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Caitlyn on campus: Title IX and the transgender community
Aaron Lacey Jesse Doggendorf July 31, 2015
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On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that no state could limit or prohibit same-sex marriages in an opinion that began: "The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons… to define and express their identity." As gay and lesbian couples celebrate the legal affirmation of their identity, another group within the LGBTI universe, one present on many campuses, continues to work toward greater recognition of its own: the transgender community. These efforts have been rewarded in recent years by federal policy makers, as agencies for the first time have articulated their positions regarding the application of federal discrimination laws to transgender individuals.
Postsecondary institutions, in response, have been working hard to better incorporate transgender employees and students into campus life, including revising discrimination statements and updating policies and procedures to comply with emerging guidance. Many also have crafted statements welcoming transgender students to enroll, and observing the importance of a diverse student body to the academic experience. Nonetheless, as is always the case when developing new policies based on emerging law and guidance (a common occurrence in contemporary higher education), questions remain regarding the practical application of such guidance, and how it should be implemented when in conflict with guidance issued by other organizations.
In the first of two installments on this topic on our REGucation blog, we examine current federal policy concerning the application of discrimination laws to the transgender community, and under what circumstances discriminatory actions on the part of an institution might be permitted.
Emerging federal policy regarding transgender individuals on campus
Federal policy impacting the treatment of transgender individuals on campus first began to take shape in 2012. At that time, the EEOC held in Macy v. Department of Justice that discrimination against an employee based on his or her transgender status constitutes "sex discrimination" and, as such, is prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In reaching its decision, the Commission expressly overturned its own prior decisions, in which it historically had held that claims of discrimination based on the transgender status of an individual were not actionable.
Two years later, in an April 2014 guidance letter, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, for the first time, officially stated its position that the prohibition on sex discrimination found in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects individuals from discrimination based "on gender identity or failure to conform to the stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity." The Department affirmed this position in a subsequent December 2014 guidance letter, which specifically stating that students who are transgender or do not conform to gender stereotypes are protected from sex-based discrimination under Title IX. In addition, the Department observed in the letter that where a school separates students on the basis of sex (e.g., restrooms, dorms, athletic activities), the school "generally must treat transgender students consistent with their gender identity."
Awareness of, and attention to, transgender issues reached a high-water mark in the first half of 2015. In popular culture, transgender individuals have featured prominently. January saw Amazon's show "Transparent," a comedy-drama about a transgender father, win two Golden Globes, one for best series and one for best actor. In June, the third season of the critically-acclaimed Netflix series "Orange is the New Black" was released, starring, among others, Laverne Cox, a transgender woman who appeared on the cover of Time Magazine in 2014, and who continues to speak out on transgender issues. And most recently, and perhaps most significantly, former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner appeared on the July cover of Vanity Fair, and only a few weeks later, accepted ESPN's 2015 Arthur Ashe Courage Award.
On the policy front, the Department submitted in February a "Statement of Interest" in Tooley v. Van Buren Public Schools, a federal court case filed in Michigan in which a transgender boy argues that his public school violated Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. In its Statement of Interest, the Department offers the most comprehensive discussion to date of its views regarding the application of Title IX to transgender individuals.
According to the plaintiff in Tooley, the school did not allow him to use the bathroom consistent with his gender identity, and "outed" him to both students and parents, referring to him as "Olivia," and using feminine pronouns when referring to him in class. At the outset of its argument, the Department states:
Similar to the language of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. '' 2000e et seq., Title IX prohibits discrimination "on the basis of sex" in education. 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a)… "On the basis of sex" includes discrimination based on the fact that an individual is transgender (i.e., has a gender identity different from the person's sex assigned at birth) or the perception that an individual has undergone, or is undergoing, a gender transition.
The Department then argues that the facts presented by the plaintiff establish a prima facie case of sex discrimination based on his gender identity, transgender status, and nonconformity to sex stereotypes, citing its earlier guidance that a school "generally must treat transgender students consistent with their gender identity."
Considering when discriminatory action might be appropriate
In its Statement in the Tooley case, the Department clearly signals that, in its view, an institution's obligations under Title IX are not impacted by the nature of the gender transition (i.e., male to female or female to male), nor by the degree to which the transition has been completed, or completed successfully. Similarly, there is no requirement that an individual demonstrate that any medical steps have been taken to facilitate a transition, or that the stated gender is sincerely held or otherwise inherent to the individual's identity. The Department even discourages the notion that concerns of potential harassment or harm to a transgender individual might justify discriminatory treatment. The Department's view is simply that the institution should, in all respects, treat the student or employee consistent with his or her gender identity, as articulated by the individual.
As noted above, the plaintiff in Tooley alleges that he was denied access to the boys' restrooms. He was required, instead, to use a staff ladies' room or a unisex restroom, despite requests to be treated consistent with his gender identity. The defendant, responding to this allegation, argues that its perceived discriminatory actions were, in fact, legitimate and nondiscriminatory. For example, the defendant claimed that the plaintiff was asked to use the staff ladies' room "for the sole reason that the boys' restroom only had urinals and stalls with no doors," and "that if the other boys saw [Plaintiff] using the bathroom given her [sic] unique circumstances, it may result in bullying and other safety concerns."
In its Statement of Interest, the Department suggests that for the defendant's position to prevail, it would have to demonstrate, among other things, that the claimed safety interest actually motivated its actions; that its actions in fact advanced that interest; and that other nondiscriminatory solutions were not available. Illustrating just how easy it is to dismantle such a position, the Department observes:
[R]ather than denying Plaintiff access to the boys' restroom based on a fear of potential harassment, Wyandotte could have responded promptly and effectively to any harassment that arose, as Title IX requires. If the absence of doors on the stalls is the basis for Wyandotte's concern, it could put up doors to address this concern rather than require the Plaintiff to use a conspicuous restroom designated for female staff members. Whatever appropriate steps Wyandotte could take to address its concern about harassment, those steps should not penalize the student who was, or could be, harassed, such as by excluding the student from a restroom when reasonable alternatives exist.
The Department's commentary not only reveals its view that discriminatory action by an institution would rarely (if ever) be justified, but also signals that even if justified, such action should never penalize the transgender individual.
Implications for implementation
When discussing the above policy and guidance with our clients, it is rare there is any confusion regarding the fundamentals of the Department's position. We do find, however, that administrators often seek additional counsel regarding the incorporation of transgender individuals into facilities and events that typically are separated by gender (i.e., restrooms, dorms, travel accommodations), and in particular, the incorporation of transgender individuals who still present, in most respects, consistent with the norms for the gender they were assigned at birth. Should an institution, for example, still place a transgender woman in a women's dorm, as it would any other woman, if she, in all manner of appearance, presents as a man? Should a transgender man still use a men's locker room, if he, in virtually all respects, presents as a woman? What if there are genuine concerns for the safety of the transgender individual?
Certainly, we believe it is possible, in rare circumstances, that the Department would acknowledge that an institution's discriminatory actions were permissible under the law. For example, we seriously doubt the Department would object to an institution assisting a transgender individual who was in real and immediate danger, even if that assistance required discriminatory action. If an individual's personal safety truly is at risk, Title IX compliance is, at least for the moment, an afterthought. We would chalk this up to common sense. Another example involves faith-based institutions. The Department provides such organizations the opportunity to request an exemption from those elements of Title IX that conflict with the institution's religious principles. A small number of faith-based institutions have obtained such exemptions, having concluded, and demonstrated to the Department, that certain discriminatory policies are necessary to preserve and honor the religious tenets observed on their campus.
But setting aside these rare and specific circumstances, the Department's Statement of Intent makes clear its view that Title IX compels institutions first and foremost to treat transgender students and employees consistent with their gender identity, even where doing so might be present various challenges. In the Department's view, such challenges can be eliminated through accommodation (e.g., installing doors in the restroom stalls), or dealt with in the normal course (e.g., if harassment arises), and should never penalize the transgender individual. In the Department's view, Title IX requires that this fundamental principle guide the institution's decisions and actions, and be reflected in any written policy or protocol concerning the treatment of transgender individuals on campus.
In the second installment of this two-part series, we'll examine the application of the federal policies discussed above to college athletics.
Aaron Lacey is a partner in Thompson Coburn's Higher Education practice, and editorial director of REGucation. You can find Aaron on Twitter (@HigherEdCounsel) and LinkedIn, and reach him at (314) 552-6405 or alacey@thompsoncoburn.com. Special thanks to summer associate Jesse Doggendorf, who contributed significantly to this post.
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Equisetum arvense, the field horsetail or common horsetail is a herbaceousperennial plant, native throughout the arctic and temperate regions of the northern hemisphere.
E. arvense herb has been used in traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea, or externally as baths or compresses, for treatment of disorders of the skin, locomotor system, kidneys and urinary tract, rheumatism and gout.
It Promotes Bone Health
Equisetum arvense contains silica, a mineral that helps in bone repair and building strong tendons and bones by encouraging calcium absorption. Traditionally, it's administered to help speed up bone healing after fracture or other bone trauma. It's also recommended to help treat osteoporosis. In a study published in "Cell Proliferation" in 2012, scientists looked at how Equisetum arvense extract would interact with human bone cells in test tubes. They found that Equisetum arvense induced bone cell growth and concluded it may have potential in human bone regeneration.
It's a Diuretic
According to an article published in the "Journal of Ethnopharmacology" in 2007, Equisetum arvense has naturally occurring diuretic properties. MedlinePlus reports it is used as a natural remedy for excess fluid retention, kidney stones, bladder stones and urinary tract infections. Its diuretic action is traditionally believed to speed up the excretion of kidney stones, but scientific evidence to validate its effectiveness is lacking.
It Lowers Blood Glucose Levels
A study published in the "Journal of Ethnopharmacology" in 2002 looked at the effects of Equisetum arvense on a small sample of patients with Type 2 diabetes. Some of the patients were given one dose of the extract orally, while others were given a placebo. Scientists measured the patients' glucose levels at the time of the administration and at different intervals afterward. They found that blood glucose levels were significantly reduced at 90 minutes, two hours and three hours after Equisetum arvense administration, as compared to the placebo. This research suggests Equisetum arvense could potentially play a role in managing glucose levels.
Although Equisetum arvense has some health benefits, it's not considered safe for children, and it's not to be taken in large doses or regularly over a long period. Taking Equisetum arvense consistently in the long term could cause thiamine deficiency, and this risk is exacerbated if you drink alcohol regularly. The University of Maryland Medical Center recommends taking no more than 300 milligrams of horsetail grass three times daily. If you're making Equisetum arvense grass tea, brew no more than 3 teaspoons of it three times a day.
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Liberty Access Technologies and WattTime Partner to Bring Green Charging to EV Fleets
Smart charging technology will allow schools and workplaces to charge electric buses, vans and more with clean energy
Santa Barbara, CA and Oakland, CA, October 16, 2019 — Today electric fleet charging technology company Liberty Access Technologies (Liberty) and environmental tech nonprofit WattTime announced a new clean charging partnership to support schools and workplaces in their transition to all-electric fleets. WattTime's Automated Emissions Reduction (AER) software will integrate with Liberty's charging technology to allow buses, vans, and more to automatically charge with clean power.
Liberty offers electric vehicle charging systems for the new generation of electric school buses and delivery vans. Their current clients hail from the utility space, government, the private sector, and include names such as San Diego Gas and Electric, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Los Angeles County. Expanding to support school districts' electrification of transportation is the next step in the company's growth. Liberty's core offering is the HYDRA-RX AC Fast Charger Controller, which produces quick charging times at a fraction of the cost of DC Fast Chargers, enabling schools to convert more quickly to electric buses.
"As firm believers in a clean mobility future, we feel it's imperative to support schools and workplaces as they make the switch to all-electric fleets," said Chris Outwater, CEO of Liberty. "By incorporating WattTime's AER software with our cost-saving charging technology, we can ensure they benefit from both financial savings and carbon savings. We're excited to help these groups reach their sustainability goals without sacrificing the quality of service."
WattTime's recently-released EV charging report—How Emissions-Optimized EV Charging Enables Cleaner Electric Vehicles—highlights just how powerful their AER-enabled smart charging can be. In the report, WattTime finds emissions-optimized EV charging can further reduce associated EV-charging emissions by nearly 20 percent annually and up to 90 percent on individual days. This is above and beyond standard emissions savings that come from choosing an electric vehicle over a gas-powered alternative.
"School buses and corporate fleets represent a perfect opportunity for AER to drive emissions reductions; these vehicles are only used a fraction of the day and can otherwise remain plugged in to optimize charge times for the cleanest electricity," said Gavin McCormick, founder and executive director of WattTime. "The added bonus is that—instead of exposing schoolchildren or employees to tailpipe emissions—we're helping make electric vehicles the norm."
Electric mobility is just one of many sectors that technology provider WattTime is involved with. Their solutions make it easy for anyone to choose clean energy and achieve emissions reductions without compromising cost and user experience. WattTime's AER software enables smart devices of all kinds—from EV chargers to smart thermostats to water heaters—to automatically opt to use clean energy. AER monitors power generation and marginal emissions rates in real-time, then uses that data to optimize energy use based on the environmental impact of consuming electricity at a given moment.
Liberty's announcement to team up with WattTime comes soon after another partnership launched with electric company PG&E. The two will work together to support the electrification and clean energy goals of a school district in Northern California by collaborating on eco-friendly charging options for electric buses. Their pilot will be a test case for PG&E's new FleetReady program.
About Liberty Access Technologies
LAT specializes in access control systems for electric vehicle charging in the parking industry, fleet EV and multi-tenant dwellings. LAT's patented Synchronous Code Generation technology enables secure charging without expensive networks, and the Hydra Multi EVSE Control system enables cost-effective large scale EV charging solutions for workplace and multi-tenant. Our mission is to use our patented technology to enable our customers to control access, costs and carbon emissions via our "grid-aware" technology.
Find out more at www.libertyaccesstechnologies.com or www.linkedin.com/company/liberty-access-technologies
About WattTime
WattTime is a nonprofit with a software tech startup DNA, dedicated to giving everyone everywhere the power to choose clean energy. Our Automated Emissions Reduction (AER) technology can shift the timing of flexible electricity use to sync with times of cleaner energy and avoid times of dirtier energy. We sell solutions that make it easy for anyone to achieve emissions reductions without compromising cost and user experience. WattTime is a subsidiary of Rocky Mountain Institute.
For more information, please visit WattTime.org.
Chris Outwater
CEO – Liberty Access Technologies
chris@libertyplugins.com or 866-791-9802
Author Liberty Access TechnologiesPosted on October 24, 2019 October 24, 2019 Categories Press ReleaseTags DC Fast Chargers, EV Fleets, Green Charging, Smart charging technology, WattTime Partner
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Second release from this young Canadian band. They produced a lot of attention with their self-produced debut Defibrillatin', a very raw and spontaneous recording. 'Bogart's Bounce' is taking the band to a new level.
The production is excellent, it's all original material, and JW and the band are playing even better. Inspired by contemporaries like Rick Holmstrom or Rusty Zinn, JW has developed a style of his own. 18-year-old harp ace "Southside" is playing some mean harmonica.
Kim Wilson was impressed by JW when he asked him on stage in New York. He offered a participating role in producing and playing on the new album.
So we have Kim, and also piano player Gene Taylor from the Fabulous Thunderbirds guesting. JW and Steve show that blues can be a music of youth … it's great to see young people have the right idea about what blues music is," says Wilson. And he's right.
If you are into great band playing and you love to listen to the Mighty Flyers: check this young band out!
Crosscut Records have done it again! Find an amazing talent and foot tapping, finger clicking blues is the result. (…) The scope of these fourteen toe tappers includes; jump'n'jive,shuffles, to name but a few. Guitar styles range from the swooning pickings of B.B. King. A horn section, that which pleasingly invokes songs from the fifties and sixties yet, have a freshness and vitality listener to say these are songs of today.
An excellent example of the fact that good music never dies; just A fun, fun, fun album! Buy, for pleasure only!
It is rare to find musicians this young who can perform, write solid original material and display the musical maturity the these guys possess.
Das hier ist wirklich richtig teuflisch gut! (…) eine der besseren Bluesplatten, auch für diejenigen, die normalerweise keinen Blues hören.
Ottawa's JW-Jones Blues Band are a Phenomenon. (…) with all the licks and a passion for the best playing of recent years (…) and a 17-year old harp maestro, Southside Steve Mariner, who has a fine technique and a rasping tone that would be the envy of many vastly more experienced blowers.(…) a session with a fabulous feel to it, wonderfully measured playing and a great understanding of the genre.


I am under the weather.
Sunrise in smoke–my neighborhood, 1 Sept.
This is a lesson learned in Houston and along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey set a record breaking 50 inches (127 cm) of rain from one storm. This lesson was followed by Hurricane Irma destroying a string of Caribbean islands and then churning up Florida and Georgia… with more drastic weather on the way.
Out here, the West is on fire. On the first of September, 80 fires raged in western states, and western Canada is also ablaze. Where I live, it stopped raining mid-June, and barely spit for the next 83 days. Temperatures spiked into the 90sF (30sC) in a region where 70% of the homes and businesses do not have air conditioning—we've never needed it.
Globally, an estimated 41 million people are currently displaced by flooding, mudslides, smoke and fire, earthquake, volcano, drought—extreme weather and climate changes that are raising sea levels, melting glaciers and permafrost, creating conditions long predicted, long denied, and now consuming the life energies of people not in the power to change much, but whose lives have been disrupted along a scale from inconvenience to catastrophe.
The night that Irma was sweeping into Florida I went to my local theatre to see the documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power. I was almost afraid to go, feeling so much the tension from storms and fires—but I'm glad I went. Yes the news is bad, and yes we keep losing time and momentum, but the documentary helped me focus on both immediate needs—to help people in trouble today—and long-term needs—to change systems and policies—that give us a future.
A livable climate must be our first global priority. And it is hinged to all our other priorities.
So— I'm IN for the Paris Accord. I'm IN for solving the problem! I'm IN for attention and activism for the rest of my life.
The science is IN, the technology is IN: other countries are already making the shift and their economies are discovering that alternative energy is profitable. Legislation is currently being offered in both houses of Congress. We citizens have to demand the right to another way of life.
Imagine this: you're standing in the road. A large truck rounds the corner and aims right at you. You are loudly proclaiming, "Trucks are a hoax, a tool of the liberal, humanist, fake news, elite agenda." And then it runs over you and keeps on going.
Some days I can barely withstand the tension, but I keep asking: What's my relationship to this right now? Where is my point of empowerment?
For the people caught in these storms, the ones we see on TV and the ones we don't, their job is personal rehabilitation of their lives and communities. Or their job is to move out of the path of the truck, and our job is to make a place for them to jump for safety.
For me, it's building resilient, communicative, cooperative community now, that will help us stand strong together when the "truck" veers our way. It will veer our way–wherever we are, because we are all under the weather.
And for me, beyond activism, I also feel compelled to bring these conditions into my spiritual life. I send money: I send love. I dedicate the moments of respite and beauty in my daily life to the folks currently in the middle of the storm.
I don't know, scientifically, if this helps, but I believe it does… and prayers of blessing are a good way to use a belief system.
We are a global tribe of those who are seeking opportunities and ways to engage… I am reading Naomi Klein's book, NO is not enough. We are getting ready to stop, or at least steer, the truck because there are so many of us in the road we can bring the machines of destruction to a halt… learn to drive another way–turn the truck into a bus that will carry us to the future we need. Love to you, Linette, happy spring!
Under the Weather, indeed. I love your prayers. One of the ancient mystics said that when one person finds true inner peace, a thousand receive benefit. Altho I have little hope of finding inner peace as any kind of permanent place to live from, your prayers point to moments of peace and awareness that can be offered.
Thanks for your writing, Christina!
I love you so. Thank you for your dogged inspirational self. I will turn the prayer wheels at the monastery with my little guys next week. 100,000 prayers for hope into the Universe.
My comment to Linette is to all of us–the tribe of increasingly fierce and loving mature women and men who are willing to get uncomfortable for the larger sake of the world. Blessings to us each and all.
Such a beautiful and thoughtful write. I think like a death, we are reminded to live a fully as we can. Thank you for this write.
Thank you, Christina. I've been under the weather for some time, and it creates so much anxiety it stops me in my tracks. I appreciate your take on it.
LOVE this approach. I have been grappling with how to have a dialogue with the friends that do not believe in climate change. This is helpful-to me at least. Who knows when they will wake up enough to see the truck coming at them.
Thank you, Christina, for your giving voice to my own similar intuition.
I'm IN too! I may be a fool but I do believe that every little bit of kindness and positive thought counts. I'm in for that thought until I am no longer on this earth! Thanks for your fiery inspiration!
Amen! And Amen! I'm in too!
In other words, I'm in. And so are my East Coast groups of grannies.
I watched this interview and it is a gorgeous interaction–the humility of true leadership that is sourced from Source. Thank you Meredith for sending me/us there. Carry on "hopeful resister!
Thank you for your heart-centered message. May we all expand our lives to include more healing, love and sharing our best with one another! I am learning so much! And, I'm Still In!! Until my end days!
I concur. And thank you.


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Manchester By The Sea – Held Over for a 3rd Week! A loner returns to his hometown. His brother has died, and he is named guardian to his nephew. If losing his sibling and doubts of raising a teen weren't enough, his return home also re-opens a tragedy. Railroad Tigers
Brooklyn is Held Over for a 2nd week! Ottawa Premiere of Experimenter! The Martian – from director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner), screenwriter Drew Goddard (The Cabin In The Woods), & starring Matt Damon! Weekend family matinees of The Peanuts Movie!
The Interview and Foxcatcher held over for a 2nd week! Plus, a live telecast of the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards!
Friday July 10th – Thursday July 16th!
I'll See You In My Dreams and Slow West return! The Ottawa Premiere of Big Game, from the director of Rare Exports, starring Samuel L. Jackson! The Overnight, the new dark comedy from Duplass Brothers Productions, starring Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman! The Absent Friends shadowcast host the one
Not one or two, but three Ottawa Premieres this Friday night…which is followed up by a fourth premiere on Saturday afternoon! I'm pretty sure that that's the first time such an event has happened in the Mayfair's long history! We've got: The Roger Ebert documentary Life Itself, the
Pavarotti – from 2x Oscar winning director Ron Howard! Photograph- from Cannes award winning director Ritesh Batra! Wild Nights with Emily – Sidewalk Film Festival: Audience Choice Award winner! Hail Satan? – Ottawa Premiere! Sundance Film Festival: Grand Jury Prize Documentary nominee! Real Genius – Women Directors Film Festival: Retro
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In 2009 the 100th anniversary of flight in Canada was celebrated. It was on February 23, 1909, that John McCurdy flew the Silver Dart at Baddeck, Nova Scotia, marking the first flight of a powered aircraft in Canada. This aircraft was designed in 1908 by John McCurdy and the construction was supervised by Alexander Graham Bell's Aeronautical Experimental Association at Glen Curtis's facilities in Hammondsport N.Y. Where it was flown before transferring it to Canada in January of 1909
Two aviation enthusiasts, Ed Lubitz and Mark Taylor, decided they wanted to do something spectacular to mark and celebrate this important aviation event. In October 2008 they began building their own Silver Dart replica, and after 8 months of construction activity, their masterpiece was completed in March 2009. This well-researched project, using the original drawings, was a true labour of love, and the outstanding craftsmanship is evident when viewing this aircraft. The overall philosophy of the replica's construction was that the aircraft was made to the original specifications with concessions to modern materials.
In June of 2010, Chris Colton, Executive Director of the NAFMC, met Ed while working at the Waterloo Aviation Expo & Air Show. During their conversations over the weekend, Ed revealed that he did not have a plan for the aircraft after the summer's tour circuit was done. An initial plan was developed that at fruition saw the delivery of the Silver Dart 5 replica to the NAFMC in early November of 2010.
What better way to celebrate the 100th anniversary of powered flight in Canada than to construct and fly a replica of the aircraft that achieved this milestone. Ed Lubitz, pilot and project engineer, and Mark Taylor, assistant engineer, did just that. Working away during the autumn and winter of 2008, they constructed the scale replica of the Silver Dart. The official name of this aircraft is Silver Dart 5 and the Serial Number is Mach 0.046. Mach 0.046 is 35 miles per hour the cruise speed of the original aircraft.
The replica of the Silver Dart 5 has been at the National Air Force Museum since 2010.


My red Frankenstein got wrecked!
I had to sell it to make ends meet. The next owner crashed it into another car and abandoned it on the road. I found out about this because he never filed his half of the registration, so when the cops found it they came knocking on my door.
Luckily, California requires both parties to submit transfer paperwork, and I did my half so I was able to clear my name. Really bummed she went out like this though. I didn't get pictures of it because this all happened not near where I live.
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. July 1, 2020
John McEnroe has told BBC that he thinks World number 1 Novak Djokovic with choose to play the US Open and Roland Garros, but Rafa Nadal wont.
Many players have stated they are worried not only about the physicality of playing two slams within a month having been in lockdown for three months and others are more concerned about health issues of being in the pandemic hotbed of New York.
Despite the USTA's far reaching plans to create a covid proof bubble at the National Tennis Centre in Flushing and the designated TWA player hotel near JFK airport many American based players will be penetrating that bubble in order to play after travelling from any one of sixteen other US states which are currently subject to fourteen days quarantine on arrival in NYC.
Nadal and Djokovic had been vociferous about some of the safeguards proposed to enable the event to go ahead, especially as the plans would severely restrict the size of the support team they could bring with them, not just to the hotel, but onsite. Another stipulation was that they must travel to New York on specially chartered flights.
Australian Open Men's Singles Final Novak Djokovic v Rafael Nadal Photo Roger Parker International Sports Fotos Ltd
However when NY governor Andrew Cuomo gave the green light to USTA two weeks ago, it appeared that there had been a considerable relaxation of the strict protocols, certainly for the top flight players that could afford it. Firstly independent travel was to be allowed, and also the possibility to rent their own spacious multi-bedroomed houses off site, even to the extent of making available the services of a local realtor to those with deep pockets.
So tennis resumes in August after a five month suspension due to the coronavirus, and the rescheduling of Roland Garros means there will be two Grand Slams virtually back to back.
Who will choose to turn up?
"I believe, and this is just my feeling, the top players are going to play both," McEnroe told BBC's Sue Barker during their daily broadcasts of vintage Wimbledon action.
"They have been sitting there and I'm assuming most of the top players and some of the younger ones are chomping at the bit to get back out on the court, to compete and see what they have got"
"You are talking about two of the three majors that remain, that is a huge deal for the players. It has been done before and it won't affect more than a couple of players.
"Obviously we presume and hope Novak will be fine and able to compete, if he chooses to do so, at the US Open.
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Anfield happenings (November 12 – 1910) – "Play Up, Liverpool"
The outlook was very black last week, but it is distinctly brighter to-day. The one point at Middlesbrough has cheered everybody considerably, and it only needs a victory to-day to give the necessary fillip to the team, and enable it to rise to a stable position in the League table. As it is, Liverpool were the only club amongst the last five to annex even one point, and this enabled them to hand over the wooden spoon to another's keeping.
Middlesbrough have done so well that it was hardly expected that the Livers would do more than put up a good show. The one team was imbued with that confidence that an unbeaten certificate gives, while the other was affected by its frequent defeats. But as events turned out Middlesbrough were lucky to escape defeat, and Liverpool had the satisfaction of knowing that they had more than earned a point.
A weak beginning on the part of the Livers did not foreshadow disaster. Indeed the early score by the Ironops served as a stimulant to the visitors, and after the first ten minutes they were the superior team. It was left to Goddard to place the teams on a equality, and his screw shot from the goal line completely baffled Williamson, who only touched the ball but could not divert its progress. Thus at half-time the scores were level.
It was Middlesbrough who took the lead in the second portion, for Pentland drove in so hot a shot that Hardy could only divert it to the foot of Elliott, who promptly put through. This was not to the liking of the Reds, and following some fine work by Goddard and Orr, Bowyer completed the movement by scoring a fine goal. From thence onwards it was a struggle between the Liverpool attack and Williamson, and the latter prevailed. Thus a soul-stirring game resulted in a division of the points – the first Liverpool has experienced this season.
There are many things that present themselves to a critic which he imagines might have been done better, and doubtless this can be said of the players too. But I will only criticise one point – the shooting in the last quarter of an hour might have been better judged. All my other remarks are of a cheerful character, and even that one is made in a friendly spirit, for there was great improvement in that department in comparison with previous matches. The whole team seemed imbued with that sparkle which has been woefully wanting this season. Not only did the Livers player their best game, but the Middlesbrough enthusiasts were satisfied that it was the brightest match at Ayresome Park since the 1st of September.
The defence, once it settled down, did excellent work, and Longworth played fine football. This may have been due to the work of the halves for all three in that line were like the trio who finished in April last. Harrop was ever in the thick of the fray, and he was well seconded by Robinson and McConnell, the latter finding his true form. The attackers never gave up. Goddard and Orr made a splendid wing, Parkinson, although well-shadowed by Jackson, was ever dangerous, while Bowyer, if rather crude was full of dash, and Uren completed a line that has only to reproduce its form to shake every defence. In fact the team seemed to be imbued with life and vigour, and the consequence was attractive football.
Middlesbrough have to thank their defence, and more especially Williamson, their goalkeeper, for their escape. Tim played with splendid judgment, and many really difficult shots he made look simple. McLeod and Weir had a rare gruelling – quite their hardest time. Jackson, of the halves, pleased, and forward, Gibson and Pentland were the pick. Altogether Liverpool are to be congratulated, and there is hope that we shall at last see some real first class football at Anfield.
LEAGUE – Parkinson 5, Brough 3, Stewart 1, Orr 1, Gilligan 1, Harrop 1, Peake 1, Bowyer 1, Goddard 1. Total 15.
COMBINATION – Gilligan 6, Bowyer 3, Leavey 3, Brough 2, Speakman 1, Peake 1, Stewart 1. Total 17.
FRIENDLIES – Speakman 5, Brough 4, Bowyer 3, Thompson 3, Leavey 2, Connell 2, Uren 2. Total 20.


From the publisher: Margaret E. Keck and Kathryn Sikkink examine a type of pressure group that has been largely ignored by political analysts: networks of activists that coalesce and operate across national frontiers. Their targets may be international organizations or the policies of particular states. Historical examples of such transborder alliances include anti-slavery and woman suffrage campaigns. In the past two decades, transnational activism has had a significant impact in human rights, especially in Latin America, and advocacy networks have strongly influenced environmental politics as well. The authors also examine the emergence of an international campaign around violence against women.
About the authors: Margaret E. Keck is Professor of Political Science at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Workers' Party and Democratization in Brazil and the coauthor of Greening Brazil: Environmental Activism in State and Society.
Kathryn Sikkink is McKnight Presidential Chair in Political Science and Regents Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, and is an affiliated faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School. Her other books include, as author, Ideas and Institutions: Developmentalism in Brazil and Argentina and, as coeditor, Restructuring World Politics: Transnational Social Movements, Networks, and Norms.


Although not the most beautiful or graceful of birds, the pelican can be found in many areas of mythology from ancient Egypt to Medieval Christianity. In these diverse cultures, the birds are always portrayed in a positive way, as caring and protective. In modern times, several countries, including Barbados and Romania, have pelicans as their national bird and they can be found on University seals in the United States.
Pelicans are an easily identifiable water bird due to their large beaks with pouches that distend to capture large prey. One of their closest living relatives is the shoebill, so they have quite a bit of competition for oddest beak. With eight living species, they are distributed across the globe from tropical to temperate zones, although none can be found in the polar regions. They are one of the heaviest birds still capable of flight and use various techniques to help them cover long distances, including the 'V' formation most closely associated with migrating geese.
The four light plumaged species nest on the ground, while three of the brown or grey plumaged species nest in trees. The fourth darker bird - the Peruvian - nests in rocky areas near water. Pelicans are mostly monogamous, but only for one breeding cycle and they nest communally.
Pelicans travel in large flocks and can be loud and boisterous. They feed by skimming the water's surface and then sifting through the water for edible treats, including turtles, crustaceans, and other birds, but primarily fish. While immature pelicans will often vocalize, adults rarely make much noise and they rely on visual cues to communicate.
Fossil evidence of modern pelicans date back 30 million years and seem to indicate that there has been little change in the basic design of their bills. Most fossil evidence has been found in Europe, indicating that the birds evolved first in the old world and then migrated to the Americas.
The Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, the American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, the Pink Backed Pelican, Pelecanus rufescens, the Australian Pelican, Pelecanus conspicillatus, and the Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, are considered of least concern mostly due to their large distribution. The Dalmatian Pelican, Pelecanus crispus, is considered vulnerable and efforts are underway - especially in Greece - to protect the bird. The Gray Pelican, Pelecanus philippensis, is considered near threatened but the species is doing better in some areas, especially India, where conservation has increased. The Peruvian Pelican, Pelecanus thagus, is considered near threatened primarily due to damage done to their numbers during the 1998 El Nino, although their population is showing some increase.


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Beyonce Teams Up With The Dream For New Song 'Turnt' – Audio
The 'Love On Top' singer also teams with rapper 2 Chainz for the track.
Beyonce's team up with The Dream on the producer's new song 'Turnt' has been unveiled.
The 'Love On Top' singer has been a long-time collaborator with the singer-songwriter and provided guest vocals alongside rapper 2 Chainz for the latest track.
"Loving everything you do, baby I'm in love with you," sings the Destiny's Child star in the track.
The song will be released as part of The Dream's new album 'IV Play' – which is unveiled later this month.
Listen to the snippet of The Dream, Beyonce and 2 Chainz on 'Turnt' below:
Meanwhile, Beyonce today issued an apology for cancelling her 'The Mrs. Carter Show' tour gig in Antwerp last night (14th May).
The postponement of the show fuelled further speculation the star is pregnant with her second child.
The 'Countdown' singer told fans she is feeling much better and will be back on stage in Belgium tonight.
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Chelsea'sAi??already horrific season had another haunting defeat added to it, as they crashed out of the Capital One Cup on penalties against Stoke City on Tuesday. Former West Ham United and Charlton manager Alan Curbishley admits that Chelsea need to pull their socks up quickly, else they might find themselves in a huge crisis.Ai??
The Capital One Cup is the second piece of Silverware to slip through Mourinho's hands this season, as defeat in the fourth round of the competition has mounted tremendous pressure on the Chelsea boss. Alan Curbishley is the latest expert to analyse Mourinho's situation, and the English pundit has urged Chelsea to quickly get their act straight.
Mourinho's off field antics need to stopAi??
JosAi?? Mourinho didn't seem like he was focusing entirely on football at the start of the season, as the Portuguese was involved in an incident with Chelsea's first team doctor. Curbishley believes the Chelsea boss needs to stop his off-field antics, as Chelsea find themselves in the bottom half of the table.
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"This is rapidly turning into a crisis because you don't expect Chelsea to be where they are in the league, Curbishley told SkySports.
While not being able to defend their title would be disappointing, not making it into the top four would be catastrophic. With the way things are going for Chelsea, it wouldn't be ridiculous to sayAi??that they first need to cement a place in the top four before thinking about the league title.
"Most people are coming to the conclusion this isn't going to last too long and it's going to change in the next couple of weeks. I think if it doesn't change in the next couple of weeks and they don't start picking up the results they need to get nearer the top, then it is a crisis.
Should the Blues get rid of Mourinho?
If there is a word other than 'diplomatic' and 'pompous' to describe Mourinho, it has to be 'winner'. The 52-year old's medal haul consists of 22 trophies in four different leagues, including two champions league titles.
Criticism isn't new to Mourinho, butAi??he has a habit of silencing his critics almost every time. However, at Chelsea this season, reproval seems to be getting the better of the 'Special One', and the vibes are anything but positive at Stamford Bridge. But sacking Mourinho will hardly solve any of Chelsea's woes, as it would take any new manager at least one season to settle himself. On the other hand, JosAi?? is someone who knows the club in and out, and the Chelsea fans believe that he remains the right man to rejuvinate Chelsea.


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Why I Make Queer Video Games
10/26/2016 by Mo Cohen
I was working as a barista when I realized I'd rather be making queer video games.
Latte art was my calling at the time, but a lotta my lattes featured art from Mario, Tetris and Katamari Damacy. Looking back now, I can't believe it took me so long to see that making video games was the path for me.
Queer representation in video games is sparse. There are queer games out there, but there aren't nearly enough. I never see myself in the games I play, and I know LGBT visibility is vital. I decided to be a part of the change.
I started my journey into game development with a book: Anna Anthropy's Rise of the Video Game Zinesters. It was the pep talk I needed. At the time, I was an English major with zero programming experience, and this book told me that it was okay to make games without programming and that my game didn't have to be big.
Feeling inspired, I cracked open Game Maker and I made my first game: Queertastrophe. In it, the player navigates a dance party, trying to bring drinks to cuties while avoiding their exes. That was three years ago. Since then, I've remade Queertastrophe three times in three different programs and built an arcade machine for it. The last few years have gone into building up my skills and learning how to code. I had planned to take one community college class to learn the limits of programming from a design perspective, and now I work as a programmer.
Since first realizing I wanted to make queer games, I've been plotting one game in particular. Queer Quest: All in a Gay's Work is a slice of the LGBTQ community. (I'm currently closing out a fundraiser to make the game happen. Please give!) It's about how we help each other and how we navigate grief and how we practice self-care. It's a point-and-click adventure game, which I've fondly redubbed a 'point-and-clit' game.
Inspired by the games I grew up on, Queer Quest is like a gay Monkey's Island meets a feminist Leisure Suit Larry. It's got nachos, bong rips and a femme sex party. It's also got grieving, real talk with friends and communities responding to tragedy. The characters are based on friends and the puzzles are influenced by reality—like helping Theo, who suffers from FOMO (fear of missing out). This game is honestly as gay as I can make it, and it has been so rewarding to see the years of work finally take a cohesive shape.
The last few years of my life have been adding up to making this game. I want Queer Quest to help pave the way of what games can look like. Balancing humor with the challenges that the LGBTQ family faces is one of the most satisfying and terrifying challenges I've taken up—and I'm committed to it because the LGBTQ community deserves to be seen in games and feel seen when they play them.
It's becoming easier and more accessible for anyone with a passion for gaming to build games, and more queer games are rising to the surface. We just might be on the cusp of a golden age in queer games—opening the doors to telling more of our stories and giving everyone else a glimpse into the spectacular communities we don't need a console to connect to.
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About Mo Cohen
Mo Cohen is a queer-as-fuck game developer. She lives in Portland, likes talking to people's pets, and eats Nutella out of the jar with a spoon. Sometimes she talks about feminism in tech, but usually she's working on Queer Quest. You can follow her work on Twitter @queermogames and on Facebook.
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Every Sunday the catechumens meet at 4:00 pm, and for the month of January our gatherings have focused on the Eucharist, also called the mass. For the past two Sundays we have been studying the Eucharistic Prayers of our prayer book. Two weeks ago I diagrammed for them all the elements that make up a Eucharistic Prayer using Prayer A. What are the Words of Institution? What is the Sanctus? What does sursum corda mean? Where is the doxology? Where might the oblation be? Is there a thanksgiving for redemption? What does anamnesis mean? Last Sunday the catechumens had to answer all of these questions by diagramming Prayers B and D. By doing this these prayers gain a new meaning when heard at the mass. No longer are they simply words proclaimed by the priest. Now the catechumens have a new understanding of the prayers of consecration that they might hear at any given mass.
The most interesting topic we discussed was anamnesis. For those catechumens in high school the best way to understand this concept is to say it is how the church does time travel. Anamnesis refers to the memorial aspect of the Eucharist - "do this in remembrance of me." It is not simply remembering the Last Supper however; it is actually something much more vibrant. We do not simply remember our Lord blessing the bread and wine. Rather we actively participate in the Paschal mystery of our Lord's death and resurrection. The English word "remembrance" hardly does the concept justice. When we have communion together, all of us travel to the cross and the empty tomb. We are transported to our Lord's one and only sufficient sacrifice for all time and places. We could also say that the events of Calvary and Easter fast-forward to us. In other words, all time stops, or all Eucharistic moments converge, and we become one with Christ at the cross and Easter, and we become one with every other community that celebrates the Eucharist. We are not merely remembering a past event. We are actively involved and participants in the Easter mystery of our faith. We tend to think of time as linear, but in the church, all time moves toward Easter and our Lord's saving sacrifice. This is the time travel we all do when we receive the Body of Blood of our Lord.
For the month of February our focus during the catechumenate sessions focuses on Sacred Scripture. Of course no one can teach the treasures of the Bible or the Eucharist in a single month. These catechumenate sessions are simply chances to excite people into doing more on their own. Please keep our catechumens and their sponsors in your daily prayers. We will continue to pray for them on Sundays during the Prayers of the People.


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Monday, 20 May 2013 00:00	GFP Columnist	- Alan Caruba
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
The enemies of these freedoms, as expressed in the First Amendment, have always been at work to narrow and eliminate them.
A recent, egregious example of this was the subject of an article by Hans Bader, a former attorney with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. In 2003 he joined the staff of the Competitive Enterprise Institute as CEI's Counsel for Special Projects after having service as Senior Counsel at the Center for Individual Rights.
On May 10, he wrote an article, "Federal Title IX Enforcers Effectively Define Dating and Sex Education as 'Sexual Harassment'" based on the views expressed by Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
As we have seen of late, the federal government has been using the powers of the Internal Revenue Service to harass organizations identifying themselves as "Tea Party" groups, "patriots", and even pro-Israel. The Department of Justice has come under fire for the way it accessed phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors.
The most fundamental fear of the Founders was a central government grown too large and acquiring powers to itself not delineated or prohibited by the Constitution. That document is devoted to limitations on the federal government and the states at the time it was introduced demanded that a Bill of Rights be included before they would ratify it.
It is a precious legacy for all Americans, but it has also been the target for all manner of individuals and groups that want to impose their own interpretation on it and to expand it in ways that actually undermine it.
"In a shocking affront to the United States Constitution," said Lukianoff, "the U.S. Departments of Justice and Education have joined together to mandate that virtually every college and university in the United States establish unconstitutional speech codes that violate the First Amendment and decades of legal precedent."
"In 2011, the Department of Education took a hatchel to due process protection for students accused of sexual misconduct." Now college students have had speech codes imposed on them that are "so broad that virtually every student will regularly violate them," said Lukianoff. In essence, the new codes would define as punishable, any expression of sexual topics that offends any person!
In effect this outlaws any expression of opinion regarding sexual activity to include debates about sexual morality, gay marriage, or a classroom lecture on Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita." It would outlaw any sexually themed joke that anyone might find offensive for any reason. It would criminalize any request for a date or any flirtation that is not welcomed by the recipient, all defined now as "offenses."
As Lukianoff warns, "There is likely no student on any campus anywhere who is not guilty of at least one of these 'offenses.' Any attempt to enforce this rule evenhandedly and comprehensively will be impossible."
Bader said "No one would believe you if you made this up, but it's now actually happened." The definition is found in a May 9 Title IX Letter of Findings and Resolution Agreement involving the University of Montana" but which now applies to all colleges and universities in America.
Bader notes that what makes this especially troubling is that the Supreme Court has already ruled on this behavior, stating that isolated instances of trivially offensive sexual speech are not illegal and are not to be considered "sexual harassment" in even the broadest possible sense.
Silencing free speech on our nation's campuses is the official policy of the Obama administration. The mandate must be overturned before countless students find themselves expelled from colleges and universities for the flimsiest reasons. It affects what can be taught and discussed on those campuses. It is in direct contempt of the freedom of speech embedded in the First Amendment.
On May 5th in a speech delivered to the graduating class of the Ohio State University, President Obama warned students that "Unfortunately you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warm of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's the root of all our problems; some of these same voices are also doing their best to gum up the works. They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices."
No, you should not reject these voices. Some come from the Tea Party movement. Others come from organizations such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Foundation for Individual Rights, among the many who keep an eye on what appears to be the most corrupt administration to have ever held power in Washington, D.C.
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Fanfare: Enhance (4) - Gain +1/+1. Put a Puppet into your hand.
Fanfare: Choose a follower in your hand (excluding Hamelin) that originally costs 3 play points or less. Put a copy of that follower into your hand.
Last Words: If you have at least 4 cards in your hand, put a Puppet into your hand. If you have 3 cards or less in your hand, put a Puppet and a Flower Doll into your hand.
Lococo, Little Puppeteer: It is important to save at least one evolution point for Lishenna in this deck, so cards like Lococo that can deal with large followers and produce Puppets aligns well with the deck's concept.
Disciple of Destruction: An important draw engine of the deck. This increases the chance of drawing into Lishenna, and it can also help reduce the cost of Destruction amulets.
Lishenna, Omen of Destruction: The main card of the deck. Access to the Destruction amulets require this follower to evolve, so it is imperative that this card is in hand early in the game.
Puppet Room: This single amulet provides a total of 4 Puppets, supplying 'bullets' for Orchis or reducing the cost of Destruction amulets.
Orchis, Puppet Girl: An alternative win condition of the deck. All three forms of Orchis are useful in this deck. Orchis, Puppet Girl can provide 3 additional Puppets, which can be used for board control and reducing the costs of Destruction amulets. Orchis, Vengeful Puppet is a great way to pressure the opponent or finish them off. Orchis, Resolute Puppet is great at defense, and the resulting Lloyd may provide the player with one additional turn for the Destruction of Black finish.
Purehearted Singer: Great draw engine to access key cards in the deck.
Automaton Knight / Junk / Puppeteer's Strings: These are alternative options for making Puppets.
Servant of Destruction: Follower with good stats and the ability to deal 3 damage to an opponent follower. The ability requires a sacrifice, so it would be good to use Puppets or Destruction amulets as the cost.
Apostle of Destruction: This 'copies' any allied follower or amulet, which could be used with Destruction amulets.
Lishenna and Lococo are essential legendaries in this deck. Silva and Orchis are extremely powerful and provide alternative win conditions, but is not absolutely necessary, especially when on a budget. Consider removing these cards (or at least a few copies) to draw engines such as Purehearted Singer or Puppet-generators such as Automaton Knight and Junk.
Bear Puppeteer / Flower Doll / Lococo, Little Puppeteer: Great 2-PP followers to start the game off.
Cucourox, Green Gunsmith: Preferable card to keep especially when going first. Without spells to destroy her, this single card may take over the entire early-game.
Lishenna, Omen of Destruction: This is the key card of the deck, so it is essential to mulligan for it, regardless of the opponent's deck type.
Silva, Ardent Sniper: This is a card to keep only in combination with other 2- or 3-PP followers. Its accelerate ability works great with Cucourox.
Substitution: This card is worth keeping against aggressive decks.
The Destruction amulets can take a while to set up, so the goal of the early- to mid-game is to maintain board control and staying at healthy life points. If Lishenna is not in hand, use the draw engines in the deck to access it immediately.
A key point with regards to Destruction of Black is that it deals damage at the beginning of the controlling player's turn, and not at the end like Path of Purgatory. Therefore, there is a 'one-turn' lag in dealing damage.
When playing Destruction of Black, be wary of two cards: Valse, Magical Marksman (Swordcraft) and Fall from Grace (Neutral). They are both capable of getting rid of the amulet.
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The Ammonia Chronicles: Hello, Xerography!
Editor's Note: This is the first of what we expect will be a regular column about reprographics history curated by Cathie Cushing Duff, president of Cushing Co. in Chicago. Cathie would love to hear from other IRgA members who have memories to share. Please write to her at ccduff@cushingco.com
By Cathie Cushing Duff
I was flattered when Ed asked me to jot down a few thoughts about how the industry "used to be" but then I found myself feeling pretty ancient. That is a fifty-plus year block of time!
When I was a young kid I used to come down to the shop on Clark Street in Chicago with my father on the weekends and "stay out of the way!" watching blueprints being trimmed by hand, Photostats hanging on the line to dry, and men positioning giant rolls of sensitized paper in place in machines.
My first job was taking phone requests for pick-ups and running them back to messengers in the shop – I was 15 years old. It shouldn't seem odd that I started so young – I was already the third generation of Cushings involved in blueprinting.
My grandfather had been at the first National Convention of Blueprinters in Boston in July 1927. My father was one of the founders of ARMM – the Association of Reproduction Material Manufacturers. Ours was the only family I knew who had taken a family vacation to Appleton, Wisconsin to see a paper mill and visit the Paper Watermark Museum.
Cushing and Company opened its first service shop in 1929 in Chicago, and began coating Diazo paper and converting drafting materials in 1952. I have seen a lifetime of industry changes.
Hello, Xerography
One of the biggest changes I witnessed was the advent of xerographic printing. I mean, do you remember what a concept it was to be able to enlarge or reduce the size of a reproduction without a camera simply by using an adjustment on the Xerox 2080?
Of course, xerography affected our business well before the 2080. Up until the early 1960s any small format documents that needed to be copied were sent to the Photostat machine for a paper negative and addition paper positive copies. They were widely accepted as exact copies for legal purposes. Small engineering documents or details were drafted on translucent material or typed on translucent paper using an orange carbon sheet to back the vellum to create a sharper Diazo image.
In fact, our accounting statements were posted on heavy vellum stock and then run through the Diazo machines to make black line prints to be mailed out. We used those prints as the least expensive way to make a copy AND advertise our black line paper!
When my father came back from a trade show in 1960 with information about the NEW Haloid Xerox machine that would make exact copies of original images on letter or legal size paper, we could tell that he had already ordered one.
The Diazo operators weren't worried about losing their small format printing business – at the beginning a Xerox print cost the company more than it did to make a Diazo print, so we were saving that "high price spread" for sale as a business tool. The ones who WERE worried were the Photostat operators. Photostats sold for about $.50/sheet and the new Xerox prints would sell for around $.25/sheet.
One thing was certain – the office staff wouldn't be able to play with the expensive new machine. NOTHING was as inexpensive as carbon paper, so when copies were needed we just added carbons to the typewriter! We continued to print our statements on black line Diazo paper all the way through the sixties. The advent of carbonless forms that could be used in a typewriter nearly put a stop to that practice, and the dot matrix printer running off the accounting equipment finally finished it off.
By the late sixties my father had had enough of the Xerox Corporation and their constantly "clicking" agreements. He felt strongly that their policies made it very difficult to make more money as volumes increased for specification printing and legal document printing. He threatened at one point to put our Xerox 914 on LaSalle Street and cover it with lemons!
Luckily for his blood pressure, Kodak, IBM, and other players entered the market with equipment that used the xerographic process. Photostats survived until the late sixties, too, to satisfy the number of governmental agencies that still specified Photostats for exact legal copies, but eventually the new processes became accepted for legal filings.
The next time Xerox placed a machine in our shop was when the 2080 came out in 1978. This machine could change the scale of an original document and print up to 24 inches wide! But that is another story and has more to do with cameras than small format printing . . .
It is fun to reminisce but more fun to compare notes. If any of you remember any of these anomalies – or more – feel free to share! Add a comment below, or send me an email to ccduff@cushingco.com.
Great memories!
Great stories Cathie! We were all fortunate to participate in a constantly-changing industry with many bright, entrepreneurial people, some of whom were colorful characters. I also enjoyed reading the anecdotal comments posted by others. I look forward to your next column Cathie.
Chuck Gremillion more than 7 years ago
And, even more "xerographic" memories
Hey Cathie, thanks for sharing your memories. That brought back thoughts about my own experiences and observations, small-format and large-format. At the time (Oct 1970) I joined my father-in-law's small blueprinting company, we already had one Xerox machine, a Xerox 914. And, I fondly remember the fire extinguisher housed in the bottom compartment of that machine. That machine was "so" slow that we still used our diazo machines to blue-line-print specs. But only a couple of months after I joined the business, we "stepped up" to an ultra-high-speed Xerox 2400 (24 cpm). After renting that for a while, we bought it. We were told that we were one of the first in the area (the DC area) to have outright-purchased a Xerox machine. Beyond the faster speed offered by the Xerox 2400, it had an "automatic feeder" (I, personally, was the "automatic feeder" (one by one) operating the Xerox 914, so it was refreshing to acquire a real automatic feeder, although I have to say that the automatic feeder on the Xerox 2400 did trash a lot of "originals" (much to my chagrin and to the chagrin of customers whose originals that feeder trashed.) We went on to add an IBM Copier 1 - fed by a roll of paper rather than cut sheets. And, we added a "Dash 20" collator to our IBM (noisy, but effective.) And, we added a Kodak 100 (loved that machine.) On the large-format side of things, we rented, then later purchased, a Xerox 1860. I hated how that machine operated - lots of jams - very unreliable - I got to know our Xerox service techs very well. We later moved to a Xerox 2080, but, as everyone who had one of those knows, the output size limitations (24" wide output) left a lot to be desired. Then, along came the remarkable Shacoh 920, introduced to reprographers in the U.S. by Darris McCord in 1981. Cathie, it was at a MiniMax meeting in Chicago in October 1981 when I received my first one-page brochure on the Shacoh 920. That machine was excellent, we ended up replacing all of our Xerox 2080's with Shacoh 920's, and it was nice to be able to offer 36" wide output. Looking back, if I was asked to pick three pieces of large-format imaging equipment that seriously affected - had a dramatic impact on - the reprographics industry, I'd pick: Shacoh 920, OCE 9800, HP DesignJet 600 and the table-top Xerox copier (can't remember the model number.) Thanks, again, for sharing your memories!
More Xerox Memories
Cathie, I would like to add my thanks as well to your recollections. I had the dubious distinction to have worked for Xerox when the 914 and other dinosaurs were still in use. I had more than my share of experiences repairing damages to machines after prints had caught fire while jammed in the fuser. I remember sand that was used as developer in the 600 MEP, 1860, and other antique engineering machines that came before the 2080. I even worked on one of the Xerox Standard systems, which was in fact a camera that exposed selenium plates. In that system, the toner was "cascaded" across the plate to develop the image. A piece of paper was then placed atop the plate, and exposed to a transfer current. Finally, the paper was "cooked" in a devise much like a pizza oven to fuse the image to the paper. The technology has certainly changed since those bad old days. I do feel fortunate to have met many bright and wonderful folks throughout the intervening years. I have found the folks involved with wide format to generally be a well informed and resourceful group. What a gift to have worked with so many of them!
Carl Byrne more than 7 years ago
The ammonia chronicles
Cathie, it is wonderful to read about old times. You certainly brought back memories by chronicling major changes in our industry. That said, I must admit that I am one fellow who is very appreciative of how the evolution changed our industry for the better. But that's another story. In the mean time
"Thank you for the memories"!
Paul Fridrich more than 7 years ago
More Xerox history
In the 50s, my Dad was a member of the NY Blueprint Club. Joe Wilson Jr. invited the group to a preview of the 914 at the Waldorf Astoria with the hope that some of them would sign up and become Haloid Xerox dealers. They couldn't get the machine to work during the demo and everyone laughed it off as a folly; happy that it wasn't going to effect their profitable photostat business. In the early 60's Dad bought one. The 914 was the first piece of equipment that I operated for The Blue Print Company. It had a tendency to burn up jammed paper, so it came with a fire extinguisher.
John Deermount more than 7 years ago
Xerox History
I distinctly remember the smell of "toasted paper" and remember thinking that maybe the machine was running a "little too hot" . . .
Cathie Duff more than 7 years ago
Your dad was absolutely right about the 914. The first one I saw was at the Norfolk Naval Base and it was very apparent that it was destined to change our business. Some things you never forget, like where you are when major events occur.
Your article made me think about what I was doing when the 914 came out. I was selling Ozalid Printmasters to replace the original potash blueprint machines. And at the time they were truly innovative. Boy, how things have changed.
Also made me thing about the old vendors (K&E, Post, Dietzgen & Bruning) and the massive 500 page bound catalogs they used to have. Each catalog probably had over 30,000 items. Now we can count on one hand the old vendors that are still in business. We can almost count their entire catalog product numbers on two hands.
Cathie, we are certainly senior citizens when we can name more companies that have disappeared from this industry over the years than there are current providers.
Makes me very happy to be on the service side of the business and not the manufacturing side. We are certainly more adaptable and have a better future.
Andy Keaton more than 7 years ago
Agreed, Andy. I really don't know anyone any more who actually KNEW people named Dietzgen and Bruning. Here's to a bright future!
AM Bruning
I ran across this blog totally by accident. I was a Tech Rep for Bruning in the mid 80's. The times really began changing in a hurry, and Bruning got caught with their pants way down. The first thing I thought about upon reading these posts was...ammonia. I remember going home and I could literally inhale household ammonia and hardly smell it. Now, I didn't do that but one time to show my wife, but it was amazing. Then we came out with this gosh-awful fluid to replace ammonia. I honestly don't know which was worse. Plus the prints felt tacky and weren't very sharp. Then ink pen plotters hit the scene, then toner, and it just kept going. All Bruning could do was try to purchase companies that already had the technology and try to hang on. Couldn't do it and we were bought out by Oce in 1990.
Bill Pippin more than 7 years ago
Love the history
Thanks Cathie for the contribution here. Sure do miss the 2080 days! Look forward to reading more of the stories.
Tom Taubenheim more than 7 years ago
Xerography
Hi Cathie, Your article brought back many memories. Thank you!
Mike Stupak more than 7 years ago


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