Fun Size Horror is showcasing some of our favorite Halloween short horror films found online. In Jordan Shankman's TIGHTENING OUR BELTS, Steve and Mary are great cooks, and they love to show off their skills with sharp kitchen knives. That's unfortunate for the young boy bound and gagged in their bathroom.


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The Taunton Retirement Board is seeking proposals from qualified firms to provide Pension Administration Software Services for the retirement system.
The RFP is available up to the proposal deadline via email request to Paul J. Slivinski, Executive Director at the Taunton Retirement Board: pslivinski@taunton-ma.gov.
The proposal deadline is May 12, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. Late proposals will not be accepted.
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The City of Taunton has been notified that our health insurance enrollment audit will begin October 21, 2015. Shortly, all employees enrolled in the City's health insurnace will receive a mailing regarding this audit. The audit is required under M.G.L. c. 32B, section 26. The audit will be performed by HMS Employer Solutions. The City will implement all changes required by the result of this audit. We anticiapte that this process will go very smoothly. Thank you for your cooperation.
Retirees & Survivors to receive Cost-of-Living Allowance July 1, 2015
The Taunton Retirement Board voted to grant a 3% cost-of-living allowance (COLA) to all eligible retirees and survivors who retired on or before June 30, 2014. The 3% COLA is included in the retirement system's funding schedule and is predicated on good investment results which have come in at over 9% annualized since 1985. The COLA is applied to the first $15,000 of the retirement allowance. Therefore the maximum amount a pensioner can receive is $37.50 per month. ... Read Full Article
Taunton Retirement Board to hold Open House
The Taunton Retirement Board will be hosting an Open House to display our new offices located at the Emond Professional Building, 104 Dean Street, Suite 203, Taunton, MA. 02780. We are located on the 2nd floor above the Social Security Office. If you have a moment, please feel free to drop by between the hours of 10:00am to 4:00pm on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 for some refreshments. We look forward to seeing you!!
Taunton Retirement Board Office has Re-located
The retirement board offices have moved to our new location at 104 Dean St., Suite 203 (2nd floor), Taunton, MA 02780 (above the Social Security office). This was effective on Monday, March 2, 2015. The office is still being set up and coordinated. We will host an open house in the near future for all members and retirees. In the meantime, thank you for your patience as we have had some technical difficulties transferring our telephone lines etc.
Barry J. Amaral voted new board appointee
The Taunton Retirement Board has appointed Bristol County Registrar of Deeds Barry J. Amaral as the new board appointee to the retirement board. Mr. Amaral replaced long-time appointee A. Joan Ventura who served on the board since 1996. The Board was appreciative of Ms. Ventura's service and was happy to welcome Mr. Amaral. Amaral stated "I am very gratified of the confidence placed in me by the board and look forward to working with them to manage the city's pension plan." ... Read Full Article
Taunton Retirement Board welcomes Dennis M. Smith as the new elected member of the board
Dennis M. Smith recently won election to the Taunton Retirement Board at an election held on November 6, 2014 to fill the seat vacated by longtime board member Richard T. Avila. Smith outdistanced fellow challenger firefighter Tom Bernier by a vote of 574 to 389. Smith is a 35-year veteran of the Taunton Police Dept. and a life-long resident of the city. This was Smith's third run for the board and the third time was the charm. Smith said "I want to thank all those who voted for me... Read Full Article
Avila Honored for 28 Years Service to Retirement System
Dick Avila honored for 28 years of service on the retirement board. A proclamation from Mayor Thomas C. Hoye, Jr. and a plaque from the members & staff of the Board was presented December 16, 2014 to Mr. Avila for his dedication and service to the Board.

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South African lawsuit could grant rural communities right to reject new mining projects
by MARK OLALDE
Residents of the Eastern Cape's Amadiba coastal area gather in September 2015. Many fear mining would threaten their way of life by destroying grazing land and creating rifts in the community. PHOTO/Nonhle Mbuthuma
South Africans await judgement to be handed down in a court case that could set a sweeping precedent by empowering communities on communal land with the right to reject new mining projects.
Calling the case a referendum on "the right to say no," residents of several rural villages along the country's eastern coast are asking the court to reinterpret current minerals extraction legislation to compel mining companies to gain explicit community consent prior to breaking ground on new operations.
The court case, for which arguments were heard in late April in Pretoria, stems from a dispute over a proposed titanium mine that has raged for more than a decade in the country's rural Eastern Cape province in an area known as the "Wild Coast." The project has pitted Australian mining company Mineral Commodities Ltd against a group of five local villages, collectively known as Amadiba. Locals consistently turned back the company's attempts to mine, but bouts of violence have left several people dead.
"Their way of life is intrinsically linked to the land. Customary communities tend to suffer disproportionately from the impacts of mining," the plaintiffs argued in their submission to the court, noting environmental degradation, displacement and loss of agricultural land. "Without free, prior and informed consent, they are at real risk of losing not only rights in their land, but their very way of being."
Nonhle Mbuthuma is the secretary and acting leader of the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which represents many residents of the villages. She took over the group's mantle of leadership when the committee's chairperson, Sikhosiphi 'Bazooka' Radebe, was gunned down in front of his home in March 2016. Radebe was widely thought to have been murdered for his activism against the mine, and Mbuthuma's name is believed to be written on a hit list alongside his.
"The land is our identity. When we lose that land, we lose who we are. And when you lose who you are, that's no different than just someone killing you," Mbuthuma said.
The communities and civil society organizations that have joined the plaintiffs asked that if the court does not side with their argument for consent, that it at least grants them the ability to negotiate terms such as royalties prior to mining. If the court declines that too, then the plaintiffs asked that the current legislation be found unconstitutional.
In the court filings, a subsidiary of Mineral Commodities argued that the plaintiffs misinterpreted the law well beyond its intended purpose in an effort to halt the mine, which already earned permits. The company noted that "if granted, [the plaintiffs' application] will affect land and mining rights all over the country."
"We hope that if the judge rules in favor of us, it will help all African communities, not only Xolobeni, because the problem of mining pushing people off their land is all over Africa," Mbuthuma said, referencing one of the five villages in Amadiba that has become synonymous with the conflict.
Formerly under the control of the oppressive apartheid system, South Africa democratically elected a new government in 1994, which worked to return the country's mineral wealth to its citizens while also fitting into international, capitalist markets. Under current legislation, mineral rights were claimed for the state in an attempt to foster economic development.
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Иван Тихонович Куприн(11.09.1896 – 11.03. 1980) — советский военный деятель, комиссар Орловского ордена Ленина Краснознамённого танкового училища имени М.В. Фрунзе, начальник Орджоникидзевского артиллерийского училища. Полковник.

Биография

Начальная биография
Родился в 1896 году в деревне Моховое  Кромского района Орловской области.

Военная служба в Гражданскую войну
В РККА призван 15.08.1918 года Гостомельским волостным комиссариатом Орловской области.
Воевал в гражданскую войну в составе Первой Конной армии. Здесь он познакомился с Климом Ворошиловым и на протяжении всей жизни поддерживал с ним связь, переписывался.

В 1919 году учился на Карачевских артиллерийских курсах, но закончить не успел, ушел воевать на Петроградский фронт против Юденича. Затем воевал против Эмира Бухарского. Обучался на Высших Объединенных курсах Восточного фронта, в Московской Высшей военно-педагогической школе, на Курсах для высшего политсостава при Военной академии имени Фрунзе.

Служил в должности комиссара и начальника политотдела первой Отдельной Военно-строительной бригады Особого военно-строительного корпуса, которая строила Комсомольск-на-Амуре, затем комиссар Военно-химического института РККА. С июня по декабрь 1940 года как комиссар формировал  Лепельское миномётное училище.

Перед самой войной служил в Москве.

Великая Отечественная война
В начале Великой Отечественной войны назначен комиссаром Орловского танкового училища имени М. В. Фрунзе, а уже в сентябре 1941 года училище, выпускавшее лейтенантов - командиров танковых взводов, было отправлено в город Майкоп.
В боях участвовал: с 09.1941 года по 08.1943 года.
Решение Военного совета Северо-Кавказского фронта 25 июля формируется Танковая бригада Северо-Кавказского фронта (Майкопская танковая бригада) (Отдельная Орловская танковой бригада) из личного состава Орловского танкового училища. Её командиром был назначен полковник С. П. Вармашкин, военным комиссаром бригады назначен военком училища бригадный комиссар И. Т. Куприн.

26 июля 1942 года курсантская танковая бригада была погружена в Майкопе в два эшелона и отправлена на передовую в Ростовскую область, где вступила в жестокие бои с фашистами.

Боевое крещение Майкопская танковая бригада приняла 29 июля с немецко-фашистскими войсками под Бирючим у реки Кагальник. Проведено 12 танковых атак и контратак, атакой мотострелкового батальона отбита у немцев важная тактическая высота, танковой атакой разгромлена колонна немецко-фашистских войск при стремлении охватить левый фланг.

Под станицей Кущевской при налёте вражеской авиации на эшелон был тяжело ранен, осколком бомбы раздроблена левая стопа ноги. Направлен в госпиталь г. Грозного. В госпиталях находился год.

Послевоенная карьера
Был начальником Орджоникидзевского артиллерийского училища.
После увольнения жил и работал в Майкопе.

Принимал активное участие в военно-патриотическом воспитании моложёжи. Помогал комсомольскому поисковому штабу, изучавшему боевой путь Майкопской танковой бригады, созданному при патриотическом клубе «Искатель» на ПМДО «Дружба», восстановить историю боевых действий Майкопской танковой бригады.

Умер от фронтовых ран 11 марта 1980 года. Похоронен на городском кладбище а.

Награды
 Орден Ленина (1945)
 Орден Красного Знамени (1942)
 Орден Красного Знамени (1944)
 Орден Красного Знамени (1949 ?)
 Орден Красной Звезды(1947)
 Орден Красной Звезды
 Медаль «За оборону Кавказа»
 Медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941-1945 гг.» (1945)
 Юбилейная медаль «Двадцать лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.» (7 мая 1965)
 Медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.»
 Медаль «XX лет РККА» (1938),
 Юбилейная медаль «30 лет Советской Армии и Флота» (1948).
 Юбилейная медаль «40 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР»
 Юбилейная медаль «50 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР» (26 декабря 1967)
 Юбилейная медаль «60 лет Вооружённых Сил СССР» (28 января 1978)

Семья
Женат. Жена погибла при бомбёжке Москвы зимой 1941 года. Дочь Александра, которая в конце 1941 года стала разведчицей, до 1962 года работала в 11 странах Европы, вернулась в звании майора, была награждена многими орденами и медалями, умерла в 80-е годы в Москве.

Память
 На Майкопском городском кладбище на могиле установлен надгробный памятник.

См. также
 Танковая бригада Северо-Кавказского фронта (Майкопская танковая бригада)
 Орловское ордена Ленина Краснознамённое бронетанковое училище имени М. В. Фрунзе

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 Майкопская бригада на сайте «Танковый фронт»
 Майкопская танковая бригада
 Майкопская тбр
 Орловская танковая бригада в Кущёвкой атаке
 полковник Куприн И. Т. На сайте Подвиг народа
 полковник Куприн И. Т. На сайте Подвиг народа
 Куприн на сайте Портал о фронтовиках

Начальники военных вузов СССР
Танкисты Великой Отечественной войны
Члены КПСС
Политработники Великой Отечественной войны

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After being diagnosed with early onset of dementia, Keith Moreland goes on long "Ride to Remember."
He rode 64 miles in one day and 132 in a three-day span to bring awareness to Alzheimer's disease.
Keith Moreland's grandmother died after complications from dementia. So did her three sisters.
Now Moreland, 57, is grappling with his own mortality. He was diagnosed with early onset dementia three weeks ago.
He's trying to make the best of the situation, using his hobby as a cyclist to bring awareness to Alzheimer's disease.
In three days, Moreland rode 132 miles from Simpsonville to Mount Pleasant as part of "A Ride to Remember," an annual fundraiser for the Alzheimer's Association.
Participation meant "everything" to Moreland who describes himself as a "let's see what we can do" kind of guy.
"With dementia, you watch the pieces of a person's life slip away," Moreland said. "With this, I proved that I can still keep getting better."
"I worked in a nursing home for many, many years and watched a lot of folks with dementia slip away," she said. "That's the first thing that came to mind when he got the diagnosis."
Earlier this year, Moreland noticed his memory was beginning to lapse.
Initially, he summed it up to age. Then, this past May, he suffered a seizure.
After MRIs, X-rays, and a spinal tap, Moreland was told he has normal pressure hydrocephalus, a brain disorder brought on by excess fluid in the brain's ventricle.
A doctor told him he was in the early stages of dementia — described as a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other thinking skills severe enough to reduce a person's ability to perform everyday activities, according to the Alzheimer's Association.
Moreland said there were a lot of tears and a lot of "Why me?"
Those have turned to: "I've got to pick myself up. I've got to keep going. I want to keep going."
The diagnosis brought to memory the rapid decline dementia forced on his family members.
He recalls driving in a car behind his grandmother in the 1990s and watching her begin to drive on the opposite side of a four-lane road. There was also a time when, during a family dinner, she steadily stuffed pinto beans in her mouth all while fussing about how nasty they were and how she never wanted to see them in front of her again.
Moreland said he now does "crazy things" without realizing. He remembers blowing on a cup of shaved ice to cool it down and picking up a pan his wife just pulled from an oven, not understanding why was hot.
His goal is to ride out his life for as many years as possible.
Dealing with health issues is something Moreland has done since his 20s when he was a mechanic serving in the U.S. Army.
He suffered a brain and spinal cord injury following a rollover accident in a military vehicle. The injuries ended what he hoped would be many years in the military.
"I was 21 years old, the time of life when you think you're invincible, so you keep on going," he said.
"A Ride to Remember" presented another challenge.
Lee Sowell, a division president of Techtronic Industries, invited Moreland to join the company's 2017 team riding to raise awareness and to fight Alzheimer's, Moreland said.
Moreland had already participated in other Techtronic Industries-sponsored cycling fundraisers for local charities. He'd prepared for the 2017 Ride to Remember.
Months before that ride, doctors discovered a leak in his heart valve and he could not participate. In April, he got a release from his doctor to resume.
He has been cycling for about three years. The most he had ever traveled by bike in one day was 53 miles.
The first day on July 13 was scheduled to be a 65-mile ride from Simpsonville to Newberry College. Day two was an 89-mile ride from Newberry to Orangeburg. Day three was 99 miles to a hotel in Charleston.
On day one, Moreland completed 46 miles. He was 22 miles into the ride on day two when a hand tremor forced him to stop.
"I got a bit depressed about that," Moreland said.
He got on that bike again Sunday morning and rode 64 miles, beating his personal best, and even going over the 2.5-mile Arthur J. Ravenel Bridge.
The bridge "ain't so bad in a car," Moreland said. "It's a booger when you're on a bicycle and pedaling."
On the final day of the ride, his wife was there waiting for him. She'd been able to witness him finish.
"I'm so proud of him," she said.


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Officials trash lunch of 40 students who owe debt to school
by Contributors
Officials at a Utah elementary school took the meals of 40 children and threw them away due to outstanding balances on their accounts.
Parents of students at Uintah Elementary in Salt Lake City were shocked and angered upon hearing the news.
From Salt Lake Trib:
"It was pretty traumatic and humiliating," said Erica Lukes, whose 11-year-old daughter had her cafeteria lunch taken from her as she stood in line Tuesday at Uintah Elementary School, 1571 E. 1300 South.
Lukes said as far as she knew, she was all paid up. "I think it's despicable," she said. "These are young children that shouldn't be punished or humiliated for something the parents obviously need to clear up."
Jason Olsen, a Salt Lake City District spokesman, said the district's child-nutrition department became aware that Uintah had a large number of students who owed money for lunches.
As a result, the child-nutrition manager visited the school and decided to withhold lunches to deal with the issue, he said.
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Cafeteria workers were unable to see which children owed money until they received their lunches, so the meals were literally taken away from the children as they prepared to eat.
The children were given milk and fruit instead. School officials told the district that staffers typical tell students about balances owed as they go through the lunch line. Letter are are sent home to parents each week.
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Except for three sites in the Toúvla area there is little evidence of Hellenistic/Early Roman sites in the Almiros-Sourpi plain from the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. An abundance of artefacts was found on a recently ploughed plot of land in the Touvla area: pottery sherds, terra sigillata, loomweights, glass, hypocaust bricks and tiles. In two places, limestone blocks were piled up, obviously material from the walls of a building, possibly a villa. The toponym Toúvla (bricks) may have been derived from the hypocaust bricks of a Roman bath building.
In the Óthris mountains, however, a number of fortified settlements are to be found as we have seen in the previous section. The largest site inhabited in the Hellenistic and Roman periods is the Kastro near the village of Vrínena situated in the foothills of the Óthris mountains. Stählin published a plan of a wall that blocked the paved route across a saddle to the fort. The wall stretch is limited in the west by an almost square tower and in the east by a tower or a protruding section of the wall. The interjacent wall has an indented trace, with the entrance gate to the fort situated halfway.
An important observation at Vrínena was done during a survey in 1985. Instead of a small fort, as described by Stählin, the plan of a large, fortified site of about 3 ha could be mapped. Artefacts collected during the survey suggest habitation in Classical, Hellenistic and Roman times. The settlement of Vrínena is so far the largest site in the former territory of Halos that was inhabited in Classical, Hellenistic and Roman times; perhaps the key site where inhabitants of New Halos settled after the earthquake of 265 BC?


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La Fondation PSA est une fondation d'entreprise française créée en 2011 par le Groupe PSA.

Historique
La Fondation PSA a été fondée le  et est présidée par Carlos Tavares (président du Directoire du Groupe PSA) et Marie-Hélène Peugeot-Roncoroni (vice-présidente de la Fondation).

Cette Fondation d'entreprise, dotée d'un budget de  € sur , soutient et finance de nombreux projets d'insertion professionnelle ou sociale, éducatifs ou culturels  liés à la « mobilité solidaire ». Elle agit pour les personnes fragiles qui, parce-qu'elles ne sont pas mobiles, risquent la marginalisation sociale, économique ou géographique. Son mandat a été renouvelé en 2016 pour .

La Fondation PSA est active dans plus de . Depuis son lancement, elle a soutenu plusieurs centaines de projets qui contribuent à l'émergence de nouvelles solutions de mobilité à destination des publics précaires. Elle accompagne et soutient également les garages solidaires.

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Voir aussi
 Groupe PSA - Famille Peugeot
 Liste des fondations d'entreprise françaises

Liens externes
 www.fondation-psa.com

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PSA Peugeot Citroën


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Narendra Modi-led BJP government is planning to privatize the CISF.
Home Minister Amit Shah said CISF should train private security agencies to provide protection to the industrial sector by working in a hybrid model.
A tweet making rounds on social media urges people to oppose Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) government's alleged intent to privatize the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). Various accounts have shared the tweet. It reads, "All countrymen oppose the intention of the Modi government to privatize the CISF." The claim stems from Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah's speech at the 53rd CISF Rising Day celebrations on March 6, 2022.
While addressing the function in March, Home Minister Shah said that CISF could join hands with private security agencies to give more protection to the Industrial sector. "CISF should work in a hybrid model and train the private security agencies," he said.
According to the speech shared by Doordarshan News, Amit Shah said that the "responsibility of the CISF would be more in the next 25 years with the expansion of industries in the country". He asked the CISF to join and train the private security agencies so that the agencies such as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Border Security Force (BSF) can prepare an effective counter technology against any threats in the country. He added that "CISF could train private security agencies to take up the responsibilities to give complete protection to the private sector, and later CISF can gradually live total responsibilities to the private agencies."
According to Press Information Bureau, Shah said CISF should work with private security agencies, and the collaboration would help the two in giving a complete blueprint of security in the hybrid model, and later hand over the responsibilities to private security agencies.
Shah also said that the role of private security agencies was expanding as the country's economy was on it way to growing from $2.5 trillion to $5 trillion, so there is a need for the CISF to train them, the Times of India reported. Throughout the speech, Shah appears to have made no mention of complete privatization of the CISF.
Earlier in July, media reports did claim that private security guards had replaced CISF personnel personnel in 'non-core security positions' inside the Guwahati Airport. The change was made within a year of Adani Group taking over the airport.
Home Minister Amit Shah was speaking about CISF training private security agencies to their standards by working in a hybrid model, not about privatizing the CISF. Hence, we have marked this claim false.
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Jazztime ist ein deutscher Hörfunksender aus Nürnberg, der ausschließlich Jazz spielt. Allerdings wird er von den Hörern meist als Sendung von Radio F wahrgenommen, da er sich programmlich gut in dessen abendliches Programmschema einfügt und nur durch das Impressum als eigenständiger Sender mit eigener Lizenz auf 94,5 MHz wahrgenommen wird. Die bei Jazzfans beliebte Sendung wird sowohl von der Bayerischen Landeszentrale für neue Medien gefördert als auch vom Funkhaus der vier großen Lokalradios in Nürnberg.

Das Jazzstudio Nürnberg bewarb sich erfolgreich um eine der fünf am 25. Juli 1986 ausgeschriebenen terrestrischen Frequenzen und setzte sich damit gegen insgesamt 36 Bewerber durch. Sendestart war am 3. Dezember 1986, als die schon im Kabelnetz vorhandenen Lokalsender terrestrisch "on Air" gingen. Der Besonderheit des bayerischen Mediengesetzes ist es zu verdanken, dass auf den Hauptprogrammen solche Programmfenster eingerichtet wurden.

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Jazztime ist jeweils donnerstags um 22.00 Uhr je eine Stunde auf Sendung. Die Montagssendungen, die zur selben Sendezeit unter dem Motto Alltime Jazz Greats mit den großen Stars standen, sind mittlerweile eingestellt. Donnerstags stehen überwiegend Themen aus dem aktuellen Jazzgeschehen in der Region und die moderneren Spielarten auf dem Programm. Moderatoren sind Alfred Mangold und Ulrich Wallauer-Faderl; bis 2005 moderierte Walter Schätzlein. Mediendaten liegen keine vor (da diese alle fünf Wochentage und damit das Programm von Radio F zusammenfassen); allerdings gibt es ältere Befragungsdaten von Infratest.

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Der Sender gehört zu 100 Prozent zum Jazzstudio Nürnberg e.V.

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The Sunday Night Football broadcaster honored his former Monday Night Football colleague during halftime of last night's preseason game on NBC. "You had to live in New York in the '50s and '60s to truly understand what a gigantic figure Frank Gifford was," Michaels said. "He was right there with Micky Mantle." PLUS: Hoda Kotb breaks down on Today talking about Frank Gifford's death.
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia's main leftist rebel group on Sunday released a former U.S. Army private who the guerrillas seized in June after he refused to heed local officials' warnings and wandered into rebel-held territory.
Kevin Scott Sutay, who is in his late 20s, was quietly turned over to Cuban and Norwegian officials along with the International Committee of the Red Cross in the same southeastern region where he had disappeared four months earlier.
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Posted by ArtLark on June 12, 2019 in Feminism, Psychology, Sociology | 7 Comments
On the 12th of June 1802, pioneering sociologist Harriet Martineau was born in Norwich, England. In 1844 she wrote one of her most underrated books, Life in the Sickroom: Essays by an Invalid, a sociological investigation of illness in Victorian England, as well as an autobiographical reflection on convalescence. Written during a five year retreat to Tynemouth, this book clearly bears the struggles of a 19thcentury bright and educated woman in finding her place in a patriarchal society and, subsequently, coming to terms with her newly found status. At the time, Martineau was in the prime of her intellectual powers and her critical success, so Diana Postlethwaite ass the question of why the woman who had once lashed herself to the binnacle of a ship to watch a hurricane while she was en route to a two-year journey through the American wilderness was abruptly transformed? It seems that within a very brief period of time, Martineau became a neurasthenic invalid filled with an "unspeakable longing for stillness and solitude," who experienced many of the classic symptoms of hysteria. "Though her illness was diagnosed as a uterine tumour, Martineau believed that it was at least in part psychosomatic: "the result of excessive anxiety of mind,-of the extreme tension of nerves under which I had been living for some years."' For five years, Harriet Martineau lay on a chaise lounge at Tynemouth and watched the world through a telescope. In 1845, she announced her miraculous cure by the powers of mesmerism. What transformed Harriet Martineau from a competent, successful woman into a dependent invalid? More significantly, what restored her? The answers to these questions lie beyond the notions of "gender-free patterns of human development" that are attributed to her. Martineau's apparently easy successes in the 1820s and 1830s had left unresolved the conflicts and needs of her female nature, which arose as a result of her relationship with her mother. At the heart of Harriet Martineau's Tynemouth experience lay questions of gender and identity." (Diana Postlethwaite, 'Mothering and Mesmerism in the Life of Harriet Martineau', Signs, Vol. 14, No. 3, Spring, 1989).
Although Martineau believed that she was cured by mesmerism (a different name for a form of hypnosis fashionable at the time, hailing from a concept called animal magnetism), it was proved that it was in fact the tumour shifting which eased her state. Her autobiographical work upset her contemporaries who "thought it dangerous in 'its supposition of self-reliance'". Martineau dedicated it to Elizabeth Barrett, the prominent Victorian poet, as it was an outpouring of feeling to an idealized female alter ego, both professional write r and professional invalid- and utterly unlike the women in her own family. Written during a kind of public separation from her mother, this book was Martineau's declaration of independence, as well as a way of a female patient to go beyond male medical control and take charge of her illness. Her critics, the British and Foreign Medical Review amongst them, suggested that as she was an invalid, her mind must also be sick and the work was not to be taken seriously and the publication recommended that patients follow "unconditional submission" to the advice of doctors. It is also interesting to point out that "[in the nineteenth century], few women wrote and published their autobiographies, and virtually no women wrote within the main tradition of the spiritual autobiography or, like Martineau, attempted one of the secular variants so common for male writers." (Linda H. Peterson, Victorian Autobiography: The Tradition of Self-Interpre- tation (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1986).
It is possible that today, Martineau's five-year retreat could be diagnosed as agoraphobia. In their feminist study of the disease, Robert Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow demonstrated that agoraphobia, like hysteria, enables the patient to act out a "caricature of the feminine sex role." The agoraphobe is a "strict constructionist" of the dictum "woman's place is in the home." Like the hysteric, the agoraphobic woman vents her frustration and anger by precisely acting out the role expected of her gender: "Being homebound is a major part of the process of becoming feminine. In this interior setting she is taught the home arts of working, serving, and cleaning as well as the rehearsals for the role of mothering. She sees her mother … doing these things. They define femininity for her." (Robert Seidenberg and Karen DeCrow, Women Who Marry Houses: Panic and Protest in Agoraphobia, 1983). "Thus the retreat to Tynemouth, while it served to distance Martineau from her mother [whom she resented for providing a permanent limiting role model], did not in itself resolve the deep conflicts she felt between the tremendous success she had experienced as a woman of letters and the powerful messages she had received from her mother as to appropriate feminine behaviour (…) Nevertheless, Martineau's sickroom was transformed from a cloistered retreat into a place of visionary perspective. Her incarceration became a willful achievement of independence." (Diana Postlethwaite). Life in the Sickroom is not only an expression of ideas of social and health reform, but also a proof of female self-discovery. At Tynemouth, Martineau had the time and peace to think for herself, and to find a healing inner vision. She did not end up rejecting her femaleness, but by living it, coming to terms with its complexities and redefining it to suit her nature, Martineau conquered the difficulties that were associated with being a woman in her time. This series of essays chronicles the process of finally being able to honestly express deeply felt emotions; and to move toward a sense of identification and community with other women that would free her from the restrictive identification with her mother, whom she regarded as a vestige of a patriarchal social system she now knew was on the cusp of change.
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Tish Farrell June 12, 2014
What a fascinating article. And more books to add to the must-read pile.
ArtLark Post authorJune 12, 2014
Yes, the never-ending list. ..thanks for visiting! 🙂
megantc June 14, 2014
As a fellow Gemini agoraphobic born in Norwich, England who graduated from an all women's university (plenty death to the patriarchy there), I think I've found my soul-sister! Thank you!
Oh good, we are glad to have brought you together 🙂 ! Thanks for reading.
Reblogged this on Getting To the Market Place and commented:
Why didn't I write my senior thesis on this? From birthplace to agoraphobe, we have too much in common! I'm so excited to get these books out of the library. Although I don't relate my agoraphobia to the patriarchy I can't wait to get reading!
ayaspromenade June 12, 2015
Loved this article – though I see "ass" on the fourth sentence, which I think meant to be "ask".
Again, thanks for bringing Harriet Martineau to my awareness. 🙂
Maureen Sudlow June 12, 2019
Have you read 'Mad, Bad and Sad' – a study by Lisa Appignanesi? Very insightful on this subject
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As I look back on life overall, I've had so many wonderful memories connected to running. In elementary school we had to run a timed mile in gym class. I was secretly excited for the day – I already knew who my competition would be and I was ready to come out on top. By the time I was in middle school I was thrilled to finally be old enough to join the track and cross country teams. These memories typically consisted of my friends and I trailblazing through woods and finding a lake to jump in. We'd come back from our "long run" dripping wet, but boy did we have a blast. I gradually built my endurance and became a little more serious by high school and could easily run our 5k races. I would complete the weekly 6 mile runs but still come back from an easy run dripping wet from a lake my friends and I found, which we couldn't resist.
College brought on a new chapter of running, including lots of hard work; 2x/day running sessions, weight lifting 2-3x/week, 12 mile runs at a time, and running 50-60 miles per week. By this point, I loved the competition and I felt so privileged to be able to travel to different states to discover where the race courses would take us. I had wonderful coaches and great teammates that encouraged me to be the best person and runner I could be.
It was during my second year of college that I experienced my first real injury – an excruciating pain near my first MTP joint, aka, the "big ball under my first toe". My foot hurt so bad at times I wasn't sure I'd even be able to drive. I continued to run through the pain, actually competing in Cross Country nationals for my first time ever. I then took some time off for several weeks, which turned into several months. I wore a walking boot, tried a steel insole, got custom orthotics, had a cortisone shot, went through physical therapy, and even tried a bone stimulator. During this time off I had to continue to stay in shape to be able to compete when my foot healed. I would cross train (bike, swim, elliptical) several hours per day. But cross training meant exercising for twice the amount of time running did. So if I should have run 12 miles, which would have taken me 11/2 hours, I now had to cross train for 3 hours. Cross training consumed my life. I remember one Friday night while aqua jogging alone in the pool, I could hear the announcements of the football game being played outside, and my friends and fans cheering. I really began to question whether running and competing again was worth this time and effort. After several physicians, 2 MRIs, a CT Scan, bone scan, and countless Xrays my physicians were unable to diagnosis why my foot was constantly in so much pain. I actually had a physician tell me " It's simple, your foot is not a runners foot; it is kinda like a fat person trying to be a ballerina". I was appalled and now even more determined then ever to get back to running.
Months turned in to years before I was eventually referred to another orthopedic surgeon who took a very awkward) Xray of my foot and was finally able to determine the source of my pain – I had a necrotic sesamoid bone. It basically meant that one of the tiny floating sesamoid bones in my foot had broken and died. I had surgery nearly 2 years after my original pain had started. With even more hard work and determination I was able to come back for 1 final year of collegiate running and compete in nationals one last time.
Now, 10 years out of college, I am a wife, a mom to 2 beautiful boys, a physical therapist, and I am still a runner. I still am able to feel the burst of energy and giddiness I once had as a child when I complete a hard race or a fast, long run. It has not been easy and I've had challenges as an adult as well, to get back to this place of enjoyment. I've had to work hard to return to this point after having my 2 boys via c-section and taking a long time off from running with each baby. As an adult I now have a new outlook on my running goals; one that doesn't necessarily take into account achieving my "fastest" race time. I have long term goals that include improving my overall strength, endurance, and speed in order to maximize my health and to be able to run for as many years as possible while staying injury free.
I have learned so much through running that I can apply to my profession as a physical therapist, including the frustration towards medical professionals, the inability to do what you want to do, the time and effort it takes to come back from an injury, the loneliness at times of recovery, and also the knowledge of the health benefits that running and a healthy lifestyle can provide. To me, running has always been such a liberating experience. A place where I can be myself, a way of showing people who I really am and what I'm made of. My past drives me to help my patients achieve their dreams and meet their goals, all the while knowing this journey will be challenging and may push them to their limits. But I can say firsthand, it is worth it in the end.


"I just gave my self, body and soul, over to the big Indian in the sky. Do what you will, I am clay."
Much celebrated author, songwriter and poet Simone Felice has traversed rockier terrain, circumnavigated more crevices and survived far more dangerous obstacles than the fauna and flora of his beloved Appalachian Mountain home could ever throw at him.
The eldest of seven children raised in Upstate New York's Catskill Mountains, suffered an aneurysm at the tender age of 12, a harrowing experience for anyone, never mind one so young but, despite having to spend the following months relearning basic motor skills (such as how to read and write), by age 15 had defiantly formed a punk band.
Since quitting school at 18, Felice has gone on to release compilations of poetry, record three studio albums - including 2009's internationally lauded Yonder Is The Clock - as a founding member of The Felice Brothers (with brother Ian), publish two collections of short stories, form "traveling theatre troupe" The Duke & The King with long time pal Robert "Bird" Burke and now, in 2012, has released a solo record: Simone Felice. Quite a resumé for someone who was pronounced dead - and for several minutes at that - aged just 12.
It is this release that sees him visit Cork later this month with the eldest Felice brother looking forward to his visit.
Simone Felice: "Honestly, Ireland is one of the places I always look forward to with a warm heart. My grandmother was from county Clare and we grew up singing folk songs; A wonderful magical island. Also you're not afraid to sing along! I've been very fortunate to have been received warmly and with open arms each time I've come to visit. And I'm never in want of a Guinness!"
The G-Man: How much are you looking forward to seeing how people react to the new album in a live setting?
I'll be traveling this tour with a five piece band, all hand picked players and dear friends. We've really managed to bring the album alive, as well as rediscover some of my past work with The Felice Brothers and The Duke & The King. [I am] anxious to share this with everyone - we've been keeping it to ourselves too long.
It was recorded at a relatively leisurely place was it not?
A sound engineer friend of mine is mad into finding "the right mood" when recording. For example, he could drag you out of bed at 5am, when at your most vulnerable, to sing or play. Do you see method in this madness?
That's it. He's a wise man. It's all about the moment.
'You And I Belong' is the most upbeat song on the album by quite a bit. The track also features members of Mumford & Sons. Do you feel they helped raise the tempo or was it always set to be the "single"?
It just turned out that way actually. I wrote that song the day my daughter Pearl was born; It's about giving thanks for each breath, each new morning. The tempo was set from that moment, the beating of a quickened heart.
I love the repetition of 'You And I' throughout the lyrics of that song. I get a vision of two people - be they lovers or friends - holding hands, running around in their own bubble. It must be good fun to play live?
Yes sir! It's like a hillbilly rave!
And the video looked like it was great fun to make too?!
The director Toby [Stretch] is a genius, I give him most of the credit. He did a Radiohead video [for 'Weird Fishes'] I love and I'm blessed to have gotten the chance to work with him.
Is it ok if I ask you where the inspiration and idea for 'Courtney Love' came from?
I suppose I always viewed her as the black widow, the Yoko Ono of my generation, but now that I've gotten 20 years to experience the weird mazes of love myself I realize it was never fair to point a finger at her - that's the crow calling the raven black. We've all (at one time or another) had a bad way to love.
The new album is obviously your debut solo record. What do you feel when you see Simone Felice on posters and not The Duke & The King, The Felice Bros. etc.?
I suppose it makes me feel like a veteran, that I've been privileged to have been a part of these very special albums and outfits, and that, now, I can use this experience to tell my own story, to puzzle out the riddle of my heart.
You famously wrote in your memoir for The Guardian that when you were sick when you were 12 your "mother Patti wouldn't let him in, kept him at the door with a look, a red palm held out, a string of words: 'You can't have him.'" That image nearly moves me to tears every time I read the words.
You have had some obstacles (to put it mildly) to vault in your 33 years on earth. When you have the support of a family that will slam the door on death/a priest (same supernatural power for an Irish family in the 80s) you have an impressive springboard to help you overcome these challenges don't you?
Simply put: yes. Family is king, or queen in Patty's case.
Does a love like that only become slightly comprehensible when you become a parent yourself?
Absolutely. I never truly understood until i held pearl and she looked in my eyes.
Was there ever a feeling of "Jeez - why me?" when you found out you had developed aortic stenosis?
Yes- but just for a moment. Then I remembered my history, and all the myriad suffering on earth, and I just gave my self, body and soul, over to the big Indian in the sky; Do what you will, I am clay.
You have so much material to write about. More than a lifetime's worth compared to most songwriters. Is it difficult to focus when you sit down to write?
Yes. Especially in this new pixelated world of 10 billion distractions.
Who is currently on tour as part of The Simone Felice Band and what can we expect from the live shows we are soon to witness?
Aurora Bangarth on Drums, guitar and chimes; Mathew Boulter on lap steel and mandolin; Simi on fiddle; Arthur on piano; me on drums and guitar, and all 5 singing our hearts out.
Thanks again Simone and congratulations on the birth of your little Pearl.
Gratitude, see you in the green land.