Oldham Athletic kicked off 2018 with a defeat on the road against Shrewsbury Town.
Shaun Whalley's close-range effort in the first half earned the Shrews the three points but Latics fought until the end.
Jack Byrne almost equalised on 78 minutes with a powerful strike which was well saved, whilst the biggest talking point came seconds later.
Craig Davies went down in the penalty area under a challenge from the last defender but the referee waved away the protests to the frustration of everyone associated with Oldham Athletic.
Manager Richie Wellens made four changes to his starting 11 from the game against Bristol Rovers on Saturday.
Anthony Gerrard returned to captain the side, whilst goalscorer from Saturday's game Craig Davies earned a starting spot and led the line for Latics.
High-flying Shrewsbury Town had the first opportunity of the game on five minutes. Stefan Payne cut in from the left and unleashed a fierce effort which goalkeeper Johny Placide tipped over the crossbar.
It was an equal opening to the half as both sides enjoyed spells of possession.
Latics were the next to go close through midfielder Jack Byrne. After good football on the edge of the box, Byrne struck from 25 yards but his effort was saved by Dean Henderson.
Craig Davies also tested the palms of the goalkeeper a minute later as Latics took the game to their hosts.
However, Shrewsbury Town took the lead on 16 minutes through Shaun Whalley.
Abu Ogogo's shot from 25 yards was saved but Placide could only palm it into the path of Whalley who converted from close range to put the hosts ahead.
The winger almost netted a second minutes later but his free kick flashed past the far post.
On the half hour mark, Placide again was forced into action as Stefan Payne's close range header was tipped away by the goalkeeper.
The Shrews dominated the possession towards the end of the half and Latics were forced to only half chances.
Tope Obadeyi dragged a shot wide from distance on 43 minutes, the best chance Latics had before the referee blew his whistle for half time.
Athletic started the second half a lot better and almost found an equaliser on 47 minutes.
A free kick into the box by Byrne was met by the head of Anthony Gerrard but Shrews goalkeeper Henderson made a save on his goal line.
The hosts almost doubled their lead soon after but Aristote Nsiala fired over from close range from a corner kick.
Flynn's last involvement in the game would a shot on goal from 25 yards before he was replaced by Aaron Amadi-Holloway on the hour mark.
His first touch was to win a free kick in a dangerous area whilst his second touch was to head at goal from the resulting set piece but the home side managed to clear.
The introduction of Holloway saw Latics retain the ball in higher areas and they started to put pressure on the Shrewsbury back line.
Byrne thought he had equalised on 78 minutes as he fired low towards the bottom corner from 25 yards but Henderson somehow managed to tip his effort around the post.
The momentum was with Latics and seconds later, they felt they should have been awarded a penalty.
A long ball forward by Byrne found the onrushing Davies, he was bundled to the floor by the last defender but the referee waved no penalty to the frustration of the Athletic supporters, players and management team.
Athletic huffed and puffed for a way back into the game but unfortunately they could not find the equaliser and came away from the game pointless.
Shrewsbury Town: Henderson, Sadler, Beckles, Whalley, Ogogo, Gnahoua (John-Lewis 77'), Bolton, Morris (Godfrey 67'), Nolan, Nsiala, Payne (Morris 85').
Subs not used: MacGillivray, Riley, Adams, Rodman.
Oldham Athletic: Placide, Dummigan, Bryan, Gerrard, Hunt, Fane (Green 85'), Gardner, Flynn (Holloway 61'), Obadeyi (Menig 77'), Byrne, Davies.
Subs not used: Wilson, Wilson, Maouche, Nepomuceno.


It's inconvenient but true that people, societies and religious systems are often more complex than we want to believe. Take Islam, for instance. In today's America, we're likely to presume that the violence and oppression we're told represents Islam is the entire story of the world's 1.25 billion Muslims. Many of us fail to consider that what we know of Islam is narrow and unnuanced—and that many Muslims struggle daily with the very extremism we fear. Plus, some of them really just want to headbang.
Heavy Metal Islam is precisely what its title suggests: A turning-inside-out of conventional wisdom—by way of some really loud guitars—in an effort to get beyond Western stereotypes and perceptions.
Metalhead and history professor Mark LeVine knows there's a lot more going on in the Muslim world than most of us realize (see his earlier book: Why They Don't Hate Us). Heavy Metal Islam emerged from years of LeVine's travel across the Middle East and North Africa, headbanging and talking with members of one of the least-known subcultures in the region. LeVine chronicles and partakes, reflecting on and helping shape the reality he discovers. He produces a deeply felt, informed volume that's both hopeful and emotionally honest.
From Morocco to Pakistan, LeVine encounters a huge range of cultures and traditions—and covers a lot more than metal. We meet Palestinian-Israeli group DAM; Israeli death-doom metalists Orphaned Land (actually highly regarded among Arab metalheads); U2-approved Pakistani Sufi rockers Junoon; and Lebanese trip-hop duo Soap Kills. LeVine's interlocutors sing, rap and growl in Urdu, Arabic, Berber, English and Hebrew; they're members of a movement spanning thousands of miles, and yet many live sharply limited lives, often risking arrest or even torture by going to a show. In fact, in some places, "going to a show" isn't even an option and YouTube replaces fan/artist interaction.
It's an enormous amount of ground to cover, but LeVine does a remarkable job, sketching not only the surprising realities of the musicians, but also providing excellent historical background and terrific detail, from the eight herbs in the Iranian condiment sabzi to the claustrophobia of getting to a Palestinian Jerusalem home through four Israeli roadblocks and one 25-foot wall. And he does this all while managing the oft-forgotten trick of writing well.
LeVine is himself a Jewish-American and lived for some time in Israel. While there, he performed regularly with Palestinian oud player Ghidian Qaymari and Israeli musician Sara Alexander: "It was the combination of Sara's acoustic guitar, accordion and gypsy-Middle Eastern melodies with my distorted guitars and Ghidian's oud, that inspired the journey that has produced this book," he writes.
LeVine suggests that if these artists can bridge gaps with the working class and progressive Islamists, they may trigger desperately needed change—though he's smart enough to admit that it's a pretty sizeable 'if.' Inevitably, some will dismiss LeVine as naive, but faith in our better angels is often dismissed.
There are absent stories that would've made the book even stronger. Perhaps inevitably, much of the Muslim world is left out (from its largest nation, Indonesia, to America's own Islamic community), and as an American-Israeli Jew, I was disappointed that LeVine barely addresses his own Judaism, or the path that brought him to Ghidian Qaymari. Still, anyone—regardless of musical preference—who wants an eye-level glimpse into the Middle East should pick up Heavy Metal Islam. Headbanging optional.


The traditional building automation systems (BAS) business model consists of products and systems that are hamstrung with proprietary protocols and tools, forcing all service, support and upgrade work through a single authorized contractor in the local market. This results in artificially inflated costs to the building owner as there is no competitive market from which to procure these services. In addition, proprietary technology forces the owner to only purchase spares and replacements from the original vendor (typically) at inflated rates and prevents the owner from taking advantage of technological advances and integration to other products that may be available from different vendors. As a result, building owners have been forcing the market towards more and more "open systems". Traditional BAS vendors however have been slow to give up their inflated profit margins under the traditional model, and as a result are obscuring the message of what it means to be truly open.
Building owners, not typically experts in automation systems, are increasingly confused with the messaging around open systems for smart buildings and Building Automation Systems. Unfortunately this confusing messaging is often presented by the automation manufacturers themselves, thus containing substantial credibility. The market largely accepts open communication protocols as a substitute for open systems. This can lead to a lot of frustration when owners are expecting their new "open system" to integrate with other systems within the building or other buildings within a campus or portfolio environment.
There are many ways to score systems relative to compatibility at the protocol level. BACnet, LonWorks, Modbus, OPC and other commonly used network protocols have documented standards that must be met in order to carry the label, but this is only 20% of the open system story. While it is the foundation of the story, and arguably the most important piece, focusing on the protocol alone can leave a building in the same position that proprietary systems did in the 1990's. This is the exact problem that pushed the market to demand open protocols, and the sharp rise of integration platforms like the Niagara Framework™ by Tridium.
We believe that we have developed a simple mechanism for scoring whether a system is truly open or not. Our system assigns one point for achieving an "open" score in each of the following categories: Protocol, Programming Tools, Product Availability, Local Service Contractors, and User Interface Technology. The max possible score achieved is five points. Don't get discouraged; most manufacturers will not score five points today.
As mentioned earlier, the protocol is the foundation of the open system. There are, however, many layers within the network architecture where the system may or may not meet the requirements of the open protocol. Some products in the market expose certain points to the open protocol, while others stay behind and communicate only via the private proprietary protocol unless specifically exposed to the open protocol. This can create many issues when attempting to integrate to an enterprise solution or when attempting to access setpoints or control parameters when running analytics or fault detection algorithms.
It is important to clearly understand and articulate the requirements of the building for the life of the control system; which can last 20 years or longer, specifically when selecting building automation system controls, lighting control systems, and access control systems. For example, if the requirement is that every field device must support BACnet schedules and BACnet trends, a system whose field devices do not support those functions would not get a point for this category.
1 Point if the system supports an open protocol at the level required.
0 Points if the system does not support an open protocol at the level required.
The programming tools are often used by manufacturers to make a system 100% proprietary even though the communication protocol is 100% open. This is where the biggest challenge for the building owner starts. Many of the manufacturers who fall into this category focus a lot of attention on the protocol and are heavy supporters of open building standards. They do this knowing full well their products are rarely, if ever, part of a truly integrated solution. The market pressure to commoditize products and make smart building products open conflicts directly with the history of manufacturers whose primary goal is to build product dependence in the building.
If the programming tool is not open and is not available for purchase on the open market, it is probable that the building will not have much choice for service, upgrades, or long term service.
0 Points if the tool is only available to Authorized Integrators and Building owners who have purchased a control system.
Manufacturers have several channels in the US market available to deliver product. The most common channels are manufacturer branch offices (direct), system integrators who purchase product direct from the manufacturer (1-Step), and distributors (2-Step). With rare exception, manufacturer branch offices sell and support a proprietary control system that is only available from the branch office. Some of the devices sold may be sold in other channels, but there is generally a product that excludes others from competing with the branch office in the local market. There are many reasons for this, meant for another category.
System integrators often resemble the branch offices in the way they go to market. Typically, there is only one per market and their charter is to build market share for the brand they represent. There is often an exclusive territory granted in exchange for brand loyalty. Unfortunately, this can have negative consequences for the owner in many ways. In some cases there are multiple system integrators representing the same brand in the same market, but this provides owners with false security since the integrators are not authorized to compete against one another.
Distributors who represent control systems are typically more engineering and technology focused than the parts wholesaler that immediately comes to mind. They represent one or more brands and work with controls contractors, system integrators and mechanical contractors to serve the market. This can be incredibly powerful when the right mix exists in a market.
1 Point if there are multiple competing system integrators in the market or if there are one or more distributors in the market.
The goal of this category is to determine the availability of service contractor within a 30 mile radius of the desired end-user location(s). This can often be confused with the last category since the presence of multiple system integrators in the market should equal multiple service providers. That is not necessarily the case, since many of the system integrators focus on new construction and design build construction markets. They can have little or no service departments.
1 Point if there are two or more competing service contractors in the local market.
0 Points if there are fewer than two competing service contractors in the local market.
The way people are expected to interact with the system is the final point in the tally. It is common for systems to require a computer whose primary purpose is to provide access to the building automation system or lighting control system. Most of the time, buildings are saddled with multiple machines dedicated to the disparate systems in the building.
The best way for customers to visualize the information in a smart building is via a common web browser using one or more types of devices. The users of open systems should expect to access these systems using the same tools they access their banking information or purchase products. This should be out of the box functionality for systems claiming to be part of a smart building, but sadly, it is not for the majority of systems. All is not lost, however, since more manufacturers are hearing this message and are working toward a solution.
1 Point if a common web browser on any device is the user interface technology.
0 Points if java applet, flash client, or other proprietary technology is required.
This category may or may not be important building owners. It is worthy of considering, but not worth a point. Many building owners are looking for long term brand identity. This category is extremely subjective, but none-the-less can carry some weight when making the decision. Perceived risk may also play a role here given that the larger more established brands are likely to be supported for the life of the building control system and beyond. There is little certainty, these days, where technology advances so quickly.
Why should Building Owners Care?
The demand for cost savings from reduced energy use and operational efficiency in conjunction with the need for more automated intelligence in the building means there will be a demand for more fully integrated "smart buildings." As technological advances, it is easier to collect and store more data than ever before. Products that optimize operations through systems integration, machine to machine (M2M) communication, and data analytics are now a reality. As it is exponentially more difficult to integrate systems that score low on this scale, the requirement for owners to truly adopt open systems is not only important to immediately reduce operational costs through open competition, but to future proof themselves as the integrated "smart building" becomes the rule as opposed to the exception.
Brian Turner is President at Controlco, an enterprise system integrator and value added distributor headquartered in Oakland, CA. Brian has passion for the integrated facilities business and looks forward to a day when smart building systems achieve their potential in running energy efficient and operationally efficient facilities.


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Coffee, has taken away my heart. Sometime it make me happy, sometime it make me high, but sometime it make my heart pumping at wrong frequency. I wish I can drink it everyday, with a set of toast spread with kaya, together with 2 half boil eggs without pepper and soy sauce, so I can have the pure egg taste, to welcome my day! Coffee, contains caffein that has stimulating effects, is not good to consume daily. Being addicted to coffee recently, I decided to continue addict to it at this moment. Last weekend, we visit a cafe located at Raja Uda, to try their Affogato. We arrived there in the morning at 11am but they have not starting their business yet. We come back later at 2pm, at this time the shop is empty, but after we put an order, more and more people coming in for their tea break.
A good coffee must accompany with good environment. This place is very good for small gathering, or to escape from busy city life, you can relax at here while enjoying your cup of cuffee.
Besides coffee, they serve other beverage too. We ordered this Affogato, an espresson with vanilla ice cream. Espresso is very bitter but when you eat with ice cream, it is sooooooo gooooooooood...I love it! The snow man ice cream is too cute and innocent to kill by me, but he died meaningful as he changed Ms. Bitter Espresso life become sweet at the end.
They are famous with waffles too, we had this waffle with peanut butter and nuts as topping. To me, it is a bit too dry. I should try their waffle with ice-cream topping.


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Submitted by Pascal on July 4, 2019 - 22:51
The accompaniment provided by PBI in 2018 benefited to more than 50 civil society organisations and 341 defenders, of whom 65% were women. The work carried out by these people benefits at least 146,351 people and promotes human rights across the whole country.
2018 has been a year of struggle, of resistance, and of extraordinary bravery from those who, on a daily basis, put their lives at risk to defend human rights.
Despite the celebration of 20 years of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, 2018 has been a year of changes and challenges for human rights and the protection of human rights defenders. Violence in México has reached the highest levels since 1997, with the biggest and most violent election process of Mexico's recent history. In November, the UN reviewed the implementation of Mexico's human rights obligations and commitments. PBI joins the call from other national and international organisations who demand that the government take heed of the conclusions of these evaluations and implement the recommendations made towards the Mexican State.
Within this context, the situation of human rights defenders remains complicated, especially for those defending land and territory against economic projects. Only in 2018, 21 persons were murdered for defending the environment according to the Mexican Center for Environmental Law (CEMDA).
Through this publication, we wish to recognise the work of some of the human rights defenders and organisation we have been privileged to accompany. We also express our gratitude to all the people who contributed to PBI Mexico for their tireless work and commitment.
https://pbi-mexico.org/sites/pbi-mexico.org/files/InformeAnualPBIingles16padifgital.pdf
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Creating a viable financial roadmap that will steer you in the direction designed specifically for you and your family is a task we take seriously at Pine Innovative Planning. We make it our job to understand what is just right for you and those you love. We offer a comprehensive host of solutions through a broad range of financial services and insurance offerings. From growing your wealth to planning for your family's future, Pine Innovative Planning can help you sustain and protect your legacy!
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This summer we've had so many wonderful students! Their creations wow'ed us and we can't wait to see what will come in the fall. From our drawing classes to our painting classes, each student created something unique.
Why Drawing & Doodling is GOOD For Your Brain!
MEMORY: Drawing is the oldest language. Even our language is composed of letters drawn on paper to form ideas. Not only is drawing a form of literacy, it also helps your memory! A study from Journal of Applied Cognitive Psychology found that participants that doodled were 29% more likely to remember mundane information.
Are you ready to take your first drawing class in NYC? Did you take drawing classes years ago, but stopped because life got busy or you had an instructor that discouraged you? Don't fret. YOU CAN DRAW!


Friday 14 September 2018 marked the launch event for our new space, The Arches at Fineshade Wood. Expanding our programme into this newly renovated space is part of celebrating Fermynwoods Contemporary Art's 20th anniversary and the Forestry Commission's 100th.
The Arches will serve as a project space and artist studio for The Forest Is the Museum, our programme of artists in residence and associated activity. Our launch event coincided with the culmination of Edwina fitzPatrick's The Archive of the Trees.
In early 2018, Edwina fitzPatrick asked Fineshade Wood visitors, residents and Forestry Commission workers if weather and climate change should be addressed culturally or scientifically. In response to their unanimous answer of "both", The Archive of the Trees combines scientific data with cultural anecdotal information, taking a local approach to a complex global phenomenon.
At the heart of the project are cores collected from mature trees in Fineshade Wood by Swansea University's UK Oak Project. Collecting these cores – the tree's own individual archive – does not harm the tree and reveals the tree's age, growing patterns, past weather conditions, stresses such as diseases, as well as its individual reaction to diverse and changing weather conditions dating back several decades. Each artwork features a tree core image, as well as a timeline and excerpts from 60 conversations with diverse people who care about Fineshade Wood. The artworks span topics that affect both trees and humans in similar ways – such as pollution, seasonality, adapting to new environments or healing from wounds – as well as some very human preoccupations.
Visitors can view Edwina's work inside The Arches, each day from 10am – 4pm, as well as within the forest itself, until December 2018.
Fineshade Wood is a natural habitat and ancient mixed broadleaf and conifer woodland, heritage site and leisure facility in Northamptonshire, 13 miles outside of Corby. The Arches is located at the main visitor centre, across from the cafe.
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IITA to co-implement USAID/Hello Tractor Agripreneurs program in Nigeria
IITA has been selected as an implementing partner in the "Feed the Future Partnering For Innovation," which is a US Presidential Initiative.
This was made known during a ceremony to launch the Nigeria Agriculture Partnerships between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and two agribusiness firms, Babban Gona and Hello Tractor at the Embassy of the United States in Abuja. The ceremony was attended by Chief Audu Ogbeh, Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; Maria Brewer, Deputy Chief of Mission; Michael Harvey, USAID Mission Director; the representative of the Emir of Kano; and a host of other dignitaries.
Honorable Minister of Agriculture Chief Audu Ogbeh delivering his speech at the event.
Under the $2 million two-year partnership, about 45,000 smallholder farmers in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory will have access to smart tractors, improved seeds, and profitable markets.
IITA will provide comprehensive training to 100 Youth Agripreneurs in Abuja, Kano, and Ibadan on the business of owning, maintaining, utilizing, and promoting services for a fleet of smart tractors. It is anticipated that 300 Smart Tractors, developed by a young American, Jehiel Oliver, will be sold to these Agripreneurs. Also, they will benefit with increased income through the provision of valuable and needed tractor services to farmers within their community.
Jehiel Oliver, the CEO of Hello Tractor.
The IITA Youth Agripreneurs (IYA) will receive training from the IITA Business Incubation Platform (BIP), as well as from IYA master trainers and Agripreneurs operating out of BIP. Furthermore, Agripreneurs will be trained on postharvest operations, value addition of medium-scale machinery, use of the Smart Tractor, agribusiness management, business models and plans, organizational development, networking skills, and administration.
According to Harvey, "This is one of the largest USAID partnerships in the world, as we are concerned about the under productivity of Nigeria's agriculture sector. "We are committed to strengthening the agriculture sector in Nigeria", Brewer said.
Chief Ogbeh was optimistic that the new smart tractors will complement Nigeria's food program in great measure, as there are only 30,000 tractors in Nigeria which are grossly inadequate. "There is a future in Agriculture" he advised the youth. He assured farmers that the Nigerian Government has developed a new security arrangement to protect farmers and their farms. Again, he announced that the Government will build 10 dams in each of the 36 states in the next four years to boost farming. Equally, he assured young people that a new agricultural fund to support agriculture will soon be launched.
Bulletin no. 2335Chief Audu OgbehUSAIDyouthYouth Agripreneursyouth empowerment
Communication Office • 22nd July 2016
IITA gender program gets boost with release of factsheet on "Gender in the workplace"
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mbanefo chinonyelum 22nd July 2016 - 8:00 pm Reply
please may i know the application process?
BENJAMIN AJAYI 6th August 2016 - 9:15 pm Reply
My name is Benjamin AJAYI. I am a young agripreneur . I have my farm at Lufuwape village in Ogun State. My expansion scheme has been highly hindered by lack of access to tractor, among other machinery.
Please Sir, how can I benefit from USAID/Hello Tractor agripreneurs program?
Kindly educate. Thank you.
Benjamin AJAYI.
Moyin 5th September 2016 - 8:54 pm Reply
Please, how do I know when the smart tractor shortlisting has been done?
Communications 22nd October 2016 - 10:18 am Reply
Dear Moyin, sorry the shortlisting has passed for this year. Please visit the Youth Agripreneurs website – http://youthagripreneurs.org/ to stay up to date for the next opportunity.


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Lawren Stewart Harris  LL. D. (October 23, 1885 – January 29, 1970) was a Canadian painter, best known as a leading member of the Group of Seven. He played a key role as a catalyst in Canadian art and as a visionary in Canadian landscape art.

Early years
Lawren Stewart Harris was born on October 23, 1885 in Brantford, Ontario. He was the son of Thomas Morgan Harris and Annabelle Stewart. His father was secretary to the firm of A. Harris, Sons & Company Ltd., merchants of farm machinery, which merged with the Massey firm in 1891, forming the Massey-Harris Company, later known as Massey Ferguson. Lawren Harris's share of the fortune that resulted made him free from financial cares the rest of his life. Although born to wealth, he was an individual who made his own path in his own individual way. In 1894, his father died and the family moved to Toronto. In 1899, he began to board at St. Andrew's College, which was located in Rosedale in Toronto at the time, then in 1903 attended University College at the University of Toronto. From 1904 to 1908 he studied in Berlin under Adolf Schlabitz, Franz Skarbina, and most likely Fritz von Wille, gaining an academic foundation similar to that which was offered by the Paris academies. Harris stayed in Berlin for three years, learning about Impressionism and Post-Impressionism as well as seeing exhibitions of German and European modern art. Among these exhibitions were several of the Berlin Secession and a comprehensive review of 19th century German art. In 1908 he travelled to Austria, Italy, France and England before returning to Toronto.
He brought back an influence not only from his teachers but from the Secessionist movement he had encountered in Berlin. Through his reading and teachers, he may also have learned about Theosophy.

Career

In Toronto, to which he returned in 1908, Harris found friends through the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto which he joined in 1909, making friends with journalist Roy Mitchell, another early member. In 1910, he became interested in philosophy and Eastern thought, likely through Mitchell, and began discussing Theosophy seriously (although it was not until 1924 that he formally joined the Toronto Lodge of the International Theosophical Society). From 1910 to 1918, he focused in his painting on the urban landscape of Toronto, featuring a significantly brightened palette, an attention to light, and a layered development of space in order to convey a sense of place. In 1911, he met and became friends with J. E. H. MacDonald who was exhibiting sketches in the clubroom of the Club. Harris and MacDonald went on sketching trips and together visited the exhibition of contemporary Scandinavian art in Buffalo at the Albright Gallery (today, the Albright-Knox Gallery) in 1913. Seeing it, they realized that they too could create a landscape art that was distinctly Canadian and modern.

In 1913, Harris took the first step that would cement a group of like minded artists together in Canadian art, by inviting A. Y. Jackson, then in Montreal, to Toronto. The following year, he and his friend Dr. James MacCallum, financed the construction of a Studio Building in Toronto which provided artists, among them Tom Thomson, with an inexpensive space to work. In 1915, Harris fixed up a shack behind the Studio Building for Thomson whose art and dedication to his career proved inspirational for Harris. In 1918 and 1919, Harris financed boxcar trips for the artists of the later Group of Seven to the Algoma region, traveling along the Algoma Central Railway and painting in areas such as the Montreal River and Agawa Canyon. His work showed the effect of such trips: he began sketching in oil en plein air as a regular practice and used the sketches as a guide in constructing his major canvases.

In May 1920, Harris, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Franklin Carmichael, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, and Frederick Varley, formed the Group of Seven. In the fall of 1921, Harris ventured beyond Algoma to Lake Superior's North Shore, where he would return annually for the next seven years. While his urban and Algoma paintings of the late 1910s and early 1920s were characterized by rich, bright colours and decorative compositional motifs, the discovery of Lake Superior as a source of subject material meant the depiction of what Jackson called a "sublime order". Harris conveyed the spiritual side to the scene through a more austere, simplified style, with a limited palette. In 1924, a sketching trip with A.Y. Jackson to Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies marked the beginning of Harris' mountain subjects, which he continued to explore with annual sketching trips until 1928, exploring areas around Banff National Park, Yoho National Park and Mount Robson Provincial Park.  In 1930, Harris went on his last extended sketching trip, travelling to Greenland, the Canadian Arctic and Labrador aboard the Royal Canadian Mounted Police supply ship and ice breaker, the  SS. Beothic, for two months, during which time he completed over 50 sketches. The resulting Arctic canvases that he developed from the oil panels marked the end of his landscape period.

Modernism and Harris
Harris's artistic career was one of constant exploration. He was the only member of the Group of Seven to align himself with European and American forms of Modernism. He always had been deeply interested in developments in modern art. In 1926, he represented Canada in the International Exhibition of Modern Art organized by the Société Anonyme (of which he was a member) and shown at the Brooklyn Museum in New York: he helped bring the show to Toronto in 1927. In 1934, he painted his first abstract pictures, which depended partly on his desire to express ideas of the spirit, partly on his earlier landscapes of Lake Superior, the Rocky Mountains and the Arctic. After a period of experimentation, from 1936 on, Harris enthusiastically embraced abstract painting. In these years, he moved to Hanover, New Hampshire in 1934, then Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1938 and finally, Vancouver in 1940. In time, he left all reference to landscape behind, and his work underwent changes towards a more organic form. He wrote about the path an abstract artist took from representation to abstraction to become fully abstract in an Essay on Abstract Painting published in 1949. In the 1950s, he painted his version of abstract expressionism. In 1954, in a separate publication that developed from his earlier essay on abstraction, he praised abstraction, writing:
...(in abstract art), we have a creative adventure in harmony with the highest aspiration and search for truth, beauty and expressive evocation and communication in our own day".

Memberships in Art Organizations
In May 1920, Harris, J. E. H. MacDonald, and Franklin Carmichael, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, and Frederick Varley, formed the Group of Seven. After disbanding of the Group of Seven in 1933, Harris and the other surviving members, were instrumental in forming its successor the Canadian Group of Painters. Harris served as its first president. In 1938, he helped organize the Transcendental Group of Painters in the United States. In 1941, he was a founder of the Federation of Canadian Artists, founded in Toronto and President (1944-1947).

Honours
In 1926, his work won a gold medal at Sesquicentennial International Exposition of Philadelphia. In 1931, he won the Baltimore Museum of Art prize in the first Baltimore Pan-American Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings. In 1946, Harris was awarded an honorary degree from the University of British Columbia. He received an L.L.D. from the University of Toronto in 1951. In 1953, he received an L.L. D. from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. In 1961, he received the Canada Council medal for 1961. In 1969, he was given a Medal from the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. In 1970, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada, conferred posthumously.

Harris has been designated as an Historic Person in the Directory of Federal Heritage Designations.

Personal life
On January 20, 1910, Harris married Beatrice (Trixie) Phillips. The couple had three children: Lawren P. Harris, Margaret Anne Harris, and Howard K. Harris, all born in the first decade of their marriage. Harris later fell in love with Bess, the wife of his school-time friend, F.B. Housser, but divorce was seen at the time as causing an outrage, particularly for a man as socially prominent as Harris.

Harris eventually left his wife of 24 years, Trixie, and his three children, and married Bess Housser in 1934. He was threatened with charges of bigamy by Trixie's family because of his actions. Later that year he and Bess left their home and moved to the United States. In 1940 they moved to Vancouver, British Columbia. Bess died in 1969. Lawren Stewart Harris died in Vancouver in 1970. His ashes and those of Bess are buried on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg.

Legacy
In Toronto, a park in Rosedale at 145 Rosedale valley Road was named for him. A solo exhibition of Lawren Harris was shown in the United States at the Americas Society Art Gallery in New York. In 2015, a travelling exhibition of Harris' work, The Idea of North: The Paintings of Lawren Harris, curated by Steve Martin, opened at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California. In 2016, a film about Harris's life, Where the Universe Sings, was produced by TV Ontario. It was created by filmmaker Peter Raymont and directed by Nancy Lang. In 2017, guest curators Roald Nasgaard and Gwendolyn Owens, organized an exhibition titled Higher States: Lawren S. Harris and his North American Contemporaries, comprising some seventy paintings at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. It featured works by Canadian and American contemporaries of Harris' such as Bertram Brooker, Emily Carr, Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, Arthur Dove, Georgia O'Keeffe, Raymond Jonson, Emil Bisttram and Marsden Hartley.

Record sale prices
In 1981, South Shore, Baffin Island was sold for $240,000, a record price for a Canadian painting. On May 29, 2001, Harris's Baffin Island painting was sold for a record of $2.2 million (record up to that time). Before the auction, experts predicted the painting done by one of the original Group of Seven would top $1 million, but no one expected it to fetch more than twice that amount. The painting, which has always been in private hands, depicts icy white mountains with a dramatic blue sky. In 2005, Harris's painting, Algoma Hill, was sold at a Sotheby's auction for $1.38 million. It had been stored in a backroom closet of a Toronto hospital for years and was almost forgotten about until cleaning staff found it.

On May 23, 2007, Pine Tree and Red House, Winter, City Painting II by Harris came up for auction by Heffel Gallery in Vancouver, BC. The painting was a stunning canvas from 1924 that was estimated to sell between $800,000 and $1,200,000. The painting sold for a record-breaking $2,875,000 (premium included). On November 24, 2008, Harris's Nerke, Greenland painting sold at a Toronto auction for $2 million (four times the pre-sale estimate).

On November 26, 2009, Harris's oil sketch, The Old Stump, sold for $3.51 million at an auction in Toronto. In May 2010, Harris's painting, Bylot Island I, sold for $2.8 million at a Heffel Gallery auction in Vancouver, British Columbia. On November 26, 2015, his painting Mountain and Glacier was auctioned for $3.9 million at a Heffel Fine Art Auction House auction in Toronto, breaking the previous record for the sale of one of Harris's works. Another piece, Winter Landscape, sold for a hammer price of $3.1 million in the same auction.  On November 23, 2016, Mountain Forms, estimated at $3–5 million, sold for $11.2 million at the Heffel Auction, the present high.

See also

The Studio Building
The Indian Church (1929 painting, renamed Church at Yuquot Village in 2018 by the Art Gallery of Ontario)
Alexandra Biriukova, the architect who designed Harris's residence located at 2 Ava Crescent in Forest Hill, begun in 1931

References

Bibliography

Primary sources

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Secondary sources

Exhibition catalogues

  (Chronology by Peter Larisey)

The Group of Seven and Canadian art

External links

McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Group of Seven - Lawren Harris
Detailed Biography of Lawren Harris and Artworks, retrieved on May 25, 2007.
Lawren Harris Collection at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.

20th-century Canadian painters
Canadian male painters
Canadian landscape painters
Canadian Impressionist painters
Companions of the Order of Canada
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Artists from Ontario
People from Brantford
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Ralph Earl Kraft, 79, of Sheboygan, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center. Ralph was born September 23, 1939, in Manchester Township, to the late Earl and Elsie (Paul) Kraft. He grew up on a farm in Green Lake County, WI, learning how to drive at a very young age. Ralph graduated from Markesan High School in 1957 and enlisted in the United States Army where he served for three years. He was in the 62nd Engineering Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Soon after his honorable discharge in 1960, he began work with Kohler Company. On September 4, 1965, he married the former Ann Mayer in Sheboygan. The couple had two children. After 47 years, Ralph retired from the Kohler Company as the general supervisor of Electric Melt in 2007. He loved to read, was an avid golfer and enjoyed staying current with technology trends.
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Representatives of global corporations, national governments and indigenous peoples resolved to work together to save the forests.
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Networks of fishing communities from Cambodia and Thailand call for Laos to halt construction of Xayaburi Dam in northern Laos and stop the planned Don Sahong dam near the borders.
Local activists and Gonzalez were asked to sign a pledge not to take more action to block the area in exchange for their release.
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A new program by Conservation International has given people new methods for fishing—and saving money. VOA Khmer's Men Kimseng interviews John Martin, producer of the CI's visual story telling unit, who filmed Ros Sophy and her family on his recent visit to Cambodia.
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If you visit the village of Stony Stratford in Buckinghamshire, near Milton Keynes, you will find two drinking establishments on the High Street, the Cock and the Bull. Conveniently situated on what was Watling Street, now the A5, the village was a popular resting spot for coach travellers travelling to and from London and the North. The locals were keen for gossip and local news and in the heyday of coach travel, the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, a competition developed between travellers and locals as to who could concoct the most outlandish and fanciful stories.
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Alas, despite the best efforts of Stony Stratford to argue otherwise, this charming Story is almost certainly a cock and bull story, a phrase used to describe an excuse or explanation which comprises of a story which is implausible. For a more likely origin we have to travel over the Channel to France.
In Respit de la Mort, written by Jean Le Fèvre de Ressons in around 1376, we find the passage: tant ay sailli du cocq en l'asne/ et ay divers Chemins tenu/ que je suy jusquez chy venu", which translates to "so much have I sprung from the cock to the ass/ and have divers paths taken/ that I have up to here come". That the phrase was used to describe the abrupt switching of conversation from one topic to another without any apparent rhyme or reason is illustrated by Randle Cotgrave's definition, in 1611, of the phrase in his useful Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues; "sauter du coq à l'asne. To run, without order, out of one matter into another".
It was still used in this sense, mirroring the French phrase, a century later. Robert Nelson's 1715 translation of Thomas à Kempis' The Christian's Exercise: or Rules to live above the world while we are in it (a worthy tome, I'm sure) contains the passage when discussing people whose words and actions are muddled, "but they skip from a Cock to a Bull".
Perhaps more germane to our enquiries, un coq-à-l'āne as a noun meant an abrupt change of subject but was also used to describe a form of satirical and burlesque epistle consisting of fanciful and incoherent ramblings, popularised by the Renaissance poet, Clément Marot. By the early seventeenth century the Scots were using cockalane, clearly based on the French word, to describe a satire or a lampoon or a rambling, disconnected story. Cotgrave defined coq-à-l'asne as a "libell, pasquin (a type of lampoon), satyre".
The first recorded usage of cock and bull story south of the border appeared in Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy, published in 1621, but revised in 1628 to include this description of the behaviour of some men; "[their] sole delight is, to take Tobacco & drinke all day long in a Taurne or Ale-house, to discourse, sing, iest, roare, talke of a Cock and a Bull ouer a pot..". Sounds good to me and would certainly clear my blues away.
Although coach travel was not an unknown thing in Morton's day, I think the derivation from the French phrase is more likely. But we still haven't explained why the French ass becomes the English bull. Help may be at hand form our old friend, John Taylor, the water poet. He wrote an anthology of poems, published in 1630, entitled Wit and Mirth, subtitled "made yp, and fashioned into clinches, bulls, quirkes, Yerkes, quips, and jerkes". Clearly, a bull was a made-up story of dubious veracity.
It makes sense but then again, this too could be a cock and bull story.
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Stoltenberg: NATO Meeting Intended to Show 'Unity,' Deter WWIII
Susan Jones | March 21, 2022 | 5:16am EDT
President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a summit on June 14, 2021, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) - As Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine enters its fourth week, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will host the leaders of NATO countries in Brussels on Thursday, an urgent meeting that President Joe Biden plans to attend in person.
The White House on Sunday announced that Biden also will travel to Poland on Friday to meet with President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw to discuss "the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia's unjustified and unprovoked war on Ukraine has created."
On Sunday, Stoltenberg told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the meeting in Brussels is a show of unity intended to send a message to Putin:
"We haven't yet decided on the exact format of that summit. It will take place on Thursday...with President Biden and all the other leaders," Stoltenberg said.
"And I think the meeting of all heads of state and government in NATO will provide us yet another platform to demonstrate our unity, our support to Ukraine, but also our readiness to protect and defend all NATO allies.
"And by sending that message, we are preventing an escalation of the conflict of full-fledged war between NATO and Russia."
Stoltenberg made that point several times, saying while NATO supports Ukraine, it will do all it can to avoid a wider war:
"It is extremely important that we prevent this conflict becoming a full-fledged war between NATO and Russia, because that will cause much more damage, much more death, destruction than what we see now in Ukraine," Stoltenberg said:
"Russia is a nuclear power. President Putin is now conveying very dangerous nuclear rhetoric. And therefore, we are supporting Ukraine but at the same time significantly increasing the military presence with the troops on land, at sea and in the air.
"Germany, U.K. have doubled the presence in the Baltic countries, in their battle groups there. The U.S. have now 100,000 troops in Europe. And there are tens of thousands of troops in the eastern part of the alliance to send the message that escalation beyond Ukraine will be met with a very firm response from the whole alliance.
"And by doing that, we are preventing a conflict, not provoking conflict in Europe."
Stoltenberg side-stepped a question of what NATO might do if Putin uses chemical weapons in a war that is not going well for him.
"Our core responsibility is to protect 1 billion people living in 30 different NATO-allied countries, and we are doing that by increasing the presence in the eastern part of the alliance. I also believe that regardless of how this conflict now ends, we are faced with a new reality, a new security reality, where Russia more openly contests core values for our security and are willing to use military force to achieve its objectives.
"And therefore, we need to reset our deterrence and defense. And one of the issues we start to discuss at the upcoming -- the summit of NATO leaders next week in Brussels is how we do the more long-term adaptation, the long-term reset of deterrence and defense."
Host Chuck Todd told Stoltenberg it sounds like "you don't have an answer yet" on how NATO would respond to a chemical attack:
"So any use of chemical weapons will be a blatant and brutal violation of international law, the ban on the use of chemical weapons," Stoltenberg responded:
"At the same time we know that Russia has used chemical agents in Europe before against their own political opponents. And they -- Russia has been facilitating supporting the Assad regime in Syria where chemical weapons have been used.
"So this is something we take extremely serious, but at the same time, again, we are not -- we are very much aware that we need to act in a way that prevents this conflict from going from being a very bloody, ugly, horrific conflict in Ukraine to something that turns out to be a full-fledged war between NATO and Russia in Europe and also potentially involving, of course, the United States directly.
"That will be extremely dangerous and that is exactly what we need to prevent."
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters last week that President Biden will fly to Brussel on Wednesday for a jam-packed day on Thursday:
"But eat your Wheaties, eat your spinach," Psaki told reporters:
"It's going to be a long Thursday — because on Thursday, to start the day, the President will attend an extraordinary NATO summit to discuss ongoing deterrence and defense efforts in response to Russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine.
"He will also reaffirm our ironclad commitment to our NATO Allies and to defend every inch of our NATO...territory.
"Then he will join a scheduled European Council summit to discuss our shared concerns about Ukraine, including transatlantic efforts to impose economic sanctions on Russia, provide humanitarian support to those affected by the violence, and address other challenges related to the conflict.
"Later in the day, he will attend the G7 meeting called by Germany to further discuss with our Allies and partners the consequences we are imposing on Russia for its war of choice."
Psaki said more announcements would be forthcoming. And she said National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will "preview" Biden's trip before he departs.


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Although there are bugs in Current Windows 10, Microsoft says it has fixed almost 1300 bugs that users have reported so far. Microsoft has also fixed most frequently occurring bluescreen crashes that were reported by testers on build 9841, build 9860 and 9879.
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Kelly Vacco and Joe Lorigo: Making the most of family ties
Posted by Arthur J. Giacalone on August 24, 2022
Posted in: Dennis C. Vacco, John A. Michalek, Joseph Lorigo, Joseph Makowski, Judiciary, Kelly Vacco, Political Contributions, Ralph Lorigo, Stupidity. 1 Comment
Voters may think they have a real say in who gets to sit on the New York State's Supreme Court – our state's highest level trial court. In reality, they're deluding themselves. As a recent Buffalo News editorial correctly states: "New York's corrupt system is specifically designed to take judicial elections out of the hands of voters, who are left merely to ratify the decisions made by party bosses."
An Overview of this Legal but Unwise Process.
Ninety-five years ago, New York ceased using a primary election process for selecting candidates for Supreme Court Justices, where registered Democrats and Republicans had a say on which judicial hopefuls would appear on the election ballot as their party's nominees. New York State's legislature replaced primaries with party judicial conventions controlled by party leaders. Under this system, the party leaders virtually handpick which hopefuls will be on the November election ballot for a judgeship that involves a 14-year term and currently provides an annual salary of $210,900.
This corruption-inducing process is further tainted by a sleight-of-hand referred to as "cross-endorsements." Rather than each party naming its own distinct candidates, party leaders agree to cross party lines and endorse each other's nominee. This approach often leads to there being the same number of candidates as there are judicial vacancies – for example, four slots to fill and only four names to choose from – assuring the cross-endorsed candidate a victory. The fix is in, and the public is left with no meaningful choice.
New York State's method for selecting its most powerful trial judges was challenged in court a couple dozen years ago as violating the First Amendment. The case eventually made it up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which concluded that the selection process was not unconstitutional. [See NYS Bd. of Elections v. Lopez Torres, 522 U.S. 196 (2008).] But a number of the justices on our nation's highest court made it clear that they did not endorse the arrangement, and sadly reminded us that "the Constitution does not prohibit legislatures from enacting stupid laws."
The Impact of a Tainted Selection Process.
During my 46-years of practicing in New York's trial and appellate courts, I have appeared before intelligent and ethical judges, women and men I gladly called "Your Honor." However, it does not take much imagination to see how a portion of the handpicked "winners" in this flawed selection process might feel more indebted to the political king- and queen-makers who chose them for the post, than to justice and the rule of law. As vividly described in the Buffalo News editorial mentioned above staff, New York's corrupt system for selecting State Supreme Court Justices "stinks and the smell clings to the robes of the winners."
For the past three decades, I have challenged zoning decisions and proposed development projects on behalf of average citizens. It has become clear to me that my practice has placed me at the treacherous intersection of the law, politics, and greed. Whether my clients were attempting to protect the quality of life in the Elmwood Village, the Fruit Belt, or the Outer Harbor, their legal claims – and their trust in the law and the judicial process – have frequently been extinguished by compliant and intellectually dishonest judges who are the product of this corrupt selection system.
The selection process has given us judicial embarrassments such as Joseph G. Makowski – forced to resign in 2009 to avoid criminal prosecution for submitting a false and misleading affidavit to the Hamburg Town Court in a failed attempt to help a female friend avoid a DWI charge – and John A. Michalek, disrobed in 2016 and still awaiting sentencing for accepting a bribe from former political operative Steven Pigeon.
Long before these now-disgraced former judges were caught engaging in fraudulent and unlawful activities, I witnessed firsthand their apparent willingness to disregard cogent facts and the pertinent law to ensure that politically-connected developers or lawyers prevailed in land development cases. [See, for example, here regarding Makowski, and here regarding Michalek.]
Money and Family Relations Grease the System.
Calling it "legalized bribery," the Buffalo News opinion piece is most concerned with the now-prominent practice of judicial hopefuls, and their family members, generously contributing to the war chest of political leaders. You have to pay to play in order to be considered.
But I am equally troubled by the apparent role of nepotism reflected in this year's Supreme Court nominees.
Would Kelly A. Vacco – who graduated from Ohio Northern University's law school in 1992, and serves as Town of Boston Town Justice – have been nominated for such a prestigious and lucrative judicial position, and guaranteed a victory through the cross-endorsement ploy, were she not the spouse of former Republican State Attorney General and long-time judicial power-broker, Dennis C. Vacco? While Mr. Vacco, in defense of his wife's nomination, rejects the idea that the money his family donated to party leaders influenced his spouse's selection, he embraces – in an August 18th Buffalo News article – his own "longtime involvement" in the nomination process as one of the factors that led to her spot on the upcoming ballot.
And is there no other lawyer in Western New York better suited intellectually and temperament-wise for a Supreme Court position than Joseph C. Lorigo? Would this registered Conservative and leader of the minority caucus in the Erie County Legislature be on the election-day shortlist if he were not the son of Ralph C. Lorigo? After all, the senior Lorigo has served as chairman of the Erie County Conservative party since 1995, and boasts in his firm's bio that he has "a strong involvement in judicial races throughout Erie County." It does look that way.
So Many Losers.
While the political party bosses and operatives select the winners, there are many losers, including: the integrity and fairness of the judicial system; the public's trust in the judiciary; and, the exceptional lawyers who have been excluded from serious consideration for a judicial nomination simply because they lack the funds, the kinship connections of a Kelly Vacco or a Joe Lorigo, or the stomach for this corrupt system.
We must insist that our State legislators and Governor take steps to repeal the laws that perpetuate this corrupt and unwise method of selecting State Supreme Court justices, and restore the public's confidence in the judicial selection process and the courts.
"Stupid" selection process continues as party leaders deny WNY voters choice in selecting Supreme Court judges
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Under the headline, "Bipartisan deals again guarantee win for Supreme Court candidates," Buffalo News political reporter, Bob McCarthy, reports in this morning's newspaper how the voters in Western New York will once again have no choice in determining the selection of State Supreme Court justices. Leaders of the Republican, Democratic and Conservative parties have "cross-endorsed" four candidates for four openings. As McCarthy reports, "[T]he bipartisan backing allows all four to run unopposed and guarantees their election in November."
The U.S. Supreme Court concluded thirteen years ago that New York's process for determining the options available to its electorate when voting on State Supreme Court jurists does not violate the First Amendment. Perhaps the best known expression of disdain for New York's judicial selection process came from the pen of Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. While concurring with Justice Scalia's 2008 opinion in NYS Bd. of Elections v. Lopez Torres – that the Empire State's system is not violative of the First Amendment – Justice Stevens, joined by Justice Souter, made the following observation:
Stupid and unwise seems accurate to me. But my criticism of the selection process for these important judicial positions is not aimed at the four anointed candidates, so I will not name them here. I will, however, point out that each has been guaranteed a fourteen-year post with a $210,900 annual salary.
Rather than reinvent the wheel in setting forth my critique of New York State's flawed system of selecting Supreme Court justices (who are the trial court judges, despite their lofty title), I will direct you to my May 5, 2016 posting on this topic and beyond: "NY's System of Selecting Judges Isn't the Only Obstacle to Assuring an Ethical Judiciary." That piece includes the following reflection on
RIP Chautauqua Amphitheater 1893 – 2016
Posted by Arthur J. Giacalone on September 15, 2016
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We tried in vain to save this historic gem – see the tireless effort by Save The Amp, the press release regarding the Chautauqua Amp lawsuit 01-22-16 and the Article 78 Verified Petition on behalf of Chautauqua Committee to Preserve the Historic Chautauqua Amphitheater and a group of brave residents. But Chautauqua Institution ended up being beyond the law.
Fortunately, at least, we and all of America have our memories [see, for example, National Trust's characterization of the Amp as "the heart"of the Chautauqua Institution, and the Amp's prominent role in CI's listing as a historic landmark district at amp_national register]:
With All Due Respect for an American Treasure,


For the parsnip crisps, use a mandolin or vegetable slicer, slice the parsnips into thin rounds.
Place a saucepan over a high heat and add the vegetable oil, heat until the oil reaches 180°C.
Add the parsnips and fry until crisp – you may have to do this in batches - roughly 2-3 minutes. Drain on kitchen towel, season with a pinch of salt and keep aside.
Put each turkey steak in a re-sealable bag. Beat gently with a meat mallet or rolling pin until half cm thick, being careful not to be too aggressive. Let your little helper gently bash the turkey meat in this step, but make sure you oversee them to ensure their fingers don't get in the way.
To make an egg wash, crack 2 eggs into a mixing bowl and beat with a pinch of salt and water. Add the breadcrumbs and flour onto 2 separate plates.
Rub the meat with salt and pepper and coat in flour - dust off any excess - then dunk into the egg wash. Roll each breast in breadcrumbs until evenly coated all over and place on a baking tray.
Put a big pan over a medium heat and pour in vegetable oil until half cm deep. Fry the turkey schnitzels on one side for two minutes until lightly golden, turn and repeat. Ensure the turkey is cooked through, with no pink showing.
Take the schnitzels out of the pan and place on a cooling rack to drain.
Meanwhile, mix the capers and cranberries into the mayonnaise and put aside. This is a simple enough step for you to let the kids do while you get on with slicing the ciabatta.
Slice the ciabatta in half lengthways and spoon on and spread the cranberry and caper mayonnaise on the bottom half.
Put the baby spinach on the mayonnaise and top with the turkey schnitzels. Sandwich together to make one large sandwich then cut into four uniformly-sized smaller sandwiches.
Make the sandwiches into smaller portions if too big for the kids and arrange onto plates with the parsnip crisps.
For top tips on protecting you and your family when preparing raw meat and poultry, visit Food Safety in the Home and view the full Food safety at home video.


Westchester magazine interviewed a number of female TV newsers for its most recent issue, a number of whom we featured in a previous post.
In addition to the previously-featured trio, the magazine featured a number of Fox Newsers.
"It's a dark day for journalism," Wiehl says. Though her 15-year tenure at Fox did not overlap with the Trump presidency, she emphasizes that "freedom of the press is an absolute" and "a check on government." Consequently, she advises consuming as broad a media diet as possible.


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Carnival Will Send "Social Impact" Cruise Ships To Cuba Next Year
The company's new fathom brand of "social impact" cruises will head for Cuba in spring 2016, making it the first U.S.-based cruise line to take passengers to the island.
By Mariah Summers
Mariah Summers BuzzFeed News Reporter
Posted on July 7, 2015, at 10:37 a.m. ET
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Carnival Corporation has obtained approval from the U.S. government to send its cruise ships to Cuba, the company said today, a little more than a month after launching its new "social impact" line of cruises.
The direct-to-Cuba voyage will make Carnival, the world's largest cruise operator, the first U.S.-based cruise company to gain access to the island. The government approved the cruises "for the purpose of providing cultural, artistic, faith-based and humanitarian exchanges between American and Cuban citizens," Carnival said in a statement.
Carnival's announcement comes as the U.S. government plans to open an embassy in Cuba later this month. President Obama has called on Congress to lift the trade embargo on Cuba, which currently only allows for travelers to visit the country for reasons that fall under one or more of 12 criteria, including academic, cultural, religious, or journalistic purposes.
Last month Carnival launched fathom, a brand it said would be devoted to "social impact travel," and which seems well positioned to enable travelers to meet the criteria for Cuba visits. Passengers on a fathom cruise take part in volunteer activities on the ground in countries they visit; Carnival's seven-day Cuba voyage will include these volunteer experiences and set travelers back $2,990 — not including taxes, port, and governmental fees. On a conference call Tuesday morning, Arnold Donald, president and CEO of Carnival Corporation, said fathom passengers will be required to spend eight hours each day on the ground in Cuba per U.S. regulations, and that the cost of filling the day with cultural immersion and social impact activities will contribute to the cruise's hefty price tag of nearly $3,000 per person.
That's a steep price increase over fathom's Dominican Republic cruise, which costs $1,540 and is all-inclusive for seven days. The Cuba cruises, which will kick off next April or May, include "all meals on the ship, onboard social impact immersion experiences, and certain on-the-ground cultural immersion activities" while in the country.
"We look forward to working with the Cuban authorities for their approval to help make the social, cultural and humanitarian exchanges between U.S. citizens and the people of Cuba a reality," Donald said in a statement Tuesday morning. "We know there is strong demand from travelers who want to immerse themselves in Cuban culture, so this is a historic opportunity for us to enable more people to experience Cuban society. It is also an important opportunity for our new fathom brand to expand its positive influence in the world."
Carnival will be an early mover into all-inclusive package travel direct from the U.S to Cuba, a business that looks set to grow if diplomatic relations normalize. An April survey showed 30% of Americans are considering a vacation to Cuba.
Travel companies, for their part, have been jumping at the chance to take them there. Just last week, JetBlue initiated direct service to Cuba from New York and Florida, and has said it plans to be the leader in the air travel industry to offer flights to Cuba. And Airbnb already has more than 1,000 listings in Cuba.
Mariah Summers is a business reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. Summers reports on hospitality, travel and real estate.
Contact Mariah Summers at mariah.summers@buzzfeed.com.


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Thomas Mulcair asks the PBO to go to federal court
'This request ... is too important for us to abandon it'
By Aaron Wherry September 19, 2013
In a letter sent yesterday afternoon, Thomas Mulcair has formally requested that Jean-Denis Frechette, the Parliamentary Budget Officer, return to court to settle the dispute over what information the government should have to release about budget cuts. This even though Mr. Frechette would seem to prefer to explore parliamentary remedies first.
The first request by Mr. Mulcair for an analysis of the cuts outlined in the 2012 budget was made in November 2012, after the PBO's own attempt, first initiated in April 2012, was stymied. Mr. Page then took Mr. Mulcair's request to the federal court for clarification. And while the federal court dismissed Kevin Page's appeal on technical grounds this past April, the ruling was greeted by Mr. Mulcair and Mr. Page as evidence that the PBO could seek recourse through the courts if it was denied information.
Mr. Page's interim replacement, Sonia L'Heureux, then picked up the pursuit, but as of June the PBO had still not received all of the information it had requested from government departments. In July, officials at the PBO decided to begin filing access to information requests in hopes that would result in the release of the relevant information.
So on Mr. Frechette's first day as PBO two weeks ago, he received a letter from Mr. Mulcair, the NDP leader seeking an update on the situation. When Mr. Frechette wrote back that "apparent avenues" had been "exhausted," Mr. Mulcair wrote to remind Mr. Frechette that the matter might be taken to court.
But in a letter to Mr. Mulcair this past Monday, Mr. Frechette referred to the previous ruling to explain why he wishes to take other steps before pursuing the matter in court.
As you will be aware, Mr. Page then referred the matter to the Federal Court for a determination. In his decision, Mr. Justice Harrington said:
"[The PBO] has a number of remedies, such as complaining to the Chief Librarian, perhaps complaining to the two Speakers and the Joint Committee, and perhaps to Parliament as a whole. What I am saying is that in addition to such remedies, ultimately he would have recourse to this Court. There may or may not be a sequence to these alternative remedies, and the Court, in its discretion, may refuse to hear an application if other adequate alternative remedies have not been exhausted."
Keeping with this advice, the Parliamentary Librarian and then interim PBO, Sonia L'Heureux, informed the Speaker of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Commons, who instructed her to send additional letters to the non-compliant departments.
The upshot of these efforts saw some successes: several additional departments provided some data. To the extent that analysis is possible on the basis of this partial data, it has been undertaken and published.
I intend to follow through with the remained of Mr. Justice Harrington's advice when Parliament resumes by ensuring that the Speakers are informed and exploring alternative remedies.
While pursuing this matter in court always remains an option, it involves significant risks beyond those articulated by Mr. Justice Harrington above.
If the PBO were to seek judicial review of a Deputy Head's decision not to provide the data, the Attorney General would likely argue that the matter is not justiciable. If his argument is sustained, the application would be dismissed without a decision on entitlement to the data. Even if the application were not dismissed, it is not clear that the court's interpretation would confirm that the PBO is entitled to the data. And, even if it does, the Attorney General may appeal the decision to the Federal Court of Appeal, at the very least, on the justiciability point. And, if the PBO succeeds in the Federal Court of Appeal, the likelihood remains that the Attorney General will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
Given the foregoing, I prefer to exhaust parliamentary remedies.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Mulcair sent a response to the PBO. In that response, Mr. Mulcair refers Mr. Frechette to different portions of Justice Harrington's ruling and argues that this dispute is not for the Speakers or Parliament to deal with. And he wants Mr. Frechette to take the matter back to court.
One of your legally mandated roles, as Parliamentary Budget Officer, is to provide independent analysis to help Members of Parliament. In requesting this analysis, I exercised my right under statute as an MP to this financial information. I believe you are misinterpreting my request as something that can be dealt with, and potentially quashed, by the speakers or by parliament as a whole. This is the "mischief" cited above, and Justice Harrington makes it clear that parliament cannot take away my right to this information after it was passed into law, except through passing a new law…
You now seem to believe it is acceptable to allow the Act to be ignored without doing anything to protect the rights of MPs, as laid out by Justice Harrington. I believe it is inappropriate for you to decide that this section of the Act is no longer to be in force or be observed.
I am formally requesting you take this matter back to the Federal Court to defend both your right to this information, and my right to this analysis. This request – an analysis of how Conservative budget cuts will affect Canadians – is too important for us to abandon it.
FILED UNDER: Jean-Denis Frechette Kevin Page Maclean's Politics Parliamentary Budget Officer Sonia L'Heureux Thomas Mulcair


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Artists' recipe books
Artists' recipe books
Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek
Cod. Pal. Germ. 489, f. 2 ( Amberg, 1563)
From Antiquity, artists, artisans, craftsmen and even scholars have transmitted and recorded their knowledge of artistic materials and practices within a specific sort of writing : artist recipe books.
These books are presented under the form of lists of art-technological instructions providing information on various artistic disciplines, such as drawing, painting, frescos, illumination, gilding, etching, but also dyeing, metal and glass working, amongst others.
A great number of recipes deals with the production, preparation and conservation of pigments, colourants, dyes, media –such as glues, varnishes, binding agents-, inks and so on.
In parallel to the physical descriptions of both the raw materials and the final products, these instructions deliver information concerning optical characteristics, (in)compatibility with other substances and information regarding the ageing properties of materials. They also describe the various sorts of artistic support and their preparation as well as the ways to apply materials on it. In addition, a number of recipes are dedicated to the production, refining or colouring of materials such as textiles, glass, metals, horn, stones, etc.
Collections of artisanal recipes are considered to be key primary sources in the historical study of artistic practices and materials. Prominent examples include very well-known work such as the De diversis artibus attributed to Theophilus for the Middle Ages, the Libro dell'arte by Cennino Cennini for the (pre)-Renaissance period or the De Mayerne Manuscript for the Modern Period, to cite but a few. However, hundreds of other such examples exist and are still largely unknown. Artisanal recipes, which date back to Antiquity, continued to be recorded throughout the Middle Ages until at least the 19th century.
In his 2001 publication The Art of All Colours, Mark Clarke compiled an inventory of 400 source documents, dating from the production of the first artists' recipe collections up to 1500. Since then, numerous other surviving writing containing artisanal recipes have been discovered. Many more recipes were written down in manuscript and print in the period after 1500.
The Colour ConText database facilitates the consultation and exploitation of a large corpus of written sources. To date, over 1000 texts have been assessed.
The core data consists not only of medieval and early modern manuscripts but also printed books produced from the modern era across Europe. 5500 recipes —some constituting only a few lines, others covering several folios— have been transcribed and are currently being recorded on the database. The database also includes a complete list of more than 800 different ingredients and (combined) substances mentioned in the recipes. Materials are indexed both by their current scientific name ('Current name') and by the original terms precisely as they are written in the source texts ('Historical name').
Sources and recipes are categorized by date, language, location, scribes or authors, artistic technique and materials involved. Thanks to the various filters integrated, the Colour ConText database can serve to identify the use of specific practices and materials and to delimit methods within a precisely delimited chronological and geographical framework. It also helps to assess how recipes were modified over time or by other external phenomena, through looking at factors such as frequency within the corpus, basic structure, and evolution. It is also possible to link the development of specific artistic procedures and technical traditions, and to correlate these with more widely diffused techniques.
More than 1000 sources (including manuscripts and printed texts) have been entered into the database, specifically located on the 'Sources' page. It provides details such as title, language, location, the provenance and the circulation of these manuscripts and books (place and date of origin/edition), scribes or authors, previous owners, and a description of their technical and/or general content. The left vertical bar allows the sources to be searched by title, place of conservation or edition, or by keywords related to the subject topics they deal with. These subjects concern technical fields and materials.
The database also makes the content of the recipe collections accessible at the level of the individual recipes. To date, more than 5500 recipes—some consisting of only a few lines, others covering several folios—have been transcribed. These instructions are recorded in another specific page (entitled 'Recipes'). The 'Recipes' page allows users to consult the transcription of a particular recipe, and sometimes also provides a translation.Users can search for a specific technical instruction by source, date and geographical data. It is also possible to search for specific words that appear either in the transcription or the translation of the recipe. Moreover, the recipes are defined using keywords arranged in different thesauri (related to the artistic technique, the technical process and the main ingredients involved within the recipe process). Such subject classification enables queries to be made regarding specific recipes, methods or materials across time and region.
The database offers a complete list of the objects and materials mentioned in the recipes. Materials are indexed both by their current scientific name ('Current name') and by the original terms precisely as they are written in the source texts ('Historical name'). Objects and materials are linked by relational tables that allow the retrieval of all the different historical names used for one particular material—detailing the historical written context—as well as enabling the user to see the various materials that may be related to a specific name. This layout makes it possible not only to observe the global frequency and recurrence for each ingredient or technical instruction, but also to deduce the availability of artistic material in a chronologically and geographically defined area. These lists also shed light on the diversity of colour names and the complexity of the varied colour terminology used in artisanal recipes.
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Ruth Dreifuss (ur. 9 stycznia 1940) – szwajcarska polityk.

Została wybrana do Szwajcarskiej Rady Związkowej 10 marca 1993 jako druga kobieta w historii. Kierowała departamentem spraw wewnętrznych do czasu rezygnacji 31 grudnia 2002. Nominowana z ramienia Szwajcarskiej Partii Socjaldemokratycznej.

W 1999 sprawowała urząd przewodniczącej Szwajcarskiej Rady Związkowej (Prezydent Szwajcarii).

Z wykształcenia ekonomistka, specjalistka od kwestii pracowniczych i związkowych.

Linki zewnętrzne
 Jennifer Breger, Biography of Ruth Dreifuss, Jewish Women Encyclopedia (Eng.)

Prezydenci Szwajcarii
Socjaliści
Urodzeni w 1940
Szwajcarscy ministrowie spraw wewnętrznych
Szwajcarscy wiceprezydenci


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Loser Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders loses again
written by Jeanine Martin June 15, 2017
As if inspiring domestic terrorism wasn't enough…
Since the Presidential election in November 2016 Bernie Sanders has endorsed seven candidates for various Democratic offices. Virginia's primary marks his sixth loss. Sanders endorsed Tom Perriello for Governor who lost his race by 11.8%%. From the DailyCaller.com:
Sanders formally endorsed Keith Ellison for chair of the Democratic National Committee, James Thompson for U.S. Representative, Tom Perriello for Governor, Jon Ossoff for U.S. Representative, Heath Mello for Omaha Mayor, Steve Zimmer and Imelda Padilla for Los Angeles School Board, as well as Rob Quist for US Representative.
All of those candidates have lost with the exception of Jon Ossoff, who will run in a special election to replace Rep. Tom Price (now HHS Secretary) on June 20th in Georgia's Sixth Congressional District. Ossoff is running against Republican Karen Handel, Georgia's former Secretary of State. That race is "too close to call." More than 102,000 people in the district have already voted, and both parties have poured millions into the effort.
It seems the United States isn't supporting the far left candidates who Bernie supports. I expect Bernie to go 0 for 7. Let's hope that next effort doesn't spawn more deranged Bernie Bots to violence.
Bernie Sanders loses again was last modified: June 15th, 2017 by Jeanine Martin
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Jeanine Martin
Also known as Lovettsville Lady, I am a Republican activist in the wilds of western Loudoun County.