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The Women Who Inspire Us
Sydney Stern Miller, Mar, 8 2021 | 7 min read
What better way to celebrate International Women's Day than to reflect on the women who inspire us every day? We asked our team to share the women whom they admire.
Betsy Lee Hauser, CEO & Founder
My mom, Gloria Steinem, and Sara Blakely of Spanx--I love her. She has a bazillion children, like me. It's her hustle and the fact that she's so normal and authentic. If you haven't read her story, you must. It will make you laugh and cry and then pull out your notebook full of ideas feeling inspired that you (yes, you) can do anything. She is a guiding light on perseverance, a self-made billionaire, and a role model for women, working mommas, and quite frankly anyone with a good idea. Can you tell I'm a little obsessed?
Kelsey Zittrouer, Talent Success Manager
Mother Teresa.
Sydney Stern Miller, Marketing Lead
My mom, of course, but honestly I have a laundry list of women who inspire me:
Dr. Becky Kennedy, a clinical psychologist specializing in parenting, managing anxiety, and building resilience. Dr. Becky started posting on Instagram during the pandemic and has fundamentally changed hundreds of thousands of lives, including mine.
Author Glennon Doyle for her book Untamed.
American poet and spoken word artist Andrea Gibson for all of her work.
Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO & Founder of Bumble.
Shonda Rhimes, badass mom, television producer, screenwriter, and author.
Charlie Mulligan, Chief Product Officer
My mother, Jenny Mulligan. She was the best.
Brandon Matthews, Talent Success Manager
Barbara Walters - Drawing the highest pay in the history of television broadcasting at the time, Barbara Walters became the first woman co-anchor of a network evening newscast. She developed to a high art the interviewing of public figures.
Hillary Clinton - an American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016. She was the first woman to win the popular vote in an American presidential election.
Judith Heumann - Judith Heumann is a lifelong advocate for the rights of disabled people.
Johnny Ruhl, Finance Manager
Obvious answer, but true, my mom. After my sister and I left the nest for college, our mom has since revitalized her career, and it has been inspiring to see her seize this chapter of her life.
Irish Holland, Program Manager
Kamala Harris - an American politician and attorney serving as the 49th vice president of the United States. She is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, and the first African American and first Asian American vice president.
Janet Evans - an American former competition swimmer who specialized in distance freestyle events. Evans was a world champion and world record-holder, and won a total of four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics.
Judith Resnik - the second American woman in space and the fourth woman in space worldwide, logging 145 hours in orbit. She was the first Jewish woman of any nationality in space
Judit Polgár - the most impressive female chess player of all time.
Gabriel C. Ruiz, Experience & Advancement Team
Becky Hammon! She is the Assistant coach of the San Antonio Spurs, and is being trained to take over as head coach once Popovich retires!
Mary Lachapelle, Director of Growth & Partnerships
I am inspired by so many incredible women! I admire my previous boss, Tammy Kern, for her integrity, loyalty, and compassionate heart. I look up to our Founder & CEO, Betsy Hauser, for her strength, vision, and leadership. Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevest, has inspired and empowered me to build wealth and work to put more money in the hands of women. I am also deeply inspired by the women closest to me: my friends, family, and colleagues. Their daily demonstration of strength, beauty, compassion, wit, creativity, empathy, faith, and love motivates me to live to my fullest potential.
Jessica Pham, Chief of Staff
My grandmother - she's a tough broad but looks as young as ever. Back in Vietnam, she held a career in government, while my grandpa was the chief of police. I can't imagine what it took to migrate the family to America during the Vietnam war and start new with nothing but what you could carry. She's always led the family, loves traveling, still lives in the very same house from they first arrived in the US, and always gives more than she ought to and never expects anything in return. She always carries herself with the utmost amounts of grace and kindness.
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Ethiopia's national airline used planes to transport weapons
Air Marshal Taye Hailu repeatedly asked Moscow for weapons and the planes had still been sold as far afield as Latvia
Ethiopia used its flagship commercial airline to transport weapons, munitions and ammunition during a brutal three-year war in Ethiopia's minority south-western Ogaden region, according to a report on Monday by the country's domestic news agency.
Ethiopia claims it was defending its border against the Ogaden National Liberation Front when it launched the offensive in 2004, with troops "fighting terrorism".
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But rights groups say Ethiopian troops have used indiscriminate force against civilians, which rights monitors have called genocide.
The Ethiopian government has repeatedly rejected claims that its troops were committing war crimes and abuses.
The International Crisis Group report revealed that the country's national airline fleet flew arms and ammunition to the Ogaden via Bangkok in flights with the registration numbers TOW IY, TOW II and TOW IV.
Ethiopia's national airline planes flew weapons from Russia to the Ogaden, according to the International Crisis Group report. Photograph: AP
"If a human rights offence occurs on a TOW aircraft the case will be investigated," the report said.
The report quoted Tewolde GebreMariam, the head of the national airline, who told the International Crisis Group that he'd stopped flying the planes for eight years in 2010 after being advised to "follow the example of Saudi Arabia".
Air Marshal Taye Hailu was also reported as saying that a Boeing 737-200 aircraft the government had assigned to transport guns had already been sold to Latvia.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch put out a joint report saying Ethiopian troops raped young women and girl and killed farmers as well as forcing others to steal or work on the grounds of military installations.
On Monday a spokesman for Ethiopia's government said some of the conclusions of the report were "misleading" and that there was no military attack on the Ogaden region.
The spokesman, Tewolde Mekonnen, said the territory had been invaded by Eritrea and the Ethiopian army was keeping that country from an invasion of Ethiopia.
"An attack against the Ogaden region was totally false and baseless," Mekonnen said.
According to Amnesty, at least 170 people were killed and more than 10,000 were abducted in the three-year offensive which ended in February 2006. A UN peacekeeping force still monitor in the region as a buffer.
Despite accusations of human rights abuses and election fraud, Ethiopia has boosted its relations with the west and is recognised as an emerging African powerhouse by some analysts.
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Samajwadi goons unleash hell on poor UP villagers for voting BJP
TOPICS:Law & OrderPolitical ViolenceSamajwadi Party
BY: HinduPost Desk March 16, 2017
Even after being booted out by people of UP, Samajwadi Party has not learnt its lesson and continues to indulge in its trademark muscle-power style of intimidatory politics. The license for this mockery of democracy being provided by a fawning Delhi media which issued SP's 'secular' certificate.
As per this news report –
"A very grim news has emerged from an eastern Uttar Pradesh district Balia where according to a News18 report, Samajwadi Party workers touched a new low burnt down the houses of villagers to avenge their defeat. According to the report, most of the villagers had voted for the BJP because of which the SP workers got enraged and resorted to violence to take revenge. The incident took place in the Rajbar area.
According to the report, the SP workers beat up the villagers badly and left several people seriously injured. Police, after being informed about the incident reached the spot and it arrested several people in the case. As of now, a strong police contingent has been deployed in the village and the situation, is under control.
The villagers while talking to the reporters said that the Samajwadi party workers were repeatedly asking why they had voted in BJP's favour and why had they not voted for the 'Cycle'.
The report indicates exactly what the UP elections were about – presence of jungle raj in the state. The public voted overwhelmingly against SP's violent ways and its penchant for resorting to violence. "
Similar news is coming in from Mainpuri in central UP, where over a dozen villagers in Dannahar area have been thrashed by goons for not voting as per their diktats.
The fact that booth level polling data is declared during counting enables this kind of post-poll victimization, and it has revived calls for introduction of a 'vote totaliser' machine for mixing votes.
In another instance which highlights the sheer arrogance & fuedalism of SP, senior party leader Azam Khan can be seen threatening & humiliating an official while going to collect his winning certificate from Rampur constituency –
Watch Azam Khan threatening an official for being made to walk thru muck in his own constituency.
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Khan, who is upset at being made to walk through dirt to collect the certificate, can be seen menacingly threatening the official, saying "Did Modi ask you to do this too (make me walk through muck)? …the Government has not changed yet…I am still a minister, and can take action against you. Is this why I got you transferred when you were lying in a garbage dump in some remote corner, when you were crying"
However, such viciousness and attacks on voters are not uncommon in UP, Bihar, Kerala, West Bengal and other parts of Bharat. The common thread is that it is usually the left-secular parties who resort to such thuggery & goondaism. Before LS 2014, an FIR was filed against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ajit Pawar, for threatening residents of a village in the Baramati constituency to vote for his cousin and party chief Sharad Pawar`s daughter, Supriya Sule, or their water supply would be cut off. Pawar allegedly warned villagers that EVM machines can be checked to see who voted for Sule and who did not.
This again goes to show the 'secular' narrative in mainstream media enables unrestrained corruption, criminality, violence and extortion of 'secular' parties. At the same time, the demonization of BJP & RSS hides the fact their cadre is far more disciplined & democratic-minded due to the sobering influence of RSS ideology rooted in nationalism.
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Press release no. 17/2013 - Date Thursday | 14 November 2013
The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has called on Frontex to establish a mechanism for dealing with complaints about fundamental right infringements arising from its work. Frontex co-ordinates the co-operation between EU Member States in the field of border security and illegal immigration. The Ombudsman conducted an investigation, including a public consultation, about how Frontex complies with human rights standards. Frontex complied with most of the Ombudsman's recommendations, but refused to set up a complaints mechanism. Accordingly, the Ombudsman submitted a Special Report on this issue to the European Parliament.
Emily O'Reilly stated: "Against the backdrop of the Lampedusa tragedy and other recent humanitarian catastrophes at EU borders, it is vital that Frontex deals directly with complaints from immigrants and other affected persons. I do not accept Frontex's view that human rights infringements are exclusively the responsibility of the Member States concerned."
Investigation into Frontex's fundamental rights implementation
In 2009, the Charter of Fundamental Rights became legally binding on Frontex, which is based in Warsaw. Since then, a number of civil society organisations as well as the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have questioned whether Frontex is doing enough to comply with the Charter. One example given was its deployment of EU border guards to Greece where migrant detainees were kept in detention centres under unacceptable conditions.
In 2011, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU adopted a Regulation setting out specific additional fundamental rights obligations for Frontex. In 2012, the Ombudsman asked Frontex a number of questions about how it is fulfilling these obligations and launched a public consultation which gathered contributions from citizens, human rights NGOs and other organisations.
Frontex replied that it had taken several measures, including the creation of a fundamental rights strategy, a fundamental rights officer and codes of conduct for its operations.
The Ombudsman found that, in general, Frontex was making reasonable progress in addressing fundamental rights issues. She recommended, however, that Frontex establish a complaints mechanism.
Frontex rejected this recommendation with the argument that individual incidents are the responsibility of the respective Member State. Emily O'Reilly disagreed and submitted a Special Report to the European Parliament, asking for its support in persuading Frontex to review its approach.
The Special Report is available at: http://www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/cases/specialreport.faces/en/52465/html.bookmark


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LFA 53 to Feature Flyweight Title Fight
LAS VEGAS, Nevada – LFA CEO Ed Soares announced today that the promotion will return to Arizona in November. Two of the sport's top flyweights are set to battle for the LFA flyweight championship at the top of LFA 53.
The main event of LFA 53 will bring a high-octane world title fight to the Valley of the Sun. The headliner will see LFA flyweight champion Maikel Perez defend his title against LFA flyweight top contender Casey Kenney. LFA 53 – Perez vs. Kenney takes place Friday, November 9th at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona. The main card will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
"I am excited to bring another title fight to Arizona on November 9th," stated Soares. "LFA 53 will be our fifth event and will feature our second title fight in the Grand Canyon State. Phoenix is a great fight town with some of the best fans in the sport. We are bringing these great fight fans another explosive fight card on November 9th. The event will take place at the Comerica Theatre and will be headlined by a flyweight title fight between champion Maikel Perez and top contender Casey Kenney."
Tickets for LFA 53 – Perez vs. Kenney are available for purchase NOW at ComericaTheatre.com.
Perez (7-1) is the reigning LFA flyweight champion. He is also a former Olympian and Cuban national wrestling team member. The 35-year-old began competing on Cuba's national team at international tournaments when he was 17-years-old. This included competing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. "Super Maikel" also represented Cuba at the 2009 World Championships and the 2006 and 2009 Pan American Championships. Perez took the gold medal at 60 kg at the 2009 Pan American Championships. Perez entered MMA to much fanfare in 2016 and captured his first world title in MMA this past April. He did this by stopping fellow top prospect Sid Bice via TKO in the second round of their headlining bout at LFA 37. He is now ready to defend his title for the first time at LFA 53.
Kenney (9-1-1) was identified as one of MMA's most promising flyweight prospects shortly after making his professional debut in 2014. This foresight took hold last year when he won a regional flyweight title and was signed by LFA. After making his LFA debut at LFA 11, the Tucsonan competed twice in front of UFC President Dana White on Dana White's Tuesday Night Contender Series. Casey returned to LFA this past January. The 27-year-old picked up a dominant Unanimous Decision victory over Kendrick Latchman at LFA 31. He followed up that win with another Unanimous Decision over three-time UFC vet Roman Salazar at LFA 44. The win over Salazar was a statement fight at bantamweight. The statement was made and now he is moving back to flyweight to challenge for the division crown.
The co-main event of LFA 53 will feature the return of U.S. Marine Corps SGT Kyle "Gunz Up" Stewart (10-1). Stewart is a decorated war hero, achieving the rank of Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps while serving multiple tours in Afghanistan. The wildly popular Arizonan skyrocketed to the top of the welterweight rankings by winning his first ten professional fights in MMA. That earned him a shot at the LFA welterweight title in July at LFA 46. The 29-year-old lost a competitive five-round decision to LFA champion James Nakashima that night and is eager to get back into title contention with a big win in front of his home crowd at LFA 53.
The man looking to play spoiler in the co-main event of LFA 53 is Oklahoma native Braden Smith. Just like Stewart, the 22-year-old Sooner experienced similar immediate success to his MMA career. Smith was signed to LFA last year after winning seven of his first eight fights, which included multiple regional titles and a win in Legacy FC shortly before it merged with RFA to form LFA. Smith submitted three-time Bellator vet Manny Meraz in his LFA debut at LFA 15. The win came via D'Arce Choke in the first round. Smith dropped his second bout with the promotion at LFA 18, and again like Stewart, is hungry to get back into the win column at LFA 53.
Currently Announced Main Card (Televised on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT):
Main Event | Flyweight Title Bout (125 lb)
– Maikel Perez (7-1) vs. Casey Kenney (9-1-1)
Co-Main Event | Co-Main Event (170 lb)
– Kyle Stewart (10-1) vs. Braden Smith (8-2)
LFA 53 will be the fifth LFA event to take place in the state of Arizona. All of these events have taken place in the Grand Canyon State's capital city of Phoenix. Further information about LFA 53 will be announced soon. The entire main card of LFA 53 will be televised live and nationwide on AXS TV at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT.
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Chaos of Gaza Cries Out For a Political Deal
Haroon Siddiqui
Will this ever end? That's the first human reaction to the death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the slaughter at a Jerusalem yeshiva.The sources of violence are political. Unless there's a political solution, the violence won't end. That simple but profound truth has been around for decades. We are witnessing only its latest manifestation.
Gazans rain rockets into Israel. Israel mounts a ground and air assault. A Palestinian, an Israeli Arab at that, guns down eight students at a seminary, as Baruch Goldstein had gunned down 29 worshippers at a mosque in Hebron in 1994.
James Reilly, professor of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the U of T, sums it up this way:
"The operative assumption on the part of Palestinians is that the Israelis have inflicted so much pain on us that they deserve whatever violence we can inflict on them.
"The operative assumption on the part of Israelis is that if we hit the Palestinians hard enough and often enough, they will agree to peace on our terms."
This has not worked and won't.
As of this writing, about 125 Arabs have been killed in the last week vs. 12 Israelis, including the eight murdered in Jerusalem. That's about the same ratio as in the 2006 invasion of Lebanon. Yet, as in Lebanon, Israel has not achieved its goals.
There's no guarantee that rocket fire from Gaza will stop. And Hamas is not destroyed. Rather, like the Hezbollah, it has emerged stronger, a symbol of resistance.
Having declared Hamas a terrorist entity, Israel and its allies, including Canada, are in the ludicrous position of not dealing with it even to arrange a ceasefire.
This despite the fact that a majority of Israelis, according to a poll, favour a truce with Hamas. And several leading Israeli thinkers, including Shlomo Brom, a retired general, advocate a dialogue.
As in Lebanon, Israeli credibility has suffered as well.
Israel said up to 90 per cent of those killed in the Gaza operation were militants. Palestinians said more than half were civilians. The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem backed the Palestinians, saying that by its count, Israel had killed 54 civilians, as of Monday.
That brings forth the argument that there is a difference between terrorists who target civilians and actions in self-defence that kill civilians. There is. But dead innocents are dead innocents. Infinitely more of them are Palestinians.
Thus, the worldwide anger and the condemnation by the UN's Ban Ki-moon of Israel's "disproportionate and excessive use of force that has killed and injured so many civilians, including children."
Even the strongly pro-Israeli Harper government piped up:
"We are very concerned by the impact on civilians of measures taken by Israel, such as increased military operations, restrictions on border crossings and reductions in the delivery of vital goods and services," said Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier.
"Israel must take better measures to protect civilians and to allow safe and unhindered humanitarian access to the population in need in the Gaza Strip."
It hasn't. A report by eight British NGOs makes that abundantly clear.
The Israeli blockade has created the worst humanitarian crisis since 1967, said the coalition that includes Amnesty International, Save the Children, Oxfam and Christian Aid. Their report speaks of severe food shortages, crumbling health services and water and sewage systems.
"The whole infrastructure is in a state of collapse, whether water, sanitation or the medical services," said John Ging, director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
About 80 per cent of Gaza's 1.5 million people are dependent on food aid. Of the 110,000 workers employed in the private sector, 75,000 have lost their jobs.
Canadians are complicit, as Ottawa was the first to help impose collective punishment on the Gazans. So are many of our politicians and the media who demonstrate selective outrage and inconsistent logic day in and day out.
The only comforting news has been that Israel has rightly chosen to continue the peace process.
Haroon Siddiqui appears Thursday and Sunday.
Will this ever end? That's the first human reaction to the death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the slaughter at a Jerusalem yeshiva.
The sources of violence are political. Unless there's a political solution, the violence won't end. That simple but profound truth has been around for decades. We are witnessing only its latest manifestation.
Haroon Siddiqui appears Thursday and Sunday. hsiddiqui@thestar.ca.
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Haroon Siddiqui was the Toronto Star's editorial page editor.
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Lizzo Lends A Helping Hand In Australia By Volunteering At A Food Bank
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 24: Lizzo performs onstage during the 2019 American Music Awards at Microsoft Theater on November 24, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/AMA2019/Getty Images for dcp)
Since September 2019, bushfires have continuously ravaged Australia's forests, bush, and parks. To date, over 15 million acres have burned, 25 people have lost their lives, and millions of animals remain in serious danger. While celebrities are utilizing their public platforms to encourage fans to help out through donations, Lizzo took it one step further and got to work volunteering herself.
During her tour in Australia, Lizzo decided to help out at Foodbank Australia in Melbourne where she spent time packing food hampers for people displaced by the fires alongside hundreds of other volunteers. According to the organization, thousands of locals were displaced from their homes that were either lost or severely damaged by the fires, and Lizzo was among many volunteers packing water and other necessities to hand out.
On Monday, the Grammy-nominated artist also set up buckets at the Sydney Opera House venue of her concert for audience members donations. And, in the middle of the show, she asked fans in Australia to tell her how she could help.
But Lizzo made no mention of her visit to the food bank on her social media — it was actually a fellow volunteer that wanted the singer to get the shoutout she deserved. "The American singer Lizzo came to visit us at FoodBank today to say thanks for helping our bushfire effected communities," he tweeted along with two pictures of Lizzo donning a high-vis jacket ready to help.
The American singer Lizzo came to visit us at FoodBank today to say thanks for helping our bushfire effected communities. pic.twitter.com/P3RWWzxGZQ
— Mike Adey (@MikeAdey3) January 8, 2020
What's clear is that the time spent in Australia clearly affected Lizzo — enough so that she took hands-on action. Last week, the "Truth Hurts" singer tweeted a photo with a list of links and organizations people can look up in order to help with fire relief efforts. On Instagram, Lizzo also shared a video message via Stories to her fans.
"Being over here in Australia has really given me a real time view into what's happening with these devastating fires and for all of my followers who are mostly American, I just want to say that this is a global crisis," said Lizzo.
She continued by explaining the effects fires of this magnitude have on the world at large. "I think sometimes you look at something that's happening in another country you automatically go, 'Oh, well, you know that's not going to happen to us, that's not our problem, that's another country.' But we're all connected on this planet. This is the Earth and we share this as a home." Foodbank was incredibly moved by Lizzo's effort and attention to the crisis in Australia, sharing a photo of her on their Instagram page.
Beautiful @lizzobeeating stopped by our @foodbankvictoria warehouse today to thank our hardworking team and vollies who have been working tirelessly for the past 6 days. What a ⭐ she even packed hampers for fire-affected regions. Thank you for the support 🙌🏼💜👊🏻
A post shared by Foodbank Australia (@foodbankaus) on Jan 7, 2020 at 9:36pm PST
Other celebrities including Nicole Kidman, Chris Hemsworth, Elton John, and P!nk are doing their part to create awareness, donate money, and point their fans to links for them to do the same. Kidman and her husband Keith Urban donated $500,000 to bushfire relief efforts while Hemsworth shared a list of organizations for donations. P!nk pledged the same amount as Kidman, tweeting that she is "totally devastated watching what is happening in Australia right now with the horrific bushfires."
Meanwhile, John made a donation of $1 million saying, "Seeing the fires raging across Australia have left me heartbroken."
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THE GREEK TESTAMENT; With a Critically Revised Text: a Digest of Various Readings: Marginal References to Verbal and Idiomatic Usage: Prolegomena: and a Critical and Exegetical Commentary / For the Use of Students and Ministers
Alford, Henry, D.D. Late Dean of Canterbury
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Arberry, A. J.
London: John Murray, 1961. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, Preface by A. J. Arberry, green cloth with silver lettering on spine, Mylar-protected white and blue-green dust jacket with depiction of a whirling dervish, ix-[x] + 276 pages. SCARCE in such a Very Good dust jacket (price-clipped). The dj is rubbed at... More about DISCOURSES OF RUMI
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MEN & MANNERS IN THE DAYS OF CHRIST; Studies and Character Sketches of the First Century
Arendzen, J. P.
St. Louis, Missouri & London: B. Herder Book Company / Sheed & Ward, 1928. First Edition. Cloth. Tall 8vo, tan cloth with gold lettering on spine, XXX pages.	More about MEN & MANNERS IN THE DAYS OF CHRIST; Studies and Character Sketches of the First Century
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THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF KIERKEGAARD; presented by W. H. Auden
Auden, W. H.
New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1952. First Edition. Cloth. 12mo, red cloth, B&W sketch of Kierkegaard as frontispiece, pictorial endpapers providing a black-white-and-red literary-and-philosophical diagram and brief discussion about Kierkegaard, 225 pages. An Excellent survey and discussion about the Danish religious philosopher by this major English-American poet who also... More about THE LIVING THOUGHTS OF KIERKEGAARD; presented by W. H. Auden
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THE DISEASES OF THE BIBLE; By-Paths of Bible Knowledge. IX
Bennett, MD, LLD, FRS, Sir Risdon
Lonon: The Religious Tract Society, 1891. Second Edition, Revised. Decorated & gilt-stamped cloth. 12mo, brown gilt- and black-stamped cover, [148] pages + [2] Ads for By-Paths of Bible Knowledge. Excellent study in Very Good condition!Bookplate.	More about THE DISEASES OF THE BIBLE; By-Paths of Bible Knowledge. IX
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SIMON MAGUS UND DIE CHRISTLICHE GNOSIS; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / heausgegeben von Martinn Henbel - Joachim Jeremias - Otto Michel
Beyschlag, Karlmann
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1974. First Edition [text in German]. Cloth. Tall 8vo, brown cloth with black lettering on spine and cover, Mylar-protected lettered light gray dust jacket, viii + 249 numbered pages + [2] advertisements. Text in German. Important study on the relationship between Simon Magus... More about SIMON MAGUS UND DIE CHRISTLICHE GNOSIS; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament /...
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THE GOOD BOOK; Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
Blauner, Adnrew, editor
New York London Toronto Sydney New Delhi: Simon & Schuster, 2015. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. 8vo, red quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over red boards, Introduction by Adam Gopnik, xvii, [xviii] + 298 pages. An Excellent anthology of responses by noted authors to the Bible... More about THE GOOD BOOK; Writers Reflect on Favorite Bible Passages
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THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
Block, Ariel and Chana Bloch
NewYork: Random House, 1995. First Edition: Hebrew facing English Translation. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by poet Chana Bloch, 4to, green cloth over bright forest green boards with gilt embossing on cover and spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket by Jerry Bauer, Afterword by Robert Alter, x + 253 pages + [4]...	More about THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
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Bruckberger, DOM, Raymond-Leopold
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Burkitt, MA., D.D., F. Crawford
London: Published for the British Academy By Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1914. Photograph. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gilt spine lettering and blind-stamped rules along edges of covers, illustrated photographic frontispiece of the Gezeh MS. of Enoch, [x] + 80 pages. A great scholar of Hebrew... More about JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN APOCALYPSES; The Schweich Lectures 1913
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[Carl Sandburg, ed.]
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THE ETHICAL MYSTICISM OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER; A Study of the Sources and Significance of SCHWEITZER'S PHILOSOPHY OF CIVILIZATION / With two essays by Albert Schweitzer
Clark, Henry
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Colie, R. L.
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Collins, John J.
Leiden New York Köln: E. J. Brill (Supplements to the Journal for the study of Judaism. Formerly Studia Post-Biblica; Vol. 54), 1997. First Edition. Cloth. INSCRIBED by "John" [by the Author: Collins), small 4to (10" x 6 3/4"), blue cloth with gold lettering on spine, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket (unclipped)...	More about SEERS SIBYLS & SAGES IN HELLENISTIC-ROMAN JUDAISM
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A COMPANION TO SAMARITAN STUDIES
Crown, Allan D., Reinhard Pummer, Abraham Tal, editors
Tübingen: J. C. B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1993. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, black cloth with gold lettering on spine and cover (with JCB Mohr logo), Mylar-protected light gray dust jacket, Exceptional condition! Highly important guide for scholars interested in Judaic and Torah studies as complimented by those of their close..... More about A COMPANION TO SAMARITAN STUDIES
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KABBALAH; A Very Short Introduction
Dan, Joseph
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De Vaux, O.P., Roland
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Dodd, C. H.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, pale scarlet cloth with gilt spine stamping, dust jacket (unclipped), vii + 157 pages. Another important collection of studies by the great New Testament scholar, C.H. Dodd, Professor Emeritus of Cambridge University.Among important topics covered in these... More about MORE NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES
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NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES; by C. H. Dodd
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1953. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo, light green cloth, Mylar-protected lettered dust jacket, vii +182 pages. Major collection of essays by one of the greatest New Testament scholars.Exceptional Condition overall!Contents: Preface, 1. The Framework of the Gospel Narrative, 2. A New Gospel, 3. Matthew and Paul, 4... More about NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES; by C. H. Dodd
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STUDIES IN SHAMANISM; Based on Papers read at the Symposium on Shamanism held at Åbo on the 6th-8th of September, 1962
Edsman, Carl-Martin, editor
Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1967. First Edition. Wrappers. Tall 8vo, wrappers with black printing on spine, cover & title in red, 185 pages. A major collection of studies on shamanism by several renowned scholars; among them: Helmer Ringgren, Gustav Ränk, Ake Hultkrantz, Arvid S. Kapelrud, Halfdan Siiger, and the editor.Clean..... More about STUDIES IN SHAMANISM; Based on Papers read at the Symposium on Shamanism held at Åbo on the...
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R. ELIEZER BEN HYRCANUS; A Scholar Outcast
Gilat, Y. D.
Jerusalem: Menahem Press / Bar-Ilan University Press, 1984. First English Edition. Cloth. 4to, black cloth, dust jacket, 536 pages. Eliezer ben Hyrcanus was one of the most prominent tannaim of the 1st and 2nd centuries C.E. Though beginning his religious studies late in life--and over the strong objections of his... More about R. ELIEZER BEN HYRCANUS; A Scholar Outcast
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SOME ASPECTS OF HITTITE RELIGION; The Schweich Lectures 1976
Gurney, O. R., F.B.A.
London: Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 1977. First Edition. Cloth. Small 4to, black cloth with gold lettering on spine, frontispiece is a colored photograph of Yazilikaya, illustrated with line drawings & 8 photographic plates, Mylar-protected dust jacket, [viii] + 78 + 8 B&W photographic plates, or...	More about SOME ASPECTS OF HITTITE RELIGION; The Schweich Lectures 1976
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JESUS, THE CHRIST IN THE LIGHT OF PSYCHOLOGY
Hall, P.D., LL.D., G. Stanley
Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1917. First Edition. Cloth. 2 volumes, tall 8vos, gray cloth with gilt spine lettering and rectangular "tablet" with title on cover, xix + [i] + [1-2], 3- 325 + [vii] + 326-733 pages. SCARCE FIRST EDITION. An important title. (Compare, for example... More about JESUS, THE CHRIST IN THE LIGHT OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Caravan Essays; No. 7 BARLEY
Harris, Rendel
Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, Ltd., 1929. First Edition. Wrappers. Square 8vo (8 1/4" x 6 5/8"), orange wrappers with sewn binding, a few B&W illustrations, 32 pages. Rev. Dr. J. Rendel Harris (1852-1941), an immensely learned and intrepid Quaker savant, was a superb New Testament and patristics scholar, expert... More about Caravan Essays; No. 7 BARLEY
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Evergreen Essays
Cambridge: W. Heffer, Ltd., 1931-1932. First Edition. Wrappers. 10 fascicles, square 8vos (8 1/4" x 6 5/8"), sewn green wrappers with lithograph of an ever-green spreading Yew tree, No. One "Bast," 60pp.; No. Two "Josephus and his Testimony," 35pp.; No. Three "The Magi," 32pp.; No. Four "Nicodemus," 22pp.; No. Five...	More about Evergreen Essays
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Roma signs Barcelona youngster Carles Perez
By Kyle BonnJan 30, 2020, 8:06 AM EST
Barcelona has offloaded 21-year-old winger Carles Perez to AS Roma a day before the transfer window shuts on an initial loan deal with a mandatory option to buy this summer.
The clubs confirmed the deal on Thursday morning, with the 21-year-old eventually costing Roma $12.6 million plus another $5 million in potential add-ons at the end of the season, in addition to a $1 million loan fee to cover the next six months. According to Spanish journalist Alfredo Martinez, there is no buy-back clause for Barcelona in the new deal, which was reportedly a sticking point for the La Liga giants throughout negotiations, but they appear to have conceded in that department to push a deal over the line.
However, there was one slight discrepancy in the deal announcements. Barcelona's release states that the option to buy is mandatory at the end of the season, while Roma contends that the option to buy is only mandatory "based on the achievement of certain sporting targets."
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— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) January 30, 2020
Roma's need arose on the wing after the loss of Nicolo Zaniolo to a torn ACL, with the 20-year-old star going down earlier this month.
Perez was used heavily early in the season at Barcelona, scoring a goal and assisting three more in early La Liga action, but his time significantly waned as September ended and Lionel Messi returned to full fitness. The rise of Ansu Fati also cut into Perez's playing time as the 17-year-old became the one to benefit most from Ousmane Dembele's struggles with injury.
Still, it's somewhat surprising that Barcelona has offloaded an attacker given that Luis Suarez and Dembele are both on the shelf. Dembele is expected back in mid-February while Suarez is likely done for much of the season if not the entire remaining campaign.
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"I really don't think I remember much of my childhood except a horrible war. And when the war sort of ended, but it wasn't ended yet, the Germans were still there and they had let us open some churches. My brother Mikhail, Michael, was still alive at that time, and that's when he was baptized in the church, when it opened."
"Oh, it was a beautiful, big church. I saw angels singing on top of the church, but when I was telling someone that I saw angels, they said I probably just heard people singing."
Tears well up as a girlish smile emerges and Lubachka unearths some joy from the recesses of a brutal early childhood. Lubachka is affectionate for Luba, which is short for Lubov, which means love. Luba is my mother. Named for a Holy Martyr, who at age 9, was tied to a wheel and beaten with rods until her body was covered with bloody welts. She and her older sisters, Faith and Hope, survived being burned over an iron grating, then thrown into a red-hot oven, and finally into a cauldron with boiling tar.
Did Lubachka see angels?
Maybe it was the hunger or the dehydration causing hallucinations.
Maybe it's something none of us can explain and some of us want to believe. The word angel is derived from the Greek word angelos and the Latin word angelus, both meaning messenger. We all hear messages.
I hear voices, though they're far from divine. I hear voices when I'm asleep. I hear voices when I'm paring down a few thousand words of analysis, emotion, and research into a thousand never-quite perfect words, in an hour before I race out the door to school for pickup, halted suddenly by the slow flow of leisure parents who have been lingering outside the building for hours, complaining that they won't be able to head "down east" until Thursday this week.
I hear voices when the subway stops between stations for a sick passenger in another car and swim team practice is about to let out and I have to get the puppy and walk her over to the rec center to meet my son.
I've heard a voice, just a few times, that told me if I meander into rush hour traffic while an 18-wheeler and a MTA bus blow through a red light, that nobody would suspect suicide when I'm flattened into the pavement.
Sometimes I'm floating or cutting through gentle waves in the Caribbean Sea, or pushed up against a throng in a nostalgic trance on the floor at a show, and the voices stop. They always pick up again when I can't sort out which anxiety is keeping me awake and there's few precious hours before daylight.
Maybe it's my Dyadya Misha, my Uncle Mike, telling me it's OK. Maybe he's trying to break through my stubbornness and ego to remind me that I have to be more forgiving of my mom, not because she sees angels or hears voices, but because we all hear voices.
Maybe I should listen. We invoke Saint Michael for protection from invasion by enemies and from civil war, and for the defeat of adversaries on the battlefield. He conquers all spiritual enemies. Over all the Nine Ranks of the Heavenly Powers, the Lord appointed the Holy Archangel Michael (his name in Hebrew means "who is like unto God"), the faithful servitor of God, as Chief Commander.
At least little Michael, Mishinka, lived long enough to be baptized. In the Orthodox faith, babies are baptized about three months after birth. Mishinka was immersed in sanctified water a little later, as there was no escape from holding places in camps to do it secretly. Lubachka's two younger brothers died in infancy, unbaptized.
Did angels appear when Mishinka's frail body was tossed into a mass grave?
Most of Lubachka's loved ones were dumped into unmarked pits, some with limbs mangled and dismembered, genitals violated and mutilated, but essentially in tact to resemble the remains of a human form. Others with brains blown out by the stock of a rifle, to save bullets. Hitler explicitly ordered a surge in ammunition production in early 1940, for fear of the shell crisis that's widely blamed for toppling the Kaiser's armies in the autumn of 1914.
The most traumatic memory isn't the moment of Mishinka's death, it's a moment of regret.
Lubachka's memory impetuously blinks back on, like a light bulb dangling from a frayed wire, to retrieve another visceral early childhood experience, one she'd likely repressed.
"I do remember something which I'm very upset about. My little brother Michael became sick because there was this one room where we lived with four or five families because we all lost our houses and everything. But it was not where I was born in Vitebsk Oblast near the Russian border. It was somewhere farther away, closer to what is now the Polish border. My mother was in quarantine because she had typhoid fever, and my little brother Michael was still breast-fed at that time, and she wasn't with us and the two of us were left there, and this one woman in another room had a cat, and it was a cold, a very, very cold autumn day."
"It was very cold outside. And, of course, he wasn't dressed, he only had a shirt, like some kind of an undershirt. The woman with the cat came and threw him outside, and I wasn't able to pick him up or anything because I was too small. And then that's when he got very sick. For what seemed like a long time, he was very sick, and there was another girl that was my age that lived in that room, and we were playing cards, and my little brother would cry, and I would get very angry at him because he was disturbing me. To this day, it tortures me that I was angry at him. That I did that."
"The woman with the cat, she was Polish, and her daughter had affairs with the German soldiers, so they had everything. We didn't have anything."
Everything, in this instance, means enough clothing to cover a full body or enough food to keep children alive.
The cause of Michael's death remains unknown, but the timing spurs a rush of atrocious memories. In the mind of a child, Mishinka was ill for a long time, but his feeble breath lingered and his weak heart ticked only a little longer than that of his twin Ivan and their youngest sibling Pyotor.
"When my little brother Michael died, that's when my grandmother, my father's mother, and his sister were very brutally killed."
Michael died in "either October or November. I don't know. I don't know what year it was. Maybe 1944, probably 44. And the thing is, we were living at that time where the German soldiers were, but my grandmother, my father's mother, and his sister that were killed, they were killed in a place the Partisans watched in the daytime, and the Germans would be there at night. The Partisans were there, or the Germans, I don't remember. But anyway, somehow, I do sort of remember going to the graveyard, and they were all, as far as I know, all killed and just buried in one, unmarked grave. But the graveyard was where we lived before the war started."
Lubachka can't recollect how or why they'd returned to the border of Smolensk.
"My aunt, at that time, was in school in Russia where they had to learn German. The German soldiers took her and another 16-year old, and they were asking who is living in this house, and they had a list of people and they were told to burn down their houses."
"She was 16, so of course, she's going to say whose house it was. She was lucky because her father was also a Partisan, and of course he wasn't there at that time, but he was in their party. And my father was against the Bolsheviks and everything else, and he was in a German zone. And so when the Partisans came after them, they told him whose house it was."
"They came to get my aunt, they wanted just her. My grandmother, she ran after her daughter. And then they took them a few miles away from there, but they had to cross some kind of a river, and they were going to be interrogated there by the Partisans, where their headquarters were. But what happened, it became close to nighttime, and they had to get out of that region because I guess that's when the Germans were coming or something, so the Partisans said that we know what's going to happen with them. They didn't want to waste the bullets."
"So they used the other part of the rifle, the wooden part, and they beat their heads open. That's how they were killed, and when my father saw that, it really affected his mental state for the rest of his life. And so then we had to just, I guess, put them in ground, and we had to leave there because the fighting between the Germans and Russians was about to start."
"And then when we got back to the place where we lived, and the second day, or I don't know, maybe it was the same day, I don't really remember. I was outside. And I saw my brother who was all in white, that's not the way he was buried. I guess I don't know what he was buried in, that I don't remember, but I saw him outside and to me he had represented an angel."
Some two decades before my mother told me this story, I was standing over the open casket of her father, my degushka, my grandfather, at a monastery in rural Herkimer County, New York, a home for decades to the Shastokovich family for two generations.
Maybe I hallucinated. I'm certain there was an apparition in the form of a body outlined in bright light. There wasn't enough sunshine pouring in through the stained glass windows of the cavernous church to explain what I saw.
I was tired. I had barely slept for days. I rarely sleep enough. Those voices keep me awake.
And when the time of our demise shall approach, and of our liberation from this body of clay, leave us not, O Archangel of God, without defense against the spirits of evil under heaven, who surround us to close off the ascent on high for human souls; so that, guarded by thee, without stumbling we may attain unto those glorious habitations of Paradise, where there is neither sadness nor sighing, but life without end.
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Vinny, vidi, vici: Yout be hard pressed to find a cooler Hell's Kitchen pad than Jonathan Lynn's, now for sale. The director of "My Cousin Vinny" even has the movie poster hanging in his office.
"My Cousin Vinny" director Jonathan Lynn and his wife Rita have put their Hit Factory loft on the market for $2.89 million.
The three-bedroom, three-bathroom unit is on the fifth floor of 421 W. 54th St.
The historic recording studio in Hell's Kitchen is where legends like the Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder and Madonna recorded their hits.
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By 2005, the studio had closed. It got transformed into luxury condos a year later.
The famed spot was back in the news in 2012, when former New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony and his wife La La Vázquez moved into the penthouse.
The Lynns bought their unit in 2013 for $2.82 million, according to property records.
The 2,378-square-foot unit opens with a large foyer that leads to a living/dining area with a gas fireplace and an open chef's kitchen with two pantries and a breakfast bar. (The room set up as a home office features a "My Cousin Vinny" poster, per listing photos.)
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Significant events in Black Canadian history
Since 1996, the Government of Canada's annual Black History Month campaign encourages all Canadians to learn more about Black history in Canada. Below are highlights of significant events that have contributed to the story of Black Canadians and their communities, and the impact that they have made to all parts of society well before the land we live on was even called Canada.
The first person of African heritage known to have come to what is now Canada arrived over 400 years ago. In 1604, Mathieu Da Costa arrived with the French explorers Pierre Du Gua De Monts and Samuel de Champlain. Da Costa, a multilingual interpreter who spoke English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Pidgin Basque, provided an invaluable link with the Mik'maq people encountered by the Europeans.
In 1628, Olivier LeJeune was recorded as the first enslaved African to live in Canada (i.e. New France). Olivier LeJeune's birth name is not known, as he was taken from Africa as a young child and eventually given the last name of the priest who purchased him.
In May 1689, following complaints about labour shortages in New France, King Louis XIV of France gave permission for the colonists to enslave Pawnee Native Americans and Africans.
Between 1749 and 1782, most of the Black Canadians and their communities brought to Nova Scotia were enslaved by English or American settlers. In 1750, there were about 400 enslaved and 17 free Black people living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Although the system of slavery did expand in this period, by 1767 there were also 104 free Black persons living in Nova Scotia (which included present-day New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island). In 1760, during the Seven Years' War between Britain and France, the Articles of Capitulation, which ceded New France to Britain, permitted that Black and Pawnees would remain enslaved.
During the War of American Independence (1775-1783), the British offered freedom to enslaved Africans in America who joined the British side during the war. Many saw this as an opportunity for freedom, and eventually 10 percent of the United Empire Loyalists coming into the Maritimes were Black. The Black Loyalists founded settlements throughout Nova Scotia. The largest was at Birchtown, near Shelburne, and other settlements were Brindley (Brinley) Town (near Digby), Preston (Guysborough County), Southville (Digby County), Birchtown (Princedale–Virginia East–Graywood region, Annapolis County), and Old Tracadie Road (Guysborough County). The Black Loyalists faced discrimination and were given considerably smaller plots of land, fewer provisions, and were expected to work for lower wages. Due to the conditions that they faced, in 1790 about 1,200 Black Loyalists accepted the offer of the Sierra Leone Company (a British anti-slavery organization) to resettle in Sierra Leone, on the Atlantic coast of West Africa.
In 1793, the anti-slavery movement was emboldened by the actions of Chloe Cooley, an enslaved African woman in Upper Canada (now Ontario) who resisted being transported and sold into the United States. John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, who supported abolition before coming to Canada, had heard about Cooley's case. He introduced a law titled An Act to Prevent the further Introduction of Slaves and to limit the Term of Contracts for Servitude . This law freed enslaved people aged 25 and over and made it illegal to bring enslaved people into Upper Canada. The introduction of this Act in Upper Canada and court decisions in Nova Scotia in the 1790s contributed greatly to a decline of African enslavement in Canada and made Canada a destination for those seeking freedom and an important base for the abolitionist movement.
Throughout the 1800's, a number of historic Black communities were established across Canada. Some of these communities came as a result of war. Between 1800 and 1865, approximately 30,000 Black people came to Canada via the Underground Railway – the network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved Africans to escape into free American states and Canada with the support of abolitionists and their allies.
In 1807, the Act on the Abolition of the Slave Trade in the British Empire received Royal Assent and became law throughout the British Empire.
During the War of 1812, many Black Canadians and their communities sided with the British Empire. The Coloured Corps was inaugurated in Upper Canada (Ontario), comprised of free and enslaved Black men who fought in the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1815, Black veterans of the War of 1812 received grants of land in Oro Township; however much of the land was not suited to agriculture and many of those who received grants found they had to seek out employment in other places. Other communities such as Amherstburg, Chatham, London, Woolwich and Windsor, Owen Sound and Toronto also grew in this period.
Nova Scotia's Black communities were also reinvigorated during and after the War of 1812. Following a British offer to those who deserted the Americans, some 2,400 Black peoples from Georgia and the Chesapeake region of the United States either served in the British military or supported the war effort. After the war, the "Black Refugees" settled at Preston, Hammonds Plains, Beechville ('Refugee Hill'), Five Mile Plains, Beaverbank, Prospect Road, Halifax, Dartmouth, and elsewhere. By 1834, the Black Refugees had created communities with African Baptist churches as well as societies such as the African Friendly Society and the African Abolition Society .
In 1833, the Act on the Abolition of Slavery in the British Empire , abolished enslavement in most British colonies, including Canada.
In the early 1850's, two important abolitionist newspapers were founded in Canada to support the global anti-slavery movement:
The Voice of the Fugitive was established in 1851 by Mary and Henry Bibb in Windsor, Ontario and reported on the Underground Railroad.
The Provincial Freeman , which was published out of Toronto and later Chatham, was founded by Mary Ann and Isaac Shadd in 1853 - making Mary Ann Shadd the first Black woman in North America to own and publish a newspaper.
In 1858, nearly 800 free Black peoples left the oppressive racial conditions of San Francisco for a new life on Vancouver Island. Though still faced with intense discrimination, these pioneers enriched the political, religious and economic life of the colony. About 400 Black Californian families moved to Victoria or Salt Spring Island before the start of the gold rush.
By 1879, significant numbers of Black communities started immigrating to Alberta from Oklahoma, as they had been unable to find equality despite being experienced farmers and were increasingly alarmed by a series of Ku Klux Klan lynchings. In Canada, however, they had to contend with attempts to prevent Black immigration.
As Canada moved into the 20th century, many of the Black communities founded before and just after Confederation initiated organizations and institutions that fostered their unique Canadian identities. Additional communities and organizations were introduced across Canada as immigration policies that had discriminated against people of African and Caribbean descent, amongst others, were abolished or reformed.
Over the course of the last four centuries, people of African and Caribbean descent have shaped their own identities in Canada while making important contributions to Canadian society. We invite you to take the opportunity Black History Month provides to learn more on these histories and heritages and to find ways to make it part of Canadian identity throughout the year.


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Introductory SEL Resources
The introductory resources provide an overview to the field of social and emotional learning (SEL). The material covers the history of SEL from its origins to the present. This material also provides a framework for conceptualizing how social and emotional competence is developed in schools, families, and communities. Finally, these references describe how SEL can promote positive adjustment and reduce risks in the short-and long-term. The What is SEL section of our website also provides a comprehensive overview.
Articles and Book Chapters
Greenberg, M. T., Weissberg, R. P., O'Brien, M. U., Zins, J. E., Fredericks, L., Resnik, H., & Elias, J. L. (2003). Enhancing school-based prevention and youth development through coordinated social, emotional, and academic learning. American Psychologist, 58, 466-474. doi:10.1037/0003-066X.58.6-7.466
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Domitrovich, C. E., Durlak, J., Staley, K. C., & Weissberg, R. P. (2017). Social-emotional competence: An essential factor for promoting positive adjustment and reducing risk and school children. Child Development, 88, 408-416. doi:10.1111/cdev.12739
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Elias, M. J., Leverett, L., Duffell, J. C., Humphrey, N., Stepany, C., & Ferrito, J. (2015). Integrated SEL with related prevention and youth development approaches. In J. A. Durlak, C. E. Domitrovich, R. P. Weissberg, & T. P. Gullotta (Eds.), Handbook of social and emotional learning: Research and practice (pp. 33-49). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
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Jones, S. M., & Bouffard, S. M. (2012). Social and emotional learning in schools: From programs to strategies. Social Policy Report, 26, 1-32
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Jones, S. M., Bouffard, S. M., & Weissbound, R. (2013). Educators' social and emotional skills vital to learning. Phi Delta Kappan, 92, 62-65.
Oberle, E., Domitrovich, C. E., Meyers, D. C., & Weissberg, R. P. (2016). Establishing systemic social and emotional learning approaches in schools: A framework for schoolwide implementation. Cambridge Journal of Education, 46, 277-297. doi:10.1080/0305764X.2015.1125450
Osher, D., Kidron, Y., Brackett, M., Dymnicki, A., Jones, S., & Weissberg, R. P. (2016). Advancing the science and practice of social and emotional learning: Looking back and moving forward. Review of Research in Education, 40, 644-681. doi: 10.3102/0091732X16673595
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Weissberg, R. P., & Cascarino, J. (2013). Academic learning + social-emotional learning = national priority. Phi Delta Kappan, 52, 8-13.
Weissberg, R. P., Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E., & Gullotta, T. P. (2015). Social and emotional learning: Past, present, and future. In J. A. Durlak, C. E. Domitrovich, R. P. Weissberg, & T. P. Gullotta (Eds.). Handbook of social and emotional learning: Research and practice (pp. 3-19). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
CASEL (2005). Safe and sound: An educational leader's guide to evidence-based social and emotional learning (SEL) programs. Chicago, IL: Author.
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Durlak, J. A., Domitrovich, C. E., Weissberg, R. P., & Gullotta, T. P. (Eds.), Handbook of social and emotional learning: Research and practice. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
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Elias, M. J., Zins, J.E., Weissberg, R.P., Frey, K.S., Greenberg, M.T., Haynes, N.M., Kessler, R., Schwab-Stone, M.E., & Shriver, T.P. (1997). Promoting social and emotional learning: Guidelines for educators. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
The Future of Children (2017). Social and emotional learning. Volume 27, No. 1. Princeton, NJ: Author.
Zins, J. E., Weissberg, R. P., Wang, M. C. & Walberg, H. J (Eds.). (2004). Building academic success on social and emotional learning: What does the research say? New York: Teachers College Press.
CASEL (2017). Social and emotional competencies. Retrieved from http://www.casel.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Competencies.pdf
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National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development (2018). From a nation at risk to a nation of hope: Recommendation from the National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development. Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute.
This video from the Committee for Children discusses how social-emotional skills helps young people manage emotions, have empathy, solve problems, make responsible decisions, and maintain healthy relationships.
Committee on Children (2016). Published August 1, 2016. Social-emotional learning: What is it and why is it important? Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikehX9o1JbI&feature=youtu.be
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This video from Edutopia discusses five core competencies that are key to social and emotional learning and classroom related practices that make up the most effective SEL programs.
Edutopia (2013). 5 Keys to Successful Social and Emotional Learning Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/keys-social-emotional-learning-video
The Aspen Institute (2017). National commission on social, emotional, and academic development. Retrieved from https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/national-commission-on-social-emotional-and-academic-development/
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2017). Social and emotional learning: A series of resources on the importance of supporting children's social and emotional learning and development so that they can lead healthier, more successful lives. Retrieved from http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/social-and-emotional-learning.html
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Former PR quartermaster dies
Robin Lanning2007-03-14T00:00:00-05:00March 14th, 2007|
By Ron Schulz, President
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Chuck Lignell, who was a fixture around Phantom Regiment during the 1970s, passed away March 3.
His involvement began when his daughter, Debbie, joined Phantom Regiment Cadets. Chuck quickly became part of the organization s management, including as predident of the Phantom Regiment Booster Club. He also served a half-dozen years on Phantom Regiment s Board of Directors. He spent most of the years on the Board serving as the treasurer.
While he did a lot for the corps behind the scenes, most of the members and instructional staff will best remember Chuck as equipment manager for the Regiment. In those days the official title for that position was Quartermaster. If you had anything on the equipment truck, you needed to deal with Chuck. As the Regiment began to tour more, Chuck often drove the equipment truck (his C.B. radio handle was Charlie Tuna ) in addition to getting the truck loaded and fixing vehicles as well as fixing horns and drums. He often was accompanied in equipment truck be the other half of the equipment truck team, Jerry Fewell, who died in June 2005.
Chuck was a big guy who could be ornery one moment and then be just as funny and kind the next. The sound of his voice is immortalized in some sound movie footage that I shot of the Regiment in 1976, as Chuck is trying to encourage the members to load the busses at the old Bus Barn Hall on Auburn Street.
Bob Stolberg, another former PR director and board member in the 1970s, remembered how Chuck loved to locate delis during the East Coast tour that would make submarine sandwiches with peanut butter.
One thing is certain, Chuck loved Phantom Regiment. At the funeral visitation for Chuck, his son, Dan, said that his father continued to visit Regiment s Web site every summer to follow the corps season, Ron said.
Phantom Regiment Alumni Association board member Kathy (Jones) Wight said in a note that Chuck was a super volunteer a little gruff to some, but he had a heart as big as Texas.
Chuck is survived by wife Diane, daughter Debbie (Bruce) Griffin and sons Daniel and David.
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New Bill Targets Environmental Toxins in Public Schools
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On August 5, 2021, three U.S. politicians introduced legislation to remove toxic substances from school buildings across the nation. The Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2021 would authorize $52 billion over ten years to address environmental health issues and ensure that all children have safe and healthy living environments. The act has the potential to address historic and systemic inequities that have played a devastating role in the health of communities.
Toxins Affecting Low-Income Neighborhoods and Communities of Color
It may seem surprising that such an act would be necessary. In theory, substances like asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs, lead and other contaminants have been either banned or identified as hazardous since the late 1970s, but in practice, up to 26,000 schools throughout the United States contain these chemicals. Disproportionately, those schools are in low-income communities and communities of color.
A 2018 study titled 'Geographic and Social Disparities in Exposure to Air Neurotoxicants at U.S. Public Schools' found that black, Hispanic and low-income students were most likely to be exposed to harmful toxins within their schools that are linked to multiple brain-related problems. The study also found the five worst polluted areas, based on air quality measurement of neurotoxins including lead, mercury and cyanide compounds, were in low-income urban areas within five cities: New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Camden and Jersey City.
On the west coast the issues are no less pressing. In February 2020, McClymonds High School in West Oakland was closed indefinitely after trichloroethylene (TCE), a cancer-causing chemical, was found in the groundwater below the school and was closed for this non-COVID-19 related reason for the entire spring semester. Further north in Seattle, a routine 2019 water analysis found that more than half the city's South End schools exceeded the Seattle Public Schools' limit for lead. The South End serves many students of color and children living in poverty.
"Where you live affects your health," says Dr. Sarah Dickin, a research fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute and author of the Geographic and Social Disparities Study. "Poorer residents are more likely to live in areas with greater exposure to toxins. For instance, informal settlements or slums may be established near large roads, waste dump sites, or polluting industries, as the land is less desirable. This can result in higher levels of air and water pollution for those residents."
As an example, in Clairton, Pennsylvania, home of the largest coke-making facility in the nation, many families can't afford health coverage. Air quality is compromised by the process of coke-making, which creates toxic particles. Researchers tested students at Clairton Elementary School and found that 18.4% of the students have asthma, with black and poor students suffering the most. In some homes, the entire family might share a single inhaler.
Historic and Current Causes
The link between poverty, ethnicity and environmental justice issues has been well-documented for decades. Within the 20th century after the Jim Crow era, it can be traced back to the dual practices of redlining and discriminatory hiring practices that kept people of color, particularly African Americans, locked into urban neighborhoods with few opportunities for upward mobility.
A study by University of Illinois Endocrinologist Dr. Robert Sargis and his colleagues noted that "People of color were restricted to low-wage, hazardous occupations while simultaneously being confined to low-income housing near these industries."
Redlining is a government policy that began in the 1930s and allowed the real estate and banking industries to discriminate based on race. These mortgage lending practices helped white families become homeowners but kept non-white families in rental properties which were often located near highways and industrial plants.
Rental properties tend to be in states of disrepair more commonly than homes occupied by their owners and tenants are more likely to experience related health problems such as asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular issues. Schools within these communities are likewise located near highways and industrial plants.
Over time, the cycle of toxic exposure and poverty continued. A study in the European Economic Review found that firms that might potentially pollute were more likely to place factories in poorer areas because the risk of being sued was lower among communities that lacked resources. It also found that such communities were less likely to apply political pressure and that polluters spent less money on waste management processes than they did in more affluent areas.
A stretch of land along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, for example, is home to nearly 150 oil refineries, plastic plants and chemical facilities. Nicknamed 'Cancer Alley, residents are at 95% higher risk of cancer than most of the rest of the country. Within the affected area, 49.4% of residents are African American and over 20% are below the federal poverty line
Health Impacts
Living in polluted industrial neighborhoods leads to a variety of health problems. The most notorious recent example is the drinking water in Flint, Michigan which contained dangerous amounts of lead, a substance linked to anemia, kidney failure, reproductive issues and brain damage. Other toxins such as nickel, nitrate, silicon and vanadium are connected to hospitalizations or deaths from cardiovascular and lung disease.
Poor housing conditions including exposure to mold and pest infestations are associated with asthma, allergies and upper respiratory tract infections. In an industrial section of Oakland, California located near Highway 880, children visited the hospital more than 2,200 times between 2016 and 2019 for asthma-related reasons. Other industrial pollutants have been linked to cancer and leukemia.
Potential Impact of New Legislation
Cleaning up schools won't solve the entire environmental justice issue but it's a good place to start. Students attending schools built on toxic waste sites or near industrial factories are already at a disadvantage. While they may still return to equally polluted homes at the end of the day, at least for six hours they will be in a cleaner environment. Further, the process of addressing the school issue through The Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act of 2021 will draw attention to the larger problem of toxic neighborhoods.
"The fact that in schools across the nation—and particularly in low-income and communities of color—students are regularly exposed to toxic substances that negatively impact their health is inexcusable," said Jason Walsh, executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership of unions and environmental organizations. "The Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act will not only protect our students from dangerous substances like PCBs, PFAS, lead, and asbestos, it will create good jobs doing good work in communities across the nation. We applaud Sen. Markey and Representatives Levin and Bowman for introducing this important piece of legislation and wholeheartedly endorse this bill. We urge its swift passage."
"Welcome to Cancer Alley, Where Toxic Air is About to Get Worse" by Tristan Baurick, the Times-Picayune and The Advocate, Lylla Younes, ProPublica, and Joan Meiners, The Times-Picayune and The Advocate. Published by ProPublica, October 30, 2019
"UN Says Environmental Racism in Louisiana's Cancer Alley Must End" by Alexander C. Kaufman, Grist, March 5, 2020
"Coke Plant Pollution Linked to 'Asthma Epidemic' in Pittsburgh-Area Elementary School" by Brian Bienkowski, Environmental Health News, February 27, 2018
"Air Pollution: Black, Hispanic and Poor Children Most at Risk from Toxins – Study" by Oliver Millman, The Guardian, February 1, 2018
"America's Toxic Schools" Public Radio International, February 9, 2018
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New Wall-E Featurette - The Man and the Machine
I'm so in love with Wall-E right now, that I can't help myself when it comes to bringing you as many great featurettes and footage as possible. A few weeks ago we showed you the featurette titled "A Hero's Journey", now today we've got one titled "The Man and the Machine." This one is all about the development of the character Wall-E and director Andrew Stanton's personal connection with the cute lil' robot. Once you'll watch this one you'll be able to see that Stanton is as big of a geek as anyone who works at Pixar and I think that really shines through in Wall-E. I know it'll be a huge hit at the box office anyway, but the least I can do is continue to bring you these great featurettes as we count down the days!
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Wall-E is both written and directed by Pixar's own Andrew Stanton, who wrote and directed A Bug's Life and Finding Nemo. This movie is Pixar's tenth feature film. Wall-E lands in theaters everywhere this summer on June 27th - see you in the theater!
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This movie is going to be so good....but first I need to get my Indy fix, hopefully will go see it tonight!
jman571 on May 24, 2008