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Biografia
Ludwig Fischer nacque a Magonza il 18 o 19 agosto 1745. Iniziò a studiare musica non come cantante ma come violinista e violoncellista. La sua voce venne notata nelle esibizioni nel coro della chiesa e nelle produzioni studentesche di operette, ed egli iniziò seriamente gli studi di canto, fino a divenire cantante soprannumerario della corte del principe vescovo di Magonza. A partire dal 1770 studiò presso il tenore Anton Raaff a Mannheim, dove aveva fatto il suo debutto sul palcoscenico nel 1767.

Nel 1772 venne nominato virtuoso da camera della corte di Mannheim, e il Principe elettore Carlo Teodoro gli diede una borsa di studio per permettergli di proseguire il suo perfezionamento con Raaff. Nel 1775 divenne insegnante di canto nel Seminarium Musicum di Mannheim e nel 1778 era il più pagato fra i cantanti di corte.

Nel 1778, il principe Carlo Teodoro divenne Elettore di Baviera e trasferì la sua corte, compresi i musicisti, a Monaco.

A Monaco, Fischer sposò, il 6 ottobre 1779, la cantante Barbara Strasser (nata nel 1758 a Mannheim), che cantò con lui a Vienna e ricevette una pensione nel 1798. I figli nati dal loro matrimonio divennero tutti distinti musicisti: Joseph Fischer (Vienna, 1780 - Mannheim, 1862), Josepha Fischer-Vernier (1782 - Mannheim, 1854) e Wilhelmine (nata nel 1785).

Nel 1779, Fischer cantò presso il Nationaltheater (l'attuale Burgtheater) di Vienna, dove rimase per tre anni, cantando in circa 20 ruoli diversi. Nel 1783 cantò con grande successo a Parigi, nel 1784 nelle principali città italiane e, dal 1785, cantò alla corte del principe Thurn und Taxis a Ratisbona e nel 1789 accettò un ingaggio permanente, ottenuto attraverso l'intercessione di Johann Friedrich Reichardt, all'Opera Italiana di Berlino, dove lavorò fino al suo pensionamento nel 1815. Saltuariamente cantò anche in altre città, come Vienna (1787, 1798) e Londra (1794, 1798, 1812).

Ruoli
Oggi, Fischer è ricordato principalmente per essere stato il primo Osmino in Die Entführung aus dem Serail di Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart nella prima del 16 luglio 1782, una parte che il compositore scrisse appositamente per lui, negli anni viennesi della sua carriera. L'anno precedente, Antonio Salieri sfruttò la sua notevole estensione vocale per comporre la sua opera comica Der Rauchfangkehrer, scrivendo per lui il ruolo di Herr von Bär. Altri ruoli furono quello di Axur nell'Axur, Re d'Ormus, sempre di Salieri, Osroes in Semiramis e Brenno nell'opera eponima di Johann Friedrich Reichardt.

Composizioni
Fischer fu anche compositore egli stesso, ma la maggior parte della sua produzione non ci è pervenuta. Nel 1802 compose il popolare Trinklied (letteralmente, "canzone della bevuta") "Im tiefen Keller sitz' ich hier", che presenta un'estensione di due ottave, piuttosto inconsueta per una canzone popolare.

Fischer e Mozart
Fischer e Mozart erano buoni amici: quando il cantante entrò in contrasto con l'intendente teatrale imperiale, il conte Rosenberg-Orsini, e decise di lasciare Vienna, Mozart scrisse per lui una lettera di raccomandazione per aiutarlo a proseguire la sua carriera a Parigi. Nel 1787, quando Fischer tornò a Vienna in visita, Mozart compose per lui il recitativo e aria per basso "Alcandro, lo confesso" K 512, che egli cantò in un concerto al Kärntnertortheater il 21 marzo. Mozart compose forse anche un altro lavoro per Fischer, il recitativo e aria "Così dunque tradisci" (K 432/421a). Poco dopo, il 1º aprile, Fischer scrisse una poesia di 16 versi sull'amicizia nell'album di Mozart.

Il 28 febbraio 1796 Fischer partecipò a un concerto in memoria di Mozart organizzato dalla sua vedova, Constanze Weber, dove cantò brani dall'opera La clemenza di Tito.

Critica
Un critico del "Deutsches Museum" di Lipsia, scrivendo nel 1781, definì Fischer "il maggior basso in Germania e, dopo Günther, quello che recita meglio". Secondo il Grove Dictionary, questa opinione era comunemente accettata: "Ai suoi tempi Fischer era considerato il miglior basso serio tedesco". Reichardt diceva della sua voce che possedeva "la profondità di un violoncello e l'altezza naturale di un tenore". Mozart apprezzava a tal punto l'arte di Fischer che aggiunse un'importante aria al primo atto di Die Entführung, "Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen", spiegando a suo padre Leopold in una lettera datata 26 settembre 1781 che "si deve fare buon uso di un tale uomo", aggiungendo che la nuova aria avrebbe dato occasione alle "belle note gravi" di Fischer di brillare".

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Bibliografia
 Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4. Auflage von 1888–1890.
 Peter Clive, Mozart and his circle, New Haven, Yale University Press, 1993.
 Otto Erich Deutsch, Mozart: A Documentary Biography, Stanford, Stanford University Press, 1965.
 Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, online edition. Copyright 2007 by Oxford University Press. Voce "Ludwig Fischer", di Roland Würtz, Paul Corneilson e Thomas Bauman.

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In a recent collaboration, Ontario's Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change recently collaborated with JEOL USA to identify pollutants found in electronics waste recycling using new analytical methods.
by By Pamela J. Mansfield, JEOL USA Inc.
Chromatography & Spectroscopy
Dust created by recycling electronics waste is known to emit pollutants that can find their way into the environment and contaminate air, land, and water. These pollutants are composed of complex compounds, many of which contain chlorine and bromine, elements found in the most persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Among these are so-called legacy contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), as well as brominated flame retardants such as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other emerging environmental contaminants.
The Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (Ontario MOE) recently collaborated with JEOL USA, a supplier of analytical instruments including mass spectrometers, electron microscopes, and NMR spectrometers, to analyze the complex composition of the dust swept from the floor of an electronics recycling facility in Canada. Such a collaboration falls within the Ontario MOE's mandate which includes using science and research to develop policies, legislation, regulations and standards, along with enforcing compliance with the province's environmental laws and tracking environmental progress over time.
The collaboration with JEOL grew out of informal discussions at the 5th Multidimensional Chromatography Workshop held at the Ontario MOE in January 2014. Researchers at the MOE had previously applied a data-processing method called a Kendrick Mass Defect (KMD) Plot to identifying families of pollutants in high-resolution mass spectra. Because the JEOL AccuTOF-GCV combines comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), it seemed possible that the KMD approach could be extended to GCxGC/HRMS data.
KMD Plots were originally developed in the 1960s by Edward Kendrick at Esso Research and Engineering Company in New Jersey to apply a simple data transformation technique to interpret high-resolution mass spectra of complex petroleum samples. HRMS data can be represented graphically by constructing a KMD Plot, which can then be used to guide the interpretation of high-resolution mass spectra for highly complex mixtures. The traditional KMD Plot is used to find families of compounds that have the same core composition, but differ only by the degree of alkylation (that is, the number of CH2 substitutions). 'Non-traditional' KMD Plots can also be applied to find other families of compounds, for example those that differ by the number of chlorines, bromines, or hydroxyl groups. To date, only a few publications (all from JEOL customers) have appeared in the literature combining GCxGC analysis with high-resolution mass spectra.
The Ontario MOE provided the dust sample for analysis, and JEOL analyzed the samples with the objective of finding polyhalogenated contaminants. A GC system combined with a ZX2 GCxGC thermal modulator from Zoex Corporation and the JEOL AccuTOF-GCv 4G high-resolution time-of-flight mass spectrometer were used for the analyses. The testing yielded enormous data sets detailing the many compounds present in these samples. The number of compounds revealed in just a single GCxGC/HRMS analysis made identification and interpretation a challenge for any lab. New software capabilities were needed to assist in the interpretation of the huge volume of data.
Consequently, JEOL worked closely with GC Image and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on a new software tool for the special KMD analysis. GC Image developed the new software tools, which were used to identify families of polyhalogenated contaminants in the mass spectra of the dust that were then mapped back onto the 2D chromatogram for further analysis and interpretation.
This approach allows researchers to find the proverbial "needle-in-the-haystack" contaminants in complex mixtures and paves the way for discovery of new or unexpected polyhalogenated compounds that may be widely distributed in the environment. As an example, a compound with the elemental composition C11H7NO2Cl5+ was identified from its electron ionization (EI) mass spectrum. Its origin and purpose is not yet known, but its structure is similar to the Dechlorane family of flame retardants. Being a composite of dust from a consumer electronics recycling facility, it may be widely distributed in the environment.
The solution for making sense of all this data was found in this combination of new techniques and reported in a collaborative publication by JEOL USA, the Ontario MOE, GC Image, and the Zoex Corporation. The paper has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Chromatography A. The forthcoming article is entitled "Analysis of electronics waste by GCxGC combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry: using accurate mass information and mass defect analysis to explore the data", and is authored by Masaaki Ubukata, Karl J. Jobst, Eric J. Reiner, Stephen E. Reichenbach, Qingping Tao, Jiliang Hang, Zhanpin Wu, A. John Dane, and Robert B. Cody (doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2015.03.050).
New software tools were developed to interpret the large data sets obtained from comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC) combined with high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The software borrows and updates an old technique (Kendrick mass defects) from the petroleum industry and applies it to identifying environmental contaminants in GCxGC/HRMS data. Furthermore, this updated technique can be adapted for possible applications to many other problems.
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How did you get it so wrong?
''Tax India, fund Bharat: Villages smile, cities frown, stock markets scowl'': The Hindustan Times. ''Budget w...
Written by Arun Shourie
''Tax India, fund Bharat: Villages smile, cities frown, stock markets scowl'': The Hindustan Times. ''Budget with a difference: taking off from CMP…Emphasis on agriculture, social sectors'': The Hindu. ''Reforms come with I-T bonus for middle class: Jai Kisan, Jai Jawan budget'': Business Standard. ''PC: Politically Correct…Mera Gaon, Mera Desh: Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Thursday turned Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's promise of giving the farming community a new deal by announcing a series of measures that included…'': The Asian Age. ''Dream budget, FM farms it out'': The Statesman. ''Promising to turn new leaf, Govt sows reform in fields: Reserving pride of place for agriculture in the Union Budget, P Chidambaram today announced a bonanza of nearly Rs 13,000 crore for the farm sector…'': The Indian Express.
Our industrialists were even more fulsome. As were the TV analysts. The boost to the agricultural sector will widen the benefits of development…The impetus to employment will put purchasing power in the hands of vast masses, and thereby stimulate industrial growth…
Had no one heard or read the Budget Speech? How could so many be fooled so comprehensively, so easily?
A solemn promise
Start with that ''boost to employment'' bit. In the Common Minimum Programme, by way of a solemn commitment, this Alliance had promised to provide ''at least 100 days of employment to begin with on asset-creating public works programmes every year at minimum wages for at least one able-bodied person in every rural, urban poor and lower-middle-class household''.
Please read the italicised words again. The two ''at leasts''. The ''to begin with''. The ''on asset-creating public works programmes''. And the vital expression: ''every rural, urban poor and lower-middle-class household''.In the President's Address, this solemn commitment was altered with as much solemnity. The Government now promised to provide ''guaranteed employment for 100 days in a year to at least one able-bodied person in each rural household.'' You would have noticed that
• The ''to begin with'' had vanished.
• The ''at least'' that had preceded ''100 days'' had vanished.
• The commitment that this employment would be provided through ''asset-creating public works programmes'' had vanished.
• That, in addition to every rural household, this minimum employment would be provided also to at least one able-bodied adult in every ''urban poor and lower-middle-class household'' had vanished.
And now in the Budget, we have a third version: the Government promises to ''guarantee 100 days of employment in a year to one able-bodied person in every poor household''. The context would suggest that now it is confining the promise to only rural poor households. There is no commitment that this will be provided through government programmes—the claim a while from now could well be made that, while you may not have noticed it, policies which the Government has initiated have led to the creation of that many jobs via private sector…
In any event, what does Chidambaram provide for in this path-breaking programme? This is what he say: ''Allocations under different schemes will be pulled together to support the Food for Work Programme.'' Thus, not one paisa more for this historic guarantee.
'One of my big dreams'
Consider next what Chidambaram terms as ''one of my big dreams''. This is of restoring traditional water-storage bodies. He says there are a million of them, that five lakh of them are used for irrigation. ''Many of them have fallen into disuse. Many of them have accumulated silt. Many require urgent repairs,'' he says. And then there is the ''impending crisis'' of water. The ''crisis of water'' is going to be ''the biggest crisis of the 21st century,'' he says. ''The crisis of water has affected the lives of millions of our fellow citizens…I therefore propose an ambitious scheme,'' he says. ''I therefore propose to launch a massive scheme,'' he says. And what is that scheme? A pilot project in five districts! At a cost of Rs 100 crore. At least Rs 100 crore, you may think. But only if you do not read the sentence that follows. Chidambaram says, ''Funds for the five pilot projects will be drawn from existing programmes such as SGRY, PMGJSY, DPAP, DDP, and IWDP.'' So, again, not one paisa more even for the pilots!
A 'nationwide scheme'
And then there is the ''nationwide water-harvesting scheme''. This will cover one lakh irrigation units at an average cost of Rs 20,000 per unit, he says. One lakh units into Rs 20,000 equals Rs 200 crore. So, Rs 200 crore, you may think. But only if you still have not started reading the sentence that follows each of Chidambaram's proclamations.
For the following sentence indicates that money for the scheme is going to be loaned actually by NABARD—another one of those ''autonomous'' institutions that mysteriously always decides to act as the Government wants it to! The Government's commitment is only to provide a ''capital subsidy'' for 50 per cent of the amount. All right, not Rs 200 crore, at least Rs 100 crore, you may think. But only if you have not read the sentence in full! For Chidambaram's full sentence reads, ''The Government will provide a 50 per cent capital subsidy through NABARD, and the estimate of the scheme is Rs 100 crore.'' What magic! One lakh units into Rs 20,000 per unit equals, not Rs 200 crore, but Rs 100 crore. So, for this great ''nationwide water harvesting scheme'', Chidambaram, concerned as he is about the impending water crisis that is devastating the lives of millions, promises to provide Rs 50 crore!
The gigantic, perennial problem
''Thousands of lives and thousands of head of cattle are lost every year due to floods,'' Chidambaram says. ''Floods are perennial in states like Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh,'' he says. ''The NCMP (that Common Programme, a reference to which justifies everything) envisages full Central support to flood-control works in inter-state rivers and international rivers.'' ''The Brahmaputra Board has prepared a plan for anti-erosion and flood-control works in the Brahmaputra and Barak valleys,'' he assures us. And so, what does he provide for flood-control programmes? Rs 30 crore!
As for the plan prepared by the Brahmaputra Board, to say little of the ''plan'', the Board itself has been in a moribund condition for a decade! When I visited it, everything about it made for a pitiable sight. The ''plans'' they had to show were in single copies typed years and years ago. In any event, to tame just the mighty Brahmaputra would require Rs 20,000-30,000 crore. And here we have a provision of Rs 30 crore. A beginning, no doubt!
A dire need to which he returns
''Fair price shops constitute the backbone of the food-security system for the poor,'' Chidambaram declares. ''We shall address the weaknesses in the system and strengthen public distribution,'' he promises. You must first see the artistry in those two sentences. If he had only talked of relying on the public distribution system and the notorious fair price shops, studies and reports, including the Mid-term Appraisal of the Ninth Plan prepared by the Planning Commission, would have been hurled at him—see, all these show that an unconscionable proportion of supplies poured into this system end up in the black market. On the other hand, if he had said what these studies document, he would have been traduced for depriving the poor of their bread. So, the genuflection to the ''backbone'' in one sentence, and allusion to the weaknesses that have to be addressed in the next. Commitment reaffirmed to both—the poor, as well as reform!
But it is the next sentence that catches my ear, and subsequently my eye. After that bit about addressing the weaknesses of the system, Chidambaram said, ''I shall return to this subject a little later.'' So, I wait with baited breath. And he does return. And what is the reform he promises? His only proposal—13 pages of text later—is that instead of food, the Government will give food stamps. In this land, where a Telgi can go on printing mountains of paper used as legal documentation, what ''weakness'' will stamps erase? In any case, the Government is going to at least attempt a reform, you may think. But only if you have still not read the sentences that follow this bold proclamation of reform! After leading us to believe that this is so important a subject that he will return to it, after enunciating this reform proposal with appropriate authority—it has been proposed by the Planning Commission, he assures us—Chidambaram says: ''I propose to introduce a pilot scheme for distributing food stamps, instead of distributing food through fair price shops, in two or three contiguous districts in a selected state.'' So, a pilot. In two or three districts. In one state. But even that, it turns out, is just a wish. For this time there is the sentence after the next sentence! ''I sincerely hope,'' says Chidambaram, ''that one of the states will come forward to associate with the Central Government in this experiment.'' Hence, determination to address weaknesses. Becomes a scheme to do so. Becomes a pilot. Becomes a hope. Albeit, sincere.
Artful allocations, miscellaneous proposals
Another proposal that got a lot of thumping, and which was taken as further proof of this Government's commitment to the neglected was Chidambaram's announcement that he is creating a Backward States Grants Fund. This Fund is going to have a corpus of Rs 25,000 crore, Chidambaram declared—to much thumping of desks. The next sentence revealed that the Rs 25,000 crore that was taken as proof of commitment to the poor is not something that is being set apart just now. No, the Government will provide for an annual contribution of Rs 5,000 crore.
But that is not to be scoffed at, you might think, Rs 5,000 crore is Rs 5,000 crore. Again, only if you have not read the next sentence! For Chidambaram says that the first Rs 1,800 crore a year of the Rs 5,000 crore will be obtained by merging in this Fund a scheme that already exists—namely, the Backward Districts Initiative Scheme.
But at least he is providing another Rs 3,200 crore a year, you might think. Think again. For the sentence continues, ''the balance amount required for the annual contribution of Rs 5,000 crore will be earmarked out of the total Central support to the Plan''. In a word, that too is to come—by re-designation!—from the existing amounts that are already going to the backward states! For Chidambaram is not saying that the amounts for the Fund shall be ''in addition to'' what these states get. He is saying, out of what they get, Rs 3,200 crore will be earmarked for this purpose!
And lest you are swept by such figures—the Rs 5,000 crore or Rs 3,200 crore—please remember that the backward states today get a Plan allocation of around Rs 40,000 crore each year!
Yashwant Sinha nailed the most blatant of these deceptions the other day in the Rajya Sabha. ''Lalu smiles all the way to the bank,'' proclaimed The Asian Age. ''Bihar supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav should be smiling all the way to the bank. Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram, keeping one eye firmly on the allies in the Government and the other on his home state Tamil Nadu while preparing the Budget, gave Bihar the pride of place with a provision of Rs 3,225 crore and a promise to 'augment' this sum, if necessary.'' ''Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav sat smiling behind the Finance Minister in the Lok Sabha,'' the gushing 'Special Correspondent' continued, ''the look of satisfaction deepening when Chidambaram included Bihar as a state deserving of a special economic package…'' This impression was assiduously fostered throughout that day and in subsequent days—by Laloo Prasad Yadav, and by journalists.
Yashwant Sinha goaded the Rajya Sabha members to actually see what Chidambaram had said. ''The NCMP promises that special economic packages for Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eastern states,'' Chidambaram said, ''announced in the past, will be implemented expeditiously''—the slip showing already: not a paisa more, just what has been ''announced in the past''. Next sentence: ''Bihar, for example, has a number of projects pending for a long time, including projects in power, roads, drainage and rehabilitation of displaced persons''—nothing in that, not a paisa more. Next sentence, and now we are getting close to the sleight of hand, and so please read carefully: ''I would like to assure the House that Bihar will be assisted through the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana''—that is, through a scheme that already exists.
And then the sentence by which the Special Correspondent made himself the occasion for even more of Laloo's smiles the next day! Chidambaram says: ''A provision of Rs 3,225 crore has been made for the present and, if necessary, this sum will be augmented.'' What is the provision of Rs 3,225 crore for, Sinha asked the House to see. It is not for Bihar. It is for the scheme, the Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana, through which Bihar, Chidambaram promises, will be assisted. But other states are also to be assisted through the same scheme—and so, the amount Bihar will receive will necessarily be just a part of what is allocated to the scheme.
Chidambaram has acknowledged as much! In answer to a question in the Lok Sabha, he has mentioned a figure for the amount that will be assigned to Bihar: the figure is exactly what had been set aside for the state by Atalji's government! There is, of course, the allied question: why has a similar package not been given to Madhya Pradesh? Its situation is exactly the same as that of Bihar—just as Bihar claims special treatment on the ground that the mineral-rich areas of Jharkhand have been taken out of it, the mineral and power-rich areas of Chhattisgarh have been taken out of Madhya Pradesh. And, committed as it is to the creation of a separate Telangana within months, will this Government set aside an equivalent package for Andhra, after Telangana has been carved out of it?
A pattern
Instance after instance betrays the same feature—the allocation that Chidambaram makes for the matter that he pledges fealty to is of the proportion of words in the Budget Speech, not of money!
''The welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is very close to my heart,'' Chidambaram declares. And so, for Scheduled Castes, he allocates the fiscal equivalent of fleabites—an extra Rs 43 crore, and for Scheduled Tribes, an extra Rs 69 crore!
The welfare of minorities, especially their need for better education, is of course even closer to the heart of every secularist. And so Chidambaram allocates all of Rs 50 crore for the purpose! And that after the high-voltage convention that Arjun Singh staged recently.
Chidambaram waxes eloquent about group health insurance, especially about a scheme for members of Self Help Groups. The fact is that this group health insurance is an LIC-driven initiative. One write-up indicates that, as far as the Government's contribution is concerned, the amount will be Rs 3 crore!
''Bold and determined efforts need to be made to achieve zero-level growth of HIV/AIDS,'' Chidambaram declares. And the speech would lead you to believe that Rs 259 crore are being set aside by the Government for this purpose. In fact, the Government will give just Rs 18 crore. The rest will be 'Externally aided component'!
Credit to agriculture will be doubled in three years, promises Chidambaram. Deve Gowda has since reminded him that that is the exact proclamation he, Chidambaram, made—when he was finance minister in Deve Gowda's government seven years ago!
The Budget contains the usual slew of proposals and, Chidambaram-like, I will return to them.
But every one commenting on them today is at a disadvantage—for, who knows what will survive? The proclamations about FDI, hailed by many as proof of this Government's commitment to reforms with a capital 'R', will they survive? The determination not to hike interest rates on categories of savings? Will that survive? The Turnover Tax? We have already seen the very persons who used to pride themselves over the fact that they do not lose any sleep over the Sensex; we have seen the very persons who declared that the day's Sensex cannot be looked upon as a referendum on the Government's economic policies; we have seen those very persons cut and slice what they had proposed in deference to movements of the Sensex. Of course, when Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh used to revise proposals, they used to be roundly condemned for ''rollbacks''. This Government, God and Marx forbid, would never do that—''This is not a rollback Government,'' a new Minister, fresh into a temporary charge, had proclaimed just the other day. So, what this Government has done and is about to do is just responsive open-mindedness!
Nevertheless, one must reckon with uncertainty about what in the proposals will survive.
But one thing strikes one immediately. Chidambaram presented to Parliament the Economic Survey on 7 July. That document showers credit for reforms that the Government instituted in various aspects of taxation. And in the Budget document that the same Chidambaram presented literally a day after he presented the Economic Survey, he takes credit for undoing those very things. I am not for the moment on the merit of individual measures as on this peculiarity—again something that commentators have either not noticed or have chosen to suppress.
Take, for instance, what the Economic Survey that Chidambaram tabled says in regard to taxation of the textile sector. Here it is: ''Major reforms took place on the indirect tax treatment of the textile sector in 2003-04, seeking to remove tax-induced distortions. A key theme was the completion of the CENVAT chain to improve compliance, reduce the extent to which taxation influences the decisions of firms on choice of technology, and encourage modernisation and global competitiveness. The excise exemption for power looms was removed…Exemption benefits on readymade garments were limited to the first annual clearance, etc…These developments have helped set the stage for large-scale investments in the Indian textile industry and improvements in export competitiveness…''
And the very next day, in the Budget, the same Finance Minister takes credit for abolishing the very same ''major reforms''!
For the steps taken in regard to steel, the Economic Survey tabled by Chidambaram says, ''World steel prices rose from December 2001 onward…The Government actively responded to these market developments, and came out with a stream of 'industrial policy' actions. In the 'Interim Budget' of January 2004, three changes were announced…Reduction of customs duty…'' And then in his Budget speech, Chidambaram takes credit for doing the opposite!
Actually, it pays to read the Economic Survey in the context of the Budget speech in other respects too. Recall Chidambaram's prose on drinking water, specially in rural areas, about how it is the Rajiv Gandhi mission that is to be credited with attending to this dire need, about how ''in recent years…new programmes have sprung up, obscuring the original mission''. Now see what the Economic Survey put out by the same Finance Minister has to say on the same question:
''To achieve the objective of providing safe drinking water in all rural habitations, programmes like Accelerated Rural Water Supply Drinking Water (ARWSP), the Pradhan Mantri Gramodaya Yojana—Rural Drinking Water (PMGY-RDW) are being implemented…With an investment of over Rs 45,000 crore (March 31, 2004), considerable success has been achieved in meeting the drinking water needs of the rural population. There are more than 3.7 million handpumps, and 1.73 lakh piped water schemes installed in the rural areas. As on March 2004, 95 per cent of the rural habitations have been fully covered and 5 per cent are partially covered and 0.4 per cent are not covered with drinking water facilities…'' Which of the two documents tabled by the same Chidambaram should one believe?
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Cumbrian children's entertainer to retire Cookie character after 13 years
By Ollie Rawlinson @ORawlinsonNews Reporter
Cookie is retiring after 13 years entertaining children
A popular children's entertainer has decided to retire after over a decade in-service all over Cumbria.
Simone Hetherington, better known as Cookie by the many children she has entertained in her career, has decided to retire the character for a variety of reasons.
For the uninitiated, Cookie is quite the character, as Simone explained: "Cookie is a bit crazy and silly - she's a lot silly.
"I wanted someone that children could relate to a bit more than just a normal adult.
"Cookie does things that you can't normally get away with as an adult, like cheating at games, dancing, and generally being silly.
"Children really like to teach her and tell her off when she's doing something wrong - like cheating at a game."
The decision comes after a long time spent performing the character, as Simone said: "I have been doing it for 13 years now, and I absolutely love it, don't get me wrong, but Covid put things into perspective.
"I have a large family, and I found that I was too busy entertaining other people's children than my own kids, as my kids couldn't go to the parties."
Simone added that the time spent in lockdown with her family, and as a result of the rules not being able to go out to perform at parties, she had this realisation.
Simone would normally take Cookie to houses during Halloween and the festive period, but when her children found out she would be staying at home for Halloween 2020, she said they were overjoyed - which made it clearer that it was time to spend more time with the kids.
She said: "If Covid hadn't have happened I would still be doing it probably, but Covid allowed me to take a look back and see what I was missing out on."
Now, Simone has a job at The Wave Centre in Maryport, so is still working with children, something she said was a more regular source of income than children's parties.
It is not quite the end of Cookie though, as Simone is to put on a final show, which will be Cookie's final appearance.
The event will be on March 6 at 1:00pm this year.
Tickets are £6 each or 4 for £20, to buy, text 07946293572.


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As 2022 draws to a close, the EVCS team looks back on a year filled with so much progress and success across our industry, including a sharp rise in EV sales, a record number of new EV makes and models, advances in battery technology, and groundbreaking legislation on both state and national levels that promote the promise of electric mobility. We celebrate those achievements that have made sustainable ever yet attainable while simultaneously building toward future goals. For EVCS in particular, 2022 proved to be a watershed year in both regards.
A High-Voltage Highway
In May, with Oregon governor Kate Brown by his side, EVCS co-founder Ian Vishnevsky unveiled 44 upgraded EV chargers making up that state's leg of the West Coast Electric Highway. The revamped DC fast chargers, primarily located along I-5, I-84 and US-101, replaced the old CHAdeMO-only system in favor of new CHAdeMO and CCS1 combo connectors while also adding 110V outlets for e-bikes and scooters.
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In early July, we completed a $68.8 million capital raise aimed at accelerating our fast-charging network across the West Coast, including expansion into 35 new cities while increasing charger density in existing ones. The financing was comprised of an $18.8 million Series A equity round from Spring Lane Capital, Abdo Partners and Copulous Group along with an additional $50 million debt facility from Spring Lane.
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Just this year alone, we've earned over 100 media placements across an array of platforms and outlets, including Business Insider, Tech Crunch, CarBuzz, dot.LA, Automotive News and ABC 7. Their content has praised EVCS for raising the standards of reliability in EV charging, increasing the pace of transitioning to electric, and rolling out progressive new payment models that simplify EV ownership.
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Last year, we announced a contract to purchase over 500 Tritium DCFCs as we worked to expand West Coast EV infrastructure. This year, we've stepped it up, ordering an additional 300 of their 50kW RTM fast chargers, which brings their total contribution to our network to over 800. Tritium is a Nasdaq-listed company that has won numerous awards for product innovation, design and engineering.
In October, we revealed key changes to our industry-disrupting subscription platform – namely the launch of a cost-savings calculator and two new unlimited charging tiers (Off-Peak Pro and Anytime Pro) that open access to previously excluded commercial classes such as rideshare and delivery drivers. Analysis shows our subscriptions plans could save the average EV driver almost $700 a year.
We now have a record number of installations across the West Coast as we pioneer new ways to democratize EV infrastructure. A total of 661 chargers, including 236 DCFCs, can be found across 150+ different locations – and growing – from supermarkets and gyms to public lots and parking garages. We also installed our first 100kW fast charger this year at the beautiful Kenwood Inn in Sonoma.
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While we've made great strides toward a clean-energy future, we know there is much more to do. Our 2023 goals include improving charger density across California, Oregon and Washington; continued renovation of the WCEH; the creation of new digital processes and product experiences that reduce barriers to EV ownership; and expanded marketing efforts that espouse the virtues of going electric.
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Four Years After Michael Brown, Missouri's Primary Brings A New Referendum On The Case That Never Was
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Virginia Kruta Associate Editor
August 10, 2018 10:57 AM ET
Four years after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown — nearly to the day — St. Louis County voters sent a message that could bring the case back to the drawing board.
Missouri's Democratic primary Tuesday pitted outspoken Ferguson city council member and attorney Wesley Bell against 7-term incumbent county prosecutor Bob McCulloch — and in a stunning upset, Bell won with 57 percent of the vote.
Many saw the primary itself as a referendum of McCulloch's decision not to file charges against Officer Wilson — in spite of the fact that McCulloch and a grand jury came to that conclusion after considering all of the evidence and charges ranging from first degree murder to involuntary manslaughter.
A Department of Justice investigation into the matter — and into the Ferguson Police Department as a whole — found a number of civil rights violations within the department but found no evidence of specific wrongdoing on Officer Wilson's part.
Four years ago, McCulloch failed to pursue justice in the police killing of Michael Brown. Last night, the voters of St. Louis County held him accountable. https://t.co/XZKnZtpTZN
— ACLU (@ACLU) August 9, 2018
St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch—the Ferguson prosecutor who refused to convict the officer who shot and killed Michael Brown Jr.—has been voted out of office https://t.co/unBSRt17Qz
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 9, 2018
Robert McCulloch was the St. Louis County Prosecutor who did not indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.
Wesley Bell won on a platform to:
▪ End mass Incarceration
▪ Reform cash bail
▪ End the death penalty
▪ Resist the Trump Administration pic.twitter.com/5F5lE2jUqe
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) August 8, 2018
The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal justice reform publication, even appeared to blame McCulloch for "igniting the Ferguson protests," first when he declined to recuse himself from the case and again, when he announced the grand jury's findings.
St. Louis County has ousted Bob McCulloch—the prosecutor who helped ignite the Ferguson protests. 89.6% of the votes are counted and African American reformer-challenger Wesley Bell has 55% of the votes. Results here: https://t.co/SNg7FxdYtg Read: https://t.co/ig33xPWfZW
— The Appeal (@theappeal) August 8, 2018
The Appeal didn't note that McCulloch was called upon to recuse himself only after the protests had already been ongoing for a week — and the National Guard had already been called to the scene to help maintain order. Additionally, Democratic Governor Jay Nixon declined requests to remove McCulloch from the case. Protesters had raised questions over his ability to be impartial because McCulloch, who is white, lost his own police officer father when he was killed on the job by an African American in 1964.
Bell, who ran on a platform of "criminal justice reform," was among those who criticized McCulloch for his handling of the Michael Brown case — namely the fact that he never brought charges against Wilson.
And as the anniversary of Michael Brown's death passed on Thursday, so began the calls for Bell to begin his term by correcting what many of his supporters see as a mistake on McCulloch's part.
And two days ago, Robert McCulloch, the lead prosecutor who failed to get charges brought against Darren Wilson, the cop that shot and killed Brown, lost his seat to Wesley Bell. https://t.co/r8CvjOArzS
— Rhiannon Walker (@InstantRHIplay) August 9, 2018
4 years ago Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed an unarmed teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson. The DA refused to prosecute. 2 days ago he was replaced in an election won by Wesley Bell. Now we of the Black Lives Movement demand Darren Wilson be indicted. No Double Jeopardy.
— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) August 9, 2018
Bell has not outlined any specific plans to file charges in the Michael Brown case, but as he will be running unopposed in November, he will most likely have a free reign to make that choice come January.
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Uh Oh! Not good going….all the best tho Forrest! How you liking this Chris?
@Veej: To be honest, at first I felt a little nonplussed, but I've slowly come to realise that we've actually pulled off a bit of a coup with McClaren's appointment.
Quite what more he'll be able to milk from our fairly weak, naive and ridiculously over-achieving squad is another thing!
I see that we've released McKenna, which I'm not unduly surprised or concerned about. He gave us a certain sense of calm and positional awareness, but his legs looked gone to me. I can't see Earnshaw re-signing either, as he's being a bit of a greedy bugger at the moment, and has a slightly over inflated opinion of himself.
All that means is that McClaren is going to have to get busy! We're going to need a good 5 players I reckon just to give us a squad capable of lasting a season, and depending on how good they are, mounting a serious challenge. Cheeky bid for Reo-Coker anyone?
Welcome to Forest Steve. First job = change your shoes.
Shirt and face almost same colour. You wonder why he keeps signing for red-shirted clubs… In any case, good appointment no matter what the Ingurrlund fools shout-You try convincing Frank Lampard to lay of the Ben and Jerry's before judging him for that. He did a fantastic job at Twente and would have been a decent appointment at Fulham or Villa (better than McLeish anyway), so should shine in the Champs. Forrest will go up this year.


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A petition seeking judicial review of the United Kingdom Government's "position" on the revocability of a notice of intention to withdraw from the European Union in terms of Article 50.2 of the Treaty on European Union has been granted permission to proceed following an appeal. The following is a summary of the opinion of the court.
The Lord Ordinary had held that the issue was "hypothetical and academic" and therefore refused permission to proceed on the basis that the application had "no real prospect of success", but the petitioners lodged a reclaiming motion (appeal) challenging that decision.
An appellate division of the Court of Session has allowed the reclaiming motion and granted permission to proceed, having ruled that the petition did raise "a point of substance" which should be argued at a full hearing.
The Lord President, Lord Carloway, sitting with Lord Menzies and Lord Drummond Young, heard that the petitioners seek a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) under Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to determine whether such revocation is lawful. In the event of guidance being provided by the CJEU, the petitioners seek reduction of a letter from the respondent, dated 7 December 2017, and a declarator specifying the manner in which a notification of withdrawal can be revoked by the United Kingdom.
In refusing permission to proceed, the Lord Ordinary held that the UK Government's policy was clear; that notification under Article 50.2 would not be withdrawn. There was no need to look further to determine what their policy was. In these circumstances the issue, which the petitioners wished the court to determine, was hypothetical and academic.
It was submitted by the petitioners that a ruling was required in order to allow the democratic constitution of the UK to function properly and efficiently. The parties were not seeking an advisory opinion, but a ruling from the CJEU on an unresolved point of EU law which the court would be obliged to apply. It was a matter which required to be authoritatively resolved in order to enable the petitioners to carry out their constitutional duties as members of their respective parliaments.
The respondent maintained that the petitioners had not demonstrated that they had a real prospect of success. The issue here was hypothetical and academic. There was no genuine dispute about the proper construction of Article 50.2 or any reason for the court to entertain the issue of the unilateral revocability of a notice of withdrawal.
Delivering the opinion of the court, the Lord President said: "This petition has significant problems; notably those identified by the Lord Ordinary. It is not clear from the averments in the petition that the UK Government does have a stated policy on the competency of revoking the notification of withdrawal. The statements from the Secretary and Minister of State for Exiting the EU are, at best for the petitioner, ambiguous. Whether it is possible to review a Government's 'position', especially an unstated one, is highly questionable. The purpose of having a CJEU, or domestic, ruling on whether a notification of withdrawal can be revoked is uncertain. There is no obvious legal requirement on a Government to respond to enquiries about what their understanding of EU law might be.
"Nevertheless, if this petition were shorn of its rhetoric and extraneous and irrelevant material and were reduced, after adjustment, to a manageable size which conformed to Lord Hope's guidance in Somerville v Scottish Ministers (supra), a case of substance, albeit not necessarily one which is likely to succeed, can be discovered. The issue of whether it is legally possible to revoke the notice of withdrawal is, as already stated, one of great importance. On one view, authoritative guidance on whether it is legally possible to do so may have the capacity to influence Members of Parliament in deciding what steps to take in advance of, and at the time of, a debate and vote on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill. After all, if Parliament is to be regarded as sovereign, the Government's position on the legality of revoking the notice may not be decisive.
"Whether the CJEU will entertain a question of the type proposed is dependent upon whether this court considers that there is a genuine dispute requiring settlement (see Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU. That is the de quo of the petition itself. If this court sought a reference, the CJEU would be bound to reply to the questions asked.
"In short therefore, having regard to all the circumstances, the court is of the view that the Lord Ordinary erred in holding that there is no 'real prospect of success' in this petition, as that phrase has been explained above. There is a point of substance, albeit one heavily concealed by the averments, which should be argued in the normal way. The court's decision, having heard full argument, may ultimately reflect the Lord Ordinary's view, but that is for another day."
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"It Is Not Our Responsibility To Cater To White Fragility": Eni Subair On Why Instagram Activism Isn't Enough
By Eni Subair 6 June 2020
Like everyone in the black community, I'm exhausted. I'm in pain, I'm angry and I'm mourning. I'm tired of having to explain why my life should be valued.
The painful reality is that anti-blackness is woven into the DNA of society — a fact that millions of social media users have only just woken up to during the past week. But if you're black, you know that beyond never before being free to unclench our jaws and perpetually walking on eggshells, we're currently fighting on two fronts: we're more likely to be callously hunted down and killed, racially profiled and threatened simply for daring to exist, and statistically in the UK black people are twice as likely to die from coronavirus.
Let that sink in.
In the face of a sudden, social media outpouring, we have to ask: why are we now worthy of life, worthy of breathing, worthy of being left in peace to lead lives that aren't entrenched in sorrow? And what can we make of the swathe of performative white allyship (pure intentions or otherwise) that we're seeing from brands and corporate companies that the black community will no longer pander to?
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By Edward Enninful
This week, several music labels pledged to commit to Blackout Tuesday, a global movement initiated by Live Nation. Universal Music and Warner Music among others encouraged organisations to rally behind the black community and to highlight that police brutality and racial injustice needs to be dismantled.
The movement follows the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man from Minneapolis, who died on 25 May after a white police officer held his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes, cutting off his oxygen supply. A video circulated online showing police officer Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd down as he begged for his life, gasping: "Please, I can't breathe." The Minneapolis county's initial post-mortem results raised suspicions among his family, so they carried out their own private investigation. The private autopsy revealed his cause of death was asphyxiation.
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While Blackout Tuesday was instigated with positive intent, I had my reservations about the online-only initiative. My worries intensified as I scrolled through my feed on Tuesday morning having barely wiped the sleep from my eyes. Bombarded with black boxes, with either empty captions accompanying them or a concise #BLM post (clogging the hashtag and cutting off useful information).
With Instagram's global blackout came a denial of valuable information that is a lifeline to the work of real-world activists for whom the movement isn't a trend. As a black social media user, it's hard not to see Blackout Tuesday as the apotheosis of performative IG activism, because the fact is George Floyd could have very well been one of my brothers, my father or my nephew and a black box from white racial apologists simply does not cut it when the activism is not carried out offline, too.
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Then my mind raced. On top of the feelings of exhaustion that seeped through my bones, I looked at the posts of my white and POC peers and ex-colleagues (one in particular who I explicitly recall telling me the Nigerian food I brought to work looked like "dog food") who had never previously dared to have conversations with me about the white privilege which served them, or who gaslit me when I vocalised micro aggressions — they were suddenly flooding my Instagram feed with black squares.
The social media communication from many non-black businesses is equally problematic. Fleeting #BlackLivesMatter posts uploaded to Instagram stories, only to disappear after 24 hours in the interest of preserving in-feed aesthetics, enormous international corporations desperate to join in when they have been embroiled in racial controversies in the past. Among them L'Oréal Paris, which posted an image supporting Black Lives Matter, when back in 2017, the multi-million dollar cosmetics company dropped their first trans model and activist Munroe Bergdorf, after she publicly spoke out about the murder of a protester killed by a white supremacist.
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"I am SO angry," Bergdorf said on Instagram. "You dropped me from a campaign in 2017 and threw me to the wolves for speaking out about racism and white supremacy." The question for all businesses, large or small, is how diverse is your workforce? If it's not, tell us what you're going to do about it. Our culture, our models and our money is eagerly consumed, yet only worth a few words on Instagram.
Social media is a valuable resource to spread knowledge that can change hearts and minds, but it has to be used meaningfully. I can only hope the sincere platitudes expressed are genuine, and the promises to act are real, but mulling over the posts, I repeatedly thought to myself, "Where are the links to invaluable reading resources? Donation links? Will deeply flawed hiring protocols begin to shift? Will white colleagues speak up when wage disparities arise? Will friends and family members be reprimanded when they make racist remarks? How many have supported black-owned businesses? Most importantly, will this activism continue offline?"
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The numbers currently tell a very different story. More than 28 million people posted #BlackoutTuesday posts, yet the Change.org petition to seek justice for George Floyd only has 13.8 million signatures. There is value in vocalisation and numbers no doubt, but social media is an echo chamber and inside a social media bubble, it's easy to think sharing a black box here and a 24-hour Instagram story is enough. It is not. You've shared your post, now what?
We can't let Floyd's death be yet another glaring and unjust example of how, when the dust settles, all is forgotten. Many social media users failed to consider the recent deaths of any other black lives. Unarmed 25-year-old jogger Ahmaud Arbery was killed on 23 February, with the footage only coming to light months later. The senseless murder of black medical worker Breonna Taylor, a Louisville native, shot at least eight times by police carrying out a search warrant on two men allegedly selling drugs near Taylor's home. As we enter Pride month, there is a deafening silence supporting the black LGBTQIA+ community following the slaying of trans man Tony McDade, shot dead by police in Tallahassee, Florida on 27 May.
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Further, mainstream digital media is yet to face the fact that the murder of black bodies being subjected to online voyeurism isn't limited to the US. Black lives have fatally ended and changed at the hands of UK and European police, too. In 2018, Amnesty International revealed black youths continued to be killed by police in Brazil, 25 years after the Candelária massacre, in which eight people (including six minors) were killed by off-duty officers. A UK survey concluded the Metropolitan police were more likely to behave more violently towards black people. In April this year, French police officers were filmed using racial slurs against a North African man. The messaging — more pervasive than any aesthetically pleasing diversity campaign could ever be — is that the hatred for black bodies was ever-present and lethal.
We also can't ignore the real dangers that social media presents at this time. The residents of Minneapolis — in a state of shock, fury and numbness — wanted their cries for justice heard. As protests continue to spread, our choice of expression continues to be demonised by politicians. Where empathy should have been afforded, we were met with contempt. President Trump glorified Miami Police chief Walter Headley's words in 1967: "When the looting starts, the shooting starts," he tweeted.
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By Janaya Future Khan
A tweet of 280 characters or a regram can never offer the same teachings as the 1968 documentary The Heritage of Slavery, where black American voting and women's rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer famously spoke on years of racial tension dating back centuries in the US. "This country was built on the backs of black people […] and if we don't have it, you ain't gone have it either." More recently, American journalist and best-selling author Elaine Welteroth summarised our pain perfectly: "Do not condemn what you do not understand."
In the midst of the current political turmoil, a white friend reached out (one of a handful) expressing her sentiments on the matter. Sliding into my DMs, she released an outpouring of reasons detailing her shortcomings in the past regarding racial unjust and promised to do better. "I am angry at myself for letting it slide this long because it didn't 'directly' affect me, but it's time that I step the fuck up." I was unsure about how to react to this. Do I thank her? Scold her for expecting me to absolve her of her white guilt? Or simply choose to ignore it in order to protect my own mental health? What I actually wanted was to not receive this DM nor hear about her pledge. Undoubtedly a familiar narrative many black people can relate to.
If You Care About Black Lives, You Have To Tackle The Racism In Your Country
By Amel Mukhtar
Racial aggression is both covert and overt. Non-black people, do not make this about you — instead, listen, learn and take note. The information is there, it is up to you to find it. Don't simply call on us to litter your news cycle when Black History Month comes around.
It is not our responsibility to cater to white fragility. If you are thinking about reaching out to your black friends to "apologise" and proclaim "not all white people", simply: don't.
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Chautauqua Institution "Old First Night"
There is an annual program held on the first Tuesday of each August called "Old First Night." This is the "birthday party" for the Institution, marking the anniversary of the opening of the first season in 1874.Throughout the years however, as Chautauqua traditions have evolved or faded out, new ones are incorporated. Old First Night used to end with the singing of Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus." For many years, a large birthday cake was served to the entire audience. That tradition didn't last long, thanks to the heat, though Chautauquans are encouraged to eat birthday cake at home.