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Travel like a local: Your neighbourhood guide to Newlands
The leafy Southern Suburb of Newlands is arguably one of the most beautiful areas in the city and is renowned for its sporting facilities and being home to some of the best schools in the country, but there is so much more. Read on to discover all that the area has to offer.
Distance from Cape Town to Newlands: 9.7km (around 16 minutes)
WHERE TO EAT AND MAKE MERRY: RESTAURANTS AND BARS:
Newlands may not be the first place you look to when you're thinking about dinner and drinks, but the truth of the matter is that there are plenty of options to choose from whether you are looking for a bite to eat or a few drinks. We have rounded up some of our favourites.
ITALIAN KITCHEN
This delightful Italian restaurant opened in Tokai and married an inviting atmosphere with a great menu to capture the hearts of Cape Town. The Newlands branch was recently opened and has continued the trend with patrons lining up for their gourmet pizzas and wide range of pastas. There is also a dedicated kids menu making it perfect for families.
Website: www.italiankitchentokai.co.za
This delightful eatery in leafy Newlands is a parent's dream: from the wholesome Italian dishes to the magnificent views of Table Mountain and the ample parking (perfect for transporting prams) to most importantly, plenty of space for both youngsters and the family dog, it has fast become a well-loved establishment in its neighbourhood.
Owned by Anthony and Krista Bounds, who are parents to an energetic toddler too, Basilico offers a wide variety of child-friendly dishes, including pastas, beef fillets, risottos, sweet desserts and more. Best of all, it's totally affordable and offers daily lunch specials.
And for the kids? The Piccola pizza, for which your youngster can choose his or her own toppings, and the fun ice cream and sprinkles for dessert.
Website: www.basilico.co.za
BIHARI INDIAN RESTAURANT AT THE SOUTHERN SUN HOTEL
Bihari specialises in authentic Indian foods, offering an extensive menu of mouth-watering fusions from Northern India. This sit-down establishment has large wooden doors, hues of gold and red, wrought iron lanterns and plush seating. It is a comfortable Indian sit-in restaurant for the whole family.
Website: www.bihari.co.za
ROCK SUSHI THAI
One of two restaurants in the Mother City, the Newlands branch can be found on Dean Street – just up the road from the Newlands Rugby Stadium – and like the Meadowridge venue, it is unpretentious and relaxed. The menu is vast, with everything from salads and stir fries to sushi and crispy duck, while the wine list also has plenty of options.
Website: www.rocksushithai.co.za
MAMA ROMA
Located in the heart of the Southern Suburbs, owners Romano and Cristina Gorrini have established a true Italian experience in Newlands. A menu absolutely heaving with exquisite pasta dishes makes Mama Roma one of the city's favourite Italian restaurants, while there are plenty of other options to choose from if you're steering clear of the carbs.
TOAD & JOSEPHINE
Housed in the old Josephine Mill in Boundary Road, The Toad, as it is affectionately known, is a perfect spot to grab a couple of beers before a game – it's right next to Newlands Rugby Stadium – and a quick bite to eat after. Family-friendly with a number of big-screens to view the game(s), makes The Toad a top spot for all occasions.
Situated in the heart of Newlands Village, Barristers has undergone plenty of changes in its time, but it is a restaurant that is almost synonymous with Newlands, a constant favourite of the Southern Suburbs crowd. Barristers is well known for its steaks and extensive wine list and also offers 20 beers on tap – small wonder then of its popularity.
If you're looking for something sweet or just want to cool off, look no further than The Creamery, which is quickly becoming one of the favourite ice cream shops in the city. Known for its unique flavours such as naartjie choc chip, sea salt caramel and more, it also has all the old favourites as well. Then there are still the waffles, sundaes and milkshakes to get stuck into!
Website: www.thecreamery.co.za
FORRESTER'S ARMS
Forrie's is an institution in Cape Town and an absolute favourite amongst the Southern Suburbs crowd. It is always busy… always. You have been warned. Just a couple of kilometres away from the Newlands Rugby Stadium, this perennially busy spot is always packed for the rugger. There are big screens situated all over the venue. Get there early or you may not get a good vantage point for the games… or even the bar.
Website: www.forestersarms.co.za
SPRINGBOK PUB NEWLANDS
Situated between the Newlands cricket and rugby stadiums, the Springbok Pub caters to a sports mad crowd, particularly on match-days. Open from 12pm to late, make sure you take advantage of their Happy Hour every week day from 4pm to 7pm. The venue also has a popular beer garden and offers a great pub menu with very reasonable prices.
Website: www.springbokpub.com
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Image courtesy of WP Rugby.
NEWLANDS RUGBY STADIUM
The home stadium to the Stormers and Western Province, Newlands Rugby Stadium one of the grand old dames of rugby in this country – it is the oldest in the country and second oldest rugby stadium in the world. Rugby is huge in Cape Town and you can bet on game day that Newlands is overflowing with rugby fans, who spill out onto the streets after the game and keep things going until the early hours.
Website: www.wprugby.com
NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM
The home to the Cobras, Sahara Park Newlands, is largely regarded as one of the most beautiful stadiums in the world, with the backdrop of Table Mountain and lush green lawns for supporters unrivalled in terms of aesthetic value. Newlands also plays host to international cricket matches, with the traditional New Year's Test always close to capacity across all five days.
Website: www.wpca.org.za
Newlands Brewery Tour
There are three venues synonymous with the lush, leafy suburb of Newlands – the rugby stadium, the cricket stadium and, of course, the brewery. The oldest in the country, it dates back to 1820, the brewery offers guided tours that provides insights into modern day brewing methods. The tour, which takes about an hour, includes a bit of the Brewery history, sustainability and a walk through the process. It also includes the Speciality Brewery – Newlands Spring Brewing Company – and fittingly ends with a beer tasting and a couple of pints in the brewery's historic pub.
Website: www.newlandsbrewery.co.za/the-tour/
NEWLANDS SWIMMING POOL
Open to the public all year round (Adults, R21; Children, R10.50; Pensioners, free), Newlands Swimming pool is something of an institution and perfect for a hot summer day. Consisting of a main pool, a children's pool and a diving pool (everybody has to try the high board at least once), the facilities include a small shop, showers and ablutions.
Website: www.capetown.gov.za
KIRSTENBOSCH BOTANICAL GARDENS
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is reputed to be the most beautiful in the world. The experience of rolling greens, splashes of floral colour, shaded streams and the multitude of paths can only really be done justice with a visit. Take a walk along the treetop "Boomslang" (Tree Snake) walkway, picnic under a shady tree and definitely pay a visit to the exquisite Sculpture Garden. Super family-friendly, you could spend the entire day at Kirstenbosch and never get bored. Not surprising that it is one of the city's most popular spots.
Website: www.sanbi.org/gardens/kirstenbosch
NEWLANDS FOREST
The natural beauty of Newlands is a restful and surprisingly nearby escape from suburbia and best of all it's FREE. Explore this gift on the doorstep of the city with its meandering contour path, perfect for a gentle hike with kids or for walking the dogs or for something more rigorous if you are up for going higher. Braai facilities are also available.
VINEYARD HOTEL GARDENS
Start the day off early with a scrumptious breakfast at this Newlands-based hotel and then wander into the award-winning gardens for a walk around. You can walk on your own with the family and check out the ginormous tortoises or you can sign up for a guided walk the hotel's horticulturist and environmentalist.
Website: www.vineyard.co.za
NEIGHBOURHOOD CULTURE
MONTEBELLO DESIGN CENTRE
The Montebello Design Centre is one of Cape Town's best-kept secrets. The centre features more than 20 arts and craft studios and workshops, an historic greenhouse and nursery, a forge, stunning restaurant and organic deli farm shop. It's a non-profit development project aimed at promoting good local craft and design, and generating job creation.
Website: www.montebello.co.za
THE BARNARD GALLERY
Established in 2010, The Barnard Gallery explores various kinds of contemporary art, visuals and mixed media. Known for providing local artists with a platform to show their work and connect them with buyers, the gallery acts as a showcase of new and established artists.
Website: www.barnardgallery.com
GATEWAY TO NEWLANDS
Gateway to Newlands offers guided tours of Newlands rugby and cricket stadiums, giving visitors a chance to see behind the scenes of places not usually accessible to the public. You get to visit areas such as the changing rooms, function rooms, press facilities, walk out of the tunnel onto the side of the field, and get an interesting insight into the history and tradition of these iconic sporting stadiums.
JOSEPHINE MILL
A great slice of history, the Josephine Mill was first built in 1940, and while its machinery stopped operating in 1963, it was renovated and reconstructed to begin functioning again in 1988. Located on the banks of the Liesbeek River, it is both a museum and the only remaining water mill that is found in the city.
Website: www.josephinemill.co.za
NEWLANDS SPRING
A true hidden gem, drive down Springs Road, park at the end of the cul de sac, and fill up your water bottles from a spring coming out of a white plastic pipe at the end of the road. Sound a little dodgy? Not really, you won't taste cleaner water.
THE VINEYARD HOTEL AND SPA
The Vineyard is set on 7.5 acres of historic riverside parkland in Newlands overlooking the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. On the Peninsula Touring Route to Cape Point, the fabled winelands of Constantia and famous Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens are both nearby. The original country retreat of celebrated Georgian, Lady Anne Barnard and a 120 year-old hotel, it boasts 207 luxury accommodations, 3 gourmet dining venues, an acclaimed spa, premier conference centre and more. A Cape Town hotel 'must-stay!'
SOUTHERN SUN NEWLANDS
Experience the perfect style at Southern Sun Newlands. This award-winning hotel offers spacious, stylish accommodation, affording business and leisure travellers the opportunity to relax in an idyllic setting while enjoying a spectacular view of Devil's Peak on the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. The hotel is also located close to the rugby and cricket stadiums.
Website: www.tsogosun.com/southern-sun-newlands
PARK INN BY RADISSON
Choose from 122 Guest and Superior Rooms with comfortable furnishings and enjoy the on-site dining options, including a lobby bar. Parking, a swimming pool and gym are all available, as well as 300m² of flexible meeting space.
Website: www.parkinn.com/hotel-capetown
WILD OLIVE GUESTHOUSE
The Wild Olive is a luxury guesthouse within walking distance of Newlands Cricket and Rugby stadiums, making it perfect for travelling fans, while it is also close to Kirstenbosch if you're looking for some downtime. A well-equipped gym is also available and the guesthouse also offers a range of business facilities. Rates include a sumptuous cooked breakfast and a continental buffet.
Website: www.wildolive.co.za
KIDGER HOUSE
Set in a tranquil garden on a quiet, oak-lined Newlands street, nestled against the slopes of Table Mountain, Kidger House is conveniently situated close to the city and local business areas, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, the University of Cape Town, Newlands rugby and cricket stadiums and Newlands Forest.
Website: www.kidgerhouse.co.za
LOCAL FLAVOUR:
Nobody knows Newlands better than a local. When you're in town be sure to visit the local VIC at Kirstenbosch where staff can help you really uncover the magic on offer in Newlands and beyond.
Call 0861 322 223 for more details.
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Golden West comes up short in boys semifinal
Damian Marquez
dmarquez@visaliatimesdelta.com
In soccer, sometimes all you need is to make the most of one shot.
And that's exactly what Monache did.
The No. 5-seeded Marauders scored in the 78th minute and they knocked off No. 1 Golden West in the Central Section Division II semifinals on Tuesday night at Golden West.
It is the second time in three years, the Trailblazers have lost to the Marauders in the Division II semifinals.
"Just really, really frustrating," Golden West coach John McCaw said. "I thought we played really hard. As the game went on, I thought we got better. It was a midfield battle, but as the game went on, I thought if one team was going to score, it was going to be us. Unfortunately, soccer is a game that requires a little fortune at times and we didn't get it."
With time running down, Monache took advantage of a defensive miscue by Golden West and Jonathan Vasquez kicked the ball into the back of the net, dashing Golden West's hopes of hosting a Central Section championship match.
Instead, Monache will play at No. 3 South for the title Friday.
The Marauders, who finished in second place in the East Yosemite League, improved to 17-5-4.
Golden West, the West Yosemite League champions, finished the season with a 16-4-6 record.
"The seniors had a great career at Golden West," McCaw said. "They're the same guys who got to this level as sophomores two years ago. They won a ton of games here. They're good, hard-working kids who love soccer and are fun to coach."
The match was very even between the Trailblazers and Marauders, but it did feel like Golden West had better control of the midfield.
The Trailblazers made several runs towards the goal, but the Monache defense had some impressive speed and did an excellent job of disrupting Golden West's attack.
Golden West's Arnulfo Cisneros had Golden West's best chance to score, but his head sailed just over the Monache goalkeeper's outstretched arms and just over the crossbar.
McCaw admitted that this team's ultimate goal was a Central Section championship. The team came up short of the goal, but the seniors definitely left behind quite the winning tradition, capturing two WYL championships in three years."
"They're devastated right now," McCaw said. "But they left a legacy at Golden West, that for soccer, is second to none. I'm so proud of them."
The loss stung for Golden West, but McCaw said the players will be able to eventually look back and be proud of what they accomplished.
"You don't say anything to them. Four or five days down the road, you'll look back and start thinking about what a great season it was. That's all you can do," McCaw said.

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Kornelis "Kees" Huizinga, Global Farmer Network & Ukrainian farmer
This week's guest is Kornelis "Kees" Huizinga, a member of the Global Farmer Network and farmer in central Ukraine. Since moving to Ukraine two decades ago, Kees Huizinga have seen exponential increases in planted area and production per hectare making them a major player in global markets. But Russia's invasion of the country has brought major hardship on Ukraine farmers in the loss of crops, livestock and infrastructure. Many Ukraine farmers have been lost not just in battles but while tending their fields and caring for livestock. Kees says farmers today identify with their grandfathers who fought for freedom during World War II. And he emphasizes the need to continue supporting Ukraine's military.
Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla.
This week's Open Mic guest is Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla. The former House Ag Committee chairman is back on the panel in time to help craft a new farm bill, and he says the budget and spending will be an issue in nearly every policy proposal crossing the House floor in the 118th Congress. Lucas believes a new farm bill can be delivered on time in the year ahead but admits there could be a number of issues — including nutrition programs — that could slow work on the bill. Lucas also discusses the implications of concessions made by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to gain enough votes to secure the Speaker's gavel.
Steve Becraft, Southern States Cooperative
This week's Open Mic guest is Steve Becraft, general manager and CEO of Southern States Cooperative. The farmer-owned retailer is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Becraft acknowledges the many challenges farmers and their cooperative have survived and looks forward to new horizons of meeting the needs of the customers and communities they serve. After a recent marriage with Growmark, Becraft says the group is on solid financial footing. In this interview, Becraft discusses the challenges of urban sprawl, labor and transportation as well as the opportunity of helping farmers find sustainable solutions to improve productivity and efficiency in their operations.
Former NCGA CEO Jon Doggett
This week's Open Mic guest is Jon Doggett, who retired as CEO of the National Growers Association at the end of 2022. In this interview, Doggett reflects on leaders and policy events in history where ag leaders met the challenges facing the industry. Doggett also discusses the role environmental issues may play in developing new farm programs, the odds of approving a new farm bill in 2023 and the implications of Mexico's proposed ban on GMO corn.
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Black-eyed Susan, a wildflower common in North America.
Bee in purple clematis, wrapped around the flower-shaped stamen.
Spring Dailsy with red back ground.
The Robin is a symbol of spring for Canadians. The are the early birds that get the worms. Unfortunate latin name though: Turdus migratorius.
Dandelion - the ubiquitous yellow weed.
Anybody know the name of this flower?
Photo location: Sunshine Coast of BC.
This is the seed of The Big-Leaf Maple. (Acer macrophyllum, Aceraceae) In Canada we play with them as kids because they twirl to the ground like little helicopters.
With my new macro lens and a gorgeous spring day I went out to capture a close up view of spring flowers bursting with colour.
Having just moved back to Canada from Singapore, I can't quite describe how incredible it was to experience a North American spring again. In addition to plants bursting to life, the days get longer and there is a feeling of hopefulness in the air.


Early this spring, I took a trip to California and got to spend a day with my brother, one of my very favorite people on the planet.
He took me to Downtown Disney, which, for those unfamiliar with the area, is a place not un-similar to "Main Street U.S.A." located within Disneyland. There you can shop and eat in themed restaurants (we chose New Orleans) to your heart's content. Also, at that time at least, you could take in the great spectacle of Maleficent (in dragon form) trying hard to defeat Prince Phillip, all constructed using Legos.
We both grew up loving Disney, for better or worse, living near enough to the 'Land to make the trek now and then. He went to school in the very near vicinity and would often text me from the line for Indiana Jones or Space Mountain as he took a "study break."
As we walked through the shops and the lobby of the hotel, we were surrounded by the trappings of the Magic Kingdom. The characters stared at us from photos and window decals and, of course, merchandise. Every once in a while I got the feeling that I could hear the sounds of the park faintly.
Magic was within easy distance.
I do this often, I realize. I settle for "almost."
I live with the way a relationship, or a situation is for a long time without realizing that I'm settling. Many of the earmarks are there. I tell myself that it's supposed to be hard, that it's supposed to hurt sometimes. These things are true, but sometimes I use truth as a weapon against myself. Sometimes a sliver of truth is far worse than a lie.
I believe that God works mightily between the rocks and hard places. I believe that the suffering I share with Him, participating in His death, is powerful and transformative. Sometimes I cling so hard to my theology of suffering that I forget that He also leads me beside still waters, that I am asked to "Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure-- pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." (Luke 6:38).
This is a balance that I so often fail to strike.
Sometimes I forget that the Lord has good things in store for me, even here on earth. When that happens, I do despair.
It's easy for me to think that Heaven is a wonderful place, and that when I arrive, all will be well. But God is here now, too. He is present and moving in the earth. He has won, and we are no longer under the curse. Eternal life has begun.
There is nothing almost Disneyland about that.


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Conservation Corps North Bay members tackle illegal tire dump near Hopland, haul away 236 tires
MARY CALLAHAN
An energetic crew dedicated to keeping the environment litter-free made quick work Thursday of more than 200 old tires dumped on the banks of the Russian River.
Workers collected 236 tires from the site on the west side of Highway 101, about 4½ miles south of Hopland. They'll be at it again in a few weeks at a separate dumpsite closer to town, where more used tires await.
Working under a Cal Recycle grant with permits allowing them to haul waste tires en masse, nine youth corps workers and four staffers toiled about two hours to haul the tires up a muddy hill from a terraced embankment just above the river's edge.
Using a winch to drag some of the heavy tires up the steep rocky slope and a relay line to pass others hand to hand along a slippery path, the crew cleared an area used repeatedly as an illegal dump site.
"I'm so happy," said Chris Brokate, the Clean River Alliance founder and executive director who first found the tires. "It's so good to see something like that come to an end."
Brokate discovered the tires in mid-September off a short, paved turnoff near Pieta Creek. He was checking the location because it had been used as a dumping site intermittently in the past, mostly for old refrigerators, furniture and household trash.
Brokate was stunned to see the volume of tires jumbled amid the brush beneath an oak tree. Many had commercial stickers randomly slapped on them, as if just removed from new tires during replacement at a shop.
A similar discovery had been made two weeks earlier, just north of the well-known green bridge about a mile south of Hopland, when a member of the Ukiah-based PacOut Green Team volunteer group was scouting for weekly cleanup sites and came across several hundred abandoned tires there.
Those tires also were rimless, and many were marked, as if to show where they were damaged. Some also had stickers slapped on them as if they had just been taken off new tires and put on the old ones before they were discarded, PacOut chapter leader Chris Ostrom said at the time.
The two men and others have speculated that a small tire shop owner who could not afford or did not want to contract with a state-licensed tire hauler made some other arrangement that resulted in the tires being dumped near the edge of the river.
The practice of discarding tires in the flood plain is especially concerning because the tires contain toxic materials, including heavy metals and potential carcinogens.
Mendocino County Sheriff's Capt. Greg Van Patten said Thursday that the case remains under investigation. Detectives have good leads but have experienced interruptions that prevented them from making further progress, he said.
It's not the first time, and it won't be the last, that members of the youth Conservation Corps have confronted illegal tire dumps in the woods of the North Coast. But their supervisors said they were woefully impressed by the extent of the mess.
Usually, they're called to collect 10 or 12 tires, said Brandon Benton, Zero Waste Program coordinator for the San Rafael-based organization.
"This is a bit extreme," he said.
But Mike Anderson, lead supervisor for Sonoma County, said his crew was recently working a tire dump off Hot Springs Road near Cloverdale and Lake Sonoma where some of the tires were so far into a gully that he had to leave them for a county crew. By the time the county workers got out there, however, even more tires had been dumped, representing what he thinks may be common practice at other places in Sonoma County.
"I wouldn't be surprised if we went back there and there were more tires," he said.
Conservation Corps North Bay is among several organizations that hold free collection and recycling events for electronic waste, tires, mattresses and other items to keep people from disposing of them improperly.
Upcoming tire amnesty events include one this weekend in Bodega Bay from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, allowing residents to drop off old tires free of charge for recycling.
The event will be held at 1445 Highway 1, across the highway from the Bodega Bay Grange.
A similar event will be held from Tuesday, Feb. 25 to Saturday, Feb. 29, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day, at the Monte Rio Community Center, 20488 Highway 116.
No tires will be accepted from commercial businesses at either event.
No more than nine tires will be accepted per vehicle. No bicycle tires or tires over 48 inches in diameter will be accepted.
For more information go to ccnorthbay.org/events/ or call the Conservation Corps North Bay at 415-454-4554.
You can reach Staff Writer Mary Callahan at 707-521-5249 or mary.callahan@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @MaryCallahanB.


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Trials and Errors: Denmark Vesey and His Historians
IN 1964, Richard C. Wade ignited a historiographical controversy in the pages of the Journal of Southern History and in his monograph, Slavery in the Cities: The South, 1820–1860. Revising the standard interpretation about the plot organized by free black carpenter Denmark Vesey to destroy Charleston, South Carolina, in the summer of 1822, Wade concluded that it was "probably never more than loose talk by aggrieved and embittered men" rather than a full-blown effort to rebel against slavery. Not all historians accepted this new interpretation. A number of students of the antebellum South and its peculiar institution, including, among others, William W. Freehling in Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816–1836 and in his "Denmark Vesey's Antipaternalistic Reality," Eugene Genovese in Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made, and Sterling Stuckey in Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America regard this episode as a genuine, but unsuccessful, attempt by a group of enslaved people to gain their freedom. Michael P. Johnson, in Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South (co-authored with James L. Roark), never questioned the existence of the plot that Vesey and his associates organized. The recent publication of three books on this dramatic episode has not only rekindled interest in the efforts of Vesey and his associates to liberate themselves but has also inspired Johnson, who once accepted the majority opinion of Freehling et al., or as he now calls it "this heroic interpretation" (p. 915), to write a long and highly critical article on these works serving to reignite a debate that began more than thirty-five years ago. After many years in the interpretive wilderness, Richard Wade has now found an ally in Michael Johnson.[1]
The "unanticipated directions" (p. 915) taken by Johnson's scholarship as he labored through books that he appears to believe have very little to recommend them has resulted in a piece that effectively demolishes my transcription of the Vesey trial record, swiftly dismisses the conclusions drawn by Douglas R. Egerton, David Robertson, and myself, and seeks to posit an alternative hypothesis for the events that transpired in the courtroom in Charleston in the summer of 1822. In fact, Johnson's article should not be regarded as a review essay as such–commonly characterized by a balanced discussion of the arguments advanced, the issues illuminated or obscured, the questions answered and raised, along with some comments on the works' overall merits and failures–as his central premise is that these books are so flawed and their authors' interpretative and historical skills so limited and naive, that they have very little merit. In Johnson's eyes, such analytical shortsightedness has caused Egerton, Robertson, and myself (along with many other historians in the aforementioned volumes and those listed in Johnson's extensive footnotes) to have fallen simple-mindedly for the fraud that the court perpetrated on its unwitting victims more than a century and a half ago and to be in league with their devious machinations.[2]
While I cannot speak for the objectives of either Egerton or Robertson, the purpose of my book, Designs against Charleston, was twofold. It provided readers with a lengthy introductory essay that addressed the events surrounding the conspiracy of 1822 and illuminated the social and cultural worlds in which enslaved and free black Charlestonians lived in the early nineteenth century by discussing a range of topics, including the worlds of the workshop and the grog-shop and the place of religion. This essay also examined broader national and regional political and cultural currents that shaped the lives of black Charlestonians, particularly the debates over Missouri, the development of the abolition movement in the North, the Panic of 1819, and the continuing efforts by southern slaveholders to regulate and control the lives of their slaves. Second, it gave readers a series of primary documents, including a transcription of the trial record along with a miscellaneous selection of related materials such as newspaper accounts, private letters, petitions to the South Carolina Assembly, and grand jury presentments.
In his condemnation of my work, however, Johnson is half right. I plead guilty to his charge that my transcription of the trial record is deeply flawed. He is correct, therefore, to alert the historical community to its unreliability as a source, providing overwhelming evidence about material inadvertently introduced or omitted in my version. Moreover, Johnson's discussion of the trial record effectively demonstrates the ways in which I inadvertently corrupted the document. Although I openly admit to these mistakes for which I take sole responsibility and for which I unreservedly apologize, I should note that they were made not with malice aforethought, in some misguided and devious effort to load and distort the record in a way that makes my own interpretation of the plot unimpeachable, but through, as Johnson notes, "unrelenting carelessness" (p. 926). Returning to the microfilm and my notes, it appears that I unwittingly combined elements of the testimony recorded in document A with elements of testimony in document B as I prepared the material for publication, creating the series of problems that Johnson has catalogued. Every single piece of testimony from each prisoner and witness had been transcribed, but in a document that unites document A with document B in ways that severely violate the integrity of the original.
Accordingly, should Designs against Charleston be pulped? Johnson's transcription of the trial document will no doubt replace my incorrect version, adding to the growing library of primary documents about the Vesey conspiracy. Even though my transcription of the trial document is inaccurate, the accompanying analysis based on my reading and consideration of the evidence stands, I believe, as a sound piece of scholarship that contributes not just to our understanding of the plot itself, but also to the historiography on the antebellum South and urban slavery. Even if we accept Johnson's notion that those men who claimed they were innocent and were subsequently executed on the information of those slaves who either admitted their guilt or to some knowledge of the plot, there is a significant amount of detail embedded in the testimony itself–including, for example, information about shops that sold arms and ammunition, or the efforts to poison the city's water supply by "Gullah" Jack Pritchard, or the clandestine gatherings at Bulkley's Farm–to indicate the presence of a conspiracy orchestrated not by the court in its efforts to bolster white supremacy, but by a group of black Charlestonians in an effort to obtain their freedom.
Johnson's argument turns to a great extent on his particular reading of the trial transcript and his interpretation of events inside the courtroom. Nevertheless, as Johnson would no doubt admit, the court generated this text in the social and cultural context of a nation and a city undergoing considerable economic and cultural stresses and strains during the late 1810s and early 1820s. In Washington, the political waters were growing increasingly turbulent as debates over the fate of Missouri began to dominate the national political agenda while small groups of men and women in towns and cities across the North were gradually organizing themselves to fight for the abolition of slavery. This contributed to a broad, general climate in which dissent and resistance could and did flourish, not just in Charleston but elsewhere in the nation.
Rebellions, however, rarely emerge from some inchoate set of grievances. As Francis Fox Piven and Richard Cloward have written, "People experience deprivation and oppression within a concrete setting . . . and it is the concrete experience that molds their discontent into specific grievances against specific targets." In Charleston in 1822, as I discuss at length in my book, there was a confluence of events that prompted Vesey to conspire against slavery and Charleston's slaveholders.[3] The Panic of 1819 had inflicted severe damage on the region's economy, resulting in the price of rice and cotton plummeting, throwing planters into debt, and causing the supply of money to contract dramatically. For enslaved South Carolinians, this crisis had profound implications. While planters auctioned off gangs of field hands to meet their financial obligations, urban slaves, particularly those who hired out their labor, found their economic opportunities increasingly constrained as work and money grew ever more scarce. City leaders continued a campaign of harassment against the African Methodist Episcopal Church that brought about several disturbances and the imprisonment of several members. In addition, as Johnson discusses at some length, the assembly was engaged in discussions about the requirements for manumission that ultimately resulted in slaves finding it significantly harder to obtain freedom. All these factors provided the immediate context, a specific set of grievances against which to rebel.[4]
Historical scholarship is an intellectual endeavor that stands on the twin pillars of proof and persuasion. While Johnson has rightly pointed out the serious flaws in my transcription of the court record, he has yet to offer, in my opinion, sufficient proof to persuade me that the analysis presented in my lengthy opening essay is wrong. Although Johnson has ingeniously reconstructed the ways in which Lionel Kennedy, Thomas Parker, and other members of the court went about their business, he never explicitly states why these men should have devoted such time, energy, and subterfuge to this particularly ugly task. It may well be that Vesey was, as Johnson suggests, "the victim of a conspiracy of collusion between the white court and its cooperative black witnesses" as they sought "for their own reasons to pay homage to the enduring power of white supremacy" (p. 971), but he never indicates why this might be the case for the white actors in this sordid drama nor does he offer any decisive evidence to support this claim. Likewise, the reasons behind the division among the state's political leaders–Governor Thomas Bennett and William Johnson, who openly questioned the existence of a conspiracy, on the one hand, and the court and its supporters on the other–are never fully explained.
It may ultimately turn out that Johnson has exchanged one conspiracy for another. Having overturned conventional historiographical wisdom about the existence of a Vesey-led plot to his own satisfaction, Johnson now needs to explain the motives that led "the conspiratorial court" to condemn more than thirty men to death. Clearly, unless archivists uncover significant new documents, the "unanswered questions" (p. 971) about this particularly dramatic moment in the history of the antebellum South will remain unanswered, although Johnson may perhaps offer some new suggestions and insights in his forthcoming book on the plot. Until the appearance of some other new artifact or paper, historians will never accurately know what actually happened in Denmark Vesey's house on Bull Street in the summer of 1822 or why Kennedy and his associates chose to hunt down selected members of Charleston's black community.
Right now, however, Michael Johnson offers one interpretation of events; Douglas Egerton, David Robertson, and I, along with a number of historians who entered this particular fray earlier, provide a competing explanation. Whether historians, including those already involved in this conversation, will be persuaded by Johnson's analysis of this episode remains to be seen. Scholars may perhaps turn to re-examine the dozens of other conspiracies that litter the historical landscape. Generating new interpretations or breathing new life into old ones forms the backbone of our work. It is worth recalling the comments of escaped Charleston slave Robert Smalls. When asked by a Freedman's Commission in 1863 whether slaveholders "know anything of the secret life of colored people," he answered no, elaborating on the ability of enslaved people to dissemble and guard fiercely their own privacy by remarking that "one life they show their masters and another life they don't show." Historians, in their efforts to solve the mystery of this plot, to uncover the secrets of the summer of 1822, will continue to produce new interpretations, question old arguments, and seek to throw light on an episode in American history that is as elusive as Vesey himself.[5]
Edward Pearson is a member of the History Department at Franklin and Marshall College.
1 Wade, "The Vesey Plot: A Reconsideration," Journal of Southern History, 30 (1964), 143–61; Freehling, Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816–1836 (New York, 1965), 53–61; Genovese, Roll, Jordan, Roll: The World the Slaves Made (New York, 1974), 593–97; Stuckey, Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America (New York, 1987), 43–53; Johnson and Roark, Black Masters: A Free Family of Color in the Old South (New York, 1984), 37–42; Johnson, "Denmark Vesey and His Co-Conspirators," William and Mary Quarterly, 3d Ser., 58 (2001), 915–76 (references to this article are in parentheses in the text). Johnson's footnotes and "Further Reading" suggestions provide an exhaustive bibliography of those authors who have written extensively on this incident or have alluded to it as an example of slave resistance.
2 Egerton, He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives of Denmark Vesey (Madison, 1999); Robertson, Denmark Vesey (New York, 1999); Edward A. Pearson, ed., Designs against Charleston: The Trial Record of the Denmark Vesey Slave Conspiracy of 1822 (Chapel Hill, 1999).
3 Piven and Cloward, Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail (New York, 1977), 20.
4 Freehling, Prelude to Civil War, 26–29.
5 Smalls, "American Freedman's Inquiry Commission Interviews, 1863," in John Blassingame, ed., Slave Testimony: Two Centuries of Letters, Speeches, Interviews, and Autobiographies (Baton Rouge, 1977), 377.
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Mating Markets: A Naturally Selected Sex Allocation Theory of Sexual Selection
Marion Blute
Biological Theory 14 (2):103-111 (2019)
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Blute, Marion (2019). Mating Markets: A Naturally Selected Sex Allocation Theory of Sexual Selection. Biological Theory 14 (2):103-111.
This article utilizes three premises. There are commonly ecologically oriented, naturally selected specialized differences in frequency and/or quality as well as sexually selected differences between the sexes. Sex in the sense of coming together and going apart or going apart and coming together is trade in these naturally selected differences, i.e., there is a mating market in sexual species. While such trade is beneficial to the population as a whole, sexual competition and selection is conflict over the profits of that trade and can be detrimental to the population as a whole. These premises yield a naturally selected sex allocation theory of the possible directions and forms of sexual selection, i.e., one that includes costs as well as frequencies. This can explain conventional sex roles, the sex-role reversed, inter- as well as intrasexual selection, and passive as well as active choice. Any of these alternatives may be over mates, over gametes, or both. A hypothetical example based on density dependence relative to resources is provided, one that suggests that centrioles may be a cytoplasmic resource in males in multicellular animals, and which are the target of active choice and the mechanism of manipulation in passive female choice. As a whole, the approach yields a truly general theory of sexual selection, provides an alternative to the mechanism for Fisher's principle, and gives a theoretical explanation for Mayr's biological species definition.
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Emotion Energy
For Guild members, the purest form of progress is that of becoming one with one or more Energies. This is achieved through hard work, determination, and overcoming the various obstacles — known as barriers — encountered on their journey.
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Mental Energy
Think of the path of Energetic oneness as a skyscraper. Overcoming the first barrier gets you into the first floor. While there, you can learn about that floor and what it has to offer. After exploring sufficiently, you can piece together the key code that will take you to floor two on the elevator. Once at floor two, you must explore and increase your understanding with a more complex layout, until you can finally move on to floor three. And so on, with each floor off the ground bringing the Channel into closer and closer communion with their chosen Energy.
Body Energy
Each barrier overcome brings a Channel closer to this oneness, and with each step the Channel becomes less "mundane" and more a creature of pure Energy. This is not to say that they cease to become who they are (it is theorized that this would eventually happen, but to date, no one has achieved such perfection), but rather that the nature of their being changes, giving them supernatural powers and abilities related to the Energy in which they have just overcome this barrier.
Physic Energy
Overcoming barriers is an achievement honored by the Guilds, and they distinguish specific stages of achievement for those who have overcome certain barriers.
Novices: Those having overcome the first, second, or third barriers are considered Novices. They are early in the stages of learning the Energetic arts, and are generally the object of gentle encouragement by more nurturing Guild members. About 45% of trained Guild members are Novices.*
Initiates: Those having overcome the fourth, fifth, or sixth barriers are considered Initiates. At this stage, the Channel has proven their worth as a full "adult" in the Energetic arts. Initiates are afforded the basic amount of respect you would show to a fellow Guild member. About 40% of trained Guild members are Initiates.*
Adepts: Those having overcome the seventh, eighth, or ninth barriers are considered Adepts. Overcoming these barriers is a definite achievement, and not something most Guild members reach. They are generally afforded a great deal of respect by fellow Guild members, and some take on the responsibility of helping other, less accomplished Channels in their own journeys. About 10% of trained Guild members are Adepts.*
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About 4% of trained Guild members are Masters.*
Shadow Energy
Prodigies: Of course, there are those who have overcome even more difficult barriers, and these are known as Prodigies. While they are few and far between, they are not unheard of. Many Enforcers, the Guilds' elite police and strike force, have overcome the 13th barrier — and higher — in their primary Energy. Channels of this status are regarded as celebrities amongst most Channels, and even some non-Guild folks, depending on how they use their powers and whether their fame has spread. Such celebrities include Pirixchi, the de facto leader of the GERC; Gill, a continent-class Umbrist and thief; and Ordon of the Whirling Blades, current Commander of the Enforcers. And, of course, the amazing Mayor of Tarnath, Sympriono Ka'nesi. About 2% of trained Guild members are Prodigies.*
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After getting a demo of Command, Verkada's management software, at a regional security event, Lee Humphries was eager to move forward with a trial. "Most things that seem too good to be true usually are. I needed to test Verkada out for myself."
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"We do our utmost to support our local community. COVID-19 has brought on a number of new challenges. Verkada's technology has helped us in a number of ways to keep patients and staff safe at all times."
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak, the team at Verkada quickly pivoted the product strategy to build features that'd help healthcare professionals mitigate risks in medical settings. With powerful new capabilities like Motion Plotting, Crowd Notifications, and contact tracing with Face Search, the team at The London Clinic can quickly isolate footage of affected patients to prevent the spread of contact with other individuals.
"Seeing the team build new features in response to current events is incredibly impressive; it's a great example of adaptive technology."
Remote Access for Easy Incident Resolution
"What I hoped I'd get with a cloud-based CCTV solution is that same experience and peace of mind I get with my home doorbell system. I log into an app and instantly see what's happening. Verkada offered that same ease of accessibility; no configurations required, all I had to do was download the Verkada app."
Shortly after deploying Verkada's hybrid cloud cameras, Lee Humphries received a call at 12 AM concerning a potential incident at a facility. The onsite staff was following protocol and attending the situation to hand. As Lee Humphries was therefore unable to connect with them directly, he instead linked to the camera that was installed near the incident location, quickly pulling up the feed on his phone. In seconds, he saw what was going on and confirmed that the team had it under control.
"I was sitting in bed, at midnight on my phone, watching the event unfold. I was able to scroll back to see the full story and gather context of what led up to the event. Thanks to the professionalism of onsite staff everything was okay, but had I not had Verkada, I would've rushed out of bed and immediately driven onsite to make sure everything was handled. This was an eye-opening experience for me. It's clear in an emergency situation that remote monitoring is critical to the well-being of any organisation."
A Powerful Resource for the Security Team
"If you have dedicated security teams, Verkada's technology will help them keep a better eye on buildings. It's far more effective than hiring additional guards, because oftentimes they aren't notified of an incident until far after it has occurred."
As soon as cameras were installed, Lee Humphries shared access to Verkada's management platform with authorized security officers. The ability to cluster cameras by sites and share permissions with subgroups has enabled him to share access in a secure and straightforward way. Additionally, user seats come at no additional cost, so Lee Humphries has leveraged the resource to support numerous teams in their efforts to patrol security and provide exceptional patient care.
"The best part is that no onboarding was required. I sent out invitations, and the team knew what to do with it. Response from the team has been incredibly positive."
"The more I use Verkada, the more ways I find to become even more successful with the technology. I'd recommend it to anyone who manages multiple buildings."
The first rollout of Verkada included the successful replacement of 75 cameras across numerous locations. The team has been impressed with the speed at which Lee Humphries has been able to install the devices, giving him additional leverage to continue CCTV upgrades across other sites.
If you're interested in learning more about Verkada, join our Introduction to Hybrid Cloud Security webinar and see it in action.
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Q: Checking the width and height of an already stored image (in a variable) in PHP Yo, im just trying to make this work. I would like to recieve the height and weidth of an image i donwloaded from database and already stored in a variable $image. For some reason the code doesnt work... using php7
here is the codde:
function displayImage($id){
    $query = "SELECT pic FROM desk WHERE id=$id";
    $result = mysqli_query($GLOBALS['conn'],$query);
    $resultCheck = mysqli_num_rows($result);
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            }else if($imageW<$imageH){
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thanks to anyone who helps :)

A: I would store the image as a String first, then encode it since the image width and height can be obtained from the decoded String. Take a look at the following code:
function displayImage($id){
    $query = "SELECT pic FROM desk WHERE id=$id";
    $result = mysqli_query($GLOBALS['conn'],$query);
    $resultCheck = mysqli_num_rows($result);
    if($resultCheck>0){
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            $dimen = getimagesizefromstring($image);
            $imageW = dimen[0];
            $imageH = dimen[1];
            if($imageW>$imageH){
                return '';
            }else if($imageW<$imageH){
                return '';
            }else if($imageW===$imageH){
                return '';
            }

        }
    }
}

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