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Harrison (Carter) Park
Welcome to Harrison Park!
Playing ball at Harrison!
Our awesome Special Rec campers!
Learning to Swim at Harrison!
Night Out in the Parks fun at Harrison
Harrison Park artificial turf field
1824 S. Wood St.
Supervisor: Tony Gonzales
Monday 8:00 am-9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am-9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am-9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am-9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am-9:00 pm
Located in the Pilsen community, Harrison Park totals 18.58 acres and features a fieldhouse with a gymnastics center, an indoor swimming pool, a gymnasium, meetings rooms and a reception rotunda featuring a bust of Emiliano Zapata, one of the most prominent figures of the Mexican Revolution. Outside, the park offers tennis courts, basketball courts, baseball fields, a large artificial turf field that is used for baseball and football or soccer and a playground.
Many of these spaces are available for rental. Harrison Park is also located adjacent to the National Museum for Mexican Art and offers many cultural opportunities in partnership with the museum.
Park-goers come to Harrison Park to play soccer, baseball and tennis, or go swimming in the indoor pool. After school programs are offered throughout the school year, and in the summer youth attend the Park District's popular six-week day camp. Specialty camps are offered in the summer as well, and special recreation camps for children and adults are offered throughout the year.
In addition to programs, Harrison Park hosts fun special events throughout the year for the whole family, such as Movies in the Park and other holiday activities.
The West Park Commission created Harrison Park in 1912 to provide breathing space and social services to the overcrowded and industrialized lower west side. The commission's first three neighborhood parks, Dvorak, Eckhart, and Stanford Parks, were so successful that the State passed a bill permitting additional neighborhood parks in 1909. (Stanford Park no longer exists.)
The Special Park Commission identified several potential park sites, including an eight-acre parcel previously used for lime production. The West Park Commission acquired the lime kiln site and renowned landscape designer Jens Jensen created the park's original plan. Swimming and wading pools and a natatorium building were constructed in 1914.
Within the next several years, other recreational features including children's gardens were added, however, the park did not have a fieldhouse until 1928. In 1950, the Chicago Park District expanded the intensively-used small park by acquiring a stone quarry at its western boundary.
During the following years, the neighborhood's Latino population grew, and in 1987, the natatorium was converted to the National Museum of Mexican Art. In 1993, a new state-of-the-art fieldhouse replaced the original facility.
The park honors one of Chicago's most popular mayors, Carter H. Harrison, Sr. (1825-1893). A native Kentuckian who settled near Union Park, Harrison served as mayor for five terms between 1879 and 1893. He was assassinated by a disappointed office seeker late on the day of October 28, 1893. Ironically, the day had been designated Mayor's Day in Harrison's honor because it marked the closing of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago's first world's fair. There is a monument to Harrison in Union Park.
Contact: Tina Iturralde, President
Email: tinaiturralde@yahoo.com
3rd Tuesday of every month at 6 pm
Harrison Park Climbing Wall
Harrison Tennis Courts
Harrison Playground
Harrison Park Pool
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Harrison Gymnasium
Harrison Baseball Fields
Harrison Fitness Center
Harrison Baseball Field - Artificial Turf
Harrison Clubrooms
Harrison Boxing Gym
Harrison Basketball Court - Outdoor
Harrison Football/Soccer Field - Artificial Turf
Emiliano Zapata Bust
Harrison Fitness Course
1801 South Wood Street
Harrison Gymnastics Center
within Harrison Park Fieldhouse
Harrison Fieldhouse
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ABC 7 Chicago: Meet Me at the Park
Chicago Park District Gears Up For Winter
Year Round Lifeguard Recertification at Harrison
Location: Harrison (Carter) Park
Gym Showcase at Harrison
Family Painting at Harrison
2020 Spring: Zone 2: East of California
Most programs run from Monday, March 30 to Sunday, June 07.
Online registration begins Tuesday, February 25.
In-person registration begins Saturday, February 29.
Kiddie College - Winter at Harrison 286629 Instruction Recreation At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 9am to 11:30am $32.00
Park Kids - Winter at Harrison 287178 Instruction After School At least 6 but less than 14 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 27, 2020
Each Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 3pm to 6pm $59.00
Basketball Skills Partnership at Harrison 285734 Partnership Group Basketball At least 10 but less than 16 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Monday,Thursday from 6pm to 7:15pm Free
Adult Leadership Club (Special Rec) at Harrison 285107 Instruction Clubs 22 and up Coed From January 14, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Tuesday from 11am to 5pm on the 2nd week of each month $15.00
Aquatic Cardio Cycling at Harrison 285145 Instruction Fitness 18 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 9am to 10am $30.00
Aquatic Cardio Cycling at Harrison 285146 Instruction Fitness 18 and up Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Each Wednesday from 9am to 10am $30.00
Aquatic Cardio Cycling at Harrison 285147 Instruction Fitness 18 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 9am to 10am $30.00
Aquatic Exercise I - Water Walking at Harrison 285151 Instruction Fitness 60 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Each Tuesday from 8am to 9am Free
Each Thursday from 8am to 9am Free
Arts & Crafts (Special Rec) at Harrison 285348 Instruction Decorative Arts 22 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 2pm to 4pm $8.00
Bitty Basketball at Harrison 285766 Instruction Basketball At least 6 but less than 14 Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Bitty Basketball at Harrison 285767 Instruction Basketball At least 6 but less than 8 Coed From January 11, 2020 to March 14, 2020
Each Saturday from 9:30am to 11:30am Free
Each Saturday from 11:30am to 1:30pm Free
Bitty Basketball at Harrison 285769 Instruction Basketball At least 11 but less than 14 Coed From January 11, 2020 to March 14, 2020
Each Saturday from 1:30pm to 3:30pm Free
Yoga (Special Rec) at Harrison 286300 Instruction Yoga 22 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 1pm to 2pm Free
Fun and Games at Harrison 286374 Instruction Fun & Games At least 6 but less than 13 Coed From January 31, 2020 to January 31, 2020
Each Friday from 3pm to 6pm Free
Gymnastics at Harrison 286480 Instruction Recreational At least 6 but less than 15 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Gymnastics at Harrison 286481 Instruction Recreational At least 6 but less than 15 Coed From January 9, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Learn to Swim (Special Rec) at Harrison 286703 Instruction Lessons At least 8 but less than 18 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 3pm to 3:45pm Free
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286783 Instruction Lessons 18 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 10am to 11am $34.00
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286784 Instruction Lessons At least 6 but less than 18 Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Saturday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Saturday, Mar 7, 2020
Each Saturday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286787 Instruction Lessons At least 6 but less than 18 Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286790 Instruction Lessons 18 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 10am to 11am $34.00
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286791 Instruction Lessons 18 and up Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Learn to Swim at Harrison 286792 Instruction Lessons At least 6 but less than 18 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Mixed Media Arts at Harrison 286963 Instruction Decorative Arts At least 8 but less than 13 Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Each Wednesday from 5pm to 6pm Free
Seasonal Sports at Harrison 287445 Instruction Seasonal Sports At least 13 but less than 16 Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Each Wednesday from 5:15pm to 6:15pm Free
Seasonal Sports at Harrison 287446 Instruction Seasonal Sports At least 8 but less than 11 Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Seasonal Sports Club at Harrison 287525 Instruction Seasonal Sports At least 8 but less than 11 Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Seasonal Sports Club at Harrison 287526 Instruction Seasonal Sports At least 13 but less than 16 Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Social Club (Special Rec) at Harrison 287730 Instruction Clubs 22 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Monday,Friday from 4pm to 5pm $5.00
Special Olympics Bowling at Harrison 287747 Instruction Bowling 22 and up Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Each Wednesday from 11am to 4pm $14.00
Special Olympics Gymnastics at Harrison 287751 Instruction Recreational 22 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 12pm to 1pm $6.00
Special Olympics Seasonal Sports at Harrison 287760 Instruction Seasonal Sports 22 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 11am to 3pm $14.00
Special Olympics Seasonal Sports at Harrison 287761 Instruction Seasonal Sports At least 8 but less than 18 Coed From January 13, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Special Olympics Swimming at Harrison 287772 Instruction Lessons 22 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 11am to 12pm Free
Step Aerobics at Harrison 287805 Instruction Aerobics 18 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 9am to 10am Free
TEAM Sports at Harrison 287958 Instruction Specialized At least 6 but less than 9 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 27, 2020
TEAM Sports at Harrison 287959 Instruction Specialized 18 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 26, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 8pm to 9pm $35.00
TEAM Sports at Harrison 287960 Instruction Specialized At least 9 but less than 18 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 27, 2020
Each Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 6pm to 7:30pm $35.00
Tiny Tot Swim - Level I at Harrison 288129 Instruction Lessons At least 1 years 6 months but less than 3 years 1 months Coed From January 11, 2020 to March 21, 2020
Each Saturday from 10:30am to 11:30am
Tiny Tot Swim - Level I at Harrison 288130 Instruction Lessons At least 1 years 6 months but less than 3 years 1 months Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Each Tuesday from 10am to 11am $38.00
Each Thursday from 10am to 11am $38.00
Tiny Tot Swim - Level II at Harrison 288178 Instruction Lessons At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 11, 2020 to March 21, 2020
Each Saturday from 11:30am to 12:30pm
Tiny Tot Swim - Level II at Harrison 288179 Instruction Lessons At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Each Tuesday from 11am to 12pm $38.00
Each Thursday from 11am to 12pm $38.00
Each Wednesday from 10am to 11am $38.00
Each Wednesday from 11am to 12pm $38.00
Tone Stretch Balance at Harrison 288279 Instruction Fitness 18 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 11:15am to 12:15pm Free
Volleyball at Harrison 288374 Instruction Volleyball At least 11 but less than 13 Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Each Tuesday from 4pm to 5pm Free
Aquatic Exercise (Special Rec) at Harrison 299179 Instruction Fitness 22 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 11am to 12pm Free
Canvas Painting at Harrison 299180 Instruction Painting 18 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm $10.00
Drama (Special Rec) at Harrison 299181 Instruction Theater 22 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 12pm to 3pm $5.00
Fun with Fabric at Harrison 299182 Instruction Decorative Arts 60 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 12:30pm to 2pm Free
Jewelry at Harrison 299183 Instruction Decorative Arts 18 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 1:45pm to 2:45pm Free
Moms, Pops & Tots Interaction at Harrison 299184 Instruction Recreation At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Each Wednesday from 1pm to 2:30pm Free
Needlework at Harrison 299186 Instruction Decorative Arts 60 and up Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Special Olympics Swimming at Harrison 299187 Instruction Lessons At least 8 but less than 22 Coed From January 10, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Friday from 3pm to 3:45pm Free
Storytime at Harrison 299188 Instruction Recreation At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 11:30am to 12:30pm Free
Tone Stretch Balance at Harrison 299189 Instruction Fitness 18 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 9, 2020
Each Monday from 12:15pm to 1:15pm Free
Walking Club (Special Rec) at Harrison 299191 Instruction Walking 22 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 3pm to 4pm $7.00
Music and Movement at Harrison 299192 Instruction Dance 60 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 12:30pm to 1:30pm Free
Basketball League at Harrison 285676 League (Team) Basketball 21 and up Male From January 15, 2020 to April 15, 2020
Each Wednesday,Thursday from 7:15pm to 9:30pm $158.00
Basketball - Open at Harrison 285497 Open Basketball 18 and up Male From January 6, 2020 to March 14, 2020
Each Monday from 7:15pm to 8:45pm
Each Saturday from 9am to 10am $34.00
Lap Swim at Harrison 286687 Open Open 13 and up Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 28, 2020
Each Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday from 12pm to 2pm
Each Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 8am to 9am
Each Monday,Friday from 8:30pm to 9pm
Each Wednesday from 8:30pm to 9:03pm
Open Swim at Harrison 287089 Open Open Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 14, 2020
Each Monday from 2pm to 3pm
Each Monday,Friday from 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Senior Citizens Club at Harrison 287577 Open Clubs 60 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 9am to 1pm Free
Senior Swim at Harrison 287608 Open Open 60 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 14, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 9am to 10am
Each Saturday from 9am to 10:15am Free
Table Games at Harrison 287885 Open Fun & Games 60 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 12, 2020
Each Tuesday,Thursday from 1:30pm to 2:30pm Free
Volleyball - Open at Harrison 299190 Open Volleyball 18 and up Coed From January 7, 2020 to March 10, 2020
Fun and Games at Harrison 286371 Internal Staff Offering Fun & Games At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 8, 2020 to March 11, 2020
Fun and Games at Harrison 286372 Internal Staff Offering Fun & Games At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 20, 2020 to January 20, 2020
Fun and Games at Harrison 286373 Internal Staff Offering Fun & Games At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From February 17, 2020 to February 17, 2020
Sport Art & Dart Partnership at Harrison 287788 Internal Staff Offering Recreation At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From January 6, 2020 to March 13, 2020
Each Monday,Wednesday,Friday from 9:30am to 11:30am Free
Kiddie College - Spring at Harrison 292591 Instruction Recreation At least 3 but less than 6 Coed From March 31, 2020 to June 11, 2020
Park Kids - Spring at Harrison 293173 Instruction After School At least 6 but less than 14 Coed From March 30, 2020 to June 19, 2020
2014 Special Olympics
Date Posted: 5/6/2014 Harrison Park athletes are ready for the games to begin!
Push Kart Derby 2016
Date Posted: 8/26/2016 Campers prepare to race!
Central Region 2017 Junior Citizens Awards Banquet
Date Posted: 3/23/2017 Our 2017 Junior Citizen Finalists: Joshua Garduno, Francisco Garcia, MiCayla Jones, Andrzej…
Harrison Park: Emiliano Zapata Bust
Date Posted: 7/23/2015 Harrison Park's handsome bronze portrait bust of Emiliano Zapata is a copy of an original…
Son Monarcas at Harrison Park


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We hung on to our three quid but would hope that, after asking all the wrong questions, 'UK-Justice' finally got round to telling this almshouse resident that he/she was probably on a bummer. The first question we would have asked would have been whether the landlord was an RSL.
MARCH 2012: Our website has hardly been up'n'running for five minutes (and we haven't SEO'd it yet!) before two further cases came rushing out of the woodwork. For as long as an almshouse license remains a license to intimidate we cannot disclose full details, but: The first case hinted at intimidation by both staff and trustees. We further gather that the trustees are seeking to impose new conditions on established residents. The second case hinged principally upon delapidations and the significant costs incurred by residents arising from the trustees' failure to deal properly with those delapidations. We've included these latest additions on the Disputes page. We'll keep you posted.
What you read there should be considered in conjunction with the arguments made on our Human Rights page and elsewhere on our website. The significance of Reynolds v UK could mean that an almshouse resident's challenge to a Possession Order can no longer be arbitrarily struck out in the county court. There's more. A hypothetical almshouse resident's case conjoining Articles 6, 8, Protocol 1, Article 1 and Article 13, provided of course it otherwise has perceptible merit, should now, in the light of Reynolds v UK, circumvent rule 3.4 in the county court and thereafter leapfrog the decidely sticky domestic law impediments to justice and be fast-tracked to the European Court! It should be remembered that the applicant (in actuality her successor) did not come away from the ECtHR totally recompensed. She was decidedly short-changed on costs and damages, being only awarded approximately 0.42 of the total claimed. It is not clear how the shortfall was funded; legal aid, pro bono or personal resources. Of course the primary issue for us would be the roof over the applicant's head, compensation a secondary issue. It should also be remembered that the timescale was of the order of five years – but this was a ground-breaking case and the lead time should significantly shorten should it become necessary to initiate later cases on similar premises. What is more likely to be the outcome is that the example of Reynolds v UK and the prospect of defending a case modelled upon it should stay the hand of the intemperate trustee well short of the courtroom door. Accordingly, we would advise a beleaguered resident to instruct a solicitor and uninhibitedly point him/her in the direction of our website for the requisite foreknowledge. They'll probably feel a bit miffed at your presumption but it might shave costs somewhat. The legal aid position is not clear as we write but with Reynolds v UK as a precedent we feel that an Article 13 challenge in and from the county court would be publicly funded.
UPDATE: Hopton's Almshouses, Southwark It seems that in September last year Lord Shipley tabled an amendment to the Localism Bill which would have given almshouse licensees a say in any proposed transfer of the roofs over their heads. However the amendment was withdrawn after the Government 'promised to continue to work to resolve the issue'. Earl Attlee, replying for the Government, closed the issue by saying: "I fully understand the reasoning behind the proposed amendment [but] we are concerned that the amendment seems to require an increase in bureaucracy and potential state interference in the proper exercise of charity trustees' discretion." Where have we heard that stuff before? Mind you, they had discussed it with, among others, the Charity Commission and the Almshouse Association. Little wonder therefore it was kicked into the long grass. Had the amendment gone through it would have given almshouse residents limited recourse to natural justice on the narrow issue of property transfers. It would not however have solved the more toxic and ongoing problem of the intimidation of residents by cavalier trustees. Our advice would have been that the residents should have opted for whichever landlord was an RSL and therefore the more constrained by Human Rights. We hope they made the right decision. Resident Alison Holsgrove reversed her previous misgivings with the following words: "I feel that the fear and trepidation have been lifted. I look forward to sunshine and roses." Not yet Alison we fear. The battle is not yet won. It was purely the light of publicity that got a result on this occasion. Almshouse residents remain victims of an atavistic relegation. We still have no day in court. The fight goes on.
As of May 22nd 2012 we've tweaked the Wikipedia article on almshouses (look it up), introducing a necessary degree of verisimilitude to the matter of tenure. We've also added a link to this website. All in the hope that it might dissuade an aspiring resident from signing one of those inveigling 'letters of appointment' in ignorance of the dire implications of so doing.
On June 15th 2012 we augmented our arguments in the 'Flawed Judgement' page, particularly with regard to the statutory provision that an almshouse tenant (sic) should not be evicted without suitable alternative accommodation being made available. It might make the page somewhat unwieldly but the point is critical to our predicament post Gray v Taylor.
On July 7th 2012 we further augmented our above arguments in respect of the housing benefit rules as misinterpreted by Sir John Vinelott.
Again, as we know to our cost, since 1998 trustees no longer have to find 'suitable alternative accommodation' for their evictees and this can mean you having to look for a place to squat in. In which case, if you wish to avoid being criminalised make sure your target property is not a house or flat. Make for such as a derelict shop, office or warehouse. Human rights? Other squatters may have them but because Article 13 (the right to have your issue tried before an independent tribunal) was never written into the UK Human Rights Act you don't have any.
[Parens patriae] can be invoked wherever a vulnerable adult is, or is reasonably believed to be, for some reason deprived of the capacity to make the relevant decision, or disabled from making a free choice, or incapacitated or disabled from giving or expressing a real and genuine consent. The cause may be, but is not for this purpose limited to, mental disorder or mental illness. A vulnerable adult who does not suffer from any kind of mental incapacity may nonetheless be entitled to the protection of the inherent jurisdiction if he is, or is reasonably believed to be, incapacitated from making the relevant decision by reason of such things as constraint, coercion, undue influence or other vitiating factors.
The principal operative word in our case being 'coercion'. Of course we can hardly fail to reiterate that the High Court famously abnegated its parens patriae duty when its appeal process formulated the adverse judgment in Gray v Taylor and cast us into the legal limbo in which we currently languish. But then experience has shown that inconsistency has long been a failing of the English legal system. Its ultimate failing crystallises when in those in current authority fail to act to remove such inconsistencies. In terms of Human Rights it was also held that the use of parens patriae in this context is compatible with Article 8 (the right to respect for one's private and family life, home and correspondence) in just the same manner as the Mental Capacity Act 2005 is held to be compatible. In both instances any orders made by the European court in a particular case must be only those which are necessary and proportionate to the facts of that case. Reassuringly it was also asserted that "it is… of the essence of humanity that adults are entitled to be eccentric, entitled to be unorthodox, entitled to be obstinate, entitled to be irrational. Many are". There is an inferred obligation to exhaust the domestic jurisdiction's non-judicial remedies before petitioning the European court (ombudsmen and that sort of thing). In our case surely it cannot seriously be suggested that we should go down the fruitless route of invoking the Charity Commission's 'visitatorial powers'. As we have well demonstrated on this website, ex Parte Baldwin has scotched that! The cumulative effect of these later judgments is to conflate and compound the current almshouse licensor/licensee nexus. Whatever else, one conclusion that is inescapable is that the current nexus is becoming a legal minefield for the all parties. For that reason alone the iniquitous licensor/licensee nexus cries out to be rationalised to that of landlord & tenant.
According to the judgement, on 18 January 2005 amendments to section 4 of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 came into force which introduced the possibility for possession orders to be suspended by a court on the application of the occupier for up to twelve months at a time. Even better, section 2(1) and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Mobile Homes Act provide that the owner of a relevant site is entitled to terminate a licence only if (i) he satisfies the court that the occupier has breached a term of the licence agreement and has failed to comply with a notice to remedy the breach; and (ii) the court considers it reasonable for the agreement to be terminated. Thus are gypsies brought within the protection of the domestic courts and, failing that, unimpeded access to the European court to resolve disputes. Almshouse residents on the other hand are left languishing in their legalistic lacuna where at best the function of courts is 'purely mechanistic' – in other words, they simply rubber-stamp orders for possession. In the present case the complaints were consolidated and upheld by the court. Perhaps mercenary trustees should be advised to determine whether applicants for almshouses have gypsy blood in their veins before confirming appointments. Perhaps applicants, for their part, should conceal any such, against some future contingency. We regard these iniquitous anomalies as yet another complication heaped onto the ramifications of Gray v Taylor. In the interests of all parties the licensor/licensee nexus yet again cries out to be rationalised to that of landlord/tenant. On a related matter: notwithstanding our arguments elsewhere against the doctrine that 'the world of charity is essentially private', if officialdom via the courts is to assume that almshouse rent ('service charge' or whatever else trustees may care to call it) is universally reimbursed via housing benefit (which in fact is not the case!), it follows that almshouse charities are rendered private entities in receipt of public funds (see Judge De Gaetano's digression). This factor should automatically bring almshouse residents under the protection of the ECtHR. Or are we playing both ends against the middle here?
October 13th 2012: New Housing Minister: Now that the conference season has come to an end and MPs are back in their parliamentary benches, it is time to revivify our campaign in the corridors of power. We have a new housing minister in the form of Mark Prisk, former minister for business and enterprise. A chartered surveyor by profession, he has a background in property and economic development. In 2001 he was elected MP for Hertford and Stortford. Let us hope he is less impervious than his predecessor to our ineluctable logic and arguments; namely that 'current arrangements' (see our BRE page) are inevitably suppressing all evidence of disputes; and that charity law, as currently constituted, is relegating some 36,000 UK residents to the status of third class citizens in that it excludes them from the protection of both domestic law and human rights. Watch this space.
Quite. As of October 2013 junior minister Kris Hopkins will replace Mark Prisk with the housing brief. We comment further below.
November 2012: A statue at Sir William Turner's almshouses (founded 1676) at Kirkleatham near Redcar,Yorkshire has recently been returned to the site after refurbishment. Its theme? JUSTITIA. How ironic, would you not agree. Let's hope (we speak generally) the concept is soon to follow the artefact; don't hold your breath. Mind you, the charity is a Registered Social Landlord which is half the battle.
January 2013 – HOUSING BENEFIT: It has been brought to our notice that some almshouse residents have been short-changed on Housing Benefit. Succinctly, all qualifiedly impecunious almshouse residents are eligible for Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit. Although, strictly speaking, the issue is beyond our remit (that of returning almshouse residents to the protection of the courts re tenure) we shall shortly be publishing a new page dedicated to this issue of Housing Benefit. Update February 1st 2013 – the page is now up'n'running.
THE COMMISSION ON A PROPOSED BILL OF RIGHTS: this process seems to have run its course, the outcome being equivocal for our interests. We will be augmenting the relevant page with our assessment shortly.
Quite. We advise as best we can, subject to our legal reservations. We have other 'incomings' which show that our case apropos intimidation is well made. When we have advised these correspondents we shall publish their cases – meticulously anonymised of course – on this News page. We'll shortly be making representations to the new housing minister.
As noted elsewhere on this website, a predecessor Grant Shapps was complacently satisfied that "current arrangements were working well" – as indeed they will do for trustees when all beneficiaries are silenced by the intimidation inherent in those arrangements! Notwithstanding the problem is nation-wide, your local MP will consider him/herself constrained by constituency boundaries. Consequently it is imperative that all almshouse residents – whether in current dispute or not – petition their local MP if we are to sap the ivory tower that the trustee body has become since Gray v Taylor. You can use the draft letter on our Petition Your MP page.
February 27th 2013: this website is under constant revision. We have recently augmented the following pages: A Flawed Judgment and Petition Your MP, which see. 11th March 2013. Yet more plaintive incoming.We quote: "I have informed the trust of the problems and one of the trustees called and bullied and belittled me." Yes folks, it's yet another example of how trustees carry on when they know they don't have to make a case. We are supporting our correspondent as best we can and will publish more detail in due course. Suffice to say it involves delapidations and if you read our 'Outlawed Again' page you will get the broad picture.
20th March 2013 update. (1) We now learn of a purporting almshouse charity that has let trust property on an Assured Shorthold Tenancy basis – a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire for anybody who is qualifiedly an almsperson. (2) Another purporting almshouse charity is proposing to charge licensees a market rent for their homes, thus extinguishing any discernible charitable input! It is a truism to say that an almshouse divested of alms can no longer be an almshouse.
27th March: now we have another decidedly intimidatory outfit harassing two of its beneficiaries; trusty trustees frightening little old ladies with spurious and defamatory 'formal written warnings'. Clearly we need to publish a new page on this topic. We're working on it – go to Formal Written Warnings.
20th May 2013: Housing Benefit. We are pleased to report that one of our correspondents has successfully pursued a claim for Housing Benefit in accordance with our advisories and has inspired five other almshouse residents to pursue similar claims. These go back as far as 18 years and collectively amount to some £26,000.
15th July 2013: Malik v Fassenfelt and others  EWCA Civ 798. A BREAK-THROUGH EGAD! Hitherto we have had to rely on public caselaw such as Manchester City Council v Pinnock  UKSC 6,  2 A.C. 104 and Hounslow LBC v Powell  2 A.C. 186. These were actions against public bodies and Human Rights were thereby automatically engaged. We could only infer Human Rights between private parties and as we know to our cost "the world of charity is essentially private" (Rix LJ in Weaver v London & Quadrant Housing, CA, 2009). Now we have this case between two private parties wherein the court considered itself bound by Human Rights. We can therefore cite it as an ameliorating precedent. We 'lost' by proxy but this was due to the peculiar circumstances of the case and on the residual issue of proportionality the precedent would be in our favour. The ivory tower of trustee infallibility is thus further and irrevocably sapped!
August 10th 2013: now we have yet another venerable charity coercing or inveigling its almshouse licensees into signing Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements (AST's) along with extinguishing all charitable input. It is a truism to say that an almshouse divested of alms can no longer be an almshouse. The AST is a bum deal because it contains the ready seeds of its own demise and expressly abnegates the protection of the court whereas the almshouse license, at least impliedly, endures for the natural life of the licensee (albeit absent incapacitance or allegations of delinquency). In other words, the AST is out of the frying pan and into the fire for the almshouse resident. We'll comment further on this case as it develops.
December 2013: it became apparent during the year that some almshouse charities giving rise to issues may have been influenced by the fact that they are in financial difficulties. So, if circumstances really do compel you towards accepting an almshouse license at least make sure that your intended licensor is at least healthy in terms of funding finance.
We've opened a new page. It is significant to our case. We recommend you read it. It ought to be the final nail in the coffin of Gray v Taylor. Here's the link.
And now we have Manchester Ship Canal Developments v Persons Unknown  EWHC 645 (Ch). The High Court has ruled that Convention rights may be engaged in disputes between private landowners and trespassers, thereby making it incumbent on the court under Section 6 of the Human Rights Act to balance the trespassers' rights under Article 8 against the landowner's rights under Article 1 Protocol 1. The obiter dictum of HHJ Pelling at para.46 is highly germane to issues between private landlords and 'trespassers'. In some hypothetical context that term would undoubtedly encompass almshouse residents. Malik v Fassenfelt considered (and reinforced!). Another nail in the coffin of Gray v Taylor.
June 2014. On the 'Flawed Judgement' page we wax rather expansively on the landmark criminal case of R v Hussey , our point being that he who would be deemed a lodger today was deemed a tenant in 1924 and that on the ground that the greater (exclusive occupation) includes the lesser (shared with landlord), this would apply to almshouse residents prior to Gray v Taylor. Succinctly, it furnishes the almshouse resident carte blanche to shoot the bailiffs!
QUOTE/ Thank you for your further letter of 6 August to the Department enclosing one from your constituent …, which also enclosed a copy of a letter from the Almshouse Residents Action Group to UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing about the status of residents of Almshouses.
Given the ineluctability of our argument re the UN criteria for the adequacy of any system of housing, the only possible 'option' that would return the UK to a state of grace would be the restoration of defensible tenancies for almshouse occupants. However, given the propensity for prevarication on the part of HMG it remains to be seen how 'helpful' these discussions will prove to be.
As it is, we are waiting for our correspondent to advise us; we do not consider it would be fruitful at this stage for us to approach the Minister direct. We are however in direct communication with the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing seeking an assurance that HMG is to be taxed with the issue of almshouse tenure on her next visit to the United Kingdom or is to be called to account by way of correspondence in early course. We'll keep you advised.
January 5th 2015: Happy New Year! We've learned of a possible eviction somewhere in the Midlands but have no details as we write. We have another case developing which we are monitoring closely and will post further information as it arises, subject of course to confidentialities.
The reason the communes' members pay "tuppence" is because in 2009 a previous incarnation of OHG froze their rent, refusing to recognise those living in the properties as tenants in an attempt to force them out.
Does OHG – in any incarnation – realise that the ruse it reached for rendered itself a purveyor of inadequate housing?
14th July 2015: A FURTHER BREAKTHROUGH EGAD!
We've recently argued that, irrespective of the human rights accruing under the European Convention, we have rights deriving from the historical – and historic – United Nations Convention. It's now nice to see the UK Supreme Court agreeing with us. Apparently the key is discrimination.
The relevant case is Cameron Mathieson, a deceased child (by his father Craig Mathieson) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Respondent) Trinity Term  UKSC 47. On appeal from:  EWCA Civ 286.
Succinctly, this case reaches beyond the remit of the European Convention on Human Rights and the later Treaty on the Working of the European Union, in that it gathers in those historic rights accruing to us under the United Nations Conventions. As such, it reinforces the Group's position as stated in the closing paragraphs of our Polemic (see "Our March 2014 Initiative").
Cameron Mathieson was born on 19 June 2007 and sadly passed away on 12 October 2012. He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and Duchenne muscular dystrophy soon after he was born, and his parents went to great lengths to meet his exceptional and complex care needs during his short life. The principal issue was the state benefit known as Disability Living Allowance ("DLA"). Upon his being hospitalized in July 2010 his DLA was stopped on the assumption that his commensurate care needs would now be met by the NHS in hospital rather than by the attentions of his dedicated parents in the home.
However, due to the progressive falling away of NHS care capability, this assumption no longer holds good. Instead his care needs ended up being provided by his dedicated parents in contingency attendance at the hospital. This burdened them with greater expense than hitherto. Among other things they now had to contend with travelling expenses, for the hospital is some 25 miles away from home.
After having been rebuffed in the lower tribunals and courts, Cameron's father took his case to the UK Supreme Court where he invoked the Human Rights Act and adduced "…other status".
Quite. If we stretch the judgment somewhat and shift the axis away from childcare and towards elderly persons in almshouses, we can adduce "association with property" as per the aforesaid Article 14.
Again quite. In our case we can paraphrase the above paragraph as follows: [t]his conclusion is in harmony with the rights afforded to almshouse residents under international law by the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; specifically the right to adequate housing.
It follows therefore that, for the time being, under the UN criteria all almshouse charities in England and Wales are purveyors of inadequate housing. We cannot conclude other than that the remedy resides within the judgment in Mathieson which, mutatis mutandis, appears to supersede and strike down the judgment in Gray v Taylor. Mathieson allied with Reynolds v United Kingdom  ECHR 437 (see earlier on this page) should now be enough to see off Gray v Taylor and in addition, render the statutory deficit of Article 13 (right to an effective legal remedy) thankfully redundant.
We would further opine that, if the currently imperilled Human Rights Act was to succumb to the machinations of the present government, the longstop UN protections would endure, either by default or via any prospective Bill of Rights.
August 3rd 2015: it get's better! Now R v The Charity Commissioners for England & Wales ex parte Baldwin falls from grace!
In ex parte Baldwin it was determined that a decision of the Charity Commissioners not to intervene in an almshouse eviction process was not amenable to judicial review. It is our view that this determination can no longer endure in the light of Datafin. A material feature of both cases was absence of contract. Otherwise, the nature of the respective functions of the Charity Commissioners and the bodies they presume to regulate – in our case the providers of (inadequate) housing – are, having regard to the gravitas of those functions, sufficiently analogous to the nature of the functions of the body that administers the City Code, that they now fall within the orbit of judicial review. That is, unless our justiciary elects to be schizoid!
January 2016: At last! A relevant Barrister's Opinion!
Originally published in The Conveyancer & Property Lawyer some time ago, it has since become available via City Research Online. You can download it via Foxit Reader from the site. The URL is http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/6643/ (paste it into your search box). Don't forget to observe any copyright advisories.
Three things to note: (1) we haven't fully digested it yet (it runs to 18 pages!); and (2) it hasn't been tested in court because the cause of action was overtaken by events (the lady moved out!); and (3) it might be somewhat out of date.
We'll be reverting to this item when time allows.
March 2016: There has been some 'static' on 'right to buy' apropos almshouses. In our considered opinion any such aspiration fails on two counts. Firstly, it is self evident that RTB would progressively erode an almshouse estate to the extent that the will of the historical benefactor(s) would be frustrated and the trustees are mandated to protect that will. Secondly, it would also be self evident that a person occupying an almshouse who evidenced that he/she had become able to buy it, would, in prior consideration, have become disqualified as an almsperson and liable to summary eviction therefor. The statutory proviso regarding "suitable alternative accommodation" would be a non sequitur by reason of the occupant's new-found wealth.
December 2016: now we have to contend with Watts v Stewart in the court of appeal, December 2016. Janet Watts apparently contested a possession order at Guildford County Court in May sought by Ashtead United Charity on grounds of her anti-social behaviour.
March 2017. We've added a new page on this case, to which you are referred.
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L'arcidiocesi di Beth Lapat è un'antica sede metropolitana della Chiesa d'Oriente, attestata dal III al XIV secolo.

Storia
Bēṯ Lapaṭ (Beth Lapat) è il nome siriaco della città persiana di Gundishapur, le cui rovine sono identificabili nei pressi del villaggio di Sah Abad in Iran, 14 chilometri a sud-ovest di Dezful. Fu costruita dal re persiano Sapore I (241-272) per ospitare i prigionieri greci deportati dopo le vittorie contro gli eserciti bizantini nel nord della Mesopotamia e ad Antiochia, e divenne ben presto la principale residenza estiva dei re persiani nella provincia del Khūzestān (o Huzistan), nota in siriaco come Beth Huzaye e corrispondente all'incirca alla moderna regione di Ilam (o Elam). La città fu sede di un'antica diocesi della Chiesa d'Oriente, riconosciuta come sede metropolitana di Beth Huzaye nel concilio di Seleucia-Ctesifonte del 410.

Tra i deportati di origine greca che fondarono la città si trovarono moltissimi cristiani bizantini, tra cui il vescovo di Antiochia, Demetriano, a cui le antiche cronache siriache orientali, tra cui la Cronaca di Seert, attribuiscono la fondazione della diocesi di Beth Lapat. La stessa Cronaca riferisce che alla morte di Demetriano nel 260, la comunità cristiana gli dette un successore nella persona di Ardaq (o Arzaq); inizia così la serie millenaria di vescovi di Beth Lapat, il cui ultimo titolare noto è Giuseppe, che nel 1318 prese parte al concilio convocato dal patriarca Timoteo II. Sette vescovi di Beth Lapat divennero patriarchi della Chiesa d'Oriente.

Secondo la Cronaca di Seert a Beth Lapat trovò la morte nel 276 circa, il teologo Mānī, fondatore del manicheismo. La sua morte coincise con un periodo cupo per la Chiesa nell'impero persiano e con una serie di persecuzioni che colpirono il Khuzestan durante il regno di Bahram II (276-293) e soprattutto di Sapore II (309-379); a Beth Lapat trovarono la morte come martiri molti cristiani, tra cui i vescovi Gadyaw (nel 341) e Adona (in epoca imprecisata), e diversi gruppi di monaci.

In epoca incerta, forse nella prima metà del IV secolo, Beth Lapat fu elevata al rango di sede metropolitana. Questa prerogativa fu riconosciuta e sancita durante il concilio convocato dal "grande metropolita" e primate (catholicos) della Chiesa d'Oriente Isacco nel 410. Il canone XXI del concilio riconobbe a Beth Lapat il rango d'onore a fianco del primate; alla sua morte, l'arcivescovo aveva il compito di presiedere al sinodo per l'elezione del successore e di consacrare il nuovo eletto, assistito come arcidiacono dal vescovo di Kaskar. Il canone XXI assegnò inoltre a Beth Lapat quattro diocesi suffraganee: Karka d'Ledan, Hormizd Ardashir, Susterin e Sus. Successivamente, Beth Lapat ebbe altre suffraganee: Ispahan, unita per un certo periodo con Mihraganqadaq (Mihraqan Qadaq), Ram Hormizd e forse Shahpur Khwast. Le diocesi suffraganee si estendevano su tutto l'Elam cristiano.

Nell'aprile del 484 Beth Lapat fu sede di un concilio di una parte dissidente della Chiesa d'Oriente, guidata dal metropolita Barsauma di Nisibis. I decreti del sinodo vennero annullati due anni dopo dal patriarca Acacio nel sinodo di Ctesifonte (486).

Beth Lapat è importante nella storia della Chiesa d'Oriente anche per aver dato i natali, all'inizio del VII secolo, al monaco Rabban Ormisda, fondatore del monastero che oggi porta il suo nome nei pressi di Alqosh, nel nord dell'Iraq. La sua santità è riconosciuta sia dalla Chiesa assira d'Oriente che da quella Caldea cattolica. Inoltre, Beth Lapat fu sede di un'importante scuola nestoriana, dove si insegnavano filosofia, matematica, astronomia e soprattutto medicina; i medici formati all'Accademia di Beth Lapat furono a lungo al servizio dei califfi abassidi di Baghdad.

La metropolia e la cristianità nestoriana di Beth Lapat e del Khuzestan scomparvero nel XIV secolo, a causa delle devastazioni operate da Tamerlano.

Cronotassi degli arcivescovi
 Demetriano † (? - 260 deceduto)
 Ardaq o Arzaq † (260 - ?)
 Gadyaw † (? - aprile 341 deceduto)
 Sabina, Amaria, Mqayma † (? - aprile 341 deceduti)
 Adona †
 Sede disputata † (nel 410)
 Agapito † (prima del 420 - dopo il 424)
 Papa † (prima del 484 - dopo il 486)
 Marwai † (menzionato nel 497)
 Giacomo † (menzionato nel 524)
 Paulo † (menzionato nel 544)
 Simone † (menzionato nel 554)
 Dalai † (menzionato nel 576)
 Baraz † (menzionato nel 585)
 Giovanni † (inizio del VII secolo)
 Emmeh † (dopo il 642 - 646 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Sergio † (646 - prima del 659)
 Giorgio di Kafra † (? - 659 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Giovanni bar Marta † (? - circa 680 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Narsai † (circa 685 - circa 699)
 Anonimo † (menzionato nel 741)
 Giacomo † (? - 751 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Giorgio † (menzionato nel 754)
 Efrem † (circa 778 - circa 794/795 deceduto)
 Sergio † (circa 794/795 - circa 803 deceduto)
 Giorgio al-Sayyah † (circa 807 - 827 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Aba † (828 - circa 835/837 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Teodosio † (circa 835/837 - 853 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Paolo † (menzionato nell'884)
 Sapore † (menzionato nell'891)
 Teodoro † (circa 893 - 905 deceduto)
 Gabriele † (circa 905 - ?)
 Giorgio † (prima del 960/961 - dopo il 963)
 Hnanishoʿ † (menzionato nel 987)
 Sabrishoʿ † (dopo il 987 - prima del 997)
 Anonimo † (997 - ?)
 Emmanuele † (menzionato nel 1012)
 Anonimo † (menzionato nel 1020)
 Anonimo † (menzionato nel 1049)
 Sabrishoʿ Zanbur † (? - 1064 eletto patriarca della Chiesa d'Oriente)
 Stefano † (circa 1064 - prima del 1075 deceduto)
 Sabrishoʿ † (all'epoca del patriarca ʿAbdishoʿ II - 1075-1090)
 Tommaso † (all'epoca del patriarca Eliyya II - 1111-1132)
 Giovanni † (all'epoca del patriarca Eliyya II - 1111-1132)
 Yuwanis † (menzionato nel 1176)
 ʿAbdishoʿ † (menzionato nel 1222)
 Elia † (prima del 1256 - dopo il 1265)
 Maranʿemmeh † (menzionato nel 1283)
 Giuseppe † (menzionato nel 1318)

Note

Bibliografia
 Jean-Maurice Fiey, L'Elam, la première des métropoles ecclésiastiques syriennes orientales, in Parole de l'Orient 2 (1969), pp. 221–267
 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Pour un Oriens Christianus novus; répertoire des diocèses Syriaques orientaux et occidentaux, Beyrouth, 1993, pp. 83-85
 Michel Le Quien, Oriens christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus, Parigi, 1740, Tomo II, coll. 1181-1188
 A. Van Lantschoot, v. Bêth Lapat, in Dictionnaire d'Histoire et de Géographie ecclésiastiques, vol. VIII, Paris, 1935, coll. 1233-1235
 Jean-Baptiste Chabot, Synodicon orientale ou Recueil de synodes nestoriens, Paris, 1902
 Jérôme Labourt, Le christianisme dans l'empire perse sous la dynastie Sassanide (224-632), Paris, 1904

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On Blu-ray - David Hare welcomes a magnificent restoration of Harry Kümel's long time cult favourite DAUGHTERS OF DARKNESS (Belgium, 1971) starring the equally magnificent Delphine Seyrig
Delphine Seyrig, Daughters of Darkness
The Belgian director Harry Kümel (born 1940) had been making movies since the 1950s before he hit the headlines internationally when his 1968 Monsieur Harwarden played the rounds of various Film Festivals, including Sydney and Melbourne, to considerable acclaim. Here was a new ultra-stylish auteur breaking onto the international stage at a time when all around him the new national cinemas (Cuba, Poland, Iran, West Germany) were swirling into view.
He filmed a short dedication to Sternberg in 1968 with himself and Jo not long before his death, talking about Jo's movies, and this short has been wrapped into Criterion's disc of Docks of New York. Indeed, the ghost of Sternberg informs his 1971 Daughters of Darkness.
In 1971 Kümel delivered this breakthrough, a Dutch/French/German co-production shot in English - a lesbian vampire movie, already an established horror subgenre, and a springboard for the incredible Daughters of Darkness, aka variously Les Lèvres Rouge, Les Rouges a Lèvres and other miniature gallic puns on "lips", "labia" and "Lipstick".
The movie opened outside Europe in late 1971, and I managed to see it while I was staying in New York City in early 1972 at one of the the still standing 42nd street movie palaces. This one was resisting the newly minted hardcore porn mode while dedicating itself to grindhouse fare. Daughters was playing a double bill with a German sexploitation Costume horror called Tower of Screaming Virgins, (directed by Franz Antel) the plot loosely based on a Dumas novel, but with tits and blood quotient surpassing anything I'm sure Dumas might have hoped for. Tower was actually interesting enough in its own right, (I never look down on honest trash), but the main event was Kümel's movie which alternately bored and exhilarated the audience, with enough explicit blood and sex to keep them awake.
The movie sings with its brilliant production design and the intelligence of the screenplay, not to mention wardrobe by half a dozen people, although Kümel surely dictated all the details of Delphine's small number of costume changes, alternately feathered, furred, metallic, gauzed, worn by Delphine in full bore homage to Travis Banton and of course Sternberg. Delphine's first big entrance to the Ostend Hotel at midnight is executed with a walk that is never mere walking but swagger, saunter, swoon and arch.
By the time Kümel shoots Delphine's first close up (above) he takes us on a journey across her face. If you can, remember Dietrich's high precision eye and mouth movements, head turns, pauses and gazing into keylight during the "It took more than one man to change my name" moment from Shanghai Express. Delphine inherits that sequence's facial acting and takes it to the next level by adding Dietrich's first entry into the upper class brothel in Angel, although in Kümel's movie she's now wearing scarlet red with black furs and a lace fascinator.
The seemingly impossible achievement of this movie is to never succumb to "mere" camp. The elements of disguise, character and setting are never less than multi layered with reflexive aspects, from the white and black and red color Nazi uniform coding of Christina Rau's Louise Brooks-esque goth companion to Delphine. Down to the Banton and Sternberg stylization of Delphine's look and performance. Kümel himself says partly in jest during his commentary track on this new disc, that his producer felt this was Delphine's best role. In fact it is but, as Harry says it's one of so many. Her Muriel and the "woman" in Marienbadfor Resnais, her Jeanne Dielman, the lady who lunches for Bunuel in Discreet Charm, her murdered lover in Zinneman's Day of the Jackal.
It has to be said Delphine is an axiom of cinema. And with Kümel she meets one of the movies' last great stylists. For the uninitiated the last screen is "Mother", a rich old queen who outlies the narrative, played by the great Dutch filmmaker, Fons Rademakers (below) wearing far too much eyeliner, mascara, hair dye and foundation, and a particularly unattractive lippy.
So the Belgians do have a sense of humor.
The title has been given a full blown multi disc release by the people at boutique horror label Blue Underground. The movie was restored from a previously lost 35mm O-Neg with supervision by Kümel, and the boxset includes the title in full 4K UHD and Dolby Vision, as well as a regular Blu-ray. I have only been able to access the latter for this review but frankly the image quality and encode are so fine I doubt there is much uplift for improvement left for the 4K disc.
Labels: Belgian Cinema, Delphine Seyrig, Harry Kumel, Lesbian Vampires
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Sanjay started his athletics career at 200 meters but switched to the longer distance as his high school coach was predominantly known for coaching quarter milers.
His role models in athletics are his training partners Sanya Richards and Jeremy Wariner and Michael Johnson, and his home track in Kingston is his favorite site for competition. His favorite other sport is football and Jamaican international Ricardo ''Bibi'' Gardner is his favorite player along with the Brazilian magician, Ronaldo.
Sanjay spends his spare time shopping and collecting foreign coins and listening to reggae and rap music, his favorite artists being Spragga Benz. His favorite movie is Paid in Full. After his track and field days are over, Sanjay wants to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Sanjay attended Excelsior High School and Calabar High School in Kingston, Jamaica. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminology. He currently lives and trains in Miami, Florida.


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Garin Cecchini was drafted in the 4th round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. After a great 2012 season and a monster 2013 campaign, Cecchini found himself ranked as the 6th best prospect for the Red Sox, according to Baseball America: one spot ahead of Mookie Betts.
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Then it all fell apart in 2015. A Bubba Starling type of collapse. In 422 AAA at bats in 2015, Cecchini slashed .213/.286/.296/.583 with 100 K in 117 games. He was promptly traded to Milwaukee in the offseason, where he slashed .271/.325/.380/.705 with 5 HR in 424 at bats at AAA. Milwaukee cut him, and the Royals scooped him up.
In 2017 Cecchini slashed .266/.296/.393/.690 with only 4 HR in 290 at bats in a very hitter-friendly ballpark in Omaha. His bat seems to have completely escaped him, and you can imagine that a guy's confidence would be shattered after his fall from grace.
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DCGA Exec debate brings campus issues to fore
By Kristof Oltvai and Matthew Pennekamp
Features Editor, Staff Writer
On the eve of DCGA elections, the presidential and vice presidential candidates gathered in the basement of Burton Morgan for debate. After opening comments, candidates fielded questions from the audience and were allotted one minute per response.
Meghan Pearce '16, Class Senator, officiated the debate. Ana Morales '14 and Jackson Wu-Pong '15, presidential candidates, delivered opening comments first; followed by Hung Tran '15 and Stetson Thacker '14, vice presidential candidates. All opening statements basically summed up each candidates' published platform. Morales highlighted her arrival at Denison from the inner city, Wu-Pong outlined basic planks; Tran emphasized his love of campus and his seeing the job of Vice President as a prime ministerial role; and Thacker spoke of his three years of experience on DCGA.
The first question came from Curtis Edmonds '15, a former Senator, and asked the presidential candidates how they would represent the minority community at Denison and how they would ensure that campus would remain a safe haven for demographics traditionally labeled as minorities. Wu-Pong pointed out that he sees both him and Ana as coming from minority backgrounds, and pledged to bring down the number of hate crimes on campus. Morales thanked Edmonds for his question and stressed her desire to connect vis-a-vis "intentional relationships."
The second question came from Nick Ingram '15, former Speaker of DCGA. He asked the two presidential candidates what changes they recommend for D-Day in light of changing campus culture. Morales answered the question with candor, noting that she has never been to a D-Day event before. However, she stressed her preferrence for smaller scale events as opposed to the traditional singers "singing at you." Wu-Pong also stressed there was a need to appeal to "everyone on campus." He stressed that the D-Day Committee should have a longer time to prepare and that the D-Day event itself should be longer; he wants to bring back "some elements" of a longer D-Day weekend.
Sunder Willett '15 fielded the next question and was addressed to the vice presidential candidates. As the treasurer of three organizations, Willett asked about the Finance Committee and how it planned to improve its communication with campus organizations. Thacker said that the financing process has been "smoother" while he's been on Finance than ever before, and that the number of requests met has only reason. Tran opined that he believes that the budgeting process should be much better communicated, and said he want to "bring PR" to the budgeting process.
The next question asked about racial segregation on campus and asked all candidates how they will integrate campus and bring minority representation to DCGA. Wu-Pong said that "addressing how we relate to each other comes on an individual basis" and that improvement involves "being proactive." Morales said she desired to bring a mandatory leadership program wherein student leaders would be brought together and made to interact. "Change starts from the top," she said. Tran said that passing the student forum resolution in Senate was an important step this year, but that he wants to see more initiative from PR to improve Senator outreach. Thacker said that "we're talking about a huge cultural change on campus." He agreed that having a shared identity on campus would help with improving segregation on campus, and said that many committees including his Big Red Spirit Committee.
The next question came from Senator Chris Townson '14. He asked the presidential candidates where they see Greek life going in the next few years. Morales said that "Greek life is an important aspect of this community," thereby stressing how they could further harness their already-organized structures for the betterment of the community at-large. Wu-Pong, stating that Greek Life is often ubiquitous on many a college campus, also made clear his belief that the "traditional" aspects of Greek Life (i.e. hazing, destructive acts of vandalism,etc.) should never be condoned.
Kyle Gasaway '16 inquired about the future of housing lottery and fielded the question to VP candidates only. Thacker mentioned his desire to look into re-evaluating the usefulness of special interest housing, as well a honing in on small-scale changes that can be made (such as furniture changes.) Tran seemed to agree with Thacker's point, noting the need to taansition more of the emphasis from special to general interest. He also mentioned his interest in moving to an online system.
The next question dealt with how candidates would keep "momentum going" on campus. Wu-Pong noted the many positives of Denison's extracurriculars, highlighting the women's rugby team and the Venture Philanthropy Club. Morales said that she would like to see more multiculutural, "mixer"-type events that would bring different types of communities together. Tran said that D-Day should be about "spirit," not just a concert, and Thacker said that Denison has to reduce overprogramming if it wants to bring the community truly together.
Next came a question from Jun-Jun Cortes '13, who pointed out the fact that Party Registration has seemingly only succeeded in driving parties underground. He then inquired what candidates would do about this issue. Morales lent credence to the work done by the Ad-Hoc Committee before mentioning that increased student involvement in the work of the Social Spaces Committee might be the best way forward. Wu-Pong staunchly defended the work of the Committee, but mentioned more could be done. He also shared his desire to get to the root of the problem, noting, "our students didn't enter this school as alcoholics." Thacker highlighted that alternatives to weekend drinking need to be in place for longer stretches of the evening to serve as an effective disincentive. Tran agreed with the positions of the other three candidates.
Bryan LeBlanc '15 asked the candidates about their opinions regarding the ongoing role of community senators. LeBlanc himself is Outlook's Community Senator for 2013-14. Wu-Pong lauded the work of community senators (due to their breaching of old perspectives.), but noted we may fall into the trap of splicing potential communities too narrowly. Tran mentioned his membership in Asian Culture Club, while publicly hoping that the senators the various organizations. Thacker noted that the model of community senators needs to be dramatically revamped and simplified to allow for further incorporation.
Peter Hurford '14 asked candidates to highlight "one small step" from each of their platforms. Morales said she wanted to make sure that the car share program DCGA has brought to campus this year is fully utilized. Wu-Pong said he wants to address how Class Senators interact directly with their constituents. Thacker said that he wants to do a capital purchase drive to use the DCGA reserve fund, currently in excess of $700,000. Tran said he wants to create three things: first, a campus-wide calendar with all campus events displayed; and second, to use the reserve fund to bring campus together. He ran out of time before he got to the third point.
Abdi Ali '13 said he felt that students have lost respect for campus, and asked how candidates will hold those who vandalize campus responsible for their actions. Wu-Pong highlighted his future service as RA of Sawyer Hall; he also said that students view Denison as a "provider of a service," not a "home." He says that Senators' shared experience with residential assistance will improve the residential culture. Morales agreed and added that RAs shouldn't be afraid of getting "sassy" with their residents. Tran built off of this and agreed that campus has to talk about ownership of campus, not use of it as a service. Thacker said that we are talking about a "huge cultural change" when discussing vandalism and that a partnership between DCGA and ResEd would be "easy" to achieve considering their present interconnectedness.
The next question asked candidates how they would help first-year students integrate into the Denison community. Morales said that she hesitates to use the word "transparency," but advocates some form of first-year integration program. Wu-Pong highlighted his Denison Outdoor Orientation (DOO) leadership experience and said that perhaps incorporating D.U. Lead and similar leadership programs into the freshman orientation would be a good step. Thacker advocates the integration of DCGA Senators into the orientation programs. Tran said that Senators need to be "intentional" with their communication and said he wishes to us the PR Committee to "bridge the gap" between students and DCGA, which he thinks is to often say a controlling, not a governing, body.
Yusuf Ahmed '16, Class Senator, asked candidates what is one thing they would change about Denison if they could. Wu-Pong said that he wishes to expand "what students can do." He says that the car share program was an important step in increasing "mobility." "We could do a lot with the reserve fund," he said, to, for example, "empower students." Morales said she wishes to change the "big campus mentality," even though Denison is a "small campus." She said she wishes "people would act more like a family." "The people here is what really matters to me," said Tran. "I really want to engage myself and everyone else" to "find the Denison identity." He wishes to use the reserve fund to accomplish this. Thacker said that he really wants all students to "be happy with our social culture and our social climate." He said that re-examining social spaces and using the reserve fund could be ways to affect these changes.
Ingram asked the penultimate question, asking all candidates how they would cohere campus event planning. Morales applauded Denison's administration's efforts to "meet this gap" although said she had "no concrete idea" of how to accomplish this. Wu-Pong said he supports Tran's idea of a campus-wide calendar. Thacker pointed out that a campus calendar already exists, and that he wishes to streamline the process of accessing this calendar. He highlighted OrgSync as a way of cohering campus events. Tran jokingly said "OrgSync sucks" and said he wishes to create a student position within CLIC to work with University Communications and create a streamlined process for recreating the campus calendar, which is based on Google Calendar, the system widely used by the Denison community.
Drew Johnson '13, President of the Student Body, asked the final question. He asked Wu-Pong how his experience on DCGA would help him with the presidency and asked Morales how her inexperience is a benefit. Wu-Pong highlighted his experience with delegation and engaging in "all the community." Morales said that she has "more leverage" precisely because of her inexperience with DCGA, because she would represent an outside voice; she was widely applauded.
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Stivideni su na Splitskoj televiziji imali svoju emisiju Stividenska posla.

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Po mojim stopama, Croatia Records, 1997.
Čudo, Orfej, 1999.
Stividenska posla, Millennium Records, 2001.
EP uživo (na Evala Splite, Croatia Records, 2000.)

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Man wearing 'Justice for Breonna Taylor' shirt walked into a bar and killed three people
Mildred Europa Taylor Sep 20, 2020 at 10:00am
September 20, 2020 at 10:00 am | News
Michael E. Rhynes Jr. (Courtesy of Louisville Metro Corrections)
A Black man walked into a Louisville bar and shot to death three random people at point-blank range Friday night while wearing a Justice for Breonna Taylor shirt, according to reports.
Michael E. Rhynes Jr., 33, was arrested around 12 a.m. Saturday in connection with the shooting after he was found crawling in the brush near the restaurant, WDRB reports. The police say two of the victims were white and one was black. Two died at the scene of the shooting and another died at a hospital.
"Nobody had ever seen this guy before," the owner of the bar, Joe Bishop, told WDRB, referring to the shooter. "It was a totally random act," he said, explaining that there was no exchange of words between the shooter and victims before the incident.
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The suspect was arrested around 12 a.m. Saturday. Image via thegatewaypundit.com
"Social media is full of people saying this happened and that happened and wanted to get political with it; there was nothing political about what happened," Bishop, who is a retired cop, added.
The police have identified one of the victims as 24-year-old Steven Matthew Head, of Louisville. The other two men were identified as 26-year-old Toreon Jermaine Hudson and 48-year-old William Scott Smallwood.
Rhynes faces three counts of murder and is scheduled to be arraigned in court on Monday.
Army veteran charged with shooting 15-year-old Black girl at Trump rally


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