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Fair Admissions Campaign
Let's open up all state-funded schools to all children, without regard to religion
Why is this an issue?
Examples of discrimination
The law on admissions
Number of schools by type
Local campaign groups
Challenge new schools
Proposed new schools
The law on school organisation in England
The law on school organisation in Wales
Challenge existing schools
Schools proposing to expand their intake
Challenge local authorities
Write to your MP, AM, Councillors or newspaper
Complain to the schools adjudicator
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Are you facing the prospect of your child being unable to gain admittance to your local school, because of religious selection? Or have you had to game the system in order to get them in? Are you happy to live in a society in which children are discriminated against on these grounds, while parents feel compelled to behave in this manner?
This situation is clearly unfair, and that's what we're here to challenge. We are a new campaign that is supported by a wide coalition of individuals and national and local organisations, aiming to tackle the single issue of religious selection in school admissions.
You can find advice for parents and ways you can get involved in the Campaign as well as more about us and why this is an issue that urgently needs addressing.
Catholic schools are socially selective whatever measure you use
Last month St Mary's University Twickenham's Benedict XVI Centre for Religion and Society published a report entitled The take-up of free school meals in Catholic schools in England and Wales. The report is designed to undermine the credibility of free school meal (FSM) eligibility as an indicator of pupils' socio-economic status and suggest that other indicators, such as the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI), have greater and more accurate explanatory power. We've been through and analysed the evidence presented in the report, and unfortunately it doesn't really stack up.
Free school meal eligibility/take-up
The central point of the report is that FSM eligibility and FSM take-up are two very different things, but despite this 'there is a widespread tendency to conflate actual receipt of FSM with "eligibility"'. This is somewhat true. In fact, the Department for Education (DfE) itself has clarified that:
'pupils who are in theory eligible for free school meals but whose parents do not submit a claim are not recorded as being eligible for free school meals. The department does not hold information about individual pupils who are eligible but do not make a claim for free school meals.'
This is problematic, the report claims, because there may be something unique to the intake of Catholic schools which means that FSM take-up is lower, when compared to eligibility, than in average schools. If this is the case, Catholic schools may well have relatively more FSM eligible pupils than they are currently being given credit for.
What, then, might this unique characteristic of Catholic school intakes be? The report identifies this characteristic as the fact that Catholic schools 'take a markedly high proportion of pupils from ethnic minorities' when compared to non-Catholic schools. (As a point of fact, Catholic schools take a higher proportion of children classified as 'black ethnic origin' specifically, while performing significantly worse than average on inclusion of 'Asian ethnic origin pupils'. But we'll forget about that for now.) The reason this high proportion of ethnic minority pupils matters is that, according to the report, take-up of FSM is lower in certain groups, particularly among ethnic minorities or those for whom English is not a first language.
You'd have thought that this claim would be accompanied by some supporting evidence, but unfortunately there's almost none in the way of that. Indeed, the only prior supporting evidence comes in the form of an 'unpublished' Catholic Education Service (CES) report from 2015 which detailed the results of a survey of the headteachers of just 20 schools in just one London borough (Southwark). The survey asked headteachers what factors they thought impacted upon FSM take-up and revealed that 'many' of the respondents reported that 'cultural perception of welfare combined with language barriers' led to low FSM take-up. No figures are given for how many of the 20 respondents said this and no explanation is given for how the respondents reached this conclusion.
What's more, a new (very similar) survey conducted for this new report does nothing to bolster the 2015 survey's findings, and even the researchers themselves state that 'the findings…need to be treated with caution due to the brevity of the study and the difficulty in gaining access to the schools and the parents.' And of course, there is an extent to which all of this is moot anyway. Catholic schools may well take more pupils from ethnic minorities than other schools, but not sufficiently more to account for the socio-economic selectivity of Catholic schools. Indeed, the rate of FSM take-up among ethnic minorities would have to be more or less zero for it to explain the poor record of Catholic schools on FSM eligibility/take-up. Given that this clearly isn't the case, the authors of this report are, at best, trying to argue that Catholic schools are not as socio-economically selective as is claimed, but that they're still socio-economically selective nonetheless.
So, there's little to no evidence (or at least none presented here) that the intakes of Catholic schools are more prone to low FSM take-up than any other kind of school. And even if they are, this still doesn't get Catholic schools out of gaol. Until such a time as the claims in this report can be substantiated and properly evidenced – and it seems very likely that this time will never come – Catholic schools should be treated by government for what they are: socio-economically selective in the extreme and a significant barrier to social mobility and integration.
Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI)
The other chief problem with the report is its insistence that 'evidence from other governmental measures overwhelmingly suggests that Catholic schools recruit disproportionate numbers of pupils from families in the lower socio-economic brackets.' Again, this is not accurate.
The basis of this claim, which is by no means a new one, lies with the IDACI. IDACI measures the proportion of children in a local area that live in low income households. Anyone can enter their postcode into the IDACI online tool and see how deprived the area surrounding that postcode is, as a rank against all other areas nationally. Using this tool, the Catholic Education Service (CES) has compared the proportion of children in Catholic schools that live in the most income-deprived areas, to the national average of all state schools. From this, as is set out in the report, it calculates that 'children from each of the four lowest (i.e. most income-deprived) deciles are overrepresented in both Catholic primary and secondary schools in England.'
But what does this really prove? Not much. That's because the CES analysis omits any consideration of the location of Catholic schools, which is surely important if one is to claim that Catholic schools take a disproportionate number of pupils from deprived areas.
Unfortunately for the CES, the FAC did consider this back in 2014 and found that Catholic schools are much more likely to be in deprived areas that other schools, and much less likely to be in richer areas. No surprise, then, that Catholic schools take more pupils from the most deprived areas than the average school. The real question that must be answered is whether or not Catholic schools are disproportionately more likely to take deprived pupils, given the areas in which they are located. You can see the FAC's 2014 research for full details on this, but unsurprisingly we found that Catholic schools are even more likely to be situated in more deprived areas than their pupils are. In other words, even when using IDACI Catholic schools take a disproportionately low number of pupils from deprived areas. This conclusion is valid even in spite of the above concerns about FSM eligibility versus take-up.
So, whether it's presenting insufficient evidence to support its claims or drawing conclusions well beyond what its (limited) analysis can legitimately be said to demonstrate, the St Mary's report falls some way short of being robust. If we were feeling charitable, we might simply conclude that the sum of all this is that different ways of measuring things produce different results. Unfortunately, though, Catholic schools are socially selective whatever measure you use.
For further comment or information please contact the Fair ADmissions Campaign on info@fairadmissions.org.uk or 0207 324 3078.
Read the full report The take-up of free school meals in Catholic schools in England and Wales: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/centres/benedict-xvi/docs/free-school-meal-report.pdf.
Read the FAC's previous news item 'Catholic schools and the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index': https://fairadmissions.org.uk/catholic-schools-and-the-income-deprivation-affecting-children-index/.
The FAC wants all state-funded schools in England and Wales to be open equally to all children, without regard to religion or belief. The Campaign is supported by a wide coalition of individuals and national and local organisations. We hold diverse views on whether or not the state should fund faith schools. But we all believe that faith-based discrimination in access to schools that are funded by the taxpayer is wrong in principle and a cause of religious, ethnic, and socio-economic segregation, all of which are harmful to community cohesion. It is time it stopped.
Supporters of the campaign include the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.
Liberal Democrats vote to end religious selection amongst state schools
The Liberal Democrats have passed new party policy to support an end to religious selection in state-funded schools in England. The policy also calls for all state schools to teach impartial education about religious and non-religious worldviews that is inspected by Ofsted, for much stricter limits on religious discrimination in 'faith' school employment, and for the current legal requirement for schools to hold daily acts of collective worship to be repealed. The Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) has welcomed the result.
The party was presented with three different options on the policy on faith-based admissions. One option was phasing out religious discrimination entirely. Another was reducing it to 50% of places across the board. And the third was for unlimited religious selection. The party opted for both the first of these three options, and the policy motion as a whole.
The Conservatives previously supported existing rules to limit religious selection to 50% of places amongst new state-funded religious schools, but since Theresa May became Prime Minister, has been consulting on scrapping those rules and introducing 100% selection. The Green Party also has policy opposing all religious selection amongst state-funded schools, whereas Labour has been campaigning for keeping the 50% cap.
Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of the British Humanist Asssociation – a founding member of the FAC – commented, 'We are delighted to see the Liberal Democrats adopt such a fair and comprehensive policy on religious schools, especially on school admissions, given current Government policy proposing to expand such selection.
'In a recent OECD survey, only four countries were identified as allowing their taxpayer-funded schools to religiously discriminate in admissions: Ireland, Israel, Estonia, and the UK. Such an approach is highly unusual internationally and it is hugely unpopular across all religious and non-religious groups in our country. Children as young as four are segregated on the basis of their parents' ability to attend a place of worship on a weekly basis and this is no basis for a healthy and integrated future society.
'We urge the Government to take notice and think again about its plans to expand religious selection.'
New Lib Dem policy
Precisely, Lib Dem policy now calls for:
[A] new approach to state-funded faith schools which:
Ensures that religious education in all state-funded schools:
Is kept separate from any religious instruction.
Covers all the major religious and non-religious viewpoints.
Is part of the party's proposed slimmed-down national curriculum, appropriate to local circumstances.
Is included in inspections by Ofsted.
Ensures that staff in faith schools are employed only on the basis of merit, with exemptions to allow candidates' beliefs to be a factor in recruitment only for those staff who are mainly or exclusively responsible for providing religious instruction.
c. Allows state-funded schools to hold acts of worship and provide religious instruction, but repeals the existing legal requirement for all state-funded schools to hold acts of collective worship, and for non-religious schools to hold acts of worship of a broadly Christian character.
d. Requires schools to ensure that any act of worship and any religious instruction is optional for members of staff directly employed by the school, and for pupils who are mature enough to decide for themselves and otherwise for parents, and that suitable alternative activities are provided for these pupils.
e. Ensures that selection in admissions on the basis of religion or belief to state-funded schools is phased out over up to six years.
For further comment or information please contact the FAC on info@fairadmissions.org.uk or 0207 324 3078.
Read the new Liberal Democrats policy on 'the role of faith in state-funded schools': http://www.libdems.org.uk/conference-spring-17-f16-faith-schools
'Faith' schools three times more socially selective than others, new research finds (again)
'Faith' schools are the most socially selective category of comprehensive school, and more than three times more socially selective than schools with no religious character, a new report from the Sutton Trust has found. The Sutton Trust has also come out against the Government's proposals to expand religious selection in new state-run religious schools.
Despite the fact that 'faith' schools have been traditionally associated with stronger academic performance and are 'substantially overrepresented' in the list of top 500 schools, the report notes that they are 'among the most socially selective category of top school'. 'Faith' schools are more than three times as socially selective compared to their catchment area than a non-faith school', the research reveals.
The findings call into question once again the Government's proposals to drastically increase the amount of religious selection in the education system by allowing new and existing religious free schools to select 100% of their places on the basis of faith. Currently, and since 2007, all new 'faith' schools have been subject to a 50% cap on religious selection, which requires that they keep at least half of their places open to local children irrespective of religion or belief. The Government now plans to drop the cap, ostensibly in part to boost social mobility.
However, the Sutton Trust recommends that 'faith schools need to look at their recruitment of disadvantaged pupils', stating that:
'The Government has mooted lifting the restrictions on the proportion of pupils new faith schools can select on the basis of religious faith (currently 50%). As our report demonstrates, faith schools are already among the most socially selective of schools, and lifting the restriction is likely to make them even more unrepresentative of their local areas, reducing the number of good school places available to pupils across the socio-economic spectrum. The admissions process for faith schools should instead be opened up so that their admissions are fairer and begin to reflect their local population…'
The report is the latest in a long line of similar research pointing to the negative impact of faith-based admissions on children from poorer backgrounds. In November the Education Policy Institute published a report finding that there is no academic difference between state religious schools in England and others once pupils' backgrounds are taken into account, noting that 'faith' schools take significantly fewer pupils eligible for FSM than live in their local areas.
And a similar piece of research conducted by the Fair Admissions Campaign in 2014 found that while 47 of the top 100 comprehensive schools in England were religious schools, compared to only a fifth of the total number of secondary schools, those 47 schools took an average of 44% fewer children from poorer backgrounds than would have been representative of their local areas. Indeed, the 10 top performing 'faith' schools took an average of 56% fewer FSM eligible children, and the top 5 an average of 68% fewer. The findings supported previous research suggesting that the relatively high performance of some 'faith' schools was attributable almost entirely to social selection.
An FAC spokesperson commented, 'Yet again, the evidence has made clear that "faith" schools are not better than other schools, as is so often claimed. Rather, where these schools religiously select their pupils, they are simply less charitable and less willing to risk their undeservedly glowing reputations by serving the children in their communities from poorer backgrounds. Religious selection stunts social mobility, discriminates against children on the basis of their assumed religion, and segregates them along religious and ethnic lines too. It is a stain on our education system and the sooner both the Government and the schools themselves realise this, the better.'
Read the Sutton Trust's story: http://www.suttontrust.com/newsarchive/85-of-top-comprehensives-with-best-gcses-are-socially-selective-but-schools-where-pupils-make-most-progress-are-much-less-so/
Supporters of the campaign include the Accord Coalition, the British Humanist Association, Professor Ted Cantle and the iCoCo Foundation, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, British Muslims for Secular Democracy, the Campaign for State Education, the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education, the Christian think tank Ekklesia, the Hindu Academy, the Green Party, the Liberal Democrat Education Association, Liberal Youth, the Local Schools Network, Richmond Inclusive Schools Campaign, the Runnymede Trust, the Socialist Educational Association, and the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches.
Pupils' access to local schools blighted by religious selection, Mayor of London's annual education report reveals
The proportion of London pupils who do not get a place at any school of their preference is significantly higher in areas containing a large number of religiously selective schools, analysis of the Mayor of London's Annual London Education Report 2017 has found.
Launched today at a special education conference in City Hall, the report assesses how well London's education system is meeting the Mayor's aim of ensuring that 'every young Londoner, regardless of background, [has] the chance to fulfil their potential'. It finds that the two worst performing boroughs in terms of pupils' access to their preferred schools are Kensington and Chelsea (K&C) and Hammersmith and Fulham (H&F), both of which are also home to the highest proportion of school places that are subject to religious selection criteria of all London boroughs.
The report states that 'The areas in which the lowest proportion of pupils secured their first choice primary schools were Kensington and Chelsea (68.3 per cent) and Hammersmith and Fulham (71.9 per cent)'. However, it notes that 'a more pressing issue than securing a top preference is when pupils do not get a place at any school of their preference', again revealing that K&C and H&F are the worst performing boroughs in this regard. At secondary level 14.1% and 16.2% of pupils in K&C and H&F respectively did not get into any of their preferred schools, which is compared to the inner London average of just 4.5%.
Research previously conducted by the Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC) found that K&C is the most religiously selective local authority at secondary level in the country, with nearly 60% of places subject to a religious test. H&F has the fifth highest proportion of religiously selected places in the country, with around 40%.
The figures suggest that the access of local parents to their local schools is significantly negatively impacted by the faith-based admissions criteria, with those living in areas where there are lots of religiously selective schools the worst affected. Despite this, the Government recently announced that it plans to remove existing rules which require new state-funded religious schools to keep at least half of their places open to local children irrespective of religion or belief, which has been the case since 2007. The move to drop this so-called 50% cap was proposed, in part, on the basis that it would serve to improve parents' choice, a justification that is entirely undermined by this latest analysis.
A spokesperson for the FAC commented, 'It should surprise no one that those areas in which more schools are able to turn away children on the basis of religion and belief are the same areas in which the fair access of families to their local schools is lowest. Every shred of available evidence in recent years has demonstrated that religious selection is detrimental not just to parental choice but to ethnic integration and social mobility too, but the Government continues to ignore this evidence. Even so, we will continue to ensure that the research and data is seen by both the Department for Education and the religious organisations running these schools, who might one day recognise how many social ills this kind of discrimination is causing.'
Read the FAC's news item 'Government published plans to allow full religious discrimination in schools admissions: https://fairadmissions.org.uk/government-publishes-plans-to-allow-full-religious-discrimination-in-schools-admissions/
Government publishes plans to allow full religious discrimination in schools admissions
In plans published yesterday, the Government has announced that all new and existing religious free schools will be able to select 100% of their places with reference to religion. Subject to a consultation on the proposal, the current rules that require such schools to leave at least half of their places open to local children, regardless of religion or belief, will be scrapped. The Fair Admissions Campaign (FAC), which campaigns for an end to religious discrimination in school admissions, says the move takes the education system in entirely the wrong direction, at a time when we should be encouraging more integration not less.
First introduced under Labour and then extended under the Coalition, the '50% cap' on religious selection in free schools was seen as a significant, though not sufficient, step towards improving integration and inclusion in what has long been a segregated education system. However, despite having been defended by Schools Minister Nick Gibb just a few months ago as being necessary to 'ensure that pupils receive an inclusive and broad-based education', the Government has decided to shelve the cap, allow religious schools to become entirely single-faith in their intake, and then introduce new measures to break down the further segregation this will cause.
Polls have consistently revealed that the vast majority of the public – as many as 73% – oppose religious selection of any kind in state-funded schools, and research has found time and time again that religiously selective schools worsen religious, ethnic, and socio-economic segregation in their local areas.
This has not stopped religious groups from lobbying the Government extensively in recent months to have the cap removed, however, and it appears that this pressure has now taken its toll, despite the fact that many of the arguments employed by these religious groups are demonstrably false. The Catholic Education Service, for instance, has claimed that opening schools that are not fully religiously selective 'contravenes canon law', an assertion which forms a significant part of the rationale for the proposals in the Government's Green Paper. But research recently conducted by the British Humanist Association (BHA) has revealed that the majority of Catholic private schools in England do not give priority to Catholic children for all places, and Catholic state schools in Scotland and internationally tend not to religiously select either.
Chair of the Accord Coalition for Inclusive Education, Rabbi Dr Jonathan Romain, said 'If, as the government claims, the modest 50% religious discrimination cap at faith free schools has not been effective in promoting religious and ethnic mixing in schools, then this should ring alarm bells and prompt stronger action, not less and removing the tools of integration.
'In a country that is becoming increasingly diverse, this is exactly the wrong time to give faith schools the power to divide and segregate children. There is a strong argument for extending the 50% religious admissions cap to all schools, not abolishing it. The Government proposal will give a green light to yet more ghettoisation in its school system.'
BHA Chief Executive Andrew Copson added, 'It is hard to overstate how damaging these proposals are. Our country is more diverse than it has ever been, but in recent months we have seen that it is also more divided. At a time when we should be doing everything we can to ensure that children from different religious backgrounds can learn with and from one another, and celebrate what they share rather than be told where they differ, the Government has moved to do just the opposite. This is nonsensical, it is irresponsible, it champions the will of the religious lobby over the best interests of children, and it is almost certainly going to lead to the greatest growth in religious segregation in the history of English schools. We will do everything we can to oppose this change, and are encouraging everyone who believes in an inclusive, non-discriminatory education system to do the same.'
Read the Government's green paper, where it sets out the proposals: https://consult.education.gov.uk/school-frameworks/schools-that-work-for-everyone/supporting_documents/SCHOOLS%20THAT%20WORK%20FOR%20EVERYONE%20%20FINAL.pdf
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Перед motu proprio Pontificalis Domus от 28 марта 1968 почётные прелаты назывались придворными прелатами (по-латыни: Antistites Urbani), титул, который тогда также шёл с некоторыми должностями типа архиепископа-помощника или епископа-помощника Папского Трона или члена римского прелатства, а также относился к архиепископам, епископам и апостольским протонотариям, которым этот титул был пожалован перед их назначением на указанные посты.

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The Harada House: Strengthening Our Community Through Action
By P.C. EditorSeptember 11, 2020September 29th, 2020No Comments
A Harada family portrait, 1928. Pictured back row from left are Mine, Mary, Calvin, Masa Atsu, Sumi and Clark; front row from left are Yoshizo, Ken, Harold and Jukichi Harada. (Photo: Courtesy of the museum of Riverside, Riverside, Calif., courtesy of the Harada Family Archival Collection)
The Riverside, Calif., landmark is awarded a grant from the National Park Service, but more action is needed to preserve this historic site.
[Editor's note: Since the publication of this article, the National Trust for Historic Preservation in late September included Harada House among its annual list of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places in America. To view the complete list, visit tinyurl.com/y3woojv3. To view the Los Angeles Times' article on the inclusion of Harada House to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's annual list, visit tinyurl.com/yy8yjh4m]
By Naomi Harada, Judy Lee, Robyn Peterson, NPS and P.C. Staff
'I won't sell. You can murder me. You can throw me into the sea. I won't sell.'
— Jukichi Harada's response after being offered more than what he had paid for the long-desired home in Riverside, Calif. (1915)
After losing their beloved 5-year-old son to diphtheria, Jukichi Harada and his wife, Ken, sought a home in a safe, clean and healthy neighborhood. The year was 1915.
Neighbors objected and offered to buy the house, built in 1884 and located at 3356 Lemon St., in Riverside, Calif., fueled by the atmosphere of "Yellow Peril." When they were rebuked, the neighbors sought the aid of the state attorney general to prosecute the Harada's for violating the Alien Land Law, which prohibited Asian immigrants from buying property in California.
Yoshizo Harada at the Harada House, circa 1930 (Photo: Courtesy of the Museum of Riverside, Riverside, Calif., the Harada Family Archival Collection)
The Harada's had placed the title of the home in the names of their three youngest children, Mine, Sumi and Yoshizo, who were U.S. citizens. When the couple won the landmark Superior Court case California v. Harada in 1918, it was a significant decision.
Presiding Judge Hugh Craig stated, "They are American citizens of somewhat humble station, it may be, but still entitled to equal protection of our land. … The political rights of American citizens are the same, no matter what their parentage."
Some 25 years later, the Harada family again suffered the effects of "Yellow Peril," and like many others were uprooted by the incarceration experience of World War II. But unlike the majority of Japanese Americans, when their incarceration finally ended, the Harada home had not been sold or taken away.
Instead, it had been cared for by Jess Stebler, a family friend. Thus, daughter Sumi Harada was able to offer temporary housing to returning Japanese Americans in Riverside. Both of her parents, Jukichi and Ken, passed away while incarcerated during WWII. For years, Sumi continued to live at the family home and served as the keeper of its history and hosted family gatherings there until her passing.
The house, along with primary artifacts and resources, was eventually donated by the Harada family to the City of Riverside under the stewardship of the Museum of Riverside. Because of the role the Harada House played in the landmark case challenging California's Alien Land Law and the story of a local family having endured the historic Japanese American incarceration experience, the Harada House is one of two National Historic Landmarks in Riverside, having received its official designation in 1990.
As such, it is unique among Japanese American sites of significance since it documents the story of a single family placed within the context of a group of people in an American historical event. Although the Harada House's 20th-century stories and records now endure into the 21st century, the physical structure of the 1880s home needs attention and rehabilitation.
Harada House prior to work being done in 2018. (Photo: Pacific Citizen)
In today's turbulent times, could the fetid waters of "Yellow Peril" once again be churning, leading to more xenophobic legislation? We have seen negative responses and treatment of specific immigrant groups in the wake of 9/11.
Recent images of U.S border agents' placement of children in cages are chilling, with some calling for new camps, citing the Japanese American incarceration experience as precedent. And now, the COVID-19 outbreak has spurred the finger-pointing blame toward an ethnic group, augmented by the American president persistently calling it the "Chinese virus."
"Home" is now a very relevant topic. The COVID-19 outbreak has caused us to "stay at home." Most of us are fortunate to have a home, but if the Alien Land Law were still in effect today and if the Harada case had had a different outcome, how many of us would have a home?
As of 2018, there are 44.7 million immigrants in the U.S. But the reality is, apart from Native Americans and Native Hawaiians, we are all immigrants.
"Places associated with the Asian American Pacific Islander heritage are sorely needed to provide the general public with easily accessible, readily digested, readily affordable, educational, recreational and historically responsible information about this rapidly growing 'racial' demographic in America," stated Franklin Odo in his introduction to a collection of essays for the National Park Service. Odo continued, "This understanding will empower the U.S. to act positively to secure their roles going forward in complex times, when issues of race, class, gender and religion make increasing demands on the political and moral character and stamina of the entire nation." (Odo, an author, scholar, activist and historian, was the founding director of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, 1997-2010.)
Ken Harada and her grandchild in front of the family restaurant (Photo: Courtesy of Naomi Harada)
So, why should the Harada House and its stories be preserved and protected?
Because we need to be reminded of the importance of our democracy. We need to continually be aware that our rights, "our certain inalienable rights," can be threatened. And we must be steadfast in our guardianship of and advocacy for those rights. The Harada House and its stories help to solidify the importance of our democracy. They are stories of our community — they are our strength.
"The Harada House represents the activation of democracy," said Naomi Harada. "Historical preservation helps to convey concepts: sitting in the house, imagining the conversations that transpired between family members, seeing and reading the inscription on my father's boyhood bedroom in his familiar scrawl: 'Evacuated on May 23, 1942. Sat. 7 a.m.' have a powerful impact of how historical events can jar one into the here and now. That jarring may motivate those to think and act for a more just and fair society. That is my hope for the preservation of the Harada House."
Action can be implemented by engaging legislators to advocate for funding the rehabilitation of the Harada House and developing the site as a civil rights and social justice interpretive center.
Action can also continue with volunteerism and services to the Museum of Riverside and the Harada House Foundation. In addition, disseminating information about the significance of the Harada House to the public at large will continue to educate current and future generations. These actions in turn strengthen our community.
Recently, the Harada House was awarded on Aug. 20 a "Saving America's Treasures" grant in the amount of $500,000 from the National Park Service, in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the preservation of nationally significant historic properties and collections.
According to Riverside JACL's Judy Lee, who also is a member of the Harada House Foundation, the Harada House is "the only recipient in California, as 42 grants were given nationally. It is an honor that this icon of social and legislative justice for Nikkei is recognized as a treasure by the federal government."
In 2019, Congress appropriated funding for "Save America's Treasures" from the Historic Preservation Fund, which uses revenue from federal oil leases to provide a broad range of preservation assistance without expending tax dollars.
Harada House NHL plaque (Photo: Pacific Citizen)
The program requires applicants to leverage project funds from other sources to match the grant money dollar for dollar. This award of $12.8 million will leverage more than $25.9 million in private and public investment.
"From conserving the papers and artifacts of William 'Count' Basie to stabilizing a sandstone cliff dwelling of the sandstone cliff dwelling of the Ancestral Puebloan culture, these grants enable educational institutions, museums, tribes and local governments to preserve significant historic properties and collections for ongoing purposes of inspiration and education," said Margaret Everson, counselor to the secretary, exercising the delegated authority of the NPS director.
The Federal "Save America's Treasures" program was established in 1998 and is carried out in partnership with IMLS, NEA and NEH. From 1999-2018, the program provided $323 million to more than 1,200 projects to preserve and conserve nationally significant collections, artifacts, structures and sites. Requiring dollar-for-dollar private match, the grants leveraged more than $479 million in private investment and supported more than 16,000 local jobs.
In order to meet the requirements for this matching grant, the Harada House Foundation will launch an immediate fundraising campaign.
"We are delighted as this is a significant step toward our overall $6.5 million fundraising goal," said Lee in an email to the Pacific Citizen. "[We are] one of only 10 projects to be fully funded at the maximum $500,000 (matching) grant level."
"The goals are to rehabilitate the house and to develop an interpretive center for civil rights and social justice, using the Harada House story as a framework," said Naomi Harada.
In additional news regarding the Harada House, the California State Historic Resources Commission met on Aug. 14 to discuss various state nominations, of which the Harada House was one, having been nominated for California State Historic Landmark status.
"While we await the final announcement of that designation, we would like to note that at the meeting, many of the nominated sites represented ethnic and diverse communities in California, reflecting an important trend in historic preservation," Lee wrote to the P.C. "This follows what the National Trust for Historic Preservation — NTHP — has been trying to encourage when it helped to sponsor the first Asian and Pacific American Historic Preservation Forum — APIAHiP, San Francisco, 2010 — a conference that meets every other year, most recently in Honolulu in January."
In addition, the Harada House Foundation awaits anxiously the announcement this fall of the NTHP's "11 Most Endangered Historic Places" for 2020.
For more information on the Harada House Foundation and its fundraising goal efforts, visit haradahousefoundation.org or www.riversideca.gov/museum/haradahouse/ or view its Facebook page.

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Classic spice in the Christmas kitchen: Better Ceylon or Cassia cinnamon?
Cinnamon is a spice of several classic Christmas. But be sweet to fiery Aroma is not only the Christmas biscuits a special touch, but also exotic curries and Chutneys. The delicious spice brings various health benefits and even helps with weight loss.
Cinnamon is a classic spice in the delicious Christmas cuisine. Be sweet to fiery Aroma, refined Christmas cookies, biscuits and gingerbread, winter fruit compote, baked apples, mulled wine and punch. And also spicy dishes like Indian curries and Chutneys gives cinnamon a distinctive touch. It is a part of spice mixtures such as the Indian "Garam masala" and the Chinese "Five spice powder". The popular spice is not only very flavorful, but also extremely healthy.
Cinnamon was already in the ancient times because of its health benefits. As before, the spice is used for digestive complaints such as bloating.
It is a disinfectant, reduce acting, as well as the blood sugar levels and cholesterol levels. In addition, cinnamon stimulates the metabolism, which is helpful if you want to accelerate the weight loss.
According to health experts, the spice is also one of the foods that help prevent Diabetes.
Furthermore, cinnamon is good for the intestines.
However, one also knows by now that cinnamon can damage and in larger amounts – the health. Due to the contained coumarin.
This substance can cause, in high doses, including liver and kidney damage. Some people react even to small amounts of sensitive.
As the Federal centre for nutrition (BZfE) reported on its website, the tolerable daily intake (tolerable daily intake, TDI) of 0.1 milligrams per kilogram of body weight.
Therefore, a person weighing 60 kilograms would be able to absorb without adverse effects on health six daily milligrams of coumarin. That's the equivalent of two grams of Cassia cinnamon daily.
In the case of small children the TDI will be reached already after six cinnamon stars, or 100 g of gingerbread on the day.
In Ceylon cinnamon is much less coumarin is contained in Cassia cinnamon.
Who used often and a lot of cinnamon, for example, for milk rice, should therefore prefer Ceylon cinnamon.
However, the search is more difficult, because the variety does not need to be on the Cinnamon package. Only some of the providers to give the cinnamon places on a voluntary basis.
In the supermarket cheaper Cassia is mostly cinnamon, while Ceylon cinnamon to food, especially in Fine – and Asian shops will be sold.
As the BZfE explains that cinnamon is made from the inner bark of the cinnamon tree, which belongs to the family of the evergreen Laurel family.
Although there are several hundred different species, but on the European market Ceylon cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) and Cassia cinnamon (Cinnamomum aromaticum) are only of importance.
As the Name suggests, native to Ceylon-cinnamon from Ceylon, today's Sri Lanka. The particularly high-quality "True cinnamon" has a fine, pleasant, spicy Aroma and is usually processed into Cinnamon sticks.
Cassia cinnamon comes, according to the BZfE from China. It tastes bitter to slightly sweet and come here mostly to powder grinding in the trade.
In the case of Cinnamon sticks, the difference is clearly visible. Ceylon-rods consist of a number of fine cattle were, the appearance in cross-section like a truncated cigar.
In the case of Cassia cinnamon a relatively thick layer of Bark is rolled up into a roll.


I am trying to find more information on documentation for how to implement the following scenario without any luck.
A user connects with the LS server and tries to subscribe, let say to ItemA and ItemB. The ItemA subscription is allowed by default for all users, the ItemB is allowed because this user have bought a premium service for 30 minutes.
Note that many users are connected to both tables if that matters.
How my server can stop transmit data for a table to a specific session?
How my server can force a session to disconnect?
What functions should I use from the .net adapter?
I can confirm that you can not stop or remove a single subsciption from your adapter.
In a case like this you should force the termination of entire session.
Furthermore, if you want to avoid that this operation affected also the data flow for ItemA, you should use two different (and non-sharing) client session.
In order that your adapter close only the client session involved in ItemB subscription but updates for ItemA will not have any repercussion.
I had already read the thread you mention, but the links are broken.
If I close the session, as you suggest, should I use the "Session Destroy Request" p:36 of https://lightstreamer.com/docs/clien...ifications.pdf ?
Anyway, yes I confirm that your adapter should issue a Session Destroy Request.
Can I receive the original data?
Client receive old data after some time.


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Q: How to play a sound/vibrate on a timer if the app is closed without sending a notification? I am building a workout timer in my app.  Workflow is:

*

*User hits "start timer" button

*Timer counts down for 90
seconds

*Timer ends after 90 seconds and triggers PlayAlertSound
to vibrate

This only works if the app is open, and I don't expect my user to be looking at my app when the timer reaches 0.  I can send a notification, but then I'm sending dozens of notifications over the course of a single workout.  Personally, I don't like having lots of notifications from a single app.  It feels noisy.
Is there a way to have the app send a vibration while the app is closed without sending a notification?
I tried to ask for background resources so my timer runs after closing the app, but even if the timer continues to run, it won't fire the vibration until I open the app, i.e., the user needs to be looking at their phone.
Here is my code:
class TimerViewController: UIViewController {

@IBOutlet weak var startTimerButton: UIButton!
@IBOutlet weak var timerLabel: UILabel!
@IBOutlet weak var resetTimerButton: UIButton!

var timer = NSTimer()
let timeInterval:NSTimeInterval = 0.05
let timerEnd:NSTimeInterval = 90
var timeCount:NSTimeInterval = 0.0

var backgroundTaskIdentifier: UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier?

override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
}

@IBAction func startTimerButtonTapped(sender: UIButton) {
    backgroundTaskIdentifier = UIApplication.sharedApplication().beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler({
        UIApplication.sharedApplication().endBackgroundTask(self.backgroundTaskIdentifier!)
    })

    if !timer.valid {
        timerLabel.text = timeString(timeCount)
        timer = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(timeInterval,
                                                       target: self,
                                                       selector: #selector(TimerViewController.timerDidEnd(_:)),
                                                       userInfo: "Time is up!!",
                                                       repeats: true) //repeating timer in the second iteration
    }

}

@IBAction func resetTimerButtonTapped(sender: UIButton) {
    timer.invalidate()
    resetTimeCount()
    timerLabel.text = timeString(timeCount)
}

func resetTimeCount(){
    timeCount = timerEnd
}

func timeString(time:NSTimeInterval) -> String {
    let minutes = Int(time) / 60
    //let seconds = Int(time) % 60
    let seconds = time - Double(minutes) * 60
    let secondsFraction = seconds - Double(Int(seconds))
    return String(format:"%02i:%02i.%02i",minutes,Int(seconds),Int(secondsFraction * 100.0))
}

func timerDidEnd(timer:NSTimer){
    //timerLabel.text = timer.userInfo as? String
    //timer that counts down
    timeCount = timeCount - timeInterval
    if timeCount <= 0 {
        timerLabel.text = "Time is up!!"
        timer.invalidate()
        AudioServicesPlayAlertSound(kSystemSoundID_Vibrate)
        //pushNotification()
    } else { //update the time on the clock if not reached
        timerLabel.text = timeString(timeCount)
    }

}
//
//    func pushNotification() {
//        let notification = UILocalNotification()
//        notification.alertAction = "Go back to App"
//        notification.alertBody = "This is a Notification!"
//        notification.fireDate = NSDate(timeIntervalSinceNow: 1)
//        UIApplication.sharedApplication().scheduleLocalNotification(notification)
//    }
//

}

A: Unfortunately it's not possible to wake up your app when a local notification is received - and that's a good thing, otherwise it would be abused a lot.
But you can play audio in background like this:
How to Play Audio in Background Swift?
Try to play 90 seconds of silence, and then play your alarm sound.

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Saina Mirza-Rohan Bopanna pair enters Australian Open mixed doubles final – SportsMediaz
The all-Indian pair of Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna beat the third-seeded American-British duo of Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 10-6 in the semifinal that lasted one hour and 52 minutes, to enter the mixed doubles final of Australian Open 2023 at the Margaret Court Arena on Wednesday.
The duo had to dig deep to make it past their opponent, reigning Wimbledon champions, with the game dragging onto a third-set tiebreaker, where they won 10-6, after the first and second sets were traded between the duo.
"It was an amazing match, there was a lot of nerves. It's my last slam and it's so special to play with Rohan. He was my first mixed doubles partner when I was 14 and today I'm 36 and he is 42 and we are still playing, we have a solid relationship," Sania said after the match.
The Indian pair was given a walkover by the Latvian-Spanish duo of Jelena Ostapenko and David Vega Hernandez in the quarterfinals on Tuesday.
In a fitting farewell, @MirzaSania's last dance will take place on the grandest stage!
She and @rohanbopanna 🇮🇳 have qualified for the Mixed Doubles Final!@wwos • @espn • @eurosport • @wowowtennis • #AusOpen • #AO2023pic.twitter.com/qHGNOvWMoC
— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 25, 2023
Mirza and Bopanna had begun their campaign with a 7-5, 6-3 victory over local wildcards Jaimee Fourlis and John Peers before beating Uruguay's Ariel Behar and Japan's Makoto Ninomiya, 6-4, 7-6 (9) in the pre-quarterfinals on Monday.
Earlier, Sania announced that the WTA event in Dubai will be her last match.
"We are excited to come back here and give ourselves another chance. We were playing the best mixed doubles pair on Tour and had to come up with the best," she said about the rival players from USA and England.
"I'm not a crier but I'm almost there right now, I feel the love for the last 18 years I have been coming here. It feels like home for me, I have a family here, I eat at home and I have so many Indians supporting me," said Sania, who won her first Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2009, winning the title with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi.
She later won the women's doubles title at Melbourne Park in 2016 with Swiss great Martina Hingis.
The 42-year-old Bopanna, who won his only major title at the French Open, winning the mixed doubles with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski, said seizing the momentum in tie break was crucial.
"As Sania mentioned it was a tough team we were playing against. It is not easy to keep the momentum going having lost that second set but we stayed strong and got an early lead and gave us that momentum," he said.
"Really happy to be sharing the court with Sania. (It's an) incredible journey, inspiring everyone back home and today so many fans here.
"One more to go. It would be an absolute dream (Sania winning the title). It can't get better than that. It will be special and we need it in India, keep inspiring everyone back there is the only way to keep it going." Out of Sania's six Grand Slams title, three are mixed doubles trophies which she won with Mahesh Bhupathi (2009 Australian Open, 2012 French Open) and Brazilian Bruno Soares (2014 US Open).
All three women's doubles titles came with Swiss great Martina Hingis. (Wimbledon 2015, US Open 2015 and Australian Open 2016).
Categories Tennis Tags Australian, Bopanna, Doubles, Enters, final, MirzaRohan, mixed, Open, Pair, Saina, SportsMediaz
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Im really interested in NinevehGL and AR. So I found your SDK and the example about AR, started it - but it didn't show the 3d models.
There only was a progress bar showing some progress in front of the camera, but nothing happened. I also had this output in the logger (see below). Further readings and investigations in this forum, showed me that this output might be normal.
But shouldn't I see a 3d dragon or a mountain? Am I doing something wrong? Currently I am already using XCode 4.5 and iOS 6.
I would be really glad about some hints.
Do you have the NinevehGL version for armv7s?
I have the same issue again. Nothing shows up. The status bar above also says Polys:0 Verts:0.
Besides I had a QCAR Clang error - but I fixed this by setting "Build Active Architecture Only" to YES (This seems to be a common issue of QCAR. I tried out a few AR Frameworks in the last week, everywhere I had to set it to YES).
think i had to clean and build the project again!
Yes, everytime you update a framework, remember to clean up the Xcode cache, because the frameworks and libs are precompiled into the Xcode cache.


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using ep_cs;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace unit_tests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class Solutions011to020Tests : BaseTest
    {
        [TestMethod]
        public void Solutions011to020Test()
        {
            Test(Solutions.Solution011, nameof(Solutions.Solution011), 70600674, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution012, nameof(Solutions.Solution012), 76576500, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution013, nameof(Solutions.Solution013), 5537376230L, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution014, nameof(Solutions.Solution014), 837799, TestSpeed.Normal);
            Test(Solutions.Solution015, nameof(Solutions.Solution015), 137846528820L, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution016, nameof(Solutions.Solution016), 1366, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution017, nameof(Solutions.Solution017), 21124, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution018, nameof(Solutions.Solution018), 1074, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution019, nameof(Solutions.Solution019), 171, TestSpeed.Fast);
            Test(Solutions.Solution020, nameof(Solutions.Solution020), 648, TestSpeed.Fast);
        }
    }
}

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U.S. Taxpayers and Soros Underwrite Those who Honor Turkey
By Clarice Feldman
The incomparable Claudia Rossett reports/:
Turkey's leaders have made a lot of news lately, and it's been ugly: holding hands with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, blessing the lead role of the terror-linked Turkish IHH foundation in last month's Gaza terror flotilla, and voting last week against new sanctions on Iran in the United Nations Security Council.
So what's a prestigious Washington foreign policy think tank to do? It looks like the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is about to bestow an award - yes, you read that right, an award - upon the chief strategist behind Turkey's increasingly toxic foreign policy, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Unless it's been called off since Tuesday afternoon - and there is no news of that so far - the Wilson Center plans to present Davutoglu with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Public Service - yes, Public Service - at a dinner ceremony in Turkey [1] this Thursday, June 17th.
This would be revolting enough were the Wilson Center an entirely private foundation. But American taxpayers are forking out for the institution hosting this stunt, whether they know it or not. The Wilson Center was created in 1968 by an act of Congress. As the Center itself details on its website, about one-third of its operating funds every year come from "the U.S. government," a.k.a. American tax dollars (scroll down to the end of the page in this link [2]).
The rest of the Wilson Center's money comes from a mix of private and public sources. Top donors listed in the Center's 2008-2009 annual report include George Soros's Open Society Institute, the U.S. Agency for International Development (a government agency funded by U.S. tax dollars), the United Nations Development Program (which gets a big chunk of its funding from U.S. tax dollars), the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, and such cosmopolitan outfits as the Fellowship Fund for Pakistan, the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Mexico, and a Brazilian business conglomerate, Grupo EBX (whose officers were perhaps pleased when Brazil's President Lula [3] won the Woodrow Wilson Public Service Award last year). For a full roster of the top donors, scroll down to page 57 in this link [4]to the Wilson Center's annual report.
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Detroit Regional Chamber > Member News > Walsh College Offers Webinar on Master of Science in Management: Human Resources, International Business, Strategic Concentrations
Walsh College Offers Webinar on Master of Science in Management: Human Resources, International Business, Strategic Concentrations
Walsh College will present a free, information-packed webinar for future students interested in enrollment in its new Master of Science in Management (MSM) degree program from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, July 24, 2014. Participant registration is required for the session at www.walshcollege.edu/webinars.
Designed for busy working professionals interested in pursuing an advanced degree, the webinar will cover course and program content; on-campus and online content delivery; application, admission, and enrollment requirements; and career services. It will conclude with a question-and-answer period. Walsh's $35 application fee will be waived for all webinar participants.
The Walsh College MSM program provides students with the modern business principles and advanced managerial skills needed to lead effectively. The core of the MSM program incorporates high-level curriculum in primary business concepts, taught by faculty who are skilled practitioners in their fields.
Students must choose from one of three concentration areas:
• Human Resources Management — to assess the strategic role of human resources functions in achieving organizational goals; analyze recent trends in staffing and human resource management practices in a global environment; and respond to changes and challenges in human resources in managing a global workforce, among other issues
• International Business — to enhance cognitive analytical skills and overall performance in a variety of cultures and organizational settings; focus on strategic management theory and possible resolution practices; and tackle the cultural impediments that international executives are likely to confront, among other topics
• Strategic Management, to understand the strategic implications of managing organizations as complex adaptive systems in an increasingly dynamic global environment; and cultivate skill in using systems thinking to achieve competitive advantages, among other challenges.
The MSM program is also available as part of a dual-degree option with an MBA. The dual MBA/MSM allows students to complete two distinct graduate degrees in one concise program with only 12 additional credit hours of study (four courses), providing an important academic credential.
"The Walsh MSM delivers the skills necessary for students to move forward in their careers whether it's a promotion, a new job, or a total career change," said Sheila Ronis, Ph.D., professor, Management, and Chair, Department of Management, and featured webinar presenter. "It maintains Walsh's high-quality standards for academic rigor and value sought by students and employers."
Dr. Ronis is also president of The University Group, Inc., a management consulting firm and think tank, specializing in strategic management, visioning, leadership, national security, and public policy.
Fall priority registration for new students begins Monday, August 11 and runs through Tuesday, September 30. For more information on Walsh College and all programs, visit www.walshcollege.edu.
WALSH COLLEGE
Founded in 1922, Walsh College is a private, not for profit institution offering upper-division undergraduate and graduate business and technology degrees and certificate programs. One of Southeast Michigan's largest business schools, Walsh has locations in Troy, Novi, Clinton Township, and Port Huron, as well as online.
Walsh's business services division offers the Walsh Institute, which provides solutions for businesses through training, continuing education, and consulting.
Walsh is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (www.ncahlc.org; phone: 312-263-0456). The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP, www.acbsp.org) accredits specific degree programs.
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Well, a few days ago, my long-lost twin brother Joe and crazy Scottish hug monkey Cat came down to visit and we went to do the touristy thing in London by way of Buckingham Palace. We got to the Queen Vic fountain in front and got some toys out for photos. 2 hours later, we left with a video and made a lot of people very happy indeed!
It sort of evolved into a tribute to all the awesome people we know and their signature moves (done badly)!
A friend linked this to me and now I have to learn this. And then do it with fire. Seriously, how awesome is this?!
Digging through my Flickr archives, I came across this! I'd forgotten I shot this and how impressed I was with it! Shot this with my trusty 30mm f/1.4 lens on the UndergroundRather nifty!


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Song of the Day: Charles Mingus, "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"
Charles Mingus, Oh Yeah, Atlantic (1961)
Charles Mingus was my first jazz obsession. For a kid that grew up more focused on The Beatles, Jazz seemed aloof to me – at first. My brother had taken up Miles Davis and John Coltrane rather quickly, and I therefore had to be opposed in my formative years, as siblings do.
There is something so exciting and human about Mingus, he's a cataclysmic character–one of my favorite stories involved his interactions with the famous film director John Cassavetes:
"John Cassavetes, another raging iconoclast, despised "cuteness" from his performing actors. Though he pretended to know a lot more about jazz than he actually did, he had the good sense to approach Charles Mingus to score his first feature, Shadows. Mingus said he'd do the score on one condition: that Cassavetes and his cohorts came to his apartment and cleaned up all the cat shit that was littering his piled-up scores. He did so, then was notified by Mingus that it was too clean in there now, that he was unable to think, that he had to wait for some cat shit to accumulate again before any progress could be made. (The score ended up arriving about two years late.) From this anecdote we can derive one thing about Mingus' psyche: it is perennially untidy."
Larger than life in many respects, his personality burned brightest on record. There's very few Mingus records where you can't hear Mingus exhorting his bandmates in the background, shouting and growling. Mingus had idolized Charlie Parker and how, "sometimes, he could make the whole room feel like he did". If there could be any defining mission of Mingus– that is probably it.
He played bass, and played it exceptionally well, but his skill was most manifest as an arranger. Nobody charted horns like Mingus and it was no small thing that his bands included the likes of horn luminaries Eric Dolphy and Roland Kirk. His ability to make order out of disorder is the quality that makes him so exciting to listen to, and makes his works sound so human.
It's particularly hard to note any record as out of the ordinary for Mingus, because there hardly seemed to be an ordinary, but Oh Yeah stands apart from the '59 triumvirate of Blues & Roots, Mingus Ah Um, and Mingus Dynasty as well as later works like Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus, and The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady. Mingus plays piano instead of bass, something he would revisit with Mingus Plays Piano and even sings on a couple tracks, "Oh Lord Don't Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me" included.
Predating both the Cuban Missile Crisis and Doctor Strangelove, "Oh Lord" manages to foreshadow the humanism and absurdity of both, a ballad with wonderful piano flourishes and Mingus's direct emotional appeals.
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Sadly, the article from which that Cassavetes quote is sourced is no longer available online, but exists as an excerpt in a comment on a blog here. It was written for Stylus Magazine by Chris Smith.
The whole album is fantastic, though I find myself torn between "Oh Lord", "Ecclusiastics", and "Eat That Chicken".
"Eat That Chicken" is probably Mingus at his most fun, it's a touching tribute to Fats Waller, another great jazz musician who is responsible for one of my favorite songs ever
An Argument With Instruments: On Charles Mingus found in the October 7, 2013 issue of The Nation by Adam Shatz, is a great overview of Mingus's character and relation to his jazz contemporaries.
Posted on March 13, 2018 Categories Song of the DayTags Charles Mingus, Eat That Chicken, Fats Waller, Jazz, Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me, Oh YeahLeave a comment on Song of the Day: Charles Mingus, "Oh Lord Don't Let Them Drop That Atomic Bomb On Me"


Ok, this was one CRAZY DAY!!!
Rockin' Jake starts the day off with a little of his Badmouth Hot Sauce in our "Official House Chili" pot. We used our 100 gallon pot, with more than 700 lbs of meat, 150 lbs of onions, and gallons of seasonings!
We cooked two pots of chili this day. Our first was our competition pot in the "Guest" Division. Chef Vincent Salidano watches our pot. BTW, we were a top 5 Finalist in the Cookoff!
Mr. Chris (Cajun) Curole was in town from the "Chilly" north of MAINE!! He started up the fire on our "House" Chili. We were very honored to be asked to cook the representative "Public" Chili for the OCASI.
Rockin' Jake adds that personal TOUCH. He displays his wrap around technique in stirring a chili pot.
The three Emile's!! Emile III, Emile IV, and Emile II.
Ms. Clyde even gets into the act to help cook the Official House Chili!!
Rockin' Jake adds another drop of Badmouth Hot Sauce to finish the pot!
NOW, we can serve well over 2,000 servings!
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Home COVID-19 In the Javier Cuadra area, MINSA is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine campaign
In the Javier Cuadra area, MINSA is ramping up its COVID-19 vaccine campaign
The Nicaraguan Department of Health (MINSA) consistently delivers multiple kinds of vaccinations to people's homes, including one that guards against the coronavirus.
A vaccination group visited the Javier Cuadra area in district II, where they visited households with the goal of completing their projects and capturing persons who have not yet been immunized for different reasons.
Daniela Cruz is a member of the Javier Cuadra area. She has two children and three people in her house, all of whom have been immunized, and she finished the MINSA 2022 plan on this trip.
"It's a neighborhood with 987 homes and the same number of parents," said Dr. Freddy Suarez of the Institute of Healthcare Socrates Flores. "We'll go door-to-door to ensure the vaccination, guaranteeing that the community has optimal immunization coverage against COVID."
He remembered that this method is what prevents individuals from becoming ill and complicating their lives as a result of the virus's spread.
He added that the battalions visit neighborhoods and country regions on a daily basis in order to adhere to the residence visit plan. Vaccination posts stay in place in the health departments, and care is provided from Monday through Sunday.
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Chinese Students Use Ethereum Blockchain To Bypass Censorship
Although the Chinese government has largely banned digital currency activities, the underlying technology of Bitcoin and Ethereum has made it possible to convey the truth to Chinese student activists from the #meetoo movement..
Peking University student You Xing tried to publicize the professor's sexual assault against a student, which happened two decades ago – long before the author of the project entered this university. Yo and several other students were inspired by the global #meetoo movement against sexual violence. Students learned about the details of the attack after they applied for freedom of information to Peking University.
University officials tried to silence Yow, but students permanently documented this case on the immutable Ethereum blockchain..
Yo wrote an open letter detailing how management tried to keep her from revealing the details of the sex scandal and intimidated her to destroy all evidence, then sent her home in disgrace..
Yo's letter began to spread on WeChat and Weibo, the largest Chinese messengers. Eventually screenshots were blocked and messages disappeared.
Instead of yielding to Chinese authorities dampening the country's #meetoo movement, activists have placed Yo's memories on the immutable Ethereum blockchain. The letter was published anonymously using an ether transaction and cost less than $ 1.
"This is a symbolic action, and it is unlikely to be adopted by a mass audience. Decentralized media still have a long way to go, "said Isaac Mao, who, Bloomberg writes, has developed a blockchain-based media platform capable of resisting censorship..
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OP-ED: Kid clock maker wasn't naive; the adults were paranoid
The police chief of Irving, Texas, says a young Muslim teenager's humiliation and arrest for bringing a homemade...
OP-ED: Kid clock maker wasn't naive; the adults were paranoid The police chief of Irving, Texas, says a young Muslim teenager's humiliation and arrest for bringing a homemade... Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/2015/09/21/op-ed-kid-clock-maker-wasnt-naive-adults/73470732/
BARBARA SHELLY, YorkDispatch Published 1:12 p.m. ET Sept. 21, 2015
Barbara Shelly is a columnist for the Kansas City Star. (Kansas City Star/MCT)(Photo: )
The police chief of Irving, Texas, says a young Muslim teenager's humiliation and arrest for bringing a homemade clock to school was the result of "a naive accident," presumably on the youth's part.
If so, how very sad.
Have we really reached the point where a mechanically inclined 14-year-old boy is naive for making something extremely clever and wanting to show his teachers?
Should Ahmed Mohamed have said to himself: "Hmm, maybe I shouldn't take this great homemade clock to school because I'm Muslim and my last name is Mohamed and some nervous adult might think it's a bomb"?
No. The problem here is adult paranoia, not youthful naivete.
If you listen to Chief Larry Boyd's statement to reporters, he's still in blame-the-kid mode.
"It certainly was suspicious in nature," he says of the clock.
School resource officers questioned Ahmed, Boyd reported, but "the student would only say that it was a clock, and was not forthcoming at that time about any other details."
Maybe that's because it really was a clock and there were no other details to be forthcoming about?
One can imagine by this time the boy was scared and probably made to feel embarrassed about wanting to show off his clock to a teacher. You wonder what the school officers expected him to say before they called in the cops to handcuff Ahmed and haul him off to a juvenile processing center for more questioning.
Anyway, it sounds as though Ahmed will be fine, having now received invitations to visit the White House, Facebook headquarters and numerous other places of interest to a technically talented 14-year-old.
But if bright young people are supposed to start worrying about whether their creations will be regarded as a threat to national security, I fear for the rest of us.
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In 2018 the Minister of Education invited submissions on a proposed Annual Maximum Fee Movement (AMFM) rate of 2% for 2019.
The Government regulates the maximum level by which tertiary education organisations (TEOs) can increase tuition fees for domestic students through the AMFM.
The AMFM applies to courses at New Zealand Qualification Framework (NZQF) Level 3 or above.
The Government considers that the proposed AMFM rate of 2% strikes a balance between protecting the affordability of tertiary education for students, while allowing tertiary providers to keep pace with costs in 2019.
Submissions on the proposed fee rate closed on 27 July 2018.
On 17 August 2018, after considering the submissions received, the Minister announced a 2% AMFM for 2019.
A notice about the increase, including the process for allowing exceptions to the AMFM, was published in the New Zealand Gazette.