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Tainan City Councilor Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday called the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) an “autocracy,” after two of his KMT colleagues were summoned by prosecutors for allegedly spreading rumors about Triple Stimulus Vouchers.
Tainan City councilors Wang Chia-chen (王家貞) and Lee Chung-tsen (李中岑) on Monday said that they and their assistants were late last month summoned by the Tainan District Prosecutors’ Office for questioning on a charge of breaching the Social Order Maintenance Act (社會秩序維護法), after they held a news conference on July 20 alleging that there had been counterfeit vouchers circulating.
A business owner tried to cash in fake vouchers at a bank, which confiscated the bogus vouchers, they told the news conference.
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However, the duo’s claims were labeled as fake news by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, as business owners were not allowed to cash in the vouchers before July 23.
The DPP attempted to curtail their freedom of speech by striking fear into them, Wang and Lee told another news conference on Monday, adding that they were only commenting on a complaint that they had received.
Separately yesterday, when asked to comment on the investigation into the incident, Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said that when they spread disinformation, Wang and Lee, as public figures, caused people to worry and “sent ripples across society.”
The two were summoned for questioning after he asked law enforcement agencies to rigorously investigate the incident, which was only proper, he said.
However, Su’s remarks drew a heated response from Hsieh, who said that the administration’s handling of the case showed the DPP’s autocratic nature.
In scrutinizing the government, Wang and Su were only doing their jobs, Hsieh said, adding that they did not spread rumors, but turned the alleged counterfeit vouchers over to prosecutors as evidence.
Su forcibly intervened in the judicial system and pressured prosecutors to launch an investigation, disregarding the neutrality of the judiciary, Hsieh said.
They would not be silenced, he said, vowing to overthrow Su, which would be “only proper.”
CAMBODIAN CON: The two men filmed videos with made-up content with a focus on purported human trafficking, beatings and sexual assaults by scammers Cambodian authorities yesterday sentenced two Taiwanese to two years in prison and a NT$30,000 fine each for staging a kidnapping in the southern coastal city of Sihanoukville which they live streamed online. Chen Neng-chuan (陳能釧), 31, and Lu Tsu-hsien (魯祖顯), 34, were convicted of inciting and causing social disorder a day after Cambodian police officials convened a news conference about their arrest. Chen, who goes by the online name “Goodnight Chicken” (晚安小雞), and Lu, known by the handle “Anow” (阿鬧), must each pay 4 million riels (US$982), according to a court filing. The court said the duo arrived in the Cambodian capital, Phnom
TAKE PRECAUTIONS: Never hike alone and prepare food, water and appropriate equipment for Taiwan’s mountains, particularly in the winter, officials said Two mountain hikers were rescued yesterday, a day after a body was airlifted out of Yushan National Park, one of several deaths related to mountaineering or hiking in the past two weeks, the Ministry of the Interior said yesterday. A Nantou County mountain rescue team called for a helicopter while responding to a call yesterday morning. They said a woman surnamed Chen (陳), 31, and a man surnamed Lin (林), 32, got lost in the mountains around the Batongguan Historic Trail (八通關古道), while traveling west toward Dongpu Township (東埔). They were directed to a nearby alpine meadow, where the helicopter landed with four
‘CORRECT CALL’: The navy said the captain was right to send crew out to fix an issue with a buoy, and that the buckles connecting two of them to the safety line came loose Equipment and environmental reasons, not human error, were to blame for the loss of three submariners on Dec. 21 last year, the navy said yesterday. The navy would not punish any of the Hai Hu’s (海虎) crew after an investigation determined that the captain was correct in sending crew to retrieve a safety buoy, it said in a news release. Three crew members — a master chief petty officer surnamed Lin (林) and two petty officers surnamed Yen (顏) and Chang (張) — are still unaccounted for after being swept from the submarine’s deck by a wave while trying to retrieve the
Individual tourists who arrive in Taiwan from tomorrow are eligible to receive limited-edition lucky bags to mark the Lantern Festival, Tourism Administration officials said yesterday. The Lantern Festival-themed lucky bags each contain a Year of the Dragon red envelope, a mini lantern, a NT$300 coupon for an amusement park ticket and a NT$500 Taiwan PASS coupon, the officials said. To get a lucky bag, visitors must present a passport or residence certificate and proof of their date of entry at a tourism center at either terminal at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei International Airport (Songshan airport) or Kaohsiung International Airport, they said. The

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Give the gift of holiday dinner for a family in need in the Ozarks! ShowMe Wagyu Charities has partnered with local vendors to provide meals for the hungry and homeless in the Ozarks and raise money for The Kitchen, Inc.
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Compiled from selected police activity reports.
• Feb. 20: Police assisted in a water rescue of two people at North Shore State Park.
• Feb. 21: Police responded to complaint of an active domestic on Union Ave. After speaking with all parties, it was determined that the male at the residence had assaulted a female resident at which time he was placed under arrest for domestic violence and transported to the Licking County Justice Center.
• Feb. 21: Police responded to complaint of a domestic on Walnut Road. Both parties were intoxicated and it was a verbal argument over who had drank the beer. Both parties were advised and the female elected to leave the residence for the evening with some friends that were sober.
• Feb. 22: Police received a complaint of a possible issue of a threat that was overheard on a Lakewood School bus. Contact was made with several witnesses who heard the threat and after speaking with them it was determined that the threat was directed towards the middle school and students at the school. The Licking County Sheriff’s Office was contacted and advised of the findings and the matter was turned over to detectives from LCSO with Buckeye Lake assisting in the investigation.
• Feb. 22: Police responded to a possible domestic at a Walnut Road address. The male stated that the female had assaulted him. The female stated that the male did not assault her. The female was arrested and booked in the Licking County Justice Center on one count of domestic violence.
• Feb 22: Police responded to a non-injury accident on Walnut Road. A driver was cited for failure to control and failure to maintain travel within marked lanes and lines of travel.
• Feb. 23: Police responded to complaint of a suspicious person in the Cranberry Lane/ Beacon Light Lane area with a flashlight possibly looking into houses. Police were unable to locate anyone.
• Feb. 23: Police received call to report a theft of several items stolen from complainant’s residence on Hebron Road.


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I'm so excited to have worked on another Trice High documentary, From the Concrete. It premieres tonight at 7pm EST on YouTube. Watch it for free!
I'm collaborating with Trice High for another documentary, this time following Derrick Rose's incredible comeback in the NBA. The film will release on August 28, 2021 on YouTube. Follow me for updates, and learn more about the film below!


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.Ria Novosti/Vladimir Fedorenko
Moscow is hopeful that Washington will pursue a more pragmatic approach towards Russian-U.S. relations, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
"We hope that U.S. approaches to relations with Russia will evolve towards a greater pragmatism and reasonableness," Lavrov said in an interview with Italian magazine Limes.
The text of the interview has been published on the Russian Foreign Ministry's website.
"Today, we are facing a large number of common tasks, including the fight against international terrorism," the minister said.
"We, as major powers with nuclear weapons, continue to carry special responsibility for maintaining strategic stability," Lavrov said.
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Free 1975 Carver powerboat
This boat was put in our auction and didn't sell.
We have the paperwork for you to transfer title.
Has all the Carver decals, even the mermaid swim step mounts...
You could make money scrapping it or make it sea worthy or use it for the kids in the back yard.
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We are not zoned as a boat yard and therefore dis-assembly on site is not an option.
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Both Marine Transmissions have been rebuilt.
There is probably in excess of $2000 of engines, transmissions and hardware on-board if somebody wants to scrap it out or they can revive it back into use.
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The BridgeHayden Thorne
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Remy Pépin’s been dealt too many harsh blows in his young life. Orphaned, miserably poor, and subjected to occasional bullying from his employer, Remy’s only source of joy and hope is in a superstition shared by a dear friend, Mathilde Jolicoeur. It’s a superstition involving a lit candle sitting by a window, which Mathilde claims attracts luck.
Day after day, Remy lights his candle and waits, convincing himself not to hope for good fortune to come his way - until one snowy evening, when another boy appears at his doorstep, seeking shelter.

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The defending Stanley Cup champions will face the most storied franchise in hockey history. A weird season amid the COVID-19 pandemic has a unique championship round on the plate.
The Tampa Bay Lightning will face off with the Montreal Canadiens, with Game 1 set for Monday in Tampa.
The Lightning, after a 1-0 win over the visiting New York Islanders on Friday in Game 7 of their semifinal series, will be looking to win consecutive titles and a third Stanley Cup in their franchise's existence.
The Canadiens -- whose 24 titles are more than any other team's tally -- are back in the final for the first time since they last won the crown in 1993, which happens to be the last time a Canadian-based team won the Cup.
"They're going to get the best team that they've played against so far, and we're going to get the best team that we've played against so far," Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said after the Friday victory.
Although they didn't play each other this season, the Lightning and Canadiens are hardly strangers. They are both in the Atlantic Division during a normal campaign.
"It's going to be a tough series," Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov added. "They're a hell of a team. They made it to the Final for a reason."
So did the Lightning, who knocked off the Islanders with a "textbook Game 7" according to goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy, who made 18 saves en route to becoming the first goaltender in NHL history to collect three series-clinching shutouts in a single playoff year.
Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal 1:49 into the second period, and Vasilevskiy -- aided by teammates who were perfect defensively and blocked 21 Islanders shot attempts -- earned his fourth shutout of this year's playoffs and the fifth of his career in the postseason.
Vasilevskiy has posted a shutout in each of Tampa Bay's past four series-sealing victories, including Game 6 of last year's Final against the Dallas Stars.
The Lightning, who have now won 13 consecutive playoff games following a defeat, maintained momentum for almost the whole game.
Semyon Varlamov stopped 30 shots in a Herculean effort for the Islanders, whose skaters struggled to provide offense for him, yet again. The Islanders either trailed or were tied after the first period in all 19 of their playoff games this year and were shut out in their final two road games during the semifinal series.
The Islanders have been eliminated by the Lightning in the semifinals in consecutive years.
"It sucks getting back to this point, coming up short again," Islanders forward Mathew Barzal said. "Guys like Bails and Greener (Josh Bailey and Andy Greene), you want to win for those guys. It sucks knowing how close we were."
Barzal added, "It's not our time. Hopefully we'll be back next year."
Despite losing out to the Lightning again, the Islanders can take solace in another outstanding season.
"Back to back, being in the last four teams, that's not a fluke," New York forward Scott Mayfield said. "We believe in ourselves. We're a confident group. This stings right now."
Islanders coach Barry Trotz added, "I said to them, this group is special. Their character, their work ethic, it's undeniable. Our group believed we could do this. We still could. Some guys are beat up, worn out, hurt, and they just keep going. There's a bond between the players that's really strong."
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CDGIM – Palestrina: Missa Assumpta est Maria & Missa Sicut lilium. CDGIM Digital booklet (PDF) · Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (/ ). Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (/) The Missa Assumpta est Maria, based on his own motet of that name which in turn is based on a short phrase. Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in two masses by Palestrina. This album won the Gramophone Early Music Award in
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It was our deliberate intention to pair two works in such contrasting styles from this great master. Retrieved from ” set No Renaissance composer and few later ones have been as proficient as Palestrina at writing positive, outward-going, major-key music, and in this context Assumpta est Maria represents one of the most important works of the period.
The musical style of them both supports this too: It is the inventiveness of these different sub-divisions of the main choir, constantly grouping and regrouping, and the elastic way plaestrina which the text is set, which gives this music its irrepressible character. By contrast, Sicut lilium presents a quite different side of his thought: Hyperion offers both CDs, and downloads in a number of formats. The Tallis Scholars have fst his music more th Seit der Mitte des February Total duration: Latin text Gaudete et exsultate omnes recti corde.
On the other hand, The Tallis Scholars had to rely on their own editions for recording amria Masses Sicut liliumNigra sumBenedicta es and Nasce la gioja mia.
Two-part motet, the model for the parody mass of the same name. Midi files one for each part zipped. This late-Renaissance method is then transferred to the Mass, most obviously in the Gloria and Credo but also in the first Kyrie, where greater elaboration was more customary.
Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first. The first Kyrie, for example, begins with imitation between all the parts but very quickly has settled into alternating harmonically controlled phrases which rely for their effect on being rescored.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Number of voices: The Mass based on it did not appear until the Fifth Book of —which was about half-way through his Mass publications—but there is every reason to think it a quite early work.
Don’t show me this message again. The recording, made in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Salle, Norfolk is well handled and adds powerfully to these flexible, expressive and beautiful readings’ Gramophone.
It is interesting to follow the historical process by which a work like the Missa Assumpta est Maria becomes so much more famous than any other comparable work of the period.
Two-part motet, the model for the parody mass of the same name External websites: Beethoven and Mozart are possible rivals in this, but with them the process hasn’t been going on for so long.
Transposed down a note. Preme sottolineare, poi, che The Tallis Scholars hanno preferito affidarsi ad edizioni appositamente preparate per loro delle messe Sicut liliumNigra sumBenedicta es e Nasce la gioja mia. assumpa
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Navigation menu Personal tools Log in Request account. Although Palestrina is much less well known in this mood, he wrote a large number of pieces which are akin to Sicut liliumof which the Missa Nigra sum is perhaps the most accessible, though many of his madrigals provide excellent examples of the same thing.
Assumpta est Maria a 6 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) – ChoralWiki
It is a feature of modern music-making that professional concert-choirs do not necessarily choose the same repertoire as that of church choirs, even though they make their selection from the same composers. Original text and translations may be found at Assumpta est Maria and Quae est ista quae progreditur. Original text and translations Original text and translations may be found at Assumpta est Maria and Quae est ista quae progreditur. Anche lo stile musicale di entrambi i lavori suffraga questa ipotesi: Das erste Kyrie beispielsweise beginnt mit Imitation in allen Stimmen, doch sehr schnell werden daraus alternierende harmonisch bestimmte Phrasen, die ihre Wirkung durch Umschichtung der Stimmen erzielen.
Presumably Lassus took part in performances of the pieces contained in it, though his sacred compositions scarcely reflect the elegiac mood of Sicut lilium and in general he seems to have learnt little of importance from Palestrina. In both cases the power of the writing is largely attributable to bright sonorities: Assumpta est Maria a 6 Composer: There have been fourteen different editions of Papae Marcelli since the middle of the nineteenth century and eight of Assumpta est Maria of which the first was prepared by Carl Proske in Es scheint einem Werk auch zugute zu kommen, wenn sich eine attraktive Geschichte darum rankt—die Missa Papae Marcelli hat davon sicher profitiert.
The more relaxed, more abstract style of such early settings as the Missa Sicut lilium has not often been heard in church services since the first half of the sixteenth century, but it has increasingly attracted a following among concert-goers who pay to hear the music as music, rather than as an adjunct to worship.
Peter Phillips directs The Tallis Scholars in the historic concert celebrating Palestrina’s th anniversary, filmed in the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore where the composer sang as a choirboy and later became maestro di c Welcome to Hyperion Records, an independent British classical label devoted to presenting high-quality recordings of music of all styles and from all periods from the twelfth century to the twenty-first.
Assumpta est Maria a 5 (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) – ChoralWiki
Web page content is available under the CPDL copyright license ; please see individual editions for their copyright terms. Don’t show me this message again. The musical style is noticeably lucid, and although it is not as protracted as some of his very first settings, like Benedicta es caelorumin which he was still clearly learning his trade, there is some exhaustive working of the basic musical material. Quia hodie Maria virgo cum Christo regnat axsumpta aeternum.
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. These features inevitably transfer themselves to the parody Mass, most obviously in the Gloria and Credo, but also in the shorter movements where greater elaboration was customary. Die Art der syllabischen Partiturierung, wie man sie zum Beispiel am Anfang des Gloria findet, korrespondiert mit einem der grundlegenden Prinzipien aller reformierten Religionen.
It also seems to help a piece if there is an attractive story to go with it, and the Missa Papae Marcelli has undoubtedly benefited from this. Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin. The brighter sound this high-scored six-voice SSATTB choir produces is then emphasized in palestrinz style of the writing, which is more chordal than usual.
The whole system of reputation in pre-Baroque music rests largely on historical accident and is open to review at any time.


DEP is soliciting input on statewide expansion of water reuse
Senate Bill 536, which passed in the 2014 legislative session, requires the Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) "...in coordination with stakeholders shall conduct a comprehensive study and submit a report on the expansion of use of reclaimed water, stormwater, and excess surface water in this state."
One opportunity for public input is through an online survey (access via link below).
The deadline for completing the survey is August 19, 2014.
Hold a minimum of two public meeting to gather input on the study.
Provide opportunity for public to submit written comments before submitting the report.
Submit report to Governor, Senate President, Speaker of the House no later than December 1, 2015, that includes the following:
Identification of measures that would lead to the efficient use for reclaimed water.
Identification of environmental, engineering, public health, public perception, and fiscal constraints of expansion, including utility rate structures for reclaimed water.
Identification of areas in the state where traditional water supply sources are limited and the use of reclaimed water, stormwater, or excess surface water for irrigation or other purposes is necessary.
Recommendation of permit incentives, such as extending current authorization for long-term consumptive use permits for all entities that substitute reclaimed water for traditional water sources that become unavailable or otherwise cost prohibitive.
Determination of the feasibility, benefit, and cost estimate of the infrastructure needed to construct regional storage features on public or private lands for reclaimed water, stormwater, and excess surface water, including the collection and delivery mechanisms for beneficial uses such as agricultural irrigation, power generation, public water supply, wetland restoration, groundwater recharge, and waterbody base flow augmentation.
In the fall, DEP plans to hold public workshops in each water management district to present initial findings from the survey and to solicit further comments from stakeholders. A schedule of public meetings will be published shortly.


Wakeman smart anti-sleep Bluetooth headband is an innovative and easy way to maintain your alertness on the road while driving. With additional Bluetooth functionality, listen to music or answer phone calls hands-free.
Please use a Micro USD DC 5V adaptor or 5V vehicle charger to charge the device. The LED indicator shows Red when charging and the LED will be turned off when charging is completed. A full charge of the battery may take up to 2 hours. Please do not use the device and turn it off during charging.
A sufficient charge is required to power on the device. Power on the device using the switch on the right.
Adjust the device to make sure the headband fits your head with the switch and Micro USB socket pointing towards the back. Plug the end of the provided earphone into the USB socket of the headband and the receiver into the right ear.
Power on the device and it will enter discovery mode. Turn on the Bluetooth function on the device you would like to connect the device to and search for “Wakeman”. The device will automatically connect when powered on thereafter.
When active stimulation is in need, activate the vibration function by wearing the device and shaking your head once. If the action is recognized, the dual-polar vibration will vibrate for one second to confirm, then followed by the alternating vibration. The 3 second alternating vibration will continue for 30 seconds. The device will keep a 10 second alternating vibration mode. When the function is no longer needed, shaking your head once. If the action is recognized, the dual-polar vibration will vibrate for one second to confirm and the vibration will stop.
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If the wearer lowers his head in an angle exceeding 20 degrees, the device will start a fast dual-polar alternating vibration immediately, reminding the wearer to keep a horizontal view angle. The vibration stops after the driver resumes horizontal view. If the wearer raises his head in an angle exceeding 40 degrees, the device will start a fast dual-polar alternating vibration immediately, reminding the wearer to keep a horizontal view angle. The vibration stops after the driver resumes horizontal view.
When receiving a call, the wearer will first hear a tone, followed by the phone number read in English. To reject the call, shake your head once. To answer the call, nod once. To end the call or hang up, shake your head. To increase the volume during the call, lift your head or look up. To decrease the volume, nod once. Repeatedly lifting or nodding will increase or decrease the volume. A short tone will be heard with each successful action performed.
While listening to music, turn your head to the right to skip to the next song or turn your head to the left to return to the previous song. To increase the volume, lift your head or look up. To decrease the volume, nod once. Repeatedly lifting or nodding will increase or decrease the volume. A short tone will be heard with each successful action performed.
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This device can be used for driving to meet emergency or urgent anti-sleep requirements. The device is not meant to replace normal sleep and regular rest during long distance driving.


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Anti-enlistment conferences bring out Palestinian community leaders in Israel from across the political spectrum.
Students forcibly dispersed by police during silent gathering to mark expulsion of Palestinians.
Undercover police dressed as Arabs arrested students protesting voluntary draft of Christians.
Four Hebrew University students arrested in less than two weeks.
Israeli Jews overwhelmingly oppose including Arab parties in the government.
The government formed after next week’s election could be even more racist towards Palestinians than the current one.
The video is quite catchy and hilarious, but has a serious message.
Israel has arrested several Palestinian citizens following Gaza solidarity demonstrations.
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Nestled in the heart of Humaita, Lagoa Guest House is an ideal spot from which to discover Rio De Janeiro. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all that the lively city has to offer. A well-kempt environment and its proximity to Parque Lage, Cristo Redentor, Parque da Catacumba give to this hotel a special charm.
At Lagoa Guest House, every effort is made to make guests feel comfortable. To do so, the hotel provides the best in services and amenities. The hotel provides family room, car park, Wi-Fi in public areas, smoking area, disabled facilities to ensure our guests the greatest comfort.
Lagoa Guest House is home to 9 bedrooms, all tastefully furnished to provide comforts such as non smoking rooms. The complete list of recreational facilities is available at the hotel, including outdoor pool, garden. Whatever your reason for visiting Rio De Janeiro, the Lagoa Guest House is the perfect venue for an exhilarating and exciting break away.

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I stumbled upon Sasha Keable while listening to the Spotify playlist “Acoustic Soul” on shuffle. This is going to be something I say often, but I usually either give new songs either 5-10 seconds before I skip it or I skip around in the song listening to ~7 or 8 3-5 second snippets before I decide if I like the song or not. Don’t judge the process—there’s only but so much time in a day.
“Loyalty” was the first of her songs I listened to and as soon as the guitar intro ended and she started sanging (not singing, sanging), I knew I stumbled upon something special. Keable is a singer from London (specifically South London, though she is also of Colombian descent), and it goes without saying (though, I guess I will actually say it?) that London really produces some fire singers and songwriters. Keable lives up this reputation.
Sasha’s voice is not one that features many high notes and complicated riffs and runs, though she does use them at times. What was most striking was the fullness of her voice and the smooth, jazzy sound it has. Also accompanying her voice is a slower than usual, extended and pronounced vibrato. Now, listen. I love me a good vibrato for some reason, and sis serves it.
Sasha Keable is surely known within some circles, but the fact that Loyalty (the acoustic version, which is arguably better than the original version) only has 45,000 streams is a sin. And sure, one of her songs has 800k streams, but it’s the outlier. Give Ms. Keable her things. She is more than deserving. My good sis can sang (once again, “sang,” not “sing.”).


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Signing wills while social distancing
The COVID-19 outbreak has left many people concerned over what might happen to their property or assets. We have seen signs that a high number of people have chosen to make a new will or codicil at this time.
Those making wills as a result of the pandemic may be doing so when they are already unwell, or might be making the document in a rush in order to put pen to paper before anything happens. Whatever the reason, a hastily prepared will, or one that does not meet all the legal requirements, can very often result in a later dispute over its validity.
The current law for valid wills
There are no immediate plans by the Government to reform the law relating to the signing of a will despite the outbreak. The current law presents considerable difficulty where the person wishing to make a new will (or changes to their existing will) is in isolation at home or in hospital. As the law currently stands, in order to be a valid will, the document must observe S9 of the Wills Act, 1837.
Requirements in the Wills Act
The Wills Act means that, ideally, the document must be signed by the person making the will in the presence of two or more independent witnesses who must be present at the same time as the maker of the will. Once signed by the maker of the will the witnesses themselves then sign in the presence of the maker of the will. The witnesses do not need to read the will itself.
It is possible for some other person in the presence of and under the direction of the maker of the will to sign the will on his or her behalf and for the maker of the will to acknowledge his or her signature on the will to the witnesses, but the main point is the need for the maker of the will and the witnesses to be in line of sight of each other during the process.
Observing the rules while social distancing
No one should seek to break social distancing rules when so much is at risk regarding their health and the health of others. How may the process of the required rules be observed when the signing of the will takes place?
As mentioned above, the witnesses and the maker of the will must have clear line of sight to each other but they do not need to be in the same room. The witnesses could watch the maker of the will sign through a window or in the porch. Indeed, the process of signing the will by the maker could even take place over the garden fence. It is essential that the witnesses see the maker of the will sign and that the document passes to them without their losing sight of it.
Alternatives for isolated people
If the person who wishes to make a will is totally isolated, for instance in a hospital ward, or too ill to sign the will for themselves, then as long as they have read the will or had it read out to them it could be passed to someone outside the ward who could sign the will at the maker’s direction in the presence of the witnesses. The person signing on behalf of the maker of the will must receive a positive direction from the maker to sign on their behalf and the will itself ought to record on its face that the will is being signed on behalf of the maker and at his or her direction. The will must clearly be seen to pass from the maker to the person who is to sign on his or her behalf and the witnesses for their signature. It would make sense for the exercise of signing the will to be recorded in writing and, in the days of mobile phones, videoed.
Protection against legal disputes
Aside from the difficulties that may present themselves relating to the signing of a will it is also important to ensure that other aspects are considered. It is not uncommon for those disappointed with an inheritance or left out to assert that the will does not reflect what the maker wanted. It might be asserted that the maker was not of sound mind or that he or she was not a “free agent” when they gave instructions for the making of the will or they signed it. Regrettably, there are many instances where the validity of a will is challenged allegedly due to the maker being unduly influenced.
Possible changes to the law
It is possible that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to the way in which wills are created will be forthcoming. Even before the virus changed our lives discussions over changes to the law were underway. For the moment we are required to ensure that the current law and procedures are observed. Great care must be taken to ensure that what the maker of a will truly intended is recorded in a valid will. Despite the practical difficulties presented it remains possible, in most circumstances, to achieve the desired result.
If you have any further questions about making a will during the pandemic, please contact Tony Pearce on 0333 888 4040. For more information about wills, trusts and inheritance disputes, visit our contentious probate service page.


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The Sun Yat-sen mausoleum is an imposing building that looms at the top of several flights of elegant, wide, stone stairs. From the entrance to the top is a straight path that goes up the stairs. At the foot of the staircase is the mausoleum gate, and then a stele pavilion, featuring a stone stele. The blue color of the roofs are the most distinctive feature, being the color of the KMT. The mausoleum displays a giant statue of Dr. Sun, which visitors line up to get into and then approach from the right side to the back and exit at the left. No pictures are allowed inside, same as the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei. No, the photo above is far from the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. It’s a view of Nanjing’s main skyscrapers from the shore of Xuanwu Lake and it’s a good example of why Nanjing is a charming city.
If you’re wondering how Sun Yat-sen could be so honored in the PRC, it’s because he is actually respected and revered in both the mainland (PRC) and in Taiwan (ROC). Sun is called the “Father of modern China” as he was instrumental in forming the Kuomintang (KMT) and creating the Three Principles (三民主義). He had a highly inspirational role in the formation of the ROC in 1911 that followed the toppling of the Qing Dynasty, though he was unable to prevent the warlord Yuan Shikai from taking control of the nascent republic. It’s important to not make him into a deity, but he is one of the few in modern times who Chinese people can consider a hero. To visit his mausoleum was one of the main reasons I came to Nanjing. And of course, when Chiang Kai-shek gained control of China, basically reunifying it, in 1927, he moved the capital from Beijing to Nanjing which remained the capital until the end of the ROC.
There are even more attractions on the mountain. There’s more tombs of lesser historical figures, the 1500-year-old Linggu Temple to the east of Sun Yat-sen’s mausoleum, an and then Nanjing Museum, which we also visited. It lies at the foot of the mountain and is not clearly marked and it didn’t seem very impressive, judging from the exterior. There was construction going on around it, suggesting renovation or additions to the museum. The museum was free, just like the Shanghai Museum. It requires you to put your bag through an X-ray scanner, as with several public sites in China. Once inside, the museum was quite decent, though it was largely empty in terms of visitors. The interior features two floors with several large rooms, though a few were closed due to renovation/general maintenance.
Finally, Nanjing is filled with historical structures. But unfortunately, its long history and importance means that it has been the scene of battles, sieges, and destruction, especially during the Taiping Rebellion in the 19th century and in World War II, in which the city and its people suffered terribly. There are a number of historical structures and buildings that were renovated or rebuilt. One of these is the Mingguggong, the former Ming Imperial Palace (Beijing’s Forbidden City is called Guggong, so is Taipei’s National Palace Museum). However, this Mingguggong possesses none of the splendour and majesty of Beijing’s Forbidden City, because it is now just a large park with a few small pavilions and statues, the sad remnants of the imperial palace complex that was the precursor to the Forbidden City. The palace complex was mostly destroyed by Manchu Qing soldiers when they defeated the Ming Dynasty.
The Nanjing Massacre is one of the worst atrocities in recent history. Over 200,000 died in this atrocity which was committed by Japanese forces on Chinese civilians and captured soldiers over the span of a few months. Tens of thousands of woman and girls were also raped and/or killed. This sad event is commemorated in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, which was our final stop but an essential one. By coincidence, China’s official submission to the Oscars is a movie about the Nanjing Massacre starring Christian Bale.
The memorial hall is a modern grey building situated in a large compound. The hall seems to rise out of the ground as a large triangular grey building flanked by ghoulish statues of victims along a fountain at the side. It also has a giant courtyard with a large cross and bell and has a lot of open space that makes it seem as if it is set off from its surroundings. It is several minutes’ walking distance from a subway station.
The hall (full name: Memorial Hall of the victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese invaders) is not an easy place to take in. The horrifying and sadistic acts of the massacre fill all corners of the place. There are exhibits, displays and photos about the atrocity, including what happened during the massacre and the events before it. I learned how relentless the Japanese military offensive was in that year, as Shanghai, Hangzhou and other nearby smaller towns fell before Nanjing. Actually the battle for Shanghai resulted in a serious defeat for Chinese forces, which somewhat explains why Naniing, the capital of China, was captured rather easily.
The exhibits included photos, weapons, military equipment, and belongings of victims. The displays, which were in Chinese, English and some in Japanese, explained how the Japanese literally went on killing sprees, competing to see who could execute the most Chinese, as well as rape sprees. I knew all this from reading about it elsewhere but it was still uncomfortable to read this again. Meanwhile, a constant soundtrack of sound effects of bombs falling and screams were played, accentuating the feeling of unease. Interestingly enough, I saw some people who had brought kids there, which seemed unusual.
The most haunting exhibit was a large pit with human skeletons of the victims visible. This pit was inside the building and you looked down upon it. The museum is built on the site of a mass grave of massacre victims. Photos were banned but I wish I had taken a few, as some visitors did. But then again, I wasn’t exactly in the mood for photography as I took in the exhibits. There were displays about a few Westerners who helped save thousands of Chinese, including Minnie Vautrin and John Rabe. Iris Chang was also paid tribute, she being the Chinese-American author of probably the most famous English-language book on the Nanjing Massacre who sadly took her own life in 2004. The museum ends with a section about the hope for peace and features a lot of surprisingly positive language, even about the Japanese.
One of two giant tripod vases at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, a bullet hole from World War II fighting can be seen on he right side of the tripod. A jade mummy lies at Nanjing Museum.
Nanjing Museum had some decent exhibits like these glazed pottery. I’ve never seen the green-yellow color on pottery before.
A ceremony was concluding with flagraising when we entered the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall site.

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Bad Robot doing something from Rod Serling's mind? **** yes, please.J.J. Abrams Bad Robot To Develop Rod Serlings Final Screenplay Into Event Series
By NELLIE ANDREEVA
Thirty eight years after Rod Serlings death, his final screenplay is heading to the screen. J.J. Abrams Bad Robot Prods. has acquired the rights to The Twilight Zone creators unproduced last feature script The Stops Along The Way. The project will be developed into an event limited series through Bad Robots deal at Warner Bros. TV and taken out into the marketplace. Details about the premise are being kept under wraps. Serling talked about the project in his final interview four months before his death when he was asked if he had a script he has special feeling for. I just wrote The Stops Along The Way, which is, I think, a lovely script, he said.
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Serling wrote and produced a number of TV and feature screenplays, including Rod Serlings Night Gallery, Planet Of The Apes, and Requiem For A Heavyweight, but he is best known for his Twilight Zone anthology series, which was just named one of the top five Best Written TV Series of all time by the Writers Guild of America, West. A reboot of the TV classic is in the works at CBS TV Studios with X-Men director Bryan Singer at the helm.Event/limited series are red-hot at the moment, with four greenlighted in the past month alone, Foxs 24: Live Another Day and Wayward Pines, FXs Fargo and HBOs Criminal Justice. Bad Robot has four series on the air next season, returning Revolution and Person Of Interest and upcoming Almost Human and Believe. Code Entertainment, which reps the Serling Estate, made the deal with Bad Robot.


We are fast approaching the holiday season, but there’s a special day marked on some calendars that comes earlier than Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, or Christmas—some opponents of the Common Core State Standards have selected Nov. 18 as a day where parents should protest by keeping their children home, or at least away, from school.
The epicenter of this push against the common core is at the “Say No to Common Core” website, where blog author Janet Wilson puts the push behind the Nov. 18 boycott of schools in these terms: “Help us send a message to the federal government. We the people want evidence-based curriculum that is locally controlled and which does not require data mining our children. Instead of sending your children to school on November 18th, please educate them at home.”
The story has been picked up by the press in New York state, where one participating parent, Tim Karlik, compared the standards to the “affordable healthcare act,” a reference to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. (My colleague over at Politics K-12, Alyson Klein, recently highlighted political similarities between the government shutdown, which originated in anti-ACA agitation, and the common core.)
If you go to the Facebook page that also advertises Nov. 18 as a protest day against the standards, as of early on Nov. 11, about 4,030 people said they were “going” to or participating in the event. Does that mean the event isn’t attracting many parents and will fizzle out? Or will it spark further protests and more resistance to the common core?
Courtesy of The Post-Standard, here’s Danielle Karlik discussing the myriad reasons she’s keeping her children home from school that day that common-core defenders will vigorously object to. For example, Karlik says the standards impose “one-size-fits-all” learning onto students.
In other common core news, Illinois Sen. Kyle McCarter has introduced a Senate resolution seeking a delay of his state’s implementation of the common core (hat tip to Ken Libby). It has some similarities to the recent common-core pushback in Michigan. In addition to seeking a delay of the standards while a fiscal and policy review is conducted, the resolution would require the state Board of Education and legislators to come up with a “viable plan” to cover the costs associated with common-core implementation.
And in New York, Education Commissioner John King and Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch will host another forum in a series of public meetings on the common core on Nov. 12 at a high school on Long Island. I’ve covered King’s trouble with such common-core forums previously, but after briefly canceling the forums, King and the department put them back on their schedule.
A version of this news article first appeared in the State EdWatch blog.


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The Rockford City Council covered a number of items at its June 26 meeting including survey results regarding a proposed event center.
This and other action took place at the meeting.
The idea of a city-owned event center is one that has been batted around over the last several years, and of which there have been varying opinions throughout the course, on council and off.
The first serious council discussions regarding an event center stemmed from talks in 2006 related to the expansion of city offices. Concerns over space and the inability to expand in the existing cite. The idea to relocate city hall was one that surfaced.
Additional discussion, and community input, pulled in the idea of combining the city offices with a multi-use event center. The idea was eventually put on the back burner, but resurrected in 2008 when construction costs dropped. Preliminary sites and plans were presented to the council, along with estimates.
Again, taking into consideration concerns including a higher than average tax delinquency and other revenue uncertainties like LGA cuts, and preparing to move ahead on levee improvements in the downtown area, the council put the project on hold, hoping to revisit it in 2009.
The project received little momentum until 2011, when councilors Jeannette Graner and Renee Hafften proposed that council consider a commercial post frame structure that could be modified on the inside to meet the city’s needs as an event center. Located in Riverside Park, it could accommodate indoor groups of up to 200, and be accessible to the park. The existing structure, the Rockford Lions Building, has a capacity of about 25. It has been determined to be in very poor condition and not worth the cost of repairs.
With this latest proposal, the council approved sending out a survey to residents to find out how they feel about it. That information, which consisted of just over 100 retuned surveys, shows a close divide between supporters and opponents. The first question, "Do you believe there is a need in Rockford for an event center?" had 41 "yes" votes, and 64 "no."
A number of comments accompanied the survey, some questioning the need for a facility, while some were opposed to tax dollars funding one. Others were more supportive of the idea offering suggestions should the project move forward. Some of those answering the survey suggested the city make use of existing sites like the Rockford Mall.
The cost, estimated now at $850,000, is considerably more than first thought when this avenue was investigated.
The council appears to be in agreement that an event center would be advantageous to the city and will revisit the issue.
In other news, the council passed a resolution changing the way city staff handled after hours calls for stray dogs. Previous to this, residents calling about stray dogs were rerouted by the Wright County Sheriff’s department to the public works employee on call. This will no longer be the case.
The city is also investigating mosquito control, something it will most likely limit to citywide events like River Days and Movies/Music in the Park.
The next regular meeting of the Rockford City Council is Tuesday, July 10, at 7 p.m. at the Rockford City Hall, 6031 Main St.


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The moment I learned the identity of the shooter behind the Aurora massacre (read white male), I knew how the story would go. James Holmes would immediately be subjected to amateur psychiatric diagnoses — he would be “sick”, “insane”, “sociopathic”. I imagined headlines just like this — “What Does a Killer Think? Is the Colorado shooter delusional, depressed, or psychotic? And how do we stop the next one?”
His story would be his lonesome own, no matter that he precisely shared the demographic characteristics of the vast majority of the 56 other mass murderers/spree killers who have shot up schools and malls and workplaces over the past 30 years.
A conversation with a colleague (one with whom I have had frequent chats with about the construction of the school to prison pipeline ) brought the point home.
“You know, I never fully understood what you were talking about until I saw the coverage of Aurora and then thought about what they did to Trayvon”, she said.”Five minutes after we knew the Colorado shooters identity, he was described as mentally ill and…”
“And Trayvon was criminalized even though he was the victim, even though he was the one who was actually dead??” I interjected.
“Yes” she replied sadly. “There it was.”
White Privilege, Deviance and Social Control
Certainly one of the prime benefits of white privilege is the right to represent yourself and to do so without fear that your actions will be used to condemn all who look like you. Or vice versa.
Chancey DeVaga sums it up perfectly:
When viewed through the white racial frame, there is nothing in his deeds on last Friday night that reflects upon the behavior of white people, generally, or white men in particular…..
The freedom to kill, maim, commit wanton acts of violence, and to be anti-social (as well as pathological) without having your actions reflect on your own racial group, is one of the ultimate, if not in fact most potent, examples of White Privilege in post civil rights era America. Instead of a national conversation where we reflect on what has gone wrong with young white men in our society–a group which apparently possesses a high propensity for committing acts of mass violence–James Holmes will be framed as an outlier.
But the power of white privilege extends beyond individual versus collective accountability and representation. The white racial frame also shapes the labels we attach to aberrant white behavior and the systems we call upon to control the related deviance. Although James Holmes is indeed facing criminal charges of the most extreme sort, it is the medical model that is called on to “understand” him. He isn’t totally “bad” — despite his horrific criminal acts, Holmes is a mutant, an aberration on the trajectory of “normal” white maleness. Even in the context of criminal justice – insanity pleas or no, death penalty or no — he will be viewed as “psychopathic”, ultimately then as “sick”. Someone should have/could have “helped” him before it was too late. Of course, one of the key features of the medical model involves mitigating deviant behavior by attributing it to “sickness rather than badness”, with a particular focus on the condition rather than the behavior and treatment as opposed to punishment.
The white racial frame increasingly sees white “deviants” as sick – and maybe some are — but contrast this with the framing of both offenders and victims of color. They are irredeemably “evil” — no questions asked, guilt assumed, and punishment — in draconian legal systems not posh private treatment centers — is the corresponding response. The collective taint of criminalization is so strong that the actually innocent may be easily swept up, wild racial hoaxes furthered without sufficient doubt, and victims, such as Trayvon Martin, reframed via” white logic” as dangerous hoodie-wearing thugs who ultimately got just what they deserved.
Deviance, “Discretion” and Double-Standards
The labeling of “deviants” offers informal/extra-legal, medical and formal/legal options, all designed, at least in theory to regulate particular types of rule-breaking. (See Figure 1). Informal, medical and formal systems of social control all involve varying degrees of discretion or flexibility in decision-making, as to who should be controlled and how. These models suggest that different types of deviant behavior warrant different types of social control; i.e. minor deviations may be handled via highly discretionary informal social control, deviants who have mental illnesses may best be served by the “expert” judgment and treatment of the medical model, and intentional violators of the law must be punished via formalized legal systems.
A closer examination of the mechanisms of social control, however, reveals that the type of social control exerted has much less to do with the deviation in question and much more to do with the demographics of the deviant. Far from being mutually exclusive or race and class blind, these systems of control are inter-dependent and over-lapping, and discretion often is shaped by discrimination.
Race, class and gender are inextricably bound up with the definition and control of deviance. To the extent that the privileged and empowered “norm” is white, male, financially well off, heterosexual and adult, then people of color, women, the poor, GLBT persons, and the young become “the Other“, the “abnormal”, the “deviant”.
Further, these “Others” have been subject to labeling and social control based on the intersection of race, class, gender and other differences. The “matrix of domination” shapes access to systems of social control as well as to social opportunity. And, while there are “deviants” of all classes, all races, all genders and ages, the models under which they are controlled reflect their relative social status. The informal markers and sometime associated stigmas of race, class and gender often provide the foundation for escalations in social control, leading to medicalization of the “redeemable” white middle and upper classes and criminalization for the poor and communities of color.
Indeed, the medical model and criminal justice have operated as parallel systems for comparable deviations but disparate deviants from the outset. The medical model was always a therapeutic alternative for whites, women and the well-to do, while crime has long “been imputed to color”. Analysts have argued that the very foundations of criminal justice are rooted in racism and classism, that in fact our notions of crime and criminal justice have essentially served the primary function of social control of persons of color and the poor. While these disparities are long standing, in recent years, two key trajectories have magnified the disparities in these systems of control – the inter-connected rise of both the medicalization of deviance and the prison industrial complex.
Medicalization versus Prisonization
Once laden with stigma and images of the publicly funded insane asylum, the treatment of mental illness is now a multi-billion dollar industry, privatized and driven by the wide-spread use of pharmaceuticals to treat nearly every major affliction. Let’s just call it the Medical Industrial Complex. The medical model is based in an understanding of deviance as individual “sickness”, i.e. psychological or physical “abnormalities create a deviant condition. The medical model largely denies social and structural factors and focuses attention instead on treatment of the mind and body of the “deviant”. Hence the long list of Mental Disorders outlined in the American Psychiatric Associations'(APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) lists symptoms devoid of social context.
While psychiatric labels carry their own disadvantages, they certainly are most often preferable to the sanctions laid out by the criminal justice system. The medical model offers the deviant the shelter of the “sick role” and an exception from certain responsibilities, save compliance with treatment. Increasingly in an era of mass advertizing for pharmaceuticals, potential patients are encouraged to self-diagnosis and then “ask their doctor” for the meds they need to wake up, fall asleep, cheer up, get it up, leave the house, do their homework and so on.
Access to this model requires insurance or sufficient wealth to accommodate psychiatrists, $50,000 stays at private treatment facilities, and psychotropic medications. The expansion of the model was initially sparked by the privatization of the addiction treatment industry for Substance Use Disorders, and now extends far beyond.
One of the major growth sectors of psychiatry is the diagnosis and treatment of Disorders of Infancy, Childhood and Adolescence (DICA), particularly the Disruptive Behavior Disorders of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder. These diagnoses are widely used in the context of K-12 and beyond:
In 2003, six million American schoolchildren—about 15 percent—took methlphenidate (Ritalin) alone. Methylphenidate has replaced Prozac as the drug defining an entire cohort, with authors beginning to speak of a “Ritalin nation,” a “generation Ritalin,” and the like.
Students themselves actively seek the ADHD diagnosis. The pills have many uses related to the spectacularized culture of testing, overwork, stress, and body-consciousness—they aid in concentration, provide wakefulness, suppress appetite, assuage certain emotions, and improve athletic performance. They can be crushed and snorted or smoked recreationally in ways similar to methamphetamines. The diagnosis itself directly addresses high-stakes testing: medicated or not, ADD and ADHD-diagnosed students can request additional time in many testing circumstances.
Many more students than diagnosed use the medication: There is an active black market in Ritalin in every educational environment from primary school through graduate degrees. Students pay up to $10 a dose for “vitamin R.”
These psychiatric labels perfectly overlap with potential educational and legal labels, and thus offer an alternative mechanism for parents, school officials and law enforcement to deal with disciplinary infractions and drug use by both adults and juveniles.(See Figure 2) Indeed, research indicates that class, insurance coverage, and race are key indicators of who receives treatment. These factors play a significant role in the labeling of youth in particular; study after study shows racial disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of ADHD as well as other Disruptive Behavior Disorders, with the indication that teachers were most likely to expect and define ADHD as an issue for white boys.
The expansion of the medical model creates new opportunities for the diversion of white and middle-class children and adults from the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Their substance use, their disruptive behavior, their deviance may now be defined as an addiction and a disease, not as a disciplinary infraction or a crime. White deviance is mitigated as “disease”. And as a bonus, the medical industrial complex makes billions pushing prescription drugs to children and their parents and offering them expensive treatment once they are addicted to the same.
From Nancy A. Heitzeg, “Race, Class and Legal Risk in the United States: Youth of Color and Colluding Systems of Social Control”Forum on Public Policy, Oxford University Press, Winter 2009.
The existence of a therapeutic medical alternative also makes the rise of the punitive state of juvenile and adult criminal justice possible. It allows for the harsh mandatory prison terms associated with the War on Drugs aka The New Jim Crow — there is now a safety value for diverting the white, the well- to -do, the celebrity into treatment. It allows for the increasing punitive penalties associated with both educational systems and juvenile justice; it makes the school to prison pipeline possible with little fear of ensnaring white middle class youth. It allows for the mass incarceration of millions of people of color without the concomitant risk of targeting privileged race and class groups. The rise of the medical model creates the context for the escalating risks for youth and adults of color by insuring that their white counter-parts may not be caught in the same legal net. And it allows some to say, even in the face of the horrible crimes of Aurora and elsewhere, that a white mass murder’s actions must be mitigated – not only by the individualistic perks of white privilege – by appeals to mental illness and diminished responsibility.
Shaking Off the White Racial Frame
Back to where we started — James Holmes and Trayvon Martin. I hope the absurdity is clear but let me say it plain. What kind of racialized double-standards allow a young white male to purchase thousands of dollars of assault weapons, tactical gear, ammunition and explosive materials unchecked, unnoticed while a young black male is targeted for Walking While Black?? What sort of white denial seeks an immediate medical mitigation for a shooter who kills 12 and wounds 70 while idling avoiding the victimization of a young man executed by a vigilante? Or worse yet, denying it all together by entertaining the notion that it was somehow deserved because he was a “gangster” or :::shudder::: wearing a hoodie??
Of course James Holmes and Trayvon Martin are but two cases, but they illustrate the general trend. People of color are disproportionately – no overwhelming criminalized via informal media-driven stigma and stereotypes, by racial profiling, by a white racial frame that assumes guilt and demands suspension/expulsion, imprisonment, execution. Conversely their white counter-parts, who use drugs — legal and otherwise – at a comparable rate, commit white on white violence/white on black violence, organized sexual assaults and in fact, the vast majority of all crime, are exceptionalized, individualized, and, dare i say it ?? at least partially excused by appeals to the medical model. So much for “the safety and security” crowd and their concern for “crime”.
In America, folks often ask, “what the hell is wrong with black people?” In the aftermath of the Colorado Movie Massacre, Columbine, and many other incidents, we need to ask, “what the hell is wrong with young white men?
Sadly, that question will not be asked on a national stage. White privilege is blinding. In the case of James Holmes, it also mutes a much needed national conversation about the ties between (white) masculinity and violence.
Let me be clear. I am not calling for increased criminalization of white people. CI stands for Abolition, and calls for transformative justice as an alternative to mass incarceration. Nor am I suggesting that the psychiatry does not have a place — just that the current over-diagnosis driven pharmacological soup does not. Our current systems of social control have failed to make us safer or saner and in fact, both the medical industrial complex and the prison industrial complex are just soaking our fears and insecurities, appealing to/upholding white privilege for massive profit. That is what they are intended to do — dope us up, lock us up, divide up us, cha-ching!!
White privilege has its’ costs as well as benefits, and the racism that under-pins it, is taking a toll. We are looking for trouble in all the wrong places, relying on racialized profit-driven systems to regulate “deviants” within a white male racial frame. The notion that we can identify “deviants” by their race, their class their attire, the notion that we can police or pill-pop our way to safety and security without any analysis of the social structural factors that may correlate with “deviance”, now that is the real insanity.
Years ago, before pseudo-suave serial killer Ted Bundy was to be executed, he was granted a last TV interview (Yes let’s talk about white male privilege) where he blamed his rape/murder sprees on alcohol and hard core pornography. A medicalized mitigation, “addictions”, he called them. The next day in various classes — didn’t matter which classes – students could not stop talking about it. The conversation always went like this – lots of questions about his mental health, discussions about the links between pornography and sexual violence, the role of alcohol and inhibition, lots of anger, but even more confusion. And the last comment — barely audible, indeed a whisper – was always this:
“But he seemed so normal.”
Exactly. And that is the entire point..
Shake off the racial fog — it’s costing us, killing us all.


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To grow your own vs. store bought – is it really being frugal? Is it cheaper to purchase from the grocery store? You might just be pleasantly surprised.
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This was the topic of the last Farm Women Exchange program. Kathleen gave us tips on how to start our seeds (see her tip below!). My portion of the program was discussing the cost savings to growing your own vegetables. Since there are quite a few who don’t have large gardens, and are limited to growing plants in pots, I decided to use tomatoes as my subject. Even I was surprised to see just how much you can save.
When doing my calculations to determine if you Grow Your Own vs. Store Bought works, I started with tomatoes. Tomatoes purchased in a grocery store right now are around $.65 / lb. It took 1.25 tomatoes to make up that pound. So:
$.65/lb. = 1.25 tomatoes
The cost of a package of tomato seeds is roughly $2.00. In each package, you get approximately 20 seeds. That brings your cost per seed to $.10
2.00/20 = $.10
Let’s just say you plant all twenty seeds, and all of them grow and produce. With any producing tomato plant, you can be guaranteed (just about) with no less than 10 tomatoes, but for our project, we are going to say that each one produced 10 tomatoes.
20 x 10 = 200
If you figure that each plant cost you $.10 to grow, and you ended up with 10 tomatoes, then each tomato cost you $.01. If you also figure in the cost of water and fertilizer, you could add that in and determine that each tomato cost you roughly $.05 each. After the dust settles, and you add all your costs per tomato together:
$.05 x 200 = $10.00
Now, let’s go back to the grocery store. You want to purchase the same amount of tomatoes that you could have grown:
$.65/lb. for 200 tomatoes = $104.00
$104.00 – 10.00 = $94.00
In some cases, you can get your seeds a little cheaper – the Dollar Store often offers their seeds for $1.00 per package, and sometimes 2 for $1.00. Mary’s Heirloom Seeds offers $.99 seeds, and even though you have to order 10 packages to get that price, it is still better than $2 + per seed pack.
To me, no matter how you slice that tomato, you have saved a considerable amount of money. Another point for the ‘grow your own vs. store bought’ idea!
If you use compost instead of fertilizer, you’ve saved a bit more. If you have plenty of rain, you save even more with less watering. Considering that most healthy tomato plants produce way more than 10 tomatoes, in reality, you are saving probably every bit of that $104.00 and even more, but you also will have a much tastier tomato.
The idea of having even the 200 tomatoes sitting in your kitchen might be a bit overwhelming. If you learn to can, you can turn those beautiful, juicy red orbs into other tomato based creations. Try making spaghetti sauce and salsa, and tuck them on a shelf to use throughout the year. The last time I checked, an 8 ounce bottle of salsa was around $4.00.
With the cost savings of canning your own, you can have plenty of salsa for a year at half or less than the cost of a store-brand. If you grow your own jalapenos, bell peppers, onions and garlic, your savings are even greater.
As for the cost of canning jars, each jar purchased new will cost you around $.75 each. If you shop at garage sales, you can get them for around $.10 each. If you ask around, most people will gladly give you the ones they have sitting in their cabinets.
This means not only are they free, but they can be used again and again. You do have to purchase the flats and rings, but they usually cost around $.16 for both. If you have plenty of rings, a box of 12 flats only costs around $1.00. Even with that added expense, you are still saving a lot of money.
And the Winner Is….
I don’t know about you, but after looking at the numbers, I am even more delighted that we grow our own vegetables. In our cellar right now, we still have about 12 jars of Creole Sauce, which is a cross between salsa and seasoned tomato sauce. We use that in just about everything – from as a dip for chips, to adding to meatloaf and as a topping for an omelet. It seems that to grow your own vs. store bought actually makes the grade!
If you don’t grow your own vegetables, now might be the time to start. You don’t have to plow up your entire yard – just tuck in a few tomato and pepper plants in a sunny flowerbed, or start a collection of fun pots to put on your patio. Try companion planting to increase your yield.
Plant Basil and Oregano around those tomatoes, and you have a great start on making and canning your own spaghetti sauce. Then, when you sit down at the table in the middle of December with a plate full of spaghetti, you will love it twice as much because you not only made it, but you also grew most of the ingredients and canned it yourself. Talk about Victory!
Here’s a Seed Growing Tip!
For the last Farm Women Exchange meeting, Kathleen did a talk and demonstration on starting from seed. She had some really great ideas as far as starting containers. My favorite is using the clear plastic container strawberries and other berries come in. These have holes already in them, and a lid to close to retain moisture.
Add a layer of gravel, a layer of soil and plant your seeds, Water lightly and close the lid. This system creates a terrarium-like effect for your seeds to germinate in. I love that idea!

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The last guest for the month of June on Names: A New Perspective is Steve Parker, author of two cracking Warhammer 40,000 short stories about a Deathwatch Kill-Team and their follow-up full length adventure in Deathwatch, recently released. I’ve read both the short stories, which are quite good, but have yet to read the novel. I’ve cut back quite a bit on my Black Library reading of late to make room for books from other publishers, and so I’m behind on that front, regrettably. If the short stories are anything to go by though, I’m sure I’ll like Deathwatch. It has generated a fair amount of positive buzz, and that’s always exciting. While I figure out when to read the book, here’s what Steve has to say on the topic of names.


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Connecting developmental and process physiology to improve yield with a film antitranspirant.
Discussion of hypothesis that reduced photosynthesis may be less important for wheat yield than conserving water in the plant at one especially sensitive stage.
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Research on film antitranspirants has focused on process physiology and has shown that these materials reduce both transpiration and photosynthesis. It was concluded that crop yield would be reduced by antitranspirant application. Separate research into developmental physiology has, however, shown one specific stage is especially sensitive to water stress in wheat. Connecting these facts enables a hypothesis to be proposed that reduced photosynthesis may be less important for yield than conserving water in the plant at the most sensitive stage. A spray of a film antitranspirant at the booting stage has increased yield of droughted wheat by 42% consistent with this hypothesis.
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after Theodor Storm
This room the whole night
and baby Hobbin unhappy awake,
his mother's dress a drape
clung to, black and blown over
his midnight eyes. The close length
gathers and slips
off the high bed, down the far floor...
Stars above! His harried mother
holds Hobbin, his gown a bell lamp,
his lovely white face
a misery. Or she pushes him
in his pretty pram to and fro,
those shocked dolls
stiff on the pillow.
O Hobbin, sleep, sleep,
her long hands a quiet book
to show you how, apart
from all the clouds racing,
the moon stays still in the fading sky.
The whales and fishes were left,
and fine, tasting the trees,
threading through high windows
over tables and beds. Except
they were chased and eaten,
they lived on, chasing and eating.
Other vultures than the pair, glossy
from the last gulls, paced
and screamed on the bulkheads,
and fell away, but more than two
sparrows splintered inside
and shot the dark length.
Clouds for light
as the water closed.
A box of glazed paper was fitted
for me in the highest hold, where the snakes
piled and pulsed, where the wildest birds were shelved.
Ground glass my sand and swallow.
Spiders, uncounted and everyplace, watched, chased,
and wrung in string whole species of unparceled insects.
Halcyon dove alight
over the deepened shores,
the seaming rivers,
my fellow, mate became.
Later, with Rome begun
and again unforgiven,
the sky open clear to the planets,
night after night disappeared.


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After last year’s highly successful weekend Priories Historical Society are happy to announce that this year’s event in Worksop will take place at the Priory. There will be an exhibition of local finds and displays on our vast wealth of local history including the Romans and RAF Worksop. There will also be a limited place tour of the Priory Gatehouse
The Priory will be putting on teas, coffees and lunches.
The event is between Friday 20th and Sunday 22nd July and entrance is free.