I have come to a conclusion. One I might have come to long ago but didn't, not least because I couldn't really explain it, should anyone ask for my 'workings'.
Workings are what art teachers demand when they stand before a huge canvas, liberally splodged with texture, glue, sparkly bits, string, and fat brush strokes telling them absolutely nothing. 'Where are your workings?' they asked me. I had to find out first what they were talking about before answering. Once I knew, of course, I back-dated said 'workings' on paper, parchment,card, board and copper plate and stuck them into my Workings Book, which I didn't know I had till a fellow student found it stuffed into my locker – another thing I didn't know I had.
When a painting is abstract, there is a process. You begin with the real thing. A duck for example, or a pot of flowers, a seascape or a human form. You draw that bit first, kind of whizzily with a loosely held pencil or bit of charcoal or even a paintbrush if you're jolly smart. You might be out of doors doing it, perched on a cold stone wall in the middle of Linlithgow, or you might have hooked a buttock or two onto an old tree stump on the shore of some spectacular place, or you may just be at your desk beneath the blue light of those vile tubes. Wherever you are, you are supposed to be capturing the thing of interest onto a bit of paper in your drawing pad. We were for-bid-den to call it a sketch pad. We are not sketching, class. We are drawing.
Semantics. It amounts to the same flipping thing, but it's always best not to argue, when the argument is about words and what they mean to other people, especially teachers.
So, you capture this interesting thing and then you loathe it to death. It is, at best, dreadful, and looks nothing like it should or even could and even less than nothing like the interesting thing. If it was a naked being, then I was doomed from the outset. I could have a deliciously formed adult male just feet away from me under the blue lights and, in a matter of one short hour, he would be reduced to a Lowrie figure with no blood pumping through his veins, nor sinewy life in his supple limbs, both of which were there until my pencil removed them. Picasso, I kept whispering to myself, fighting back the tears of shame. Picasso. Gee-ed up by such thoughts I stuck one eye on his thigh and thought I'd got away with it until Miss Fineart mosied over and snorted, alerting the class to do their own spot of mosying over and snorting. The young man in question couldn't move, for which I was deeply grateful as he was facing away from us and stark naked.
So much time was spent on 'workings' for pretty much all of my pieces for End of Year Show. In my case it was both a lottery and a farce because not one back-dated working had entered my head for a single second as I plunged headlong into the world of the abstract. Abstract just comes first for me and that's that.
Back to my newly drawn conclusion.
I believe without a doubt that I came from the sea. Not as a mermaid, or silkie, or even a fish. I am not talking about the body of me, but the spirit of me. Whenever I am by the ocean I am at peace. I can go there carrying tension, rage, frustration. I can feel heavy and old and tied down and lumpish. But, when I have stayed awhile, listened to the tide roll in or out, felt the salt spray in the breeeze and tasted it on my lips, I am a new woman again. I don't just believe that it's about dumping my baggage for the old tide to take away, because whatever I took down there doesn't join me as I walk back home. I never see it again.
When I am in busy places, far from the ocean, I can do whatever I need to do, for a while. But after that while, which isn't very long, I feel the old scratch I can never itch, the one that tells me I am not all that wonderful, in fact, not wonderful at all. I feel irritations niggle at my gut, threaten to spill out of my mouth. I feel claustrophobic and find it hard to breathe. No, it is not a panic attack. There is nothing my logical mind could find to panic about. It is true that all around me is concrete, noise, people rushing here and there, traffic, lights, dirty pavements and man-made deadlines. I know how to cross a road safely and what bus to catch. I know where I am heading and the time arranged for me to arrive. There is no panic in any of that. So it's not a panic attack.
It's just that I am not in the right place for me.
I know the rocks on the shore. My eyes need to see the broken mussel shells, left by geese or an otter. They need to see thrift, purple and trembling in the salt breeze, gulls white against the sky, calling out to each other as the new tide brings in the sprats. I watch them poppling the surface of the water, pushed up by a predator deep beneath them and out of sight to me. I must see the kelp thrown high upon ancient rocks, the little pools left by the flood tide, the tiny shrimps stranded till the next one comes in, perhaps whilst I sleep. I have to see sunlight on the yellow lichen, turning it to gold, to hear the popping of sea-gorse seeds, marvel at the darting of goldfinches on the barbed stalks, and hear their animated chirrups at the abundance therein. I absolutely must watch the single snow goose leading four, no five families of greylags across the sea-loch in serried ranks cutting perfect lines across the water. I know the state of the moon by the tides and the state of the tides by the moon. I know the sea and the sea knows me.
It's not a fairytale. it's a conclusion. Mine.
So I go, as I will always go, every day of my life. I will go to where I came from. Back to the sea.
I saw this large white thing on the sealoch, pushing the water into a triangle with the rocky shore as the third median. I peered for a bit through the paint-spattered windows as the cover of the night slid back to reveal a new morning. I always do this 'peering' thing first, actually not just first, but second and sometimes third, in a vain attempt to kid on that, overnight, my eyeballs have grown young again. Ah, halcyon days….. when I could see so much more, often too much, and sometimes that which would have been better not seen at all, and certainly not by me!
Anyway, I waffle away from the large white thing.
Before it disappears completely, travelling at a fast lick through the frothy tide line, I grab the hefty set of Zeiss binoculars, or 'bins' as I gather they are fondly known, and nearly fall into my coffee with the weight of the things. I don't believe any bird watcher ever held these up to their eyes for long. I would need to consider the employment of a personal trainer for at least a year just to manage a period of time longer than 35 seconds. However, being a woman, I can achieve a great deal in 35 seconds, so I stick them onto my face and focus quickly, to the usual no avail, because why? Because, as well as giving me instant arm ache and the beginnings of a shake in my ulna, well, both ulnas to be honest, the flaming glass bit mists up as my hot eyeball challenges the cold lens. Vital seconds pass, as does the large white thing, into the trees that overhang the near shore. Hmmm.
I call it a Snow Goose. It was too big for an eider duck and too small for a swan or a flamingo. Snow Goose it is. There! I feel dead chuffed and highly priveleged and can live this fantasy for days. I saw a Snow Goose today! That's what I say in the shop to a resounding chorus of envying OOhs and Aahs.
It makes me think. Of how we can see things that aren't there, and not see things that are there. How an un-misted glass lens can show us something we think we can explain, and how a misted one can talk complete pants to our human brains. When we 'see' something through our eyeballs, we bring a process into being. First, we see, then we fix this vision into a place, and then, without any conscious decision, we pad it out with all manner of daftness, imaginings, past baggage, phobias, indoctrinated beliefs and hopes. When I see a beggar on any street, I see someone calling for help, and I will always give something. I follow my own heart in this matter. When another sees the same sad sight, they may feel angry, begin to judge, or see laziness, bad choices, weakness – in other words, they might look down on the beggar as less than human. It's called 'perception' and it is in every one of us, however much inner work we might embark on to learn humility and compassion. We can't help it. It is part of who we all are.
When I decide, which I sadly do, now and again, that someone else is heading in the wrong direction, I say so. And then I learn a new fact or two about them, and regret, deeply, my hasty judgement. I work on, to soften my perceptions, or, rather, to shut them up, but they can rise unbidden, un-called for, and always at times when I am not mindfully in control of that sneaky little set of wires that run from my brain to my mouth.
One area of perception, that never fails to cause a stooshie, is that of Boundaries. Whether it is between black and white, the Ukraine and England, England and Scotland, or the African States, there is this thing about boundaries that could curdle milk in a nanosecond, one that everyone has an opinion on, based on personal perception. Oftentimes, I hear folk talking heatedly on a 'boundary' subject. It can wire up a whole shopping queue once it gains momentum, but what saddens me is that I so often hear not what any individual really thinks, but what someone else has said on tv or written in a newspaper. When you actually consider the other human beings involved in these situations, with only theories posturing as reality, how can anyone opinionate?
I think a different way to you, and you, to me. I feel differently about the whys and the hows and the whens of things, but this can either be a glorious Snow Goose pushing through the saltwater of a new tide on a new morning – or, it can be ignored as something I couldn't quite see, through my glass, and darkly.
Painting a new canvas, I think about lines. I was taught at art school to let the eye finish the line, meaning that I, as the painter, should leave it half done, indicating by it's direction and the flow of the piece where the eye might like to take it. It's essential to the composition, the alternative leading to a dizzy spell because our eyes will always seek a resolution. We want to land somewhere and go 'ah!' and if we can't do that, we won't like the painting at all. We will be confused and all over the shop, deducing that the painter was too – that he/she just dithered brushes over the canvas without direction.
Writing employs the same rule of thumb, indicating to the reader where the lines are and allowing them to bring the line to it's resting place, but not telling them exactly where that place is. If I am too bossy and organising in my story, I leave nothing to your imagination. I don't allow you to relate, through your own life experiences, opinions, ideas to this character or that one, because they are too stereotyped, too plastic, too finite. You will be yawning by Chapter 3 and probably won't read the whole book, unless you are one of those people who can't bear to waste 8.99. I can easily bear that. If I find myself yawning by Chapter 3, it's off to the doctor's surgery with it, or the local charity shop, which very possibly isn't very kind of me.
In life I find the same rule applies. If I am a woman who has a need for a rigid set of lines around her life, I lose out, because, although no-one will tell me I am stuck in my self-absorption, I nonetheless am. If what I say has to be how it is, then I am not allowing anyone else to complete the line, and, beyond human politeness, I will be skirted around in wide circles because I got boring by Chapter 3.
The good news is that opportunities to be dynamically fascinating and compelling come around over and over again as we begin a new venture, such as having a baby or maybe we leave the family home, or we notice we are turning into a lizard. I am only a lizard when my hairdresser pops the black cape around my neck a bit tight and I have to wrench it off and remonstrate with her – a remonstration that always makes her chuckle. Otherwise, the lizard bit goes mostly unnoticed as I avoid at all costs, a magnifying mirror. Seeing too closely anything in my life can have me pulling on my old anorak and moping along the long and whining road until I realise that nobody is following me anymore and I am quite alone.
Time for some new lines to be drawn, lines for a new adventure, indicating direction, begun but not finished.
So, off I go, this time as a guest speaker at Wigtown's Book Festival, next Saturday lunchtime. I have no idea what to expect, no idea how Island Wife will be received, and all I am taking is myself and my reasonably ok skirt and sassy boots, my eyes for looking out and my ears for taking in. I don't need to control anything beyond myself and, in that place of freedom, of letting go, I find my sense of humour, alive and well and waiting for me by the side of the road.
I may meet delays, I may get lost, I may forget to pack something vital. It might rain or snow. Wigtown might be wiped out by aliens on Friday afternoon, or the hotel we are staying in may have lost our booking confirmation. But this part-time lizard isn't going to worry about any of that. She is just going to draw a few lines.
For someone else to finish.


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Nîmes Olympique vs AS Saint-Étienne 2019/09/29
Nîmes Olympique vs AS Saint-Étienne | Soccer Betting Tips, Predictions and Odds
You will find here our odds, betting tips and predictions for the Ligue 1 match between Nîmes Olympique vs AS Saint-Étienne. Read about statistics, performance analysis and head-to-head comparison of both teams.
2019/09/29 3:00 pm Ligue 1Stade des Costières | Nimes
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On 2019/09/29 at 3:00 pm Nîmes Olympique will host AS Saint-Étienne in the 8th round of the Ligue 1 game at the Stade des Costières. Both of the teams are eager to take the three points home, so we're expecting a great game. According to their current forms, a Away win seems possible with a chance of 42%.
The best odds to bet on this soccer match
Double Chance X2
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AS Saint-Étienne42%Nîmes Olympique33%X25%Three-Way Bet
1-112%1-29%0-19%Correct Score
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Nîmes Olympique and AS Saint-Étienne | Form comparison
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Nîmes Olympique Form
Last game of Nîmes Olympique ended in a 1 - 0 against Montpellier HSC.
Nîmes Olympique averages 1.5 goals per game in the Ligue 1 over the last 10 matches.
Having won 8 and lost 8 matches in the Ligue 1 over the last 6 months, Nîmes Olympique have proven what kind of form they are carrying into the game against AS Saint-Étienne.
AS Saint-Étienne Form
AS Saint-Étienne met in their last match FC Metz and recorded a 0 - 1.
In their past 10 matches, AS Saint-Étienne scored 14 and conceded 19 goals.
Having won 9 and lost 8 matches in the Ligue 1 over the last 6 months, AS Saint-Étienne have proven what kind of form they are carrying into the game against Nîmes Olympique.
Nîmes Olympique vs AS Saint-Étienne | Expert pick and soccer predictions
According to our betting experts the outcome for the game will be a Double Chance X2 with a probability of 67%. The best odds of -155 are available at 888sport.
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BBDO NY, Dentsu Tokyo and Jung von Matt are Top Finalists in ADC 97th Annual Awards
514 finalists from 34 countries, winners announced on May 7 during Creative Week in New York
BBDO New York, Dentsu Tokyo and Jung von Matt are the top three agencies in the world with the most finalists entries for the global ADC 97th Annual Awards, as announced today by The One Club for Creativity, the world's foremost non-profit organisation celebrating creative excellence in advertising and design.
Leading the way with 31 finalists entries is BBDO New York, including seven for P&G "The Talk" and six for Downtown Records' "Live Looper" featuring the band the Academic. Dentsu Tokyo has 23 finalists for 15 clients and Hamburg, Germany's Jung von Matt has 20 finalists, including eight for "BVG x adidas - The Ticket Shoe" on behalf of client Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG).
Four offices of R/GA account for 19 finalists, including five for the New York office's "Fear of Love" for the Ad Council. DDB Paris landed 17 finalists, including seven for Hasbro work, and The New York Times Magazine secured 18 finalists for 16 different entries. AlmapBBDO in São Paulo and McCann New York each have 10 finalists.
Samsung "Ostrich" was the entry with the most finalists spots, collecting nine for the team of Samsung Group Worldwide, MJZ Los Angeles and MPC London and Los Angeles, with Leo Burnett Chicago.
This year's show has 514 finalists representing 34 countries. The US has the most finalists, followed by Japan with 51, Germany with 45, Canada with 26, the UK and China with 25 each, and France with 21.
To view the complete list of ADC 97th Annual Awards finalists by discipline, please visit http://www.adcawards.org/downloads/finalists/ADC_97th_Annual_Awards_Finalists.pdf.
The One Club for Creativity awards shows each have their distinct focus. The ADC Annual Awards maintains its historical concentration as the champion for craft, design and innovation, while The One Show focuses on creativity of ideas and quality of execution.
This year's winners will be announced at the ADC 97th Annual Awards Ceremony on May 7, 2018, 6:00-11:00 pm at Industria in New York's Meatpacking District.
The show is part of The One Club for Creativity's Creative Week, May 7-11, 2018 in New York (http://www.oneclub.org/creativeweek/). The preeminent festival showcasing the intersection of advertising, innovation and creative thinking, Creative Week also includes The One Show over two nights, the dynamic Young Ones Education Festival, inspiring sessions with some of the biggest names in the industry at the Creative Summit and the exclusive Executive Creative Summit, open to a limited number of top-level leaders (founders, CCOs, managing partners).
The One Club for Creativity (http://www.oneclub.org), producer of the prestigious One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Creative Week and Portfolio Night, is the world's foremost non-profit organization recognizing creative excellence in advertising and design. The ADC Annual Awards honors the best work across all disciplines, including Advertising, Interactive, Design and Motion. Creative Week takes place in New York City every May and is the preeminent festival celebrating the intersection of advertising and the arts.
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With two solid 3D Sonic games made so far, it was only natural for the series to continue in this new style. Sadly, however, the high quality of the two Sonic Adventure tites wouldn't carry over into Sonic's third 3D game: Sonic Heroes. The game is generally fun, but it certainly does have a lot of problems.
This time around there are twelve playable characters, but you always play as a whole team of three at once and these teams are: Team Sonic (Sonic, Tails and Knuckles), Team Dark (Shadow, Rouge and Omega, a new character), Team Chaotix (Espio, Vector and Charmy, some returning classics) and Team Rose (Amy, Big and Cream, who is making her first 3D appearance). Right away, we have a problem with the game. You essentially control one of the three at a time (the other two just follow) and every team has a 'speed', 'power' and 'flying' character and you regularly need to switch between them in order to get through any level. In a hurry, the switching around is awkward and can often unfairly lose you a life. It just feels like a like a bad idea they added to try and make it unique.
Also, each different team has their own storyline and all the stories tie together, but other than a few cutscenes, there's very little focus on story this time, which is a shame with the last two console Sonic games having excellent stories. What's also annoying is that with the four teams, you're essentially going to be just playing through all the same levels (albeit with slight differences) four times. A lot of the levels aren't that great either, with many sections where you'll run off a ramp or something and then miss the platform you're supposed to land on for seemingly no reason. The whole game is full of sections that don't work properly, which can make things very frustrating, when you keep dying because of things that are out of your control. I also struggle to understand why any of these levels exist within the fictional universe, they all just seem to be for the gameplay and have no real justification.
Remember how I said that you have to do the same levels four times? Well, that will only be the case if you're really lucky. To actually get to the game's ending, you have to collect all of the Chaos Emeralds, and to get all of the Chaos Emeralds you have to find these keys hidden in levels, then not get hurt at all until you win. This alone is pretty hard, but then after this you have to win an extremely difficult 'special' stage, The 'special' stages have you running through these weird tubes in order to catch a Chaos Emerald (which, for some reason, is flying away from you) and you have to go as fast as you can (collecting speed orbs and avoiding spike bombs) to get it. It sounds easy, but it's really hard because it's so horribly glitchy that you're going to need to try so many times and, to be clear, you have to win a level with a key every single time you want another try at the 'special' stage...
So, that's about it. It's not all bad (parts of it are good) but it is still quite bad. Probably worth trying if you know you like Sonic, but not if you aren't very familiar with the series and certainly not as your first exposure to it. Also, I played the Gamecube version of the game and, sadly, the other versions are even worse (in terms of glitches). Rating: 6/10
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AS we expected, Sam's condition worsened throughout the day today.
We spent a few hours holding him this morning and we was awake for a few minutes at a time this morning, although he was not very alert. He ate the first few feedings very well, but now is not really awake enough to eat on his own, and when he is awake he has no interest in eating. This morning they has to insert a feeding tube, again, so that they can continue to feed him until he is sick enough to draw blood for further testing. Hopefully by tomorrow morning they will be able to stop feeding him.
It is strange how fast he changes when they start feeding him, he just doesn't look like himself and tonight when I went in to say good night I could only bear to be there for a few minutes. We have avoided being at the hospital during feeding times as it is just to difficult to watch. Even Sheri, one of Sam's nurses, told us this morning that feeding him was difficult for her.
Something that did brighten our day a little today, the nurses at Children's Hospital have begun to fight over who gets to take care of Sam. They have become quite attached to him and a few of the nurses have friendly arguments at the beginning of each shift about who gets to be in his room so they can spend the day with him.
We may need to take a short break from updating the site for the next day or two. We, of course, had no idea what this month would bring to our lives and have to be out of our apartment and into our new house by the end of the month so we hope to finish packing on Friday and have everything moved on Saturday.


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Taste: Follows the aroma closely with citrusy mandarin, orange, lemon, hay, grass, yeast and pepper spice. Starts sweet, ends lightly bitter.
Mouthfeel: Dry, light to medium bodied with high carbonation.
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Brewer Description: (from website) The Bons Voeux is a blond top fermentation beer with refermentation in the bottle. Since 1970, the brewery has been brewing a special beer to give as a new years present to their best clients. The name of this beer "Avec les bons Voeux de la Brasserie Dupont" means "With the best wishes of the Brewery Dupont." Because of the increasing success, they started to commercialise this "cadeau" but kept the name. Although the demands were considerable, only a small quantity was brewed, so they had to make a reservation list, even months before new year. This Bons Voeux is coppery blond, has very fine hop aromas and tastes bitter, fruity and mild. Our selection of yeasts, in combination with a long during riping process, on a "dry hopping" base, are creating a typical and complex aroma and taste. A real refermentation in the bottle, which will continue for a long time in your cellar, result in a harmonious and well-balanced beer, full of unexpected and complex aromas.
Intro: A 375ml corked and caged bottle, 2016 cork, with a best before date of October 2021. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: It was a hazy golden straw orange colour with a just under two finger white head that had pretty good retention and left nice lacing.
Aroma: Peach, honey, lemon, banana and clove with some pepper and herbally notes.
Taste: Honey, lemon, banana, clove, grass, pepper spice and yeast.
Overall: A very nice cross between a Saison and a Tripel. It's got the nice classic Belgian beer characteristics and the 9.5% ABV is surprisingly well hidden.


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What will life be like in the Commons for the Independent Group?
On 18 February, seven Labour MPs resigned from the Party to sit as an independent group. Operating without the formal support of a parliamentary party, they will face several institutional barriers to working effectively in the House of Commons, writes Louise Thompson.
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The press conference with the seven breakaway Labour MPs focused overwhelmingly on their reasons for leaving the Party – Luciana Berger citing institutional anti-Semitism and Chris Leslie citing its hijacking by the hard left. The former Labour MPs are calling themselves the Independent Group, but have stopped short (for now) of creating a formal political party. There are still questions to be answered about how this band of very different Labour MPs will seek to work and function together (where will they sit in the chamber? Will they coordinate their voting behaviour?), but with no formal party affiliation, what we can be sure about is that their position in the House of Commons has substantially changed. Two key challenges facing these MPs are the reduced rights they will now have as independent MPs and the reduction in crucial parliamentary resources.
Rights in the Commons chamber
The House of Commons functions through its political parties. Everything from speaking rights to committee positions are allocated on the basis of party size, with the Official Opposition party holding a privileged position among other non-government parties. Labour MPs dominate the opposition contributions made in debates. As I wrote on this blog just a few months ago, smaller opposition parties and independents often find themselves in a much weaker position. Their size entitles them to fewer contributions and – perhaps most importantly – these contributions often come several hours into debates, where the clock is running down and very short time limits are introduced. Whereas a Labour Party backbencher may be able to speak for eight minutes or more, a small party MP or independent may find this time reduced to two. Not only does this minimise the contribution possible, but it becomes difficult to set the tone of a debate or to influence its direction.
The same applies to things like committee memberships. Select committees and legislative bill committee memberships are also allocated in proportion to party size, so scrutinising forthcoming Brexit legislation in committees will fall largely to those who are members of political parties. Other former Labour MPs (John Woodcock and Frank Field) have retained select committee positions so there is precedent for the seven to hold their existing committee places, but it is notably harder for small party and independent MPs to battle for places on legislative committees. Without a whip sitting on the Committee of Selection, they have often relied on the SNP forfeiting a committee place of their own for them. Some of the MPs in the Independent Group (Chris Leslie in particular), have been very active during parliamentary debates on Brexit – and there are reports that they have already met with the Speaker to ensure that they will still be able to move amendments in the chamber. But it could be incredibly frustrating to find that they have less of a voice in the chamber and in the legislative process.
Reduced parliamentary resources
All opposition parties are entitled to Short Money funding, designed to assist opposition parties in carrying out their parliamentary business. It's available to all parties who have received either two House of Commons seats, or one seat plus 150,000 votes. In practice this money is used to support party staff – people who work for the party group as a whole rather than for individual MPs, providing vital policy research and information. Labour were entitled to £7.8 million of short money funding in 2018/19. The breakaway MPs will no longer be able to take advantage of this, and will be unable to receive Short Money funding themselves until they create a formal political party. The donations they are seeking may overcome some of this, though it's not clear as yet how the donations sought will be used.
Being part of the Labour Party also brought additional parliamentary resources – in the form of weekly PLP meetings and the weekly Whip, informing MPs of forthcoming parliamentary business and showing how MPs should vote. Without it, MPs may struggle to be certain what they were voting on each day. Single party MPs like Caroline Lucas, or Douglas Carswell (in the previous Parliament) are forced to prioritise business, focusing only on the business or votes which really matter to their constituency or to their party. Ministerial statements and other important documents will be distributed in advance to the main opposition parties, but small parties and independents often lose out. Access to this information is now likely to disappear unless the Independent Group forges relationships with MPs from other parties. This is common practice already for the smaller opposition parties in the chamber. Caroline Lucas, for example, as the only Green MP, has previously relied on Plaid Cymru and the SNP group for information about parliamentary business. It will be interesting to see if the group forges alliances with other small parties – the Liberal Democrats for instance – to overcome this.
These are not the only parliamentary challenges facing the group as they seek to put distance between themselves and Corbyn's Labour Party. But as they take their seats in the Commons as independent MPs, these are two of the most pressing. How they respond to their new position and overcome the parliamentary obstacles in front of them will be the key to their success.
The post gives the views of its author, not the position of Democratic Audit. It was first published on LSE British Politics and Policy blog.
Louise Thompson (@louisevthompson) is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Manchester. She holds an ESRC Grant (ref ES/R005915/1) for research into small opposition parties in the UK Parliament.
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7.3 Defining and Managing a Class (part two)
Updated 2014 by Sarah Somers
7.3.D. Moving for Class Certification
Rule 23(c)(1) now requires that the court rule on class certification " at an early practicable time."/1/ Many local rules set specific time limits, generally ninety days from the filing of the complaint, for the filing of the motion./2/ Other local rules have shorter/3/ or longer/4/ time frames. Whatever the local rule provides, counsel should consider filing the motion for class certification at the time of filing the complaint./5/ Failure to file a timely motion for class certification can result in the striking of the class claims or the denial of the motion for lack of adequate representation./6/ If there is a need for a clear deadline for filing and discovery, plaintiffs should seek a stipulation or file a motion to be allowed to file the class certification motion after completion of class discovery.
If plaintiffs, pursuant to Rule 65, move for preliminary relief on behalf of the class, filing the motion for class certification with or before the motion is appropriate. If mootness is a potential problem, a motion for class certification should be filed quickly./7/ Generally, once a class is certified, certification "relates back" to the date of filing of the complaint; post-filing mootness is immaterial so long as mootness occurred after certification. An exception to the "relates-back" rule is made, however, if class certification cannot reasonably be decided before the class representatives' claims become moot because of the transitory nature of the claims./8/ Plaintiffs should nevertheless file for certification quickly and urge expedited action on the motion if necessary./9/
The motion for class certification should set forth briefly how the named representative or class or both meet each requirement of Rule 23 and the specific class definition requested by plaintiffs./10/ Merely reciting Rule 23 boilerplate language without relating each requirement to the particular class action is not useful. Any documents necessary to prove the Rule 23 requirements should be filed with the motion./11/ These may include documents collected during discovery if class discovery is completed. If discovery is not completed, the motion should discuss the discovery requested. Consideration should also be given to filing motions to shorten discovery in order to move the class certification issue forward.
Prior to the 2003 amendments to Rule 23, courts were permitted to conditionally certify a class pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(c)(1) and to reserve the opportunity to reexamine the certification following more extensive discovery./12/ Conditional certification has now been removed from Rule 23(c)(1)./13/ Nonetheless, one circuit court has found that conditional certification still may be appropriate./14/
7.3.E. Interlocutory Appellate Review of Denial or Grant of Certification
Rule 23(f) now permits a circuit court, in its discretion, to permit an interlocutory appeal of an order granting or denying class certification. A petition to file permission to appeal must be filed within 14 days./15/ The courts caution, however, that granting these types of appeals should not become routine./16/ Courts describe the relevant considerations as: (1) whether the district court's ruling is likely to be dispositive of the litigation by creating a "death knell" for either party; (2) whether the party seeking review shows a substantial weakness in the certification decision such that the decision would likely constitute an abuse of discretion; (3) whether the appeal would permit the resolution of an unsettled legal issue important to the case and important in and of itself, particularly if it involves Rule 23 jurisprudence; (4) whether the court should consider the nature and status of the litigation before the district court; and (5) whether future events may make interlocutory appeal more or less appropriate./17/
7.3.F. Notice of Class Certification
Once the class has been certified, counsel must decide whether notice of class certification is required, what kind of notice is required and whether notice of opt-out rights is required for their particular class action. Rule 23(c)(2) sets forth the notice requirements in class action suits. Notice requirements for class actions brought under 23(b)(1) and (2) are flexible and do not require individual notice while individual notice is required in Rule 23(b)(3) suits. Notice of opt-out rights is required in Rule 23(b)(3) cases. The court has discretion under Rule 23(d)(1)(B) to order notice at any time in any Rule 23 lawsuit for the protection of the class members or the fair conduct of the lawsuit.
Rule 23(c)(2)(A) simply provides that in class actions brought under Rule 23(b)(1) or (b)(2), "the court may direct appropriate notice to the class." Notice is not required either before or after certification, or, indeed, at all./18/ Because there is no right to opt out of a Rule 23(b)(1) or 23(b)(2) class, the need for notice is diminished and should be "exercised with care."/19/ Unlike suits brought under Rule 23(b)(3), if notice is required, it need not be individual./20/ This flexible approach recognizes that the cost of notice may "prove crippling and the benefits may be relatively small."/21/
However, notice to all class members of the pendency of the action before certification or judgment is frequently helpful, for a number of reasons. It may be helpful in locating additional witnesses or obtaining other evidence from class members. Early notice may expose potential conflicts among class members. Locating and notifying as many class members as possible also preserves plaintiffs' ability to locate the class and administer relief after judgment. If the court is not inclined to order individualized notice, use discovery to obtain lists of class members and consider hiring an outside firm to find last known addresses. This approach may avoid the problem of some class members not receiving the relief to which they are entitled because they cannot be located after many years of litigation.
The 2003 Amendments continue the requirement that individual notice to class members in Rule 23(b)(3) cases must be provided after the class is certified and before judgment . However, it added a requirement that the notice "must concisely and clearly state in plain, easily understood language" information about the nature of the action, the class definition, the claims, issues or defenses, the right to enter an appearance through counsel, the right to opt-out, and the binding effect of the judgment./22/
A court has discretion to order the defendant to cover the expense of developing the list of class members in certain circumstances./23/ Also, a court may order defendants to give the notice when they may do so with less difficulty or expense than the representative plaintiffs, or when liability has been established./24/ Notice may also be ordered after the class is certified and before judgment./25/
Regardless of whether the class action is certified under subdivision (b)(1) or (b)(2), or (b)(3) notice after a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs or after settlement may be very helpful depending on the type of case. If the relief requires the defendant to do something retroactively the class members need to know of their entitlement. Further, even in prospective relief cases the class members may need to know of their right, for example, to apply or reapply for benefits. Without notice, class members are unaware of either the prospective change in their legal status or their right to relief. Notice should inform the class members of the legal ruling, the effect of the ruling both prospectively and retrospectively, the mechanism for obtaining retroactive monetary relief if available (with a form to begin the process, if appropriate), the names and addresses of counsel for the plaintiffs, and a phone contact to ask questions or to report problems in obtaining relief. In public benefit cases where the Eleventh Amendment precludes a federal court from ordering retroactive benefits as monetary damages, a Quern notice should be sent./26/
Unlike the cost of pre-certification notice, the cost of post-judgment notice is properly borne by the defendant. Indeed, courts have ordered defendants to bear the costs of notice once it has ruled against the defendant on the merits. /27/ Whether class notice is required under Rule 23(c)(2) or is requested under Rule 23(d)(1), the prayer for relief in the complaint should include a request for notice of the relief. Likewise, at the time of judgment or settlement, plaintiffs should include a request for notice in the proposed order or settlement document, attach a copy of the actual proposed notice, and detail the proposed or agreed-upon method of distribution.
Notices sent to class members should be drafted in plain English and translated if appropriate./28/ Individual notification of class members may not be required. Other forms of notice may be utilized such as publication in newspapers, posting on bulletin boards where class members are likely to see the notice (unemployment offices, public housing offices, nurses' stations), inclusion in regular newsletters, and the like—depending on the circumstances of the case./29/
Plaintiffs' counsel should try to obtain the most current addresses possible for all class members. Sometimes this can be done through the defendant's files. Posting of notices in places where class members are likely to see them or placement of notices in newspapers commonly read by class members may assist counsel in identifying additional class members. Plaintiffs cannot reach every class member, however, but should nevertheless make every effort to locate members and to obtain full relief for each of them. Responding to questions from class members and assisting them in obtaining relief, even when only a small percentage responds, is frequently a major commitment of time and resources by an office and must be carefully orchestrated.
7.3.G. Communication with Class Members
Class counsel frequently wants to communicate informally with potential class members. The question of whether plaintiffs' counsel or defendant's counsel can have access to information identifying class members or communicate with them during litigation arises regularly.
In Gulf Oil v. Bernard, the Supreme Court prohibited limits on communications without a clear record and specific findings reflecting that the need for limits outweighed the interference with the rights of the parties./30/ Even in those circumstances justifying a limitation, the Court stated that any court intervention should be carefully and narrowly drawn to minimize interference with First Amendment rights.
Since Gulf Oil, courts generally have not imposed case-specific limitations on communications between plaintiffs' counsel and class members. Absent a record of coercive or misleading communications, there would seem to be no basis for restraining communications. Courts, however, have intervened when defendants urged class members to "opt out" of the class action or were making factual misrepresentations to the plaintiff class members./31/
1. This is a change from the language pre-2003 amendments requiring a ruling "as soon as practicable." The Advisory Committee notes that "[t]he 'as soon as practicable' language neither reflected prevailing practice nor captured the many valid reasons that may justify deferring the initial certification decision." Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(1)(A) advisory committee's notes, 2003 amends.
2. See, e.g., L.R. 23-3 (C.D. Cal.); L.R. 23.1(c) (N.D. Ohio); L.R. 23.2 (N.D. Tex.). But see L.R. 23.1(c) (S.D. Ill.) (timing of motion established during mandatory scheduling and discovery conference).
3. See, e.g., L.R. D. Conn. App., Standing Order on Scheduling in Civil Cases, 2(b) L.R., p. 99 (60 days).
4. L.R. 23(d) (W.D.N.Y.) (120 days).
5. Generally there is no reason to delay the filing of the motion for class certification. Courts are cautioned to decide such motions promptly, Bertrand v. Maram, 495 F.3d 452, 455 (7th Cir. 2007), and discouraged from deciding dispositive motions before class certification motions. Schwarzschild v. Tse, 69 F.3d 293, 295 (9th Cir. 1995).
6. See Culver v. City of Milwaukee, 277 F.3d 908, 912 (7th Cir. 2002).
7. Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244, 261-68 (2003) (reiterating the general importance of class certification and its usefulness in avoiding mootness); Bertrand, 495 F.3d at 455.
8. For a case discussing these issues in the context of pre-trial detainees, see Bowers v. City of Philadelphia, No. 06-CV-3229, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71914 (E.D. Pa. Sept. 28, 2006).
9. See Chapter 3.3 of this MANUAL for a full discussion of mootness and the Sosna or Gerstein line of cases.
10. Local rules may require these specifics in the complaint. See, e.g., L.R. 23.1(2) (S.D. Fla.). Pleading these elements even in the absence of a rule is good practice.
11. See Gen. Tel. Co. of Sw. v. Falcon, 457 U.S. 147, 160 (1982) (courts are not restricted to pleadings when making certification decisions to determine if rule's requirements are met). See also Fox v. Cheminova Inc., 213 F.R.D. 113, 122 (E.D.N.Y. 2003).
12. See, e.g., In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 282 F.3d 220 (3d Cir. 2002); Thiessen v. Gen. Elec. Capital Corp., 267 F.3d 1095 (10th Cir. 2001).
13. Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(1) advisory committee's notes, 2003 amends.
14. Denney v. Deutsche Bank Sec., Inc., 443 F.3d 253, 270 (2d Cir. 2006).
15. Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(f). See In re D.C. Water & Sewer Auth., 561 F.3d 494, 495 (D.C. Cir. 2009). A motion for reconsiderations of a certification order filed within 14 days may toll that period. Gutierrez v. Johnson & Johnson, 523 F.3d 187, 192 (3d Cir. 2008); but see in re D.C. Water & Sewer Auth., 561 F.3d at 496-97.
16. See In re Delta Air Lines, 310 F.3d 953 (6th Cir. 2002).
17. Prado-Steiman v. Bush, 221 F.3d 1266, 1272-77 (11th Cir. 2000) (Clearinghouse No. 53,363), and cases cited therein. See also In re Delta Air Lines, 310 F.3d at 958-60; Sumitomo Copper Litig. v. Credit Lyonnais Rouse Ltd., 262 F.3d 134 (2d Cir. 2001); Lienhart v. Dryvit System, Inc., 255 F.3d 138, 141 (4th Cir. 2001); Bolin v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 231 F.3d 970, 972-74 (5th Cir. 2000) (upholding constitutionality of U.S. Supreme Court's adoption of Rule 23(f)). See also, e.g., In re Rail Freight Fuel Surcharge Antitrust Litigation–MDL No. 1869, 725 F.3d 244, 251-52 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (holding that "death knell" standard can be satisfied by showing unwarranted financial "pressure to settle nonmeritorious or marginal claims" (quoting Newton v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 259 F.3d 154, 168 (3d Cir. 2001))).
18. Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393, 397 n.4 (1975); In re Integra Realty Resources Inc., 262 F.3d 1089, 1109 (10th Cir. 2001) (whether notice is required within discretion of court).
19. Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2) advisory committee's notes.
20. Sims v. Bank of Am. Corp., 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 11972, at *26-28, 2008 WL 479988, at *9 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 19, 2008); Meachem v. Wing, 227 F.R.D. 232, 235 (S.D.N.Y. 2005).
21. Federal Judicial Center, Manual for Complex Litigation (Fourth) § 21.311 (2004); Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2) advisory committee's notes.
22. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2) advisory committee's notes (noting that the Federal Judicial Center has devised sample notices reflecting those requirements).
23. But see Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156, 178 (1974) (usual rule is that plaintiffs must bear the cost of notice). For several exceptions to this usual rule, see 5-23 James Wm. Moore et al., Moore's Federal Practice - Civil § 23.106 (2011).
24. Oppenheimer Fund Inc. v. Sanders, 437 U.S. 340, 355-56 (1978) (noting that defendants have been required to make notice as part of periodic mailings); S. Ute Indian Tribe v. Amoco Prod. Co., 2 F.3d 1023, 1029-31 (10th Cir. 1993). See also 7AA Charles A. Wright et al., Federal Practice and Procedure § 1788, at 536-46 (3d ed. 2005 & Supp. 2010).
25. German v. Fed. Home Loan Mortgage Co., 158 F.R.D. 145, 160-61 (S.D.N.Y. 1996).
26. See Quern v. Jordan, 440 U.S. 332 (1979); Edelman v. Jordan, 415 U.S. 651 (1974).
27. Hunt v. Imperial Merch. Servs., Inc., 560 F.3d 1137, 1143 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 130 S. Ct. 154 (2009); Macarz v. Transworld Sys., Inc., 201 F.R.D. 54, 58 (D. Conn. 2001).
28. For an example of a notice that is translated, see Smith v. Daimler Chrysler Fin., Civ. No. 00-6003 (D.N.J. July 29, 2005).
29. See generally Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2) advisory committee's notes, 2003 amends; 7AA Charles A. Wright et al., Federal Practice and Procedure § 1788 (3d ed. 2005 & Supp. 2010) (discussing the mechanics of giving notice, including "unanswered" questions presented by Rule 23(c)(2), such as timing of notice, identity of sender, and allocation of notice costs).
30. Gulf Oil Co. v. Bernard, 452 U.S. 89, 101-02 (1981). See also Hoffman-LaRoche Inc. v. Sperling, 493 U.S. 165 (1989) (application of Gulf Oil in Age Discrimination in Employment Act case); Gates v. Cook, 234 F.3d 221, 227 (5th Cir. 2000) (reversing no-contact order between plaintiffs' substitute counsel and class members).
31. See e.g. Guifu Li v. A Perfect Day Franchise, Inc., 270 F.R.D. 509, 518 (N.D. Cal. 2010) (defendant's ex parte solicitation for opt-outs before class certification held as an exercise of coercion); Gortat v. Capala Bros., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45549, at *20, 2010 WL 1879922, at *6 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 10, 2010) (issued orders limiting contact between defense counsel and potential class members); Kleiner v. First Nat'l Bank of Atlanta, 751 F.2d 1193 (11th Cir. 1985) (affirming sanctions on defense counsel who engaged in ex parte communications with class members seeking their agreement to opt out).
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Q: pysimpleSOAP response contains only a part of the call I'm having trouble to find a way to receive the whole response inside the response variable.
The purpose of this code is to acces throught a webservice of a marketplace and get all order with a particuliar status then parse the response for the information I want and output inside a csv file
Here is my code:
from pysimplesoap.client import SoapClient
import logging
import csv
logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
import base64

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import datetime

token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
client = SoapClient(wsdl="https://wsvc.cdiscount.com/MarketplaceAPIService.svc?wsdl", trace = True)
response = client.GetOrderList(headerMessage={'Context': {'CatalogID': 1, 'CustomerPoolID': 1, 'SiteID': 100},
                                             'Localization': {'Country':"Fr",'Currency': "Eur", 'DecimalPosition': 2, 'Language': "Fr"},
                                             'Security':{'DomainRightsList': "", 'IssuerID': "", 'SessionID': "", 'TokenId': token, 'UserName': ""},'Version':1.0},
                              orderFilter={"FetchOrderLines":1,'BeginCreationDate': datetime.datetime(2016,10,29,23,59,59),'EndCreationDate': datetime.datetime(2016,10,30,23,59,59),'States':{'OrderStateEnum':'WaitingForShipmentAcceptation'}})
print response
response_str = str(response)
print(response_str)

My problem when i want to see the response i got only a part the expected response, while I see on debug mode the whole response expected.
As you can see on the debug log  we can see all orders. The debug mode start like this: ( i cutted because it's too long)
DEBUG:pysimplesoap.client:<s:envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <s:body>
        <getorderlistresponse xmlns="http://www.cdiscount.com">
            <getorderlistresult xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><errormessage
                xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Cdiscount.Framework.Core.Communication.Messages"/>
                <operationsuccess
                    xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Cdiscount.Framework.Core.Communication.Messages">true</operationsuccess><errorlist/>
                <sellerlogin>XXXXXXXXXXXX</sellerlogin>
                <tokenid>XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX</tokenid>
                <orderlist>
                    <order>
                        <archiveparcellist>false</archiveparcellist>
                        <billingaddress><address1 i:nil="true"/><address2 i:nil="true"/><apartmentnumber/><building/>
                            <city>XXXXXXX</city>
                            <civility>MR</civility>
                            <companyname>XXXXXXX</companyname>
                            <country>FR</country>
                            <county>N/A</county>
                            <firstname>XXXXXXX</firstname><instructions/>
                            <lastname>XXXXXXX</lastname><placename/><relayid i:nil="true"/>
                            <street>XXXXXXX</street>
                            <zipcode>XXXXXXX</zipcode>
                        </billingaddress>
                        etc etc etc

And the response print is:
{'GetOrderListResult': {'SellerLogin': u'xxxxxxxxx', 'OperationSuccess': True, 'TokenId': u'xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx', 'OrderList': {'Order': {'VisaCegid': 220, 'ShippedTotalAmount': Decimal('0'), 'PartnerOrderRef': None, 'Corporation': {'CorporationName': u'Cdiscount', etc etc etc

Obvisouly i read lot a post before i make this post, especially on SO
Thanks for you help.

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Fascism's and national socialism's influence on the development of the post-war extreme right in Germany and Italy
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2. Italy
2.1. The MSI as openly fascist party
2.2. The MSI's ideological development
2.3. The surge of the Lega Nord – unrelated to fascism?
3.1. Initial success, remaining electoral potential
3.2. Electoral potential gone with prohibition of SDR?
3.3. East vs. West – consequence of different de-nazification?
4. Comparison
6. Bibliography
Italy and Germany have both experienced fascist/nazi rule. Is it possible to link this historical fact to the development of the post-war extreme right in these two countries?
This paper wants to argue that initially fascism and national socialism still greatly influenced the development of the post-war extreme right (ER). However, this degree of influence gradually declined and nowadays these ideologies cannot be said to exert much influence on the political landscape anymore. Therefore, this essay will proceed by firstly looking at the case of Italy and especially the Movimento Socialist Italiano's (MSI) ideological development over the years. Secondly, the German political landscape after the Second World War (WWII) will be examined before proceeding with a comparison. This essay will argue that the development of the ER in their relation to the interwar ideologies was similar to a certain extent.
Italy finds itself in a position different than Germany since it has experienced a civil war that led to the fascist regime's end and to the birth of the Italian Republic. While the public division about the country's ideology probably persisted to a similar degree in Germany, the intervention of the Allied Forces prevented that this public division was fought openly. Thus, the civil war led to what Ignazi names a "very deep and emotionally loaded divide between the fascist and antifascist camps" (Ignazi, 2003:35). Therefore, fascism's demise as governing ideology did not cause it to disappear as ideological alternative for parts of the Italian population. Consequently, fascism was also institutionalized in post-war Italy in the name of the Movimento Sociale Italiano (MSI), that never attempted to hide its ideological foundations. This fact becomes apparent by looking at the leading personalities of the party that were to a great extent active in the Italian Social Republic, as for instance the first general secretary Giorgio Almirante who served as official in the German puppet state (Cheles, Ferguson, and Vaughan, 1992:43). Furthermore, as part of Mussolini's legacy, the party built much of the party organization in the original fascist style and was maintaining its tradition of holding demonstration marches accompanied by pictures of the former leader (Spiegel, 13/12/1950). Scholars have also found resemblance to fascist ideas in the MSI's political programme, for instance Ignazi, who claims that although "the MSI's first '10 points programme' somewhat veiled its ideological-political mould the symbolic and cultural references were unquestionably linked to fascism" (Ignazi, 2003:36) Furthermore, he describes that "the party depicted itself as a 'veterans fraternity' which gather together the 'losers' of the civil war" (Ignazi, 2003:36). Thus, in the case of the MSI a continuation of the organized fascist ideology, being maintained by the same cadres with a political agenda only marginally different from that of pre-war fascists is visible. However, importantly the Italian fascists realised from the beginning that there is no alternative than engaging in the restored democratic system and thus, "the MSI decided to accept electoral competition" (Ignazi, 1996:694). This led to an ideological conflict within the party. Participating in elections and following the democratic norms and procedures severely damaged the party's legitimacy since its overall goal was the abolition of these democratic principles. Despite consisting of different fractions the party resisted any "temptation of militia-style organization" (Ignazi, 2003:36) and followed the moderate wing's stance of following the mass-party model and pursuing a "fit-in" (Ignazi, 2003:36) approach and thus, followed the rules of the democratic system.
Therefore, the author wants to point out, that the ER's development in Italy in the immediate aftermath of the World War II was shaped by fascism. The fascist ideology did not disappear, neither among the cadres that implemented fascism in Italy nor among the general public as the MSI's elections results suggest. However, in Italy, fascism was by no means a political force that had a great electoral potential due to the grave divisions within Italian society. Realising this, the leadership set out the cornerstones for the MSI's further development in the late 1940s by deciding to follow an approach of integrating into the Italian political system. Following this approach had serious ideological implications that will be discussed in the proceeding part.
Despite the fact that a considerable faction of the party emphasising the party's anti-system profile, the new leadership under De Marsanich chose a different approach. Thus, the party's outlook "shifted from the 'opposition of principle' to basically support for the ruling Democrazia Christiania" (Ignazi, 2003:37) in the 1950s. During that period the anti-communist character of the party took the leading role and support for the Christian Democrats was seen as means to overcome communist threats. This ideological position has to be seen with the historical background in which communism is a sizeable force all over Europe. Thus, the author does not necessarily see a loss of the fascist ideology but rather a re-prioritising of the ideological components.
The strategy of fitting into the democratic system certainly helped the MSI in a short-term perspective since it gained electoral wins and was finally legitimized in 1960 when it backed a Christian Democratic minority government. However, as internal debates translated into clashes with anti-fascist groups causing the government's resignation the MSI saw itself on decline. This ultimately led to the MSI's marginalization and, as Ignazi puts it, it "fostered the development of new extreme right groups which aimed at contrasting the 'subtle and undermining communist strategy of world domination' with a novel relationship involving the Army" (Ignazi, 2003:38). In other words, the pursued moderate stance of the MSI was heavily criticized in other extreme right groups and a loss of ideological attractiveness was perceived. These other groups were not successful, however, the point here is that the MSI's ideological development had some consequences for the Italian party political landscape.
The MSI's ideological renovation further progressed in the early 1970s. After several electoral defeats the returned leader Almirante saw the need for organizational and ideological changes. While following the fascist ideal of more centralized decision-making process within the party, the ideological admiration of fascism was somewhat relaxed. Almirante certainly appealed to the traditional fascist values represented within the MSI, however, he continued the policy of fitting into the system by opening up the MSI to a broader political spectrum. The party changed its name into MSI – Destra Nazionale and aimed at incorporating more moderate political forces too. Thus, by becoming an attractive party for members of the Monarchist party and for factions of the DC and the Liberal Party, one can say that the hard-line fascist ideology was softened to some extent. Even though, according to Ignazi, "the ideological renewal was more on the external image rather than on the principles" (Ignazi, 1996:697), this is still proving the point of this paper, namely that fascism's importance as political guiding force declined throughout the post-war decades in Italy. Although a full ideological renovation within the party did not occur by that time, the change of the external outlook of the party can be perceived as sign that fascism lost its power as ideological force in Italian politics and thus, the party saw a need in changing the party's image.
A further weakening of the fascist elements of the party ideology occurred in the background of the highly politicized student movements in the late 1970s in Italian society. The students that joined the MSI in unforeseenly high numbers were mobilized by an anti-system feeling. The new students, however, did not prioritise a continuation of the street confrontation with communists. In contrast, they saw "the need to take a part in Italian society" (Ignazi, 1996:698). Thus, the importance of the fascist element of strong anti-communism was highly questioned, perhaps not so much in ideological terms, more so, however, in terms of strategy. The violent confrontations with communists that were continued even after the MSI's broadening up highly isolated the party since it was still largely associated with street violence and terrorist groups. The anti-communist stance was therefore softened to some extent and transformed into an anti-party regime attitude, holding that "all parties, Christian Democracy included, were responsible for Italy's agony." (Ignazi, 1996:698). Most importantly, this development led to an end in violent clashes between communists and members of the MSI that now renounced violence as part of their political strategy. This marks another step in fascism's decline in importance since violence has often been portrayed as integral part of fascist ideology and fascist political strategy (see for example Douglas 1984). While other fascist groups held on to street clashes, the MSI abandoned them and thus, as Ignazi points out, "for the first time the MSI unambiguously placed itself against the radical fringes of the extreme right which remained completely isolated" (Ignazi, 1996:669). Simultaneously, as the MSI moves away from traditional fascism, the ideology becomes relegated into the peripheries of the political spectrum.
Importantly, also society's perception of fascism in Italy changed. According to Ignazi, "in the early 1980s, the Fascist era ceased to be dismissed as an all-negative period. On the basis of a new vogue of studies promoted by Renzo de Felice, Fascism was interpreted as one of several periods in Italian history" (Ignazi, 1996:699). This societal climate definitely helped in legitimating the MSI since fascism was from then on evaluated in a more objective and neutral way, transforming the party into one 'normal' political party amongst many equals.
The transformation of the MSI into the Alleanza Nazionale (AN) also brought about an ideological change. Despite the fact that the AN cadres retained their traditional fascist views to an important extent (see Ignazi, 1996), the party transformed into a more mainstream conservative party. This fact can then more likely be associated with the actions of the party's leader, Gianfranco Fini, who "sought to cut all links finally with the Fascist past" (Pollard, 1998:139). The establishment of the new AN also led the more extreme factions of the former MSI to defect and form a new party following the tradition of (neo-)fascism, namely The Tricolour Flame. With participations in government the AN gained further credibility and legitimacy within the Italian political system, and simultaneously further de-radicalized.
Due to the competition over a similar electoral potential the AN was increasingly challenged by the Lega Nord (LN) that experienced its surge from the early 1990s onwards. This party has, however, not inherited any fascist ideology and should rather be classified as a 'new' extreme right populist party. On the contrary, the LN's leader Umberto Bossi has warned about "the resurrection of the fascist mummy covered by the veil of the National Alliance" (Drozdiak, 1994).
The more radical faction of the MSI that did not agree with Fini's course of transforming the party into a more mainstream conservative party set up their own continuation of a neo-fascist party, the Tricolour Flame. However, this party has gained less than one per cent in electoral support in recent elections and can thus be neglected here.
Therefore, one can argue that fascism has had a long history of influence even in post-war Italy. While first being represented by the MSI, the party, while somewhat softening its ideological stances, held up to its fascist traditions until the 1990s. With Fini's change of direction however, the party turned away from any fascist links and established itself as mainstream conservative party. Consequently, also fascism lost its institutionalised form. While the LN cannot be classified as fascist party, the successor of the MSI as neo-fascist party, the Tricolour Flame, has too little political influence to regard it as meaningful advocate of fascism nowadays.
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Obama camp attacks Hillary's Indian links
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Last updated on: June 15, 2007 22:08 IST
When United States Senator Barak Obama entered the American Presidential race, he staked out his turf on the moral high ground with a call for a new kind of politics, devoid of personal attack and characterised by debates on the issues that matter.
His campaign apparently has not been listening: Members of the Senator's campaign staff have been circulating a document that, in its title, slightingly refers to Democratic rival Senator Hillary Clinton as the Democrat from Punjab -- a seeming slur on Clinton's ties with India and Indian Americans.
The three page 'opposition research paper', titled Hillary Clinton (D-Punjab)'s Personal Financial and Political Ties, which has begun circulating in the blogosphere, criticises the Clintons' links to India in an effort and attacks her record on outsourcing, and on protecting American jobs.
The D-Punjab reference apparently refers to a joke Senator Clinton made last year, at a fund-raiser hosted by New York-based hotelier and top Democratic fund-raiser Sant Singh Chatwal. 'I can certainly run for the Senate seat in Punjab and win easily,' she had said on that occasion.
The document references the Clintons' recently released financial disclosure forms, to underline former President Bill Clinton's acceptance of $300,000 for paid speeches from Cisco Systems, a company that, the document notes, has 'shifted hundreds of jobs from America to India.'
It further says Hillary Clinton accepted almost $60,000 in contributions from employees of Cisco Systems, 'which laid off American workers to hire Indian techies.'
The document points out that Clinton 'invested tens of thousands' in an Indian bill payment company -- a reference to the former president's disclosure form that lists between $15,001 and $50,000 worth of stock in Easy Bill Limited, an Indian company.
The Obama campaign, ironically, is currently engaged in floating chapters of 'South Asians for Obama' across the country. The document, however, insidiously suggests that it is not all kosher to cozy up to the Indian community.
The document begins thus: 'The Clintons have reaped significant financial rewards from their relationship with the Indian community, both in their personal finances and Hillary's campaign fundraising.
'Hillary Clinton, who is the co-chair of the Senate India Caucus, has drawn criticism from anti-offshoring groups for her vocal support of Indian business and unwillingness to protect American jobs.
'Bill Clinton has invested tens of thousands of dollars in an Indian bill payment company, while Hillary Clinton has taken tens of thousands from companies that outsource jobs to India. Workers who have been laid off in upstate New York might not think that her recent joke that she could be elected to the Senate seat in Punjab is that funny.'
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Front row: Rhenly Henson, Erin Townsend, Margaret Gries, Liam Waddleton, Michelle Wetzel Back row: Erin Washbourn, Peyton Quakenbush, Gabriella Dudajek, Sydney Handler. Photo by Thomas McDevitt
Members of Hillsborough High School's yearbook, The Ramrod, were honored last month at the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's Spring Convention and Awards Ceremony held in New York City.
The Hillsborough High School yearbook staff, advised by English teacher Michelle Wetzel, was honored as a Gold Medalist for the full-color, student-designed 2018 yearbook. The staff also received the special distinction of All-Columbian Honors which places the Ramrod in the top five percent of all yearbooks in the entire country.
In addition to receiving the All-Columbian Honors and Gold Medalist awards, the eight students and two teachers attended workshops geared toward honing their journalistic skills. Featured workshops at the convention included topics such as writing captions, applying AP Style, creating layouts, following design rules and improving photography skills.
The Ramrod's editor-in-chief, Margaret Gries, revealed that she felt the workshops not only helped improve her skillset, but is hopeful that her talents can help carry her through her college studies.
"The best part of the workshops at CSPA was being able to share information, learn new tips and gain inspiration for the future," Gries said. "In college, I plan on majoring in journalism; therefore, the leadership, writing, design, and photography workshops were very helpful in gaining more knowledge."
In addition to attending the CSPA Convention, the students also had the opportunity to tour the Penguin-Random House Publishing Group and meet with industry professionals. The group learned how both print materials and electronic books are prepared for publication.
Students also learned about internships and career paths available to them. In addition to the CSPA awards, earlier this year, the Ramrod was honored by the Garden State Scholastic Press Association with the distinction of Platinum, the highest level awarded for 2018 New Jersey yearbooks. Hillsborough's yearbook tied with just one other school in the state for Platinum status.
This year's Ramrod will mark the 50th anniversary edition of the annual publication. Like the 2018 book, the staff anticipates similar success for this year's edition. However, the hard work and long hours that go into the creation of the yearbook are not simply to win awards. The yearbook staff considers the book a permanent document that reflects the lives and events of Hillsborough High School students over the past year.
For Hillsborough High School sophomore, Sabrina Eilers, who also serves as the underclass editor for the Ramrod, the experience in working with the group held much more significance beyond the compilation of a high school yearbook. Eilers said she felt she was a part of the high school's history.
"The most rewarding part of yearbook class is being part of the school's history as the publication of our yearbook will remain with the school for years to come," Eilers said.
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Haus der Kunst: Blind Faith Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art
byGary Moore
Geopolitical tensions, as well as unsettling ecological, social, and economic developments, are challenging the current world order. Faced with such growing uncertainty, trust in the pillars of our society is continually waning. Although it is certainly not the first time in history that the world appears to be a precarious place, there is a crucial and unprecedented difference which has fundamentally changed the way we perceive and cope with current conflicts: the world is now digitally mediated.
The artists in the exhibition Blind Faith share a growing doubt about this means of viewing the world. Consequently, they question the current conventional methods of measuring and evaluating our existence and respond by taking recourse to the human body and mind as a source of knowledge and a resonance chamber for political and social realities. Blind Faith: Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art brings together 28 international artists who view the body not just as a metaphor, a site for examination or a source of information, but also as their material in the most literal sense. In search of reality and truth in the world, sensual perception as well as alternative psychological states are investigated to their potential for expanding consciousness. The informative value of body parts and organs is examined, and both the functionality and the vulnerability of the body are put on display. Adopting a wide range of media such as drawing, sculpture, video, installation, robotics, animation, sound and performance, the artists explore our understanding of the present. They probe the limits of language and knowledge production, reconsider models of historiography and fiction, and plunge into the origins of life itself. They suggest new systems of learning, establish alternative narratives, or show rituals in a new light. While the expression "blind faith" seems, at first glance, to address the methodological dangers associated with a pathology of the contemporary moment, the artistic visions in the exhibition demonstrate a new and critical, yet holistic means of seeing and understanding that encompasses both the physical and spiritual.
Participants include Ed Atkins, Kader Attia, Olga Balema, Melanie Bonajo with Théo Demans and Carolin Gießner, Mariechen Danz, Cécile B. Evans, Andrea Éva Győri, Benedikt Hipp, Nicholas Hlobo, Marguerite Humeau, KAYA (Kerstin Brätsch and Debo Eilers), Hanne Lippard, Wangechi Mutu, Otobong Nkanga, Jon Rafman, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Mary Reid Kelley with Patrick Kelley, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Raphael Sbrzesny, Jeremy Shaw, Teresa Solar Abboud, Jol Thomson, and David Zink Yi with Angie Keefer.
The exhibition catalog Blind Faith: Between the Visceral and the Cognitive in Contemporary Art will be published in May 2018.
Edited by Anna Schneider. With contributions by Okwui Enwezor, Damian Lentini, Julienne Lorz, Daniel Milnes, Anna Schneider and Charles T. Wolfe. Artist contributions by Ed Atkins, Mariechen Danz, Cécile B. Evans, Andrea Éva Győri, Marguerite Humeau, Angie Keefer, Hanne Lippard, Otobong Nkanga, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Mary Reid Kelley, Lili Reynaud-Dewar and David Zink Yi.
Published by Prestel, 224 pages, in English.
The exhibition is curated by Julienne Lorz, Daniel Milnes, and Anna Schneider.
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