scholars argue that Trump may have the authority to limit birthright citizenship, most say that limits would require an act of Congress or a constitutional amendment. Some commentators raised questions about presidential eligibility for former Republican presidential candidates Ted Cruz, who was born in Canada to a U.S. parent, and the late John McCain, who was born in the Panama Canal Zone while his father was in the military. Wohl did not respond to a request for comment. Kamala Harris the 2020 Election 2019-02-08 Emily Larsen Tagged with: Kamala Harris the 2020 Election Previous: Border Patrol arrests 325 illegal aliens near Lukeville, AZ Next: CBP Port Huron Seizes Eight Separate Shipments of Fentanyl Destined to Cities Throughout the U.S. About Emily Larsen Mario Apuzzo David Bryan, 1. Your response: Okay, so let’s break your question down: “How do you explain that the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor, when explaining the historical development of U.S. citizenship made reference to “natives, or natural-born citizens” and not to “natural-born subjects”” Already covered that. The choice of words, whether citizen or subject, is of no significance: “When used in this sense, it is understood as conveying the idea of membership of a nation, and nothing more.” My response: You miss the point here. Wong Kim Ark relied on the definition of an English “natural born-subject when interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment, Minor did not rely on the definition of a “natural-born subject” when it explained who the “natives, or natural-born citizen” were at common law. Also, Minor refers to citizenship as “membership of a nation” but Wong Kim Ark does not, just telling us how under the English common law “subjects” were subjects of the King. You fail to explain why the difference in language and approach by the two courts. 2. Your response: “…and included in the definition of those words the reference to the citizenship of the child’s parents and added that there had been doubts whether a child born within the jurisdiction to alien parents was a citizen when as I have shown above the English common law held that there were no such doubts?” I didn’t bother with that because there’s no such “definition” in the case. Chief Justice Waite had pointedly declined to state an exclusive definition of the term “natural born citizen.” My response: Your “I didn’t bother with that” demonstrates an inconvenient truth for you. Justice Waite said: “At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” First, Waite used the same nomenclature as Vattel in Section 212, i.e., “natives, or natural-born citizens.” Second, Vattel there provided a definition of those words, i.e., “[t]he natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.” Third, Waite defined those words almost exactly the same as did Vattel, i.e., “all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens.” Note that Waite added that those natural-born citizen children became at the moment of their birth themselves citizens as were their parents. Fourth, we know that Waite provided a definition and that it was one of both inclusion and exclusion because he ended his definition of the natural born citizens by saying that “as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” So, he put the natural born citizens as defined in one class and the alien or foreigners in another class. In other words, any person who was not born in the country to parents who were its citizens (the natural born citizens) was an alien or foreigner and had to be naturalized in order to be a “citizen” of the United States. After the ratification of the Constitution, naturalization was done either by Act of Congress, for individual naturalization, or treaty, for collective naturalization. Wong Kim Ark in 1898 demonstrated that the Fourteenth Amendment can also be used to naturalize “at birth” those who are born in the United States but who are not natural born because born to one or two alien parents (At the time of the Constitution, Minor, and Wong Kim Ark, both spouses were either U.S. citizens or aliens.) Congress calls these persons in its naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. §1401(a), “citizens” of the United States “at birth.” Minor did not give a new definition of the natural born citizen. It only confirmed the Framers’ common law definition which how Minor presented that definition, along with the historical record, convincingly demonstrates they would have gotten it from Vattel’s Section 212. 3. Your response: Be that as it may, Waite himself explained those “doubts”– “Disputes have arisen as to whether or not certain persons or certain classes of persons were part of the people at the time, but never as to their citizenship if they were.” These were “doubts” based entirely on race or servitude, and NOTHING else. They were of a piece with the exclusion of Native Americans, a special circumstance not applicable in England. That “part of the people” is language Waite lifted directly out of Scott v. Sandford, which had been kind of a big deal. Maybe you should look it up. You’ll find the most odious opinion in the case shows the same enthusiasm for Vattel that you do. My response: Wrong. If one was born in the United States to citizen parents, one was a natural born citizen, regardless of race or servitude. The doubts that existed as to who the original citizens were is one question. The doubts that existed as to who could thereafter be added to the original citizens as new citizens is a different one. You are resorting to the former in your effort to avoid answering my question. Justice Waite explained the difference between the two questions and their answers. He explained that the doubts that he chose not to resolve were doubts regarding who could be added to the new citizens by birth under the Fourteenth Amendment (not to be confounded and confused with by birth under common law). The doubts about whether children born in the jurisdiction to alien parents were “citizens” under the Fourteenth Amendment has nothing to do with the doubts regarding who were the original citizens. The question here is why would the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor say that there were “some authorities” who included as “citizens” children born within the jurisdiction to alien parents but that as to that “class” there had been doubts whether those children were “citizens” but never any doubts as to whether one was part of the natural-born citizen class. So, your retreat to the doubts regarding who was included as an original citizen to escape honestly addressing my question about why would Minor say that only “some authorities” believed that children born in the United States to alien parents were citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment and that there had been doubts whether that was true, when as Wong Kim Ark demonstrated there should not have been any such doubts given that the English common law, a law with which the U.S. Supreme Court was very familiar, without any doubt considered those children natural-born subjects. What also scores you negative points is your implying that Emer de Vattel was a racist and that anyone who relies upon him as an authority is also a racist. You say that I did not read Minor. Actually, you did not read my question. David Bryan Okay, so let’s break your question down: “How do you explain that the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor, when explaining the historical development of U.S. citizenship made reference to “natives, or natural-born citizens” and not to “natural-born subjects”” Already covered that. The choice of words, whether citizen or subject, is of no significance: “When used in this sense, it is understood as conveying the idea of membership of a nation, and nothing more.” “…and included in the definition of those words the reference to the citizenship of the child’s parents and added that there had been doubts whether a child born within the jurisdiction to alien parents was a citizen when as I have shown above the English common law held that there were no such doubts?” I didn’t bother with that because there’s no such “definition” in the case. Chief Justice Waite had pointedly declined to state an exclusive definition of the term “natural born citizen.” Be that as it may, Waite himself explained those “doubts”– “Disputes have arisen as to whether or not certain persons or certain classes of persons were part of the people at the time, but never as to their citizenship if they were.” These were “doubts” based entirely on race or servitude, and NOTHING else. They were of a piece with the exclusion of Native Americans, a special circumstance not applicable in England. That “part of the people” is language Waite lifted directly out of Scott v. Sandford, which had been kind of a big deal. Maybe you should look it up. You’ll find the most odious opinion in the case shows the same enthusiasm for Vattel that you do. If as you claim Minor used the English common law rather than a common law based on the law of nations when it defined a natural born citizen, then why did Minor when defining citizenship in general and a natural born citizen specifically not use the language of the English common law, a language that we saw so much of in Wong Kim Ark? So, you have no evidence to support your position that Minor looked to the colonial English common law rather than to the common law based on the law of nations other than that Minor said “at common-law” and that as you claim before the adoption of the Constitution the only common law that the states were using was the English common law and that would have been the only common law of which the Framers would have been familiar. If I have misstated your position or if you have any other evidence, please explain or provide. Charles Hughes You responded: “Do you mean like this – “At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar”?” “Please provide anything that Minor said in its decision which demonstrates that when it said “common-law,” it was referring to the English common law.” It’s right there in that the phrase I quoted, “At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar”. By Waite saying it was the common law familiar to the “framers of the Constitution”, he could only mean the common law prior to 1787. How is a “common law” developed? Is it based on court precedents or acts of a legislature? What federal court system existed after the Declaration of Independence and before the Articles of Confederation? What federal court system existed between the Articles of Confederation and the ratification of the Constitution? What common law was being used by state courts? I said: “If the English common law was the source that provided the rules of decision on U.S. national citizenship, then Chief Justice Waite should have acknowledged it even in some small fashion.” “If the English common law was the source that provided the rules of decision on U.S. national citizenship, then Chief Justice Waite should have acknowledged it even in some small fashion.” Do you mean like this – “At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar”? Justice Gray understood this to mean the English Common Law – “And he [Chief Justice Wait] proceeded to resort to the common law as an aid in the construction of this provision.” Justice Gray then goes on to explain the provisions for citizenship under the English Common Law, not the Law of Nations. In fact, he expressly said so in discussing the Shanks v. Dupont decision: “But Mr. Justice Story certainly did not mean to suggest that, independently of treaty, there was any principle of international law which could defeat the operation of the established rule of citizenship by birth within the United States; for he referred to the contemporaneous opinions in Inglis v. Sailors’ Snug Harbor, above cited, in which this rule had been distinctly recognized, and in which he had said that “each government had a right to decide for itself who should be admitted or deemed citizens,””. Of course Chief Justice Fuller disagreed and wrote that citizenship should be based on international law. “Obviously, where the Constitution deals with common law rights and uses common law phraseology, its language should be read in the light of the common law; but when the question arises as to what constitutes citizenship of the nation, involving as it does international relations, and political, as contradistinguished from civil, status, international principles must be considered, and, unless the municipal law of England appears to have been affirmatively accepted, it cannot be allowed to control in the matter of construction.” If the English common law was the source that provided the rules of decision on U.S. national citizenship, then Chief Justice Waite should have acknowledged it even in some small fashion. Giving a general discussion about citizenship and explaining that the citizens were members of the nation, defining a natural born citizen with reference to the citizenship of the parents, using the words “born in a country” and “parents” and “children,” and saying that there had been doubts whether a child born in the jurisdiction to alien parents was a citizen reveals that the Court was not looking to the English common law. We may ask if not the English common law then to what common law was Minor referring. Vattel in Section 212 of The Law of Nations starts his discussion by explaining that “[the citizens are the members of the civil society,” provided the exact nomenclature used by Minor, i.e., the “natives, or natural-born citizens” and “parents” and “children,” and defined those phrases virtually the same as did the Court, stating that the “natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.” Furthermore, Vattel in Section 214 also explained that children born in the country to alien parents needed naturalization (Finally, there are states, as, for instance, England, where the single circumstance of being born in the country naturalizes the children of a foreigner.”). This would explain Minor’s statement about the doubts that existed with whether those children born in the United States (not England) were citizens. Minor had also reviewed the early naturalization Acts of Congress (1790, 1804, and 1855) and showed how they provided that a minor child born to alien parents became a citizen during his minority when the parents naturalized as citizens of the United States and the child was dwelling in the U.S. (“the children of such persons so naturalized, dwelling within the United States, being under twenty-one years of age at the time of such naturalization, should also be considered citizens of the United States”). So, Minor knew that in the United States, birth in the U.S. alone did not naturalize the children of a foreigner. Hence, we can conclude that Minor was not referring to the English common law but to a common law that had its foundation in the law of nations. Bob is so messed up that when he goes off script he really gets himself so confused. Mario Apuzzo, who fancies himself an expert in eligibility challenges, appears unaware that eligibility cases were still lingering in the appellate courts in 2015. And pedantic Apuzzo still cannot admit that he is alone in his misreading of Minor, and instead must rely on ghosts to whisper in his ear that he is correct. Bob is so messed up that he cannot even count three centuries of time. “how do you explain Minor discussing the development of U.S. citizenship that included the definition of a natural born citizen and stating that that definition had its source at common law with which the Framers were familiar but not using one iota of a word or phrase that indicated that law to be the English common law?” Are you now contending that under the English Common Law a child born in England to two parents who were natural born subjects would NOT be a natural born subject? Under the English Common Law the statement in Minor is true but incomplete. And because CJ Waite chose not to resolve the doubts of some authorities, it was left to the Wong decision to complete the definition. Predictable as a merry-go-round, Mario Apuzzo returns to his misreading of Minor. Literally no judge, professor, or other expert who has discussed the subject reads Minor has he does; and several have expressly said Apuzzo was wrong. But Apuzzo has neither the intelligence nor to honesty even acknowledge this basic fact. But it appears Apuzzo has contacted Justice Waite via a seance, so that the good (but dead) justice could opine on cases were decided 140 years after Minor. While Apuzzo has Waite’s ear, perhaps he could also inquire about the upcoming lottery numbers? Bob continues to not understand that real judges in the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court case of Minor v. Happersett (1875) already have articulated legal arguments that amply demonstrate that the conclusions of others upon whom he rests his entire case (not to be confused with actual reasoned analysis) are wrong. According to Justice Gray in the 1898 decision of Wong Kim Ark, under the English common law for the last three centuries there had been no doubts that children born in the jurisdiction to alien parents were natural born subjects. Here is Justice Gray explaining this: “It thus clearly appears that, by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the Crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign, and therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign State or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born.” “III. The same rule was in force in all the English Colonies upon this continent down to the time of the Declaration of Independence, and in the United States afterwards, and continued to prevail under the Constitution as originally established.” How do you explain that the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor, when explaining the historical development of U.S. citizenship made reference to “natives, or natural-born citizens” and not to “natural-born subjects” and included in the definition of those words the reference to the citizenship of the child’s parents and added that there had been doubts whether a child born within the jurisdiction to alien parents was a citizen when as I have shown above the English common law held that there were no such doubts? In answering this question, please do not a la Bob merely provide the conclusions of others, for that is not a reasoned discussion. You ask: From the case: “There cannot be a nation without a people. The very idea of a political community such as a nation is implies an association of persons for the promotion of their general welfare. Each one of the persons associated becomes a member of the nation formed by the association. He owes it allegiance and is entitled to its protection. Allegiance and protection are in this connection reciprocal obligations. The one is a compensation for the other; allegiance for protection and protection for allegiance. For convenience, it has been found necessary to give a name to this membership. The object is to designate by a title the person and the relation he bears to the nation. For this purpose, the words “subject,” “inhabitant,” and “citizen” have been used, and the choice between them is sometimes made to depend upon the form of the government. Citizen is now more commonly employed, however, and as it has been considered better suited to the description of one living under a republican government, it was adopted by nearly all of the states upon their separation from Great Britain, and was afterwards adopted in the Articles of Confederation and in the Constitution of the United States. When used in this sense, it is understood as conveying the idea of membership of a nation, and nothing more,” Minor v. Happersett, 88 US 162, 165-166 (1874). Is it so hard to just read the case? It’s not even very long. Mario Apuzzo continues to not understand that real judges already have articulated legal arguments, and have ruled his to be lacking. Bob continues to show that he is not able to articulate a legal argument. If as you say within the context of defining an Article II natural born citizen “citizenship terms of the Constitution were defined by the English Common Law,” then how do you explain Minor discussing the development of U.S. citizenship that included the definition of a natural born citizen and stating that that definition had its source at common law with which the Framers were familiar but not using one iota of a word or phrase that indicated that law to be the English common law? Mario Apuzzo continues to unsurprising but fruitlessly warble his tired old song that he thinks he is correct. Apuzzo, who claims to be an attorney, dismisses the real rulings of real judges in real courts hearing real cases as “conclusions of others.” A professional would acknowledge the validity of those rulings, and would have the dignity to not continue his lonely whine so many years after the fact. The truly sad part is that this is a purgatory of Apuzzo’s own creation. If only Apuzzo had the character to admit that he was wrong, but he doesn’t. Just citing some state law decisions which include administrative law ones (which I have already shown were erroneously decided) without demonstrating how they are correct does not cut it when it comes to Constitutional interpretation. I have supported my position with sources and reasoned analysis. You have supported yours a la Bob with the conclusions of others which in any event I have demonstrated are erroneous. “Having satisfactorily covered all your points, it looks like Vattel is still the victor.” Except where it matters. You are wrong about the significance of the comments in Chief Justice Fuller’s dissent. He read the majority opinion and said it made the Common Law of England the source for the Constitutional terms Natural-born Citizen and Citizen of the the United States. That is his understanding of the majority opinion. The Indiana Appeals Court, the Vermont Superior, Court, the Georgia Administrative Law Court, the New Jersey Administrative Law Court, the 2nd Circuit Court of Florida, The Superior Court of Pima County Arizona, the Circuit Court for Carroll County, Maryland, the Supreme Court of Kings County, New York have all read the Wong decision and came to the same conclusion as Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Gray said that the citizenship terms of the Constitution were defined by the English Common Law. As expected, Mario Apuzzo in the comments section (of obscure blogs) yet again crowns himself the victor. But Mario Apuzzo in the courtroom loses. Every. Single. Time. And, in the reality-based world, the law is given by judges, and not losing litigants haunting comments sections. Apuzzo appears to have remembered some of the cases that expressly ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. And if he just scrolled down beyond his own words, he would see who some of the professors and other experts were. Or he could just go review his own onanistic blog, because a younger Apuzzo knew who they were. 1. As to your Ankeny quote, Ankeny is wrong. The quote does not support a notion that the Framers defined an Article II natural born citizen under the English common law. In fact, nowhere in the Wong Kim Ark decision will you find any such statement. On the contrary, the colonial English common law was selectively adopted in all the colonies and most of the states. It was never adopted on the national level and while some states may have used it to determine who were state citizens, it never provided the rules of decision for defining the citizenship of the United States. Even the wrongly decided and overruled New York State case of Lynch v. Clark in 1844 understood that U.S. national citizenship had to be defined by a national rule and not by any state rule. 2. As to Vermont Judge Bent, given that Ankeny’s reliance on that Wong Kim Ark passage to define a natural born citizen is mistaken, citing to Ankeny makes neither Ankeny nor Judge Bent correct. 3. As to Georgia Administrative Law Judge Malihi, citing to Ankeny makes neither Ankeny nor Judge Malihi correct. See above. 4. As to New Jersey Administrative Law Judge Masin, who decided Purpura v. Obama and Victor Williams et al v. Cruz and Rubio, citing to the same Wong Kim Ark passage in the Obama case again shows that ALJ Masin’s reliance there is mistaken. In the Obama case, ALJ Masin also found that even Mickey Mouse could run for President in New Jersey. Furthermore, ALJ Masin, in my New Jersey ballot challenge against Senator Ted Cruz, found in 2016 that English and U.S. naturalization Acts were incorporated into and became part of English common law and therefore U.S. common law and that therefore under that “common law,” a child born out of the United States to two or even one U.S. citizen parent is a natural born citizen. ALJ Masin held: “The more persuasive legal analysis is that such a child, born of a citizen-father, citizen-mother, or both, is indeed a ‘natural born citizen’ within the contemplation of the Constitution.” The full decision can be read here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/308269472/NJ-Judge-Advisory-Opinion-Rules-Canadian-Born-Cruz-Eligible-To-Be-President-4-12-2016. Reduced, ALJ Masin concluded that birth to one U.S. citizen parent, no matter where that child may be born in the world, is sufficient to make one a natural born citizen. I objected to this position and holding, arguing that if it were correct that American common law had been so transformed by such statutes and such transformed common law formed the basis of the constitutional definition of a natural born citizen, then all of Congress’s naturalization Acts since the beginning of our nation have been unconstitutional and the U.S. Supreme Court, which has ruled on the meaning of U.S. citizenship and interpreted those Acts throughout the centuries, has gotten it wrong. The Supreme Court ruled in 1967 in Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967) that the government can expatriate an American citizen only after he or she commits a voluntary act that demonstrates an intent to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship. The Court said: “We hold that the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to, and does, protect every citizen of this Nation against a congressional forcible destruction of his citizenship, whatever his creed, color, or race. Our holding does no more than to give to this citizen that which is his own, a constitutional right to remain a citizen in a free country unless he voluntarily relinquishes that citizenship.” Id. at 268. If the Fourteenth Amendment offers such protection which I agree it does, then, if ALJ Masin is correct, it, along with the Fifth Amendment, can also be used as a basis for arguing that Congress has since the beginning of our nation violated the Constitution by not recognizing the natural born citizen status of all children born out of the United States to one or two U.S. citizen parents and the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten each one of its decisions that interpreted those laws wrong. Hence, to accept such an interpretation of the natural born citizen clause would lead to a ridiculous, absurd, or impractical conclusion. This is a clear case of the reductio ad absurdum which demonstrates why we should reject such an interpretation. Incidentally, neither ALJ Masin nor the New Jersey Appellate Division addressed my argument. 5. On Chief Justice Fuller on dissent, what he said on dissent cannot serve as the holding of the case. What Justice Gray said speaks for itself. 6. On Justice Gray’s comment as to what Minor held, it goes without saying that if the Court recognized Minor as holding that a woman born of citizen parents within the United States was a citizen of the United States, it follows a fortiori that under Minor’s definition of a natural born citizen she was in fact a natural born citizen. Note that Justice Gray did not leave out of his statement of Minor’s citizenship holding that the Court held that she was a citizen because she was born in the United States to U.S. citizen parents. Justice Gray’s statement on the Minor holding also shows that there were two holding in Minor, one on Virginia’s citizenship and the other on her right to vote. 7. Regarding the English common law, as the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court demonstrated in Minor, it simply does not apply to defining an Article II natural born citizen. When Minor defined a natural born citizen, you will not find any mention by the Court of any of the elements of the English common law that defined a natural born subject, as expressed by Justice Gray in Wong Kim Ark when he explained: “by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the Crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign, and therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign State or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born.” No, not a single word in Minor about the dominions; the Crown of England; the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign; England; natural-born subject; ambassador; diplomatic agent; alien enemy; and English Colonies. None of that mattered because as the Court explained, a natural born citizen child had to be born in the country to U.S. citizen parents. Hence, all the elements of the English common law were irrelevant. For sure, Minor gave the simple definition of a natural born citizen as had been provided by Vattel in Section 212 of The Law of Nations which Minor said was the common law upon which the Framers relied when they drafted the natural born citizen clause into the Constitution. 8. On Tisdale, its reliance on Wong Kim Ark is misplaced. See above. Regarding my saying that it decided the merits of the meaning of a natural born citizen, it did to the extent that in dictum it commented on using the Fourteenth Amendment to make one a natural born citizen which is erroneous because that Amendment does not define a natural born citizen as both Minor and Wong Kim Ark instruct. I have already addressed how nothing that Tisdale said about the meaning of a natural born citizen is precedential. In fact, the 4th Circuit, which affirmed the Federal District Court, did not even mention the clause natural born citizen. The Tisdale District Court’s dicta within dicta, the authority that the court cited to support its dicta about the Fourteenth Amendment, Hollander v. McCain, 566 F.Supp.2d 63, (D.N.H. 2008), is no authority for the Tisdale court’s dicta on the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff’s case in Hollander was about the constitutional eligibility of John McCain (born in Panama to two U.S. citizen parents who at the time of his birth were serving the interests of the U.S. military) to be president, not Barack Obama, presumably born in the United States to a U.S. citizen mother and an alien father. In the end, the court’s decision is about whether the plaintiff had standing to sue John McCain and the Republican National Committee and no more. The court held that he did not and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. So, Tisdale adds nothing for you. By the way (what follows is not dictum), what happened to all those cases, professors, and experts that Bob keeps passing off to us ad nauseam in every one of his comments as definitively closing down the natural born citizen debate? Yes, and it was during the oral arguments in front of the New Jersey appeals court that he explained exactly how the English Common Law operated, “The English Common Law says if you are born in the dominion of the King under his obedience, regardless of the citizenship of your parents, you are a natural-born citizen.” And in Paige v Obama Apuzzo supplied a brief which Judge Bent described as attempting mightily to distinguish as to which model of citizenship the Framers intended but that in the face of the Wong decision his brief was only academic. Mario Apuzzo also submitted an amicus brief for the appeal to the 4th Circuit in Tisdale v Obama. In fact, that is how we know it was the first federal court to rule on the merits of the meaning of a “natural born Citizen.” Mario Apuzzo said it was. In Pupura v. Obama (one of the cases that cited approvingly Wong Kim Ark), wasn’t the losing litigant’s lawyer one … Mario Apuzzo (“Esquire”)? In the published opinion of the Appeals Court of Indiana in Ankeny v. Daniels the court cited this passage from Wong Kim Ark of “authoritative” dicta (it may be holding): In the Superior Court in Vermont, Judge Bent in Paige v. Condos, cited from the Ankeny decision and highlighted this same passage from Wong Kim Ark. In Farrar v. Obama, Georgia ALJ Malihi cited from Ankeny the very same passage from Wong Kim Ark. In New Jersey in Purpura v Obama, ALJ Masin cited this same passage from Wong Kim Ark. But it wasn’t just recent cases that cited this “authoritative” dicta, Chief Justice Fuller in his dissent in Wong Kim Ark also cited it. “And it is this rule [English Common Law], pure and simple, which it is asserted [by the majority] determined citizenship of the United States during the entire period prior to the passage of the act of April 9, 1866, and the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment, and governed the meaning of the words “citizen of the United States” and “natural-born citizen” used in the Constitution as originally framed and adopted.” And here is what Justice Gray said about the Minor decision: “The decision in that case [Minor v Happersett] was that a woman born of citizen parents within the United States was a citizen of the United States, although not entitled to vote, the right to the elective franchise not being essential to citizenship.” Note he says she is a citizen not she is a natural-born citizen. And how does the English Common Law handle citizenship? Mario Apuzzo said “The English Common Law says if you are born in the dominion of the King under his obedience regardless of the citizenship of your parents you are a natural-born citizen.” Which is pretty much in agreement with what Justice Gray said in Wong. BTW, Tisdale v Obama also was decided based on the ruling in Wong Kim Ark. In fact, I believe you said it was the first federal court to rule on “the merits of the meaning of a “natural born Citizen.” “ “Any conclusion that anyone is a natural born citizen based on anything that Wong Kim Ark said that is contrary to how Minor defined a natural born citizen is simply wrong.” And how did that work out for you in court, Mario Apuzzo (“Esquire”)? First, please cite “the recent court rulings that President Obama is a natural born citizen based on the “authoritative” dicta in Wong Kim Ark.” Second, there is no dictum in Wong Kim Ark that defines a natural born citizen any differently than how Minor defined one in 1875 under what it said was the common law with which the Framers were familiar when they drafted and adopted the Constitution. Other than citing and quoting Minor on the definition of a natural born citizen, Wong Kim Ark did not touch the meaning of the clause. Rather, what it did was interpret the Fourteenth Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” clause, using the colonial English common law as an aid in that interpretation. Wong Kim Ark, unlike Minor, was compelled to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment because Wong was not a natural born citizen like Virginia Minor was. The U.S. government maintained that since Wong’s birth in the United States was to alien parents, he was not born “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States and therefore not a “citizen” of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment. The government could only have arrived at that conclusion by relying upon The Slaughterhouse Cases (1873) and Minor (1875). The U.S. Supreme Court in The Slaughterhouse Cases, 83 U.S. 36, 72-73 (1873) had said: “The phrase, ‘subject to its jurisdiction’ was intended to exclude from its operation children of ministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States.” Minor had said that there never had been any doubts that a child born in the country to parents who were its citizens (who the Court called the “natives, or natural-born citizens”) was not only a “native, or natural-born citizen,” but also a “citizen,” but there had been doubts whether a child born within the jurisdiction to alien parents was even a “citizen.” Wong Kim Ark overruled what it said was dicta in The Slaughterhouse Cases. It did not overrule Minor’s definition of a natural born citizen. Unlike Minor, which made a direct reference to the Framers when it defined a natural born citizen, Wong Kim Ark did not mention the Framers at all, something that it would have had to do if it were going to provide a different definition of a natural born citizen than Minor had. The Court could have easily done so if it intended to provide a different definition of a natural born citizen, but it did not. On the contrary, the Court cited to Minor and quoted its definition of a natural born citizen when saying that, since the Constitution did not define what “subject to the jurisdiction” meant, it could go outside the Constitution and resort to the common law as Minor had done as an aid to interpret the Constitution. The Court was not, however, defining a natural born citizen but rather interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment. Hence, Wong Kim Ark did not have to change the definition of a natural born citizen, but rather only interpret the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” as required by the Fourteenth Amendment. In interpreting the Amendment’s jurisdiction clause, Wong Kim Ark looked to a different common law. It did not look to the common law that Minor said the Framers used to define a natural born citizen. Rather, it utilized the colonial English common law and its rule of jus soli, which prevailed in the colonies and then in the states to define state citizenship but not on the national level to define a citizen of the United States. Having done that analysis, the Court distinguished a natural born citizen at common law from a “citizen” of the United States at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment and held: The evident intention, and the necessary effect, of the submission of this case to the decision of the court upon the facts agreed by the parties were to present for determination the single question stated at the beginning of this opinion, namely, whether a child born in the United States, of parent of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicil and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative. Wong Kim Ark was clear that it had answered only “the single question” brought forth by the parties which was: The question presented by the record is whether a child born in the United States, of parents of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicil and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States by virtue of the first clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. In answering that single question, it did not change the meaning of a natural born citizen. It only defined the jurisdiction clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and whether a child born in the United States to alien parents could be included as a “citizen” of the United States thereunder. And in so doing it required that the child’s alien parents have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States and not be employed in any diplomatic or official capacity for a foreign nation. By requiring that the alien parents be permanently domiciled and residing in the United States, it in effect like Minor had already done in 1875, overruled Lynch v. Clarke, 1 Sand. Ch. 583 which had found that“ a person . . . who was native born, but of alien parents,” who happened to be in the United States on a temporary basis, was a natural born citizen and therefore eligible to be elected President. Note that the Court found that Wong was a “citizen” of the United States from the moment of birth, not by virtue of the common law with which the Framers were familiar and which defined a natural born citizen, but rather by virtue only of the Fourteenth Amendment. So, as you can see, Wong Kim Ark made no change to the definition of a natural born citizen. It overruled what it considered to be dictum in The Slaughterhouse Cases regarding the Fourteenth Amendment’s jurisdiction clause but did not overrule anything that Minor said regarding a natural born citizen. On the contrary, it confirmed Minor’s definition of the clause. Any conclusion that anyone is a natural born citizen based on anything that Wong Kim Ark said that is contrary to how Minor defined a natural born citizen is simply wrong. BTW, thank you for admitting that Tisdale v Obama was decided on the merits. “The Tisdale case is the first federal court case that has ruled on the merits of the meaning of a “natural born Citizen.” ” Mario Apuzzo And District Judge Gibney based his decision on the “authoritative’ dicta in Wong Kim Ark. Tired old Mario Apuzzo has run out of gas: He thinks, by switching the subjects of what I wrote, he proves a point; in reality, it proves only that he has nothing but years of pent-up bitterness over being repeatedly wrong. Old Man Apuzzo could scroll downward in this very comments section and see the references to the now years-old cases of Allen, Ankeny, and Tisdale. And a younger and sharper Apuzzo might have remembered that he discussed these very cases ad nauseam on his very own onanistic blog. In addition, there are the opinions, to name a few, of Professors Eugene Volokh, Ronald Rotunda, and Lawrence Solum, as well as Jack Maskell of the Congressional Research Service. Again, if fading Apuzzo needs a refresher on what they wrote, Apuzzo — again — need only refer to his very own onanistic blog. Because the reality is that I can and have referenced some of the judges, professors, and other experts who have expressly stated that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. In contrast, Apuzzo stands alone, spitting his hated into the wind. Citing Minor v Happersett, the main holdings which have been either overturned by either Constitutional Amendment or later decisions is almost as nonsensical as citing Scott v Sandford. Of course Apuzzo has cited both in his terrible legal arguments. “So, I prevail either way. First, Minor’s definition of “natives, or natural-born citizens” is not dictum. Second, even if it is dictum, it is still authoritative.” Then you must agree that the recent court rulings that President Obama is a natural born citizen based on the “authoritative” dicta in Wong Kim Ark, were decided correctly. For example, the English Common law was the basis for US citizenship: And that citizen is “precisely analogous to the term “subject” in the common law.” I know I make a reality-based observation by stating, notwithstanding Bob’s (and his ilk’s) endless attempts, only some state judges, professors, or other experts have expressed agreement with his incorrect reading of Minor. Because if so many had agreed with Bob, he would have told us who they are and quoted them. Bob fantasizes about those silent somehow agreeing with him. Such childlike behavior may be appropriate for blogs’ comment sections, but not a courtroom. I know I make a reality-based observation by stating, notwithstanding Mario Apuzzo’s (and his ilk’s) endless attempts, no judge or professor or other expert has expressed agreement with his queer reading of Minor (and some have expressly disagreed). Because if even one had agreed with Apuzzo, he would have quoted them. Apuzzo fantasizes about those silent somehow agreeing him. Such childlike behavior may be appropriate for blogs’ comment sections, but not a courtroom. Bob thinks that he makes a legal argument when he says that some state judges among who knows how many, some professors among who knows how many, and some experts among who know how many do not read Minor as I do. In Bob’s world, those few speak for the great masses of them, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Speaking of nonresponsive, Mario Apuzzo again has no response for the decade-old but still accurate observation that no judge, professor, or other expert reads Minor as he does. Of course, I did not expect Bob to say anything responsive. My comment was not for him anyway. But he just can’t resist. He has to say something no matter how repetitive just to make it look like he is in control. Apuzzo’s so lost in his own woods that he fails to notice that literally only birthers read Minor as to require two citizen parents for natural-born citizenship. Holding, “authoritative dicta,” or just pretty words — no one reads that one paragraph in Minor like Apuzzo does. First, you say that my reliance on footnote 3 in Doughty v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, 6 F.3d 856, 861 n.3 (1st Cir. 1993) is faulty. There is no denying what the court said there in the main part of the decision and in n.3. What the court explained about dictum supports my position that Minor’s definition of a natural born citizen is not dictum and that even if it is, the statement is authoritative. Here is the pertinent part of Doughty: Dictum” is a term that judges and lawyers use to describe comments relevant, but not essential, to the disposition of legal questions pending before a court. See Kastigar v. United States, 406 U.S. 441, 454-55, 32 L. Ed. 2d 212, 92 S. Ct. 1653 (1972); Dedham Water Co. v. Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc., 972 F.2d 453, 459 (1st Cir. 1992); United States v. Crawley, 837 F.2d 291, 292-93 (7th Cir. 1988). Given the familiar principle that “whatever may be done without the employment of [mandamus], may not be done with it,” Ex parte Rowland, 104 U.S. 604, 617, 26 L. Ed. 861 (1882)); see also Helstoski v. Meanor, 442 U.S. 500, 505-08, 61 L. Ed. 2d 30, 99 S. Ct. 2445 (1979), the Court’s statement in Thermtron defies description as mere dictum. To the exact contrary, the mandamus remedy employed in Thermtron necessarily betokened, and, indeed, depended on, the Court’s antecedent holding anent the unavailability of direct appellate review. Because deleting the challenged statement would have impaired the analytical foundation of the Court’s ultimate decision to issue mandamus, that statement is properly categorized as part of the court’s holding, not as dictum. 3 Here is Footnote 3. On this issue, all roads lead to Rome. Were we to assume, favorably to appellants, that the challenged statement did not comprise part of the Court’s holding, we would nevertheless hew to it. Carefully considered language of the Supreme Court, even if technically dictum, generally must be treated as authoritative. See United States v. Santana, 6 F.2d 1, (1st Cir. 1993) [No. 93-1393, slip op. at 19-20 ]; McCoy v. Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, 950 F.2d 13, 19 (1st Cir. 1991), cert. denied, 118 L. Ed. 2d 545, 112 S. Ct. 1939 (1992). This truism is fortified here inasmuch as the rule that the Court’s statement enunciates — that remand orders are not final judgments — has been adopted in a long string of circuit-level opinions. See, e.g., Garcia, F.2d at [slip op. at 7-8 ]; Melahn v. Pennock Ins., Inc., 965 F.2d 1497, 1500 (8th Cir. 1992); V & M Management, 929 F.2d at 833-34 ; Corcoran, 842 F.2d at 34; Nasuti v. Scannell, 792 F.2d 264, 267 (1st Cir. 1986); see also Milk ‘ N’ More, Inc. v. Beavert, 963 F.2d 1342, 1344 (10th Cir. 1992); McDermott Int’l v. Lloyds Underwriters, 944 F.2d 1199, 1203 (5th Cir. 1991). So, I have said about Minor’s discussion on citizenship in general and natural born citizen specifically the same that Doughty said about appellant’s argument there that the challenged statement was dictum. Minor’s voting rights holding is “necessarily betokened, and, indeed, depended on” the Court’s antecedent holding” concerning Virginia Minor being a citizen without the aid of the Fourteenth Amendment because she was a natural born citizen. Despite the parties’ demurrer on the citizenship issue, the Supreme Court thought it important to find sua sponte that women had been and could be citizens as much as men. Because deleting the challenged statement about who the “citizens” and “natural-born citizens” were would have impaired the analytical foundation of the Court’s ultimate decision that even if women are citizens they do not have the constitutional right to vote, the Court’s statement as to who the natives or natural born citizens were which allowed the Court to easily dispose of the question of whether Virginia Minor was a citizen is categorized not only as part of the Court’s ultimate holding but actually a separate holding and not dictum. In footnote 3 the Doughty court added that even if the challenged statement had been dictum, the court would still follow it because “[c]arefully considered language of the Supreme Court, even if technically dictum, generally must be treated as authoritative.” Second, we cannot “slough[] off without damaging the analytical structure of the opinion” the Minor’s statement: “These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” The Court explained that “it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also” because they were the “natives, or natural-born citizens.” It added that there was never any doubt that the children born in the country to citizen parents were themselves citizens. Indeed, the Court held that Virginia Minor was a “citizen” because she was born in the country to citizen parents, i.e. because she was a “natural born citizen.” It added that “some authorities” included as “citizens” children born within the jurisdiction to alien parents. It said that there were doubts whether those children (that “class”) were “citizens” (a reference to the Fourteenth Amendment and The Slaughterhouse Cases which was decided by the same Minor Court except for Chief Justice Chase who had since passed away and which said they were not “citizens” under the Fourteenth Amendment), but never any doubts about the natural born citizen “class” being citizens. The Court said that it was not necessary for it to resolve those doubts. After all, Virginia Minor did not need the aid of the Fourteenth Amendment given that she was a natural born citizen. The Court concluded that for purposes of the case before it, it was sufficient that all children born in the country to citizen parents were themselves citizens. Through its dichotomy of these two classes of citizens, Minor drew a distinction between the natural born citizens and what would later be recognized by Wong Kim Ark as “citizens” of the United States at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment who were not born under the same birth circumstances as the natural born citizens. Minor’s discussion and statement of the meaning of a natural born citizen also affected how the U.S. Supreme Court decided Wong Kim Ark in 1898. Rather than sloughing off Minor’s “[t]hese were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners” as it did The Slaughterhouse Cases statement about children born in the U.S. to alien parents not being citizens of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court cited and quoted Minor’s definition of those exact words. Wong, born in the U.S. to alien parents who were domiciled and permanently residing in the U.S., did not have it as easy as Virginia Minor in proving that he was a “citizen” of the United States. Given his birth circumstances, Wong was not and could not be a natural born citizen like Virginia Minor and therefore as Minor had explained there were doubts whether he was a “citizen” of the United States. Indeed, the U.S. Government refused his entry into the U.S. because it said he was not a “citizen” of the United States. If Wong would have been a natural born citizen as defined by Minor, there would not have existed any doubt that he was a citizen. The Wong Kim Ark Court had to travel on a tortured historical path, even resurrecting as a source for national U.S. citizenship the dead English common law that only prevailed in the states and not on the national level, to show that he was as much a “citizen” of the United States as a natural-born citizen child born in the country to citizen parents, not by virtue of being a “natural born citizen” under the common law with which Minor explained the Framers were familiar and which defined the clause, but only by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. As we can see, Minor’s natural born citizen analysis is integral not only to its decision, but also to the Wong Kim Ark decision, forcing the Court in Wong Kim Ark to interpret the Fourteenth Amendment’s “subject to the jurisdiction” clause and in so doing resorting to using the colonial English common law and its jus soli, as modified by its requirement that the alien parents be domiciled and permanently residing in the U.S., to find that Wong was a “citizen” of the United States at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment. Reading the decisions in tandem, we can see how the Constitution makes a critical distinction between an Article II “natural born citizen” of the United States at common law and a “citizen” of the United States at birth by virtue of only the Fourteenth Amendment. It bears repeating that Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be an attorney, knows little of the law, how the law works in the real world, or reality itself — as evidenced by him losing every single eligibility challenge that he filed. Mario Apuzzo conceded that Minor only needed to be a citizen to vote, and the parties had agreed she was a citizen — they disagreed over whether women could vote. The parties did not litigate whether Minor was a “citizen under the Fourteen Amendment” because (obvious to everyone not named Apuzzo) she was born in 1824, well before the 14th Amendment was ratified. Apuzzo raises this Apuzzo-ian strawman argument that her citizenship was somehow dependent on the 14th Amendment, which is irrelevant to the actual issue that was before the court. Which is why no one but birthers think that the Minor court’s “by the way” about natural-born and naturalized citizenship is anything other than dicta. Which is also why real judges in real courts hearing real cases had no problem dismissing the birthers’ fantasy about Minor. One such case is Allen v. Arizona Democratic Party. A younger and sharper Mario Apuzzo was once aware of this very case because — nearly seven years ago to the day — he discussed and obligatorily dismissed it on his own onanistic blog: http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2012/03/putative-president-barack-obamas.html?showComment=1331233043906#c4926891388640652371 Because Apuzzo is predictable as a merry-go-round, he will now whine that the Arizona court’s ruling isn’t sufficiently rigorous for his tastes; a common enough (but again predictable) complaint from losing litigants. Notwithstanding Apuzzo’s tired tantrums, this ruling: expressly did not read Minor as authoritative; had the real-world consequence of assuring President Obama’s place on the Arizona ballot; and was consistent with the rulings from every other eligibility case. (So much for Apuzzo’s canard about “authoritative dicta” — yet another example of how reality and Apuzzo’s beliefs diverge.) Apuzzo is free to cling to his fantasy that a candidate or political party will bring an eligibility challenge in 2020, but, as the past is prologue, it just will be the same tired birthers doing so — and in state courts. Birthers such as (and perhaps including?) Apuzzo will present the same shopworn losing arguments, and they’ll unsurprisingly lose again. And — surprise! — these new rulings will cite the very rulings from birthers’ previous losing efforts. (This is how the real law really works, Apuzzo: courts sometimes cite prior rulings, even if they are only of persuasive authority.) And, the past again being prologue, the U.S. Supreme Court again will deny certiorari to any eligibility challenge that reaches that far. Leaving Mario Apuzzo to continue wasting his remaining days obsessively haunting comment sections of obscure blogs. Your reliance on the footnote in Doughty v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London is faulty as the statemtn in Minor is not “[c]arefully considered language”. The footnote refers back to this statement by the Court “Because deleting the challenged statement would have impaired the analytical foundation of the Court’s ultimate decision to issue mandamus, that statement is properly categorized as part of the court’s holding, not as dictum.” This is similar to the statement by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in United States of America v. John Allan Crawley, 837 F.2d 291 “So instead of asking what the word “dictum” means we can ask what reasons there are against a court’s giving weight to a passage found in a previous opinion. There are many. One is that the passage was unnecessary to the outcome of the earlier case and therefore perhaps not as fully considered as it would have been if it were essential to the outcome. A closely related reason is that the passage was not an integral part of the earlier opinion–it can be sloughed off without damaging the analytical structure of the opinion, and so it was a redundant part of that opinion and, again, may not have been fully considered. Still another reason is that the passage was not grounded in the facts of the case and the judges may therefore have lacked an adequate experiential basis for it; another, that the issue addressed in the passage was not presented as an issue, hence was not refined by the fires of adversary presentation. All these are reasons for thinking that a particular passage was not a fully measured judicial pronouncement, that it was not likely to be relied on by readers, and indeed that it may not have been part of the decision that resolved the case or controversy on which the court’s jurisdiction depended (if a federal court).” In the Minor case the single sentence “These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners.” can be “sloughed off without damaging the analytical structure of the opinion”. Here it is without the sentence. The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their …In fact the whole argument of the plaintiffs proceeds upon that idea. The citizenship question is still resolved, the doubts of some authorities still exist and the Constitution does not “confer the right of suffrage upon any one, and that the constitutions and laws of the several States which commit that important trust to men alone are not necessarily void”. Mario – “The Court saw both parts as necessary to its decision. Resolving the citizenship question was a necessary antecedent to resolving the voting question, for the Court would not have reached the latter without concluding that Virginia was a citizen.” There was no citizenship question to resolve. Virginia Minor declared she was a “native-born citizen” and Happersett agreed. When Chief Justice Waite says “For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts” he is acknowledging the fact that Minor and Happerset agree she is a citizen and the status of her parents does not need to be considered. Is it your contention that the 14th amendment created a new class of citizens? Have we noticed how Bob cannot articulate a winning position and so he resorts to prefacing every one of his repetitive comments with the statement that I only claim to be a lawyer. Bob still does not understand that it does not matter that the parties in Minor agreed that Virginia Minor was a citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment. The unanimous U.S. Supreme Court nevertheless still thoroughly analyzed the citizenship question and rightfully so. It saw the case as having two parts–one about citizenship and the other about the right to vote that Virginia Minor contended attached to that citizenship. The Court saw both parts as necessary to its decision. Resolving the citizenship question was a necessary antecedent to resolving the voting question, for the Court would not have reached the latter without concluding that Virginia was a citizen. Hence, the Court thoroughly addressed the issue of citizenship and it did so because it would never have gotten to the question of whether citizenship carries with it the right to vote which a state cannot abridge because of the protections afforded to a citizen by the Fourteenth Amendment. Bob says I disparage the state courts. I simply said that state court decisions have no binding effect outside the state of the decision and surely not in federal courts. This rule is often stated by the courts and not said to disparage any state. Bob does not understand that that is how our legal system works. Also, notice that Bob keeps talking about these state court decisions but does not tell us their names or how many there are. Maybe Bob can show us how these state courts have rejected my reading of Minor. Bob tries to make those state court decision binding by arguing that the states run elections and that I have ignored that fact. First, it is ridiculous for Bob to say that I have ignored that state’s run elections when he comments on my having filed several ballot challenges in state courts. Second, that states run elections is irrelevant to my point that state court decisions, even if binding in state and only a percentage are, are not binding outside the issuing state and on the federal level. Bob tries to impress us by telling us that only candidates have standing in federal courts. His statement is wrong because political parties also have standing in federal courts. Additionally, standing has nothing to do with interpreting and understanding the Minor decision which is the issue that we are discussing. Likewise, state courts might be where ballot challenges are filed, but that has nothing to do with the question of whether Minor’s definition of a natural born citizen is precedent. Bob wants me to “heed” what some lower state courts have ruled. Bob forgets that it is the U.S. Supreme Court that is the final court arbiter of the Constitution, not a state judge, professor, or other expert. I cited for Bob a Federal Circuit court decision that said that U.S. Supreme Court dictum is “authoritative.” The citation goes against him when he said that I was wrong in so saying. Rather than admit that I supported what I said, he responds by saying that I fail to grasp that federal circuit rulings are not binding on the state courts. Bob produces no evidence that I fail to grasp that federal circuit rulings are not binding on state courts and surely my Circuit Court citation and quote is not such evidence. Bob produces no state court decision that supports his position that U.S. Supreme Court dictum is “persuasive” but not “authoritative.” Additionally, ballot challenges are not the only way that the natural born citizen issue could reach the U.S. Supreme Court, for a candidate or political party could file an action in federal court. Bob also misses the point that how a state court may define a natural born citizen is not the final word on the matter and that we should be looking to how the U.S. Supreme Court would rule on the question. Finally, Bob says that even if Minor’s statement that those born in the United States to two citizen parents are natural-born citizens is binding precedent, no one doubts that unmarkable statement. First, Bob refused to admit that that is the definition of a natural born citizen, as quoted by the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor and other Supreme Court Justices before Minor. That is the definition that is found in Vattel’s Section 212 of The Law of Nations (1758) (1797), a source to which the Founders and Framers looked for guidance and inspiration for the revolution and in subsequently making the new republic. Also, all of Congress’s naturalization Acts from 1790 to the present confirm through the process of exclusion that that is the definition of a natural born citizen. Bob is not able to cite one U.S. Supreme Court decision that provides a different definition of the clause. In short, Bob’s job is to at all costs defend an open-borders definition of a natural born citizen. He does so for political advantage and by resorting to insults, omission, obfuscations, misstatements, and irrelevancies. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be a lawyer, still doesn’t understand that Minor’s citizenship was never in dispute. Apuzzo concedes Minor needed to be only a citizen to vote — but the parties already had agreed that she was an of-voting-age citizen of Missouri and the United States. And no one believed that women weren’t citizens; but for her sex, she was eligible to vote. There was no need for the U.S. Supreme Court to “by the way” into the weeds of natural-born citizenship and naturalization because such discussions were not necessary to the ultimate issue regarding how the Privileges and Immunities Clause affected her undisputed citizenship. Apuzzo again disparages the state courts who have rejected his misreading of Minor, but he continues to ignore that the states run elections. As only candidates have standing in federal courts (a lesson Apuzzo should have remembered from his Kerchner debacle), state courts are where the action is for eligibility challenges. If Apuzzo dares to file another eligibility challenge, he’ll do so in states’ courts. So, if Apuzzo wants to be competent, he ought to heed that differing states that have ruled on the merits all reached the same conclusion. (Apuzzo also cites a federal circuit case for a debatable role of U.S. Supreme Court dicta, but unironically fails to grasp that federal circuit rulings aren’t binding on the state courts — the very courts that he dismisses.) More basically, Apuzzo continues his decade-long quest to ignore that literally no judge (or professor or other expert) agrees with the birther misreading of Minor: no lawgiver (or bona fide commentator) believes that two citizen parents are required for natural-born citizenship. And some courts have expressly rejected the misreading of Minor that Apuzzo obsesses over. Even if Minor’s statement (that those born in the United States to two citizen parents are natural-born citizens) is binding precedent, literally no one doubts that unmarkable statement. Not only did Minor believe that the citizenship analysis was necessary, but it in fact set out to treat the citizenship issue as if it were necessary and for good reason. That is because the citizenship issue was a necessary antecedent to its ultimate decision on the right to vote, for Virginia Minor argued that she had the right to vote because she was a citizen of the United States. In that process, the court carefully analyzed the development of U.S. citizenship, from the Founding to the then-present, at common law and under the naturalization Acts of Congress, to show that Virginia Minor was a citizen even though she was a woman. Minor began its citizenship analysis by stating that there was no doubt that women could be citizens under the Fourteenth Amendment, for they were “persons.” It added that they did not need that Amendment to be citizens because there always had been citizens prior to the Amendment. The Court then addressed who were the first citizens. It said that more could be made by birth or naturalization. The Court later explained that while women could be naturalized to be citizens, Virginia had not been naturalized and so the Court set out to show that she was a citizen from the moment of her birth. It then said that the Constitution did not define a natural born citizen and that we had to look outside it for its definition. It explained that at common law with which the Framers were familiar it was never doubted that all children born in a country to parents who were its citizens were themselves citizens like their parents. It added that these were the “natives, or natural-born citizens,” the same exact nomenclature found in Vattel’s Section 212 of The Law of Nations, where Vattel defined a natural born citizen. There is stated: “The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.” Minor added that all the rest of the people were “aliens or foreigners.” Hence, these other people needed naturalization to be a citizen of the United States. It then said that “some authorities” included as citizens children “born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents.” This was a reference to the Fourteenth Amendment debate regarding whether those children qualified as “citizens” of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment. It said that there were doubts if they were citizens but no doubts that they were citizens if they were natural born citizens. It added that it was not necessary for purposes of the case before it that it address and resolve those doubts. Virginia only needed to be a “citizen” of the United States in order to advance her argument that she had the constitutional right to vote that attached to being a citizen. Hence, the Court concluded that it was “sufficient for everything we have now to consider that all children born of citizen parents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens.” Note that the Court was looking to first decide the citizenship issue before it could move forward to resolve “everything we have now to consider” which was the ultimate question of whether Missouri could deny Virginia the right to vote. The Court arrived at that holding by defining a natural born citizen and concluding that anyone who was such had to be a citizen. So, Virginia Minor was indeed a “citizen” by the simple fact that she was a natural born citizen, i.e., she was born in the country to citizen parents. This was the Court first holding. The Court’s second holding was that citizenship did not carry with it the right to vote and therefore even though Virginia Minor was a citizen, Missouri could deny her the right to vote. There you have it, two holdings that were necessary in the Court’s mind to resolving the case and two holdings to which the Court arrived through thoughtful, careful, and reasoned consideration and analysis. Not only did the Court believe it was necessary for it to analyze the citizenship issue, but it actually did so in a thorough manner. Its holding regarding Virginia’s citizenship status constitutes the law of the case. It is a judgment and not a mere statement in an opinion. If Virginia Minor was not a citizen, the Court would never have reached the second part of its decision which addressed whether voting was a privilege or immunity of U.S. citizenship. If she were not a citizen, she would not have had any standing to make the privileges and immunities argument. Hence, the Court’s decision on Virginia Minor’s citizenship had a significant effect on the Court’s ultimate decision. The Court’s citizenship analysis was not superfluous to the Court’s ultimate holding. The Court’s definition of a natural born citizen, necessary for it to get to its ultimate conclusion that Virginia Minor was a citizen, is therefore not dictum. Bob says that I cannot explain “how the result would have been different had Minor been born or became a citizen under different circumstances.” Bob’s point lacks sense. Virginia Minor only needed to be a citizen. It would not have mattered how she became one provided that she could show under the applicable law that she was one. If Virginia had been born in the United States to alien parents like Wong in Wong Kim Ark, the Court could not have held that she was a citizen by virtue of being a natural born citizen. It would have had to resolve the Fourteenth Amendment doubts to which it alluded and which Wong Kim Ark did in 1898. Wong Kim Ark held that Wong, born in the U.S. to domiciled and permanent resident alien parents was a “citizen” of the United States from the moment of birth, not by virtue of being a natural born citizen as was the case for Virginia Minor, but rather by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. I said that even if Minor’s statement of the definition of a natural born citizen were dictum, Supreme Court statements of dictum are authoritative. Bob says that it is only “persuasive.” Again, Bob is wrong, see Doughty v. Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London, 6 F.3d 856, 861 n.3 (1st Cir. 1993) (“carefully considered language of the Supreme Court, even if technically dictum, generally must be treated as authoritative”). About those few state court decisions, Bob does not understand that those decisions are not binding outside those states and surely not on the federal level. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be a lawyer, ridiculously believes that if a court felt an analysis was necessary, then it isn’t dicta. Under Apuzzo’s absurdity, there could be no dicta; actual legal practitioners, however, understand that dicta are statements that are not actually crucial to the reasoning (notwithstanding a court’s contrary beliefs) or refer to unrelated issues. And Minor’s natural-born-citizenship “by the way” in a voting-rights case is classic dicta: Apuzzo cannot explain how the result would have been different had Minor been born or became a citizen under different circumstances. Apuzzo, showing his fondness for weasel words, says dicta is “authoritative.” in actuality, dictum is merely persuasive, that is, not binding. Apuzzo — reluctantly — acknowledges that some eligibility cases have expressly classified Minor’s discussion of natural-born citizenship as dicta, but he dismisses them as “only some state courts.” Which is queer because the states actually administer elections, and the rulings of these mere state courts directly contributed to President Obama’s appearing on the ballot in every state — twice (four times, if primaries are included). Apuzzo is, of course, free to believe those were wrongly decided, but he isn’t free to believe there were no real-world consequences from those cases. Mario – so why did the Court also provide an analysis of citizenship by naturalization? Was Virginia Minor a naturalized citizen? The courts to which Bob refers that did not find the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court decision of Minor v. Happersett (1875) as being controlling on the issue of the meaning of a natural born citizen are only some state courts. The Minor Court believed its citizenship analysis was necessary to its decision on the voting right issue or else the Court would not have done the analysis. Having so concluded, it gave an in-depth analysis of U.S. citizenship including confirming the Framers’ common law definition of a natural born citizen. Bob says that the Court would have reached the same result if Virginia Minor had been born in the United States to alien parents. He is wrong, for under those circumstances the Court like the Wong Kim Ark Court would not have been able to resolve the question of whether Virginia Minor was a citizen by looking to whether she was a natural born citizen. Rather, it would have had to interpret like Wong Kim Ark did the Fourteenth Amendment. In any event, it does not matter that the result would have been the same if Virginia Minor had been born under different birth circumstances. The Court still provided its citizenship analysis after thinking that it was necessary for it to do so. With the Court believing that its citizenship analysis was necessary to the Court’s ultimate decision, the Court’s definition of a natural born citizen provided during that analysis is not dictum. In any event, even if it were dictum, Supreme Court statements of dictum are authoritative. Now, maybe Bob will follow his own words. We know that the unanimous U.S. Supreme Court made a ruling in Minor v. Happersett (1875) and as part of that ruling it defined a natural born citizen. Now, Bob, remember that “Judges’ rulings aren’t merely an opinion; they’re the law. As any community college could teach you, in the United States, judges are lawgivers. And of course you are free to disagree with a ruling, or believe it was wrongly decided; you are not free, however, to believe those rulings are not the law, or did not have real-world consequences.” I see the Rambo Ike character showed up and is still lying about what I said on my blog. What I said was that women were nonpersons as far as having independent citizenship was concerned in the early days of the US. They had no right to suffrage. There citizenship was entirely dependent upon that of their husband. Even into the 20th century a woman who was an American citizen could lose her citizenship if she married a foreigner, a situation that was fixed by the Cable Act of 1922. This is a fact and says nothing derogatory about women today who are fully coequal to men as far as citizenship and everything else is concerned. This is what Ike does. He plays petty word games because he cannot win an argument. How specifically would the Waite decision change if Virginia Minor had naturalized prior to the 14th Amendment? Would Waite have spent time discussing women and naturalization? Judges’ rulings aren’t merely an opinion; they’re the law. As any community college could teach you, in the United States, judges are lawgivers. And of course you are free to disagree with a ruling, or believe it was wrongly decided; you are not free, however, to believe those rulings are not the law, or did not have real-world consequences. I’m not Atticus Finch’s keeper, so I don’t what happened to him. But I do know that 1771 is not 1787, and that Sam Adams was not a framer of the U.S. Constitution. Just as I know that the U.S. Supreme Court already has said that terms in the U.S. Constitution are to be defined by British common law. I’m spitballing here, but maybe so many believe birthers are racists because they say racists things, post racist memes, and pal around with racists. And maybe there’s something a wee bit racist underlying their whole “Blut und Boden” beliefs. It is soooo cute that you think Rondeau’s lonely person’s cry for attention is a “legitimate news service.” And it is totally unsurprising that you wholeheartedly approve of her squelching commentary by “Obots” (whatever that means); snowflakes need their safe spaces, after all. Rambo Ike February 21, 2019 at 4:57 pm: “SCOTUS has already ruled that the terms in the U.S. Constitution are to be interpreted by British common law.” Those are opinions and misguided at that. You know what is said about opinions, eh? They’re like a’holes, everybody has one. I’ll bet there are a lot of Supreme Court justices’ opinions that you don’t agree with. What happened to your boy Atticus Finch? Apparently he doesn’t want to defend his misleading bogus claim: “The Founding Fathers who drafted and approved the language in the Constitution were cognizant of the English common law that was in effect at the time of its creation 1787.” Here’s some more proof from someone who was there at the time. Samuel Adams writing in the Boston Gazette (newspaper of the American Revolutionaries) dated October 28, 1771: “THE writer of the history of Massachusetts Bay tells us, that “our ancestors apprehended the acts of trade to be an invasion of the rights, liberties and properties of the subjects of his Majesty in the colony, they not being represented in parliament; and according to the usual sayings of the learned in the law, the laws of England were bounded within the four seas, and did not reach America.” You’re comparing a legitimate news service like the ‘The Post & Email’ with a extremely bigotted speech-nazi blog that RC operates. You can’t blame Sharon for blocking you Obots. She doesn’t want all that racist, anti-American rhetoric you Obots constantly spew infesting her news service. The 2nd biggest problem I had in my dealings with Obots was their constant smearing of anyone that didn’t support Obama as being a racist. I was appalled by some of RC’s statements. He referred to women as nonpersons on his blog, and defamed a 95 yr old WWII vet who only was trying to debate RC on the Birther issues. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be an attorney, does not (and cannot) explain how a demurrer could possibly “stop” the Supreme Court from analyzing whatever it wants. But its commentary on Minor’s parents’ citizenship is indeed dicta because the result of the case would have been the same whether Minor had two, one, or no citizen parents; it would have been the same if Minor was a naturalized citizen. As Mario Apuzzo should know, no court has read the Minor’s commentary on natural-born citizenship as controlling. Indeed, some eligibility cases expressly said that Minor was dicta with respect to the definition of natural-born citizen; they rejected the birthers’ beliefs. The defendant’s demurrer in Minor v. Happersett (1875) did not nor could it stop the U.S. Supreme Court from analyzing whether women were citizens and in that process giving an in-depth analysis of the meaning of a natural born citizen. That analysis and definition of the clause is binding precedent. Mario, what does it mean when a defendant in a civil suit demurs? Mario Apuzzo can’t be bothered to honestly answer a legal question; he’s too busy pissing his life away trolling comment sections. Well, okay. What do you think? Virginia Minor in her complaint said she was a native-born citizen of the United States, over 21 and a citizen of Missouri. She went to register to vote and the registrar Reese Happersett refused on the grounds she was a female. Happersett demurred. A “demurrer” is responsive pleading that does not dispute the factual basis of the claim, but instead argues there’s no legal basis for relief. The modern federal equivalent in the United States is a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted (a “12(b)(6)”). So Happersett essentially said, “I don’t dispute that Minor was a native-born citizen, over 21, and a Missourian (i.e., meets the eligibility requirements to vote in Missouri). I don’t dispute that she attempted to register to vote, but I didn’t let her because she was a woman. And that was legal because women do not have the right to vote.” I see where you are going: Happersett did not dispute that Minor was a native-born citizen. As Happersett did not dispute that Minor was a native-born citizen, it was dicta for the U.S. Supreme Court to delve into Minor’s natural-born citizenship. Because her eligibility to vote — other than her sex — was not in dispute. (Do you think I finally caught Apuzzo’s interest?) Here is her brief to the Missouri Supreme Court and her petition to the Circuit Court. https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/view/drs:2575110$1i Mario Apuzzo are you going to waste valuable court time on useless challenges to Kamala Harris’s eligibility? As noted above, the “two citizen parents” idea has been rejected by every court where it has been raised. ChillyDogg It’s never been raised in federal court because apparently no one has standing to sue over the question. It has been raised and rejected in a federal court; in Tisdale. It also has been raised and rejected in state courts, which also interpret and apply the U.S. Constitution. You are, of course, free to believe whatever you desire. If even reality proves you wrong. It doesn’t. You can believe that Tisdale (a federal case) and Ankeny (a state case) don’t exist, but they do. No judge, professor, or other expert thinks they we’re wrongly decided, because every one of them who have spoken on the matter agree that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. Even this site agrees. But you do you. A case thrown out at a preliminary hearing and a state case mean nothing. It must be great to live in a world in which you alone can decide that real judges in real courts making real rulings in real cases “mean nothing.” They “meant nothing,” yet President Obama appeared on every ballot for two elections (four, if you include the primaries) and he served two full terms. Again there was no ruling in Tisdale and any ruling in a state case means nothing on the federal level. Again, there was a ruling in Tisdale: Tisdale was not entitled to an injunction to prevent candidates without two-citizen-parents from appearing from the ballot because birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. Tisdale failed in his attempt to remove President Obama from Virginia ballot in 2012 — a state that President Obama won in that election. And state cases mean a lot at the state level, which is important because the states actually administer elections. Ankeny, for example, is a case from Indiana; because of that case, it is now the law of Indiana that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. My mistake should have used decision not ruling. The ruling however was not what you said but was that Tisdale had not cited any damages. Your belief regarding the basis for the ruling in Tisdale is wrong, as the word “damages” never appears in the ruling: https://www.scribd.com/document/80563782/Tisdale-v-Obama-et-al Bob is still going around the internet claiming that Tisdale is a precedent for his argument that a child born in the United States to one or two alien parents is a natural born citizen under the Fourteenth Amendment. This is so even though I have shown below that Tisdale is no such precedent. Ole Man Apuzzo still can’t read for comprehension; no wonder he loses in court every time. Nowhere did I say Tisdale was binding precedent; yet another one of Apuzzo’s strawman arguments. Rather, ChillyDogg said no federal court had ruled on the merits, but Tisdale (1) was decided by a federal court and (2) dismissed because birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship (thus making it impossible for Tisdale to receive the injunction he requested). Seven years later, and Apuzzo still can’t understand these basic concepts. Poor Bob, he is parsing his words to save face. Here is what he wrote about his case, Tisdale, in full context: Can you name a single federal case which specifically deals with defining the phrase natural born Citizen? Tisdale v. Obama: [link to decision] And what is a case dismissed for failure to state a claim going to add to our knowledge as to the definition of natural born citizen? That a challenge to the definition of natural-born citizen fails to state a claim. Because the definition is already known; duh. OK you don’t know anything. I know a federal court has provided the exact ruling you requested, and you refuse to accept it as real. The district court very much did discuss natural-born citizenship. And Tisdale couldn’t have any damages because President Obama was duly elected; duh. Tisdale wanted an injunction to bar as ineligible from the ballot all candidates who lacked two citizen parents. The district court dismissed Tisdale’s case because he was not legally entitled to such an injunction — as two citizens parents are not required to be eligible for the presidency. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be a lawyer, calls that dicta, but it is the essential ruling by the district court. Your belief regarding the basis for the ruling in Tisdale is wrong, as the word “damages” never appears in the ruling: [link to decision] Now that all looks to me like Bob is arguing that Tisdale is some sort of precedent on the meaning of a natural born citizen. In all that pointless cutting and pasting, why didn’t Ole Man Apuzzo notice that I never used the word “precedent”? (Hint: Because the discussion was about Tisdale’s existence and holding; if only Apuzzo could keep up.) Apuzzo should stop trying to cram words into people’s mouths, and start trying to read for comprehension. He might learn something, for a change. Poor Bob, he gets destroyed and he tries to save face by playing word games. Oh, the irony: Apuzzo gets caught playing word games and he thinks someone else was destroyed. Bob is so funny. He thinks by having the last word, no matter how dumb, he wins. Oh the irony: After being laughed out of the courts, Mario Apuzzo haunts the comment sections of obscure blogs, insisting that he’s correct. The very epitome of demanding the last word. See, I was right, Bob just has to have the last word. He is laughed off of this comment section and he lies about me being laughed out of any court. As can be seen from what I have written here, there nothing funny about my argument that Bob and his gang cannot refute. There is no need to attempt to refute Apuzzo’s beliefs here because they already have been refuted repeatedly in the courts. And Apuzzo has made it clear that he will never accept that he is wrong. Yet Apuzzo will be compelled to respond, to proclaim a victory that exists only in his head. What a sad waste of his remaining days. See, I am right again. It’s stronger than Bob, his compulsion to have the last word. Also, Bob concedes that neither he nor any member of his gang has refuted my arguments here. Oh, by the say, isn’t Bob such a wonderful person, concerned for my remaining days. Is this your life, Apuzzo? Unable to comprehend your unbroken string of losses in the courts, so you are reduced to ineffectively insulting strangers on the internet? Sad! Bob again sees the irresistible compulsion to have to get the last word in. Now he complains about me insulting him on this comments section when he is the person in this comments section who instead of engaging in an intelligent discussion on the meaning of a natural born citizen insulted me. Poor Bob, so typical of his ilk. If Mario Apuzzo actually was interested in learning about the meaning of “natural-born citizen,” he would try reading for comprehension from the various judges who ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient. But Mario Apuzzo is enamoured by only the sound of his own voice. And Mario Apuzzo confuses a complaint for pity: Mario Apuzzo is the one who lost every case in court, and has nothing better to do with his life than to tell lies in comment sections of obscure blogs about his unblemished record of failure. So why does Bob feel so compelled to continuously bore us with his repetitive inane comments? Why did Mario Apuzzo feel so compelled to bore various courts with his legal fantasies? And then spam various comment sections of obscure blogs with the exact same losing nonsense? Is Mario Apuzzo warming up for more courtroom losses in 2020? You’re just going to have to hang out and wait to find out. In any event, what business is it of yours? There’s a friendly wager afoot on how gluttonous Mario Apuzzo is for more public humiliation. One can read the comments here and see that the public humiliation is all Bob’s. Of course: I’m humiliated for stating the undisputed proposition that every judge who heard on eligibility challenge on the merits ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. Unlike Mario Apuzzo, who lost every eligibility suit that he filed. And, years later, continues to haunt comment sections of obscure blogs to insult strangers on the internet. Like all serious lawyers do. Bob continues to be that compulsive pest that he is. First, he has no argument himself that he can offer on the meaning of a natural born citizen and only repeatedly refers (he needs to keep reminding the reader that he already won) to some judge somewhere who made some decision on some basis. I like how he misstates the Fourteenth Amendment itself which does not provide the constitutional standard for defining a natural born citizen and therefore is not sufficient to make a natural born citizen, leaving out that birth in the United States has to be “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” in order to make a “citizen” of the United States “at birth”; it does not say “natural born citizen” of the United States and therefore did not change the common law meaning of the clause. About haunting comments section, the only ghost that I see around here is Bob himself. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be a lawyer, seems unaware that judges are lawgivers — their rulings shape and inform what the law actually is, and not what Apuzzo wishes the law to be. The same is true for reality: President Obama appeared on every ballot twice (four times, if the primaries are included), and he served two full terms as the president. Similarly, candidates like Ted Cruz were not removed from any ballot, notwithstanding Apuzzo’s massive waste of time and (Charles Kerchner’s) money. And Mario Apuzzo can’t help but lie because I have never discussed the Fourteenth Amendment. Old Man Apuzzo can’t even keep his strawman arguments straight anymore. Mario Apuzzo again will be compelled to proclaim himself the victor — all for a party of one. What a sad waste of his life. Bob thinks he can fool the reader by dressing his dull expressions in different clothing. Over and over and over again, poor Bob, he so lost for words. But before he said: So, Bob now says that he was not talking about the Fourteenth Amendment. Maybe Bob can enlighten us regarding to what law he or the judges were referring when he said that “various judges . . . ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient” to make one a natural born citizen. Wow, Old Man Apuzzo is really losing it. (Which generously assumes that he ever had it.) When I wrote “every judge who heard on eligibility challenge on the merits ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship,” “natural-born citizenship” refers to eligibility requirements for the Office of President, as specified in Article II, section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. Given that Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be an attorney, lost every eligibility case that he filed, it is unsurprising that he did not know this rudimentary fact. By his latest response, Bob shows himself to be the trolling fraud that he is. Maybe Bob can enlighten us regarding to what law he or the judges were referring when he said that “various judges . . . ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient” to make one a natural born citizen. Bob responded: Now isn’t Bob cute. Bob refuses to admit that he was referring to the Fourteenth Amendment and not Article II because he is incapable of defending his position. He dodges answering my question which clearly refers to what law provides that “birth in the United States is sufficient” to make one a natural born citizen by running to Article II’s eligibility requirement for the Office of President. But that Article does not answer the question because it does not define a natural born citizen in any manner let alone how Bob has defined one. So, there must be some other source upon which Bob relied when stating that birth in the United States is sufficient to make one a natural born citizen. That source can only be the Fourteenth Amendment, which specifically refers to birth in the United States in relation to making one a “citizen” of the United States. As I have already pointed out, Bob left out of his statement that the person at the time of birth must be not only born in the United States but also “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.” In any event, all that is not sufficient to make one a natural born citizen simply because a plain reading of the Amendment shows that it defines a “citizen” of the United States and not a “natural born citizen” of the United States and its history also shows that it was never intended that the Amendment would repeal or amend Article II’s natural born citizen clause. In other words, the Fourteenth Amendment does not provide the constitutional test for defining an Article II natural born citizen. Rather, that test is provided by the common law which defines a natural born citizen generally as a child born in the United States to parents who were both citizens of the United States at the time of the child’s birth. This last answer by Bob shows that his only role in any communication regarding the natural born citizen clause is to troll ad nauseum and not to engage in any real discussion on the meaning of a natural born citizen. I asked you a legal question at the top of this thread. Did you miss it? Old Man Mario Apuzzo is really ’round the bend: Apuzzo believes me not referring to the Fourteenth Amendment is really me refusing to admit that I was referring to the Fourteenth Amendment. Strawman-on-strawman action! Apuzzo lamely asks, “what law?”, so once again, but with feeling for the slow: ***EVERY JUDGE WHO HEARD AN ELIGIBILITY CHALLENGE ON THE MERITS*** ruled that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. The judges; they ruled; they’re lawgivers. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be an attorney, should have learned this basic fact in law school, if not before. To Charles Hughes: Mario Apuzzo is too mired in lamely trolling to see your question above, which actually might be of interest of him. Tisdale v. Obama: https://www.scribd.com/document/80563782/Tisdale-v-Obama-et-al Now that all sounds to me like Bob is arguing that Tisdale is some sort of precedent on the meaning of a natural born citizen. Repeating yourself makes you only twice as wrong. Notice how Mario Apuzzo didn’t respond the simple question of whether he intended to file a legal challenge to Harris’ appearance on the ballot? Of course Mario will continue to file and waste the court’s time with frivolous challenges as long as Kerchner and others will front the money to pay the filing fees. He has already demonstrated he has no shame and doesn’t mind getting his clock cleaned by more competent attorneys. Heck, Mario Apuzzo doesn’t mind getting his clock cleaned by informed laypersons; his ego demands the attention, even if it’s negative attention. RC, You’re out of your Obot safe-zone. Which means you can’t ban people like you always do when losing in a debate. And besides, what’s being debated here is above your level of comprehension. Oh, the irony: Birthers do nothing but hide behind Rondeau’s moderation skirt. Rondeau doesn’t approve comments that prove her wrong; she likewise blocks people for doing the same on Twitter. Ditto with “Truthseeker” Carl Gallups. And why is Mario Apuzzo’s barely alive blog populated with only birthers? His heavy-handed moderation. It was Blackstone’s influence and not Vattel’s influence that was the source of the natural born citizen term in the Constitution. Blackstone wrote in his Commentaries the following: The first and most obvious division of the people is into aliens and natural-born subjects. Natural-born subjects are such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England, that is, within the ligeance, or as it is generally called, the allegiance of the king; and aliens, such as are born out of it. (Commentaries of the Laws of England (1765) Blackstone further noted the difference between Civil Law and Common Law regarding children born of aliens in England: The children of aliens, born here in England, are, generally speaking, natural-born subjects, and entitled to all the privileges of such. In which the constitution of France differs from ours; for there, by their jus albinatus, if a child be born of foreign parents, it is an alien. Id. As such, Blackstone recognized and affirmed Chief Justice Lord Coke’s opinion in Calvin’s Case in 1608 that children born of aliens within the dominions of England were natural born subjects. The natural born citizen language in the Constitution is derived from its English Common Law counterpart natural born subject. This idea is based on courts understanding that the term citizen is analogous with term subject. “The term `citizen,’ as understood in our law, is precisely analogous to the term `subject’ in the common law, and the change of phrase has entirely resulted from the change of government.”). Rather, the terms are meant to encompass persons living under distinct forms of government: “A monarchy has subjects; a republic has citizens.” Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily, 118 F. 3d 76 , 85 (2nd Cir. 1997) The court in Smith v. Alabama, 124 U. S. 465, 478 (1888) stated in clear and concise language the common law’s influence in the Constitution: “The interpretation of the Constitution of the United States is necessarily influenced by the fact that its provisions are framed in the language of the English common law, and are to be read in the light of its history.” Vattel’s “Law of Nations” in which Vattel described the Civil Law’s concept of citizenship that only natural born citizens are born to citizens of a country; nevertheless, Vattel himself acknowledged the difference between CIVIL LAW and English COMMON LAW regarding natural born citizenship when he wrote in Law of Nations: “Finally, there are countries, such as England, in which the mere fact of birth within the country naturalizes the children of an alien.” The Constitution does not defined Natural Born Citizen. As such, when language in a statute does not define a common law term, courts are “guided by the principle that where words are employed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning at common law or in the law of this country they are presumed to have been used in that sense unless the context compels to the contrary.” Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. United Sates, 221 US 1, 59 (1911) That at the time of the drafting of the Constitution Blackstone’s Commentaries including his definition of natural born subjects was available to the founding fathers. Justice Stone observed: “It is noteworthy that Blackstone’s Commentaries, more read in America before the Revolution than any other law book.” CJ Hendry Co. v. Moore, 318 US 133 , 151-152 (1943) . Similarly, the court in United States v. Green, 140 F. Supp. 117, 120 (SD NY 1956) noted: “ Blackstone, whose Commentaries probably did much to influence the thinking of American lawyers at and before the time of the framing of the Federal Constitution.” In addition the court in Reid v. Covert 354 U.S. 1 (1957) stated “that two of the greatest English jurists, Lord Chief Justice Hale and Sir William Blackstone—men who exerted considerable influence on the Founders” id at 26. Moreover, “As with many other elements of the common law, it was carried into the jurisprudence of this Country through the medium of Blackstone, who codified the doctrine in his Commentaries.” Benton v. Maryland, 395 US 784 795 (1969) In United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US 649, (1898), the United States Supreme Court noted the jus soli English common law rule of Calvin’s Case, and observed: “It thus clearly appears that by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country, and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, and the jurisdiction of the English sovereign; and therefore EVERY CHILD BORN IN ENGLAND OF ALIEN PARENTS WAS A NATURAL BORN SUBJECT, unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign state, or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born. The SAME RULE WAS IN FORCE in all the English colonies upon this continent down to the time of the Declaration of Independence, and IN THE UNITED STATES AFTERWARDS, and continued to prevail under the constitution as originally established.” Id. at 654-55 (emphasis added) Moreover, Chief Justice Fuller who wrote the dissent in Wong Kim Ark acknowledged that under the majority’s holding that Wong Kim Ark as a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN could run for the office of the President when he observed: Considering the circumstances surrounding the framing of the Constitution, I submit that it is unreasonable to conclude that “natural-born citizen” applied to everybody born within the geographical tract known as the United States, irrespective of circumstances; and that the children of foreigners, happening to be born to them while passing through the country, whether of royal parentage or not, or whether of the Mongolian, Malay or other race, WERE ELIGIBLE TO THE PRESIDENCY, while children of our citizens, born abroad, were not.” United States v. Wong Kim Ark,169, U.S. 649, 715 (1898) (C.J. Fuller, dissenting)(emphasis added) As such, even the DISSENT in Wong Kim Ark acknowledged that the majority’s holding would allow Wong Kim Ark to be eligible to the presidency. Finally, the court in Briehl v. Dulles, 248 F.2d 561 (DC Cir. 1957) noted that: “Professor Crosskey refers to the [Blackstone’s] Commentaries as “that great `best-seller’ of the eighteenth century” and points out that some of the members of the Constitutional Convention were on the subscription list of the original American edition in 1772. Politics and the Constitution, Vol. 1, p. 411, and Vol. 2, p. 1326, n. 3 (1953). Id. at fn 88 As such, it is inconceivable for the framers of the Constitution to “import” a foreign idea of citizenship based on the bloodline of fathers and not based on the Jus Soli doctrine as enunciated by Lord Coke in Calvin’s Case and reaffirmed by Blackstone in his Commentaries whose books were required readings by lawyers in colonial America. Do you have any case by the U.S. Supreme Court that specifically defines a natural born citizen under the English common law? I am not asking you to produce a case regarding the Fourteenth Amendment, but rather a case that refers specifically to Article II’s natural born citizen which is part of the original Constitution. Mario Apuzzo certainly doesn’t have a case defining natural-born citizen as he believes it is defined — because he was reduced to misreading Minor. I see that you concede that you do not have any case by the U.S. Supreme Court that specifically defines a natural born citizen under the English common law. You mean other than Wong Kim Ark?: “In Minor v. Happersett, Chief Justice Waite, when construing, in behalf of the court, the very provision of the Fourteenth Amendment now in question, said: ‘The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that.’ And he proceeded to resort to the common law as an aid in the construction of this provision.” Wong Kim Ark says Minor applied the common law. And Old Man Mario Apuzzo “forgets” about the numerous birther cases that applied Wong Kim Ark to President Obama, and concluded that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. The very same birther cases that will be cited when rejecting the inevitable challenges to Harris’ eligibility. Mr Brolin Well, goodness gracious me…. One started poking at dearest darling Mr Apuzzo, partially out of a naughty sense of furtive enjoyment and then one decided to perform a teeny amount of further research on preceding posts by the poor dear on other matters to see if his inanity and ignorance is a new or pre-existing condition. And Lo and Behold, it is plain to see that Mr A is a perennial, persistent and purblind protestor of pants law in other areas he plainly has no grasp around. Over at a site called CAAFLOG which documents and discusses matters military justice. This goes back to 2010…….. Specifically, Mario thought it was wise and sage to interject himself into the discussions around the court martial of another Birther, Terry Lakin. The whole interaction is quite delicious and one titbit one unearthed in cache was a post from some mean individual called Trevor who lampooned Mr A and his pretensions with a one act play called “Mario meets the Supremes” Mario meets The Supremes…. Justice Alito: Mr Apuzzo, I would…. Mario: Esquire Justice Alito: I beg your pardon Mario: It’s Mr Apuzzo Esquire, I’m a lawyer you know. Justice Alito: I am fully aware you are a lawyer Mr Apuzzo, you’re here arguing a case. Mario: It’s important to get the terminology right, I paid good money for the Esq. Justice Scalia: OK already, we get it, the Esq is given lets move on. Justice Alito: Thanks Tony, moving on, Mr Apuzzo, your case is one that seeks…. Mario: I object Justice Alito: What ! What do you mean you object, I’m trying to describe your case how can you object to that? Mario: They are here !!! Justice Scalia: What, what are you talking about, who is here..? Mario: Them, those two, over there in the black robes Justice Thomas: We all wear black robes, that’s all I’m saying and it’s not dicta. Justice Roberts: Sammy, what’s he saying, look can we hurry up, she who must be obeyed has a long Honey-Do list for me for Christmas Justice Alito: Mr Apuzzo, just WHAT or WHO are you objecting to? Mario: Those two there, (points wildly) Justice Alito: From your frenetic semaphore I take it you mean Justices Sotomayer and Kagan Mario: Yeah, them two, shouldn’t be here Justice Kagan: I got this Sammy, OY, paisan, what’s your problem with me, ’cause I’m a woman, ’cause I use Jewish words or ’cause I’m from Noo Yawk. Well, spit it out, don’t keep me waiting. Mario: You didn’t recuse yourselves that’s why AND YOU KNOW WHY !!! Justice Kagan: No Joisey, I don’t “know why” why don’t you enlighten Sonia, me and the boys Mario: You were nominated by the Usurper so you’re tainted, begone by the power of Vattel vested in me. Justice Sotomayer: Vatell…Vattel, what’s he babbling about, ¦anyone..? Justice Kennedy: I seem to remember something from. .no not that’s it ..no…¦Don’t they make children’s toys? Is this a consumer safety case? I thought it was an electoral issue? Mario: NO not Mattel, Vattel, Vattel he is the most significant contributor to the Constitution and defined Natural Born Citizen, its’ all in my briefs Justice Ginsburg: I remember, part of a pop quiz back in ’56 at Harvard, “Who was cited the LEAST in the Federalist Papers but had a minor input on international relation definitions in the Constitution”, no one got it, we couldn’t even agree how his name was spelled or his nationality. Nasty ideas but a creature of his time. Justice Breyer: Oh no..Johnny, he’s a bloody Birther, what in the name of Beelzebub’s left nut are we doing with this. We had this chat over 2 years ago Justice Kagan: A Birfer…A Joisy Birfer..A Joisy Birfer who thinks he can tell ME to recuse myself? Sammy, did you set this up? Justice Alito: I’m sorry, a friend asked if I could have a look, I owed him a favour, what can I say. Maybe when I saw all the clerks sending his brief around as a punk’d email I should have looked a little closer. Mario: I demand they recuse themselves it’s a plot by Soros. Justice Scalia: Shut it….Sammy, I get it, I understand but really, Birfoons in the court, we had this out when that Mad Cow Orly was around, no Birfoons except at the Christmas party for light entertainment. Justice Alito: Sorry all, I’ll make it up for everyone in the Christmas present Mario: But.. Justice Roberts: Can it “esquire”, frivolous case, inherently valueless, a waste of this courts time, what say you ? Show of hands..OK done Mario: But my case..it’s a Konstitutional Krisis.!! Justice Roberts: Can it or the sanctions here will make Orly swoon. Bailiff, escort “esquire” from the courts and if he gives you any trouble…… Mario: (voice receding) Let me FEEEENISH Well done, Mr Brolin. The Founding Fathers who drafted and approved the language in the Constitution were cognizant of the English common law that was in effect at the time of its creation 1787. In reading the Constitution there are many terms that weren’t defined; as such,” common defense and general welfare”, “necessary and proper”, “high crimes and Misdemeanors,” “privileges and immunities” AND “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN.” In the Civil Rights Amendments, we have more terms that weren’t defined, as such, “establishment of religion,”(1st Amendment), “right of the people to keep and bear Arms”(2nd Amendment), “unreasonable searches and seizures,”(4th Amendment), and “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” (5th Amendment). As such, the Constitution can’t be read in a vacuum but must be read in light of the prevailing common law. Chief Justice Taft understood this when he observed in Ex Parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 76, 108-09 (1925): “The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted safely except by reference to the common law and to British institutions as they were when the instrument was framed and adopted. The statesmen and lawyers of the Convention who submitted it to the ratification of the Convention of the Thirteen States, were born and brought up in the atmosphere of the common law, and thought and spoke in its vocabulary. They were familiar with other forms of government, recent and ancient, and indicated in their discussions earnest study and consideration of many of them, but when they came to put their conclusions into the form of fundamental law in a compact draft, they expressed them in terms of the common law, confident that they could be shortly and easily understood.” You would have us disregard our common law heritage from the English in which Chief Justice Marshall observed “whose language is our language and whose laws form the substratum of our laws.” U.S. v. Burr 25 Fed. Cas. 55, no. 14,693 C.C.D.Va. 1807 In fact, we are informed that “The framers of the Constitution were familiar with common-law concepts and the words and phrases employed by common-law lawyers.” In re Gannon, 27 F. 2d 362 , 363 (ED PA 1928) “In many cases, the language of the constitution and laws would be inexplicable without reference to the common law; and the existence of the common law is not only supposed by the constitution, but it is appealed to for the construction and interpretation of its powers. “ James Kent, Commentaries on American Law (1826) page 316 And this is from your good buddy Chief Justice Moore of Alabama: “Our jurisprudence explains that old English statutes are a part of the common law. The statutes passed in England before the emigration of our ancestors, which amend the law and are applicable to our situation, constitute a part of our common law.” Ex parte HH, 830 So. 2d 21, 33 (Alabama 2002)( Moore, C.J., concurring) If the term in the Constitution “natural born” were to be construed other than its common law origin then in the words of Chief Justice Marshall “It is hardly conceivable that the term was not employed by the framers of our Constitution in the sense which has been affixed to it by those from whom we borrowed it. So far as the meaning of any terms, particularly terms of art, is completely ascertained, those by whom they are employed must be considered as employing them in that ascertained meaning, unless the contrary be proved by the context.” U.S. v. Burr 25 Fed. Cas. 55, no. 14,693 C.C.D.Va. 1807 Moreover, “[w]here so important a distinction in the Constitution is to be realized, it is fair to seek the meaning of terms in the statutory language of that country from which our jurisprudence is derived” quoting Alexander Hamilton, Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co., 157 US 429, 572 (1895) As such, the framers of the Constitution did not insert the phrase “natural born citizen” in the Constitution in a vacuum without reference to English common law; but rather the framers were cognizant of the historical development of citizenship in English common law. February 13, 2019 at 4:04 pm: “The Founding Fathers who drafted and approved the language in the Constitution were cognizant of the English common law that was in effect at the time of its creation 1787.” Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England Section the Fourth : Of the Countries Subject to the Laws of England Avalon Project: OUR American plantations are principally of this latter fort, being obtained in the laft century either by right of conqueft and driving out the natives (with what natural juftice I fhall not at prefent enquire) or by treaties. And therefore the common law of England, as fuch, has no allowance or authority there ; they being no part of the mother country, but diftinct (though dependent) dominions. Lonang Institute (modern english): Our American plantations are principally of this latter sort, being obtained in the last century either by right of conquest and driving out the natives (with what natural justice I shall not at present inquire) or by treaties. And therefore the common law of England, as such, has no allowance or authority there; they being no part of the mother country, but distinct (though dependent) dominions. Apuzzo has a novel legal theory in which he believes that there exists a third type of citizenship who are neither natural born citizens or naturalized citizens. This type of citizenship is different from those who are natural born citizens and those who are naturalized citizens. These citizens are those who are born in the United States but whose parents are not United States Citizens. It is his theory that these citizens were created by the 14th Amendment and as such can never be considered natural born citizens even though they are born in the United States. Apuzzo contends that prior to the ratification of the 14th Amendment that children born in the United States of non-citizen parents were they themselves aliens. The problem with Apuzzo’s third citizenship” theory is that the courts have never recognized this third type of citizenship. On the contrary, the courts have always recognized two types of citizenships, native/natural born citizens and naturalized citizens. “There are only two types of citizens: those who are native born and those who are naturalized.” Schaufus v. Attorney General of United States 45 F.Supp. 61,66 (D. MD 1942); “There are only two classes of citizens of the United States, native-born citizens and naturalized citizens; and a citizen who did not acquire that status by birth in the United States is a naturalized citizen.” Zimmer v. Acheson, 191 F. 2d 209, 211 (10th Cir. 1951) Moreover, courts prior to the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868 had recognized that there is no legal distinction between those persons born in the United States to those born to citizen parents and non-citizen parents. In 1844, a judge in New York noted that a child born in New York of aliens parents during their temporary sojourn in that city, returned with them the same year to their native country, and always resided there afterwards. He held that she was a citizen of the United States by noting: “The term citizen, was used in the Constitution as a word, the meaning of which was already established and well understood. And the Constitution itself contains a direct recognition of the subsisting common law principle, in the section which defines the qualification of the President. ” No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President,” The only standard which then existed, of a natural born citizen, was the rule of the common law, and no different standard has been adopted since. SUPPOSE A PERSON SHOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT WHO WAS NATIVE BORN, BUT OF ALIEN PARENTS, COULD THERE BE ANY REASONABLE DOUBT THAT HE WAS ELIGIBLE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION? I THINK NOT. The position would be decisive in his favor, that by the rule of the common law, in force when the Constitution was adopted, he is a citizen. Court of Chancery, State of New York, Lynch v. Clarke, 1 Sand. Ch. 583, 656 (1844) (emphasis added) Justice Curtis in his dissent in the Dred Scott decision observed: “The first section of the second article of the Constitution uses the language, “a natural-born citizen.” It thus assumes that citizenship may be acquired by birth. Undoubtedly, this language of the Constitution was used in reference to that principle of public law, well understood in this country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, which referred citizenship to the place of birth.” Dred Scott v. Sandford, 60 US 393 576 (1857) (Curtis, J., dissenting) In 1858, a court in New York reaffirmed the citizenship status of those born of non-citizen parents “It is further contended, on the part of the defendant, that the plaintiff himself is an alien. He was born in Ballston Spa, in this state, while his father was a resident of Canada, and returned to his father’s domicil, with his mother, within a year after his birth. . . . In Lynch v. Clarke, (1 Sand. Ch. R. 583,) the question was precisely as here, whether a child born in the city of New York of alien parents, during their temporary sojourn there, was a native born citizen or an alien; and the conclusion was, that being born within the dominion and allegiance of the United States, he was a NATIVE BORN CITIZEN, whatever was the situation of the parents at the time of the birth. That case, if law, would seem to be decisive of the present question.” Munro v. Merchant, 26 Barb. (N.Y.) 383. 400-401, (1858) In the debates to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1866, Senators noted that children born in the United States to non-naturalized parents (i.e. foreign nationals) were citizens of the United States. Senator Trumbull observed: “I understand that under naturalization laws children who are born here of parents who have not been naturalized are citizens. That is the law, as I understand it at the present time.” Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess. 498 (January 30, 1866) Senator Trumbull further added “There has been no time since the foundation of the government when an American Congress could by possibly have enacted such a law, or with propriety have made such a declaration. What is this declaration? All persons born in this country are citizens.” Cong. Globe, 39th Cong., 1st Sess. 570 (February 1, 1866) The executive departments of our government have repeatedly affirmed that children born of foreign parents are citizens. Mr. Marcy, Secretary of State, in 1854, in an instruction to Mr. Mason, United States Minister to France, said: “In reply to the inquiry which is made by you, . . . whether ‘the children of foreign parents born in the United States, but brought to the country to which the father is a subject, and continuing to reside within the jurisdiction of their fathers country, are entitled to protection as citizens of the United States,’ I have to observe that it is presumed that, according to the common law, any person born in the United States, unless he be born in one of the foreign legations therein, may be considered a citizen thereof until he formally renounces his citizenship.” Mr. Marcy to Mr. Mason, June 6, 1854, MSS. Inst. France. Attorney General Black, in 1859, held that “a free white person born in this country of foreign parents is a citizen of the United States.” 9 Ops. Atty. Gen. 373. Attorney General Bates, in 1862, held that a child born in the United States of alien parents who have never been naturalized is, by the fact of birth, a native-born citizen of the United States, entitled to all the rights and privileges of citizenship. 10 Ops. Atty. Gen. 382. Noted legal scholar, William Rawle, wrote in 1829: “The citizens of each state constituted the citizens of the United States when the Constitution was adopted. The rights which appertained to them as citizens of those respective commonwealths, accompanied them in the formation of the great, compound commonwealth which ensued. They became citizens of the latter, without ceasing to be citizens of the former, and he who was subsequently born a citizen of a state, became at the moment of his birth a citizen of the United States. Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural born citizen in the sense of the Constitution, and entitled to all the rights and privileges appertaining to that capacity. William Rawle, A view of the Constitution of the United States (2nd ed. 1829) page 86 As such, Apuzzo’s theory of a third citizenship has no support by case law, congressional debates, executive orders and legal scholars. It would be illustrative if attorney Apuzzo could cite a single case he litigated* in which a judge said his theory that the 14th amendment created a new class of citizen ineligible to be president had any merit but he cannot. It would also be nice if Apuzzo could provide a link to a single peer reviewed paper he has written and had published in a legitimate legal journal addressing the subject. But he cannot. There is also telling that the overwhelming majority of real legal experts in constitutional law disagree with his interpretation of the 14th amendment. Apuzzo would have us believe he is a constitutional scholar but his record belies that claim. Therefore, he trolls comment sections on articles and posts his discredited nonsense theories ad nauseum. No one other than ignorant Birthers believe him to be an authority * I have chronicled Mr. Apuzzo’s 0-16 record in “Birther” cases here: https://rcradioblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/19/birther-attorney-mario-apuzzo-continues-to-rack-up-the-losses/ That is not a legal argument. Oh, the irony: Mario Apuzzo thinks chronicling how his dreck flamed out in real courts isn’t “a legal argument.” Show how each one of those cases addresses my legal arguments and then maybe the citations would serve as a “legal argument,” although not the final word in any event. You have done nothing but just cite cases without showing how they are dispositive of the arguments I have presented. Hence, you have made no legal argument. Mario Apuzzo, who claims to be a lawyer, still doesn’t understand how courts work: He made his arguments there, and the courts disposed of them by ruling against him. And the courts’ word is final. Bob keeps making believe that he is making a legal argument. Apuzzo keeps believing that his junk didn’t get repeatedly laughed out of court. The courts all found your legal arguments were losers. That’s why you lost every single time. Only if you consider lack of standing a flame out. A loss is a loss; especially since Mario Apuzzo, Esq. should know when he lacks standing. And not all cases were dismissed on lack of standing; some were dismissed on the merits. If the game is cancelled no one loses. To belabor that metaphor, a dismissal means the status quo remains the same. In President Obama’s case, it meant he appeared on every ballot, and continued to serve as president. The Federal District Court dismissed the Tisdale pro se plaintiff’s case the same day it was filed on the ground that he failed to show as a matter of law that he was entitled to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 damages and an injunction. In dicta, the court defined a natural born citizen, stating that anyone born in the United States under circumstances satisfying the Fourteenth Amendment is a natural born citizen. Dismissing the case the same day it was filed and with no briefing, the Court surely could not have given much thought to the meaning of a natural born citizen. The pro se plaintiff appealed the case to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Fourth Circuit, after having the case for just several days which included the weekend, affirmed. It wrote at the top of its Tisdale v. Obama decision: “UNPUBLISHED.” Before its one paragraph which comprised its entire decision and which refers only to the issues of the 1983 damages and the injunction, and which makes no mention of a natural born citizen, it wrote: “Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.” Here is the 4th Circuit’s total decision: PER CURIAM: Charles Tisdale appeals the district court’s order denying relief on his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (2006) complaint and motion for an injunction. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. Tisdale v. Obama, No. 3:12-cv-00036-JAG (E.D. Va. Jan. 23, 2012). We deny Tisdale’s motions to expedite the appeal and for an injunction, and to recuse Judges Davis, Keenan, Wynn, Diaz, and Floyd. We grant the motion to file an amicus curiae brief and file it out of time. We deny all other pending motions filed by Tisdale. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. We do not see a word about a natural born citizen and Bob wants us to believe that Tisdale is a case that supports him. As we can see, the case is not a precedent let alone a case that defines a natural born citizen. Bob finds it impossible to tell the truth. Tisdale filed his lawsuit pro se. The Federal District Court dismissed his case sua sponte the same day it was filed on the ground that he failed to show as a matter of law that he was entitled to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 damages and an injunction. Hence, Tisdale was not given an opportunity to address the court’s dismissal or to argue the natural born citizen issue. Dismissing the case the same day it was filed and with no briefing and including in its decision dicta on the Fourteenth Amendment, the Court surely did not give any serious thought to the meaning of a natural born citizen and whether President Obama satisfied that definition. In total, the District Court’s statements about the meaning of a natural born citizen is dicta which contains dicta. First, regarding the Tisdale District Court dicta, the court said: “It is well settled that those born in the United States are considered natural born citizens. See, e.g., United States v. Ark [sic meant Wong], 169 U.S. 649, 702 (1898) (‘Every person born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, becomes at once a citizen of the United States.’)” So, the court said that anyone born in the United States under circumstances satisfying the Fourteenth Amendment is a natural born citizen. In support of its statement, “[i]t is well settled that those born in the United States are considered natural born citizens,” the Court cites Wong Kim Ark and the holding of the case. But that case and its holding do not directly relate to a “natural born Citizen.” Judge Gibney cites Perkins v. Elg, 99 F.2d 408, 409 (1938), but that case supports the plaintiff’s position and not the Court’s. In that case, the child was born in the United States to citizen parents. The lower court found Elg to be a “natural born citizen.” Judge Gibney cites the Fourteenth Amendment as support for his statement that a “natural born citizen” is any child born in the United States. But as the U.S. Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett (1875) explained, that amendment does not provide the standard for defining a “natural born Citizen” and in fact does not even mention the clause. Even Wong Kim Ark, when it gave us its definition of a “natural born Citizen,” cited and quoted Minor and made no reference to the Fourteenth Amendment as it did in deciding whether Wong, who was born to alien parents, was a “citizen of the United States.” Finally, it was not necessary for the court to reach this issue, for it dismissed the case on other ground that plaintiff failed to show as a matter of law that he was entitled to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 damages and an injunction. ___ develop more Second, regarding the Tisdale District Court’s dicta within dicta, the authority that the court cited to support its dicta about the Fourteenth Amendment, Hollander v. McCain, 566 F.Supp.2d 63, (D.N.H. 2008), is no authority for the Tisdale court’s dicta on the Fourteenth Amendment. The plaintiff’s case was about the constitutional eligibility of John McCain (born in Panama to two U.S. citizen parents who at the time of his birth were serving the interests of the U.S. military) to be president, not Barack Obama, presumably born in the United States to a U.S. citizen mother and an alien father. In the end, the court’s decision is about whether the plaintiff had standing to sue John McCain and the Republican National Committee and no more. The court held that he did not and dismissed the case for lack of jurisdiction. In its introduction to its Order, Hollander was clear as to the extent of its decision when it said: “The court does not reach the rest of the parties’ arguments, including, most notably, the question of McCain’s constitutional eligibility to be President.” Id. at 65. Under “II. Background,” Hollander did, however, include two statements of dicta. First, it said that under “American law” in effect since the founding, persons “born in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” citing the Fourteenth Amendment, have been considered “American citizens,” citing Wong Kim Ark. Id. at 66. Second, it further said that those persons were “thus eligible for the presidency,” citing Schneider v. Rusk, 377 U.S. 163, 165 (1964), but parenthetically signaling that what Schneider said was dicta. Id. When citing Wong Kim Ark, the court said that those persons were “considered American citizens,” and did not say they were considered “natural born citizens.” Second, Hollander recognized that Schneider’s statement about those gaining U.S. citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment being eligible to be president was dicta. All this demonstrates that Hollander is not an authority on the meaning of a natural born citizen. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the Tisdale District Court, but not on anything to do with the meaning of a natural born citizen or the Fourteenth Amendment. It wrote at the top of its Tisdale v. Obama decision: “UNPUBLISHED.” Before its one paragraph which comprised its entire decision and which refers only to the issues of the 1983 damages and the injunction, and which makes no mention of a natural born citizen or the Fourteenth Amendment, it wrote: “Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.” So, the court said that its decision was not to be precedential, not even in its own circuit. Finally, the 4th Circuit in Tisdale did not find that President Obama was duly elected. I quoted for you the whole 4th Circuit Court decision. There is not one word there about what is a natural born citizen, the Fourteenth Amendment, or that President Obama was duly elected. That is what you said, not what the court said. So, Bob does not tell the truth when he says that the Tisdale District Court “very much did discuss natural-born citizenship.” Mario Apuzzo can’t help but lie. Preliminarily, Tisdale filed on a Tuesday; the case was dismissed on the following Monday. Not “the same day,” as Apuzzo claims. Mario Apuzzo, “Esq.” ought to know that sua sponte dismissals are common enough, especially in the federal courts. But Tisdale actually had an opportunity to complain about the dismissal: In the Court of Appeals. Yet the appellate court summarily affirmed the district court because its ruling was so obviously correct that further discussion would be unnecessary. And a waste of judicial resources, a resource for which Apuzzo has no respect. Apuzzo continues his inability to read: I never said the 4th Circuit said President Obama was duly elected. And Apuzzo continues his pattern of lies by misattributing who said what. Despite Apuzzos’ protestations, President Obama twice was duly elected: He twice won the majority of votes in the Electoral College, and Congress twice certified those results. After an unbroken string courtroom losses and the passage of two years since President Obama left office, Mario Apuzzo spends his remaining days repeating the same lies that got him nothing but ridicule the first time around (and second and third, with Cruz). Atticus Finch, Again, the Fourteenth Amendment does not define a “natural born citizen” of the United States. Rather, it defines a “citizen” of the United States. It declares that people who are born or naturalized in the United States and “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” are “citizens” of the United States. It also provides that those citizens of the United States are also citizens of the state in which they reside. Knowing that Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 calls for the president to be a “natural born Citizen” and that Congress calls people it naturalizes “citizens” of the United States, either “at birth” or after birth, it is telling that Congress chose “citizen” rather than “natural born citizen” to be the status for those to whom it was granting U.S. citizenship at birth. Wong Kim Ark recognized this and therefore held that Wong, born in the United States to alien parents who were legally domiciled and residing in California, was only a “citizen” of the United States from the moment of birth, but only by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment and not the common law that defined an Article II natural born citizen (not to be confused and confounded with the English common law that had been used in the colonies to define an English natural born subject). PogueMoran, Surely you can find some instances of the founders referencing Blackstone when it came to the requirements for President. You have to have some proof in the debates of the constitution or the federalist papers or something to prove they looked to him on citizenship. You wouldn’t just make this up right? PogueMoran I notice you avoided answering my question Mario. You claimed they relied on Vattel. Where did I make an argument for Blackstone Putzy? So Mario is conceding that he lied when he said that the founders relied on Vattel for the presidential requirements. Dear Mr Apuzzo, One is a tad confused. You tout a, let us be honest, obscure political writer, specifically Vattel. Now, one does trust that you are aware that in the very writing of said individual he does NOT lay out and define binding criteria for citizenship, he simply opines and records the various and multitudinous manners various countries of the time period varied in. He also and very specifically notes that for countries such as….wait for it….England, remember, the country of whose laws the FF’s were schooled and qualified in, birth on the soil, irrespective of parental nationality made a naturally born citizen. Less of course the usual disqualifiers of diplomats and invading military. So, since your entire PERSONAL thesis resides solely on one writer, who specifically identifies England as a jus soli nation, surely you must agree that your PERSONAL view has therefore no supporting basis in fact from your source….Mr Vattel. Now, based upon historic trends, as opposed to a simple, concise, well argued response one expects Mr Apuzzo’s traditional long, tedious, prolix verbiage. Or a squeal of BEGONE FOUL OBOT or the like. Oh, and as a matter of instruction and information for the readers of this thread, it might be appropriate to remind one and all of the track record of Mr A when it comes to his PERSONAL, UNSUPPORTED view on NBC status. Specifically the occasions where, for example, he lost in open court to a 2nd year associate in this matter, or how on July 3, 2010, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, citing Berg v. Obama, affirmed the dismissal of his fact free case, and ordered Apuzzo to show cause why he should not be sanctioned for initiating a frivolous appeal..? A threat of sanction that was discharged only after a grovelling apology, in written form, to the court. A 50+ page grovelling apology of unsurpassing opaque blather and whine You have stated nothing of substance in your response. “Nothing of substance” perfectly desctibes Mario Apuzzo’s legal career. Oh poor, poor Mr Apuzzo, when plainly cornered over your fallacious personal interpretation of the Constitution and having the inability of your Mr Vattel to support said purblind foolishness rubbed in your face and all you can muster is a paltry 9 words. For shame, for shame. So let’s try again shall we? You hang your hat on a treatise by Vattel, a treatise you state proves that the USA requires 2 parent citizens AND birth on soil to create an NBC. And yet, Vattel himself EXPLICTLY identifies England, the country that gave the common law and its understanding of citizenship to he USA as NOT supporting your personal thesis. So do tell, how’d you square this circle..? What will be amusing is that when the gang of Birthers like Mario Apuzzo, H. Brooke Paige, Robert Laity and others file the inevitable cases against Kamala Harris in 2020 based on the same flawed interpretations of the law her attorneys and the the decisions will cite Apuzzo’s losses from 2009 and 2012. Please make a legal argument. “Please make a legal argument,” a phrase Mario Apuzzo often heard from the judges who ruled against him. Please make a factual legal argument. Mario obviously wants everyone else to make legal arguments since so many of his have failed in court. Maybe Mario needs help with being an actual lawyer from someone else not named Mario Apuzzo? What a pounding your gang has received here. It’s time for you to pack it up and hit the road. Imaginary poundings. I notice you still haven’t been able to answer any questions posed to you. So again are you asking others to give you legal arguments since yours have failed repeatedly in court? Apuzzo loves to brag about all the poundings and spankings he gives. Hot hot hot! The problem with Vattelites in their argument that the term Natural Born Citizen was founded on Roman or Civil Law instead of English Common Law is that their argument demonstrate their ignorance that the Constitution provisions were framed in the language of the English Common Law and their argument ignore the historical development of Anglo-American jurisprudence that is rooted in the English Common Law. Courts have recognized that the drafters of the constitution of who most were lawyers were influenced by the principles and history of the common law that we inherited from the English. “The principles and history of the common law were well known to the framers of the Constitution and the members of the First Congress; it was from that system that their terminology was derived; and the provisions of the Constitution and contemporaneous legislation must be interpreted accordingly.” Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 US 205, 230 (1917) (Pitney, J. dissenting); See also Smith v. Alabama, 124 U. S. 465, 478 (1888) (“The interpretation of the Constitution of the United States is necessarily influenced by the fact that its provisions are framed in the language of the English common law, and are to be read in the light of its history.”) Likewise, Chief Justice, Holmes in Gompers v. United States, 233 US 604 (1914) noted that courts must considered to common law origin of the provisions of the Constitution when he observed: “[T]the provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth.” Id at 610 Moreover, Chief Justice Taft stated in Ex Parte Grossman, 267 U.S. 76, 108-09 (1925): “The language of the Constitution cannot be interpreted safely except by reference to the common law and British institutions as they were when the instrument was framed and adopted.” Since the drafters of the Constitution wrote it in the language of the English common law then according to statutory construction that unless otherwise defined in the Constitution, words are to be taken at their ordinary and contemporary meaning. “A fundamental canon of statutory construction is that, unless otherwise defined, words will be interpreted as taking their ordinary, contemporary, common meaning.” Perrin v. United States, 444 US 37, 42 (1979). Moreover, if the use of words in the Constitution have a common law meaning then the courts must infer the incorporation of this common law meaning unless the language of the Constitution compels a different meaning.” [G]uided by the principle that where words are employed in a statute which had at the time a well-known meaning at common law or in the law of this country they are presumed to have been used in that sense unless the context compels to the contrary.” Standard Oil Co. of NJ v. United Sates, 221 US 1, 59 (1911); Neder v. United States, 527 US 1, 21 (1999) (It is a well-established rule of construction that “` [w]here Congress uses terms that have accumulated settled meaning under . . . the common law, a court must infer, unless the statute otherwise dictates, that Congress means to incorporate the established meaning of these terms.’) (internal citations omitted) Furthermore, if words were created not by positive law but rather by judicially created concept then any interpretation of those words other than their common law meaning must be specific and clear. “The normal rule of statutory construction is that if Congress intends for legislation to change the interpretation of a judicially created concept, it makes that intent specific.” Stillians v. Iowa, 843 F.2d 276, 280 (8th Cir.1988) (quoting Midlantic Nat’l Bank v. New Jersey Dep’t of Envtl. Protection, 474 U.S. 494, 106 S.Ct. 755, 88 L.Ed.2d 859 (1986)). Thus, it is proper to consider that Congress acts with knowledge of existing law, and that “absent a clear manifestation of contrary intent, a newly-enacted or revised statute is presumed to be harmonious with existing law and its judicial construction.” Johnson v. First Nat’l Bank of Montevideo, 719 F.2d 270, 277 (8th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1012, 104 S.Ct. 1015, 79 L.Ed.2d 245 (1984). Estate of Wood v. CIR, 909 F. 2d 1155,1160 (8th Cir. 1990) In other words, If drafters of the Constitution used words in the Constitution that have a common law meaning then it is PRESUMED that drafters intended common law application of the words UNLESS there is language in the Constitution that intended a contrary interpretation of the words. As such, the term natural born citizen is a derivation of the term natural born subject that was a judicially created concept as articulated by Blackstone in his Commentaries of the Laws of England (1765) then UNLESS the founding fathers intended a different meaning other than the common law rule meaning of natural born citizen it was the responsibility of drafters to incorporate this different meaning. The failure of the drafters to indicate a different meaning other than the common law meaning of natural born citizen in the Constitution demonstrated that the drafters intended to incorporate the established common law meaning of natural born citizen. According to the Argument Above that you merely need to be born on US Soil regardless of your parents citizenship to become President. My Grandfather who was born in Newark New Jersey While His Parents were on a visit from Italy and who immediately left America a month after his birth, he had lived his whole life in Italy, spoke no english but was Actually Able to run for President of the USA simply because he born there, Just Doesn’t Sound Right to Me! To clarify, Constitutionally acceptable to run and “able” to run are vastly different beasties, at the end of the day, the electorate can make a decision and opine via vote. It is when you move towards edge cases such as Ted Cruz that there is the scintilla of concern that might make for a case. Mr Cruz was born in Canada and actually until his run for presidency still had Canadian citizenship, albeit never exercise, until he formally renounced it. In addition, whilst his mother, at the time of birth, was a US citizen (by birth), his father was not a citizen of the US, was variously a Cuban and Canadian citizen and did not naturalize in the US until 2005. A case COULD be made that Mr Cruz’s status is such that he would not be constitutionally eligible although, some existing case law COULD argue the obverse. Ms Kamala’s status is plain, she was born an American, in America and has never had or taken other citizenship. Irrespective of parental heritage she is Constitutionally qualified. As examples, if parental condition was to be taken into consideration, then any President that had been born to a single citizen parent, an orphan or foundling would automatically be ineligible So as examples Rutherford B Hayes The allegiance of alien parents has no legal effect upon the United States citizenship status of a child born in the United States. Unlike hair color or eye color, a child doesn’t inherit a parent’s allegiance at birth. “[I]t has consistently been held judicially that one born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is, from birth, a citizen of the United States; that such citizenship does not depend upon like citizenship of his or her parents, or of either of them (except in the case of the children of ambassadors etc.). United States v. Richmond, 274 F. Supp. 43, 56 (CD Ca 1967). See also Von Schwerdtner v. Piper, 23 F. 2d 862 (D. MD 1928) (child born in the United States to German nationals) “A person who is born in the United States, regardless of the citizenship of his parents, becomes an American citizen not by gift of Congress but by force of the Constitution. U.S.C.A., Constitutional Amendment 14, Section 1.” In re Gogal, 75 F. Supp. 268, 271 (WD Pa 1947) As such, the allegiance of parents whatever their situation is irrelevant in determining the citizenship status of a child born in the United States. “ At common law, a native is a person born within the jurisdiction and allegiance of a country, irrespective of the allegiance of his parents, except the child of an ambassador. Ex parte Palo, 3 F. 2d 44, 45 (W.D. Wa 1925) (internal citation omitted) Her claims of being black are also being challenged. It used to be a terrible thing to have black blood and you were generally labeled as black if you had even 1/64th black ancestry. So that’s all fine but things have changed a little in the last 50 years. Even an English prince has married a woman who was at least half black. Kamala is what, 50% black or 25% black or what, and her mother is Eastern Indian. But even today she was probably generally classified as black because she wasn’t at least 25% white. But look at her. She is the lightest skinned black I can think of in my memory yet she was still probably treated as black. But she should try to avoid becoming like Warren claiming to be Native American Indian in her mind etc., but yet Kamala is far more more black than Warren is Indian. I don’t think anyone can deny she Kamala a sweetheart, and intelligent and on the right side of the coin politically. I think this topic is or may be a total diversion to make her look like another self-deluded wannabee of something she isn’t, which seems easy due to the fairness of her light, very light skin color. However I’d say she is more Indian than black, genetically, even more Indian than she is a white black. But whatever label settles upon her, the combination seems to have worked, and she should not allow herself to be defined by her color. That would be ridiculous and she shouldn’t allow it while running a campaign. Our Democratic community should move away from color based rights and judgements. My wife has some black magic in her (from her Black Sicilian great grand parents), and my son is olive skinned whiloe my daughter is fair. But she is undeniably cute, smart, hot, educated, and a woman of character and after 35 years I am even more attracted to her. Good luck to Kamala, but she should treat her color as a non-issue and not play into the ‘race bait’ because it is a personal and a poisonous dialogue! In America it was probably easier for her to identify as black being in the non-white category. Not easy to get into a white sorority and probably not many Indo-Jamaico-Canado-American outfits to join. An that is all unfortunate and wrong that we judge each other in this way. I am technically Anglo-Franco-Danish-Italo-Hispano-Russo-Germano-American but It’s easier to say I am Euro-American. I have over 50 ancestors that came to America or were born in America in the 1600s. They crossed the Atlantic back then in crowded small sailing vessels (by today’s standards) (a lot easier than climbing over a wall)! I wish we had treated the Indians with more respect. Also we don’t want to go back to our Medieval ways. Let’s never let go of our Freedoms, increase them, and never abuse them. Cliffy Wild Kamala Harris is NOT A NATIVE-BORN AMERICAN CITIZEN; and, therefore is NOT ELIGIBLE TO SEEK OR TO HOLD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. (Art. 2, Sect. 1, Par. 5) Anyone, or any organization, that reflects a different perspective, is full of Schiff. You’d think that after the 8 years in Hell, that obama put America and the World through, that WE THE PEOPLE would have learned our lesson. Although, Harris has as much of a chance of being elected, as does Bin-Laden. The Court in Wong absolutely did not declare him a natural born citizen. The decision merely calls him a citizen even though the appeals court had called him natural born. There is no law nor federal court case that specifically defines the phrase natural born citizen. No one alive knows what it means! Unless a federal court accepts a plaintiff with standing to sue or a law is passed we’ll never know. If Wong Kim Ark was not a natural born citizen then please explain why Chief Justice Fuller tell us in his dissent that because of the majority ruling that Wong Kim Ark was eligible to be president with the following words “that the children of foreigners, happening to be born to them while passing through the country, whether of royal parentage or not, or whether of the Mongolian, Malay or other race, were eligible to the Presidency.”? United States v. Wong Kim Ark,169, U.S. 649, 715 (1898)(C.J. Fuller, dissenting) Furthermore, if Wong Kim Ark was only a “citizen” as you stated then why was Chief Justice Fuller having a hysterical fit over the majority’s ruling that would allow children of foreigners of the MONGOLIAN race who happened to be born to them while passing through the United States were eligible to the presidency? If Chief Justice Fuller who wrote the dissent understood that Wong Kim Ark was a natural born citizen because he was eligible to the presidency then why can’t today’s birthers understand the same logic and reasoning that was so apparent to Chief Justice Fuller back in 1898? The holding of a case is found in the majority of an opinion, not in its dissent. No wonder Mario Apuzzo always loses: he can’t read for context. No one said the dissent is the holding; rather, Atticus said the concept was so clear that even the dissent understood it. The context is all there. Rather than just quote for us the holding of the U.S. Supreme Court in Wong Kim Ark, Atticus uses the dissent to prove his claim that the Court held that Wong was not only a “citizen” of the United States under the then-new Fourteenth Amendment but also a “natural born citizen” of the United States as defined by the common law upon which the Framers relied when they drafted the natural born citizen clause into the Constitution and provided therein that future presidents and commanders in chief would have to meet the stricter standard of being a “natural born Citizen” of the United States rather than the lesser standard of being a “Citizen” of the United States. The latter standard would suffice only if a would-be president had that status as of the time of the adoption of the Constitution. The Framers did not define these citizenship statuses in the Constitution but rather only used their nomenclature which set up the constitutional dichotomy which is critical given that the President and Vice-President must be a natural born citizen and not just a citizen. Congress since 1790 has respected the distinction in nomenclature in all its naturalization Acts, including the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the Fourteenth Amendment in which it continued to use “citizen” rather than “natural born citizen.” Mario Apuzzo still can’t read: The quote from the dissent shows that it understood the logical conclusion of the majority’s reasoning. The exact conclusion reached by every judge who heard an eligibility challenge on the merits The only judges who heard the case on its merits were state courts and they don’t matter. A federal court heard a case on the merits as well, and rejected it. No idea why you believe state courts’ rulings don’t matter. ChillDogg No and state courts don’t make federal law. It’s obvious you’re an ignorant troll so I’m done with you. As any community college could teach you, state courts frequently interpret the U.S. Constitution. (They just don’t have the final say.) It is not true that the “appeals court had called him natural born.” Judge Morrow of the Northern District of California used the same language as the Supreme Court. “From the law as announced and the facts as stipulated, I am of opinion that Wong Kim Ark is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of the citizenship clause of the fourteen amendment” Judge Morrow, District Court, Northern District of California The US. Government in its appeal of Morrow’s decision said that he was in error when he ruled Wong Kim Ark a natural born citizen. “The question presented by this appeal may be thus stated: Is a person born within the United States of alien parents domiciled therein a citizen thereof by the fact of his birth? The appellant maintains the negative, and in that behalf assigns as error the ruling of the district court that the respondent is a natural-born citizen” The government went on to say that the Court ruling in Wong’s favor would make Chinese children eligible to be President. “Are Chinese children born in this country to share with the descendants of the patriots of the American Revolution the exalted qualification of being eligible to the Presidency of the nation, conferred by the Constitution in recognition of the importance and dignity of citizenship by birth? If so, then verily there has been a most degenerate departure from the patriotic ideals of our forefathers; and surely in that case American citizenship is not worth having.” In his dissent, Chief Justice made the same argument. “Considering the circumstances surrounding the framing of the Constitution, I submit that it is unreasonable to conclude that “natural-born citizen” applied to everybody born within the geographical tract known as the United States, irrespective of circumstances, and that the children of foreigners, happening to be born to them while passing through the country, whether of royal parentage or not, or whether of the Mongolian, Malay or other race, were eligible to the Presidency, while children of our citizens, born abroad, were not.” in 1898 and 1903, several prominent lawyers said the Wong Kim Ark decision made children of Chinese alien parents eligible to be President. The important part is that none of that calling him an nbC are decisions in federal cases. They are opinions which hold no more weight than yours or mine. The phrase is undefined. No one knows what it means. That is a Supreme Court decision – U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 And is has been cited as binding precedent by state and federal courts. For example: “Most importantly, Arizona courts are bound by United States Supreme Court precedent in construing the United States Constitution, Arizona v. Jay J. Garfield Bldg. Co. , 39 Ariz. 45, 54, 3 P.2d 983, 986(1931), and this precedent fully supports that President Obama is a natural born citizen under the Constitution and thus qualified to hold the office of President. … Contrary to Plaintiff’s assertion, Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1874), does not hold otherwise” “The issue of the definition of “natural born citizen” is thus firmly resolved by the United States Supreme Court in a prior opinion [US v Wong], and as this court sees it, that holding is binding on the ultimate issue in this case.” In these cases and in others they ruled that President Obama was a natural born citizen. The decision in Wong clearly declares him a only a citizen. “becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative.” That SCOTUS in Wong Kim Ark ruled that he was a citizen does not mean it ruled that he wasn’t a natural-born citizen. Many court’s have applied Wong Kim Ark’s rationale, and, from it, concluded birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. ChillyDog The first part yes the second no. No federal court has ever heard a case specifically concerning the definition of natural born citizen. Please cite one if they have. I mean where the decision says “A natural born citizen is…blah blah blah.” Again: In Tisdale, a federal court said that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. Why that is good for the rest of the world but not you is your problem alone. In dicta. There was no hearing on the merits. There was no decision. There was only the personal opinion of a judge. It’s meaningless. It wasn’t dicta; it was a reason why Tisdale could never claim damages (because Obama was duly elected). Hearings aren’t required to make a judge’s ruling valid and binding on the parties. A real judge’s real ruling in a real case in a real court is more than just an opinion. Every judge who ruled on an eligibility case on the merits concluded that birth in the United States is sufficient to confer natural-born citizenship. And that’s not judges’ “opinions,” but actual law given by an actual lawgivers. Rulings that have real-world consequences — like President Obama being on the ballot in every state. Twice. But since you like federal cases: “It is well settled that those born in the United States are considered natural born citizens.” https://www.scribd.com/document/80563782/Tisdale-v-Obama-et-al The only cases heard on the merits were state cases, Ankeny I think. Tisdale was thrown out so anything the judge said is meaningless. The convenient sound of goal posts being moved! ALL the cases were thrown out; the judge’s ruling in Tisdale isn’t “meaningless” because it explains there was no “there” there in the birthers’ beliefs about what natural-born citizen means. Moving goalposts? My point this entire time has been no federal court has ever heard the case. Tisdale was thrown out because the plaintiff couldn’t state any actual harm that had come to him by Obama’s actions. Tisdale is case in a real federal court, in which a real judge really ruled that Tisdale had suffered no injury because President Obama was duly elected. Just like all the State judges who ruled that President Obama was entitled to be on states’ ballots because he was an eligible candidate. ralphie didn’t matter for obama, he established precedent christopher fiore actually the person that wrote said that the part that says, and under the jurisdiction thereof, made it clear that you are not an instant citizen of the US. read the interpretation of the 14th amendment in the heritage guide to the constitution. The parents were not legal citizens and had allegiances to their own countries, hence making her an alien by definition. Parents’ allegiance had nothing do with the Natural Born Citizen language in the Constitution. All persons born in the former British Colonies in America regardless as to the alienage of their parents or naturalized prior to the adoption of Constitution became citizens of the United States. After the adoption of the Constitution only those persons who were born in the United States (Jus Soli) or through blood of their parents (if born overseas) were eligible to be President. Lord Chief Justice Coke in his opinion in the Calvin’s Case in 1608 enunciated the common law rule for a child born to aliens within the protection and allegiance of a sovereignty is that he or she is a natural born subject. Moreover, Chief Justice Coke’s legal authority was “most admired and most often cited by American patriots” Anastasoff v. United States, 223 F.3rd 898, 900 fn. 6, (8th Cir. 2000) The focus on the allegiance of the parents in determining the citizenship status of the child is misplaced since Blackstone wrote that “Natural allegiance is such as is due from all men born within the king’s dominions immediately upon their birth.” “[I]t has consistently been held judicially that one born in the United States and subject to its jurisdiction is, from birth, a citizen of the United States; that such citizenship does not depend upon like citizenship of his or her parents, or of either of them (except in the case of the children of ambassadors etc.). United States v. Richmond, 274 F. Supp. 43, 56 (CD Ca 1967). See also Von Schwerdtner v. Piper, 23 F. 2d 862 (D. MD 1928) (child born in the United States to German nationals) As such, the allegiance of parents whatever their situation is irrelevant in determining the citizenship status of a child born in the United States. “ At common law, a native is a person born within the jurisdiction and allegiance of a country, irrespective of the allegiance of his parents, except the child of an ambassador. Ex parte Palo, 3 F. 2d 44, 45 (W.D. Wa 1925) (internal citation omitted) The historical and legal record demonstrates that there is a critical constitutional distinction between a “natural born citizen” of the United States and a “citizen” of the United States. If Sen. Kamala Harris was born in California to parents who were not U.S. citizens at the time of her birth, she would be a “citizen” of the United States from the moment of birth by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment. She would not be a common law “natural born citizen” of the United States. The 14th Amendment did not create a new citizenship by its ratification but rather it codified the ancient doctrine of Jus Soli when Justice Grey in United States v. Wong Kim Ark observed: “The Fourteenth Amendment affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory, in the allegiance and under the protection of the country, including all children here born of resident aliens, with the exceptions or qualifications (as old as the rule itself) of children of foreign sovereigns or their ministers, or born on foreign public ships, or of enemies within and during a hostile occupation of part of our territory, and with the single additional exception of children of members of the Indian tribes owing direct allegiance to their several tribes. The Amendment, in clear words and in manifest intent, includes the children born, within the territory of the United States, of all other persons, of whatever race or color, domiciled within the United States.” United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US 649, 693 (1898) That is why there is no such legal term as “14th Amendment Citizen” that is recognized by courts. By their twisted logic, birthers argued that a so-called “14th Amendment citizen” can’t be a natural born citizen since a natural born citizen is superior to a so-called “14th Amendment citizen”. Courts have never recognized “14th Amendment citizen” as a distinct third type of citizenship. On the contrary, the courts have always recognized two types of citizenships, native/natural born citizens and naturalized citizens. “There are only two types of citizens: those who are native born and those who are naturalized.” Schaufus v. Attorney General of United States 45 F.Supp. 61,66 (D. MD 1942); “There are only two classes of citizens of the United States, native-born citizens and naturalized citizens; and a citizen who did not acquire that status by birth in the United States is a naturalized citizen.” Zimmer v. Acheson, 191 F. 2d 209, 211 (10th Cir. 1951) Under the law of nations and common law that defined a natural born citizen and as confirmed by all of Congress’s naturalization Acts since 1790, only persons born in the United States to U.S. citizen parents were “natural born citizens” of the United States. This common law rule prevented anyone born in the United States to non-U.S. citizen parents from even just being a “citizen” of the United States, the nomenclature that Congress used in its naturalization Acts. Congress’s first statute to address this problem was the Civil Rights Act of 1866. The “not subject to a foreign power” was still too limiting, as children born to aliens, unlike children born to slaves who had long lost any allegiance to a foreign power, were clearly born subject to a foreign power. So, Congress introduced the Fourteenth Amendment with its much easier test of “subject to the jurisdiction,” which allowed even children born in the United States to qualifying alien parents to be citizens of the United States. Hence, the Fourteenth Amendment naturalizes from the moment of birth persons born in the United States to one or two qualifying alien parents to be “citizens” of the United States “at birth” just like a naturalization Act of Congress naturalizes from the moment of birth persons born out of the United States to one or two U.S. citizen parents to be “citizens” of the United States “at birth.” The Fourteenth Amendment does nothing more than naturalize at birth a person born in the United States to parents who are not both U.S. citizens. That is why its framers said that persons who acquire U.S. citizenship either under the Amendment or by naturalization in the United States are “citizens” of the United States. With Congress being aware of the natural born citizen clause serving as one requirement of presidential eligibility, if the former were natural born citizens, Congress would have said so and then said that naturalized persons were “citizens” of the United States. But Congress did not draw any distinction in the nomenclature between persons who acquire citizenship under the Amendment and those who acquire it through a naturalization Act of Congress. It said that they are both “citizens” of the United States “at birth.” This is why courts that have addressed the issue have held that the Fourteenth Amendment did not amend Article II, Clause 1, Section 5 and its natural born citizen clause. This means that all natural born citizens of the United States are also citizens of the United States under the Fourteenth Amendment, but not all citizens of the United States under the Amendment are also natural born citizens of the United States. If a person needs and satisfies the Fourteenth Amendment to be a “citizen” of the United States, meaning that he or she is not able to satisfy the requirements of the common law that defines a “natural born citizen” of the United States (like Virginia Minor was), but can satisfy the requirements of the Amendment (like Wong Kim Ark did), then that person is a “citizen” of the United States “at birth” but not a “natural born citizen” of the United States. Every time Mario Apuzzo filed an eligibility lawsuit with his two-citizen-parents fantasy, it lost in court. Apuzzo’s a victor in blogs’ comment sections, and nowhere else. Is that supposed to be a legal argument? It is a reality-based argument: Mario Apuzzo has yet to convince one judge that his fantasies gas any basis in actual law. You presented this argument in several courts and they rejected it. Judge Masin in New Jersey said that the law was settled and the status of the parents does not matter. The New Jersey Court of Appeals agreed with Judge Masin. The same happened in Vermont went Judge Bent told Brooke Paige that someone like President Obama was a natural born citizen. New Jersey Administrative Law Judge Jeff Masin, in my New Jersey ballot challenge against Senator Ted Cruz, found in 2016 that English and U.S. naturalization Acts were incorporated into and became part of English common law and therefore U.S. common law and that therefore under that “common law,” a child born out of the United States to two or even one U.S. citizen parent is a natural born citizen. ALJ Masin held: “The more persuasive legal analysis is that such a child, born of a citizen-father, citizen-mother, or both, is indeed a ‘natural born citizen’ within the contemplation of the Constitution.” The full decision can be read here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/308269472/NJ-Judge-Advisory-Opinion-Rules-Canadian-Born-Cruz-Eligible-To-Be-President-4-12-2016. Reduced, ALJ Masin concluded that birth to one U.S. citizen parent, no matter where that child may be born in the world, is sufficient to make one a natural born citizen. I objected to this position and holding, arguing that if it were correct that American common law had been so transformed by such statutes and such transformed common law formed the basis of the constitutional definition of a natural born citizen, then all of Congress’s naturalization Acts since the beginning of our nation have been unconstitutional and the U.S. Supreme Court, which has ruled on the meaning of U.S. citizenship and interpreted those Acts throughout the centuries, has gotten it wrong. The Supreme Court ruled in 1967 in Afroyim v. Rusk, 387 U.S. 253 (1967) that the government can expatriate an American citizen only after he or she commits a voluntary act that demonstrates an intent to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship. The Court said: “We hold that the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to, and does, protect every citizen of this Nation against a congressional forcible destruction of his citizenship, whatever his creed, color, or race. Our holding does no more than to give to this citizen that which is his own, a constitutional right to remain a citizen in a free country unless he voluntarily relinquishes that citizenship.” Id. at 268. If the Fourteenth Amendment offers such protection which I agree it does, then, if ALJ Masin is correct, it, along with the Fifth Amendment, can also be used as a basis for arguing that Congress has since the beginning of our nation violated the Constitution by not recognizing the natural born citizen status of all children born out of the United States to one or two U.S. citizen parents and the U.S. Supreme Court has gotten each one of its decisions that interpreted those laws wrong. Hence, to accept such an interpretation of the natural born citizen clause would lead to a ridiculous, absurd, or impractical conclusion. This is a clear case of the reductio ad absurdum which demonstrates why we should reject such an interpretation. Incidentally, neither ALJ Masin nor the New Jersey Appellate Division addressed my argument. The courts “addressed” Mario Apuzzo’s beliefs by rejecting it, repeatedly. Actually Mario, I wasn’t referring to your failed case against Senator Cruz but rather your failed case against President Obama, as his situation (born in the US to one citizen parent and one alien parent) more closely matches the situation of Senator Harris (born in the US to two alien parents). In that case (Purpura v. Obama), Judge Masin wrote that your argument had “no merit in law.” He based his decision on a careful review of the Wong Kim Ark decision. In your appeal to the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division the court affirmed “for the reasons set forth in ALJ Jeff S. Masin’s thorough and thoughtful written opinion.” And under New Jersey rule R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(E) they are not required to provide a written opinion when “some or all of the arguments made are without sufficient merit to warrant discussion in a written opinion” as cited by the Appeals Court (“We have carefully considered appellants’ arguments and conclude that these arguments are without merit. R. 2:11-3(e)(1)(E).”). But you can always file another lawsuit in New Jersey against Senator Harris. The New Jersey Democratic Primary is currently scheduled for June 2, 2020. So you have plenty of time to prepare. I’m sure Judge Masin will be happy to see you again. Why are you spreading false information? The New Jersey Primary, not the “Democratic Primary” as you call it, is June 5, 2019, not June 2, 2019. Maybe ALJ Masin will answer the questions he did not address last time around. “Why are you spreading false information?” Poor reading comprehension? Is that why you fail? The Presidential Primary in New Jersey is June 2, 2020, not June 5th, 2019. So I don’t image you filing a challenge to Senator Harris’ eligibility to be on the 2019 New Jersey ballot would make a much sense. But hey, you be you. If you take the time to read Judge Masin’s opinion and if your reading comprehension skills are adequate (2019 primary – LOL) you would see that his response in Purpura v. Obama was based on the decision in Ankeny v. Daniels and US v. Wong Kim Ark. He incorporated into his opinion the rather length and thorough historical research of Justice Gray. Why would he need to retrace those steps? He answered the questions, you just didn’t like the answers. You forgot to tell us that New Jersey ALJ Jeff Masin and attorney Alexandra Hill said that presidential candidate Barack Obama did not have to present to the New Jersey Secretary of State any evidence as to who he was or where he was born because even “Mickey Mouse” could run for President. So what? Don’t like New Jersey law, run for the state legislature and work to change it. Judge Masin also said that assuming for the sake of the argument that Obama was born in Hawaii and that his father was not a US citizen, he is still a natural born citizen. Judge Masin ruled that, as the challenger, it was Mario Apuzzo’s burden to show that President Obama was not born in the United States. And, unsurprisingly, Apuzzo failed. New Jersey is going to hold a democratic primary on a Wednesday this year Mario? That’s what June 5th is. So even in your correction you’re wrong. June 4th is the date. And Alexandra Hill was correct. Under New Jersey law there is no requirement to show a birth certificate to be on the ballot. It must stick in your craw that you got beat by a 2nd year attorney Mario. Natural Born Citizen is a second generation citizen. This is why our forefathers were excluded at the birth of our nation. U.S. Senate Resolution 511 clearly states the measurement of what a NBC is. Born to two US Citizens, on US Soil. It is not that hard to understand the intent of the Article and section. Loyalty only to this country as a citizen, and being the child of citizens. You can reference Law of Nations by Vattell, Hamiltons papers, John Jays letter to George Washington. A Natural Born Citizen is of the blood, of the soil, a second generation citizen. There is no question that the founding fathers were familiar with Vattel who was a scholar on INTERNATIONAL LAW; however as to MUNICIPAL LAW or DOMESTIC LAW he was not the source of our statutes regarding citizenship which is in the providence of a nation’s municipal law. “Citizenship depends, however, entirely on municipal law and is not regulated by international law. “ Tomasicchio v. Acheson, 98 F. Supp. 166, 169 (DC 1951). Moreover, the United States Supreme Court has held that our citizenship laws were inherited from English common law. “Our concept of citizenship was inherited from England and, accordingly, was based on the principle that rights conferred by naturalization were subject to the conditions reserved in the grant. See Calvin’s Case, 7 Co. Rep. 1 a, 77 Eng. Rep. 377 (1608). Schneider v. Rusk, 377 US 163, 170 (1964). “We thus have an acknowledgment that our law in this area follows English concepts with an acceptance of the jus soli, that is, that the place of birth governs citizenship status except as modified by statute.” Rogers v. Bellei, 401 US 815,828(1971) Nowhere in over 200 years of court opinions have had any court suggested that our citizenship law was based on Vattel’s concept of citizenship. In fact, there are many court cases that held that children born in the United States to parents other than citizen parents are natural born citizens. “Petitioners Marian and Lenuta Mustata are citizens of Romania. At the time of their petition, they resided in Michigan with their two minor children, who are natural born citizens of the United States. Mustata v. US Dept. of Justice, 179 F. 3d 1017, 1019 (6th Cir. 1999). “Abdel-Karim A. El-Nobani is a legal resident of the United States, is married to a natural born United States citizen, and is the father of two natural born United States citizens, ages two and eight, respectively. He was born in Jordan and moved to the United States in 1988. El-Nobani became a permanent resident of the United States in 1993.” US v. El-Nobani, 145 F. Supp. 2d 906, 909 (ND OH 2001) As for the drafting of the Constitution, Blackstone’s influence was noted throughout the document, such as, Law of Nations clause in which it was noted: “”In the fourth volume of his Commentaries, Blackstone has a chapter on “Offences against the Law of Nations.” Guided by Blackstone, the Founding Generation viewed the law of nations as a system of rules deducible by natural reason, and established by universal consent among the civilized inhabitants of the world. Justice Story would later put it, “every doctrine that may be fairly deduced by correct reasoning from the rights and duties of nations, and the nature of moral obligation, may be said to exist in the law of nations.” 3 Dartmouth C. Undergraduate J.L. 51 (2005) Another example of Blackstone’ influence “The universal maxim of the common law of England, as Sir William Blackstone expresses it, `that no man is to be brought into jeopardy of his life more than once for the same offence,’ is embraced in article V of amendments to the Constitution of the United States, and in the constitutions of several States, in the following language: `Nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;’ and in many other States the same principle is incorporated in the organic law, Kepner v. United States, 195 US 100, 132 (1904) As for Vattel’s contribution to the Constitution, there has not been one decision in which a court has cited Vattel’s influence on drafting of the CONSTITUTION. This is not to say that courts have not cited Vattel on the INTERNATIONAL LAW in which his book “Law of Nations” have been cited by the courts but as to the CONSTITUTIONAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, Vattel’s influence was nonexistent. The English common law definition of a “natural born subject” of the King simply does not square with the Founders’ and Framers’ desire to keep foreign and monarchical influence out of the Office of President and Commander in Chief of the Military. On the contrary, the law of nation’s definition of a “natural born citizen” served their purpose just nicely. To deny the central role that Emer de Vattel played in the American Revolution and in the drafting of the Constitution is simply to deny our history. The Federalist Papers and the historical record are filled with references to the law of nations and the important role that body of law played for the Founders and Framers in rejecting Coke’s perpetual natural allegiance and thereby justifying the American Revolution, writing the Constitution, and resolving the many problems with which they were faced both before and after the adoption of the Constitution. Emer de Vattel was the Founders’ and Framers’ favorite writer on the law of nations and specifically consulted his treatise, The Law of Nations, as the source to go to on the law of nations. Indeed, our courts have recognized Vattel as an important source of law and political philosophy for the founders and framers. The drafters of the Constitution were learned men who understood the necessity of writing in clear and concise language. “Our Government is founded upon a written Constitution. The draftsmen expressed themselves in careful and measured terms corresponding with the immense importance of the powers delegated to them. The Framers of the Constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have used words in their natural meaning, and to have intended what they said.” Coolidge v. New Hampshire, 403 US 443, 500(1971)(Black, J concurring and dissenting) If the lawyer drafters of the Constitution wanted to incorporate into the Constitution Vattel’s version of “natural born citizen” they would have made their intent clear and specific. At the time of the drafting of the Constitution, these lawyer drafters were familiar with Blackstone’s Commentaries and Vattel’s Law of Nations. Through their reading of these treatises they would have found that there were two rules of citizenship, one that was the common law rule as enunciated by Blackstone and the other rule was the Roman or Civil law as enunciated by Vattel. We are informed that the Constitution was framed in the English common law language (Smith v. Alabama, 124 U.S. 465, 478 (1888)) and that the lawyer drafters were familiar with common-law concepts (In Re Gannon, 27 F.2d 362, 363 (ED Pa 1928). As such, these lawyer drafters would be familiar with statutory construction maxims that included the maxim that a statutory term is generally presumed to have its common-law meaning (Taylor v. United States, 495 U.S. 575, 592 (1990) UNLESS there is legislative intent to change the common law meaning by specific intent (Midlantic National Bank. v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (474 U.S. 494 (1986). It is presumed that the lawyer drafters had knowledge of the existing common law rule of natural born citizen and that ABSENT a clear manifestation of contrary intent, then that the Natural Born Citizen language in the Constitution is presumed to be harmonious with the existing common law rule (Estate of Wood v. CIR 909 F.2d 1155,1160 (8th Cir. 1990) Surely Mario you can find some instances of the founders referencing Vattel when it came to the requirements for President. You have to have some proof in the debates of the constitution or the federalist papers or something to prove they looked to him on citizenship. You wouldn’t just make this up right? The founding fathers were “inspired” by Vattel to insert a CIVIL LAW definition of Natural Born Citizen in the United States Constitution that was written in the English common law language? Did you know that Natural born subject and Natural born citizen mean the same thing? The term “natural born citizen” in the Constitution was derived from the English common law term “natural born subject” since the term citizen is analogous to the common law term subject. Courts have long recognized that the term “citizen” and “subject” were interchangeable to reflect the change of government. “Subject and citizen are, in a degree, convertible terms as applied to natives, and though the term citizen seems to be appropriate to republican freemen, yet we are, equally with the inhabitants of all other countries, subjects, for we are equally bound by allegiance and subjection to the government and law of the land.” 2 Kent Com. 258. Medvedieff v. Cities Service Oil Co., 35 F. Supp. 999, 1002 (SD NY 1940) The Supreme Court of North Carolina in State v. Manuel, 4 Dev. & Bat. 20, 26, (quoted in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 U.S. 649,) said: “The term `citizen,’ as understood in our law, is precisely analogous to the term `subject’ in the common law, and the change of phrase has entirely resulted from the change of government. The sovereignty has been transferred from one man to the collective body of the people; and he who before was a `subject of the King’ is now `a citizen of the State.'” Hennessy v. Richardson Drug Co., 189 US 25, 34 (1903) “The term `citizen,’ as understood in our law, is precisely analogous to the term `subject’ in the common law, and the change of phrase has entirely resulted from the change of government.”). Rather, the terms are meant to encompass persons living under distinct forms of government: “A monarchy has subjects; a republic has citizens.” Matimak Trading Co. v. Khalily, 118 F. 3d 76 , 85 (2nd Cir. 1997) Did you know that after the Declaration of Independence and before the ratification of the United State Constitution that the term Natural Born Subject was written in several state Constitutions? 1786 Vermont Constitution XXXVI. Every person of good character, who comes to settle in this State, having first taken an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the same, may purchase, or. by other just means, acquire, hold and transfer land, or other real estate; and, after one year’s residence, shall be deemed a free denizen thereof, and entitled to all the rights of a NATURAL BORN SUBJECT of this State, except that he shall not be capable of being elected Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Treasurer, Counsellor, or Representative in Assembly, until after two years’ residence. (emphasis added) 1776 Pennsylvania Constitution SECT. 42. Every foreigner of good character who comes to settle in this state, having first taken an oath or affirmation of allegiance to the same, may purchase, or by other just means acquire, hold, and transfer land or other real estate; and after one year’s residence, shall be deemed a free denizen thereof, and entitled to all the rights of a NATURAL BORN SUBJECT of this state, except that he shall not be capable of being elected a representative until after two years residence. See also the 1778 Constitution of the State of Maryland (“immunities, rights, and privileges of a natural-born subject of this State.”); 1776 Constitution of the State of Delaware (“immunities, rights, and privileges of a natural-born subject of this State”) Now if Vattel was such an “inspiration” to the drafters of the Constitution then why didn’t they use Vattel’s term “Natural born citizen” in place of “natural born subject” in their respective state Constitutions since most of the drafters of the Constitution were also the drafters of their respective state Constitutions First, Minor v. Happersett (1875) did not have to cite Emer de Vattel for us to know that Minor relied upon Vattel when defining a citizen and a natural born citizen. Minor’s words tell us that it is all Vattel. Here is Vattel: “The citizens are the members of the civil society: bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens. Vattel, at Sec. 212. Here is Minor: There cannot be a nation without a people. The very idea of a political community, such as a nation is, implies an [p166] association of persons for the promotion of their general welfare. Each one of the persons associated becomes a member of the nation formed by the association. . . . For convenience it has been found necessary to give a name to this membership. . . . Citizen is now more commonly employed . . . When used in this sense it is understood as conveying the idea of membership of a nation, and nothing more.” [A]ll children born in a country of parents who were its citizens . . . were natives, or natural-born citizens. . . Minor, at 165-67. Clearly, they both use the word “citizen,” they both say that being a citizen is being a member of a civil society or nation, they both distinguish from citizens the “natives” or “natural-born citizens,” who both say are children of citizen parents. They both use “natives, or natural-born citizens,” and both distinguished them from “citizens.” And they both define those terms exactly the same, i.e., a child born in a country to parents who were its citizens. Second, in Minor there is not a trace of how William Blackstone defined a natural-born subject under the English common law. In Minor’s definition of “citizens” and “natives, or natural-born citizens,” there is no mention of the king, his realm or dominion, “the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign” (Wong Kim Ark, at 658), foreign ambassadors or diplomats, or military invaders or alien enemies. Rather, what we do see is mention of simple membership in a nation and birth in a nation’s country to parents who were its citizens, universal concepts of the law of nations. The unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Minor told us that the Framers used the law of nations to define a natural born citizen and not the English common law. More clear is how judges have repeatedly rejected birthers’ beliefs on how to read Minor. No one disputes that those born in the United States to two citizen parents is a natural-born citizen; rather, all courts have rejected the belief that such a condition is necessary for natural-born citizenship. The case you cited Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875) had nothing to do with the term “Natural Born Citizen” in the Constitution. In fact, the issue in the case was whether a woman who was a citizen of the United States had a right to vote under the privilege clause of the 14th Amendment. Chief Justice Waite, speaking for the court, held that the “Constitution of the United States does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one, (Id. at 178)” unless specifically mentioned in the 15th Amendment where it provides: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” In his opinion, Chief Justice Waite mentioned in passing the following language that was not germane to the case by noting: The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. Id 167-168 The above language is a typical example what is refer to as Obiter Dictum or in other words “words of an opinion entirely unnecessary for the decision of the case.” Black’s Law Dictionary, p. 967 (Fifth Ed. 1979). When there is Obiter Dictum language in an opinion that part of the opinion that contained Obiter Dictum language has no precedent value since it was unnecessary in the court’s decision. In the Minor case, nowhere in the opinion was the status of Virginia Minor citizenship discussed. Moreover, there was no discussion as to the citizenship status of Minor’s PARENTS. In fact, the court noted “She has always been a citizen from her birth, and entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizenship.” Id. at 170. Therefore, Chief Justice Waite’s gratuitous comment about “natural born citizenship” had absolutely nothing to do with the decision of the court. In fact, he himself remarked “For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts [citizens children born without reference to citizenship of their parents].” Id at 168. As such, the holding in the Minor case was that citizenship does not itself confer the right to vote under the Privilege Clause of the 14th Amendment.

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Biomimicry 3.8: What Would You Ask Nature? By Valerie Casey - February 21, 2012 [Source: Kathy Zarsky] Design leader Robert Suarez and Sustainability Strategist Kathy Zarsky have been exploring this question through their studies in biomimicry with Biomimcry 3.8, the world-leading organization that harnesses nature's strategies to inspire new kinds of creative problem-solving. In this conversation with the Designers Accord, we learn from Robert and Kathy not just what they ask nature but why they ask nature, and how it makes them better designers. Designers Accord: Biomimicry is the area of investigation that seeks to emulate nature, its models, systems, and processes in order to solve human problems. How did you first hear about it? KZ: In 2005, I participated in a US Green Building Council meeting in Austin, discussing the various merits, permutations and structures of LEED and our mission with my fellow design colleagues. A guest named Chris Allen, who would soon become CEO of Biomimicry 3.8, was introduced to me after the meeting where he went on to describe a concept called "biomimicry" as one of the most fascinating and important ways to problem-solve that he had come across. Chris encouraged me to read Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, the unofficial bible of biomimcry by Janine Benyus. My interest was piqued and so my journey began... It seems to be the case frequently that people are "converted" by someone whose eyes have been opened to biomimicry. Robert, as a current student in the Biomimicry Professional Certification Program, you'll soon be amongst those evangelists. How do you convey the essence of biomimicry to someone new to the concept? How do you describe the essence of biomimicry as a method for problem-solving? RS: I'll be graduating from the program in January, but am already an active evangelist! When I'm speaking with people who might be unfamiliar with the concept, I usually start by presenting biomimicry as a new innovation methodology. Biomimicry introduces a new perspective or way of thinking about any given design challenge. Biomimicry asks us to find functions and strategies in nature and translate and apply them to our human design challenges. From that point, I introduce the environmental ethos of biomimicry and that its goal is to create conditions conducive to life. What specific example do you give people about biomimicry when they ask for an illustration of nature's strategies? RS: Most recently I've been using this very simple slide to show how biomimicry can be applied to design challenges. It illustrates the FORM-PROCESS-ECOSYSTEM framework for how nature's genius has been used in the recent past. [Source: Robert Suarez]For a different audience, I've shared observations on resilience in nature and explain the different strategies that are employed by the Lodgepole Pine, Ponderosa Pine, and Quaking Aspen. Their diverse fire survival and propagation strategies involve sacrificial layers, underground rhizomes, and serotinous cones that are programmed to release seeds only with high heat (fire). Clients often ask: "how can we maintain equilibrium?" I think that's the wrong question. Examples like these help them realize they need to admit that they are functioning in a state of constant and dynamic non-equilibrium. There will always be another fire and organizations need to adapt to changing conditions. [Source: Robert Suarez] Which of nature's insights do you find the most useful to your work? KZ: It's hard to nail it down to one specific example because biomimicry really has so many differing strategies, scales, etc. I find superorganisms and social insects are good examples, because they both demonstrate scaling from parts to whole and function across form, process and system. Salp, the barrel-shaped, planktonic tunicates found in ocean waters, are quite interesting as individuals, but they are really cool when they come together to form chains and become superorganisms. Superorganisms are biological entities made up of large numbers of simpler entities that have banded together to perform functions they cannot do as individuals. Such functions might include mobility, unique sensors, heightened intelligence, highly specialized division of labor, distributed intelligence, and self-organization. Termites are particularly fascinating because they build mounds, which are well-studied and have served as inspiration for architecture with their ventilation strategies, but spatial dispersement patterns of mounds have also been found to improve ecosystem services. [Source: Inhabitat] In my professional work, biomimicry has been a great framework for me to use with organizational development and land use/city planning. I'm particularly interested in the concept of Living Communities, and biomimicry is a natural methodology to employ in that design context. In your work in designing digital experiences Robert, what do you draw on in biomimicry in help open new thinking? RS: Digital design offers a whole new ecosystem to play in, yet you can see nature's principles in many new digital experiences, from self-organization to integrated feedback loops. I've recently looked into Thistles as an example of a community platform or social network that accommodates diverse species while allowing for coordinated experiences and value exchange. They invest heavily in defense mechanisms while saving resources through free energy propagation. I am now starting an investigation into new communication and sensing strategies. From magnetic sensing and heat detection to electroreception and echolocation, animals incorporate additional perceptive abilities to navigate our world. I think there are some incredible strategies here to learn from. [Source: Thomas Shahan / MNN] We have no shortage of frameworks and methodologies for creative problem-solving—from The Natural Step and Cradle-to-Cradle, to Design Thinking and Systems Thinking. Where does biomimicry fit into the landscape and why should designers study it? What is the unique perspective gained and how does it change/improve your work? KZ: Biomimicry is a discipline that helps us understand how we can fit into the landscape. The need for innovation and practice to contribute to creating conditions conducive to life is unquestionable, but how you do that must go beyond what we have established as precedent. Our human-made library of best practices and innovation is nothing compared to what nature has created. RS: Biomimicry, as a methodology, is adaptable and scalable for different needs and applications. At IDEO we've been using Biology-to-Design tools early in our process to provide teams with new perspectives or approaches to design challenges. It helps teams think about the problem in a different way by introducing new mechanisms or models to further investigate. We've also been studying social organisms and abstracting strategies that we can share with clients who are looking for new organizational design solutions. KZ: Biomimicry is a methodology for exploration that has the profound ability to reconnect us to place. People need to see how easy it is to examine nature's genius in their own backyards—biomimicry is everywhere, it's not just a collection of exotic examples. Biomomicry is also a multi-disciplinary practice, so it draws new voices to the design process, voices that lend incredible new insight and language to our understanding of the world and how we might reconsider the role of design in that world. Everyone can participate in the study of biomimicry, so it can be brought into K-12 and higher education, it can be explored as a family, it can be applied to organizational development, material science, city and regional planning, banking systems, and on and on. The best part about it for me is that I can engage my sons with it like nothing else I've done professionally. There's definitely an element of play to biomimicry. It gets you outside, looking at things up close, asking questions like you did when you were a kid, and then you get to think about how they are relevant to our design challenges and design with those ideas. There's no doubt that once you've studied and practiced biomimicry, you'll observe the world much differently. I suggest we all start with the simple question: "How would nature do that?" Biomimicry 3.8 offers educational programs to train people how to expertly draw inspiration from nature and develop innovative and truly next-gen sustainable design solutions. BIOMIMICRY PROFESSIONAL: Two-year master's equivalent program with instruction by Dayna Baumeister and inspiration from Janine Benyus, acclaimed thought-leaders who have literally defined the discipline worldwide. BProfessional combines experiential (ecosystem) and online collaborative learning and is comprised of five designers, five biologists, five engineers, and five businesspeople from around the world. It's extremely competitive, and attracts participants who are highly influential in their professional networks and aspire to be "trim tab" thinkers and doers. BIOMIMICRY SPECIALIST: Eight-month program includes online coursework, virtual design lab, and workshops in two ecosystems. This program has been developed to complement the busy schedules of active professionals. Members of the Designers Accord approved and accepted into the program are now eligible for a 10% tuition discount (reference promo code "DAdiscount" with your application before March 2). Applications for the 2012 Biomimicry 3.8 Biomimicry Professional and Specialist certification programs are due March 2, 2012. ...its kinda like, the proverbial emperors clothes,( or something like that.) it just wont work..its leading us astray.meanwhile,asian, south american, and other countries here to fore, long behind in development are going to bury us...these undisclipined endeavors are at best only slightly damaging,at worst, a plot to lead us over a void of which there's no return. to quote the late george carlin;"we think that we can save the planet by stopping a little plastic?" Some great comments but I think there's too much stress on building and less understanding of the many interrelated processes beneath the surface. http://botanywithoutborders.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-on-biomimicry.html Valerie Casey Valerie Casey is a globally recognized designer and innovator. She works with organizations on challenges ranging from creating new products and services, to transforming organizational processes and behaviors. Before starting her own practice, Necessary Projects, in San Francisco, she held executive leadership positions at IDEO, frog, and Pentagram. Casey is the founder of the Designers Accord, the global coalition of designers, educators, and business leaders working together to create positive sustainable impact. Casey was named a “Guru” of the year by Fortune magazine, a “Hero of the Environment” by Time magazine, a “Master of Design” by Fast Company, and one of the “World’s Most Influential Designers” by BusinessWeek. The World Economic Forum has honored Casey as a “Young Global Leader.”

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Ex-Army Catering Specialist Developing Edible Drone for Disaster Relief Windhorse Aerospace's Pouncer UAV would be made up of 50 meals By Rain Noe - September 28, 2017 Engineer Nigel Gifford, who has completed over 1,000 parachute jumps, had a job you've probably never heard of: As a Captain in the British Army Catering Corps, his job was to feed soldiers in hostile environments. Given his specialty, after retirement he was approached by the British military and asked to help develop a drone that could deliver food. "They were looking at conventional UAVs (unmanned air vehicles)," Gifford told Business Insider, "and I said, 'Well, why would you bring it back? Why don't you leave it there, and why don't you make it all out of food?'" "I keep getting trouble with my wife at home - when we go shopping in the delicatessen, I'm the one that's flexing the salamis to see what their tensile strength is because they'd make good spars [part of the wing structure]!" Gifford designed what he calls the Pouncer, a fixed-wing drone that is not only loaded with food, but will be made of food. While he's still working out which edible material will make the best wing structure, he's decided that other structural elements can be made from wood, which can be burned as fuel by the party that receives it, and the skin will be made from an unspecified material that can be integrated into a shelter. It sounds far-fetched, but Gifford's company, Windhorse Aerospace, claims that a single Pouncer will deliver a day's worth of rations for 50 people, cost £500 (USD $672) apiece, and deliver with an accuracy of 7 meters. The drone is meant to be dropped from a C-130 transport plane; it's not at all clear how the thing will steer itself to the target. Windhorse Aerospace from Windhorse Aerospace on Vimeo. As with the military hoverbike we just looked it, it is a shame that the Pouncer is not yet a reality, as it would be perfect for a disaster relief scenario such as the one currently being faced in Puerto Rico.

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Home » Blogs » Critical Path » Airport Grants Face March 31 Deadline Airport Grants Face March 31 Deadline SAFETEA-LU isn’t the only key construction measure heading toward a deadline--airport construction grants and other Federal Aviation Administration programs are set to expire on March 31. The good news is that a two-year, $34.6-billion FAA reauthorization finally has made it to the Senate floor, more than seven months after it cleared committee. Floor amendments remain to be considered, but Jane Calderwood, Airports Council International-North America vice-president for government and political affairs, is hopeful that the Senate will pass the bill in the next several days That would set up a conference with the House, which passed a three-year, $53.5-billion measure in May 2009. For construction, the Senate bill’s critical element is the bill’s $8.1- billion, two-year authorization for FAA’s Airport Improvement Program, which finances infrastructure projects. Of the $8.1 billion, $4 billion would be authorized in 2010 and the other $4.1 billion in 2011. The House bill has the same AIP numbers for 2010 and 2011. But the bills differ on passenger facility charges (PFCs), another important funding source for airport construction projects. The House bill would hike the PFC cap to $7, from $4.50 now. The bill pending in the Senate would remove the PFC cap altogether for six to-be-determined airports, but otherwise leave the limit at $4.50. If the two chambers are unable to finish reconciling their respective bills by March 31, another extension is virtually assured. FAA programs have been operating under a series of stopgaps, since the last multi-year aviation bill expired in 2007. The current extension, which lapses March 31, is the 11th in that series, says Senate aviation subcommittee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.). The airports council’s Calderwood says, “For an airport, when you have all these short-term extensions it’s very difficult to do your long-term plans and your construction projects….” She notes that the last long-term FAA bill was approved back in 2003, and says, “We need a new bill that addresses the problems we face today and the foreseeable problems we’ll face into the next couple of years.” Great Article, Keen to Learn More! Thank you for your article Can you please...

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Red River College and Manitoba Hydro research partnership wins prestigious national innovation award by EnviroTREC | Feb 24, 2016 Originally published on February 17th 2016 by Applied Research at Red River College Top row: Rob Spewak, RRC BETAC Manager; Lloyd Kuczek, VP with Manitoba Hydro; Jose Delos Reyes, RRC Research Manager. Bottom row: Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science; Ray Hoemsen, RRC Research Director; David Johnston, Governor General of Canada; Neil Cooke, Dean, Teaching Excellence, Innovation and Research, RRC; Mario Pinto, President of NSERC. Credit: MCpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall, OSGG WINNIPEG, MB: A research partnership between Red River College (RRC) and Manitoba Hydro that focuses on sustainable building infrastructure and transportation has received Canada’s top honour from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) at a ceremony held at the Governor General of Canada’s residence in Ottawa. NSERC’s Synergy Award for Innovation recognizes outstanding research and development partnerships between Canadian colleges and industry partners in the natural sciences and engineering. Only one Canadian college receives the award each year. “This award is the highest level of validation a college can receive for the impact and lasting benefits of its research partnerships efforts,” said Paul Vogt, president and CEO of Red River College. “Our partnerships with industry stakeholders like Manitoba Hydro are critical to our mandate for supporting innovation in Manitoba and providing our graduates with the skills that industry requires.” The partners have now spent more than a decade conducting applied research in sustainable building infrastructure and transportation, and there is plenty to show for it. Two major projects associated with the collaborative research by Red River College and Manitoba Hydro include the award-winning Manitoba Hydro Place, which has added an iconic image to energy efficiency on Winnipeg’s skyline, and the development of a zero-emissions electric battery transit bus. The ongoing four-year demonstration of the electric buses on the streets of Winnipeg is in partnership with the Winnipeg Transit, the Province of Manitoba, Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and New Flyer Industries, the industry-leading Winnipeg-based manufacturer of transit buses in North America. “The legacy of the relationship between Manitoba Hydro and Red River College will live on in our downtown office tower and zero emission buses operating within many North American cities for decades to come,” said Lloyd Kuczek, Manitoba Hydro’s vice president of Customer Care and Energy Conservation. “These projects provide daily reminders of what we can accomplish through collaborative research and of the importance of leveraging the capabilities of research partners like Red River College.” The partnership was vital in validating the performance of innovative technologies showcased within Manitoba Hydro Place, resulting in the most energy efficient office tower in North America and the first LEED Platinum commercial building in Canada. Manitoba Hydro Place saves more than 70 per cent of the energy used in a typical office building while providing the highest quality of space for its occupants. Red River College and Manitoba Hydro moved forward from this foundation into a number of ground-breaking initiatives including the formation of an international consortium that is developing, testing, and demonstrating an all-electric battery transit bus and high-capacity charging system — the first of its size in Canada. “We now have a total of four buses in daily service in Winnipeg and New Flyer has already accepted orders for international sales,” said Ray Hoemsen, director of Applied Research and Commercialization at RRC. “Each in-service bus leads to a reduction of 160 tonnes of green house gases each year, as well as significant fuel savings.” Manitoba Hydro’s partnership with the College has also been instrumental in the establishment the new NSERC-funded Building Envelope Technology Access Centre. “Our partnerships with Red River College allows for sustainable thinking to become entrenched in the next generation of industry leaders,” said Dale Friesen, Industrial and Commercial Solutions Division Manager with Manitoba Hydro. “Students graduating from the College will bring an enhanced level of knowledge and understanding in energy efficiency to their future careers, benefiting our province for decades to come.” The Synergy award grants Red River College up to $100,000 in funding for applied research tools and instruments and Manitoba Hydro will receive a $20,000 voucher towards any future NSERC-funded applied research project. Earlier this year, Red River College was ranked as the top college in Canada in research partnership growth, and as a top 10 research college overall for the third consecutive year by Research Infosource. The college was also ranked as one of Canada’s greenest employers for the fifth year in a row. Manitoba Hydro is the leading proponent of energy efficiency in Manitoba through its Power Smart demand-side management programs, which allows the Crown corporation to encourage and support the sustainable and efficient use of energy by the province’s residential, commercial and industrial consumers. Additional Quotes: “Polytechnics Canada heartily congratulates the Applied Research team at Red River on this well-deserved NSERC award,” said Nobina Robinson, CEO, Polytechnics Canada. “Red River’s Applied Research team has led the way in demonstrating that colleges and polytechnics have sophisticated research and development capabilities that lead to win-win outcomes for industry, for students and for federally-funded research through agencies such as NSERC.” “The tremendous achievements of Red River College and its partners demonstrate the strength and potential of the applied research enterprise in colleges and institutes across the country”, said Denise Amyot, President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada. “Federal government investments in applied research are closing Canada’s innovation gap and benefiting students, industry and communities in every province and territory.” Additional photos, fact sheets, and videos at the SOURCE.

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Justin Timberlake Breaks Silence With Public Apology to Jessica Biel and Family by Pamela Avila & Alyssa Morin | Wed., Dec. 4, 2019 5:19 PM It's time to set the record straight. On Saturday, Nov. 23, Justin Timberlake started making headlines but for all the wrong reasons. The 38-year-old actor was pictured with his Palmer co-star, Alisha Wainwright, in a questionable situation—at least for a married man. According to The Sun, who first reported the news and obtained pictures and videos of the two co-stars, the two were seen holding hands and one of the pictures also showed the 30-year-old actress with her hand on Timberlake's knee. However, a source told E! News that "there is absolutely nothing going on between them." The source added: "They were out with all the cast, crew, makeup artists, and everyone was just hanging out in a social setting. They are just working together. No validity to any other rumor other than that they are filming together." But now, nearly two weeks after these pictures were first made public, Timberlake is finally breaking his silence on the Wainwright incident. "I stay away from gossip as much as I can, but for my family I feel it is important to address recent rumors that are hurting the people that I love," he began his Instagram post. See the Photos of Justin Timberlake and Co-Star Alisha Wainwright During Night Out "A few weeks ago I displayed a strong lapse in judgement - but let me be clear - nothing happened between me and my costar," he continued. "I drank way too much that night and I regret my behavior. I should have known better. This is not the example I want to set for my son. I apologize to my amazing wife and family for putting them through such an embarrassing situation, and I am focused on being the best husband and father I can be. This was not that." Swan Gallet/WWD/Shutterstock; John Salangsang/Shutterstock Before closing his statement, he said, "I am incredibly proud to be working on Palmer. Looking forward to continuing to make this movie and excited for people to see it." At the time of the incident, a second source also told E! News that Timberlake and Wainwright's hangout was "innocent" and nothing more. Clearly, the 38-year-old star shared the same sentiments. The "Cry Me A River" singer tied the knot with Jessica Biel in October 2012, and share a four-year-old son together, Silas. On Monday, Nov. 25, the former *NSYNC member headed back to work on set of his upcoming drama, Palmer. An E! News source shared that the two are taking the first steps of moving on from this momentary lapse in judgment. "They are downplaying everything and trying to laugh it off as nothing. But it was definitely inappropriate and something that would make any wife uncomfortable," the insider shares. "He had too much to drink and got carried away. Their marriage will survive." Further, the source shared with E! News that Timberlake feels guilty for what transpired and that he is trying to make it up to Biel. "She is very good to him and he knows how lucky he is. He says it was not a big deal, they were all hanging out together and that's the end of the story." While all signs indicate that nothing happened between Timberlake and Wainwright, it's great to finally hear from the 38-year-old star himself. TAGS/ Jessica Biel , Justin Timberlake , Celebrity Families , Celebrities , Scandal , Top Stories , Apple News

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Pink Pledges to Donate $500,000 to Help Fight Australia Wildfires by Corinne Heller | Sat., Jan. 4, 2020 7:45 AM Pink Inspires While Accepting E! People's Champion Award Pink has joined the rallying cry of support for the people of Australia affected by this season's deadly wildfires and she's taking it a step further. The U.S. pop star, who has performed in the country many times over the years, announced on Instagram on Friday night that she has pledged to donate $500,000 to firefighters battling the blazes, which have killed at least 23 people since September, including 12 this past week. "I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires," she wrote. "I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart goes out to our friends and family in Oz ❤️" Officials estimate that millions of native animals, including thousands of koala bears, have been killed in the blazes. More than 13 acres of land have been burned this fire season, Australia's summer, including at least 1,300 homes in the southeastern part of the country. More than 100,000 people have recently been urged to evacuate. Pink's Sweetest Family Moments on Tour In recent days, celebs such as Kate Middletonand Prince William, Naomi Watts—who spent her teen years in Australia, and Aussie stars Nicole Kidman, husband Keith Urban, Jai Courtney, Hugh Jackman and Bindi Irwin have expressed support on social media for the people of Australia. I am totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires. I am pledging a donation of $500,000 directly to the local fire services that are battling so hard on the frontlines. My heart goes out to our friends and family in Oz ❤️ A post shared by P!NK (@pink) on Jan 3, 2020 at 10:47pm PST In addition, Irwin, daughter of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, said more than 900,000 animals affected by the fires have been treated at her family's Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. Alberto Rodriguez/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank Fellow Australian star Dacre Montgomery, who played Billy Hargrove on Netflix's Stranger Things, started a GoFundMe on behalf of the Australian Red Cross Society to aid those affected by the fires. More than $62,000 has been raised as of Saturday morning. URGENT! Australia is burning! We need your help. DONATE now to my GoFundMe - link in bio. A post shared by Dacre Montgomery (@dacremontgomery) on Jan 4, 2020 at 1:50am PST "Australia is in dire need of your help," he said in a video. "There are so many communities on fire right now." Australian star Joel Edgerton and U.S. comedy actor Nick Kroll, his co-star in the 2016 film Loving, are also raising funds to help Australian firefighters. @joeledgerton and I are raising money for the New South Wales Rural Fire Service (@nswrfs) to combat the #australianfires. Link in Bio. Pass along!!! #fightfirewithafiver A post shared by Nick Kroll (@nickkroll) on Jan 3, 2020 at 11:00pm PST TAGS/ Pink , Natural Disasters , Charity , Top Stories , Apple News

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Josie Totah Is the New Saved By the Bell Star by Chris Harnick | Mon., Jan. 6, 2020 7:25 AM David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images There's a new queen bee at Bayside High. E! News can confirm Josie Totah will star in the new Saved By the Bell coming to the NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock. The Hollywood Reporter first broke news of Totah's casting. Totah will play Lexi, the most popular girl—and a cheerleader—at Bayside who is just as loved as she is feared by her classmates. The new Saved By the Bell also features original series stars Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley reprising their roles of A.C. Slater and Jessie Spano in the reboot. They're also on board as producers. Tracy Wigfield of 30 Rock and Great News is behind the new version of the series. The new Saved By the Bell picks up with Governor Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, who has yet to officially be confirmed as returning to the series) sending low-income students to affluent high schools, including Bayside High. Saved by the Bell: Where Are They Now? Totah previously starred in NBC's Champions from Mindy Kaling. Following the show's cancellation, she came out as transgender in an essay for Time in 2018. Her other recent credits include The Other Two and No Good Nick. Saved By the Bell is just one of the many new original shows coming to Peacock. The streamer also has a Battlestar Galactica reboot from Sam Esmail, Dr. Death starring Alec Baldwin, Jamie Dornan and Christian Slater, Brand New World with Demi Moore, Emmy Rossum's Angelyne and new seasons of A.P. Bio, a new Psych movie and Ed Helms in Rutherford Falls. A Punky Brewster revival starring Soleil Moon Frye is also in the works. How Mark-Paul Gosselaar Heard About "Saved By the Bell" Reboot Peacock will also be home to a Saturday Night Live docuseries Who Wrote That, an original talk show from Jimmy Fallon and a weekly late-night series starring Amber Ruffin with Seth Meyers as executive producer. In terms of classic shows, Peacock will be the exclusive home to The Office and Parks and Recreation, and also feature 30 Rock, Cheers, Frasier, Will & Grace, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and more. No official premiere date for Saved By the Bell has been announced. (E! and Peacock are both part of the NBCUniversal family.) TAGS/ Saved by the Bell , TV , Top Stories , Apple News , Entertainment

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Trial of Miami Beach Police Officer Charged With DUI Begins Home > Blog > 2014 > May > Trial of Miami Beach Police Officer Charged With DUI Begins A former Miami Beach police officer is on trial, accused of driving an all terrain vehicle (ATV) on the beach while in uniform and allegedly under the influence of alcohol. The former Miami Beach officer is accused of drinking at a Miami Beach bar while in uniform. After consuming alcohol, the officer is accused of taking a female patron from the bar on a ride on a Miami Beach ATV. While riding along the sand, the officer struck a man and woman walking along the beach. The former officer is charged with two counts of reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, both third-degree felonies. The former officer is also charged with two counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury, also third-degree felonies. If convicted of all charges, the officer faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. The victims were hospitalized for several days after the crash. The officer was fired by the Miami Beach Police Department shortly after. Jury selection has begun and is expected to taken several days. Eric Matheny is a criminal defense attorney serving Miami-Dade and Broward.

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Home Press releases Polkomtel and Aero2 select Eri... Polkomtel and Aero2 select Ericsson to expand 4G/LTE coverage in Poland Ericsson to supply WCDMA and LTE infrastructure for operators Polkomtel and Aero 2 Agreement also covers modernization of the core network and services including deployment, integration and support services for three years Upgrade to meet mobile broadband growth and increased demand for data services in Poland Operators Polkomtel and Aero2 have chosen Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to supply WCDMA and LTE infrastructure in Poland. Under the agreement, Ericsson will also provide a range of services including design, deployment, integration and support for the upgraded mobile broadband network for a period of three years, followed by an automatic extension for an indefinite period. The upgrades will allow for expanded WCDMA and LTE coverage in northern and western Poland to keep pace with rapid uptake of smartphones and increased demand for mobile broadband, which is changing the way people work and entertain themselves as we enter the Networked Society. Wojciech Pytel, Board Member of Polkomtel, says: "Ericsson is a long-term partner of Polkomtel and we are glad to have signed this new agreement. Together we will meet our customers' expectations for high-quality interactive mobile broadband services in Poland." Emil Nilsson, Vice President for Central Europe, Ericsson, says: "We are both pleased and proud to be selected to further build on our existing relationship with such a leading operator as Polkomtel. Ericsson has been present in Poland for over 100 years, supporting and enabling the introduction of the most advanced Ericsson technology in the country. This first LTE contract reiterates our commitment to the Polish market. Ericsson has been a partner of Polkomtel's since 2002, providing and implementing GSM and WCDMA networks, as well as microwave transmission, IP and packet core solutions. The state-of-the-art radio solutions provided under the terms of this agreement will enhance coverage, capacity and throughput for customers of Polkomtel and Aero2. LTE media kit: http://www.ericsson.com/thecompany/press/mediakits/lte Ericsson is the world's leading provider of communications technology and services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in sustainable societies around the world. Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within Information and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries. Today more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic goes through Ericsson networks and we support customers' networks servicing more than 2.5 billion subscribers. We operate in 180 countries and employ more than 100,000 people. Founded in 1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2011 the company's net sales were SEK 226.9 billion (USD 35.0 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges. Polkomtel and Aero2 select Ericsson to expand LTE in Poland

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Two days of world class debating at one of the oldest varsity competitions in the world. JOHN SMITH MEMORIAL MACE The John Smith Memorial Mace is one of the largest and oldest debating competitions in the world. The competition features over 200 teams from universities across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. ESU Scotland runs the Scottish leg of The John Smith Memorial Mace, one of the largest and oldest debating competitions in the world. Founded in 1954, the Mace is a UK and Ireland Championships, with England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland each holding competitions to choose a national winner, who then face each other in an International Grand Final. The competition features over 200 teams across the four nations. Former winners include Charles Kennedy, Bob Marshall-Andrews MP, The Rt Hon the Lord Hunt of Wirral, Professor Anthony Clare, and the late Labour leader, John Smith, in whose honour the competition was renamed in 1995. Glasgow University Union has been the most successful institution in the competition's history, winning the tournament 15 times, most recently in 1995, and Scotland has won 21 of the 62 tournaments. The Scottish Mace takes place in early February and is held as a single weekend tournament. 2017 COMPETITION & RESOURCES The 2017 International Final takes place at Dartmouth House, London, on Saturday 29th May 2017.

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How cone snail venom minimizes pain Researchers show how the toxin Vc1.1 inhibits neuronal calcium channels to reduce neuropathic pain Rockefeller University Press IMAGE: This schematic shows the proposed mechanism by which the cone snail venom Vc1.1 reduces pain sensation through indirect inhibition of R-type (Cav2.3) neuronal voltage-gated calcium channels.... view more Credit: Rittenhouse, 2014 The venom from marine cone snails, used to immobilize prey, contains numerous peptides called conotoxins, some of which can act as painkillers in mammals. A recent study in The Journal of General Physiology provides new insight into the mechanisms by which one conotoxin, Vc1.1, inhibits pain. The findings help explain the analgesic powers of this naturally occurring toxin and could eventually lead to the development of synthetic forms of Vc1.1 to treat certain types of neuropathic pain in humans. Neuropathic pain, a form of chronic pain that occurs in conjunction with injury to--or dysfunction of--the nervous system, can be debilitating and difficult to treat, and the medical community is eager to find better methods to minimize what can be a serious condition. Neuropathic pain is associated with changes in the transmission of signals between neurons, a process that depends on several types of voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). However, given the importance of these VGCCs in mediating normal neurotransmission, using them as a pharmacological target against neuropathic pain could potentially lead to undesirable side effects. In previous studies, David Adams and colleagues from RMIT University in Melbourne showed that Vc1.1 acted against neuropathic pain in mice; they found that, rather than acting directly to block VGCCs, Vc1.1 acts through GABA type B (GABAB) receptors to inhibit N-type (Cav2.2) channels. Now, Adams and colleagues show that Vc1.1 also acts through GABAB receptors to inhibit a second, mysterious class of neuronal VGCCs that have been implicated in pain signaling but have not been well understood--R-type (Cav2.3) channels. Their new findings not only help solve the mystery of Cav2.3 function, but identify them as targets for analgesic conotoxins. Article: Berecki, G., et al. 2014. J. Gen. Physiol. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201311104 Commentary: Rittenhouse, A.R. 2014. J. Gen. Physiol. 10.1085.jgp.201411190 About The Journal of General Physiology Founded in 1918, The Journal of General Physiology (JGP) is published by The Rockefeller University Press. All editorial decisions on manuscripts submitted are made by active scientists in conjunction with our in-house scientific editor. JGP content is posted to PubMed Central, where it is available to the public for free six months after publication. Authors retain copyright of their published works and third parties may reuse the content for non-commercial purposes under a creative commons license. For more information, please visit http://www.jgp.org. Research reported in the press release was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council. Rita Sullivan King news@rupress.org @RockUPress http://www.rupress.org/ Journal of General Physiology National Health and Medical Research Council Vc1.1 Reduces Pain (IMAGE)

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By means of innovation and inventive talent, company founder Otto Gruber was able to construct machines for farmers that made their work easier. The company GRUBER has built loading vehicles for over 50 years, and, for over 25 years, has also built manure spreaders, providing their customers with solid technology and the best service. Because of this, the name ”GRUBER“, as an Austrian producer of agricultural machinery, has a reputation far beyond Austria's borders. Loader wagons

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Bros Before Hos "If you take it seriously you just get depressed all the time." Maybe I’m showing my age, but I don’t think it’s all that bad for us city queers nowadays. Don’t get me wrong, forty years have passed since Stonewall riots and we still don't have equal taxation for representation - but we aren't dying off like flies either. This is progress? Sure, we may not be able to make-out aggressively against a jukebox in a Montana gay bar like trashy straights, but we’re prominently featured in primetime television shows starring Sally Field. We are a minority, but we can be a vocal minority. We’ve moved away from "gay neighborhoods" and "gay bars" and towards becoming fully integrated members of society. Ellen doesn’t even have to dance like a monkey every morning to get ratings. Progress. With forward momentum, there’s inevitably a hiccup in the matrix - our acceptance is conditional. In the five years since Will & Grace (inoffensive and sexless, but nonetheless iconic and funny), I see the media bending over backwards to paint the homosexuals as being "just like you." Gay men are not, in fact, a threat to “decency” unless that means shopping at JCrew and buying unethically sourced furniture from Pottery Barn. My favorite current in this media sea change is the emergence of the straight best friend. Not since the days of Jews and African Americans bonding together against a common foe has a camaraderie so warmed my cold heart. Unlike gay on gay best friend dynamics, which can be messy and turn on a dime, there's no drama to be had here. There's no competition. It's just bros being bros - idiots free of subtext. Whether watching Jurassic Park with a thirty-pack of miller high life or approaching strangers at a bar, there's no better wingman than a woke straight guy. This brotherhood runs deep. Take, for example, Fred Dekker's genre-bending classic, Night of the Creeps (1986). If you look past the ax-wielding zombies, the exploding heads, the creepy crawlies, and the overall collegiate tomfoolery, Night of the Creeps is about the bromance between a crippled gay kid named J.C. and the second Rusty from the National Lampoon Vacation movies (wearing lots of makeup for some reason). J.C. is the perfect friend. He's clever, funny, and a snappy dresser to boot! We never doubt that he has Rusty's best interest at heart, even to his own detriment. He is the kind of gay who's perfectly content in getting forcefully penetrated by space-leeches in a public bathroom if it means that his best bro gets to have a night with the girl of his dreams. That's love. What makes Night of the Creeps so absolutely transcendent is its handling of this relationship between Rusty and J.C.. Never played for laughs, never playing for "gay panic," this movie is unafraid to explore platonic love between besties with complete sincerity. The performance of Steve Marshall as J.C. transcends genre and should be commended for giving this quirky b-movie a heart and soul. Of course, this was the eighties and that meant that the gay had to die so that the straights could live happily ever after. Hopefully, forty years from now, we can have our own happy gay endings. One day we will be the ones carrying the flamethrowers and getting the guy in the end. Until then, there's Night of the Creeps. Please note: Allan Kayser doused himself in buckets of peroxide to play the film's antagonist. If you aren't familiar with Allan's semen-al work as "Bubba" in Mama's Family, learn history! Posted by jeffreygmm at 5:13 PM Labels: 1986, night of the creeps, sacrificial gay I like how you say he is a "snappy dresser", everything he is wearing in these pics are outfits im pretty sure you own and rock on a daily basis, hhehe. C_Ashbaugh thank you im not alone in this

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