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Max Cavalera on Influence of Glam Metal, Bad English on Sepultura's 'Schizophrenia'
"I was still developing my style, ripping off other music and writing from the dictionary"
Sepultura, 1987
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In the mid-Eighties numerous bands from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, including Sarcafago, Vulcano, Holocausto and Mutilator, were part of a scene that played a scorching, blasphemous hybrid of death metal and thrash that few fans knew about internationally prior to the Internet. The groups would have a substantial impact on their peers, however.
Sepultura, too, were once very much a part of the area's death/thrash movement (though they gradually gravitated towards thrash as their career progressed). And they were clearly one of the best. The band's 1985 debut EP, Bestial Devastation, is a bombastic hybrid of Death and Kreator, and its full-length follow-up, Morbid Visions, is equally savage, even with its inferior production and sometimes sloppy playing.
But it was with the 1987 album Schizophrenia — Sepultura's first release to feature guitarist Andreas Kisser — that the group's playing and songwriting skills finally matched its energy, paving the way for them to secure an international recording deal with Roadrunner Records.
The album opens with the shower-scene music from Psycho, then bursts into the blast beats and Slayeresque death-metal riffage of "From the Past Comes the Storms." The rest of the record — which is also heavily influenced by Metallica — still sounds fresh and aggressive. Band co-founder Max Cavalera says having Kisser in the band gave Sepultura the tools and technique they needed to evolve.
"We were listening to Morbid Angel, Death, Bathory and Celtic Frost. And Andreas was more into Metallica and Ozzy," the singer/guitarist explains. "It made for a good mix, and we wrote some really cool shit. The songs got more elaborate. And we just got better. He brought really cool thrash elements to the band that weren't there before and the music became more complicated. If you listen to [the instrumental] 'Inquisition Symphony,' that song's got 500 riffs. Everything just got better."
A few weeks before the 30th anniversary of Schizophrenia's release, Cavalera talked to Revolver about the growth the band underwent between Morbid Visions and its follow-up, his first impressions of Kisser, the poor command of English he had at the time and the glam-metal fan who enabled them to up their game.
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WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME LESS OF A FRANTIC DEATH-METAL BAND AND ADOPT A MORE CONTROLLED THRASH ATTACK?
MAX CAVALERA We learned to be better musicians. Morbid Visions is all about that pure black-metal instinct — that you don't need to be a good musician to make a kickass record. It's that Hellhammer mentality. As proud as I am of Morbid Visions, I think we needed something. And as it turned out, our guitar player [Jairo T] quit out of the blue. He watched that movie Crossroads that had Steve Vai in it, and he came back to our rehearsal room and said, "I don't want to do this anymore. I'm into glam music, now, like Poison, Cinderella and Steve Vai." And we were like, "What are you talking about? What's going on?" And he said, "I don't want to play this crazy music anymore."
HOW DID ANDREAS KISSER WIND UP IN THE BAND?
We met Andreas in São Paulo. He was playing in a band called Pestilence, and they were a thrash band. I saw him play and he totally kicked ass. He played great leads and could do all this Randy Rhoads stuff. So Jairo suggested we try him out. One show before Jairo quit the band, we were in São Paulo and my roadie got sick and couldn't come, so Andreas was my roadie for that one show. He'd tune my guitars and hand them to me. So I always teased him. "Yeah, you started as my roadie, man. Don't forget that."
DID YOU CLICK WITH ANDREAS RIGHT AWAY?
Honestly, man, the very first time I saw him I didn't like him at all. Me and Iggor come from poor upbringings. We're broke, never had any money. We had holes in our shoes and fucked-up clothes. The first time I saw Andreas he was riding in a convertible car with two hot chicks. And I'm like, "Look at that poser motherfucker!" He had long hair and shades. It looked like he was in Mötley Crüe. We're death-metal guys. So we were like, "That guy's a poser. Fuck that guy." But he ended up moving from São Paulo to Belo and was living with me and Iggor. My mom pretty much adopted him as a third son. For a while there, we all got along great.
CLEARLY, YOU GOT OVER THE INCOME INEQUALITY THING.
When we got to know him, we realized he's an all right guy. But he never understood where we came from. Andreas always had a nice house, good family. He always had money. He had cars, rich girlfriends. We never had rich girlfriends. All the chicks hated us. But when he joined the band things changed. The long hair and the leather pants made us look cool and it clicked. And on the music side, it was huge because he could really play.
WHAT WAS THE SONGWRITING PROCESS LIKE?
The first song we wrote was a demo that made the album as "From the Past Comes the Storms," which was really fast, heavy and crazy. But the demo had the wrong English. I called it "The Past Reborn the Storms." I didn't find out until later that it didn't make any sense. But in a way, it's kind of cool that the demo came out with the wrong English. And it came out fucking great, man. I still like the demo more than the album. The drums sound like a baseball bat. It's fucking amazing. And we wrote some real brutal stuff like "To the Wall," "Inquisition Symphony" and "(R.I.P.) Rest in Pain," which is the last song on the album. It was clear that we were becoming better musicians and could make the best out of the death and thrash mix, which, to me, are probably my favorite types of music to mix together. You get the best of both worlds and amazing things come out.
WHERE DID YOU TRACK SCHIZOPHRENIA?
We recorded at J.G. Estudios in Belo Horizonte, which is where we did the first EP [Bestial Devastation]. Schizophrenia was the first real production of the Cogumelo label. They put everything they had into it. The original album had a gatefold with a huge picture of us when you opened the album. I always think of the Schizophrenia album as being like the cover of the Scorpions' Blackout. It's got this guy breaking out of the glass, but he's got a straightjacket on. I think it's a bit of Blackout mixed with a little bit of A Clockwork Orange. I was really into that movie. The production was great and the songs were great as well and I think it entirely set the stage for Beneath the Remains.
THE LYRICS ARE PRETTY STANDARD "PSYCHO, HATE, KILL, DIE" STUFF
I was still developing my style, ripping off other music and writing from the dictionary. I was just learning and I think that's why the first song came out with the wrong English. But I think we should have kept it that way on the album. That would have been a cool touch!
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SARAJEVO, July 28 (Xinhua) — A Saturday auto show featuring "Fico", a car that used to be a symbol of the former Yugoslavia, evoked feelings of nostalgia among Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) fans.
Fico, a license-produced version of the Italian Fiat 600, was one of the most common cars driven in all six republics of the former Yugoslavia, including BiH. Produced from 1955 until 1985, Fico cars are still driven today.
Fadil Cerimagic, with the association of car-lovers Fico, said the Fico car celebrated its 63rd birthday this year.
This specific festival, or Fico Fest, gathers fans of Fico cars from BiH and countries of former Yugoslavia, reminding them of the old times, he said.
"Interest in this festival is enormous because Fico car is a favorite car of many people. They are emotionally attached to it," Cerimagic said, adding that visitors had the opportunity to see 63 Fico cars of different colors and years of production.
Some 200 participants from Austria, BiH, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Serbia and Switzerland, gathered at the main square in the Old Town Sarajevo, according to Cerimagic.
The one-day festival will be ending with Fico cars passing through main streets of Sarajevo.


Samuel is quickly developing a reputation for his work in contemporary opera. He recently served as the Assistant Conductor for David T. Little's DOG DAYS and Du Yun's ANGEL'S BONE for the 2016 PROTOTYPE Festival in New York. In 2015, Samuel conducted D.J. Sparr's APPROACHING ALI with North Carolina Opera, Gary Fagin's A DISTANT LOVE with Chelsea Opera, and Thomas Pasatieri's THE HOTEL CASABLANCA for Hunter College Opera Theater. He also served as Assistant Conductor for the 2015 tour of Little's DOG DAYS to L.A. Opera and Fort Worth Opera in a co-production with Beth Morrison Projects. Samuel served as Assistant Conductor for the 2014 world premiere of Kamala Sankaram's THUMBPRINT and the 2013 world stage premiere of Mohammed Fairouz's SUMEIDA'S SONG, both with the PROTOTYPE Festival. During the 2013-2014 Season, Samuel served as Guest Conductor for Chelsea Opera's production of LA PIZZA CON FUNGHI by Seymour Barab, and Assistant Conductor for the New York premiere of WINNERS from the opera Ballymore by Richard Wargo. He also served as Assistant Conductor for the world premiere of Matthew Harris's THE MARK OF CAIN with Chelsea Opera. Upcoming contemporary opera engagements include his debut with LA Opera as Conductor for Kamala Sankaram's THUMBPRINT in 2017.
Equally at home with the classics, Samuel led Chelsea Opera's 2015 production of TOSCA and their 2014 production of THE TENDER LAND as Music Director/Principal Conductor. Samuel has led productions of DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE and GIANNI SCHICCHI with dell'Arte Opera Ensemble and LE DONNE CURIOSE with Opera Moderne in New York City. Regionally, he has led productions of LA TRAVIATA and LE NOZZE DI FIGARO with Rogue Opera, and served as the Assistant Conductor for North Carolina Opera's production of Verdi's AIDA. As Principal Conductor for Puget Sound Concert Opera in Seattle, Samuel led performances of SUOR ANGELICA, SIMON BOCCANEGRA, COSÌ FAN TUTTE, CENDRILLON, DIDO AND AENEAS, and scenes from THE FAIRY QUEEN.


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Leaders from 30 special districts convened in Philadelphia June 25 for the second of five live Special Districts Summits for 2019. Keynote speakers and panelists tackled topics ranging from modernizing and protecting critical infrastructure and systems to eliminating paper and leveraging real-time data. Here are a few important takeaways from the event:
Special districts are government's problem-solvers: Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, in a keynote speech, said the city frequently forms special districts to address problems or tackle issues that are difficult for traditional governments to address. For instance, the Center City District was created in the early 1990s with downtown businesses to clean up litter and strengthen public safety. And the City Avenue Special Services District is a partnership between the city of Philadelphia and Lower Merion Township in Montgomery County to improve cooperation between police departments in the two jurisdictions and promote economic improvement along a three-mile corridor.
"What I find so interesting about special services districts is they have more flexibility and speed than traditional government," said Nutter. "So if the city of Philadelphia or Lower Merion can't do something, we might create these new structures to do what citizens want."
He added that close cooperation between special districts and traditional agencies produces powerful results. "Your active engagement and partnership with the local government is critically important to the life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness of citizens."
Special districts are first responders: Bruce Moeller, former fire chief and city manager of Sunrise, Fla., said almost all special districts have a role to play during emergency situations, and he urged special district leaders to take steps to improve their resiliency and communications capabilities.
"I have often coordinated with special districts when handling a disaster," said Moeller, who dealt with Hurricanes Andrew and Katrina as a city official. "Transit districts, water districts, airport districts – I've needed all of these specialties. I've had to call buses in at 2 a.m. to transport people from damaged buildings; I've had to house people in libraries."
He said FirstNet, the dedicated national communications network for first responders, is a vital tool for connecting special districts to other units of government during emergencies. "You need to explore FirstNet now. You can't wait until an event happens," Moeller said. "You need the capability to talk to other first responders. In a crisis, we all need to be able to work together.
Even small districts can improve user experience: When Jonathan Klotz became executive director of the Mount Pocono Municipal Authority in 2018, the small water and wastewater district was overflowing with paper maps and documents, and it lacked electronic payment options for customers. Klotz worked with the nonprofit Rural Community Assistance Partnership to secure a $75,000 grant package for technology upgrades and used the money to launch a sweeping modernization campaign. The initiative included digitizing existing maps and blueprints and deploying modern GIS technology, as well as new cloud-based electronic document and citizen portal software.
Klotz says the key to success is creating a mindset for innovation and forming a solid vision for the future. "Once you know where you're going, you can start working toward your goals," he said. "You also need to get your team prepared for change. They need to be onboard."
Not only is the modernization initiative bringing new services to the authority's customers, it's having a dramatic impact on employees. "We're freeing up our staff to use their skills," said Klotz. "And we're increasing employee satisfaction with the ease of work."
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Brace yourself for a complete change of tune in the Trump coverage. The Pravda Press slants everything in a way they think will benefit the Democrats. Right now they want to sow as much confusion as possible in the Republican primary. At the moment Trump gets a boost because the media, rightly or wrongly, see him as less threatening or more divisive than the other candidates near the top of the polls. It's a bonus for them that Trump draws big audiences, but the Pravda Press would cut him dead if he really looks good to win the general election, audience or no audience. If Trump begins to flame out, lame stream media will boost whoever they think is the next most divisive or least threatening candidate. Once the Republican nomination is settled, then whoever it is, including Trump, will suddenly become the worst thing since VD. Since the general election "debates" are going to be everybody against the Republican, it's good practice for the front runner to have an everybody against him debate. Remember moderator Candy Crowley's assist for Barack Obama in the 2012 debate when Benghazi was the topic? She interrupted Mitt Romney to tell the audience that Obama had declared the Benghazi attack an act of terrorism. In fact, that was definitely not true. So don't get lulled into a belief the Pravda Press has suddenly seen the light. The reality is the Pravda Press operates based on its prevailing ideology, even to the point of bankruptcy. The reason FOX News is so roundly criticized is because they don't play the bias game almost everybody else does.


DryCarpet personnel arrived at my home right on time this morning. This is the second time that I called on DryCarpet to clean my carpet. I found the 1-800-DryCarpet technicians very courteous, and knowledgeable. I was again impressed with the cleanliness and the speed in which they cleaned my carpets. The carpets were dry to the touch in less than an hour. When I used to clean my carpets with a steam cleaning company it took two days to clean and dry the carpets. I always cleaned them in August to get the best heat for drying the carpet.
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Ndoc Çoba (ur. 27 lipca 1870 w Szkodrze, zm. 6 marca 1945) - albański ekonomista, polityk i publicysta, minister finansów Albanii w 1920 roku, burmistrz Szkodry w latach 1937-1939.

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Uczył się w szkole prowadzonej przez jezuitów w Szkodrze, a następnie odbył studia ekonomiczne w Wenecji, gdzie obronił pracę doktorską. W 1908 objął kierownictwo klubu patriotycznego Gjuha shqipe (Język albański). Od 1909 pracował w służbie celnej, w roku 1913 objął kierownictwo urzędu celnego w Szkodrze, a w latach 1914-1915 był członkiem dwunastoosobowej komisji zarządzającej miasta Szkodry. W 1920 uczestniczył w kongresie działaczy narodowych w Lushnji jako delegat Szkodry, w nowym rządzie Sulejmana Delviny objął stanowisko ministra finansów i przeprowadził reformę finansów publicznych. W latach 20. wydawał pismo społeczno-polityczne Ora e maleve. W latach 1937-1939 przewodniczył radzie miejskiej Szkodry. W czasie II wojny światowej związał się z monarchistycznym ugrupowaniem Legaliteti, był współorganizatorem konferencji w Pezë (16 września 1942), gdzie dyskutowano nad zjednoczeniem albańskiego ruchu oporu. Aresztowany przez włoskie władze okupacyjne w listopadzie 1942, internowany w Ventotene. Powrócił do kraju w 1943.

W styczniu 1945 aresztowany przez władze komunistyczne. Zmarł w więzieniu po trzech miesiącach śledztwa w wyniku tortur.

Życie prywatne
Był żonaty (żona Shaqe Çoba), miał syna Karla. Ulice imienia Ndoca Çoby znajdują się w północnej części Tirany (Stacioni i Trenit) i w Szkodrze.

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Albańscy ekonomiści
Albańscy ministrowie finansów
Albańskie ofiary prześladowań komunistycznych 1944–1991
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Internowani we Włoszech w czasie II wojny światowej
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Climbers can be used to decorate walls and fences, but can also serve as colourful and fragrant companions to trees, shrubs and hedges. This work shows the various climbers available, including deciduous climbers, evergreen, climbers, annuals and biennials.
The potential of climbers; making the most of climbers; climbers in host shrubs and trees; the practicalities; the queen of climbers; clematis; fragrant climbers; climbers for foliage; a variety show of climbers; warm walls and conservatories; making more. Appendix: Climbers for selected sites and qualities.


"It's time to understand that Muslims need to stay in their sandpits with their goats, camels and their false prophet. They need to be eliminated from our civilized nations. They are evil, disgusting and violent murderers that have one objective- to take over the world".
This entry was posted in Eradicate Islam, Islam, Islam is the Enemy, Islamization on February 2, 2016 by amyself313.


It's Chanukah! Give yourself a gift! Join us on the next Boomers trip.
latest in digital art, the Museum explores every phase of the production, promotion, and exhibition of moving images. It offers an engaging, highly interactive core exhibition, and programs of contemporary and classic films from around the world.
that time the largest synagogue structure in America. By this time, Temple Emanu-El already had gained the reputation of having the most prominent congregation of members in the country. The decision was made in the mid-l920s to relocate.
Consolidating in l927 with Temple Beth-El the congregation built its present house of worship at Fifth Avenue and East 65th Street. We will be taken on a private tour of the Temple and then have time to explore the adjacent museum.


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Cardiff Blues 13 - 19 Connacht
Sun 12 February 13:05 Cardiff Arms Park Att: 4,300 Ref: Marius Mitrea Guinness Pro12
Cardiff Blues 13 Connacht Rugby 19
The Blues led for the majority of the match at a bitterly cold BT Sport Cardiff Arms Park thanks to the boot of Gareth Anscombe and a Nick Williams try.
But the PRO12 champions battled back through Matt Healy and they edged into the lead at the death thanks to a Tiernan O'Halloran drop-goal and a Craig Ronaldson penalty with the final kick.
Both sides demonstrated their willingness to attack from kick-off and while Connacht had the first opportunity to points on the board it was the Blues that dominated possession.
Where John Cooney failed to bisect the posts, Gareth Anscombe made no mistake on 11 minutes to give his side the lead.
The fly-half, who took on the kicking duties following the late withdrawal of Steve Shingler, was again on target on 19 minutes.
When Connacht had the opportunity to open their account they turned down a shot at goal and went to the corner but they were unable to secure the ball with Macauley Cook soaring above the Irish jumper.
The Blues soaked up the pressure with Rey Lee-Lo making a key turnover before his centre partner Willis Halaholo made a sensational break.
On several occasions it appeared as though there was no way through for the 26-year-old but he dummied and hitch-kicked his way past at least four defenders.
He was eventually dragged down a metre short of scoring an unbelievable try but the damage was done and Connacht were on the back foot.
Three phases later the pressure told and Nick Williams powered over for a try awarded with the assistance of the TMO.
Anscombe added the extras to bring the scores to 13-0 but they were dealt a blow when Connacht hit back with a converted try shortly before the break.
A rampaging charge from hooker Tom McCartney set up the score with Wales' Capital Region running out of numbers as a long pass put Matt Healy over unopposed.
John Cooney cut the deficit to just three points with a penalty just four minutes into the second half. Anscombe had the chance to respond but his penalty, into a strong wind, clattered off the uprights.
The Blues dominated the next 10 minutes in terms of possession but the game was all around the half-way line with Connacht resolute in defence and tenacious at the breakdown.
Wilson's side were unable to turn the period of pressure into points and Cooney levelled the scores with a long-range penalty shortly after the hour mark.
Connacht then moved up a gear and hammered at the Blues line but the home side defended heroically.
The Irish province crashed into the Blues with 30 phases and sublime offload out of contact from Jake Heenan looked to have released Healy for a potential match-winner but he lost the ball with the line at his mercy.
Carty attempted a drop-goal in the final minutes but it sailed agonisingly wide however Tiernan O'Halloran made no mistake as he bisected the posts to take the lead with a minute remaining.
And with the final kick Ronaldson struck a long-range penalty to seal the win.


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I've said it before, I'll say it again Zuhair Murad is a master at crafting pure magic.
This Fall 2017 season he created an elegant and timeless collection based on Charles Dana Gibson's famous Gibson Girl illustrations. She is statuesque, her waist is narrow and her head is carried high: a key figure of the late 19th century, she is a much a beauty ideal as a symbol of modernity and empowerment. His grasp on the duality between strength and delicacy is clear where sweeping floor length skirts are contrasted by plunging backlines. It's ornamental in gracious allure with lines, fabrics and features that dress the body in motion. Translating to his opulent setting, a golden runway led to soft foliage under crystal chandeliers basking his collection in the perfect atmosphere and transporting us to exactly where we were meant to be.


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If you like Bacon try these Gluten Free Bacon Rice Balls, ok they are rectangular but still look good.
It was just National pretzel Day, well why is there not a gluten free pretzel national day?
Gluten is sneaky and is found in all sorts of things, here are 8 such foods.


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Published March 25, 2009 • Updated on March 27, 2009 at 5:49 pm
Junie Browning was the most hated man on The Ultimate Fighter last year, a guy who seemed more eager to fight in the reality show's Las Vegas house than in the Octagon.
But now that Browning is off The Ultimate Fighter and in the UFC, is he a changed man? When I interviewed him on Wednesday, he told me that when he's not in the cage, he'd rather run away from a fight that get into one, and that he's been training hard for his upcoming UFC Fight Night appearance against Cole Miller (April 1 on Spike). The full interview is below.
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Co-operative enterprise in Birmingham
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New research finds that devolution deals are doing nothing to address women's inequality
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The Women's Enterprise Hub Sparkbrook is Officially Open – Come and See Us!
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WWE stands for World Wrestling Entertainmen though Elias will tell you it means 'Walk With Elias' and is run by Vince McMahon Jr. The company has a history going back to the 1950s when run by McMahons' father, Vince McMahon Snr. Over the years the company has had several names including the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Problems with the World Wildlife Fund led to the company adapting its current title.
The company has been running shows at the world famous Madison Square Gardens for decades but has not always been running shows all over the States as they do now. At one time professional wrestling in the USA was run by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and comprised of a number of wrestling companies in each area of the states. These were known as territories and it was agreed that they wouldn't run shows in other companies areas.
When Vince McMahon Jr took over he changed all that and began running shows around the country. He took many of the top wrestlers from other companies driving them out of business. In the 1980s the company began holding PPV events such as WrestleMania, Summerslam and the Survivor Series, events that continue to this very day.
A whole host of celebrities have been part of WWE in the past. That even includes President Trump who at one time 'owned' Raw, staged WrestleMania at his hotel and was even part of a Hair v Hair match against Mr McMahon at WrestleMania.
There have been rivals to McMahon's empire and at one time in the 1990s World Championship Wrestling (WCW) was getting more viewers as both had major shows on Monday evenings. WCW faded and were eventually purchased by WWE.
Main Event: Raw and Smackdown Women's Title: Becky Lynch pinned Ronda Rousey to win both her Raw title and Charlotte Flair's Smackdown belt.
Universal Title: Seth Rollins pinned Brock Lesnar to win the Universal Title.
WWE Title: LKofi Kingston won the title by pinning Daniel Bryan.
Triple H v Batista - Triple H got the pinfall victory.
WWE Women's Tag Titles: The Iiconics won the title when pinning Bayley in a match that also included Nia Jax and Tamina Snuka and the Diva's of Doom (Natalya and Beth Phoenix).
The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal was won by Braun Strowman.
Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder won the Raw Tag Team Titles from The Revival.
The Women's Battle Royal was won by Carmella.
The Uso's successfully defended their Smackdown Tag Team Titles against the teams of Ricochet and Aleister Black, The Bar and Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura. It was Sheamus from The Bar who was pinned.
NXT Tag Team Titles: The War Raiders beat Aleister Black and Ricochet to retain their titles.
NXT North American Title: The Velveteen Dream pinned Matt Riddle to keep his belt.
NXT Women's Title: Shayna Baszler successfully defended her title against Kairi Sane, Io Shirai and Bianca Belair.
NXT:UK Title: Walter won the title by pinning Pete Dunne.
Former WWE star King Kong Bundy has died at the age of 61. He main evented WrestleMania II losing to Hulk Hogan in a steel cage match.
Now WWE hold shows all over the world with Monday Night Raw being a live three hour show every Monday and now Smackdown is televised live every week of the year. With Smackdown going live there's been a brand split in the company. Raw is now run by Stephanie McMahon with Kurt Angle as General Manager. In charge of Smackdown is Shane McMahon with Paige as his General Manager.
Smackdown is currently shown live on Tuesday evenings but after a new TV deal worth a billion dollars, the show will be moving to Fox and is expected to move to Friday's.
WWE reintroduced their cruiserweight division with plenty of high flying action. They now have their own weekly TV show called 205 Live, the '205' being the weight in lbs that the cruiserweight division has. Current champion is Cedric Alexander.
2018 saw WWE introduce NXT:UK which is based in the UK using mainly British wrestlers. It's shown weekly on the WWE Network. The network also offers access to exclusive programs and a massive library of past events.
Sheamus - The Celtic Warrior is easily one of the most decorated performers in the industry today. He has won the Royal Rumble, the King of the Ring and the Money in the Bank match, and only Hall of Famer Edge can match that feat. He is a four-time world champion and has recently had a tag team title run with Cesaro under the name 'The Bar' before losing the belts to Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins at Summerslam and lost the rematch at 'No Mercy'. Lost the belts at WrestleMania and moved to Smackdown. The Bar recently lost in the Smackdown number one contenders tournament and didn't take part in a match at Summerslam. They regained the titles on the October 16th edition of Smackdown beating The New Day after interference by The Big Show. They lost the titles to The Miz and Shame McMahon at the 2019 Royal Rumble.
Becky Lynch - The Irish Lass Kicker was SmackDown Live's first ever woman's champion and at the recent Hell in a Cell PPV regained that title beating Charlotte Flair. Lynch turned heel on her best friend after losing a recent title match at Summerslam and pinned Flair to again beome champion. She retained her title at Evoluton beating Charlotte in a Last Woman Standing match and was set to take on Ronda Rousey at the Survivor Series before being injured on the November 12 edition of Raw during a Smackdown invasion. Lynch lost her title to Asuka at TLC and lost her rematch at the Royal Rumble. Later on the show, Lynch won the Women's Royal Rumble and headlined WrestleMania where she became both Raw and Smackdown Women's Champion.
Finn Balor - The Demon was a huge deal before he ever made his way to a WWE ring. After making his name in Ireland and then Great Britain he had great sucess in Japan as a member of the Bullet Club - probably the biggest stable since the NWO back in the 1990s - he came to NXT and was one of the most successful champions in the developmental brand's short history. He then moved up to the main roster and was the first-ever WWE Universal champion at SummerSlam 2016, but he had to relinquish the title the next night after suffering a shoulder injury. After a win on Monday January 14, he clinched a shot at Brock Lesnar's Universal title at the Royal Rumble. He lost the match but won the Intercontinental title at the Elimination Chamber PPV. He lost the title in March but as The Demon King, regained the title at WrestleMania 35.
Noam Darr - The Scottish cruiserweight (born in Israel) made his debut on Raw television when they visited Scotland at the tail end of 2016 to a big pop from his home fans. He has become a regular on the WWE show '205 Live' which is dedicated to cruiserweights. He managed to get Alicia Fox as his girlfriend before turning on her. He has just returned from injury and became number one challenger to the UK title but was unable to defeat Pete Dunne.
Gentleman Jack Gallagher - Gentleman Jack Gallacher is more of a comedy character above anything else, but in his current feud with The Brian Kendrick he's been showing a more agressive side to his character. We previously speculated that it wouldn't be too long before he turned heel and that's just what he did in Setpember and now teams with his former enemy The Brian Kendrick. A film about his career has been released.
Paige - The anti-Diva, who has since started appearing on the Total Divas reality TV show, made a blistering impact in the early stages of her main roster career, but a string of controversies has seen her stock dramatically fall over the past year or so. In her debut match on the main roster, she won the Divas Championship from AJ Lee, becoming the youngest champion in the title's history at the age of 21. Injuries and supsension kept he out of the ring for a year. A film about her life and that of the Knight family is being released in 2019. She did recently make her comeback leading the Absolution faction but has suffered another injury and this has forced her to retire from in-ring competition. Recently switched to Smackdown and was named the GM on that brand but recently lost that position. A film about her life has recently been released.
Drew McIntyre - This Scottish wrestler has already had one run in WWE winning the Intercontinental and tag team titles. He made his return tot NXT earlier this year and won the NXT title from Bobby Roode in August. He's since dropped the title and the day after WrestleMania 34 debuted on Raw teaming up with Dolph Ziggler and became Raw tag champions but dropped the belt to Rollins and Ambrose on October 22. McIntyre split from Dolph Ziggler on the December 3 edition of Raw. He lost to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 35.
Drake Maverick - The British wrestler first made his name as Rockstar Spud and won TNA's British Bootcamp show. He left that company in 2018 and has now debuted in WWE. He's now called Drake Maverick and is the General Manager of 205 Live. September 2018 saw him become the manager of the Raw tag team The Authors of Pain who won the tag titles on the November 5 edition of Raw. He had a rather unfortunate moment at the Survivor Series, wetting himself while being attacked by the Big Show. His team won the Raw tag titles last month but lost them to Bobby Roode and Chad Gable on December 10 but ther opponents have recently regained those titles.
Killain Dain - Part of SAniTy and moved to Smackdown in April 2018.
Nikki Cross - Still on NXT but likely to move up to the main roster at some point this year. Did take on Becky Lynch on the November 6 edition of Smackdown. She'll be making her main roster debut in the new year, possibly on the Raw brand.
The General Manager of NXT is William Regal who has been in the company for the past 16 years. 2016 saw the company hold a tournament to crown a UK Champion with Tyler Bate becoming champion. He's since lost the belt to Pete Dunne who made his debut on RAW on November 6 winning a non-title match against Cruiserweight champion Enzo Amore.
Universal Title: Seth Rollins (won from Brock Lesnar).
Women's Money in the Bank holder - Carmella - cashed in on April 17 to win title.
NXT Champion: Vacant due to Tomasso Ciampa being injured. Johnny Gargano will take on Adam Cole for the title in a best of three falls match at NXT Takeover: New York on April 6.
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Sexuality and Reproduction
Story: Gender diversity
Defining gender diversity
Fa'afafine
Cross-dressers, drag queens and kings
Human rights and discrimination
Page 3. Fa'afafine
Love Life Fono, 2009
Brother Ken, bro'Town (1st of 3)
Fa'afafine are Samoan biological males who behave in a range of feminine-gendered ways. They have been an integrated part of Samoan communities for centuries. 'Fa'afafine' translates as 'in the manner of a woman'. There may be equivalent identities for females who adopt masculine social roles in Pacific cultures, but evidence is scarce.
Numbers of fa'afafine
Numbers of fa'afafine are unofficially estimated to be 500 in Samoa and 500 in New Zealand.
In the islands
In many Pacific Island cultures, the custom of certain males dressing and behaving as females is long-established and well-recognised. As well as the Samoan fa'afafine, Pacific gender-diverse identities include fakaleiti in Tonga, mahu in Hawaii, mahu or rae rae in Tahiti, akava'ine or laelae in the Cook Islands, vaka sa lewa lewa in Fiji and fiafifine in Niue. However, fa'afafine are the only group who have been studied extensively.
Fa'afafine in Samoa
In traditional Samoan contexts, a boy's preference for feminine tasks will usually be recognised at an early age. After being acknowledged as fa'afafine, she will then adopt other feminine behaviours such as dressing as a woman, dancing the siva (a traditional dance usually performed wearing a feathered headdress), and fulfilling feminine roles within the village. Fa'afafine are accepted as feminine, but they may also undertake masculine tasks or fulfil men's roles. Fa'afafine often remain in their family homes and care for their parents.
Because of Samoan culture's strong base in the Christian church, and the moral panic that occurred in relation to HIV/AIDS, fa'afafine in modern Samoa are often marginalised. However, fa'afafine beauty pageants are very popular. They draw on the tradition of gaining social recognition through entertainment, while also providing a platform for performing femininity. The pageants raise funds for charities such as HIV/AIDS organisations or the local rest home.
Fa'afafine in New Zealand
Migrant Samoans often encounter difficulties while adjusting to life in New Zealand. However fa'afafine face the extra problem that the traditional western gender system does not easily recognise individuals who sit between men and women. In New Zealand, some fa'afafine try to conform to conventional expressions of masculinity, including dressing as men, taking up masculine occupations and having relationships with women. However, those who continue to identify as fa'afafine eventually discard this masculinity to varying degrees. Politically, New Zealand-based fa'afafine are strongly aligned with the gay community, although some find the gay context does not allow them to be really feminine.
Some fa'afafine use various feminising medical technologies, such as hormones that result in the growth of breasts. However, even those who undergo full genital reconstruction surgery are not seen as 'real' women in the Samoan community, as they cannot bear children. Some New Zealand-based fa'afafine choose to enact femininity but not 'pass' as women. Such gender ambivalence has become increasingly possible as a result of a growing acceptance of cultural diversity in New Zealand, and the creation of media specifically about fa'afafine.
Connections and support
Most migrant fa'afafine remain part of their Samoan families and communities in New Zealand. They also maintain networks with other fa'afafine and other transgender or queer communities. Fa'afafine have been regular participants in gay-pride festivals and parades. The biennial Love Life Fono (meeting), organised by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation since 2005, brings together leaders and members from the Pacific's sexual-minority communities to discuss important issues.
Well-known fa'afafine
Lindah LePou is a fashion designer and performer who has won numerous fashion awards.
Shigeyuki Kihara is a visual artist whose work has appeared in both national and international venues.
Fuimaona Karl Polotu-Endemann received the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001 for services to public health.
The animated television comedy bro'Town features a fa'afafine teacher. Two of the writers, Oscar Kightley and David Fane (who voices the teacher), also wrote the 1995 play A frigate bird sings, about a Samoan family in New Zealand, which had a fa'afafine as a central character.
Cindy Filo is Samoa's most famous fa'afafine entertainer.
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Story by Johanna Schmidt, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Jul 2015
Pacific arts in New Zealand
Pacific Island health
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Service + Solidarity Spotlight: Ohio AFL-CIO Mobilizing in Support of Workers First Agenda Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here's today's story. The Ohio AFL-CIO has begun immediately mobilizing to make sure the Workers First Agenda is at the forefront of the first 100 days of the Biden administration as the state federation rolls out its legislative platform for 2021. It has coordinated with Sen. Sherrod Brown to do a series of virtual town halls with his staff in the state. These town halls give front-line workers a chance to provide direct input to Brown about what Ohio's working people, their families and their communities need to be successful. Workers in these forums have demanded immediate additional COVID relief that supports workers, investment in our communities through massive investment in infrastructure, and the right to organize through the immediate passage of the PRO Act. By the time these forums are finished, Brown's office will have direct input from workers in all of our major industries, and from Ohio communities large and small, rural and urban, and everywhere in between. Kenneth Quinnell Thu, 01/21/2021 - 09:56 Tags: COVID-19, Community Service — Jan 21
Pathway to Progress: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Scripto Strike Georgia State University History has long been portrayed as a series of "great men" taking great action to shape the world we live in. In recent decades, however, social historians have focused more on looking at history "from the bottom up," studying the vital role that working people played in our heritage. Working people built, and continue to build, the United States. In our new series, Pathway to Progress, we'll take a look at various people, places and events where working people played a key role in the progress our country has made, including those who are making history right now. Today's topic is the 1964-65 Scripto Strike in Atlanta and Martin Luther King Jr. When talking about Martin Luther King Jr., it's important to note that he was an activist for economic and labor rights, not just civil rights. King's death came while he was in Memphis, Tennessee, supporting sanitation workers and AFSCME members. His support for unions and collective bargaining rights was a key part of his agenda and that support went public in Atlanta during the Scripto Strike that began in 1964. In the 1960s, Scripto was a leading pen and pencil manufacturer. The company had a plant in Atlanta since 1931 and were not only one of the largest employers in the city, but the company took pride in being the preferred employer for Black women, particularly in the area of town closest to the plant. Scripto President James V. Carmichael was surprised in 1962, when the International Chemical Workers Union started organizing at the plant. Carmichael believed that he and Scripto should be exempt from race-based complaints, as he took pride as a progressive on the topic, providing better policies for Black workers than the rest of the White Atlanta business community. Carmichael was too far removed from Black workers, though, to understand their needs and hopes and he underestimated their desire for a voice and some power in their economic lives. The Chemical Workers Union sent the Rev. James Hampton, a Black organizer who was also a Baptist minister, to work with the Scripto employees. He tied the union organizing he was doing to the work that Martin Luther King Jr. was doing with civil rights. Hampton reached out to Black Baptist ministers in the area, recognizing that many of the Scripto workers were parishioners at their churches. King and most of the other Black ministers supported the organizing drive, speaking on behalf of the workers from the pulpit. Support from the churches significantly boosted the union drive such that by August 1963, the Chemical Workers had collected enough union cards to petition the National Labor Relations Board for a union election. Scripto was confident it would win the election, so it agreed to a quick turnaround and an election date was set for late September. Management quickly made some minor changes, such as organizing an employee committee and removing segregation signs from bathrooms and drinking fountains. Events that spring and summer across the country had the Scripto workers primed for action, however, as they saw civil rights demonstrations having an effect in the South and beyond. Nearly 95% of the 1,005 eligible voters participated in the election on Sept. 27, 1963. The union side won, 519-428. Within a week, Scripto began to stall. It filed objections with the NLRB that the appeals to civil rights and race by organizers tainted the election and it should be invalidated. The NLRB repeatedly rejected Scripto's objections until June 9, 1964, when the NLRB in Washington, D.C., certified the Chemical Workers as the union representative for the plant's workers. Scripto stalled on contract negotiations as long as it could and organizers realized that a contract wouldn't come without a strike. The day before Thanksgiving 1964, a mass of workers walked into the union office and demanded a strike. They worked tirelessly over the holiday and the picket lines were in place when the plant opened the day after Thanksgiving. The workers were unified. Even those who voted against the union largely supported the strike. The "no" vote for many was out of fear of management retaliation more than opposition to union goals and they rejected initial offers from Scripto as discriminatory. Approximately 85% of the plant's workforce were Black and most were classified as "unskilled workers." They were offered half the pay raise that the "skilled workers," who were mostly White, were to be given. The Chemical Workers membership wouldn't accept that deal. The ministers of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference became involved in the strike because so many of their parishioners were Scripto employees. Led by SCLC director of affiliates C.T. Vivian, they brought their members' concerns about wages and working conditions at Scripto to King's attention. King and the other SCLC ministers, while philosophically sympathetic to the labor movement, they were Southerners and thus unions were outside their life experience. Once the cause of the Scripto workers was put on their radar, though, the potential for alliance was obvious to most, including King. Vivian, King and others launched a nationwide boycott of Scripto products in support of the strike. As the strike moved on, management refused further pay increases and refused to withhold union dues from employee paychecks, despite giving some on salary increases. By Christmas, the union's resources were virtually exhausted and the company's leadership began to worry about two federal contracts they had and whether the company would be in compliance with an executive order on equal opportunity issued by President John F. Kennedy. By that point, Carmichael had been replaced by Carl Singer as president and CEO of Scripto. Singer had just come off of a successful tenure as president of the Sealy Mattress Company in Chicago. Singer and King began a series of secret meetings and they worked out a broad framework to end the strike. The company negotiated in good faith and the strike came to an end on January 9, 1965, after six weeks. They soon agreed to a new contract and the Chemical Workers won most of what they asked for. Over time, the company moved towards a more favorable bargaining atmosphere and began to work more directly with the union by the 1970s until the plant shut down in 1977. The unity established between the labor movement and the civil rights movement during the Scripto strike endured. The SCLC was heavily involved in the labor movement from that point forward and when asked if the Scripto strike would be King's only involvement in labor conflicts, he simply said, "There will be many more to follow." The Scripto strike taught King and others that solidarity and unity are key on the pathway to progress. Source: Atlanta History Center Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 01/19/2021 - 10:05 Tags: MLK conference, Pathway to Progress — Jan 19
Service + Solidarity Spotlight: ATU Local Leads Fight for Investment in Baltimore Transit System Working people across the United States have stepped up to help out our friends, neighbors and communities during these trying times. In our regular Service + Solidarity Spotlight series, we'll showcase one of these stories every day. Here's today's story. A coalition consisting of labor, elected officials and Johns Hopkins University was formed in central Maryland to fight for increased funding for the Baltimore region's transit system. The group is pushing for $750 million in additional funding for the transit system, which it says is underfunded. President Mike McMillan of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1300 spoke out in an interview with Maryland Matters. He said that his members who work on the front lines have to field customer complaints about the transit system, even though they do not control the budget. "Once they get the tools and the buses that are needed to help them perform their job successfully, they will ensure that the public will stay safe and get to where they need to be," McMillan said of the members of Local 1300. Kenneth Quinnell Tue, 01/19/2021 - 09:53 Tags: Community Service, COVID-19 — Jan 19
Get to Know AFL-CIO's Affiliates: Masters, Mates & Pilots Next up in our series that takes a deeper look at each of our affiliates is our newest member union, Masters, Mates & Pilots. Name of Union: International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots (MM&P) Mission: To protect the rights and working conditions of members of the seagoing maritime community. Current Leadership of Union: Donald Marcus serves as international president of MM&P and Donald Josberger as international secretary-treasurer. MM&P also has eight vice presidents: Thomas Larkin (Offshore, Atlantic Ports), Jeremy Hope (Offshore, Gulf Ports and Government Affairs), J. Lars Turner (Offshore, Pacific Ports), Tim Saffle (United Inland Group–Pacific Maritime Region), Randall Rockwood (Federal Employees Membership Group), George Quick (Pilots Membership Group), Tom Bell (United Inland Group–Great Lakes & Gulf) and Michael Riordan (Atlantic Maritime Group). Number of Members: 5,500. Members Work As: Licensed deck officers on U.S.-flag commercial vessels sailing offshore, on the inland waterways, on civilian-crewed ships in the government fleet and for the state ferry systems in Alaska and Washington; mariners who work on tug, ferry and harbor tour vessels in New York Harbor, throughout the Northeast and on the Pacific Coast; licensed and unlicensed mariners who work on dredges; state pilots; marine engineers; unlicensed seafarers; and maritime industry shore-side clerical and service workers. Industries Represented: The U.S. maritime industry. History: On June 28, 1880, a boiler exploded on the side paddle-wheeler Seawanhaka in New York Harbor. Captain Charles P. Smith maneuvered the ship to shallow waters so passengers could escape safely. While his heroism would later be recognized, local politicians initially sought to make him the scapegoat for the fire. Other pilots and captains were so outraged, they formed the committee that would become the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots. Current Campaigns/Community Efforts: MM&P Political Contribution Fund, MM&P Federal Credit Union, Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies (MITAGS), The Wheelhouse Weekly newsletter and The Master, Mate & Pilot magazine. Learn More: Website, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram. Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 01/15/2021 - 15:08 — Jan 15
Get to Know the AFL-CIO's Affiliates AFL-CIO Starting last year, AFL-CIO has been profiling each of our affiliates. Let's take a look back at the profiles we've already published. Check back as the series moves along to read more affiliate profiles:
Actors and Artistes
Actors' Equity
Air Traffic Controllers
AFGE
AFSCME
Air Line Pilots Association
Amalgamated Transit Union
American Federation of Musicians
American Postal Workers Union
Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers
Boilermakers
California School Employees Association
Elevator Constructors
Farm Labor Organizing Committee
Heat and Frost Insulators
International Union of Police Associations
Longshoremen
Machinists
Masters, Mates & Pilots
Mine Workers
National Association of Letter Carriers
NFL Players Association
Office and Professional Employees
Painters and Allied Trades
Plasterers and Cement Masons
Professional and Technical Engineers
Railroad Signalmen
Roofers and Waterproofers
Steelworkers
Theatrical Stage Employees
Train Dispatchers
Kenneth Quinnell Fri, 01/15/2021 - 15:00 — Jan 15
Northeast Missouri Trades and Labor Council, AFL-CIO


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Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon
A tradition as American as apple pie, and older than the Constitution.
by Luke Fater November 26, 2019
First Lady Grace Coolidge in 1926 with what was meant to be dinner. Library of Congress/LC-DIG-npcc-16730
In November of 1926, a woman from Mississippi sent President Calvin Coolidge a raccoon for Thanksgiving. An accompanying note promised that it had, in her words, a "toothsome flavor." The story of the day, however, was not that the Coolidge received a raccoon for dinner, but rather that he declined to eat it. "Coolidge Has Raccoon; Probably Won't Eat It," read The Boston Herald.
Indeed, countless other raccoons throughout American history did not share such a lucky fate as Coolidge's pardoned critter. Raccoon meat is a longstanding American culinary staple that went from slave food to New York City markets to cookbooks across the country. The critters that once sustained entire regions have disappeared from most modern dinner tables, but not all of them.
Hunter John Wilson, who sells thousands of raccoon carcasses each year to people who continue to eat the animal, prepares raccoon pelts in Freeport, Illinois. Alex Garcia/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Written documents outlining Native American diets are scant, but it's more than apparent that the practice of eating raccoon originated with them and was later handed down to enslaved Africans across the American South. Michael Twitty, James Beard Award-winning author of The Cooking Gene, points out that the word itself comes from the term aroughcun, Powhatan for "hand-scratcher," which in the mouths of many West Africans, who have no "r" sound in their language, became the antiquated but colloquially known "coon."
Enslaved Africans throughout the American South incorporated raccoon into their daily diets to supplement the meager provisions offered on plantations. They were no strangers to small-game hunting: The raccoons of North America behave much like the grasscutters of West Africa, a similarly nocturnal bush rodent that Africans had trapped and eaten for centuries. "They were master trappers," says Twitty. "In fact, some of the traps enslaved people used are mirror images of traps from West Africa, if not similar to traps that Native Americans used."
Enslaved Africans employed ancestral trapping techniques to fend off starvation under grueling conditions on slave plantations throughout the American South. Henry P. Moore/Public Domain
Slave owners approved of the practice. "The slaves weren't allowed to hunt during the daytime," says Hank Shaw, author of Hunt, Gather, Cook. "So after they'd finish their workday, they were permitted to hunt in the middle of the night to get some extra protein in their diet." By granting enslaved Africans raccoon meat trapped with techniques that fused African and Native American methods, slave owners could keep their slaves well-fed without the risk of arming them. Archaeological evidence pulled from slave plantations between Florida and Virginia indicates that whole raccoons were often cooked in stews—an echo of West African culinary memory reverberating across the Eastern seaboard.
"It's not a big leap to think about my ancestors—coming from a place of utilizing everything that's edible—making contact with another group of people with a similar way of life," says Twitty of the Native to African raccoon transmission, "and then transferring these traditions onto white Americans."
Throughout the late 1800s, the tradition of eating raccoon saturated the national food-scape, as westward settlement across the Appalachians met the northward march of newly freed African Americans. "If you were a poor white person, you were cohabitating with an African or a native person," says Twitty. "And if they were making raccoon for dinner, that's what everybody was eating."
Before rabies and suburbanization, raccoons held fewer negative associations, finding themselves at home on America's dinner tables, in one way or another. age fotostock / Alamy
Dr. Megan Elias, a historian and gastronomist from Boston University, writes that small game such as raccoons and squirrels simultaneously fed frontier families and supplied added income in the burgeoning fur trade. Culinary historian Sarah Wassberg Johnson writes that eating raccoons—nuisance animals apt to ravage vegetable fields—also kept crop yields robust. "With every bit of food raised needed to get through the winter, pest animals became not only fair game, but good eating, too."
After emerging as a food of necessity, raccoon enjoyed its day in the middle-class American sun. It was sold in game markets all the way up to New York City, both alive and dead. It made its way onto restaurant menus from Maine to Louisville and into cookbooks from Colorado to Vermont. Johnson writes that hunting even became a popular nighttime social event among men who bred "coonhounds" that chased the animals into treetops to be easily shot. And by 1926, of course, raccoon was food fit for a president.
Instructions for preparing raccoon stew made it into multiple publications of Irma S. Rombauer's The Joy of Cooking, pictured here in the 1975 edition. Krissie Mason/used with permission
With the proliferation of factory farming through the 1900s, however, Americans reconsidered their meat preferences. Urbanites abandoned small game like raccoon, which was laced with unfavorable racial and class stigmas, in favor of cheap pork, chicken, and beef. "It belies the fact that without those measures, a lot of poor whites wouldn't have survived," says Twitty of the raccoon stigma. African Americans largely deserted the critters as well. "When black folks in America moved from the country to the city, the raccoon went the way of the banjo," says Twitty. "It's a relic of a time we didn't really want to associate ourselves with."
Nonetheless, having supported entire regions of underprivileged Americans for centuries, raccoon indelibly worked its way into the American culinary psyche. Preparation instructions for raccoon carcasses appeared in multiple editions of The Joy of Cooking throughout the 1900s. Raccoon hunting itself became an icon of rural American life, if Dolly Parton lyrics mean nothing else. Shaw says the propagation of coonhounds kept the tradition of nighttime raccoon hunts alive in the Appalachian South. He adds that word-of-mouth raccoon meat markets stretched throughout the Midwest as a byproduct of trapping, where colder weather meant lusher fur. "Best kept secret around," an 86-year-old Missourian told the Kansas City Star in 2009 over a trunk full of frozen raccoon carcasses in a thrift store parking lot.
Fur trappers throughout the bitter Midwest—where raccoon pelts are lush—often sell the meat as a byproduct, leaving one paw attached by law to distinguish the carcasses from those of cats. age fotostock / Alamy
The tradition today survives in rural, economically distressed communities, often as fund-raising events. The 93rd annual "Coon Feed" in Delafield, Wisconsin, last year served more than 300 plates of raccoon to raise money for area veterans. The 76th annual "Coon Supper" in Gillett, Arkansas this past January raised money to send a small-town student to college; the event has also become something of a bureaucratic initiation where aspiring local politicians ingratiate themselves to rural voters by eating varmint on camera. "They literally serve raccoon. And you're supposed to eat some," GOP Rep. Rick Crawford told Roll Call in 2014. "That's the tradition."
Rebecca the Raccoon often escaped her cage and led White House aides on hours-long pursuits around the property. Library of Congress/LC-USZ62-100816
As for Coolidge, his refusal to eat raccoon earned him a family pet. For Christmas of 1926, he gave the "toothsome," hand-scratching, would-be entree a steel-plated collar with her name engraved: Rebecca. She lived with the Coolidges for the remainder of Silent Cal's term, taking a liking to corn muffins and, as First Lady Grace Coolidge wrote, "playing in a partly filled bathtub with a cake of soap."
Rebecca was donated to the Rock Creek Park Zoo in 1928 to live out her days among other raccoons, though her days of presidential extravagance cursed her with a refined palette and an intolerance to wild animals. She quickly grew ill and died, though, of course, it could have been worse. She could have been a turkey.
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On a routine journey through space to a new home, two passengers, sleeping in suspended animation, are awakened 90 years too early when their ship malfunctions.
As Jim and Aurora face living the rest of their lives on board, with every luxury they could ever ask for, they begin to fall for each other, unable to deny their intense attraction… until they discover the ship is in grave danger. With the lives of 5000 sleeping passengers at stake, only Jim and Aurora can save them all.
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Experts predict dengue fever will reach pandemic proportions in the southern region, where it has claimed 21 lives among 35,732 cases so far this year, according to a report on Lao Dong newspaper Monday.
According to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, cases of dengue fever are increasing at an alarming rate within the region, with HCMC, Dong Nai, Ben Tre and Can Tho claiming the most infections.
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