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Letter to Reader
Explanation of Format (and call for peer review)
Chapter 1: The Basic Landscape of Religion and the Environment in America
1.1 Newsflash: It's Not a Fight!
1.2 The Increasing Connection between Religion and Environment
1.3 A Timeline of Religious Environmental Developments
Chapter 2: The Genesis of Eco-Theology -- Is Christianity to Blame for our "Ecologic Crisis"?
2.1 A Nature Touched by Human Hands, and a Thesis Pulled Out by the Roots
2.2 The Genesis of Eco-Theology
2.3 Human-Divine-Land Relations in Genesis 2
2.4 Filling the Earth Without Overdoing it
2.5 A Covenant with All Creatures
Chapter 3: Defining Our Terms and Direction
3.1 Embracing Human Nature in Relation to "Nature": A Gardener's Ethic...and What are People For?
3.2 From the Garden to the Culture: More Food for Thought
3.3 Defining Our Core Concepts
Chapter 3 Discussion Questions
Chapter 4: Some Points from Epistemology and Philosophy of Science To Help Us Think
4.2 Returning to Terms
4.3 Comparing different perspectives
4.4 Similar Structures: Theory and Data in Science, Belief and Experience in Religion
4.5 What is knowledge?
4.6 A deeper dive into philosophy of science
Chapter 5: Spiritual Anthropologies and Sustainability
5.1 From Epistemology to Anthropology
5.2 Niebuhr's Theological Anthropology: Finitude, Anxiety and Sin
5.3 A Buddhist Spiritual Anthropology: David Loy's Healing Ecology
Chapter 6: Spiritual Anthropologies II: Ecofeminism, Iris Murdoch, and Other Reflections on the Human Situation
6.1 Feminist Views and Nature
6.2 Discrimination and Socialization
6.3 Toxic Masculinity and Other Deadly Pollutants
6.4 Western Roots of Aggression
6.5 Cultural Transformation Toward More Balanced Power Dynamics
6.6 Iris Murdoch's Neo-Platonist Views of Reality, Illusion, Love, Humility, and Unselfing
Chapter 7: Case Study: Wilderness and Creation Spirituality
7.1 Wilderness and Creation Spirituality
7.2 Categories of Biblical Wilderness Theology
7.3 Values of Nature in Religious Wilderness Traditions
7.4 Applied Wilderness Spirituality: Inspiring National Parks and Environmentalism in America
Chapter 8: Case Study: Laudato Si
8.1 Laudato Si
8.2 Looking Forward
Chapter 9: Case Study: Climate Change
9.1 Religion's Role in the Response to Climate Change
9.2 Faith and Skepticism: A Matter of Morality
Chapter 10: Case Study: Animal Welfare and Food Ethics
10.1 A Sampler: Religious Food-Environment Events
10.2 Animal Ethics
10.3 Kashrut and Halal as Food Ethics Systems
Chapter 10 Discussion Questions
Chapter 11: Case Study: Environmental Virtue Ethics
11.1 Joseph Kupfer: Virtue and Happiness in Groundhog Day
11.2 Egoistic Hedonism, Meet Stanley Hauerwas
11.3 Religion and Phil
Chapter 12: Case Study: Consumerism
12.1: Religion and Consumption in America
12.2: Religious perspectives on over-consumption in America
12.3: A Protestant Perspective: Life in All its Fullness: Christian Faith and the Dilemmas of Consumption, by Dr. Sondra Wheeler
12.4: A Catholic Perspective: The Good Life from a Catholic Perspective: The Problem of Consumption, by Msgr. Charles Murphy
12.5: A Jewish Perspective: "Sanctify Yourself Through What is Permitted to You": Jewish Perspectives on Limiting Consumption, by Rabbi Eliezer Diamond
12.6: A Black Church Perspective: Consumption from an African American Perspective, by Thomas Hoyt, Jr.
12.7: An Evangelical Perspective: Issues of Consumption, American Culture and Evangelical Faith, by Tom Sine
12.8: The Ongoing Challenge of Consumption in America
Chapter 13: Eco-Justice: A Key Religious Environmental Focus
13.1: Justice as the Crucial Linking Dimension
13.2: Environmental Racism: Honoring Marginalized Voices
13.3: Moving Forward
Embracing Mystery in the Search for Truth
The Intellectual Martian Society of "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein
The Meaning of Music
President Carter's Environmental Roots
Groundhogs, Integral Ecology, and the Meaning of Life
My Spiritual Journey: Dissolving Barriers Through a Conscious Connection with Nature
Finding Waters: Spirit of Fly Fishing
The Gardener's Ethic: Countering Alienation from Nature
An Unfamiliar Outlook: The Partnership of Ecofeminism and Daoism
An Insight into Wilderness Therapy
Religion and Environmental Values in America
Enlightenment at 16,340 ft: Rongbuk Monastery against Mt. Everest. Photo credit: Rongkun Liu
Beyond the diversity of Christian perspectives, there are of course many other world religious perspectives we could explore, and now we will move on to consider the vision of David Loy, a Buddhist scholar and primary author of the Buddhist statement on climate change referred to in chapter 9 (whose first signator is the Dalai Lama). Loy's perspective on humans' individual and collective environmental situation was developed in an article titled "Healing Ecology." As we would expect, it is different from Niebuhr's perspective, but there are also points of connection between the two.
To start, Loy reminds us that there is a larger view of "What's going on?" in Buddhism that is described by the Doctrine of Anatta, the not-self, which says that there is no self independent from the rest of the universe. Everything is connected (there is oneness). We are interdependent with all beings, animate and inanimate. Because this is true, autonomy is a path to unreality and suffering.
From that basic understanding, the key point is that our delusive sense of self is intrinsically related to dukkha, which is suffering in the broadest sense: dissatisfaction, discontent, anxiety, inability to be happy. The fundamental delusion is: I believe something outside myself is the solution to my sense of lack. Our sense of self is delusive in part because it is dualistic, when in fact, peace is to be in accord with reality[1], which is a oneness. As such, the self is not something we can get rid of, because it doesn't exist in the first place. These contextual points about the human predicament suggest a scheme somewhat like the following:
Here the trouble begins with humans' sense of self, which as a delusive mental construct, is ungroundable, thus the 'self' is never complete or satisfied. This dualistic, separated[2] state of being leads to insecurity, anxiety, and a sense of lack, which fuels craving and desire. As we try to secure our 'self' through money, power, possessions, etc, we remain ever more stuck in this cycle of suffering and death, because building up this delusive 'self' makes us more and more separate from others, thus reinforcing the fundamental problem of trying to inhabit the ungroundable space of a 'self.'
There are some obvious points of overlap here with Niebuhr's scheme in the depiction of the human situation of anxiety and insecurity, and this might cause us to pause and wonder whether Niebuhr and Loy would say they are describing the same reality. Niebuhr's work was written long before the modern environmental movement, and Loy's was written largely in response to environmental concerns, so Loy provides a great deal more specific description of the potential environmental ramifications of a Buddhist way of seeing the world and a Buddhist path forward both individually and collectively.[3]
In response to this problematic human situation, rather than remaining stuck on the path of anxiety and craving and dualism and trying to build up the self, we can take the path of enlightenment, see the Four Noble Truths, and follow the Noble Eightfold Path (and consider the Bodhisattva path). The path of enlightenment starts from our situation of suffering. By suffering, we think of birth, aging, sickness, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, distress, despair. This suffering comes from the dualistic, separate sense of self, which – because it isn't real – makes us feel perpetually incomplete and unhealed. In our ignorance, we resort to craving, and it's our craving/desire that causes our suffering. We think we can ground ourselves with things that we crave, so we try to secure ourselves. Alternatively, however, amid our suffering, we might gain enlightenment, like the Buddha did sitting under the Bodhi tree long ago.
That starts with the Four Noble Truths, in that realizing these truths engages us in the process of enlightenment:
Suffering exists
Suffering exists from attachments to desires
Suffering ceases when attachments to desire ceases
Freedom from suffering is possible by practicing the Noble Eightfold Path.
The enlightenment gained from realizing the Four Noble Truths can then be practiced and integrated into our lives through the disciplines of The Noble Eightfold Path:[4]
Right* view – an understanding of the Four Noble Truths as the source of suffering
Right intention – renounce the world; good will; non-violence; harmlessness
Right view and right intention together encompass "wisdom" – seeing things as they are, aware of karma
Right speech – no lying, idle-chatter, or divisive/abusive speech
Right action – no murder, stealing, unchastity
Right livelihood – no harm (weapons, livelihoods like slavery and prostitution, meat, intoxicants, poison)
Right speech, right action, and right livelihood together encompass "ethical conduct" – restrain oneself, eradicate greed, hatred, and delusion
Right effort – virtue, skill, persistence
Right mindfulness – bare attention – present, open, quiet, alert
Right concentration – singleness of mind now that you are equipped with #1-7…
Right effort, right mindfulness, and right concentration together encompass "concentration" – where dispassion, non-clinging, and release arise
*"right" = completion, togetherness, coherence, 'perfect/ideal'
"Ewam and the Garden of a Thousand Buddhas" is a Buddhist monastery and garden in Lake County, Montana. It is built with 8 spokes, representing the Dharma Wheel of the Noble Eightfold Path. A Buddha statue sits in each of the four cardinal directions, representing past, present, future, and final Buddhas. Their brochure states: "There are 1,000 plants and trees that adorn the Garden along with many flowers as an example of safeguarding and replenishing the environment of the world." Photo Credit: Parker Dean
The end goal or experience of this process is achieving nirvana and escaping the cycle of suffering and death (cease dukkha and achieve self-awakening, which leads to liberation).
Another description of the "path" that Buddhism commends is the Middle Way – the path Buddha discovered that led to liberation. It is moderation between the extremes of sensual indulgence and self-mortification; it is the path of wisdom.[5]
Achieving nirvana is to escape the cycle of suffering and death – to be liberated from it. Yet there is more, because if you are truly connected to everything else, then any other's suffering is your suffering; even if you liberate yourself from suffering, to leave it at that separates you from the all of which you are a part. Herein lies the Bodhisattva Path, which is when an enlightened one who could leave the world of dukkha sticks around to help the rest of us, to work for the complete enlightenment of all sentient beings.[6]
Another way to envision this is to think about meditation and practice. In meditation, we can deconstruct our sense of self – meditation gives us the space to see the world rightly, to see what's really going on. So we see dukkha as it is and realize the Four Noble Truths about suffering. I wake up and see that the self is delusive, and realizing non-duality, I am freed to live as I choose (but that will be a way that contributes to the good of the whole because I'm part of the whole), and that is the realm of practice. Practice includes meditation, which allows us to reconstruct our sense of self, replacing greed, ill will, and delusion with generosity, loving-kindness, and wisdom. It includes following the Eightfold Path to be free from suffering. Doing so, we are living in meditation and practice and are able to achieve nirvana and escape the cycle of suffering and death; however, on the Bodhisattva path, we stay in the world of dukkha to help others, because if we are truly "not self", then others' dukkha is our dukkha.
A concept from cognitive psychology is worth noting here: research shows that repeated action (habituation), learning, and memory can actually change the nervous system physically, altering both synaptic strength and connections. Such changes can be brought about by cultivated change in emotion and action, and they will, in turn, change subsequent experience. It would seem that we can truly re-think and re-feel our "selves" through a process of meditation and habituation. If we do NOT, however, if we remain in a delusive sense of self, seeking fullness from other things, following desires, we merely reinforce the problem, and we remain in suffering.
Loy also outlines a collective version of this as it pertains to the environment. He asserts that we have a collective sense of separation (culture) from nature – we have a loss of faith in God[7], leaving us rudderless – and we have powerful technology that makes us think we can do anything. But, amid this, we do not know what our role is, what we should do. Subsequently, if we can't depend on God or godlike rules to tell us how to live, we are left with only ourselves (who lack grounding greater than ourselves and thus generate greater dukkha, collective and individual!).
As such, Loy says the modern sense of separation from the natural world has become an ongoing source of alienation and frustration. For the anxious "self," we try to solve it with other things – we compulsively crave and acquire and consume. For the anxious collective, we obsess over "progress" and growth, thinking that more is better, bigger is better. But remember that what is true for human reality is not-self, so awakening to the delusion of self and taking a path of unselfing is the path to liberation. For the collective, what is is that all things are connected, so awakening to the delusion of selfish hoarding and competition (which is really fighting against self – a house divided) and forging solidarity is the path to peace.
So, as we wonder what we should do, Loy notes that technology and economic growth can't themselves resolve the basic human problem – they may be a good means to accomplish something, but they are not good ends in themselves. Since we don't really know where we want to go or what we should value, we've become demonically obsessed with ever-increasing power and control. As such, Loy says, eco-crisis is inevitable – sooner or later we bump up against our collective compulsive project of endless growth and never-enough control. The collective problem is that trying to control the world for our purposes makes it "resources" to use, but that doesn't yield security. So, what's the collective awakening that can save us? It may be to see that we're not separate from the biosphere so that we can become the collective bodhisattva[8] of the biosphere.[9]
Ok, so that's Loy, and he seems to be a very smart guy. Another very smart guy, Albert Einstein, said: "The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self."[10] Maybe there's something to this. That is not to say that there are no critiques of these ideas – we will attend to some of them in the next chapter.
This prayer flag mound is located close to the aforementioned Garden of One Thousand Buddhas. "Monks live intentionally here, studying, mediating working and praying year round. Tibetan Prayer Flags fly in the wind, sending prayers to the mountains of Montana and the world." Photo Credit: Parker Dean.
Some potential points of similarity with other views emerges here. For instance, Niebuhr advises trusting God because God provides. St. Augustine, a 4th century theologian, said that true freedom is perfect obedience to the will of God. Some ecologists might say that true freedom and sustainability is being in accord with ecological reality. ↵
Thus off-base from the truth of oneness... ↵
It is worth noting that in the next chapter after "Man as Sinner," Niebuhr focused on "collective egotism," so a fantastic term paper for ENR 3470 would be to look more closely at how Loy's comments about the collective human-environmental situation compare with Niebuhr's; such a paper could also incorporate other commentaries about collective egotism, such as the following: http://www.chadbird.com/blog/2017/5/6/when-denominations-think-theyre-gods-chosen-group ↵
The Dharma Wheel represents the Noble Eightfold Path. ↵
In later texts, the Middle Way refers to the concept of direct knowledge that transcends seemingly antithetical claims about existence. Curious students might explore connections between the Buddhist Middle Way and Aristotle's Golden Mean, which will be mentioned in chapter 11. ↵
The following analogy relates to some of the options here: as king, you arrive first; as boatman, you arrive with; as shepherd, you arrive last. ↵
Note that many sects of Buddhism do not ascribe to a belief in "God," so Loy isn't necessarily speaking for all Buddhists here, but he is likely also alluding to the general historical sweep of religion in American culture, where "faith in God" is a less prominent common force than in the past. ↵
An interesting thing to ponder (or an excellent term paper topic) – Loy's Buddhism ends up sounding fairly activist. Loy seems to prescribe/conclude some environmentalist goals; rather than let Buddhism be Buddhism and cure human greed, we're to be motivated by being the world's conscience, which seems like putting a lot on the self when the self doesn't exist. Why not just meditate more so that we can all slide toward peace? Niebuhr talked about this sort of danger – as soon as we identify the Bodhisattva Path, and believe that we are to be the conscience of the universe and do good, we've put ourselves at the center of our action. So how do we keep our actions (as part of the collective) true to what's for the common good, versus becoming actions possibly motivated by trying to be a savior or superhero? Niebuhr would say that as soon as we see ourselves as having some sort of power, our actions may just as easily be an expression of pride. Loy might point out that this is why the practice of meditation, to continually deconstruct the self, is so important. ↵
This suggests that the biosphere needs liberation from suffering too, and that notion strongly overlaps with Christian thought. This is what the key eco-theology insight of Romans 8 says about salvation – if humans get saved and reveal their children-of-Godness, all creation can be liberated into freedom. ↵
Einstein, Albert, The World As I See It, (Philosophical Library, New York, 1949) ↵
Previous: 5.2 Niebuhr's Theological Anthropology: Finitude, Anxiety and Sin
Next: Bibliography
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Heather Taylor Johnson and the #metoo Movement
Earlier this year, Natalie Kon-yu, Christie Nieman, Maggie Scott, and Miriam Sved produced the anthology #metoo, an anthology of essays and poetry by Australian writers on the subject of the #metoo movement. The Tulpa team has recently been in contact with writer Heather Taylor Johnson to discuss her involvement in the anthology and the importance of #metoo as a political movement.
Why is the #metoo anthology so timely?
Feminism has always been inevitable (it existed long before a man named Charles Fourierit so generously named it for us) and it will forever be a force. The #metoo movement is another phase of history's (herstory's) feminist wave and so it follows that the #metoo anthology is a document of its time. Look around at what's happening now with the rise of populism and the eerie what-if of The Handmaid's Tale. This is where we are and it's scary times. Toxic masculinity is killing women at regular and alarming rates through domestic violence, killing hoards of people through mass shootings, encouraging rape cultures in universities and rugby clubs, forcing women to be compliant if they want to keep their jobs. At this point in feminism, I'd say most of the women are on board. Here is where we gather the men. In my opinion this anthology is about educating ourselves, women and men – especially men – so that we can responsibly raise the next generation of boys. Here is where we make a radical cultural change.
How does the #metoo movement in Australia differ from its American counterpart?
I don't see the two as separate, maybe because I'm American Australian. I left America as a fiery twenty-five year old woman who thought she could do anything so long as no man ever kicked in her front door to touch her while she's sleeping again. Now an angry forty-five year old woman baffled that a man at the gym thought he was complimenting me by saying he was glad to be sparing with me and not the man in the corner because that man 'boxes like a girl'. Nothing has changed in the nearly 14,000 kilometres I've travelled and nothing has changed in the last twenty years. I'm sure the movements, as geographical entities, have been influenced by and will continue to influence each other, but I see #metoo as universal – that's what Twitter is meant to do for political issues today. That a 280-word story can be broadcast to the world and that the world can respond through a love heart or a retweet or a shared hashtag proves that this movement is community-making, and that's what 'global' should mean.
Where do you see the future of the #metoo movement in Australia?
I think it'll keep pushing the boundaries of intersectionality. Just as with Trump's brand of popular sexism, I think, too, his overt racism – indeed the racism we're becoming so accustomed to seeing all over the world and in shocking regularity in our own country – encourages more outspokenness among racial minorities, and people seem eager to listen. I see this in the publishing industry now where publishers are actively pursuing stories by people of colour and suddenly literature is opening up. I think the confluence of women's stories and minority stories is where the movement is at now (and thankfully where the anthology is situated) and where it will continue to go. 'Minority' can mean race, it can mean disability, it can mean sexuality or gender, and these stories are enlivening the #metoo movement. There's more discussion. There's more room for empathy. This can only mean growth.
What does the #metoo movement mean to you and why did you decide to get involved with the anthology?
It's not any small coincidence that the #metoo movement gained momentum during Trump's first year as president. Women were angry, unwilling to quietly accept that someone can get elected President of the United States after saying "When you're a star, they let you do it, grab 'em by the pussy, you can do anything". I'm an American Australian, still struggling with what Trump means to me as a displaced citizen and still ANGRY as a woman whose body seems to be fodder for legislative decisions. Seriously? We're still arguing about the right to have an abortion? The best I can do as an artist is to work harder, so I'm trying to focus on issues that matter to me. The poem I sent into the anthology is about a lifetime of innate fear and low expectations due to gender, and how I'd like things to be different for my daughter, and how I get the feeling that they won't be. I didn't know until I'd finished the poem that I was writing it for my daughter, and that's sort of what we're all doing: trying to make change for our daughters.
How does poetry compare to the essay as a means to discuss issues surrounding the movement?
Trump's victory over Hillary Clinton was the beginning of a new type of political awareness for me in terms of my art. I've written dozens of poems calling out sexism since then and not because I want to be didactic or self-righteous, but because I simply need to get this anger out (apologies I keep bringing him up but he certainly has a lot to answer for). I write poetry and I write essays – I also write novels – and the choice to use one form over the other is often process-driven. When I need to explore questions and ideas, I write novels. When I need to rip apart incongruities and find commonalities, I write essays. When I need to release intense emotion, I write poetry. Poetry is the quickest, most satisfying way for me to dig into something I'm feeling too much and violently regurgitate it. Then I can move on. The fact that I'm still writing the poems calling out sexism means there's a lot more for me to discharge, plenty more word-vomiting to come. I'm envisaging a collection that does just that through imagery and testimony, and the poem in the #metoo anthology is one of them.
You can read more about the #metoo Anthology here and the book is available for purchase online and from all good bookstores.
Photo by Mihai Surdu on Unsplash
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Abdias of Babylon
Abgar V of Edessa (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Eadsige
Fidelis of Como (Roman Catholic Church)
Godwin of Stavelot
Job of Pochayiv (repose) (Eastern Orthodox Church)
Jude the Apostle (Western Christianity)
Lord of Miracles (Lima)
Simon the Zealot (Western Christianity)
Day of the Establishment of an Independent Czecho-Slovak State, celebrates the independence of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary in 1918. (Czech Republic and Slovakia)
International Animation Day (ASIFA)
Ohi Day (Greece, Cyprus and the Greek communities), a national day in Greece.
Prefectural Earthquake Disaster Prevention Day (Gifu Prefecture)
Youth Pledge Day or Hari Sumpah Pemuda (Indonesia)
National Chocolate Day
National Make A Difference Day – Fourth Saturday in October
International Animation Day
National Plush Animal Lover's Day
National Separation of Church and State Day
National St. Jude's Feast Day
National Statue of Liberty Dedication Day
National Wild Foods Day
Temperance and Prohibition
We have only to look about us in this great city, to observe the traces of the deadly influence of intemperance. Everywhere, we face crime, disease and death, all testify to the necessity
of the prosecution of the cause, of steadfast and unwavering effort and prompt action
to lead to complete success.The Whole World's Temperance Convention,
(New York: Fowler and Wells, 1853). p. 10.
[Address by Charles C. Burleigh, New York City, September 1-2, 1853.]
Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, 1848-1921
Unidentified Woman, Half-length Portrait, Facing Front, Holding a Copy of the Book "Sons of Temperance Offering" for 1851,
America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotypes Portraits and Views, 1839-1864
On October 28, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act providing for enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified nine months earlier. Known as the Prohibition Amendment, it prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors" in the United States.
The movement to prohibit alcohol began in the early years of the nineteenth century when individuals concerned about the adverse effects of drink began forming local societies to promote temperance in the consumption of alcohol. Some of the earliest temperance societies were organized in New York (1808) and Massachusetts (1813). Many of the members of these societies belonged to Protestant evangelical denominations and eventually organized religion played a significant role in the movements. As time passed, most temperance societies began to call for complete abstinence from all alcoholic beverages.
The Anti-Saloon League, founded in Ohio in 1893 and organized as a national society in 1895, helped pave the way for passage of the Eighteenth Amendment with an effective campaign calling for prohibition at the state level. Their success is reflected by the fact that as of January 1920, thirty-three states had already enacted laws prohibiting alcohol. Between 1920 and 1933, the Anti-Saloon League lobbied for strict federal enforcement of the Volstead Act.
Sixteenth Convention, Anti-Saloon League of America at Atlantic City, N.J., July 6-9, 1915,
Organizations like the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, founded by reformer and educator Frances Willard in 1883, mobilized thousands of women in the fight for temperance.
"I Never Knew I Had a Wonderful Wife Until the Town Went Dry,"
Words by Lew Brown.
Music by Albert Von Tilzer, 1919.
Historic American Sheet Music: 1850-1920
Willard also worked for women's suffrage, as did many other women who found their political awareness expanded by involvement in the temperance crusade. Given their political and economic vulnerability, nineteenth-century women's lives were easily devastated if the men they depended on "took to drink." Famous for attacking saloons with a hatchet, Carry Nation's flamboyant activism evolved from her upbringing in an atmosphere of strong religious beliefs and a failed marriage to an alcoholic. Although few embraced Nation's extreme stance, Prohibition was viewed by many as a progressive social reform that would improve and protect the lives of women and children.
The Volstead Act ultimately failed to prevent the large-scale production, importation, and sale of liquor in the United States, and the Prohibition Amendment was repealed in 1933.
U.S. Officials Destroying Liquor at the Brownsville Customs House,
The South Texas Border: The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection
Learn a temperance song. The American Memory sheet music collections contain a wealth of songs from the temperance movement and the Prohibition era, including the pathetic "Drink: A Temperance Song," the virtuous "The Lips that Touch Liquor Shall Never Touch Mine," and the comical "I Never Knew I Had a Wonderful Wife Until the Town Went Dry." Search across the sheet music collections on temperance, prohibition, or drink.
Explore African-American views on Prohibition. Search the collection The African-American Experience in Ohio: Selections from the Ohio Historical Society, 1850-1920 on temperance to read the African Methodist Episcopal Church Review on the subject of drink. Championing Prohibition in 1890, the Rev. J. D. Peterson argued, "while we have temperate drinkers we shall ever be infested with drunkards, for the latter are manufactured from the former."
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera includes numerous items related to the temperance and Prohibition efforts including a Family Temperance Pledge and the Anti-Saloon League of America's analysis of the Supreme Court Decision on National Prohibition.
The Nineteenth Century in Print collections of books and periodicals contain extensive documentation of the temperance and Prohibition efforts in the political and educational arenas. From items such as the Text-book of Temperance and Ruined by Rum to articles reporting on legislative activities in the states, one can get a good overview of the strategies of those involved in these movements.
Search the collection California Gold: Northern California Folk Music from the Thirties collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell on temperance and prohibition to find recordings of "The Drunkard's Dream," "The Drunkard's Child," and "Goodbye, Booze."
Taken from Inventing Entertainment: the Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies in American Memory, the following recordings from the early 1920s lampoon Prohibition. "Dinnie Donohue" relies on the ethnic stereotype of a drunken Irishman, while "Save a Little Dram" features a minister complaining that his congregation is stingy with their gin.
"Dinnie Donohue, on Prohibition."
An "Irish monologue,"
Performed by William Cahill,
Orange, N.J: Edison, 1921.
"Save a Little Dram for Me."
Written by Will E. Skidmore and Marshall Walker,
Performed by Duke Rogers,
Orange, N.J.: Edison, 1922.
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor and The National Geographic Society
National Geographic Society,
Washington, D.C., circa 1920-1950.
October 28 marks the birth date of Gilbert H. Grosvenor, the editor credited with transforming National Geographic Magazine from a small scholarly journal into a dynamic world-renowned monthly. Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1875, Grosvenor's family immigrated to the United States when he was fifteen, where he became an honor student, eventually studying at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Grosvenor joined the magazine in 1899 as an assistant editor.
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor, 1927.
Gilbert Grosvenor was recommended for the position by a friend of his father's, inventor Alexander Graham Bell, who was at the time, president of the National Geographic Society. Bell became his father-in-law shortly thereafter when, in 1900, Grosvenor wed Bell's daughter, Elsie May. Four years after joining National Geographic, Grosvenor took over as editor-in-chief and in 1920, he was elected president of the the society. Grosvenor filled the dual roles of editor of the magazine and president of the society until 1954, when he resigned to become chairman of the board, a position he held until his death in 1966.
The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1888 to support "the increase and diffusion of geographic knowledge." The society's founders, an eclectic group of well-traveled men, considered a magazine one means of accomplishing this mission. They published the first National Geographic nine months after forming the organization.
Detail of Family Tree of Gilbert Grosvenor and Elsie May Bell,
The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress
In its early years, National Geographic was a plain-covered journal with a circulation of less than one thousand. Under Grosvenor's leadership, the magazine developed its extraordinary photographic service and map department, ultimately boosting membership from 900 in 1899 to more than 2 million at the time of his retirement in 1955.
During Grosvenor's tenure, using revenues from the magazine, the society sponsored many notable expeditions and research projects including Admiral Robert Peary's 1909 expedition to the North Pole; Hiram Bingham's 1911 discovery of Machu Picchu, and William Beebe's record-setting undersea descent in 1934. The National Geographic Society continues this tradition, and has sponsored more than 8,000 research projects and more than 500 expeditions around the globe. Richly illustrated within the magazine, these explorations of land, air, and sea have introduced millions of people to amazing new worlds.
Today, the National Geographic Society is the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organization of its kind. In addition to publishing its flagship magazine, the society produces a wide array of educational materials and programs. The subject of many of these is the conservation and protection of wildlife, causes long championed by Gilbert H. Grosvenor.
Books. Bound Volume 54 of National Geographic Magazine,
circa 1920-1950.
Search on Grosvenor in America's First Look into the Camera: Daguerreotype Portraits and Views, 1839-1864 to retrieve ten daguerreotypes of the Bell family, part of the Gilbert H. Grosvenor Collection of Photographs of the Alexander Graham Bell Family. Included are images of Alexander Graham Bell's wife, Mabel Hubbard, and his grandfather, Alexander Bell.
The family tree of Gilbert Grosvenor and Elsie May Bell and photographs of the Grosvenors and their children are among several Bell family trees and numerous photographs found in the collection, The Alexander Graham Bell Family Papers at the Library of Congress. Don't miss the photograph of Bell flying a kite with his grandson, Melville Grosvenor.
For more information about Grosvenor's father-in-law, Alexander Graham Bell, see the Today in History features on Bell's telephone and photophone inventions.
An American Time Capsule: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera includes a flyer for an 1892 lecture held at the National Geographic Society by Mrs. French-Sheldon, "the first white woman who has ever visited Mount Kilma-njaro in Central Africa."
Search the Today in History Archive on conservation to find features on subjects including:
Establishment of the National Park Service
The Governors Conference on the Conservation of Natural Resources
George Perkins Marsh
Learn more about the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage. Visit The Evolution of the Conservation Movement: 1850-1920.
Today in History – October 28-External Links


Let you know Waterproof Cooling Fan in the past - DONGGUAN woo Electronics Co., Ltd.
Appliance "Waterproof Cooling Fan" fan, blowpipe and bladder, the first for the forced draft fan and blowpipe is. Ancient Egyptian pottery goldsmith had used the blowpipe with air nozzles, Incas sometimes 8 to 12 at the same time blowing brass. Later, invented the skins produced "Waterproof Cooling Fan", both ends of the capsule is divided into the duct and manually controlled by an operator inlet. This simple to use blower still some areas in recent times. Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt Luck Mill (Rekhmir, circa 1450) tomb murals have been painted with tank-like foot "Waterproof Cooling Fan" picture. When the inlet, the operator with a rope hauled bladder, then depress the wind drum into the furnace, the furnace is equipped with a blower every four tools, two opposite operations.


One of my favorite/least favorite things about my apartment is that I have two windows (on two different walls) in my bedroom. So much light gets let in during the day! So much of the safety light outside my window shines in at night… I love putting furniture under windows! All of my furniture is too tall to go under the windows… I get to have twice as many curtains, which I love! I couldn't find any curtains that I liked… so I made my own!
It took what seems like forever to find fabric that I liked enough to use for curtains. It was a rough search. Either the colors were off (I was looking for something with navy in it), the pattern was ugly (nobody likes ugly curtains). or the fabric was WAY too expensive. One of the reasons I was wanting to make my own curtains in the first place was to save a bit of money, so I was not about to break the bank getting really expensive fabric.
After months and months of looking online and in different stores, I finally found the PERFECT fabric at JoAnn's! And the price was the best part- I got 12 yards for under $80! That was enough fabric for all four panels! Hooray!
I used this tutorial as the basis for sewing my curtains. My mom was awesome and helped me get started, but we made a few changes. We folded over the edges twice for a cleaner edge, and I only used a 1 inch hem at the bottom of the panels (we used 1 inch hems on all three sides, bottom, left, and right). I did use ribbon tabs on the back and I LOVE the way they look! I like the way it makes the curtains stick out on the top… does that make sense?
I love the way that these turned out! And they were so easy to make! I have loved using my little sewing machine and I already have my next sewing project planned out!
P.S. I apologize for the horrible horrible lighting. It is hard to take pictures of windows when it is light outside, so I waited till it was dark outside and lack of overhead lighting in my apartment makes for awkwardly lit pictures. Oh well, they look good in person and that's all that really matters to me!


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Curriculum and Instruction, School Psychology Concentration, Ed.S.
James O. Rust, Coordinator
James.Rust@mtsu.edu
The Department of Psychology offers programs which lead to two graduate degrees: the Master of Arts with a major in Psychology and concentrations in Clinical, Experimental, Industrial/Organizational, Pre-Specialist in Education: School Psychology, and Quantitative Psychology and the Specialist in Education with a major in Curriculum and Instruction and concentration in School Psychology. The department also offers a minor at the graduate level.
The School Psychology program includes two degrees. Program completion and endorsement for a State Department of Education license require successful completion of both degrees. The M.A. portion of the program comes first. The Ed.S. is an advanced degree. It is only available to students who have master's degrees in School Psychology. Respecializing students from other master's programs in Psychology or Counseling may apply, but they will be required to complete deficiencies.
The School Psychology program is field-based. As such, a student is required to be continuously enrolled in at least one field-based course every semester from the completion of PSY 6140 until the completion of the program. PSY 6960 , PSY 6980 , PSY 7080 , and PSY 7810 are field-based courses. The policy excludes summer sessions.
Tennessee teacher licensing in school psychology is obtained through MTSU's program. Licensing requires (1) completion of the Ed.S. with a concentration in School Psychology, (2) 1,200 hours of internship in school psychology, (3) acceptable scores on the school psychology Praxis II Test, and (4) verification of readiness for independent practice by an internship supervisor. The School Psychology PRAXIS II test assesses the following areas: a) diagnosis and fact finding; b) prevention and intervention; c) applied psychological foundations; and d) ethics and legal considerations.
Admission to the Specialist in Education degree with a concentration in School Psychology requires
an earned master's degree in psychology, educational psychology, or school counseling from an accredited university or college. Normally, candidates should have completed all courses listed under the M.A. program for the Pre-Specialist in Education: School Psychology concentration;
an acceptable grade point average in all college work taken;
a minimum score of 291 on the combined verbal and quantitative measures of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
Application Deadlines: Applications for Summer/Fall admission must be complete by March 1, and applications for Spring admission must be complete by October 1. Late applicants who meet the admission criteria may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Applicant must
submit application with the appropriate application fee (online at www.mtsu.edu/graduate/apply.php);
submit official scores on the GRE-a minimum of 291 (current scale) or 900 (former scale) on the combined Verbal and Quantitative sections is expected;
submit the supplemental School Psychology program application (found online at www.mtsu.edu/schoolpsychology);
submit three (3) reference forms (found online). It is recommended that at least two references should be completed by faculty who can attest to the applicant's academic abilities;
submit a current curriculum vita that includes education and employment history, research involvement, volunteer activities, references, and awards/scholarships;
submit a statement of purpose, including reasons for interest in the field of school psychology and the program at MTSU and a description of professional goals. (Typically two to three [2-3] pages in length.)
NOTE 1: Admission to graduate study is competitive and not automatic for students meeting minimal admission requirements. Students are selected from a pool of qualified applicants. Each year the number of students admitted to the program depends on the availability of adequate faculty supervision.
NOTE 2: To be considered for a graduate assistantship students must submit additional materials. Information about the application procedure is available at www.mtsu.edu/psychology/grad/assistantship.php.
be able to meet the demands required for professional work in psychology. Therefore, students may be subject to dismissal from the Psychology Department if they (a) commit a serious breach of ethics or gross professional negligence or (b) present evidence of impaired psychological functioning that would present a danger to themselves or others in a professional role. Students who are dismissed may reapply and will be considered for readmission on a competitive basis. Students who reapply may be asked to provide evidence of improved ability to meet performance requirements. See each area coordinator and program handbook for readmission policy.
complete a minimum of 30 graduate semester hours (see Curriculum section below for specifics) with a minimum of 15 hours at the 7000 level.
satisfy a residency requirement consisting of
the completion of 18 semester hours of graduate study within a 12-month period and
full-time enrollment (at least 9 semester hours) for a least one semester.
complete FOED 6610 /FOED 7610 (for those who did not have a thesis listed on their transcripts as part of their master's degree).
complete courses in the following areas (based on National Association of School Psychologists standards):
data-based decision making and accountability;
consultation and collaboration;
interventions and instructional support to develop academic skills;
interventions and mental health services to develop social and life skills;
school-wide practices to promote learning;
preventive and responsive services;
family-school collaboration services;
diversity in development and learning;
research and program evaluation;
legal, ethical, and professional practice.
complete PSY 7810 , an internship of 1,200 hours as a capstone experience.
pass a written comprehensive examination approved by the faculty (may be taken no more than twice).
maintain professional liability insurance (coverage amount at the student's discretion) throughout enrollment in the program, with a current insurance binder filed with the department at all times.
Curriculum: Curriculum and Instruction, School Psychology
Candidate must complete 30 hours in the following course of study:
PSY 6105 - Psychoeducational Assessment of Preschool Children 3 credit hours
PSY 6140 - Practicum: School Psychology 3 credit hours
PSY 6661 - Program Evaluation 3 credit hours
PSY 6875 - Practicum: Consultation/Collaboration in School Psychology 3 credit hours
PSY 7080 - Practicum: Advanced Interventions with Children 3 credit hours
PSY 7100 - Multicultural and Social Bases for Assessment and Intervention Practices 3 credit hours
PSY 7200 - School Neuropsychology 3 credit hours
PSY 7810 - Advanced Internship: School Psychology 3 to 6 credit hours (6 credit hours required)
Guided Elective (3 hours)
Students choose one elective 3 credit hours
file a Notice of Intent to Graduate form in the College of Graduate Studies within the first two weeks of the term in which the student intends to graduate.


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Activists want Russian language to have official status in Latvia
Posted byRussian_Village	 March 24, 2011 Leave a comment on Activists want Russian language to have official status in Latvia
A campaign for a referendum on the Russian language is unfolding in Latvia, despite the government's warnings that it will "worsen the split" in society.
The status of Russian as the second state language is dangerous for Latvia, the country's Cultural Minister Sarmite Elerte said on Wednesday. She explained her position by "the split in the bilingual society," which is stressful for ethnic Latvians, Russians and minorities.
Ethnic Russians make up about 30 percent of the Latvia's population and more than 40 percent in the capital, Riga. The aim of the campaign launched on March 7 is to give the Russian language the status of a second official language. The referendum will be called if the required 10,000 signatures are collected. The campaigners have already managed to collect a thousand signatures.
The campaigners for the referendum on the Russian language followed the example of the opposition "For Fatherland and Freedom" party. Its members had collected signatures in support of switching over to Latvian at Russian-speaking schools financed by the state.
Elerte told journalists she considered ethnic Russians the national minority in the country. The minister cited the Convention for the Protection of National Minorities to support her views. Minorities are ethnic groups who have lived in Latvia for generations and regard themselves as Latvian nationals Itar-Tass quoted her as saying.
The state language is the most important problem that divides ethnic Latvians, Russians and national minorities since Latvia became independent in 1991.
As many ethnic Russians study Latvian and use it in everyday life, they resist attempts to undermine the position of the Russian language in the areas of education and mass media.
In July 2010 the Latvian parliament overwhelmingly voted for amendments to limit broadcasting in Russian and languages of minorities. Now all national and regional stations are obliged to broadcast in the Latvian language 65 percent of their air time. During prime time, at least 40 percent of programs should be broadcast in Latvian.
The Russian Foreign Ministry described this policy of the Latvian authorities as discrimination against the Russian-speaking population and a restriction on freedom of speech.
Posted byRussian_Village March 24, 2011 Posted inRussian NewsTags: Government, Media, Russia, Russian, Russian language
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Healthy: Get active. Maybe you've been sitting all day. Or holding yourself in one position. Or performing a repetitive action for hours. After work, it's time to shake things up and get mobile!
It doesn't need to be full-on CrossFit or a marathon. Devote a few minutes to stretch, take the dog for a walk, or water the garden.
Unhealthy: Holding on to stress. Be aware if you're about to get behind the wheel of a car and you're tense, just take a minute in the parking lot to transition into the next part of your day.
Sit and take some deep breaths, read a light article on your phone, or grab a bubble tea or smoothie and watch passers-by from a park bench before heading home.
Healthy: Mark the transition. When you get home, take a minute to reset. Get changed out of your office clothes or dusty coveralls right away and put on your comfy clothes.
If you need to get out of your head, do something brief and relaxing, like playing a video game or taking the kids to the park, or commenting on some of your friends' Instagram photos. Put your feet up for a few minutes, have a glass of water, then start your evening.
Unhealthy: Ranting as you walk in the door. Ranting about work not only ruins your evening, but the evening for those around you too. Take a moment before you walk in the door to remind yourself how you want to behave with your family.
Healthy: Time with friends. If you've had a tough day, see if you can meet some friends afterward. It will give you something to look forward to.
Hanging out with a friend over coffee helps you get out of your stressed-out headspace. An outside-of-work friend can give you some needed perspective, even if you don't talk about your workday troubles at all.
Unhealthy: Fixating on the little things. We tend to get caught up in our own minds and can get fixated on that one turning point in our day when a challenge became aggravation. Don't replay it over and over. Set the thought of it aside for now.
Healthy: Have a good meal. Maybe you haven't had time to eat well on the job, and it was all go-go-go. You ate at your desk again. Why not make your favourite food when you get home? Fresh tacos, anyone?
Stop at the grocery store and get some fresh ingredients. You'll have an activity to look forward to when you get home, and a nourishing meal.
Unhealthy: Emotional eating. On a stressful day, maybe you didn't get a real break, and when you get home feeling all hungry, you're tempted to just munch on a bag of chips.
Or, you reach for an alcoholic drink. Movies and internet memes alike reinforce the "I need a stiff drink" behaviour after a hard day. A moderate drink while out with friends, or savouring a glass of wine can be fine, but make sure you're not using it as a coping mechanism for stress.
Don't overwhelm yourself by trying to change too much all at once. Even if you only pick one unhealthy behaviour from this list to let go, and one healthy behaviour to pick up, you'll make progress in enjoying your downtime and leaving workday stress behind.


On 16 July 2012 Honourable Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar was sworn in as Nigeria's very first female head of the judiciary, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). She became Nigeria's 13th indigenous CJN after her confirmation by the Senate, replacing her predecessor, Honourable Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who retired on 14 July. Justice Mukhtar has had a distinguished and impeccable career as a jurist and in many ways has been a pace setter for Nigerian women in general and women on the bench in particular.
"Today, we are witness to history with the swearing in of Justice Aloma Mukhtar as the first female CJN. I join millions of our country men, women and youths in congratulating the Nigerian judiciary and Your Lordship as we record this important milestone in the annals of our nation's judicial history.
"She was the first female lawyer of the northern extraction, the first female High Court Judge from the north, first female second in command, Kano State judiciary, the first Nigerian female jury (sic) to be elevated to the Court of Appeal, where she served for over 17 years.
"Today, she has risen to the pinnacle of her judicial career as the first female CJN in further service of our great country. My Lord, I congratulate you. Her Lordship's achievement is an inspiration to all citizens, especially womanhood, not only in Nigeria but also in Africa and the rest of the world.
Justice Mukhtar, 68, had her primary education at the St. George's School, Zaria and also at St. Bartholomews's school, Wusasa, also in Zaria from 1950 to 1957. She furthered her education at Rossholme School for Girls in East Brent, Somerset, England for her GCE O' Levels in 1962 and went for further education at the Technical College, Berkshire England.
Justice Aloma-Mukhtar, was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1967, a year after she was called to the English Bar. She began her legal career as a pupil counsel in the Ministry of Justice of the defunct Northern Nigeria in 1967. She was later appointed Magistrate Grade I, North Eastern Government (1969 – 1973), as the first female Magistrate in the defunct Northern region. She made another history with her appointment as the Chief Registrar, Kano State Government Judiciary (1973 – 1977) and Judge, High Court of Kano State in 1977 and Justice, Court of Appeal in 1987. At the time of her nomination by President Jonathan as CJN, she was the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court.
Justice Mukhtar has been a life Bencher since 1993 and a life member of the Federation of Women Lawyers. She was also the Vice President of the National Association of Women Judges of Nigeria. In 1989, Mukhtar was honoured by the Federation of Women Lawyers and in 1991; she was decorated with a Gold Merit Award by the Kano State Government.
In 2003 she was again honored by the International Association of Women Lawyers, and in 2004, the Fellowship of the Nigerian Law School was conferred on her.
Justice Mukhtar was on Monday 16 July 2012 conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON), by President Goodluck Jonathan, during the swearing in ceremony.
Legal practitioners and colleagues described her as "independent minded".
Justice Mukhtar was one of the justices who gave a dissenting judgment that is widely acclaimed in legal circles and the academia in the Yar'Adua/Buhari election result dispute in 2007. The new CJN alongside Justices George Oguntade (rtd) and Walter Onnoghen, held that there was substantial non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2006 which vitiated the election of the late President.
She takes the mantle at a time when the judiciary is in critical need of reform. Cases of corrupt judges, frivolous court injunctions, delays in trials and dispensation of justice, particularly in cases of corruption and terrorism are rife in the judiciary. Justice Aloma Mukhtar has vowed to "embark on an internal cleansing" of the judiciary. And indeed, many do not doubt her ability to do so, as she has been described as "a disciplinarian", "motherly" and "a jurist per excellence". Others still believe she might lead the most rigid administration in the history of the apex court, which would be greatly welcomed.
Despite her achievements and impeccable career trajectory, it was gathered that there were subterranean attempts to prevent her nomination and ascension to the number 3 position in the country by several groups, especially conservative groups from her home base in Kano.
That notwithstanding, Justice Mukhtar's impeccable track record and achievements are definitely a milestone for women in Nigeria.
New Dawn for African Women?
Mame Madior Boye served as Prime Minister of Senegal from 2001 to 2002.
In 2004, the late Kenyan activist and women's rights advocate, Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.
Liberia's President and Nobel Laureate, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected President in 2005 and assumed office in January 2006, becoming the first elected female head of state in Africa. She was re-elected in 2011.
In 2011, two African women — the Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and the women's rights and peace advocate, Leymah Gbowee were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In April 2012, Joyce Hilda Banda the then estranged Vice President to the late Malawian President Bingu Wa Mutharika, became President after he passed away.
In April 2012, the Nigerian Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala became the first African woman to contest for the position of World Bank President. Though she ran amidst mixed reactions back home and lost to the current President Dr. Jim Yong Kim, her running for the position remains very symbolic.
On Sunday 15 July 2012, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma from South Africa became the first woman to hold the position of African Union Chair, after she beat the incumbent, Jean Ping of Gabon, in a closely-fought election over several rounds of voting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
These women are just some of the many others who are blazing the trail in the public, private and third sectors, for Sub Saharan African women, arguably some of the most marginalized and disadvantaged women in the world. The paths tread by these women have set the pace for numerous young women to follow and to aspire to greater heights.


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The Safety Match (Pt. 2)
January 14, 2019 By Anton Chekov in Serials Tags: anton chekov, detective stories, marriage, murder, mystery, russia
A fortnight passed.
It was morning. The magistrate Nicholas Yermolaïyevitch was sitting in his office before a green table, turning over the papers of the "Klausoff case"; Dukovski was striding restlessly up and down like a wolf in a cage.
In the second part of Chekov's story of murder and investigation, the authorities press the suspects to confess and follow the trail to an unlikely co-conspirator.
Read more tales like this in Masterpieces of Mystery in Four Volumes: Detective Stories, which is available at Project Gutenberg.
"You are convinced of the guilt of Nicholas and Psyekoff," he said, nervously plucking at his young beard. "Why will you not believe in the guilt of Maria Ivanovna? Are there not proofs enough for you?"
"I don't say I am not convinced. I am convinced, but somehow I don't believe it! There are no real proofs, but just a kind of philosophizing—fanaticism, this and that—"
"You can't do without an axe and bloodstained sheets. Those jurists! Very well, I'll prove it to you! You will stop sneering at the psychological side of the affair! To Siberia with your Maria Ivanovna! I will prove it! If philosophy is not enough for you, I have something substantial for you. It will show you how correct my philosophy is. Just give me permission—"
"What are you going on about?"
"About the safety match! Have you forgotten it? I haven't! I am going to find out who struck it in the murdered man's room. It was not Nicholas that struck it; it was not Psyekoff, for neither of them had any matches when they were examined; it was the third person, Maria Ivanovna. I will prove it to you. Just give me permission to go through the district to find out."
"That's enough! Sit down. Let us go on with the examination."
Dukovski sat down at a little table, and plunged his long nose in a bundle of papers.
"Bring in Nicholas Tetekhoff!" cried the examining magistrate.
They brought Nicholas in. Nicholas was pale and thin as a rail. He was trembling.
"Tetekhoff!" began Chubikoff. "In 1879 you were tried in the Court of the First Division, convicted of theft, and sentenced to imprisonment. In 1882 you were tried a second time for theft, and were again imprisoned. We know all—"
Astonishment was depicted on Nicholas's face. The examining magistrate's omniscience startled him. But soon his expression of astonishment changed to extreme indignation. He began to cry and requested permission to go and wash his face and quiet down. They led him away.
"Bring in Psyekoff!" ordered the examining magistrate.
They brought in Psyekoff. The young man had changed greatly during the last few days. He had grown thin and pale, and looked haggard. His eyes had an apathetic expression.
"Sit down, Psyekoff," said Chubikoff. "I hope that today you are going to be reasonable, and will not tell lies, as you did before. All these days you have denied that you had anything to do with the murder of Klausoff, in spite of all the proofs that testify against you. That is foolish. Confession will lighten your guilt. This is the last time I am going to talk to you. If you do not confess today, tomorrow it will be too late. Come, tell me all—"
"I know nothing about it. I know nothing about your proofs," answered Psyekoff, almost inaudibly.
"It's no use! Well, let me relate to you how the matter took place. On Saturday evening you were sitting in Klausoff's sleeping room, and drinking vodka and beer with him." (Dukovski fixed his eyes on Psyekoff's face, and kept them there all through the examination.) "Nicholas was waiting on you. At one o'clock, Marcus Ivanovitch announced his intention of going to bed. He always went to bed at one o'clock. When he was taking off his boots, and was giving you directions about details of management, you and Nicholas, at a given signal, seized your drunken master and threw him on the bed. One of you sat on his legs, the other on his head. Then a third person came in from the passage—a woman in a black dress, whom you know well, and who had previously arranged with you as to her share in your criminal deed. She seized a pillow and began to smother him. While the struggle was going on the candle went out. The woman took a box of safety matches from her pocket, and lit the candle. Was it not so? I see by your face that I am speaking the truth. But to go on. After you had smothered him, and saw that he had ceased breathing, you and Nicholas pulled him out through the window and laid him down near the burdock. Fearing that he might come round again, you struck him with something sharp. Then you carried him away, and laid him down under a lilac bush for a short time. After resting awhile and considering, you carried him across the fence. Then you entered the road. After that comes the dam. Near the dam, a peasant frightened you. Well, what is the matter with you?"
"I am suffocating!" replied Psyekoff. "Very well—have it so. Only let me go out, please!"
They led Psyekoff away.
"At last! He has confessed!" cried Chubikoff, stretching himself luxuriously. "He has betrayed himself! And didn't I get round him cleverly! Regularly caught him napping—"
"And he doesn't deny the woman in the black dress!" exulted Dukovski. "But all the same, that safety match is tormenting me frightfully. I can't stand it any longer. Good-bye! I am off!"
Dukovski put on his cap and drove off. Chubikoff began to examine Aquilina. Aquilina declared that she knew nothing whatever about it.
At six that evening Dukovski returned. He was more agitated than he had ever been before. His hands trembled so that he could not even unbutton his greatcoat. His cheeks glowed. It was clear that he did not come empty-handed.
"Veni, vidi, vici!" he cried, rushing into Chubikoff's room, and falling into an armchair. "I swear to you on my honour, I begin to believe that I am a genius! Listen, devil take us all! It is funny, and it is sad. We have caught three already—isn't that so? Well, I have found the fourth, and a woman at that. You will never believe who it is! But listen. I went to Klausoff's village, and began to make a spiral round it. I visited all the little shops, public houses, dram shops on the road, everywhere asking for safety matches. Everywhere they said they hadn't any. I made a wide round. Twenty times I lost faith, and twenty times I got it back again. I knocked about the whole day, and only an hour ago I got on the track. Three versts from here. They gave me a packet of ten boxes. One box was missing. Immediately: 'Who bought the other box?' 'Such-a-one! She was pleased with them!' Old man! Nicholas Yermolaïyevitch! See what a fellow who was expelled from the seminary and who has read Gaboriau can do! From today on I begin to respect myself! Oof! Well, come!"
"Come where?"
"To her, to number four! We must hurry, otherwise—otherwise I'll burst with impatience! Do you know who she is? You'll never guess! Olga Petrovna, Marcus Ivanovitch's wife—his own wife—that's who it is! She is the person who bought the matchbox!"
"You—you—you are out of your mind!"
"It's quite simple! To begin with, she smokes. Secondly, she was head and ears in love with Klausoff, even after he refused to live in the same house with her, because she was always scolding his head off. Why, they say she used to beat him because she loved him so much. And then he positively refused to stay in the same house. Love turned sour. 'Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.' But come along! Quick, or it will be dark. Come!"
"I am not yet sufficiently crazy to go and disturb a respectable honourable woman in the middle of the night for a crazy boy!"
"Respectable, honourable! Do honourable women murder their husbands? After that you are a rag, and not an examining magistrate! I never ventured to call you names before, but now you compel me to. Rag! Dressing-gown!—Dear Nicholas Yermolaïyevitch, do come, I beg of you—!"
The magistrate made a deprecating motion with his hand.
"I beg of you! I ask, not for myself, but in the interests of justice. I beg you! I implore you! Do what I ask you to, just this once!"
Dukovski went down on his knees.
"Nicholas Yermolaïyevitch! Be kind! Call me a blackguard, a ne'er-do-well, if I am mistaken about this woman. You see what an affair it is. What a case it is. A romance! A woman murdering her own husband for love! The fame of it will go all over Russia. They will make you investigator in all important cases. Understand, O foolish old man!"
The magistrate frowned, and undecidedly stretched his hand toward his cap.
"Oh, the devil take you!" he said. "Let us go!"
It was dark when the magistrate's carriage rolled up to the porch of the old country house in which Olga Petrovna had taken refuge with her brother.
"What pigs we are," said Chubikoff, taking hold of the bell, "to disturb a poor woman like this!"
"It's all right! It's all right! Don't get frightened! We can say that we have broken a spring."
Chubikoff and Dukovski were met at the threshold by a tall buxom woman of three and twenty, with pitch-black brows and juicy red lips. It was Olga Petrovna herself, apparently not the least distressed by the recent tragedy.
"Oh, what a pleasant surprise!" she said, smiling broadly. "You are just in time for supper. Kuzma Petrovitch is not at home. He is visiting the priest, and has stayed late. But we'll get on without him! Be seated. You have come from the examination?"
"Yes. We broke a spring, you know," began Chubikoff, entering the sitting room and sinking into an armchair.
"Take her unawares—at once!" whispered Dukovski; "take her unawares!"
"A spring—hum—yes—so we came in."
"Take her unawares, I tell you! She will guess what the matter is if you drag things out like that."
"Well, do it yourself as you want. But let me get out of it," muttered Chubikoff, rising and going to the window.
"Yes, a spring," began Dukovski, going close to Olga Petrovna and wrinkling his long nose. "We did not drive over here—to take supper with you or—to see Kuzma Petrovitch. We came here to ask you, respected madam, where Marcus Ivanovitch is, whom you murdered!"
"What? Marcus Ivanovitch murdered?" stammered Olga Petrovna, and her broad face suddenly and instantaneously flushed bright scarlet. "I don't—understand!"
"I ask you in the name of the law! Where is Klausoff? We know all!"
"Who told you?" Olga Petrovna asked in a low voice, unable to endure Dukovski's glance.
"Be so good as to show us where he is!"
"But how did you find out? Who told you?"
"We know all! I demand it in the name of the law!"
The examining magistrate, emboldened by her confusion, came forward and said:
"Show us, and we will go away. Otherwise, we—"
"What do you want with him?"
"Madam, what is the use of these questions? We ask you to show us! You tremble, you are agitated. Yes, he has been murdered, and, if you must have it, murdered by you! Your accomplices have betrayed you!"
Olga Petrovna grew pale.
"Come!" she said in a low voice, wringing her hands.
"I have him—hid—in the bath house! Only for heaven's sake, do not tell Kuzma Petrovitch. I beg and implore you! He will never forgive me!"
Olga Petrovna took down a big key from the wall, and led her guests through the kitchen and passage to the courtyard. The courtyard was in darkness. Fine rain was falling. Olga Petrovna walked in advance of them. Chubikoff and Dukovski strode behind her through the long grass, as the odour of wild hemp and dishwater splashing under their feet reached them. The courtyard was wide. Soon the dishwater ceased, and they felt freshly broken earth under their feet. In the darkness appeared the shadowy outlines of trees, and among the trees a little house with a crooked chimney.
"That is the bath house," said Olga Petrovna. "But I implore you, do not tell my brother! If you do, I'll never hear the end of it!"
Going up to the bath house, Chubikoff and Dukovski saw a huge padlock on the door.
"Get your candle and matches ready," whispered the examining magistrate to his deputy.
Olga Petrovna unfastened the padlock, and let her guests into the bath house. Dukovski struck a match and lit up the anteroom. In the middle of the anteroom stood a table. On the table, beside a sturdy little samovar, stood a soup tureen with cold cabbage soup and a plate with the remnants of some sauce.
"Forward!"
They went into the next room, where the bath was. There was a table there also. On the table was a dish with some ham, a bottle of vodka, plates, knives, forks.
"But where is it—where is the murdered man?" asked the examining magistrate.
"On the top tier," whispered Olga Petrovna, still pale and trembling.
Dukovski took the candle in his hand and climbed up to the top tier of the sweating frame. There he saw a long human body lying motionless on a large feather bed. A slight snore came from the body.
"You are making fun of us, devil take it!" cried Dukovski. "That is not the murdered man! Some live fool is lying here. Here, whoever you are, the devil take you!"
The body drew in a quick breath and stirred. Dukovski stuck his elbow into it. It raised a hand, stretched itself, and lifted its head.
"Who is sneaking in here?" asked a hoarse, heavy bass. "What do you want?"
Dukovski raised the candle to the face of the unknown, and cried out. In the red nose, dishevelled, unkempt hair, the pitch-black moustache, one of which was jauntily twisted and pointed insolently toward the ceiling, he recognized the gallant cavalryman Klausoff.
"You—Marcus—Ivanovitch? Is it possible?"
The examining magistrate glanced sharply up at him, and stood spellbound.
"Yes, it is I. That's you, Dukovski? What the devil do you want here? And who's that other mug down there? Great snakes! It is the examining magistrate! What fate has brought him here?"
Klausoff rushed down and threw his arms round Chubikoff in a cordial embrace. Olga Petrovna slipped through the door.
"How did you come here? Let's have a drink, devil take it! Tra-ta-ti-to-tum—let us drink! But who brought you here? How did you find out that I was here? But it doesn't matter! Let's have a drink!"
Klausoff lit the lamp and poured out three glasses of vodka.
"That is—I don't understand you," said the examining magistrate, running his hands over him. "Is this you or not you!"
"Oh, shut up! You want to preach me a sermon? Don't trouble yourself! Young Dukovski, empty your glass! Friends, let us bring this—What are you looking at? Drink!"
"All the same, I do not understand!" said the examining magistrate, mechanically drinking off the vodka. "What are you here for?"
"Why shouldn't I be here, if I am all right here?"
Klausoff drained his glass and took a bite of ham.
"I am in captivity here, as you see. In solitude, in a cavern, like a ghost or a bogey. Drink! She carried me off and locked me up, and—well, I am living here, in the deserted bath house, like a hermit. I am fed. Next week I think I'll try to get out. I'm tired of it here!"
"Incomprehensible!" said Dukovski.
"What is incomprehensible about it?"
"Incomprehensible! For Heaven's sake, how did your boot get into the garden?"
"What boot?"
"We found one boot in the sleeping room and the other in the garden."
"And what do you want to know that for? It's none of your business! Why don't you drink, devil take you? If you wakened me, then drink with me! It is an interesting tale, brother, that of the boot! I didn't want to go with Olga. I don't like to be bossed. She came under the window and began to abuse me. She always was a termagant. You know what women are like, all of them. I was a bit drunk, so I took a boot and heaved it at her. Ha-ha-ha! Teach her not to scold another time! But it didn't! Not a bit of it! She climbed in at the window, lit the lamp, and began to hammer poor tipsy me. She thrashed me, dragged me over here, and locked me in. She feeds me now—on love, vodka, and ham! But where are you off to, Chubikoff? Where are you going?"
The examining magistrate swore, and left the bath house. Dukovski followed him, crestfallen. They silently took their seats in the carriage and drove off. The road never seemed to them so long and disagreeable as it did that time. Both remained silent. Chubikoff trembled with rage all the way. Dukovski hid his nose in the collar of his overcoat, as if he was afraid that the darkness and the drizzling rain might read the shame in his face.
When they reached home, the examining magistrate found Dr. Tyutyeff awaiting him. The doctor was sitting at the table, and, sighing deeply, was turning over the pages of the Neva.
"Such goings on there are in the world!" he said, meeting the examining magistrate with a sad smile. "Austria is at it again! And Gladstone also to some extent—"
Chubikoff threw his cap under the table, and shook himself.
"Devils' skeletons! Don't plague me! A thousand times I have told you not to bother me with your politics! This is no question of politics! And you," said Chubikoff, turning to Dukovski and shaking his fist, "I won't forget this in a thousand years!"
"But the safety match? How could I know?"
"Choke yourself with your safety match! Get out of my way! Don't make me mad, or the devil only knows what I'll do to you! Don't let me see a trace of you!"
Dukovski sighed, took his hat, and went out.
"I'll go and get drunk," he decided, going through the door, and gloomily wending his way to the public house.
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National Storage Affiliates hikes dividend by 9.8%
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NSA) will raise its quarterly dividend by another 9.8 percent to 45 cents per share. This marks the third dividend hike announced by the self storage REIT in 2021.
The increased NSA dividend of $0.45 per share is payable on December 30, 2021 to shareholders of record on December 15, 2021. A new annual rate of $1.90 per share for NSA yields 2.8% at a stock price of $61. National Storage Affiliates Trust will now pay an estimated annual dividend of $160 million to its shareholders.
Tamara Fischer, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are pleased to raise our dividend for the third time this year, representing an almost 30% increase from last year's fourth quarter rate. The powerful combination of internal and external growth facilitated by our differentiated PRO structure continues to deliver robust returns for shareholders."
National Storage Affiliates Trust is a real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, operation and acquisition of self-storage properties located within metropolitan areas throughout the United States. The company owns and operates self storage properties located in the United States and Puerto Rico. The properties are managed with a local operational focus by NSA and its participating regional operators (PROs). National Storage went public in 2015 and has increased its dividend every year since. The company was co-founded by CEO Arlen D. Nordhagen in 1998 as SecurCare Self Storage.
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There is a strange non-relationship between the formal study of music theory and pop music. While there are many music theorists who study/research popular music, most theory classes and textbooks focus on "classical" music and treat pop music as an afterthought at best.
A songwriter or producer trying to learn music theory will likely learn about 16th century counterpoint, the types of cadences in the music of Mozart, and Bach-style voice leading. But s/he will not be taught some of the most crucial skills for his/her development. Non-functional chord loops, melodic strategies of producers like Max Martin, sound design, and tension/release in sound production are just a few of the many aspects of pop music that songwriters and producers need to figure out for themselves.
In founding Top40 Theory, my goal is to give pop songwriters and producers music theory knowledge that is directly relevant to every aspect of their work. As I add more and more content, I want Top40 Theory to become a resource for creators who are looking for ways to choose more interesting chord progressions, who want their melodies to sound tighter, who need help finishing their songs, and who want to become better collaborators.
Most importantly, I want Top40 Theory to inspire pop creators to be as creative as possible and to maximize their own unique talents. Learning the 'rules' of pop music helps creators become fluent in the musical language of pop and gives them tools to work with, which is extremely important. But in my opinion, the #1 rule of pop music is this:
The only way to stand out and have a shot at making a hit is to write the song that only you can write.
My mission is to help you do just that.
Dr. Asaf Peres


TUI renegotiates contracts in drachma | City A.M.
GERMAN travel operator TUI Travel has already written to Greek hotel proprietors, asking them to explain how they would plan to honour payment obligations if Greece were to leave the Euro.
TUI confirmed reports in German newspaper Das Bild that it was renegotiating contracts to protect it from a switch back to the drachma, whose value would likely drop sharply if it replaced the single currency.
A spokesman for TUI said the prospect of Greece returning to the drachma was "more than theoretical".
The tour operator also said it was putting the interests of holidaymakers first in protecting itself against currency fluctuations.
The president of the Greek Tourism Association said hoteliers should not feel pressured into signing new contracts, which would allow TUI to pay them in "the new currency" as well as ensuring ongoing payments are received.
In its most recent quarterly results at the end of August, TUI Travel said the volume of its customers visiting Greece was up 11 per cent.


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Longest bike track beckons adventurers
Sun, 28 April 2013 4:33PM
WA is now home to the world's longest off-road continuous cycle track, following the completion of the Munda Biddi Trail's southern section.
Environment Minister Albert Jacob today officially opened the 1000km trail at the Festival of Cycling in Mundaring where the first cyclists to complete the newly extended trail crossed the finish line.
"The final section of the trail on the south coast is now open and I am delighted to celebrate the completion of this significant project which has been 12 years in the making," Mr Jacob said.
The first riders to complete the trail in its entirety took part in the Munda Biddi Epic 1000 event and set out three weeks ago from Albany on the day the final section from Denmark to Manjimup was finished.
"Creating nature-based tourism opportunities is something the State Government is strongly committed to, and the Munda Biddi Trail is a great example of that.
"More than 20,000 international, interstate and local cyclists use the Munda Biddi every year, and that number is set to grow now the trail has been completed."
Regional Development Minister Brendon Grylls said the Munda Biddi Trail now extended from Mundaring to Albany and passed Jarrahdale, Dwellingup, Collie, Donnybrook, Boyanup, Nannup, Manjimup, Quinninup, Pemberton, Walpole and Denmark, as well as other smaller communities.
"This tourism icon will inject millions into the local economy and be a major boost for towns and communities situated along the trail," Mr Grylls said.
Since 2009, the trail has been enhanced by a contribution of $3 million from the South West and Great Southern Development commissions through the State Government's Royalties for Regions program. The Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) has committed more than $1 million to the project during this time.
The trail is managed by the department in partnership with the Munda Biddi Trail Foundation. Initial development commenced in 2001 and was funded by DEC, Alcoa, Peel Development Commission and the Lotterywest Trails Grants Program managed by the Department of Sport and Recreation.
• Munda Biddi means 'path through the forest' in Noongar language
• Department of Corrective Services provided prison crews to assist with construction of parts of the trail
• More information at http://www.mundabiddi.org.au/


A study presented at EuroPrevent 2019, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, has a central message in it, which is kicking the habit works best in pair.
Magna Lampridou of Imperial College London, UK, and the study author said that to stop smoking can be a lonely endeavor. When they skip the smoke break at work or avoid social occasion, people tend to feel left out. Also, there are nicotine withdrawal symptoms. To partner means distracting each other from the cravings by going for a walk or to the cinema and encouraging replacement activities such as meditating when alone or eating healthy food. Rather than nagging, active support works best.
About half coronary patients smoke, and 90 percent of individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease are smokers. The preventive guidelines of the ESC cardiovascular advise against tobacco in any form, and there is a high risk of cardiovascular disease for people who stop smoking generally. Ms. Lampridou said that smoking cessation interventions should incorporate couples where possible to achieve a smoke-free household.
Evaluating the supporting role married or cohabiting partners might have in smoking cessation was the angle of the study. The study also enrolled 222 current smokers who were at high risk of cardiovascular disease or had suffered a heart attack. Also, in the study were 99 current smokers (45 percent), 40 ex-smokers, and 83 never-smokers.
The recruiters attended one or four preventive cardiology programs such as EUROACTION plus, EUROACTION, MyAction Westminster, and MyAction Galway. In the initial stage of the study, couples were asked about current smoking status, history of smoking, and previous quit attempts. There was validation on the smoking status with a carbon monoxide breath test. During the 16-week program, they offered nicotine to couples as replacement therapy with patches and gum. In one study, couples had the chance to choose the prescription drug varenicline instead.
After the program, 75 percent of patients and 64 percent of patients were abstinent-compared to none and 55 percent at the start, respectively. There was a high response in odds of quitting smoking in couples who tried to stop together compared to those who attempted it alone.
Lampridou stated that the previous research has revealed that ex-smokers can also positively influence the attempts of their spouses to quit, but in the study she carried out, the effect was not statistically significant. The non-smoking partners have a substantial risk to adopt the habit of their spouse. She concluded that there is a need for research to confirm the findings in the smokers who are otherwise healthy.


Landsec has launched its new flexible office brand, Myo, which will allow clients to personalise their office space to suit the needs of the business. The brand will offer leases from 12 months to three years for businesses that need space for 15 to 80 people.
Myo is launching at 123 Victoria Street in Westminster, offering 36,000 sq ft of flexible workspace. The first customers are expected to take up space in April.
Myo customers can choose between three fit-out styles; natural, boutique or urban. The natural option offers a minimalistic space inspired by nature to create a fresh and calm workspace; the boutique alternative offers a sophisticated and dark palette creating a focused work environment; while the urban choice offers a colourful and creative design to inspire collaboration.
Like with a typical serviced office, Myo will feature a professional front of house team to assist with the day to day running of the business centre. Companies will have access to break out areas, event space and tech-enabled meeting rooms that can be rearranged to provide a variety of formal and informal settings. The break out areas will feature comfortable armchairs, sofas with coffee tables and private and open booths offering a variety of seating for more informal meetings. Thoughtful planting throughout lends the space an organic feel.
Colette O'Shea, Managing Director, London at Landsec said "After speaking to a wide range of businesses, we know that, from the small companies outgrowing their start-up space to the more established businesses looking to expand from their HQ, flexibility, convenience and a home to call their own is essential for them to achieve their goals.


Hanoi expects to serve 15.5 million tourists, including 2.25 million foreigners, in 2013, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism Mai Tien Dung said on February 26.
During the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival from February 9-18, the capital city received 2.08 million tourists, including 60,000 foreigners, representing a year-on-year increase of 11 percent.
The city also attracted 12.3 million domestic tourists.
Also in 2012, Hanoi was rated the best destination in Vietnam for city life by Lonely Planet Traveller, the world's leading tourist magazine.
Hanoi, together with Hoi An, made the 2012 top 10 attractive destinations in Asia, as chosen by Smart Travel Asia, a Hong Kong online tourist magazine.


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Brad Leigh is an American Audio Engineer, known for having recorded and mixed many recordings including Billy Joel's River of Dreams, Tracy Chapman's  Matters of the Heart as well as Julian Lennon's Valotte and Secret Value of Daydreaming

Biography
Brad Leigh was born and raised in New York City. While attending Brooklyn Technical High School, he worked as an usher during concerts at Carnegie Hall. After graduation in 1975, Leigh attended Al Grundy and John Woram's Institute of Audio Research and was then hired at Chelsea Sound by Mark Freeh as an intern/assistant engineer/tech. In 1977, he left Chelsea Sound and took an MCI Factory training course to learn to repair MCI pro audio equipment, after which he was hired as a tech by Don Frey at A&R Recording. It was during this time that Leigh first met producer/engineer and owner of A&R Recording, Phil Ramone.  The following year, Leigh became the assistant engineer for Jim Boyer who was Phil Ramone's chief engineer.  Leigh assisted Boyer until 1979, when Leigh became Phil Ramone's assistant engineer on Billy Joel's Glass Houses.  While assisting Ramone, Leigh worked on albums for Paul Simon, Chicago, and Frank Sinatra. He continued to engineer for Ramone through the late eighties. Leigh's first full engineering credit was for the score/soundtrack for the film Reds followed by the original cast album for Little Shop of Horrors and while freelancing, he went on to engineer for Jimmy Iovine, Russ Titelman, Billy Joel and Davitt Sigerson. Leigh has recorded and mixed live concerts for HBO and Showtime using The Record Plant, Effanel, Sheffield remote recording trucks, and has recorded film scores for Marvin Hamlisch, David Grusin and Carly Simon.

In the late 1990s, Leigh accepted a position as Chief Technical Engineer at Sound on Sound Recording, NYC, where he continued to engineer recordings such as Widespread Panic's Til the Medicine Takes and Five for Fighting's debut, Message for Albert. In 2005, Sound on Sound merged with Right Track Recording, changing its name to MSR Studios. Leigh was Chief Technical Engineer at MSR until its closing in June 2016.

Technical Design
While at MSR, Leigh designed and manufactured audio equipment including custom dual 18″ subwoofers which were in both Studio A and Studio C and used on countless records as well as high resolution dynamics meters for the Neve VR console,  the Procue personal headphone mixing system and a high quality DVD interface for SACD players.

Selected works

Studio Recordings

Jaymay - Fallin' Like Snow
Widespread Panic - Til the Medicine Takes
Tracy Chapman - Matters of the Heart
Billy Joel  - River of Dreams
Chet Baker  - The Best Thing For You
Bus Stop  - Miracle Time
Cords Taurus -  No Bull
Tanya Blount  - Natural Thing
Malcolm McLaren  - Fans
Billy Joel -  An Innocent Man
Megadeth  - Hangar 18 (EP)
Julio Iglesias -  Crazy
Collision  - Collision
Ten Wings  - Wishing Well
Billy Joel  - Complete Hits Collection 1974-1977
Grupo Miguelito  - Grupo Miguelito
Lazybatsu  - Other View
Best of World Music  - "I'm Not Tired" (M. Fashek)
Majek Fashek  - Spirit of Love
Jude Cole  - Jude Cole
Charles & Eddie  - Duophonic
Julian Lennon  - Valotte
Billy Joel  - Nylon Curtain
The Daou (Vanessa Daou)  - Head Music
Ghost of an American Dream -  Skin
Cords  - Gasping
Carly Simon  - Working Girl Sound Track
Frank Sinatra  - L.A. Is My Lady
Parlor James  - Dreadful Sorry
Five For Fighting  - Message For Albert…
Vernon Reid/Bill T. Jones  - Still Here (Live at BAM)
Madder Rose  - Bring it Down
Peabo Bryson  - Through The Fire
Milla "Gentleman Who Fell" (Single)
Julian Lennon  - The Secret Value of Daydreaming
Billy Joel  - Songs in the Attic
Joe Jackson -  Mike's Murder
Famous Charisma Box  - Self Titled
John Waite  - Rover's Return

Live Recordings

Billy Crystal  - Midnight Train to Moscow
Billy Joel  - Koheupt- Live from Leningrad (BBC)
Wynton Marsalis - The Late Show (BBC)Free To Be A Family Live from the Hard Rock NYC
Billy Joel  - A Matter of Trust (ABC)
Tallinn  - Rock Summer '88 Pil.
Big Country - Boris Grebenshikov and Dave Stewart
Julian Lennon  - Stand By Me (Showtime)
VH-1 Lifebeat Concert (Milla segment)

Film and Broadway
Jason Robert Brown - Wearing Someone Else's Clothes
Marvin Hamlisch  - The Goodbye Girl
Carly Simon  - Working Girl
Phil Ramone/Dave Grusin  - Reds
Dave Grusin  - Tootsie
Little Shop of Horrors  - Original Cast Album
Marvin Hamlisch  - Winter Garden
Various artists -  D.C. Cab
Steve Poltz  - "Everything About You" for Notting Hill
Marvin Hamlisch - Men and Women
Drums of Passion -  The Serpent and the Rainbow

References

1957 births
Living people

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One of the biggest scientific challenges of the 21st Century is to understand and predict the impact of climate change on marine and freshwater (FW) life (e.g. ocean and FW acidification, increased temperature and hypoxia). In particular, we need to understand the effects on fundamental physiological mechanisms and the consequential adaptation of aquatic biota to predict future biodiversity. The bodies of water of our planet are becoming warmer and more acidic, they are intrinsically linked with human health and wellbeing and are therefore of immense socio-economic importance. For example, invertebrates are at the bottom of the food chain and thereby of significant ecological and in the case of crustaceans and molluscs, often also of economic importance. The significance of understanding the mechanistic basis for acid-base and ion transport and regulation lies in the identification of key physiological processes that can determine species´ sensitivity to environmental disturbance. Identification of physiological processes that limit the capacity of a species to acclimate to changing environmental conditions provides the basis for hypotheses-driven approaches to study evolutionary adaptation in times of rapid climate change.
This one-day session will highlight key physiological processes in acid-base regulation, ion transport, calcification/regulation and the energy allocation involved, with special emphasis on invertebrates. In addition, linked to this session, "speed" presentations (Pecha Kucha) allowing early career scientists to pitch their work, will summarise key findings in recent research in this area, including implications and strategies for the aquaculture industry.
Mechanisms of biomineralisation in the mussel: what we know and what we still need to find out.
Building shells in a changing world.
Scottish Blue Mussels – evidence for change down the cultivating rope.
Pecha Kucha – speed presentations from the EU-funded CACHE-ITN early career scientists.