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Different styles of Chinese brush painting
The art of Chinese brush painting varies in both style and execution. There are two main areas – freestyle (xieyi, literally ‘writing ideas’) and meticulous (gongbi). The first is deceptively simple; the latter is more realistic and detailed.
This article will focus on freestyle painting. The medium used is different to Western watercolours, and gives a softer result. The format of the painting can be suitable for a frame, or it is mounted as a scroll with silk borders.
Traditional subjects for Chinese brush painting
Various subjects can be painted using this method. Traditionally subjects fall into categories such as flowers and birds, fruit and vegetables, animals, landscapes and figures. With a few strokes of a Chinese brush, your subject will come to life while the viewer is invited to complete the image in his or her mind. The subject portrayed will often have symbolic meaning, and may be prepared for a special occasion. It is also a response by the artist to a particular time or situation. It will not usually be a faithful rendition, but more an impression, capturing a mood or a moment in time, together with the spirit or qi (chi) of the subject. This painting form goes back over 2000 years. Some of the first paintings were murals on the walls of tombs, recording the life and possessions of the deceased.
Plum, ink and watercolour, (28x20cm)
A little history of Chinese brush painting
Gradually other subjects were added and, at one time, even the style and content of painting (meticulous style) was prescribed by Emperor Huizong (1082-1135). Naturally, there was a reaction against this and later scholar courtiers concentrated on freestyle representation.
Most famous artists were either at court or part of the Imperial family. It was just as much part of the accepted occupation of learned and powerful people as their official duties. Anyone who painted for a living or by commission was considered of less importance than a merchant, for example. Of course, the 20th century changed many of these concepts.
Materials used for Chinese brush painting
The materials used for Chinese brush painting are called The Four Treasures – brush, paper, ink stone and ink stick.
Scholars, who had the leisure time to practise calligraphy and painting, collected beautiful items for their ‘scholar’s desk’, including brush rests and hangers, water droppers, water pots and bowls.
The essentials of the Scholar’s Desk
From left to right: Traditional tube paints (watercolour), painting felt, square ink stone with lid, ink stick, brushes (wolf and sheep), grass paper (for practice) and Xuan paper.
Artists’ brushes evolved from those used by officials to make notes on bamboo strips (original Chinese books and records).
All brushes use animal hair of differing flexibility, assembled and glued into a bamboo handle, with or without a horn ferrule. Most are designed to be suspended upside down for drying, thus protecting the head.
New brushes are stiffened to protect the fibres from insects. Once this has been removed by soaking in lukewarm water, care should be taken to store the dried brushes in a brush roll, or suspend them from a hanger.
Good brushes are made from natural fibres and are either all the same, or a mix of two or three different hair types. In the north of China, sheep (goat) brushes are commonly available, while the wolf brush is more popular in the south. I find that a mixed-fibre brush has the benefits of both soft and firm hairs.
Sheep, squirrel and rabbit brushes are used for soft strokes to portray animals, flowers or fruit while wolf, badger and horse are common for landscape work. More exotic fibres include mountain horse or cat and chicken feather.
Artists often have a favourite brush for certain subjects. There are a variety of sizes available and it is best to use one larger than you would normally use for watercolour painting.
Graceful Orchid, ink and watercolour, (22x32cm)
Papers for Chinese brush painting
Paper is preferred for freestyle painting, being more absorbent and cheaper than silk.
It needs to be absorbent, and is therefore described as unsized (no added alum) or semi-sized (treated with alum).
The paper is made by hand or machine. Xuan paper is manufactured all over China, having originated in Anhui.
Other papers are available in sheets or continuous rolls, containing bamboo, mulberry bark or linen. Although these seem extremely absorbent (once a stroke is made it cannot be erased), the freedom of the marks on the paper is exciting.
Bamboo, ink, (40x30cm)
Inks for Chinese brush painting
Ink comes in stick or liquid form. An ink stick is made from soot (wood or oil) mixed with glues and oils, moulded and dried. These can be highly decorated, and the older the ink stick the better the ink quality.
Good quality ink produces smooth and even tones when diluted, so you should be able to achieve several shades and colours of ink if it is ground properly.
Liquid ink is cheaper and can save time, but it does not compare with that which is freshly ground, when looking for tone control.
Ink stone and other materials
The ink stone completes The Four Treasures. These are made from carved stone or slate, and again the quality is important when looking for finely ground ink. A rough stone will not produce good ink regardless of the stick quality (and vice versa).
Although Western watercolour can be used, it is preferable to use Chinese or Japanese paints which are produced for this style of painting – they contain more glue and bond into the paper in a more permanent way.
The colours include both those from vegetables and minerals (transparent and opaque). Some may be poisonous so do not lick your brush!
The colours are limited when compared to Western paints, but each blends with and supports its neighbours. They are available in different forms – granules or chips, powders (expensive), Japanese pans for Chinese brush painting, and tubes (inexpensive).
Seals form an integral part of the painting.
Carved in stone, they are printed using cinnabar paste.
Artists can sign their paintings with their name seal, and also include a mood seal that captures the essence, either the mood of the subject or that of the artist when they painted it.
Chrysanthemum, watercolour, (33x24cm)
The Four Gentlemen
Four specific plants are known as The Four Gentlemen in Chinese brush painting. These plants are said to contain the attributes of the Confucianist junzi (gentlemen) of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and each represent a different season: orchid (spring), bamboo (summer), chrysanthemum (autumn) and plum (winter).
- Orchid - The orchid shows both strength in the leaves and delicacy in the flowers, bending and swaying in the breeze. This should be portrayed by your brushstrokes.
- Bamboo - Contrary to expectation, bamboo is one of the most difficult subjects to paint correctly, and needs a lot of practice. It symbolises a tough root system, which clings to rocks even in the face of wind and rain.
- Chrysanthemum - Chrysanthemums represent retirement and scholarly pursuits. Often shown with a teapot or cups, you should achieve the feeling of relaxation in the painting.
- Plum - And finally, plum produces new growth after the winter, hinting at new beginnings.
By sketching, observing and simplifying, you can paint almost anything with Chinese brush painting techniques. Although such subjects as a lotus are traditional and full of meaning (purity in particular, with each part of the lotus being used for food or medicine) you could easily use something like courgette leaves from the vegetable garden to give a similar feeling, focusing on large leaves that become more interesting as they get old and ragged.
Heron, ink and watercolour, (32x19cm)
This proud bird is painted in ink with small touches of watercolour for the eyes, beak and legs.
How to paint a simple orchid using Chinese brush painting techniques
Using purely shades of ink to illustrate this flower is a favourite pastime of mine.
Ink marks should be varied, including light and dark, large and small, dense and sparse, thin and thick, and wet and dry.
Include two or three of these contrasting elements to help add plenty of liveliness to your work.
- After grinding your ink, load a firm brush (brown or mixed fibres) with dark ink.
- Paint your leaves from the base to the tip, ensuring that you lift the brush from the paper at the end of each, to achieve a pointed shape.
- Break the line of the leaf, rather than overlap the strokes.
- Paint the centre of the blossom in two strokes, and add three ‘propeller’ strokes in lighter ink.
- Continue the outer line of the largest centre stroke down to form the stem, towards the base of the leaves.
- Ensure that you do not ‘bolt’ everything together, but allow space and movement to occur.
How to paint a buffalo using Chinese brush painting techniques
- Start with the eyes, ears, horns and nose; you will then have the charcter of the animal.
It helps to have the creature looking in a specific direction (hence, in the example below, it is gazing at the flighty butterfly).
- Vary the strokes used for the body. Aim to suggest the muscles just under the skin, with the coarse hairs that protect the animal. These are uneven and occur where the animal is susceptible to injury. Note the different tones of ink.
- Load your brush with light to medium ink, occasionally adding dark ink, and with the side of the brush, place strokes next to each other until you have the shape of the body. In particular, be aware of the spine, shoulders and haunches.
- Finally add the tail.
- With this composition, showing the legs is unnecessary, just a hoof will do.
In order to emphasise the difference in size and weight between them, ensure that the insect is painted lighly.
Pauline has written eight books, edited Chinese publications and produced various articles on Chinese brush painting. A founder member of the Chinese Brush Painters Society (www.cbps.org.uk), she gives talks and demonstrations, and teaches at Knuston Hall, Irchester (www.knustonhall.org.uk) and Harrow Way, Andover. Find out more from www.sidewinderstudio.co.uk
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Fresh off the staggering success of his previous album After Hours and following a controversial snub at the Grammys, expectations were high for new music from The Weeknd.
In previous work, The Weeknd had not been immune to nostalgic musical influence, but Dawn FM, Abel Tesfaye’s newest album released on January 7th, offered a chance for the artist to challenge himself, recreating the sound of the smooth, well-produced synth pop and disco that would call back to 80s music powerhouses such as Depeche Mode, Michael Jackson and Giorgio Moroder.
Dawn FM is a triumphant celebration of this 80’s sound, seamlessly transporting the shimmery synth pop sounds into the future contrasted with introspective and even romantic lyrics.
The album is conceptually anchored around a fictional radio station, 103.5 Dawn FM.
Guided by the seemingly otherworldly voice of legendary actor and comedian Jim Carrey as the album’s fictional radio host, The Weeknd leads listeners through purgatory and “into the light” with a melodic, thoughtful tracklist.
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Following the intro, “Gasoline” is a strong track that sets the tone of the album. The Weeknd’s pitched down vocals are complimented by a unique beat as he sings about his own nihilism and self-destructive behaviours, reflecting how many of us have been feeling during the last two years of global pandemic.
Following this, standout songs include “Less than Zero”, “Best Friends”, and ‘Here We Go… Again’.
Many of the lyrics throughout are self-reflective, with Tesfaye lamenting a partner wanting to exit their friends-with-benefits arrangement and being honest about his and her feelings in the staccato bass-filled ‘Best Friends’, and reflecting on his celebrity trajectory in ‘Here We Go… Again’.
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Celestial theme wedding
Obviously, starting with the colors of the sky is the best way to get the ball rolling on a celestial theme. Midnight blue bridesmaid gowns would be the perfect choice, and if you could find gowns dotted with brilliant crystals or rhinestones that would give the impression that they are twinkling stars, that would be ideal. Your groom’s attendants can choose a midnight blue tuxedo or suit,
or you could go with a traditional black with midnight blue accessories. For something fun, you could have the men in your wedding party have star shaped cufflinks or tie tacks, and you could find beautiful star studded hair accessories for your attendants.
The bride’s gown can be the traditional heavenly white, but adding crystal accents to your gown will make the gown pop and shine as bright as the brightest star. If you want something that sets you apart from any other bride, opt for a midnight blue ball gown, heavily decorated with sparkling crystals. Choose a gown that has some beautiful gold or silver thread embroidering on the bodice and the train, and adding that extra little touch will give your gown a boost of shimmer no matter what type of light you are standing in.
White flowers would be the best look for this type of wedding, but you can have them wrapped with midnight blue satin ribbon, and have touches of metallic gold or silver added to the bouquets. Some florists will have floral decorations in the shapes of stars that may work with your color scheme, or you may find that you prefer the white stargazer lilies as the signature flower for all of your bouquets and floral arrangements.
Twinkling lights are going to set the stage at your reception location, so plan on having them everywhere. If your budget allows, draping your location in yards of midnight blue fabric entwined with the white twinkle lights would be a beautiful,
almost mystical look. Ask your caterer about midnight blue table covers, and for centerpieces, you can use any number of star themed vases, votive holders and other candle holders. Using silver metallic accents or crystal votive holders or vases will add to the twinkling brilliance that you are trying to capture with this theme.
You will find so many options for favors for your guests that you can certainly fit every taste and every budget. You will find star place card holders and votive holders. You can find stars on picture frames. Most craft stores will have moon and star candy molds that you can use to make your own chocolates to fill mesh bags or tulle circles in silver or gold, tied with beautiful ribbons. If you want something out of the ordinary, consider gifting each guest with a star fruit, wrapped in a cellophane bag, and tied with a ribbon and a note thanking them for making your day “heavenly”.
The timing of your event should be so that you can enjoy the night time skies and the stars, but in the event that you are unable to come in or go out with a blanket of stars shining above you, you can find home planetariums or star machines that will project stars and planets throughout your room and give your reception an other worldly feel. Also adding sparklers gives the feeling of the starlight
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First Monday January 29, 2018
Residents in the vicinity of North Homewood Road and Highway 501 in Forest are having an odorous experience due to a bad bouquet on the breezes blowing their way. Waste Management Clearview Landfill, located about five miles away on Mudline Road in Lake, is apparently having some challenges in putting a lid on this pungency.
On October 25 Tyson Foods, Inc. in Forest, held a Safety Event to celebrate the achievement of reaching one-million man-hours without incident. The Scott County Times was invited to come be a part of the party.
Collection week begins November 13
Have you packed your shoeboxes? Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week is November 13-20.
The American Legion Post #9 of Forest will sponsor Dr. David M. Walker as orator at the Veteran’s Day Program at 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 10 at the Scott County Courthouse.
The coordinated efforts of The City of Forest and Mississippi Power, Simmons Erosion Control, Inc., and Custom Paving will further beautify downtown Forest with the addition of six decorative street lamps and poles on Smith Avenue.
Forest Community Arts and Forest Downtown Development proudly announce the imminent arrival of highly anticipated celebrity guests, Robert St. John and Wyatt Waters, and are thrilled to host a book-signing event to launch their newest collaboration: A Mississippi Palate: Heritage Cuisine and Watercolors of Home.
Dr. Deepthi Mundra bought Metro Dental located at 1237 Highway 35 South in Forest in June from Dr. Jim Polles. In 2015, Dr. Polles had advertised for an associate and Dr. Mundra got the job. In 2017, Dr. Polles decided to sell Metro Dental and he asked Dr. Mundra if she wanted to buy it.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Davis Stringer, III of Brandon and Mr. and Mrs. Brian Wayne Robinson of Standing Pine announce the engagement of their daughter, Emily Brenna Robinson to Matthew Thomas Brown, of Pearl. Matthew is the son of Mr. & Mrs. Michael Brown of Brandon.
Al Bergin lives a mile from the Clearview landfill in south Scott County and says there are times he can’t even leave his house. “On some days going outside is not an option because of the heavy cloud of odor that fills the air,” Bergin said.
The following persons were entered into the docket at the Scott County Detention Center September 27 – October 5. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law:
Crystal K. Watford, 34, 51 Young Hill Dr, Monticello, improper equipment, drug possession- methamphetamine, no driver’s license.
The Scott County Forestry Association Banquet will be held Thursday, October 26 at Roosevelt State Park Lodge. Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m. with the meal and program beginning at 6:30 p.m. Please call the Scott County Extension Office at 601-469-4241 by October 16 to register for the banquet.
Some Scott County residents and businesses could be facing higher power bills in 2018.
You see, or hear, all sorts of warnings around this time of year. Things like don’t plug extension cords into space heaters or vice versa. Same with overloading circuits with Christmas tree lights and outside decorations and the like. Fire hazard they say.

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NEW – Doubts are increasing in scientific circles as to whether the manufacturers' claims about the mRNA vaccine are accurate. Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna still refuse to allow independent verification of the data.
"The data has to be on the table."https://t.co/FKSl139SXw
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) October 4, 2022
We can already predict the new narrative talking points coming out of Big Pharma and their complicit lackeys in the incestuous government Swamp:
Well the vaccines didn’t work, but we had to try something because the novel coronavirus was OH SO DEADLY. The vaccines were a noble failure! We did our best!
Here’s a translation of the German article which is unfortunately behind a paywall:
In scientific circles, doubts arise as to whether the information provided by the manufacturers about the mRNA vaccine is correct. Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna have so far refused to independently verify the data. A Stiko member is now also criticizing.
Virologists, epidemiologists, pharmacologists – they may not have always been friendly to each other during the pandemic. But they are now coming together on one point: it is the demand for an independent review of the studies that led to the approval of the mRNA vaccines from Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna. The studies are published. However, the primary data, scientifically the decisive documents, are missing. All vaccine evaluations of the registration studies are based on them. Until now, the documents have been kept under lock and key by the manufacturers, and they are refusing requests to see them.
Remember, nobody could have predicted this. It was SCIENCE! We have to trust the SCIENCE! The SCIENCE! might make mistakes, but it always has our best interests at heart.


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After the Bell: Why was Treasury so coy about a German report on Eskom’s power fleet?
Here’s a little heads-up. Sometime during the next week, the Treasury will release a report conducted by a group of German consultants called VGBE Energy on SA’s fleet of power stations. The history of this report makes interesting reading and the publication itself could make interesting reading too.
The report was commissioned last year as a condition for the Treasury R254-billion debt relief for Eskom. Treasury has learnt, to its bitter cost, that paying bailouts is a leading indicator that more bailouts will be required. So it is approaching dishing out the dosh more cautiously these days.
When you are dropping a whopping R254-billion cheque, you are in a good bargaining position to ask for an independent review, at the absolute basic minimum. I mean, it’s not much, but at least you are not relying solely on the dubious claims of the bailout-ees for a justification of why they should be rescued with taxpayers’ boodle.
So, the group, consisting of four German companies, RWE Technology, STEAG, KWS Energy Knowledge, Dornier Power and Heat, went off to examine what exactly was going wrong at Eskom’s coal power stations and submitted their findings in September last year.
At this point, the report got stuck, presumably because its findings were embarrassing. Two organisations promptly submitted Promotion of Access to Information (Paia) requests for the report.
DA shadow Eskom minister Samantha Graham-Maré submitted one and subsequently said the Treasury responded to her Paia by saying they were going to table the report to Cabinet and then it would be given to Parliament for dissemination. She was told it would take about three months. Then Treasury said there would be a delay because the report would be used to draft the strategic plan for Eskom for the 2024/25 financial year and would not be released until that process had been completed. Can you feel the hot potato being tossed?
The Centre for Environmental Rights also submitted a Paia because, I suspect, it wanted to know if the report was asked to recommend whether the lives of Eskom’s 15 coal power stations should or could be extended. This follows Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s suggestion last year that this might be an option. Doing so would obviously be embarrassing because SA won a huge $8.5-billion concessional loan at COP 28 in Edinburgh premised on decommissioning seven coal plants. So far only one has been closed, and the whole plan has been reversed, partly because of the crisis at Kusile.
Anyway, the issue of the report was resolved last week when Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana — apparently sick of the delays — said in his Budget Speech the report would be released within a week. “The recommendations will feed into Eskom’s corporate plans to bolster accountability and oversight,” he said, rather hopefully.
So what might this report contain? We know a little bit already, partly because many of the problems were mentioned in former CEO André de Ruyter’s book, Truth to Power. In addition, Business Day editor Alex Parker wrote in a column some of what will be in the report after talking to the authors late last year.
Parker wrote that the consultants found that procurement is overly complicated and onerous; that plant directors are disempowered due to a lack of trust at Megawatt Park; and that many processes are therefore centralised, inefficient and slow. Contract management skills were generally atrocious at plant level. Towns and villages outside the plants, such as at Kriel, Witbank, Volksrust and Vereeniging are so dilapidated, filthy and run down that highly skilled engineers don’t want to move their families there, making the skills issue even harder to crack. There was generally an “alarming hostility to change”.
There are two other issues that I hope the report will deal with, but we will see. The first centres on the topic of Eskom’s constant wailing that its power stations are old and therefore dysfunctional. This is one of the reasons this thing called the energy availability factor (EAF) in SA is down to around about 50%. This is another way of saying that the power plants are producing 50% of their total capacity.
This story behind the whingeing was debunked by a really good report in the online publication Daily Investor, which published a report about a year ago on the topic. They found two American coal power stations that were built more or less at the same time as two of SA’s coal power stations.
SA’s Duvha power station was first commissioned in 1980, with the final unit completed in 1984. SA’s Tutuka power station was commissioned in 1985, with the final unit going online in 1990. Compare that with the Wansley power plant in Georgia which was first commissioned in 1976 and the Scherer power plant which was commissioned in 1982.
Please don’t hold your breath, but between 2009 to 2021, Eskom’s Tutuka and Duvha had an average EAF of 64% and 56%, respectively. Wansley and Scherer had an average EAF of 90% and 89%, respectively, over the same period. The EAF of the American plants got better over the years.
Tutuka and Duvha have actually got worse, I mean really much worse. In 2021, Tutuka and Duvha had average EAFs of 37% and 44%.
The second issue is about staffing. This was brought to my attention by an interested reader, Rob Tiffen, who is not in the power industry but is affected by it, as we all are. He points out that in 2003, Eskom generated about 39,000 megawatts with 31,000 employees. Over the next decade-and-a-half, Eskom hired another 17,000 employees while generation fell. In 2001, a company called Singh & Fehrs calculated for the US Energy Information Administration that the average coal-fired power plant employs 0.18 people in operations and maintenance permanently per megawatt of peak capacity.
On that basis, Eskom would need roughly 7,100 people to deliver 39,000 megawatts in the coal operation and another 500 for Koeberg. Presumably, that’s the absolute minimum. A company called American Electric Power produces about the same power as Eskom (38,000MW) with 16,000 employees. Anyway, that pales compared with Eskom’s current employment level of 42,000 people.
The point is that if the VGBE does suggest there is an “alarming hostility to change”, as I presume it will, we should know why: it’s not innate conservatism; it’s most probably huge numbers of employees who do very little while trying desperately to protect their rather undemanding lifestyle.
We will see. DM


The competition rate for the June 1 local elections has hit a record low of 1.8:1, breaking the previous record of 2.3:1 in 2014. As many as 494 candidates, the highest in the past 20 years, are running uncontested, meaning they are guaranteed victory without voting. The number has increased five times compared to four years ago.
Lower competition rates and more candidates running uncontested is a worrisome sign because it shows that the meaning of local elections, which marks the eighth time, is fading. In fact, the competition rates for provincial councilors and municipal councilors, which have a large number of elected members, are only 2:1 and 1.7:1, respectively. Uncontested single-winner elections give rise to problems in that they deprive voters of their right to vote without giving them the opportunity to verify candidates’ pledges and qualifications.
These problems are noticeable in particular political parties and regions. For example, there are six candidates, who are running in uncontested single-winner elections for the head of local wards, and three of them are from Democratic Party in the Gwangju Jeonnam region and the rest are from People Power Party in the Daegu Gyeongbuk region. Those who are running in uncontested single-winner elections for provincial and municipal councilors, are concentrated in Yeongnam and Honam regions, the home turf for a particular political party. This inevitably leads to distortion of local politics. Since the chances of winning are high if candidates win party nomination, candidates have no choice but to make connections with powerful lawmakers and focus on recruiting party members.
As a result, political novices find it hard to enter politics. Even if they are interested in local autonomy, many of them do not even dare to run for office because their chances of winning are low. This is the main reason why grassroots democracy is not taking root and the competition rate for local elections are on the decline. Nevertheless, lawmakers and the chairmen of party cooperation committees are busy nominating people, who have helped or will help their elections. They are not even interested in filtering out unqualified candidates. It is said that 30 percent of the entire uncontested single-winners in this local elections have a criminal record.
With the local elections being held as an extension of the March 9 presidential election, competition centered on the two major parties is repeating itself. There is no room for young politicians, who do not belong to major political parties, to participate. It is embarrassing that the local elections are fixed in this way. In addition to reforming the nomination process, it is time to find ways to improve the local election process, such as expanding the medium constituency system, which is being piloted in 30 electoral districts for municipal councilors.


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I just saw Sydney Poitier's film Lilies of the Field. I honestly can't figure out how it survived the studio system in 1963, the year in which I was born. It's got none of the typical requisites. It's a rather thin plot. There's no romance ... and I suspect there was when the screenplay was first written.
Perhaps my ability to read subtext is subpar, but I cannot understand why Poitier's character takes the actions he does. He stays to help the nuns build a chapel ... for WHAT reason? He tolerates the unkind actions of the Prioress ... for what reason? Because he's a masochist at heart?
The only thing I really liked about the film was the faith theme: that carried a real payoff. Unfortunately, the lack of complexity in the music (an a cappella version of the black spiritual, "Amen") was annoyingeven to me.
But hey, Poitier got an Oscar nom because of the role, so it must be a good film, right?
Am I angry? Hmm. Am I? I don't know. I'll figure it out and let you know what I eventually think. Do I feel betrayed by the Oscar stamp of approval? Yes, I think so.
Perhaps what makes me so mad is the politics behind the film: no, we can't let Sydney fall in love with a white girl, so we'll do the film without the necessary love motivation.
The racism in the film is fairly obvious now, but back then, I suppose, it was a real feather in the cap of Poitier. Did the racism in society prevent the writers from telling the real story? Maybe that's what annoys me.
And I know people who would love this film. That's scary.

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Terre Haute, Ind. - Indiana State scored four runs in the seventh inning to break open a close game and went on to defeat Valpo 7-1. The loss stopped Valpo's five-game win streak. Brian Rzepka and John Giusti each had two hits for the Crusaders.
Valpo (16-26) took a 1-0 in the first when Rzepka singled and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt. Kevin Perri followed by lining a single to center field, bringing Rzepka home.
Indiana State (26-22) tied the game with an unearned run in the third. The error set up an RBI opportunity for Rance Fosdick, who delivered a run-scoring single to center.
Dallas Cawiezell hurled a solid 4 innings, allowing no earned runs on four hits. He fanned four and did not walk a batter.
While Sycamore starter Brad Collins kept pace with Cawiezell by allowing one run and five hits over 5 innings, ISU took a 3-1 lead in the sixth on Marcus Artner's two-run single. Artner finished with two hits and four RBIs.
Fosdick had another RBI single in the seventh and Ryan Bond hit an RBI double before Artner belted a triple, scoring two unearned runs.
Six Crusader errors led to four unearned ISU runs. Adam Tyler (3-0) earned the victory with two innings of scoreless relief. Jay Clites (0-1) suffered the loss in relief, allowing one earned run in 2 innings.
Valpo hosts Purdue on Wednesday at the U.S. Steel Yard, the home of the Gary SouthShore RailCats. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.


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In true holiday spirit, students from four New York City Schools performed songs and poems for principals and administrators from their schools at a tribute to held at Fordham’s Graduate School of Education on Dec. 17.
Among the participating partner schools were P.S. 4 Duke Ellington School in Washington Heights, P.S. 129 John H. Finley School in Morningside Heights, the Brooklyn Latin School in Bushwick, and Theater Arts Production Company High School in Fordham Heights in the Bronx.
All four schools are part of the GSE’s Center for Educational Partnerships, which works with New York City schools in to apply cutting-edge research in the service of K-12 teachers, administrators, students, and parents. The student performances ranged from a choral rendition of the preamble to the United States Constitution to declamations of the works of Nietzsche and Pablo Neruda.
Students from P.S. 129 contributed to the holiday ambiance with a vocal ensemble of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Clause;” and a trumpet ensemble of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Theater Arts Production Company students likewise did their part for the holiday spirit, lending their voices to “Siyahamba,” a South African freedom song, and “Winter Wonderland.”
In a special tribute to principals—especially in lieu of the recent shooting in Newton, Conn.—New York State Regent Kathleen Cashen, Ed.D, GSE ’78, ’83, GSE clinical professor of education, said she has always thought of principals as administrators who “save lives.”
“I salute you, I praise you, I thank you. You are in the most significant profession, and we can’t do without you,” she said.
Anita Vazquez Batisti, Ph.D., associate dean for partnerships, applauded the students’ excellence and creativity.
“There’s not a progress report, quality review or network grading that could measure what we saw today,” she said. “Bravo.”


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Perception of seafood from the Gulf of Mexico varies at restaurants throughout the country, but the rising cost of it does not. As BP attempts to contain the oil that has gushed for eight weeks from the Deepwater Horizon well, ...Read More »
Supermarket chain Rouses is expected to make official Thursday news that CityBusiness first reported last month. The Thibodaux-based company is buying the old Sewell Cadillac building at Baronne and Girod streets to provide the downtown area with its first major ...Read More »
John Georges has added a Mississippi grocery distributor to his business conglomerate. Georges Enterprises announced the $100 million deal for Union Grocery in New Albany, Miss. The purchase expands Georges’ Imperial Trading distribution reach to more than 3,000 retailers in ...Read More »
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GRAND ISLE — Waves of gooey tar balls crashed into the white sands of the Florida Panhandle today as BP engineers adjusted a sophisticated cap over the Gulf oil gusher, trying to collect the crude. Even though the inverted funnel-like ...Read More »
At Mid-City’s Parkway Bakery and Tavern, clear plastic bags hang from the rafters of the covered outdoor seating area. Each one is filled with water and contains a coin, a folk remedy for keeping flies away from diners diving into ...Read More »
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May 19 2014 5:50 PM
News that AT&T will merge with DirecTV has rekindled speculation that Dish Network will forge an alliance with Sprint or T-Mobile.
Here's What AT&T Gets Out Of DirecTV Merger
May 19 2014 11:37 AM
To compete with Comcast, AT&T is dialing up the satellite-TV company to the tune of $48.5 billion. Is it a smart merger or a wrong number?
Gay Teen Pressures Amazon To Cut Off Boy Scouts
May 19 2014 10:46 AM
Pascal Tessier, who believes the BSA’s anti-gay policy violates Amazon’s terms, plans to deliver 120,000 petition signatures to Amazon's headquarters.
Jill Abramson To Wake Forest Graduates: 'I'm In The Same Boat As You'
May 19 2014 10:32 AM
Ousted New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson said there is "not a chance" she will get her New York Times tattoo removed.
Ringling Bros. Trumpets Legal Victory In Fight With Elephant Lovers
May 17 2014 12:17 PM
Hampered by a reputation for extreme tactics, the animal-rights movement loses a 14-year court battle with one of its biggest targets.
Jill Abramson Didn’t Want To Go, Refused To Resign
May 16 2014 5:14 PM
A new report confirms rumors that Jill Abramson refused an offer to resign from her position as executive editor at the New York Times, and indicates that she was hoping to keep her job.
America's Most Sugary Cereal Brands
May 16 2014 10:45 AM
Eating three-quarters of a cup of some of America's favorite cereals could be the equivalent of having four Oreo cookies for breakfast.
Ending Paycheck Secrecy: Abramson Ouster Underscores Transparency Debate
May 15 2014 5:35 PM
Would U.S. workers be better off if everyone knew everyone else’s salary? At some companies, pay transparency policies are already being tried -- and they’re working.
A Third Of Internet Users Could Face Data Caps Within 5 Years
May 15 2014 10:26 AM
Comcast lobbyist David Cohen said the company could roll out controversial “usage-based billing” to all customers in five years.
At The Times, Trading One Kind Of Diversity For Another
May 14 2014 6:32 PM
Black media groups on Thursday applauded the appointment of Dean Baquet the first African-American to lead the New York Times, who is replacing Jill Abramson, the first woman to fill the role.
The Times: Theories Swirl On The Reasons Abramson Was Fired
May 14 2014 5:59 PM
The New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson was abruptly fired on Wednesday, and the reasons remain unclear.
What's Next For Jill Abramson's New York Times Tattoo?
May 14 2014 4:07 PM
New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson abruptly left the paper after almost three years on Wednesday. Will she choose to keep her tattoo of the Times "T" logo?
Baiting The Colossus Of Corporate Coffee
May 14 2014 3:59 PM
Hoping to capitalize on Starbucks’ aggressive tactics, an author is awaiting a cease-and-desist letter that may never come. Is the coffee giant catching on?
Dean Baquet Has Nothing To Say On Twitter [PHOTO]
May 14 2014 3:55 PM
Dean Baquet's Twitter account was dormant at the time he was announced as the new executive editor at the New York Times.
In Surprise Move, New York Times Executive Editor Is Out
May 14 2014 3:14 PM
The first female top editor at the New York Times is leaving after only three years on the job, the company announced on Wednesday.
Europe Just Shot The Messenger
May 13 2014 3:46 PM
Tuesday’s “right to be forgotten” ruling underscores significant differences in data privacy laws in the U.S. and Europe.
‘Seinfeld’ Would Have Been Canceled Were It On Air Today
May 13 2014 5:49 AM
Broadcast networks canceled more than a dozen shows last week, many of which barely survived a season. Are execs out of patience, or just ideas?
FCC’s Wheeler Revises Net Neutrality Rules, But Paid ‘Fast Lane’ Stays
May 12 2014 1:06 PM
New rules will reportedly prohibit Internet slow lanes but still allow companies to pay a toll for faster service.
YouTube Shines On A New Kind Of Stage Mom
May 09 2014 12:36 PM
For some moms, making YouTube videos is a full-time job, but will their kids grow up to regret the accidental fame?
Christian Activists Blast HGTV For Deserting Anti-Gay Reality Stars
May 08 2014 12:50 PM
Christian activists are up in arms following HGTV’s decision not to move forward with a show starring the Benham Brothers, who have reported ties to anti-gay extremism.


Sometimes life hits you right in the face when you think you’re on top and you find yourself at the bottom of the hole, in your filthy apartment, facing your empty fridge and your only meal is a bottle of milk that’s been open long enough for its content looks like yogurt. And then you have the opportunity to fight, to climb the slope and rise from your ashes like a phoenix, a bit like those actors who made an exemplary comeback after a very complicated period.
1. Brendan Fraser
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A promising and popular actor from the late 90s to the early 2000s, Brendan Fraser suddenly disappeared from the media landscape after successes such as the saga of The Mummy, furious and Crash. The main reason for this disappearance was made public much later: Fraser was sexually assaulted by the director of the Golden Globes, which deeply destroyed him. Emotionally weakened he also suffered many physical pains related to the fact that he performed his own stunts on the films The Mummy and decided to fade from the screens. Remained discreet for several years, he made his big comeback in 2021 in a film by Soderbergh before shooting for Aronofsky and Scorsese, just that.
2. Winona Ryder
The young actress made famous by her roles in Edward Scissorhands Where beetle juice was snubbed by castings for a long time before starting her comeback with her supporting role in black swan. The actress defends herself by saying that her neither young nor old physique makes her job difficult, but it is above all the few stories of kleptomania that sent her to prison that have something to do with it. Winona, however, returned to her success in the series Stranger Things where she was nominated in the category “best actress who never knows whether to open or close her mouth when she has no lines”.
3. Mickey Rourke
Became more and more famous over the 80s, it was at the release of 9 and a half weeks that Mickey Rourke has become a huge star. On the strength of this success, he then chained several very good roles (including Angel Heart) before starting to turn down several important roles. He started to want to become a professional boxer and to drop acting, then he was forced to do several cosmetic surgeries to “repair” the injuries caused by boxing. After nearly 15 years of wandering he returned to the front of the stage in a sensational way with the film The Wrestler released in 2008.
While she was the highest paid actress in Hollywood and one of the most fashionable stars on the planet, Julia Roberts disappeared from the radar, but literally all the radar since she even planted her boyfriend of l Kiefer Sutherland two days before their wedding to hang out with Sutherland’s best friend. After that she kept a low profile for three or four years until she came back to the fore for her Oscar role in Erin Brockovicha return that is clearly closing mouths.
5. Mark Hamill
Being the actor who played one of the greatest roles in the history of cinema can backfire: Mark Hamill’s career has therefore suffered enormously from his role as Luke Skywalker. Several roles were refused to him because of this aura and he went through a long desert period and went through different trials and addictions. It was finally in dubbing that the actor found a new career, notably by taking the voice of the Joker in the Batman cartoon. Then his big return as Luke as well, you know it was in the trilogy that had no form of logic.
6. Robert Downey Jr.
Son of a director, we sometimes forget his youthful career which was interrupted in 1996 due to heavy consumption of drugs and alcohol. Yet very promising, especially with the film Shortcuts of Robert Altman, the setbacks of the actor are worth to him to be blacklisted of Hollywood for a long time. He began to make a first comeback with his role in Ally McBeal for which he received a Golden Globes but got kicked off the show for possession of drugs and firearms. His real comeback will be with his role as Tony Stark in the Marvel franchise, which allowed him to do super well-paid easy roles.
7. Kevin Costner
A huge star in front of and behind the camera during the 80s and 90s, Kevin Costner disappeared from the screens for quite a while because of two huge failures as a director and an actor: water world and The Postman. Both films, especially the first, cost an exorbitant price and met with no commercial or critical success, which literally plagued Costner’s career for a long time until he returned to the limelight almost 15 years later. later.
8. Drew Barrymore
Became a child star in the film AND, Drew Barrymore suffered from his notoriety far too early. She started taking many drugs at an extremely young age and went through several rehabs before she turned eighteen. But adulthood has been much more lenient to him and has revived him on the front of the stage with several important roles, the first of which is the introduction of the cult Scream.


The significant decline of 737 jets in the second quarter indicated Boeing is reeling from the impact of two deadly air crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in October 2018 and March 2019, respectively. Boeing delivered 89 737 airplanes in the first quarter, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The 737 MAX aircraft have been grounded globally since March this year after two 737 jets fell down in Indonesia last October and Ethiopia in March 2019, and the two incidents killed a total of 346 people aboard.
Boeing has since been working desperately to rebuild reputation and trust from aviation regulators and the general public, who have expressed concerns about the safety of the aircraft.
The US top aircraft maker cut monthly production of 737 MAX aircraft to 42 from a previously scheduled rate of 52 in April this year. Boeing reported no new orders for 737 MAX for the month of March.
The Boeing announcement on Tuesday of its second-quarter deliveries of both commercial and military airplanes came one day after Saudi Arabian budget carrier Flyadeal cancelled a preliminary agreement for an order of up to 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets.
The Saudi airline said it will switch to an all-Airbus fleet in the future. It is already operating 11 A320 jets on domestic destinations across the kingdom.


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Lately the news has been flooded with words that could make a grown man fall to his knees and weep. Each night as I turn on the television I am reminded once again of the horrendous and fearful tragedies that are filling our everyday life. Everyday when I log into Facebook, or flip through Instagram, I am flooded with images of heartbreak and pain that have clouded social media for far too long.
Before sitting down to write this post I had to debate whether this would bring about positive or negative attention, and if it was the latter, would I be able to handle it? Would I be able to sit back while flipping through comments of how heinous, incorrect, and downright stupid my views were? Would I be able to read some of the harsh words we so often find in the comment section of anything on social media these days, especially if they were directed at me? Would I be able to handle the negative, even if the words that I wrote and felt so passionately about were what I believed some needed to hear? Is this not what every journalist must ask themselves before they publish an article? I am no journalist, but I do have an issue I believe we need to discuss.
In the news most recently we learned of yet another-in fact the 18th since 2018 has began- school mass shooting. When I read the articles on this occurrence my heart began to break. Why, this time, did my heart weep, anger fill my core, and a part of me sink? Because when I read 18th mass shooting in a school in the less than two months of this year beginning I realized nothing was getting better but in fact getting much worse. There had been no solutions implemented, no ways in which we were to help our children found. I realized then that my precious child, a child I prayed and prayed to one day have, would grow up in a world where mass school shootings were the norm. Where enduring shooter drills, learning to hide, and preparing themselves for their schools demise would become standard practice. I realized that my precious child could-God let it never happen- attend a school where a person would go in and think it satisfactory, neigh necessary- to shoot and kill multiple innocent people. My son could become a victim to losing his life before he reached his prime, before he even realized what good and beautiful work he could give to this Earth in his life. My son could be the fourteen, FOURTEEN, year old child who died as a result of someone thinking it was their right to take his life. My son could be the child whose texts flooded my Facebook- the last words of the victims all laced together through a well put video telling of their ultimate demise or victorious escape with a new chance of life. My son could die before he received his first kiss, his first dance, bluntly he could die before he ever had sex because a person believed he had the God given right to walk into his school and kill him amongst other children and faculty.
So why do we still treat these occurrences like the norm? Why do we still watch the news, offer our thoughts and prayers, and then continue with our daily lives? We march for human rights, we start riots over the unjustified slaughter of young men and woman by our police force, but where is the fight for our children? Where is the fight to end the unjustified mass murder of innocent children who just want to get their education?
I watched a video of a father say he sent his daughter to school. She was supposed to be safe. How heartbreaking is it to know that even when we do the right thing as parents we still have to fear for their lives? How much fear can fill our hearts to know that giving our children an education to better themselves for the future may just take away their future entirely, and then have our politicians, our President say there is nothing we can do. Being a parent is frightening enough, is this what we need to add to it?
When looking at this statistically I needed to look to other countries. I needed to find solace that somewhere else in this world there had to be this large of an issue. This country that we call the land of the free, the home of the brave, could not be the only source of such turmoil. However what did I find? Australia, a country I have loved since I was a young child had 4 mass shootings between 1987-1996 and they passed laws; no mass shooting since. Countries around the world have banned the use of guns, have made their laws so tight that it takes a miracle for the wrong person to get one. Yet in America I read comment after comment of people fighting for them, calling others atrocious names because they want laws to protect those these weapons harm, and people who have legally gotten them threatening the lives of those who disagree. So tell me America, what are we doing wrong? Why in a country so many wish to come to for freedom and protection do we risk that protection so often.
After this most recent mass shooting I also found many people blaming mental illness. I found this particularly entertaining to read because mental illness as a whole has been labeled so taboo by those now saying “He needed help, we need to start talking about this.” When I spoke of mental illness to some I was met with “invisible illness.” “It doesn’t exist.” “Take your medication and shut up.” Mental illness is not something you may take out of the back of your pocket when you need something to explain what makes you uncomfortable. Mental illness is not something you get to one day believe in because it saves your precious second amendment right. This should make you uncomfortable. This should make you angry. This should make you sad. This should make you want to fight. This should not make you try and find excuses so that you can justify keeping something that has been proven time and time again dangerous and fatal.
The videos you see flooding your social media should make you think; they should make you want to take action. The ignorance, the lack of education, the amount of money the people we elect in power take to keep quiet, the lack of action made by those in power is what is wrong with this country. These qualities are what make going to school unsafe for our children. These qualities are what continue to allow our children to be slaughtered in mass quantities. It is not disciplining our children that will fix this. Wake up America.
I am a mother. My job is to protect my son. No longer will I sit quietly and allow the world to become a more dangerous place. One day I will leave him and his future children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren if he should be so lucky. The world I will fight for will be for them. The world I will go down protecting will be so that shooter drills and fear do not corrupt their abilities to grown, learn, and become the people they want to become in the future. Enough is enough America. We refuse to change but if we were the parents receiving those last messages, those fearful texts we would be fighting for a change. If we had to sit still and wait-where minutes felt like hours and hours felt like days- to know if our child was not safe, but alive, we’d be knocking down the doors of the White House and demanding action.
I read a comment on a video on Facebook: “When we learn to love our children more than we love our guns, maybe then we will see change.”
So I ask you, do we love our children enough to look at the real facts, the real statistics. This isn’t only a gun problem, it’s also a people problem. So stop picking sides to blame and start taking action. Let’s put the ignorant excuses to rest and start protecting our children.

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18 year old Vic McQueen discovers she can cross an old covered bridge on her motorbike and it will take her anywhere in the world where a lost thing is located. Meanwhile a mysterious old man named Charlie Manx kidnaps a young boy, killing his parents, and seems to be draining his life force as they drive to a mysterious place called "Christmasland." Maggie, a young woman who was friends with the boy and his family, has the special power of drawing Scrabble tiles from in a bag that spell out a clue to find missing things. She uses this to try and find the lost boy.
Did You Know?
Manx's map of Inscapes shows the location is "Pennywise Circus" which is a reference to "It", a novel written by Hill's father Stephen King. See more
How old are you?
Well, I'll give you a hint. I'm as old as my nose and even older than my teeth.
[clicks teeth together


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Alexandria’s continued claims for unemployment increased by 11% for the week ending Jan. 30, marking the second straight week of double-digit percentage increases in continued claims.
The Virginia Employment Commission reports that there were 1,367 continued claims for the week ending Jan. 30, an increase from the previous week‘s total of 1,231 claims, which was a 10% jump increase over the week ending Jan. 16.
The week ending Jan. 30 is the 46th week since the pandemic began in Virginia.
Statewide, continued claims increased slightly to 67,337 claims, which is 45,074 claims higher than the same week last year, which was before the pandemic. There were also 18,177 initial unemployment benefit claims, which marks a slight decrease.
“This is the third consecutive week of decreasing initial claims, the first time that this has happened since June 2020,” VEC noted.
According to VEC:
The locality with the most initial unemployment claims this week was Richmond City which saw 876 initial filings. Fairfax County and Virginia Beach City followed with 873 and 850 initial claims respectively. Of the 133 counties and independent cities in the Commonwealth, 70 localities saw an increase in the number of filings this week compared to the week before. The locality with the largest increase was Henrico County which had 74 more initial claims compared to the previous week.
Learn more about filing a weekly or continued claim here.


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On the morning of July 16, 1996, a retired employee of Tardy Furniture entered the store and found four bodies: the owner and three workers at the store; they had all been shot. Curtis Flowers was suspected after police learned that he had been fired from the store 13 days prior to the murders.
Flowers has been tried six times. The first three convictions were overturned on appeal, the next two trials had hung juries, in the 6th trial he was convicted and sentenced to death.
There is evidence that witnesses were coerced, and three jailhouse informants who were persuaded to testify that Flowers confessed to them have retracted.
Flowers, age 26 at the time of the quadruple murder, had no criminal record and was known in the community as a gospel singer. His family assert that he could not have committed the murders.
Flowers’ case was the subject of an 11-part podcast by American Public Media, in which one of the jailhouse informants retracted his testimony, and other witnesses say they were coerced.
September 4, 2020: charges dropped.


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Last week’s coup attempt by military forces in Turkey — the military’s first overt attempt to take power since 1980 — came as a great shock to the international community. At least 290 people were killed and 1,440 wounded. The coup also spurred a dramatic wave of purges; less than 24 hours after the turmoil began, 2,839 army members and a member of the constitutional court were arrested, while 2,745 judges and five members of the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors were removed from their posts. The purges only intensified thereafter; within a week, about 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers found themselves detained, suspended or under investigation. The government’s rhetoric and consistent inaction, contextualized within its wider response to the terror attacks that have traumatized the country in the last year, demonstrate that the lives of ordinary Turks do not matter when it comes to securing the leading Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) hegemony over the country.
Following the announcement of a coup d’etat and a declaration of martial law by a group of soldiers claiming to represent the Turkish Armed Forces, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on his supporters to take to the streets and defend democracy, taking his call as far as sending text messages to mobile phones. While the president’s call was firmly backed by pro-AKP media, opposition-affiliated media widely condemned the president’s disregard for the safety of his supporters. Calling on people to take to the streets, President Erdoğan encouraged civilians to stand up to armed soldiers, some of whom were patrolling in tanks.
However, the most appalling statement was made by Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım. Congratulating his ‘citizens’ for clamping down on the coup attempt, arresting, and tying up soldiers before police were able to do so, he went as far as to say that he was a proud member of a nation which was ‘enraged enough to nearly lynch the coup plotters’. Yıldırım’s statements followed violent developments in Istanbul, as AKP supporters lynched soldiers and protesters were seen attempting to throw a soldier down the Bosporus Bridge. The attempted overthrow of a democratically elected government by coup d’etat is clearly unacceptable, but the prime minister’s expression of pride in the brutal murder of citizens by others is an appalling encouragement of mob violence that has no place in a democratic regime.
The government’s disregard for the lives of its citizens, whether they are AKP supporters, opposition voters, or soldiers, is far from novel. Recent terrorist attacks have traumatized civilians to a degree unseen since the country was on the brink of civil war at the end of the 1970s. Violence has escalated since a July 2015 bomb attack on the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) protest in Suruç killed 34 people. The HDP accompanied by the Republican People’s Party (CHP), the main opposition, proposed to establish a research commission to investigate the attack, but this was rejected by AKP deputies who were joined by the Nationalist Action Party (MHP).
In a heated summer of violence between the Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) and the government, the ‘peace process’ collapsed as the PKK accused the government of supporting ISIS. Matters became worse when ISIS bombed another HDP rally near Ankara’s railway station, killing 102 people and injuring 508. Soon after the attack, news reports showed that police chiefs had not reported intelligence notices to senior officials. One notice, received on the day of the attack, had even included the name of the perpetrator. That the attack could have been prevented had appropriate use been made of intelligence information remains a serious and worrying possibility. Although prosecutors sought to try those involved, their attempts were blocked by the Ankara governorate. Furthermore, the AKP rejected a proposal by the HDP to investigate the Diyarbakir, Suruç and Ankara attacks.
The first attack on an airport took place in December of last year. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, a radical offshoot of the PKK which criticizes its policy toward the Turkish state for being too lenient, claimed responsibility for the attack and has continued to launch attacks on military and civilian targets thereafter. Once again, the AKP blocked the establishment of a research commission, citing the need for secrecy in the investigation into the attack. Although this was a comparatively minor attack in which only one person was killed, it demonstrated that airports were under serious terrorist threat. The Istanbul airport attack just last month testified to that reality.
The June 28 ISIS attack on Istanbul Atatürk Airport, the largest in the country, left 42 people dead. Once again, intelligence units had issued warning notices 20 days prior to the attack, clearly specifying the airport as a potential target. Although Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım claimed there had been no security deficiencies, once again serious questions arise as to the extent to which intelligence notices were taken into account and whether or not their appropriate consideration could have prevented the attack. Days after the attack, opposition parties united and proposed an investigation commission to look into the attack. Not surprisingly, it was rejected by AKP legislators.
Like the government’s immediate response to the attempted coup, its reactions to terror attacks suggests a worrying indifference to deaths and violence. The government’s unwillingness to transparently investigate these attacks is simply inexcusable and raises serious questions as to the extent to which this unwillingness has contributed to the series of attacks that have occurred in the last year.
The implications of Turkey’s coup attempt are highly uncertain. What is certain, however, considering this pattern of government response to a deteriorating security situation, is that the lives of ordinary Turks are not a priority.