It's been almost three weeks since I posted here, but my wife, daughter, and I have been traveling, to visit my daughter's brother, and our son.
For reasons unbeknownst to me, when I tried to post a picture of our trip that's one inch wide here, it shows up so large that you can only see a small part of it. When I get time to learn a little more about formatting this blog, I will try to post the picture again. It's a picture of our family. You see, we're quite proud these days.
Seventy-five percent of us have recently returned from California where we attended the law school graduation of the other 25 percent. Now that he has earned a JD degree, I suppose we can call him doctor, as we could give that title of honor to anyone who has achieved a doctorate in any academic subject. But, we can't call him lawyer yet. He's still working on that. He has to pass the bar exam at the end of July, and we're sure he will. But the California Bar likes to spread out the suspense, so while the exam is completed in July, he doesn't learn the results until near the end of November.
A different 25 percent of the family will be off on another adventure this Saturday. I've never traveled for a living, but I have been in 28 states. I'm not counting air space. I've set foot in 28 states and I've never just stepped across a state line, although I have walked across two of them. When you think of the way we travel, walking across a state line is pretty unusual. I've never just driven a mile or so into a state to say I've been there either. I suppose I could have done that for Michigan, Wisconsin, Mississippi and Colorado on previous sojourns. I'm doing Colorado on Saturday. I'm flying there and on Sunday I'm driving to New Mexico. So, by Sunday, I will have been on the ground in 30 of our 50 states.
I expect the trip to go smoothly, but whether it does or not I'll be back and I'll fill you in. That's a promise!
The ice cream industry hasn't fooled me with the 1.5 quart container, and I hate it. I think I'm distantly related to Don Quixote on both sides of the family though, so I wrote to the president of the manufacturer responsible for most of the ice cream I consume. And much to my surprise, he answered me. At least, his form letter answered me. Which ice cream company I wrote to doesn't matter. The industry as a whole seems to be switching to smaller containers.
I said I understand price increases. I don't like them, but I understand them. I am, after all, old enough that the price of everything is ridiculous and has been for a while. However, I don't like the smaller ice cream packages because they are environmentally unfriendly, and make extra work for me. The containers are still the same diameter, but even though they aren't as tall, they are still too tall to stack in my freezer, so if I want to keep the same amount of ice cream on hand, I have to buy more containers. The containers waste resources. Six quarts of ice cream now take an extra lid and an extra container bottom. If I don't have room for more containers, I have to go to the store more often or buy a larger freezer.
My existing freezer is already an Energy Star appliance, so a new and larger one will use more electricity. Going to the store more often will use more gasoline. I could walk to the store, but the ice cream would be melted by the time I walked home. So, putting ice cream in smaller containers does constitute a price increase, and the president of the company acknowledged that.
Frankly the acknowledgement surprised me. I thought he would say it was some kind of improvement to serve consumers better. He also said the marketing people know people are reluctant to spend a lot of money for ice cream so they can buy a container (albeit smaller) at the same price. I'm sad to admit the president of the ice cream manufacturer is probably correct. This gives me a bad feeling that you probably can now fool all of the people all of the time.
You see, the smaller containers of ice cream contain hidden costs for the consumer, and they increase the carbon footprint of both the maker, and the eater of ice cream. I do want a lot of ice cream (summer is coming, after all). I haven't got room for it, and I won't buy a bigger freezer. I haven't got room for one of those either. So, the ice cream manufacturer increases its carbon footprint by using more packaging material. I will drive to the store more often. Therefore, smaller containers of ice cream cost me, and all other consumers more than they make for the manufacturer.
I believe I already said I hate the 1.5-quart container of ice cream, so that concludes this blog item.
I'm not a luddite, but I have a cell phone so I can call you, not so you can call me. Very few people have my cell phone number, so the phone doesn't ring very often at all. Sometimes I turn it off. Sometimes I leave it home. I don't wander around stores or restaurants or doctors' waiting rooms or train depots yacking a blue streak, a really loud blue streak. You don't need to know where I am and I don't need to know where you are either. Last week I was in a doctor's waiting room with one of those annoying yackers. After he was done, he asked if he was talking too loud. I said yes. He said sorry, but if he was really sorry, he wouldn't do it, would he? And he wouldn't have made another phone call either.
My family has a five-hundred minute family plan, and we've never gone over, or even come close. Not even when my daughter was a teenager. Despite not using the cell phone nearly as much as the average person, I just bought a new one. In fact, I bought three new ones. I got my wife and daughter new cell phones too.
None of us are luddites, but our previous cell phones made, and received phone calls. That's all they did; make and receive phone calls. Well, they held a bunch of phone numbers too, but not a really big bunch, and they would dial the one you wanted with the push of one button. Pretty primitive stuff. For a friend of mine who's fond of homonyms, I'm tempted to say they were primative too, but many primates have fingers too big to use a cell phone successfully. When someone called, those phones didn't sound ringtones. They rang. A couple of middle-school kids in my neighborhood think my old cell phone is an antique.
The new ones do alot more than the old ones. They hold much bigger bunches. They take pictures. They access the Internet. You can watch TV on them. They cook dinner. They mow the lawn. I think the most expensive one may be a minor deity. They were a good deal too. Three free phones only cost me $111! And one thing I noticed about them is the instructions for each of the new phones are bigger and heavier than the phone itself.
But, if I had to do it over again, I don't know if I would. It took two hours to activate three phones. The people at the wireless provider were helpful, and polite. The computer system they're forced to work with was neither. I couldn't activate the phones on the Internet or through the automated phone attendant. I was disconnected twice. It took four phone calls and speaking to five people including tech support to get the job done. I lost count of how many times I agreed to terms and conditions. I hope that part wasn't cumulative. I don't know if I want a 10-year contract with my cell phone provider.


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Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection
Identifier: 01/Mss. 1.04
Scope and Contents The Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection includes audiovisual formats from a variety of personal papers and organizational records collections.
Glenn Close Papers
Identifier: 01/Mss. 93 C62 and Additions
Scope and Contents Collection of papers concerning actress Glenn Close that document her career as a Broadway, television, and screen success. Includes recorded interviews, clippings, invitations, programs, playbills, videos, and other related materials.
James H. Critchfield Papers
Scope and Contents Documentation and drafts for James Critchfield's book, "Partners at the Creation the Men behind Postwar Germany's Defense and Intelligence Establishments." Includes oral history transcripts and documents relating to the Berlin Crises (1958-1961), founding of the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), declassified Central Intelligence Agency documents (1945-1949), a German-English intelligence glossary, biographical files and correspondence. Acc. 2009.367 consists of photocopies of "Foreign...
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton Papers
Identifier: Mss. 81 D17
Scope and Contents Papers, 1933-1978, of Ted Dalton, Virginia state senator, 1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in 1953 and 1957; and U.S. District judge for the Western district of Virginia. Includes correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film and legal opinions. Subjects covered include Republican Party politics, the Virginia General Assembly, highways,compulsory automobile insurance, segregation, the Gray Commission Report (Commission on...
Department of English Records
Scope and Contents This collection includes administrative records, publications, and other material from the Department of English at the College of William and Mary. More information about this collection can be found in the finding aid/box list section of this finding aid.
Michael Fox Collection of Herbert H. Bateman Campaign Material
Scope and Contents Campaign material for Herbert H. Bateman when he ran for U.S. Congress for the First Virginia District. Includes financial records, office files, polling data and media material. Files of Michael Fox.
Fred Frechette Papers
Scope and Contents Fred Frechette's papers which include his Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper articles on Williamsburg, Virginia, photographs and his script and related material on "The Once and Future Camelot" a production given for the Williamsburg Reunion. Material related to his duty as a volunteer fireman and his March 25, 2000 pamphlet "William and Mary Students and the Travis House, Feb. 1, 1943-Feb. 28, 1951."
Rosa Marie and James A. Fuller Papers
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2001.F95
Scope and Contents Collection includes letters, citations, scripts of plays, photographs, slides and videos concerning Rosa Marie Fuller's teaching career and James A. Fuller's employment with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and his service with the Boy Scouts.
Subject: Video recordings X
College of William and Mary. Dept. of Theatre, Speech, and Dance 2
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 2
Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) 2
Bateman, Herbert Harvell, 1928-2000 1
Boy Scouts of America 1
Bray, Benjamin 1
Buckles, Ann 1
Buildings and Grounds--Fires 1
Burger, Warren Earl, 1907-1995 1
Choir and Chorus 1
Close, Glenn, 1947- 1
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College of William and Mary. Dept. of Modern Languages 1
College of William and Mary. Staff 1
College of William and Mary. Student Organizations 1
College of William and Mary. University Relations. 1
College of William and Mary. William and Mary Theatre 1
DeVita, Vincent T. 1
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Deptartment of English 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Fox, Michael 1
Frechette, Fred, 1925-2009 1
Geddy family 1
Glenn, Close, 1947- 1
Godwin, Edwin Mills, Jr., 1914-1999 1
Greenwood Pre-school (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Hammer, Armand, 1897- 1
Harper's Bazaar 1
Holton, A. Linwood (Abner Linwood), 1923- 1
Honor Code 1
Lasker, Mary 1
League of Women Voters of the Williamsburg Area Records 1
National Cancer Institute (U.S.) 1
Nichol, Gene R., 1951- 1
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture 1
Paschall, Davis Young, 1911-2001 1
Rawls Byrd School (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Republican Party (U.S.) 1
Richmond Times-Dispatch (Va.) 1
Schmidt, Benno C., 1913- 1
Travis House (Williamsburg, Va.) 1
Virginia State Senate 1
Zubrod, C. G 1

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It's been a loooooong while since I wrote. So today I started writing and I came up with this post. Come to find out I had already started writing about this topic before but never quite finished it. So I combined key points from both writing sessions and here we are.
For those out there that may think otherwise I'm here to finally confirm it. Yes it is possible, very possible to be happy yet not content with what it is you have. It may be a situation, job, goal, aspiration, or whatever it is on this here place we call earth. The bottom line is you can be happy yet not content.
A good analogy to use here is the great John Wooden's description of what excellence is. This is the coach that led a team through a 'perfect' season. They didn't lose a single game from beginning to the last buzzer in the championship game. Yet he still thinks that team wasn't perfect. Why you ask? Because there isn't such a thing as perfect. Wooden believed that true perfection is going out everyday and giving everything you had to achieve this said perfection and even when it seems like it's perfect, you come back the next day and try to outdo yourself because surely you can do better.
Now back to happiness and contentment and how it relates. You can be happy with your job and still want a promotion. You can pitch a no hitter but you can do it better with more strike outs. In Jordan's case (another basketball example) you can win a championship and want to come back and do it again but with a better run. You can be happy as a parent but that doesn't mean you can't do better.
At the end of the day you can always do better because there no such thing as perfect.
Final basketball analogy and I'm done. In a basketball game Jordan dunked on a guard on the opposing team. One of the fans was mad and tried heckling Jordan saying "why don't you pick on someone your own size?" A couple of possessions later Jordan proceeds to dunk on the center on the opposing team who was about seven feet tall. On his trot back he tells the heckling fan "was that big enough for you?"...how does this relate you ask? I think it epitomizes this drive to outdo yourself when you're happy. Jordan was great, he knew he was great and showed it once more with that dunk. The fan challenged him to do better and he did.
As an individual, as good as it may be to have someone in your corner pushing you, you also have to have that personal drive to outdo yourself and be better even if you're happy and appreciative of the current situation you find yourself in.
I am currently reading the book Relentless by Tim Grover. One of the key messages that I've gotten from the book so far is that Cleaners (the best of the best at what they do) compete with THEMSELVES. They are constantly trying to outdo THEMSELVES. Not any one else, not the competition, but themselves. Why? Because they are their own competition. In competing with themselves they reach new heights. When they get there, they celebrate, enjoy the moment and then it's back to work to outdo themselves one more time.
So I conclude with...be happy, be content, but always strive to outdo yourself.


There is a never-ending debate regarding the first species to set foot on the planet and history books have been a little force to reckon within proving various claims. Apparently, America was a no exemption to disputes but a recent study conducted by a team of scientists revealed that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first Americans settlers stepped in the region.
The most accepted evidence published testifying the existence of people in the continent is believed to have been discovered 15 000 years ago. As per reports from New York Times, a new research published in the journal Nature supported the idea that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first American settlers to reach the continent as fossil bones of a mastodon were excavated at a coastal site in San Diego, California.
Based on the Newscientist, archaeologists led to the conclusion that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first Americans settlers after mastodon bone fossils were actually skeletons with fragments of bones and teeth that were smashed and broken. Experts further discussed that these smashed bones cannot be broken apart by just animals, so early humans may be responsible for this as they made built tools and raw materials.
These found fossils could not make any sense until the research team tested the age of the fossils using the uranium-thorium isotope, which resulted in findings that these bones aged 131 000 years. Team member Richard Fullagar quickly noted that these could be from Denisovans or what is commonly known as Neanderthals. From the results, the team arrived at a consensus conclusion that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first American settlers, who traveled from Siberia to North America using land bridges.
As expected, the recent findings that Neanderthals, not humans, were the first American settlers in the continent, had received mixed reactions from other archaeologists with some raising their eyebrows about the result. Vance Holliday, an archaeologist from the University of Arizona, questioned that shreds of evidence only showed that fossils "could have been broken by humans," not "could only be broken by humans."


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Wayne Douglas Legursky II (born June 9, 1986) is a former American football center. He was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Marshall.

Legursky has also played for the Buffalo Bills and San Diego Chargers.

High school career
He played at Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia. The 2003 Hunt Award Winner as the best lineman in the state of West Virginia, was awarded to Legursky. On September 4, 2009, Legursky was inducted to the Woodrow Wilson Football Hall Of Fame.

College career
He set 2 Marshall weight room records for the squat (705 lbs.) and the hang clean (430 lbs.) as a three-year starter at Marshall.

Professional career

Pittsburgh Steelers
Legursky signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent on April 28, 2008. He was released on June 28 but re-signed the following day. Legursky was released by the team during final cuts on August 30, but re-signed to the team's practice squad on October 1 after guard Kendall Simmons was placed on injured reserve.

Legursky replaced Pouncey during the Steelers's 24-19 AFC Championship Game win on January 23, 2011. Legursky started his very first game at center in Super Bowl XLV due to Pro Bowl rookie Maurkice Pouncey's ankle injury. Although Legursky fumbled a snap to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on the goal line resulting in a Jets safety, he helped RB Rashard Mendenhall run for a playoff career-high 121 yards and one touchdown. The Steelers lost to the Green Bay Packers 31–25 in Super Bowl XLV. After not being re-signed by the Steelers after the 2010–2011 season, Legursky became an unrestricted free agent.

Buffalo Bills
On June 5, 2013, Legursky signed with the Buffalo Bills.

San Diego Chargers
On September 11, 2014, Legursky signed with the San Diego Chargers. He replaced Nick Hardwick, who had been injured and out for the rest of the season.

Pittsburgh Steelers (second stint)
On August 25, 2015, it was announced that the Pittsburgh Steelers had re-signed Legursky. He was released on September 5, 2015 but re-signed the next day after Maurkice Pouncey was placed on injured reserve.

References

External links
Marshall Thundering Herd bio
Pittsburgh Steelers bio
San Diego Chargers bio

1986 births
Living people
American football centers
American football offensive guards
Buffalo Bills players
Marshall Thundering Herd football players
Sportspeople from Beckley, West Virginia
Pittsburgh Steelers players
Players of American football from West Virginia
San Diego Chargers players
Sportspeople from Frankfurt
Woodrow Wilson High School (Beckley, West Virginia) alumni

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Babe Ruth's transfer contract realises $2.3m
Babe Ruth's transfer contract from the Red Sox to the Yankees led an auction at Lelands with a final bid of $2.3m.
The lot was consigned from the collection of actor Charlie Sheen.
Babe Ruth was the greatest player of his generation
Ruth's move from Boston to New York in 1919 is a seismic moment in baseball history.
It has to go down as one of the worst decisions ever taken by the management of a sports team.
The Bambino would go on to revolutionise the sport, bringing the crowds in their thousands to the ailing Yankee Stadium.
With his help, the Yankees would dominate baseball for years.
Sheen acquired the lot for the relatively small sum of $150,000 during the 1990s, resulting in a significant appreciation in value.
Lelands commented in the run-up to the sale: "This is…akin to some of the great documents in the history of our country.
"The Declaration of Independence, Lincoln's Draft of the Gettysburg Address or Albert Einstein's 'Theory of Relativity' Papers."
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This is the Yankees' copy.
By contrast, the one belonging to the Red Sox sold for $996,000 in 2004.
We suspect we may see that one come to auction within the next few months.
The American League version is thought to be hidden away in an archive and is unlikely to appear on the market.
Also auctioning from Sheen's collection at the July 1 sale was Ruth's 1927 World Series ring. It sold for $2.1m.
A 1920 Babe Ruth Yankees jersey sold for $4.4 million in 2012 - a record for sports memorabilia.
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Avi Avital's Bach
Harald Hoffmann
Avi Avital
The mandolin virtuoso talks with host Brian McCreath about the rich musical environment of his childhood, what led him to the mandolin, and the role Bach's music plays in his artistic life.
Sinfonias (Three-Part Inventions): No. 12 in A, BWV 798; No. 13 in A minor, BWV 799; No. 1 in C, BWV 787 - Till Fellner
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (translation) - Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (orig. for flute): IV. Allegro - Avi Avital, mandolin; Ophira Zakai, theorbo; Ira Givol, cello
Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 - Avi Avital, mandolin; Shalev Ad-El, harpsichord; Ophira Zakai, theorbo; Chamber Academy Potsdam
Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, BWV 228 (translation) - Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Hear the complete interview with Avi Avital, recorded in 2012:
Avi Avital interview
See Avi Avital perform in GBH's Fraser Performance Studio:
EPISODE TRANSCRIPT:
Avi Avital The conservatory in our town had a mandolin orchestra. And I joined them because one of my neighbors played the mandolin. And I got curious about it. And I went once to see it. And then I said, this is what I want to do also after school.
Brian McCreath Avi Avital has come a long way since that boyhood fascination with the mandolin. His international artistic career takes him in all sorts of directions. But one composer remains at the foundation of it all.
Avi Avital plays – and talks about – Bach's music, coming up on The Bach Hour.
Hello, I'm Brian McCreath; welcome to The Bach Hour from WCRB, Classical Radio Boston. One of the luxuries of my job is occasional encounters with extraordinary musicians, just as they're beginning to carve out their presence in the seemingly impenetrable thicket of the world's concert stages. And along the way, it's an extra pleasure to find someone completely at ease with who they are, where they're from, and where they're headed. That was the case when I met mandolinist Avi Avital in 2012, when he came through Boston for the first time. You'll hear our conversation and his own take on Bach later in the hour.
Also on the program are two pieces from a set of works that conductor John Eliot Gardiner considers to be "the most perfect, and in some ways, the most hypnotic [of Bach's] works." They're motets, and you'll find a translation of them from Boston's Emmanuel Music at Classical WCRB dot org. That's where you'll also find a video of Avi Avital in our Fraser Performance Studio. Again that's all at Classical WCRB dot org.
In the meantime, here is pianist Till Fellner, with three of Bach's Sinfonias, or Three-Part Inventions, here on The Bach Hour.
[MUSIC – BWV 797, BWV 796]
Pianist Till Fellner, with Bach's Three-Part Inventions in A major, A minor and C major.
Those Three-Part Inventions were written mainly as a teaching tool, like so many of Bach's solo keyboard works. Another set of works meant for training young musicians are the six motets Bach wrote over the course of many years. But that's not the only thing behind these choral pieces.
They were written for funeral. And yet, while they take on the existential themes you might expect, they're also infused with an energy and verve that you might find surprising. They reflect a joyful celebration of the passing of a soul to the afterlife.
That's certainly the case with Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, or The Spirit gives aid to our weakness, a short piece written in 1729 for the funeral of the headmaster of the St. Thomas School in Leipzig.
It begins with an airy, soprano-dominated line evoking that first noun, Geist, or what many would translate now as "Holy Spirit." [pause for drop in] After a bracing, strengthening fugue, it ends with a quietly confident, reflective chorale on the words "Lord, through your strength prepare us … so that we might battle here nobly, pressing towards you through death and life." [pause for drop in]
Remember, you can find a complete translation of this motet from Boston's Emmanuel Music at Classical WCRB dot org.
Here is a performance of Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, or The Spirit gives aid to our weakness. John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir, here on The Bach Hour.
[MUSIC – BWV 226]
John Eliot Gardiner first encountered the Bach's motets when he was a boy soprano. He says that, by age 12, he knew the treble parts for all of them more or less by heart. Those early sonic imprints, followed by many years of living with these works are at the heart of this performance of the motet Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, or The Spirit gives aid to our weakness, with Gardiner directing his Monteverdi Choir.
If you have a sonic image that comes to mind when you hear the name "Bach," chances are that it's along the lines of a solo violin, or a pipe organ, or perhaps a choir. One of the less likely instruments would be, I'm guessing, the mandolin. That may change now, though.
Avi Avital is a champion for his chosen instrument, one that's more likely to be found – in this country – in a bluegrass band than in a classical music concert.
For Avital, though, these manufactured categories of music just don't hold much water, and you can trace that approach back to his earliest years, growing up in his hometown of Beer Sheva, in Israel.
Avi Avital As a kid, I would still go with my father to the synagogue every Saturday morning, and that was a Moroccan synagogue. So all the melodies, all the liturgy was Moroccan Jewish style. And that is the sound of my childhood, I think.
Brian McCreath So how is it that as a young boy, you ended up with a mandolin in your hands?
Avi Avital Yeah, that's an interesting story. I mean, it's quite by a coincidence. The conservatory in our town, the little music school where kids would go after elementary school and high school, had a mandolin orchestra. A youth mandolin orchestra. So imagine 40 kids playing mandolin from 8 to 18, something like that.
Brian McCreath I can only imagine. That's quite a sight to put it in my mind there.
Avi Avital And I joined them because one of my neighbors actually in Be'er Sheva played the mandolin. It was one of these, like, building apartments where all the doors are open and all the, your neighbors are more close than your relatives, even. And everyone is in everyone's house. It's like, it was a really beautiful atmosphere back then. And so one of my neighbors, who was also a very good friend of mine, played the mandolin. And so he went to these mandolin orchestra rehearsals every Friday. And I got curious about it. And I went once to see it. And then I said, this is what I want to do also after school.
Brian McCreath Avital's initial enthusiasm quickly turned into serious ability, and he ended up studying in Italy, the spiritual home of the mandolin. Along the way, along with all the folk music, Moroccan Jewish liturgical music, and Italian baroque masters like Vivaldi, the music of one particular composer continued to provide a foundation for Avital. So much so that the music by this one composer make up his debut album on the Deutsche Grammophon label, released in 2012.
Avi Avital Bach has something in his music which is unique. We all know that, right? It's almost too banal to say. But it's so universal and so absolute that I think it crosses every boundary of instrument. If you hear a Bach piece on any instrument - piano, accordion, you name it - you immediately hear it's Bach. Beyond that, Bach accompanied my life since ever. And that's the thing that I always played as a kid and as a grown up. And most of my concerts somehow includes a Bach piece, whether it's solo or with orchestra or in a chamber setting. And I just love it. So it was very organic for me to choose Bach for the debut album.
[MUSIC – BWV 1034-4]
Brian McCreath That's mandolinist Avi Avital and colleagues, in Avital's first recording for Deutsche Grammophon. That was the finale of Bach's Sonata in E minor, originally for flute.
Another work on the same release is Bach's dramatic D minor concerto. It was originally written for violin – which is a version that's been lost to history – and later re-written for harpsichord, it was even used as the basis for a virtuosic organ solo in the Cantata 146. For Avital, that rich history opens up an opportunity.
Avi Avital I felt that in this concerto, the mandolin is somewhere between the violin and the harpsichord, and it can take the qualities from both kind of philosophies and offer really something new. So, what I was trying to create is a fresh sound. I mean, personally, I remember, literally, when the seed was planted to make this recording. It was just maybe five years ago, before even I lived in Berlin. And I was there for a concert tour and I was looping this concerto on my iPod, like, for hours. The whole trip was this D minor concerto. I kind of rediscovered it. That was the soundtrack of the whole week. And then I said, Wow, I have to play this piece of music.
Brian McCreath And here is mandolinist Avi Avital, with Chamber Academy Potsdam, in the Concerto in D minor, here on The Bach Hour.
[MUSIC – BWV 1052]
J.S. Bach's Concerto in D minor, originally for violin, later arranged in versions for harpsichord and for organ, and here played by mandolin virtuoso Avi Avital, with Chamber Academy Potsdam.
You can hear my entire conversation with Avi Avital at our website, Classical WCRB dot org, where you'll also find a video of Avital performing in our Fraser studio. Again, that's all at Classical WCRB dot org.
Let's return now to Bach's motets, specifically Fürchte dich nicht. Like the motet you heard earlier, it begins with a light musical footprint, with words from the divine to reassure the believer: "Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God." The second half of that phrase is driven home with repetition, which you'll hear as the choir sings, over and over, "weiche nicht." [pause] The choir shifts about mid-way through the piece to take a joyful but meditative tone for the response of the believer before a concluding, forceful restatement of assurance from the voice of the divine. [pause]
find a complete translation of this motet from Boston's Emmanuel Music at Classical WCRB dot org.
Here is Fürchte dich nicht. John Eliot Gardiner leads the Monteverdi Choir, here on The Bach Hour.
Bach's motet Fürchte dich nicht, ich bin bei dir, or Fear not, for I am with you, in a concert performance in London by the Monteverdi Choir and their founder and director, John Eliot Gardiner.
Remember, you can hear this program again on demand when you visit Classical WCRB dot org, where you can also hear the 24/7 Bach Channel.
Thank you for joining me today, and thanks also to audio engineer Antonio Oliart Ros. I'm Brian McCreath, and I'll hope to have your company again next week here on The Bach Hour.
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No Longer Inevitable Or Invincible
People have long speculated that Bill Richardsons' floundering presidential bid only served the purpose of making him a viable VP option for Hillary Clinton. Last night, however, he may have damaged those prospects -- while potentially improving them for another potential primary winner. Richardson instructed his caucusers to support Barack Obama if he fails the viability test in any precinct, rather than with Hillary (via Memeorandum):
Gov. Bill Richardson's campaign is expected to direct their supporters to caucus for Sen. Barack Obama in the second round of voting at Thursday's caucuses in precincts where he is not viable. Two sources familiar with the plan told Iowa Independent that the New Mexico Governor's organizers have been instructed to direct supporters to Obama in the places where they fail to reach the 15% threshold for viability.
Richardson, whose poll numbers in Iowa have hovered near 10% since June, may need a solid fourth-place finish in the caucuses to continue his campaign. And he is best served by directing support away from former Sen. John Edwards, who consistently polls between him and the two national front-runners, Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, in national and early state polls.
But Richardson's modest gains from diverting second-choice support away from Edwards may be eclipsed by Obama's potential success on caucus night, should everything go as planned. If Richardson's field organization manages to direct a significant number of supporters to Obama, it could be enough to win him the Iowa Caucuses.
Allahpundit at Hot Air notices the disconnect between the VP strategy as well. The Iowa Independent doesn't mention it at all, although they propose that a Hillary loss helps Richardson in New Hampshire. Perhaps, but he's not going to be the first-order beneficiary of a Hillary loss; that will be Obama.
This looks like an extension of the VP strategy, only with Obama as the headliner rather than Hillary. Richardson sees writing on the wall for Hillary's nomination, and he wants to partner with the candidate he sees as the winning nominee. And this partnership would make sense; it would give an Obama general-election bid a lot more heft in terms of experience, both in foreign policy and in executive management. It would portend a Cheney-like vice-presidency for Obama, at least in his first term, as Richardson's connections to the bureaucracies in State, Energy, and Congress would threaten to overwhelm the neophyte Obama.
Most of all, it shows that the vaunted invincibility of Hillary Clinton has dissipated entirely. If Richardson feels comfortable enough to abandon the Clintons -- or more likely, compelled to do so -- then the rest of the Democratic Party may not be far behind.
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Gov. Bill Richardson's campaign is expected to direct their supporters to caucus for Sen. Barack Obama in the second round of voting at Thursday's caucuses in precincts where he is not viable. Two sources familiar with the plan told Iowa Independent that the New Mexico Governor's organizers have been instructed to direct supporters to Obama in the places where they fail to reach the 15% threshold for viability. Richardson, whose poll numbers in Iowa have hovered near 10% since June, may need a solid fourth-place finish in the caucuses to continue his campaign. And he is best served by directing support away from former Sen. John Edwards, who consistently polls between him and the two national front-runners, Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton, in national and early state polls. But Richardson's modest gains from diverting second-choice support away from Edwards may be eclipsed by Obama's potential success on caucus night, should everything go as planned. If Richardson's field organization manages to direct a significant number of supporters to Obama, it could be enough to win him the Iowa Caucuses.
Allahpundit at Hot Air notices the disconnect between the VP strategy as well. The Iowa Independent doesn't mention it at all, although they propose that a Hillary loss helps Richardson in New Hampshire. Perhaps, but he's not going to be the first-order beneficiary of a Hillary loss; that will be Obama. This looks like an extension of the VP strategy, only with Obama as the headliner rather than Hillary. Richardson sees writing on the wall for Hillary's nomination, and he wants to partner with the candidate he sees as the winning nominee. And this partnership would make sense; it would give an Obama general-election bid a lot more heft in terms of experience, both in foreign policy and in executive management. It would portend a Cheney-like vice-presidency for Obama, at least in his first term, as Richardson's connections to the bureaucracies in State, Energy, and Congress would threaten to overwhelm the neophyte Obama. Most of all, it shows that the vaunted invincibility of Hillary Clinton has dissipated entirely. If Richardson feels comfortable enough to abandon the Clintons -- or more likely, compelled to do so -- then the rest of the Democratic Party may not be far behind.
Ed Morrissey has blogged at Captain's Quarters since 2003, and has a daily radio show at BlogTalkRadio, where he serves as Political Director. Called "Captain Ed" by his readers, Ed is a father and grandfather living in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, a native Californian who moved to the North Star State because of the weather.
Another Great Mention Of BTR
I can't help it -- I love it when we get attention from the press. Reuters and CNet give us a nice plug in an article also linked at Huffington Post. It also mentions me, although it misses the name of my radio show, Heading Right Radio. Give it a read!
Jon Swift Made A List
The satirical blogger, Jon Swift, has his list of the best posts for 2007 -- as selected by the bloggers themselves. Be sure to check out the extensive list, including one from Captain's Quarters!
Who Is Raul Baduel?
Fausta takes a look at the "most interesting man in Venezuela", a former Chavez ally turned opponent over Hugo's attempted coup by referendum. If you haven't heard of Raul Baduel before, you should acquaint yourself with him now.
No Libel In The Blogosphere?
Picking up on a paper written by Glenn "Instapundit" Reynolds, Shaun Mullen talks about libel in the blogosphere, and why almost no legal action has ever been attempted against bloggers. Shaun has personal experience in this regard, and he has an excellent take on Glenn's piece. My first thought -- how many lawyers would take a case for the kind of money one would expect to get from a blogger?
The Tyrant Is Not Amused
So says Michael Stickings of The Reaction, one of the few liberal bloggers to see the threat from Hugo Chavez to liberty and regional security. His referendum on dictatorship has proven rather unpopular, threatening an embarrassing loss at the polls for the man who declares his commitment to socialism in the most dire terms possible. Read all of Michael's excellent update on the December 2nd poll.
Watcher's Council Nominations
It feels like years since I've linked to the Watcher of Weasels nominations for the best blog posts of the week on national security -- and it probably has been years, now that I think about it. Check it out this week, as the Council has been kind enough to nominate one of my posts.
The Old Woman
Pat Buchanan has a new book out, Day of Reckoning, which I have not yet had a chance to review. According to Rick Moran, I needn't bother. Buchanan informs his readers that America has passed into twilight. Moran refers to Buchanan as an "old woman". Don't miss this post.
Norman Podhoretz Responds
Accused of using a manufactured quote by Andrew Sullivan, Norman Podhoretz responds rather forcefully at Commentary's blog, Contentions. Podhoretz notes that Sullivan and The Economist both seem to miss the fact that the Iranians often edit Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's speeches for their own political benefit. Amir Taheri, who published the quote on which Podhoretz relied, produces the source material for the remarks by Khomeini eschewing Iranian nationalism for Islamist triumphalism. Will Sullivan apologize?
Fred Thompson On The War
Pajamas Media has a great interview with Fred Thompson as the first of its conversations with Republican candidates on the war. Thompson has one of his best web appearances in this entry -- sharp, engaged, articulate, and resolute. He talks about the fallacy of believing a nation at war can have both guns and butter, and what it takes to win a war. Don't miss it!
New Pajamas Media Podcast On BlogWorld Expo!
Don't miss Pajamas Media's new XM show, PJM Political, now available for podcast and download at PJM's site. I'm one of the featured segments, as well as Glenn Reynolds, Hugh Hewitt, James Lileks, Ed Driscoll, and more. Be sure to check it out!
Captain's Quarters Makes The Finals -- Twice!
I've been honored to be named a finalist in two different categories of the 2007 Weblog Awards -- Best Blog and Best Conservative Blog! Be sure to cast your votes in all catgories, and to use the opportunity to discover some new and worthy voices ....
UPDATE: We finished in third place for Best Conservative Blog and fourth in the overall Best Blog competition. Thanks to everyone who voted for Captain's Quarters, and I hope you enjoyed a new blog or two during the effort!
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The Imperial Propaganda Machine
It's important to avoid fake news, Russian media or conspiracy theorists. We must only trust those reputable news outlets who tell us that neoliberalism is working fine, that US foreign policy is perfectly sane, and that protests are only happening in Hong Kong and nowhere else.
The difference between state media and western media is that in state media the government controls what information the public is given about what's going on in the world in order to prevent political dissent, whereas in western media this is instead done by billionaires.
Any attempt to understand the world which fails to take into account the fact that extremely powerful people are pouring massive amounts of money and resources into manipulating your understanding of the world will necessarily result in a distorted worldview.
Whenever news media reports unsubstantiated assertions from anonymous sources in government agencies, just mentally insert "Here is something the government told us to tell you:" into the beginning of the report, because that's all they're doing.
Russia and China haven't become any more of a threat to you than they were three years ago, yet you think about them many times more often than you did back then. That's propaganda at work, FYI.
All the establishment loyalists you argue with are ever really saying is, "No! The TV would NEVER lie to me!"
Sometimes all I can do is stare in awe at the power and efficiency of the imperial propaganda machine. When I first started this gig in 2016 Assange had way more support, from Berners, Greens, Trumpers, all across the spectrum. Now a large amount of that support has been eroded.
For Trumpers Assange is being extradited for his own good to bring down the Deep State. For liberals he's a Russian asset. For leftists he's a rapist and fascist enabler. There's a narrative for everyone, no matter where you are on the political spectrum. It's really impressive.
I love alternative media, but we're fucking idiots sometimes. You never see MSM doing our job for us, but we do their job for them all the time by attacking other alternative media figures, circulating CIA/CNN narratives about targeted nations and targeted individuals, etc..
The only reason to ever do mainstream media's work for them is if you're looking for a job in MSM. If you actually want to participate in alternative media it's your job to make things harder for establishment narrative managers, not easier. They get paid enough to do their own work.
Dominant power structures are corrupt beyond the possibility of salvation and humanity is driving itself toward miriad cataclysmic disasters all at once, yet many are more worried about those who share their basic ideology but have slightly different opinions. This is stupid.
There's no separation between the personal struggle to free yourself from untruth and the collective struggle to free the world from untruth, in the same way there's no separation between an antibody attacking an individual pathogen and the entire body recovering from a sickness.
Anyone who wants Silicon Valley oligarchs to censor the flow of information in any way is a drooling idiot.
MSM's official position appears to be that there is no ideological difference whatsoever between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, other than the fact that you have permission to elect Warren but not Sanders. Apart from that, though, they're exactly the same.
There's a difference between Democrats and Republicans, in the sense that there's a difference between the jab and the cross in boxing. The jab is often used to set up the more damaging cross, but they're both wielded by the same boxer, and they're both punching you in the face.
The "feud" between mainstream Republican pundits and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fits perfectly within the Overton window of establishment-approved debate, and can therefore be safely ignored.
Remember when voters in 2016 were like "can we please have even one major candidate who doesn't have something seriously wrong with them?", and the entire US political system was all "LOL nope," and then nobody burned that system to the ground and flushed it down the toilet? Good times.
War is the worst thing in the world. It's worse than economic injustice. It's worse than the war on drugs. It's worse than racism, xenophobia, homophobia and sexism. Those things are bad. War is worse. The priorities of leftists and progressives should reflect this, as should the priorities of anyone who claims to care about their fellow humans.
Imagine someone coming up to you with a money jar saying "Excuse me, we're raising funds to build another military base in Somalia, would you care to make a donation?" No one would ever knowingly put money toward such an endeavor. Yet taxpayers do this unwittingly all the time.
Nobody comes out of the womb demanding to go to war. Left unmolested it would never occur to a normal human brain that strangers on the other side of the planet need to have explosives dropped on them by overpriced airplanes. The problem isn't democracy, it's propaganda.
Back when the wealthy had less wealth and ordinary citizens could support a family on a single income, the rich had a concept called "noblesse oblige" meaning their status came with obligations to society. Now the wealth gap is much greater, and the rich feel no obligation to anyone.
Less contempt for imaginary "Putin apologists", more contempt for actual billionaire apologists.
The narrative that Gabbard is preparing a third party run is revealing, in that there's zero evidence for it whatsoever yet they keep bringing it up. It's literally just something pundits started saying in an authoritative tone of voice, and it was magically transformed into accepted orthodoxy. It's a great illustration of how effective the establishment narrative managers are; they can create the illusion of a fact out of thin air just by saying something over and over again in an assertive tone.
Here's a crazy thought: If "the troops" are constantly feeling the need to commit suicide after doing what they've been ordered to do while deployed, maybe what they're doing over there isn't so great and noble after all.
It sure is cute how we've known for years that the US and its allies armed actual, literal terrorists in Syria with the goal of effecting regime change, yet the only Syria controversy we're ever allowed to acknowledge is whether there are an adequate number of US troops there.
I'm still tripping on how we've been fed all these wildly different narratives about why the US needs a military presence in Syria, from humanitarianism to Kurds to ISIS to Iran to Russia to chemical weapons to oil, yet this isn't immediately extremely suspicious to everyone.
I mean, if some guy was constantly calling me up and giving me a whole range of wildly different reasons why he needs my bank account number, I'd immediately assume that what he actually wants is my bank account number, you know?
So many of spiritual-type people's highest values would work fine in a world without sociopaths. Forgiveness, humility, trust, seeing people's basic innocence, etc, they work fine until you run into a manipulator with no empathy. In this world they require much more nuanced use.
Things are getting stranger and stranger. Things getting stranger and stranger is what it looks like when long-fixed patterns begin to dissolve. For a species that has been on a trajectory toward self-destruction, patterns dissolving can only be a good thing. We'll win this.
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The NHS app is now available to all patients in England, NHS England has announced.
The announcement, made today, comes after a 'successful' pilot with 30 practices across England.
NHS England said it will be listening to GPs feedback on the app as more practices join the service – which allows patients to book and manage GP appointments, view their medical record and order repeat prescription.
However, although all patients can now download the app, most practices have not yet joined the system.
NHS England said it expects most practices to go live between April and June this year, with full roll-out completed by July.
'Until the GP practice is online patients will be able to use the NHS App to check their symptoms using NHS 111 online and the health A-Z on the NHS website,' it said.
The NHS has introduced some changes to the app after testing was conducted between September and December last year. This includes improving the online registration process, how GP appointment information is presented, and changing the information patients see before they access their GP medical record.
This is comes after at least 60% of GPs, in a survey to 1,000 last year, said they expected an increase in the number of patients requesting face to face appointments after the app is launched.
Last year, a freedom of information request revealed an update to the app in 2019 could enable GPs to hold video consultations with their patients - a service that the NHS long-tem plan last week promised.
Which app is this? I've seen three or four; we're not using any yet, and in any event the NHS app was only slated to work with EMIS practices.
It is a pretty damning indictment that the entire NHS Digital quango have cooked up an app which offers *no interoperability at all* when that is literally their job.
Am personally enthralled by what IT can perform. But yet to see a robot doing something as simple as walking, an activity we all take for granted (never mind being able to participate in 'Strictly etc' or gymnastics). Yet the promoters of this technology figure that higher intellectual functions like patient interactions and diagnosis is a simple algorithm?
I've just downloaded the app. Useless. If this is the best NHSE can come up with, they should hang their heads in shame. 0/10. Mrs Beeton gives better advice. First published 1861.
I've sent some constructive feedback to this address but I'm not holding my breath for a response. It'll probably be processed by an app.


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Q: how to hide global variable of Amplitude Does anyone use Amplitude?
I just integrate this analysis tool in my side project.
I follow the resource of how to setup,
but later, I found out that I could access variable Amplitude and do logEvent in my console.log on my website.
It would not be ok if others can do the same thing and will pollute my analysis
data with no doubt
Any idea to hide a global variable which is loaded async ?
Thanks in advance

A: As someone from working @Amplitude I can say we haven't really seen any attempts to pollute analytics by sending events from the client side. Any data pollution issues I've seen tend to be customers code related.
There isn't any really effective way to stop this I can think of and as mentioned above other tracking tools have the same issue.
That if you are a free tier user you can block events/properties in ingestion https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/235649848-Settings within Amplitude
If you are paid user with Taxonomy you can do more advanced rule-based sanitation & alerts  https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001477311-Taxonomy
Or you set automatic monitoring messages to fire based on a set confidence interval of specific event volume or incorrect event content if you have insights. https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001764612#alert-conditions

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← NACCHO Aboriginal Health #SocialDeterminants #refreshtheCTGRefresh @KenWyattMP announces 4 year$18.6 million evaluation into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary healthcare : Designed for faster progress in #Closingthegap in health equality.
NACCHO Aboriginal Health #refreshtheCTGRefresh 2 of 2 : Download the #COAG 9 page statement on the #ClosingTheGap refresh →
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and peak bodies welcome #COAG announcement to a formal partnership approach to the #ClosingtheGap Refresh #RefreshtheCTGRefresh
" COAG's commitment to a genuine formal partnership approach between the government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the Closing the Gap strategy is a welcome step in the right direction
This is something that we've long campaigned for – because involving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in decisions that affect their lives will lead to far better outcomes.
We as a sector are looking forward to working with the Prime Minister and COAG to negotiate and agree the refreshed framework, targets and action plans which will be finalised through the committee by mid-2019.
We are pleased that the Prime Minister and COAG have finally recognised that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people must play an integral part in the making of the decisions that affect their lives – and it's the only way forward to closing the gap."
NACCHO Chief Executive Officer Pat Turner AM see COAG full communique Part 1 below
Pictures above and below taken in PM office last Thursday 6 December meeting the peaks
Download full COAG communique HERE
COAG Communique 5 Pages 12 December
The National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) has today welcomed COAG's announcement to a formal partnership approach to the Closing the Gap Refresh.
Following the tireless campaigning from NACCHO and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies across Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week agreed to a full partnership approach between Indigenous people and governments to agree the Closing the Gap framework and targets and to put it to COAG for their consideration.
Before the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak bodies intervened, COAG was due to settle a new Closing the Gap framework and targets without the full involvement and agreement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through their representatives.
The details of formal partnership between COAG and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be settled in February 2019. It will include a Ministerial Council on Closing the Gap with expanded membership to include representation from COAG and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through their peak bodies.
Part 1 Closing the Gap COAG Communique
Press Conference at close of COAG today
COAG is listening to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and their peak and governing bodies. Leaders are committed to ensuring that the finalisation of targets and implementation of the Closing the Gap framework occurs through a genuine, formal partnership between the Commonwealth, state and territory governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through their representatives.
This formal partnership must be based on mutual respect between parties and an acceptance that direct engagement and negotiation is the preferred pathway to productive and effective outcomes. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must play an integral part in the making of the decisions that affect their lives – this is critical to closing the gap.
Today, COAG issued a statement outlining a strengths based framework, which prioritises intergenerational change and the aspirations and priorities of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples across all Australian communities.
The finalisation of this framework and associated draft targets will be agreed through a formal partnership.
Governments and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representatives will share ownership of, and responsibility for, a jointly agreed framework and targets and ongoing monitoring of the Closing the Gap agenda. This will include an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led three yearly comprehensive evaluation of the framework and progress.
The arrangements of the formal partnership between COAG and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation will be settled by the end of February 2019, and will include a Ministerial Council on Closing the Gap, with Ministers nominated by jurisdictions and representation from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
The framework and draft targets will be finalised through this Council by mid-2019, ahead of endorsement by COAG. A review of the National Indigenous Reform Agreement will be informed by the framework.
Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition
COAG acknowledged the release of the Report of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition and endorsed the concept of co-design recommended by the Committee. COAG looks forward to discussing the work on co-design at its next meeting.
By nacchomedia • Posted in Close the Gap, Closing the Gap, COAG, NACCHO CEO


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Amnesty International Local Group 15
Individual At Risk/Prisoner of Conscience
Our Individual at Risk coordinator brings updates and actions to our meetings.
We are now taking on the case of Bozorghmer Yorov from Tajikistan. a human rights lawyer and member of the opposition Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan. He was sentenced to 23 years for representing members of the banned Islamic Revival Party (IRPT).
Our last two cases: Magai Matiop Ngong in South Sudan who was 15 when he was sentenced to death for murder after an accidental shooting; he was removed from death row July 29, 2020 and released from prison on March 22, 2022. We then advocated for Maria Ressa, a Filipino-American journalist and author who faced lawsuits for articles critical of Philippine President Duterte. We decided to move on from her case, noting her high visibility and international support, as well as her freedom to travel to Norway in December, 2021, to accept her Nobel peace prize.
The Urgent Action Network
Our Urgent Action coordinator writes an urgent action letter every month to bring to our meeting, when we discuss the background and features of the specific case. We sign, address, and send the letter.
Anyone can join the Urgent Action Network and participate in this important work.
Community Partnership and Dignity in Asylum
Community Partnership is a new Amnesty International program to help assist refugees and asylum seekers to reach and settle in a safe country. Amnesty Group 15 has entered into a Community Partnership with Dignity in Asylum (DIAS), a local non-proft organization providing free housing and community support to people seeking asylum. In addition to providing a room for each supported asylum seeker, DIAS also provides daily meals, transportation to lawyers' and doctors appointments, English classes and overall caring and comforting support, which are all provided by volunteers from the local community. The Community Partnership agreement formalizes Group 15's long standing commitment to DIAS, through donations of funds and household supplies and the hosting of fundraising events. In addition, several group members have provided direct volunteer services. For more information and to make donations: https://www.dignityinasylum.org/
We are focusing on immigration related issues and legislation, educating ourselves, connecting with other organizations and groups and advocating for legislation in the Massachusetts legislature and the U.S. Congress.
Reform the Use of Solitary Confinement
We participate in efforts to reform the use of solitary confinement in prisons in Massachusetts. We also support and monitor solitary confinement reform on a national level.
Abolish the Death Penalty
We are active in Amnesty's campaign to end capital punishment. We focus our efforts on the death penalty in the United States. This photo shows Susan Dodd, a member of our group, with the flag on which she embroidered the names of 1437 Americans who have been executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.
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Most notably Maureen McHugh's China Mountain Zhang. In a way, it's surprising that I hadn't read this before, since I loved McHugh's collection After The Apocalypse (it might actually be one of my favorite 2 or 3 story collections), but I know exactly why this one went unread. It's because I picked it up 10 years ago, read the first few pages, and found it boring. Sometimes it's hard for me to overcome that initial impression.
Nonetheless, Jo Walton's take on the book in her essay collection What Makes This Book So Great (which I'm finding to be an invaluable source of recommendations) made me take another look at it, and I'm glad I did. There's not much science fiction like this: SF that's about ordinary people trying to lead ordinary lives–trying to find love and make money and be happy. I thought it was great.
The conceit of the book is that it takes place in a near-future where China is ascendant and the US has undergone a proleterian revolution. What I found most interesting about the book is the delicacy with which it portrayed a China-style mixed economy (part state-controlled and part free-market). Since this sort of economy was pretty new when the book came out (in 1992), it's actually astonishingly prescient.


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UNC football coach Collins receives five-year…
UNC football coach Collins receives five-year contract extension
University of Northern Colorado head football coach Earnest Collins runs his team through warm-ups.
Northern Colorado head coach Earnest Collins Jr. instructs his team against Idaho State during the fourth quarter of Northern Colorado's 52-14 victory in an NCAA college football game in Greeley, Colo., on Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
By Samuel G. Mustari | smustari@greeleytribune.com |
PUBLISHED: March 5, 2016 at 2:50 p.m. | UPDATED: May 13, 2020 at 7:19 a.m.
Earnest Collins Jr. received some good news Friday morning that involved time and money.
The University of Northern Colorado football coach had his contract extended through 2021 at an annual salary of $150,000 – a raise of $26,000 per year.
The school's Board of Trustees approved Collins' new contract Friday at its regular-scheduled meeting.
Collins' new contract goes into effect July 1 and runs until Feb. 28, 2021. It replaces Collins' old contract, which carried an annual salary of $124,000 and was set to run through 2017.
"It's a privilege to represent our university, our program and our fans here at the University of Northern Colorado," Collins said in a news release. "I appreciate (athletic director) Darren Dunn and our administration allowing me to continue to create a winning culture both on and off the field and build a program that will compete with the best in one of the toughest conferences at the FCS level."
Like his two previous contracts, Collins' new pact includes a list of incentives and also explains standard procedures should he vacate his position voluntarily or be fired.
Dunn said Collins' new contract is a reflection of the coach's "tremendous integrity and is building a program that Bears fans can be proud of, both on and off the field.
"We are certainly not satisfied with where we are, but feel last season was another step in the right direction and we expect the progression to continue both on the field and in the classroom."
The Bears were 6-5 last season, their first winning season in 12 years and since moving up from the NCAA Division II level to the NCAA Division I-FCS level. Overall, UNC is 15-41 under Collins.
Collins, a former standout defensive back/special teams performer for the Bears, came to UNC in 2011 from Alcorn State University, where he was head coach.
Along with his salary, he'll also receive the use of a courtesy car and cell phone – which is standard for several UNC head coaches.
He's scheduled to receive 10 bonus payments, which are incentive clauses.
" $15,000 for average home paid attendance of 4,500 per game, per season.
" A $10,000 bonus if his players' annual academic performance is above 940 in the NCAA Academic Performance system.
" If the UNC players achieve a team grade-point average of 2.85 or above after fall and spring semesters, Collins will be awarded a $2,500 bonus.
Since taking over at UNC, Collins' teams have showed great progress in the classroom and improved the team grade-point average from 2.51 to 2.83 this fall, their highest mark since joining the FCS ranks.
" He'll also receive a $10,000 bonus if the Bears record six or more victories in the regular season and an additional $1,000 for each victory above six in a regular season.
" Winning or sharing the Big Sky Conference championship will earn Collins a $5,000 bonus and an additional $5,000 if he's named Big Sky Conference Coach of the Year.
" He'll also receive an additional $5,000 if the Bears play two FBS opponents in a season.
" Qualifying for an FCS playoff game is worth another $5,000.
" The most lucrative bonus will be $20,000 for winning an FCS National Championship.
The contract has the standard clauses that address his duty to hire assistant coaches, who like Collins, will report to athletic director Darren Dunn. It also mentions a responsibility of "treatment of student-athletes" in regard to academic achievements, academic excellence and completion of undergraduate degrees.
Other standard procedures are also outlined in the contract that include reasons for terminating the contract with cause – including the termination of his salary and benefits.
However, if the contract is terminated "without cause" UNC can elect to pay him three months of base salary.
Collins has the right to voluntarily terminate the contract – including taking another job – he will be required to pay the university $37,500.
Other standard elements of the agreement include the athletic department's requirement to participate in fundraising activities and make public appearances at off-campus events required by Dunn.
Collins' pay scale and contract incentives are far from being atop the list with other football coaches in the Big Sky Conference, ranking him sixth.
UNC will play five home games this fall starting with the season opener on Sept. 3 against Rocky Mountain College. The Bears will also host Northern Arizona (Oct. 1), Sacramento State (Oct. 22), North Dakota (Nov. 5) and Montana (Nov. 12).
Samuel G. Mustari