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Summary and Analysis Chapter 10 - Henchard Buys Susan Back""
While Elizabeth-Jane is waiting for Henchard, Joshua Jopp, the applicant for the position of manager of the corn department, arrives as Henchard enters the room. Henchard informs him abruptly that the position is filled and dismisses him. Jopp leaves, "his mouth twitched with anger, and bitter disappointment . . . written in his face everywhere."
Elizabeth-Jane reveals herself as the daughter of his "relative," Susan, to Henchard, who is shocked. He understands when Elizabeth-Jane refers to her family name as "Newson" that Susan has not revealed the truth to her child. They go indoors and after a few questions concerning the newcomer's past life, Henchard writes a note to Susan and places five guineas in it. He is visibly moved by Elizabeth-Jane's appearance and instructs her to deliver the note personally. Elizabeth-Jane leaves, touched by Henchard's concern. Henchard suddenly suspects that the pair might be impostors, but quickly changes his mind when he reflects upon Elizabeth-Jane's demeanor.
Upon her return Elizabeth-Jane is required to describe to her mother in explicit detail the meeting with Henchard. Susan reads the note which instructs her to tell Elizabeth-Jane nothing and to meet him at eight o'clock that night at the Ring on the Budmouth road. She finds the five guineas enclosed, and though nothing was said of the money in the note, the amount would suggest that Henchard was buying her back again.
The suspense of the last chapter is relieved by Henchard's kind treatment of Elizabeth-Jane. It is also significant to Susan that Henchard has enclosed five guineas in the note, the same amount which he received from Newson. He is, in effect, symbolically' buying her back.
However, two elements of suspense enter the story here. Note that Henchard has created a potential enemy by his abrupt treatment of Joshua Jopp. Also, frightened of the shame which could be heaped upon him if the truth were known, Henchard arranges a secret meeting with Susan that night in a lonely spot outside of town. This is the beginning of the secretiveness that will surround their reunion. As will be seen in the next chapter, the place of the meeting will significantly add to the mystery.
Henchard's tactfulness in asking about Susan's poverty is in character. Several times in the novel he shows great consideration for people who are in need.
rouge-et-noir from the French: red and black.
Family Bible, Josephus, Whole Duty of Man three works considered indispensable in every respectable household. The Family Bible was a large Bible which usually contained a page in the front for recording marriages, births, deaths; Josephus Flavius (A.D. 37-100?), Jewish historian and statesman. His History of the Jewish War and other work shed much valuable light upon the occurrences of the Bible; Whole Duty of Man, 1658, of anonymous origin. A book of devotions.
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"There From Here" is the debut album from Canada's newest collective, a chord-less trio, TuneTown. TuneTown was formed in 2015 and pools the talents of Kelly Jefferson (saxophones), Artie Roth (bass), and Ernesto Cervini (drums). The three are among Canada's top improvisers and contributed individually or collectively eight compositions that are played here along with covers of Duke Ellington and Cole Porter. There are, of course, precedents for this chord-less bands, including Sonny Rollins (Live at the Village Vanguard), Ornette Coleman classic quartet, Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd's School Days Band, and Bill Dixon-Archie Shepp Quartet. In more recent years, we have had notable saxophone trios such as Joe Lovano, J. D. Allen, and Ravi Coltrane (with Matthew Garrison and Jack DeJohnette). Such a musical setting often can be a high-wire act without a net, but the trio is exemplary. There is plenty to stimulate the listener's attention throughout "There From Here."
One obvious thing is how well the members of TuneTown play together. While dedicated to Thelonious Monk, Cervini's "The Monks of Oka" is named after the monks in Quebec who make "really stinky cheese." It is a performance that suggests a classic Ornette Coleman recording with Jefferson's exhilarating saxophone elaborating on Cervini's theme. Roth and Cervini provide backing in a manner of Charlie Haden and Eddie Blackwell, before they each take very crisp, focused solos. Based on the Sammy Fain composition, "Alice in Wonderland, Artie Roth's "As She Wonders," is dedicated to his mother. As Roth's bass anchors the trio, Jefferson on soprano sax displays a mastery of dynamics in crafting his solo. On a standout interpretation of Ellington's "Sophisticated Lady," Roth's bass and Cervini's skillful use of brushes back Jefferson's exquisite tenor sax.
Roth's "Split Infinity" is a contrafact of "All The Things You Are" and again displays the bassist's virtuosity whether anchoring the trio or soloing. On Cole Porter's "All of You," Jefferson plays vibrantly in a manner of Sonny Rollins or Joe Lovano with Cervini displaying his ability to accompany and enhance the tenor sax solo. Jefferson's "Kindling," has a terrific serpentine soprano sax solo along with an excellent drum solo. "Transient Space" closes this recording on a meditative tone. It opens with Arco bass with it has an unhurried tempo. Jefferson's soprano sax adds to the reflective quality of the performance.
While the members of TuneTown are each excellent players, playing together they are a superlative trio. Their terrific debut is highly recommended.
Ron Weinstock
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Success in business demands an organization that is agile, innovative, and alert, capable of reinventing itself to handle whatever comes its way. Yet most attempts at transformational change fail, hamstrung by poor strategy, office politics, and stakeholder resistance. In Stragility, Ellen Auster and Lisa Hillenbrand provide an action-oriented approach that helps leaders at all levels to navigate these challenges while building skills and capabilities, using the field-tested framework that the authors have applied in Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, and social sector organizations. Packed with concrete tips, action steps, and tools, this book offers advice on how to navigate the politics and emotions of change, as well as inspire and engage leaders and stakeholders in creating a high-energy organization that will excel.
Larry Ellison had poured more than $200 million into his 2013 America's Cup campaign, but Oracle Team USA was down 1–8. New Zealand needed just one more win. Oracle ultimately beat back the odds in what has been called the greatest comeback in the history of sport. But was it? G. Bruce Knecht, a best-selling author and former Wall Street Journal reporter, set out to tell the full story of this remarkable feat in his newest book, only to find that the team used a sailing technique that was prohibited under the rules. The Comeback is more than an exposé. It is a narrative that describes a perilous re-engineering of the boat, a crucial crew change, and the kind of superhuman personal effort that sometimes develops with teams that have nothing to lose.
Author Helen Saul Case has had lifelong experience with nutritional medicine, so when she found pregnancy challenging, she realized that the best use of vitamins to effectively address those health issues was absent from the guidebooks. Standard prenatal vitamins don't come close to meeting the needs of all women, she asserts. Vitamins & Pregnancy is a comprehensive nutritional guide. It covers how good nutrition ensures baby's best development in utero, with lifelong benefits for mother and child; how vitamin C helps prevent birth defects, postpartum hemorrhages, and even stretch marks; how magnesium helps cramping legs and aching backs and vitamin B6 alleviates morning sickness; and optimal vitamin and mineral intakes during breastfeeding. In addition, Case offers nutrition-based advice to help alleviate more than 35 pregnancy issues, from acid reflux and yeast infections, to postpartum challenges, including depression and losing weight.
Up The Hill: A Tale of Colgate University presents the familiar history and traditions of Colgate in a format for children. The idea was born when Rentschler returned to Colgate last year for her 10th Reunion and, after searching for a book to explain the university to her toddler, found that none existed. Inspired to help other parents share their love for Colgate with their children, Rentschler began writing and reached out to Rogers, a graphic design artist, to illustrate Up the Hill. Their subsequent partnership resulted in this 48-page book featuring a host of Raider traditions, including the lyrics to the Colgate alma mater and a hidden number 13 on each page.
In Cameroon in 1931, 9-year-old Sara is taken from her family and brought to Mount Pleasant as a gift for Sultan Njoya, the Bamum leader cast into exile by French colonialists. Sara is on the verge of becoming one of the sultan's hundreds of wives when her story takes an unexpected turn. She is recognized by Bertha, the slave in charge of training Njoya's brides, as Nebu, the son Bertha tragically lost years before. In Sara's new life as a boy, she bears witness to the world of Sultan Njoya. Seven decades later, a student returns home to Cameroon to research the place it once was, and she finds Sara, silent for decades, ready to tell her serpentine tale. In Sara's story, a lost kingdom lives again in the compromised intersection between flawed memory, tangled fiction, and faintly discernible truth. History is invented anew and transformed: a man awakens from a coma to find the animal kingdom dancing a waltz, a spirit haunts a cocoa plantation, and a sculptor recreates his lost love.
Threaded to place, and unraveled by days, our bodies wear the evidence of intimacy. How to dwell, day after day, how to make it go? In the spirit of A.R. Ammons's Tape for the Turn of the Year, Matthew Cooperman's Spool is a collection of vertical poems written as a "year in threes," with three-word lines forming narrow columns reminiscent of threads gathered into the titular spool. The poems in this New Measure Poetry Prize winner tackle issues from domestic strife to childhood illness and war culture to the passing of time, weaving together the "threads" of past and present to tell the story of the sadness and surprising joy of one man's last seven years.
With his two daughters, Craig Hatkoff tells the true story of Cecil, a real-life lion king. News of Cecil's tragic death last summer spread across the globe like wildfire, raising questions to an unprecedented level about our relationship to our animals and our planet. Featuring photos of Cecil and his pride, the book is a tale of resilience and responsibility — a triumph out of tragedy. Discover Cecil's struggle to survive as a young lion, his rise to power, and his extraordinary alliance with Jericho, his former archrival. Cecil is gone, but his legacy lives on. The world knows the story of how Cecil died. This is the story of how he lived. The Hatkoff trio has published a number of other nonfiction children's books, including the #1 New York Times best-selling Owen & Mzee.
Having devoted much of his life to the study of social justice, Phillip M. Richards, professor of English emeritus, was inspired to contact the journal DoveTales upon its inception in 2013 and offer his expertise. Ever since, he has served as associate editor of the literary journal, whose mission is "to promote writing that explores the many aspects of peace." It features young people from around the world whose stories, essays, poems, art, and photography address cultural identity, human rights, and environmental issues, among others. DoveTales is sponsored by the Colgate University Research Council and published by Writing for Peace, an international nonprofit organization. At Colgate, Richards served as the Arnold Sio Chair of Diversity and Community from 2012 to 2014. He has published numerous articles on black academic life, in addition to his memoir, An Integrated Boyhood: Coming of Age in White Cleveland.
The early life of Marija Bulatovic '98, who was raised in the former Yugoslavia, was anything but ordinary. Bulatovic's childhood involved a number of adventures with bears, gypsies, odd family members, and unorthodox neighbors. For her 2015 memoir, Fantastical: Tales of Bears, Beer and Hemophilia, Bulatovic received a 2016 Feathered Quill Book Award. The book, which notes the oddity of growing up in a country and childish state of mind that no longer exist, received the silver medal in its category.
In a new edition of the guidebook Writing, Directing, and Producing Documentary Films and Digital Videos (Southern Illinois University Press), filmmakers Ned Eckhardt '63 and Alan Rosenthal show readers how to utilize the latest innovations in equipment, technologies, and production techniques for the digital, web-based world of documentary filmmaking.
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A Good Year For Arts and Entertainment
By Marty Clear – Bradenton Herald
If you said 2015 has been a great year for arts and entertainment in the Bradenton area, it's unlikely anyone would put up much of an argument. Just in case, here are just a handful of the year's highlights.
Locals Honored
This year, two Sarasota artists received prestigious and high-profile national awards. Both happen to be named Jacobs, but that's just a coincidence.
The National Endowment for the Arts named Dolly Jacobs a National Heritage Fellow. The NEA has been giving the award to a handful of people, usually about a dozen or so, each year since 1982. Jacobs — a world-famous circus aerialist and a co-founder…MORE
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Professional Community Management (PCM), an Associa company, is proud to announce that two of its community managers recently received their Professional Manager of Community Associations (PCAM®) designations through Community Associations Institute (CAI).
Jeremy Wilson and Josh Hodosh have each attained the highest professional recognition available nationwide to managers who specialize in community association management. In order to earn the PCAM® designation, managers must have five years of community association management experience, successfully complete all six M-200 level programs, earn the CMCA® designation and complete a case study, among other things.
Jeremy Wilson is an executive general manager who has been in the industry for 10 years and worked for PCM since 2010. He has managed six different communities throughout the Inland Empire. Jeremy Wilson holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Leadership/Public Speaking from Hope International University.
Josh Hodosh is a general manager who began his community management career with PCM and has been with them for more than 11 years. He is currently the on-site manager at a 55 and over community in Mission Viejo and has managed a similar community in San Clemente. Josh Hodosh graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Cal State University, Fullerton.
Wilson and Hodosh will participate in the PCAM® Oath Ceremony and be honored for their accomplishments at the CAI National Conference at the end of April.


Eagle NamasDay is an event that brings veterans together to practice yoga and showcase its role in increasing physical and mental health. Join us as we come together to practice yoga, push ourselves with a new challenge, and celebrate yoga's power in veteran health. A big thank you goes out to fellow Team RWB Member Brianna Cruden, who will be our fabulous instructor for the event. Yoga mats will be available or you are welcome to bring your own. Feel free to invite a friend and share what Team RWB is all about.


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The Courtyard By Marriott Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks is a 3 star up scale hotel located in the city of Sherman Oaks, California, and is a tall structure with 14 floors. The nearest airport is Van Nuys Airport (Airport Code: VNY), a distance of about 4.6 miles from the hotel. This hotel has a total of 213 guest rooms. Check in time is at 3 PM and check out time is 12 PM. Call ahead in case there are any changes, or if you need late check-out.
There are several family restaurants close to the hotel, including Big Slice, BEI JING Express and Ameci Pizza of Encino. Select the above Restaurants tab for a more complete list of Sherman Oaks restaurants in the area and their distances from Courtyard By Marriott Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks.
Guests may wish to visit nearby Sherman Oaks Golf Courses, Museums and/or Botanical Gardens within a short drive from this hotel, including the Balboa Course at Sepulveda Golf Complex, Los Encinos State Historic Park and American Jewish University. Select the Tots and Travel Attractions tab above for a more complete list of nearby Sherman Oaks attractions and their distances from Courtyard By Marriott Los Angeles - Sherman Oaks.
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The Balboa Course at Sepulveda Golf Complex is a 36 hole public golf course in Los Angeles County California. Built in 1953, this Encino course designed by Wm. F. & Wm P. Bell & Wm. H. Johnson is open all year. For tee time information call the pro shop at 818-995-1170. The golf course dress code is as follows: No tank tops or cutoffs.
Address: 16821 Burbank Blvd, Encino, CA 91436
Los Encinos State Historic Park - Encino, Los Angeles
Los Encinos State Historic Park is located near the corner of Balboa and Ventura Blvd. in Encino, California. It was the hub of Rancho Los Encinos. Located in the San Fernando Valley, this California rancho includes the original nine-room de la Ossa Adobe, the two-story limestone Garnier building, a blacksmith shop, a natural spring, and a pond.
American Jewish University - Bel Air, Los Angeles
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The Japanese Garden 6.5 acres is that can be found on the grounds of the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant at 6100 Woodley Avenue, Van Nuys, California in the US, in the midst of the San Fernando Valley. It was designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana and constructed between 1980 and 1983, with formal dedication on June 18, 1984. The Garden has been ranked tenth out of 300 public Japanese gardens in the US by the Journal of Japanese Gardening.
Skirball Cultural Center - Brentwood, Los Angeles
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The Eighteen Hole Course at Van Nuys Golf Course is a 27 hole public golf course in Los Angeles County California. designed by Joe Novak is open all year. For tee time information call the pro shop at 818-785-8871. The golf course dress code is as follows: Shirt and shoes required.
Address: 6550 Odessa Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406
Woodley Lakes Golf Course - Van Nuys
The Woodley Lakes Golf Course is an 18 hole public golf course in Los Angeles County California. Built in 1965, this Van Nuys course designed by Ray Goates is open all year. For tee time information call the pro shop at 818-787-8163. The golf course dress code is as follows: Shirt and shoes required.
Address: 6331 Woodley Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406
Studio City Golf Course - Studio City
The Studio City Golf Course is a 9 hole public golf course in Los Angeles County California. is open all year. Tee times are accepted by calling the pro shop at 818-761-3250. The golf course dress code is as follows: No dress code.
Address: 4141 Whitsett Ave, Studio City, CA 91604
Getty Center - Brentwood, Los Angeles
The Getty Center, in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, is a campus for cultural institutions founded by oilman J. Paul Getty. The $1.3 billion Center, which opened on December 16, 1997, is also well known for its architecture, gardens, and views. The Center sits atop a hill, which is connected to a visitor's parking garage at the bottom of the hill by a three-car, cable-pulled tram. The Center draws 1.3 million visitors annually.
Virginia Robinson Gardens - Beverly Hills
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Ameci Pizza of Encino
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2012 Rams 'Tough as Nails' Club
July 10th, 2012 Mark Peterson Posted in Features, Main
The 2012 season is approaching making it the perfect time to recognize some of the Rams very bad men. These men will be pillars in the upcoming season. When other men fall by the way-side these men, blooded and bruised, will rise.
The 2012 Rams 'Tough as Nails Club' inductees are:
RB Steven Jackson, QB Sam Bradford, C Scott Wells, LB James Laurinaitis, and rookie CB Janoris Jenkins.
Steven Jackson – 3 time Pro Bowl RB who has played injured and has stayed true to the Rams even when many analysts said he should take his talents elsewhere. He is the Rams all-time leading rusher with over 10,000th career yards from scrimmage. He has rushed for over 1,000 yards for the last 7 seasons in a row.
Sam Bradford – 2008 (Sophomore) Heisman Trophy winner, holds the NCAA record for most touchdown passes by a freshman quarterback, set the record for most completions by a rookie in NFL history, and earned the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year award. 2011 saw injury and disappointment, but near the end of the season Bradford played on his injured ankle. With nothing on the line except pride, he showed a lot of grit and earned the respect of his teammates.
Scott Wells – a longtime starting center (but still in his prime) for the Green Bay Packers. He is a Super Bowl champion and was selected to the 2011 Pro Bowl. He is a team leader who has only missed 1 game in his entire NFL career.
James Laurinaitis – decorated LB from Ohio State University who lead his team in tackles for 3 years. He became the Rams starting MLB his rookie season (2009) and lead the team in tackles. Laurinaitis earned a career high 142 tackles last year (2011) and is destined to become a Pro Bowler. He is the heart and soul of the Rams defense.
(Rookie CB) Janoris Jenkins – displays elite speed, excels as a cover corner, and has extremely quick reactions. He has suffered from a lot of issues in his personal life, but those closest to him say he is handling them with a lot of maturity. Some are already saying he is destined to become a 'true shut down' corner. The Rams have high expectations for this rookie in their new aggressive defense.
Rams fans welcome your 2012 'Tough as Nails' selections. Go Rams!!!
One Response to "2012 Rams 'Tough as Nails' Club"
jon hill says:
hey, Ive been a Ram Fan since 1966 <.. 1st grade. And when they Moved to St. louis. I, thought I could get a Different Team. But No ! Rams for Life. You people in St. Louis, need to get " Tough ! " yes, we Know the Cardinals, of Phoenix are really your Team, But for Many of U ; your Kids are going to be Ram Fans ! It makes me Sick watching Home Games & the Fans Sitting on their Asses ! Shit I Live in Montana ( Missoula ) and have More Spirit. We, have a Great Coach in Jeff Fisher, Franchise QB, Jackson has lot of Tread on those Tires, Great Looking DL., Why he's not in the " Pro- Bowl? Launitus !" And 1 more Thing, The "partiots ! " will ALWAYS have An Asterisk, By that S.B. ! jon


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You continue to be responsive to a loved one. Know that this person has been difficult as of late. Just go with the flow, and don't worry so much about his or her present mood. What you can count on is that things will change given some time.
Tonight: Just do not be alone.


Welcome to the Monthly Creatives Blog Hop! I'm excited to participate this month along with these awesome ladies! The theme this month is DIY Wall Decor and I'm sharing an easy way to create a gallery wall on the stairs!
I've seen a lot of really great posts on Pinterest on how to make a stairs gallery wall where you trace the frames on craft paper and then tape the paper to the walls to get it perfect but #aintnobodygottimeforthat! So I did it my own way. And it all worked out!
I gathered all my frames and laid them out on the floor at an angle similar to my stairs. Start with your largest pieces. These will anchor your gallery. Also, see my tips below for creating a beautiful gallery wall.
Once I had them roughly like I wanted them, I took a picture of the layout with my cellphone. This served as my hanging guide once I moved to the stairs.
3. Start hanging those anchor pieces! On my gallery wall, my anchor pieces are 11×14 prints of each of me with each of my girls when they were six months old. To center my gallery wall on the stairs, I counted the number of stairs on that wall and hung the center picture right above it. Easy peasy…no measuring tape required! And having a super cute assistant is key!
4. Fill in around these anchor pieces using your cellphone pictures of the layout you wanted. Try to keep the same distance between each frame. This will create a cohesive look…like all those frames are one giant piece of art!
5. Roll with the punches. I had to tweak my original layout from the floor due to the sconces on the stairwell. But it all worked out!
6. Sit back and enjoy your handiwork!
If you know you eventually want a gallery wall, starting gathering frames when you find these on sale. I hoarded several of these frames for years until I finally decided to pull this wall together.
Incorporate different shapes. My favorite part of the gallery wall are the silhouettes of each of my girls. You can see how I DIYed two of them here.
Non-photo items work great too! I have a ceramic tile with a "J" on it down near the bottom and had planned to add a large "J" cutout but I ran out of room. Arrows, family symbols, shadow boxes and mirrors work great too!
You don't necessarily have to stick to black and white photos. My anchor pieces are in color, but have a black background. They still work with all the other black and white pictures because of the black background. The color almost serves as a highlight on those photos.
Don't use a bigger nail than you need to hang each piece. Learn from my mistakes! When I hung my last gallery wall, I used whatever nails I could find around the house and they were far too large. They left huge holes in the wall when I took it down. So do yourself a favor, use a small nail for a small frame. It will be a lot easier to cover up when you switch things around later.
Keep in mind how the gallery wall will look in the grand scheme of things. Here's how mine looks from the family room. If I already had a lot going on on those walls, a gallery wall might be too much from that point of view.
So that's my easy DIY Stairs Gallery Wall! Check out these other fun DIY Wall Projects from these talented ladies!
That's a lovely gallery wall! I always find it tricky decorating the wall going up the stairs, I also put up photos of my family, that always makes me smile, going up. Thanks for all the great tips too.
This turned out so great Amanda! I love that you started with the 3 big anchor pieces and worked out from there, everything is spaced nicely and flows well.
I've been wanting to do a gallery wall in my house for 3 years and my walls are still empty (eek). Thanks for the tips to help me get started.
Love how this turned out Amanda!! So many great tips too!! Adore those sweet silhouettes that you have also popped in amongst all of your beautiful photos of your family!


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Moscow Shows Anxiety Over Passing the New START Treaty
Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 7 Issue: 209
By: Stephen Blank
November 17, 2010 05:37 PM Age: 12 years
US President Barack Obama, and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev sign the newly completed 'New START' treaty last April. (AP)
Even before the US midterm elections, the Russian government and media expressed concern that the New START treaty, signed in Prague in April of 2010, might not obtain ratification (ITAR-TASS, October 18, 28; Novaya Gazeta, October 25). There is no doubt that the Russian government hopes for a speedy ratification of this treaty, which is the centerpiece if not the foundation of the new reset policy and efforts at Russo-American rapprochement (Radio Free Europe, November 12). Officially, Moscow says there is no slowdown in the ongoing relationship (RIA Novosti, November 8). Neither is there any doubt that the Obama administration seeks its passage in the lame duck session of the US Senate, which reconvened on November 15. Indeed, US Assistant Secretary of State, Ellen Tauscher, said this was the last chance to ratify the treaty (www.nti.org, November 10). But once the returns were in, a visible mood of anxiety settled among the Russian punditocracy and government concerning the fate of the treaty.
On November 3, the day after the US midterm election, the Duma's foreign relations committee essentially recanted its recommendation of ratification and held the treaty back for debate, reflecting its apprehension over ratification by the Senate and cited the Senate's three points of understanding saying that the US is to apply the treaty to combat railway-based missile systems, and that the treaty does not limit the Pentagon's missile defense efforts. It also emphasizes that the treaty does not cover non-nuclear weapons. All three of these statements strike at key Russian objectives, but it is also clear that ratification is the main concern (ITAR-TASS, November 3). Likewise, its Chairman, Konstantin Kosachev, expressed his personal concerns about the treaty's fate and the US Senate's understandings (ITAR-TASS, November 3). Since Kosachev often speaks for the Russian government, he clearly was not only voicing his private opinion. Indeed, some analysts like Sergei Karaganov, the Chairman of the Moscow-based Presidium of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, fear that the US Senate may attach legal conditions to the treaty that would force Russia to refuse to ratify it (RIA Novosti, November 3; Vedomosti, November 8).
Soon afterwards, the Russian media perhaps encouraged by President Barack Obama, Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and other officials' praising the treaty and calling for its ratification, began publishing positive accounts of the reset policy and the treaty. Mikhail Margelov, the Chairman of the Federation Council's International Relations Committee, expressed his optimism (Interfax, November 3). Vyacheslav Nikonov, the Chairman of the Politika Foundation (another pundit close to the government), stated his optimism that even if the treaty failed to pass, although he does not believe that will be the case, the positive dynamism of US-Russian relations would continue (RIA Novosti, November 3). Similarly, the Russian press published interviews with distinguished US experts such as Robert Legvold, Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, expressing comparable optimism that the treaty might pass and that relations would go forward (RIA Novosti, November 10). But Legvold warned that failure to ratify the treaty would seriously set bilateral relations back and damage Medvedev's and Obama's push for reset (RIA Novosti, November 10). Likewise, and somewhat unusually, the Russian press also published statements by Senators John McCain (R-Arizona) and Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) supporting the treaty and recommending to their colleagues do so. However, they were admittedly concerned that the treaty might not be ratified (ITAR-TASSS, November 9).
All these articles suggest the extent of Russian nervousness about the fate of the treaty and of linked agreements like the 123 agreement concerning bilateral civilian nuclear cooperation that would be very lucrative for Russia. These anxieties are not for show though it is clear that Moscow, as is often the case, is trying to hide them. If the arms control treaty fails, Moscow has no means to stop US progress either on missile defense or on enhancing its global strike program, perhaps the single most frightening military threat perceived by Moscow. Similarly, Moscow will have little to show for its cooperation with Washington as it canceled its lucrative arms sales program with Iran, losing several million dollars, as part of the program of cooperation that characterized this rapprochement.
Moscow would also lose valuable potential and actual economic gains. Failure to ratify the treaty could undermine the entire edifice of the new cooperation like the treaty on civilian nuclear cooperation, Russian entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Obama administration's efforts to bring about what has always been lacking in bilateral relations: a solid economic underpinning creating a community of interest on both sides to uphold and sustain ties through difficult times (The Moscow Times, November 8). These are among the fears expressed by pundits who have publicly registered their anxiety about the future course of the relationship (RIA Novosti, November 3; www.pravda.ru, November 3).
Finally, failure of the ratification process confronts Russia with very difficult questions concerning the future course of its military policies and investments. If it cannot have mutual deterrence and arms control at more affordable levels as it spends huge amounts to modernize its army's conventional weaponry, how would it react to that outcome? Certainly, there are those in the Kremlin who harbor unceasing suspicion of US interests, goals, and capabilities and those who would like to continue to place their priority on nuclear weapons in a strongly anti-US stance. Should the treaty fail to be ratified they would be emboldened, but can Russia afford both a sizable nuclear and huge conventional modernization? Therefore, the concern in the government and media about the outcome of the treaty is well founded because its failure will then confront Russia with a host of unpalatable situations that require major policy decisions in an environment of competitive foreign and defense policy agendas, leading to an outcome that no government looks forward to facing.
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Adulation of Fidel Castro runs deepest in rural eastern Cuba
EL GUAYABO, Cuba - The single dirt street in El Guayabo runs past a few dozen cinderblock homes, the medical clinic and the primary school to a grove of 76 trees planted to honor Fidel Castro on his 76th birthday.
On Friday, residents of El Guayabo will walk that street a mile to Cuba's central highway to bid a final farewell to the man they credit for bringing medical care, education and basic comforts to this hamlet in the farming and ranching country of arid, sun-scorched eastern Cuba.
"We owe him everything," said Rafael Toledo, a 71-year-old rancher. "There'll never be another one like him."
Mourning for Castro has reached near-religious peaks of public adulation across Cuba since his death at age 90 on Nov. 25. Huge crowds have been shouting his name and lining the roads to salute the funeral procession carrying his ashes from Havana to the eastern city of Santiago.
In the cities some of the ceremony has been undercut by grumbling about Cuba's autocratic government, inefficient bureaucracy and stagnant economy. The outpouring has seemed the most heartfelt in Cuba's east, the region his ashes are crossing Friday.


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Sentencing guidance to be produced for Scottish rape and sexual assault cases
By The Press Association 16th May 2019 News ScotlandChild Abuse, Courts / Justice, News Scotland, Online Abuse, Rape, Sexual Abuse, Victim Support
Plans to develop multiple guidelines for the sentencing of people convicted in a range of sexual offence cases have been announced by the Scottish Sentencing Council.
The body will begin by focusing on court cases involving rape, sexual assault, and indecent images of children.
The Council said the work is being prioritised over other areas of focus and comes after it sought a wide range of views from the likes of the judiciary, victim support organisations and MSPs.
The development comes amid an increase in the volume of sexual offence cases coming before the Scottish courts in recent years.
The Council last year committed to developing guidelines on sexual offences, and has now confirmed its intention to produce multiple guidelines on specific sexual offences, rather than one guideline covering all offences.
The proposals were confirmed by Scotland's second most senior judge, the Lord Justice Clerk Lady Dorrian in a letter to Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf.
Lady Dorrian, who also chairs the Council, wrote: "Given the wide-ranging nature of sexual offending, the Council has decided to develop multiple guidelines focusing on particular sexual offences, rather than a single guideline covering all offences.
"This will allow each topic to be given in-depth consideration, and for the first guidelines on sexual offending to be produced more quickly.
"Taking into account the information we have gathered to date, the Council has decided to begin its work on sexual offences by developing sentencing guidelines in relation to rape, sexual assault, and indecent images of children."
The decision to prioritise guidelines on sexual offences means the Council is having to delay the development of guidance on environmental and wildlife crime.
Lady Dorrian cautioned that it would take time for the sexual offences guidelines to be developed.
"We recognise the considerable interest in sentencing sexual offences, and we have listened carefully to views expressed by the public, judiciary, victim support organisations, the Scottish Parliament and others in considering how best to proceed," she said.
"Our priorities are always under review as new areas of work develop and, on balance, we consider that guidelines on sexual offences should take precedence over certain other areas of work at present.
"Specifically, we intend to deprioritise the development of a guideline on environmental and wildlife offences during the current business plan period, in order to allow more resources to be allocated to work on sexual offences.
"However, our plans for issuing guidelines on the sentencing process, the sentencing of young people, and causing death by driving remain unchanged.
"While we recognise the desire to have sentencing guidelines on sexual offences in place as quickly as possible, as I have noted previously the potential impact of guidelines which have not been properly considered and tested would be considerable, both for individual cases and for the justice system as a whole.
"Taking the necessary time to get guidelines right is vital, especially when dealing with a wide ranging, sensitive, and complex area such as sexual offending."
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Country's largest lender SBI, which has not been able to invest in fintech startups despite earmarking funds, is now looking to modify rules to kickstart the infusion, a top official has said.
Country?s largest lender SBI, which has not been able to invest in fintech startups despite earmarking funds, is now looking to modify rules to kickstart the infusion, a top official has said.
Country's largest lender SBI, which has not been able to invest in fintech startups despite earmarking funds, is now looking to modify rules to kickstart the infusion, a top official has said. "We are a public institution and investments in startups are generally considered very risky. We understand that traditional way of investing will not work," chairman Rajnish Kumar told PTI on the sidelines of an event here over the weekend.
He said the bank, which has earmarked Rs 50 crore to invest in fintech startups, will be modifying the rules in order to plough-in the money. "We want to spend the money which we have earmarked," Kumar stressed, adding that it is keen to create more companies like online retailer Flipkart and ride sharing app Ola, which define the country's prowess.
Kumar said SBI has a board-approved policy to support the fintech sector, which has passed the necessary oversight bodies like Central Vigilance Commission. He said the bank has been able to make progress on two other aspects of the fintech engagements, including procuring goods from such startups and also playing an active role with the ecosystem through collaborations.
Kumar said the bank is also planning to invest Rs 25 crore to set up a collaborative innovation centre in the satellite city of Navi Mumbai to promote latest technologies. The bank, which has 430 million customers or a third of the country's population, has worked with over 150 startups till now on various cutting edge technologies including chatbot, data analytics, etc, according to him.
The lender has held five editions of hackathons to collaborate and search for the best solutions, Kumar said. At present, the entire bank runs from its global technology centre at Belapur in Navi Mumbai.


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Culture wars, ancient and modern, Hugh Roberts
The Critic's Part: Wystan Curnow Art Writings 1971-2013
Adam Art Gallery/Victoria University Press, $80.00,
Then It Was Now Again: Selected Critical Writing
Murray Edmond
Atuanui Press, $44.00,
The editors of The Critic's Part tell us that Curnow's prolific but scattered art-critical writings (reviews, catalogue copy, journalism, essays etc) together reveal the "arc, progression, and continuity of Curnow's thinking" and deliver a "general, 'big-picture' account of New Zealand art". If there is some truth to the first of these claims, the second cannot be said to bear much examination. Nonetheless, anyone interested in the history of New Zealand art in the late 20th century will be grateful to Christina Barton and Robert Leonard for making these pieces available.
In the 1960s, Curnow completed a PhD in American literature at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1970, he returned to New Zealand to take up a position (alongside his famous father, Allen) in the English department at the University of Auckland. In his seven years of absence, Curnow had soaked up as much experience of the vibrant New York art scene as he could. More than that, though: like a small-town provincial coming to Paris in a Balzac novel, Curnow constructed a mythic New York which symbolised everything he felt himself deprived of, both in New Zealand and in Pennsylvania, upstate New York and Canada, where he actually lived and worked during his time abroad.
Memories of his visits to New York during this time are scattered throughout these pieces as touchstones, both of what a "high culture" art scene should be and of Curnow's own (heavily romanticised) spiritual turangawaewae:
My place? An artist's loft on Chrystie Street, one block from the Bowery – alkies, soup kitchens, kitsch lamp shops – and two from Hester Street. On the Lower East Side, where the living's not easy, or safe. South is Chinatown, territory of the Tong. The Mafia? Little Italy's just to the West and, if you continue, across Lafayette and Broadway, you're in SoHo. And SoHo?…It is now the heartland of contemporary art. In New York, in the US, in the world.
It's no surprise, then, that Curnow viewed his return to New Zealand in 1970 as a form of exile, and that he developed a critical position which was essentially missionary: his role was to bring the Good News of Soho to the savages of the South Seas.
This avowedly "elitist" understanding of both the artist's and critic's relationship to their cultural context provides the main thread of that "continuity" of Curnow's thought promised by his editors. The best-known piece in this anthology, "High Culture in a Small Province" from 1973, lays out the argument in its starkest form: "the belief that the arts communicate much to any other than a few well-trained perceivers is fallacious". Art does not, for Curnow, bubble up out of a vibrant cultural ferment; rather, it is more like some abstruse branch of theoretical physics, whose practitioners need to stay abreast of the latest, cutting-edge developments in their field, and whose breakthroughs remain largely unintelligible to the non-initiate.
This view helps explain Curnow's central theoretical concern with psychic insulation – a term he borrows from the work of his thesis advisor, Morse Peckham. For Curnow, psychic insulation is the essential support structure that allows artists to do their work: the protective cocoon of patronage, sophisticated critical engagement, institutional support and so forth that "insulates" the artist in their "high cultural level" from the distractions, misunderstandings and outright hostility of the hoi polloi who inhabit "the lower levels of culture". Psychic insulation was what New York – with its dealer galleries, artists' associations, museums, foundations, well-heeled patrons and so forth – could provide to the artists who flocked there. New Zealand, by contrast, "a relatively classless, homogenous welfare-state", suffers from an irretrievable mixing of "cultural levels".
This is, tellingly, something of a one-sided reading of the theory of psychic insulation, which, for Peckham, is as important for the artistic "perceiver" as it is for the artist. Peckham's Man's Rage for Chaos posits the "primary role of the artist" as being "to provide stylistic disorientation": to interrogate the boundaries of what can be considered "as" art. Psychic insulation (the contemplative space of the gallery, the hushed quiet of the concert hall etc) is necessary for "the individual to let down his defenses and fully expose himself to disorientation". Curnow's singular focus on the artist – with, at best, a kind of "trickle-down" benefit for non-artists ("Of course, something gets through; if it did not, high culture would be of no value to the lower levels …") – is profoundly characteristic.
Curnow's chief complaint in "High Culture in a Small Province" has to do with New Zealand's relentless "amateurism … people playing roles above their cultural level". True art requires "specialized and professional" work by artists and by those who provide their psychic insulation, and Curnow is unsparing in showing how easily people with no special training in art history or art theory move into positions of influence in the New Zealand art world. It would be easy to wax ironic about Curnow's own subsequent career as amateur Jack of All Trades (critic, curator, poet, artist-collaborator etc) on the New Zealand art and literature scenes (Robert Leonard does, mildly, in his introduction), but he could always argue that this simply proves his point: that New Zealand culture is simply too thinly spread to provide the kind of psychic insulation the artist needs:
the New Zealander can gather a small circle of friends around him, or go bush, or seek the sanctuary of the university, or grow a twenty-foot hedge around himself and guard it with mad dogs, but he cannot live in the East Village or the Upper West Side and have the New York Times delivered, and never be caught dead in the suburbs.
If "High Culture" helps us discern the through-line of "continuity" in Curnow's criticism, it also explains why this volume does not deliver a " 'big-picture' account of New Zealand art". Curnow isn't interested in "New Zealand art" as such; an overview of New Zealand art of the last three or four decades drawn from Curnow's book would not quite be Hamlet without the prince, but Ophelia, Laertes, Gertrude, Claudius and Horatio would get left by the wayside. Curnow is interested only in identifying those rare few – a mere handful – who, in his view, have somehow broken through to the highest "cultural level" and are doing work that actually matters; work that might be recognised as a significant contribution, even in his beloved New York.
For Curnow, with the notable exception of Colin McCahon, about whom Curnow writes with real acuteness, but without directly facing how poorly he fits within the theoretical framework he privileges elsewhere, this would mean "post-object art" above all: conceptual and/or performance art which, while it might produce many documentary "objects", offers no "art object" as such for the audience's aesthetic contemplation. Any student of New Zealand art history will value this collection for the crucial documentary record it provides of this strain of activity in the New Zealand art scene of the 1970s and 1980s. Curnow's enthusiasm for such art is not hard to explain; this is, indeed, art that speaks only to "a few well-trained perceivers". If, as Curnow notes, Joseph Kosuth (the American conceptual artist) hoped that conceptual art "makes a [critical] middleman unnecessary", in practice it has privileged the critic as someone who does not merely "respond" to the work, but who – by working with and elaborating the very conceptual "stuff" of the work – becomes a creative participant in it. Curnow is always happy to put himself front and centre in his writing: "the critic's part" is an heroic one. With work that gives us no stable aesthetic "object", it is up to the critic to rescue the artist's conceptual gestures from oblivion: "it is left to the critic alone, through his exemplary account, to preserve that experience, to resist the ephemerality of the works". His impressionistic accounts of Bruce Barber's "Mt. Eden Crater Performance" or Peter Roche's and Linda Buis's quasi-ritualistic performance works are attempts to convey the reader unapologetically into Wystan-Curnow's-experience-of-the-works rather than attempts to reconstruct the works in any "objective" sense.
This blurring of the lines is nowhere clearer than in Curnow's curious relationship with the artist Billy Apple: an ex-pat Kiwi who was a fringe figure in the 1960s London Pop Art scene, went on to become a successful "creative" in the New York advertising world (think Mad Men) and an even more marginal dabbler in the New York art scene in the later 1960s. For Curnow, Apple is one of New Zealand's two or three greatest artists, and the one to whom he returns most frequently in this book.
Curnow recognises the problematic nature of his critical position in relationship to Apple ("I seem…to have overstepped some sort of mark"). From passionately defending his controversial 1975 tour against a philistine New Zealand, Curnow moved, on Apple's return in 1979, to "act[ing] the part of Billy's agent, tour manager, and PR man". Apple's shows in 1979 (under the Curnow-penned title: "The Given as Art-Political Statement") contained unsigned statements written by Curnow. When a conceptual artist contracts out the "conceptual" part of the work, it raises some interesting questions about who the "artist" actually is. Curnow makes it clear that he has given significant collaborative input to almost all Apple's work after 1979 (the title of Apple's current major retrospective at the Auckland City Art gallery: "The Artist has to Live Like Everybody Else" is an Apple/Curnow co-creation). This has not, however, deterred Curnow from continuing to act as Apple's vociferous critical champion.
More interesting than this ethical question, though, is the question of what Apple's New Zealand adventure suggests about Curnow's "high culture" thesis. Curnow's angry denunciation of New Zealand's inability to provide Apple with the necessary psychic insulation on his 1975 visit is premised upon an invidious comparison with New York. He paints Apple responding with wide-eyed and baffled horror to the know-nothing responses his works received: an exhibit including neon lights shut down by the New Plymouth Fire Brigade for contravening fire safety regulations; works that involved removing accumulated dirt from certain areas of the gallery met with puzzled head-scratching in the press, and so forth:
It may be hard to credit that the artist was surprised and distressed by the attention and hostility that greeted his works. The work does, after all, knowingly violate viewer expectations. And Auckland is, after all, no New York. His innocence was, however, genuine. No doubt it reflected the particular provincialism of New York, the long-standing and effective psychic insulation that goes with being the art capital of the world.
What, then, to make of the fact that a search for "Billy Apple" in the online archives of The New York Times reveals that, in 1966, his show of neon art (in the lobby of the Pepsi-Cola building) was shut down by inspectors from New York's Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity (October 8, 1966)? Or of the fact that the only other substantive reference to Apple's work to appear in the Times prior to 1975 is a swingeing attack on one of Apple's "ridiculous" conceptual dirt-removal pieces by the Times art critic, John Canaday (unlike Curnow, an art historian by training and profession): "the fact that Mr. Apple can get space on this page (or anywhere else) is indication enough that things are pretty bad. Yet 'Roof Dirt' is no more ridiculous than examples of its kind that have been exhibited in serious exhibitions" (May 16, 1971)?
The point is not whether Canaday or Curnow is right about Apple's merits. Personally, I find the supposed "philosophical" rewards of Apple's art to be pretty thin gruel. Curnow wrings what significance he can out of, say, emptying a gallery and selectively polishing certain floor tiles in it, or painting red the features of a gallery that offend against the ideal of the "white cube": it draws our attention to the fact that the gallery is not a neutral space, that it conditions the viewer's relationship to the artwork and so on ("Which space is it, exactly? What is it? I mean, what does it amount to?" asks Curnow, rather breathlessly). The problem, to me, is one which applies to so much conceptual art and which we might call the "let's not and say we did" problem. What does actually doing or seeing such an installation add to the "concept", which seems all-too-easily conveyed in a sentence or two? Perhaps I suffer from an excess of psychic insulation, but I cannot feel much "disorientation" in being asked to think – yet again – about a proposition that has been familiar since Marcel Duchamp probed the way the gallery context changes our relationship to a urinal presented as a sculpture.
More troubling, though, is that Apple's New York (non-)career suggests there is something fundamentally awry with Curnow's high-culture psychic insulation model. Had Apple stayed in New York, he would now be an almost completely forgotten figure in both New Zealand's and New York's art worlds. No serious New York art institutions (the lobby of the Pepsi-Cola building notwithstanding) would give him space to pursue his conceptual "interventions". It was, in fact, the very things Curnow excoriated New Zealand for, including the relatively low threshold to our "high cultural level", which made Apple's extraordinary reinvention as a "major New Zealand artist" – showing "controversial" work at New Zealand's leading public galleries – possible.
Like Curnow, Murray Edmond has had a remarkably varied career in New Zealand's "high culture" scene and, like Curnow, he has always been keen to see himself at the cutting edge of whichever garde seems most en avant. That proves, in this collection, however, to be something of a moving target. Emerging at first as a poet associated with Alan Brunton's The Word Is Freed, Edmond's career has been primarily directed toward work in experimental theatre, but he has remained active as a poet and a critic. Then It Was Now Again gathers together a selection of his critical writings from 1973 down to the present. No one, I think – not even Edmond himself – would make a claim for any "continuity" of conceptual position in these essays. It can become something of a game keeping track of the number of times he argues vehemently on opposite sides of a question: from angrily denouncing the idea that Bob Dylan – or any "pop" artist – could be taken seriously as a poet, to celebrating Dylan as the central influence on the "Big Smoke" generation of poets – Edmond's own – ("Dylan's lyrics contained the same charge as Rimbaud's"); from celebrating the death of the playwright and the rise of actor- and director-centred experimental theatre, to arguing in the preface to a collection of interviews with 20 New Zealand playwrights that their (traditional, writer-centred) works represent "the strongest literary contribution" of the past 30 years of New Zealand creative writing; from dismissing traditional (read staid, dull, bourgeois) theatre as part of the recolonisation of New Zealand (lumping Chekhov and Brecht in as "English dramatists in this context"), to praising Hone Kouka's The Prophet as theatre "in the best Chekhovian manner … In fact, even less 'happens' in The Prophet than in Chekhov". One could go on.
If this gets, at times, a little dizzying – all the more so because Edmond is never less than passionately committed to whatever thesis he happens to have settled on for the moment – there is, nonetheless, a great deal to be learned here about the history of New Zealand theatre over the last half century. I often found myself disagreeing with the terms of Edmond's analysis. For instance, the disparate theatrical acts he tries to yoke into a buried dell'arte tradition – The Front Lawn, Red Mole, the Topp Twins, Dramadillo and Inside Out – seem as notable for their differences as their similarities. Similarly, his attempt to read the early history of Wellington's Downstage Theatre as something radically opposed in spirit – read avant garde vs conservative – to the network of regional theatres it was later to be held as exemplary of, is selective and tendentious. However, Edmond's deep conviction that poetry and drama matter, that (pace Auden) they can "make something happen", is welcome and, if his argument is always trenchantly expressed, it seems both to expect and welcome equally engaged and riotous counterargument. The cumulative effect of these pieces is like a series of enjoyable disputes with an engaging, if sometimes exasperating, friend.
Hugh Roberts, a New Zealander who teaches at Irvine, UCLA, has written widely on New Zealand literature and art writing.
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Women past and present, Kim Worthington
The unnerving detritus of what was, Jane Westaway
Downtown voices and sugar-rush diction, David Cohen
Rethinking the past, Melissa Laing
Shining a transformative light, Sarah Quigley
Something that rises, Ingrid Horrocks
Still (regrettably) relevant, Ashleigh Young
For us there is only the trying, Paul Morris
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Constant uncertainty, Dougal McNeill
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No getting away from the man, Linda Burgess
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Last time, I wrote about exploring and finding your identity through your communities. I'll admit, this may seem to be a strange place to start. Do we not find who we are first, and then bring our identity to our respective communities?
While I do believe we need to have some knowledge of ourselves in order to know what communities we belong to, I also believe that basic knowledge is already within us. When we take this foundation of our identity to our communities, we are given resources to go off on our own and discover ourselves more fully and deeply.
For example, as I said in my first post, I always knew I was queer since I was four or five years old. At the time, however, I didn't know a label or identity that I could associate my queerness with. While I would later understand myself to be gay, I had just scratched the surface of my identity. By engaging with the LGBTQ+ organization at St. Louis University, Rainbow Alliance, I was given the resources to go off on my own and investigate my identity.
Essentially, engaging with our identities is a cycle. We bring some knowledge of ourselves to our communities, and we utilize resources and information from these communities to better understand ourselves. After this, we know more about our identity, and we take this back to our communities. And this is especially important in college, since you have greater access to different types of communities.
So how do we go deeper in our understanding and exploration of our identities while balancing all the different aspects of our college life?
First things first: you need to take time for yourself! If you take a lot of classes and get involved on campus, the busyness of college life can have you running up and down and all across campus. You can't take the necessary time and energy to focus on yourself and your growth if you are so busy. While it's important to be involved on campus, it's also important to practice the three selfs: self-care, self-reflection, and self-love.
One way of practicing self care is by carving out an hour or two in your weekly schedule to dedicate to yourself! This is important for a couple reasons. First, this can help you recharge yourself and increase your productivity levels. By giving your mind and body a break from the daily grind, you allow yourself to recover from the stress and work that you put on yourself. Second, this time can help you reflect on your week and see what your highs and lows have been. This can be a time when you take note of your progress and of who you are becoming.
During this time for yourself, it is important to be intentional with what you do. For example, there's a difference between deliberately reflecting on your identity/what you are doing to develop yourself and mindlessly scrolling through your social media feed. While being on social media may give your mind a break from mental stress, it doesn't necessarily help you develop as a person. Your self-care/self-reflection needs to be focused on you, and you alone – not on others on social media.
Some methods of self-care and reflection can be meditating (whether that be in silence or with music), exercising, going on a walk, keeping a journal, reading spiritual reflections, and similar techniques.
Out of these options, I really like keeping a journal and meditating. Keeping a journal is an easy way of reflecting on your personal development, and you can always go back and read about your thoughts and experiences to see how far you've come. If you spend just five or ten minutes at the end of your day to sit down and write down a few thoughts, such as what you felt and what you experienced, then you are able to actively process your identity interacting with your everyday life.
Meditating is also an easy way to combine self-care and self-reflection. Not only are you taking the time to rest from the busyness of your life, but you are also putting yourself in a position to critically think about yourself. In these moments, you can question and explore your identity safely.
But these are not the only methods of learning who you are! Experiment with other techniques and find out works best for you! It may take some time, but I promise it's worth it, both for your self-care and self-reflection.
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C.H. Briggs' Executive Team is a seasoned and diverse group, with deep knowledge, expertise, and long-time relationships in the wholesale distribution industry. Combined with strong leadership skills, the team is dedicated to driving growth and profitability, while creating an environment where Co-Workers are empowered to seize opportunities and delight customers.
Julia Klein, Chairwoman & Chief Executive Officer
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With expertise in strategy, governance, mergers and acquisitions, technology, supply chain, and the residential and commercial construction industries, Ms. Klein has led C.H. Briggs for over 25 years. The Company is one of the nation's largest independently owned distributors of specialty building materials. Customers include manufacturers, architects and designers of specialty building products. The C.H. Briggs team has successfully integrated 6 acquisitions expanding the C.H. Briggs footprint throughout the East Coast.
Strategic use of new technology, and culture as a competitive advantage have established the company's reputation as an innovator and Ms. Klein's reputation as a thought leader in the industry.
She is currently a Director with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Board member of Eastern States Group, a Trustee at The College of Wooster, Board Chair of the Philadelphia Forum of Executive Women Foundation, and has a gubernatorial appointment to the Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission. She is a member of Women Corporate Directors, Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), and The Committee of 200, a global organization of women entrepreneurs, executives, and board members. She also serves on the Advisory Boards of Modern Distribution Management, Springboard Enterprises and ARZU Studio Hope.
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Jonathan has a B.A. in Business, Marketing from Florida Atlantic University and an MBA from Drexel University.
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Luis earned a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina. He began his career in outside sales with Hettich America and The Pillsbury Company.
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Timothy is a proven strategic leader of distribution and manufacturing businesses that has focused on creating world class customer experiences that differentiated the businesses from competitors. He has a collaborative style and places a strong emphasis on coaching and mentoring while achieving a high level of performance.
Timothy has a BS in Accounting from Rutgers University and passed the CPA exam. At one point he held the top financial position in the US for a $220M subsidiary of Puratos, a worldwide manufacturer and distributor of food ingredients, responsible for 4 manufacturing plants and 9 distribution centers. He is an avid golfer, bowler, skier and audiophile.
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Bob has a B.A. in Communications from The Pennsylvania State University. He began his career in outside sales with Pioneer Plastics.
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Patti joined the company in 2008 and has held several marketing and management positions within the Surfaces and Customer Care Groups. As Chief Experience Officer, Patti is responsible for leading business improvement initiatives to build organizational excellence and to deliver a world class customer experience.
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Patti earned a B.S. in Marketing from Philadelphia University and began her career at CertainTeed Corporation where she held several positions in Corporate Marketing.
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