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Austerity and the mediated networks of solidarity in Greece
An aura of political creativity and a sense of 'media justice' have emerged in Greece; evolving communication practices have shaped the nature and character of solidarity.
Giota Alevizou
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Over the last 18 months Greece has become the epicentre of consecutive crises, not only economic and political, but also of image and belonging. Statistics about rising unemployment, falling GDP, the mass exodus of young people, refugee and migrant flows and detentions do not fully capture contemporary realities of ordinary Greeks. The psychological pressures exerted by government, elite politicians and mainstream media domestically and abroad is overwhelming, all competing to dictate the urgency of austerity measures.
These very crises have produced different waves and scales of mobilizations, channelled by newly formed grass-roots structures and assemblies, solidarity and cooperative initiatives, nurturing a civic culture that strives for social change and symbolic recognition. I have previously argued how this civic culture diverts from mainstream civil society in Greece and have highlighted, along with others, the existing tensions between state power and non-partisan political movements. It is important to focus on the ways in which evolving communication practices on social media have shaped the nature and character of the solidarity and cooperative initiatives in the last few years.
Mediated through alternative and 'small media', and occasionally by random tactical communication channels, these sites have offered forms of alternative reporting and self-organisation. I use the particular urban character of the constellations defined as anti-austerity and cooperative solidarity movements with an evolving scope and stance of alternative and activist media in Greece. I suggest a two-phase periodization to correlate the historical context and changing priorities of urban mobilizations. The first period ushered a wave of mass mobilisations and protest, resulting in the development of a number of initiatives contesting the official discourse; a second period began once a government of the Left took power.
The repercussions of neoliberal urbanization, the broader forces of austerity and the corrosion of democratic processes experienced in Greece between 2011 and mid-2014 ushered a wave of mass mobilisations and protest events in large public spaces: the squares movement. A relative weakness of formal civil society actors meant that grievances provoked by urbanisation once partly resolved by a system of patronage, philanthropy and indirect representation, were left to fester around large urban centres, in particular Athens. The squares movement had a transformative effect, as it begun popularising the idea and practice of self-organization and direct democracy, and allowed for some experimentation with social media activism. Furthermore, these movements nurtured a number of creative initiatives, generating independent spaces for activists to channel their concerns, often resulting in spontaneous forms of citizen mobilization. Demonstrations took place in areas that have a tradition of political activism, such as Exarcheia and Kypseli, but also in places where forces of gentrification or austerity encouraged individuals to form cooperative and alternative structures,neighbourhoods such as Psiri, Plato Academy, Gazi and Neos Kosmos.
While some of these initiatives started by responding to social needs within a specified field - health, food, unemployment, labour rights and the rise of fascism, amongst many others - they gradually extended their activities to other sectors, and gave new meaning to processes of resistance. In most cases small scale, low cost 'micromedia' sites, such as mailing lists or Facebook groups, would be set up by one person or a small group with a specific purpose; these varied from coordination to the offer of hyperlocal knowledge and news. Eventually, through personal blogs but also through occasionally random tactical communication channels, these sites began offering real alternative reporting, generating modalities of resistance, provocation and solidarity.
In other cases, the scope of DIY activist media played a more confrontational role. As argued by Gigi Argiropoulou, critical performance spaces played a fundamental role in confronting the politics of gentrification and what I would call 'creative clientilism'. For example, the occupation of a disused theatre -Theatro Embros – allowed the emergence of countercultural groups and architect collectives in the gentrified area of Psiri in central Athens. These groups used both physical and social media spaces to satirise municipally controlled participation schemes and posed pressing questions around the potentially muddy politics of a 'social event' produced in a public space.
In other areas, such as the deprived neighbourhood of Plato Academy, groups emerged from different power struggles within municipal institutions. These organisations raised from several bottom-up initiatives, such as cultural and educational clubs, conducting some hyper-local journalism and embarking upon some other social experiments, including cooperative economy collectives to social pharmacies, soup kitchens, and refugee support networks. All of these groups aimed at fostering relationships of equality, contrary to the structures of charity and philanthropy which preceded them.
After researching some of these groups, it became clear that in order to make the most of their efforts, it was important to collect, publicise and promote the productive use of the accumulated know-how, as well as their material and immaterial assets. Some of these resources are being made available on websites or ended up circulating in social media. Most have stayed within the confines of the groups who generate them. However, some solidarity media hubs have created platforms and means to bring together such resources, enhancing the visibility of such initiatives both within and outside Greece.
A number of disenfranchised professional and citizen journalists set up solidarity media hubs during this first period of dissent. Notable examples are the bilingual The Press Project and, in a smaller scale, platforms such as Diaologos Media, OmniaTV, and more recently Athens Live. These initiatives demonstrated the lack of media representation in Greece to the outer world while striving to achieve a wider reach with local audiences, whose main media diet until then originated from privately owned television companies.
Omikron Project was launched by Mehran Khalili, a British-Iranian political communications specialist who lives in Athens as a promotional campaign. Alongside a group of Greek journalists, designers, and film-makers he created short films to counter the image of Greeks as lazy victims of the economic crisis and to challenge stereotypes, questioning the ways the crisis is portrayed in the international media. Furthermore, they documented the rise of the grassroots groups in Greece and begun producing an annual list and infographics. Enallaktikos started with a view to create an online economy that promotes the use of alternative local currencies and emerged as another sources of alternative media, brokering portals for micro-sites. The Solidarity for all Network, originally funded by Syriza, has documented solidarity initiatives across Greece and continues to provide networking tools for decentralized practices, as well as set up a new agenda for collective action.
It would be hard to argue that all these initiatives are ideologically cohesive. Nonetheless, they have all have played a crucial role in enhancing the visibility and the coordination of the solidarity movements in Greece, locally and across Europe. At the same time, and through repeated interactions of their members, some cross-fertilization has emerged and key actors from different initiatives have shared their know-hows and developed trust for one another. Trust and know-how have become crucial 'relational assets' generated through intensive and intimate face-to-face interactions and through direct digital communication and social media. These relational assets have allowed previously unconnected activists to not only pull their particular resources together, such as time, money, reputation and knowledge, towards collective projects, but have also provided them with the practical skills to deploy these resources to not only have serious reputational impact on particular individuals but even the power to question their political legitimacy.
After the 2015 Greece's turbulent fiscal odyssey, another chapter in the struggles to fight austerity programmes emerged: the institutional forces of a newly elected government of the Left, which attempted to shake up the power balance, creating a sense of hope and solidarity across anti-austerity and resistance movements across Europe. Unfortunately, the eventual capitulation of the Syriza government and its submission to yet another imposed structural adjustment programme resulted in fresh disillusion, culminating in the ambiguous national referendum of July 2015.
After these events, some activists transcended their digital spheres and began to engage in more direct forms of popular participation, consolidating their support. The solidarity and engagement practices which were slowly nurtured during the previous years resulted in a more mature civic culture, which strived to build the capacities of ordinary people to represent themselves in social and alternative media. Some of these groups even began to assist refugees and demonstrated the vast psychological resources available to the Greek people, even in times of political frustration.
While the affordances of social media platforms have led to a considerable reduction in microsites and hyperlocal blogs, other phenomena have emerged during the last few years, shaping the nature of anti-austerity and solidarity media activism. Social media is largely accessed through smart phones, the routes to media activism lie in both 'opportunity structures' of civil and urban rights movements or unconventional action repertoires, which emerge as more 'open' governance structures of Facebook groups.
As emergency appeals and positive stories of 'humanitarian achievements' coincided with a growing need for more resources, the multiplication of the activities of the solidarity structures go beyond their initial field. In some cases, initiatives which at first dealt with food shortages have now developed cooperative production in order to meet their needs, creating alternative economies through radical labour and hospitality structures. These structures have responded to the massive influx of refugees.
Due to the violent resurfacing of new economic measures which have condemned Greece to eight consecutive years of recession, and taking in consideration the refugee crisis, a new sense of a 'state of emergency' , perhaps more far reaching than the state of bankruptocracy or debtocracy previously experienced in the country, the fragility of the relationship between the government, Europe and the social movements or indeed the grassroots solidarity movement has probably become more intense.
Much of the recent coverage in the mainstream press in Europe has over-emphasized the idea of populism as the driving force behind the anti-austerity projects and associated media activism. By focusing on anti-austerity discourse in mere economic terms, such coverage undermines the legitimacy of a new breed of political culture. An aura of political creativity, and a sense of 'media justice' have emerged in Greece. Activists and ordinary people turn a street, a kitchen, a website and social media not just into another 'space of appearances', but into new heterotopic and counter-sites for parody, satire, insider knowledge, distributed hospitality and affective solidarity. These sites dispersed through social media, are evocative of what Roger Silverstone argued almost ten years ago: hospitality is 'a precondition for the effective emergence of the mediapolis, as a space for connection and compassion (…) a precondition for "media justice"'.
Part of the Anti-Austerity and Media Activism series.
Published in: openDemocracyUK
Press freedom in 'post-democracy': Greece
Written by: Lia-Paschalia Spyridou All articles by: Lia-Paschalia Spyridou
#greekdocs: an archive for documentaries about the crisis in Greece
Written by: Eleftheria Lekakis All articles by: Eleftheria Lekakis
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Americans born in this century have never lived in a world where the threat of global non-state terrorism has not been at the forefront of the political dialogue. They grew up in a world where you have to remove your shoes before getting on an airplane, where the nightly news almost always included a story about Iraq, Afghanistan, or another Middle Eastern state, and where billboards on the metro remind you that if you see something, say something. It is sometimes hard to believe that this national state of "constant vigilance" was not always the norm; but before the attacks of September 11th 2001 terrorism was considered to be an issue for local police not the US Military.
When one looks back to the immediate years before and after 9/11, a clear path can be drawn beginning with the United States' response to the 1993 World Trade Center bombings through the attacks on the USS Cole, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, culminating in the 'War on Terror' where the responsibility for responding to and preventing terrorist attacks shifts from law enforcement to the military and intelligence community. The transition is most aptly comparable to the tipping of a scale, with law enforcement on one side and military on the other. As the United States moved through the 1990s, weight in the form of new security threats, public outcry, and a new kind of enemy were slowly added until the weight of September 11th finally tipped the scales resulting in a primarily military option.
This new series "The Evolving Threat" will examine how the United States' foreign policy regarding al-Qaeda and its successors has evolved since the early 1990's, by tracing the evolving motivations of terror groups, and changing responses to these acts of terror.Through the identification of the new policies created and used to respond to acts of terror, it is then possible to evaluate these policies in regards to their effectiveness to do one major thing; stop acts of terror and the groups that perpetuate them. Please check back soon for the next installation in the series.
You can read the next part of the series here.


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The No Bake Cafe where raw cookie dough is the main course
By Eddy / December 16, 2018 December 16, 2018 / American, Dessert, Review
A new dessert shop opened at the west end of Clifton Square that most recently housed Verita Coffee. The No Bake Cafe, which sells cookie dough and is safe to eat, sold out on Saturday but we were able to stop by to get a taste of what readers can expect. We were told because it is not made with eggs, diners are not at any risk. I've eaten at some of the sketchiest restaurants in town so safety has never been a cause of concern for me. So let's eat.
3700 E Douglas Ave
Open Daily: 10am – 10pm
Cash/Card Accepted
Inside the seating was extremely limited. Fortunately this is a treat that you could just grab and go and not have to worry about it melting like ice cream. It's a very mobile-friendly dessert.
I brought my family with me and we selected many different flavors to take home. That afternoon there were twelve options to choose from. For people who are curious, there's a menu (available at the end of this blog) that tells you what's included in each flavor. Gluten free/vegan options are also available for an extra dollar.
We ordered five different flavors with two of the scoops inside a waffle cone for an extra $1.50. Each scoop costs $3.50. Two scoop options are $4.50 and three scoops are $6.50. For the multi-scoop options, you are welcome to mix and match flavors. At first glance $3.50 sounds like an awful lot but in our experience, it's a commodity and one scoop is more than enough for a person.
Not everybody in my family is a cookie dough fan so if it's not your thing, you can close out this right now. If you do like cookie dough, read on. For starters, it does indeed taste just like cookie dough. One of my cousins who's an avid baker was completely in love with it. She loved the richness, denseness and flavor. Some of the kids who have never had dough before were expecting ice cream given the look of it and were in shock after the first bite. My brother enjoyed the flavor but said it had a very granulated texture as if he were eating a big ball of sugar.
I ordered a two scoop waffle cone and felt that was way too much. One scoop would have been plenty and that was the general consensus around the family. It's great but in small doses due to how rich and thick it is. I found myself needing to have a bottled water by my side. For what it's worth, the waffle cone made it better in my opinion than eating it straight out of a bowl.
If you want our recommendations, More Smores, Cookies & Cream, and Unicorn were the big winners of the day.
To those of you who love cookie dough or interested in something a little different, The No Bake Cafe could be right up your alley. I know my cousin cannot wait to go back already.
Here's their menu:
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Both teams struggled to get a rhythm going offensively in the first with just a total of 23 points being scored. Joseph Minson and J.T. Cloutier combined for 8 of Monandock's first 13 points. Spencer Stanium tallied 4 points of his own in the first quarter for Campbell.
Jake Wood opened the scoring in the second quarter. He used his size and quickness throughout the game by setting picks, hunting loose balls and cutting to the basket. Harrison Vedrani started to pull Campbell closer, but struggled at the line, making 1 of his first 4 free throws. Jake Scafaldi went 2 for 2 and cut the lead down to 15-13. Vedrani would tie it on a powerful move underneath the basket. He was fouled as well, but missed the and-1 opportunity. Matt Gagne splashed home a three to cap an 8-0 run for the Cougars, giving them their first lead of the 2nd quarter, 18-15.
After a jumper by Minson, two lay-ups for Heller extended Campbell's lead, 22-17. Monadock would close the half on a 6-2 run to go into halftime trailing 25-23.
The second half opened with a three pointer from Minson and started a series of six straight possessions with the lead changing hands. French scored for Campbell to put them ahead, then Cloutier put the Huskies back in front. Spencer Stanium added to his point total with a rebound and basket, Gagne scored for Monadnock and then Stanium scored again for Campbell. 31-30 Cougars.
A pair of threes padded the Campbell lead and they were up 7 when the scuffle broke out between French, Wood and Heller. The differential would not stray from there with the Cougars holding a 47-40 edge after three quarters.
Joe Minson did what he could to keep Monadnock within striking distance, scoring three times in the opening minutes of the 4th. Jake Wood fouled out with 5:54 to go in the game. His aggressive style got him into foul trouble early, often taking on Harrison Vedrani inside. Two free throws from Stanium put Campbell back up by 6. The lead would get as high as 11 points, before free throws overtook the final two minutes. With both team over the limit, and a very tightly officiated game, each of the final possession seemed to end with someone at the charity stripe.
Final score; Campbell: 61, Monadnock Regional: 52.
Spencer Stanium lead the way in points for the Cougars with 19. Matt Gagne followed with 10 and Harrison Vedrani finished with 9 points. It was a rough day at the line for Vedrani making just 3 for 9.
Joseph Minson led all scorers with 20 points in the loss. Jake Wood had 11 points to go with his five fouls. J.T. Cloutier finished with 9 points.
Both team showed they could make some noise come the post-season in D-III. Campbell exhibited some excellent ball movement, and Monadnock's aggressive style of play could wear down any team, as well as rile them up.


Board Attendees: Tony Moore, Jim Braden, Gina Olson, Hal Goodell and Ray Kittelberger.
Meeting opened by Jim Braden at 7:04 PM with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Fundraiser held today for Pen School Ed Fund to help school to afford many things surrounding the arts, ie instruments. Hugh McMillian "Kid's Corner" Author invited Jim. Jim speaks at the Annual 4H organization annually and this is how he met Hugh. Many programs available in 4H, not just sheep and goats. Scouts and 4H are both things to consider as other ways to get kids and families involved.
Approve the $131.15 for replacing the dying plants in the NCC front landscaping.
Citizen Patrol caps and jackets approved for purchase amount of $450. This will help make them more official and recognizable to those who see them on neighbor properties, for example. 10 jackets and caps.
The full summary report is on file. Hal reports that the Trust will have two additional checking accounts; one for the Capital Expenditures and the other for other Trust spending on Reserve needs. Transparency of the FICRA finances is important to Jim and the Board. The FICRA Building Trust Reserve Study is a document of the financial planning for long term facility preservation. Jim explains the capital account and reserve funds which are needed to cover all the annual cost of building expenses and upkeep. There is a detailed Capital report on the Ficra Website.
Jim adds that the kitchen remodel is going well. Jean, Dee Ann, and Carolyn have worked hard to make selections of value and have garnered savings. The project is on schedule. The electrical is near completion with inspection pending. The cabinetry is partly installed. Counter tops are next. All is going well, and expenses have been on track as well. Floform has a small add-on to countertop expense, above the estimate by $510, however the Board already anticipated some variable cost due to changes after approval that could not be foreseen and this is not outside of amount expected (10% contingency was already approved).
Stan says "I am having trouble finding crime!" in a positive tone. No speeding tickets reported. An abandoned vehicle on 3rd Court was removed. Most crime continues to be theft from unsecured vehicles.
Several reports were made Oct 3, 2015 to the Sherriff Dept in regards to uncomfortable confrontation with seemingly aggressive door-to-door sales persons of cleaning supplies. Sheriff office received 5-6 complaints, persons were described to be in their 20s in a white Ford Van with License plates that did not match the registered vehicle. There was no official crime, although home owners felt there was intent. Recommendations to all home owners are to remain civil, but call 911 if there are any problems. Also, two large planter pots stolen from a residence and a kayak stolen from another, both on Bella Bella.
Ray reports that Emergency Preparation Update document is available for review. This has been posted in both the Oct Newsletter and on Fircra.org. There is a FB link on how to subscribe to the newsletter. Ten new people came to the last meeting.
Jean reports that the kitchen is in progress, and "about done." Jean wants to work on another project to replace/repair NCC windows. Bids were obtained in 2011 to replace windows in auditorium and south side, and front window which can be restored or replaced. All the bids have increased in last 3-4 yrs, then but estimates are $60,000. Replacements will be double -paned and wood. Heritage Capital Fund Grant is available if we apply. Jean feels we should take advantage of this. If the Grant is given, it covers only 33% and comes in reimbursement form of payment. All the costs put together over the last 6 yrs and now, she feels that the 33% would also include the cost of the floors and kitchen already completed. There are $10 Million given away each year, as awarded by the Legislature under recommendation by this Heritage Board. We need someone with Grant Writing experience to do this. You can learn more at Washingtonhistory.org/support/heritage/capital projects fund or at HCPF web page. Timing is critical.
Nature Center: Ed Burrough. The nature center remains uncomplicated! Removal of invasive plants is a continued effort. Lisa requests that Ed send her the photos/pictures from the submissions during the fair.
Audit Committee: The Board met with the Audit committee on Sept 23, and the recommendations of the Audit Committee were reviewed. This confirmed we are in compliance with all recommendations, or in progress of getting there. The Audit committee is satisfied with the Boards progress.
Video Cameras: One is set and monitoring! Vehicles are now identifiable for review if any further suspicious activity is noted.
Planning Calendar: There is a lot more to do. Howard is working on the Jan Auction to create a calendar schedule. Domain names are changing. Test site domain picked up as site is moving to "Wordpress" as a content management system. He is hopeful that everyone will become familiar with this so in the future postings will be seamless. FoxIslandWA.com is a very highly prized domain, and it was established by the Ostner family. If we ever decide to no longer use it, they have requested that we give them the option to take the name back. All on the Board agree to this proposal.
School House Rock, Jan Auction "Party with a Purpose": Howard and Lisa are hard at work making preparation. They have made a few changes to maximize the "fun" in this fundraiser. Main items: Price $20 per person; 150 Pre-sold admissions max; Souvenir glass 12 oz, but new style stemless wine glasses; 1 drink ticket included; Appetizers -researching caterers; Silent & Live Auction; Wish list to be posted so an individual can pick an item to donate to specifically; Live band at 8 pm; and 9 pm dessert. (Another "preceding event" to be "Happy Hour" and the details are: $10 per person; 1 ticket for vodka tasting; 5:30 to 6:30 pm; 1 drink ticket for specialty drink or wine; 1 raffle ticket for handbag or tool drawing; Additional raffle tickets for $5, or 5 for $20). They plan to preliminarily send out requests for donations and sponsors. Then invitations to attend events go out in early Jan. We are looking for items for silent or live auction, looking for cash donations, and looking for sponsorship of any one part of the event (band, drinks, etc). Jim Borgen will return again as the Auctioneer. Heritage Distillery glass design in works. Call them directly for auction items. Hal suggests a "bid number" be given at payment time to decrease event check-in congestion.
Planning Meeting: Jim suggests that this is important, and we need to convene a planning meeting. A retreat was suggested. An agenda will be drafted. He asked for board members to send him dates.
Garage Sale: Ray has a report. Net was $939 dollars. He feels it was too much work, and not very profitable for Ficra. Suggestions were made to have it every other year, or have the Museum take over the All Island Garage Sale, as they seemed to be more successful. Another suggestion was to have an event coordinator to manage the NCC for the event. Ray says that it required a lot of work, and this was a frustrating year. However, some emails to Lisa were complimentary. Only 3 persons signed up to use the NCC, and only 1 showed up. The advertising seemed not a value other than Craig's List. Meeting with the Museum staff is needed for next year.
Donations: Dave Harrington would like to donate a soccer goal to the field. Board accepted this donation.
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Voldemort asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 1 decade ago
What is the 11th addmendment?
What is the 11th admendment in simple words?
What is the Chisolm vs. Georgia case and what is it about?
If you're saying ever heard of google, why the hell are you on YAHOO Answers?
The Eleventh Amendment, the first amendment to the Constitution after the Bill of Rights, was adopted following the Supreme Court's ruling in Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 U.S. 419 (1793). In Chisholm, the Court ruled that federal courts had the authority to hear cases in law and equity brought by private citizens against states and that states did not enjoy sovereign immunity from suits made by citizens of other states. Thus, the amendment clarified Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution, which gave diversity jurisdiction to the judiciary to hear cases "between a state and citizens of another state."
The amendment's text does not mention suits brought against a state by its own citizens. However, in Hans v. Louisiana, 134 U.S. 1 (1890), the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment reflects a broader principle of sovereign immunity. As Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for a five Justice majority, stated in Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706 (1999):
" [S]overeign immunity derives not from the Eleventh Amendment but from the structure of the original Constitution itself....Nor can we conclude that the specific Article I powers delegated to Congress necessarily include, by virtue of the Necessary and Proper Clause or otherwise, the incidental authority to subject the States to private suits as a means of achieving objectives otherwise within the scope of the enumerated powers.[1]
Ever heard of Google?
And as a response to your "Additional Details", that was a horrible comeback. *snickers*
Brilliant Minds Unite
Thou shalt not settle for less than your worth
What could Trump and his followers do to sabotage Biden's inauguration ?
Let's try again. So Trump is impeached twice by the house.. so what?
Is there a height requirement to be President of the United States?
How long will it take me to get my stimulus check through the mail if they sent it on January 6th?
Should Trump be held accountable for the insurrection and face consequence ?
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What do you guys think is going to happen over the weekend, is there going to be a lot of protests by the radical right?
So which despicable people will be pardoned in the next few days?
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Annabelle Foster April 25, 2011	 August 18, 2020 Leave a comment
I've reflected before on the unintended comedy that flows from people in positions of authority or influence in our society denying the existence of objective reality. In the far future, enlightened people will look back on this era of American history and marvel at the fact that the children of a system built on reason could behave so irrationally.
A recent example: the slightly past-her-prime movie actress Ashley Judd (née Ciminella) recently made the rounds of television talk shows to promote a memoir. As expected of such a project, Judd included salacious tales of incestuous sexual abuse suffered when she was a young girl and edgy sex when she was a young woman. Also, occasional bouts of manic depression.
In the book, Judd recalls when she was in middle school and her mother — the country music singer Naomi Judd — started dating her second (and current) husband:
"Mom and pop were wildly sexually inappropriate in front of my sister and me … a horrific reality for me was that when pop was around I would have to listen to a lot of loud sex in a house with thin walls. . . . I now know this situation is called covert sexual abuse."
It's too bad that Judd has been reduced to this. She made some pretty good films in the 1990s and early 2000s — including my personal favorite, the surreal 1999 whodunit Eye of the Beholder.
But her deepest self-abasement doesn't appear in her book. Asked on the Today show what her family thought of the book, Judd said:
"You know, the book is very honest [but] it's not necessarily accurate, because everyone in my family has their own perspective and their own experiences. But it's very true for me."
Ugh. Beware "true for me" memoirists.
Of course, some people go for this situational twaddle. One of the half-wit columnists at the website Salon.com wrote:
"Judd's admission that her memoir is "true for me" allows for an acknowledgment of the real trauma she's experienced while also making room in the narrative for other versions of events. Memory might not hold up in a court of law, but that doesn't matter much to a scarred heart. One that's suffering depression and a host of other hurts. And, by admitting that, Judd's telling others that if it feels like abuse to you, it was abuse. And that's good enough."
No, it's not. As James Frey, Greg Mortenson, and a growing list of other fabulists and swindlers will attest, "true for me" memoirists are a sleazy lot. Often full of sanctimonious, politically-correct hypocrisy. Usually tripped up by undeserved self-regard.
Sadly, these same faults apply to the younger Ms. Judd. Less than three years ago, she appeared in a series of videos produced by a statist political advocacy group called Defenders Action Fund; in those videos, she castigated Sarah Palin for supporting the sport killing of wolves from helicopters. To wit: "Now back in Alaska, Palin is again casting aside science and championing the slaughter of wildlife."
So, a woman who doesn't hold herself to a standard of factual accuracy in her salacious memoir damns another woman for "casting aside science" when dealing with wildlife management. This selective embrace of objective reality is part of the reason that American culture is on the decline.
Statists thrive when people doubt objective reality and use terms like "true for me."
Ashley Judd's loud and libidinous mother probably summed up the real ethics of such people when — asked by the Today show for a response to her daughter's stories — she said: "I love my daughter. I hope her book does well." Cha-ching.
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Iowa vaccine supply drops as Johnson & Johnson restocks its inventory; only 70,000 doses expected to the state this week
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The Iowa government will receive fewer than 70,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, down from more than 100,000 doses received last week.
The key difference: More of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine won't arrive until the end of the month, Iowa Department of Public Health spokesperson Sarah Ekstrand said.
The company is working to stabilize its manufacturing process to ensure consistent supplies, Ekstrand said. It was approved by federal regulators on Feb. 27 and soon after White House officials said they would distribute the entire 3.9 million-dose inventory of it to the states.
From earlier:Iowa to receive 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine
However, the mass distribution meant the company would need time to replenish supply. Gov. Kim Reynolds said last week the supply of Johnson & Johnson doses would likely fluctuate throughout the month.
Iowa received about 33,000 doses of it in the first batch, with about 25,600 doses going out through government sources and the rest being distributed through the federal retail pharmacy partnership program.
Many of the doses were used to vaccinate Iowans whose working conditions prevent social distancing, such as at meat packing plants. It could take up to five weeks to vaccinate the 160,000 people who meet that criteria, Reynolds said.
The governor, her husband, and Iowa Department of Public Health interim Director Kelly Garcia also received shots of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine during a news briefing to show their confidence in its efficacy.
More:Meatpackers at Tyson and JBS plants in Iowa to get COVID-19 vaccines this week
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Iowa can expect about 30,400 first-shot doses of the Moderna vaccine and 38,610 first-shot doses of the Pfizer vaccine this week. Both of those vaccines require deep cold storage and two doses, injected weeks apart, to reach full efficacy.
Iowa officials won't know until probably Tuesday afternoon how much vaccine will be distributed through the federal retail pharmacy partnership this week, Ekstrand said. Doses sent through that program are sent directly to the pharmacies and are tallied separately.
Last week, Iowa pharmacies were allocated about 20,000 doses of Moderna and Pfizer vaccine through the program, and 7,800 Johnson & Johnson doses, Ekstrand said.
All the approved vaccines have shown strong defense against COVID-19 and evidence of preventing hospitalizations and deaths due to it.
As of 8:45 a.m. Tuesday, more than 328,000 Iowans have received one dose of vaccine and more than 286,000 have received both the initial vaccine and the booster shot. The Iowa Department of Public Health is advising vaccinated Iowans to follow CDC guidelines on best practices, which still includes wearing a mask in public and limiting travel, but allows for social gatherings indoors among the vaccinated and people at low risk for severe illness.
More:Vaccinated Americans can gather inside without masks or social distancing in certain circumstances, CDC guidelines say
The CDC guidelines were published as Iowa marks the anniversary of the first confirmed coronavirus infections in the state. Since then, more than 5,500 Iowans have died from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, and there have been more than 367,000 positive test for the virus, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
"This has been a year of grief," Garcia, who also runs the Iowa Department of Human Services, said in a statement acknowledging the anniversary. "We've lost so much in our everyday life, including so many little things we used to take for granted. And for many Iowans, that loss may also include a loved one. This is a moment to pause and reflect on what we've endured together, and to focus on our resiliency."
She encouraged Iowans who have not been vaccinated to continue to wear face coverings when in public, practice social distancing and frequent handwashing, and to get the vaccine when they are eligible.
More:COVID-19 vaccine eligibility opens to Iowans with chronic health conditions, but counties say demand still outstrips supply
Nick Coltrain is a politics and data reporter for the Register. Reach him at ncoltrain@registermedia.com or at 515-284-8361.


We will have 2 screenings in New England, Boston and Hartford, on Jan 5 and Jan. 6. See Events calender on this website for details. We will be exhibiting our films at the MLA (Modern Language Assoc.) conference in Boston between the 3-6 of Jan. First time in Boston in over 15 years, ever since I had to walk the aisles of the big Boston seafood trade show as the 12′ Bubba Gump Shrimp to promote a frozen food for a now defunct company. Looking forward to cold sidewalks and vapor coming from my mouth when I breath.
JOAN of Arc is on the shelf for the moment. She is ready to slay the English, but there are no other puppets to populate her world yet. I ran into more of a challenging fund raising activity than I had calculated. I also have not procured the voice of JOAN that I wanted (Bjork) … yet. The script is good and the budgets are cut to the bone, I am poised to resume work on the project in January when I have some free time. Meanwhile, several smaller video projects have come up and I will post these short content videos on a new page called Short-Shorts on Classics in Miniature website next week.
Other projects on the hearth are a TV series of the book Don Quixote by Cervantes . We are in talks with a network about producing 12 episodes.
Also, we now have a Mephisto MUG on sale for $20.00 as well as both DVDs QUIXOTE and FAUST on the website for sale.
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Earlier this year, Turkey made news for a referendum in which the country decided to transform itself, probably in 2019, from a presidential parliamentary system — like Ireland — to a presidential republic, like the U.S. Turkey's president, Tayyip Erdogan, is an authoritarian, like an increasing number of leaders around the world. To say it's distressing for the citizens of these countries is an understatement. And Turkey's been consistently painted with a particularly dark brush recently, both by its leaders and the global media, convincing tourists to stay away in droves. But with tourism comes an exchange of ideas, at least if you're chatty, as tourists should be (it's way more fun that way). So before you decide whether to go or not (spoiler: you should go), be aware, there's a precedent for what's going on in Turkey now.
A mosque in historic Istanbul.
For about as long as there's been a Europe, transcontinental Turkey has been its opposite. Though the late Roman empire actually moved its headquarters to what was then called Constantinople, on May 29, 1453, there was a split. That's the day a 21-year-old named Mehmed led his Ottoman army into the city that from then on would be called Istanbul. Afterwards, the staunch canonical law of Europe often contrasted sharply with the combination of religious sharia law and secular Kanun law of the Ottoman empire. In the realm of religious and women's rights, Turkey under a combination of these two laws was decidedly more of what today we would consider an open society than Europe. And Europe didn't like it then, as they don't now. In the past, they spoke of sultans as incomprehensible exotics, cruel autocratic monsters utterly unlike their own leaders. Things haven't changed much.
Visiting Istanbul for the first time is like learning about Cahokia, the massive Indigenous city across the river from modern-day St. Louis, Mo.: it's a place where things were happening long before you thought possible. But unlike Cahokia, Istanbul's still going. It's the longest continuous centre of civilization in the modern world, picked as the new Roman capital by Constantine in AD 330, and not relieved of its imperial mantle until 1923. I'll do the math for you: That's 1,593 years. Compare standard calculations for Rome (839 years), Addis Ababa (837), Athens (654), Copenhagen (600), Angkor (542), London (414), or even Babylon's 868 (and it's tough to visit Babylon these days), and it becomes apparent that no place on Earth spent as much time being where everything happened.
Walk the streets of the modern city — and it is a very modern city — and you'll see every month of that history etched on the walls, carved into the earth, and stuffed into mussels.
A plate of midye dolma. Photo courtesy of ximena.
There are museums and masjids and churches everywhere, and the icons at the Hagia Sophia, the ceilings of the Blue Mosque, the mosaics of the Chora Church, and Abraham's saucepan in the Topkapi palace (who knew he was the cook in the family?) are not to be missed.
But man, that food.
Start with the midye dolma, mussels stuffed with herbed rice. You can get them in restaurants, but I'd suggest the street, preferably somewhere close to one of the city's many seasides. It's a textural experience as much as a flavoursome one — the rice mitigates the gooeyness some find distasteful in shellfish. But the spices and herbs in that rice, things like cinnamon and red pepper flakes, parsley, and pepper, as well as little nuggets like currants and pine nuts, make them surprising little taste bombs. I got a T-shirt last time I was there from a great little boutique hotel called Cloud 7 on busy Ebuzziya Street near the Ataköy Marina that says "The only media I trust is midya dolma."
Speaking of bombs — and you can't not speak of bombs when you speak of Istanbul, or Turkey at large these days — all I can do is urge a little perspective by providing a little context. Turkey has been suffering various forms of violence from both Kurds and ISIS, and I wouldn't recommend travelling anywhere near the Syrian border, about 1,000km (621 mi) east of Istanbul.
A Turkish bazaar.
But in Istanbul itself, where tourist numbers have dropped so precipitously due to the reports of violence that 600 shops in the Grand Bazaar have gone out of business in the last year and summer cruise ship arrivals dropped to about 30 from 300, there were 80 percent fewer deaths due to terrorism in the past year than there were victims of gun violence in Chicago, which is one-fifth its size.
Istanbul is one of the world's great cities. The brazier carts lining the streets of Ataköy serving coffee boiled three times outside of restaurants serving a thousand variations on one of the world's best cuisines is reason enough to visit. But when you add the resurgence of hamam culture — with ancient bathhouses like Kilic Ali Pasha in Karaköy beautifully renovated and attracting young Turks for the first time in generations — the Ottoman-era banks turned into boutique hotels, the bejewelled dagger that inspired one of Peter Ustinov's best films (just down the hall from Abraham's saucepan, which definitely deserves a movie of its own), and the life-size memorial statue of Tombili the reclining cat, you've got a city you really need to see — pretty much right now.
Want to see (and taste) all Turkey has to offer? G Adventures can get you here. We offer a number of trips to Turkey comprising activities that cater to a number of travelling styles. We're excited to show you more of this big, beautiful world — check out our small group tours to Turkey here.
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Beware the Gonzo is a 2010 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Bryan Goluboff. Ezra Miller stars as the eponymous Gonzo, a high school student who creates an underground newspaper. Zoe Kravitz, Jesse McCartney, Griffin Newman, Campbell Scott, and Amy Sedaris appear in supporting roles. Its title refers to a style of first-person confrontational journalism developed by Hunter S. Thompson in the early 1970s.

The film debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010.

Plot
After being fired from his high school paper by editor Gavin Reilly, Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman establishes an underground paper with his friends Rob Becker, Ming Na, and Schneeman to give a voice to unpopular students. Eddie's idea catches the attention of Evie Wallace, who joins the paper's team out of disdain for Gavin. The first issue causes a commotion throughout the school and Principal Roy and Gavin offer to give Eddie his own section in the main paper if he tones down his content. Eddie, however, refuses to censor his articles, even under the threat of suspension.

For the second issue, Eddie exposes the unsanitary conditions of his school's cafeteria, causing the cafeteria to be closed by the health inspector. The issue brings popularity to Eddie in the high school, which grows when Principal Roy suspends him. He and Evie also enter into a relationship. However, Gavin attempts to damage Eddie's reputation by falsely claiming Eddie staged the conditions as a favor to diner owner Errol, Eddie's first advertiser. Eddie retaliates by writing an exposé on Gavin, where he reveals that Gavin had Schneeman write a paper for him in exchange for not being bullied and humiliated an anonymous girl (Evie) with his friends after having sex with her; information that Schneeman and Evie trusted him to not make public. After the article is released, Eddie's friends break off contact with him and he is indefinitely suspended from school, pending a likely expulsion.

At the advice of his father, Eddie creates a video apologizing for his actions and his suspension is lifted. The apology earns him back the respect of many of his classmates, although his friends (except for Rob) continue to refuse to speak with him. Nevertheless, Evie reaches out to Eddie again. The two make amends and resume their relationship.

Cast
 Ezra Miller as Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman
 Zoë Kravitz as Evie Wallace
 Griffin Newman as Horny Rob Becker
 Stefanie Hong as Ming Na
 Edward Gelbinovich as Schneeman
 Jesse McCartney as Gavin Reilly
 Amy Sedaris as Diane Gilman
 Campbell Scott as Arthur Gilman
 James Urbaniak as Principal Roy
 Marc John Jefferies as Stone
 Lucian Maisel as Malloy
 Jerry Grayson as Errol
 Yul Vazquez as Charlie Ronald
 Judah Friedlander as Cafeteria guy
 Noah Fleiss as Ryan
 Matthew Shear as Dave Melnick
 Conor Leslie as Amy
 Colby Minifie as Melanie

Reception
Beware the Gonzo received mixed reviews; the film has a 44% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 36/100 rating on Metacritic.

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Jill C. Bender is associate professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the author of The 1857 Indian Uprising and the British Empire (Cambridge, 2016) as well as several scholarly book chapters on British imperial and Irish history. Bender's research has received funding support from a number of bodies, including Fulbright New Zealand and International Security Studies at Yale University. She is a past History Representative to the Executive for the American Conference of Irish Studies (ACIS) and a current member of the Council for the Southern Conference of British Studies (SCBS). While a 2019–2020 Fellow at the National Humanities Center, Bender is working on her second book project, which investigates the state-assisted migration of Irish women to Australia, Canada, and southern Africa during the mid-nineteenth century.
Bender, Jill C. "The 'Piniana' Question: Irish Fenians and the New Zealand Wars." In Ireland in an Imperial World: Citizenship, Opportunism, and Subversion, edited by Michael de Nie, Tim McMahon, and Paul Townend, 203–22. London: Palgrave MacMillan, 2017.
Bender, Jill C. The 1857 Indian Uprising and the British Empire. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016.
Bender, Jill C. "Ireland and Empire." In The Princeton History of Modern Ireland, edited by Richard Bourke, and Ian McBride, 343–360. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2016.
Bender, Jill C. "Sir George Grey and the 1857 Indian Rebellion: the Unmaking and Making of an Imperial Career." In Mutiny at the Margins: New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857, vol. 2, Britain and the Indian Uprising, edited by Crispin Bates, and Andrea Major, 199–218. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2013.
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Singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Dennis Lloyd transcends culture and genre with music that innately resonates worldwide.
With over 750 million streams on his breakthrough hit "Nevermind" and other fan favorites "Leftovers" and "Playa (Say That)", Dennis enjoyed a very interesting 2018 selling out his first headline tour across North America & Europe and first TV performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. This year brings new music and new live dates.
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At least 100 people were evacuated from the building and others nearby in the lower Manhattan neighborhood, said Fire Department Chief of Operations Patrick McNally.
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McNally said the fire, which started on the second floor, was difficult to bring under control because the building was so old. At times, fire could be seen shooting out of the windows and smoke was billowing near the roof.
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Egg facing hard time
ONLINE bank Egg yesterday said the cost of dealing with its French arm had left it with losses of £103m in the first nine months of a "challenging" year.
The figure, which compared with £25m last time, came during a difficult year in which Egg flagged up costs of £113m from pulling out of the French market and faced uncertainty over its own ownership.
Operating profits at its core UK arm fell to £53m from £57m amid increased competition and rising interest rates.
Egg said it was now focused on its "successful UK business", although the future of the loss-making French arm remains uncertain after following offers for parts of the business that it had previously intended to close.
The group, which is 79% owned by Prudential, was the subject of takeover talk earlier this year until the insurer called off its search.
Chief executive Paul Gratton said, "This has been a difficult year for Egg with the uncertainty created by the potential sale of the group as well as the decision to withdraw from the French market."
He said that competitive and economic factors affecting the entire UK unsecured lending market had also hit the business.
But he added, "Against this background the results are satisfactory and we are confident and positive about the future of Egg."
Today's results included operating losses of £35 million incurred in France up to the date of the withdrawal, as well as previously announced disposal costs.
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OKLAHOMA CITY – (May 25, 2016) –Tobacco use still remains a problem in Oklahoma, and tobacco companies are working harder than ever to attract a new generation of tobacco users. In fact, each day in the United States, more than 3,800 people younger than 18 years of age smoke their first cigarette. In Oklahoma, 23.1 percent of high school students are current tobacco users, and 3,300 kids become regular smokers each year.


The Mercury announced she will serve her suspension Saturday against Detroit and on Wednesday against the Minnesota Lynx.
"I am deeply sorry and embarrassed for causing this distraction for my teammates, the Phoenix Mercury, the WNBA, family and fans," Taurasi said. "While I cannot say more with regards to the specifics of the case, I do want to make sure that everyone knows how much I appreciate their support and that I've learned a valuable lesson. I am committed to making sure a lot of good comes from this experience."
A police report released Tuesday revealed that Taurasi's blood-alcohol level was 0.17 percent, which is more than twice the state's legal limit of 0.08. She has pleaded not guilty to the DUI charges and not responsible to the speeding citation. Taurasi is due in court on Wednesday.
"The WNBA supports the actions taken by the Mercury and we don't believe further action by the league will be necessary,'' the league said in a statement.