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The small Native American tribe fighting Trump's wall in South Texas
When President Trump announced plans to build a wall along the Rio Grande River, Juan Mancias smelled a rat. Mancias is the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribal leader and a founding member of the Texas chapter of the American Indian Movement — not to mention an experienced human rights advocate and Native rights activist. When Trump first touted his plans to run a border wall through South Texas back in October 2018, Mancias couldn't make sense of how this new construction would help protect the border, where his family has lived for generations. Through some document digging, though, he'd eventually uncover a possible alternative reason the government was so desperately seeking a border fence in this area — and Mancias thinks it has little to do with national security.
The land in question spans 1,954 miles in Texas along the state's border with Mexico. It snakes through Cameron, Starr, and Hidalgo counties, passing through the city of Brownsville and up to McAllen. Included in this region are multiple Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe burial sites stretching from the Garcia Pasture down to the Eli Jackson Cemetery. The Carrizo/Comecrudo people were in Texas long before the Spanish colonists or any other white folks set foot on their land; the entire Rio Grande Valley is their ancestral home.
Mancias is an intense man — tall, with long silver hair and a commanding presence. Years of legal battles over land and human rights atrocities have left Mancias suspicious of simple answers and fluffy rhetoric. Case in point: When the city of San Antonio asked him to come to the Alamo as a "spiritual leader" for an anniversary speech in the spring of 2018, Mancias didn't offer warm words about cultures bonding. Instead, the tribal head flipped the script, speaking at length about the slaughter of Native people on the supposed "hallowed ground."
Given his generations-long commitment to the land and his status as a revered community leader, Mancias is uniquely qualified to lead the charge against this section of Trump's border wall. His initial question was simple: Why is the Trump administration pushing so hard for a glorified fence in the Rio Grande Valley, where the river itself has long served as a natural wall since boundary lines between Mexico and the U.S. were established in the 19th century?
A map showing the region of South Texas where Native lands are threatened by Trump's border wall and the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline. [Dejan Cuturilov/fiverr.com/truesightdesign]
With a width of nearly three football fields, pollution from years of misuse, and powerful undercurrents, the Rio Grande River is already a deadly barrier to entry for immigrants and refugees attempting to slip across the U.S.-Mexico border unnoticed. And if the topography weren't enough on its own, there's also comprehensive U.S. surveillance in the area. Government helicopters patrol the skies, while state and local law enforcement cruise adjacent roadways and patrol the water with speedboats, keeping an eye on the river 24/7.
In other words: There are plenty of longstanding obstacles to illegal border crossings. That's why Mancias started digging for another reason to build a border wall — and he found that 28 Environmental Protection Agency laws, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, and Endangered Species Act were being ignored in order to force the wall through. The structure would disrupt historic tribal lands and create a path of destruction through the Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge and down to the National Butterfly Center, a federally recognized preservation area for a variety of wildlife species and a critical stopping point for migrating monarch butterflies.
A sign posted outside the National Butterfly Center. [Robert Dean]
Mancias's theory is this: The government is using the border wall to hide what they really want to build, which is a liquefied natural gas pipeline. Both projects would infringe on tribal lands, but per Mancias, the border wall is the patriotic cover story that allows the government to secure the permits and land deeds they need to plow the pipeline project forward. The Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe sees themselves as protectors and defenders of this land. From the rocks to the trees, this place is their history, even if they are a relatively small group at only 2,500 members. So they plan to fight the incursions.
After decades working to advance Native American causes, Mancias has established a two-fold method of attack for when problems like this arise. The most visible side is the public fight and begins when a group of protesters occupy the indigenous site under threat to ensure safety and preservation. But historical nightmares like Wounded Knee and recent occupations like Standing Rock have made clear to Mancias that this isn't enough to win the public battle. It's the work done behind the scenes — researching and preparing for contentious court battles — that is the only way to truly beat the federal government.
Mancias reached out to Ray Cavazos, a native of the Rio Grande Valley whose family's presence in the area dates back to pre-Spanish rule. The Cavazos family owns a large piece of property along the river. For generations, this slice of the Rio Grande has been quiet, but now, it's littered with noise pollution. Only a patch of tall grass and bamboo separates Cavazos's property and Trump's wall — hardly enough to keep out construction noises.
Tell me where the immigration crisis is. Because I don't see it ... This is pure hate.
The thing people don't understand about the wall is that it's not one long stretch of fence. It's pieces of steel situated on various parts of available property. Cavazos and his family immediately granted the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe permission to camp on their land, should they want to act as watchdogs while the government's bulldozers inch closer every day.
"This wall is the dumbest of the dumb," Cavazos told Mic in December while watching the purple sunset over the water from the dock he and his cousins built by hand as young boys.
"Anyone who knows this river knows the wall is going to kill this land," Cavazos says, "and soon these banks are going to be gone. The river already carries natural debris. The wall is going to lead to further erosion which will clog up how [the river] moves. It'll create a dam. Who's going to pay for that?"
Cavazos stood quiet for a moment, with the stillness of the water behind him, before spreading his arms out to indicate the silent landscape. "Tell me where the immigration crisis is," he says. "Because I don't see it. I don't know what these people are thinking. This is pure hate."
The sun setting over the bend of the Rio Grande River, as seen from Ray Cavazos's property near where the wall is being constructed. [Robert Dean]
Because Cavazos's family hasn't granted the government permission to build on their land, the wall will be constructed instead in bits and pieces all along the border. Not only is that worse for the surrounding environment, but one could also argue that it seems like more work than it's worth. Just about everyone along the border knows that if they deny the government, they'll eventually end up in court.
In this case, that's the outcome the tribe is hoping for, given that they don't have the same legal claim to the land on paper that a deeded landowner would. Recently, a judge has allowed a lawsuit to move forward in the courts with both landowners and the tribe represented, and a new court case is coming in November.
Mancias agrees with Cavazos that the wall would devastate the Valley, but he knows an argument about disrupted butterfly flight patterns or overarching racism won't win this fight. If he can raise awareness of how the proposed sites would desecrate Native burial grounds, though, the tribe might stand a chance.
The tribe has representation in Washington with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but because they're not a federally recognized group, the government has no obligation to adhere to any Native American protection laws when it comes to disrupting Carrizo/Comecrudo lands — like Garcia Pasture, located down near Brownsville.
Garcia Pasture was a massive hub of commerce for Native tribes, and as a result, the site is rich with artifacts. But a proposal for a liquefied natural gas pipeline that originated in 2016 has recently started to take shape — and its proposed trajectory would disrupt Garcia Pasture. Called the "Rio Grande LNG," the pipeline is a massive undertaking, with a 984-acre pumping station sitting smack-dab in Brownsville.
The LNG pipeline is what Mancias found when he started digging through files, following his hunch that the border wall near McAllen made no practical sense. Since discovering the pipeline plans in 2017, Mancias, along with other ecological rights groups, has protested any further disruption of the Garcia Pasture area until its full cultural potential is known. As of today, over 300 Native American artifacts, in addition to ceremonial graves, have been found there.
Mancias sees the pipeline project as another example of companies trying to bulldoze the environment to push their capitalist agenda, just as Trump has already done to clear the way for his wall. So since 2017, he has been working around the clock, filing injunctions, using writs of seizure and sale, looking for every loophole — every piece of legislation on the books — to tie the wall up in courts.
Meanwhile, in neighboring Hidalgo County, another sector of the tribe's most cherished land — the Eli Jackson Cemetery, which is home to many of their ancestors — is in danger of being disturbed by Trump's construction plans. Up until about a year ago, most people in the Valley didn't know what the Eli Jackson Cemetery was or where they could find it. Located off a dirt road about 15 miles outside McAllen, it's not the kind of spot people go looking for. But buried at the Eli Jackson Cemetery are Carrizo/Comecrudo veterans from World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, along with others in graves that pre-date Texas.
The tribe heard about the possible disruption of the Eli Jackson Cemetery and Garcia Pasture back in 2005, although nothing really started to take shape until late 2015 when an inside government source let them know what was being planned for the pipeline project. That's when the tribe and other concerned parties spurred into action.
A flag near the entrace of the Yalui Village camp. [Robert Dean]
After learning of the threat to this land, the Carrizo/Comecrudo tribe moved quickly to protect the sacred area, setting up what they dubbed the "Yalui Village" camp at the entrance to the graveyard. It's dotted with tents and shelters, along with a fire that sits front and center in the graveyard that they believe can't be put out; for the tribe members, the blaze is a symbol of cleansing and renewal, an emblem of their fight. The goal is to stop anyone from trespassing on this sacred land — especially the government. The small settlement has flags championing indigenous rights, along with a giant yellow banner that bellows: "Human Remains Are Human! Respect Them."
At the camp, Mancias and his tribe have welcomed outsiders who have joined in the fight against Trump's border wall. Former freight hoppers who go by the names of Wolf and Danny jumped trains down to South Texas to join the resistance. "This is important," Wolf told Mic in December, while stoking the fire at Yalui Village. "We can't let them build a wall based on greed."
So far, Wolf and Danny have equipped the graveyard camp with solar panels and a mobile kitchen. They also keep an ever-present eye on their surroundings. Awareness is especially important when Mancias is on-site, because government officials seem to magically appear in his wake, he says.
"Whenever I'm at Yalui," Mancias says, "you'll see choppers over the property more than usual. You'll see undercover trucks. They're always watching. They don't like it when I come around."
We want to make sure they recognize our presence.
"We left for two days," he adds, "and the truck we keep on the property was messed with. They did a whole bunch of stuff to the engine. They pulled spark plugs so it couldn't run."
Government officials have denied to Mancias that they meddled with his or his tribe's property. And last July, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol said it would "avoid" the Eli Jackson Cemetery land while still fulfilling the mission of Trump's border wall. (Mic reached out to various federal and state agencies for comment on this story, including the Department of Homeland Security, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Texas governor's office, but none replied.)
Once the Yalui Village camp was up and running and the court battle pending, "we filed a cease and desist to stop the wall going forward," Mancias says. "We want to make sure they recognize our presence."
A sign posted at the Yalui Village camp. [Robert Dean]
All the while, Mancias dug deeper into the Trump administration's plans. He had a hunch from the tribe's efforts near Brownsville that the connection between the LNG pipeline and the border wall wasn't coincidental. "When they said the LNG pipeline was happening, we went down [to Brownsville]. We got involved in the fight against fracking, we assisted landowners, fighting against building more wells. We set up camps, we've been fighting the toxic waste issue."
"Now, they're using the wall as a cover up," he says. "This is about oil, not safety."
The pipeline is being developed with as much help from the state of Texas as possible, but while you can Google its name and look at the plans, no one is really talking about it. News of a South Texas pipeline isn't a secret, but it does make for a convenient distraction for the government, per Mancias's theory.
Mancias knows answers often lurk in seemingly benign government documents, so he checked permits and land use codes and discovered a vital piece of information. Turns out, "this wall isn't actually on the border," Mancias explains.
The Los Angeles Times quoted a Border Patrol official in 2018 who acknowledge that the topography in south Texas made for some unique hurdles. "The Rio Grande has a set of challenges nowhere else has in that the wall is not on the border, and there's some homes we have to accommodate access to," the official said. Per Mancias, that's exactly the issue.
"They're creating a no-go zone that will disrupt lives thanks to eminent domain. We'll be blocked from the water and the land this community has known for generations," he says, noting records available in Zapata and Webb Counties in particular, which stretch east up the Texas border from Hidalgo County (home to McAllen). In Zapata and Webb Counties, the government has applied for permits to build pipelines. "Anyone can go right now to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission," Mancias says. "It's public knowledge."
The guise of new jobs and industry coupled with good ole' American scare tactics could help get the wall up while also laying the groundwork for the Rio Grande LNG. It's the perfect storm of private business and public funding, if you ask Mancias. His theory isn't confirmed, nor is it an overarching narrative, but it is one that the longtime tribal leader believes. And because the building of the wall will facilitate the clearing of the tribal land, Mancias says, when citizens do eventually get wind of the shady practices, it will be too late. The land will be already taken.
"They say it'll be clean, but it won't," Mancias says of the LNG pipeline. "We believe they're staging attacks, ramping up the border scares, to get this pushed through."
Could South Texas become another Standing Rock? Is the wall about protecting Americans, or is it a red herring to facilitate pipeline greed? If you ask Mancias, he'll tell you it's just business as usual.
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Zeebeelden (Merikuvia) is een compositie van de Finse componist Uuno Klami.

Geschiedenis
Klami woonde bijna zijn hele leven lang in Virolahti, dat gelegen is aan een baai aan de Finse Golf. Het is dan niet verwonderlijk dat hij ooit een compositie zou schrijven met betrekking tot de zee. Zijn compositie betrof echter niet de zee als waterplas, maar het gevoel dat Klami had als hij met zijn zeilbootje de zee opging met een brandende zon in augustus. De suite kwam in episodes gereed en waarschijnlijk dacht Klami er in het begin nog niet aan een dergelijke compositie te schrijven. De delen werden een voor een opgeleverd en ontvingen daarom ieder een eigen eerste uitvoering door het toen net opgerichte Finse Radiosymfonieorkest. Pas later combineerde Klami de zes delen tot een geheel. Andere inspiratie haalde Klami uit Paul Valérys gedicht Le voilier abandonée (de verlaten driemaster). De muziek is grotendeels ontleend aan muziek die Klami eerder schreef voor een uitvoering van Hohtavat siivet van Arvi Kivimaa.

Muziek
De uiteindelijke suite bestaat uit vijf deeltjes:
 De mistige ochtend (Sumuinen aamu)
 Kapitein Scrapuchinat (Kapteeni Srapuchinat)
 De verlaten driemaster (Hyljätti kolmimastoinen)
 Lied van de wacht (Vahtimiehen laulu)
 Scene de ballet (Baltteikohtaus)
 3 Bf (voltooid 7 augustus 1930).

De stijl is die van Maurice Ravel en een rustige Igor Stravinski. Klami brak met de romantische traditie binnen de Finse klassieke muziek. Dat zorgde ervoor dat de liefhebbers van die muziek in twee kampen verdeeld werden. Je was voor of je was tegen de muziek van Klami. Klami die een bewonderaar was van Ravel, maakte het in veel ogen nog bonter door 3 Bf. Het deel lijkt zo op Ravels Bolero, dat sommige dirigenten het weigerden te spelen. Met name de fagotsolo lijkt zo gekopieerd te zijn uit Ravels werk. Ook het crescendo en het eind vertonen overeenkomsten. Het gerucht gaat dat beide composities in dezelfde tijd zijn geschreven en dat Klami de Bolero pas eind 1928 hoorde. De muziek van de overige delen is vooral ingetogen. Van de delen 3 en 6 zijn bewerkingen voor blaasorkest beschikbaar.

Orkestratie
 2 dwarsfluiten waaronder 1 piccolo, 2 hobo's, 2 klarinetten (zowel Bes als A-klarinet), 2 fagotten waaronder 1 contrafagot;
 4 hoorns, 2 trompetten, 3 trombones, 1 tuba
 pauken, percussie, harp, piano
 violen, altviolen, celli, contrabassen

Discografie
 Uitgave Finlandia Records: Fins Radiosymfonieorkest o l.v. Leif Segerstam in een opname uit 1987;
 Uitgave Chandos: IJslands Symfonie Orkest o.l.v. Petri Sakari
 Uitgave Naxos: Turku Philharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Jorma Panula

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MALAYSIA:::'No' to Umno delegate's call to stop EPF cuts amid rising living costs, says MTUC
he Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has rejected a proposal by an Umno delegate at the party's ongoing assembly for the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to waive workers' contributions to cope with the rising cost of living. MTUC secretary-general N. Gopal Kishnam said EPF was a retirement fund and even after saving for 30 years, many employees did not have sufficient funds to support their old age. "EPF is a retirement fund and based on its own findings, the returns employees get after contributing for more than 25 or 30 years are insufficient. Therefore, we are strongly opposed to this,"
He was referring to the proposal from Perak Umno delegate Datuk Wan Muhammad Khair-il Anuar Wan Ahmad, as reported in The Star, that wage earners should be given the option of stopping their monthly 11% contribution to the EPF to cope with higher cost of living.
The suggestion comes following the slump in the ringgit's value against the US dollar, and increase in the price of basic goods, such as cooking oil as the government rationalises subsidies, as well as a hike in toll rates, rail transport and ahead of higher electricity tariffs next year for consumers in the peninsula.
Currently, wage earners contribute 11% to the EPF while their employers' share is either 12% for those earning above RM5,000 each month or 13% for those earning RM5,000 and below.
Citing an example, Wan Khair-il told the Umno assembly yesterday that those earning RM2,300 monthly would only have a take-home pay of RM2,037.75 after deducting the 11%.
"But if his contribution to the fund is returned, it will give him an additional RM200 a month. Perhaps the government can consider this proposal," he said.
Gopal said today the government should instead control price movements, as suggested by Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin on Wednesday.
MTUC secretary-general N. Gopal Kishnam says most EPF contributors fall short of their retirement savings. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 12, 2015.He added that Putrajaya should also ignore requests from public service providers to increase rates.
"The government should stop removing or reducing any kind of subsidy so that service providers will not use that as an opportunity to hike prices," he added.
Three days ago, Khairy at the assembly called on the government and party leadership to stop further price hikes, just a day after Putrajaya said electricity rates would rise in 2016 following slashed rebates.
Khairy told Umno Youth delegates that people were burdened with rising cost of living and have reached their breaking point.
"We understand the need for these measures. But at the same time, when the people are laden with pressure from the rising cost of living, we can no longer stay silent," said Khairy had said in his policy speech.
Last month, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong said as many as 4.46 million or 67% of the EPF's active contributors have not achieved the basic saving requirements.
He said an EPF member needed to have at least a minimum savings of RM820 per month for 20 years, which would come up to RM196,800 at the retirement age, but added that only 33% achieved this. – December 12, 2015.
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The cost of most basic foodstuff has gone up, leading to calls that wage earners be given the option of stopping their EPF contributions. – The Malaysian Insider file pic, December 12, 2015.
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Homosexual Army of Liberation
The Homosexual Army of Liberation or Rainbow Army, officially known as the Armed Forces of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual Transgender Intersex Questioning Committee for Freedom Tolerance and Equality for Jews and Muslims (AF-GLBTTIQCFTEJM) was founded in 1970 as an underground movement by German gay rights activist Heinrich Shtubenbacher and his American born lover, Ernie Crash, in San Francisco.
In the wake of the Stonewall rebellion, Shtubenbacher reasoned it would be possible to create - via assistance from leftist movements such as the Weather Underground, the Vietcong, and Soviet Union - an armed force of homosexual men. This army, he reasoned, could take over a region of northern California and encourage homosexual/bisexual/questioning men in the US military forces to turn against their superiors, thus creating a country wide "gay revolution" and eventually overthrowing the Nixon regime.
1 Beginnings
2 Official Formation
3 Scandal and Rebellion
4 New directions
5 The Formation of the Committee
6 SS Scandal Reemerges and New Reforms
7 Iraq
8 Notable HAL/Rainbow Army/AF-GLBTTIQCFTE Veterans
9 Allies of the HAL/Rainbow Army/AF-GLBTTIQCFTE
Beginnings[edit]
Shtubenbacher, styling himself as "General Major" and his companion "Colonel Crash" organized a team of 200 California men and began training exercises at Big Sur under the slogan of "The Sunshine Men's Health Club". In the following months, the team steadily grew to 2000 homosexual men. Bisexual men were "not to be trusted" according to Cash, neither were lesbians or transsexuals.
Shtubenbacher made contact with Soviet diplomats who originally expressed interest and managed to requisition several dozen World War II era machine guns and several dozen World War II era bullets. However, when premiere Leonid Brezhnev heard of the idea, he was rumored to have vomited in the presence of the Central Committee (which, according to sources, permanently damaged Molotov's $1000 East German suit) and banned any further support.
Shtubenbacher's first assault occurred in the Civic Center in downtown San Francisco. Due to a lack of weaponry and the last minute pullout of the allied Pancho Villa Front, the city police and national guard managed to crush the "Sunshine Division" (as it was then called), leaving many of its soldiers to flee to the Fisherman's Wharf (where the sea lions saved several men from recognition by police) or flee through the BART and trolley stations.
Official Formation[edit]
Realizing the errors of the Civic Center Assault, Shtubenbacher gathered the remains of the "Sunshine Division" and formed the "Homosexual Army of Liberation". He had decided to try a different idea - capturing a prison and enlisting the liberated convicts (many of whom he expected would have gay tendencies) into his army.
The ploy worked, on September 13, 1971 two prisons were raided. What the press reported as "prison riots" were, in fact, the direct actions of the "Homosexual Army of Liberation" (abbreviated as HAL). From the liberated convicts Shtubenbacher founded the "Rimmers" and "Fisters" battalions, the latter earned a reputation for savagery and often wore German helmets (to the tremendous protest of several commanders).
By this time, Shtubenbacher opened the "HAL" to bisexual men and a few transsexuals were reported to be officers, but was still virulently hostile to lesbians. The Northern Vietnamese government became Shtubenbacher's sole sponsor, which finally attracted the attention of the previously ambivalent Nixon, who ordered San Francisco mayor Alioto "Take care of those clowns" (Some have rumored that Nixon had actually said "Take care of those ass clowns", thus introducing that term to the English language).
Scandal and Rebellion[edit]
A launch of another attack was slated on the dawn of December 31, 1971, called the "New Years Surprise". A failure occurred, however, when the Rimming battalion rebelled, claiming that they learned that Shtubenbacher's father was previously involved in the Nazi SS. Shtubenbacher called off the attack, at the same time denying the allegations, and planned a special meeting at Big Sur to resolve the question.
At the same time, Shtubenbacher's companion Crash had been found in bed with a transsexual, leading Shtubenbacher into a rage. Two nights before the Big Sur meeting, Shtubenbacher conspired with the Fisting battalion to murder all transsexuals in his army, as well as disarm the Rimming battalion. This became known as the "Night of the Pink Knives". Crash made an attempt to escape, but was murdered by a Fister as he ran to the ocean. Five more men were murdered when suddenly a Rimmer soldier began playing the lambada, which had an immediate pacifying event on the raudy crowd.
New directions[edit]
Peace and love finally overcame the HAL, and strategies shifted. Instead of large armed assaults, small skirmishes with local police were common (which the police only referred to as "hooliganism" by "random criminals"). A common recruitment center for the HAL were pit stops on highway stations, thereby becoming a common "pick up" point for homosexual men. An initiation procedure was invented at that time by some Fisters, requiring a man to perform anal sex with a hot motorcycle exhaust pipe. This caused a new friction between the Rimmers and Fisters.
A new decision came by way of Shtubenbacher, which was to form a navy. "Sailors were our number one asset, and we never even thought of them till now!" said Shtubenbacher in a February 1973 meeting in San Jose. However, with support from the Vietnamese wavering, and the increase of FBI infiltration, the only naval expedition was an attempt to take over several Hollywood luxury yachts which proved unsuccessful.
The Formation of the Committee[edit]
Lesbians finally made way into the HAL via the Weather Underground, when Bernardine Dohrn met with Shtubenbacher and discussed the need to include women in his operation. Shtubenbacher initially protested, claiming "My men have cojones and style, dykes don't", but then after heavy pressure from the Rimmers, who were getting increasingly stronger in numbers and close to forming a cue, buckled (according to some sources, Shtubenbacher was alleged to have had a sexual experience with feminist Gloria Steihem, which introduced him to bisexuality).
On July 4, 1976 during the Bicentennial, the Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Committee for Liberation and Freedom was formed in Nappa Valley. The army was nicknamed the "Rainbow Army", and several new battalions were introduced: The all male "Sissy Battalion", the "Bi-Battalion", the mixed "Trannie Battalion", the female "Butch Battalion", and the female "Lipstick Battalion", the latter which grew into a specialized intelligence unit used for infiltration into heterosexual circles.
This period also saw the final rise of the Fisters again, they became "top" and this resulted in the persecution of the "bottoms", the Rimmers. This prompted the Committee to force a breakup of the Rimmers and Fisters, reforming them into the "Dick Battalion", jokingly referred to as the "Penal Battalion" since it was often given difficult and dangerous assignments.
The first joint assault was scheduled to be at a Rolling Stones concert, as allegedly some of the Rainbow Army's men had a secret desire to see Mick Jagger kidnapped. When the lesbians protested, the assault was dropped and rescheduled to happen on Veteran's Day that November, coordinating it with an assault on the US mainland by the Vietcong. The Vietcong backed out at the last minute, as they lacked the desire to start a new conflict with the United States in the wake of their victory in Vietnam, prompting Shtubenbacher to claim "This is the second bay of pigs!"
Nonetheless, an attack against San Francisco veterans went underway. Veterans, perceived as "in born homophobes" by Shtubenbacher, were attacked by means of fake floats (disguised tanks). The assault failed within the first two hours, prompting many to escape via the trolley (favored by the gay men) or the BART (favored by the women).
Shtubenbacher, traumatised over the Veteran's day disaster, attempted suicide twice. He was saved both times by his new lover, Peter George, a British author who wrote a book of poetry dedicated to the HAL's/Rainbow Army's history called "Under the Pink Triangle Rainbow Banner".
SS Scandal Reemerges and New Reforms[edit]
Desiring to "come clean", Shtubenbacher confesses his father, Otto Shtubenbacher, was a bisexual man who was a colonel in the Nazi SS. Otto Shtubenbacher was in charge of an exclusive all gay SS armed group known as the "Leather Lightning", given secret sanction by Himmler. The unit, according to Shtubenbacher, saw much action on the Eastern Front, but was crushed under Stalingrad, having been pushed into harms way from behind by the 3rd Romanian army (Romanian captain Mihai Tudescor described them as "A leather clad band of perverts").
This revelation caused a scandal in the Committee, calling for Shtubenbacher's resignation. However, Shtubenbacher continued to press for peace and understanding, and proposed to widen the committee (his first such ever move) to include the "Questioning" as well. After a debate that lasted for 4 months and included delegates from around the world, a decision to keep Shtubenbacher and reorganize the committee was made on New Years Day, 1978.
The committee thus became known by its current acronym, the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual Transgender Intersex Questioning Committee for Freedom Tolerance and Equality (GLBTTIQCFTE). The Rainbow Army was subsequently renamed the Armed Forces of the Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transsexual Transgender Intersex Questioning Committee for Freedom Tolerance and Equality (AF-GLBTTIQCFTE), in order to "...stay away from the established stereotypes of the Rainbow Army" according to Lieutenant General Madeline Albright.
A new "Good Will Policy" was instituted by the Committee, keeping armed resistance on the down low and focusing on a new strategy of "public integration". The Lipstick battalion's intelligence department, the Lipstick Bitches, became vital in encouraging heterosexual males to become "Pro lesbian, even if anti-gay" as Colonel Hillary Clinton controversially formulated in her last Committee meeting (she subsequently entered mainstream American politics).
Iraq[edit]
After undergoing a period of tranquil activism since the 1978 "Good Will Policy", in 1992 the GLBTTIQCFTE began seeking alliances with Saddam Hussein, although due to former Committee member Hillary Clinton being the first lady, activity was kept "hush hush".
The buildup of contacts tremendously intensified with the election of George W. Bush to the presidency, indicating that the "Salad days of the Clinton years are over" as Committee senator Michael Jackson exclaimed. Consequently, president Bush declared war on Iraq, feeling that the GLBTTIQCFTE could be best wiped out this way. In the wake of this, several GLBTTIQCFTE units migrated to Iraq and have made an alliance with various insurgent groups, causing a split within the GLBTTIQCFTE.
The "patriotic" faction of the GLBTTIQCFTE called the "Gay Eagles" decided to send its troops into the American army. The pro-Iraq resistance GLBTTIQCFTE forces called the Eagles "traitors", and claiming that by joining the American armed forces they were trying to legitimize their image in the eyes of the conservative American establishment.
A member of the Bush administration, which has been very hesitant to admit the existence of the GLBTTIQCFTE (due in part to the "Gay Eagle" alliance), has privately admitted that North Korea may give the GLBTTIQCFTE nuclear capabilities.
Notable HAL/Rainbow Army/AF-GLBTTIQCFTE Veterans[edit]
Hillary Clinton - Colonel of Lipstick and Butch battalions, three term GLBTTIQCFTE senator.
Elton John - Captain, Rimmer Battalion and one time ensign of the short lived HAL Navy.
David Duke - Fister corporal, denounced the HAL after the "Night of the Pink Knives" and became a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
John Lennon - sympathiser and honorary member, did not take part in any military actions. Is believed to have been murdered by Fister Mark David Chapman.
Barney Frank - GLBTTIQCFTE vice president, 1973-1974.
Janet Reno - Colonel of the Butch Battalion, led the Veteran's Day attack.
Madeline Albright - Chairwoman, Lesbian Committee, Lieutenant General, Butch Battalion. Vetoed the Rolling Stones attack and masterminded the Veterans Day Massacre.
Allies of the HAL/Rainbow Army/AF-GLBTTIQCFTE[edit]
USSR - first to show support for a period of 3 months during the Brezhnev regime.
Vietnam - the Northern Vietnamese, till the Veteran's Day massacre.
The Weather Underground - an ongoing alliance through 1978, then ceased upon the "Good Will Policy"
The Black Panthers - periodically throughout the 1970s.
Iraq - since 1992.
North Korea - allegedly since 1992 (sources needed).
Turkey - in return for Rainbow Army support during the war with Cyprus.
Chechnya - GLBTTIQCFTE units were used in Grozny and were involved in the personal security of Shamil Basayev.
Pakistan - since 1992 (sources needed)
NAMBLA - was started by several Sunshine and HAL veterans, who continued support until 1998, when they were dropped because of "public relations concerns" as per the Committee's joint decision.
Gnu Klux Clan - since 2003.
George Soros and his Open Society Institute - since 1992.
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National Maritime Museum wayfinding wins gold at Transform Awards Europe 2019
CCD's excellence in wayfinding was recognised in a room brimming with design and branding industry specialists.
CCD's work with Royal Museums Greenwich on the National Maritime Museum wayfinding scheme and design was awarded GOLD at the tenth annual Transform Awards Europe on March 28, 2019.
"What wayfinding should be – clear, legible and uncomplicated."
Thorough research was carried out by CCD, including workshops with front-of-house staff and ethnographic methods that identified visitor pain points. A strategy was developed to address three key issues: visitors weren't leaving the ground floor, the existing wayfinding lacked visual appeal and the museum lacked clear orientation and flow.
Armed with insight, CCD took a bold, colourful approach to the design of the wayfinding for National Maritime Museum, aligning with the museum's brand mission of 'epic exploration'. Imagery on the signs gives visitors a taste of what can be found, and as well as assisting navigation for non-English speaking visitors.
One judge commented on the project: "What wayfinding should be – clear, legible and uncomplicated."
Darren Clarke, Lead Wayfinding Designer, and Hollie Collins, Junior Wayfinding Designer, CCD, accept the award.
About the Transform Awards
Established in 2009, the Transform Awards has evolved into a celebration of the indispensable talent that exists within the branding sphere. Covering Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, North America and Europe, the Transform brand itself is truly global, with no other outlet as committed to providing such comprehensive coverage of the brand environment.
The implementation, positioning and creativity of the corporate brand is becoming an increasingly treasured business asset. The Transform Awards evaluate exemplary work in brand development and acknowledge the growing significance of brand in strategic corporate communications – developing and sustaining a strong brand is imperative for success.
The Transform Awards consistently set a stronger benchmark for work in brand development while reflecting the growing significance of brand in strategic corporate communications. The corporate brand – and its implementation, positioning and creativity – has become one of the most valuable assets a business owns.
The awards ceremony, hosted by Paul McCaffrey, was held in The Brewery, London.
Transform magazine was launched in April 2014 as a companion to the Transform awards program. The publication, which enjoys a global reach, is at the forefront of reporting on national and international agencies, companies and initiatives involved with both creative and strategic branding.
Brittany Golob, publishing editor at Transform magazine, says, "Recognising 10 years of excellence in rebranding and brand development has been an absolute pleasure for us at Transform magazine. It has also been a joy to observe the development and maturity of the brand industry across Europe and to see business leaders recognise the power of brand."
Follow #TransformEuro to hear more from the Transform winners.
Helping visitors explore and discover National Maritime Museum with a new wayfinding scheme
Wayfinding that connects Al Mouj residents and visitors to nature for Majid Al Futtaim
Helping visitors have a 'wicked' experience at Apollo Victoria Theatre with a new wayfinding strategy & design
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So you've been offended by a stand-up comedian. Congrats. It finally happened.
You might be thinking, as a newly empowered adult: "It's my right to let everyone know how offended I am." You may have even downed a few alcoholic beverages, so heckling is definitely becoming an option. However, you might want to consider your other options.
None of this is groundbreaking, or even new. Many have covered this territory before, take Louis CK and Patton Oswalt, for example. This should really be common knowledge, but sadly, it isn't. This is merely a public service announcement.
If you're at a comedy club and you feel the comedian has gone too far, you have a few basic options. You could walk out quietly and go home. You could protest silently: Do not laugh, clap or make a sound. Comedians hate it when you don't laugh.
You could also interrupt the performer: heckle the comedian and get your valueless point across. You have free will, so you could do that.
The first two would be wiser choices. If you choose the third, you will have waived your right to enjoy the show, even if you've paid to be there. The comedian is now well within his or her rights to verbally trash you. I mean, really badly humiliate you. And they will.
The crowd will laugh at you. Rightly so.
You've just ruined a comedy show for who knows how many people. Prepare to reap the consequences. Did you come to the show with your significant other? They'll also be mocked for dating a discourteous simpleton. The comedian will make an example of you.
You'll be treated with the same respect you treated everyone else. It's never okay to heckle a comedian, or any performer. Never. Even if you're drunk. Even if it's your friend's birthday. There's no excuse.
You might be thinking: "But Tony, you didn't see this comic. He was super offensive!" Super offensive?! Why didn't you tell me? This brings us to option number four.
Look around. Is the rest of the audience becoming a frothing, angry mob of unbridled offense? Are they on your side? If so, they'll likely walk out with you, much to the comic's chagrin. If not, consult the first three options. If this problem persists, stick to watching comedy on TV in the safety of your private residence.
You could walk out of your house. Leave the TV on, drive to an empty parking lot and wait until the show ends. "Make it go away," is a popular choice: Pick up your remote and hit the power button, or just smash your screen with a blunt object.
You could also heckle your TV. Shout in protest, weep openly, and breathe into a paper bag. In this case, the heckling is permitted, because it's your house. Your TV. Your blunt object.
The comedy club does not belong to you. If you've paid admission, that's fine. At most, you may be entitled to ask for your money back, but not to interrupt the artist on stage. You're certainly entitled to feel offended. However, that wordless feeling is the only thing to which you're entitled.
Tony Hinds is a Uniter beat reporter. He also writes about comedy (and movies and TV) for ShowbizMonkeys.com.


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This Is Not Your Mama's Television Set
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Think about how you consume television. Do you still pay for cable and enjoy the hundreds of channels it offers? Do you rely on cable for sports and local news, and supplement it with streaming services for movies and entertainment? Or, have you joined the cable-cutting movement and invested in your favorite streaming platform (or platforms) of choice?
With a multitude of options available, it seems as if everyone has a preferred method for consuming content these days. Not only that, but there are so many options for curated content. There are niche services for horror flick fans, anime aficionados and indie cinema connoisseurs. Even Kevin Hart has his own streaming platform.
But is the streaming trend here to stay? Niche platforms aside (we've already seen some crumble, including three from WarnerMedia in 2018), the overall answer is a resounding "yes." The truth is that consumers prefer the options offered by on-demand streaming platforms.
According to data from 2018, only 38% of pay-TV subscribers considered themselves "very" or "completely" happy with their service. The number of cable cutters — the group de jour of consumers who have completely cut their subscriptions to cable and satellite TV — was projected to reach 33 million by 2018.
The Rise Of Streaming Services
In 1979, the FCC granted homeowners the right to possess satellites without a federal government license. It wasn't until the mid-90s, however — when satellites and services such as PrimeStar and DirecTV became accessible and affordable — that the popularity of satellite TV grew.
For the next decade or so, the recognizable satellites become a ubiquitous piece of home entertainment hardware. Rather than rely on network television, consumers were introduced to a brand new world of entertainment that emphasized selection and choice.
This all changed in 2007 when Netflix came up with the simple but genius premise: Why not deliver entertainment directly to computers? Over the last decade, Netflix has cemented itself as one of the fastest growing companies. In fact, as of publication in early 2019, Netflix has nearly 150 million subscribers.
Binge-watching has become the societal norm.
In the days before binge-watching — the societal phenomenon that both you and I are guilty of — we would eagerly await the weekly release of a new episode of their favorite series. We even had this little thing called TV Guide to tell us exactly when to tune in to watch Cheers, The Simpsons or Seinfeld.
Now more than ever, people demand curated content at all times. They expect to be able to consume what they want on their own terms. Like satellite TV, subscription-based services such as Netflix offer myriad programming. However, the difference is that it's available anytime and anywhere with an internet connection.
This has ushered in the era of binge-watching — and for all I can tell, it's here to stay.
Are you a cord cutter, a cord shaver or a cord never?
This level of customization has created three subcategories of TV viewers. Which one are you?
• Cord Shavers
Cord shavers are at the early stage of their decision process to replace cable with streaming services. They still pay for cable or satellite TV but choose to supplement these options with various streaming services.
It should come as no surprise that the most widely distributed cable channels (such as CNN and ESPN) have lost millions of subscribers over the years. Part of this decline, however, can be attributed to cord shavers who are signing up for cheaper packages that do not include some of the aforementioned heavy hitters.
• Cord Cutters
Cord cutters, on the other hand, have cut cable from their lives indefinitely and consume content exclusively on streaming services. The number of cord cutters grew by 32.8% percent in 2018. And that number keeps growing; up to 55.1 million are projected to join the cable exodus by 2022.
So, where are cord cutters congregating? Research shows that in 2017, 57% of cord cutters (unsurprisingly) used Netflix, 50% used YouTube and 37% used Amazon.
• Cord Nevers
Much like digital natives — the group of people that have grown up in the digital age — cord nevers were born into an environment without cable. They've never paid for cable TV services and assumedly never will. And they view content exclusively on streaming services.
Cord cutters have an average age of 43 and account for 8% of the U.S. population, while cord nevers have an average age of 34 and represent 9% of the population. However, as younger generations become decision makers, this number will only grow.
How does this impact the media landscape?
It's easy to assume that providers like Netflix will continue to thrive in the foreseeable future. Numbers aside, they're simply innovating faster than their competitors.
For example, films like Roma and Birdbox — both distributed by Netflix — indicate that the company is making waves in the movie industry. The former, a feature from acclaimed director Alfonso Cuaron, racked up numerous Oscar nominations. The latter, a post-apocalyptic thriller featuring Sandra Bullock, is reported to have reached 45 million people. Additionally, the choose-your-own-adventure sci-fi thriller "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch" illustrates that the media company is willing to experiment with immersive, innovative mediums.
Who knows what the future holds. Interestingly enough, most traditional TV providers integrate with Netflix or similar streaming service. What's more, an increasing number of TV and streaming partnerships are expected in the future.
We'll see exactly which direction the TV industry goes. What I can say is that, much like preceding generations, the landscape will be virtually unrecognizable in the next ten years.
What are your thoughts on the future of TV? Do you miss thumbing through TV Guide? Or, have you fully embraced the convenience of digital streaming?
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