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Gay Hate Crimes Blog Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle, Unfinishedlivesblog.com founder and director, speaks at Dallas Day of Decision Rally last week [Robbie Miller photo].
Dallas, Texas – Unfinishedlivesblog.com, the premier amateur academic blog dealing with anti-LGBTQ hate crimes in the United States, marks its fifth birthday today. Conceived on the anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots in 2008, the blog and its umbrella parent movement, The Unfinished Lives Project, sought to change the national conversation on acts of physical violence against the queer community. A part-time labor of love, written as time permits between teaching responsibilities, speaking opportunities, and educational events around the nation, this cyber effort continues to widen and deepen the circle of readers worldwide who remember and advocate for LGBTQ hate crimes victims. With nearly 500,000 visitors to date, Unfinished Lives Blog has reached more minds and hearts than its originator, Dr. Stephen V. Sprinkle, could have possibly foreseen half a decade ago.
"Adding the responsibility of writing, monitoring networks of news sources, and updating the blog seemed daunting at first," Sprinkle admits. "Nevertheless, communicating with such a wide audience of concerned people on the injustice of murder and assault against LGBTQ people simply because of irrational prejudice and hatred, has become an enormously energizing dimension of my life's work. And, we at the Unfinished Lives Project have learned how to do this as we went along," Sprinkle noted. "Remembering the victims of homophobic and transphobic violence must become second nature to the LGBTQ community if it ever is to become a People among the Peoples of this country, and of the world family of Peoples. We like to think that we are making some contribution to the maturation of the LGBTQ community by our work."
Five years on gives the Unfinished Lives Project a chance to revisit some of its more notable achievements. Since 2008, the blog has:
Posted 564 articles to date on hate crimes and told the stories of hate crimes victims throughout America and the world
Contributed to the struggle to enact the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act into federal law in 2009
Provided local coverage of the Raid on the Rainbow Lounge and the events stemming from it in the summer of 2009
Pressed for the Repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell (DADT) in 2010
Covered the alarming rise in transgender hate crimes, with a special focus on transgender youth of color
Chronicled the alarming stories of LGBTQ youth bullied in schools throughout the nation
Gained readership in more than 183 nations, principalities, territories, and protectorates worldwide
Built and maintained a searchable website available free of charge for research on anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
Supported the publication of Dr. Sprinkle's award-winning book, Unfinished Lives: Reviving the Memories of LGBTQ Hate Crimes Murder Victims (Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2011)
Provided coverage of Unfinished Lives events in 9 states and the District of Columbia
Sprinkle has continued to be Director and main writer for the blog, but says that he is indebted to the ongoing contributions of members of the Unfinished Lives Project Team. "We could not be the player in the cyber world we are today without the hard work of friends like web masters Todd W. Simmons, Adam D.J. Brett, and the invaluable support of Sandra Jean Brandon," Sprinkle said. He also thanks the loyal readership that has lent their voices and advocacy to the struggle to eliminate hate crimes violence from society. "They are helping to change the national conversation on hate crimes," Sprinkle said. "We are moving beyond dry statistics. The stories of real human beings give life and passion to the ongoing effort to make our neighborhoods safe for love and life to bloom and flourish."
The future offers opportunity to Unfinished Lives Blog as it enters its second decade of service. LGBTQ hate crimes continue unabated in the United States, rising to record high numbers of murders each year since 2010. Worldwide human rights efforts are spreading at breakneck speed, and the forces of repression and irrational hatred are mounting to squash them. Unfinished Lives Blog intends to meet the challenges with creativity and passion. In October 2013, the Unfinished Lives Project will visit the Republic of South Korea where Dr. Sprinkle's book is being published in the Korean language by Alma, a division of Munhakdongne Publishing Group, to spread the word on hate crimes and hate crimes prevention. As Sprinkle says every time he is offered the chance, "We who believe in justice cannot rest. We who believe in justice cannot rest until it comes!"
Happy Fifth Anniversary, Unfinished Lives Blog! Here's to many more!
June 30, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Brite Divinity School, Bullying in schools, Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT), GLBTQ, Hate Crime Statistics, Hate Crimes, hate crimes prevention, Heterosexism and homophobia, Independent Book Awards (IPPYs), LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, Rainbow Lounge Raid, Social Justice Advocacy, South Korea, Texas, transphobia, Unfinished Lives Book, Unfinished Lives Project, Unfinishedlivesblog.com | Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Bullying in schools, Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT), GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, Rainbow Lounge Raid, Social Justice Advocacy, South Korea, Texas, transphobia, Unfinished Lives book, Unfinished Lives Project, Unfinishedlivesblog.com | Comments Off on Gay Hate Crimes Blog Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
Oregon's "Pink Poodle" Gay Bashing Draws Federal Hate Crime Charges
Gay Bashing victim David Beltier (l), partner Jeremy Mark (r), and their poodle Beauty.
Hillsboro, Oregon – A bizarre anti-gay crime case at a busy highway street crossing has attracted national attention as Federal prosecutors issued hate crimes charges against a man whose homophobic rage was sparked by the sight of a pink poodle. The assailant, George Mason Jr., 22, was charged this week with a violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act for attacking a gay man with a heavy bolt cutter and screaming anti-gay slurs during a peaceful, midday stroll with his boyfriend and their pink-dyed poodle on March 1. Multiple witnesses say Mason shouted slurs at the gay couple from his SUV, did a U turn, raced back to the intersection, and allegedly attacked David Beltier with his fists and the bolt cutter. Beltier sustained blows to the upper arm, and to the back of his head. The assault could very nearly have cost Beltier his life.
Portland, Oregon court documents record the hate crime in legal language, but preserve the horror of the assault, coming from a complete stranger: "(Mason) willfully caused bodily injury and, through the use of a dangerous weapon, attempted to cause bodily injury to (Beltier), who is gay, because of (Beltier's) actual and perceived sexual orientation." The Associated Press, in a story carried by the Columbus (IN) Republic, also reports that Mason faces Oregon state charges including second-degree intimidation, second-degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon, and reckless driving. The intimidation charge is a bias-motivation charge in the Oregon state code. Mason's wife, Saraya Gardner, who was in Mason's vehicle at the time of the attack, has also been charged in the case for obstructing justice.
George Mason Jr. Alleged gay basher enraged by the sight of a pink poodle.
In an interview in Komonews.com, Beltier and his partner, Jeremy Mark, recounted that they were crossing the street with their pink-dyed poodle, Beauty, when the attack occurred. Beauty, explained Beltier and Mark, had been harmlessly dyed pink with Kool-Aid for a bit of pre-Easter fun, and to match their two other pastel-dyed dogs. The sight of the pink poodle proved too much for Mason, who screamed profanities at the couple from his moving vehicle. The intersection was filled with witnesses who blared their horns in protest of the attacker. Beltier credits the witnesses with saving his life. "If I didn't hear all the other people honking, all the people seeing what was going on, he could have probably severely hurt me, maybe even killed me right there and then," he said. The New York Daily News reports Mark's account of the slurs Mason hurled at his boyfriend. "[Mason] was saying, "Your poodle is a weird color and that's just un-American" and "f— you, you f–s" and shouting," Mark said.
Beltier then picked up the story for Komo News: "After that, [Mason] turns around, he goes back to his car, runs back to his car and brings out this long wrench-looking crowbar tool or something like that, and he comes back after me." Mason then struck Beltier on the upper arm and in the back of the head. Beltier's boyfriend was frantic with fear for his lover's life. "I just couldn't believe it," said Mark. "I was shouting at the guy to stop. There's no need for violence. There's nothing to provoke him. … I was fearing for his life."
As Mason raced away from the scene of the crime, witnesses tried to block his vehicle, and one witness took off after him, capturing Mason's license plate number. The information led to the arrest of Mason and his wife, Gardner.
Though officials advised the gay couple to eliminate the bright pink color from his pet's fur, Beltier and Mark remain adamant. They say that they did nothing wrong, and they are not going to let fear dictate their lives. They just allowed Beauty's fur to grow out naturally over time.
June 28, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, Bludgeoning, FBI, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, hate speech, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, Oregon, Pink poodle, Slurs and epithets, U.S. Justice Department | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, Bludgeoning, FBI, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, Oregon, Pink poodle, Slurs and epithets, U.S. Justice Department | Comments Off on Oregon's "Pink Poodle" Gay Bashing Draws Federal Hate Crime Charges
Attacker Arrested for Brutal Transgender Beating in Hollywood
Vivian Diego, 22, speaks out for justice after being attacked on May 31 by a gang of transphobic men. (CBS 2 Image)
Hollywood, California – A man has been arrested in the savage beating case involving a transgender woman last month. Nicol Shakhnazayan, 21, was taken into custody by detectives of the Los Angeles Police Department and charged with felony battery of a woman. Shakhnazayan, whose arrest happened a day after Los Angeles city leaders posted a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the assailants in the case, is being held on $1.05 million bail, according to Gay Star News. The victim, 22-year-old transgender woman Vivian Diego, was assaulted by four men shouting transphobic and homophobic slurs. The assault took place late on the night of May 31 near a Metro stop at Hollywood and Ivar, after Ms. Diego finished her shift as a barista at Beso Restaurant. CBS Los Angeles reports that video of the attack on Ms. Diego helped in making the arrest of the first suspect. Lt. Marc Reina of the LAPD told CBS2: "One of the members of the group ran after Vivian and struck her from behind, knocking her to the ground. The remaining members of the group then joined in brutally assaulting Vivian by repeatedly kicking her, even while she lay motionless on the sidewalk."
Ms. Diego described the horror and pain of the attack in vivid terms: "It was awful. I wouldn't wish the pain I went through on my worst enemy." She sustained a broken jaw, a smashed cheekbone, bruises, and two cracked ribs. Her family remains solidly in support of her, calling on the police and city officials to bring the other perpetrators of this hate crime to justice.
As she recovers, Ms. Diego, whose mouth is wired shut, communicated optimism and determination through her pain. She is proud to be a transgender woman. "I am not letting this incident, this attack stop me from living my life," she said to CBS News. "As you can see, I'm still fabulous."
June 25, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, California, Gang violence, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Latino and Latina Americans, LGBTQ, Slurs and epithets, Stomping and Kicking Violence, transgender persons, transphobia | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, California, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Hollywood, Latino / Latina Americans, LGBTQ, Slurs and epithets, transgender persons, transphobia | Comments Off on Attacker Arrested for Brutal Transgender Beating in Hollywood
Remembering James Byrd Jr.: Hate Crime Murder 15 Years Ago Today
James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949-June 7, 1998)
Jasper, Texas – James Byrd Jr., father of three children, never intended to become a key player in the struggle to protect LGBTQ people from hate crime violence. But when he fell into the hands of three haters by accepting a ride from them on June 7, 1998, he became one of the most famous hate crimes murder victims of all time.
Byrd, 49, was looking for a ride home to be with his family. Instead, his three abductors, Shawn Berry, Lawrence Russell Brewer, and John King, aged 23 to 31 years of age, drove him out to a lonely road outside of the small town of Jasper, Texas, beat him senseless, urinated on him, and tied his ankles to the hitch of their pick up truck–apparently for no reason other than race hatred. It was a lynching-by dragging. Byrd's killers dragged him three miles along an asphalt road until he died. Speeding along the road, his body struck a concrete culvert, severing his right arm, shoulder, and head. Investigators located 81 sites along the route where remains of Byrd's body were scattered. Jasper County District Attorney Guy James Gray, said that the murder of James Byrd Jr. was the worst he had seen in over 20 years as a prosecutor. Berry, Brewer, and King dumped Byrd's body beside the cemetery of an African American Church, and went on to celebrate their deed at a barbecue–feeling that no one in Jasper County or the State of Texas would miss a lone African American.
They were desperately wrong. Brewer and King, well-know white supremacists, were early suspects, causing DA Gray to investigate the murder as a hate crime. The FBI was called in to assist in the investigation within 24 hours of Byrd's remains being found. Echoes of lynchings throughout the South amplified the outrage surrounding Byrd's hate crime murder. Brewer, King, and Berry were arrested, and eventually convicted of murder as a hate crime. Brewer and King were sentenced to death, and on September 21, 2011, Brewer was put to death by lethal injection. King awaits execution on death row. Berry was sentenced to life in prison. The Byrd Family opposed the death penalty for the men who killed their beloved James, believing that more deaths could never bring peace or closure to his murder. Only justice for everyone could.
James Byrd Jr.'s gravesite.
In May 2001, Texas enacted the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act into law. Because of advocacy within the Byrd Family, James Byrd Jr.'s name lent credibility to make the statute a gay-inclusive hate crimes protection law, and linked it to the Laramie, Wyoming anti-gay murder of Matthew Shepard. Then, after decades of advocacy, President Barack Obama signed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act into law, extending federal protections to LGBT people in America for the first time in history. Judy and Dennis Shepard, parents of Matthew, were joined at the White House by Betty Bryd Boatner and Louvon Harris, sisters of James, for the signing ceremony. President Obama said:
"This is the culmination of a struggle that has lasted more than a decade. Time and again, we faced opposition. Time and again, the measure was defeated or delayed. Time and again we've been reminded of the difficulty of building a nation in which we're all free to live and love as we see fit. But the cause endured and the struggle continued, waged by the family of Matthew Shepard, by the family of James Byrd, by folks who held vigils and led marches, by those who rallied and organized and refused to give up, by the late Senator Ted Kennedy who fought so hard for this legislation — (applause) — and all who toiled for years to reach this day."
Then, the President underlined the ongoing significance of the Act named for James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard:
"You understood that we must stand against crimes that are meant not only to break bones, but to break spirits — not only to inflict harm, but to instill fear. You understand that the rights afforded every citizen under our Constitution mean nothing if we do not protect those rights — both from unjust laws and violent acts. And you understand how necessary this law continues to be."
So, today, we remember James Byrd Jr. His death has not been in vain. The road toward full equality for all Americans is a long one. Many have died in the 15 years since the murders of Byrd and Shepard at the hands of irrational hatred. More will die, succumbing to injustices of the worst kind. But James Byrd Jr. is not forgotten, and his killers have not had the last word on his life. The struggle continues, and right is on the side of life and inclusion. This 15th anniversary of James Byrd Jr.'s death, we who believe in justice cannot allow ourselves to rest. We who believe in justice cannot rest until it comes.
June 7, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | African Americans, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, gay men, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, hate crimes prevention, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, Racism, Remembrances, Texas, White supremacist groups, Wyoming | African Americans, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, gay men, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, hate crimes prevention, Heterosexism and homophobia, James Byrd Jr., James Byrd Jr. and Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, LGBTQ, Matthew Shepard Act, racism, Texas, Wyoming | Comments Off on Remembering James Byrd Jr.: Hate Crime Murder 15 Years Ago Today
Lesbian Council Speaker Offers Free Gay Self-Defense Classes in Response to New York City Hate Crimes
Center for Anti-Violence Education will offer free self-defense classes to LGBTQ adults.
New York City, New York – Lesbian mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn, the outspoken Speaker of the New York City Council, announced that free self-defense classes will be available to the LGBTQ community following an alarming spike in anti-gay hate crimes in the city. Quinn made the announcement Sunday at the 21st Annual Queens Pride Parade held in Jackson Heights, according to CBS 2.
The New York queer community is returning to a sense of the significance of Pride it has not known for many years because of the recent rise in anti-LGBTQ violence throughout the five boroughs. Quinn noted the severity of the hate crimes in her remarks following the Queens Parade: "This is the kind of violence and frequency and in severity we haven't seen in a really long time. It isn't safe to be gay everywhere in New York City." The classes, which will concentrate on diffusing smart aleck harassment more than actual hand-to-hand skills, will commence this weekend, free of charge, compliments of the City of New York. Quinn became a supporter of the idea of LGBTQ self-defense classes after queer activist Ed Lovendusky, himself a victim of a recent gay bashing in Hell's Kitchen by a group of homophobic men, called upon the city of provide them.
Openly lesbian NYC Council Speaker, Christine Quinn.
The first self-defense class for LGBTQ adults will be held June 8 at the LGBT Center, 208 W. 13th Street in Manhattan, led by the Center for Anti-Violence Education. On June 12, the second class will be offered at the Hudson Guild Elliott Center. The Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE), whose headquarters are in Brooklyn, has been actively empowering LGBTQ people in New York City to feel safer and stronger for over 38 years, with an emphasis upon women and youths. On its website, the CAE says its mission is to develop and implement "comprehensive violence prevention programs for individuals and organizations. Through a combination of education, physical empowerment, and leadership development, CAE provides underserved communities throughout the New York metropolitan area with skills to break cycles of violence."
The classes are designed to make members of the queer community in New York City feel safer and more secure at a time when many are feeling powerless in the face of rising numbers of reported hate crimes against LGBTQ folk. Speaker Quinn said to NBC 4, "No one should be made to feel unsafe because who they are or who they love. The spate of bias attacks against LGBT New Yorkers in recent weeks is unacceptable and must end now."
June 4, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE), Christine Quinn, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, harassment, Hate Crimes, hate crimes prevention, Heterosexism and homophobia, Lesbian women, LGBTQ, New York, New York City, Self-defense classes for LGBTQ people, Social Justice Advocacy, transgender persons, transphobia | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, Center for Anti-Violence Education (CAE), Christine Quinn, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, harassment, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Lesbians, LGBTQ, New York, New York City, Self-defense classes for LGBTQ people, Social Justice Advocacy, transgender persons, transphobia | 1 Comment
Young Transgender Person Savagely Beaten in Hollywood Hate Crime: Updated
Victor Diego, 22, transgender and gay victim of brutal beating on Hollywood Boulevard [CBS 2 photo].
Hollywood, California – A 22-year-old transgender person who is identified as "gay" and male by his close relatives was brutally assaulted by a gang of men on Hollywood Boulevard near the Metro Station. Victor Diego, a barista at Beso's Restaurant, had gotten off work and dressed to go out with friends, according to CBS LA, when the men attacked Diego form behind, fracturing two ribs, shattering his cheekbone, punching him multiple times in the eyes, breaking his jaw, and kicking him in the temple–an injury that his sister says will require surgery. Diego's attackers did their worst and fled the scene, leaving their victim helpless in the street. "He was basically left for dead just because of who he is," Virginia Diego said to CBS.
Reportage on the attack has been careful to note that how Diego identifies in terms of gender identity and gender expression is not known. His sisters Virginia and Melissa have used both male and female pronouns to describe Diego, which reflects family practice, but not necessarily Diego's own sense of personhood. Photographs show a graceful, lovely person with a sense of style and taste. Sister Virginia Diego said to reporters, "Sometimes men try to talk to him and they get humiliated in front of their friends when they realize it's a man. Because he looks really good, he looks like a woman, you couldn't tell the difference," she continued. Sister Melissa Diego said that the Los Angeles Police Department, Hollywood Division is pursing the case as a transphobic hate crime. "We don't want this to happen to anybody else," she said. We just want somebody to come forward and let us know what they saw. He deserves justice." Diego is recuperating at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Update: GLAAD reports that the victim has informed the LAPD of her preferred name and pronominal usage. In contradistinction to her family's identification of her gender, the victim wishes to be known by "Vivian," and indicated that she wants police and the media to use feminine pronouns when referring to her.
Diego shows multiple injuries sustained in Thursday night's attack.
Fox News Latino reports that Hollywood's Beso Restaurant where young Diego works is owned by actress Eva Longoria, famed for her roles on The Young and the Restless, and Desperate Housewives. The film and television star has not issued a statement in relation to the attack.
As the manhunt for Vivian Diego's attackers continues, we are left to speculate about the rising number of anti-gay, anti-lesbian, and transphobic bias attacks reported recently, especially in New York City where the incidents of hate crimes is spiking to record highs as LGBT Pride celebrations kick off in the Big Apple. Is this hate crime attack against a gay and transgender person connected in some copycat way to the wave of East Coast brutalities? Some pundits suggest that the recent emphasis on the high profile human rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, and the increasing number of states making marriage equality legal for their residents may be igniting hostility among the opponents of LGBTQ rights in America.
For now, Vivian Diego has more immediate problems: facing surgery and how to pay for it, recuperating from the shattering physical and mental experience of being attacked for who she is–a crime unthinkable among fair minded people, but brutally frequent in the swirling emotions surrounding the expansion of human rights in the United States.
June 3, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, California, gay bashing, gay men, Gay Pride Month, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Hollywood, Latino and Latina Americans, LGBTQ, transgender persons, transphobia, U.S. Supreme Court, Unsolved LGBT Crimes | Anti-LGBT hate crime, Beatings and battery, California, Eva Longoria, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, Hollywood, LGBTQ, transgender persons, transphobia, Unsolved anti-LGBT crimes | Comments Off on Young Transgender Person Savagely Beaten in Hollywood Hate Crime: Updated
Outbreak of Anti-Gay Attacks in Brooklyn and Queens, New York Continues Trend of Homophobic Violence
Kevin Kiadii, 25, assaulted Wednesday in Brooklyn's Prospect Park for his sexual orientation.
Brooklyn, New York – Since Sunday of last week, there have been two anti-gay bias attacks reported in Brooklyn, and another hate crime assault in Queens, according to various news sources. On Wednesday night, openly gay Kevin Kiadii, a 25-year-old freelance makeup artist and a male friend were assaulted in Prospect Park, CBS 2 reports. Kiadii, notable for lodging a sexual misconduct suit against ex-Elmo voice artist, Kevin Clash (see NewsOne story), was randomly chosen for harassment and assault by a group of five teens who were allegedly drunk and/or high. When the most aggressive of the teenagers, the one also displaying the most intoxication, confronted Kiadii with homophobic slurs, the gay man offered the youth a soda as an attempt to diffuse the situation. Undeterred, the assailant took a "fighting stance," in Kiadii's words, and when Kiadii told him to back off, the youth jumped at Kiadii and said "'I'm going to [expletive] you up' and do this and 'you F and [expletive].'" Kiadii took a perfume bottle from his bag and wielded it like a can of pepper spray to back off his attackers. "One of the dudes tried to kick me in the face, but just missed and he got me in my shoulder," Kiadii said. Kiadii managed to get off a 911 call to police, handed his phone to a bystander, and wrestled with his main attacker, who left Kiadii with an injured hand, cuts and bruises. Speaking to the New York Post, Kiadii said his ploy with the spray bottle of perfume may have prevented something much worse from happening to him. "If it wasn't for my Dior bottle, I'd be in so much damage," he said.
The police responded quickly, arresting four youths ranged in age from 13 to 18 years of age, and a fifth suspect who is 21. Charges have been filed against the teens and the 21-year-old for harassment as a hate crime, and the prime assailant faces charges of aggravated assault as a hate crime, according to The Advocate. Expressing his appreciation for the swift action of the police, Kiadii is thankful that he was not more seriously hurt. Still, the assault has left him shaken but determined to broadcast what he had to face, so that others will not have to endure an anti-gay attack like his. "I'm appalled. I'm in awe," Kiadii told CBS 2. "I just really want my story told because I know there a lot of people in the city who deal with stuff like this."
Police sketches of Brooklyn subway gay basher (l) and Queens suspect (r) who attacked a woman while shouting anti-gay slurs.
Police are also searching for an unidentified Brooklyn suspect who punched a 27-year-old gay man twice in the face on the J Train at approximately 11:45 p.m. last Sunday, May 26. The assailant hurled anti-gay slurs at his victim as he carried out the attack, according to DNAinfo. The suspect fled out the back of the subway car to escape arrest. Police described the suspect as a man in his mid-to-late-20s, 6 feet tall, with dark hair tied in a bun. He was last seen wearing a blue denim jacket, police said. The New York Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force is carrying out the investigation. The subway assault and investigation were announced by the New York Police Department on Friday of this week. Also reported this week was an earlier bias-related attack upon a woman in Queens on March 17 of this year. Police say that the suspect approached a 49-year-old woman, cursed her with homophobic epithets, and punched her in the face before fleeing the scene. He is described as between the ages of 20 and 25, five feet four inches tall, 140 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. At the time of the assault, the attacker was wearing a small mustache. The suspect reportedly has been sighted in the area of the 115th Police Precinct. No explanation has been given for the lateness of the report on the Queens attack as of this report.
Anti-gay violence is spiking alarmingly throughout New York City. Better than 30 incidents of anti-LGBT hate crimes have been reported this year, one of them a fatal shooting, easily doubling last year's statistics for anti-gay attacks during the same time period.
June 2, 2013 Posted by unfinishedlives | Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Beatings and battery, Brooklyn, Gang violence, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, harassment, Hate Crime Statistics, Hate Crimes, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, New York, New York City, Queens, Slurs and epithets, Unsolved LGBT Crimes, women | Anti-LGBT hate crime, anti-LGBT hate crime murder, Beatings and battery, Brooklyn, gay bashing, gay men, GLBTQ, gun violence, harassment, Hate Crimes, hate crimes statistics, Heterosexism and homophobia, LGBTQ, New York, New York City, Queens, Slurs and epithets, Unsolved anti-LGBT crimes, women | Comments Off on Outbreak of Anti-Gay Attacks in Brooklyn and Queens, New York Continues Trend of Homophobic Violence


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A Grand Convergence in Mortality is Possible: Comment on Global Health 2035
Document Type: Editorial
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
10.15171/ijhpm.2014.01
The grand challenge in global health is the inequality in mortality and life expectancy between countries and within countries. According to Global Health 2035, the Lancet Commission celebrating the 20th anniversary of the World Development Report (WDR) of 1993, the world now has the unique opportunity to achieve a grand convergence in global mortality within a generation. This article comments on the main findings and recommendations of the Global Health 2035.
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Macro-Economic Benefits
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Iraqi Kurdistan: Setting the stage for a new war in the Middle East?
Several NATO countries, including Canada and the United States have special forces soldiers deployed in the region.
Derek Royden
Under late Ottoman rule, the countries and even some cities in the vast empire that had once stretched into Europe and across North Africa and was still comprised of what became modern day Turkey and most of the Middle East, had a degree of autonomy in terms of their relationships with the central government. This system of limited local autonomy made a lot of sense, as most of these areas, which comprised the majority of the great civilizations of antiquity, were incredibly ethnically and religiously diverse.
While Europe's colonial powers had been eying the Middle East for some time, especially after early oil discoveries, the choice of the Ottoman empire, already facing an Arab rebellion in the south, to side with Germany in the First World War, led the main victors, France and the UK, to split up the region.
The resulting Sykes-Picot agreement gave Syria and Lebanon to France and Iraq, the Gulf, Jordan and Palestine to the British. Notably absent from the agreement were the Kurdish people, denied a country of their own and split between Syria, Iran, Iraq and the modern Republic of Turkey.
In each case, the price paid by the Kurds was uniform in the sense that it was tragic, although the circumstances were different in each of the countries where they found themselves a minority population. With this history as a backdrop, as well as a variety of disputes with the current government in Baghdad, it isn't surprising that Iraqi Kurds, who have for all intents and purposes been self governing since 1992, wanted to hold a referendum on independence.
What was surprising was the timing, coming on September 25th, just as the war with the so-called Islamic State (at least in Iraq) seemed to be nearing its end and before long overdue parliamentary and presidential elections in the region.
A dangerous ploy?
The plebiscite came with one major caveat, as Kurdish authorities claimed a successful vote would give Erbil (their current regional capital) leverage in negotiations with Iraqi authorities but might not necessarily lead to the creation of a Kurdish state. Any attempt to understand why an independence referendum would be called that doesn't guarantee the same, must try to account for the often fraught politics of the region.
Although there are a large number of Kurdish (and some minority) political parties, Iraqi Kurdistan's politics are in many ways a tale of two families, the Barzanis and the Talabanis and their parties, the KDP (Kurdistan Democratic Party) for the former and PUK (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan) for the latter. In fact, the two parties, who joined together to form the current governing coalition in the region, fought a civil war among themselves between 1994 and 1998.
Jalal Talabani, formerly the President of Iraq (a mainly honorary position in the national government as compared to the Prime Minister) and leader of the PUK, which was already declining in popularity, passed away a week after the referendum on October 3rd, creating a vacuum that the KDP may try to leverage or fill.
The Kurdish leadership, under the current Prime Minister, Massoud Barzani, who has held the position without being elected since his second term ended in 2013 (a situation blamed on the rise of ISIS), called the referendum and went ahead with it despite the protests of Iraq's central government that it was illegal under the country's constitution.
There was high voter turnout for the plebiscite, at least according to government sources, with 72% of population casting a ballot and almost 93.% of these voting for independence when the final tallies were in.
Despite the celebratory tone emanating from Erbil as these numbers were announced, some commentators, including a few regional sources writing in English, have argued that there were problems with the vote beyond its lack of constitutionality.
"The referendum was was not endorsed or monitored by any international actors or elections' monitoring groups, most notably the United Nations, the standard bearer for elections worldwide," wrote Christine McCaffray, Director of the Institute of Regional and International Studies at the American University of Iraq, Sulaimaniya, after the vote, based on extensive interviews with local people and politicians in the three months leading up to and just after the vote, "This has cast doubt on the legitimacy of the process, and some Kurdish locals, officials, and NGOs, such as the Kurdistan Institute for Elections and the Badlisy Cultural Center have made allegations of ballot stuffing and intimidation – a problem that has plagued Kurdish elections in the past."
The vote could amount to a simple but dangerous political maneuver by Barzani. The Kurdish Prime Minister is a man whose nepotism is legendary, with his extended family occupying many of the government and the bureaucracy's most important posts. His personal popularity has plummeted in recent years along with the price of the oil that powers the region's economy.
Accusations have also continued to mount of corruption (and worse) in the KDP, especially against Massoud's son, Masrour, Barzani may have gambled that the vote would strengthen his hand and within Iraqi Kurdistan itself. If this was the thinking, it seems to have worked, although we won't know for sure until November 1st, when regional elections, just called on October 10th, will finally take place.
Adding another wrinkle, as reported by the English language Kurdish news outlet Rudaw, Barzani has promised that neither he nor any member of his family will run for the region's highest post in the coming election. Considering that the KDP is in may ways a family run business, we should probably take the relinquishing of power implied by the announcement with a grain of salt.
It will also be interesting to see how the second largest force in the regional parliament opposed to the current coalition between the KDP and the PUK, the Gorran Movement (Gorran means 'change' in Kurdish) does in the election. Many observers say the party is growing in popularity after being formed to fight corruption in the territory in 2009. On the issue of the referendum Gorran seemed to waver at first but ultimately told their supporters to vote their conscience.
A rift with the neighbors
Outside of this admittedly frustratingly complicated region, the vote has been almost universally condemned, bringing threats of sanctions and tensions that could easily lead to conflict, not only with Baghdad but also with powerful neighboring countries, Turkey and Iran.
Even the American State Department described the referendum by one of their more useful friends in the region as "unilateral", explaining the US position in an official statement, "The vote and its results lack legitimacy and we continue to support a united, federal, democratic and prosperous Iraq."
Besides a ban on international flights to airports in Iraqi Kurdistan, as reported by Reuters, "Iraq's central bank told the KRG (Kurdish Regional Government) that it would no longer sell dollars to four leading Kurdish banks and would stop all foreign currency transfers," in an attempt to strangle the region's economy.
The article cited above also reported that Iraq's Prime Minister, Hader al-Abadi has called for a "joint administration" with the Kurds as a junior partner, in the oil rich governate of Kirkuk, which the central government and the KRG have both laid claim to.
Baghdad lost the city and surrounding region, which contains some 8.7 billion barrels in total oil reserves, in 2014 when Iraqi forces fled in the wake of an Islamic State attack. IS fighters were later chased out by Kurdish Peshmerga, who have never left and now the area is claimed as part of Iraqi Kurdistan, a decision Iraq's central government obviously disputes.
The Turkmen in Kirkuk, who at one point were a majority in the city of the same name, and are scattered throughout the whole region, provide the perfect excuse for Turkey's President Recip Tayyip Erdogan to weigh in on the referendum. The vote has led Erdogan, who has grown both more autocratic and more erratic in recent years, and whose government is fighting a different Kurdish group in his own country, the PKK (which itself has bases in the north of Iraqi Kurdistan but which generally opposes the KDP locally), to openly threaten the region's economic lifeline.
"It will all be over when we close the oil taps," the Turkish President recently told reporters, "All revenues will vanish, and they will not be able to find food when our trucks stop going into northern Iraq."
Although their Kurdish population is not in open rebellion as in Turkey, Iran has its own worries based on its 5 million Kurds, mostly located on the country's border with Iraqi Kurdistan. Iranian Kurds publicly celebrated the referendum on their side of the border, no doubt raising alarm bells in Tehran.
It's interesting to note that Iran was one of the first countries to supply Erbil with weapons and ammunition when the region was threatened by Islamic State forces just three years ago and that they probably feel betrayed by their sometime allies.
In the end, only one country officially recognized the vote and at first it seems a strange one. On September 13th, the office of the Israeli Prime Minister released a statement saying, "Israel supports the legitimate efforts of the Kurdish people to attain a state of its own."
Although they have maintained links in Iraqi Kurdistan for decades, the Israeli government would very much like an official ally in this part of the Middle East, no doubt at least in part for wider intelligence purposes and in part as an arrow pointed at the Iran's Kurdish population who they might imagine as a future Hezbollah, dividing the Islamic Republic and perhaps stoking rebellion in other minority populations.
While it would be heartless to withhold sympathy from the Kurds of Iraq, who suffered terribly under Saddam Hussein, the seemingly boundless cynicism of Barzani and the KDP may have deferred any dream of actual independence over the longer term.
Adding to the potential danger, several NATO countries, including Canada and the United States have special forces soldiers deployed in the region. There is always a chance that with all the different players involved, someone will make a mistake, in the process creating the conditions for a new conflict that nobody wants.
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JAMESTOWN – Made in China, featuring photographs by Monika Garami, Brian Ulrich, and Youbing Zhan, will be displayed in Weeks Gallery on Jamestown Community College's Jamestown Campus Nov. 1 through Dec. 9.
An opening reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 10 during which the artists will introduce their work. Refreshments will be served.
An informal discussion with Weeks Gallery director Patricia Briggs and Ms. Garami will be featured during a brownbag lunch from noon to 1 p.m. on Dec. 7 in the gallery.
All events are free and open to the public. Funding for the exhibition is provided by the JCC Faculty Student Association and the JCC Foundation.
Made in China explores the global supply chain of Chinese-made consumer goods and Zhan's work is the inspiration for the exhibition.
"I was introduced to Zhan's remarkable photographs of Chinese factory workers by a Chinese-American artist, Wing Young Huie, who met Zhan in his travels around China," Dr. Briggs said.
The Weeks Gallery exhibition is Zhan's first show in the U.S. and is supported by the Sarita and Stanley Weeks Endowment and the Ericka Block Cultural Center funds administered by the JCC Foundation. Zhan will speak with classes about his work during a Nov. 9-11 artist's residency.
Zhan worked in the factories of Dongguan, one of China's largest manufacturing centers, for years. In 2006 he began photographing his fellow workers on the job assembling toys, purses, bras, and computer equipment, among other things. He presents Chinese factory workers, many of whom are rural migrants drawn to the city for factory jobs, at their work stations. Zhan also documents aspects of their lives when they are off the factory floor: in their factory dorm rooms, walking crowded streets, or learning to speak English.
"Zhan's photographs reveal the faces of workers who are thousands of miles away from us but who, in a sense, touch our lives every day," Dr. Briggs said.
Garami lives in Warren, Pennsylvania, and works for Bluestem, formerly Blair Corporation. After being introduced to Zhan's photography, she decided to follow the trail of Chinese-made clothing to the Bluestem Distribution Center in Irvine, Pennsylvania.
She traveled to Bayonne Port, New Jersey, to watch shipping containers destined for Bluestem off-loaded to trucks. She followed the goods from truck to storage in a Bluestem warehouse where they were boxed for individual orders.
Ulrich is assistant professor in the Rhode Island School of Design's photography department. Included in the exhibition are five large color prints from his series "Copia," which focuses on American consumer culture. Ulrich's work has been shown at top museums around the world. "Copia" was the subject of solo exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art and was published as an Aperture book in 2006.
For more information, tours, or appointments, call 338-1301 or visit www.weeksgallery.sunyjcc.edu. For images and events, go to www.facebook.com/WeeksGallery.
Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, and by appointment. The gallery is located on the second floor of the Arts & Sciences Center.


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The Light of Consciousness
Explorations in Transpersonal Psychology
Richard D. Mann - Author
ISBN10: 0-87395-905-1
ISBN10: 0-87395-906-X
"I regard this book as a highly important synthesis of psychology, cosmology, mystical experience, and religious thought. The author combines the experiential and the theoretical with great skill. There is not a false note in the book. There were plenty of issues where an author of lesser authority could have fallen on his face. Mann never does. I also like the fact that a person of Mann's obvious gifts has undertaken a study of the mystical experience of one of the most important religious figures of the twentieth century, Swami Muktananda." -- Richard L. Rubenstein, Florida State University
"This is a truly remarkable work; nothing like it exists, it is absolutely unique. We have a seasoned, rigorous psychologist examining with great openness, sensitivity, and profundity, the experiences, teachings, and nature of a famous spiritual teacher; and even more, the whole nature of transcendental experience and spiritual discovery. His final goal -- to bring the transpersonal into psychology in a responsible way -- is a fresh and powerful achievement. There is nothing "flakey" about the book (the world is full of flakey stuff: off-beat psychologists playing around with mysticism in impersonal and ignorant ways); it is challenging but sound. The book is serious in the best sense of the word, deriving, I think, from the author's sense of responsibility to himself, his profession, and to the readers." -- James N. Mosel, The George Washington University
"I find compelling the idea that certain phenomena are not taken seriously in psychology, not because the evidence for them is weak, but because the available theoretical paradigm cannot accommodate them. In upholding the spiritual as a central factor in human experience I believe that the author has located in this issue the most strategic point of attack. Finally, I like the honesty of the book. Books which are both intelligent and honest are rare." -- John A. Faber, Case Western Reserve University
"I feel that the book is probably unique, in its combination of great psychological sophistication, in its autobiographical concreteness and sincerity, and in the depth of its epistomological and metaphysical search -- it shrinks from none of the difficult problems." -- Robert F. Bales, Harvard University
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2. Imahes of Power and Purification
3. Images of Devotion
4. Images of Understanding
5. Transpersonal Psychology
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Words from the Soul
Lives in Spirit
Reading Seminar XI
Beyond Friendship and Eros
Giving the Body Its Due
How to Live Well
The Future of Psychoanalysis
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Q: Get consistent sort order when passing filepath to `Send to` despite file selection order Try to mess with mass rename thing, so the file name order is important
Then I found (yet another) weird thing of Windows...
Say we have 5 files named 1.txt, 2.txt, 11.txt, 22.txt, 100.txt and try to do something with a batch script order.bat with content like:
@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set /a Count=0
for %%I IN (%*) DO (
 Echo Arg #!Count! = %%~nI
 REM do something
 set /a Count+=1
)
Endlocal
pause

1. Explorer Order
That's how files are ordered in Explorer with the order you set, by default it's By file name, Ascend.
The order of file is 1.txt, 2.txt, 11.txt, 22.txt, 100.txt
2. Drag'n'drop Order
Let's drag those 5 txt files onto order.bat, the output is (no matter how you select those files)
Arg #0 = 100
Arg #1 = 1
Arg #2 = 2
Arg #3 = 11
Arg #4 = 22

3. Sendto Order
Magic part coming. If you drop a shortcut of order.bat (order.bat - shortcut.lnk) to %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo, you can select files and right click and select Send to then click order.bat - shortcut
If you select 1.txt...100.txt one by one in explorer order (by holding ctrl and click each file), you get same result as drag and drop:
Arg #0 = 100
Arg #1 = 1
Arg #2 = 2
Arg #3 = 11
Arg #4 = 22

But if you select those file one by one in reverse order(100.txt then 22.txt...1.txt) then send to order.bat - shortcut, you get:
Arg #0 = 2
Arg #1 = 11
Arg #2 = 22
Arg #3 = 100
Arg #4 = 1

A smaller test, if you select 1.txt then 2.txt then send to order.bat - shortcut, you get
Arg #0 = 2
Arg #1 = 1

If you select 2.txt then 1.txt, you get:
Arg #0 = 1
Arg #1 = 2

Now the question, is it possible to pass file names as parameter to order.bat in Explorer Order? Or at least in Drag'n'drop Order when using Send To? Or the very least, keep the order when using Send To consistent?

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Джесика Бенджамин () е американски психоаналитик и феминистка.

Биография
Родена е на 17 януари 1946 година в Ню Йорк, САЩ. Получава бакалавърска степен в Уисконсинския университет в Мадисън през 1967 г., а след това и магистърска степен във Университета "Йохан Волфганг Гьоте" във Франкфурт на Майн. Става доктор по социология в Нюйоркския университет през 1978 г. Днес тя работи към следдокторската психологическа програма в психоанализата и психотерапията на Нюйоркския университет.

Нейните ранни изследвания включват социалната структура и феминизма, а по-скоро тя е известна с опитите си да обясни класическите аспекти на психоанализата, използвайки обектните отношения, его психологията, психоанализата на отношенията и феминисткото мислене. Тя прави значителни приноси към концепцията за интерсубективността в психоанализата.

Библиография
 The Bonds of Love: Psychoanalysis, Feminism and the Problem of Domination, 1988;
 Like Subjects and Love Objects: Essays on Recognition, Identification and Difference, 1995
 Shadow of the Other: Intersubjectivity and Gender in Psychoanalysis, 1997

Източници

Американски психоаналитици
Възпитаници на Уисконсинския университет, Мадисън
Франкфуртски университет
Преподаватели в Нюйоркския университет
Американски феминистки
Евреи в САЩ

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Biden administration weighing shutting of Guantanamo Bay prison
Friday, February 12, 2021 07:40:29 PM UTC
The offshore jail symbolises the excesses of the US 'war on terror' because of harsh interrogation methods and torture.
The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the notorious facility, a White House official said on Friday. Aides involved in internal discussions are considering an executive action to be signed by President Joe Biden in coming weeks or months, two people familiar with the matter told the Reuters news agency, signalling a new effort to remove what human rights advocates have called a stain on America's global image. Such an initiative, however, is unlikely to bring down the curtain anytime soon on the high-security prison located at the Guantanamo Naval Station, due largely to the steep political and legal obstacles that the new administration will face.
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Ron Butlin (* 1949 v Edinburghu, Skotsko) je skotský spisovatel, básník, dramatik, libretista, romanopisec a novinář. Napsal sedm básnických sbírek, zahrnujících např. Without A Backward Glance: new and selected Poems (2005). Dále je autorem tří novel, několika divadelních her a více než 12 knih. Zajímavostí je, že Ron Butlin napsal i několik operních libret.

Společně se spisovatelem Ianem Rankinem byli roku 2009 jmenováni čestnými odbornými asistenty pro psané dílo na Univerzitě v Edinburghu. Ron Butlin se řadí mezi nejvíce oceňované skotské básníky a romanopisce vůbec. Je autorem více než 12 knih, přičemž mnoho z nich získalo ocenění nejen ve Velké Británii, ale i v zahraničí. Cenu za Nejlepší zahraniční román si autor vysloužil za dílo The Sound of My Voice (1987). Toto dílo pak bylo zařazeno do prestižního deníku The Guardian "1000 románů, které si musíte přečíst". V dubnu roku 2014 vydal román Ghost Moon. Autor bývá pravidelným hostem na Mezinárodním festivale knihy v Edinburghu, dále se účastní mnoha literárních festivalů po celém světě. Zároveň se stal laureátem Edinburgh Poet a mezi léty 2008 až 2014 zastával funkci tzv. "Edinburgh Makar" (básník či autor, který je všestranný a hlavně zkušený; pomáhá prosazovat poezii ve spolupráci s literárními organizacemi, píše díla, která jsou o lidech z Edinburghu či zobrazují aspekty života v tomto městě).

V roce 2014 se zúčastnil Měsíce autorského čtení, který pořádá brněnské nakladatelství a agentura Větrné mlýny. Tato agentura natočila pro Českou televizi cyklus "Skotská čítanka – Don't Worry – Be Scottish" - díl s Ronem Butlinem režíroval Pavel Jurda.

Díla

Romány
 The Sound of My Voice (1987)
 Night Visits (1997)
 Belonging (2006)

Drama
 The Music Box
 Blending In
 We´ve Been Had

Libreto
 The Money Man (2010)

Poezie
 Stretto (1976)
 Ragtime in Unforgettable Bars (1985)
 Histories of Desire (1995)
 Without a Backward Glance (2005)

Odkazy

Reference
 O Ronu Butlinovi oficiální stránky (anglicky)
 Profil autora z autorského čtení
 The Edinburgh Makar
 Scottish Poetry Library

Skotští spisovatelé
Skotští novináři
Narození v roce 1949
Muži
Žijící lidé
Narození v Edinburghu


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Festival Editions
• Poets
• Poems
• Programmes
• Programme for year 2021
Longing for the South
• Longing for the South (Macedonian, English, Albanian, French)
• Konstantin Miladinov (1830-1862)
• Longing for the South – Analysis by Blazhe Koneski
• Longing for the South – Note by Gane Todorovski
• Poliglotta – Longing for the South in 43 languages
• Golden Wreath
• Bridges of Struga
• Miladinov Brothers
• Enhalon
• Gligor Prlicev
• Skopje Radio-Television
• Special Recognition
• Award Nova Makedonija
• Poem Award
• Photo gallery
• Video collection
• Team
• Annual financial reports
• Publishing activity
• Versopolis
• Other Documents
THE STRUGA POETRY EVENINGS WILL TAKE PLACE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS PROTECTION MEASURES
The "Struga Poetry Evenings" as one of the oldest and most significant poetry festivals in the world, will take place this year as well, in its standard period near the end of August, in full compliance with the latest coronavirus protection measures.
Due to the latest turn of events, the festival will be organized with the physical presence of domestic poets and the majority of the invited foreign poets. A smaller part of the foreign poets who, from objective reasons, are unable to be physically present, will be presented through video readings as part of the festival's programme.
A special video address and video reading will be given by this year's SPE Laureate, the British poet Carol Ann Duffy, who has announced her physical presence at the following, 2022 festival edition.
While originally announced as a special guest of the jubilee SPE edition, last year's Laureate Amir Or, due to objective reasons, was force to postpone his physical presence to the next edition.
The festival will take place from the 26 th to the 30 th of August, due to the latest protection measures, however, it will maintain its recognizable festival programme events. More than 30 domestic and foreign poets from both the older and the younger generation will take place, at the main festival reading events. As part of the programme, memorial honouring of the great poets of Macedonian poetry Ante Popovski and Bogomil Gjuzel will take place, while the promotin of the monographic edition "Selection of poetry and prose by Blazhe Koneski" will be a special event, as part of the National Programme celebrating the 100 th anniversary of the birth of the giant of Macedonian culture.
The creative team of the SPE has prepared the design of this year's edition, presented on all SPE social platforms, alongside with the announcements of the participants.
The Struga Poetry Evenings will take place with the motto ELEVATED TESTIMONIES, EXALTED VERSES, accentuating the meaning of the Park of Poetry and the symbolism of the Laureates planting a tree each year, as an act which marks the growth of the festival.
In accordance with the latest protection measures, this year, same as last year, the official opening and closing of the Festival will take place at the covered terrace of the "Drim" hotel. For the remaining festival days, the morning programme is planned to take place at the Congress Hall of the "Drim' hotel, whereas the evening programme will take place at the summer stage of the Centre of Culture "Miladinov Brothers".
The physical presence of the audience will be limited, due to the capacity of the venues and the protection protocols, whereby a presentation of mandatory vaccination proof/certificate is required, i.e. at least one vaccine shot or a certificate of recovery from Covid-19 no older than 45 days from the day of recovery, for persons over the age of 18. The festival's programme, starting with the 2019 edition, is being fully broadcasted live at the official SPE YouTube channel, providing full coverage for a wider audience.
The accommodation of the participants has been regulated in accordance with the work protocols of the hotels in pandemic circumstances.
Transport of participants for the Skopje-Struga-Skopje relation has been provided, and the chosen economic operator is obliged to enforce the transport protocols for passengers in times of pandemic.
In conditions where most of the world-famous poetic festivals have been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Struga Poetry Evenings will keep its unbroken continuity, which, since 1961, presents the power of poetry to unite the world.
Str. Brakja Miladinovci nr.5
6330 Struga
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I remember that scene from the movie "The Blues Brothers" with Jake and Elwood hiding from who-knows-who in the super tiny apartment next to skytrain or railway tracks, shaking every now and again and every time when a train is passing by the neighborhood. I always felt sympathy for all those people who are actually living next to those high trafficking high or rail ways with heavy tremors in the air in form of high decibels of various noises all around them. Guess what? Our own neighborhood is now getting similar feeling. Actually, similar is understatement. It is way worse. The new tracks are placed just couple of dozens of meters above our house. In recent months and years, the local airport are getting more and more traffic and the runway position is actually crossing our street almost to the single angle. I couldn't do much about it except to took the camera as soon as I heard the noise and 'shot' their underbellies. So here are couple of those taken in previous couple of days. Some of they ended interesting enough from down here.
The star of the show is of course the biggest of them all - Ilyushin II-76 Candid or some of it's versions made overtime. It was the old Soviet star craft from the late cold war time, especially during the Russian-Afghanistan adventure back in the 80s of previous century. I know I would easily be able to surf it out why it is flying these days regularly on and off our local area but in the end I don't really care much. I am not 100% sure, but I think couple of days ago I spotted a six-engine aircraft over the house but in the ultimate surprise I couldn't find the camera on time... Anyway, if it happens again and if it wasn't my imagination I will definitely update this post in the future.
Our local airport, named "Constantine The Great", after famous roman emperor from third century who was actually born in the old roman city of Naissus, is actually a small surrogate airport when it comes to commercial and passenger flights. Currently only couple of low-cost airlines are operating commercial flights but also lots of cargo flights are scheduled over the year and especially tourist charters over summer time. To me, shots taken from underbelly of those four aircraft above, with their wheels downed, trigger mixed and opposite feelings in me - their almost vulnerable side not often seen from this angle and a little proud of humanity mastering the light and tiny air by ultra-heavy crafts capable of carrying tons of cargo and hundreds of humans.
Somehow, when I glimpse about airtravel, I really think we are taking our own achievements for granted and I couldn't agree more with Louis C.K., who would say to all those people who are complaining about their 'poor' flight experience: "Did you fly through the air like a bird, incredibly? Did you soar into the clouds, impossibly? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight and then land softly on giant tires that you couldn't even conceive how they f**king put air in them?...You're sitting in a chair in the sky. You're like a Greek myth right now."
The Airport is also used by the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center that was established on the basis of cooperation in the area of emergency humanitarian response, prevention of natural disasters and technological accidents and elimination of their consequences. Although, politically confronted EU and USA are openly talking about 'hidden' military operations by the Russians acting in undercover as a response to USA/EU military establishments in the neighboring countries, I have to say that I didn't see any proof of that. Instead, what I really saw couple of years ago, when large forest-fires stroke this area, the only ones who actually tried to help were Russians with their large aircraft who along with heavy firemen helicopter (in the photo above) made four-five rounds per day trying to put all the fires out on several places in neighbored mountains and forests in flames.
If you were reading my blog in the past, you would probably notice that I am not really big fan of the worldwide politics and certainly not a follower of any agenda but in this particular case when it came to some non-war action against natural hazards, what I saw from Russians is all the action taken, while all I saw in USA/EU media was just vague political talk in vain. If you ask me, and even though I am pro-western oriented mind, in today 'bright and shiny', new world order, it seems that there are no good and bad guys like before. As it appears, the world today is not black and white anymore and instead painted in dozen of variations of gray. It's impossible to state anything for certain. Just couple of miles next to this 'Russian Center' there are also other 'offices' like 'American Corner' or 'British Council' in city's downtown. Probably more of those with 'humanitarian' or 'cultural' adjectives in their names or descriptions. Do they all do just what they say they are doing? If I answered with 'yes' I would be, most likely, insulting my own intelligence. But I refuse to see spies and 007s everywhere and to always suspect the bad and the worst in any institution. As long as they put fires out or spread democracy and good values to children I will be happy they exist.
Anyway, talking about military aspects of the world, the local runway is also used by Serbian air force and once a year they open their gates for a small exhibition of their selected aircraft flotilla, or whatever the military word is, and show off flights in form of modest airshow. Last year we went to see it with Viktor for the first time and he was excited to enter some helicopters and especially one old military biplane that is used even today, by local parachute jumpers. Anyhow, while I still think that the world would be way better place without military and army installations as I portrayed in post "Warfare Then and Now", perhaps the biggest impression in that regard I have, is with airplane industry. Ever since Wright brothers and their first flight 112 years ago, this industry, in part thanks to military affairs, is probably the most developed then any others, or in better words and thanks to all its achievements, it made that entire world is not that big place like it used to be. Literally.


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Natural gas boilers are used to power heating systems that operate on hot water or steam. Although less common in newer residences, many older homes feature gas fired boilers, and this type of system in fact has several advantages over those powered by gas or oil furnaces. In this buying guide you'll learn more about gas boilers, including their benefits and how much they cost.
A gas fired boiler can be used in either a steam or a hot-water heating system. Both types of systems operate on the same basic principle: water is heated and distributed to individual heating units (whether a radiator, baseboard, or radiant floor heating system) via pipes. As the steam or hot water cools, it condenses, returns to the boiler, and is reheated and distributed throughout the home.
The efficiency of a gas boiler is measured in terms of its annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE), which describes the ratio of heat output to energy consumed. While older boilers may have an AFUE of only around 70 percent, federal law mandates a minimum efficiency for gas-fueled steam boilers of 75%. High efficiency gas boilers convert 90% or more of energy into heat.
Note that older boilers tend to be non-condensing, while newer condensing boilers are more energy efficient. The difference between the two, basically, is that in a condensing boiler, more heat is absorbed by the boiler water (you can read more about the two boiler types here). But in addition to being around 10 to 15 percent more efficient than a non-condensing boiler, a condensing boiler is pricier due to higher manufacturing costs.
Durability: A gas boiler heating system has few moving parts and with regular maintenance, can be expected to outlast newer heating systems.
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The actual cost of gas boilers may vary depending on your location, the size and efficiency of the boiler, whether there are any installation complications, and other factors.
High-efficiency gas boiler installation may require the addition of a chimney liner at a cost of $500 to $2,000.
If removing and disposing of the old oil tank is required, and not included in the initial estimate, this could cost $500 to $2,500 or more.
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Q: GDALOpenEx() doesn't works anymore with iOS 12 I'm using GDAL in a iOS application. Everything was fine since the iOS 12 SDK update. Now, when I try to open a database (.sqlite file here) with this line
GDALOpenEx(dataSourceConnectionString.c_str(), openFlags, NULL, NULL, NULL));

dataSourceConnectionString is equivalent to
/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/E2E5852A-F597-40F8-86FC-7BAFA298CCD2/Documents/data/database.sqlite

The path is correct and the file exists. The error number raised by GDALOpenEx is 4, which means the file is not recognized as a supported file format.
It works perfectly well if the app is running on iPad under iOS 11, but it doesn't anymore if it's iOS 12.
Has anyone experienced similar issues with GDAL/sqlite3 and iOS 12 update ?


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Rhoades, Alice R. Memorial Fund (Scholarship)
This fund was established by Ronald Rhoades in memory of two very special women in his life: his wife, Alice, and his mother, Margaret. Both Alice and Margaret were exceptional women who graduated from college in times when it was extremely rare for women to accomplish these educational achievements. These scholarships serve as a tribute to his mother's and his wife's dedication to family and education along with their exemplary and impressive work ethic.
Alice R. Rhoades Scholarship
October 11, 1937 - February 14, 2016
Alice Rose (Stuber) Rhoades married Ron in 1957 in Mercer County, Ohio. She graduated
from Jefferson High School and Ball State University with a Bachelors and Masters degree
in Education. She began her 39 year teaching career at Pleasant Mills School then to
Geneva High School and South Adams High School before retiring in 1998. Alice's love
for education stretched far beyond the classroom.
In 2000, she became a Board member for the ACCF and began her long and respected
service with the ACCF Scholarship Committee. For 15 years, Alice co-chaired the scholarship committee and reviewed approximately 3,000+ applications (36,000+ pages).
Alice's responsibility went deeper than the review of applications and meetings. Each year, she would scour the many applications for the often overlooked students who were in particular need of assistance. She knew some needed the extra boost whether that was funding for tuition or a 'we believe in you' pat on the back. Over the years, many Adams County students received a scholarship because Alice took the time to go the extra mile and say "Try to find something for these kids. They need help." Alice truly was a person to be admired.
This scholarship is to recognize Alice for her impactful service to these past, present, and future students and community leaders.
Margaret S. Rhoades Scholarship
October 3, 1905 - July 10, 1997
Ron fondly recalls his rescue by this very special woman. He was born in Kentucky during the depression in the 1930s. His single mother had eight children (five boys / three girls), and they lived in a two room house along with his grandmother, grandfather, and a disabled aunt. Times were very tough, and his seven year old sister was often the caregiver to her younger siblings. During these difficult years, fortunate children were adopted into families that were better prepared to care for young ones.
Smiling, Ron considers himself one of those fortunate children.
At the age of five, Ron was adopted by Margaret and Thomas Rhoades. Suddenly, Ron went from being one of eight children to being an only child. Ron notes that Margaret also experienced a challenging upbringing.
Margaret was born in the hills of Kentucky where profound destitution often forced children to end their education at 8th grade in order to find work to help support the family. Though very poor, Margaret's family knew the importance of education, and she was one of two in her graduating high school class. After graduation, she traveled by train to Georgetown Teachers College with $250 from her father in her pocket to pay for her classes and all expenses for the year. She would not return until the end of each academic school year.
Eventually, Margaret and her husband, Thomas, moved to Indiana where she taught for 39 years in the Geneva and South Adams school district.
This scholarship recognizes Margaret for her independent spirit to go off to college at a young age and will focus on two-year degree students from South Adams.