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2019 was the breakthrough year for London-based Bristolian L U C Y, whose addictive, leftfield take on bass music of all speeds and subtleties has seen her become a firm favourite on subby UK lineups from Boiler Room to Glastonbury and beyond. It's a year that saw her break free of an old perception of herself as an artist, one that maybe saw her pigeonholed as a 'grime-only' or '140+' DJ; instead, a masterful control of subgenre and mood has made her one of the most exciting young talents on the circuit right now, and she's no doubt going to have a big role to play in the next decade of UK bass music.
India Jordan also had a big 2019, one that saw their debut EP land on Local Action in May, later followed by a collab 12 with Finn. Previously, they'd been known for running the ambient label and Rye Wax-based, bi-monthly social New Atlantis, alongside Deadboy. However, now pushing a full-on party sound, the records have been accompanied by very banging livestream performances for Boiler Room and Keep Hush, and an appearance on a femme culture compilation also featuring the likes of Lone, BADSISTA & more. Get to know!
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South Africa: Community protest levels reach new record highs
D.D. de Bruyn
The number of civic protests in South Africa has skyrocketed to new record highs. New figures which were released by the Civic Protest Barometer of the University of the Western Cape on 19 February 2015 show that the number of protests by communities, so-called ''service delivery'' protests, more than doubled between 2007 and 2014. The researchers also show that 2014 was the year with the highest number of these protests on record.
The report states that between 2012 and 2014, Gauteng had more protests than any other province. Between 1 April and 10 May 2013 Gauteng was hit with an astonishing 560 protests according to the provincial police. Since 2007 Gauteng's share of protests had been rising more rapidly than any other province. Cape Town was the most protest-prone municipality, with 84 protests last year, followed by Johannesburg, eThekwini, Tshwane and Ekurhuleni. These five municipalities accounted for half of all protests recorded.
Commenting on the figures, the report states: "Issues relating to municipal services and the administration of municipalities were cited more often as the cause of protests than all other grievances put together. In addition the barometer tests one hypothesis about the causes of protests, namely that it signals a 'rebellion of the poor', against the empirical data."
These protests are now truly part of daily life in the country. This is especially true in the decade after 2004 which has been characterized by escalation of popular protests and increased militancy reminiscent of the anti-apartheid struggle days. Intelligence service company Municipal IQ recently showed that South Africa had almost one protest every second day in 2014 with Gauteng being the most protest-ridden province. Furthermore, by January 2013 the data shows that service delivery protests in 2012 accounted for 30 percent of protests recorded since 2004. Between 2008 and 2013 approximately 3000 protests took place.
Most of the recorded protests took place in the informal settlements or poor urban areas in the country's biggest metro areas such as Cape Town, Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni. Poor or non-existent delivery of services, such as housing, electricity, water and sanitation, are at the top of grievances of most communities. Another reason for the explosion of public protest is rooted in very high levels of youth unemployment. Out of these protests, a large number of grassroots organisations have emerged like Operation Khanyisa, Abahlali baseMjondolo, No Land! No House! No Vote!, and the Ses'kona Peoples Rights Movement.
2015 has already started with a series of high profile protests like in Malamulele and Mohlakeng. What this shows is that the working class and poor communities are looking to radical solutions to the unbearable conditions under capitalism. But these protests also reveal the lack of a revolutionary leadership with a programme, as we have seen in Malamulele where the grievances were channeled into impotent demands for a separate municipality. But the struggle against poverty, unemployment and the lack of housing will not be solved by attempts to isolate the community, but rather to combine the demands of all the protesting communities under a revolutionary programme which is linked to the revolutionary socialist transformation of our society.
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Leeds Then and Now
Eric Musgrave
Publication date: 4 July 2019
Series: Then and Now
Category: Lifestyle & Gardening
The centre of Leeds is the wide thoroughfare of Briggate and it has been since at least 1207 when the path northwards from the crossing over the River Aire – literally the bridge gate – was established. As with most settlements, Leeds started out as dwellings next to the water. The first mention of Leeds was made by the scholarly monk The Venerable Bede in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People of 731 AD when he referred to the region of Loidis, but he was scant on details.
The modern Leeds is a product of the Industrial Revolution, a great Victorian northern industrial city shaped by the manufacturing boom that began in the late 18th century and employed thousands of people for almost 200 years in industries like textiles, clothing manufacturing, metalworking and engineering.
Using historic images, some dating back to the 19th century, paired with their modern-day viewpoint, Eric Musgrave charts the evolution of the city from its industrial heyday through the disruptions of two world wars, to its position as one of the most prominent of the northern powerhouses.
Sites include: City Square, Park Place, Leeds University, Leeds Town Hall, Odeon Cinema, Kirkgate Market, Briggate, Headrow, Boar Lane, Vicar Lane, Duncan Street, Quarry Hill Flats, Queens Arcade, Cross Arcade, Leeds Cathedral.


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Kate Murdoch on Blog Tour for Stone Circle, December 1-21
Stone Circle
by Kate Murdoch
Publication Date: December 1, 2017
Fireship Press
eBook & Paperback; 286 Pages
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance/Fantasy
Is the ability to read minds a blessing or a curse?
When Antonius's father dies, he must work to support his family. He finds employment as a servant in the Palazzo Ducal, home of Conte Valperga. Sixteenth-century Pesaro is a society governed by status, and Antonius has limited opportunities.
When a competition is announced, Antonius seizes his chance. The winner will be apprenticed to the town seer. Antonius shares first place with his employer's son.
The two men compete for their mentor's approval. As their knowledge of magic and alchemy grows, so does the rivalry and animosity between them. When the love of a beautiful woman is at stake, Antonius must find a way to follow his heart and navigate his future.
Praise for Stone Circle
"Murdoch presents a delightful romance, feathered with light touches of fantasy. The development of her love triangle is gratifying, and even secondary characters offer stark dramatic moments…" –Kirkus Reviews
"Kate Murdoch's characters are so greatly human, that it's easy to sympathise with them: to cheer them on during hard times and to admonish them for being foolish. Her characters' interactions with each other and their individualities helped shape the book into something wonderful; at the same time she excels at pacing the story with her characters, all within a framework designed to help readers understand the world of seers and alchemy she has created." -Readers' Favorite (5 Stars)
"Kate Murdoch's STONE CIRCLE is a stunning historical fantasy debut set in Renaissance Italy, packed with rich imagery, well-developed characters, and an enthralling plot. The execution of the love triangle is both captivating and refreshing, weaving love, jealousy, and rivalry into a complicated but realistic story of one young seer's journey into alchemy and adulthood. I can't wait to read more by Kate Murdoch." -Madeline Dyer, author of the Untamed series
Kate Murdoch is a Melbourne-based writer and artist. Her short-form fiction is regularly published in Flash Fiction Magazine, Eunoia Review, Sick Lit Magazine, Ink in Thirds and Spelk Fiction. She also writes for her blog at https://kabiba.wordpress.com/.
Kate's first novel is Stone Circle, a beautifully imagined work of historical fiction. An earlier version of Stone Circle was widely-acclaimed on the HarperCollins UK website, Authonomy, where it was chosen by the editors as the "one to watch" and ultimately ended up ranked 16th out of more than 10,000 manuscripts.
For more information, please visit Kate Murdoch's website. You can also find her on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and Goodreads.
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Colorado Mesa Sweeps Team Titles At A3 Performance Invite
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Kieran Smith put on a dominant display in the final of the men's 400 free. "I like a little bit of pressure," he said post-race, "Pressure makes diamonds."
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Mary Saiz won the 200 backstroke in an automatic qualifying time of 1:59.86 highlighted the final day of action at the A3 Performance CMU Invite Saturday (Dec. 3).
The CMU men and women both won the team titles.
"I am extremely pleased with the way that both our women and men competed over the past three days in the pool and on the diving boards," said head coach Geoff Hanson. "To get individuals qualified for the NCAA Championship at this point of the season is a great step toward what we want to accomplish in February and March. This group bought into the team concept from day one back in August and hit the ground running and I think that two women's relay school records (200 free relay and 400 free relay) are evidence of that. It was great to see them get a little bit of the payoff for their hard work, but with more than two months until the conference championship meet and three months until the NCAA Championships there is a lot more work to be done. We'll regroup and reevaluate things in the coming days, but we are in a great place mid-season as a team and I'm very proud of this group."
Mary Saiz anchored the 400 free relay to a win in a NCAA "B" cut time of 3:26.90. The time broke the school-record by over five seconds and is currently the third fastest in Div. II. Other members of the team included Marissa Bradley, Sam White and Madelin McClain.
Marissa Bradley also swam a NCAA "B" cut time of 52.15 to finish third in the 100 free.
Miranda Reetz finished second in the 200 breaststroke with a NCAA "B" cut time of 2:21.11.
Sam Bryant earned a NCAA "B" cut in the 1,650 free with a fifth place finish in a time of 16:22.09.
Sage D'Ambrosia won the one-meter with a school-record and NCAA qualifying score of 323.90. Shane Gilman also earned a NCAA qualifying score of 263.90 to finish second. Noah Macomber finished third (257.00) and Eric Lammon was fourth (224.40).
Brittany Dixon finished third (229.10) on the one-meter springboard, with Kelsey Vreeman placing fourth (223.60) and Cassie Blakeman fifth (213.00).
The Mavericks won four other events on the night.
Sky Hirsch won the 100 free in a NCAA "B" cut time of 45.86. Eric Berg won the 200 back (1:54.65), and Chris Radomski won the 200 fly (1:54.39).
The men's 400 free relay of Noah Beaver, Chris Radomski, Morgan Bean and Josh Bedford won in a time of 3:05.00.
In the women's 200 fly, Eryn Leonard finished second (2:09.67), Candice Rosen third (2:10.33) and Danielle Fournier fourth (2:10.97).
Josh Bedford finished second (2:07.85), Ryan Gifford was third (2:08.14) and Logan Wagner was fifth (2:10.55) in the 200 breaststroke.
Ethan McNally placed second (1:54.75) in the 200 back, and Seth Ogden was fifth (2:00.91).
Kat Gerstmar was third (18:05.90) in the 1,650, and Hanna Sangfelt was fourth in the 200 back (2:08.35).
Madelin McClain placed fifth in the women's 100 free, and Noah Beaver was fifth in the men's (46.84).
Sam White was third in the 200 breaststroke (2:25.03), and Maggie Hellard was fifth (2:28.68).
Jake Glasgow finished fifth in the 200 fly in a time of 2:03.22.
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Posted on 18 April 2019 by LeslieM
April 2: A woman reported her wallet, cash, driver's license and personal papers stolen. The incident took place at 4026 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
April 2: A man reported his car parked at 615 Siesta Key Cir. was broken into and an airbag stolen.
April 2: A woman reported that her car parked at 410 SE 13 Ct. was entered and cash and coins totaling $143 were stolen.
April 3: A man reported that his vehicle parked at 500 NE 41 St. was broken into. The passenger window was broken and the damage was estimated at $300.
April 3: A man reported that his vehicle parked at 642 Siesta Key Cir. was entered. Stereo speakers valued at about $1,000 were stolen from the trunk.
April 4: A man reported his vehicle was stolen from 4233 NW 6 St. He saw the vehicle being stolen on video.
March 27: Police responded to a hazmat call of natural gas at 2717 NE 26Ave. Police said the odor was coming from the house. A second hazmat unit was sent and no leak could be detected.
March 27: Police responded to an alarm call at 2660 NE 46 St. The property was found secure.
March 28: A resident found keys at 2464 N. Federal Hwy. The keys were turned over to police.


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Vandals in the night: Spike in Sacramento-area hate incidents coincides with Trump travel ban
Incidents targeting Muslims ignite both grief and resolve in surrounding communities
By Karlos Rene Ayala, Mozes Zarate, and Raheem F. Hosseini
illustration by serene lusano
This is an extended version of a story that ran in the February 16, 2017, issue.
It was two hours before closing, and every item at MoMo's Meat Market, minus the sodas, was sold out. A line of customers curled beyond a boarded-up broken window decorated with signs depicting messages of support scribbled in felt marker and emblazoned with hearts.
"We've never been this busy," owner Glenn Miller said as he watched the line from behind three massive grills emitting colossal plumes of smoke.
Ironic, considering the popular barbecue joint was snared by a criminal act meant to terrorize, not inspire.
Two days earlier, on January 31, MoMo's front window was smashed during the course of a burglary next door at the adjoining Supreme Barber Lounge. As best as police can figure, a suspect or suspects broke in and slashed the shop's chairs, stole equipment and spray painted the walls with a racial slur and a backward swastika.
"Everything was in the middle of the floor; everything was broken; things were gone," recalled Sharon Miller, Glenn Miller's wife and business partner. "It was horrific, it was shocking, and nobody was ready for that. Everyone was in shock looking back into the shop."
The barbershop and restaurant were just two victims in a recent spate of hate incidents that has ignited both grief and resolve in the Sacramento-area communities that surround these no-longer-safe spaces in the age of President Donald Trump.
Most of the intimidation has targeted Muslims and coincides with Trump's efforts to keep a campaign promise to block their entry into America. Yet, while Trump's executive order banning entry to legal immigrants and refugees from seven predominantly Muslim nations has faced numerous legal setbacks since its January 27 signing, its intent has anticipated—if not informed—a reported surge in local Islamophobia.
It started January 22 at the Islamic Center of Davis, where an assailant smashed six windows, destroyed two bikes on the property and wrapped the mosque's door handles—leading into the area where the congregation receives services and prays—with uncooked bacon. (Pork is forbidden in the Islamic faith.) Ten days later, a vandal spray-painted "obscene and hateful graffiti directed at Muslims" on the outside walls of a Roseville mosque, police reported. And a couple of days after that, on February 3 or 4, someone left a package of pork tenderloins on the doorstep of a Davis apartment occupied by Muslims.
The anti-Islamic fervor continues an uptick in identity terrorism since Trump's November election.
The Southern Poverty Law Center aggregated and reported the occurrence of 1,064 hate crimes and incidents in the first month after Trump's election. That pace died down in the weeks leading to last month's inauguration, but picked up locally around the time Trump inked his controversial travel ban. The restrictions were chaotically enforced at airports around the country against visa holders, green card holders and vetted refugees who aided U.S. military forces until a federal judge stopped it with an emergency injunction.
On February 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Trump administration's attempts to overturn the injunction, setting up an expected showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court.
"This victory should not lead to complacency," Nihad Awad, national executive director of Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil-rights and advocacy organization, said in a statement. "This and other Trump administration orders and policies still pose a threat to communities of color, religious minorities, women, and others."
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has thrown the state's support behind legal attempts to overturn the travel ban, one in Washington state and the other in Virginia. And last week, Democratic state Assembly members Kevin McCarty, Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher and Adrin Nazarian introduced a legislative package intended to improve educational and employment opportunities for refugees entering California.
Sacramento holds the distinction of being the most welcoming among California counties to Afghan and Iraqi citizens who aided U.S. forces in their countries. Some 1,962 were brought to Sacramento County on Special Immigrant Visas over a 12-month span ending in September 2016, according to the California Department of Social Services. Another 1,299 refugees settled here during that time, as well. Over a recent four-year period, most refugees coming to Sacramento originated from Iraq or the former USSR, state data show.
Still, hate crimes were relatively rare in Sacramento before Trump entered the political scene.
In 2015, most hate crimes recorded by the Sacramento Police Department involved assaults in and around the city's businesses and downtown public spaces and displayed a diverse identity parade of suspects, according to information obtained through a Public Records Act request.
Of the eight hate crimes the department reported that year to the FBI for the federal agency's 2015 Uniform Crime Report, five were classified as being motivated by an anti-homosexual and/or anti-transgender bias. Suspect IDs varied in the eight crimes, from young to middle-aged, male and female, Asian, white, Hispanic and black. All except two crimes resulted in arrests.
Of the five anti-LGBTQ crimes, three incidents involved assault with a deadly weapon (non-firearm), and one involved battery resulting in injuries.
One incident, from June 21, 2015, garnered national coverage and shook the downtown music community—an assault near the Alley Katz sports bar on O and 21st streets that allegedly started over skinny jeans and involved the members of two local rock bands.
The suspect, Timothy Brownell, stabbed Blake Abbey, the lead singer of Musical Charis, and two members of Hardcore Slaves, Weston Richmond and Alex Lyman, in an altercation that allegedly ensued after Brownell heckled the group, calling them "faggots" and taunting them over the skinny jeans they were wearing, SN&R previously reported.
Brownell's mother spoke out in the aftermath and during court proceedings, claiming that her son was not homophobic, and that she was in a same-sex relationship that he was wholly accepting of. She said that Brownell, an Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, likely suffered from undiagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder. Brownell's attorney alleged that the 25-year-old was defending himself and his friend from the group.
Last February, the judge declared a mistrial after jurors couldn't determine whether Brownell attacked the musicians as a hate crime. A retrial was avoided after Brownell accepted a plea deal, maintaining one assault-with-a-deadly-weapon charge and dropping the remaining two assault charges, one allegation of inflicting great bodily injury and the three hate crime allegations. He was released June 21, 2016, from North Kern State Prison and placed on county probation, according to the California Department of Corrections. In July, Brownell was ordered to pay around $55,000 to Richmond and $7,000 to Lyman in restitution fines.
Classifying hate crimes requires that investigators make a subjective determination on the suspect's motive, and police will initially err on the side of classifying if the victim alleges it, said Officer Matt McPhail, a department spokesman. But, as the June incident shows, those determinations can change, if not within the investigation, during the prosecution. The toughest call rests on jurors, he said.
"We have the benefit of not having to prove something beyond a reasonable doubt when we're making an arrest," McPhail said. "Whereas, when you go through the criminal process downstream of that, from the arraignment to actually securing a conviction, the threshold becomes greater and greater."
Most reported hate crimes were person-to-person attacks that happened out in the open, including at a Valero gas station at the corner of Broadway and Alhambra Boulevard, Miller Park and around Mango's nightclub on K Street, and at all hours of the day. One incident, classified as child abuse, targeted a 15-year-old girl at a residence near Mack Road.
Some communities may be more likely to suffer—and more empowered to report—the abuse than others.
The LGBTQ community has traditionally shown the highest count of bias-related crimes categorized by sexuality in the FBI's statistics. Members of that group may be more likely to recognize when they're being targeted because of bias, McPhail said. Another explanation could be that Sacramento's sizable and active LGBTQ population makes a convenient target, he said. McPhail pointed out the Lavender Heights district, a neighborhood that the gay community openly thrives in.
"It's easy—if you had hate in your heart and wanted to seek these people out—to know where to find them," McPhail said.
Of the remaining incidents, two were classified as anti-black, including racist graffiti found on the morning of April 4, 2015, at the Sacramento Executive Airport on Freeport Boulevard, and an assault with a deadly weapon at 13th and G streets, a residential part of downtown, in the early morning of June 27, 2015.
The final incident was classified as an anti-white civilian battery crime around Cesar Chavez Plaza in the late afternoon of April 17, 2015. As SN&R reported previously, experts explained that hate crimes are highly under-reported nationwide for several reasons. (Read "Bigots on a warpath," News, December 29, 2016.) Aside from the challenge investigators face in determining a suspect's motive, not every police department is equal in its ability to identify and report hate crimes, and most victims don't report.
McPhail acknowledged underreporting and said that crime data aren't an ideal source.
"We have roughly 20,000 crimes per year, so when you talk about the raw number of crimes, and how many of those have any bias component, it's a fraction of a fraction of 1 percent," McPhail said. "You either have to conclude that there really isn't that much hate going on, or that there's dramatic underreporting, or that it's simply not a good way to get a pulse."
Recent vandalism episodes have been more public, and community members have responded with donations and around-the-block business.
Imam Ammar Shahin, of the Islamic Center of Davis, managed to find that silver lining. "We consider it minor damage compared to mosques that have been burned and destroyed," Shahin told SN&R. "To us, this was easy. The worry to us was how are we going to fix it because six doors cost $10,000 or so."
A crowdsourced campaign immediately scuttled that concern, to the tune of a little more than $20,000, a sum that went to replacing the doors and heightened security measures.
On Tuesday, Davis police arrested Lauren Kirk-Coehlo, 30, after a young woman was caught on surveillance video committing the vandalism.
"I wish that she came and asked questions, if she had any misconceptions about Islam," Shahin said. "I'm sure what led her was a lack of knowledge."
Two weeks after the attack on the Islamic Center of Davis, another mosque, the Tarbiya Institute in Roseville, was spray painted with anti-Muslim graffiti on the building's exterior as well as on a vehicle. The congregation appears unshaken and, if anything, strengthened through the show of support from the conservative-leaning community.
"Roseville was not that Islamophobic country we imagined," writes Imam Azeez on Tarbiya Institute's Facebook page. "Hundreds of folks walked into our building, with flowers, cakes, cookies, balloons, cards, and an overflow of emotions and love. Families brought their kids to drop off gifts, and interfaith leaders organized church events to show support."
As it turned from day to dusk inside MoMo's on February 1, Sharon Miller announced that all the food was sold and thanked the remaining customers who were hoping to eat. Tears gathered at the curves of her eyelids, she hugged the remaining customers, who didn't gripe about not being served.
Next door, the barbershop remained closed. Owner Nick Fink has yet to reopen.
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Demonstrators target expanded background checks, assault weapon definition.
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Republic FC's omission from MLS bid created chaos in region's historically stalwart soccer community.
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Seattle divests $3 billion from Wells Fargo after Trump jump-starts pipeline construction.
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Homelessness summit puts joint powers authority in the hot seat.


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No memorial for unlikely hero
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Griffith MacLaurin. Photo / University of Auckland Library Special Collection
By: Peter Clayworth
This is the Year of the Veteran and New Zealand has honoured those who served overseas. But Griffith Campbell MacLaurin, who was killed in action 70 years ago, has received no such recognition.
He and a comrade-in-arms, New Zealand-born Steve Yates, were killed in November 1936, the first of thousands of New Zealanders to die while fighting fascism.
Although MacLaurin was an outstanding student at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College and went on a scholarship to Cambridge University, his name is not on the rolls of honour of these institutions.
MacLaurin did not die for king and country, but fought as a volunteer with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War of 1936 to 1939, defending republican Spain against General Franco's fascists.
The International Brigade was made up of volunteers from throughout the world who came to support the Spanish Republic's fight against a right-wing military coup. The volunteers saw Spain as the last chance to stop fascism without another world war.
By November 1936, Franco's troops, supported and armed by Hitler and Mussolini, were poised to take Madrid.
MacLaurin was with the International Brigade when they first marched down the Gran Via, the main street of the Spanish capital, on November 8 that year.
Their arrival was a turning point, boosting the morale of Madrid's people and playing an important role in halting the fascist advance.
MacLaurin, Mac to his friends, was an unlikely candidate to fight for a left-wing cause on the other side of the world.
The family lived in Remuera and his father, Kenneth, was headmaster of Westmere School.
From his early days Griff MacLaurin pursued the family interest in scholarship rather than politics. His father instilled in him a love of history and his mother, Gwladys, taught him French.
His uncle, James Scott MacLaurin, had been New Zealand's foremost analytical chemist.
Another uncle, Richard Cockburn MacLaurin, was an outstanding mathematician and legal scholar who won a scholarship to Cambridge and was foundation professor of mathematics at Victoria University College in Wellington.
He became president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1909 until his death in 1920. Under his presidency MIT was reformed into a world-class research and teaching institute.
Griff MacLaurin's early career indicated that he would follow in the footsteps of his distinguished uncles. He went to Hamilton High School and then Auckland Grammar, where he won a national scholarship to attend university.
At Auckland University College he specialised in mathematics, winning the Sir George Grey Scholarship. MacLaurin took a BA degree in 1930, followed by a master's with first-class honours, the Cook Prize, and a post-graduate scholarship in arts.
In 1932 he arrived at St John's College, Cambridge University, which his Uncle Richard had attended.
Author James McNeish, while researching for his forthcoming book on Paddy Costello, the noted New Zealand linguist who was MacLaurin's best friend at Cambridge, found that MacLaurin was not a success at Cambridge.
He struggled with his honours mathematics papers and scraped through with a third.
McNeish speculates that MacLaurin was overwhelmed by the intellectual level of Cambridge, but it may be that an interest in social life overcame scholarship.
He joined the University Conservative Association on his arrival at Cambridge and his bright manner, sports skills and friendliness allowed him to mix easily with the upper-class types.
His tutor, James Wordie, a veteran of Shackleton's Endurance expedition, instilled MacLaurin with a desire to travel and a visit to Germany in 1933, soon after the Nazis took power, profoundly changed Griff's world view. MacLaurin, who spoke German and French, spent four months in Freiburg. His experience made him a staunch anti-fascist and the impact of the Depression on working people led him to question capitalist economics.
MacLaurin made a thorough study of socialist literature and joined the very active Cambridge University Socialist Association.
When he graduated in 1934 he taught mathematics at secondary schools in Glasgow and St Peter's in York. It was was his social life rather than his socialism that landed him in trouble and MacLaurin was sacked from St Peter's after a drinking session. By this time, he had joined the Communist Party and considered politics more important than teaching or studying mathematics.
Returning to Cambridge, he set up a successful radical bookshop, which was highly regarded by publisher Victor Gollancz of the Left Book Club.
The shop became the social centre of the left-wing scene at Cambridge, where Griff may have been part of the inner circle of communists that produced Cambridge spies Philby, Maclean, Burgess and Blunt. MacLaurin's social life also had an aspect of mystery to it, as he became married without telling his family in New Zealand. He began to learn Spanish with the intention of visiting Spain, but his plans took on more immediacy after the outbreak of the civil war in July 1936.
The Communist Party was instrumental in organising volunteers to fight in the International Brigade.
British Communist Party leader Harry Pollitt had heard that machine-gunners were needed in Spain and he asked MacLaurin - who had been trained to use a Lewis gun when in his school OTC cadet corps - to join the International Brigade.
MacLaurin agreed, left his bookshop in the care of his wife, and was off to Spain within the week with the first organised group of 11 volunteers from Britain, led by the Cambridge poet John Cornford.
MacLaurin's group arrived in Madrid with the International Brigade on November 8, 1936.
MacLaurin, with New Zealand-born Londoner Steve Yates and two others formed a machine-gun team.
They were sent to defend the Faculty of Philosophy at the University City, a part of Madrid under attack from Franco's forces, backed by German and Italian tanks, artillery and aircraft.
On November 9, in savage fighting at the parkland of Casa del Campo, MacLaurin's machine-gun unit remained behind to cover the retreat of their comrades.
Only one of the team survived the fight.
Cornford, who was killed in Spain a month later, paid MacLaurin this tribute: "If you meet any of his pals tell them he did well here and died bloody well. It's always the best seem to get the worst."
Cambridge activists commemorated the two Cambridge men with the Cornford-MacLaurin Memorial Fund, raising money for Spain.
MacLaurin's parents did not know he had gone to Spain until they received a telegram with the news of their son's death.
They became very active fundraisers for the Auckland branch of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee.
About 20 New Zealanders went to Spain with the International Brigade as soldiers or medical personnel.
Along with Griff MacLaurin and Steve Yates, four other New Zealanders were killed in Spain - our first casualties in the fight against the dictators.
The MacLaurin Chapel at Auckland University is one of the many memorials to our New Zealand war dead.
It was built by Griff MacLaurin's cousin, dairy industrialist William Goodfellow, in honour of his own son, Richard MacLaurin Goodfellow, who was killed in World War II.
But although his cousin Richard is honoured for the part he played in fighting fascism, Griff MacLaurin and his International Brigade comrades have no memorial in New Zealand.


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What 'Kong: Skull Island' Says About Our Apocalyptic Fears
Sometimes monster movies aren't really about the CGI monsters; they're about the monsters creating fear in our own lives.
By Collin Garbarino
This review contains basics about the movie plot that are shown in the trailers.
Sometimes monster movies aren't really about the monsters; they're about our own fears. "Kong: Skull Island" continues this tradition by reflecting the fear that many Americans have about our place in the world. Perhaps we have gone too far in imposing our will on everyone else. Perhaps we act like this world belongs to us. Perhaps we intervene in situations before we really understand what's going on. Perhaps we're making the same mistakes we've made before.
"Kong: Skull Island" is set in 1973 as America winds down its operations in Vietnam, a conflict that came to define our fears concerning intervention. The movie begins with John Goodman's Bill Randa putting together a team to explore an uncharted island in the South Pacific.
Tom Hiddleston stars as James Conrad, the former British officer who acts as their jungle guide, and Brie Larson plays a photojournalist who comes along for the ride because every Kong movie needs a blonde girl. Samuel L. Jackson's Colonel Packard, who's tortured by the reality of losing the Vietnam War, leads Randa's military escort. Corey Hawkins plays the team's geologist, and Tian Jing plays a beautiful biologist whose sole purpose is to ensure this movie turns a profit by attracting audiences in China.
The team sets off some explosives on the island in the name of science, but Kong shows up and stops them with extreme prejudice. As the survivors try to escape the island, they find John C. Reilly's Hank Marlow, who tells them Kong isn't the real menace. The island is infested with skullcrawlers, which turns out to be as bad as it sounds.
Compare 'Kong' to 'Heart of Darkness'
That synopsis might sound like a remake of past Kong movies, but actually the filmmakers use Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 "Apocalypse Now" as their source material. In "Apocalypse Now," a team of American soldiers with conflicting objectives search the jungles of Vietnam for Kurtz, a warlord who's cobbled together his own tribe. In "Kong: Skull Island," if you replace Marlon Brando's Kurtz with a giant gorilla, you have almost the same movie.
Coppola in turn based his film on Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel "Heart of Darkness," and "Kong: Skull Island" pays tribute to Conrad as well. I noticed allusions to at least three different novels by Conrad, and trying to track down the literary Easter eggs will be fun for the English majors among us.
Keeping with its source material, "Kong: Skull Island" questions America's role as the world's police force. Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" can be read as a critique of European colonialism, and Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" criticized American interventionism. This movie carries the same message.
Early in the movie, Jackson's character says America didn't lose the Vietnam War, we abandoned it. That might be true, but the movie implies he's begging the question. The real issue is whether we should have been there in the first place. One of the soldiers says, referring to the Vietnamese, that sometimes someone isn't your enemy until you make him an enemy. Similarly, Marlow says about Kong, "You don't go into someone's house and start dropping bombs unless you're picking a fight."
It's easy to believe the filmmakers want us to see these lines as referring to America's latest military interventions, rather than the one's depicted in the movie. Did we lose in the Middle East, or did we just abandon it? And what were we hoping to accomplish in the first place? Marlow warns the Americans they shouldn't try to kill Kong, because he's the only thing keeping the much more nasty skullcrawlers away. Are Kong and the skullcrawlers a metaphor for Saddam Hussein and ISIS? The mantra repeated throughout the movie is that "this world doesn't belong to us." Given the movie's source material, it seems that this is a reminder that we Americans can't just do what we want.
'Kong' Could Have Been Much Better
Antiwar propaganda and literary criticism aside, does this latest Kong movie work as a movie? From a technical standpoint, it's not perfect. There's plenty of action, but the movie tends to drag at the beginning and seems a bit rushed at the end. The dialogue is contrived at times, and the movie has trouble juggling its large cast. We know we're supposed to care about these people as they get picked off by the dangers of the island, but the movie rarely gives us a reason to.
Despite these issues, it's a frightfully entertaining popcorn movie. The effects are spectacular, and you'll feel your chest reverberate when Kong roars. Hiddleston is always worth watching, and Reilly ably provides the comic relief.
Even so, the movie could have been so much better. "Kong: Skull Island" has the same problem that "Batman V. Superman" had last year. In that movie, we had some great conflict, with two men who had competing visions of how the world ought to work. Instead of letting them really work it out, the filmmakers took the easy road and found Batman and Superman a common enemy so they could stop beating up each other and still have a gigantic final battle.
"Kong: Skull Island" does the same thing. Instead of pitting the humans and Kong against each other and really dealing with the underlying theme of whether Americans can do whatever they want to whomever they want, the skullcrawlers show up and ensure the two sides put away their differences, which means those differences aren't resolved. This ending undermines the movie's message. Perhaps America can keep intervening in areas of the world that don't have skullcrawlers and ISIS lurking under the surface.
The movie would have been much better had it eschewed the easy ending and faced "the horror" like "Apocalypse Now," but the studio's financial health dictated a less powerful ending because Kong must return in 2020 for a planned showdown with Godzilla. It's time to face your fears. A new monster franchise has been born.
Collin Garbarino is an associate professor of history and the director of graduate programs in humanities at Houston Baptist University. He has written about history and pop culture for a number of publications. You can follow him on Twitter @@collingarbarino.
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Coke to Take Stake in Honest Tea
By Betsy McKay
Feb. 5, 2008 12:08 pm ET
Coca-Cola Co. has agreed to purchase about a 40% stake in Honest Tea Inc., a fast-growing maker of premium and organic bottled teas, for about $43 million, according to people familiar with the deal.
In addition, Atlanta-based Coke will have the right to purchase the remainder of the company, currently valued at $110 million, after three years, these people said.


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Martin and Debs: Exploring New Zealand
In Adventure, road trip, Travel by This Adventure Life July 4, 2017 Leave a Comment
Originally from South Africa, Martin and Debs grew up with mountains and the ocean on their doorstep and loved the outdoor lifestyle. Work prospects and the hustle and bustle of London lured them to the UK in 2003 but after 10 years they needed a change and felt that a move to New Zealand would be the perfect way to rekindle their spirit of adventure. Now settled in New Zealand, they've made it their mission to be lifelong 'tourists' in their newly adopted home country and use every opportunity to get out and explore. Whether it's hiking, scuba diving, paddleboarding, mountain biking or anything outdoors, Martin & Debs are always up for it and love to share their experiences online in the hope that others will be inspired to do the same.
We love your goal to be lifelong tourists in New Zealand, the country you now call home. Can you tell us about your journey to New Zealand, and what makes it feel like "home" to you?
Our journey to New Zealand was mostly a leap of faith. We'd reached a point in the UK where we knew we had to make a change and that we needed to get back to our outdoor roots. It took us about a year from the time we made the decision to move to when we finally both arrived in New Zealand and it was a challenging time, some of it spent apart on opposite ends of the globe, but eventually, through perseverance and good fortune, we achieved our dream.
What makes New Zealand feel like home? It's a little difficult to articulate as being here just feels right, like we've always been here. Ultimately, it's a feeling of contentment that makes us feel at home wherever that may be, and being outdoors does that for us. It sounds a bit cliched, but with so much to still see and do here in New Zealand, there is nowhere else we'd rather be.
Where are some of your favorite places in New Zealand for adventure? What makes them special?
Although we've only just scratched the surface, we've managed to do a fair amount of exploring in New Zealand, on both the North and South Islands. While our answer to this question most probably changes every six months, our current favourite places would have to be:
The North Island's Central Plateau – home of the North's highest peak, Mt Ruapehu, this volcanic plateau is the closest thing we have to an alpine environment without us having to travel to the South Island. It's also has some amazing day and multi-day hikes for the warmer months.
The Coromandel – this peninsula to the east of Auckland has some of the most stunning beaches, rocky coves and sea caves and is one of our favourite stand-up paddleboarding destinations.
Mount Cook National Park – situated on the South Island, this national park is home to 19 peaks over 3,000m including New Zealand's highest mountain, Mount Cook. While we're not experienced alpinists (yet) and we've only explored some of the lower level tracks, this in one place we will keep coming back to.
Queenstown – known as New Zealand's adventure capital and for good reason. There are so many exciting things to do in Queenstown, from bungy jumping to river rafting and skydiving. It's also a good base from which to explore the lower south island and is close to the Remarkables, Coronet Peak and Cardrona ski fields.
What are your goals with your website OutThere.Kiwi?
Right now, the website is our bucket list more than anything else as it contains a list of all the places we want to visit and things we want to experience in New Zealand – over 280 destinations/activities in total and growing. As we explore and share our experiences online, our hope is that over time the site will become a valuable resource for fellow outdoor enthusiasts planning their own adventures, particularly those visiting from overseas.
What are some of the obstacles you face while trying to keep a work-travel balance?
This can be summed as 'so many adventures, so little time'. If we could, we would love to be full time adventurers and our goal is to achieve this one day. Until then yes, balancing work and travel is a challenge and we simply endeavor to make the most of the time we have. That means lots of weekend trips and 4am starts to get to where we need to be. We use up all of our annual leave each year and invariably end up taking unpaid leave as well so we can do the things we love. It's a sacrifice we're more than willing to make.
Your adventures on your website include scuba diving, paddle boarding and hiking, to name a few. What are some of your most memorable adventures?
Scuba diving off White Island – White Island is an active volcano situated about 50km off the east coast of the North Island. One of the unique features of diving here is that there are geothermal vents and diving around them is a bit like being in a cross between a bubbling spa pool and a whistling kettle.
Fox Glacier – Fox is one of two glaciers on the South Island's West Coast, the other being Franz Josef. They are quite unique in that they end less that 25km from the coast. We spent an incredible day on Fox Glacier, flying in by helicopter before landing and making our way up the glacier through sheer crevasses and around overhanging seracs. We also got our first taste of ice climbing which left us wanting more.
Paddleboarding Pakiri – Pakiri is a popular beach north of Auckland. We were paddling about a kilometer offshore when we found ourselves surrounded by thousands of seabirds chasing a massive shoal of fish. In an attempt to escape, the fish were forming bait balls underneath our boards and we found ourselves having a real David Attenborough moment with birds diving into the sea around us and larger fish jumping out of the water in a feeding frenzy. It was incredible and of course the one day that we didn't have a GoPro or camera with us.
We at This Adventure Life want our readers to live life fearlessly in the pursuit of living their ideal life. What would your advice be for someone who wants to live fearlessly and pursue their wildest dreams?
It's been true for us and likely true for most others but dreams don't happen overnight. For us it's about taking lots of small steps and enjoying the journey along the way. It's important to have dreams and goals but to never lose sight of what's happening right now. As long as each day we feel that we're taking a positive step forward, that's a win.
As far as living fearlessly, we believe we do as we're always open to trying new things and pushing our boundaries. But fearless doesn't mean reckless so knowing when to call it is for us an important part of being an adventurer – that mountain is not going anywhere.
Where are your next adventures?
We're heading into winter now so want to tackle three Central Plateau peaks this season to gain more experience in snow and ice. It's a perfect training ground for future adventures in the South Island.
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DNC Chairman: 'No Human Being is Illegal…We Must Treat Everyone With Dignity'
by Philip Hodges
Obviously, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) Tom Perez was talking in the context of illegal immigration. But if we were to take him at his word that this is what he believes in general as a matter of principle, then I think it would be easy to point out at least one glaring contradiction.
At an immigrant and workers rally just outside the White House, Perez said that 'no human being is illegal,' and that 'we must treat everyone with dignity.' The Daily Caller reported:
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez spoke at an immigrant and workers rally outside of the White House Monday.
"The Democratic party will always be here, fighting for you," Perez told the group Monday afternoon. "The Democratic party is here, fighting for you."
Perez asserted that the Democratic party and the immigrant community share the same values, centered around diversity. He claimed that "our nation's diversity is our greatest strength." He also expressed frustration with the current president, who he would not mention by name.
"Our most important power is not the mister in the White House, I can't even mention his name, the power is with all of you," Perez said, before extolling the power of big labor, which was present at the march in solidarity. "No human being is illegal, we must treat everyone with dignity," Perez continued, as he switched between English and Spanish for the crowd.
The protest outside of the White House, which grew to a few thousand by the dinner hour, was a part of nationwide May Day protests. The day is recognized around the globe as the international version of Labor Day. (RELATED: NY Times: When Communism Inspired Americans)
"We will be fighting for racial justice, economic justice, and moral justice," Perez said, listing off a plethora of talking points.
Perez said he spent over ten years with Casa Maryland, one of the groups organizing the May Day protest. Perez was approached by The Daily Caller News Foundation with questions but declined to comment.
The obvious question is, "Does that include unborn babies?" Do they have the same rights as anyone else, or are they considered lesser people, since they cannot speak for themselves, and since they're utterly helpless and defenseless?
Or, would they rather side with Richard Dawkins who said that "any fetus is less human than an adult pig." I imagine since the Democratic Party is the 'party of science,' they'd no doubt appeal to Dawkins as a reliable source of information about science and morality.
So, they wouldn't care about treating an unborn child with any dignity, because they don't view it as a person. It's hardly even human from their perspective.
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July 1, 2021 by Encinitas News
Judge Theresa Dellick receives the ATHENA Award
Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick was presented with the ATHENA Award on May 13. (Photo courtesy of the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber).
SHERRY KARABIN
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It's been approximately 40 years since a local business owner in Lansing, Michigan was inspired to create the ATHENA Award Program.
First presented in 1982, thousands of women in the United States and abroad have received the award, which recognizes female professionals who've demonstrated excellence in their careers, provided leadership in the community and mentored or assisted other women in reaching their goals.
In the Mahoning Valley, the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber started its program in 1990. Since then about 1,000 women have been nominated, including this year's recipient Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick, who was presented with the award on May 13 during the annual dinner, which took place at Waypoint 4180 in Canfield, Ohio.
"I was completely shocked," said Judge Dellick. "I was aware that I had been nominated, but I did not think I would get it. There were so many amazing women that have done so much for their communities.
"Because you are not given any advance notice, I didn't have a speech prepared and I told my husband John he didn't need to attend since he was starting a trial the next day.
"I truly feel the award represents the collective efforts of the court staff and its partners. If I could I would share this award with them."
Nominated by the Junior League of the Mahoning Valley, with the input of other local leaders like retired Mahoning County Public Health Commissioner Patricia Sweeney, Judge Dellick was one of 28 women up for the award.
"Judge Dellick is an extraordinary role model for girls and women in the community," said Sweeney, a past recipient of the accolade. "She is a humble and passionate community advocate.
"She cares deeply about the youth and families in our community. As a judge, she practices restorative justice and is working to make trauma-informed practices the standard of care across Mahoning County."
Junior League of the Mahoning Valley Executive Board Member Phyllis Ricchiuti, a founder of The Rich Center for Autism described Judge Dellick as "an all-around leader," who has accomplished a great deal at the court and in the community.
"Judge Dellick is a visionary, go-getter, who thinks out of the box," said Ricchiuti, who has known Judge Dellick for about 25 years. "What she has done at the Juvenile Justice Center is amazing. She believes young people deserve a chance at rehabilitation and she has unveiled many programs to assist them.
"She's helped to transform our Junior League, serving as its president for two years.
"We actually nominated her for the ATHENA Award about a year and a half ago, but because of COVID the 2020 event was canceled."
This year's ceremony included over 500 people, with Window World Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Tammy Whitworth serving as the keynote speaker.
In addition, the 13th ATHENA Scholarship was presented to Taylor Sebastiano, a biology major at Youngstown State University (YSU). The $1,500 one-time award was created in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley.
For the eighth year in a row, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield gave two $1,250 scholarships to area students. This year's recipients, Leetonia High School senior Haleigh Brock and Springfield Local High School senior Sarah DeLucia both plan to attend YSU.
A native of Howland, Ohio Judge Dellick received her bachelor's degree in business administration from YSU and her juris doctorate from The University of Toledo College of Law.
Judge Dellick began her career as a civil trial lawyer at the firm now known as Harrington, Hoppe & Mitchell. She later moved to Roth, Stephens & Blair, becoming a partner in 1993.
She then took the county bench in 1999, where she implemented the first misdemeanor county drug court.
Judge Dellick has served on the Mahoning County Juvenile Court bench since 2001, overseeing the administration of the court, as well as the detention center, intake services, probation, Clerk of Courts, counseling and community services.
During her tenure on the court, she has created and managed early intervention and diversion programming designed to reduce recidivism, increase family self-reliance and ensure the safety and well-being of young people.
The juvenile court currently has three Ohio Supreme Court certified specialized dockets, including the mental health, family dependency and drug courts. There is also a cognitive behavioral therapy unit.
Judge Dellick established Mahoning County High School in 2008, which works with at-risk, trauma-affected students to keep them in school and out of the court system.  Seven years later, the high school was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, DOJ (Department of Justice) and the Obama White House for its innovative and successful practices.
In 2012, the juvenile court was selected by Georgetown University to participate in its Crossover Youth Project, which seeks to address issues affecting foster children involved with the court system.
In addition to her work on the bench, Judge Dellick is the chair of the Supreme Court Commission on Specialized Dockets and a former member of Ohio's SSRP Subcommittee, which oversees the Supreme Court's initiative to advance family dependency treatment dockets throughout Ohio.
A fellow of Georgetown's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and a certified SAMHSA trauma-informed trainer, Judge Dellick has served on the Supreme Court's Commission on the Rules of Superintendence and its Commission on Continuing Legal Education as well as the Judicial Advisory Group.
She currently sits on the Ohio Supreme Court Task Force on Improving Court Operations Using Remote Technology (iCOURT) and is a member of the National Judicial Task Force Civil, Probate & Family Justice Work Group. The task force is charged with examining state courts' response to mental illness.
Judge Dellick also chairs the Ohio Supreme Court's Juvenile Justice Subcommittee and is a former president and the current District 6 Trustee for the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges.
While practicing law, she was named to the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Outside of the legal profession, Judge Dellick has been a member or a volunteer at many civic and professional organizations, including the Youngstown Business Incubator, United Way, Turning Point Counseling, the Mahoning County Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services Board, Easter Seals, Phi Kappa Phi and others.
She's also a current member of the American Psychiatric Association Foundation Justice Work Group, the Catholic Diocese Finance Council and the YSU Bitonte College of Health and Human Services Board of Visitors.
In 2016, Sandy Hook Promise named Judge Dellick a Champion of Hope. She has also received a Children's Advocate Award from Akron Children's Hospital.
"Judge Dellick is very deserving of the ATHENA Award," said Kim Calvert, vice president of marketing and member services at the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber. "Her efforts and accomplishments speak for themselves, and she has opened many doors for other women in our Valley. She is an amazing light in the community."
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Psychoanalytic Models of Etiology
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Psychoanalytic writers posit that early life experiences are fundamentally related to the development of the paraphilias. Stoller asserted that vengeful hostility, in response to the young child's ambivalent struggle to separate from his mother, is the core of all perversion (67). Many variations of this theme have been proposed.
Psychoanalytic View of Fetishism
Psychoanalytic theory suggests that fetishism is due to unconscious fears and a sense of inadequacy related to early childhood experience (68,69). Freud proposed that fetishism originates in the phallic phase of psychosexual development as a male child experiences anxiety about his mother's missing penis, for which he finds a symbolic object, thus resolving his fear and restoring an erotic attachment to his mother (70). The memory of sexual pleasure as a mechanism to cope with stress becomes fixated and eventually transmutes into repetitive behavior.
Psychoanalytic View of Transvestic Fetishism
In the orthodox psychoanalytic view, cross-dressing is a defense against castration anxiety. Some proposed that transvestism represents an unconscious wish for the father's attention by identification with the mother (71,72).
Greenacre described transvestism as an effort at reparation of a flawed body image in early life (73). Stoller described transvestism as a "hostile mastery" of early trauma and humiliation by the mother (74). In contrast, Oversey and Person suggested anxiety as the central theme in transvestism, caused by flawed maternal bonding and consequent incomplete sense of self (75).
Psychoanalytic View of Exhibitionism
To the psychoanalyst, exhibitionism is associated with childhood experiences with a dominant, seductive mother and a distant father (69,76). The assault on the male child's developing sense of masculinity and adequacy is resolved in the feelings of gratification and power when a female reacts to his genital displays.
Psychoanalytic View of Sadomasochism
Stoller described sexual masochism as the neurotic eroticization of maternal hatred, a narcissistic solution to early life trauma (74), although in later writings, after observing many higher functioning individuals and couples who engaged in recreational S&M practices, he questioned his earlier assumptions (77,78). Kernberg suggested that masochists experience narcissistic gratification in the grandiose view of the self associated with high tolerance for pain (79). Waska described the masochist as alternating between compulsion toward servitude and rage at the internalized possessive, rejecting, or neglectful maternal object (80). The masochist suffers a core incapacity to self-soothe and, therefore, deep cravings to be soothed by others. The cravings, and accompanying rage, explain the masochist's inherently ambivalent position, in which self-suffering disguises feelings of anger and yearning for maternal soothing. Ultimately, his compensatory style is one of the expecting to be hurt by those from whom he needs love, and one of the confusing pain and humiliation with longed-for love. He tolerates pain and suffering in order to remain attached to the needed but pain-causing mother, a stance that is preferable to no attachment at all. In Lebe's formulation, the masochist is sensitive to others but cannot be to himself because as a child he was unable to differentiate between self and the punishing or rejecting mother (81). A more recent formulation proposed that sexual desire itself is a driving force in masochism, and that sadomasochistic aggression is, paradoxically, an attempt to find safety under the primitive lure of sexual feelings and preoedipal yearnings (82).
Psychoanalytic interpretations assist the clinician in formulating a sense of the early life experiences of individuals seeking treatment and in understanding their developmental vicissitudes. Most clinicians who treat individuals with para-philias can provide testimony to the life stories that offer convincing anecdotal evidence for the relevance of psychoanalytic constructs to our efforts to explain unusual erotic interests.
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Police chief says sorry to grieving family - but still wants memorial moved
Michael-Lee Rice's family want a memorial to remain where it sits, at least until the summer
A wreath on the memorial to Michael-Lee Rice in Knowle (Image: Dan Regan/BristolLive)
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A senior police officer has personally apologised to a grieving mother for "any confusion" when suggesting that a memorial to her son should be relocated.
Tributes to motorcyclist Michael-Lee Rice have been fixed to a fence on Ilminster Avenue, Knowle, since the 20-year-old's death in April 2019.
Chief Inspector Nigel Colson angered Michael-Lee's family by asking whether they would consider moving the shrine to a "more appropriate space".
But now a second letter from the same officer, dated January 8, has been sent to Michael-Lee's mum Donna Rice.
It states: "I wanted to write to you again firstly to apologise for any confusion that might have been caused by my previous letter."
The memorial to Michael-Lee Rice, who died in April 2020 (Image: Dan Regan/BristolLive)
The chief inspector wrote that he had "never suggested" the police would remove the memorial, adding: "I understand that you have spoken about moving the memorial to your garden, and I am simply offering any assistance that might help make that happen sooner rather than later."
The previous letter, dated January 2, expressed a desire to see the memorial moved due to a perceived rise in crime and anti-social behaviour since it was put up.
Ch Insp Colston initially wrote: "I would like to work with you, and with the council, in order to possibly relocate the memorial to a more appropriate space as soon as possible.
"I would much rather do this in a spirit of understanding and cooperation than I would through the use of more serious options, such as examining enforcement powers against the owner of the land."
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News of the latest move comes amid a mix in public reaction on social media.
Scores of comments were posted below an article on the Bristol Live Facebook page yesterday (January 8), with a majority voicing support for the tributes remaining where they are.
But a number of people took a more critical tone, focusing on the size of the display, its presence in a public place, and the view that more crime has occurred in the area since it was created.
When Bristol Live asked Miss Rice for her opinions on the comments, she said she had tried not to look at them herself.
Michael-Lee Rice's family with a petition calling for the memorial to remain where it stands. L-R: Girlfriend Sophie Selwood, his mum Donna Rice and his step-father Jason Maggs (Image: Dan Regan/BristolLive)
When told about some of the critical posts, however, the 39-year-old defended the shrine and her attempts to protect it.
She said: "I had to put up this fight for my son because if it was me, he would have been the same."
Addressing the perception, first raised by the police, that crime and anti-social behaviour has become more common in the Newquay Road area in the last nine months, she said she "totally disagreed" with that argument.
She said: "I've lived here for 21 years and there's always been trouble - that's why there's been a camera [near the junction of Ilminster Avenue and Newquay Road] from the beginning."
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Miss Rice did say, however, that she intends to move the memorial to her house by the summer, when she hopes her garden will be finished.
"The aim is to have the garden finished by the summer and I will just have it [the memorial] in my own garden. That's where it should be, in my eyes."
She said her garden is currently like a building site and not in a fit condition to host the shrine.
"If I can keep it there [on Ilminster Avenue] until the summer I'll be over the moon," Miss Rice said.
She revealed she has an appointment with a police community liaison officer on Monday (January 13), adding that a petition demonstrating support for keeping the memorial in its current position now has more than 1,000 signatures.
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16 Cool Things to do For the 4th of July in Los Angeles (2017)
June 29, 2017 by Karin E. Baker
July 4 is just around the corner! Do you know what you're doing on Tuesday?
Whether you want to visit an art museum, attend a rooftop dance party, view an outdoor movie, see a traditional fireworks show, or savor a gourmet dinner followed by pyrotechnics, we've got you covered.
Below is our quick, easily scannable list of 16fun things to do in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 4, 2017. Enjoy!
Fireworks at The Rose Bowl for July 4. Credit: Daniel via flickr cc
1. See fireworks at the Rose Bowl. Americafest is still going strong after 91 years!
2. Attend a rooftop soiree at the Ace Hotel in Downtown L.A. Hang out by the pool and listen to Motown tunes, along with classic soul, disco and funk, during California Sol 4th of July.
3. Attend a stylish gourmet food event in Studio City, followed by fireworks, at CBS Studio Center's 4th of July Fireworks & VIP Celebration.
4. Enjoy an oceanside holiday during the Redondo Beach 4th of July Fireworks at Seaside Lagoon. Situated next to a lagoon, the day will include giant inflatable slides and a DJ playing both patriotic and party music.
5. Celebrate Independence Day in an old-timey fashion in Topanga Canyon. Theatricum Botanicum's 3rd Annual Independence Day Old Fashioned Barn Dance and Barbecue features innocent pleasures from days of yore, like a pie-eating contest, watermelon seed-spitting contest, horseshoes, and more.
6. Watch an outdoor movie. Cinespia at Hollywood Forever is hosting a screening of the classic sci-fi adventure Jurassic Park, followed by fireworks.
7. Go to Grand Park for a festive afternoon and evening during its 4th of July Block Party. Enjoy live music, dancing, 30+ food trucks, and dazzling fireworks ascending from the roof of nearby Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.
8. View an all-American patriotic parade — with skydivers! — during the Pacific Palisades 4th of July Parade & Fireworks Show.
9. Another option for celebrating Independence Day by the ocean is this free event in San Pedro: the 67th Annual John Olguin Southbay July 4th Spectacular.
10. Celebrate the unveiling of a new monument slated to be the Statue of Liberty of the West Coast during the L.A. Freedom Festival in Century City.
11. If you're in the West Valley, you might want to check out the July 4th Fireworks Extravaganza in Woodland Hills, with food from 15 or more local eateries and a 15-minute pyrotechnic display.
12. If you're near Long Beach head over to the Queen Mary for their Fourth of July party that includes a performance by The Pointer Sisters plus family games, arts, crafts, and a big-time fireworks spectacular. Discount tickets for the show are available (while supplies last) via Goldstar.
13. Reputedly the best fireworks show on the Westside is July 4th at the Marina, with two prime spots in Marina del Rey ideal for watching the show, complete with synchronized music.
14. The Hollywood Bowl is famously one of the best spots in L.A. for watching fireworks. This July 4, a dazzling spectacle will set the skies above Hollywood aglow, capping a performance from three-time Grammy-winning a cappella ensemble Pentatonix.
15. Visit a museum! Though many L.A. museums are closed on July 4, the Getty Center will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., LACMA's hours will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and The Broad will open at 11 a.m. and close at 5 p.m.
16. Fireworks, food trucks, live music, games and prizes add up to a day of family fun during the Culver City Fourth of July Fireworks Show.


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"Perdoname" has reached 147.5K total views, 2.4K likes, and 71 dislikes. It has been submitted at 30/04/2018 and spent 1 weeks on the charts. For all times when appearing in charts, the song achieved 2.3K average weekly views.
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The highest charting position of the entry is #98 . The video has reached most views on week #175 , acquiring 29.6K views on YouTube. The worst ranking place of the video is #98. "Perdoname" has been charted in 1 trends (countries):
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The best charting position of the entry is #98 . The video has gained most views in May 2018, acquiring 51.5K views on YouTube. The worst ranking place of the video is #543. "Perdoname" has been charted in 1 trends (countries):
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Georgia Dept. of Public Health to begin vaccinating 65+ adults
by: Chloe Salsameda
Posted: Jan 10, 2021 / 06:25 PM EST / Updated: Jan 12, 2021 / 09:47 AM EST
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) — Just weeks after the first shipment of the COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Augusta, the Georgia Department of Public Health is preparing to vaccinate first responders and people ages 65 and older. It has set up a drive-thru vaccination site at Craig-Houghton Elementary School, and will begin vaccinating individuals in this phase on Monday.
"We're going to put as many people through as we can," Susan Beckham, the East Central Health District Emergency Preparedness Director, says. "We're getting faster and more efficient every day."
DPH has vaccinated nearly 3,000 people at its site in Augusta. People are getting more eager to get vaccinated each day.
"What we're experiencing right now is that the vaccine supply in the country and in Georgia is less than the demand," Dr. Stephen Goggans, DPH's District Health Director, says. "Coming in, we knew that vaccine rollout was going to have to build over time."
The vaccine roll-out has been slow, but teams throughout Augusta are working quickly to vaccinate people as quickly as possible. More than 5,400 people have been vaccinated at Augusta University Health. An additional 1,100 people have been inoculated at Doctors Hospital. As more vaccine shipments are sent to Georgia, the vaccination process will likely speed up.
"We're going to have to have more sites operating," Goggans says. "That is dependent on vaccine supply. Assuming that comes through, there will be hundreds or even thousands of places where people can get vaccinated."
The vaccination process will be slow. But, Dr. Goggans is hopeful the general public will be vaccinated soon.
"Over the next few months, we're going to see a tremendous difference."
How to get vaccinated at DPH's site
Schedule an appointment at ecphd.com
Once the application is received, it's reviewed for eligibility and the applicant will be notified per telephone with a date and time for the vaccine.
Applicants should bring a photo ID with them to the vaccine site for identification.
This story was updated on 1/12/21 to reflect that DPH is not vaccinating people in Phase 1B. It is vaccinating people who fall in an expanded 1A category.
by Shawn Cabbagestalk / Jan 17, 2021
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) --- The U.S. presidential inauguration is set for January 20 and that means more opportunities for political discourse. How can you best handle the situation if your conversations turn to politics?
Etiquette expert Sharon Schweitzer joined weekend Good Morning Augusta anchor Shawn Cabbagestalk to share tips on how to handle it.
by Kim Vickers / Jan 16, 2021
Waynesboro, GA (WJBF)- Martin Luther King Jr Day parades all over the CSRA were cancelled this year due to COVID.
Since the COVID-19 pandemic forced leaders to cancel The Burke County Annual Martin Luther King Jr Day Parade, some members of the Burke County Sheriff's office worked to make sure Dr. King's message of peace and unity were remembered during these turbulent times.