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Trotsky's critique of Popular Frontism: Is it applicable for us?
Nonviolently taking back our country part II: breaking the formula
By randgrithr
In my last essay I proposed the short term fix of the poor, middle class and unemployed helping each other via barter of self-produced goods and services and the use of Freecycle. The long-handled spoons allegory I brought in was particularly apt because it strongly resembles the situation we have today. The handles are so long on our spoons because there is a great deal of mileage and a lot of corporate infrastructure between the stuff on the end of the spoon and our hands. It's like we're on the wrong end of a pyramid scheme where we're paying a hundred people to do something as simple as provide a package of raspberries in the grocery store.
In the summer I wrote about the irony of harvesting a good seven quarts of wild raspberries growing near the railroad tracks close to where I live, while the store down the road was selling the same thing for $4.99 for 4 ounces. The store-bought total value for what I harvested ended up being something around $360.00.
I wrote about how people have become so dependent on thinking that there's only one way to solve problems – the "acceptable" way, the status quo; that people who lived 15 miles away from midtown Manhattan spent the night sleeping on the sidewalk during the northeastern blackout of August 2005 rather than simply… walk home.
It would have taken the average person about five hours to walk those 15 miles. They could have walked along the railroad tracks – the trains certainly weren't running. They could have slept in their own beds that night. But no… they slept in their clothes on the sidewalk. Because that's what everybody else was doing. Because they've become so dependent on the idea that they couldn't get home without a car, a bus or a train that they didn't even THINK to walk. They've become fixated on the idea that because it takes them an hour to get into the city during rush hour, they surely live more than fifteen miles away from it. To cite the Dead Kennedys album title, "Give Me Convenience Or Give Me Death".
To save our economy and our nation, we need people willing to think outside the box.
The problem is, we have an awful lot of people who do NOT want us to do that. Because the box is of their making, and they're very proud of it.
I spent some time the other night listening to the clip of FDR's first broadcast to the nation that Edger posted in Pluto's essay on the subject, and while I recognized many a good intention and wise goal in FDR's plan, I also caught a sentence here and there that got my inner cynic smirking; and furthermore I recognized that there were some interesting peripheral things going on both before and after this speech was made.
I recognized a pattern, a formula. It's a bad scene that's going to see some daylight here and now, because we're being set up to be shoved into that box again and we need to stop the madness.
FDR's speech was made in March of 1933. That December, the now widely seen as ridiculous "grand experiment" known as Prohibition was repealed.
I'm a homebrewer, so I know a wee bitty bit about Prohibition and what it did to the brewing industry in this country. What it did, in essence, was harness the fanatical power of a very vociferous group of religious nutjobs in the United States to completely tear down and then rebuild America's alcohol production industry from scratch.
Now, that the industry did need some form of regulation is no argument. Merely read or watch "Gangs of New York" to see what runaway alcohol use and abuse was doing to society. There was a good reason for the Temperance Movement, however ludicrous and extreme they themselves became. But Corporate America eventually handled the problem in the same draconian and shady fashion that other economic decisions are being made today. They played it real nice and neat.
Prohibition drove thousands of small breweries and wineries out of business. It was a great loss. Brewing and winemaking are as much of an art in their way as cooking. Many Pre-Prohibition recipes are lost to us. Good, talented, hardworking and honest craftspeople who took pride in their work lost their livelihoods. Some had to turn to a life of crime to survive.
A select few magnates were left standing at the end of Prohibition, no small few of them entities who had made large sums of money bootlegging, on the one hand running the organized crime cartels that sprouted like mushrooms in this fertile environment, and a corrupt police state on the other. They controlled the horizonal and the vertical. The little guys died like flies (sometimes quite literally), while these players got rich on their virtual monopoly.
When Prohibition finally was repealed, appearing to appease their Temperance Movement allies, these corporate magnates caused laws to be passed that would only allow "near beer" – 3.3 percent alcohol – to be produced for legal sale within the United States. This is one of the reasons most post-Prohibition American beer has the reputation of being weak pisswater even today. The American lagers and pilsners which are still mass-marketed today to the American public are based on the same "near beer" recipes of 1933.
And as the years and decades passed and marketing techniques outlasted individual memory and new generations of customers came of age, America forgot that what they were drinking was "near beer". It was just BEER. It was what there was. It was ALL there was. Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Schlitz, Rhinegold, Pabst, Rolling Rock. The heinous, sulfurous abomination that was American Lowenbrau. You want something darker and stronger? Ale, porter, stout? Pay import prices and get a Bass or a Guinness. And hope you live within 100 miles of someplace that sells that stuff.
But the real reason was simple economics. The new people in power – the only people with the money to re-enter the industry – didn't want the average Joe Schmoe to be thinking about buying a single bottle of fine strong ale with his money. They wanted him to be thinking about buying six of them at once. This was near beer, and if Joe Schmoe wanted to get a tasty buzz on, he was going to have to drink more than one. And BUY more than one. Pride had been replaced by greed.
Oh, by the way, guess why McCain has eight houses? It's because this Bud is for you, and any of the money you spend to buy that Bud goes to his sugar mama. McCain's wife is the heiress to the Anheuser-Busch fortune. Want another giggle? Take a look at how the Bush family used to spell their last name. Makes ya all KINDS of thirsty, doesn't it? But I digress…
It wasn't even until nearly HALF A CENTURY LATER that Jimmy Carter (every God on this earth bless that man!!!) repealed laws that were still on the books forbidding the American citizenry from producing their own homebrew. Today, every American adult citizen can legally produce 200 gallons per year of beer, wine and mead for their own use in their own home.
I've told this longwinded story for a reason. In 1936, not satisfied with control of this industry, the magnates acted again. "Reefer Madness" came out, and with the howling mob of the Temperance nutters at their backs, they went after their new target: industrial hemp.
Hemp can be used to make clothing, paper, rope, and fully biodegradeable plastics. But there's a problem. Hemp is cheap. It's a weed. It grows nearly anywhere. It's hard to make a long-handled spoon between your end product and your consumer when it comes to hemp.
But wait! There's a variety that can get you high. Get those Temperance nutters on the case!
And so now, hemp isn't used much these days. The fact that there's an industrial variety of the plant isn't well known. The oil companies produce most plastics, which are not fully biodegradeable. Most paper comes from trees, and the deforestation of our planet has been no small factor in the global warming issue. Hemp clothing is coming back, slowly, but it's very much a niche market.
And oh yeah, those Rockefeller drug laws ensure that if you get caught carrying around the illegal high-making kind, you are guaranteed a serious monkeywrench in your life.
This is the formula: use some form of widespread fanaticism made fashionable – in this case, the religious right's fanatical hatred of drugs and alcohol – to take complete control of an industry. Tear it down under the pretense of some action which gets people's blood boiling. Build it back up from the ground up – on your terms. Make sure by clever manipulation of law enforcement (and occasionally it's polar opposite) while your fields are lying fallow that you are the only one left standing when the time comes to rebuild.
Does this formula look familiar to anyone? It should. It's also what the military/industrial complex has been doing in third world nations since the 1960s, particularly banana republics in Central and South America. It's what we've been doing in the Middle East, playing Iraq and Iran off against each other, installing and then deposing puppet dictators of our own making. And it's what has been done in this country again with the formation of the totally unnecessary crony boondoggle festival known as the Department of Homeland Security.
How to break the pattern? Well, first the government needs to recognize it when and where this is happening, and then they need to stop it.
The Federal Government needs to fund more little guys. More small businessmen with the fire in their bellies and the willingness to show pride in their work. The people into cronyism and nepotism and dynasties, and the guys who like to throw around their fat wads of (STOLEN!!!) cash need to be made to step aside by our government for the little fella who may not have much capital to work with but who has a great idea, who isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves and show these big pigs how it's done.
One final word about FDR and his involvement in this "tear down and rebuild" methodology. As a 33rd degree Mason he was in on this up to the eyeballs. I could tell especially after having listened to his speech, where he describes the tear down of the banking industry and founding of the now rather off-the-rails Federal Reserve. Did he know it would become the corrupt mess it is today? I don't think so. He did have his integrity. But it was clear that as a Mason he had loyalties elsewhere that influenced his decisions.
Now, Freemasons were among the founders of our nation, and I cast no aspersions upon them in general, but I will say this: Robert A. Heinlein was 100% correct when he said that "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny". The feudal nature of our government as it exists today has manifested in part with the many secretive societies, cabals and cults who for decades have gotten away with with this shady, gangsterish "tear down and rebuild" behavior. In today's Unification Church, Bilderberg Group, Knights of Malta, Skull and Bones Society, etc.; we see echos of the Hanseatic League, the Fuggers, the Medicis, the still-extant Rothschilds.
There is no place in the power structure of this nation for a group of people who place their allegiance to a secret society, a religious organization, a trading alliance or a cult higher than they place their allegiance to the laws and Constitution of the United States of America. Secret society members have infiltrated our government and the corporations which comprise the military/industrial complex at every level. There are those who pretend to public service who will unquestioningly and willingly follow the mandates of these organizations even if they defy our laws and Constitution or those of our allies.
This is a great deal of the problem. These organizations are secretive, they operate on an international scale, there's absolutely no accountability to any government or it's laws.
No organization such as this should need to operate in secrecy so much that it's actions are beyond threat assessment analysis from the intelligence arm of the United States of America. Unfortunately, the intelligence arm of the USA has not been infiltrated quite so much as OVERRUN by these entities.
This is what needs to stop, or the rest of the problem never will. We will remain in a constant generational cycle of "tear down and build up". Small businesses where workmanship reflects quality and pride and accountability will continue to be replaced by behemoth corporations who flee outside our borders or play a shell game with their names every time we try to hold them accountable for everything from despoiling our environment to price gouging to criminal, gangsterish tactics used against their smaller competition. We will remain a nation of sheep, with programmed futures which include dipping, fleecing and the occasional visit to the killing floor. A Democratic Republic this is not. It's a fascist, feudal train wreck. And we're all on that train.
randgrithr on February 7, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Enjoy the music, it's better than mine. ;-7
Edger on February 8, 2009 at 3:38 am
It's going to take me two or three reads to absorb it. I've been trying to read it in snippets while doing SEO configuration on a friends site, and it's too hard to switch mental gears that fast – I'll reread when my mind isn't so pre-occupied.
kj on February 8, 2009 at 2:37 pm
great read, really informative.
theevolutionarysieve on February 9, 2009 at 8:19 pm
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Central Florida Strategies
$60M mixed-use project in Maitland sets up for construction start
Developers are setting the stage to begin laying out a new $60 million mixed-use project that will bring boutiques, eateries, a market and upscale lakefront rental homes to an orange grove in Maitland.
Miami-based Related Development LLC, an entity related to The Related Group, is seeking preliminary subdivision plat approval so it can create eight lots and seven tracts for the Maitland Concours North mixed-use development on 96 acres west of Maitland Avenue on the north side of Maitland Boulevard, city of Maitland documents showed.
A preliminary plat establishes formal lot lines for the project, as well as tract boundaries for internal roadways and other elements that are part of the planned development.
The property — owned by Winter Park-based Battaglia Group Management LLC's related BPL Maitland Concourse North LLC — is one of the last remaining open large parcels in Maitland that can be developed.
Plans for the site include a 350-unit luxury residential rental community, both apartments and "Big House" townhome units, by Related Development plus a 130,000-square-foot, specialty grocer-anchored shopping center by Lake Mary-based Pelloni Development Corp., as previously reported by Orlando Business Journal.
The development is expected to bridge the gap between the Maitland Center office complex on the west side of Interstate 4 and the rest of the city, as OBJ previously reported.
It also will bring plenty of needed amenities to the area's businesses and residents, while also providing upscale rental housing near a major regional jobs center.
The city council is expected to review the plat request at its Oct. 10 meeting. The request got recommended approval from the city's planning and zoning commission in August and the development review committee on Sept. 29.
Source: The Orlando Business Journal
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The Formula One week end in Mexico City was the final act of the 2017 Formula One drivers's chanpionship with Lewis Hamilton #44 winning the fourth title of his career. Arriving 9th the English driver beat Sebastian Vettel that despite cutting the final line in front by 5 positoins and ending 4th mathematically quiet for another year the dreams of the "tifosi".
Sebastian first in the starting grid from saturday qualifying lost at the second turn his positon in favour of Max Verstappen that solitarily lead the grand prix until the check flag. In turn 2, Sebastian destroyed the front wing and discussibly punched the right rear weel of Lewis; both drivers with safety car out then run their own grand prix.
Max Verstappen after the safety car exit the circuit controlled the race in front on Valtteri Bottas on Mercedes and Kimi Raikkonen that drove at best in a circuit where is hard to overtake.


Look here if you can find what you need. Good luck.
Until you find the correct leg (via fabre wares website) you could get by with finding a screw that fits inside where the leg attaches, drill out a chunk of wood that you measured to make sure its the right height, insert the screw thru the drilled hole and attach the new temp leg to the frying pan.
Hi ,,, replacement cords for counter top appliances can be found at most appliance or building supply stores. Try Home Depot, Ace, Lowes. Take the unit with you to make sure you are getting the correct cord.
I need a leg for a Pot-Pourri electric 5 qt pot.
I don't have an answer yet but I know the broken alum stud is spot welded to the base. Anyone have alum type or experience in this area?
I have a used eletric cord and a glass top for a G.E. skillet not sure what size my skillet was. It has model stc-1 and pr02 on the back.It has a dial with the range of warm to 400 and the cord is 32 inches long.Please let me know if you still need one, leg broke on skillet but still have cord.
Interesting. The same gift I got had the screws but not the lid handle.
I need a replacement handle for model #S16G skillet as I dropped it and broke handle with attached leg.
Have a manual for Kitchen Selectives Mini Skillets?


Thanks for all your help on this project … we couldn't have done it without you! It was a pleasure working with you, thank you for supplying such a wonderful supply of ice cream! Everyone really loved it. Insure & Go "Around the World in 80 Scoops"


The Magnetic North released their highly-praised second album this year, the arty indie-folk opus Prospect of Skelmersdale, which followed a well-received 2012 debut in Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North.
Now The Magnetic North have hooked up with Get It Loud in Libraries, who stage live music events in the usually-hushed settings of libraries across the north west and beyond, for a gig at Liverpool's Central Library on Sunday, October 16.
Past Loud in Libraries dates have also enjoyed a Skelmersdale connection, with Young Fathers setting Skelmersdale Library alight in 2013, and have also included Wolf Alice and Frank Turner gracing Liverpool Central Library's stage.
As well as The Magnetic North, Get it Loud in Libraries also present an upcoming Spring King gig – who similarly play Liverpool Central Library – and will welcome Meilyr Jones to Kendal Library in autumn.
Always a unique proposition, particularly in the modernised surroundings of Liverpool's Victorian-era Central Library building, the chance of catching as hot a property as The Magnetic North is certainly a tempting one.
The Magnetic North play Liverpool Central Library on Sunday, October 16, doors 8pm.
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Future Eternal Valley Memorial Park
Newhall, California
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April 12, 1957 — Four unidentified men stand over the original gravesite of Newhall pioneer Sanford Lyon (as in Lyons Avenue) at the time of the sale of the 750-acre Needham Ranch to Santa Monica morticians Gates, Kingsley and Gates Inc., who would develop Eternal Valley Memorial Park in the northeastern corner of the property. The headstones and remains of Lyon (1831-1882) and others buried on the (pre-Needham) Lyon Ranch were moved a short distance to the Pioneer Cemetery section, aka Garden of Pioneers, by the time Eternal Valley opened in 1958.
8x10 photograph by O. Sanchez. No further information.
The seller of the Needham Ranch in 1957 was San Fernando Valley trash king Louis "Louie" Visco, father of Antelope Valley political kingmaker Frank Visco. The elder Visco owned the property just long enough to enrage everybody in Newhall when he proposed to turn the Railroad Canyon (Pine Street) side into a giant trash dump. County Supervisor Warren Dorn convinced his colleages to place a moratorium on building on unclassified land in his 5th supervisorial district until such time as a proper zoning plan was adopted for Newhall. (Most land in the Soledad Township, aka Santa Clarita Valley, was unclassified.) The moratorium included landfills — prompting Visco to sell.
The cemetery eventually encompassed 220 acres and was sold in 1972. In the early 20th Century, Mark Gates Jr. — the "and Gates" part of the mortuary firm — together with the new cemetery owner and local landowner Hank Arklin, developed half of the remaining 584 acres into the Gate-King (as in Gates-Kingsley) Industrial Park. (The numbers don't add up because the 584 acres include some Arklin property.) Gates and partners gave the other half, the most densely wooded area with a creek running through it, to the new City of Santa Clarita as permanent open space parkland.
The Gate-King environmental impact report provides some background:
In 1888, Kansas Governor John St. John purchased over 10,000 acres from the Newhall Land and Farming Company and sent Henry Clay Needham to establish the "St. John's Prohibition Colony." The dry colony failed, but Henry Clay Needham remained in the area, permitting burials on his 750-acre property and founding the Pearle [sic: Pearl] and Zenith Oil companies for oil drilling on the property. Numerous oil wells were drilled on the Needham Ranch, with production continuing through 1990. In 1957, Gates, Kingsley, and Gates purchased Needham Ranch. In 1958, the County of Los Angeles approved the use of approximately 200 acres of the ranch for the Eternal Valley Cemetery. Eight years later, the State of California purchased another 200 acres of the ranch for construction of the Antelope Valley Freeway.
Salvage Tycoon Buys Needham Acres, Plans Huge Project.
Roofing paper plant one of many Visco ideas.
The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise | Thursday, June 28, 1956.
A development of major proportions based on the increasingly critical trash collection situation of the great metropolitan areas is the plan developed by Salvage Tycoon Louie Visco of Sun Valley, president of the Valley Iron & Metal Co., and of the Benz Disposal Co.
Mr. Visco has purchased the old Needham ranch comprising 900 acres, spanning the hills between U.S. 6 and Railroad Canyon, and is maturing a many-sided improvement program for the acreage.
Perhaps the first project will be the improvement and beautification of the historic old Lyon burying ground, located just west of the Y Junction of U.S. 6 and San Fernando Road south of Newhall.
This, however, is merely a detail. The big project is the creation of several huge "cut and fill" rubbish disposal areas in upper Railroad Canyon.
One of the direct products of Mr. Visco's widespread salvage operations is an immense tonnage of waste paper. This paper he plans to use as one of the principal raw materials of a projected four- or five-million-dollar plant to manufacture roofing materials. The plant will not be too far from the Newhall Refinery, which specializes in heavy asphaltic oils suitable for its use. Water is not such a vital element in this process since it is reused rather than being replaced.
According to surveys and maps which Mr. Visco has completed, the plant will be located along the Southern Pacific rail line somewhere between the mouth the tunnel and the crossing of the Edison Co. high line. In this stretch also are several deep gulches or canyons running back southward into the hills.
Cut and Fill Meadows.
These small canyons will be the scene of "cut and fill" disposal operations. In this method a layer of non-savable material is laid down on the canyon floor. Then heavy earthmoving equipment pulls down earth from the canyon walls to cover the rubbish layer. This is compacted firmly. Then the operation is repeated until the canyon is built up into a sort of potrero or meadow, which can be sowed to grass or other vegetation. The shelves on the canyon walls left by the earthmoving equipment comprise fine building sites for homes, facing the potrero in a sort of horseshoe pattern.
Room for Much Trash.
There are four or five of these large gullies which can be used for this purpose. A large productive plant as the center for groups of houses to be used by employees is the overall picture for this totally new enterprise.
The area involved is now rough hill country, practically without use or habitation. Lying in the extreme upper end of Railroad Canyon, it is not even accessible to auto travel, the existing road ending at a point where the property begins.
Although the acreage purchased fronts U.S. 6 for a mile and a half down from the summit of Fremont Pass, this face of the tract will not be used or changed. The old Needham home now occupied by "Slim" West is excluded from the general purchase.
Use for Used Paper.
Some idea of the possibilities of the project may be obtained from the fact that Mr. Visco's salvage operations produce 14,000 tons of salvage paper every month.
Mr. Visco maintains his present headquarters in Sun Valley. He has been engaged in the rubbish collection and salvage business for 23 years. At present he is operating through 13 different corporate or partnership companies.
Coming developments in the Los Angeles campaign against smog-producing activities make it certain that incinerators will be completely banned and all such material picked up by collection agencies, Mr. Visco believes. An immense increase in volume is thus assured, he says.
Salvage is Big Business.
He is firmly but quietly enthused over the prospects for his development. "Hardly anybody realizes the immense extent and importance of the rubbish collection and salvage business," he says. "In dollar volume it ranks third with all of the business of the nation.
"The iron and steel industry cannot function without large quantities of scrap iron from the salvage business. Glass factories cannot operate without large quantities of scrap glass or 'cullet' from the same source. That group of industries making roof wall and floor coverings uses immense amounts of scrap paper. Another big industrial activity dependent on scrap paper is the manufacturing of fibre cartons for containers and cases. The list of industrial demands for salvaged materials of all kinds is almost endless."
Mr. Visco's name has appeared in the metropolitan papers several times in connection with the rubbish collection problem and dispute which is agitating the City of Los Angeles. The issue there, he says, is simply the old issue of private enterprise against socialistic government.
Private operators can give better service for less cost than bureaucratic governmental set-ups, says Louie. And he is quite willing to prove it. With all of his activities and successes, Mr. Visco is modest, unassuming and friendly in his personal approach. He will probably be irked to see himself described as a "tycoon" in the Signal news columns.
"Just call me a junk man," he said in a recent call at the Signal office.
News story courtesy of Stan Walker.
Alarm, Opposition Flame at Huge Railroad Cyn. Trash Dump.
The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise | Thursday, August 30, 1956.
A flurry of alarm and opposition swept Newhall over the weekend as word spread that Louis Visco, Los Angeles rubbish collection tycoon, was planning to establish a gigantic trash dump on the old Needham Ranch acres to hold all of the rubbish generated by the approaching ban on metropolitan incinerators.
Petitions protesting against the dump were gathering signatures by the hundred on the village mainstem Tuesday.
The Newhall Chamber of Commerce held an emergency meeting Tuesday afternoon in the office of C of C President Adrian Adams, unanimously approved an urgent request to the Board of Supervisors to declare a moratorium on all special use permits, pending the establishment of the Newhall zoning plan.
Railroad Cyn. Leads.
And a group of determined residents of lower Railroad Canyon were planning to carry on and broaden the efforts which last week gained them an initial victory in their campaign against the proposed dump.
A community-wide campaign was planned at an emergency meeting of Railroad Canyon residents Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ruzicska.
Sixteen of them had journeyed to Los Angeles last Thursday, bearing letters from additional protestors, and anti-dump petitions bearing the names of 33 residents, mostly of Railroad Canyon, but also including several prominent Newhall names.
After presenting their case before the County Zoning Board, they were very much encouraged when that body ruled against the dump permit requested by Mr. Visco.
Review is Next.
The permit is scheduled to come before the Regional Planning Commission sitting as a board of review on Tuesday, Sept. 4, which must make a decision. This decision may later be appealed to the board of supervisors for final decision by any of the interested parties.
The subject of a general moratorium on special permits of any kind was brought up at the meeting Monday night by Judge C.M. MacDougall, who pointed out that there will probably be a last-minute rush of undesirable enterprises into the area to beat the zoning deadline. Those who get their permits before the zoning ordinance is enacted can maintain their positions for 20 years.
The meeting named W.J. Wayman as permanent chairman and scheduled another meeting for this Wednesday night at the same place and time.
Objections Listed.
The protestors at the hearing Thursday found many lines of objection to the proposed dump. They pointed out that since it was for the public dumping of both combustible and non-combustible trash, a continuous fire hazard would be created.
They asserted that Railroad Canyon was a natural draining channel for a large area, and that run-off water would first have to filter through the dump before reaching the lower canyon. This tainted water held alarming possibilities for contaminating the underground water reservoirs of the canyon.
They claimed that the dump, like all dumps, would become infested with vermin which would be menace to both health and property.
They declared that the Railroad Canyon Road, a narrow dead-end highway, would be crowded by hundreds of huge dump trucks, with resultant noise and stench, and that the peaceful hills would likely be shattered by the racket of bulldozers and covered by a pall of dust from their operations.
All in all, the Newhall delegation presented such a strong case [that] the zoning board went along with them in its decision.
Procedure Outlined.
Judge MacDougall Tuesday investigated the procedures involved in special permit cases and learned that the Regional Planning Commission, in its session Tuesday, will receive no more evidence or testimony, but will simply review the material presented to the zoning committee and announce a decision. The final and vital decision must be made later by the supervisors. Judge MacDougall urged local objectors to direct their main efforts to this phase of the hearings.
R.R. Canyon Dump Plan Hits Snag.
The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise | Thursday, February 21, 1957.
Stories in the Los Angeles papers Wednesday indicated that the Benz Disposal Co. plan to establish a rubbish dump in Railroad Canyon had struck another snag before the Board of Supervisors. The Supervisors ordered the permits back to the Regional Planning Commission for a study.
There seems to be a big discrepancy between the area involved. The tentative permit granted the Benz company covered two parcels aggregating 227 acres. The Los Angeles stories stuck in a decimal point and made it 22.7 acres. Here's the L.A. Examiner story:
After protests from residents of the West San Fernando Valley, the Board of Supervisors yesterday ordered a restudy by the Regional Planning Commission of two dump sites previously approved.
The sites are a 58-acre dump near Calabasas sought by the Los Angeles By-Products Company and a 22.7-acre one operated in Newhall by Benz Disposal Company, headed by Louis Visco.
Residents of both areas appealed to the board after the commission approved the dumps.
Small Defrosting Holes Appear in Freeze on Building.
Comforting and reassuring holes appeared this week in the blanket building freeze imposed last week by ordinance of the Board of Supervisors.
First hint was a story in the Wednesday morning editions of the Los Angeles papers. According to the LA. Times:
Supervisor Warren M. Dorn, who led a campaign to have all M-3 zones in his 5th Supervisorial District rezoned to A-2-1, which makes necessary public hearings on all applications for changes in zone, yesterday asked that certain provisions be made in the program.
Dorn disclosed that he has learned that in scores of cases, persons or firms had already begun development projects based upon use of the M-3 or unclassified lands.
When, according to Dorn's plan, the new A-2-1 category was set up, these developers found it a requirement that they cease operations pending a zone change.
After due consideration, Dorn's colleagues on the county board voted to refer the problem to the County Counsel's office and to wait two weeks on a report on legal aspects of the situation before taking further action.
The second thaw hole appeared at a meeting of the Newhall Chamber of Commerce Wednesday noon at the [French] Village, at which explanatory talks were made by John Commons of the Regional Planning Commission and Gilbert McCoy of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce industrial committee.
Dump Project Nipped.
These talks disclosed some important facts, namely that the ordinance not only froze building in the Fifth Supervisorial District, but that in doing so it absolutely cut off the efforts of the Benz Disposal Co. and Louis Visco to establish a large rubbish dump in Railroad Canyon.
It was revealed that the Planning Commission is now taking up "ex parte" hearings on hardship building cases under the ordinance. Ex parte means that cases may be presented by the owner or builder himself, without the aid of a lawyer or other representative.
Mr. Commons further stated that the Newhall zoning project had finally cleared all requirements of the Planning Commission and that it would come up before the Supervisors in about six weeks for enactment into law. Passage of this zoning ordinance will kill the A-2-1 zoning requirement in the area covered by the ordinance.
History of Freeze.
The history of the ordinance, as recounted by Mr. Commons, was that three weeks ago the Supervisors passed a motion to give the Planning Commission additional personnel, most of whom were to be specialists in zoning and land use matters.
Supervisor Dorn then moved that his district be taken as the first study subject of this new group, and that steps be taken to prevent any further land use development therein until the committee of experts finished a comprehensive land use study In Soledad and Antelope townships.
(Apparently it was the storm of objections arising out of this crackdown which induced Supervisor Dorn to offer a slight relaxation of the freeze.)
Two Years Required.
Mr. Commons said that a period of about two years would be required for completion of the land use study. But that some localities like Newhall, where zoning studies are already complete, could get advance approval and clearance in a much shorter time.
Mr. Commons voiced his conviction that Supervisor Dorn was sincere in his wishes for a long-term decision on the best possible land use plan for the long-term good of everybody concerned.
Following the talks, the directors of the Chamber held a short meeting at which the following resolution was approved:
Quick Action Asked.
1. To zone an area as large as Soledad Township with a blanket classification largely unsuitable to the area, for the purpose of freezing development until a precise zoning plan can be formulated is manifestly unfair when the history of our efforts to secure precise zoning is considered.
2. If for the general public welfare, it was necessary to adopt a zoning ordinance to control development pending studies for precise zoning; then:
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST that provision be made as soon as practicable for consideration of all exceptions in ex parte hearings and;
that sufficient additional personnel be employed for the Planning Commission staff, that study for the precise zoning of Soledad Township may commence immediately.
Rubbish Tycoon Visco Sells Old Needham Ranch to Santa Monica Cemetery Devlopers.
The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise | Thursday, April 25, 1957.
Possibility of undesirable developments on the south flank of Newhall ended last week, with the sale of the old Needham Ranch to a member of the undertaking firm of Gates, Kingsley and Gates of Santa Monica.
The sale was made by rubbish tycoon Louis Visco, who bought the acreage about eight months ago, and who drew plans and sought permits to turn the Railroad Canyon part of the ranch into a huge trash dump.
Promulgation of the Dorn "freeze" ordinance nipped this project in the bud, after a protective committee of Railroad Canyon residents organized a vigorous battle against the trash dumping proposal.
It is unofficially reported that Mr. Visco, who is an extremely active and able business man in many lines, cleared a substantial profit on the deal.
Long Term Deal.
According to information which the Signal deems reliable, though unofficial, it is the plan of a syndicate of investors, headed by Mark Gates of the Santa Monica firm, to develop a long term and dignified cemetery from the beautiful hills of the old Needham Ranch.
Probably the entrance will be at the small cove now occupied by the old Newhall burying ground, where several early pioneers, including Sanford Lyon, have their last resting place. A memorial to these early settlers will probably be a feature of this part of the development.
Rumors of the sale were confirmed Monday by Mr. Visco, from his office in the San Fernando Valley, but he was reluctant to say anything about the plans of the new owners or possible future of the old Needham property.
"You can say that I'm out of your neighborhood for the present," said Mr. Visco, "but maybe not forever."
Checks Background.
The new owner, Mr. Gates, was reported to have spent considerable time in Newhall Monday checking up on the history and background of the acreage to be exploited. He is reported to have stated that the cemetery would be developed under the name of "Eternal Valley Memorial Park," that it would be a dignified, long term plan, designed to take full advantage of the natural beauties of the area, and that it would be carried forward without any "grandstand" sales campaigns.
Water Dist. Moves for Annexation of Needham Ranch.
Through legal notice in this issue of the Signal, the Newhall County Water District gives advice of its intention to consider annexation of the 500 acres [sic] comprised of the old Needham Ranch south of town.
This ranch was recently purchased by Mark Gates, of a prominent mortuary firm in Santa Monica, for the purpose of transforming into a cemetery.
Since the beauty of any cemetery depends on green lawns, shrubbery and flowers, the Gates interests found a reliable and adequate water supply to be a basic necessity for their development.
District Supt. Charles Bonser said that he had been informed that the Gates firm planned to start with the improvement of ten acres which would require 56,000 gallons daily for irrigation.
The legal notice occupies four full columns in this issue of the paper, and is a detailed surveyors' techincal land description, not understandable by the layman. However, it is roughly the hilly area lying between U.S. 6, San Fernando Road and Railroad Canyon. It was originally purchased from the Needham estate by Louis Visco, rubbish tycoon, who proposed to put a cut-and-fill dump in Railroad Canyon. Violent and community wide objections blocked this project.
The new district well now being drilled in Railroad Canyon will be adjacent to this annexation and in a good position to serve it.
The board has set 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3 as the time, and the offices of the district at 24507 Spruce Street as the place for a public hearing for interested parties.
Opposition Foils Annexation of Needham Acreage.
The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise | Thursday, September 12, 1957.
Opposition to the proposed annexation of the Needham Ranch property to the Newhall Water district developed at the last regular meeting of the board in the District office on Tuesday, Sept. 3, it became known this week.
Because of the opposition of directors Fenton Westcott and Wallace Jones, united to protests registered by several citizens, the board postponed approval of the annexation, and named a committee to confer with Mark Gates, owner of the Needham acres, on a possible solution of difficulties.
The chief objections registered were along the lines that an agreement to furnish the tract with water might later result in a shortage of water for Newhall.
Mr. Gates, who was present at the meeting, presented figures to discount this view. He said that the proposed cemetery would begin with the development of only two acres, and that the maximum water consumption on these acres would be about 5,000 gallons per day for six days a week. He also pointed out that the Inglewood Cemetery, which started In 1906 with less than 300 acres, was still not using all of them for its purposes.
Named on a committee to confer farther with Mr. Gates were District Directors Dorothy MacNemar and Fenton Westcott. Mrs. MacNemar had indicated approval of the annexation proposal, and Westcott had strongly opposed it. Also speaking in opposition were T.M. Frew Jr. and Ralph Williams.
The proposal is scheduled to come up again at the next regular meeting of the board slated for October 1.
No Water Shortage in Sight.
Signal Editorial Opinion.
Fred W. Trueblood Sr., Editor and Publisher.
Newhall and the Little Santa Clara Valley had several super-hundred degree spells of hot weather during the summer. During these times the Newhall County Water District consistently delivered million-gallon-daily water quotas, and generally wound up every morning with two big reservoirs brimming with water for the demands to come.
Recently the District completed a well in Railroad Canyon capable of delivering at least another half-million gallons of water a day.
It is a bit hard to see, therefore, why anyone should work up a scare on water shortage, and oppose further annexations to the District.
It is quite true that conditions can be imagined, at some vague and unnamed time in the future, when demand will outrun supply, and shortages threaten. But that time is not now, nor at any time in the foreseeable future. It is also reasonable to suppose that new water sources will appear, as well as new demands.
Certainly no vast demand for water will arise from the County's development of the Horseshoe Ranch. The Needham Ranch acres, now owned by Mr. Gates, are to be the site of a modern and attractive public cemetery, something that this Valley has long needed. But it will start modestly, with only two or three acres, which certainly would not strain the water capacity of the district. The nature of the area is such that it is hardly ineligible for tract type, mass housing development.
In view of these demonstrable facts, it is a little bit difficult to figure the motives behind the anti-annexation campaign.
The community of Newhall is facing some gigantic competition not too far off in the future. There is no question that an attempt will be made to relegate Newhall to the status of a back street, fringe area business and residential district.
It would seem to be the part of wisdom for Newhall to promote its own growth in any and every way possible and do it now, while it is still possible.
Fred W. Trueblood III adds (2019):
One of the old Trueblood family stories is about Fred Sr., my grandfather, getting involved in the Gates acquisition when the property's water rights were not included in the sale. I seem to remember that Needhams kept the water rights. In those days when my family first purchased the Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise my grandfather used to tell anyone who would listen (and mostly everyone did) that the valley was in dire need of four things: 1. Its own high school. 2. A water system that was reliable (water would actually come out of a fire hydrant when you turned it on). 3. A functioning hospital for area citizens and 4. A place to bury our dead. When the Gates family acquired what is now Eternal Valley but faced inadequate water rights and a reluctant water district, my grandfather stepped in using his bully pulpit to "persuade" Mr. Needham to release the property's water rights. The beautiful grounds that you see at Eternal Valley are a result. In gratitude Mr. Gates deeded the two plots where my grandfather and grandmother are buried today.
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ETERNAL VALLEY MEMORIAL PARK
• Lyon Graveyard
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I received a message on Facebook this morning from a man who is suffering in secret. He is part of a large-but-invisible fraternity to which he never wanted to be a member. He's among the countless men who feel bullied or abused by their wives.
My wife, Ashley, and I talk openly about abuse in marriage, but the topic of abuse we typically discuss is the physical or emotional abuse husbands can inflict on wives. Most of the culture's conversation around abuse follows this same narrative. Certainly, there are statistical and practical reasons to talk more about marital abuse against women, but we must also recognize that many men are suffering.
ALL abuse victims (male and female) carry many complex emotions and hurts. Victim shaming certainly occurs in both genders and it needs to stop altogether. We must develop more compassion so victims of any form of abuse or bullying in marriage will have the courage to step out of the shadows and share their stories.
Every situation is unique and there's a very broad spectrum of controlling and/or abusive behaviors, so it's difficult to prescribe a one-size-fits-all menu of options. To create some specific categories, I'm going to outline four forms of bullying and/or abuse in marriage and offer some insight into each of these three. For the purposes of this article, these examples will all be directed to abusive wives and abused husbands. We have other articles and resources which talk about the reverse scenario of abused wives and abusive husbands.
The need to control usually stems from deeper issues. If you are a husband married to a wife who is bullying or obsessively controlling, the most helpful resource I could suggest as a first step is a book called Boundaries by Drs. John Townsend and Henry Cloud. You need to establish some loving but firm boundaries with your wife to let her know that her behavior is undermining the sacred partnership of the marriage, and if it continues unchanged, the marriage itself is in danger of unraveling. Know that in some cases, a wife who has a need to control or bully is herself dealing with emotional scars and/or physical health issues. Seeking counseling and medical help to rule out any underlying psychological, hormonal or physical issues might help solve some of the negative behavior. There are times when a wife is caught up in the habit of control and she's blind to it. She doesn't even know she's doing it. Again, the book Boundaries along with marriage counseling could be a healthy way to help her see clearly that her behavior is hurtful.
When any form of physical abuse is happening in marriage, a massive line has been crossed and immediate action needs to be taken to ensure safety. Unfortunately, there is a stigma most men feel that keep them from reporting this physical abuse, but men need to have the courage to report it. In admitting the abuse, a man isn't becoming less of a man. He's being more of a man by getting the help he needs and getting his wife the help she needs. Physical abuse is a sign that a marriage is out of control and can only be saved with intervention, so get the intervention you need.
Often abuse is just a manifestation of addiction. Once drugs, alcohol or other substances have hijacked a person's mind, that person has lost control. If your wife is addicted, get her the help she needs. By any means, whether it takes an intervention or driving her against her will to a place where she can get help, take drastic action. Ashley and I have written and spoken in much more detail on issues surrounding addiction in marriage and you can find those resources at MarriageToday.com.
Here's the bottom line, if there's abuse or bullying of any kind happening in your marriage, don't lose hope. Don't settle for the status quo. Take action including the actions listed in this article. We are praying for you. Get the help you need.


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Greatly admired and respected by everyone in and around baseball, Stan Musial was one of the most popular players to ever don a major league uniform. Since big league ball wasn't played any further west than the city of St. Louis until the Dodgers and Giants moved to California in 1958, Musial was a hero to virtually every young boy who lived beyond the banks of the Mississippi River during the 1940s and 1950s. The Cardinal outfielder's warm, unpretentious, and easy-going manner also made him a favorite of teammates and opponents alike. Musial's popularity was further enhanced by the greatness he displayed on the ballfield – a greatness that enabled him to win seven batting championships and three National League Most Valuable Player Awards during his 22-year career with the Cardinals.
Stanislaw Franciszek Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania on November 21, 1920, the fifth of six children to Polish immigrants. After having his name formally changed to "Stanley Frank" when he enrolled in school, Musial began playing semi-professional ball at the age of 15 while still attending Donora High School. Stan spent his early years in the game mostly as a pitcher, although he occasionally played the outfield as well. He signed an amateur free-agent contract with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1938, and was used exclusively as a pitcher his first two years in the minors, before splitting his time between the mound and the outfield in his third season. Any aspirations Musial had of eventually becoming a big-league pitcher came to an abrupt end during the latter stages of the 1940 campaign when he injured his left shoulder while making a diving catch in the outfield. After subsequently being convinced by his manager to pursue a career as an outfielder, Musial peppered International League pitching throughout much of the following year, before finally being called up by the Cardinals on September 17, 1941.
Musial provided a brief glimpse into his ability to hit a baseball over the final two weeks of the 1941 campaign, posting a .426 batting average in his 47 official at-bats and hitting his first home run in the major leagues. He became the Cardinals' starting leftfielder the following year, batting .315 and scoring 87 runs in his first full season, to help St. Louis capture the world championship. The young outfielder developed into a star in 1943, leading the league in seven different offensive categories, including batting average (.357), hits (220), triples (20), and doubles (48), en route to leading the Cardinals to their second straight National League pennant. Although St. Louis subsequently lost the World Series to the Yankees in five games, Musial was named N.L. MVP.
Musial had another outstanding year in 1944, driving in 94 runs, finishing second in the league with 112 runs scored and a .347 batting average, and topping the circuit with 51 doubles, 197 hits, a .440 on-base percentage, and a .549 slugging percentage. The Cardinals captured their third pennant and second world championship in his first three seasons with the team, and Musial ended up finishing fourth in the league MVP voting.
Musial entered the United States Navy in January, 1945 and missed the entire 1945 campaign. However, he returned to the Cardinals the following year and picked up right where he had left off. Splitting his time between first base and left field, Musial established new career highs in virtually every offensive category. In addition to hitting16 home runs and driving in 103 runs, he led the league with 124 runs scored, 228 hits, 20 triples, 50 doubles, a .365 batting average, and a .587 slugging percentage. The Cardinals won the National League pennant again, then went on to defeat Ted Williams and the Boston Red Sox in a classic seven-game World Series that was highlighted by Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" around the bases in the decisive seventh game. Musial was named league MVP for the second time at season's end.
Musial spent the entire 1947 campaign at first base and had a solid year, hitting 19 home runs, driving in 95 runs, and scoring 113 others. But concurrent bouts with appendicitis and tonsilitis caused his batting average to fall more than 50 points, to .312. After having both his appendix and his tonsils removed during the offseason, Stan The Man returned to left field in 1948 to have the greatest season of his career. Musial had always been an outstanding line-drive hitter his first several seasons, accumulating huge sums of doubles and triples, while also collecting his fair share of home runs. However, the lefthanded-hitting Musial became more of a power hitter in 1948, using his unique batting stance, in which he faced the opposing pitcher with his front shoulder while crouching down low, to turn on the ball and pull it into the right field stands with greater frequency. Musial ended up leading the league in nine different offensive categories, falling just one home run short of capturing the triple crown. In addition to finishing second in the senior circuit with 39 homers, Stan The Man led the league with 131 runs batted in, 135 runs scored, 230 hits, 18 triples, 46 doubles, a .376 batting average, a .450 on-base percentage, a .702 slugging percentage, and 429 total bases. By striking out only 34 times, Musial accomplished the rare feat of compiling more home runs than strikeouts. He subsequently became the first National League player to be named league MVP three times.
A true student of hitting, Musial described one of the techniques he used to become the National League's dominant hitter of his time: "I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider; then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first 30 feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it had crossed the plate."
Yet, Musial presented a far less scientific approach to hitting when he said, "You wait for a strike, then you knock the shit out of it."
National League pitchers feared Musial more than any other hitter in the senior circuit.
Hall of Fame hurler Warren Spahn suggested, "Once Musial timed your fastball, your infielders were in jeopardy."
Dodger pitcher Preacher Roe discussed the technique he employed whenever he faced Musial: "I throw him four wide ones, then try to pick him off first base."
In spite of the difficulties Musial presented to opposing pitchers whenever he stepped into the batter's box, they had a difficult time developing a personal dislike for him. Friendly, affable, good-natured, considerate, and modest, Musial was loved by everyone in the game, especially his teammates, who he often entertained on road excursions by playing his harmonica. Musial had an endearing quality to his personality that few could resist, and he remained extremely humble through the years in spite of the excellence he displayed on the ballfield.
Ty Cobb wrote an article for Life magazine that came out just before the start of the 1952 campaign in which he essentially stated that the modern ballplayer couldn't compare to the men who played the game during his time. However, he singled out Musial as an exception, proclaiming that he believed the St. Louis outfielder to be "…a better player than Joe DiMaggio was in his prime." Displaying the humility for which he was so well noted, Musial responded to the article by saying, "Cobb is baseball's greatest. I don't want to contradict him, but I can't say that I was ever as good as Joe DiMaggio."
After winning the National League pennant in Musial's first four full seasons, the Cardinals never again finished atop the league standings while Stan The Man was a member of the team. Nevertheless, Musial continued to excel for another decade as he went on to establish himself as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history. He had another fabulous season in 1949, placing among the league leaders with 36 home runs, 123 runs batted in, 128 runs scored, and a .338 batting average, and topping the circuit in hits, triples, doubles, on-base percentage, and total bases. Musial then captured the next three league batting titles, posting averages of .346, .355, and .336 in 1950, 1951, and 1952, respectively.
Although Musial compiled batting averages of .337 and .330 in 1953 and 1954, he failed to win the batting championship either year. Yet, he made baseball history on May 2, 1954 when he became the first major league player to hit five home runs in a doubleheader. Musial ended the campaign with 35 homers, 126 runs batted in, and a league-leading 120 runs scored. In fact, although Musial was not generally thought of as being a pure home run hitter, he averaged 31 long balls per season from 1948 to 1957.
After being named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated in 1957 for hitting 29 home runs, driving in 102 runs, and batting a league-leading .351 at age 36, Musial began to show a decline in offensive productivity the following year. Although Stan The Man batted .337 in 1958, he hit only 17 homers and knocked in just 62 runs. Musial's batting average fell below .300 for the first time in his career the following year, and, when he failed to reach that mark in either of the next two seasons as well, speculation began that the Cardinal great's playing days were nearing an end. Musial, though, put an end to such talk when he rebounded in 1962 to finish third in the league with a .330 batting average, while also hitting 19 home runs and driving in 82 runs. He played one more year before finally calling it quits at the conclusion of the 1963 campaign, at age 43.
Stan Musial ended his career with 475 home runs, 1,951 runs batted in, 1,949 runs scored, a lifetime batting average of .331, a .417 on-base percentage, 3,630 hits, 177 triples, and 725 doubles. At the time of his retirement, he either held or tied for 17 major league records, 29 National League records, and nine All-Star Game records. Included among Musial's major league marks were most extra-base hits (1,377) and most total bases (6,134). He also led all National League players in hits, doubles, runs batted in, and games played. An amazingly consistent performer, Musial compiled 1,815 hits at home over the course of his career, while also accumulating 1,815 hits on the road.
In addition to winning seven batting titles, Musial led the National League in doubles eight times, hits, on-base percentage, slugging average and total bases six times each, runs scored and triples five times each, and runs batted in twice. He batted over .300 in each of his first 16 full seasons, topping the .340-mark on seven separate occasions. Musial also surpassed 30 homers and 200 hits six times each, 100 RBIs 10 times, 100 runs scored 11 times, 40 doubles nine times, and 10 triples on eight separate occasions. He struck out a total of only 696 times in almost 11,000 career at-bats. A solid outfielder as well, Musial compiled a total of 31 assists in 1943 and 1944, before splitting his time between left field and first base for much of the remainder of his career. In addition to being named N.L. MVP on three separate occasions, Musial finished second in the balloting four other times. He appeared in the All-Star Game in 20 of his 21 full seasons.
Longtime Dodger announcer Vin Scully once said, "How good was Stan Musial? He was good enough to take your breath away."
Immediately following Musial's retirement, he was named director of the National Council on Physical Fitness by President Lyndon Johnson. He later briefly served as St. Louis's general manager, a position he held during the Cardinals' 1967 world championship season. Musial was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in 1969.
In discussing Musial's legacy on ESPN's SportsCentury, Bob Costas noted, "He didn't hit a homer in his last at-bat; he hit a single. He didn't hit in 56 straight games. He married his high school sweetheart and stayed married to her – never married a Marilyn Monroe. He didn't play with the sheer joy and style that goes alongside Willie Mays' name. None of those easy things are there to associate with Stan Musial. All Musial represents is more than two decades of sustained excellence and complete decency as a human being."
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future Hall of Famer Stan Musial is born in Donora, Pennsylvania
St. Louis Cardinals sign 16-year-old Stan "The Man" Musial to his first professional contract
media reports say that Stan "The Man" Musial will enlist in the U.S. military
Stan Musial officially enlists in the U.S. Army
Musial collects 12 hits in 3 days
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals is named 1948 N L Most Valuable Player
Former pitching prospect Stan Musial throws his only pitch in his 22 year career
Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals hits five home runs in a doubleheader
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Stan Musial becomes the oldest man to hit three home runs in a game
In his last game, Stan Musial helps the Cardinals beat the Reds, 3-2 at Busch Stadium, getting two hits in his final three at-bats. The 'Man' will retire with 3,630 hits, during his 22-year tenure with the Redbirds, collecting 1,815 in St. Louis, and the other 1,815 on the road.
Billy Williams sets a new record for the most consecutive games played by a NL player
Roy Campanella and Stan Musial join the legends of the Hall of Fame when they are inducted during a ceremony in Cooperstown
Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves becomes the National League's all-time leader in RBIs
Pete Rose of the Philadelphia Phillies ties Stan Musial for the most hits in National League history
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Beckford back training
Striker in contention to feature in this weekend's game away at Leeds
Dougie Freedman has confirmed that Jermaine Beckford has returned to training and should be available to face his former employers Leeds United this weekend.
The club's top scorer has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since Wanderers' 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest on January 11, but the manager confirmed that the striker could feature in Saturday's game at Elland Road.
"Jermaine Beckford should be back this weekend," said Freedman in his pre-match press conference. "He's been out training with us and running around, so he will be in the squad for Saturday.
"He's definitely back in contention – he's trained very well this week and we're pleased to have him back."
Supporters can still purchase tickets for this weekend's game against Leeds United from Bolton Central until 2pm on Friday 7 March.


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34 th HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE MISSIONS IN WEST AFRICA
At the invitation of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Heads of the United Nations Missions in West Africa held their 34th High-level Meeting on 10 May 2019 in Bissau,
Joint Statement by ECOWAS and the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) on the post-election situation in Benin (FR)
The Women, Youth, Peace and Security Working Group in West Africa and the Sahel evaluates its 10 years of action
The United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) in partnership with UN WOMEN and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) organized on April 24, 2019, a thematic exchange session of the Women, Youths, Peace and Security Working Group in West Africa and the Sahel whi
Territorial governance, peace and security, at the heart of a UNOWAS discussion session (FR)
Mohamed Ibn Chambas concludes his visit to Côte d'Ivoire, calls on political actors to continue to uphold their commitment to consolidating democracy and preserving peace and stability
Mohamed Ibn Chambas, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), concluded today a two-day visit to Côte d'Ivoire.
SRSG Ibn Chambas concludes visit to Benin, urges stakeholders to preserve democratic gains (FR)
STATEMENT BY ECOWAS, AU AND THE UN ON THE RELEASE OF RESULTS OF NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 23 FEBRUARY, 2019
The attention of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) has been drawn to the rejection of the results of the presidential election of 23 February, 2019 by one of the participating political parties, even as they are still in the
On the eve of the elections, SRSG Ibn Chambas calls on Senegalese citizens to preserve a serene environment to ensure a peaceful and participatory election
Dakar, 22 February 2019- On the eve of the presidential elections in Senegal, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, calls on presidential candidates, their supporters
STATEMENT BY SRSG IBN CHAMBAS ON THE EVE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA
On the eve of the presidential election in Nigeria, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohamed Ibn Chambas, commends the people of Nigeria for their patience and great sense of responsibility following
We, the Heads of the international election observation missions and the United Nations present in Nigeria, have taken note of the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the 2019 general elections due to logistical and operational challenges.


Back on May 31st we offered you details regarding Apple's iWork Suite for the iPhone. We now have a review and first impressions of the apps that can be downloaded for free on the smaller iOS device, as long as you already have them on the iPad. Each app will cost you $10 for the iPad version, but certainly worth it to be able to go from one device to another.
Using these apps is said to be very easy, and will be just like they are on the larger screen — although it does take a bit of getting used to with the smaller screen of the iPhone. The first time that you start the app up you will have the choice to access your saved file from a number of locations, but if you do not wish to, then you can choose your own location.
You have a choice of 16 templates, which will make life much easier when creating documents. However, if these are not to you liking, then you can always visit Apple to download a greater choice. After you have selected which template you wish to use you are then taken to the document editor; this is where the fun begins.
We are not saying that Apple's iWork Suite is perfect, as there are still a few key areas that needs to be improved. Having said that, they are ideal if you only need to create basic documents — it all depends on how you run your business. For a greater insight visit Apple.com.
What are your first impressions of Apple's iWork Suite?


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Judge Blocks Trump's Order to Defund Immigrant Sanctuaries
President Trump can't coerce sanctuary cities like San Francisco to cooperate with immigration officers by threatening to withdraw crucial funding, a federal judge said Tuesday in a ruling that bars enforcement of Trump's order nationwide.
by Tribune News Service | April 26, 2017 AT 2:00 PM
By Bob Egelko
In the first legal test of an executive order Trump issued five days after taking office, U.S. District Judge William Orrick III of San Francisco said the president was exceeding his constitutional authority by trying to punish local governments that refuse to cooperate with his immigration policies.
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Ruling on a lawsuit by San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, Orrick issued a preliminary injunction that prohibits the administration from enforcing Trump's Jan. 25 order by cutting off funding to defiant cities and counties. His ruling will remain in effect unless it is overturned by a higher court.
"Given the nationwide scope of the order, and its apparent constitutional flaws, a nationwide injunction is appropriate," Orrick said.
He said those flaws include trying to force cities and counties to change their policies by threatening their funding, and interfering with Congress' exclusive authority to place conditions on the use of federal funds.
"This is why we have courts -- to halt the overreach of a president and an attorney general who either don't understand the Constitution or chose to ignore it," San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said in a statement after the ruling.
Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez called the decision "a win for the neediest people in our nation," whose programs could have been decimated by the loss of federal funds.
The case is primarily a clash over immigration policy -- Trump's aggressive approach to enforcement and deportation versus efforts by hundreds of local governments to protect their residents, regardless of immigration status, and encourage them to cooperate with police without fear of the consequences. But an underlying issue is the economic relationship between Washington and communities dependent on federal dollars to stay afloat.
Without the funding that the Trump administration was threatening to withdraw, San Francisco and Santa Clara County argued, vital health and social service programs would be gutted and residents would suffer. Their lawsuit cited the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012 ruling that the federal government may not coerce state or local governments to change their laws by threatening to withhold vital funds -- in that case, the entire Medicaid grants to states that refused to expand health care for the poor.
The Trump administration said the two counties were grossly exaggerating the likely effect of the president's order. Orrick disagreed.
Trump's order is "potentially placing hundreds of millions of dollars of the counties' federal grants at risk," the judge said. "The order's uncertainty interferes with the counties' ability to budget, plan for the future, and properly serve their residents."
The ruling is another legal rebuff for an administration that has also seen the courts block Trump's orders to ban travel to the U.S. from nations whose populations are almost entirely Muslim. Federal appeals courts in Richmond, Va., and San Francisco will take up those cases next month.
In both cases, the president's legal arguments have been contradicted by his public statements -- in the travel-ban case, by his proposals to ban Muslim immigration. Some inconsistency seemed to be on display, as well, in the administration's response to Tuesday's ruling.
In a statement, Justice Department spokesman Ian Prior noted that the ruling did not prevent the government from enforcing rules in some of its current grants that require cities and counties to provide certain information to immigration officers or forfeit the grants. Prior also said Orrick did not "purport to (restrict) the department's independent legal authority to enforce the requirements of federal law applicable to communities that violate federal immigration law."
Asked whether the administration would appeal, Prior declined to comment. Shortly afterward, White House chief of staff Reince Priebus promised an appeal, and cast aspersions on the court that would be first in line to consider the appeal.
"Again it's the Ninth Circuit going bananas," Priebus said, although Orrick is only a trial court judge. "It's clear forum-shopping that's going on. ...We will win at the Supreme Court level."
An appeal would delay plans by the two counties to ask Orrick in June for a final ruling declaring Trump's order unconstitutional.
Federal law doesn't define sanctuary cities. But more than 300 cities and counties nationwide have limited the cooperation their law enforcement agencies are allowed to extend to federal immigration officials seeking to detain and deport immigrants for crimes or illegal entry.
Nearly 50 local governments across the country, along with the state of California, filed arguments supporting the suit by San Francisco and Santa Clara County. Separate suits have been filed by Seattle, two communities in Massachusetts, and Richmond in Contra Costa County.
Local governments in the lawsuits said Trump's order potentially threatened all their federal funding -- as much as $2 billion a year for San Francisco, one-fifth of its overall budget, and $1.7 billion for Santa Clara County, more than one-third of its revenue.
A high-ranking Justice Department lawyer, Assistant Attorney General Chad Readler, sought to allay those fears at an April 14 court hearing. Readler told Orrick that the only current funding potentially at risk was contained in three Justice Department and Homeland Security grant programs to local governments that had agreed, as a condition of the funding, to provide information about the immigration status of anyone in their custody.
Herrera's office says San Francisco receives about $1.5 million a year in those grants, for such programs as reducing crime by ex-convicts and deterring drug use. The city, a spokesman said, complies with the law's requirement to inform federal officers about detainees' immigration status. Santa Clara County receives about $1 million in similar funding.
Orrick said Readler's assurances of limited risk were contradicted by Trump's public statements and by the terms of his executive order.
For example, Orrick said, Trump told then-Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Feb. 5 that cutting off funding to sanctuary cities "would be a weapon" to get them to change their policies. Trump has specifically threatened California, Orrick said, calling the state "out of control" and noting that it receives "tremendous amounts of money" from the federal government.
The judge, a 2013 appointee of President Barack Obama, said Readler's interpretation is also inconsistent with the sweeping mandate of Trump's executive order. That order directs the attorney general and Homeland Security to make sure that "sanctuary jurisdictions" are "not eligible to receive" any federal grants, Orrick said.
In addition, Orrick said, the president's order, and comments by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, suggest that it would define sanctuary cities broadly, to cover communities that refuse to comply with immigration officials' "detainers." Detainers are requests by the government to hold immigrants in jail after their sentences expire so that federal agents can pick them up. San Francisco does not honor such requests unless the agents have a warrant from a judge.
"The order's broad directive and unclear terms, and the president's and attorney general's endorsement of them," Orrick said, "has caused substantial confusion and justified fear among states and local jurisdictions that they will lose all federal grant funding at the very least."
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Rachel Swan contributed to this report.
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Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Award for outstanding achievements in applied research
The Humboldt Foundation and the Fraunhofer Society jointly grant up to three Fraunhofer-Bessel Research Awards annually to internationally acknowledged academics from non-European countries.
The award is valued at 45,000 EUR and is granted for an outstanding performance in applied research. Apart from recognising existing achievements it also aims to promote sustainability: Award winners are expected to continue producing cutting-edge results which will have a seminal influence on their discipline beyond their immediate field of work. They are invited to spend from six months to a year cooperating on a research project of their own choice with specialist colleagues at one of the Fraunhofer Institutes in Germany.
Academics of all disciplines who completed their doctorates less than twelve years prior to the date of nomination are eligible to be granted the award. Nominations should be submitted by the head of institute or senior academics at an institute belonging to the Fraunhofer Society.
Selection committee meetings are held twice a year. Nominations for spring 2010 may be submitted immediately.
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