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Two decades ago, a group of well-connected, politically savvy families launched a world-leading research center—and fueled a debate over whether autism can and should be cured.
For the first time in a long time, Chuck Gardner felt like he could breathe easy.
It was September 8, 2001, and a crowd had turned out to celebrate the groundbreaking of the MIND Institute at the University of California, Davis.
Gardner leaned over and wrapped his arms around his 9-year-old son, Chas, who has autism. Chas was having one of his bad days. The large, noisy gathering was overwhelming for him. His stomach hurt. But on this sunny afternoon, Gardner couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.
Three other fathers stood or crouched alongside them, each with his own young child. The fathers' determination to help their sons with autism had spawned five years of meetings and phone calls, fundraising and lobbying. They posed for a picture, then plunged their shovels into the sunbaked Sacramento dirt. In that moment, Gardner thought he and his fellow fathers were doing everything they could to help their children. They had an ambitious goal for the new institute: They wanted a cure for autism.
which they helped found and fund.
Nearly two decades after the men first imagined it, the MIND Institute counts among its ranks 55 of the world's premier scientists working on autism and other neurological conditions. Most researchers are based in two neighboring buildings on campus; the rest are scattered in departments across the university. MIND has research grants and contracts that total about $25 million annually, the majority of them from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The state of California kicks in about $2.7 million a year.
Over the years, the institute's researchers have made major discoveries in the fields of neuroscience, immunology, behavioral and language interventions, environmental toxicology and targeted treatments. "MIND and the investigators that are present there have been central to most of the significant developments within autism research within the last decade or so," says Mathew Pletcher, interim chief science officer for the advocacy organization Autism Speaks.
What sets MIND apart, he and others say, has been its focus on collaboration: between experts from different disciplines, with other universities, and between researchers, clinicians and families. This type of integration was part of the institute's founding vision.
Families have driven research fundraising for a host of childhood conditions. This is hardly surprising; nothing motivates parents like seeing their children suffer. In the 1990s, as autism diagnoses were accelerating but research funding remained sparse, parent-led research efforts emerged en force.
The small cadre of parents who formed MIND were especially well positioned. By the time their young sons were diagnosed with severe autism, many were community leaders in Sacramento, California's state capital. They used their connections, influence, skill, and passion to amass funding and political support for the new institute. Their vision influenced everything from the organization's research agenda to the color of its walls.
In the early years, these parents sat on grant evaluation panels, helping to decide which pilot research proposals would be funded. They pushed for the creation of the International Meeting for Autism Research, which today brings together more than 2,000 researchers, advocates and family members from around the world. But their early goal for the institute—finding a 'cure' for their children's autism—has become increasingly controversial.
In the spring of 1996, Gardner and his wife Sarah were exhausted. She anchored the evening newscasts on a local Sacramento TV station, KCRA; he managed construction projects. They had a new baby and 4-year-old Chas, who had been diagnosed with autism two years earlier. For years, it seemed, little Chas had gotten by with almost no sleep. He was in constant motion, running around and getting into things he shouldn't. He threw epic tantrums, wailing and screaming. His parents suspected he suffered from terrible stomach pain, though he had no words to explain it.
Chuck Gardner had been trying to gather information to help his son since Chas was first diagnosed in 1994. There wasn't much out there. The first time he typed "autism" into a search engine on his computer, it garnered just 300 hits. He and Chas flew all over the country to see specialists, but those trips were exhausting, even disastrous. In one Chicago neurologist's waiting room, Chas tried to climb the metal halo that splinted a man's broken neck.
One day, as Gardner was driving by the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience, he had a thought: Maybe those scientists would be interested in his son's perplexing situation. He sat down with his friend Rick Hayes, a fellow board member of a group called Families for Early Autism Treatment. Hayes's background was in marketing. His son also has autism. The two men tried to apply the thought processes they used in their respective lines of work to answer a new question: How would one cure autism?
They mapped out a path, beginning with a plan to understand the basic biology of autism. They called it Project Hope.
Through a friend, the Gardners arranged to have dinner with the dean of the UC Davis School of Medicine. The dean was interested enough in their ideas to call a meeting with other department heads. Chuck Gardner remembers standing at that meeting, outlining his plan to search for both a biological cause and cure for autism.
"How much?" he asked. Someone threw out a figure: $3 million.
As a down payment on helping his son and other children with autism, Gardner thought, that sounded like a bargain.
At an autism conference in downtown Sacramento in 1997, he met with a prominent local cardiologist, Lou Vismara, whose youngest son, Mark, had been diagnosed with autism in 1995. At that time, a stigma persisted around the condition, left over from 1940s theories suggesting autism was caused by 'refrigerator mothers' who didn't show their children enough warmth. Vismara and his family initially felt so wary of what people would think that they kept Mark's diagnosis secret. But that "bunker mentality" had worn on them.
By the time Gardner met Vismara, the doctor was ready to act. He had saved the lives of a lot of wealthy people; now he was prepared to ask for their help.
for MIND—and pushed for a broad agenda.
With Vismara reaching out to his contacts, the fundraising quickly gained momentum. Vismara's dear friend, a powerful local developer named Angelo Tsakopoulos, contributed half a million dollars. Steve Beneto, a West Sacramento trucking magnate whose adult son has autism, contributed another half a million. The Massie family contributed $1 million. Vismara himself donated $250,000. Many of those donors contributed far more as the years went on.
Vismara pushed to expand the mission for the new institute to include other brain conditions. That would open up more funding streams, he thought. As a cardiologist, he had seen all sorts of advances in the understanding of the heart. Shouldn't their goal be to gain a better overall understanding, not just of autism, but of the human brain?
"He drove it really hard," Silva says.
In August 1998, the state allocated $2 million a year to the new institute. Two years later, the governor, Gray Davis, approved $30 million that helped finance two buildings for what would become the Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MIND) Institute.
MIND's creation was part of a groundswell of parent-driven autism research. Appalled at how little federal and private funding was available, Karen and Eric London had founded the National Alliance for Autism Research in 1995 in New Jersey. Around the same time, Portia Iversen and her husband, Jonathan Shestack, launched Cure Autism Now, which grew into a national network of parents and clinicians headquartered in Los Angeles. The two organizations were rivals for a time. They eventually each merged with Autism Speaks.
Walking into the MIND Institute, it is easy to spot the influence of the founding parents. The paintings that dot the walls—beaches, cityscapes, abstract figures—were all created by people with disabilities. The clinic has a relaxed, quiet feel: It features small, semi-private waiting areas and a playground where children can burn off energy while they wait. The walls are painted earthy and soothing colors.
Beyond making MIND a welcoming place for families, he and the other parents were determined to make the space conducive to collaboration. Early on, Gardner made calls to researchers around the country: "It became really clear to me that they didn't talk to each other," he says. He was appalled to realize that meant scientists were unknowingly duplicating each other's efforts.
The institute has one main entrance and a café, both intentional design features that allow researchers from different labs to bump into each other and chat. The inclusion of a clinic ensures that researchers regularly interact with children and families affected by autism. The inverse is also true: Children and families can see the researchers who are working to help them.
David Amaral, a psychologist and neuroscientist, came on as research director in 1998. Although the buildings that housed MIND wouldn't be complete for a few more years, he was in charge of creating a team of scientists. At the time, he was the university's sole autism researcher. And, even for him, it was more of a side pursuit. The fact that there was no one on campus focused on autism was actually a big asset, he says. He was able to recruit scientists from all over the country to build the multidisciplinary, highly interactive team the founding parents had envisioned.
Randi Hagerman, a pediatrician and expert on the treatment of fragile X syndrome, a genetic condition that can cause a range of developmental disabilities, moved from the University of Colorado in Denver to become MIND's executive director. David Hessl, who arrived from Stanford University in 2002 to continue his research on behavioral neurogenetics and fragile X, recalls the excitement of being involved in something brand new. "It sort of felt like the sky was the limit," he recalls. "I could go in whatever direction I wanted to" rather than trying to fit into a research program that was already underway.
Early on, the founding families helped steer some of the areas of inquiry. For the first five years, a parent joined the scientists on the five- or six-person advisory board that decided which grant proposals to fund. The founding parents wanted the institute to consider new areas of research, especially in the realms of environmental and immune causes of autism. Specifically, Amaral says, they wanted research that was going to lead to treatments and a cure. "They had this laser focus and kept encouraging us to go in that direction," he says.
He recalls one application from a scientist who wanted to study the impact of having a child with autism on family life. The proposal was well written, but the parent on the committee argued strenuously against it because it wasn't integral to finding a cure. Amaral says the project was not funded.
Gardner recollects sitting on a committee evaluating a grant for Judy Van de Water to work on the effects of a pregnant woman's immune response on her fetus. His job was not to understand the science, he says, but to provide feedback on the ideas. He thought studying the immune system was key to understanding autism; he felt Van de Water was onto something, and said so.
Someone on the committee expressed a worry that the project was "a fishing expedition," he recalls.
"Is it good science or not?" Gardner asked.
"Yes," came the answer, the science was sound.
"Well, I think we're fishing in the right spot," Gardner said. "Let's approve this one." Van de Water's project received $50,000.
On rare occasions, tensions emerged between certain families and scientists. Rollens was, and remains, a big believer that vaccines cause autism, despite strong scientific consensus to the contrary. Not all of the other families agreed, but Rollens and his wife felt they had seen a dramatic change in their son, Russell, around the time he was vaccinated. Rollens wanted scientists at MIND to investigate his belief.
Amaral says he looked into commissioning a study on the vaccine-autism link, and determined that there simply was not adequate long-term data in the United States to carry one out. MIND did not have the financial resources to collect such data, he says, and other evidence he reviewed seemed to indicate that no such link exists. He explained this to Rollens, who voiced his disappointment.
"We decided to agree to disagree," Amaral says. Today, Amaral says, he is more convinced than ever that vaccines do not cause autism. He does, however, emphasize that MIND has made important strides in studying the role of the immune system in autism.
The families' strong interest in the biology of autism meant that certain areas of inquiry at MIND could seem out of step with the scientific mainstream. Van de Water's work was initially greeted with some skepticism because it did not fit with mainstream scientific beliefs at the time. Today, Van de Water says, many people take that same once-controversial connection for granted.
More recently, some scientists have questioned her partnership with a diagnostic company—founded by Gardner—intended to develop a test for maternal antibodies that would predict autism in a child. The critics worry that tests like this are premature and ineffective. Van de Water says her work is far from complete, but notes that part of MIND's mission is to pursue projects that can directly benefit families.
Irva Hertz-Picciotto's work on environmental toxicity has also generated intense interest from families. Hertz-Picciotto, an epidemiologist, heads up an interdisciplinary research center at the university focused on environmental impacts on children's health. In 2003, she launched the first large, population-based study of environmental risk factors for autism. She is also tracking how pregnant women's exposures to various environmental toxins might affect their children.
In a keynote address at the International Meeting for Autism Research in May, Hertz-Picciotto described findings linking autism risk to in utero exposure to certain pesticides. On Twitter, and in the hallways at the conference, several people raised concerns about her hypothesis.
Hertz-Picciotto agrees, but says her evidence is strong: The pesticide research relied on a sample of 1,000 children, and other researchers have found similar links. One study demonstrated an association between families living near agricultural applications of certain pesticides and children with autism, she says. Another study found that children exposed to high levels of organophosphate pesticides in utero are more likely to have developmental delay.
"I think the research has been excellent and that's helped to dampen controversy," Hagerman says.
Although the institute's focus on research that matters to parents can spark criticism from other researchers, it's part of the original mission. "Everybody who comes to the MIND Institute realizes it's not just another academic initiative," Amaral says. "The parents gave us a mission; that's deeply embedded in our culture." As trust built up and the original families recognized how complicated the science was, they began to let go, Amaral says.
Far from being a hindrance, some researchers say, the institute's culture—and particularly the close contact with families—has been integral to their research.
In 2001, for example, Hagerman's team discovered that people with a mutation on the same stretch of the genome that causes fragile X syndrome develop a condition that resembles Parkinson's disease. Her team named the condition fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. Hagerman credits the finding to the fact that she got to spend hours talking with families, probing their medical histories.
Amaral's team also works closely with families. For a decade, he has led the Autism Phenome Project, which tracks more than 300 children to identify biological and behavioral markers characteristic of different types of autism. For the project, the researchers have repeatedly scanned the brains of children who are nonverbal, self-injurious or have other difficult behaviors. They initially collected images of 2- and 3-year-olds while they were sleeping. But, in recent years, as the children got older, that approach no longer worked. The children were often afraid to climb inside a noisy, claustrophobic brain scanner—or even to set foot in the MIND Institute itself.
Because of the institute's collaborative nature, clinicians, psychologists, behavioral therapists, imaging technicians and families all worked together to treat each child like a case study—adapting protocols to accommodate each child's individual needs. In that way, they were able to slowly coax a terrified nonverbal 10-year-old to lie still inside the scanner for 30 minutes and watch his favorite cartoons. They individualize this approach for each child.
Andrew Stanfield, director of clinical research at the Patrick Wild Centre, traveled to the institute earlier this year in the hopes of replicating its integrated model—and perhaps to collaborate on fragile X syndrome research.
He says he was struck by how closely people at the research labs and clinics work together: "They're very collaborative, it has to be said; they're very open," he says.
Perhaps the most fundamental—and controversial—way that the family-driven agenda influenced MIND's mission was in its search for a cure.
The notion that autism is an illness that should be prevented, cured, or overcome can be destructive, says Clarissa Kripke, director of developmental primary care at the University of California, San Francisco. An institute born from the desire to cure autism, she says, might marginalize people who have autism. Over time, she says, MIND has shifted to an approach that promotes treatment and support rather than simply searching for a cure.
Today, the institute tries to be more inclusive of the views of people with autism, creating opportunities for them to speak about their own needs and priorities and be a part of the day-to-day functioning of the institute.
The institute is now led by developmental psychologist Len Abbeduto, who says he was drawn to MIND's collaborative culture and what he calls its "sense of urgency" to help families. On the second floor of the institute's main building, photographs of the founding families are prominently displayed on one wall. Nearly two decades have passed since these families first envisioned a center that could help their children. Those little boys are now adults who continue to experience serious difficulties as a result of their autism. Their parents are universally proud of the work that the institute's researchers have accomplished, but they are still waiting for more.
Vismara says he has never expected the researchers to deliver a cure for autism, just as he doesn't expect there'll ever be a complete cure for all cancer. He simply wants his son Mark to "optimize his potential" and have a good quality of life.
She emphasizes how grateful they are for what the institute's experts have done for Chas: Medications have helped with his seizures, and have mitigated some of his obsessive-compulsive tendencies. When she and her son enter the institute together, nobody stares. Nobody judges.
"The moment you walk through the front door, it's like somebody's embraced you," she says.
Chuck Gardner agrees—with a caveat.


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Step by step guide for tuning a traditional rope djembe. Instructed by X8 Drum's Raphael Torn.
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Takashi Yamashita is an architect who operates in the corporate world of commercial real estate, finance, and development. A partner and president at Takol Real Estate in Toronto, he is also a member of both the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and the Manitoba Association of Architects. Born in Manitoba, he received his BES (Architecture) and M.Arch from the University of Manitoba (1992 and 1995 respectively), and worked as a project architect for seven years with Smith Carter Architects and Engineers on such projects as the New Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, a restoration of Canada House in Trafalgar Square, London, and the Hudson's Bay Addition to Museum of Nature. He then returned to school to received his MBA from the University of Toronto, and since 2004, has worked in real estate development and management.


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Sights to visit
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An historic Royal Warrant-holder building firm WS Lusher & Son has entered administration.
There have been 24 job losses at the Norwich-based firm, after the staff were told that the increasing losses had become too burdensome for the company to carry on and continue. There had been failed attempts to gain much needed cash flow through selling its two-acre Sprowston site earlier this year. The plan had been to relocate, but a buyer was not found, Eastern Daily Press reported.
Managing director Mark Lusher, the grandson of founder William Lusher, said: "We have given it everything we've got to make it work, but we've been up against too many factors."
Administrator Andrew McTear of McTear Williams & Wood is now working to secure a new buyer for the business. He said: "The problem was the company was loss-making and eventually that caught up with it. It ran out of cash. We are working with the Lushers' senior managers to finish off current contracts and market the business and assets for sale."
The company's turnover was close to £3.8 million, and had 39 staff, including carpenters, bricklayers, joiners, plumbers, decorators and office staff, Mr McTear said.
Established in 1924 by William Lusher from his home in Sprowston, the business moved to its present home in School Lane in 1934. It achieved the Royal Warrant of Appointment for yearly work at Sandringham House in 1978, having built up a reputation for its restoration work on stately homes and churches.
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The news wasn't good for Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp as he was shut down indefinitely with a hamstring injury as he tried to make his way back from a severe ankle sprain he suffered in mid-July.
He had 15 simulated at-bats today at Camelback Ranch, but they were just at-bats. There was no baserunning involved. He will attempt to run tomorrow. There was no definitive statement coming from anyone saying that if he ISN'T able to run tomorrow, he will be shut down for the season, even if common sense would suggest exactly that.
Kemp started a rehab assignment with the Dodgers Class A affiliate at Rancho Cucamonga last week and after not getting a hit in five games, he went to Arizona in an effort to continue to work on his swing.
Obviously it's a good sign that Kemp started hitting again, the true test will be if he runs tomorrow and how the hamstring reacts to it. With three capable outfielders in Andre Ethier, Carl Crawford and Yasiel Puig, the Dodgers can play things safe with Kemp as he doesn't need to rush back if he isn't completely healthy.
In his report, Jackson said that there should be more information before tomorrow night's game as the Dodgers look to avoid a rare sweep at the hands of the Reds.


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Title The Southern Conservative, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 1951
Darden, Ida M.
Publisher Southern Conservative
Date January 1951
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Houston Metropolitan Research Center
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Thillai Nataraja Temple, or Chidambaram temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the town of Chidambaram, East-Central Tamil Nadu, South India. The temple is known as the foremost of all temples (Kovil) to Saivites and has influenced worship, architecture, sculpture and performance art for over two millennium. The Sangam classics list chief architect Viduvelvidugu Perumtaccan as directing an early renovation of the shrine.
A unique feature of this temple is the bejeweled image of Nataraja. It depicts the Lord Shiva as the Lord of the dance Bharatanatyam and is one of the few temples where Shiva is represented by an anthropomorphic murthi rather than the classic, anionic Lingam.
The Cosmic Dance of Lord Nataraja symbolises the motion of the universe as sustained by Lord Shiva. The temple has five courts. Aragalur Udaya Iraratevan Ponparappinan (alias Vanakovaraiyan) rebuilt the Siva temple at Chidambaram around 1213 AD. The same Bana Chief also built Tiruvannamalai temple.The temple has been traditionally administered by an endogamous group of shiavite brahmins called Dikshitar, who also officiate as its priest.
Chidambaram is also referred to in various works such as Thillai (after the Thillai forest of yore in which the temple is now located), Perumpatrapuliyur or Vyagrapuram (in honour of Saint Vyagrapathar).The temple is supposed to be located at the Lotus heart of the Universe": Virat hridaya padma sthalam.
On the spot where the Lord displayed his dance of bliss, the nanda Thaandavam - a spot exactly south of the "Thirumoolataaneswar temple", today is the Ponnambalam/ Porsabai (Pon meaning gold, Ambalam/Sabai meaning stage) housing the Lord Shiva in his dancing form.
the "form" - the anthromorphological form as an appearance of Lord Nataraja, called the Sakala thirumeni.
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Chidambaram Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in the heart of the temple town of Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu).The temple , 78 km south of Pondicherry and 235 Km from Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state of southeastern India.
The Sangam classics refer to Viduvelvidugu Perumtaccan, respected clan of traditional Vishwakarmas, as being the chief architect of the temple renovation. There have been several renovations in its history, particularly during the days of Pallava/Chola emperors in ancient and pre-medieval periods.
The temple complex spread over 50 acres in the heart of the city. It is an ancient and historic temple dedicated to Lord Shiva Nataraja and Lord Govindaraja Perumal, one of the few temples where both the Shaivite and Vaishnavite deities are enshrined in one place.To the followers of Shaivism (Saivism) or the saivaite, the very word koil refers to Chidambaram.
Do bath and wear clean clothes before you enter the temple.Do concentrate on God and Goddess inside the temple.
Do not smoke at Temple.Do not consume alcoholic drinks at Temple.
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For Catholics, charity is based on love. For Protestants, it is an urge that comes from within. For Jews, it is the need to be righteous. For Muslims, it is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, a compulsory act. For Buddhists, it cleanses you of personal greed. In today's secularized society, which one of these definitions fits best? Or do none of them?
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By doing the right thing for the wrong reasons, we may be redefining charity in the 21st century.
Reverend Richard Rose, of First Baptist Church in Ithaca, thinks the meaning of charity has changed because the real goal of charity, helping those in need, has lost its significance.
"Charity is the temporary levitation of a person's hardship without a full understanding or desire to formally end the cause of that person's difficulties," he said.
Charity today is focused on the emotional or spiritual condition of the giver as opposed to the recipient, he said, and this leads to the perpetuation of poverty as big companies and organizations do acts of charity that do not solve the root of the problem in impoverished communities. A lot of people and organizations do charity because they feel good when they do so, he said, but aren't concerned that much with the real issues at hand.
"Why does the Salvation Army never stop and say, 'Shouldn't we be working toward the day when we can stop ringing bells and stop feeding people?'" Rose questioned.
Lidia Rodríguez noticed the changes in charity Rose described when she traveled across Central America as a Catholic missionary. She realized that preaching and giving food to starving people once a year wasn't enough to help them have a better life in the long run. In order to provide better health services to poor people in the Caribbean, she founded the nonprofit organization Fraternidad de Médicos Misioneros (Fraternity of Missionary Doctors) five years ago. The FMM does three-day to week-long trips to the Dominican Republic and Haiti at least twice a year. On each trip, a team of volunteer doctors, nurses and assistant staff provides medical treatment to poor communities that otherwise wouldn't be able to receive healthcare.
Each trip costs around $5,000, strictly on medicine and supplies for patients, so they can't do as many trips as Rodríguez would like. But she finds strength and motivation in her faith.
To Faber, charity must be performed out of a sense of righteousness that every human being possesses. When you give selflessly you get connected to the harmony in the universe, he said.
"You are not only helping someone else have a better life, but you refine your own being as well," he said. Charity then becomes a process of renewal for both the serviced and the supplier of the service.
In order to seek both short and long-term solutions, the Catholic community at IC uses the "two feet model" to guide them in their charity work, Steve Hill, campus minister at IC, said. Just like we need two feet to walk, two elements are crucial while practicing charity: direct social services and social change, he explained. The community serves in Loaves and Fishes throughout the semester, but they also have programs in Guatemala and West Virginia during the summer and winter break, respectively.
Rose names the lack of empathy to others' suffering as a cause of a loss of focus on charity.
He said that we should put ourselves in other's shoes.
To Rose, charity will be practiced rightly when we understand that humanity is a big family.
He compares doing charity without empathy and social justice to eating a bag of potato chips.
Nicole Arocho Hernández is a sophomore writing major who likes a side of potato chips with her social justice. Email her at narocho1[at]ithaca[dot]edu.


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My Opinion: 7.4 || Courageous look at fear and survival in Berlin at the start of the Soviet occupation. Based on an anonymous first-hand account published (and then removed) after the war, the film is clear-eyed in its depiction of the often brutal Russian treatment and the desperate, morally compromised (and mostly female) German citizens. The movie's characterizations and narrative are not as deep as they could be, but there's great integrity and power throughout.
TITLE: A Woman in Berlin (Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin)
DIRECTOR: Max Färberböck | Script: Max Färberböck, from a book by Anonymous
LANGUAGE: German | COUNTRY: Germany
PROFILE: War Drama | 131 minutes | IMDb (7.0)
SYNOPSIS (Courtesy of IMDb): A woman tries to survive the invasion of Berlin by the Soviet troops during the last days of World War II.
Strengths: As the Soviet army approaches, we feel the terror of Berlin's remaining citizens, hungry and huddled in basements, not knowing what their reckoning will be. In the scenes that follow, they struggle to make sense of this frightening new world and to read the intentions of their occupiers. What develops quickly is a regime of rape. Writer-director Max Färberböck is direct, as he needs to be, in depicting the humiliation and brutality inflicted on these women, but he's also careful to avoid exploitation.
The movie's most striking and interesting moments depict the women's gradual adaptation to the realities of their situation. They come to realize that rape — repeated and routine — is unavoidable and that their survival depends on navigating (and exploiting when they can) this new social order. Customs develop. Alliances form. And some small, tentative affections blossom.
It's important to note that when Anonymous (Anonyma) published her diary, she was assailed for defaming German womanhood. A grossly unfair and morally blindered response — not to mention obscene given what German manhood had been engaged in all across Europe.
Weaknesses: As illuminating as the movie is about the necessities of survival and the formation of bonds, Färberböck could have taken us even deeper. To adhere to standard movie structure, he makes limited use of the diary format — Anonyma is presented as a protagonist more than as a reporter, which overlooks some of the story's potential. (I read excerpts when the book was released in English a few years ago.) I frequently find voiceover narration in films to be lazy or superfluous, but here I wanted more, and it would have been well justified by the source material.
The film touches on the women's dawning recognition of the horrors perpetrated by the Nazi war machine. But those moral aspects of the story don't receive enough attention. It's not that we need melodramatic epiphanies, just that the film misses an important opportunity to explore vital questions about culpability.
The obvious comparison is with Lore, which covers the identical time period, also from the perspective of German civilians. But while Lore is similarly powerful in depicting the realities of survival in a collapsed, occupied country — it also does full justice to the moral dimensions of participation in the Third Reich. Both films are very good, but Lore provides a more ambitious, revealing, and important story.
Characters/Performances: Good performance from Nina Hoss in the complicated role of Anonyma. Evgeniy Sidikhin is less effective, however, as the Russian major to whom she becomes attached. It's not an obviously flawed performance, but his personality never comes into full focus. More problematic is the relationship itself — the contours are interesting but it feels sketched rather than drawn, and the climactic scene between them lacks the emotional weight that it should have.
Best Moment: The standout scene in my estimation is one that some viewers might find off-putting. The women sit around a table engaging in gallows humor about their sexual encounters with Russian soldiers. Essentially, they're talking shop — a great scene because it goes beyond their victimhood to portray a range of emotional and intellectual resilience.
File Under: World War Two, survival, Nazi Germany, Russian army, rape, resilience, Max Färberböck, Nina Hoss, true stories
Category : 2000s, Drama, German, Germany, War
Tags : Max Färberböck, Nazi Germany, Nina Hoss, rape, resilience, Russian army, survival, true stories, World War Two
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Mike on March 26, 2013 at 12:42 pm said:
I'll have to hunt this out. I loved Hoss in last year's BARBERA and I was similarly impressed by LORE. Great write up.
Christopher Kelleher on March 26, 2013 at 2:11 pm said:
Good to know that you liked BARABARA. I had it in my (long, long) queue, but after seeing this I moved up. And LORE — truly great. I hope it can get the wide viewership it deserves.
Mike on March 26, 2013 at 2:26 pm said:
I'll be interested to hear your thoughts when you see it.
I'm still a little bummed that LORE didn't make the Foreign Language Film cut at the Oscars. Australia doesn't get to nominate a film often and I thought Shortland's film was a good chance.
Yeah, same here. I found the whole slate of nominations a little disappointing.
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Series: Finding Our Place: LGBTQ Heritage in the United States
In many ways, the histories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans have been obscured and erased. The threat of physical harm and persecution led many to live a closeted lifestyle. Historical references to LGBTQ contributions to American heritage are rare and in many examples, the prejudiced attitudes of the author are obvious. In recent years, scholars have focused on uncovering the history of LGBTQ communities and expanding our understanding of American history.
Article 1: LGBTQ Finding Our Place: Introduction
In many ways, the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) Americans have been obscured and erased throughout history. In recent decades, scholarly work and grass roots efforts have focused on uncovering the hidden history of LGBTQ communities, and expanding our understanding of American history. Read more
Article 2: Expressions as Diverse as the Landscape: The Selling Building, Portland, OR
Located at 610 SW Alder Street, the Selling Building was built in 1910 and was added to the National Register in 1991 for its historic and architectural significance. Early tenants of the building were physicians and dentists including psychologist J. Allen Gilbert who, in 1917, treated Dr. Alan Hart (nee Alberta Lucille Hart) for sexual inversion. Despite categorizing Hart's condition as pathological and abnormal, Dr. Gilbert eventually supported Hart's transition. Read more
Article 3: Expressions as Diverse as the Landscape: Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Indiana University zoologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey conducted pioneering research to challenge ideas of normativity and discriminatory laws regarding sexual behavior. Kinsey collected as broad and complete a sample of individual American sexual histories as possible through a rigorous interviewing process. The resulting research is arguably the most comprehensive, detailed, and sophisticated sex study ever conducted. Read more
Article 4: Collectives, Enclaves, and Gayborhoods
Like other minority groups, LGBTQ Americans have created communities, with professional and social networks, which allow more open queer expression and foster support of one another. Read more
Article 5: Collectives, Enclaves, and Gayborhoods: Fire Island, NY
In the 1930s, Cherry Grove on New York's Fire Island became a popular place for LGBTQ New Yorkers to spend their summer vacations. Read more
Article 6: Collectives, Enclaves, and Gayborhoods: The Furies Collective, DC
In the early 1970s, The Furies Collective began operating from a two- story row house in the Capitol Hill area of Washington, DC. Twelve lesbian feminists lived together in the house, sharing domestic work, and publishing Motive magazine and The Furies, wherein they explored the role of lesbians in society. Read more
Article 7: Collectives, Enclaves, and Gayborhoods: Pier 45, NY
Since the 1970s, the Christopher Street Pier (Pier 45) has been a popular meeting place for drag queens, as well as gay and transgender people. The pier has been a popular social spot for decades, particularly for communities of color, despite pressure from residents and local authorities. Read more
Article 8: Collectives, Enclaves, and Gayborhoods: The Castro, CA
San Francisco's Castro neighborhood is known as the oldest LGBTQ enclave in the country. It began to take shape at the end of World War II when United States detention policies had displaced thousands of Japanese Americans, families were flocking to live in suburban developments, and San Francisco's urban neighborhoods were particularly affordable. Read more
Article 9: LGBTQ Artists Working in Private and in the Spotlight: Yaddo, NY
Opened in 1926 and still operating today, Yaddo is an artist's colony offering residency and creative space to working artists. Founders Spencer and Katrina Trask envisioned a haven where artists could escape the pace and pressure of capitalism and increased industrialization. Read more
Article 10: LGBTQ Artists Working in Private and in the Spotlight: Apollo Theater, NY
The Apollo Theater in New York is an icon of the American jazz explosion and the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century, a cultural movement, which greatly influenced American arts and literature and has significant ties to various LGBTQ communities. The Apollo became one of the most influential centers of black culture, showcasing some of the country's most popular artists and introducing new talent to the world through their infamous amateur nights. Read more
Article 11: Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Many People, Many Meanings
Research indicates well over 100 instances of diverse gender expression in Native American tribes at the time of early European contact. The cultural legacy of these people was nearly erased by religious indoctrination and the imposition of laws criminalizing varied sexuality and gender expression. This erasure makes discovering and discussing such a diverse heritage difficult; in many cases, the only remaining record is that of the colonizer. Read more
Article 12: Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Pueblo of Acoma, NM
In what is now the mesa-top Pueblo of Acoma, men with effeminate physical attributes or personal tendencies were known by many names including mujerado, qo-qoy-mo, and kokwina. They dressed and lived as women, had relationships with men, and fulfilled women's roles in the community. Much like today's queer culture, mujerados of Acoma appear to have experienced varied levels of cultural acceptance. Read more
Article 13: Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Kealakekua Bay District, HI
On their many voyages to the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook and his crew became familiar with the aikane, a select group of men who had sexual relations with the king and other ali'i, or royals. Several journal entries from their extended stays at Kealakekua Bay describe the openness of these relationships. Read more
Article 14: Gender and Sexuality in Native America: Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, CA
West-central California has been home to Native populations for many thousands of years. Two of these, the Miwok and the Ohlone were the primary inhabitants of San Francisco Bay's northern and southern peninsulas. Research indicates that both of these tribes recognized gender identities beyond they typical Western conception of male/female. Read more
Article 15: LGBTQ Activism
Over the years, queer activism has taken many shapes. Private organizations have formed to support community members and take up political causes; artists, writers, and speakers disseminate their ideas on civil justice through every medium imaginable. On some occasions, like the 1969 riots at the Stonewall Inn, oppressive, discriminatory circumstances ferment to a bursting point and acts of unintentional activism become the catalyst for a broader movement for civil rights. Read more
Article 16: LGBTQ Activism: The Henry Gerber House, Chicago, IL
In 1924 Henry Gerber founded the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. While he was in the Army, Gerber was stationed in Coblenz, Germany. While there, he experienced a more open homosexual community than in America. After his return to the U.S. in 1923, Gerber distanced himself from what he saw as a disorganized, politically unaware gay subculture, choosing instead to live in relative anonymity in a boarding house in Chicago, Ill. Read more
Article 17: LGBTQ Activism: The Dr. Franklin Kameny Residence, DC
Working from his home in Northwest Washington, DC, Dr. Frank Kameny applied the ideas of the burgeoning civil rights movement to challenge and change negative perceptions of homosexuality and to fight discriminatory public policy. Read more
Stonewall National Monument
Article 18: LGBTQ Activism: The Stonewall Inn, New York City, NY
Probably the most well-known event in the struggle for LGBTQ rights, the 1969 uprising at the Stonewall Inn in New York City brought the issue of queer rights into the spotlight. It helped to build solidarity among queer groups that were ready to take a stand against police harassment and violence. Read more
Article 19: LGBTQ Memorials
Throughout history, humans have created memorials as a way to celebrate, remember, and perpetuate our most valued stories. They come in all conceivable shapes, sizes, and materials, including buildings, bridges, statues, tattoos, performances, and charitable foundations, just to name a few. This small selection of memorials celebrate the lives and actions of queer Americans and their allies while bringing awareness to issues that threaten queer communities. Read more
Article 20: LGBTQ Memorials: The Names Project and the AIDS Quilt
With over 48,000 panels, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is a visual and tactile tribute to the lives lost to HIV and AIDS, illnesses which have disproportionately affected gay communities for many reasons, including inadequate education of a closeted community, stigmatization, and inadequate treatment. Read more
Article 21: LGBTQ Memorials: National AIDS Memorial Grove, San Francisco, CA
The National AIDS Memorial Grove began as a community effort to recognize the devastating loss of life from the AIDS epidemic, and an effort to create space for remembrance and grieving. Read more
Article 22: LGBTQ Memorials: Matthew Shepard Memorial, Laramie, WY
On the University of Wyoming campus, a memorial bench honors one individual, Matthew Shepard who was targeted and killed for being gay. Read more
Article 23: LGBTQ Memorials: UpStairs Lounge Arson Attack, New Orleans, LA
On June 24, 1973, thirty-two people were killed when a meeting of Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) members and friends was attacked by arson in this New Orleans lounge. In the aftermath of the horrific event, survivors and church members suffered rejection and homophobic ridicule from police, community members, and neighboring churches. Read more
President's Park (White House)
Article 24: LGBTQ Memorials: Butt-Millet Memorial Fountain, DC
In 1913, a memorial fountain was dedicated at President's Park in memory of two United States officials who drowned on the RMS Titanic. Francis Millet, who served on the Commission of Fine Arts and took part in the design of the National Mall, and Archibald Butt, a Major in the U.S. Army and a presidential military aide, were popular, well-respected men. Read more
Article 25: LGBTQ Finding Our Place: Epilogue
LGBTQ heritage stories come from every region and every walk of life. There are shared experiences and there are vast differences, based on many factors including religion, ethnic background, and socio-economics. Issues of safety and acceptance can become further complicated when you are part of an ethnic minority and, like the early days of organizing and activism, shared experiences are still bringing people together. Read more
Article 26: LGBTQ Finding Our Place: Information and Bibliography
This series comes from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education. Read more
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UK Economy Shrank 1.0% in December Hints PMI Data
Modified: Wednesday, 16 December 2020 11:21 GMT
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The UK Economy appears to have returned to growth in December according to the latest flash PMI data from IHS Markit, but stockpiling could be flattering the numbers.
The PMI survey from IHS Markit is the most authoritative near-term snapshot of the economy available, and markets will be looking at the results to gauge just how well the economy is recovering from the November lockdowns.
The manufacturing sector appears to be in rude health, at least according to the headline data: the Manufacturing PMI for December read at 57.3, well ahead of expectations for 55.9 and the previous month's reading of 55.6.
The Services PMI meanwhile read at 49.9, below the expected outcome of 50.5 but above November's reading of 47.6.
The Composite PMI - which takes the above readings and balances to account for each sector's share of the overall economy, thereby giving a more authoritative view on the performance of the broader economy - read at 50.7, which is below the 51.3 expected by markets but above November's 49.0.
A figure above 50 denotes growth, anything below denotes contraction, therefore the data is showing the economy has started growing once more in December.
Manufacturing therefore appears to be the standout sector of the economy, but IHS Markit and economists are warning that the spike in activity could well be due to stockpiling ahead of the UK's exit from the EU on January 01.
"Stockpiling ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period was reported to have contributed to backlogs of work, whereas factory output expanded at its slowest rate since June. If those stocks are drawn down in January, the manufacturing PMI figures may well fall again next month," says Sandra Horsfield, an economist with Investec.
IHS Markit says businesses have reported that they are concerned of congestion at the UK's ports in the new year, a finding that underscores a desire to stockpile ahead of the year-end deadline.
The survey shows 45% of manufacturing firms are already experiencing delays to inbound supplies, reflecting issues at the ports that are likely to be magnified in January as the trading relationship with Europe changes
"This is a problem that has been reportedly brewing for the past few weeks - a combination of pre-Brexit stockpiling (we saw something similar in March 2019 ahead of the original deadline), but also pre-Christmas demand and Covid-19 disruption," says James Smith, Developed Markets Economist at ING Bank.
"The issues have become so acute that some prominent manufacturers have paused production given the lack of parts. According to some reports, the delays are also causing knock-on effects for UK exports as well as imports," adds Smith.
ING say their calculations are showing that the economic hit in the final quarter of 2021 will not be as bad as originally feared, and certainly won't be as bad as the first half of the year when the initial covid-19 lockdowns were introduced.
UK GDP surprised markets by growing in October, although ING estimate a 6-7% slide in GDP in November owing to the second English lockdown.
They expect a 4-5% rebound in December.
That combined probably puts the fourth quarter contraction closer to -1% than -2%, as they had initially estimated.
Analysts at independent research house Capital Economics are saying UK economic growth should remain subdued for a time yet, but 2021 is nevertheless looking a great deal brighter.
"Given that it looks like restrictions are going to remain tight in many areas of the country for the next few months the recovery may remain subdued for a while. But looking beyond the next six months or so, the positive news on vaccines may mean that GDP growth is much stronger in 2021 than most are currently anticipating," says Thomas Pugh, UK Economist at Capital Economics.
More on the optimistic economic outlook for 2021 from Capital Economics can be found here.