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August 3, 2018 elvagreen123
Love is Inclusive
View of the crowds outside the Lafayette Theater, in Harlem, gathered for a performance by Johnny Hudgins and the Cotton Club Band, New York, 1920s. (Photo by E. Elcha Collection/Anthony Barboza/Getty Images)
Hi there. When I started this blog at the end of 2014 it was to provide a platform for myself as an author. I was writing my first book. A book about my father, Eddie Green. I have since written the book, had it published and even won an award. As Eddie died when I was 3 years old, researching the book allowed me to become acquainted with him and his life in entertainment. What I have learned is that the writing of the book did not mean that I had all of Eddie's story.
Once people read the book they started sending me new information about Eddie. At library presentations people came up and told me stories about Eddie. I've been introduced to people in the magic entertainment venue because Eddie started out as a magician, and I've learned more new stuff. So, I started researching again. In the book I mentioned that Eddie wrote and staged a play titled Playing The Numbers. Just a couple of lines because that was all the information I had. Two weeks ago while reading an old 1920s magazine article I discovered how Eddie was presented with this opportunity.
According to the article, Frank Schiffman, general manager at the time, of the Lafayette Theater, New York, decided to remodel. On June 4, 1925 the theater hardly knew itself when the doors were thrown open for the opening. A new carpet was laid In the lobby. The entire front was scoured, revealing forgotten beauties In the exterior. A new electric lobby display was installed, new flooring was laid on the stage and the Interior repainted. A brand new pipe organ was also installed.
It was decided that Inasmuch as the management was so closely associated with the Apollo Theater which had been so successfully operating for the past year, it was rather natural that a similar policy, somewhat modified, should be given a trial. Therefore Eddie Green who had been an Important comedian in the Apollo cast was commissioned to organize a miniature stock company that each week will present a IS-minute performance that will consist of mutual numbers and burlesque comedy bits. The bits, however, would be revised by Eddie to conform to the special requirements of the neighborhood. the Lafayette Theater reopened Thursday, June 4, with a program of continuous motion pictures and vaudeville.*
LAFAYETTF THEATRE
7th Ave. At 132nd-St.
Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. JUNE 4-5-6,7
WM. de MILLE'S (Cecil's brother, btw) MEN and WOMEN Produced by Paramount AND A Big Vaudeville Bill Including PLAYING THE NUMBERS Written and Staged by EDDIE GREEN With Henrietta Lovelace, Grace Smith, Eugene Pugh, Lorenzo McLane and a Chorus of CREOLE VAMPS Matinees 15c & 25c Eves. 25c, 35cf 50c
Midnight Show Every Friday Performances continuous I p.m. to 12 midnight
THE MOST ELEGANT THEATRE IN HARLEM CATERING TO THE BEST COLORED PATRONAGE
So now I know a bit more of the particulars. Frank Schiffman was also the man who fell in love with Eddie's first movie Dress Rehearsal and made a deal to debut the movie at the Apollo Theater in April of 1939.
I have also learned a bit more about the star of the vaudeville bit, Henrietta Lovelace (sometimes spelled Loveless). I have really had to dig to get information on this lady. Unfortunately, pulling up Black entertainers names from the early 1900s from the internet is not as easy as 1, 2, 3. However, I did find this in the New York Age:
"HENRIETTA LOVELESS Of Washington, D. C, who went to New York with Irvin Miller's Blue Moon early this season, is now on tour with Chappelle and Stinette's Kentucky Sue. They played the Grand Theater in Chicago last week. Miss Loveless graduated from Fisk University in 1921 and studied music and voice culture under Mrs. J. A. Robinson, an Oberlin graduate. She is the wife of Lorenzo McLane, noted comedian, of Montgomery, Ala."
Then there is this: 1924 Elmore Theater "In McLane and Loveless you will see the greatest musical comedy team that has been played in Dixie. Their comedy is clean and of the highest grade; their songs are snappy and the latest numbers. To hear Henrietta Loveless sing "Mammy Loves Her Child," will knock one cold", says J. A. Jackson in the Billboard; and this one: Jack's Cabaret, on Congress St., officially opened for the summer Saturday night, beginning its 20th year as a local entertainment place. Miss Henrietta Loveless, who sings in the Sophie Tucker style, leads this year's floor show.
Henrietta Loveless was born on August 26, 1903 in Polk County, Georgia, USA. She was an actress, known for Murder in Harlem (1935) and The Spider's Web (1927), an Oscar Micheaux film. She died in 1934. Just before she passed away she was the star of the newest Broadway hit Swing Out The News. It was said that "the vehicle gives vent to all that it's name implies—satire and burlesque on all present day affairs, especially The New Deal Administration. It's swift gay, exhilarating. crisp and modern in every way. Rex Ingram, and Henrietta Loveless, playing the father and mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt Tones, the Harlem new-born son, on relief under the F. D. R. New Deal Program really steal the show."
The play itself was supposed to celebrate the fact that there was a change a'comin for the poor and destitute of the country. And the New Deal programs did indeed put millions of Americans immediately back to work or at least helped them to survive, but thousands of blacks were thrown out of work and replaced by whites on jobs where they were paid less than the NRA's wage minimums because some white employers considered the NRA's minimum wage "too much money for Negroes". However, since Blacks felt the sting of the depression's wrath even more severely than Whites they welcomed any help. (Wikipedia) So I am going to continue to "lift" Black entertainers who persevered but seem to have been erased from history.
My father worked his butt off in order to bring himself out of the poverty into which he was born. He was talented and "a regular guy". He got along with people. Even though he lived in one of the most dangerous periods of American history for a Black person.
And, of course, I am going to mention the White people who have been instrumental in helping their Black fellows progress. My father was a ham operator and he spoke to people all over the world. I love that!!!
Thanx, for stopping by!!
*Radio Daily, 1925
Eddie Green, The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer
The Legendary, and Famous, Eddie Green
Well, it's been two years since I published the biography on my father, Eddie Green. During the research period I searched and searched for a physical copy of this movie "What Goes Up". Eddie wrote it, produced it, directed it and starred in it. The movie was made in Palisades, New Jersey in 1941. I am hoping to find it because, of course, it's my father's second movie and also because there is a member of the cast of this movie who has just celebrated her 101 years old birthday and she would love to see the movie one more time. She saw it when it first premiered in 1941 at the Apollo Theater in New York, of course, she and her mother. But not since then.
Last week I FINALLY found mention of the movie being shown at a theater in New York:
WILLIAM AT MONROE – Valerie Hobson THE SEA" Russell Hayden "RIDERS OF THE NORTHLAND" Serial, "OVERLAND MAIL". Chapter 2
Also Eddie Green, Famous Colored Radio Star, in Featurette, "What Goes Up" Buffalo NY Courier Express 1941
The Plaza was located near William and Monroe streets. 42 East 58th St. I believe this is in New York as the ad was in a New York newspaper. The ad itself is located way down in the bottom right hand corner of the newspaper. If you were not looking for it specifically, you probably would have missed it. Of course, sixty years later there is now a restaurant at that location. Still just the fact that I found mention of my father's second movie being shown to an audience is FANTASTIC. And did you notice? The ad says he was "Famous".
The fact that I have met so many people who are willing to take time out of their lives to participate in finding information about Eddie and getting that info to me is a great impetus for me to continue researching my father's life. I was actually looking for news about the fact that Eddie was a magician before he became a comedian and a songwriter and a Old Time Radio star and a movie star. I may have to write a whole 'nother book!!!
Thanks so much, for stopping by.
Book: Eddie Green The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer
April 10, 2017 elvagreen123
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Eddie Green Biography Named 2016 Foreword INDIES Finalist
'Eddie Green: The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer' about legendary Black composer, actor, and filmmaker is recognized by independent publishing book award
ALBANY, Ga. – March 29, 2017 — BearManor Media is pleased to announce that Eddie Green: The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer by Elva Diane Green is a 2016 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards finalist in the Biography (Adult Nonfiction) and Performing Arts & Music (Adult Nonfiction) categories.
Eddie Green: The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer by daughter Elva Diane Green tells the rags-to-riches story of Green's determination to rise above and triumph against all odds to become a pioneering Black filmmaker, and renowned songwriter, composer, radio icon, and movie actor.
"As soon as I heard [Elva] was working on this book, I sought her out to be her publisher," said Ben Ohmart, President of BearManor Media. "It's an important story that deserves telling, and I was determined to be a part of that."
In an era when Black entertainers struggled to gain a foothold in show business, Eddie Green rose from poverty to prominence. Green wrote Roaring Twenties blues standard "A Good Man is Hard to Find," which was recorded by Sophie Tucker, Bessie Smith, Louis Prima, Frank Sinatra, and many others; starred in multiple Vitaphone short films and in 1939 Broadway musical The Hot Mikado; headlined at The Apollo; appeared memorably in two of America's most popular long-running radio series, Amos 'n' Andy and Duffy's Tavern, and rivaled Oscar Micheaux for honors as a pioneering Black filmmaker.
Talent and desire propelled Eddie on stage, over the air, and into films with Louis Armstrong, Lena Horne, Hattie McDaniel, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, and James Baskette (Uncle Remus in Walt Disney's Song of the South), Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, and Louise Beavers.
Foreword INDIES winners will be announced during the 2017 American Library Association Annual Conference in Chicago on June 24, 2017.
Eddie Green: The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer ($31.95, 204 pages, 6″ x 9″, hardcover, ISBN: 978-1593939670 / $21.95, 204 pages, 6″ x 9″, paperback, ISBN: 978-1593939663) is available via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and BearManor Media.
Elva Diane Green is the daughter and biographer of Black filmmaking pioneer and legendary songwriter and composer Eddie Green. She wrote Eddie Green: The Rise of an Early 1900s Black American Entertainment Pioneer to prove to her grandson that a person can succeed no matter the obstacles. Elva currently resides in Los Angeles.
BearManor Media is the award-winning and Pulitzer-nominated press publishes cutting-edge entertainment books, audio books, e-books, CDs, and DVDs on movies, television, radio, theater, animation, and more. Founded in 2001 by Publisher Ben Ohmart, the BearManor Media catalog now features more than 900 outstanding subjects from the obscure to the eminent.
August 21, 2015 elvagreen123
A REAL LAUGH RIOT
Otay. Comes Midnight is the third picture my father made. It is a story about two men (played by Eddie and Jimmie Baskette) who will receive $100 if they stay in Old Man Mose's deserted house overnight in order to dig up his body and get the gold that has been placed under his body, and return it to the rightful owner.
It's got really corny jokes in it such as: 1st person: You know, old man Mose had a million dollars in gold ore. 2nd person: Gold or what?
Supposedly, Eddie filmed this movie in a real haunted house in New Jersey. The older residents of the neighborhood said they had heard weird groans and had seen a pale face pressed against the window. One of the original cast members bowed out because he was too afraid to enter the house.
The movie had a great cast, though.
Jimmie Baskette, who you might remember as "Uncle Remus" or the man who sang "Zip A Dee Doo Da".
And Amanda Randolph. She was the first African-American performer to star in a regularly scheduled network television show, appearing in DuMont's The Laytons. Miss Randolph also starred in "Beulah" in 1953. She also appeared in 71 episodes of "Make Room for Daddy" with Danny Thomas. (Anybody out there remember at least one of these shows?) I found the following information on the net, and it kind of upsets me: Amanda Randolph appeared in a few Oscar Micheaux films. The reason I get upset is also one of the reasons I am writing a book about my father. Eddie made movies with the current stars of his day, the same stars who appeared in Micheaux films and films produced by Whites, yet as far as the media goes, it is as though Eddie and his work with these actors has simply dropped through the floor. I am a champion for my father.
The movie was a short, only twenty-one minutes, but it was a "real laugh-riot."
Eddie, "Harlem's favorite Hollywood comedian" was quoted as saying this about his movie making skills:
"The first thing I try for," he said, "is naturalness. I write my own stories, building them around some incident that has been interesting, but not offensive. Then I select the actors that I think are best suited to the parts, so that they need only be themselves."
The movie had its first showing at the Brooklyn Apollo Theater at 1531 Fulton Avenue. The theater closed in 1965.
On Tuesday afternoon of July 30, 1940, if anyone was looking for a good short movie, according to the Television column, of The New York Sun, you could catch "Comes Midnight" at 3:55 p.m. that afternoon, right after the 3:48 p.m. film "Tour of the World's Fair."
Just before Eddie started making "Comes Midnight", he went to Hollywood from New York to audition for the part of "Pork" in Gone With the Wind. He did not get the part, but, hey, nothing beats a failure but a try, right?
The update on my first try at writing a book is that I now have a 48,061 word manuscript, including title sheet, TOC, dedication, introduction, appendices and bibliography. I'm done, basically, I know I am. I am sending it piecemeal to my brother, who is helping me with editing, and, of course I am proofing also. I will be looking for a "real" editor any day now.
I am still having fun. And I thank you effusively for stopping by and hanging in.
May 4, 2015 elvagreen123
Times Square 1935
EDDIE GREEN SIGNED FOR NBC HOOKUP
Billed on Broadway and elsewhere as an ace black-face comedian, Eddie Green has been signed for twenty-six weeks to co-feature on a bill with Ernest Whitman and Charles Winnenger. The program will be aired every Sunday from 10 o'clock to 11:00 over WEAF NBC national hookup. Nothing new to EG who worked several seasons very successfully with Rudy V., in fact so successfully he was returned 3 times by popular demand. Leaving the Vallee hour a year ago, he worked through a long term contract engagement at the Apollo, where with his original style of getting laughs won an uncountable following. June 22, 1935, Pittsburgh Courier.
The program for which Eddie was signed was "Uncle Charlie's Tent Show". Charles Winninger was "Uncle Charley". Charles Winnenger (May 26, 1884-January 27, 1969), was a stage and film actor, who began in Vaudeville, and became known for his role in a Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II musical "Show Boat" in 1927, 1932 and in film in 1936. Mr. Winninger would go on to appear in over 20 films.
Each Sunday night Uncle
Charley's Tent Show parades into your loudspeaker
amid a blare of parade revelry as the performers meander down
the streets of a designated city and come to a
stop in front of the canvas top which houses their act.
Two of those performers were Eddie Green and Ernest Whitman, who were cast as Sam and Jerry, were the only Negro comedians on a network , according to the August 3, 1935 issue of Radio Guide magazine.
Eddie Green, (left), my father, was at this time, a stage and radio performer, who had performed in Vaudeville, and Ernest Whitman (February 21, 1893-August 5, 1954), was a stage and screen actor who had appeared in a number of films, including "Green Pastures", ", Gone With The Wind", Stormy Weather and "The Lost Weekend".
Eddie and Ernest would team up later and record a song together, and Eddie also went on to Hollywood to join the cast of the Showboat Radio program, starring Charles Winnenger as (Cap'n Henry), see above picture.
It was on the "Show Boat" radio program that my father and Hattie McDaniel (first Black female Oscar winner, for her role in the movie "Gone With The Wind"), performed the comedy skit, "Ulysses and the Siren", which was a poem, written by Samuel Daniel 1562-1619 (who knew?).
Here is a picture of two versions of "Ulysses and the Siren".
Neither one the these pictures look anything like Eddie and Hattie. Of course, looks don't really matter when you are broadcasting over the radio, do they? Hattie actually went on to be cast in the 1936 film version of "Showboat".
These people worked together and I believe they looked out for each other. During the 30s times were hard for everybody, but the entertainment industry was there to provide a bit of relief. Radio was going strong.
Of course, there is always somebody with a different opinion. One was a writer with the Knickerbocker News. I found this article but I have not been able to print it all because the type just won't act right, but she started out by saying "What that Eddie Green is doing in radio I don't know. I still can't see his type of comedy." Good thing she was not in the majority. Anyhow, they say even bad publicity is good, cause it means people are talking about you, you are causing a stir, people are noticing you. In Eddie's case it was a good thing. Find what you do best and go out there and get noticed. Have fun and spread the love.
I have a picture of Eddie and Hattie, after she won her Oscar. For those of you who don't know, Hattie is the fifth person from the left, and Eddie is the second man from the left. My mom is here also, first lady on the left. She told me she could not remember whose house they were in at the time, but it was definitely in Los Angeles. Thanx for stopping by.


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When Pigs Fly: Hog Lift Legacy Connects Iowa, Japan
Darcy Maulsby, Calhoun County Farm Bureau President
Farm Fresh Blog
"When pigs fly" is one of those sayings reserved for something so ridiculous, so impossible it will never happen. It makes sense—until you travel to Japan like I have recently. I've seen how the legacy of one Iowan's kindness to the people of Japan more than 50 years ago reflects what can happen when pigs fly.
It all started in 1959. The good times were rolling in America, where the country liked Ike, teenagers were falling in love to hits like "16 Candles," little girls were playing with a new doll called Barbie and families gathered around the television to watch the popular new show "Bonanza."
Turmoil abounded, however, half a world away. Unlike the modern Japan I've seen in early July during the Iowa Farm Bureau's Presidents' Incentive Trip, Japan after World War II was crushed militarily and economically. During the late summer of 1959, Japan suffered another blow when two huge typhoons hit within less than a month, devastating much of Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, an agricultural region northwest of Tokyo.
Master Sergeant Richard Thomas from Iowa heard about the destruction and wanted to help. He told other Iowans about the disaster and asked what could be done. When people heard about Yamanashi's plight, farmers from around Iowa donated hogs and shipped them by truck to Des Moines.
Many people came to see 36 breeding hogs herded on board a big U.S. Air Force plane. Iowans also sent thousands of bushels of corn by ship so the 26 Landrace, Hampshire and Minnesota No. 2 gilts (most weighing around 130 pounds) and eight boars would have food in their new home.
Thirty-five hogs survived the three-day flight, an event that is known today as the "Iowa Hog Lift." Those hogs helped the farmers of Yamanashi rebuild Japanese agriculture in the wake of the typhoons. Within three years of the Iowa Hog Lift, more than 500 hogs had been produced from the original 35 hogs. Within nine years, there were 500,000 hogs in Japan whose lineage could be traced to the Iowa Hog Lift.
Cultivating a friendship that transcends borders
While the hogs helped restore Yamanashi's livestock industry, even more important was the hope for the future the pigs represented. As I've discovered during my trip, the people of Yamanashi never forgot the generosity of Iowans.
This paved the way for the first United States/Japan sister-state relationship. Iowa Governor Norman Erbe and Governor Hisashi Amano of Yamanashi signed the formal sister state agreement in 1960. You'd think that maybe after 50+ years, the Iowa-Yamanashi sister-state relationship would become a little stagnant. It's not. It's a relationship that reinvents itself every year.
There have been hundreds of exchanges between Iowa and Yamanashi since 1960 related to education, agriculture and more. In addition, both sister states have continued to help each other in times of need. During Iowa's great flood of 1993, Yamanashi sent thousands of dollars in relief money. In 2014, when greenhouses in Yamanashi were battered by an extreme snowstorm, Iowans sent more than $30,000 to help support farmers' rebuilding efforts.
Our group had the chance to meet one of these farmers on July 11. I could see in his face the resilience of a man who knows the harsh realities of Mother Nature and appreciates Iowans' help to rebuild the greenhouse where he grows table grapes.
I also got a sense of just how powerful Iowa's sister-state relationship is when our group met at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on July 8 with Caroline Kennedy, the United States' ambassador to Japan. "I hope you understand the tremendous value your presence has here in Japan, and the value the Japanese place on personal relationships," she emphasized.
This was evident as we toured Tokyo and Yamanashi. I was stunned that Iowa farmers are treated like rock stars here, from the warm greetings and gifts we received during our visits to fruit packing facilities, grocery stores and more, to the enthusiastic waves from the Japanese as they lined up near our bus to bid us farewell. More than once I heard, "I hope you come visit us again."
It's clear the goodwill that started Iowa's first sister-state relationship did not end with the 1959 Hog Lift. I got a taste of it in the juicy Fujizakura pork (a product from descendants of the Hog Lift) we savored during a gala dinner at the Highland Resort Hotel in Yamanashi. I could see it each time our Japanese hosts smiled. I could also hear it in their voices. "Our sister-state relationship started with agriculture," Yutaka Arai, vice president of Yamanashi, told us during a meal. "The kindness of Iowa saved Yamanashi."
That's what can happen when pigs fly. It also highlights the power of one. Consider how the actions of one Iowan, Richard Thomas, helped launch a sister-state relationship that continues to flourish today, enriching the lives of people from Iowa to Japan.
The power of one is also evident in the grassroots leadership of the Iowa Farm Bureau. As I became better acquainted with my fellow county presidents during our time in Japan, I was inspired by the leadership each one contributes to make Iowa a better place to live.
I challenge you to become the one who not only sees a need, but takes action to make a positive difference in your community. Also, remember the remarkable story of the 1959 Hog Lift and Iowa's sister-state relationship with Yamanashi, which show it's possible to leave a lasting legacy when pigs fly.
By Darcy Maulsby. Darcy is the Calhoun County Farm Bureau president and an independent marketing/communications specialist.
Photo Captions
Title Photo: Darcy Maulsby pictured with Japanese pork producers the Farm Bureau group met during their agricultural tours of Yamanashi, Japan on July 11.
Body Photo: The juicy, flavorful pork served to the Farm Bureau group at the Highland Resort in Yamanashi is a direct legacy of the 1959 Hog Lift.
Pictured Below: The Farm Bureau group learns about the many ways the 1959 Hog Lift improved pork production in Yamanashi.

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Michael is a graduate of Seton Hall University, and has a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA), and a Certified Insurance Counselor designation. He is a published author, having written articles for Limo Digest Magazine, LCT Magazine, and Chauffeur Driven Magazine. He also travels throughout the country speaking to state and local limousine associations about various insurance issues that face the industry.
Michael is committed to providing his clients with extraordinary service and advice in all areas of Risk Management and Executive Protection.
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When a felt tip of a pen touches the paper and I start drawing a line, when I read a script and think of a world for the characters to live in, when I look through a viewfinder to frame a photograph – some kind of magic happens. It feels like my mind materialises and offers the outer world and people that surround me a glimpse into who I am. Making art can be a very personal and meditative experience but at the same time I hope to leave a mark in the humanity.
There are moments when my mind overflows with thoughts and I feel the urge to put them down on paper or make them into a model. As I grow older and life presents more complicated challenges, the artworks evolves.


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Northern Virginia Art Beat
June 6, 2007 5:46 PM by Tom Whipple
'Relics' a 1928 drypoint print by Martin Lewis (1881-1962), from 'Made in America' the Washington Print Club's 19th Biennial show currently at American University's Katzen Art Center through June 24.
Ballston Arts and Crafts Market
Season begins this Saturday June 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and returns the second Saturday of the month through October. Goodie bags for the first 100 visitors each market day. Welburn Square, 9th and N. Stuart St, across from the Ballston Metro. For further details call (703) 528-3527, or see ballstonarts-craftsmarket.blogspot.com.
The Washington Print Club's 19th Biennial Exhibit through June 24, at American University's Katzen Art Center, 4400 Massachusetts Ave, Washington, DC. Museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Metered parking on street level. Phone (202) 885-1300, or see www.american.edu/cas/katzen/index.cfm.
The Washington Print Club (home.comcast.net/~washingtonprintclub/wpcsite.htm) members have loaned over 100 prints made within the United States for this Biennial show. A diverse show ranging from portraiture to Color Field abstractions with three main groupings. Historical prints from the 1930's to 1950's, with works such as Martin Lewis' 1928 print titled "Relics." A fantastic image with its intensely playful exploration of artificial light and cast shadows in a depression era nocturnal urban street scene. Other groupings cover DC artists, and contemporary works.
Print collecting is a complex mine field for the uninitiated. The voice of experience… joining a group like this is not a bad idea if you're interested in collecting art prints. You really need to know your stuff to keep from taking a bath in the cesspool of fakes and frauds. Training your eye by looking at a lot of prints is also a key part of that.
Also of note: The Katzen Center has an open call for art works by the Alumni of AU for a juried show in September. Alumni being loosely defined as anyone who ever took a class at AU. Deadline for entries is June 15. See contact info above for complete details.
'Anonymous III'
Presented by Washington Project for the Arts/Corcoran presents from June 7 through 23, at Flashpoint Gallery, 916 G St NW, Washington, DC. Regular gallery hours: Tuesday through Saturday from Noon to 6 p.m. Phone (202) 315-1310, or see www.flashpoint.org. Opening preview night Thursday June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. First day to purchase art works Friday June 8 from 6 to 8 p.m.
This obviously being the third time WPA has presented this idea. The notion is rather simple. Ten fairly well known DC area artists were chosen to do work on a 2'x2′ format, and they in turn selected nine additional artists of their choosing to do the same. Yielding a total of 100 anonymous unsigned (at least on the front) art works for people to view and buy as their tastes so see fit. All art works are priced at a flat $500 each. Which if you know your way around the local art scene can net you some nifty name art on the cheap. As you might expect, it's all first come first served.
These sorts of events are based on the basic question that gnaws at the back of people's minds… do artist's works sell because they're good, or because they're well known. The Washington Post's weekly Style Invitational contest ran one these anonymous entry events several years ago. In the end it proved what most all of them do, the famous are famous because they're good.
'Artists & War'
Friday June 8 through 30, at MOCA DC, located across from Sea Catch Restaurant, in Canal Square, Georgetown at 1054 31st St. NW, Washington, DC. See www.mocadc.org or call (202) 342-6230. Gallery Hours; Wednesday through Saturday 1 to 6 p.m. Opening Reception this Friday 6 to 9 p.m.
You never know what you'll find at MOCA with it's open call shows, but this one seems to be generating a bit of buzz. Back channel word is some of the movers and shakers in the DC art world have spread the word. We'll all find out what comes of it Friday night, but this could be an interesting event to catch.
Artists are by nature people who create, protect and preserve. So it's not surprising that they tend to be on the anti-war side of things. War being that socially acceptable event featuring death and destruction. It's not a new concept. Hitler knew this and labeled anything outside his non-threatening vision of art 'degenerate.' Which lead to the mass exodus of European artists into New York during WWII…. and why New York, and by extension America took over the art world following WWII. Come to think of it, we got their scientists as well, so we got the bomb and the art.
People are fairly heated up about the fighting in Iraqi, so you can pretty much count on this one being predominately anti-war. Having said that, the director of MOCA has gone out of his way to make sure pro-war artists are welcome to show as well.
'Hang'em High'
Monday evenings through August 20, in Crystal City, at the corner of 18th and Bell St. Less than a block from the Crystal City Metro stop. Free garage parking in Crystal City after 5 p.m.
Hang'em High is an outdoor film-fest featuring a different Clint Eastwood western each Monday night starting at dusk (roughly 8:30 to 9 p.m. which will obviously change as the twilight hour changes) for the next 11 weeks. OK, so it's not a drive-in, but it's on the grass, and it's free, so nobody has to ride there stuffed in the trunk. The films run rain or shine. 'Best Dressed' contest each night. I'm afraid to ask….
See www.georgetownfilmfest.com/crystal_city.html for complete details. June 11- "Hang'em High," June 18- "Bronco Billy," June 25- "Two Mules for Sister Sara," July 2- "The Outlaw Josey Wales," July 9- "Pale Rider," July 16 "High Plains Drifter," July 23- "Joe Kidd," July 30- "A Fistfull of Dollars," August 6- "For a Few Dollars More," August 13- "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly," August 20- "Unforgiven."
'Bodies.. The Exhibition'
Attention figure artists….Washington Studio School is sponsoring a night of drawing at "Bodies.. The Exhibition" ( www.bodiestheexhibition.com/intro.html) in Rosslyn, VA. Which features dissected cadavers that have been plastacised to preserve and pose them. Sure beats anatomy classes with those jangly plastic skeletons. A normal ticket to this exhibit is $26.50 and does not allow drawing. This sketch night on June 18, from 7 to 9 p.m. is a mere $10.
It's a rare opportunity, so you'd better be quick about it if you're so inclined. RSVP by June 10, at (301) 718-7210, or email at Admin@washingtonstudioschool.org.
Author: Tom Whipple


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Mrs Dalloway
Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section 8 Section 9
All Themes Privacy, Loneliness, and Communication Social Criticism Time Psychology and Perception Death
All Characters Clarissa Dalloway Septimus Warren Smith Peter Walsh
All Symbols Flowers The Prime Minister Big Ben
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Privacy, Loneliness, and Communication
Psychology and Perception
Clarissa Dalloway
Septimus Warren Smith
Peter Walsh
Mrs Dalloway Characters
The novel's eponymous protagonist, a middle-aged, upper-class lady throwing a party. Clarissa is married to the conservative politician Richard Dalloway but is deeply affected by her past love for Sally Seton and her rejection of… (read full character analysis)
A World War I veteran in his thirties, Septimus suffers from shell shock, or PTSD. He was once an aspiring poet, but after enlisting in the war for idealistic reasons and the death of his… (read full character analysis)
Clarissa's closest friend who was once passionately in love with her. They are intellectually very similar, but always critical of each other. Clarissa rejected Peter's proposal of marriage, which has haunted him all his… (read full character analysis)
Richard Dalloway
Clarissa's husband, a Conservative politician in Parliament. Richard is a relatively simple, uninteresting man, but he is kind, philanthropic, and loves his wife and daughter.
Hugh Whitbread
Clarissa's old friend from Bourton, the epitome of English charm, tradition, and conservative values. He is vain, pompous, and always well-dressed. Clarissa and Lady Bruton think him kind, but Peter and Sally hate him and what he stands for.
Lucrezia Smith (Rezia)
Septimus's twenty-four-year-old wife, an Italian woman who left Milan to marry Septimus. She is a skilled hatmaker and usually a playful, loving woman, but grows unhappy and lonely as Septimus's mental illness increases.
Sally Seton
A woman whom Clarissa loved passionately as a teen at Bourton. Sally was once radical and bombastic, and she and Clarissa shared a kiss that Clarissa considers the highlight of her life. Sally ends up marrying a rich man and having five boys.
Elizabeth Dalloway
Clarissa's seventeen-year-old daughter, a quiet girl who prefers the country and dogs to London and parties. She has an exotic beauty that is beginning to attract attention. She respects both her mother and Miss Kilman, but recognizes their differences.
Doris Kilman
Elizabeth's history tutor, a poor, unattractive woman who always wears a mackintosh. Miss Kilman is bitter and self-pitying, constantly feeling that she has been robbed of happiness. She is very religious and tries to convert Elizabeth to Christianity. Miss Kilman hates Clarissa but loves Elizabeth possessively.
Sir William Bradshaw
A famous London psychiatrist. Sir William subscribes to the worldview of "proportion," and he bullies his patients into converting to his views, all while ingratiating himself to everyone else. He recommends that Septimus be separated from Rezia and sent to an institution.
Lady Bruton
An elderly upper-class lady who is descended from a famous general. She is friends with Richard Dalloway, who admires her strength and respectability. Lady Bruton is traditional, conservative, and devoted to the idea of emigration to Canada.
Dr. Holmes
A general practitioner who treats Septimus. Holmes claims that Septimus is perfectly healthy, just "in a funk", and needs to get a hobby. Septimus comes to despise Holmes and thinks of him as the embodiment of repulsive human nature.
Aunt Helena
Clarissa's aunt who has one glass eye, a relic of an older, stricter English society. Aunt Helena was a botanist and likes to talk about Burma and orchids. She finds Sally's youthful behavior appalling, especially Sally's penchant for cutting off the heads of flowers.
Ellie Henderson
Clarissa's poor, dull cousin. Ellie is socially awkward and shy, but she enjoys watching the influential people at Clarissa's party. She has a companion named Edith.
Septimus's friend and officer in World War I. The two became very close, possibly even falling in love, but then Evans was killed. Septimus subsequently loses the ability to feel, and eventually starts hallucinating Evans's presence.
One of the Dalloway servants who idolizes Clarissa.
Evelyn Whitbread
Hugh's wife, a wealthy lady who is perpetually ill.
Lady Bradshaw
Sir William's wife. She was once an independent woman but had her will subsumed into her husband's fifteen years before.
The head of the British Cabinet. In the novel the Prime Minister acts as a symbol of outdated tradition and conservatism. He briefly visits Clarissa's party.
Daisy Simmons
Peter's lover in India, a twenty-four-year-old woman who is married to an Army Major.
Lady Bexborough
A woman Clarissa idolizes. She is dark and imposing, and once opened a bazaar.
Miss Pym
The owner of the flower shop. Clarissa did her an unknown favor in the past.
Maisie Johnson
A young woman visiting London from Edinburgh, who finds the big city strange.
The old woman across the way
Clarissa's neighbor. Clarissa watches the old woman in the privacy of her own room and is comforted about the independence of the soul.
The old woman singing
An old woman begging for change and singing a song about love and death.
Milly Brush
Lady Bruton's assistant, a charmless woman who hates Hugh but likes Richard.
Mrs. Filmer
The Smiths' neighbor, Rezia's only friend in London.
Miss Isabel Pole
A poet and Shakespeare teacher whom Septimus loved before the war.
Mrs. Dempster
An older woman who regrets her youth.
Elise Mitchell
A little girl who runs into Lucrezia's legs.
Clarissa's sister, who was killed by a falling tree.
Ellie Henderson's unexplained companion, possibly her partner.
Septimus's boss before World War I, at the firm of "Sibleys and Arrowsmiths, auctioneers, valuers, land and estate agents." He thought that Septimus had potential to rise in his field if he could keep his health.
Mrs. Peters
The married daughter of Septimus and Lucrezia's neighbor, Mrs. Filmer.
Sir Harry
A failed painter who attends Clarissa's party.
Mrs. Hilberry
An old woman who attends Clarissa's party, and moves Clarissa to tears by commenting that Clarissa looks like her mother.
Homeless woman
An old homeless woman who Richard sees while walking in the park. She laughs at him. She makes him think of "the problem of vagrancy" but he doesn't have much interest in her as an individual.
An old man who Septimus sees moments before throwing himself out of his window, to his death.
Cosby, Matt. "Mrs Dalloway Characters." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 11 Aug 2014. Web. 15 Jul 2019.
Cosby, Matt. "Mrs Dalloway Characters." LitCharts LLC, August 11, 2014. Retrieved July 15, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/mrs-dalloway/characters.


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I have tried for a long time now, but i can't figure out what the problem is. is it in my database or inside the code?
Please help me :)

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Legg til filmer

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A: your php is incorrect, careful with quotes:

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You'll need to give your submit button a name too:
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His Hands were Quiet
Book #2 of Zachary Goldman Mysteries, His Hands were Quiet, is out today! If you read my blog Monday on The International Day of the Stim, you already have a little inside information about what "quiet hands" refers to. If you didn't read it, you might want to check it out!
He's better off dead anyway.
Hired to investigate the death of an autistic boy in a treatment facility, PI Zachary Goldman is concerned about the therapies he sees there. While he is assured that the children there are not actually being hurt, his investigation leads to the discovery of even deeper institutional abuses.
Battling the ghosts of his own past, Zachary fights to uncover the facilities' dark secrets and to get as many children as he can out of harm's way.
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Other new releases
What else is new this fall? Have a look at my round-up of new releases below!
Lethal White, by Robert Galbraith
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott-once his assistant, now a partner in the agency-set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.
And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike's own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been-Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.
Cookies and Chaos, by C.A. Phipps
Cookies and Chaos
Someone has a chip on their shoulder and it isn't made of chocolate.
Madeline Flynn, her posse of girlfriends and Gran, as well as Big Red, her faithful Maine Coon, are whisked up an investigation that will take all their sleuthing skills to solve as they wade through clues as thick as cookie batter, hoping that the timer won't go off on another murder.
With the handsome Sheriff's protection, can Maddie and her team solve this Maple Falls crime or have they taken on more than they can chew?
I Will Never Leave You, by S.M. Thayer
I Will Never Leave You
Banking heiress Trish and her husband, James, seem to have it all, from a lavish lifestyle to a historic mansion in the nation's capital. All that's missing from their privileged life is a baby.
So when Trish sees Anne Elise for the first time, it's no surprise that she falls deeply in love. There's just one problem: Trish isn't the mother. The baby belongs to Laurel, James's young mistress. And James and Laurel want the wife out of the picture.
When Trish becomes perversely obsessed with making Laurel's baby her own, the lovers come up with a wicked plan to end James's marriage that quickly goes awry. As the love triangle becomes more and more dangerous, how far is each of them willing to go to get what they want?
The Unforgiving Wife, by Kenna Shaw Reed
The Unforgiving Wife
Each morning, Roland left her a new note. Different words but the same theme.
Each night and without fail, he now came home to share the dinner she now ate alone in her room.
It didn't matter that the affair was over before she found out.
For twenty years she had been the loyal corporate wife, loving mother and best friend. Now, Juliette longed for the hippy child inside to reclaim the woman she had become. And she might have found just the man to set her soul and body free.
The Man Who Came Uptown, by George Pelecanos
The Man Who Came Uptown
Michael Hudson spends the long days in prison devouring books given to him by the prison's librarian, a young woman named Anna who develops a soft spot for her best student. Anna keeps passing Michael books until one day he disappears, suddenly released after a private detective manipulated a witness in Michael's trial.
Outside, Michael encounters a Washington, D.C. that has changed a lot during his time locked up. Once shady storefronts are now trendy beer gardens and flower shops. But what hasn't changed is the hard choice between the temptation of crime and doing what's right. Trying to balance his new job, his love of reading, and the debt he owes to the man who got him released, Michael struggles to figure out his place in this new world before he loses control.
Amanda Cadabra and the Hidey-Hole Truth, by Holley Bell
Amanda Cadabra
Can you handle the hidey-hole truth? How about hidden tunnels and ghostly chills? Covert witch Amanda and her ever-grumpy cat Tempest take on Sunken Madley Manor.
Just one more page before you turn out the light? The first in this English village cozy mystery series will test your resolve.
When Justice Calls, by James McFarlane
When Justice Calls
Army Ranger Henry "Biggs" Biggston just can't seem to fit in. The recently discharged vet desperately wants to put his specialized skills to good use. And when a security gig reveals a stray CCTV clip of shocking sex-trafficking footage, Biggs' desire to nail the bad guys kicks into action.
Teaming up with a no-nonsense school friend turned cop, the burly ex-Ranger discovers he's up against a seriously organized crime syndicate. It doesn't take long for the mobsters to put a price on his head, and the first life Biggs will have to save is his own. Can the ranger save the innocent girls from sexual slavery or will a murderous cartel cut his retirement short?
This Time, by Azaaa Davis
Not even death can stop her.
Fearsome demon hunter Nadira has been torn from her next life and resurrected in present-day New York. The demons she once battled have made peace with humans. Or, so they claim. But brawls between demons and humans are becoming more frequent, and human leaders are disappearing.
Tasked by the shadowy organization that trained her, she must battle her own personal trauma and once again fight for the souls of mankind. Will Nadira remain a beacon of light to those fighting for humankind? Or will she lose her humanity to the darkness within?
A Picture of Murder, by T.E. Kinsey
A Picture of Murder
Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady's maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch's Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night's screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another…One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.
With the police left scratching their heads, Lady Hardcastle calls upon her amateur sleuthing skills to launch an investigation, with Flo's able assistance. Surrounded by suspects both human and supernatural, Lady Hardcastle must use a little trickery of her own to unmask the murderer.
The Mystery of Ruby's Stiletto, by Rose Donovan
The Mystery of Ruby's Stiletto
Ruby and Fina find themselves in a world of glamour once again, this time on a private island owned by a famous Italian shoe designer.
A riotous guest list of artists, flowing wine, passion and political intrigue guarantee a thrilling time for all.
But it could be a little too thrilling unless Ruby and Fina find the murderer.
Lilac Mist Murder, by Mary Maxwell
Lilac Mist Murder
Meet Mia Weston. Former officer with the Los Angeles Police Department, certified dog lover and the lone employee of Sierra Bay Investigations. During the morning, Mia works in her sister's flower and gift shop, Petals & Pearls. When Aunt Vivian arrives for the afternoon shift behind the cash register, Mia climbs the stairs to a small office in the same building to work on cases, drink endless cups of coffee and confer with a trustworthy Golden Retriever named Lulu.
For Mia, returning to her charming seaside hometown after more than a decade is a fresh start in every way. She's living in the cozy guest cottage behind her mother's house. She's having a great time reconnecting with childhood friends. And she lands her first client before the paint is dry on her office walls.
But when the seemingly simple job becomes a homicide case, Mia agrees to work alongside Detective Luke Stewart from the Sierra Bay Police Department. The case propels Mia and Luke into an intricate whodunit involving a diamond evil eye pendant, local gossip and family scandals, anonymous threats delivered by email, a stolen flash drive filled with secrets, a blood-stained steak knife and a commemorative bottle of Lilac Mist, the signature fragrance from the grand opening of Petals & Pearls.
The Letter, by Mary Crawford
As a paramedic, Rocco Pierce is no stranger to making life-and-death decisions and delivering devastating news.
But he has never faced a situation quite like this.
What exactly do you do with a letter informing you that your wife is dying of breast cancer when you've never been married?
Is it a bureaucratic failure or divine intervention?
Crime reporter Mallory Yoshida is used to getting odd fan mail, so
why should she pay attention to this guy who wants to talk to her about a mysterious letter?
After all, it's not like it's a matter of life and death.
Stolen Honor, by Trevor Scott
When Max Kane gets word that a retired Navy SEAL friend of his has been picked up for suspicion of murder, he rounds up his sister and they drive to NAS Corpus Christi, Texas to discover the truth. NCIS has decided Chief Petty Officer Clive Garrett is guilty of killing his ex-wife. And why not? Since the chief retired six months ago, he had turned heavily to the bottle for comfort, and the ink on his divorce was barely dry before his ex-wife married a Navy pilot.
But Max quickly finds out that not all murders are as clear-cut as they seem. Max must fight JAG lawyers who don't seem interested in alternative theories, as well as an old friend who might have been too drunk to know if he killed his former wife. As everything seems to be stacked against this highly-decorated SEAL, Max relentlessly fights for the truth. Can he return his friend's stolen honor and find the killer?
The Secrets of Mystic Springs, by Mona Marple
The Secrets of Mystic Springs
Connie Winters imagines that allowing all of the residents of Mystic Springs to see the spirits who live amongst them will let her live a quiet life.
She couldn't be more wrong.
When a gypsy woman discovers a historic journal, the woman will pay the ultimate price for her treasure.
Everyone knows that Mystic Springs was discovered, and founded, by a group of women. Or, at least, that's what they've been told. This journal tells another story. A story that nobody wants to believe.
But who would want the journal badly enough to kill for it?
The Mystery of Three Quarters, by Sophie Hannah
The Mystery of Three Quarters
Hercule Poirot returns home after an agreeable luncheon to find an angry woman waiting to berate him outside his front door. Her name is Sylvia Rule, and she demands to know why Poirot has accused her of the murder of Barnabas Pandy, a man she has neither heard of nor ever met. She is furious to be so accused, and deeply shocked. Poirot is equally shocked, because he too has never heard of any Barnabas Pandy, and he certainly did not send the letter in question. He cannot convince Sylvia Rule of his innocence, however, and she marches away in a rage.
Shaken, Poirot goes inside, only to find that he has a visitor waiting for him — a man called John McCrodden who also claims also to have received a letter from Poirot that morning, accusing him of the murder of Barnabas Pandy…
Margin of Safety, by Geoffrey Lyon
Ray Jacobs hasn't dealt with the trauma of his last mission more than a decade ago. Now, separated from his family and still haunted by the demons of his past, he is struggling to survive.
When his eleven-year-old daughter, Hannah, is kidnapped without demand for ransom, Ray's purpose immediately comes into sharp focus. He gets crystal clear on his new mission. He must find and rescue Hannah. Failure is not an option this time. Even as a deadly virus ravages the nation, racking up fatalities within days of exposure, Ray must do whatever it takes to protect Hannah and hunt down her assailants.
Rebus: Long Shadows, by Ian Rankin
Rebus: Long Shadows
John Rebus is not as young as he was, but his detective instincts have never left him. And after the daughter of a murder victim turns up outside his flat, he's going to need them at their sharpest.
Enlisting the help of his old friend DI Siobhan Clarke, Rebus is determined to solve this cold case once and for all. But Clarke has problems of her own, problems that will put her at odds with her long-time mentor and push him into seeking help from his age-old adversary: 'Big Ger' Cafferty.
This haunting story takes Rebus to places he has never been before, sets him and his long-time foe on a collision course and takes us deeper into one of the most satisfying conflicts in modern fiction.
Whispers in the Shadows, by Jason Lavelle
Whispers in the Shadows
When a family tragedy rips a young woman from her quiet existence, only two things give Delia any solace: steely determination, and the butcher's son. Well, that and the ominous whispers that warned her of impending danger throughout her childhood.
Years later, violent conflicts and machinations of war shape the headstrong young woman and her far-flung soldier into people they don't even recognize anymore. Though Delia finally finds her true self in the arms of an unconventional lover, danger is closer than ever before.
The whispers in the shadows have never been more urgent. Soon, the ties of her violent past will collide with everything she holds dear.
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Declan's death has been ruled an accident, but his grandmother thinks there is more to it. But as Zachary digs into the circumstances surrounding Declan's death, he finds that all is not as it seems, and somebody doesn't want him to find the truth.
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Carme ist die katalanische Form des überwiegend weiblichen spanischen Vornamens Carmen.

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 Carme Pigem Barceló (* 1962) ist eine katalanisch-spanische Architektin
 Carme Bravo (1920–2007), katalanische klassische Pianistin und Musikpädagogin
 Carme Chacón (1971–2017), katalanisch-spanische Politikerin
 Carme Mateu i Quintana (1936–2018), katalanische Kunstmäzenin
 Carme Riera Guilera (* 1948), katalanische Schriftstellerin
 Carme Ruscalleda (* 1952), katalanische Köchin

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US to leave thousands of assistants in Afghanistan
The deadline for an emergency evacuation at the Kabul airport by the United States and its NATO allies is inexorably coming to an end. The Taliban have already said that everyone who wants to leave the country must have time to do so in August.
Despite the fact that about 70 thousand people have already been evacuated, several times more are unlikely to be able to leave the country, captured by the Talibanand their lives will be in jeopardy. The White House has already admitted that time is sorely lacking, and they will not have time to take out many of their assistants, Interfax reports, citing CNN.
However, a high-ranking source of the TV channel in the administration of the American president recalls that Biden at the G7 summit assured that the evacuation process could continue after the deadline set by the Taliban, that is, after August 31. However, it is not clear how these intentions will be implemented in practice. Despite the continued control of the airport by the US military, Taliban detachments hold all approaches and entrances to it. The G7 countries are putting pressure on Biden, as they consider it necessary to control the Kabul airport until the evacuation is fully completed.
However, according to DW, the US President, despite the assurances of the G7 partners, intends to complete the process by August 31: "The sooner we finish this, the better." On Tuesday, August 24, the American president said that he did not intend to extend the period for the evacuation of foreigners and Afghans who received such a right from Kabul. He emphasizes that every hour spent on the territory of the country increases the risks:
"Every day we are there is the day that we know the Islamic State is trying to hit the airport and attack the US and allied forces."
The US Department of Defense plans to withdraw all American troops, including from the airport in the capital of Afghanistan, by the end of August. The goal is to complete the evacuation operation by that date, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Monday. Earlier, the Taliban Islamists said they would not agree to possible US plans to extend the presence. The Taliban also banned the export of currency and antiques from the country. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the movement, said that the export of currency and historical values is prohibited "both by land and by air" and they will be confiscated. This is an immediate reaction of the Taliban to the decision of the United States and the World Bank, which stopped supplying dollars to Afghanistan.
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