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The Importance Of Door Knocking
Biden won New Hampshire's 4 electoral votes 424,921 (52.7%) to 365,654 (45.4%) without breaking a sweat. Senator Jeanne Shaheen was reelected with an even bigger margin-- 450,778 (56.6%) to 326,229 (41.0%) and both mediocre Democratic members of Congress-- Chris Pappas (51.3% to 46.2%) and Anne Kuster (53.9% to 43.7%)-- were reelected. That was the good news. In the new federal races, it was a donnybrook. The Republicans gained control of both chambers of the state legislature-- netting 47 seats in the 400 seat state House (1,319,131 votes to the Democrats' 1,267,790)-- and 4 seats in the 24 member state Senate, netting 4 seats, again with a popular vote win: 395,499 to 368,629. What happened?
There was a wipeout in the gubernatorial election, where the Democrats decided to run a Republican-lite nothing candidate, corporate shill Dan Feltes. The results were entirely predictable-- Chris Sununu beat him 516,609 (65.1%) to 264,639 (33.4%). In the Democratic primary Feltes had beaten the real Democrat in the race, progressive Andru Volinsky 50.9% to 46.1%.
Still... what happened? My friend Irene Lin was Volinsky's campaign manager. A few weeks after the election, the Washington Post persuaded her to write an OpEd about a topic related to those losses: door knocking.
She began by noting something we all felt at the time, namely that "When Democrats went to sleep on Nov. 2, they dreamed of a massive blue wave that would put an end to the Trump presidency, retake the Senate and put a dent into rigged gerrymandered maps by flipping state legislatures. Instead they narrowly avoided a total nightmare: While Joe Biden won the White House, Democrats fell short in elections up and down the ballot." And then asked the same question I just did: "what happened?"
She noted that "It wasn't a shortage of cash-- candidates from the Senate down to local races were swimming in record amounts of money... Nationally Democrats focused much of their campaign message on President Trump's tragically incompetent handling of covid-19." That turned out to be a multi-edged sword for the Democrats and not all in a good way. Democrats largely gave up on door-to-door canvassing and also hurt their own registration efforts. "It's hard," wrote Lin, "not to wonder if a little more traditional field organizing and in-person voter contact would have brought Democratic fantasies closer to reality," especially since "Republicans had no such pandemic-related qualms," boasting over the summer that they "were knocking on a million doors a week after relaunching the party's ground game in June. GOP gains in voter registration in battlegrounds like Florida and Pennsylvania should have been a wake-up call that the polls were once again underestimating Trump's strength. There is certainly a structural disadvantage to being the party that feels any kind of moral responsibility to keep people safe: The decision by many campaigns to stay cautious instead of innovating safe new ways of canvassing wound up sabotaging Democrats in a multitude of states."
Even in the suburbs, where Biden showed strength, a lack of canvassing appears to have hurt down-ballot candidates. Biden wound up having zero coattails-- people who wanted to vote against Trump and knew nothing about Democratic candidates lower down the ticket reverted to the GOP in crucial places like Pennsylvania, where Republicans held on to their majority in the State Assembly rather easily even though Biden won the state by more than 100,000 votes.
In fact, for all Democrats' focus on flipping state legislatures, the only chambers that changed hands went to Republicans. In New Hampshire, down-ballot Democrats got demolished, losing over 40 seats in the State House and four in the Senate, giving the GOP unified control of the state government in a state Biden won by over seven points.
One of the few Democrats to survive the bloodletting there was 25-year-old state Rep. Joshua Adjutant, who flipped a Grafton County House seat in 2018. He chose to defy the state party edict to avoid in-person canvassing. "I knew my seat was critical as a 50-50 swing district, so I believed it was critical to go on offense with my message to counter the GOP negative attacks on Democrats supporting an income tax," he told us. "Not once did I run into any voter who was offended I was asking for their vote."
Adjutant knocked on 2,000 doors and won by 80 votes. Meanwhile, a total of just under 1,400 votes cost Democrats control of the state Senate. Each of the four seats lost were determined by mere hundreds of votes, a margin that could have been overcome through more in-person contact.
Democrats also got wiped out in Florida, where Republicans called them socialists and lied about their support from foreign dictators. Trump tripled his win margin from 2016. "There was no proactive messaging from the Biden campaign to counter any of that, let alone from the Florida Democratic Party," Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani told us earlier this month. Her campaign resumed door-knocking over the summer in the Orlando district she flipped in 2018, and she retained her seat after knocking on 33,000 doors. "And then there was the lack of field operation, so they couldn't even cut through the noise because they're not at the doors, not building long-term relationships with their constituents. All that is a combination for major, major losses."
Texas Democrats also experienced a wipeout that embodied all of these demographic and geographic problems. Trump surged with White rural and suburban voters and Latinos in the Rio Grande Valley and made gains in Latino precincts in Houston. The dream of flipping the state House fizzled, with Democrats netting just one seat.
The Biden campaign had just five paid field organizers across the entirety of the Texas border region stretching from El Paso to the Rio Grande Valley, and they were hired late in the game. Republicans in Hidalgo County began holding biweekly block walks over the summer, which helped contribute to the county's significant swing to the right on Election Day. Biden won Hidalgo by 18 points, but that was 20 points less than Hillary Clinton's margin of victory in 2016.
There wasn't just one reason Democrats lost in these districts; economics, the dominance of the oil and gas industry, and differences of opinion on immigration, guns and abortion also contributed. But door-knocking was certainly part of it. In an interview after the election, Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said the state party broke an agreement with the national party not to canvass door-to-door a week before Election Day.
In an assessment of the party's missteps, former congressman Beto O'Rourke also pinpointed the lack of community engagement as a major problem: "Nothing beats meeting your voters eyeball to eyeball. We should always find a way to canvass directly at the voter's door. There is a safe way to do this, even in a pandemic."
In the weeks and months leading to the election, Democratic hesitancy to engage at the doors led to a flurry of articles questioning the efficacy of canvassing. Some political scientists claimed reaching out to voters digitally would be just as effective-- to which we say poppycock. We believe Democrats and the media alike underestimated the Trump turnout phenomenon, and it needed to be countered by in-person persuasion. And Democrats often rely on voters who are not so easily reached by digital means, meaning a lack of field game can depress turnout even further.
In the previously red states Biden flipped, door-to-door engagement led by community-based organizations clearly made the difference. While the presidential campaign sat on the sidelines, activist groups that had already spent years organizing in Georgia and Arizona more than filled in the gaps with the cultural competency often missing from top-down campaigns.
Unite Here, the powerhouse hospitality workers union, began canvassing in July in Arizona and Nevada, with a focus on minority communities where people don't often think their votes make a difference. Working with doctors and experts, they found ways to canvass safely, with personal protective equipment, social distancing and other precautions.
The union wound up knocking on 3 million doors combined in Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania. In Arizona, they were joined by organizations such as LUCHA and Mi Familia Vota, Latino-led groups which began organizing in the state in the wake of the passage of SB 1070, the infamous "Show Me Your Papers" bill from 2010. They were part of a coalition that knocked on a million doors in Arizona. Indigenous tribes like the Navajo Nation were also key, canvassing their communities and netting Biden an overwhelming advantage.
"The people we talk to aren't on Zoom, let's get that straight," D. Taylor, the Unite Here president, told us. "And a text message, or a TV ad or mail piece, those are talking atpeople, they're not talking with people. You have to listen to their concerns, you have to find how that applies to what your candidate stands for."
In Georgia, groups like Black Voters Matter, South Georgia Project, Asian American Advocacy Fund, GALEO and Stacey Abrams's Fair Fight registered 800,000 new voters and made sure they voted. Now the party plans to knock on doors, in pandemic-safe ways, before the January runoffs there that will determine control of the U.S. Senate. While that's heartening, Taylor says he still hasn't gotten a call from national Democrats looking for advice on how to canvass or engage year-round with the community. We fear the lessons of 2020 will be discarded by party elites who choose to blow millions of dollars on TV ads instead of on genuine engagement-- as they've done so often in the past.
Imagine if the $190 million that had gone into the long-shot Senate campaigns of Amy McGrath in Kentucky and Jaime Harrison in South Carolina had been directed to these year-round grass-roots groups that are usually begging for money and resources. That kind of investment needs to begin now-- door-knocking and engagement cannot simply be confined to election years if we are going to make real change and capture the hearts and minds of voters. The election taught Democrats a painful lesson: They cannot simply assume demographics are destiny. Instead, they need to build a new majority block by block.


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New Initiative Will Study Conflict Mediators in Medellin, Colombia
by Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity|January 16, 2019
A new initiative from the Youth, Peace and Security program will explore how regular people mediate conflicts and de-escalate violence in their neighborhoods in Medellin, Colombia. Photo: Sarah Fecht
By Joán Lopez
So-called marginal communities find ways to deal with conflicts, as well as respond to structures of violence and systematic oppression. These responses can take the form of organized leadership that sets in motion strategies of affirmative and collective action. Case-in-point: the comunas of Medellin, Colombia.
Built during the late 1940s, 50s and 60s, mostly by people who were either victims of forced displacement or those looking to improve their lives, these comunas or barrios have been designated as marginal. The residents have experienced systematic oppression and have dealt with powerful structures of violence from insurgency groups and gang activity, to narco-trafficking, and state violence with its proxy paramilitary groups. Given this, the history of the comunas of Medellin is a history of violence and conflict, but, above all, a history of community building and collective responses to the dynamics of systemic oppression and structural violence.
Youth have been a positive central force between the constant clashes of conflicts and the community's responses to these conflicts. Hundreds of youth collectives and community leaders have emerged in the peripheral neighborhoods of Medellin to claim and reclaim their own human dignity and that of their fellow neighbors. The AC4 Youth, Peace and Security project (YPS) has concentrated its efforts in identifying and understanding the origin, establishment, and best practices of youth leaders in Medellin. The YPS project has used its own practical and theoretical knowledge and experience to engage these youth leaders to identify and promote the innovative work they have been doing. Their work has called attention to their political activism, community and peace building, and leadership.
During the last few months, as a result of the implementation of two Social Labs in Medellin, another focus of analysis has emerged. In conversations with partners in the barrios and with researchers from EAFIT University in Medellin, new questions have arisen: who are those emergent conflict mediators that are not organized and therefore not recognized as community leaders in the strictest sense of the term? What about the corner store owner that at the time of indiscriminate shootings between rival gangs opened up the doors of her store to allow passersby to step in and take refuge? Or the grandmother that mediates in the conflicts of her grandsons' gang activities, and thus de-escalates gang related violence?
Stories of these sorts are common in Medellin's barrios, but the protagonists are seldom taken into consideration in conversations about peace building, conflict mediation and community transformation. In fact, at least in the last 40 years, social conflicts have been dealt with at multiple levels: that of organized leadership; and at the level of individual informal mediators who lack recognition. Those who take mediation efforts informally have not been taken seriously nor analyzed.
YPS researchers along with fellow researchers from EAFIT University and youth leader colleagues in the field want to explore such "organic forms of mediation," and to define the profile of the "organic mediator." We believe that by identifying and understanding the mechanisms of how these forms of mediation work, we can shed more light on the way social conflicts are mediated, as well as on the cultural dimensions that are implicit in the mediation and transformation of conflicts.
The results from this investigation will contribute enormously to the field of conflict resolution, peace building, and youth leadership, which will inform innovative theories and methods for practitioners who are interested in mediation, conflict management and transformation. YPS will launch this new research initiative in 2019.
Joán Lopez coordinates the Youth, Peace and Security program at Columbia's Advanced Consortium on Cooperation, Conflict, and Complexity.
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This study assessed the significance of monetary policy on inflationary rate in Nigeria from 1986 to 2016. Quarterly and yearly secondary data sourced from CBN Statistical Bulletin 2016 and World Bank Development Index 2016 were used in this study. The Vector Autoregressive Model (VAR) was used for the estimation. The following variables were analyzed: Exchange Rate (EXR), Inflation Rate (INFR), Broad Money Supply (BMS, Interest Rate (INTR) and reserve ratio (RR). Total Adult Population (ADP) Bank Branches (BB) and Commercial Bank Deposits (CBD) were also used to assess the strength and weakness of monetary policy on inflationary rate in Nigeria through financial exclusion. However, it was found out based on co integration test that there is a long run relationship between the variables employed, the causality test shows a very weak transmission effect between the variables. More so the VAR estimates shows that, interest rate, broad money and reserve ratio are not statistically significant, but expectedly exchange rate is significant and therefore accounts for the variations in inflationary rate in Nigeria. In the same vein the impulse response function shows that exchange rate, inflation rate and money supply responded to shocks on interest rate though in different dimensions and finally, the assessment of financial exclusion shows that, the rate of exclusion has been decreasing overtime but still very high and far more than the rate of inclusion which has rendered monetary policy ineffective and inefficient in tackling inflation in Nigeria. Consequently, it was recommended that: The government should ensure proper coordination of policy instruments so that policy measures are can be transmitted or channeled in order to effectively meet and control target objectives especially inflationary rate in Nigeria. Also the government should ensure exchange rate stability and most importantly our multiple exchange rate system which is detrimental to our economy
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This book, Moved by Passion for My Country is an important literature on problems we have created ourselves as a nation. It provides an insight into background of what we are feeling and seeing today. The author is not satisfied with the effort put in place to ameliorate the problem plaguing the nation. He has identified poverty as the greatest problem observed to be witnessed in recent times. He opines that only acquisition of adequate knowledge can salvage this problem. That is the type of knowledge that can make us self-reliant. The author rightly posits that Nigeria is at the crossroad, since leaders and the led have failed to initiate programmes to remove corrupt tendencies and practices with their attendant challenges and failures. For Nigeria to develop the right attitude to guarantee our nation development agenda, it demands entirely a new approach in our insight, thinking, perspective, reasoning and concern for the plight of the citizenry. In search for a panacea, this work leans heavily on the work of Professor Dora Akunyili, the initiator of the Rebranding Nigeria project, whose role model is that of re-orientation and development of policies predicated on seriousness and dedication in the implementation of policies and discussions that can lead to honest and committed leadership by example such as sincerity, transparency, accountability etc. for a better tomorrow. Thus, the author identifies MDGs, though foreign, as the most credible programme "fashioned to take care of the common man's welfare". This identification, together with the enriching factors that define the underdevelopment in the underdeveloped African countries at the beginning of the book, makes the book not only a good reference text, but also a practical manual. I commend the author, Mr Hemern Chabo, for providing this useful literature on an all-important subject of poverty as the greatest problem facing the nation. I am happy to recommend the book to students and practitioners alike.
Exchange Rate Volatilty and Inflation in Nigeriadocx
This study assessed the impacts of Exchange Rate Volatility on Inflationary Rate in Nigeria from 1986 to 2016. Secondary data sourced from CBN Statistical Bulletin 2015 was used in this study. The Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (ARCH) was developed and applied by the authors where the following macroeconomic variables were used: Exchange Rate (EXR), Inflation Rate (INFR), Broad Money Supply (BMS) and Interest Rate. The ARDL Bound Test was used to assess the long-run relationship between exchange rate volatility and inflation in Nigeria and more so the study employed granger casualty test to identify the causality between exchange rate volatility and inflation in Nigeria. It was however; found out that exchange rate volatility has a negative relationship with inflation. The effect of exchange rate on inflation is very weak and low. Interest rate and Broad money supply also have negative effect on inflation rate in Nigeria, while GDP has a positive effect on inflationary rate in Nigeria. In the same vein the co-integration test shows that, there's a long run relationship between inflation and exchange rate volatility in Nigeria and finally the granger casualty test shows a unidirectional casualty between the two variables inflation and exchange rate volatility, it shows that inflation causes exchange rate and not otherwise. Hence it was recommended that: The government should take a bold step to ensure exchange rate stability so that investors can have confidence in our financial system and the government as a matter of urgency should also diversify the economy in order to boost productivity, revive every sector of the economy that is not so that normalcy and price stability can be achieved in our economy.
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The issue of unemployment has been a major challenge to most nations and it still remains on the front burner today. This study empirically assessed the impact of unemployment on economic growth in Nigeria from 1990-2013 Using the ordinary least squares estimation technique. The empirical analysis carried out shows that unemployment has a negative and non-significant relationship with gross domestic product. Also, the average capacity utilization rate and the government expenditure both have a positive and significant relationship with the gross domestic product, which is consistent with a-priori expectation. The coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.867 shows that about 87 percent of the variation in real gross domestic product was explained by variation in the independent variables. An important implication of the findings is that unemployment has far reaching negative consequences on the economic growth of Nigeria. Finally, this work suggests that in order to achieve sustainable economic growth which is a necessary condition for economic development, the Nigerian government should develop the private sector to be more vibrant and to venture into vital aspects of the economy (pumping the prime), such as, manufacturing, and mechanized agriculture. It was also recommended that the government should give more attention to vocational education to boost economic growth.
The Effect of National Poverty Eradication Programme (Napep) on the Level of Poverty Among Women in Kogi State, Nigeria
The word poverty is a paramount case in the lives of most individuals in the developing countries like Nigeria. While poverty has been perceived as an economic malaise, social disequilibrium, it is apparent that its effects on the social system make it a debilitating social problem. This explains why every reform policy is geared towards poverty reduction. In fact, poverty reduction is number one millennium developments goal. To what extent has the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP) affected the level of poverty among women in Kogi state in 2014? This is the question that this research sought answer for. Using descriptive statistics such as tables, percentages, charts, frequencies and the chi-square method to test the hypothesis, the results obtained from the chi-square test revealed that the National Poverty Eradication Programme has significant effect on the level of poverty among women in Kogi state and statistically significant at the 5% level of significance.The research finds out that the poor communication network between the NAPEP agency and the people, inadequate personnel and the corruption that exists in the agency poses as a strong factors limiting the rate of diffusion and consequently, the effectiveness of the programme in Kogi state. However, certain recommendations were considered valuable for enhanced service delivery; government should employ more personnel and NAPEP staff should be well trained, thereafter, a monitoring committee that will monitor the activities carried out by the agency to prevent the embezzlement of funds put in place by the government to alleviate poverty should be established for efficient service delivery. This is with the view of making the National Poverty Eradication Programme more effective in the alleviation of poverty.
The Economic Impact of Improved Agricultural Technology on Cassava Productivity in Kogi State of Nigeria.
This paper assessed the economic impact of improved agricultural technologies on cassava productivity in kogi state, Nigeria. The results are drawn from a household survey covering the agricultural season of 2009/2010. The data obtained from interview schedule was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. Descriptive statistics for this study include frequency, percentages and means. The hypothesis was tested using chi- square. The result shows that 79.33% of the respondents adopt the use of improved variety within the period under study. The analysis done on the revenue of the respondents before and after the adoption of the improved agricultural technology shows that revenue of farmers after the adoption of innovations are better off than revenue generated before adoption by N27,750 on the average per farmer. This result shows that the impact of improved agricultural technologies on cassava productivity is positive. Additionally, the results attest to the importance of increasing agricultural productivity in tandem with improvements on the adoption and use of improved agricultural technologies and its availability to the reach of farmers with the farmers' ability to store food. This findings is consistence with Idachaba and Ayoola, (1995) who observed that improved agricultural helped in increasing agricultural productivity.
Repayment Performance and Determinants of Food Crop Farmers Loan Beneficiaries of Nigeria Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (Nacrdb) in Kogi State, Nigeria. (2008-2010)
The main objective of this study is to examine the Repayment performance and Determinants of food crop beneficiaries of NACRDB in Kogi State, Nigeria. Using a multi-stage random sampling technique, three agricultural zones in Kogi State ( Zone A, B AND C) were chosen. Primary data were collected through the use of structured questionnaire which were administered to farmers who are clients of NACRDB. The major tools of data analysis were econometric and statistical techniques, such as means, percentages and regression. The sampled food crop farmers were mostly males. The literacy level of the food crop farmers' loan beneficiaries was above average (69.45) and the mean years of experience of respondent was 18 years. The loan repayment performance among food crop farmers in Kogi State was found to be 93.58%. The most important factors that determine loan repayment among food crop farmers of NACRDB were amount of loan obtained, amount of loan requested for, amount of interest paid, farm size and gender of farmers. The study therefore recommends that the most important factors that determine loan repayment should be emphasized in designing loan programmes among the food crop farmers. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Relationship Between Non-Oil Exports and Real Gross Domestic Product (Rgdp) in Nigeria: 1986-2015.
This study examined the relationship between non-Oil exports and economic growth in Nigeria from 1986 to 2015. Secondary data sourced from World Economic Indicators, 2015 was used in this study. A vector Autoregressive Lag model was developed and applied by the authors where the following macroeconomic variables were engaged: Real GDP used as a proxy for economic growth, Non-Oil export (NOEXP), Degree of Economic Openness (DOP), Exchange Rate (EXCH), Real Interest Rate (RIR) as well as Inflation Rate (INF). OLS technique, co-integration technique, and granger causality were employed to analyse the data and the result revealed that, Non-oil export had a positive and significant impact on economic growth in Nigeria in relation to the reviewed period. It was also discovered that there is a unidirectional relationship from real GDP and Degree of Economic Openness (DOP) to Non-oil Export meaning that, RGDP and DOP causes non- oil export but non-oil export does not cause RGDP and DOP.Hence it was recommended that Since non-oil export appeared to be positively correlated with the real gross domestic product, government and her policy makers as well as other important and relevant stake holders are advised to put all hands on deck to draw policies that would promote non-oil export in the country so as to get our export improved.
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This is not the Basque Country
"All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned"
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (The Communist Manifesto, 1848)
Between July 28 and August 2, 2015, the city of Boise (Idaho, United States) will held one of the largest Basque cultural festivals outside the Basque Country, Euskal Herria. It is estimated that more than 30,000 people will attend Jaialdi. This is the story of homeland visitors and alike encountering their fellow people of the diaspora, perhaps, for the first time in their lives. It would be an opportunity to reflect on the meaning of "home" and "homeland" for diasporans' identity as well as notions of "authenticity" and "cultural (re)production". Where is the Basque Country in the imagery of those who left their land of origin? Where is "home" for Basque Americans? How the homeland imagines the expatriates as part of their "imagined community"?
Homeland visitors coming to Boise should, if I may, prepare themselves to embrace the many different expressions of Basque identity and culture that will encounter, which may depart from pre-conceived ideas of what Basque culture and identity are as produced at home. Paraphrasing the friendly summer reminder for tourists, posted through many towns across the region, "You are neither in Spain nor in France. You are in the Basque Country," please remember "Basque America is not the Basque Country" or is it? What do you think?
Athletic Club Bilbao vs Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente | Boise Basques | Oinkari Basque Dancers | Biotzetik Basque Choir | Euzkaldunak | Basque Museum and Cultural Center Exhibits | Basque Studies Symposium | Memoria Bizia Meeting | NABO Convention | Ahizpak Designs | Amuma Says No | Gayaldi Boise Edition | The Basque Market | Bar Gernika | Leku Ona | Boiseko Ikastola
For more information, please read "The Open Circle" (at "Diaspora Bizia," EuskalKultura.com).
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#EuskalWest2012
"I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn't know who I was—I was far away from home…"
Jack Kerouac ("On the Road", Part 1, Chapter 3, 1957)
One summer evening at dusk (Las Vegas, Nevada).
Upon arriving in Reno, Nevada, the memories I thought were gone for good came back quickly…the silhouettes of the mountains, the city lights, the fragrant smell of the sagebrush, and the name of the streets revealed themselves like invisible ink on a white canvas. Time did not temper the sentiments, and past stories did not diminish in size. It is always good to come back, even if it is impossible to return to the point where I left off.
Ainara Puerta, my colleague, and I embarked on a month-and-a-half-long field trip to conduct oral history interviews with Basque emigrants across the American West as part of a larger project called BizkaiLab, which is the result of an agreement between the Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the University of Deusto. The Center for Basque Studies in Reno became our base camp.
The Center for Basque Studies at the University of Nevada, Reno.
The aim of the project was (and still is) to preserve the rich migrant past of the Basque people for future generations by gathering information from the people who actually migrated and from those who had returned. Their stories travel landscapes of near and distant memories, between then and now, between an old home and a new home, and are invaluable for understanding our past and our present as a common people dispersed throughout the world.
The Star Hotel, Basque boardinghouse established in 1910 in Elko, Nevada.
Understanding the relevance of preserving the life histories of the oldest members of the different Basque communities in America, the North American Basque Organizations, the Center for Basque Studies, the Basque Museum and Cultural Center, and the University of Deusto came together to organize, in a very short period of time, an oral history workshop to train community members in the interviewing process. This, we believe, is a way forward to empower the communities to regain ownership of their local histories as told by those who lived through the migration and resettlement processes.
The Oral History Workshop on Basque immigrants in the U.S. took place at the Basque Museum and Cultural Center (Boise, Idaho). Participants from left to right, Patty A. Miller, Teresa Yragui, Grace Mainvil, Gloria Lejardi, Gina Gridley, Goisalde Jausoro, David Lachiondo, and Izaskun Kortazar.
The North American Basque Organizations Board of Directors. From left to right: Marisa Espinal (Secretary), Valerie (Etcharren) Arrechea (President), Mary Gaztambide (Vice-president), and Grace Mainvil (Treasurer).
Similarly, the road led us to the Basque Cultural Center where we met the members of the Basque Educational Organization; great friends. Their constant work has turned into successful cultural projects in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the book, "Gardeners of Identity", which I was honored to author.
The Board of Directors of the Basque Educational Organization at the Basque Cultural Center (South San Francisco, California). From left to right, standing: Ainara Puerta, Marisa Espinal, Aña Iriartborde, Yvonne Hauscarriague, Esther Bidaurreta, Nicole Sorhondo, and Pedro J. Oiarzabal. From left to right, kneeling down: Franxoa Bidaurreta, Mari-José Durquet (guest), and Philippe Acheritogaray. (Photograph courtesy of Philippe Acheritogaray)
By the time our trip was coming to an end we had driven over 4,000 miles (approximately 6.600 kilometers) through the states of California, Idaho, and Nevada in less than thirty days. We gathered over 21 hours of interviews with Basques from Boise, Elko, Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno, and Winnemucca. We conducted ethnographic work in the Basque festivals of Boise, Elko, Reno, and Gardnerville; took hundreds of photographs; attended community meetings; and met with several Basque associations and individuals.
On the road, Highway 50, "The Loneliest Road in America."
Since the last time I was in the country many dear friends—some of whom had been key players in their Basque-American communities for decades—had sadly passed away. And yet, I found some comfort when witnessing a new generation of Basques, born in the United States, coming forward to maintain and promote our common heritage. This, in turn, will revitalize the Basque life and social fabric of their communities and institutions.
Oinkari Basque Dancers at the San Inazio Festival (Boise, Idaho).
Zazpiak Bat Reno Basque Club dancers preparing for the Basque festival in Elko, Nevada.
Throughout our road trip, we also perceived how some rural towns—once lively hubs filled with Basque social activities—now painfully languished, while others were certainly flourishing. It is a mixed sensation, a bitter-sweet feeling that comes to mind when I reflect back on the "health" of our Basque America. Are we writing the last chapters of the Basque culture book in the U.S.? I do not believe so or, at least, I do not want to believe it. I am not sure whether the answer to this question is based on evidence or just wishful thinking. Like many other things in life only time will tell.
The Winnemucca Hotel, one of the oldest Basque boardinghouses in the American West, established in 1863 (Winnemucca, Nevada).
The handball court in Elko, Nevada. A commemorative plaque for the mural reads as follows: "Ama, aita, euzkaldunak, inoiz ez dugu ahaztuko'…mother, father, Basques everywhere, we shall not forget! Our roots run deep."
Thank you all for your love, hospitality and support. Special thanks to those who opened their homes and lives by sharing their memories, some filled with hardships and struggles as well as with hopes and dreams. Indeed, our Basque roots run deep in the American West, and we barely scratched the surface.
Eskerrik asko eta ikusi arte…
On a personal note, "Basque Identity 2.0" finally met "A Basque in Boise."
With Henar Chico in the "City of Trees." (Photograph courtesy of Henar Chico)
[Except where otherwise noted, all photographs by Pedro J. Oiarzabal]
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Blog Recap: Volume I, 2011
In the context of understanding the many processes that take part in the creation and development of the Basque identity (or Basque identities) this blog has attempted to understand and explain it from different perspectives. This has taken us to comprehend identity as a true glocal and multidimensional phenomenon. The Basque Country and its diaspora (or diasporas) are envisioned as a spatial and time continuum at the crossroads of tradition and modernity.
Like a puzzle, Basque Identity 2.0 has put together different stories to draw an image of past and present aspects of our culture and traditions, while arguing about the meaning of authenticity, the reproduction of our identity, and the preservation of our common homeland and diaspora history ("The Basque global time," April post). In this regard, I explored the implication of Basque cuisine in Barcelona, Catalonia as an "appropriation" of the "Basqueness trademark" or "Euskadi made in" label ("Euskal Barcelona," February post), the endurance of Basque traditional dance in San Francisco, California ("Zazpiak Bat," June post), and the redefined symbol of Basque music as a representation of our identity globally ("i-bai musika," December post).
Most of these stories echoed the voices of many Basques around the globe, which sometimes are intertwined with my own life story as reflected, for instance, in the January ("Extraño"—"Singular"), July ("Cartografía de emociones"—"Cartography of emotions"), September and October posts. In a sense, I described the diaspora as a psychological and emotional community, which is increasingly connected to the homeland as an attempt to break up all geographical and temporal barriers ("Connected," March post).
During the past year, I have tried to bring attention to our exiles as exemplified by the breathtaking story of "La Travesía del Montserrat" ("The Crossing," August post) as well as our returnees, whom somehow have become "the forgotten Basques" of our contemporary history. In "Entre culturas" ("Between cultures," May post) I talked about the returnees' positive role that may play as "cultural brokers" between the society at large and the new migrants in the Basque Country.
Finally, in the aftermath of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 ("¿Dónde estabas el 11 de Septiembre?"—"Where were you on September 11th?" September post), ETA declared the end of the violent episode in its history ("Trust," October post), while the Basque government called upon the Basque institutional diaspora to promote a peaceful image abroad ("2003, 2011," November post). This post became the most commented and visited in the history of the blog, which tells us about the significance of homeland politics in the Basque diaspora. However, the diaspora is far from being a homogeneous and united entity. It is as ideologically plural as the Basque society itself, whose collective and historical memory plays a crucial role for its survival.
Thank you all for being there. I would love to hear from you. Happy New Year!
Eskerrik asko eta Urte berri on!
(NOTE: Please feel free to use Google automatic translation service…and good luck with it).
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Carmen Twillie & Lebo M – The Circle Of Life Lyrics + Video
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"Circle of Life" is a song from The Walt Disney Company's 1994 animated film The Lion King. Composed by English musician Elton John, with lyrics by Tim Rice, the song was performed by Carmen Twillie (the deep female lead vocals) and Lebo M. (opening vocals in Zulu) as the film's opening song.
In an interview, Rice said he was amazed at the speed with which John composed: "I gave him the lyrics at the beginning of the session at about two in the afternoon. By half-past three, he'd finished writing and recording a stunning demo."
Elton John sang a pop version (with alternative lyrics) of the song with the London Community Gospel Choir, which was included in the film's soundtrack and made into a music video.
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Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala
From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There is more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There is far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
'Til we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the circle
Lebo M's arresting and enthralling Zulu chant opens the movie and calls to the citizens of the Pride Lands to come to Pride Rock.
As the sun rises, the animals of the Pride Lands awaken from their slumber and begin to journey across the landscape.
The music gently swells behind Carmen Twillie's vocals until, suddenly, Pride Rock comes into view, and we hear the first chorus.
At Pride Rock, Rafiki, the mandrill sangoma, arrives and warmly greets Mufasa, the King of the Pride Lands. The two go to greet Sarabi, the Queen of the Pride Lands, who is cradling her tiny cub Simba between her paws. Rafiki blesses the leonine prince, and the music becomes gentle and reverent.
Blessing completed, Rafiki lifts the cub over his shoulder and carries him out onto the promontory of Pride Rock as the expectant animals wait below. As Rafiki lifts the cub high into the air to present him to his citizens, the music rises triumphantly again as the gathered animals rejoice at the sight of their new prince.
The camera slowly zooms out, showing us the sheer size of the throng of animals before a closing drumbeat takes us to the opening title card of the movie.
The Circle Of Life Lyrics
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Mix together the first 3 ingredients - the flour, oleo and nuts. Press into a 13x9 glass pan to form a crust. Bake for 20-30 minutes (until the edges are golden brown). Let cool completely.
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Home > The Sands Resorts Macao Press Center > The Venetian Macao Wins 'Best Meetings Hotel (Macao)' at M&C Asia Stella Awards 2022
The Venetian Macao Wins 'Best Meetings Hotel (Macao)'
at M&C Asia Stella Awards 2022
Premier MICE venue is recognised for
innovation, sustainability and safe meetings
(Macao, Aug. 23, 2022) – The Venetianmacao® Macao has won the 'Best Meetings Hotel (Macao)' title at the eminent M&C Asia Stella Awards 2022, collecting yet another accolade following its 'Best Integrated Resort (MICE)' win at the event in 2020.
The M&C Asia Stella Awards are MICE industry-exclusive accolades that honour the very best MICE destinations, convention & visitors bureaus, convention centres, integrated resorts, and meeting hotels across Asia.
Stephanie Tanpure, Vice President of Sales for The Venetian Macao, who accepted the award in person at this year's ceremony in Singapore, said it was an honour to receive the M&C Asia Stella Award for Best Meetings Hotel in Macao.
"Despite the challenges our industry has faced over the last two years, we are thrilled to be in Singapore to receive this award from M&C Asia as recognition for the successful events that we have been able to stage for our customers during this period, together with exciting hybrid innovations and our MICE sustainability programme 'Meet Me Carbon Neutral' that we have been able to bring to market," Ms Tanpure said.
"We are excited to be meeting with our Singapore customers this week and opening doors for what we expect to be a very robust international MICE recovery in the months and years ahead. This award represents the results of our effort to position Macao at the forefront of MICE destinations in Asia, and across the world. We remain committed to extending our international reach in the upcoming years."
She added: "In Macao's very competitive MICE market, it's heartening that our world-class facilities, alongside our outstanding team of associates in events and hotel operations, are recognised as the best in the industry. It is this very team that make our events such a success."
This year also marks the 15th anniversary of The Venetian Macao, which has played a significant role in the development of Macao's MICE industry. With over 1.2 million square feet (111,000 sqm) of exhibition space and flexible meeting rooms as well as the spectacular Cotai Arena, The Venetian Macao is an ideal choice for meetings and events of any size and type. Professional and dedicated sales, technical and support teams at The Venetian Macao provide a one-stop service that takes care of every step to guarantee the success of an event, from planning to execution.
Organised by M&C Asia, a brand of Northstar Meetings Group, M&C Asia Stella Awards celebrate companies in the MICE industry that have demonstrated agility, innovation, efficiency, safety and support through this pandemic. It assesses the professionalism of the events team, MICE initiatives, sustainability efforts, and other critical aspects of the meetings and event experience. With 24 awards across six categories, finalists are determined by industry professionals during an open voting period and winners selected based on votes from M&C Asia readers.
Photo caption: The Venetian Macao has won the 'Best Meetings Hotel (Macao)' title at the prestigious M&C Asia Stella Awards 2022.


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Q: Identify each item in a for each template So, I'm rendering lightning inputs in a for each template, like this:
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    <lightning-input key={variation.id} label="Stock"></lightning-input>

Actual: {variation.available_quantity}

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So, 'sfItem' is an object i'm getting from apex, with its properties. One of them is 'item_variations' which is an array of objects, each one is a variation. What I want to do, is for each variation in an sfItem, render inputs to modify one of the properties of the variations. So, if there are 3 variations in an item, three different inputs will render and I should be able to modify one, two or three values.
My question is, how do I identify which variation i'm changing? So on the onchange I can capture the value and then assign it to the corresponding variation

A: You can assign the ID to any sort of attribute, and read that in the event:
<lightning-input key={variation.id} data-id={variation.id} label="Stock"></lightning-input>

...
onChangeHandler(event) {
  sfItem.item_variations
    .find(iv => iv.id === event.target.dataset.id).available_quantity = event.target.value;
}

The point is that you can attach your own data to the component instead of using name, which may be necessary for some types of inputs (e.g. radio boxes in a group).

A: You can use "for:index" to track the index value of each iteration and assign that index to "Name" Attribute in Lightning-input and can fetch its value in onchange event to know which  variation you are changing you can do it like this
HTML
<template for:each={sfItem.item_variations} for:item="variation" for:index="index">

            <lightning-input type="text"
                    key={variation.id} label="Stock"
                     name={index}
                     onchange={changed}
                     >
    </lightning-input>

</template>

In JS you can fetch the index which will tell you which variation was changed and do whatever you want with it
JS
 changed(evt){
  console.log(evt.target.name);
 }

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Just when you've accepted that this week is one big fat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ this happens. Oh yes guys, half a tonne of FREE (like, free free) cheese is coming to Sydney and all is suddenly oh-so-right in the world.
A free two-day cheese festival is coming to Carriageworks, and you know what this means—wall to wall European cheese and alllllllll of the free samples. We're not kidding when we say that there'll be half a tonne of freebies to go around and you can consider this your official challenge to each the whole damn lot.
In addition to the free samples (oh yes) there will also be a wine bar, because wine + cheese = bae, cheese demonstrations and masterclasses to teach you to match your wine and cheese like a pro. By the end of the day you'll know the subtle (or not so subtle) difference between a creamy and stinky cheese and the history of European cheese in general. Hell, you'll have eaten every single one of them.
For even more details, not that you need them, head to their Instagram page @europeancheeses.
Speaking of cheese, these are Sydney's most OTT cheeseboards.


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How Much Does Attending the Super Bowl Cost?
Super Bowl XLVIII is set for Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014, in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ; this will be the first outdoor, cold-weather Super Bowl. Held in late January or early February of each year, the Super Bowl is the National Football League's annual championship game, with the winners of the National and American Football Conferences playing each other. When one Super Bowl ends, tickets for the next year's event go on sale, long before it is known which teams will be playing that day.
The lowest official ticket price for Super Bowl XLVIII will be $500, with about 40% of general admission seats priced at less than $1,000, the NFL announced in September, 2013 . (For the previous Super Bowl in New Orleans in February 2013, the lowest official ticket price was $650). More than 30,000 fans entered a lottery for the right to buy these lowest-tier tickets; the application deadline was June 1, and 1,000 winners were notified in the fall.
The official price for mid-tier tickets will be $1,500 in 2014 (compared to $950 for similar tickets for the 2013 Super Bowl) and the official price for the most expensive tickets -- which include access to warm indoor restaurants -- will be about $2,600 each (compared to $1,250 in 2013).
Unofficial prices can be considerably higher, depending on which teams are playing and the level of interest in the game. The NFL adjusted its official ticket prices in part because of the expected higher demand to attend a Super Bowl in the New York-New Jersey area, and to combat the practice of ticket buyers reselling their tickets for more than face value. The week before Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans in 2013, the cheapest seats were being sold for $1,300-$1,580; the average price of a mid-tier ticket was about $2,900; and the best seats were selling for as much as $10,000 or more, each.
Official NFL ticket packages include a ticket and varying levels of access to refreshments, bars, hospitality areas, preferred parking (fees still apply) and other perks; packages cost $3,099-$5,899 each without lodging/accommodations, depending on the perks included, or $3,999-$7,799 each with lodging/accommodations, depending on the specific hotel and whether it is single or double occupancy.
A limited number of indoor suites for Super Bowl XLVIII are available through the host committee, which does not publicly release its prices for the suites. They typically come with 25-30 tickets, and estimates are that a suite at Super Bowl XLVIII can cost $500,000 or more.
In an effort to prevent fans who won the lottery to buy tickets from reselling them at a higher price, this year Super Bowl ticket holders will be required to go to a gate to pick up their tickets as they enter the stadium, and will not be allowed to return to the parking lot.
MetLife Stadium capacity is 82,000, but about 5,000 seats will be put aside for media, cameras and security. Only about 1% of all Super Bowl tickets are allocated for sale to the general public; about 75% are split among the 32 NFL teams and the NFL gives the rest to companies, broadcast networks, media, sponsors and the host committee.
Super Bowl parking rates vary each year, but can be $20-$900 or more, depending on proximity to the stadium and other perks. In 2011, one lot in Dallas charged $990 for a spot one-tenth of a mile from the stadium, with bathroom access and tailgating, according to ESPN .
Food and beverage prices and options vary by location and year. A single domestic beer will cost about $10 each, $7 for soda, $6 -$8 for a hot dog and $9 -$11 for a small pizza. Other meals, including brisket and sushi, cost about $10 -$25 each.
Airfare costs to New Jersey during the Super Bowl will vary significantly depending on dates, distance, airport and airline.
Information about official tickets and ticket packages is available at NFLSuperBowlAccess.com .
Super Bowl tickets and packages at unofficial (resale) prices are available through outlets like SBTickets.com , StubHub.com or TicketCity.com .
Many experts caution against buying tickets on sites like Craigslist , because counterfeit tickets can be a common problem. Jeff Bercovici of Forbes.com shares his experience with fake NFL tickets , and recommends being skeptical of a deal that seems too good to be true.


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LANCASTER – Fans at the Los Angeles SLAM home game Sunday were treated to a special halftime performance by Dazzler Cheer.
Proud parents with cameras in hand rushed to the sidelines as more than 100 cheerleaders rushed the court.
Girls as young as three-years-old kept pace with teenagers in an athletic routine that included kicks, tosses and tumbles, and ending to rousing applause from all in the gym.
Elizondo, who has been cheerleading since 1994 and coaching since 2003, opened Dazzler Cheer in September 2010 to offer technique training and competitive cheerleading skills to youths in the Antelope Valley.
The group has since grown to 163 members on eight different teams, which are divided by age, from preschool to high school.
Elizondo said she started the family-run organization to dispel some of the myths about cheerleading and to allow young girls an avenue for becoming involved in their community.
Dazzler Cheer performs at two to three events and competitions each quarter and has racked up numerous titles and trophies along the way.
Elizondo said she balances her group's winning slate with plenty of community service and involvement.
In October 2011, the group held a barbecue fundraiser and raffled 48 of its trophies to raise money for a family in need.
Dazzler Cheer on Jan. 3 moved into a brand new 2,900 square foot gym located just west of Sierra Hwy, off of Ave O in Palmdale. The facility features 22 foot tall ceilings and 30 feet of mirrors so the students can watch themselves during practice.
The group holds registration for new members every quarter and will be holding its next registration in the first week of May. Spots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
For more information contact 661-965-6913, or visit www.dazzlercheer.com.
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"For, if liberty and equality, as some persons suppose, are chiefly to be found in a democracy, it must be so by every department of government being alike open to all; but as the people are in the majority, and what they vote is law, it follows that such a state is a democracy."
"Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites. … Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters."
"[There is] no nobler motive for entering public life then the resolution not to be ruled by wicked men."
"Of the three forms of government, monarchy, aristocracy, and the people, the best is a mixture of all three for each one taken on its own can lead to disaster. Kings can be capricious, aristocrats, self-interested, and an unbridled multitude enjoying unwanted power more terrifying then a conflagration or a raging sea."
"What do we mean when we say that first of all we seek liberty? I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, and upon courts. These are false hopes; believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women? It is not the ruthless, the unbridled will; it is not freedom to do as one likes. That is the denial of liberty, and leads straight to its overthrow. A society in which men recognize no check upon their freedom soon becomes a society where freedom is the possession of only a savage few—as we have learned to our sorrow.
What then is the spirit of liberty? I cannot define it; I can only tell you my own faith. The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which seeks to understand the minds of other men and women; the spirit of liberty is the spirit which weighs their interest alongside its own without bias; the spirit of liberty remembers that not even a sparrow falls to earth unheeded; the spirit of liberty is the spirit of him who, near two thousand years ago, taught mankind that lesson it has never learned, but has never quite forgotten—that there may be a kingdom where the least shall be heard and considered side-by-side with the greatest."
"There is only one motivation for imposing burdens on voting that are ostensibly designed to discourage voter-impersonation fraud, if there is no actual danger of such fraud, and that is to discourage voting by persons likely to vote against the party responsible for imposing the burdens."
"The general object was to produce a cure for the evils under which the United States labored; that in tracing these evils to their origins, every man had found it in the turbulence and follies of democracy."
"I am sure there was no man born marked of God above another, for none comes into the world with a saddle on his back, neither any booted and spurred to ride him."
"In the United States, the government is intended to be a government of men. A corporation is not a citizen with a right to vote or take a hand otherwise in politics. It is an artificial creation, brought into existence by favor of the State solely to perform the functions allowed by its charter. Interference by it with the state and attempts by it to exercise rights of citizens are fundamentally a perversion of its power. Its stockholders, no matter how wise or how rich, should be forced to exercise their political influence as individuals on an equality with other men. That is the basic principle of democracy."


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/ Sterling Witt – Satyagraha
Sterling Witt – Satyagraha
Sebastian Cole 25 October 2016
URL: http://www.sterlingwitt.com/
Sterling Witt's fifth full length release Satyagraha represents a new high water mark in this Kansas City based songwriter and guitarist's career. He has worked consistently over the last decade plus establishing a much deserved reputation as one of the most creative and energetic performers on the indie scene today. It is a bit of a misnomer, however, to lump Witt in with indie musicians. His latest eleven song release is recorded and mixed by renowned production legend Steve Albini and he elevates the level of quality even further by investing the music with a rawboned intimacy and physicality that's impossible to ignore. The collection is united by lyrics exploring common themes – the album's title is taken from a term first coined by Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi referring to "truth force" and many of the songs on this album concern themselves with how we identify what is true in this life, what effect it has on our lives, and who do we believe? Witt engages these ideas with biting intelligence and lyrics that are pointed, yet quite accessible.
"Perception Deception" and "Love Me To Death" lyrically depict a certain fatalism about modern life and the negative effects it has on people, but they are jaggedly melodic and musically upbeat. Placing his lyrical messages in musical landscapes like this makes the often weighty ideas the songs push all the more accessible to the average listeners. Frankly, the majority of people who buy Sterling Witt's latest album are likely to fall into the category of hardcore music fans, but there's plenty of daylight on this collection for attracting more casual fans and that daylight is provided courtesy of Witt's guitar. Melodies seem to pour out of him and even presented through a distorted, effects-skewed prism, the songs on Satyagraha have an effortless lift.
"Who Do You Listen To?" is, inarguably, the strongest moment of social commentary on the album, but Witt does turn his gaze back to such subjects later on. His musical skills get a good workout here thanks to some challenging time signatures and his willingness to blend those off-kilter tempos with much straighter meters. "Let Love Out" opens with surprising delicacy before it shoots onto a much faster rail and thunders away with the same mix of melody and power defining the release as a whole. He opens "Make It" sketching out the melody on his guitar with partially muffled and well-recorded pick strikes before the tune takes a turn into the album's best example yet of a simmering explosion. Naturally, when the tune does explode, it provides one of the album's most memorable moments.
"I Love You More Everyday" is, lyrically, about more than it directly lets on, so giving this track a few plays or more to let it soak in is advisable. It is far and away the best pure power pop rock track on the entire album and has an ample amount of humor to match its intelligence. Inspiration pours off every album track and Witt, his guitar and vocals at the center of everything, has scored a resounding hit with his fifth studio album.
9 out of 10 stars
DISCOGS: https://www.discogs.com/Sterling-Witt-Satyagraha/release/8320767
Joshua Stryde


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Los despojos es una recopilación de inéditos y piezas condenadas de Charles Baudelaire. Fue publicada en Bruselas, bajo el cuidado de Poulet-Malassis, amigo de Baudelaire, a finales de 1865, llevando un pie de imprenta apócrifo Amsterdam, a l'Enseigne du Coq, precedida por un simbólico frontispicio de Félicien Rops.

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Poemas de 1865

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"Shandi" by Kiss
Pop Bits: Kiss is one of those groups that has sold a bazillion albums since their debut in 1974, yet were never really successful at getting singles up the chart. In all their years they only managed one Top 10 hit - the ballad "Beth" (#7 in 1976). But their loyal following, relentless touring, infamous shows, and mega merchandising has kept them as one of the most successful rock bands of all time. However, much like other artists there comes a time when the party slows down and their 1980 album "Unmasked" signaled an end to their 70s heyday. The album would be the last to feature the four original members (at least until a reunion in the mid-90s) and it would be the first album to not go platinum since 1975. This lead single didn't make much of an impact in the US, but it did reach #5 in Australia.
ReduxReview: I was never much of a Kiss fan, but there were certain songs I did like. This one is an oddity. It is so MOR and, well, kind of pretty. I would have never guessed in a million years that this was Kiss. This does not scream costumed, blood spitting, fire breathing rock. Not that everything that they do has to be like that, but the song is unexpectedly pop-oriented. I kind of dig it. But can't picture Gene Simmons busting this one out on stage.
Trivia: Original member Peter Criss was on the outs with the band by this time. His erratic behavior was not sitting well with the other members and he was fired from the group. Although credited on the album, Criss did not even play drums during the sessions. All drumming was done by Anton Fig, who was experiencing a bit of success himself at the time with his group Spider and their Top 40 single "New Romance (It's a Mystery)" (Redux #0134).
"Old-Fashion Love" by The Commodores
Pop Bits: From '75-'79, The Commodores put seven songs in the pop Top 10 with their last one being the #1 "Still." They were at the top of their game when they released the album "Heroes" in 1980. However, it was met will a bit of a shrug and the best they could do on the chart was this barely-Top 20 tune (#8 R&B). They would return to the Top 10 in another year, but they would never fully get back to their hit making days of the 70s.
ReduxReview: I'd probably have to agree with record buyers on this one. It's a good tune, but just not up to the standards that The Commodores set with their previous hits. Not everything can be a winner, but the lack of a solid lead single for this album kind of hurt them as the 80s started. Like the title, I just find it a little "old-fashioned" and not very interesting.
Trivia: The group almost had an unfortunate name. When the group got together (formed from two other groups) while attending Tuskegee University, they needed a new name. One of the group members opened up a dictionary, flipped the pages and randomly pointed to an entry. The Commodores were born. However, the joke was that they got lucky because they just as easily could have been The Commodes.
"Drivin' My Life Away" by Eddie Rabbitt
Genre: Country Crossover
Pop Bits: Although he had already accumulated six #1 country hits, pop chart success still eluded him. His only Top 20 hit was the previous year's "Suspicions" (#13). But this song would change it all for him. Suddenly overnight, Rabbitt seemed to go from country star to crossover superstar. His album "Horizon" would be his biggest hit and this lead single (his seventh country #1) paved the way. The song was also featured in the film and on the soundtrack to the 1980 film "Roadie."
ReduxReview: This is a big rig truck drivin' song. And a good one. You can practically feel the highway under your wheels, the bounce of the road, smell the grease at the diner, and look down the long strange road ahead. Honk! Honk! Get outta my damn way...
Trivia: Rabbitt drew inspiration for the song from his early lean-years when he was starting in music and worked as a truck driver around Nashville. The song got Rabbitt Grammy nominations for Best Country Song and Best Country Vocal Performance.
"Dancing with the Mountains" by John Denver
Genre: Pop, Crossover Country
Pop Bits: Denver's second single from his "Autograph" album didn't do much to revive his popularity. Although he would go on to have a couple Top 10 country chart hits, he would not return to the pop Top 10 again and by 1984 the pop chart entries would stop.
ReduxReview: I don't mind this song too much. It almost comes off as Dan Fogelberg-lite. By this time I was not into Denver at all, but this tune was one of his better 80s efforts.
Trivia: Denver's music was polarizing in the country community. Many thought him a lightweight and not truly a country artist. In 1975, Denver was a nominee for Entertainer of the Year at the annual Country Music Association awards (CMA's). Charlie Rich, who had won the previous year, was to present the award. However, when Rich opened the envelope and saw Denver's name, Rich (in apparent protest to Denver's win) pulled out a lighter and set fire to the envelope right on stage. Rich's career took a direct hit as a result and he was also blacklisted permanently from the CMAs.
"Empire Strikes Back" by Meco
Genre: Disco, Pop, Instrumental
Pop Bits: Producer, arranger, and trombonist Domenico Menardo and his friend Tony Bongiovi (second cousin to Jon Bon Jovi) created the production company Disco Corporation of America and went on to produce such disco hits as "Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor. But when Menardi (Meco) saw "Star Wars," he set out on a project to do a disco version of the film's score. The result was the platinum single "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" (#1, 1977). He followed it up with other discofied themes from "Close Encounteres" and "The Wizard of Oz." As the 80s came in and disco was winding up its run, Meco was still putting out disco versions of movie themes. This single would be his second and last Top 20 hit.
ReduxReview: Where the "Star Wars" single concentrated on the uplifting theme, this song's focus is more sinister sounding as it mainly uses what is considered to be Darth Vader's theme along with sounds of a light saber fight. As with the first song, it is pretty much disco-gone-wrong and a novelty tune. But with "Star Wars" at the time, most anything would sell. And this one did. Bleh. This ranks (and you can take that to mean "smells" too) right up there with Walter Murphy's "A Fifth of Beethoven" and the "Hooked on Classics" stuff. Dreck.
Trivia: Meco was hired to arrange the horns for Diana Ross' 1980 album "Diana." He performed on the album as well and is featuring on the hit song "I'm Coming Out" playing a trombone solo (very rare in pop music).
"Let My Love Open the Door" by Pete Townshend
Genre: Rock, Pop
Pop Bits: Although Townshend already had two albums released that were credited to him (one a demos and oddities album and the other a collaboration with Ronnie Lane), "Empty Glass" is considered the first real solo album by lead guitarist/songwriter of The Who. This lead single was a chart hit and, like may Who songs, has become a rock radio staple.
ReduxReview: Townshend was quoted in an interview saying this song is "just a ditty." I'd agree. When put up against some of the meaty songs he wrote for The Who, it does seem like a pop confection. Regardless, it is a really good one. I remember when it came out that I had no idea it was Townshend or anyone related to The Who. I thought it was some new pop guy. But really, after writing rock operas and massive rock classics, why not write a catchy pop tune?
Trivia: Two musicians on this album and song, bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezicki, would go on to have a big hit themselves as members of the group Big Country.
"All Out of Love" by Air Supply
Pop Bits: The second single from their US breakthrough album "Lost in Love" would be the biggest hit from the album. While their first single (the album's #3 title track) was a dreamy confection, "All Out of Love" began a streak of massive hit ballads that would became their signature sound.
ReduxReview: Look, you are either a fan of Air Supply or you are not. You either revel in delight over their sweet sounds or you get sick from the saccharine. I happen to be a fan. During their peak years there was hardly anyone who could top them when it came to big-ass AC ballads. This is one of their best.
Trivia: In 2010, Air Supply's Graham Russell received a BMI Million-Air award for co-writing this song. The award signified that the song has been performed over three-million times. This is the first Air Supply song to reach this goal.


This 1972 BMW 2002 was built to meet European Group 1 racing standards according to the ad, with work including fitment of a 200 HP race-spec M10 backed by a 5-speed, not to mention a Quaife limited slip diff and race buckets under the cool Warsteiner livery. The car looks tidy and well prepped, and sale includes extensive documentation according to the seller. Find it here on Classic Driver in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England for 45k GBP (~60k USD today).
Warsteiner 2002's featured heavily flared fenders and a livery that was slightly different than what's seen here. This car is a nice narrow-body interpretation of the original, and the paint scheme is an improvement in many ways too. Deleted bumpers and minimal trim allow for full appreciation of straight sheet metal, which shows good panel fitment as well. Finish appears to be good, and decals aren't overdone. Lighting appears factory including the taillights, but exterior mirrors have been changed and the grille is a slotted design. Ride height is nice and low, and wheels look like Minilites wrapped in R-comp tires.
A fair bit of the standard interior has been retained, including the door panels along with most of the dash and the instrument panel. The rear of the cabin isn't photographed, but carpeting has been done away with, as has the center console, though the factory wood shift knob looks to have been retained. Specifics relating to changes aren't mentioned, but off hand we can see a Momo steering wheel, seats by Cobra, and a bolt-in cage. Gauges have also been changed along with some extras fitted to a panel, and a fire extinguisher is also visible.
The engine bay has been the subject of extensive modification, and very little appears factory aside from the cam cover and exterior head casting of the M10 four. Specifics relating to the Mass Racing-built powerplant aren't provided, but output is quoted at 200 BHP. Mated to a rebuilt 5-speed manual, the drivetrain also includes an LSD built reportedly by Phil Quaife himself. We can also see a strut tower brace in addition to different alternator, crankcase ventilation lines and ignition system.
Back in 2014 this car was invited for competition at that year's Goodwood Member Meeting and was driven by Jochen Mass, whose name still appears on the side-pretty cool.