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Anna Bondestam took up literature after a Nordic novel competition in 1936 in which her debut novel, Panik i Rölleby (1936; Panic in Rölleby), was the runner-up. Klyftan (1946; The Chasm), Bondestam's autobiographical novel, reaches into the most intimate corner of her life: her childhood experiences of the Finnish Civil War in Jakobstad in 1918.As an account of the civil war, Klyftan is a harbinger of the more open approach that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Read as a trilogy, Vägen till staden, Stadens bröd, and Klyftan are not only a journey through changing Finnish society, but an uncelebrated slice of women's history: the lives and political education of factory workers.
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The White and the Red
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Mia, the daughter of a farmer, is the unifying figure in Vägen till staden (1957; The Road to the City) and Stadens bröd (1960; The City's Bread), historical novels by Anna Bondestam (1907-1995) that describe the transition from rural to urban life in the 1890s and the changes that were decisive to women's prospects of participating in social development. At fifteen years old, Mia is fed up with her father's physical abuse. she is not afraid of the future. "I can take care of myself, I know I can", she says as she leaves. She joints up with Ida, an abandoned young woman, on her way to the city; the rest of the narrative is based on the contrasts between the two protagonists, so different by nature and social status. Mia becomes a maid for a rich family but refuses to surrender to patriarchal abuse or to the servant's ethic that is drilled into her, while Ida gives up and moves back to the countryside, where she dies the lonely death of a pauper in a crofter's cottage.
Stadens bröd finds Mia working at a tobacco factory instead. The novel focuses on the female workers and their day-to-day lives, particularly their struggle to influence their working conditions, including annual leave. Typical of the times, Mia's maturation process culminates in single motherhood after her husband takes off for America. But she finds her place in the turbulent transition period of the 1905 general strike – she is the one who knows what women should be demanding.
Vahter, Tyyni: Man städer för midsommaren på Heikkilä gård. 1926. Photo. Otavas billedarkiv, Helsinki
Klyftan (1946; The Chasm), Bondestam's autobiographical novel, reaches into the most intimate corner of her life: her childhood experiences of the Finnish Civil War in Jakobstad in 1918. She was ten years old when the war started; both of her parents belonged to the worker's association. She describes the gulf that emerged between the Red and White Guards from the child's point of view, while the adult narrator fills in whenever necessary. One of the first events of the war shakes up the little town: seven Red Guards are executed by a firing squad and lie there for an entire day "as a warning to others". The White Guard controls the city and fear ripples through the working-class district. The story is most powerful when it describes the way that social strife directly impacts the girl's experience of reality. Both mother and daughter are terrified that the paterfamilias will be captured by the White Guard, and the most poignant scenes vibrate with muted pain.
Bondestam took up literature after receiving a master's degree in Swedish and history. As was the case with many other female authors of the 1930s, her open sesame was a Nordic novel competition. Panik i Rölleby (1936; Panic in Rölleby), her first novel, was the runner-up in 1936 to Sally Salminen's Katrina. The book is a humorous small-town chronicle of Jakobstad in the eighteenth century. Bondestam pokes fun at the citizenry, making sure that a lovely maid and a forward-looking pastor get each other at last despite the historical impossibility of their union. A heart-warming humour and a spontaneous love of storytelling has made the book a classic in Finland.
As an account of the civil war, Klyftan is a harbinger of the more open approach that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Read as a trilogy, Vägen till staden, Stadens bröd, and Klyftan are not only a journey through changing Finnish society, but an uncelebrated slice of women's history: the lives and political education of factory workers. Lågt i tak (1943; Low Ceiling) presents Bondestam's perspective on the emerging new society.
She was an early chronicler of the social changes that preceded the Red rebellion. Nevertheless, her books did not receive the same attention as Väinö Linna, her Finnish speaking compatriot, who won the 1963 Nordic Council Literature Prize for his trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1959-1962; Northern Star, Eng. tr. Under the North Star). She later explained that the lack of response to her brand of socially conscious literature had convinced her to write history, which was devoted primarily to the Finland-Swedish working class movement, instead. Jakobstad, Winter 1918 (1990; Jakobstad, Winter 1918), a historical work, shed additional light on the period she had written about in Klyftan and the slow-healing psychological wounds caused by the civil war.
"She doesn't know that thousands of other children are suffering just like her. Or that there will soon be millions of them. They have had bad luck, all these millions of children. They happened to be born in what was first called the century of the child, but turned into the century of terror." (Klyftan)
Translated by Ken Schubert
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Project R.27. Special Research Projects: Archie Green Interviews
Date 27-28 September 1985
Interviewee Green, Archie.
Interviewee occupation Musicians
Interviewer Cantwell, Robert, 1945-
Abstract Green discusses his family background as working-class Jewish immigrant to Los Angeles. He recalls childhood friendship with Norman Granz—the jazz producer and promoter. Mother sang Yiddish and Russian folk songs. The whole family read at a high level. Green showed early flair for politics—and interest in music, especially cowboy songs. After college at UCLA and Berkeley became a waterfront worker in shipbuilding industry. Served in union before joining the navy and serving during WWII. Though had identified with the Popular Front politically, by 1945 or 1946 he distanced himself from Communism as a political force and Marxism as an ideology. Worked in ship repairs and reconversion after the war though increasingly the work took him "uptown" or off of the waterfront. In the 1950s he was an amateur collector and folklorist. Ann Rand the librarian was a key influence. She was an early critic of his writing and encouraged him to develop his own style. Page Stegner (Wallace's son) and John Neuhaus-the Wobbly collector were other influences. Early 1960s—discusses his return to school as librarian at the University of Illinois. Before returning for his PhD, he began building up a network of people involved in the folk scene: scholars and musicians including—Ralph Rinzler, Bob Sheldon, Izzy Young, Dick Spottswood and John Cohen. Offers critique of Newport folk festival and the relative strengths of the national Folklife Festival. Discusses the origins of the folklife center and the early interest of Jim Hightower, as well as Richard Dorson's attempts to sabotage the folklife bill. The interviews conclude with Green offering extensive explanation of his cultural politics. Has devoted and will continue to devote time into the preservation of folk culture, which he views as endangered.
Subject Topical Country music.
Country musicians.
Folklorists--United States.
Folk music--United States.
Subject Name Green, Archie.
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Windows to the Deep 2018: Exploration of the Southeast U.S. Continental Margin was a two-part, 36-day telepresence-enabled expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to collect data on priority exploration areas identified by the ocean management and scientific communities. During the expedition, scientists explored a diversity of features with mapping and remotely operated vehicle operations targeting deep-sea coral and sponge communities, maritime heritage sites, a landslide feature, and water column sonar anomalies of possible cold seeps.
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Octopus are known to be the masters of hiding in their oceanic habitats and how lucky were we to see five Bathypolypus bairdii on one dive? This octopus prefers a muddy habitat and can be found in the North Atlantic Ocean, from approximately 20 to 1,500 meters (66 to 4,921 feet) deep.
This beautiful, big medusa, seen during Dive 15 of the expedition at a depth of ~780 meters (2,560 feet), belongs to the genus Cyanea, which is a group of scyphozoan jellyfishes well-known for their tendency to "bloom" and occur in large numbers in surface waters. They can also be a major food item for leatherback turtles. For many years it was thought that there were only a few, mostly cosmopolitan species, but we now know that many morphotypes are actually valid species in their own right.
On June 24, 2018, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer mapped the seafloor offshore North Carolina, locating a sonar anomaly that had the potential to be a shipwreck. On June 27, the team returned to the area to determine what the "Big Dipper" anomaly actually is by conducting a visual survey using remotely operated vehicles Deep Discoverer and Seirios. They didn't find a shipwreck, but the rocky habitat that is home to a diversity of life that they encountered instead yielded an important set of data in terms of what we know about where corals, fishes, and sensitive habitats are located.
Although this animal looks sort-of like an octopus, when you listen to the audio you hear the onboard scientists refer to it as a "dumpling squid." That is a local term sometimes used for species of the cephalopod order Sepiolida. They have fins and when they are sitting on or buried in the bottom, their fins are wrapped so tightly around the body that they are difficult to distinguish.
A chance discovery in the submersible Alvin in 2015 by deep-diving colleagues from Duke University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution revealed the faint "ghost" of a wooden shipwreck more than a hundred miles off the coast of North Carolina in several thousand feet of water. We returned to the Blake Ridge Wreck with NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer to better understand the site and to create a detailed, three-dimensional "map" of the wreck with our colleagues from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, other agencies, universities, the private sector, and the interested public.
Through images shared by NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer's eye in the deep sea, the remotely operated vehicle Deep Discoverer, we have been treated to amazing insights into the lives and behaviors of a variety of deep-sea decapod crustaceans. Given the remoteness of their habitats, we very seldom have opportunities to see deep-sea organisms in their natural environment, so we know very little about their life history and behavior. On this particular day, we were provided a glimpse into the secret lives of two types of deep-sea crabs, Neolithodes sp. and Chaceon sp.
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Thursday, June 14, 2018, was an action packed day on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Not only was it the first dive of the Windows to the Deep 2018 expedition, but the ship board team also hosted a Reddit AMA, or "Ask Me Anything," where anyone across the world could ask the scientists onboard questions they had about exploring deep-sea habitats of the southeast U.S. Continental Margin. The onboard team of Derek Sowers, Kasey Cantwell, Cheryl Morrison, and Leslie Sautter answered a range of questions from the coolest thing they have seen underwater, to mapping sonars and data processing, to life at sea, and many more.
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Making Sense of the First Democratic Debates – Proposals and Policies – Part 1
Before we dive in to the specific platforms and policies that we heard proposed in the first Democratic Debates over the last two nights, let us address a few things that may have been left out or only alluded to in the last piece I wrote about the candidates yesterday [Read that here if you missed it].
I've given this some thought over the years…. So from the start I'd like to attempt to share it with you. It's no secret that I have often been accused of being "wishy washy", i.e. refusing to take a position on a variety of subjects, not decidedly having an opinion, as most people seem to. On a whole host of matters. This is something I share with a very good friend you've heard me reference here in the Diaries many times, Matthew Sabatella (occasionally referred to as Toad in earlier years when these Diaries were more a workshop for the novel The Adventures of Fishy. And with Madeline O'Ryan. We spent our youth teens and twenties often ruminating and philosophizing on a whole host of subjects, finding it very difficult to understand the consciousness of those who could readily just make up their mind on something and give it no more thought. We found, and still do I believe, that important matters often have multiple facets that affect many people.
Despite what you may think you believe, research it a bit more or give it some more thought and you'll find that it's deeper and trickier than you first were led to believe. As a Philosophy major and a recording artist this way of being served me well, certainly didn't hurt me, and in fact led to the whole "Ambassador" ideology that helped shape who I am today. I truly subscribe to the Will Rogers "I never met a person I didn't like" mentality. Of course this infuriates both my liberal and my conservative friends. But it's just how I was genetically spun. It's how I came out. It serves The Ambassador very well. Ed Hale, maybe not so much sometimes. But I just happen to love people, and can usually find it pretty easy to see their side of things… and I just happen to be able to see all sides to almost any issue. They're all just beliefs after all. Beliefs that we make up in each present moment. Whether we know it or not. (That's really the secret. But that's not what this post is about.)
Some people decide to be leaders. They want to be leaders. Some of them choose politics as their way of leading. In the old days, throughout our short history here on earth, these political leaders usually started out as corrupt thieves, conquerors, murderers and warriors. That's human history in a nutshell. Study it. Royalty is a fancy way of attempting to legitimize being a heartless and corrupt thief and murderer. So too are most major religions. And most of human history's most famous political leaders. Whether you start at the very very beginning with humanity's first known "king" Sargon the Great, or the Egyptian Pharoes, through to the Akkadian, Babylonian and Persian kings or Alexander the not so Great, Attilla the Hun, Gengis Khan, Julius Caesar, all the Popes, the Sultans, the Ottomons, the English kings and Queens, etc etc on down the line what you find is a very bloody list of horrible human beings. more "Making Sense of the First Democratic Debates – Proposals and Policies – Part 1"
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Thoughts After the First Democratic Party Debates
As is already known, I don't associate as either democrat nor republican. I'm not much into exclusive clubs, Especially not ones that box you into very specific agendas of their choosing. And especially not ones whose very specific agendas contradict each other and don't even make sense half the time but still force you to pretend you agree with them in order to be a member. It's just not my scene. Even though, yes, it tends to be the scene I run with most of the time due to what I do for a living. But with that said, in general I lean a lot more Democrat socially and in spirit than I do republican. Just as I lean a lot more republican fiscally, financially and economically. This makes me a confusing and frustrating anomaly for most who know me personally. I refuse to not call out the corruption and contradictions I often see in the democratic party, the unfair duopoly both parties hold over the American government. And I also tend to be accused of being a "republican apologist" due to my belief in "state sovereignty", states rights, and the freedom of the individual to create the community of their choosing without federal government intrusion. It's a respect thing for me. This frustrates the hell out of most of the people I know, who God love them, just want me to choose a side and be done with it. (Some people call this Libertarian. I call it Ed Hale.)
The truth is that two years ago I found the republican debates horrifying on a personal level. It was as if someone had collected and marched out the absolutely most ignorant, ill-informed, close-minded and heartless people in America onto those stages in order to illustrate what the underbelly of America still looked and sounded like. The result was terrifying if you were an intelligent, compassionate liberal free thinker. Watching those debates was traumatizing. The fact that the unwashed republican masses went gaga over the most ignorant, loudest, ill-informed and rudest of them all was even more so.
(But to be fair, I had been warning for years that under the Obama administration America had become too liberal and too politically correct too quickly and was losing touch with a large majority of its citizenry who were no longer feeling the least bit represented by their government and the result was going to be a severe revolutionary backlash against this establishment. And that's exactly what we got. In the form of Donald J. Trump. People in blue states and on the coast tend to forget that the majority of America is still largely composed of traditional conservative Christian people who view the Reagan years as much more preferable than those of Obama. Like it or not. (We had our chance to let them loose and be left with our own much smaller more intelligent and compassionate country 150 years ago, but (some could argue that) for economic reasons Lincoln wouldn't allow it. So for better or worse we're all stuck with each other. A living breathing highly split and polarized organism that shares very little in common and has very little that unites us. In reality, we are two very different groups of people. We're more like two different countries who just happen to share the same continent; more like the European Union.)
Flash forward two years and the last two nights on the other hand, and the effect was entirely different. From the get go the first thing that you were taken with was how intelligent and compassionate those democratic candidates were and are. Wow. What a difference. Two years ago the democratic party was so completely sold out to the Clintons and their DC power machine that they didn't even consider allowing anyone else to run for president, let alone debate. In reality, Bernie was their revolutionary hero, the one who could beat or at least challenge Trump. But they were too caught up in all the money and power they had collected from the Clintons — and all the promises made to collect that money — to even notice it. So they blew it. Big time.
This time is different. The democratic party, like the republicans two years ago, have shed their old skin and just want to win. So they've opened the flood gates and are allowing anyone and everyone into the tent to get their two cents in, regardless of how ridiculous it may seem. In Yang, we've got your classic Herman Cain character. More there for show and inclusionary reasons. Marianne Williamson, someone I know personally and happen to adore, was an interesting set piece for sure, but can probably step down whenever she wants to without causing too many notice. Biden, God love him, is their Jeb Bush. White, traditional and as "aw shucks folks" American as they come. And to be fair, he may be the democrats best chance of pulling in all those purple state voters who Hilary lost two years ago. But the point is, that tent is OPEN for business to anyone who wants to enter and tend their wares.
A lot of you have messaged me in the last 48 hours to ask me what I thought and who I liked from the debates we witnessed. I'll do my best to answer that question concisely and as thoroughly as I can in the brief few minutes I have this morning.
At least half of the candidates presented in the last two nights can politely step down now. Or be removed. There's just no need for them. The democrats don't need to put on the show that the republicans did two years ago. Remember, the republican establishment did not want Donald Trump to be their nominee. Not even a little bit. They fought hard against him. The problem was that the republican party members, the American people who call themselves republican, did. So the party itself continued to march out every last person they could find and throw them up on those stages in hopes they could find someone the republican voters might find more appealing. But it was obvious from the start who the voters preferred. They were sick and tired of eight years of progressiveness under Obama and they wanted nothing less than revolution. Ironically the revolution they were looking for was a return to the old fashioned Americana of Ronald Reagan. And in that loud mouthed, rule breaking, non-traditional traditionalist Donald Trump they saw their man, party politics be damned. The democrats could have learned that lesson along the way… It was obvious to the rest of us from a mile away.
The last two nights were different though. What a difference two years makes. The path of destruction that Donald Trump has left in his wake in his short time in office has effectively almost completely demolished the America of old. Many are traumatized beyond repair, many more are in a constant state of fear or madness, frustration, anger, sadness, depression, shock, awed, stupefied. It is difficult to recognize the beloved republic. Not just to us, but to the rest of the world as well. People from all over the world keep thinking "surely they'll do something…, yes?" But we don't. We endure. Because, again, many of us forget that there is still a large majority of American people who like their president and what he stands for. The jingoistic isolationism, the no-holds-barred post-fact world of ignorant tweets. The constant barrage of blatant lies disguised as rugged truth telling. The John Wayne-like gunslinger braggadocio that reminds them of the Old West of yore.
Luckily this has set a fire beneath the feet of the democratic party. And just in time. If we as a republic can survive the next two years, and that's a big if the way we're headed, we stand a chance of reclaiming this once great country back and at least some of the values we and the rest of the free world once held dear.
In the first debate, the only two candidates I saw who should even bother staying in the race were Elizabeth Warren and Corey Booker. Warren of course doesn't stand a chance against Donald Trump in the General Election. He's too wild janky and free. He will frazzle, unravel and destroy her. It won't be pretty. And truth be told she's just too anti-capitalist to appeal to enough people to win the hearts and minds of a majority of Americans. People forget that America was founded on free market, do it yourself capitalism. On the idea that ANYONE can start a Microsoft or a Google or a Facebook or an Apple in their garage or college dorm room and become a billionaire. We like this idea in America. We thrive on it. It inspires us. Our laws protect and encourage it. The rest of the world envies it. We may not have the protections offered by socialism or communism, but there's reason for that. The absence of big government in our personal business every minute is what enables us to dream up and create the next Netflix or Slack or WeWork. God bless American capitalism. Elizabeth Warren, for all her good intentions — and there is no doubt that she is full of honest and sincere good intentions, needs to learn this or she will never make it to the end of this race.
Corey Booker I have always had a soft spot for. He's honest, sincere, well informed and smart. I could easily see him as POTUS one day. Always have. I just don't know if this is his time yet. Not after what I saw last night. But I sure do love Booker and look forward to calling him president one day.
Last night I saw the revolution, the democratic party's Donald Trump. And his name is Bernie Sanders. Maybe it's his New York bred confidence and loudness. Maybe it's the fact that he is unabashedly unafraid and unaffected by politics as usual. Maybe it's the fact that he's on fire with a mission that a hell of a lot of other people agree with, saying out loud what a lot of us have been thinking for decades. Who knows. But he should have been the candidate two years ago. Forget that his admitted socialist agenda stands firmly against half of what we stand for as a country…. Sanders is out to remake America. The same way Donald Trump was. If it worked for Trump, it could work for Sanders. If Trump is that cranked up half-cocked crazy cowboy who rides into town shooting first and asking questions later just for the hell of it, Sanders is that jacked-up courageous Sheriff who stands firm with his hand on his gun shouting "Don't you DARE fella!"
And don't worry. No president can remake America on their own. It takes a congress and a senate and a supreme court to do that, and they'll help balance the bulldog out a bit so we don't go full on EU overnight.
I also saw another shining light on that stage. And her name was Kamala Harris. Wow. I didn't know much about this candidate before last night, I admit. But what I saw I really liked. There is just something about her that stands out. Call it that X factor that cannot be described with words, despite innumerable attempts. She reminds one of Barack Obama. Maybe she comes out ahead of Sanders by the end of this race. But I doubt it. The best chance the democrats have of retaking America from Trump and all his craziness — unless he ousts himself through just being himself (which there's a damn good chance of, let's face it…), would be a Sanders/Harris ticket. That would be something that even I could get behind. I'd be willing to jump on that whacked out revolutionary socialist bandwagon for the exact same reason so many mild mannered republicans were willing to jump on that sketched-out tweaky Trump bandwagon. Politics as usual has made me sick. And I'd do just about anything to be rid of it once and for all. I truly believe Bernie wants the same thing.
More later. We need to review the actual policies proposed over the last two nights. Because there're a lot of problems there. And we'll do that in the next installment here. Stay tuned.
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A Classic Live Performance of "Caetano" by Ed Hale & the Transcendence
Video capturing the band Ed Hale & the Transcendence performing a rousing live version of the song "Caetano" from their Nothing Is Cohesive album at New York's Cutting Room for a Fieldhouse/BMG Showcase. Featuring Fernando Perdomo, Ed Hale, Bill Sommer, Roger Houdaille and Ricardo Mazzi. Filmed by Robert Seoane.
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Christianity Needs to Evolve or Will Splinter Into Extinction
The original title of this post was "Christianity Is Making Progress Towards Enlightenment… But Needs to Do it Faster". But after the final read-thru edit, that didn't quite seem to sum up its core message. It's important to note however that the reason for the original title is because despite the ideas expressed below, especially regarding the apparent backwards direction many christian churches around the world are moving in, along with seemingly every other major world religion, there are plenty of others, just not in the majority, that are making great strides toward becoming more progressively minded institutions that embody the highest ideals of enlightenment, or what we might call an enlightened humanism for the modern world we live in. Refuges for both the spiritually hungry and compassionate AND the liberally minded intellectual. It's not all bad news out there. There just happens to be a lot less of them than there are the more rigidly close minded so called fundamentalist types.
If one is not specifically a Christian, or better put, an actively participating Christian, then it would be easy to not notice what has been happening in the various denominations of the larger world of Christendom over the last few years. That's a given. And one would have a valid excuse for not being up to date on the latest and greatest hits of the Christian world. After all, a healthy majority of people – especially in the united states and in The West in general have moved to a more non-religious secularism in the modern world we live in, due in part to the fact that for thousands of years we as humans have witnessed religion in all its various shapes and forms do almost nothing but cause great pain in the world. So this mass shift towards what is known as secular humanism or the now popular "spiritual but not religious" makes sense.
But there are massive shifts that are taking place in the Christian world (and in the Muslim and Buddhist communities) presently that are important to take note of due to the transcendent nature of the very real threat they pose of infringing on the basic rights and freedoms of our fellow man. Regardless of whether one is religious or not. Some of these radical movements further right unfortunately align with similar shifts within other world religions and the more fervent nationalist fervor that is taking place politically around the world. Various Christian protestant denominations are beginning to swing further toward what they consider a more "conservative" fundamentalist or evangelical agenda. And these moves have the potential to have larger reverberations socially that extend beyond the confines of their local church community.
It shouldn't matter where a person is being hurt or neglected; only that when it becomes known, that there are those who are willing to reach out and come to their aid.
Three states in the US have already made moves this year that come very close to banning abortion, Georgia, Alabama and then Missouri. Which would be shocking to learn, except for the fact that we are now being bombarded by such an onslaught of so much shocking news on a daily and even hourly basis that much of it seems to go over our heads.
Christians and the LGBTQ Community
In regards to the LGBTQ community, The United Methodist Church recently convened late last year to announce that they intend to make their "rules" stricter to allow less inclusion, fewer rights and permit less tolerance of people of this persuasion. You can read more about it here: United Methodist court upholds Traditional Plan's ban on LGBTQ clergy, same sex marriage
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Ed Hale "Marsha's Sleeping" Live in Portland, Oregon
Ed Hale and band perform "Marsha's Sleeping" Live in Portland, Oregon from the new album So For Real, available now on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes
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Friends From College Showed That Not All Netflix Content Has to Be Horrible
Friends from College (TV Series 2017– 2019)
I'm the first to admit that finding good content, let alone great content, on @netflix isn't easy. It can lead to some seriously long boring scroll time. In their defense, Netflix has brought us some good content through the years, including but certainly not limited to Peaky Blinders, House of Cards, Daredevil (the first two seasons were "okay"….), Travelers, Maniac, Love, Santa Clarita Diet, Dead to Me, El Ministerio Del Tiempo, Arrested Development (okay so yeah that show has seriously jumped the shark at this point….), the first season of Ozark and the first season of Narcos, Bloodline, and many others…. They also feature a pretty decent movie and docs collection to stream for free as well that alone makes the service well worth the low monthly fee.
BUT more importantly their 24/7 open format, binge-ready batch delivery system and open mindedness to creativity has led to a true content (and delivery) revolution. (No i don't get why the old networks haven't caught on yet….) Friends From College showed that Netflix could step up and produce real content, quality network content if it really wanted to. Not just silly kids stuff. Ironically the show is a bit controversial on IMDB in that people either love it or loathe it. Like everything today for some reason. Why people profess to "loathe" the show in their reviews, I honestly have no idea. But it's lighthearted and over the top take on the challenges and realities of friendship and growing up is often laugh out loud hilarious and moving. Especially if you see your own life mirrored back to you in the show's intelligent and often witty writing and story lines. more "Friends From College Showed That Not All Netflix Content Has to Be Horrible"
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The Meaning of Christmas
Just finished watching one of those Hallmark Channel-type Christmas movies, called Paper Angels, and I must sheepishly confess that I am all warm and fuzzy smiles here pondering various aspects of what we've come to call the Christmas Spirit.
Perhaps we take a pause and consider making Christmas less about Santa, elves and reindeer, and more about matters of the heart that seem to be universally agreed upon ideals, regardless of age, race, nationality or religion… Some ideas that come to mind…
* No matter what the excuse, nobody deserves to be a victim of domestic abuse. And no matter how challenging or scary it may be, you've gotta get yourself out of there. You're worth it.
* Life doesn't always work out the way we planned. That was never guaranteed. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
* We can live truly joyful, fulfilling lives whether rich, poor or somewhere in between. Though we certainly obsess over it more than just about anything else, it's not about the money.
* Giving, helping & serving others is a magical phenomenon in how great it makes us feel.
* That idea that we must "give in secret"… forget you ever heard it. There's nothing wrong with celebrating how much joy you feel because you made someone's day or year even. And that joy… is contagious.
* No matter how busy we are, time always finds a way to magically allow more of itself for noble acts like helping another.
* Sometimes helping someone can be as simple as a smile, a prayer or a few kind words.
* Other times serving others may require a major investment of time, attention & energy. Either way it's a gift we should never deprive ourselves of.
* That little voice in the back of your head, listen to it. That feeling in your heart that you just can't shake… Our Intuition. Honor it.
* Family & friendship just might be the most valuable gifts we're blessed with. And for whatever reason, we're blessed with many.
* We haven't quite figured out the mechanics of it, but there is a power in prayer that is undeniable. And despite their claims, no religion has a monopoly on it. It's an activity that is freely available to anyone anywhere anytime, religious or not.
* When we're in flow and feeling good from doing the right thing, we tend to often end up at the right place at the right time, for ourselves AND others.
* Not everyone is as nice or kind as you are. No one ever said they would be. But those are things that no one can ever take away from you. You'll just have to be extra nice & kind for those who are still struggling to get there.
* We all "need" sometimes. That's life. There's nothing wrong with asking for help when we need it. (No one ever died from not having enough pride.)
* A lot more people love and care about you than you probably realize. And you deserve every bit of it.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
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Ed Hale – "Hello My Dove" Music Video
Official music video for the Ed Hale song "Hello My Dove" from the Ballad On Third Avenue album. Available on Spotify, Apple Music, Google Play, Pandora, Amazon and the iTunes Music Store
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Occupy Seattle Rally
Ed Hale at Occupy Seattle Rally. Downtown Seattle, WA 2011
Ed Hale and Princess Little Tree Occupy Seattle, WA
Today I woke up and quickly but begrudgingly remembered that there was an Occupy Seattle rally happening downtown. From where we live, way out in the rural burbs (one would be hard pressed to call this the burbs truth be told… houses are separated by blocks if not miles and the nearest store is a few miles away…) I was well aware that trekking to downtown Seattle for an early morning march would take about an hour. Besides all the prep work and getting showered and dressed. Seemed like a lot of work and honestly I just wanted to sleep in. But the thought haunted me…. Was it really okay if we just skipped this rally? More apt, would WE be okay if we just skipped it? How would we feel afterwards? It didn't feel good.
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Disney Pulls the Plug on Roseanne for Racist Tweet — Fair?
Revered Disney Chief Officer Bob Iger made a simple statement this afternoon about his decision to cancel the new Roseanne series reboot on ABC based on her posting a rather racist comment on Twitter about former Obama White House advisor Valerie Jarret (weird, right?), saying "It took us about 2 hours to discuss the details. No time at all. Obviously a lot of people are going to lose their jobs because of Roseanne's behavior and that's never a good thing. But no, there's no debate when it comes to doing what is morally right, at least not for us."
It's bold to stay committed to respect, basic human decency and the pursuit of noble goals in a society gone mad. So kudos to Mr. Iger. Was it fair? Well, that's a debate that will probably rage on for years to come. But as long as the United States is still a capitalist democracy, hell yes it's fair. Roseanne worked for Disney. Disney works for their shareholders, and they clearly know what said shareholders expect from them. Racism is not one of those things. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find anyone who delights in racism except for fringe elements of society. And though yes even their rights to free speech are protected, it doesn't mean we have to hire them or even associate with them. Thank God for free market capitalism and democracy. If your check says Disney or ABC (one of its many subsidiaries) on it, then they have a right to fire you just as much as they do to hire you. Govern yourself accordingly.
What occurred to me at first was a little bit of shock — Roseanne just recently returned to mainstream relevance after two decades of being largely ignored. I'm personally not a fan. But couldn't help but be happy for her. But now this…? Always controversial, her comment today wasn't a funny joke as much as just a dumb jab. Albeit a peculiar and random one (Valerie Jarret? Really?) with an overtly racist tone. But then again modern American comedy is filled with offensive and shocking vulgarity and racism. Its rampant. And literally unwatchable if you have more refined tastes. So what's the difference here? The platform? Twitter versus Comedy Central? more "Disney Pulls the Plug on Roseanne for Racist Tweet — Fair?"
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Denver, CO – On Thursday, 33 people were arrested at Colorado Governor Jared Polis' State of the State address at the Colorado statehouse. Most of the arrestees were part of a coordinated non-violent direct action (NVDA) organized by the Denver chapter of Extinction Rebellion, although…...
Killed by Police: Minnesota Man Remembered Five Years Later
St. Paul, MN – Five years ago, St. Paul police officers shot and killed 24-year-old Marcus Golden in a parking lot. Though Marcus' mother was a Reserve officer with the St. Paul Police Department (SPPD) for over two decades, the Golden family has received neither…...
Earthquakes Rock Puerto Rico/Boriquén, The 'World's Oldest Colony'
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Immigrant Rights Advocates Rally in Response to Rotten Food Given to Detainees
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Boulder, CO – Colorado Governor Jared Polis, on Monday, pardoned undocumented mother Ingrid Encalada Latorre, among others. Encalada Latorre has been claiming sanctuary at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder for more than two years, and in September she gave birth to her third child…...
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PiS is a nationalist-conservative party with a predominant focus on the nation. Before him the party leadership was Donald Tusk's (prime minister 2007-14) and Ewa Kopacz (prime minister 14-15). In 2009 the Armed Forces transformed into a fully professional organization and compulsory military service was abolished. Tusk was re-elected as Prime Minister in the 2011 general election but stepped down three years later to assume the post of President of the European Council. The left in Poland is divided. Law and Justice (Polish: Prawo i Sprawiedliwość [ˈpravɔ i spravjɛdˈlivɔɕtɕ] (); PiS) is a national conservative and right-wing populist political party in Poland, a member of the Eurosceptic European Conservatives and Reformists Party. The left in Poland is divided. It is unclear if the RPE runs in the European elections. Five of them became MPs in 2015. There is a question that bothers many political conservatives today. Poland is divided in 16 provinces or Voivodeships (województwa, singular – województwo): Lower Silesia, Kuyavia-Pomerania, Łódź, Lubelskie, Lubusz, Lesser Poland, Masovia, Opole, Subcarpathia, Podlaskie, Pomerania, Silesia, Świętokrzyskie, Warmia-Masuria, Greater Poland and West Pomerania. A political grouping of far right and radical nationalists, called Konfederacja, marks its parliamentary debut … In 2019 there is one dominant party in Poland, Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, PiS). Poland's top national security goal is to further integrate with NATO and other west European defense, economic, and political institutions via a modernization and reorganization of its military. The Senate (Senat) has 100 members elected for a four-year term under the single member, one-round first-past-the-post voting method. The party of Poland's ruling twins, Prime Minister Jaroslaw … I talk, I write, I speak, I study, I analyse, I teach, I hike, I run, I travel, I learn, I care. It was created on the popularity of the then-ousted Justice Minister Lech Kaczyński, who was the party's main front man until his death in 2010. Poland's ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, which is neck-and-neck with an alliance of pro-European parties ahead of Sunday's European election, is now facing a … The Government of Poland takes place in the framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. Its leader is Adrian Zandberg. Outline of Poland § International organization membership, "Semi-Presidentialism-Duverger's Concept — A New Political System Model", "Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive and Mixed Authority Patterns", "Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns", "Semi-Presidentialism and Democratisation in Poland", Erik Herron's Guide to Politics of East Central Europe and Eurasia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Politics_of_Poland&oldid=991856896, Pages with non-numeric formatnum arguments, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Action of Disappointed Retirees and Pensioners (AZER), nominating and appointing the Prime Minister, proclaiming the holding of a nationwide referendum (a consent of the Senate is required), This page was last edited on 2 December 2020, at 04:20. The leader of the Polish ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski,signs the coalition document in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The National Movement, now separated from Kukiz'15, runs under the leadership of MP Robert Winnicki. As a side note, PiS has two junior coalition parties within its coalition. The President has the right to veto legislation, although veto may be overridden by the assembly with a three-fifths majority vote. The biggest party is the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD). The National Assembly is formed on three occasions: Taking the oath of office by a new president, bringing an indictment against the President of the Republic to the Tribunal of State, and declaration of a President's permanent incapacity to exercise their duties due to the state of their health. Since the Smoleńsk tragedy (on 10 April 2010 96 people died in a plane crash in Russia, including Poland's President along many other political figures and veterans) Law and Justice has been re-focusing its center-right positions into more nationalistic and populist stance. Here's a quick preview of the political actors. Poland continues its long record of strong support for United Nations peacekeeping operations; it maintaining a unit in Southern Lebanon (part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a battalion in NATO's Kosovo Force (KFOR), and providing and actually deploying the KFOR strategic reserve to Kosovo. The president, as the head of state, is the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, has the power to veto legislation passed by parliament, which may be overridden by a majority of three fifths, and can dissolve the parliament under certain conditions. Civic Platform is a centre to centre-right political party in Poland. The three parties in Poland's conservative coalition government signed a new coalition agreement on Saturday, putting aside disagreements. Poland is a strong ally of the US in Europe, and it led the Multinational Division Central-South in Iraq in the 2000s. The first is United Poland (Solidarna Polska, SP) under the leadership of Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, a former MEP. The biggest party is the Democratic Left Alliance (Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej, SLD). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Just better. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Members are elected every four years under a system of proportional representation – in other words, if a party gets 15% of the votes, they will be allocated approximately 15% of the seats (with a minimum 5% threshold for individual political parties and 8% for coalitions). Political parties need to pass a 5% threshold to enter parliament, while the threshold for coalitions is 8%. Only the first kind has occurred to date. The primary duty of the Sejm is to pas… Lech Kaczyński was elected Warsaw's mayor (2002-2005) and Poland's President (2005-2010). Nationally, the current PO support is about 25%. The Polish parliament is composed of a 100-member upper house, the Senate, and a 460-member lower house, the Sejm. Executive power is exercised, within the framework of a multi-party system, by the President and the Government, which consists of the Council of Ministers led by the Prime Minister. [2][3] The President, as representative of the state in foreign affairs, shall ratify and renounce international agreements, appoint and recall the plenipotentiary representatives of the Republic of Poland and shall cooperate with the Prime Minister and the appropriate minister in respect of foreign policy. The Polish Defense Ministry General Staff and the Land Forces staff have recently reorganized the latter into a NATO-compatible J/G-1 through J/G-6 structure. Poland's ruling Law and Justice party has emerged as the big winner in the country's European parliament elections, taking over 45% of the votes following an aggressive campaign against a … Since 1989, Poland has had a multi-party system, with numerous competing political parties.Individual parties normally do not manage to gain power alone, and usually work with other parties to form coalition governments. It was the first time when far-right politicians campaigning with racial slurs became members of the Polish Sejm. View all posts by Piotr Maciej Kaczynski. The second is the Agreement (Porozumienie) under the Science Minister Jarosław Gowin, who once was the Civic Platform's… Justice Minister. One of its leaders, Rafał Trzaskowski, mayor of Warsaw since late 2018, campaigned on a platform of inclusiveness and openness, stability and continuity. The far right, which has entered Poland's Parliament for the first time, is trying to push an illiberal agenda. It's leader Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz is among the most respected across the entire opposition. You can find information about me and about my publications and other activities. Since 2015 the 5 far-right politicians of the National Movement have left Kukiz'15. Members of Sejm are elected by proportional representation, with the proviso that non-ethnic-minority parties must gain at least 5% of the national vote to enter the lower house. The normalisation of far-right politics in Poland. Janusz Korwin-Mikke, once an outspoken MEP, runs a party called… KORWiN. The government is formally announced by the President, and must pass a motion of confidence in the Sejm within two weeks. PiS is a conservative political party established in 2001 by the Kaczyński twins: Lech, president from 2005, and Jarosław, party president and prime minster since 2006. First and foremost, the ruling rightwing populist Law and Justice party (PiS) increased its vote share by 6%, from 37.6 to 43.6%, and regained its majority in the lower house of parliament ( Sejm ). Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz led the party in the 2015 general election but was defeated by the PSL is an agrarian party and enjoys about 6% of public support. By combining a policy of national narrative and a strong social redistribution (lowering retirement age; introducing a new financial support for parents) the Law and Justice is able to remain a solid popularity with a support at about 35-40%. Personnel levels and organization in the different branches are as follows (2004): The Polish military continues to restructure and to modernize its equipment. Through the 1990s, the two major parties were the Democratic Left Alliance (SLD), which incorporates the Social Democracy of Republic of Poland party (SDRP), the formal inheritor of the Communist party, and the Communist-era trade union federation (OPZZ), and the Polish Peasant Party (PSL), which is the descendent of the Communist party's old ruling partner, the United Peasant Party (ZSL). Media in category "Political parties in Poland" The following 14 files are in this category, out of 14 total. As Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, the President shall appoint the Chief of the General Staff and commanders of branches of the Armed Forces. Civic Platform came to power following the 2007 general election as the major coalition partner in Poland's government, with party leader Donald Tusk as Prime Minister of Poland. [2][3][4] Presidential elections occur every five years. There is no threshold for national minorities. The Polish Coalition, led by the Polish People's Party, the country's oldest political grouping, was very pleased that it easily passed the 5 percent threshold to win seats. This e-home will be developed gradually. A second smaller EPP member in Poland is the Polish People's Party (Polskie Stronnictwo Ludowe, PSL). Currently five parties are represented. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of parliament, Sejm and Senate. When Gabriel Narutowicz, president of the republic, was assassinated in December 1922, Wojciechowski was chosen to succeed him. PiS's is a ruled by Jarosław Kaczyński, a former prime minister (2006-7), party co-founder and leader since 2002. The new left-wing party is being established by Robert Biedroń, a former MP and a former mayor of Słupsk, a city of 90,000 people. In the decade following, other leading political parties were the SLD, the PSL, the leftist Union of Labour (Unia Pracy; UP), the liberal-democratic Freedom Union (Unia Wolności; UW), and the centre-right Law and Justice (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość; PiS) and Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska; PO) parties. The combined[5] Polish army consists of 100,300[6] active duty personnel and in addition 234,000 reserves. The Prime Minister proposes, the President appoints, and the Sejm approves the Council of Ministers. Poland's governing Law and Justice party (PiS) has won Sunday's parliamentary election, with most of the results now counted. Current European affiliation of PiS is ECR. Immediately upon taking power, Law and Justice passed laws that critics, among them prominent voices in Brussels, say neuter the judiciary and hobble the free press. Among his alternative candidates were some far-right politicians of the National Movement. Hence he is sometimes mentioned as potential future prime minister, should the Law and Justice fail to win 50% of seats in the Sejm following the fall 2019 elections. Budget constraints hamper such priority defense acquisitions as a multi-role fighter, improved communications systems, and an attack helicopter. Kukiz'15 today polls at about 6%. As is the case in an increasing number of countries — France, the United States, the United Kingdom — politics in Poland cuts not so much along the traditional party lines of the 20th century but along new divisions: "liberal" vs. "illiberal," "urban," vs. "rural," "patriotic" vs. "democratic." For many years this party was in government pursuing centrist policies. This article lists current political parties in Poland, as well as former parties dating back as far as 1918. Official acts of the President shall require, for their validity, the signature of the Prime Minister, nevertheless this does not apply to: The Polish Parliament has two chambers. There is also the party Together (Razem), which is a far-left formation, though not a post-communist one. Kukiz'15 entered the Polish politics in 2015 following the success of Paweł Kukiz, a popular rock star, who campaigned on an anti-establishment platform and introduction of directly elected MPs in the presidential race. The last actor that might be created for the European elections is the Movement of True Europe (Ruch Prawdziwej Europy, RPE). Following its loss of power in 2015 the PO's leader is Grzegorz Schetyna. The President is elected by popular vote for a five-year term, the Prime minister and Deputy Prime Ministers (if any) are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Sejm. Polish military doctrine reflects the same defense nature as its NATO partners. Following are profiles of the main political parties: * LAW AND JUSTICE (PiS). There are also some smaller parties with limited chances of success in the European elections. Its members are typically chosen from the majority party or coalition, in the lower house of parliament (the Sejm), although exceptions to this rule are not uncommon. Current Petru party is caller Now (Teraz). Pages in category "Political parties in Poland" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. The Polish People's Party (PSL) received 8.55%, which translates into 30 seats and is the best result for this agrarian, Christian-democratic party in 26 years. This list may not reflect recent changes (). Sometimes the Civic Platform advocates unpopular policy choices (during Tusk's term the retirement age was risen, salaries in the public administration frozen) and is openly pro-European. On the right-side to the Law and Justice there is the Kukiz'15 formation, which does not have a European affiliation yet. It has a leader – MEP Mirosław Piotrowski (ECR) and it has the political support of father Tadeusz Rydzyk, director of the omni-influential Radio Maryja. Quite the same Wikipedia. Mr Macierewicz served as Poland's Minister of Defence between 2015 and 2018. Poland continues to be a regional leader in support and participation in the NATO Partnership for Peace Program and has actively engaged most of its neighbors and other regional actors to build stable foundations for future European security arrangements. On the far-right there is a number of initiatives. .Modern (.Nowoczesna) is a liberal party whose support erode from above 10% in 2015 to below 5% today. PO's European affiliation is the European People's Party (EPP). Antoni Macierewicz, party's vice-president, was a leading voice in criticizing the official investigation insinuating that the tragedy in fact was an orchestrated successful assassination of the head of the Polish state. The Council of Ministers is responsible to the Prime Minister and the Sejm. Its leader is Katarzyna Lubnauer, but the party was created by a banker Ryszard Petru, who has left the party since. It has been claimed that their social policies are based on the anti-socialist Social Magisterium of the Catholic Church. The judicial branch plays a minor role in politics, apart from the Constitutional Tribunal, which can annul laws that violate the freedoms guaranteed in the constitution. There is another small political force of Barbara Nowacka called the Polish Initiative (Inicjatywa Polska), which joined the opposition in the local and regional vote last November. Among its most prominent leaders are Aleksander Kwaśniewski (former President of Poland, 1995-2005), Leszek Miller (prime minister 2001-4) and Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (prime minister 1996-7, MFA 2001-5). When a majority of voters support the same candidate, he is declared the winner, while when there is no majority, the top two candidates participate in a runoff election. Mr Kukiz obtained over 20% of the vote. The political earthquake that hit in 2015 with the unprecedented electoral sweep by the Law and Justice party has now upset contemporary assumptions about Poland. POLITICO's weekly newsletter on campaigning, lobbying and political influence in the U.K. Poland grants universal suffrage at age 18. The first is called Liberty and Effective (Wolność i Skuteczni), while the next is called Free and Solidary (Wolni i Solidarni) – the last one's interest steams from the fact that its leader is Kornel Morawiecki, father of the Polish prime minister. Currently SLD has no MPs in the Sejm. The SLD MEPs seat with the S&D group. Both .N and Teraz best hopes are linked with creation of a major coalition of most of the opposition forces, which is expected to be prepared ahead of the European elections. The President may, regarding particular matters, convene the Cabinet Council, although it does not possess the competence of the Council of Ministers. When sitting in joint session, members of the Sejm and Senate form the National Assembly, (Polish Zgromadzenie Narodowe). This is a party that used to be a dominant force in Polish politics until a major corruption scandal in 2002/3. This was the experience of the local and regional elections in late 2018; PO-.N and other partners campaigning together on a joint list were able to master a better result and push back the Law and Justice out of the cities. There are two side-movement from Kukiz'15. Parliamentary elections occur at least every four years. The President is elected by terms; as head of state, supreme commander of the Armed Forces, and supreme representative of the Republic of Poland. The lower chamber (Sejm) has 460 members, elected for a four-year term by proportional representation in multi-seat constituencies using the d'Hondt method similar to that used in many parliamentary political systems, with a 5% threshold (8% for coalitions, threshold waived for national minorities). The State Protection Service (Polish: Służba Ochrony Państwa, SOP) is Poland's equivalent of the Secret Service in the United States, providing antiterrorism and VIP security detail services for the government.[7]. President Emmanuel Macron of France, who was on a visit to Poland on Tuesday, has spoken out against changes that Poland's right-wing ruling party is making to the judiciary. The political system is defined in the Polish Constitution, which also guarantees a wide range of individual freedoms. Since then the party has never recovered and enjoys about 7% support today. The conservative nationalist party … Since then the party … Biedroń's party is in their early stages, but the buzz suggests it may result with electing Members of the European Parliament. The latest survey conducted in August 2020 shows that Prawo i Sprawiedliwość has by far the highest support among political parties in Poland, followed by … Overview of Polish political parties, Jan 2019, Di Maio in Brussels: In search of European allies – euelectionsitaly.com, Gowin take on Europe – 2019 European Elections in Poland, The Calviño Defeat Reveals What Europe Is, It's the fight of the decade and the Polish presidency is the prize (update). This is a party that used to be a dominant force in Polish politics until a major corruption scandal in 2002/3. In Stanisław Wojciechowski …a member of the Polish Peasant Party in November 1922. PiS projects a traditional, eurosceptic and populist image. In Wincenty Witos …statesman and leader of the Peasant Party, who was three times prime minister of Poland (1920–21, 1923, 1926).. Read More; Wojciechowski. The Law and Justice party in Poland borrows tactics that once helped repressive regimes in Europe hold on to power. The "new left" was created in 2015 and is polling at about 3%. Who will run in the European Elections from Poland in 2019? List of political parties in Poland. The Government of Poland takes place in the framework of a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic,[1][2][3][4] whereby the President is the head of state and the Prime Minister is the head of government. The main opposition party is the Civic Platform (Platforma Obywatelska, PO). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Since 1991 elections are supervised by the National Electoral Commission (Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza), whose administrative division is called the National Electoral Office (Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze). For now many commentators see the talk about its creation as a way to pressure Jarosław Kaczyński's Law and Justice to include Rydzyk's affiliates on PiS lists.
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Autoliv (NYSE:ALV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April 26th. The auto parts company reported $1.20 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.57 by ($0.37). The company had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.19 billion. Autoliv had a net margin of 2.03% and a return on equity of 27.29%. The firm's revenue was down 3.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.66 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Autoliv to post $7 EPS for the current fiscal year and $8 EPS for the next fiscal year.
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The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 5th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.62 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 20th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.75%. Autoliv's payout ratio is presently 36.31%.
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SEPTA Plans To Extend Line To Wawa
By Bette Alburger |
PUBLISHED: February 10, 2004 at 10:00 p.m. | UPDATED: August 20, 2021 at 5:34 a.m.
More parking spaces are planned at the station and the rail line is expected to be extended to Wawa to serve the needs of commuters in the western end of the county. Both proposals are aimed at easing the traffic burden at the Elwyn station.
"We all agree parking is a problem (at the station). We're trying to open up a dialog," said council Chairman Douglas Roger Jr. in explaining why SEPTA officials were asked to attend the meeting.
John F. McGee Jr., SEPTA's Chief Officer for Revenue, Ridership, Marketing and Sales, said ridership has been steadily increasing on the R-3 Media Local, whose terminus is at Elwyn. He noted 22 parking spaces at the station were added in the mid 1990s. Another 140 spaces were proposed in 1998, but were never developed because of concerns of residents and council at the time. However, plans are now in the works to provide about 90 additional parking spaces on the inbound, or north, side of the tracks. McGee noted these spaces would accommodate some 50 vehicles that currently are parked daily on Elwyn Avenue. This would make a net gain of 45 to 50 more available spaces. The estimated cost to SEPTA is $2,000 to $3,000 per space, McGee said.
"The ultimate solution (to parking problems at the Elwyn station) is to expand the line westward to Wawa," he added.
According to Gerald J. Kane, SEPTA's Manager of Capital Program Planning, studies conducted by the company indicate that some 500 people would catch the train at Wawa and return later each day if service were provided. To accommodate the anticipated increased ridership on the train, three extra coaches would be needed and a station off Baltimore Pike on Station Road would be required. It would be in Middletown and would be an elevated station, Kane said, with boarding from a high level platform. Land also must be acquired to handle the station's parking needs. In addition, the rail yard in Media would have to be expanded. Or in the alternative, the service area could be moved to Lenni.
Kane noted rail service to West Chester was discontinued in 1986. Therefore, much of the existing track is rusted or in poor condition. A lot of infrastructure work would be necessary, such as bridge improvements, he said. He noted the cost of extending the line 3 miles to Wawa would be approximately $52 million, with $2 million for engineering work.
Responding to a question asked by William Evans of Foxwood Lane, Kane said providing an intermediate station at Glen Riddle would cost about $5 million to $8 million more. For this reason, none is proposed at this time.
Kane said this month SEPTA will seek qualified engineers to bid on the project, with the goal of awarding a contract in October.
Asked by council when the rail extension project would be completed, Kane replied, "By Christmas, but I can't tell you what year." Actually, he intimated it would be a 3-year project if all goes according to plan.
In another matter, township Manager W. Bruce Clark announced that Michele Clancy, a resident of the Riddlewood section of the township, began her new job that day as receptionist in the township business office. She replaces Susan Blume, who has been promoted to the post of administrative secretary. Ms. Blume succeeds Dolores Bralczyek, who has retired.
For more on the meeting, see next week's Press.
Bette Alburger


Yesterday I was at a prophetic conference that was incredibly powerful. So many things I have been talking to the Lord about, so many questions were answered yesterday. One of the things that came up was about this next season and what the Lord is going to be doing within the church…..not in the world around us, but WITHIN the church.
We so often, as christians, are distracted by the terrible things going on in the world that we are missing the hideous things that are going on right in our midst. As 'The Church' we must first remove the log-jam in our own eye before we can even think about helping the world remove their speck.
This word is a warning for those that are within the body, that are in a pastoral position; whether it be within the church, in the marketplace, or even within your own family. The Lord is going to be bringing correction to those in leadership and He is gathering those they have scattered, bringing them back into the fold and blessing them.
This is a word/warning for today: Many pastors have gotten fat and lazy, only pursuing what benefits themselves. They actually use the flock for their own gain. Those in their flock that are weak, are wounded, under the oppression of disease, or have lost their way are not cared for; instead they have been harsh with them because of their own self-serving heart. These pastors desire the easy life, the lazy way, and the weak ones of the flock represent the work they are supposed to be doing. These pastors would rather just have a fat and happy flock so they can enjoy their flock's wool and eat of their fatness.
But, because these pastors have not been doing their job, the weaker ones have been scattered, unprotected and left to the demonic oppressions of the world-and all that comes with that. Their wanderings are on you. Be warned, the Lord will count against you what has happened to these and remove the anointing for your call.
Therefore, the Lord Himself, will go after the ones you scattered, the ones you have mistreated, the ones you didn't care for in their darkest days; he alone will be their rescuer, their hero – no credit will be given to you. He will draw them out from the world that you tossed them into and bless them. He will bless them for all to see, even in your midst so you will have to see the hand of the Lord on their life. He will be the bringer of their justice. He will make judgements between His flock and separate those that make life hard for the others. It wasn't good enough for you to be given the blessing of the Lord, you had to ruin the blessing for others by your own self-serving ways. But, believe me, He will now bring justice on their behalf.