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Liska, William A. & Perlotto, Kim L. The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War. McFarland. (2023). 290 pp., maps, illustrations. ISBN: 978-1-4766-9041-4 $45.00 (Paperback).
The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War is the first unit history EVER written about the 8th Connecticut, a regiment which saw much action across four years of service, including with the 18th and 24th Corps at the Siege of Petersburg. Authors Bill Liska and Kim Perlotto utilized numerous primary sources collected over thirty years to tell the tale of the 8th Connecticut in a traditional military history. The book features numerous first-person accounts weaved into an exciting narrative, fine maps, and plentiful appendices. It does justice to the men of this long-serving Union regiment who saw duty all along the Eastern seaboard in four different Union Army Corps.
Authors William A. Liska and Kim L. Perlotto have been studying the 8th Connecticut for decades, collecting first person accounts from the regiment throughout that time. In addition, they are part of a reenactment organization which portrays the Eighth Connecticut Volunteers, Co. A. Both authors reside in Connecticut. Liska is a retired attorney and Perlotto is a retired computer scientist. This appears to be their first published book.
Publisher McFarland, located in Jefferson, North Carolina, has a long history of producing Civil War books, especially unit histories. McFarland books tend to be a bit more expensive than most non-academic presses, but this is due to their business model: “From the beginning, McFarland has been a library-oriented publisher, producing comprehensive reference works and scholarly monographs on a variety of subjects.” Despite the heftier price, most of the Civil War books I’ve read from this publisher have been very well done and often cover obscure topics which might otherwise never see the light of day. In addition, the prices for McFarland Civil War books only increase on the used book market.
The 8th Connecticut certainly had an interesting term of service, and it was a LONG one, lasting over four years from muster in to muster out. They belonged to no less than four Union Army Corps (9th, 7th, 18th, 24th) over their lengthy service. Organized and mustered in during late September to October 1861, the 8th Connecticut was earmarked for Burnside’s coastal North Carolina expedition of 1862. They were in reserve at Roanoke Island and saw action at New Bern and during the Siege of Fort Macon. They, with other regiments of the expedition, formed the core of Burnside’s new Ninth Corps and headed north, narrowly missing Second Bull Run before participating in the Maryland Campaign of 1862. The 8th Connecticut fought at South Mountain and at Antietam, the latter day being their worst experience of the entire war. There they lost nearly half of the 400 officers and men carried into action. The regiment, perhaps as karmic grace, narrowly missed the worst of the action at Fredericksburg.
In early 1863, after Burnside’s abortive “Mud March,” the 8th Connecticut was pulled from the Ninth Corps and sent to southeastern Virginia for service with the Seventh Corps. They spent most of that year in the vicinity of Suffolk and Portsmouth near the Great Dismal Swamp. This year of garrisoning defensive posts was punctuated with two more exciting events, the Siege of Suffolk in April-May 1863 and their participation in the Blackberry Raid of June 1863, meant to prevent Richmond from reinforcing Lee at Gettysburg.
In 1864 the 8th Connecticut was again transferred, this time from the Seventh Corps to the Eighteenth Corps, Army of the James. As part of the latter organization, they participated in Butler’s Bermuda Hundred Campaign, seeing action at Second Port Walthall Junction, Swift Creek, and Drewry’s Bluff. Drewry’s Bluff was potentially the one stain on their proud record, but the authors provide information as to why the criticism was unfounded. The 18th Corps (with the 8th Connecticut in tow) were then sent to fight in the Battle of Cold Harbor, where they were involved in combat on June 1, 1864. After Cold Harbor the 8th Connecticut was shipped by riverine transport back to Bermuda Hundred.
From there they advanced against Petersburg on June 15, 1864, the first day of the Second Battle of Petersburg. With the rest of 18th Corps, the Connecticut men took portions of the Dimmock Line late that evening. After the failure to capture Petersburg from June 15-18, 1864, both armies settled into a siege. The 8th Connecticut spent good portions of the early months of the Siege of Petersburg near the far right of the Union lines. They faced Petersburg with the Appomattox River guarding their right flank. They were near or involved in the June 24, 1864 Action at Hare’s Hill, though the book only covers this obliquely in a reference from a letter. Here too they were severely bombarded by Confederate batteries on the opposite side of the Appomattox river on June 30, 1864, though they suffered few casualties. The 8th had a splendid view of the Battle of the Crater, which had less than splendid results for the Union. The last major battle in which the 8th Connecticut participated occurred during the Fifth Offensive. The 18th Corps assaulted Fort Harrison on September 29, 1864 and defended it against Confederate counterattacks the following day. After being detached serve as Headquarters Guard of the 18th Corps, the regiment witnessed the Second Battle of Fair Oaks on October 27, 1864. They spent the rest of the Siege north of the James facing Richmond, the latter portions as a member of the newly formed 25th Corps. The 8th was one of the units which entered the Confederate capital in early April 1865 and garrisoned the city in the following months. They were finally mustered out on December 12, 1865, much later than most volunteer regiments, after over four years of service.
The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War is an important new book for several reasons. It is the first regimental history ever published on the Eighth Connecticut. The book also covers an Army of the James regiment. The stories and experiences of the Army of the James at Petersburg tend to get overshadowed by those from Army of the Potomac. The authors spent decades collecting primary source material on the 8th Connecticut from libraries, archives, and private owners. They decided to write a traditional unit history, focusing mostly on where the regiment went and the battles in which it participated. Liska and Perlotto did a fine job in the execution, though the Siege of Petersburg section felt a little disjointed with some gaps in the coverage. This is almost certainly due to the waning number of good writers as casualties and sickness took their toll, an issue which often occurs in unit histories for units fighting late in the war. The somewhat disjointed Petersburg coverage may also be due to the relative inactivity of the regiments north of the James River for lengthy periods of time, especially after the Fifth Offensive ended in mid-October 1864. Despite this minor issue, the authors have a fine grasp of general Civil War knowledge as well as the more detailed knowledge of some rather obscure campaigns in which the 8th Connecticut fought.
Liska and Perlotto utilized the voices of 8th Connecticut men early and often in this traditional military history. To make this work, they needed to do a LOT of research tracking down primary accounts. And did they ever! Sergeant Seth Plumb and Captain Charles M. Coit, who led the regiment for lengthy periods during the Siege of Petersburg, are two of the men who particularly stand out for their descriptions and the amount of surviving material. The authors managed to find no less than twenty-one primary sources scattered in archives, libraries, and private hands. These men are allowed to tell the story of their regiment long after death. Liska and Perlotto are to be credited for the way they weave the story together and the amount and quality of the material they chose to include. I wish they would have included even more from Captain Coit for my own selfish reasons!
Maps in regimental histories are often hit or miss. Many utilize generic public domain maps with no indication of where the regiment in question was located. Thankfully The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War is NOT such a book. The authors have included many excellent maps, both at a regional level and at the more granular tactical level. Multiple maps are included for several key battles in which the 8th Connecticut fought and show different times on the same day. Antietam and Second Port Walthall Junction especially receive a lot of attention. I may have missed this, but I could not ascertain who was responsible for the maps, leading me to believe one of or both authors was/were responsible. Whoever did the maps, credit goes to the authors and McFarland for recognizing their importance and making sure they were included in such numbers and detail. These maps greatly increased this reviewer’s understanding of the more obscure campaigns of the 8th Connecticut.
The appendices also stand out and deserve recognition. Appendix A is a standard record of service, showing battles, key dates, and organizational structure. The authors utilized Dyer’s Compendium and the Official Records for much of this material. Appendix B is my favorite portion of the appendices, giving sometimes detailed biographies of key players in the 8th Connecticut, including many of the men whose voices come through in the narrative. Images of many of these men were included, often from private collections. These add to the quality of the biographies. Appendix C looks at the flags of the 8th Connecticut used during the war, including images of those still extant. Appendix D covers the arms and equipment used in the war by the regiment. Their flank companies were armed with Sharps Breech-loaders from the start, and they often were utilized as skirmishers as a result. Appendix E is a nice advertisement for the modern reenacting group to which the authors belong. Members of the organization provided key support for the authors while they wrote this book. Appendix F is a rare one for this reviewer. It covers a bibliography of sources used to create the excellent maps in this book. Other than potentially missing an opportunity to consult Richard Sommers’ masterful book on the Fifth Offensive at Petersburg or Will Greene’s first book in a Siege of Petersburg trilogy for Second Petersburg, the authors seem to have looked over a wide variety of sources to create these maps. The time spent researching shows in the quality of the end result.
The Eighth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War would be important solely as the first book to cover the 8th Connecticut, but it is so much more. The authors, long-time researchers and reenactors of the unit, have spent three decades compiling the material for this book. The men of the 8th Connecticut are allowed to tell their own tale. It is almost as if they themselves put out their own regimental history in the late 19th Century, a result the authors consciously set out to achieve. Readers interested in the war in the Eastern Theater, especially Antietam, the lesser-known seacoast operations, Bermuda Hundred, and the Siege of Petersburg will want to own this book. Those interested in Connecticut and her participation in the war will also find it useful and informative. Collectors of unit histories will find the book particularly well done, especially the maps. This first ever unit history of the 8th Connecticut is highly recommended, and its Petersburg section is useful to students of the campaign.
Reviewer’s Note: A review copy of this book was sent for the purposes of this review.

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OCALA -- Music blared from several car stereos last week as students shuffled into the parking lot outside Ocala Vanguard High School
Among the various songs playing was "Touch the Sky," a title by Grammy Award-winning rapper Kanye West.
Throughout the track, West talks about stepping over obstacles and doubters to reach his goals. Near the end of the song there's a line in which he professes, "It's good to be home" over an echoing beat.
In just seven seasons, Ocala-native-turned-UCF-legend Daunte Culpepper has already been to the horizon and back in his NFL career.
He's gone from the fourth quarterback taken in the 1999 NFL Draft -- often called the best quarterback class since the Dan Marino-led group of 1983 -- to becoming the toast of the NFL after guiding his team to the NFC Championship game in his first year as starter in 2000 and posting a near-MVP year in 2004.
The journey was set on the same grounds that today's Ocala teens plod, as a guy with the humblest of beginnings, and determination.
And in a league of retiring and sometimes arrogant stars, Culpepper's impeccable character and spotless image was what the NFL needed at the time as it searched for a young generation to lead it into a new era.
It all changed in 2005 following a tumultuous season that featured a catastrophic, season-ending knee injury and being charged with several misdemeanors in connection with the infamous Lake Minnetonka "love boat" incident as a member of the Minnesota Vikings.
Though his reputation was battered and bruised by it all, some of those in Ocala who knew Culpepper when it all started maintain that the 29-year-old is not defeated as he returns home to Florida this week following a trade to the Miami Dolphins.
Jim Haley could still trace what he calls "the beginning" of Culpepper's legend as he stood in the shadowy gym at Vanguard High this past week. He's been coaching at Vanguard for 33 years, but he recalls the details of those days as easily as his most recent game.
The year was 1993 and Culpepper was just a sophomore playing his second year of varsity basketball. Though he'd be a star quarterback at UCF just a few years later, it was basketball, not football, where he first developed the competitive spirit that former Vikings coach Dennis Green once told Sports Illustrated that he initially "fell in love with."
Vanguard, the school in the heart of Ocala, was in the quarterfinals of its annual Kingdom of the Sun Tournament. And Culpepper, who'd just topped six feet and 200 pounds, was already thrusting himself at pressure.
"He shot it from right there," Haley said pointing at where Culpepper hit a game-winning shot nearly 15 years before. "He the got ball at the top of the key, dribbled to the right baseline and with three players hanging on him, hit the jump shot -- nothing but net.
"We won by a point. The whole stands just came out and jumped on him. It was a special moment to watch."
Among the eyes watching was then-Florida State coach Pat Kennedy who came up to Haley afterward and said: "If Bobby Bowden takes him, I want him."
Though the latter didn't happen, it was the kind of thing Haley heard a lot in the years that followed. It also makes him certain that Culpepper's return home to Florida and the Dolphins will be fruitful.
"He comes through Ocala quite a bit in the offseason," Haley said. "I think playing here and living here for most of his life and being at UCF, that Florida is sort of home to him. And I think this move from Minneapolis to Miami is important to him, his friends, his family, everybody that's here.
"And best of all, I think it's a great fit for him."
In his comments to media following Culpepper's introduction, Dolphins' Coach Nick Saban was also leaning on Culpepper's kinship with Florida.
"He wanted to be here, he wanted to come back to the state of Florida," Saban said. "He has tremendous pride in that. It was kind of his dream to be able to come back in this state and play and maybe develop a legacy here."
Haley first met Culpepper when he was just an awkward but athletically gifted third-grader at Madison Elementary School.
"I got a call from the PE teacher there," Haley said. "A guy by the name of Mr. Dick Porter. He called me, and said I just had to see this third-grader play basketball."
Haley did, and what he saw amazed him.
"He was one of the best third-graders I'd seen play basketball."
Culpepper started coming to Vanguard to watch the team practice. What started as a few practices quickly became a regular affair, and when the team started traveling that season, Culpepper was there, too, tugging a sleeping bag so he could spend the night.
From that point, the two began to build a relationship that continues today.
And when the trade rumors first started a few weeks ago, one of Culpepper's first calls was to Haley.
Haley said he didn't know enough specifics to comment on Culpepper's alleged off-the-field incident last season, but said people shouldn't be quick to pass judgment on him.
"I have all the confidence in Daunte," Haley said. "But I'll tell you like I've told other people who've asked me about that. All of us have been at the wrong place at the wrong time."
A three-sport star while at Vanguard, Culpepper left the school as its fifth all-time leading scorer and third all-time leading rebounder. He moved from the basketball court to the baseball diamond before eventually taking up and experiencing his most success in football, winning Mr. Football Honors in 1995.
By the time Culpepper got to Vanguard football coach Phil Yancey his sophomore season, Yancey could tell he had something special on his hands.
Yancey started hearing about Culpepper in middle school. As a freshman, Yancey immediately promoted him to starting quarterback of the junior varsity team to speed up his progress.
"Even as a ninth-grader he had a little size to him," said Yancey. "He hadn't bulked up, but I knew he'd be a specimen. He just really threw the ball hard for a kid that age."
By the time he was a senior he was getting press. And though Vanguard lost the state title game by a field goal that year to Bradenton Southeast, Yancey had no doubts Culpepper would one day play in the NFL.
"He's a tremendous competitor," said Yancey, a longtime Dolphins' fan. "It doesn't matter whether you're lifting weights or whatever. He wants to win, and he'll work very hard to win."
His athletic prowess aside, life wasn't always that easy for Culpepper.
As reported in several publications, when Culpepper's biological mother, Barbara Henderson, got pregnant with him, she was in jail serving time for armed robbery.
Unsure she could handle the rigors and responsibility of a new child or of who the father was, Henderson leaned on a 50-year-old woman working in the same prison.
The woman, Emma Culpepper, had cared for as many as 11 children, including three more she had adopted. Accepting Daunte in the same manner is something that came naturally to her, Culpepper told the St. Paul Pioneer Press in a 2000 story.
He said "Miss Emma" gave him the "tough love" and discipline he needed. And when Florida, Florida State and Miami were scared off by low grades and qualifying scores, it was she who helped him get on track and eventually to UCF.
And it's probably why Culpepper still has such a kinship with Ocala. He not only built Emma Culpepper a new home nearby, but also has his own home in Orlando so he can visit old friends.
He still holds summer camps for Ocala's kids and has organized several charity celebrity basketball games, Haley said.
And when he first started flirting with the idea of coming to Miami, Culpepper chose the Orlando area to begin rehab on his knee. All signs, Yancey said, that Florida is the place for him.
"I think it means a lot to the kids to have something like that," Yancey said. "Going on to great things from Ocala can and does happen. They can look at him and see they have an opportunity."
Just like Culpepper sees an opportunity in Miami.

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By Carolyn B. Heller
A winter escape to Arizona isn’t just about sun, supper, and sharpening your golf swing. In and around Phoenix, it can also mean trying your hand at a variety of art activities. Here are five ways to experience art hands-on in the Phoenix area this winter:
Just because you’re on holiday doesn’t mean you can’t learn something. If you’d like to hone your photography skills, make pottery, fashion glass beads with a blowtorch, or take up a variety of other art activities, check out the classes at the thoroughly modern Mesa Art Center.
Workshops here are designed for both visitors and local residents, ranging from a three-hour class to multi-session programs. Have a look at the Art Center’s performance calendar, too, which is packed with concerts, plays, lectures, and other events.
Phoenix’s Musical Instrument Museum is the world’s first museum to showcase instruments from more than 200 countries. As you wander the galleries, listen on your wireless headset to the boom of Zambian drums, the delicate string notes of a North Korean sohaegum (lute), or the piano that John Lennon used to compose his classic “Imagine.”
On select weekend afternoons, you can take your first step toward becoming a rock star, when you learn to play some guitar chords during the “instrument spotlight” workshops (free with museum admission). This winter’s special exhibition is worth seeing, too: Women Who Rock is on view through April 20, 2014.
Tip: If you’re working up an appetite after these artistic endeavors, head for the Barrio Café on Phoenix’s Calle 16. Not only does Chef Silvana Salcido Esparza cook up some of the best Mexican food in town, but you can check also out the vibrantly coloured murals in the lane out back (such as the one at the bottom of this article).
This winter, the Desert Botanical Garden is hosting a special exhibition featuring the works of acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly. FromNovember 10, 2013 through May 18, 2014, Chihuly’s fanciful glass works will be installed along the Garden’s trails. Want to get up close and personal with these wildly creative sculptures? The Garden has organized a number of special programs in conjunction with the Chihuly exhibition, including several hands-on photography workshops.
Are you more interested in the art of food? Learn about making olive oil with an “Olive Oil 101 class” at the Queen Creek Olive Mill. Canadian-born owner Perry Rea and his family produce Arizona’s only extra virgin olive oil, with flavors ranging from rosemary to Mexican lime to chocolate. These 30-minute classes include olive oil tastings, but if you’re still hungry, the mill café serves fluffy — and delicious — olive oil waffles.
To see what’s new in the Phoenix art scene, wander downtown for Phoenix First Fridays. On the first Friday of every month from 6 to 10 pm, dozens of galleries, studios, and art shops open their doors for an evening of art exploration. You can chat with the artists, do some shopping, and soak in the lively party vibe.
Tip: During First Fridays, check out the Phoenix Art Museum, too. Among the more than 17,000 works, you’ll find everything from Western American art to European classics to contemporary creations like Blob, a weird green video installation by Tony Oursler. Museum admission during First Fridays is free.

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Established in 2014, the forum on Global Hispanophone Studies provides a space for scholars to advance knowledge about the simultaneous global patterns that have historically and culturally shaped Spanish-speaking countries beyond Latin America and Spain, despite their distant and apparently disconnected geographical locations. These patterns include movements of peoples and ideas: among them are the networks interconnecting the Americas with Africa and the Philippines during Iberian colonial hegemony, and the interplay of both the Atlantic and the Pacific trade routes; territorial exchanges between colonial powers; the impact of Latin American emancipation on the rest of the Spanish-speaking world; and current migration patterns from the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa into Spain and beyond. Also of interest are Spain’s 1898 colonial re-redesign, and the dialogues arising from the relocation of intellectuals from all colonial territories to the metropolis, before and after independence. Other areas of study that this forum would foster are comparative approaches of the increasing presence of the U.S. in the imaginaries of global Hispanophone countries, and—equally—the cultural impact of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S.. Moreover, this forum would provide a space for scholars studying the overarching discourses that challenge structures of power based on categories such as race, ethnicity, language, religion, gender, and tradition, across the literary and cultural productions of the Hispanic world.
2018 Global Hispanophone Panels
31 March 2017 at 1:07 pm #1013959
Panel I. Documenting the Geography of the Global Hispanophone, Forum of the Global Hispanophone
The archive provides us with multiple layouts of possible Global Hispanophone geographies. This panel aims to explore how these unstable networks challenge or expand current notions of Hispanophone literature beyond the traditional Atlantic Studies. What are the key documents on which such geographies are articulated? What are the centers of these networks and how can we account for their relation to each other rather than only accounting for their relation to the Iberian metropolis? What are the factors that triggered change within these unstable networks? This panel seeks proposals exploring efforts to reconfigure North/South geographical discourses in an attempt to establish South/South alliances. We are also interested in colonial conflations of East/West geographies and efforts to subvert this homogenizing discourse.
- “Inventing the Spanish Empire in the Pacific: Jesuit Writings on the Edges of the Spanish Empire (1581-1667)” by Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez (University of Iowa)
- “Milton and Shakespeare in Hispanophone Mexico and Latin America”, by Angélica Durán (Purdue University)
- “Rethinking Intercoloniality: Philippine Literature in Spanish Across the Pacific”, by Paula Park (Wesleyan University)
- “Dispossessions: Warscape, Migrant Text, and the Limits of the Archive. Gorica Majstorovic (Stockton University)
“Inventing the Spanish Empire in the Pacific: Jesuit Writings on the Edges of the Spanish Empire (1581-1667)” by Ana M. Rodríguez-Rodríguez (University of Iowa)
Re-conceptualizing the connections that were created among the variety of territories where the Spanish monarchy implemented its political, economic and cultural policies demands new analyses of the colonial experience in the Philippines. The archipelago was the final destination for many colonial agents who, starting their journey in Madrid or Mexico, ended up living (and writing) in the Pacific islands. Jesuit missionaries had a pivotal role in the textual production of the Pacific colonies. For a long time, they were the main producers of the discourse that contained and invented the Philippines for consumption in the archipelago itself, in the American colonies, and in the metropolis. The Jesuits arrived in the Philippines in 1581 and soon it became obvious to the Spanish authorities that their hegemony in the islands depended on the authority and prestige of this order, whose members normally came from the Iberian Peninsula via New Spain. They were in control of most of the land, outnumbered the rest of the Spanish colonizers, and learned the native languages, which gave them the control of communication with indigenous peoples. Francisco Colín, Pedro Chirino, Alonso Sánchez, and Francisco Combés are four of the Jesuits who analyzed the complex (and sometimes unexpected) encounters with a heterogeneous set of antagonists that included “sangleses”, “moros”, and “indios filipinos”. The Jesuit writings (including travel accounts, letters, and historical treatises) widen the context of these issues during the Early Modern period, offering new challenges regarding our understanding of intersectionalities between race and religion. In the Philippines, the Spanish priests operated in a colonial context whose textual construction was further complicated by the narratives of the American conquest, the so-called Reconquista, and the rivalries with the Chinese and Dutch imperial ambitions. Those encounters took place in a colonial space characterized by its eccentricity within the Spanish empire. The texts by the Jesuit colonizers reveal a unified attempt to understand and explain an unknown reality for the metropolitan audience and, at the same time, to defend the relevance of their evangelization labor in such a marginal place. Paying attention to their writings opens new paths for questioning assumptions on the Spanish imperial project from an ultra-peripheral context whose perception was always mediated by the previous colonial experiences in the Americas.
“Milton and Shakespeare in Hispanophone Mexico and Latin America”, by Angélica Durán (Purdue University)
Through a focused case study of the Biblioteca Palafoxiana (BP, est. 1656), the first public library of the Americas, Duran discusses some of the ways that Mexican readers and writers of the colonial period (1519 – 1812) inherited and transformed the second of the two foremost European literary cultures that integrated into early American culture: English culture. The holdings of the BP are especially important to the geographical circulation of European literary culture not only because Puebla was the major nodal point for European imports for distribution to the rest of Mexico and Latin America through the 19th century, but also because upon President Benito Juárez’s secularizing national policies of the mid-19th century, La Reforma, Catholic schools, universities, and libraries deposited many of their holdings to the BP. The BP holdings reflect that, in addition to their circulation in their original English, John Milton’s name and works circulated in Latin, French, and Spanish, while William Shakespeare’s circulated in German and Spanish.
Duran then shows that these examples of English literary presence corresponded with English literary influence on Mexican Hispanophone literature in the heady years between Mexican Independence (1821) and the Mexican Revolution (1910). Milton’s Paradise Lost is made more ecumenical) and dramatized in the Hispanophone play El Paraíso perdido: Drama en 4 actos arreglado por Ambrosio Nieto, sobre la inspiración del inmortal Milton [Paradise Lost: Drama in 4 Acts Arranged by Ambrosio Nieto, Upon the Inspiration of the Immortal Milton] (c.1900). The Mexican press El Universal exemplifies its high printing abilities in its publication of the Ibero-Spanish novel El viaje de Shakespeare [Shakespeare’s Journey] by Léon Daudet (Mexico, 1896). Finally, the first Hispanophone translations from Latin America of Milton’s and Shakespeare’s works emerge from Mexico. Key translational choices and their circulation in Mexico, Latin America, and Spain nuance our appreciation of the linguistic and cultural innovations in Global Hispanophone via Mexico and in relation to “English” literature.
“Rethinking Intercoloniality: Philippine Literature in Spanish Across the Pacific”, by Paula Park (Wesleyan University)
Although Hispanists have made commendable efforts to recover the importance of Hispanophone literatures in Asia and Africa, the impact of these literatures remains questionable since the usage of Spanish in these continents tends to be viewed as neocolonial, or marginalized at best. In the Philippine case, this question merits reformulation when one considers that, from 1565 to 1815, New Spain (that is, Mexico) was largely in charge of administering the colonization of the Philippines. The Philippines’ reconnection to Mexico may remind us to Lionnet and Shih’s model of “minor transnationalism”, or Mignolo’s and Dussel’s emphasis on the alliance between former colonies, a “decolonial project”, or a “transmodern” dialogue “delinked” from, or unmediated by, the former imperial center. However, in this article I argue that the Philippines and Mexico inherited a remarkably different connection: one always already disengaged from their colonizer. In fact, in the 1960s and 70s (notably during the emergence of postcolonial studies), various Mexican and Filipino scholars, such as Rafael Bernal, Agustín Yánez, and Carlos Quirino, agreed that, in hindsight, the Philippines had been “a Mexican colony.” This provocative claim renders postcolonial theory irrelevant and calls instead for a horizontalist intercolonial approach. Borrowing from Lowe, I contend that beyond the metropolitan and national center, the Philippines and Mexico share a unique intimacy that is palpable in implied but less visible forms of alliance. By recovering the historical and diplomatic links between them, I ultimately contend that Philippine literature in Spanish could gain global readership and relevance not only across the Pacific through Mexico, but by way of Mexico throughout Spanish America and to the extents of the expansive field of the Global Hispanophone.
“Dispossessions: Warscape, Migrant Text, and the Limits of the Archive”, by Gorica Majstorovic (Stockton University)
Drawing from Gianfranco Rosi (Fuocoammare), and Hakim Abderezzak (Ex-Centric Migrations), I take “Burning the Sea” as a metaphor of contact, conflict and contagion in order to interrogate multiple nodal points within the current Mediterranean poetics/ politics of confinement, repatriation, and (un)belonging. In addressing the contemporary refugee crisis, I first focus on the Balkan migrant route (Ai Weiwei and also Marko Drobnjaković’ photo essay “Na putu”/ On the Road” and news of 165 Cuban citizens currently in Serbia (via Russia) hoping to enter Spain); I subsequently refer to the ‘Warscapes’ magazine, Najat el Hachmi (Morocco-Spain) and Diana Al Azem (Siria-Spain). To make legible the forcible encounters and removals omitted in official accounts of migration, migrant literature and art require from the contemporary reader/spectator to devise other ways of reading and seeing the fragment, so that we might begin to critically interrogate not only forced mobility in the age of unlimited global economic flows but also contemporary remnants of empire, deepening inequalities and new forms of domination across the Global South. Mobility and the economy of movement, of capital and human bodies, puts into question the narratives of modern reason and progress in the western world, while relegating migrant ‘others’ to geographical and temporal spaces that are constituted as backward, uncivilized, and unenlightened. Whether one thinks of Benjamin or Agamben’s essay “We refugees” (1994), the deeply disconcerting fragments through which migrant narratives are told require new critical insight into whose lives and which objects are transformed by global economy and wars.
Panel II. Expanding Colonial Geographies, Joint panel proposal between the Forum on Colonial Latin America and the Forum on Global Hispanophone
This panel aims to re-conceptualize traditional colonial geographies in the Spanish speaking world by considering the interactions between Colonial Latin America and the Global Hispanophone (the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea and the Maghreb). This is an invitation to deconstruct the teleological narratives that often inform our conceptual mapping of the field. How did colonial commercial and knowledge networks between Latin America and the Global Hispanophone affect identitarian discourses in these regions? What theoretical approaches can most effectively address this highly diverse geographical span, without reifying the colonial drive that charted the territory in the first place?
- “Viceroyal Practice, Pacific Praxis: New Spanish Colonial Popular Culture in the Far East” by Anna M. Nogar (University of New Mexico)
- “Testimony and Imagined Space in Bernardino de Escalante’s Discurso de la navegación” by Colt Segrest (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
- “Centering Manila. Symbolic Geographies of Spanish Colonialism in Asia”, by Miguel Martínez (University of Chicago)
- “Relaciones comerciales en el Pacífico y su influencia en la conformación de identidad criolla”, by Verónica Rodríguez (Lebanon Valley College)
“Viceroyal Practice, Pacific Praxis: New Spanish Colonial Popular Culture in the Far East” by Anna M. Nogar (University of New Mexico)
Discourse on topics of “official” interest weave through the trans-pacific colonial archive connecting the Philippines to New Spain (Mexico) and then to Spain. From documents treating colonial administration, to religious hierarchies, to events and activities sponsored by authorized entities, archives can tell us a great deal about how sanctioned behaviors and events were propagated across two oceans, and the extent to which they were enacted in the Philippines. But what about practices, beliefs and devotions that fell outside the articulated jurisdictions of colonial order? How might New Spanish candidates for sainthood, for example, be promoted in the Pacific theater—or were they? Were non-dogmatic theological ideas shared with, or supported by, organizations and individuals in the Philippines? To what extent and with what kind of support? This paper is a preliminary examination of specific ideas (epistemologies, ways of relating to, or incorporating, indigenous beliefs and practices and theologies), and texts (especially those written by Mexican writers, or printed exclusively in the colonies), originating in Mexico, and that were shared along the Nao de China, the trade route between the Mexican port of Acapulco, China, and the Philippines. I am specifically interested in ideas relating to the promotion of Felipe de Jesús, Madre Mariana and the precept of the Immaculate Conception. Drawing on past collaborations with scholars of contemporary popular religiosity, and with lateral archival research methodologies, this paper hopes to uncover the how and whys of the unofficial edge of trans-pacific exchange through the ever-expanding global hispanophone geographies.
“Testimony and Imagined Space in Bernardino de Escalante’s Discurso de la navegación” by Colt Segrest (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
This paper will examine the narrative representation of imagined spaces based on eyewitness testimony in Bernardino de Escalante’s Discurso de la navegación que los Portugueses hacen a los reinos y provincias del Oriente, y de la noticia que se tiene de las grandezas del Reino de la China (Seville, 1577). Based on this testimony of Portuguese merchants and Chinese immigrants living in the Iberian peninsula, as well as the observation of material culture such as books, maps and fine objects sold in Lisbon boutiques, Bernardino de Escalante constructs imagined spaces across the Pacific world. His discourse on maritime navigation surpasses descriptions of trans-Pacific routes to include local knowledge concerning fluvial navigation in China. His descriptions of Chinese cartography and its lack of the celestial sphere also influence this imaginative task. Building on these imagined spaces, Escalante provides ethnographic descriptions of customs and religion that serve as an important precursor to Juan González de Mendoza’s Historia de las cosas más notables, ritos y costumbres del gran reyno de la China (1585), which was written based on the testimony of those returning to Mexico from China. This paper will address questions of space, empire, ethnography and evangelization in the Discurso de la navegación, as well as its textual legacy in subsequent descriptions of Pacific colonial expansion.
“Centering Manila. Symbolic Geographies of Spanish Colonialism in Asia”, by
Miguel Martínez (University of Chicago)
The Spanish settlement of Manila significantly altered the symbolic geographies of Spanish imperialism. The first printed source about the Philippines remarked, in 1566, that, “those in Mexico are truly happy with their discovery, as they find that they will now be the world’s heart [el corazón del mundo].” The Spanish colonial discourse on Southeast Asia, however, will increasingly trope Manila as the key, the knot, the ultimate hinge between east and west: rather than the remotest periphery of the empire, the city’s poets and colonial administrators situate it at the center of a new world imagined anew. By examining seventeenth-century chronicles, sermons, urban festivals, and poems this paper will argue that the dispute over these changing symbolic geographies can also illuminate our current attempts to rethink, critically, the geocultural articulation of the discipline.
“Relaciones comerciales en el Pacífico y su influencia en la conformación de identidad criolla”, by Verónica Rodríguez (Lebanon Valley College)
A partir del descubrimiento de la ruta del Galeón de Manila, el comercio transpacífico del siglo XVI y principios del siglo XVII tomó rumbos que atrajeron a los inversionistas de la Nueva España, los cuales activamente participaron en las actividades mercantiles hasta que la Corona limitó su participación. Estas restricciones de búsqueda comercial habrían de traer como consecuencia un sentimiento/ conceptualización de lo que era ser novohispano en oposición a los españoles. Un ejemplo de estos habitantes fue Rodrigo de Vivero, el cual en su Relación del Japón y Testamento deja muestra del efecto que tuvieron las relaciones comerciales y conocimientos de otras regiones en la conformación de la identidad novohispana. En este trabajo, propongo entonces analizar estos textos para mostrar dicho efecto aun en aquellos que como Vivero se caracterizaban por ser criollos leales a la Corona, revelando un vaivén que da paso a un devenir de una conciencia novohispana. Esta identidad, y discursos, según argüiré, habrían de formarse y reafirmarse a través de la actividad transoceánica, ya fuese participando o no en dichas actividades. Esto invita a reconceptualizar un mapa global en el cual la Nueva España se perciba como el centro geográfico y económico de las relaciones comerciales, lo cual habría, pues, de tener a su vez un efecto en la conceptualización de la identidad de los novohispanos.
Panel III. Border Archives.
Migration records help memorialize as well as articulate the identity of those living on both sides of the border. This panel invites contrastive analyses of State and informal migration records in the Global Hispanophone world (the Philippines, Equatorial Guinea, ant the Maghreb). How have State-run efforts to register demographic moves in these areas contributed to form expanded –or diminished— notions of citizenship? How does cultural production help reinforce or erode statistical representations of migrant communities by disputing the validity of ethnic and national identities? How do informal migration records counter official narratives?
- “An Other Spain: The Moroccan Protectorate and Spanish Migration During and After the Guerra Civil”, by Mahan L. Ellison (Bridgewater College)
- “Covert and Overt Spheres in two recent Spanish tv. Series El Príncipe and El final del Camino.”, by Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo (Oakland University) and Baltasar Fra-Molinero (Bates College).
- “‘Mule Women’: The Invisible Crossers of the Spanish-Moroccan Border”, by Raquel Vega-Durán (Claremont McKenna College)
- “Video-migrant geographies, and the last colony in the world”, by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (Hofstra University)
“An Other Spain: The Moroccan Protectorate and Spanish Migration During and After the Guerra Civil”, by Mahan L. Ellison (Bridgewater College)
Between 1935 and 1955, the Spanish expatriate population in the Moroccan Protectorate doubled from 44,379 to 90,939. Spanish expatriates accounted for almost 10% of the population of the Protectorate. In addition, another 25,000 Spanish expatriates resided in the territory under French control and over 21,000 lived in Tangier alone. These numbers were not solely administrative or military positions, but included immigrant citizens that left the Peninsula for the Protectorate for a variety of reasons. The reasons behind this migratory wave have been considered in a variety of sources, both academic and fictional. One of the most nuanced considerations comes from Concha López Sarasua’s 1990 novel La llamada del Almuédano. Her work humanizes the quotidian experience of the Spanish immigrant, creating a powerful reflection on belonging and national identity and disputing the validity of ethnic and national identities.
López Sarasua’s novel is, in many respects, a fictional reflection on Spanish political discourse about the Maghreb from the late nineteenth and early/mid-twentieth centuries. The sympathetic protagonist, doña Natalia, speaks in disarming testimonials that echo the words of Donoso Cortés, Carvajal y Hué, or Ganivet—though minus the political bombast. Both narrative strategies (the political and the fictional), however, give primacy to Spanish national identity in their conceptualization of the Maghreb and the (Spanish) immigrant experience therein. In this work, I will examine the political rhetoric about the Moroccan Protectorate and consider how this politic discourse is adapted and nuanced in fiction. Henri Lefebvre’s Spatial Triad will be a useful tool in analyzing this shift from political to fictional discourse. For example, López Sarasua’s novel provides a fictional space of quotidian practice that complements the political/colonial ambitions articulated through the representation of space and representational space. The fact that the novel is a fictional work blurs the distinctions between reified practice and representational space. My work will consider how fiction both supports and counters official, political narratives. I am submitting this abstract to be considered for the joint panel proposal between the Forum on 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> Century Spanish and Iberian Studies and the Global Hispanophone Forum titled Border Archives.
“Covert and Overt Sphetes in two recent Spanish TV series: El Príncipe and El final del Camino” by Adolfo Campoy-Cubillo (Oakland University) and Baltasar Fra Molinero (Bates College)
It does not seem far-fetched to draw a connection between the aggressive anti-immigrant policies of the Mariano Rajoy administration and the Islamophobic narrative that characterizes two recent television series in Spain, El Príncipe (2014) and El final del Camino (2017). El Príncipe has been amply criticized in the Spanish media for its stereotypical depiction of Muslims and by its exaggerated characterization of the Ceuta as one of the main sources of terrorist radicalization in Europe. El final del Camino, aired by Radio Televisión Española between January and March of 2017, depicts a series of fictional situations surrounding the building of the cathedral of Compostela in the 11<sup>th</sup> and 12<sup>th</sup> centuries based on the historical accounts of Historia compostelana, a contemporary Latin chronicle that dwells only marginally with wars between Christians and Muslims in the Iberian peninsula. The series, however, takes as its central narrative line the presence of treacherous Christian characters who have been “islamicized”/radicalized while in captivity in the Rif mountains of Morocco, the same imaginary geography of El Príncipe, and the narratives of the Spanish colonial Protectorate of Morocco.
This presentation aims to study the significance of El Principe and El final del Camino as examples of conservative postmodernism. Following Hal Foster’s definition of conservative (as opposed to post-structuralist) postmodernism as a return to pre-modern traditions that are perceived to have been “disrupted” by the modern rationalist project, we read both series as a concerted effort to critique the multicultural paradigm in favor of monolithic depictions of Iberian identity. If, as Barbara Fuchs explains, Cervantian fictions, among others, had challenged the Counter-Reformation exclusionary narrative of Spanish national identity by presenting characters in different stages of “passing,” El final del Camino deploys the contemporary trope of Islamist radicalization to reify the Counter-Reformation discourse. Similarly, if an obscure divine will is the ultimate justification for the workings of the early modern state in the Historia Compostelana and El final del Camino, El Príncipe resorts to what Timothy Melley has called the covert sphere in order to explain the contemporary security state. Like early modern accounts of divine will, the covert sphere, “a cultural imaginary shaped by both institutional secrecy and public fascination with the secret work of the state,” emphasizes the secret and ultimately undecipherable workings of the state.
“‘Mule Women’: The Invisible Crossers of the Spanish-Moroccan Border”, by
Raquel Vega-Durán (Claremont McKenna College)
In 2005, hundreds of Maghrebian and sub-Saharan immigrants made a coordinated effort to storm the fences and cross over into Ceuta and Melilla at the same time, marking a turning point in the perception of African immigration to Spain. Since then, the Spanish government has been steadily releasing information about the number of migrants illegally crossing (or attempting to cross) the fences of Ceuta and Melilla, thus creating a sense of a threatening “invasion” that has tainted many of the reports of Spanish media. Statistics on the numbers of migrants crossing the border come from different sources. Some of them are official, such as the Observatorio Permanente de la Inmigración (which is part of the Spanish Ministry of Employment and Social Security), the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the Ministry of Interior, the Guardia Civil, and the CETIs (Temporary Holding Facilities for Immigrants); other statistics come from NGOs, such as Prodein or the Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de Melilla. But there are also many people who daily cross from Morocco to Melilla and back, and yet go unrecorded. This presentation explores de visual representations of Morocco’s “mule women,” who walk to Melilla to pick up clandestine goods from Europe and Asia, and then bring them into Morocco. (For just a few dollars per trip, minus bribes, they carry heavy loads, over a hundred pounds, that often weigh more than they do.) I will analyze their representation in “Mujeres invisibles” (GEA photowords), Tomasz Czech’s work on the mule women of the “barrio chino,” the documentary Muros and Al otro lado (Migueltxo Molina and Pablo Iraburu, 2016), the movie Cien metros más allá (Juan Luis de No, 2009), the documentary Porteadoras: la cara humana del puente de Biutz (Ceuta Reportajes, 2009), and Laia Abril’s photograph series “Going to the Market” (2013). Most of these women are separated or divorced, and often this is the only job available to them. They are protected by a law that allows for “anything physically carried across these borders to Morocco” to be duty-free. This loophole, of course, could easily be eliminated by the Spanish and Moroccan governments, but the goods that these women carry benefit greatly Morocco’s economy. Both Spain and Morocco turn a blind eye to this phenomenon, rendering these women officially invisible. By contrast, national and international press as well as filmmakers have paid special attention to the “mule women,” recording their reality in many journalistic reports and documentary film. This paper will examine how the lack of official records, combined with the abundant recording of these women’s experiences by media and documentary film, affect the idea of citizenship, existence, and belonging of these women. Unlike the mass statistics about immigrant invasion (which inflate the fear of immigrant masses threatening to enter Spain), the “mule women” are highly visible individuals whose existence is nevertheless denied by the state.
“Video-migrant geographies, and the last colony in the world”, by Benita Sampedro Vizcaya (Hofstra University)
Western Sahara has recently been termed “the last colony in the world”, and “the largest prison in the world”. This essay will attempt to assess the ways in which a regional conflict is negotiated from within, through a focus on daily points of transit, and the pervasive failure of decolonial logic through the geographic depiction of border crossings. It will further assess how through border management and movements, the relationship between Western Sahara, Morocco, and Spain is constantly being renegotiated by the conflicting geopolitics of human circulation and human containment. I will start from the premise that, for historical and political accountability, the still-unresolved colonial conflict in the Western Saharan territories cannot be disassociated from former Spanish colonial interventions, and the current Spanish possessions of Ceuta and Melilla. I will explore these legacies through the lenses of two recent video-essay exercises by Ursula Biemann: Europlex (2003) and Sahara Chronicles (2007). In both projects, Biemann engages in a visual theoretical analysis with the conflating politics and economics of mobility and migration on the one hand, and contention and confinement on the other hand, as displayed in those very territories.
Europlex follows the trade routes and the daily border crossings and transactions between Morocco, the Spanish colonial strongholds of Ceuta and Melilla, and the Straits of Gibraltar as a metonymic passage between two continents. Local and global economies are here most successfully concretized by following the steps of the domésticas, or female domestic workers living in Morocco while doing their daily territorial transfer to work for Spanish households on the other side of the border, in Ceuta and Melilla. Sahara Chronicles follows various concurrent West African migration routes towards Europe, stopping at pivotal sites of both passage and containment, including Agadez in Niger, the Tuareg border in Libya, the Algerian border at Oujda and –more relevant for the purposes of this essay— two heavily transited points in Western Sahara, at the extreme north and the extreme south Atlantic coasts of the territory: the Western Saharan-Mauritanian port of Nouadhibou on the border with the Polisario Front in the south, and the deportation prison of El Aaiún under Morocco’s control in the north, El Aaiún bearing particular symbolic value for its role as former capital of Spanish Sahara.
The two documentaries are conceived as separate exercises in video migrant geography. While covering—both thematically and geographically—a very ample spectrum of migration tropes, routes, and departures, the two share a number of critical points of transfer: migration and displacement is the specific narrative thread of all stories told, they both converge (and even duel) at the intersection of mobility and the politics of containment, they both speak primarily (sometimes exclusively) of place and space, and they both reflect on the concept of borderland, as well as the impossibility of fragmenting territories markedly defined by their continuity. Both films are quite unconventional in their own way, not least by virtue of their deliberate concern with narrating space rather than story. Both choose to privilege geographical relationships instead of the full trajectory of individual relationships. They engage deeply and committedly with movement, containment, technologies of space surveillance, and the theorization of borders, walls, gates, prisons, and passage. They also share the impulse to avoid didacticism, posing instead a provocative challenge to the viewer through their fragmented cinematographic language. But, above all, both filmic exercises invite us to a serious rethinking of what we, outside these territorial demarcations, might understand today by colonial, decolonial, and postcolonial in relation to such deeply artificial signifiers of Spanish remnants in north Africa, namely Ceuta, Melilla, and the ill-decolonized Western Sahara territory. If we want to understand what sets this migration and mobility system into motion, we need to look at the geo-historic condition of the region, and the conceptual difference between transit and colonial politics of space. My reading of these documentaries will allow me to conclude that the recurrent images of transit might allow us to form an alternative imaginary to that of the longed-for –yet never materialized— nation-state in the case of Western Sahara, and one where the translocal existence might mirror this very nature of an unfinished concept of citizenship.
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Regen BioPharma, Inc. Updates Report on Success of Its NR2F6 Small Molecule Antagonist Screening Program for Treating Cancer
SAN DIEGO, September 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Regen BioPharma Inc. (OTCQB: RGBP) and (OTCQB: RGBPP) has identified a series of small molecule drugs that inhibit NR2F6. Regen's screening process demonstrated that its recently-identified, novel chemical compounds appear to inhibit NR2F6 and thus can potentially be developed for treating cancer.
The NR2F6 nuclear receptor has been identified as a potentially important immune cell inhibitor (an immune checkpoint), which may lead to developing therapies for treating cancers. Therapies that manipulate NR2F6 also show potential to act as cancer stem cell differentiators, transforming cancer stem cells into normal cells.
The NR2F6 program at Regen aims to identify antagonists of NR2F6 in order to unleash the cancer-killing potential of a patient's own immune system as well as identify agonists which should suppress the immune system in diseases where the immune system is over-activated, such as autoimmunity.
"We have identified a handful of compounds, representing three different structural classes, that inhibit NR2F6 in our primary screening assay," says Harry Lander, Ph.D., MBA, President and Chief Scientific Officer of Regen. "They exhibited a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on NR2F6 without cytotoxicity. Our next steps will focus on determining what effect they have on human immune cells."
David Koos, Ph.D., Chairman & CEO of Regen BioPharma Inc. added, "This is exciting for Regen to reach this point in its goal for developing therapies that treat cancer. These compounds should provide us the basis to further refine our screening for successful antagonists in the development of immunologically-based cancer therapies. "
Correction: Regen BioPharma previously disclosed, in error, that "inhibiting NR2F6 is believed to provide potential therapies for treating autoimmunity." The statement should read: Activating NR2F6 potentially leads to inhibiting the immune system and should lead to therapies for treating autoimmunity diseases such as lupus.
About Regen BioPharma Inc.:
Regen BioPharma Inc. is a publicly traded biotechnology company (OTCQB: RGBP) and (OTCQB: RGBPP). The Company is focused on the immunology and immunotherapy space. The Company is focused on rapidly advancing novel technologies through pre-clinical and Phase I/ II clinical trials. Currently, the Company is focused on small molecule therapies for treating cancer and autoimmune disorders. Additional information on Regen BioPharma is available at http://www.regenbiopharmainc.com.
Disclaimer: This news announcement may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified. Future events and actual results could differ materially from those set forth in, contemplated by, or underlying the forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties to which forward looking statements are subject include, but are not limited to, the effect of government regulation, competition and other material risks.
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A Crown Jewel
The Monaco Grand Prix, a jewel in the crown of the Formula 1 calendar, is synonymous with luxury, glamour, and the pinnacle of motorsport. As the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix approaches, fans and aficionados of the sport are presented with unparalleled opportunities to immerse themselves in the most opulent racing experience on the planet. Set against the stunning backdrop of Monte Carlo, this event combines high-octane racing with the finest luxury experiences, making it a must-attend for those looking to indulge in the ultimate F1 spectacle.
Luxury Yacht Experience
One of the most exclusive ways to witness the Monaco Grand Prix is from the deck of a luxury yacht moored in the iconic Port Hercule. This vantage point offers guests a unique perspective of the race, with the roaring engines and skilled maneuvers of the F1 cars unfolding just meters away. Yacht packages often include gourmet catering, champagne, and appearances by F1 drivers or celebrities, ensuring a matchless blend of sport and luxury. The view of the circuit’s tight corners and straights from the water is unparalleled, offering a sensory feast for both racing enthusiasts and luxury seekers.
Paddock Club and VIP Terraces
For those who prefer to be at the heart of the action, the Paddock Club provides an unrivaled race viewing experience. Situated above the team garages, it offers panoramic views of the pit lane, starting grid, and the most challenging sections of the track. Guests of the Paddock Club enjoy exclusive access to the pit area, gourmet dining, open bars with premium beverages, and the chance to meet the legends of the sport. Similarly, private VIP terraces and suites around the circuit offer sumptuous hospitality and breathtaking views of the race, coupled with high-end services and comfort.
Helicopter Transfers and Super Car Tours
The luxury experience extends beyond the race itself. Attendees can arrive in style with helicopter transfers from Nice to Monaco, providing stunning aerial views of the French Riviera. For automotive enthusiasts, supercar tours around the Côte d’Azur in the days surrounding the Grand Prix offer the thrill of driving high-performance vehicles on some of Europe’s most scenic roads.
Exclusive Parties and Events
The Monaco Grand Prix is as much about the nightlife as it is about the daytime racing. Exclusive parties, galas, and events are standard fare, with the Amber Lounge and the Monaco Yacht Club hosting some of the most sought-after gatherings. These events attract celebrities, royalty, and the elite of the racing world, offering unparalleled networking opportunities and entertainment.
Accommodation during the Grand Prix weekend is an experience in itself, with Monaco’s world-renowned hotels offering special packages. The Hotel de Paris, Hotel Hermitage, and the Monte-Carlo Bay Hotel & Resort provide luxury lodgings, each with their unique offerings, from Michelin-starred dining to private terraces overlooking the circuit. These hotels ensure that guests enjoy the pinnacle of comfort and service during their stay.
In conclusion, the Monaco Grand Prix 2024 offers more than just a motor race; it’s an invitation to experience the zenith of luxury and excitement. Whether it’s watching the race from a yacht, enjoying VIP hospitality, participating in exclusive events, or simply soaking in the opulence of Monaco, the Grand Prix weekend promises an unforgettable experience. For enthusiasts looking to immerse themselves in the glamour of F1, there’s no event more fitting than Monaco’s showcase of speed and luxury.

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Troy spends a full day yelling at council about speed limit and he's got the deets on everything to do with council's plan to reduce speed limits. Meanwhile, Mack and Troy's honeymoon period with Elise Stolte's articles appears to be waning as they provide some hot takes on both columns this week.
- Elise Stolte: I want more than speed traps; new cultural approach needed for residential speeding
- City councillors recommend blanket 40 km/h speed limit on residential roads after pleas from road safety advocates
- Jon Dziadyk
- How to stop discounting pedestrian deaths
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Daniel Sanders, Austin Jones and Nasser Al-Attiyah had days to remember during Tuesday’s Stage Three at the 45th edition of motorsport’s toughest test of endurance, the Dakar Rally. Here is all you need to know:
January 3 | Stage 3 | Aluha – Ha’il | Distance – Total/Special: 669.15km/447km
- Rain disrupted Stage Three with the last 100km of the race track washed away, however defending car champion Nasser Al-Attiyah built on Monday’s Stage Two victory with a solid day to claim the overall lead as Carlos Sainz was halted for almost half an hour in his Audi RS Q e-tron E2.
- Australian Sanders excelled again as the Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing bike rider won to cut Mason Klein’s overall lead to 1m48s. The 28-year-old – known in the bivouac as Chucky – said: “The idea was to win the stage by catching the guys in front and it’s worked out really well.”
- Red Bull KTM Factory Racing are also in the overall bike top five thanks to Argentine Kevin Benavides, while team-mates and fellow former Dakar winners Toby Price and Matthias Walkner are in the top 10.
- Good news continued for the Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team USA presented by BFGoodrich as American Austin Jones won the stage, while compatriot Seth Quintero took the overall T3 lead with Lithuanian Rokas Baciuška’s third place in T4 boosting him up to fourth overall.
- Wednesday’s Stage Four will turn up the heat with 425km against the clock, the loop stage around the Ha’il bivouac starting with a chain of dunes measuring over 100km and then several navigational pitfalls.


text: Come celebrate with your friends and neighbors at the Senior Christmas Celebration Luncheon, 12 pm on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at the Kentwood Library*. Entertainment by the musical comedian ‘The Spoon Man’ will have you in stitches. Please bring a canned good or winter wear for the food drive and Mitten Tree. Delicious food by Carole’s Catering. Tickets are $7/member, $9/non-member, and pre-registration is required. Call 616.656.5270. This event is sponsored by Heartland. *Please note the location change! This year’s Christmas Celebration Lunch will be held at the Kentwood Library Community Room South doors off the lobby (4950 Breton Rd SE).


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The most popular and super hit actor Adam Driver has become the talk of the town recently with the release of his project an American biographical crime drama movie House of Gucci. He has gained a huge recognition for his amazing performance in the movie and his catchy wardrobe throughout the season inspired the audience including this dapper HOUSE OF GUCCI Maurizio Gucci Coat.
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The horrific terrorist attack in Paris at the office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo is a direct assault on the freedom of speech, thought and expression, the fundamentals on which all open, democratic societies are built. Ten staff members at the satirical weekly, including four of its top cartoonists, were gunned down by masked men who entered the building and targeted the editorial meeting in what seemed to be a well-planned and professional operation. They left shouting Allahu-Akbar , killing two policemen on the street outside before driving off in a getaway car. Since 2006, when it first published the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, Charlie Hebdo had been under threat of violent attacks by Islamist groups. Refusing to be intimidated, the publication continued to caricature Islam even after a firebombing in November 2011, just as it also relentlessly lampooned Christianity and Judaism — its Christmas week cover caricaturing the birth of Jesus was designed to provoke and cause offence. Self-censorship in order not to hurt religious sensibilities is now the norm in most parts of the world, so too in India, where media and expressions of popular culture including cinema, art and writing have to walk the tightrope daily in deference to what Salman Rushdie in an interview to this newspaper described as the non-existent “right to not be offended”: the fracas caused by Hindutva groups against the film PK is the most recent example of this. In truly democratic societies, this should not be the case, and that is what Charlie Hebdo believed and practised. Irrespective of what anyone thinks of its editorial policy, all who believe in freedom of expression and the democratic way of life must express solidarity with the magazine, and condemn this unspeakable act of violence against them.
Attacking democratic freedoms is part of a larger agenda. Whether it is al-Qaeda, IS or any other group, extremist ideology thrives best in a polarised society. If the sizeable numbers of people adhering to the Muslim faith have been able to resist Islamism, it is because French republicanism has been able to surmount even the most divisive controversies, such as the ban on wearing the hijab and niqab in public and the Islamophobic discourse by the French right-wing parties that surrounded it. While the inevitable security measures will have to be taken, it would be most unfortunate if the attack on Charlie Hebdo were to give rise to a backlash against French Muslims. That would result in precisely what Islamist groups want — an alienated Muslim population that would become a recruiting ground for their violent cause. Maintaining freedoms and equality before the law in the face of a severe challenge to security is the most difficult test for any democratic polity and society.

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This video loses its audio about two-thirds of the way through, but it’s enough for you to get the point.
Which is either (A) Miley Cyrus misses her dog, or (B) Miley Cyrus wants to be sure everyone knows how much she misses her dog.
Floyd, an Alaskan Klee Kai that Cyrus had owned since 2011, died April 1. While repeatedly tweeting about the pain that has caused her, Cyrus has been hesitant to describe what caused the dog’s death. It is now believed to have been a coyote attack.
Afterwards, Cyrus told the audience, “That was the hardest song of the night to do … as y’all know, because I lost my Floydie this week … Sometimes I just can’t stop from breaking down crying.”
It was the second appearance Cyrus has made with the statue, the first coming in a performance in Boston last week.
I sympathize with the singer, and offer my condolences, but I can’t help but notice in her all the same traits I noticed in customers of dog cloning, when I wrote a book on the subject.
She has yet to seek to bring back a laboratory-created copy of a dead dog, as far as I know. But, like most of the early customers who did, she’s wealthy, eccentric, perhaps a tad selfish, wants to control the uncontrollable, and seems to think her grief is somehow larger than anyone else’s.
I can’t help being turned off by those who need to shine a spotlight on their mourning. Call me old fashioned, but I think that should mostly be done in private. Cyrus, it seems, has decided to take her grief — like her navel and tongue and other body parts — public.
In recent years, the singer has gone through dogs at a rapid pace.
In 2012, Cyrus rescued a dog she found abandoned outside a Walmart, and named him Happy. He joined her other three dogs, Floyd, Lila and Ziggy.
A few months later, Lila died of initially undisclosed causes, though Cyrus’ mother later revealed Lila died of injuries received when she was attacked by Ziggy, and that Ziggy had been gotten rid of.
The facts behind the dog’s death weren’t revealed until one of her backup dancers posted some photos on Instagram, along with the explanation that Floyd had been the victim of a coyote attack at home while Cyrus was on tour.
Since Floyd’s death, her mother has given her a new puppy, named Moonie.
(Photos: Top, Miley in concert in Brooklyn; bottom, Miley with Floyd; via Twitter)
Posted by John Woestendiek April 8th, 2014 under Muttsblog, videos.
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John Travolta has played a sympathetic hit man, a teenage rebel, a middle-aged biker, a presidential candidate, a disco king and an overweight housewife — and let’s not forget Vinnie Barbarino on “Welcome Back, Kotter” — but the newly released “Bolt,” is both his first animated feature and his first time playing a dog.
“Bolt” — a movie about a dog with “superpowers” that features the voices of Travolta and Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana — opened across the United States on Friday.
Travolta, 54, is the voice of Bolt, an eager-to-please puppy. It’s a role Travolta said comes more naturally to him than the cool cat he often plays.
“Growing up, people always compared me to a dog in those games about what kind of animal you’d be,” Travolta said. “As a person, I’m probably a dog — I’m big on loyalty,” he told Reuters. “But on screen I’m more of a cool cat. If you think of my roles in ‘Pulp Fiction’ or ‘Saturday Night Fever’ or ‘Grease’ — he’s more of cat. But in life, I’m more of a cuddler.”
There’s a quick clip from the movie in the video above of Travolta’s recent appearance on “The Early Show” on CBS.
Travolta also sings a duet with Cyrus on the “I Thought I Lost You” theme tune to “Bolt.”
Bolt is the powerful and confident star of a kids action series on TV. But when he becomes separated from his beloved “person” (voiced by Miley Cyrus), he discovers that his superbark and laser vision are mere Hollywood magic and he must get by in the real world like any other four-legged creature.


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Wed, 18 Jan 2017 14:56:00 ESTThree members of the University of South Carolina swimming and diving program were awarded weekly honors, including junior Julia Vincent, sophomore Emma Barksdale and junior Nils Wich-Glasen.
Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:34:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina Swimming & Diving team dropped second meet of the spring season Saturday afternoon to Duke. The Carolina men fell 160.5-139.5, while the women dropped a 167-133 decision at the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion.
Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:03:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina swimming and diving program hits the road for the first time in 2017 as they travel to Durham, N.C. to face the Blue Devils of Duke at the Taishoff Aquatic Pavilion on Saturday at noon.
Tue, 10 Jan 2017 14:33:00 ESTUniversity of South Carolina junior Julia Vincent has been named Southeastern Conference Women’s Diver of the Week, the league office announced today. The weekly honor is the third of Vincent’s collegiate career, as well as third of the season.
Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:15:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina Swimming & Diving team dropped its spring season opener Friday evening to Tennessee. The Carolina men fell 160-102, while the women dropped a 147-115 decision at the Carolina Natatorium.
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 11:00:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina swimming program hits the pool for the first time in 2017 as they host SEC foe Tennessee on Friday at 4 p.m., at the Carolina Natatorium in the Blatt P.E. Center.
Thu, 05 Jan 2017 09:49:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina student-athletes completed another semester of achievement in the classroom. USC student-athletes earned a departmental GPA of 3.245 for the Fall 2016 semester. It marked the 20th-consecutive semester in which Gamecock student-athletes have combined for a GPA above 3.0.
Wed, 21 Dec 2016 11:36:00 ESTThe University of South Carolina men’s and women’s diving program concluded its fall season this past weekend at the Auburn Diving Invitational and the USA Diving Winter National Championships.
Tue, 13 Dec 2016 14:01:00 ESTTaylor Vincent wants to change the world, and she doesn't necessarily want to do it one person at a time. The senior on South Carolina's swim team is studying public health and wants to see improvements in the field on a global scale.
Mon, 12 Dec 2016 14:08:00 ESTSouth Carolina took time out Monday morning to honor its final graduates of 2016, recognizing 33 at the Athletic Department’s Senior Ring Ceremony at the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center.
Tue, 06 Dec 2016 09:40:00 ESTSouth Carolina senior swimmer Jonathan Boland thought his athletics career might be over when he suffered a broken back during his freshman year of high school. After overcoming the odds and rehabilitating, Boland later earned a spot with the Gamecocks, and now he looks to make a living out of helping others by becoming an orthopedic surgeon.
Sun, 04 Dec 2016 10:27:00 ESTUniversity of South Carolina swimming junior Tomas Peribonio will represent Ecuador in the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25M) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 15:11:00 ESTUniversity of South Carolina junior Julia Vincent has been named Southeastern Conference Women’s Diver of the Week, the league office announced today. The weekly honor is the second of Vincent’s collegiate career, as well as second of the season.
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 22:49:00 ESTThe South Carolina swimming and diving program wrapped up the fall portion of its schedule Saturday night at the Georgia Tech Invitational. The men would take fourth overall in the three-day meet with 880.5 total points, the women held fourth with 710 points.
Fri, 18 Nov 2016 22:35:00 ESTThe South Carolina men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs held their positions through day two of the Georgia Tech Invitational on Friday. The men remain in fourth place out of seven teams, while the women are fifth among 11 squads.


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SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Aspen Dental celebrates its first location in Texas on Thursday, September 12 with the opening of a new practice at 6109 Highway 191 in Odessa. The new office in Texas means that Aspen Dental dentists and staff now proudly serve communities in 27 states across the country.
Additionally, nine more Aspen Dental-branded practices are expected to open in Texas through the end of 2013. Aspen Dental provides dental services that range from dentures and preventive care to general dentistry and restoration.
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Where the hell are the flying cars already? Right here actually and in the video below. This carplane, called Terrafugia finally takes flight. It’s a proper sight to behold, plus the thing’s street legal. But can any of us afford it?
When Terrafugia launches sometime in 2016 or 2017, it’s going to cost a healthy US$279 000 (R2 790 000. Take a gander at the video of Terrafugia in action, as it flies, takes off and lands. It’s not all sunshine and roses as it flies around, we’d be terrified to be behind the joystick of this space-age beauty, so we’re guessing that a pilot’s license is needed. This model is the third-generation, we’d hate to think of the issues the first two had.
It all took place at the sweetly named Oshkosh, Wisconsin in the US of A. Now, the flight seemed smooth enough but at a certain point in the video, 31-seconds in to be precise, the planes wings don’t fold up at the exact same speed. If this happened in traffic, or even during flight, we’d question the effectiveness of this bloody expensive transforming plane car. For those who want to book their place in history, the company that makes Terrafugia is now taking US$10 000 (R100 000) refundable deposits. A small price to pay to pretend that we’re living a real life episode of The Jetsons.


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