October 18, 2017 By heather 5 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.
The Best Pumpkin Cheesecake bars are a great combination of a delicious crust topped with a rich and creamy pumpkin cheesecake and topped with a crumb topping.
Yes, I realize that the past few posts are all sugary treats. But I can't help myself, desserts are my Achilles heel. I promise something savory is coming soon. This weekend was so beautiful, the fall coolness in the air. The leaves are ever so slightly starting to change. It is about this time of year, every year, that I drag out my mom's cookbook and make one of my favorite fall indulgences, the best pumpkin cheesecake bars. My love for these bars is hard to describe but I think I could eat the whole pan myself.
Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the baking dish. You will bake this for 15 minutes and then let it cool.
Next, pour the pumpkin cream cheese mixture on top of the crust and sprinkle the rest of the crumble mixture on top to finish. Bake for thirty minutes and then let cool. These bars are best stored in the refrigerator and are terrific topped with a little bit of whipped cream.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 8x8 baking pan.
Combine flour and brown sugar in bowl.
Cut in butter to make a crumb mixture. Stir in nuts.
Set aside 3/4 cup of crumb mixture for topping.
Press remaining crumb mixture in bottom of 8x8 pan.
Bake for 15 minutes. Cool slightly.
Combine cream cheese, sugar, pumpkin, eggs, cinnamon, and vanilla in large mixing bowl. Blend until smooth. Pour over baked crust.
Bake an additional 30 minutes. Cool before cutting bars.
Thank you! Yes, I love everything pumpkin. Definitely my favorite time of year.
I love cheesecake and I love the seasonal sound of these. Thanks Heather!
Thanks! My mom made these for us every year around this time growing up. Hope you enjoy.
I just made these with walnuts since i was out of pecans. They are delicious! The pumpkin cheesecake flavor is decadent and yet it was easy to make. Will definitely make these again!


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Q: Sum of squares of binomial coefficients I came across the following sum in reference to this question
$$\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{2^{5 n}} \binom{2 n}{n}^2 = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{\Gamma \left( \frac{3}{4}\right)^2}$$
The sum on the left was generated from expanding the square root in the integrand of the following elliptic integral:
$$K\left( \frac{1}{2}\right) = \int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{d\theta}{\sqrt{1-\frac12 \sin^2{\theta}}} $$
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to evaluate this sum directly.  Mathematica has no problem in doing so.  Can someone point the way?

A: I'm assuming you meant $K \left(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \right)$ because that's what you have on the right side of the equation.
$$ \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{1}{2} \sin^{2} x}} \ dx = \sqrt{2} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{2-\sin^{2}x}} \ dx = \sqrt{2} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+ \cos^{2} x}} \ dx$$
$$= \sqrt{2} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+u^{2}}} \frac{du}{\sqrt{1-u^{2}}}  = \sqrt{2} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-u^{4}}} du $$
$$= \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \int_{0}^{1} t^{-\frac{3}{4}} (1-t)^{\frac{-1}{2}} \ dt = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} B \left( \frac{1}{4}, \frac{1}{2} \right) = \frac{\sqrt{2}}{4} \frac{\sqrt{\pi} \ \Gamma(\frac{1}{4})}{\Gamma(\frac{3}{4})}$$

A: With reference to the first equation, I get the same constant with the reciprocal of the following integral:
$\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{\Gamma\left(\frac{3}{4}\right)^2}=\frac{1}{{\int_{0}^\frac{\pi}{2}}\sqrt\sin(x)\sqrt\cos(x)\mathrm{d}x}$

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$\ds{\sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}{1 \over 2^{5n}}{2n \choose n}^{2}
     ={\root{\pi} \over \Gamma^{\,2}\pars{3/4}}}$

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&\bbox[10px,#ffd]{\sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}{1 \over 2^{5n}}
{2n \choose n}^{2}} =
\sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}{1 \over 2^{5n}}
\bracks{{-1/2 \choose n}\pars{-4}^{n}}^{2}
\\[5mm] = &\
\sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}{1 \over 2^{n}}{-1/2 \choose n}
\oint_{\verts{z}\ =\ 1}{\pars{1 + z}^{-1/2} \over z^{n +1}}
\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic}
\\[5mm] = &\
\oint_{\verts{z}\ =\ 1}{1 \over z\root{z + 1}}
\sum_{n = 0}^{\infty}{-1/2 \choose n}\pars{1 \over 2z}^{n}
\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic}
\\[5mm] = &\
\oint_{\verts{z}\ =\ 1}{1 \over z\root{z + 1}}
\pars{1 + {1 \over 2z}}^{-1/2}\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic} =
\oint_{\verts{z}\ =\ 1}{\root{z} \over z\root{z + 1}\root{z + 1/2}}
\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic}
\\[5mm] = &
-\int_{-1}^{-1/2}{\root{-z}\ic \over
z\root{z + 1}\root{-z - 1/2}\ic}\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic} -\int_{-1/2}^{0}{\root{-z}\ic \over
z\root{z + 1}\root{z + 1/2}}\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic}
\\[2mm] & -
\int_{0}^{-1/2}{\root{-z}\pars{-\ic} \over
z\root{z + 1}\root{z + 1/2}}\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic} -\int_{-1/2}^{-1}{\root{-z}\pars{-\ic} \over
z\root{z + 1}\root{-z - 1/2}\pars{-\ic}}\,{\dd z \over 2\pi\ic}
\\[5mm] = &
{1 \over 2\pi\ic}\int_{1/2}^{1}{\root{z} \over
z\root{1 - z}\root{z - 1/2}}\,\dd z +
{1 \over 2\pi}\int_{0}^{1/2}{\root{z} \over
z\root{1 - z}\root{1/2 - z}}\,\dd z
\\[2mm] & +
{1 \over 2\pi}\int_{0}^{1/2}{\root{z} \over
z\root{1 - z}\root{1/2 - z}}\,\dd z -
{1 \over 2\pi\ic}\int_{1/2}^{1}
{\root{z} \over z\root{1 - z}\root{z - 1/2}}\,\dd z
\\[5mm] = &\
{1 \over \pi}\
\underbrace{\int_{0}^{1/2}{\root{z} \over
z\root{1 - z}\root{1/2 - z}}\,\dd z}
_{\ds{2\root{2\pi}\Gamma\pars{5/4} \over \Gamma\pars{3/4}}}\ =\
{2\root{2\pi} \over \pi}\,{\pars{1/4}\Gamma\pars{1/4} \over \Gamma\pars{3/4}}
\\[5mm] = &\
{\root{2\pi} \over 2\pi}\,{\Gamma\pars{3/4}\Gamma\pars{1/4} \over \Gamma^{2}\pars{3/4}} =
{\root{2\pi} \over 2\pi}\,{\pi/\sin\pars{\pi/4} \over \Gamma^{2}\pars{3/4}} =
{\root{2\pi} \over 2\pars{1/\root{2}}}\,{1 \over \Gamma^{2}\pars{3/4}}
\\[5mm] = &\
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{\Large{\root{\pi} \over \Gamma^{2}\pars{3/4}}}
\approx 1.1803
\end{align}

The last integral is evaluated with the replacement
$\ds{z = \sin^{2}\pars{\theta}}$ which follows the
${\tt @Random Variable}$ answer procedure. The identity
$\ds{{2n \choose n} = {-1/2 \choose n}\pars{-4}^{n}}$ is
derived in this link.

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He also points out that the Nazis actively spread pacifist propaganda in Great Britain and the USA. Whether we like the thought or not, it is the objective truth: in a war like World War II you had to choose sides, there was simply no way to remain neutral. Those who pretended to others and themselves to live in an ivory tower of peace and love for all of humanity while opposing all sides in the war were obviously blind to the enormous threat that the fascist Axis powers posed to the world.
"Well, that's still a slanderous generalization", a pacifist or sympathizer of non-violence philosophy might say, "World War II surely is a special case, and anybody who'd claim the same today as Orwell did in those days would be completely out of their mind. Today we aren't in a total war over the future of humanity." – Yes, we are! We are in class struggle against an enemy de-facto as merciless as the Nazis. Those propagating uncompromising non-violence, pretending to stand aloof from the mechanisms of society and condemning the mere thought of violent resistance must still be seen as "fascifists".
In the following work we will see that the anti-pacifist statements above are also valid when applied to the class struggle. Instead of contributing successful tactics to the workers' movement, pacifism hinders and hampers the struggle against the ruling class and this way effectively supports the latter.
Marxism-Leninism teaches that only the working class – because of its special place in the capitalist mode of production and the resulting role in bourgeois society – has a genuine interest in the socialist revolution and is solely capable of carrying it out, seizing the means of production, overcoming the class system together with it all exploitation of man by man. Therefore we have to examine the class base of pacifism. Is it a progressive expression of the class struggle, a tactic dictated by the needs and struggle of the oppressed and exploited, rooted in the working class movement? Does it pose a challenge, a threat to the existing class order, capitalism and the bourgeois rule?
On the contrary, pacifism is a product of the petty-bourgeoisie, the favorite of members of that class and liberal academics. We already saw that Orwell rightfully called it "a bourgeois illusion bred of money and security." Realizing this origin, it is no longer surprising that pacifism often appears to be out of touch with reality, drenched with idealist notions. This and the refusal to recognize or grasp the essence of class struggle makes pacifism an obstacle to the working class movement and liberation struggles.
Class struggle is the driving force of history, inherent to class society. Marx and Engels showed that the bourgeoisie can only make profits at the expense of the working class while the working class can only advance its interests and better its situation at the expense of the bourgeoisie. In other words: the aims of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat are diametrically opposed, their antagonistic class interests are irreconcilable.
If we understand this, we have to realize that violence is inherent to class struggle. History has yet to record a ruling class voluntarily giving up its power and privileges. It has never happened and it will never happen.
Of course the pacifist is either ignorant of this, or knowingly complicit. The petty-bourgeoisie is essentially a doomed class and torn between supporting the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Most of the time they are drawn toward the bourgeoisie, but in case they support the latter it is not out of understanding the objective necessity to abolish capitalism and thus the existence of classes. Instead, they are driven by either rebellious adventurism or, in case of pacifists, an emotional humanism.
It should be obvious that this is a naïve and idealist approach requiring nothing short of a miracle: the bourgeoisie denying their class interests and acting contrary to them would mean ceasing to be the bourgeoisie.
"The elite cannot be persuaded by appeals to their conscience. Individuals who do change their minds and find a better morality will be fired, impeached, replaced, recalled, assassinated" ( Gelderloos 22).
If the ruling class cannot be swayed, maybe at least "the ordinary man" will see the truth behind our words and rationality will celebrate its triumph this way?
If there was any truth to the anti-materialist assumption that it is all about propagating "the right idea" and everybody will have to see its beauty and truth, then there is absolutely no way to explain why we in the West do not already live in a socialist society. We should also wonder why there is still so much wrong with the world, despite so many people speaking out against out various problems in the most rational and agreeable manner for decades. Public support requires that sympathetic attention is drawn to the cause. The most important factor in directing attention and building public support is undoubtedly the media.
Who controls the media again and therefore has a monopoly in opinion making? Ah, right, the corporate elite. Back at the idealist appeals to the mercy of the very people we struggle against.
"… an ostensibly revolutionary movement would have constrained itself to a horribly mismatched battle, trying to win hearts and minds without destroying the structures that have poisoned those hearts and minds" (Gelderloos 92).
Expecting otherwise means taking a step back to the days of the Utopian socialists who argued and expected the same. We should ask ourselves: what compels one to hold similar naïve views after Utopian socialism was succeeded by scientific socialism, that is after Marx and Engels gave socialism a scientific base?
The answer lies again in the class base of pacifism. The petty-bourgeoisie does not want to overcome capitalism as this would mean them putting their privileged position at risk!
The color of your skin is another factor greatly contributing to a privileged or disadvantaged position in society. Although Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi are used as figureheads, the overwhelming majority of pacifist adherents and theoreticians are also white, which leads to an Euro-centric view and little attention for the institutionalized discrimination people of color have to face on a daily base.
"Besides the fact that the typical pacifist is quite clearly white and middle class [sic], pacifism as an ideology comes from a privileged context. It ignores that violence is already here; that violence is an unavoidable, structurally integral part of the current social hierarchy; and that it is people of color who are most affected by that violence" (Gelderloos 23).
Instead of taking into account the different circumstances of people less well-off, oppressed, discriminated and brutalized, of oppressed minorities at home and peoples threatened by imperialism worldwide, the typical pacifist will moralize that "violence can never be the answer." Successfully they manage to overlook the fact that in almost all the time violent resistance is, in fact, an answer – to even more violence experienced on a regular base, directed against people who simply have no choice than to fight back if they want to live!
"the idea that we are all part of the same homogeneous struggle and white people at the heart of the Empire can tell people of color and people in the (neo-) colonies the best way to resist" (28).
That this is not just a wild accusation but a valid observation, proven by the attempts of supporters of white supremacy to utilize pacifism in general and especially colored pacifists to keep their movements down.
"Perhaps the largest of the limited, if not hollow, victories of the civil rights movement came when black people demonstrated they would not remain peaceful forever" (Gelderloos 12).
"Prevent violence on the part of black nationalist groups. This is of primary importance, and is, of course, a goal of our investigative activity; it should also be a goal of the Counterintelligence Program [in the original government lingo, that phrase refers to a specific operation, of which there were thousands, and not the overarching program]. Through counterintelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential troublemakers and neutralize them before they exercise their potential for violence" (Gedlerloos 47).
What the FBI policy meant in practice was impressively illustrated by the "neutralization" of activists of the Black Panther Party, for example.
The majority of the petty-bourgeois is incapable of being radical, "going to the root," as this would mean critically questioning and in all likelihood endangering their own privileged role in capitalist society. The "lower classes" and the "colored folks" claiming their rights sounds like a threat to those who benefit of the current power structure. Even if they give in to their more rebellious feelings, they still enjoy more leniency from the ruling class than working class militants or militants from an oppressed minority could ever expect. The moment that they genuinely join the ranks of one of the latter groups the lose their status in society.
Bearing this in mind, we should deal with the notion that pacifism is a successful approach which accomplished several historical victories. Heroes of non-violent resistance like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi immediately come to mind.
"As part of a disturbingly universal pattern, pacifists white out those other forms of resistance and help propagate the false history that Gandhi and his disciples were the lone masthead and rudder of Indian resistance. Ignored are important militant leaders such as Chandrasekhar Azad, who fought in armed struggle against the British colonizers, and revolutionaries such as Bhagat Singh, who won mass support for bombings and assassinations as part of a struggle to accomplish the 'overthrow of both foreign and Indian capitalism'" (Gelderloos 8).
"The liberation movement in India failed. The British were not forced to quit India. Rather, they chose to transfer the territory from direct colonial rule to neocolonial rule," What kind of victory allows the losing side to dictate the time and manner of the victors' ascendancy? The British authored the new constitution and turned power over to handpicked successors. They fanned the flames of religious and ethnic separatism so that India would be divided against itself, prevented from gaining peace and prosperity, and dependent on military aid and other support from Euro/American states." India is still exploited by Euro/American corporations (though several new Indian corporations, mostly subsidiaries, have joined in the pillaging), and still provides resources and markets for the imperialist states. In many ways the poverty of its people has deepened and the exploitation has become more efficient" (Gelderloos 9).
On to Martin Luther King Jr., the alleged champion of the American civil rights movement. Unsurprisingly we discover the same pattern again: the role of a pacifist figurehead is generously exaggerated, the "victory" of the movement is attribute to non-violent spokespersons and tactics alone. Ignored are militant groups like the Black Panther Party and individuals like Malcolm X, ignored is the immense influence they had among the black community and ignored are their successes.
"According to a 1970 Harris poll, 66 percent of African Americans said the activities of the Black Panther Party gave them pride, and 43 percent said the party represented their own views" (Gelderloos 11).
"People of color still have lower average incomes, poorer access to housing and health care, and poorer health than white people. De facto segregation still exists. […] Other races have also been missed by the mythical fruits of civil rights. Latino and Asian immigrants are especially vulnerable to abuse, deportation, denial of social services they pay taxes for, and toxic and backbreaking labor in sweatshops or as migrant agricultural laborers. Muslims and Arabs are taking the brunt of the post-September 11 repression, while a society that has anointed itself "color-blind" evinces nary a twinge of hypocrisy. Native peoples are kept so low on the socioeconomic ladder as to remain invisible, except for the occasional symbolic manifestation of US multiculturalism-the stereotyped sporting mascot or hula-girl doll that obscures the reality of actual indigenous people" (Gelderloos 11).
The list goes on and on. Non-violent resistance did not stop the US wreaking havoc upon Indochina in general and Vietnam specifically — the violent resistance of the Indochinese and Vietnamese people did. After defending themselves for years against the imperialist aggression, including the largest bombing campaign known in history and further genocidal acts causing unimaginable suffering, the ruling elites came to the conclusion that the war could not be won. To make things even worse for them, the troops became increasingly "infected" with militant working class and black liberation views. More and more demoralized the troops refused to obey their orders, resorted to sabotage and even the killing of hated officers. Even after the American ground troops withdrew they continued to support their puppet, the military dictatorship in the south. The peace movement could do the same about it as before: absolutely nothing. Many did not even care anymore after the US troops were out.
Needless to say, the same applies to more recent wars. None of them were stopped by pacifist appeals and demonstrations. Rather, the armed resistance in attacked and occupied countries bothers imperialist leaders and results in increasing calls for reducing or withdrawing troops.
Suddenly we discover that Israel deserves our sympathy because if these nasty Palestinians would not constantly resort to violence the poor besieged Zionists probably would have never been forced into bombing the Gaza Strip and similar "defensive actions." Even if the bombing would have occurred anyway, this apparently would not justify Palestinian violent resistance in the least. The Palestinians only lose their moral high ground because "violence is violence," "violence is never the answer" and "violence begets violence." They should probably have a few sit-ins and candlelight vigils, maybe stick flowers in Israeli rifles or speak truth to the Knesset!
"If the Palestinians hadn't made the Israeli occupation and every successive aggression so costly, all the Palestinian land would be seized, except for a few reservations to hold the necessary number of surplus laborers to supplement the Israeli economy, and the Palestinians would be a distant memory in a long line of extinct peoples. Palestinian resistance, including suicide bombings, has helped ensure Palestinian survival against a far more powerful enemy" (Gelderloos 122).
"Nonviolence declares that the American Indians could have fought off Columbus, George Washington, and all the other genocidal butchers with sit-ins; that Crazy Horse, by using violent resistance, became part of the cycle of violence, and was "as bad as" Custer. Nonviolence declares that Africans could have stopped the slave trade with hunger strikes and petitions, and that those who mutinied were as bad as their captors; that mutiny, a form of violence, led to more violence, and, thus, resistance led to more enslavement" (24).
Whether the Russian proletariat rises up to end the imperialist war and the tsarist reaction or whether the Tsar orders his troops to shoot into an unarmed crowd of peaceful protestors (speaking truth to power) – it does not matter because "violence is violence." The pacifist approach ignores concrete conditions and thus cannot grasp that not all violence is bad and that there are different "violences" in motivation, content, quality and quantity.
Pacifism does not care to differ, instead it throws around an over-simplified term evoking negative connotations. Instead of showing support for the liberation struggles of the oppressed, pacifism ends up at victim-blaming and advising them to wait for miracles to happen. Because apparently if we do not want to fall victim to an endless cycle of violence we have to ensure that only non-violent tactics are followed. Funny that we seem to have a free choice now to reject violence and embrace pacifism but are inevitable predestined to drown in blood if we dare take up arms. Why should people not be able to turn their backs to violence after their country was liberated from imperialism or after the revolution succeeded – if not it is so easy to reject violence once and for all?
"Pretending that all violence is the same is very convenient for supposedly anti-violence privileged people who benefit from the violence of the state and have much to lose from the violence of revolution" (Gelderloos 123).
"Put simply, if a movement is not a threat, it cannot change a system based on centralized coercion and violence" (p. 22).
That is exactly what the state is — it not some neutral and benevolent entity worried for the well-being of society but an instrument of class rule eager to ensure its monopoly on violence. It does not do so out of an irrational savage instinct. On the contrary, centralizing and institutionalizing violence is vital for the survival of the ruling class. If this state monopoly is challenged the ruling class will react fiercely as a plain look at the news or a history book shows.
"At the absolute best, strategies of this type will lead to an oppositional but passive majority, which history has shown is easy for an armed minority to control (colonialism, for example)" (Gelderloos 92).
Insisting on exclusively non-violent tactics therefore only ensures that any chance for real progress is effectively wasted and that discontent is kept under control and directed into harmless channels. Thus we can say that pacifists, far from challenging the ruling power, actually consolidate it. While governments all over the world react more and more violently to protests questioning their policies we are told to disarm, to not even think about the mere possibility of resisting violently.
Gelderloos quotes another FBI memo to local police officers, explaining what constitutes an "extremist." Their most outstanding, terrible and inexcusable characteristic is that "extremists may be prepared to defend themselves against law enforcement officials" (47).
"The state is not a passive thing. If it wants to repress a movement or organization, it does not wait for an excuse, it manufactures one […] About such campaigns, the FBI says, "It is immaterial whether facts exist to substantiate the charge….[D]isruption [through the media] can be accomplished without facts to back it up" (Gelderloos 57).
After the uncompromising pacifists have thus succeeded in keeping discontent in acceptable, harmless forms and the people helpless and dependent on the sudden enlightenment after "speaking truth to power" they have to be rewarded. They can have their protest and their media coverage. Nobody really cares, nothing really changes, some liberals can feel like real rebels and most important, the facade of social peace, freedom of speech and democracy is kept up. Successfully the ruling class has prevented the possibility of violent resistance destroying the image of social peace, love and harmony.
"Permitting nonviolent protest improves the image of the state. Whether they mean to or not, nonviolent dissidents play the role of a loyal opposition in a performance that dramatizes dissent and creates the illusion that democratic government is not elitist or authoritarian. Pacifists paint the state as benign by giving authority the chance to tolerate a criticism that does not actually threaten its continued operation" (Gelderloos 53).
It is sad and once again shows the naivety of the non-violent movement that you even have to answer such a question. Are they not self-explanatory? What was the result of all these "revolutions?" Did they really succeed? Did anything really change for the better? Do people in the countries where these "revolutions" occurred now live in pacifist wonderland?
"In its long history, this strategy type has not succeeded in causing the class of owners, managers, and enforcers to defect and be disobedient, because their interests are fundamentally opposed to the interests of those who participate in the disobedience. What disobedience strategies have succeeded in doing, time and time again, is forcing out particular government regimes, though these are always replaced by other regimes constituted from among the elite.
It is not even proper to say the old regimes are "forced out." Faced with rising disobedience and the threat of real revolution, they choose to hand over power to new regimes that they trust to honor the basic frameworks of capitalism and state. When they do not have the option of a transfer of power, they take off the gloves and attempt to brutalize and dominate the movement, which cannot defend itself and survive without escalating tactics." (Gelderloos 100 ).
"assumes a society without race and class hierarchy; without privileged, powerful, and violent elites; without a corporate media controlled by the interests of state and capital, ready to manage the perceptions of the citizenry. Such a society does not exist among any of the industrial, capitalist democracies" (Gelderloos 59).
Does this mean that all peaceful tactics are completely useless or that we should stay at home when non-violent protests and rallies take place and should rather seek to escalate violence whereever and whenever possible? Is throwing Molotov cocktails at every occasion what we have to do?
Of course not! Marxism-Leninism condemns individual terrorism and counter-productive inciting of violence. Such would indeed only alienate potential supporters and give the state a reason to increase its reactionary pressure. Agitation and propaganda are of utmost importance and both are non-violent tactics. Peaceful tactics can be a useful and effective mean for gaining attention, support and minor victories such as reforms. But we have to keep in mind that peaceful tactics never be more than means to achieve our final goal, socialist revolution, which will be necessarily violent. This article is directed against denial of the latter fact and an outright rejection of anything else than pacifist tactics, seen as an end within themselves.
There is no way around this fact and no matter how much we try to ignore it, no matter how safe we feel in our dream world and ivory tower, reality will catch up; hopefully it will not take us by surprise. When the time has come we both have to be prepared to defend ourselves and answer violent reaction by violent means as well as preparing and arming the proletariat in theory and practice for the inevitable violent showdown with the bourgeoisie, the revolution.
Everything else would mean to "give up militant revolution (which is to give up on revolution as a whole)," as Gelderloos correctly states (126). The ruling class will not go peacefully, they will not stand by and simply watch us taking the base of their power and wealth. If we do not want to work into the hands of our class enemy we have to realize that there is a war going on and that pacifism is still pro-fascist, pro-bourgeoisie and pro-imperialist.
"Privileged activists need to understand what the rest of the world's people have known all too long: we are in the midst of a war, and neutrality is not possible. There is nothing in this world currently deserving of the name peace. Rather, it is a question of whose violence frightens us most, and on whose side we will stand" (Gelderloos 134).
"We must realistically accept that revolution is a social war, not because we like war, but because we recognize that the status quo is a low-intensity war and challenging the state results in an intensification of that warfare" (142).
Gelderloos, Peter. How Nonviolence Protects the State. South End Press, 2007.
Orwell, George. Pacifism and the War. London: 1942.


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TO HONOR LIEUTENANT LANSING P. "PETE" LOGAN OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, TO CONGRATULATE HIM UPON THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIREMENT, TO COMMEND HIM FOR HIS SIXTY YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC SERVICE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND TO WISH HIM MUCH JOY AND FULFILLMENT IN ALL HIS FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is pleased to recognize South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Lieutenant Lansing P. "Pete" Logan upon the occasion of his retirement; and
Whereas, in 1989, having already completed a highly distinguished career of public service with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Lieutenant Logan took up his duties with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED), and he has faithfully served the agency since that time; and
Whereas, Lieutenant Logan is known for his mentorship of innumerable law enforcement agents and prosecutors, both personally and in the handling of complex criminal investigations and prosecutions; and
Whereas, he has been instrumental in the development of the South Carolina State Grand Jury since its inception in 1989 and has provided exceptional service to that institution and the South Carolina Attorney General's Office for more than three decades; and
Whereas, throughout his legendary career, Lieutenant Logan has received numerous honors, including the Strom Thurmond Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement for outstanding federal service to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1987); the Order of the Palmetto, presented by Governor Henry McMaster (2018); and the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief's Award (2021); and
Whereas, Lieutenant Logan has provided a lifetime of dedicated service and achievement to South Carolina and to the United States of America. He has earned the supreme trust, confidence, and respect of his peers and the public; and
Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly is eternally grateful for his unyielding commitment to the pursuit of justice for the people of the Palmetto State. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly, by this resolution, honor Lieutenant Lansing P. "Pete" Logan of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, congratulate him upon the occasion of his retirement, commend him for his sixty years of distinguished public service in law enforcement, and wish him much joy and fulfillment in all his future endeavors.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to Lieutenant Lansing P. "Pete" Logan.
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Rosanna Garcia, Associate Professor Marketing, Daniels College of Business
Paul Kosempel, Teaching Associate Professor PLP
Lisa Martinez, Associate Professor Sociology and Criminology, College of Arts Humanities and Social Science
Markus Schneider, Associate Professor Economics, College of Arts Humanities and Social Science
Mary Stansbury, Lead Faculty, Morgridge College of Education
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Lolita Tabron, Assistant Professor Morgridge College of Education
Scott Toney, Teaching Associate Professor Business Information and Analytics, Daniels College of Business
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Molly Smith, Instructional Support Specialist (University College)
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After reviewing RFPs from four firms, the Pay Equity Advisory Committee chose Gallagher as the vendor to conduct the study on the basis of their high reputation for their work in higher education, as well as their commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
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The pay equity study will be conducted in several phases. Over the summer, we are working on ensuring all employee data is accurate. In the fall, Gallagher will conduct the first pay equity analysis by department, salary grade, gender, ethnicity, and age. Informing these decisions will be market competitiveness. The outcome of this study is anticipated to be complete in Winter Quarter 2020. At the end of the study, the committee will work with University leadership to strategize on addressing the findings. We will publish periodic updates in the Bridge to keep the community up to date on our progress.
Contact HR.Compensation@du.edu with any questions or comments you may have about this study.


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Yautja sign with Relapse Records, complete new album
Relapse Records has announced the signing of Nashville, Tennessee trio Yautja. Formed in 2010, the group has released a handful of records, including two full-lengths. The band's newest album was recorded early this year at Electrical Audio in Chicago, IL. The outing was engineered by Scott Evans, mastered by Brad Boatright, and will arrive in 2021 through Relapse. Yautja comment: "The members of Yautja have been fans of Relapse artists and releases since middle school and the label has always been an outlet for discovering new and subversive music for us. We couldn't be more stoked to share the music we've been working on over the past few years through this label."
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I see Christians sharing nothing but bad news on Facebook. The ugly, the tragic, the sad and the infuriating. I challenge you today to embrace that which breeds joy in your heart.
If you're looking for the ugly, vile and putrid in life, it's there. But if you CHOOSE to look for it, I think you'll find the glory in this world far outweighs the gloom. Like when you're taking a walk, and suddenly look up and see one of the most beautiful sunsets you've ever witnessed.
I've never had an anxiety attack, but one of my best friends struggles with them. Those who suffer from them have told me about the racing pulse, the terrifying thoughts, and the feeling one is going to die. It is for my friend—along with anyone else reading this who shares the same battle—I offer the following thoughts, Bible verses, and prayer.
For those of us who deal with prolonged issues such as pain, anxiety and depression, it's easy to begin to question your abilities and worth. Once vibrant, bright-eyed and energetic, we slowly become hollow, dull-eyed and exhausted. But God is calling out of darkness, into His marvelous light. Laughter and love, not tears and anger. Joy and hope, not sadness and despair.
You are the One who has given me every good thing in my life. You are the One who has given me not only the hope of salvation, but of Heaven, Lord. It was You who led my ancestors through many challenging days, through death and right into Your arms, Lord. I would like to ask one thing, Lord. I'm tired. I'm so very tired today. I don't know what else to say. I don't know what else to do. I just pray You give me strength. Give me the courage and tenacity to continue living for You in these difficult times. Allow me the spiritual brawn to lead my family to Your gates, Jesus.
Some days life cuts you off at the knees, submerging you in darkness, nearly swallowing you whole. I've been there, friend. So have many others. But just as the mountains are everlasting, undying and unalterable, so is the Lord. God promises to love and protect us. He cannot be moved. He stands forever. He surrounds His people. Pretty cool, right?


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Jonathan Demme, Saverio Costanzo Get Venice Film Festival Jury Duty
Oscar-winning helmer Jonathan Demme and lauded Italian director Saverio Costanzo, whose Hungry Hearts was a major winner on the Lido last year, have been named presidents of the Horizons and Lion of the Future juries, respectively. As jury chairs, they join Alfonso Cuaron who was previously appointed head of the main competition panel at the Venice Film Festival.
Demme will be logging time in Europe in the next month or so as his Meryl Streep-starrer Ricki And The Flash world premieres as the opening night film of the Locarno fest on August 5. The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia helmer has himself had films in various sections of Venice including 1980's Melvin And Howard, 2004's The Manchurian Candidate, 2007 doc Man From Plains, 2008's Rachel Getting Married, 2011's I'm Caroline Parker: The Good, The Bad And The Beautiful, and Enzo Avitabile Music Life in 2012.
Costanzo had a hit with last year's Hungry Hearts, his fourth feature, which took the Venice acting prizes for Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver. It was also nominated for seven David di Donatello awards. Costanzo's other credits include Private, In Memory Of Me and The Solitude Of Prime Numbers which competed in Venice in 2010. He also directed the Italian adaptation of In Treatment, seasons 1 and 2, for SKY Cinema.
The international jury of the Horizons (Orizzonti) section will award prizes for Best Film, Best Director; Best Actor or Actress, Best Short Film and will hand out a Special Jury Prize. No ties will be allowed.
The international jury of the "Luigi di Laurentiis" Venice Award for a Debut Film – Lion of the Future gives a $100K cash prize to one debut feature from across the competitive sections. No ties allowed here either.
Venice opens September 2 with Baltasar Kormakur's Everest. The main lineup for the event whcih runs through September 12 will be unveiled on July 29 in Rome.
This article was printed from	https://deadline.com/2015/07/jonathan-demme-saverio-costanzo-venice-film-festival-jury-1201483217/


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Elephants are amongst the large wild herbivores under threat
HomeNewsDecline of large wild herbivores may lead to an 'empty landscape'
Decline of large wild herbivores may lead to an 'empty landscape'
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The global decline of large wild herbivores, especially in Africa and Asia, is raising the spectre of an 'empty landscape' in some of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet.
Many populations of animals, such as rhinoceroses, zebras, camels, elephants, and tapirs, are diminishing or threatened with extinction in grasslands, savannahs, deserts and forests, scientists say.
Led by William Ripple of Oregon State University, an international team of 15 scientists including Professor David Macdonald and Dr Chris Sandom of Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), conducted a comprehensive analysis of data on the world's largest herbivores (of adult body mass over 100 kilograms on average), including endangerment status, key threats and ecological consequences of population decline. The researchers publish their observations in Science Advances.
The authors focused on 74 large herbivore species – animals that subsist on vegetation – and conclude that 'without radical intervention, large herbivores (and many smaller ones) will continue to disappear from numerous regions with enormous ecological, social, and economic costs.' Professor Macdonald, founding Director of Oxford University's WildCRU, is a world expert on carnivores and said: 'The big carnivores, like the charismatic big cats or wolves, face horrendous problems from direct persecution, over-hunting and habitat loss, but our new study adds another nail to their coffin – the empty larder – it's no use having habitat if there's nothing left to eat in it.'
Ripple initiated the study after conducting a global analysis of large-carnivore decline, which goes hand-in-hand, he said, with the loss of their prey: 'I expected that habitat change would be the main factor causing the endangerment of large herbivores,' he said. 'But surprisingly, the results show that the two main factors in herbivore declines are hunting by humans and habitat change. They are twin threats.'
The scientists refer to an analysis of the decline of animals in tropical forests published in the journal BioScience in 1992. The author, Kent H Redford, then a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Florida, first used the term 'empty forest'. While soaring trees and other vegetation may exist, he wrote, the loss of forest fauna posed a long-term threat to those ecosystems.
The new study goes further, showing that the problem extends beyond forest landscapes, to savannahs and grasslands and deserts. Professor Macdonald said: 'it was bad enough to talk about empty forests – now we're facing empty landscapes.'
The highest numbers of threatened large herbivores live in developing countries, especially Southeast Asia, India and Africa, the scientists report. Only one endangered large herbivore lives in Europe (the European bison), and none are in North America. This, Professor Macdonald concludes 'is not because we in the more developed countries have anything to be proud of – rather it's because we exterminated our large mammals in an earlier era.'
The authors note that 25 of the largest wild herbivores now occupy an average of only 19 percent of their historical ranges. Competition from livestock production, which has tripled globally since 1980, has reduced herbivore access to land, forage and water and raised disease transmission risks, they add.
Meanwhile, herbivore hunting occurs for two major purposes, the authors note: meat consumption and the global trade in animal parts. An estimated one billion humans subsist on wild meat, they write. 'The market for medicinal uses can be very strong for some body parts, such as rhino horn,' said Ripple. 'Horn sells for more by weight than gold, diamonds or cocaine.' WildCRU's team also specialises in illegal wildlife trade and Professor Macdonald said: 'Respect for local customs is an important courtesy, but one that does not extend to tolerating the pointless extinction of wild species that are beyond financial value.'
'Almost everything in nature is connected' said Professor Macdonald, 'so eliminating large herbivores is to pull the rug out from beneath whole ecosystems.' Their loss is likely to reduce food for large carnivores such as lions and tigers; diminish seed dispersal for plants; lead to more frequent and intense wildfires; slower cycling of nutrients from vegetation to the soil; reductions in habitat for smaller animals including fish, birds and amphibians.
The consequences of large wild herbivore decline include:
Loss of habitat diversity: Large herbivores trample and consume vegetation and increase habitat diversity for plants and animals; for example, elephants maintain forest clearings whilst bison maintain and expand grasslands.
Loss of food for predators and scavengers: Large predators such as lions, leopards, and spotted hyena depend on large herbivores for food. Large herbivores also open up dense vegetation making it easier for predators to catch smaller herbivores. In Yellowstone National Park, for instance, scavengers such as coyotes, foxes, and eagles often rely on carcasses of large herbivores killed by gray wolves.
Impact on seed dispersal: Large herbivores are irreplaceable as seed dispersers as they are able to consume larger seeds, and a large volume of seeds, and disperse them in their dung over longer distances. For example, in the Congo forest elephants disperse around 345 large seeds per day from 96 species over 1km from the parent trees.
Impact on humans: An estimated one billion people rely on wild meat for subsistence. If current trends continue wild meat in African forests is expected to decline more than 80% in the next 50 years. The loss of flagship wild herbivores will also have a negative impact on tourism, a vital source of revenue in many poorer countries.
'We hope this report increases appreciation for the importance of large herbivores in these ecosystems,' said Ripple. 'And we hope that policymakers take action to conserve these species.'
To understand the consequences of large herbivore decline, the authors call for a coordinated research effort focusing on threatened species in developing countries. In addition, solutions to the decline of large herbivores need to involve local people. 'It is essential that local people be involved in and benefit from the management of protected areas,' they write. 'Local community participation in the management of protected areas is highly correlated with protected area policy compliance.'
A report of the research, entitled 'Collapse of the World's Largest Herbivores', is published in the journal Science Advances.
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Delightful: Second man found dead at Democratic donor Ed Buck's house, prompting renewed investigation
Subject: Delightful: Second man found dead at Democratic donor Ed Buck's house, prompting renewed investigation Thu Jan 10, 2019 1:59 am
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The death of a man at the home of a prominent Democratic political donor is raising questions and scrutiny about an earlier death at his home.
Both deaths occurred at the West Hollywood, California, home of Ed Buck, who has donated to a number of Democratic politicians over the years.
Now investigators are looking at both the most recent death, which was reported on Monday, as well as the overdose death of another man at the same residence in July 2017.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department responded to a call at 1:05 a.m. Monday that a person not breathing. Emergency responders performed CPR at the scene, they said in a statement released on Monday by the sheriff's office, but the man -- whose identity has not been publicly released -- was declared dead at the scene.
The sheriff's office said that the cause of death in this case has yet to be determined.
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Keep it up, leftist filth.