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Harmony RINGS TRUE
SARA WASSERMAN'S JOURNEY TO HAITI
By Dennis Strazulo
In the theatrical continuum of life, how does a 13-year-old girl follow up the act of rock-and-roll legend Lou Reed singing "Happy Birthday" to her, adorned with a Belgian Chocolate cake presented by her father – on a tour bus in Belgium? With determination, humility, and grace Sara Wasserman has done so by giving back. Specifically, and right on point, by giving music to children. Sara had no idea of the rarefied air in which she existed at the time of that birthday celebration over 25 years ago; or of Reed's celebrity, or that of her late father, virtuoso bass player, Rob Wasserman. But she does now and is devoted to sharing the unique joy and power of music with disadvantaged children to help them build, in her words, "the lives they deserve."
Photos by Laura Reoch
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The birthday cake was the doing of her dad, who at the time was touring with Reed while also enjoying acclaim as a Grammy Award winning solo artist and bass player alongside former Grateful Dead member, Bob Weir, in RatDog, the band they co-founded. Such exposure to the music scene marked much of Sara's childhood.
Today, Sara Wasserman works with purpose alongside her incredible team in the US and Haiti as the Founder and Executive Director of Music Heals International (MHI), a non-profit dedicated to bringing music education to children in Haiti and globally. Using music to inspire achievement, resilience, and creativity, MHI brings joy and healing to children deeply familiar with hardship and uncertainty. Since launching its flagship Haitian program in 2014, MHI has touched over 800 children's lives. (See our Non-Profit Spotlight, p.xx). As rewarding as the journey has been so far, Sara's work is just beginning.
Her voyage from an only child touring with rock stars while budding as a notable artist in her own right, to visionary leader of MHI is as unique as developing a music program for children in one of the world's poorest countries to help them engage, achieve and thrive. Like so many intriguing stories involving music, both Sara's history and MHI's are deeply rooted in Mill Valley!
Rob Wasserman married Sara's mother, Clare Wasserman, when the couple were in their early twenties. They raised their daughter in Mill Valley as Rob attended school at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Clare worked producing some of the first benefits for Greenpeace and concerts in California prisons, while also running a San Francisco music project with legendary rock music promoter, Bill Graham. Sara talks about falling asleep as a young child listening to her dad practice in his studio above her bedroom. She shyly recounts Graham's playful critique of her singing voice that greeted callers on the family answering machine. She attended Marin Horizon, then temporarily defected from Mill Valley in high school, attending Redwood. During those years between, her experiences around rock icons were plentiful. She essentially grew up with Reed, so his birthday serenade was not something she understood as anything unique. She recalls hiding under tables as a child at the old Sweetwater Music Hall as her father played. She met Weir when she was 7, and on another birthday accompanied her dad to the studio where they were joined by Jerry Garcia, Branford Marsalis and Bruce Hornsby, who were recording music for Levi's commercials.
While taking time with us to recount these improbable memories, Sara emphasized her fondness for Mill Valley, her appreciation for growing up there, and her continuing connection with the community. She has warm recollections of hanging out at Old Mill Park, walking to town with her friends, and her dad taking her to the Mill Valley Market for a coveted, giant butter cookie covered with sprinkles. She also fell in love with Stinson Beach and reminisces about countless jaunts there with her dad creating special moments. These experiences were so impactful she can think of no better place to raise her two-year old daughter and light of her life, Gia, while discovering the magic of living in Mill Valley as a parent.
It is that same magic, perhaps, that caused her chance meeting in Mill Valley with family friend Sean Penn in 2012. Penn was set to return to Haiti, where he had been providing relief to Haitian citizens ravaged by the earthquake two years prior, killing some 230,000 [AO2] people and completely upending their lives and the country. To undertake this effort Penn co-founded J/P HRO, now known as CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort), which is currently coordinating COVID -19 testing sites across the United States. Sara recalls Penn inviting her to join him on this mission, though wryly admits she may have invited herself. Either way, it was the start of something she never imagined. She invited Lukas Nelson to join her, a long-time friend and fellow offspring of a musical father. Their experience in Haiti changed her life.
Sara and Nelson had planned a trip where they would teach music to children. They handed out guitars and passed on their skills, engaging with eager students who, despite having every reason to feel hopeless, had smiles on their faces and expressed joy in making music, something deeply cultural that touched their souls. Sara was so enamored by the children, their verve for learning and their musical acumen despite a lack of formal training, she knew this trip was not going to be her last. "How can we not continue to do this", she thought. So, she did, returning to Haiti every two months for five years. She was driven by a greater power and never once thought of stopping. Instead, she continued to bond with the children and learn about Haitian culture, allaying any fears she had when first embarking on the mission. She was motivated by her heart and a drive to give back the very gift of music that so graced her life. "You don't plan things of this magnitude, "she says. "The creation of MHI was very organic." In time, she started to see the concept of music as healing evolve before her eyes.
It's one thing to tag along with friends in your celebrity circle en route to contribute to a noble cause; but where did Sara develop the ambition, the laser focus, and the courage to make MHI happen? It seems there was a plan all along. The music influence is obvious. But it runs deeper than that with Sara. Although she innocently meandered through an upbringing in the casual company of people who might otherwise cause people to be starstruck, it wasn't long before Sara started to recognize the fuel that empowers talented and driven people, starting with her father. She can't help but wear her love and admiration for her dad on her sleeve. She refers to him as "the best bass player on the planet" without apology. But it was the experience of watching him perform and her ability to recognize the genesis of that talent and how it was channeled, that taught and influenced her.
Rob Wasserman was very shy. "If he didn't' know you, you'd be lucky to get a word or two out of him", says Sara. But on stage, she noticed he closed his eyes and something else took over. "It was a release of everything that was inside of him. He was in an element that was at a very different level, channeling something much bigger." And he did it with modesty, sometimes asking her how he did after wowing an audience with an incredible bass solo. "He truly did not know his own genius", Sara told us. It may be that Sara has yet to appreciate her own genius. Like her dad, it's easy to surmise something had taken her over as she pressed on.
The influence of her mother is equally striking. In fact, another self-described "kid" of the Bay Area music scene, Merl Saunders, Jr. (son of the incomparable keyboard player, Merl Saunders who famously collaborated with Garcia as part of his robust music career) says deftly it wasn't just her dad influencing Sara. "Rob was the icing on the cake", Saunders, Jr. recalled, "but the cake was Clare." Unlike the shy Rob, Sara describes her mother as nothing short of "fiery." They had opposite temperaments, but according to Sara, that is what made things work for her parents. "If it wasn't for my mom", who managed Rob's career, "my dad might have been playing in hotels!" "I think I was more like my dad when I was younger", she pondered, recalling their similar reticent personalities, "but I now see myself emulating my mom." Perhaps she was recounting her fundraising efforts, a major element of Sara's mission to keep MHI thriving. Clare knew a bit about fundraising, even at the early stages of her yet-to-be-defined career. Sara tells the story of her parents travelling through Europe as teenagers. "My dad would play street music and mom would pass a hat around". "My mom was more direct and knew exactly what she wanted", she said proudly, and it's easy to see Sara following suit.
Those years being raised by such amazing parents are never lost on Sara. "I always think about my childhood," she said. She described her parents as "super chill" saying "they never stressed about anything." Although she was shy as a child, she was also adventurous. "When I was 5-years old, while at Old Mill Park I concocted a plan to steal away a couple of schoolmates and walk them back to my house. When we got there, my dad opened the door and was quite surprised, but he didn't freak out. He calmly walked us back to the park. That was very typical of my dad."
The calming influence had a positive effect on Sara and allowed her to be creative without judgment. Not surprisingly, Sara's interests and passion lay in the arts. She worked to enhance her singing skills, taking voice lessons from the time she was 10. As a high school senior, perhaps on a quest to do something a bit different, she applied to the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre in New York without telling her parents for fear she would not get in. But she was accepted! The cautious but once-again intrepid Sara was off to New York, where she spent 10 joyous years in a city she still loves, toying with acting but not letting go of the musical gift she had quietly developed over the years.
Meanwhile, it appears the universe thought having the best bass player on the planet and a producer as parents was not enough to pave the way for her incredible journey. Alas, in her path appeared Dan Hicks, (better known to some for his band, Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks), another famed musician who adopted Mill Valley as his home – and Sara as his step-daughter when he and Clare married in 1997. Rob and Clare ended their marriage several years before Sara went to New York, so Hicks was around the family a lot before that. As she grew older, it was music that connected her with Hicks. Despite the enticement of acting, music never left her heart, and Sara embarked on her own musical journey- inspired by both her adoring father and Hicks but made possible by her own talent.
Sara was more than worthy of sharing the stage with her musical influences. She made her debut singing a song co-written by her father and Jim Capaldi of Traffic fame while sitting in with RatDog at the Shoreline Amphitheater, wowing the crowd as a 17-year old. From there, very deliberately and skillfully, she embarked on recording her own album, Solid Ground, which was released in 2009 and included collaborations with Aaron Neville, Reed, Christian McBride and her father, drawing reviews such as "soul stirring" and "refreshingly creative" and causing Music Connection magazine to include her in its top ten new artists.
Alongside an unmistakable passion for music, something else was burning inside Sara – her love for children and her desire to give to those who have not shared her fortune. In 2007, she joined the Board of Directors of Casa di Milagros, an orphanage in Peru where abandoned children are cared for and raised as a family. She made three trips to Peru and fell in love with the kids. A passion was brewing, indeed!
When Sara returned to Mill Valley from New York, in part to promote her album, things began to shift. Despite her success and opportunities as a singer, she had to decide if she wanted to continue with the rigors of touring. It was during this time of reflection she had the chance meeting with Penn and her new path was set. Music. Children. Helping those less fortunate. Giving back. The equation became clearer by the day. Her work expanding MHI since its launch in 2014 has been tireless. The money gained from an inaugural fundraiser with Michael Franti was put to excellent use but evaporated quickly. Between the popularity of MHI's program in Haiti and witnessing its results in the faces and laughter of the children, there was no choice but to carry on, no matter the effort.
Sara's determination led to coordinating six benefit concerts at the Sweetwater. In some ways, Sara's pedigree created added challenges pulling this off. Her work and MHI had to be accepted as legitimate. Sweetwater Board member, Chris Moscone explains: "You'd expect friends of Sara's father to help out with one event, but no one wants to be part of something that fizzles. Sara's determination, hard work and belief in the cause have made the fundraisers a continuing success. The benefit concerts and MHI are now a thing people keep talking about. They're a lot of fun!" Moscone added "negotiating the cast of characters in Mill Valley to sustain these events is no easy task, and Sara did it with grace." Through it all, Nelson stayed involved, too. Sara calls him "the best person ever". Nelson has appeared at every benefit with Weir performing alongside him at most of them. Other artists who performed at the fundraisers include Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Jackie Greene, and a host of other notable musicians.
Sadly, in 2016 amidst unstinting work leading to MHI's growing success, Sara lost her father and step-dad in the span of four months. Hicks passed away in February and Rob Wasserman left us in June of that year. Within the grief, Sara has harnessed untapped energy and power to press on. She was in Haiti when she received the news about her dad and was the one to tell Weir, perhaps Rob's closest friend. Heart wrenching. Two years later she was blessed with the joyous event of Gia's birth. These opposite ends of the emotional spectrum have served to further motivate Sara.
Sara can't help but draw on her father's spirit, reflecting on the juxtaposed characteristics of quietly reserved [AO4] and fearlessness that defined him. She now emulates those traits in her own life. "I try my best to be fearless but being an artist, I've always been quiet and more internal. Fearlessness is more of a drive…if you want something to happen it's like you're on autopilot." Much like when she was singing in front of large audiences or first stepped on that plane to Haiti, she agrees. "When you love to do something, you just go…it's a passion. It comes from a place that is not necessarily in our consciousness. I saw this with my dad when he was really driven. If there is too much thinking involved, things can backfire. It's better to go with your first instinct and try to not let fear get in the way of things you really want to do. But that's easier said than done."
Sara is confident her dad's spirit remains and guides her, still supporting her as she forges her own path. At times her dad's presence seems obvious. The morning before Rob Wasserman's memorial celebration, a month after his passing, Sara took a jaunt to Stinson Beach where she had spent so much time with her dad. She recalls: "It was about 6:30AM and there was no one on the beach. Clearly, no one had been there for hours. In the distance I saw what appeared to be flowers sticking out of the sand, as if someone put them there. When I got closer, I saw they were sunflowers, which my dad knew were my favorite and often gave to me." Recounting this story, Sara shared how difficult it is for her sometimes, accepting the reality she will never see her dad again, even though his spirit lives on.
As for the energetic Gia, who Sara says is more like her mom and is "right up Dan Hicks' alley", she is her "inspiration for everything". That assertion caused her to reflect that "it's weird to think she was not here two years ago." She is also a source of strength for Sara and setting the example of giving back "is huge for me", she says. She is intent on passing down to Gia her dad's philanthropic approach to life. "My father was always giving. That has always been the mindset of the Grateful Dead community." There is also a perceptible connection between Gia and her grandfather. Sara's due date for Gia was the date of her father's death. Originally a bit stunned by the [AO5] news, Sara rationalized her father obviously wanted that day to be a joyous one for her, rather than sad. "That's just who he was."
Now while marching forward with MHI, one challenge for Sara is to hold her breath until Gia decides to travel to Europe or move to New York as a teenager, or otherwise create mischief at Old Mill Park. It's a family thing. Add the trials of raising a child as a single mom, and you might say Sara has her hands full. But doing all this from her home, among the supportive Mill Valley community, and with her mom close by helping with all of it, Sara presses on with, well, fearlessness. She is also guided by her daily yoga routine, grounding her and providing stability. Meandering through our photo shoot for this article at Stinson Beach, and after learning more about Sara's life, it didn't take long to understand why Gia, visibly channeling her mom, chose to wear a Wonder Woman outfit!
As Sara continues to infuse energy into MHI, it faces new challenges, notwithstanding its success to date. COVID-19 has stalled plans for new classes in Mumbai, though teachers continue training sessions with Haitian staff across time zones via Skype, eager to begin their work. The greatest hurdle, though, is to rally financial support for MHI's work in the absence of live benefits, which have historically provided a major source of revenue. Plans for a 7th Annual Benefit Concert fell by the wayside with COVID-19. Instead, this year's event on November 23 will stream last year's sold-out performance featuring Nelson, Weir, Paul Beaubrun, and Dan "Lebo" Lebowitz, accessible via the Sweetwater website. Sara also plans to reach out far and wide amongst her musical connections to put together a live-stream virtual event in the spring. According to Saunders, Jr., "When Sara calls you don't ask what she wants…you just do it!" We don't doubt her expected success! "With all that is going on in the world, continuing our work for the kids is even more important", she says, adding "this is a priority because these kids are the future of our planet. Especially in a developing country, it's imperative to empower people where we can make big changes in their lives. With COVID, we are all realizing how connected we are. We all affect each other. In my mind, we are all one energy."
As our interview ended, recounting the many sources motivating her, Sara told us: "seeing people who are actually making a positive impact is what inspires me." Lucky for her, Sara Wasserman only needs to look in the mirror for inspiration.
Dennis and Sara


They start off all together, and their clothing is like all over the place. Hyo's in pigtails ! Sunny's hair hasn't changed D: I really thought it'd be nice to see her hair differently. Yoona's hair is so long now. They go into a locker room too but I don't like the outfits. Seohyun starts the song :O omggg I love her voice. The big poofy hair is pretty cool. I love Tae's choreo the most. Sooyoung gets some hair ! I love the chorus dance omggg ! I love their cheerleading outfits. They're in shorts again, I just noticed. Jessica's voice is like most recognizable lmao. I love Tiffany's voice. Hyo gets more parts to sing this time :))) I love the part where it sounds like "oppa oppa oppa I'll be coming down." I love Yoona's solo shots, she looks so beautiful with the long hair and that yellow striped shirt. I love the part where they're together in a group and everyone busts out a move and Yuri looks like a ninja and then Tiffany starts it again and they all do it too. Lol, I hope that made sense.
The ending is kind of weird…I think it's a to be continued.


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South Africa vs Sri Lanka, 25th Match, Super 12 Group 1
South Africa won by 4 wkts
SL - 142 (20)
RSA - 146/6 (19.5)
CRR: 7.36
Tabraiz Shamsi
Scorecard Refresh
Miller's knock has pulled South Africa back into T20 WC 2021: Michael Vaughan
Harsha Bhogle: Been a while since Miller did the "If it's in the arc it's out of the park" routine.
South Africa now sit pretty at the third position, on the verge of breaking into the top-two. Sri Lanka, as their captain admitted, will now find it hard to get back into reckoning for the knockouts, numerically and morally. What a time for South Africa to defy the odds, and break hoodoos. Can they sustain this? This can turn into quite a story, if they do. This is Rishi Roy, taking your leave for the day alongside Pradeep, Nikhil, Hari and Mukesh. It's time for "The Ashes in pyjamas" as arch-rivals England and Australia take each other on in Dubai. Do switch tabs and follow the action - if your heart can take it, that is. Cheers!
Temba Bavuma | South Africa captain: It's hard to keep everything at the back of my mind, and we had a job to do. We took it deep and it was a good thing that we managed to get over the line. David hasn't done that for us in a while, and it's great that he came good at the right time. Shamsi is a good player for us, he's been effective all over the world in this format and he's been doing this for quite a while now. I took on the responsibility to soak the pressure. The shot was on, but I am a bit annoyed that I couldn't execute it well enough.
Dasun Shanaka | SL captain: It was enough to defend for Kumara. He was nailing his yorkers, so I thought he was dependable. Credit to how the South African batsmen played under pressure. We had Wanindu for the death too, but we used him up before. Nissanka was fantastic and we know that he's a bright prospect for Sri Lankan cricket. It's difficult for us after this, but we have to keep fighting.
Tabraiz Shamsi | Player of the Match - My first Man of the Match trophy in the World Cup, so it's a special moment, but not to take anything away from Nortje, Markram, Miller and Rabada, they played their parts really well. I haven't had a great number of chances previously, but I kept working hard, was looking to do something special, try and win games for the country. The number one rank doesn't really matter for me, I'm just glad that I am bowling well, we have one of the finest bowling attacks in the world and I'm just happy to be part of it.
17:36 Local Time, 13:36 GMT, 19:06 IST: Give me a break, cricket! The sedentary period in 2020 doesn't warrant a license for arbitrarily-timed palpitations in 2021! Yet another nominee for "Cliffhanger of the year", and David Miller has held his nerve. "He who panics last, wins the game," a great man once said, and the composure of Miller and Rabada to beat the odds under enormous pressure, proves it once more. There was a hat-trick playing on their minds, and the fact that there was only one recognized batsman left - not to mention all the off-field troubles ailing Cricket South Africa. They've left it out there, oblivious to all that ails them off the field. South Africa have prevailed, partially demolishing an age-old taboo. Presentations coming right up...
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19.5Kumara to Rabada, FOUR, South Africa prevail! A back of a length ball, a hack at it, a top-edge through the would-be cordon but the process matters no more to KG. It matters no more to South Africa who roar in ecstasy as this flies away to the third man fence for four! Within the periphery of the cricket field South African cricket lives on...
19.4 Kumara to Miller, 1 run, short and into the body, Miller is late on the pull, gets some bat on it behind square leg for a single. Scores level.
19.3Kumara to Miller, SIX, this isn't happening! Ain't no C-word spoiling the Protea party tonight! Allows him room to get under it, and Miller butchers that - launches another one into the ocean for a six! How the tables have turned!
19.2 Kumara to Miller, SIX, he's launched that into the Indian ocean! Picks this from a length, and clears his leg, his eyes light up as he deposits this over the roof at cow corner for six!
19.1Kumara to Rabada, 1 run, backs into the on-side to a length ball and throws the kitchen sink at it, gets a thick inside edge through his legs to backward square leg for a single
Lahiru Kumara [3.0-0-17-0] is back into the attack
15 off the final one. Rabada on strike. He might inspire a lot of confidence after that six in the last over. It's a hot pressure-cooker about to burst here at Sharjah. Kumara to Rabada in the final over!!!
RSA: 128-6 after 19 overs
18.6 Chameera to Rabada, 1 run, wide yorker lengther, Rabada reaches out and squeezes this out towards long-off for one
18.5 Chameera to Rabada, no run, is that a wide? It hasn't been given! Just inside the tramline, Rabada throws his hands at it, and misses
18.4 Chameera to Rabada, SIX, has he cleared it? He has! A rubbish half-volley, and Rabada has cleared his front-leg to launch a demoralizing six over long-off! Game on!
18.3 Chameera to Miller, 1 run, bottom-hands a half-volley outside off right past Rabada's chest down to long-off for one. That needed to find the rope, but it hasn't. Pressure on South Africa.
Hat tricks in both ODIs & T20Is
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Thisara Perera
Lasith Malinga
18.2 Chameera to Rabada, 1 run, fuller length ball at the base of off-stump, bunted down to long-off for a single. Squeezed out.
18.1 Chameera to Miller, 1 run, very full on the stumps, into the blockhole, and that's driven down to long-on for a single with a puff of dust
25 off 12. Are we in for another thriller? Miller's the man. It HAS to be him. Boy, that hat-trick really changed things around, didn't it?
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Undercover: Walter Schellenberg – January '97 World War II Feature
by HistoryNet Staff 8/19/1997 9/28/2016
Germany's Venlo sting completely
compromised an already shaky British
Intelligence network in Western Europe.
By Wil Deac
The 70th day of World War II–November 9, 1939–dawned chilly and overcast above neutral Holland's southeastern frontier with Germany. Later that day, in the early afternoon, a slim, 29-year-old German drove a short distance onto Dutch soil and pulled into the Café Backus parking lot. He and his male companion entered the crowded, three-story building, doffed their overcoats and ordered aperitifs. Perhaps 40 yards from the cafe was the German customs house, swastika flag flying, behind which waited another 13 Germans. In the other direction, toward the town of Venlo, the Dutch frontier post was active with guards and military construction.
The two men nervously eyed the outside traffic, mostly bicycles, and waited. Finally, at 3:20 p.m., a sleek, red Lincoln Zephyr drew up. Inside the car were four men, including Britain's top spymasters in Holland.
This secret meeting between representatives of the opposing sides had its genesis in peace feelers being sent out by German opponents of Führer Adolf Hitler. The task of sorting out most of the peace overtures fell to British Intelligence, which had its primary European station in the Dutch capital of The Hague. The British Intelligence effort was a joint venture between two organizations. One was the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6), which performed its clandestine tasks under the cover of the embassy-based Passport Control Office (PCO). The second, created by MI-6's Colonel Claude Dansey to complement the PCO's rather transparent cover, was the deep-cover Z Organization. Chief of the PCO-based operation was Major Richard Henry Stevens, who had served as an intelligence officer in India. The Z Organization was headed by German-speaking Captain Sigismund Payne Best, a tall, monocled, spat-wearing intelligence veteran of World War I whose cover was a trading and consulting firm.
Before too long, the PCO was penetrated by the Nazis and Best was compromised. Worse still, when Britain declared war on Germany, London destroyed any remaining security by ordering the two Intelligence elements to work together.
Thus armed with considerable knowledge of their enemy's secret activities in northwestern Europe, the Nazis found it relatively simple to insinuate themselves into meetings between anti-Hitler German emigrés and the British. In the fall of 1939, the young and ambitious ex-lawyer Walter Schellenberg, who was about to become chief of the counterintelligence bureau of the Reichssicherheitshaupamt (RSHA, or the Reich Central Security Office), proposed using these emigrés to initiate a sting operation against the Best-Stevens team. Its purpose was to gain information on Allied Intelligence operations in Germany and to uncover disloyal Germans. Schellenberg's boss, Reinhard Heydrich, agreed to the proposal.
Schellenberg's first step was to have a known British agent, who was then working with the Nazis, inform Best that he could arrange a meeting with a disaffected German general. As expected, Best brought Stevens into the act. The British spymasters then solicited the cooperation of Dutch Intelligence, GS III (General Staff Section III). The GS III commander, who was pro-British and well aware of the German threat to his country, assigned a young lieutenant, Dirk Klop, to work with the British. To safeguard Dutch neutrality, Klop, who had lived in Canada, was to be passed off as an English captain named Coppens.
The initial meeting between the British officers and the "dissident" Germans took place on October 21, 1939, hopping from two cafes to a house in the town of Arnhem in east-central Holland. Instead of a general, the emigré double agent brought a Captain von Seydlitz and a Lieutenant Grosch, both army officers, to meet with Best and Stevens. No sooner had their session begun than Dutch policemen surrounded the house. They had been alerted by the conspirators' suspicious behavior in one of the cafes they had visited. Although Klop was easily able to get rid of the intruders, the incident ruined the meeting. The shaky Germans wanted to go home immediately. Little wonder, since Seydlitz and Grosch were really von Salisch and Christensen of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the Nazi Party's security and intelligence service.
A second session convened on October 30. Klop picked up three Germans from the frontier and drove them about 150 miles to Best's business office in The Hague. In addition to "Grosch," the mufti-clad visitors were "Captain Schämmel" and "Colonel Martini." The latter actually was Max de Crinis, head of the psychiatric division of Berlin's leading hospital, posing
as the elusive dissident general's representative. "Schämmel," wearing a monocle like the real captain whose name he borrowed, was none other than Schellenberg, who took charge of the Ger-man side of the discussions.
The two sides, acting on instructions from the highest levels of their respective governments, agreed on a united anti-Communist front, conditional on a change of leadership in Germany. A document was drafted, according to which the Reich would relinquish most of its conquests in return for regaining its former overseas colonies lost after World War I. Nearly four hours of talk were followed by a sumptuous dinner at Best's home and a drive to a villa where the Germans would spend the night. During a final get-together the next morning, the Germans were given a transmitter-receiver, with codes, so that they could communicate directly with MI-6 in The Hague. When the Germans tried to use the radio set from their base of operations in the Rhine city of Düsseldorf, however, they found it was too weak. They were able to make radio contact on November 2 using a stronger German instrument, and began to exchange progress reports with the British.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain informed the British war cabinet of the alleged peace talks with the Germans on November 1. The First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, saw these talks as efforts toward further appeasement and objected vehemently. In Berlin, too, there was uneasiness about the sting operation, and there were reports of other peace feelers. Hitler, his ego perhaps bruised by all this talk about ousting him, was on the verge of putting his foot down to show the world he had no opposition within Germany. The Führer was also preparing to launch his Western offensive (initially set for mid-November). Hitler's objections, and the realization that the risky operation could go on for only so long without showing results, caused Heydrich to decide to kidnap Best and Stevens. It would be a great propaganda coup to coincide with Hitler's invasion of the West. As things turned out, the timing of the kidnapping was determined by an attempt to assassinate the Führer, but, in the meantime, Heydrich had organized his strongarm team.
Alfred Naujocks, described by one historian as "a sort of intellectual gangster," would help coordinate the kidnapping of the British agents. No stranger to Hitler's dirty tricks, Naujocks was a charter member of the SD and had led the "Polish" attack on the German border radio station at Gleiwitz on August 31, 1939. Although this was only one of numerous incidents drummed up to justify the invasion of Poland, Naujocks gained a reputation as "the man who started World War II."
For the kidnapping plan, Naujocks selected a dozen men he had worked with in the past, and they drove to Düsseldorf. Informed of this new development, Schellenberg, whom Naujocks considered a "namby-pamby, pasty-faced little man," was clearly disturbed. He was convinced that the British were completely taken in by the sting and that it could lead to bigger prizes. He had just recruited a Nazi industrialist to pose as the dissident general, and a trip to London was in the offing. Moreover, Schellenberg had taken a liking to this game of wits with MI-6. In any case, a new meeting with the British had been arranged for 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 7.
Lieutenant Klop chose the site, the Café Backus in Venlo, which was on Dutch soil but in the no-man's-land between the Dutch and German frontier stations. Schellenberg and Christensen made the hour-long drive from Düsseldorf to the cafe for a session that was nothing more than a stalling maneuver while Schellenberg tried to talk his bosses into continuing the sting. The two parties agreed to another meeting the following day, one which the supposed anti-Hitler general would attend before accompanying the British to London. There, the talks would proceed at a higher level. Berlin vetoed the London trip. Schellenberg, wondering how to explain arriving at the November 8 session without his general, nevertheless radioed The Hague to confirm meeting arrangements.
The Wednesday morning headlines took Schellenberg off the hook. King Leopold III of Belgium and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, having been apprised of the impending German invasion, issued a joint peace appeal. At that afternoon's short meeting, Best and Stevens were told that everything was on hold pending Hitler's response to the joint appeal. In any case, Schellenberg said, a move against the Führer by the German opposition was being organized, and the much-talked-about general would definitely be available the next day, November 9. Best and Stevens consented to yet another meeting.
That night of November 8, Nazi Party "Old Guard" veterans met for their annual get-together at the Bürgerbräukeller, Munich's most famous beer cellar. Their celebration was to be rudely shattered by Johann Georg Elser, a small, black-haired carpenter who was thoroughly disillusioned with Naziism. Following through on a year-old decision, Elser had stolen black powder pellets, dynamite and gelatin. With them, he constructed a detonation device that relied on redundant clocks, which could be set up to six days in advance. Elser had made more than 30 trips to the beer hall earlier in the year, hiding until closing time so he could work during the night. He bored into one of the main room's massive wood-veneered brick pillars to form a space large enough to accommodate his homemade bomb. The explosives were inserted on the night of November 1. Five nights later, the clocks went in. Elser made the last of his many nocturnal visits on the 7th for a final check. The following morning, when the building reopened, he left his hiding place and fled through the rear door. Later that morning, he paid 11 marks for a railroad ticket to the Swiss border.
Soon after 8 p.m. that November 8, as a band struck up the "Badenweiler March," Hitler strode into the Munich beer hall. Cheers from about 3,000 stalwarts greeted him. The Führer took his place at the rostrum directly in front of a swastika-draped pillar, inside of which two clocks ticked unheard. By 9:07, Hitler had finished his speech, which was shorter than the previous year's, and departed. Most of his audience returned to its beer and carousing. At 9:20, Elser's infernal device detonated, collapsing the overhead balcony and ceiling. Seven Nazis and a waitress died; more than 60 people were hurt. Hitler had been saved because he had to be in Berlin early the next morning and bad weather had forced him to take a train.
Shortly before the failed assassination attempt, a pair of German customs men at the Swiss frontier were distracted from listening to Hitler's broadcast speech when they noticed someone trying to sneak across the border. Challenged, Elser raised his hands in surrender. He quickly confessed to planting the bomb, but Hitler refused to believe he could have acted alone.
The Führer raged that the "English Secret Service" was responsible for the beer hall blast. Weren't the British encouraging German dissidence and insisting on his removal? After talking to Hitler, following the explosion, SS leader Heinrich Himmler phoned Schellenberg in Düsseldorf. He told Schellenberg, "…and this is an order, when you meet the British agents for your conference tomorrow, you are to arrest them immediately and bring them to Germany." It was a frustrated Schellenberg who notified Naujocks to make arrangements for what came to be known as the Venlo Incident.
Later that same morning in The Hague, Best, Stevens and Klop prepared for another drive across southern Holland. Best, whose dislike of the less-experienced Stevens had been growing, had deep misgivings about the meeting. In fact, he had been suspicious of the entire operation since its inception. Stevens, apparently thrilled to be playing an important role in history, had shrugged off warnings from others, who recalled previous Nazi border violations. Not feeling up to driving both ways, Best contacted a Dutch driver, Jan Lemmens, and asked him to accompany them and take the wheel during the drive back from Venlo.
When Schellenberg spotted the red Lincoln approaching the Café Backus that blustery November 9, he stepped outside. As soon as the vehicle had pulled up in front and backed into the parking lot alongside the red brick building, an open-topped Ford roared in from Germany beneath the raised black-and-white barrier. One of its 13 occupants, his feet braced on the running board, fired a shot into the air. Riding low under its heavy load, the Ford screeched to a stop in a cloud of dust, bumper-to-bumper with Best's Lincoln.
Naujocks' SD crew rushed toward its startled prey. Klop recovered quickly from his shock, drew a revolver and sent two slugs through the German car's windshield just as Naujocks was sliding out of the front seat. No one was hit. Crouched low, Klop ran toward the road. Shots filled the air, convincing nearby Dutch customs men
to stay back. "Hands up! You have no chance," Naujocks said to Best and Stevens, who were now standing beside their car. Handcuffs were produced. Meanwhile, a submachine gun burst sent Klop tumbling to the ground. To the cries of "Hup! Hup!" Best, Stevens, Lemmens and the fatally wounded Klop were hurried on foot to the German customs house. Schellenberg and his companion drove across the border. The kidnapping operation was over in minutes.
Onlookers gathered, and Dutch soldiers belatedly rushed to the scene. All they saw were cartridge cases, a dissipating cloud of acrid gun smoke and a blood stain. The assailants, their prisoners and the cars were gone. Best, Stevens and Lemmens were rushed to Berlin for interrogation. In Stevens' pocket was a recently scrawled list of people, including all of MI-6's agents, who were to be pulled out of Holland in case of a German invasion. Both British spymasters revealed a considerable amount of valuable information during the nearly four weeks they were questioned. As one British official said, "Our entire espionage system in Western Europe was mopped up…in a single swoop." He also indicated it was "a blessing in disguise," since the Intelligence system was quite compromised and ineffective in any case.
The driver, Lemmens, was released in late 1940 and returned to the German-occupied Netherlands. Best and Stevens were sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Interestingly, the would-be assassin Elser also became a Sachsenhausen inmate. Kept alive probably because Hitler considered the Munich bombing case unresolved, he was subsequently transferred to the Dachau camp. In April 1945, as Allied armies approached, Elser was shot and cremated. Best and Stevens were liberated by U.S. forces that same month. The pair returned to Britain, where Stephens died in 1965 and Best in 1978. Schellenberg, who went on to become the overall head of Nazi foreign intelligence, settled in Italy after serving a light sentence imposed in a postwar trial. He died there in 1952. Naujocks escaped the war crimes hearings and died in Germany in 1960.
The Venlo Incident had widespread fallout that went beyond the obliteration of Britain's station in the Netherlands and the Z Organization. It proved to be a long-lasting blow to genuine anti-Hitler activities inside Germany, affecting everything from internal efforts to outside support. The Führer also used the incident to justify his ultimate invasion of Holland, stating that Klop's involvement proved Dutch neutrality was a sham.
Furthermore, not only were British-Dutch relations soured, but France's suspicions were roused that London was trying to make a separate peace behind its back. Hitler's prestige at home was increased by the Venlo Incident, and he was handed a tremendous propaganda victory, one that included tying the British to the attempt on his life.
Finally, MI-6 received one of the greatest embarrassments in its history. British Intelligence agents remained perplexed about the events at Venlo until November 22, when the Nazis revealed what had happened. Clearly, the incident at the Café Backus was a crucial opening battle in World War II's intelligence war. *
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Honolulu is a melting pot. Votes: 4
America's a melting pot, all races, cultures, religious choices. Votes: 4
America is not a melting pot. It is a sizzling cauldron. Votes: 4
Barbara Mikulski
Miami is a melting pot in which none of the stones melt. They rattle around. Votes: 4
By growing up in Alabama, I had a melting pot of the whole pie: R&B, gospel, country. Votes: 4
We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams. Votes: 4
I travel the world, and I'm happy to say that America is still the great melting pot - maybe a chunky stew rather than a melting pot at this point, but you know what I mean. Votes: 4
To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting pot, truly to become Americans. We mock that when the cherished right to vote does not involve English any more. Votes: 4
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Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality. Votes: 4
My family is just an amazing melting pot of wonderful religions and faiths. Votes: 2
America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Votes: 2
Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there. Votes: 2
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Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures. Votes: 2
Bob Cousy
I hear that melting pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted. Votes: 2
America is a such a melting pot, I'm not sure if roast chicken is the classic comfort food for everybody. Votes: 2
It's a melting pot, southern Africa. You find these cultural collisions that result in art and music, and it's pretty amazing. Votes: 2
Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life. Votes: 2
In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. Votes: 2
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The United States has been called the melting pot of the world. But it seems to me that the colored man either missed getting into the pot or he got melted down. Votes: 2
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Everyone should be proud of who they are and where they come from because America is a big melting pot of diverse ethnicities. It's great to be part of this wonderful country. Votes: 2
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards. Votes: 2
Here's an idea: How about just 'Americans?' That has a nice ring to it, if you ask me. Placing undue emphasis on our 'separateness' is a step backward. Bring back the melting pot. Votes: 2
Bobby Jindal
Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and I believe continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards Votes: 2
Denmark is a small, homogenous nation of about 5.5 million people. The United States is a melting pot of more than 315 million people. No question about it, Denmark and the United States are very different countries. Votes: 2
While Mumbai is a melting pot of cultures, Delhi is made of community, and we can see these lines quite clearly. An aunty from Punjabi Bagh will be different from a Faridabad aunty or an aunty from Vasant Kunj. Votes: 2
Vir Das
Like the United Nations, there is something inspirational about New York as a great melting pot of different cultures and traditions. And if this is the city that never sleeps, the United Nations works tirelessly, around the clock around the world. Votes: 2
Our nation is built upon a history of immigration, dating back to our first pioneers, the Pilgrims. For more than three centuries, we have welcomed generations of immigrants to our melting pot of hyphenated America: British-Americans; Italian-Americans; Irish-Americans; Jewish-Americans; Mexican-Americans; Chinese-Americans; Indian-Americans. Votes: 2
Ami Bera
I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced. Votes: 2
Bob Ney
Ukraine is a vital link for Europe: our energy transportation networks; our location between the European Union and Eurasia. We're the melting pot of Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. The democracy we founded with the Orange Revolution has to be an example for other post-Soviet states. Votes: 2
Yulia Tymoshenko
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables - the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers - to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences. Votes: 2
Jane Elliot
I don't think any other holiday embraces the food of the Midwest quite like Thanksgiving. There's roasted meat and mashed potatoes. But being here is also about heritage. Cleveland is really a giant melting pot - not only is my family a melting pot, but so is the city. Votes: 2
If America is a melting pot, then to me India is a thali--a selection of sumptuous dishes in different bowls. Each tastes different, and does not necessarily mix with the next but they belong together on the same plate, and they complement each other in making the meal a satisfying repast. Votes: 2
It sounds stupid, but there's nothing like walking down the street and seeing a building that's older than 100 years old. I think London - not to sound pretentious - like New York, it's a big melting pot for all things and it's just got this energy that you can't find anywhere else. Votes: 2
Christian Cooke
There's a lot to love about America - freedom, the melting pot of diversity, individualism - all attractive concepts, especially to an introvert. In fact, the introverts were probably the first to feel crowded in England and to daydream about all the space they would find in the New World. Peace! Quiet! Votes: 2
Laurie Helgoe
I remember acting in a school play about the melting pot when I was very little. There was a great big pot onstage. On the other side of the pot was a little girl who had dark hair, and she and I were representing the Italians. And I thought: Is that what an Italian looked like? Votes: 2
In grade school I was taught that the United States is a melting pot. People from all over the world come here for freedom and to pursue a better life. They arrive with next to nothing, work incredibly hard, learn a new language and new customs, and in a generation they become an integral part of our amazing nation. Votes: 2
You, the Spirit of the Settlement! ... Not understand that America is God's crucible, the great melting-pot where all the races of Europe are melting and re-forming! Here, you stand, good folk, think I, when I see them at Ellis Island, here you stand in your fifty groups, with your fifty languages and histories, and your fifty blood hatreds and rivalries... Votes: 2
The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don't think that we use that. We don't talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don't use that. I think we should talk about who we are - that melting pot that we've become. Votes: 2
I really feel that I had a genuinely diverse, multicultural upbringing, and I just don't find New York to be quite as diverse. Maybe I'm romanticising, but I feel that I was exposed to a real melting pot in terms of culture and pop culture. My kids are essentially middle-class, but I do try to remind them that they come from humble beginnings. Votes: 2
I love that New York City is a true melting pot. Votes: 0
Stephanie Szostak
Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people. Votes: 0
The melting-pot idea is futile ... The brew in a melting pot is always boiling over. Votes: 0
Jazz has always been a melting pot of influences and I plan to incorporate them all. Votes: 0
Esperanza Spalding
I think of L.A. as truly the melting pot. It's basically a mini-country unto itself. Votes: 0
Patrick Soon-Shiong
The Midwest is a musical melting pot and the source and birthplace of several musical genres. Votes: 0
Chuck Inglish
I hear that melting-pot stuff a lot, and all I can say is that we haven't melted. Votes: 0
The thing I love about Vegas is that it's a melting pot. It's like working Ellis Island. Votes: 0
We no longer want to be a melting pot, because we don't understand what is already melted. Votes: 0
Genres aren't that relevant. Nearly every form of music is a melting pot of things of things. Votes: 0
Jacob Bannon
I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans. Votes: 0
My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot. Votes: 0
London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity. Votes: 0
If the United States is the melting pot of the world, you need entertainment - you need visuals that represent that. Votes: 0
Not only is New York City the nation's melting pot, it is also the casserole, the chafing dish and the charcoal grill. Votes: 0
John Lindsay
Devils used to be God's angels that fell from the top. There is no diversity cos we're burnin in the melting pot. Votes: 0
Immortal Technique
There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality. Votes: 0
For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South. Votes: 0
Only in the case of the Negro has the melting pot failed to bring a minority into the full stream of American life Votes: 0
We are able to choose what we want - you don't have to accept one thing from one tradition. It's a melting pot. Votes: 0
Elizabeth Lesser
We live in a melting pot. More and more, people are some kind of mixture. Even if you're Caucasian, you're a mixture of something. Votes: 0
Brooklyn Sudano
that strange conflict in the American character: we pride ourselves on being the melting pot of the world but we insist on regarding most immigrants with suspicion. Votes: 0
Growing up with country, R&B, gospel, and classical music from my grandmother and pop, Tuskegee was the perfect melting pot for my influences as a writer. Votes: 0
Egypt, once a melting pot of peoples, classes, cultures and religions, has, after 30 years of Mubarak's rule, become a place of intolerance and distrust of the other. Votes: 0
Shereen El Feki
I come from the South Bronx - a true descendant of the melting pot. I grew up in a really mixed neighborhood; it was a very integrated life. Votes: 0
The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot. Votes: 0
Asma Jahangir
Death is ... a travelling asunder into elemental chaos. And from the elemental chaos all is cast forth again into creation. Therefore death also is but a cul-de-sac, a melting-pot. Votes: 0
Canada is not a melting-pot. Canada is an association of peoples who have, and cherish, great differences but who work together because they can respect themselves and each other. Votes: 0
Vincent Massey
Americans don't have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We stirred up that melting pot pretty quickly. Votes: 0
Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech. Votes: 0
Maynard James Keenan
I find it strange that there isn't more of a melting pot of language within the pop charts. I feel it becomes really two dimensional when everything's in English. Votes: 0
My schools were quite diverse - those who serve their country come from every race and religion - and so the military schools I attended were a wonderful melting pot. Votes: 0
America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know. Votes: 0
Thomas Bangalter
This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are. Votes: 0
I grew up in such a melting pot. There's more ethnicities in Queens than there is in any place on the planet. So you grow up knowing things about other cultures. Votes: 0
Action Bronson
Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot or he didn't get melted down. Votes: 0
Although the film industry is a very unique melting pot of creative and business types, both for the good and the bad, I love being able to wake up everyday to play. Votes: 0
Hollywood is a symbol of global movies, it's not just American movies. It's become a platform and a melting pot; it's for all the talents and capital from all over the globe. Votes: 0
Bruno Zheng Wu
Mi-yammi! The extraordinary city, with its Judeo-Cubano population, its mix of surgical-appliance and sex-fetishist obsessions, takes the American melting pot past the boil. It represents pretty much everything Patrick J. Buchanan hates. Votes: 0
We're this big melting pot, but someone turned up the heat too high, and the stew started to burn. Gangs, crime, fights, and fear are now a regular part of our local stew. Votes: 0
New Orleans has a unique history as a great melting pot of all kinds of cultures, and that manifests itself now through the food, the music, and the kinds of people who live there. Votes: 0
America is no longer the melting pot it used to be. It has now become a tossed salad of foreigners that arrive to our shores wanting to keep their culture and forcing our acceptance. Votes: 0
Jay Severin
I grew up about 30 minutes north of Boston in a town that was a virtual melting pot - I was exposed to all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, fueling my personal interests in global issues. Votes: 0
Alex Newell
Being a melting pot is what I think is great about being American, and also that we get to do something that other people don't get to do, we get to be a hyphenate. That's a good thing.
But, frankly, to try to create some sort of a religious standard in terms of who can come to America, we're a melting pot. And as long as people have positive and good intent, they ought to be able to come.
America is a melting pot of immigrants. So actually, if you took all of the immigrants outside of America, you'd be missing a lot of flavor, starting with the food, with the culture, with the dance, with everything.
I just had a thought that perhaps religion is so vibrant here is because of the melting pot aspect to our society. WE have so many cultures here in the US and they all bring something new to their religious experiences.
Sally Quinn
I live in Brooklyn, New York. It is a melting pot of cultures and people. I walk down the street, and there is art on the buildings and people congregating who have been neighbors for years and events and music and freedom.
Erin Willett
The plain fact is that there are no conclusions. If we must state a conclusion, it would be that many of the former conclusions of the nineteenth-century science on philosophical questions are once again in the melting-pot.
James Jeans
America is a melting pot for all different groups of people, historically. And it's rare that the story of all of these people will be told in the history books. So I always felt I had to find out my history for myself and research my roots.
Here is something that the psychologists have so far neglected: the love of ugliness for its own sake, the lust to make the world intolerable. Its habitat is the United States. Out of the melting pot emerges a race which hates beauty as it hates truth.
We don't need a melting pot in this country, folks. We need a salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you put in the different things. You want the vegetables "" the lettuce, the cucumbers, the onions, the green peppers "" to maintain their identity. You appreciate differences.
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Based on over 25 years of scientific research to understand what systemic sustainability entails, the Future-Fit Benchmark is being heralded as a valuable approach that that helps eliminate confusion around the growing number of frameworks – like Net Positive, One Planet Living, Planetary Boundaries, and Science Based Targets – by embodying many of the same concepts and indicators into one comprehensive tool. And it helps to paint a picture of what a flourishing future might look like in a more tangible, actionable and business specific way than the Sustainable Development Goals, which are such high-level societal goals.
There's no doubt businesses will find some of the goals challenging, and perhaps even impossible to achieve without reconsidering significant structural changes or new business models. But that, as Geoff Kendall of the Future-Fit Foundation says, is part of starting the difficult conversations that will help businesses focus take a more informed approach to their sustainability programs.
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Q: stream adapters and backing store streams We know that backing store streams such as FileStream deal exclusively in bytes, therefore we need stream adapters to wrap backing store streams.
so let's say we use a StreamReader as:
// the data.txt only contains 3 chars in one line
using (StreamReader r = File.OpenText("data.txt"))
{
  string input = null;
  while ((input = r.ReadLine()) != null)
  {
     ...
  }
}

Can I say even though the StreamReader r only issues ReadLine() once, underlying there is a FileStream xxx(wrapped by StreamReader ) issues ReadByte() 3 times?

A: In short, no: neither StreamReader nor FileStream call ReadByte() repeatedly. They do, however call Read(Byte[], Int32, Int32), which returns a number of bytes rather than a single byte at a time.
This is about as deep as it gets within C#, as it eventually gets routed into a call to Kernel32's ReadFile, whose signature looks like this:
BOOL ReadFile(
  HANDLE       hFile,
  LPVOID       lpBuffer,
  DWORD        nNumberOfBytesToRead,
  LPDWORD      lpNumberOfBytesRead,
  LPOVERLAPPED lpOverlapped
);

To verify this, we can start the journey at StreamReader's ReadLine method:

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*ReadLine() calls StreamReader's ReadBuffer()

*ReadBuffer() calls the Stream's Read(Byte[], Int32, Int32) method, which given how File.OpenText(...) creates the StreamReader is a FileStream.

*FileStream's Read(...) method calls FileStream's ReadCore(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) method.

*ReadCore(...) calls FileStream's int ReadFileNative(SafeFileHandle handle, byte[] bytes, int offset, int count, NativeOverlapped* overlapped, out int hr) method.

*ReadFileNative(...) calls the static int ReadFile(SafeFileHandle handle, byte* bytes, int numBytesToRead, IntPtr numBytesRead_mustBeZero, NativeOverlapped* overlapped) method of Win32Native.

*Win32Native's ReadFile(...) method calls out to Kernel32.dll.

Note: This is from looking at the .NET Framework code. Presumably the .NET Core code is equivalent, but not exactly the same.

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After World War 2, the European Union formed in an effort to create a stable economic and political partnership between European countries.
Since the EU's creation, it has evolved into an economic-political union that allows members in 28 countries to move around freely, goods to trade more easily and for common rules to be set in a formal process.
Although many Europeans feel the EU provides clear benefits to participating members, not everyone agrees. In fact, recent polls show that the United Kingdom's citizens are pretty evenly split on whether or not being a member of the EU is in their best interest.
Some, like UK's Independence Party and the Conservative Members of Parliament, feel that the UK would be better off on its own. In the last week, the idea of exiting the EU has gained so much attention the term "Brexit" is currently trending — coined from a combination of the words "Britain" and "exit".
And since the British public has not had a say in the matter since 1975, it seems only fair that Prime Minister David Cameron grant the British public the opportunity to make that decision on their own.
This Thursday, June 23, a referendum is being held to decide whether the United Kingdom should remain a member of the EU or leave the EU.
Any British, Irish and Commonwealth citizens over the age of 18 and who are residents in the UK, as well as some UK nationals living abroad, will be able to vote either "yes" or "no" to the question: Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?
Vote counting will begin after the polls close at 22:00 GMT Thursday. All votes will be tallied up, and the side with the majority of votes will win.
Read more about UK's EU referendum from BBC here.
What do you think? Should the UK remain in the EU or should the UK leave the EU? Let us know in the poll below.
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your current prescription. I keep mine in medical file in my filing cabinet. If you can't find your prescription, visit wherever you last had your eyes examined and ask for a copy. Your optician, optometrist, or ophthalmologist is required by law to release your eyewear prescription to you. You now need to make note of a few critical bits of information from your prescription (see example above–click to enlarge). Among other information, you should see three columns on your prescription–sphere, cylinder, and axis.
Inside the example prescription above, you'll see the Pupillary Distance of the patient is 62. Jot down this number also, it is the seventh of your seven critical volumes.
A relatively less critical number is your temple span. If you're blessed, you'll also see a temple span and bridge size in your prescription. If not, don't sweating it, you can amount it out yourself. The temple duration describes the space of the two bars that connect the spectacles to your ears. It is measured from where in fact the 90-level curve from your zoom lens structure to the side bars (temples) begins to the very end of the temple, like the curve. It is not measured from the flex point of the temples, because the "stub" between your flex point and zoom lens structure is not really a standard size.
Now, remove some measuring tape (preferably the type of tape used for fitted clothes and sewing, as it is very flexible) and assess an existing couple of glasses that fit pleasantly. The average temple length for men is 135mm or 145mm. For females, 130mm to 140mm is standard. In case your tape only has inches, measure to the nearest eighth or sixteenth and multiply that number by 25.4 to obtain the dimension in millimeters. Temple lengths are usually available in 5mm increments, such as 130, 135, 140, 145, etc. At most online glasses stores, temple length is shown within the frame description and is also not customizable. Therefore, you will need to discover a frame with an appropriate temple size. This occasionally varies if you are at a site specializing in designer eyeglasses, where you have the choice to source your own temple size.
Honestly, temple size is not really a huge deal. I've one pair of spectacles with 135mm temples and another with 140mm temples. Both pairs fit easily. If for some reason you can't come up with a temple measurement, don't let that stop you from making an eyewear purchase online. Instead, simply choose 140mm temples if you are a man and 135mm temples if you are a female. Chances are, this size will fit pleasantly.


After her sell out exhibition in our Annex space last year, Lottie Consalvo presents her first major solo exhibition after living and creating in Berlin for two years.
The Life Exchange, an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, performance and new media is about the artist's relationship with life and death. Consalvo coexists in a time of grief and prosperity, where the line between life and death appears abstract and often blurred. Grief for the loss of her sister to suicide in late 2010 and prosperity, as she now approaches the birth of her first child. The works in this exhibition depict quite explicitly Consalvo's subconscious, and the exchange that is taking place in her life.