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Hilton Als by Coco Fusco
BOMB 58 Winter 1997
David Rabinowitch by David Carrier
Emmet Gowin by Sally Gall
Stuart Hall by Caryl Phillips
Oumou Sangare by Zoë Anglesey
Ron Rifkin by Jon Robin Baitz
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Three Poems by Erica Hunt
Guided Tours of Hell by Francine Prose
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Persistence of Vision: After Herakleitos by Sidney Wade
Famine by Todd Komarnicki
Seizure by William Christopher Baer
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Zia Jaffrey's The Invisibles by Ameena Meer
Barry Hannah's High Lonesome by Amy Hempel
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When the World Was Green by Nicole Burdette
Breaking the Waves by Bette Gordon
Jonas Maron by Allen Frame
Lee Friedlander by Tina Barney
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Hilton Als. Photo by Judy Linn.
I will never forget the first time I had one of those "moments" with Hilton Als. It was years ago, and we were younger of course, and I was bringing in some measly article to the Village Voice and there was Hilton, laying out pictures and watching everything. I noticed that he was as amused by the editor who was ordering both of us around as I was. Our eyes met and we shared a moment of silent laughter. It was instant sibling-style symbiosis. We were both upstart kids in downtown New York who had been reared by uppity Caribbean matriarchs. It wasn't long before I was calling Hilton at three in the morning to rant about men, and he'd call me at equally odd hours to ask for recipes and home remedies. Every time he'd publish one of those acerbic profiles in the Voice , Vibe , or The New Yorker I'd breathe a sigh of relief that I wasn't the victim, and tell Hilton that he was destined to become the James Baldwin of the 21st century.
The Women , his long awaited first book, confirms my predictions. Hilton's writing glides among genres, spanning autobiography, cultural theory and non-fiction essay. At one moment we're listening to the story of his coming of age as the effeminate son of a Barbadian immigrant, doted on by myriad sisters; then we're drawn into a discourse on the positions in which West Indian and American societies place black women; and finally we find ourselves in the middle of a haunting tale about a black woman who was the doyenne of New York's gay literary underworld before Stonewall. Hilton's prose is elegantly restrained, tender at times and necessarily pointed at others. Once I had gotten over my initial feeling of being overwhelmed by such remarkable talent, I drummed up enough nerve to insist that we have lunch (getting an appointment with Hilton isn't always easy), so I could interview him.
Coco Fusco In The Women , you deal extensively with the theme of silence and finding voice. You talk about the figure of the Negress, notably your mother, and the silence of the Negress, which is partly socially coded and partly self-induced. It seems to me that the book is a study on how you find a place and also how you develop a sense of self—and all that is expressed through your act of finding voice.
Hilton Als Right.
CF So Hilton, why don't you talk to me a little about voice and silence?
HA I think that most first books or projects that are more ambitious than magazine articles tend to be about the writer himself. The writer is trying to discover what he sounds like after many years of apprenticeship, imitation, and so on. There are two things going on in my book. One is the ostensible subject, which is listening to a particular kind of feminine presence that doesn't usually have a voice in the world, and the issue of me trying to let them speak without too much control. And then there's also the simultaneous issue of my trying to learn how to speak, not just for other people, as in my reporting or memoir-type writing, but learning to speak for myself.
CF You start out by talking about your mother as being engaged in a protracted suicide, in that you see her silence as a kind of suicide. It seems to me that you're linking your desire to live with your being able to speak …
HA Exactly.
CF … and by extension, being able to write.
HA One of the things that writers do is try to understand what their life is through writing. Part of the sadness that I felt in the book was that I was writing about people who had never really had that experience, either because of circumstances or because they were too afraid. I had to write about these people so that I could leave them—in order to speak. I grew up never contradicting people, women in particular, obviously not the healthiest thing to have to overcome in order to be a writer. The first section of the book, about the Negress, was a way of overcoming how inappropriate it has always felt for me to discuss anything private with my mother, including our relationship to one another when she was alive. That was the first difficulty, perhaps, in writing the section. The second difficulty was learning to see her for who she was, or had been. She was a very kind woman, very intelligent, and funny. I had to honor those things about her, and also try to make sense of how I responded to her. But one thing I knew I couldn't do was lie about any of it. She used to say, "You're only fooling yourself" when I tried to get away from telling the truth about anything. It was weird to apply her standards to her, to make her the subject.
CF Is this an autobiography? And if it is, what kind of autobiography is it?
HA Oh that's good, I'm so glad it's not easily classifiable. What's the French word for essay—essai, "to move?"
CF And essayer means "to try."
HA Right. And the trying aspect of writing was to move through linguistic space in a not easily categorizable way. Partially why the book was so difficult and took so long to write was that I hadn't seen any precedent for it in my reading. Form and style is one's voice. So you have to find the form, really. And one reason this book had to be an amalgamation of so many different genres—essay, autobiography, literary criticism, and so on—was that my mind doesn't see a subject in one way. I like to read more than I like to write. And in reading, one covers a variety of different forms. One thing connects with another. This book wouldn't be a reflection of my mind, such as it is, if I had stuck to one genre of writing; and besides which, the complexity of the subject matter demanded that I try to cover it from as many angles as possible. I was always anxious about doing justice to the subject.
CF But an autobiography is usually one's own story …
HA But not strictly …
CF Am I totally wrong to see the book as autobiography?
HA No, not completely. And no interpretation of anything is "wrong." There are autobiographical aspects to it. I was interested in creating a critical response to my own story, to my mother's story, and to the lives of women that haven't been written down before. I wanted, in order not to sentimentalize it, to remove it from the context of the strictly personal, and to have a lot of intellectual inquiry going on. Everyone has a story to tell.
CF You construct a figure—the Negress—you talk about your mother in relationship to the figure of the Negress, and then you deconstruct the figure of the Negress.
HA You always have to kill off daddy, only in this case it's mommy—anyway, they can be one and the same.
CF Much of the book is about your relationship with your mother. There's affection and sympathy expressed but there's also, I sense, quite a bit of resentment. You seem to be asking, Mom, why did you choose suicide and silence, why didn't you choose life and to have a voice?
HA That was going to be my job. The example of her life and the lives of my sisters taught me that it was very important to become expressive of the personal and the intellectual.
CF In the book you do seem to be expressing some anger towards them. Do you think that your family tried to suppress you?
HA Yes, about sexuality, definitely.
CF But only about that?
HA Mostly, yes. It was never about my life as an aesthete. It was almost always about the fear that they had of homosexuality. And what's really interesting is that I think they would have been extremely uncomfortable had I been heterosexual.
CF Did they know when you were a kid? Is there something in particular that happened that made them anxious?
HA It was my friendship with Owen. But to them I would never have a sex, I would always be just a little … something.
CF How many sisters do you have?
HA I have four sisters, five including my first cousin who grew up with us. And I have one brother. It was a pretty intense household—emotionally, physically, intellectually. Have you ever lived with a group of girls? They not only share physical things after a while—menstrual cycles and boyfriends—but certain principles that are difficult to reason with from the outside, as a boy. I didn't necessarily understand the physical changes they went through as young girls becoming women, but I did try to understand what that meant in the world, and to them emotionally.
CF Is your brother younger than you?
HA He's the baby, he's two years younger.
CF Did he get any of this treatment or was it all put on you?
HA No, he was much more interested in my father than I ever was.
CF You were more in the mother camp …
HA Yes.
CF There are two very important archetypes in your book. You talk about the Negress and Auntie Man, and West Indian ideas of gender and gender positions. Both of them involve self-sacrifice as part of the identity. The archetype that seems most similar in African American literature is the imaginary notion of invisibility—of the invisible black man or the invisible black woman, depending on whether you use the Ralph Ellison trope or Michele Wallace's revision of it. Michele argues that binary racial paradigms offer no place for black female subjectivity. She talks about the place of the black woman as the place of invisibility. Can you relate your style to Ellison's or Wallace's?
HA No, I can't relate myself to Ellison or Wallace; how could I, coming from a completely different generation? And not being, really, an American. I like Ellison's essay for Ellison—as a turn of his mind, but not for me. I never felt invisible; in fact, when you come from a family as large as the one I come from, you're always under scrutiny. Writing was a way for me to learn how to observe without being observed—almost a relief.
One of the things I wanted to do was write something that was not so much defined by the politics as defined by intellectual qualities that had been formed by emotional relationships to this archetypal figure.
CF You begin an ethnography of personas and explain as you go along, through your own experience with these personas, how they relate to these cultural archetypes.
HA Another way of expressing this is to say that the idea of the Negress was the central motif on which many things had to hang, literary criticism and history and memoir among them.
CF Why is sacrifice so important to the Negress and the Auntie Man? Where does this self-abnegation come from?
HA In any matriarchal society, which my story people grow up in, there's always the issue of survival, first and foremost. And in a certain way an internalized sense: you have to make do with what you're given, or make do with what you're able to achieve. One of the really sad and interesting and true things about me—there's a whole negro style that grows out of this, a certain kind of depression. You know, clothing and environments and so on that become important. So I wanted to get to the sense of rooms and textures that these women were involved with, while letting them explain what the self-abnegation was about. Mostly it was about surviving. If they stood up and said what they really thought, they'd be dead. And this is something that has been imparted to their children who have more freedom. I have more privilege to say what I think.
CF You talk about the social and economic pressures that enforce black womens' silence. Your mother, an educated woman, arrives and finds out that the only job she can get is as a …
HA … Servant.
CF Many of the key people in this story are silenced. Do you feel there's a place from which black women can speak now?
HA Absolutely. Courtney Love talks about being a rock star, and that a lot of women are afraid to have the power, to take the power. But things have changed substantially since I was a little boy, living with these various types of women. People felt then that they didn't have access to power or speech. This sounds very hokey, but, their lives served as an example for people like us to not take it lying down.
CF Where do you situate yourself in relationship to other writers? The book is about people and the sensibilities that shaped you in your personal life. What about intellectually? Which black writers, gay writers, or any sort of writers would you call important influences?
HA A writing life is a reading life. So it's very hard to name the names in the trajectory, but influences?
CF Yes.
HA Proust was an enormous influence because he taught me how the internal world is not very different than the ways in which one perceives the external world. Or the internal world actually forms the ways in which one perceives the external world. Jane Bowles taught me how characters speak to one another; and also about rooms and internal life being, again, not very different than the external. I guess there's a leit-motif running through my choice of favorite writers. Proust, really, is the seminal influence.
CF I keep joking with you, saying you're the James Baldwin of the 21st century, but the link for me is the love/hate relationship with family. I was just watching the film version of Go Tell It On the Mountain , and I kept thinking about your book. Baldwin's story is different, it is about his stepfather whom he hates, but he also works with the notion that he can't get rid of him, or any of his family: they're in him. They're in us.
HA Right.
CF But also, he has this, "I am an angry, social and geographic exile" voice. You're not a geographic exile, but you do talk about displacement, about leaving Brooklyn and going to Manhattan, as a kind of immigration. You say, "My mother went from Barbados to New York, and I went from Brooklyn to the piers."
HA Right. I covered the waterfront.
CF Do you see any connection between yourself and Baldwin?
HA His early work is enormously important to read, because one learns about the essay, form, and how to stop talking at a certain point and allow the silences to weigh as much as the rhetoric.
CF Your book describes you in relationship to people from an older generation. What about your peers? How do your peers influence you intellectually or aesthetically?
HA By reading what I'm working on and by my reading what they're writing.
CF Okay. Now we go deep into the heart and soul of blackness, which you completely shoot out of the water from the first page of the book, where you make some very negative appraisals of black Americans and a certain sensibility in African American literature, that you characterize as a kind of false piety. According to this model, you claim the characters have to be perfect. You express an ironic disdain for that. Maybe we should first talk sociologically about the boundary lines that mark the differences between a black American and a West Indian view in your mind.
HA I could be wildly general about it and say that, fairly simply, African Americans don't come from anywhere else, they come from America. And Caribbean based people come from somewhere else—the ones who live here. The tension that exists, between adopting a country and having a country, is enormous to begin with. And race plays less a part in that equation than the fact that cultural difference always defines people.
CF Many people do talk about the difference between coming from a place where blacks are in the majority to a country where they are the minority, and growing up inside of that. The impact of life in the islands is self-government. There's relatively more opportunity for a power hierarchy being organized and carried out by blacks in the Caribbean than here. You deal with blacks in positions of power and not as tokens of power.
HA As a black person, you get to be a very ordinary person, instead of the exception, in the Caribbean.
CF Other differences become more pronounced, as a result of that. The difference of class—other West Indian writers have pointed this out. The black middle-class emigrating from the islands has a sharply defined class sensibility that looks askance at African Americans as working class without the proper aspirations.
HA I think that that's just shit that's been absorbed by Caribbean based people through the British and the French and the Dutch.
CF You mean those are European values.
HA European values about hierarchy. One of the things that one hears often is how haughty Caribbean immigrants are when they come here. And in a way, that's a good thing, because to be imperious means that you're not insensitive to discrimination.
CF That's the sociological part of it, but then there is a literary part of it. You express a lot of direct emotion in the book, and you express affection for people, and an enormous amount of sympathy for women, but there are moments of great irony, great distance, of poking fun at things and individuals, and whole ideologies. The notion of blackness is something that you elevate and destroy at the same time. There are key moments in your book where you go after a black American literary tradition for being too sincere and heartfelt and not ironic enough.
HA Or not complicated enough, really. One of the problems with the books that I'm talking about—most of Toni Morrison and John Edgar Wideman and Gayl Jones and Toni Cade Bambara—is a sort of earnestness that answers what white people expect, as opposed to what the person, the writer, thinks.
CF Is that an African American problem, or is that just a black literary problem in general?
HA It's been a black literary problem forever.
CF Who are you writing for?
HA Exactly. You have to write out of your own sense of self. Or as Djuna Barnes says, it has to be you, otherwise it's not worth it. One of the great problems I had with each of these subjects was to avoid the sentimental or the simplistic. I had to make the book as complex as possible to show the different shadings (no pun intended) just with three people, let alone the 20 million black people who are in America. It's all about the individual life. It's not about ideology.
CF This is a book about your becoming an intellectual and what shaped your sensibility. And what's not there is school.
HA Yeah, I never liked school. It was another system that I had to escape. I didn't finish college.
CF Didn't you leave SUNY Purchase and go to Columbia?
HA I was at Purchase for a year when I was 16. Then I dropped out of school for three years and ultimately I went back to Columbia and studied art history, but I didn't finish. I wasn't a very good student. I don't think I'm a very good student of anything, except other people's lives.
CF So, what, you sit around and let people talk to you about themselves?
HA Yes, I do actually. I'm not interested so much in my day-to-day reality. I know what I feel and think about stuff. I'm interested in what other people have to say.
CF So did you used to sit around and listen to your mother and your sisters?
HA Yeah, I liked to listen to them talk. I love to listen to women talk to one another, because there are so many levels going on simultaneously.
CF I have strayed from talking about individual moments in the book, because I don't really want …
HA You want people to read it.
CF Yeah, but if there is a moment that you want to highlight, that you consider to be key, paradigmatic, or central to defining what you wanted to do with it—
HA There's the section in the Dorothy Dean piece, where I talk about what a fag hag is, and what it means. It was a very tricky passage to write. It took a long time, only because I had to be absolutely clear about what I had observed.
CF Why did you pick her?
HA Dorothy interested me for several reasons. In order to tell her "story" I had to develop a style of writing that is unfamiliar to me: strict, hard-edged reporting. If I intruded on her story with my "feelings" it wouldn't have worked—Dorothy would have laughed at me, this black woman who had graduated from Radcliffe in the '50s and galvanized the social life—gay social life—around Cambridge. Dorothy was an observant conversationalist who never really did anything more out there than that—that and fall in love with gay men. She wouldn't want me to sentimentalize her story because she wasn't sentimental about the choices she had made for herself, like being only comfortable with gay men, gossiping, etc. I thought that she was so assiduously emblematic of herself, that she couldn't really be compared to any of the women I had ever read about in black American literature.
CF But she's somebody who couldn't write.
HA But she had the mind. And so it was just giving voice to her words, actually.
CF First you focus on your mother who is socially excluded from the mainstream and who imposes silence on herself …
HA And who is especially ambitious …
CF … and then you look at Dorothy Dean, someone who is in the field, but who chose not to participate, as a writer. So she, too, is silenced and can't speak. And then you turn to Owen, a man who silences himself … And then you're left with you. Is that an evolution that you are somehow tracing?
HA Not so much an evolution as it is a passing through in order to learn how not to live. I don't want to live in that way. So I had to leave them, get rid of them, in order to understand those aspects of myself that were like them.
CF So what's the new book about?
HA It's called Miss God , which is a quote of Auden's. After he converted to Catholicism, every time he would write to Chester Kallman, he would say, "We haven't heard from you in a long time, but Miss God forgives you." Everything was feminized. Anyway, the book is about the end of careers in New York.
CF The end of careers?
HA Yes, it's the end of a certain literary mindedness and the society built around that.
Coco Fusco is an interdisciplinary artist and the author of English is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas (The New Press, 1995).
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UK Foreign Secretary pursues global figures to ensure girls' education around the world
Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown talked about moving girls' education up the global political agenda, discussing the Foreign Secretary's #LeaveNoGirlBehind campaign
Political heavyweights Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown today joined forces to discuss improving education for the world's most marginalised girls.
The Foreign Secretary met the former Prime Minister as part of his campaign to deliver 12 years of quality education for women and girls around the world.
The meeting with Mr Brown – now the UN's Global Education envoy – is the latest in a series of high profile engagements Mr Johnson has held as part of his #LeaveNoGirlBehind campaign.
In recent weeks, Mr Johnson has discussed his campaign with girls' education activist and Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, senior adviser to President Trump, Ivanka Trump and philanthropist Melinda Gates.
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"Girls' education is manifestly in the global interest. It is the Swiss Army knife, the Rosetta Stone, the Black and Decker toolkit that solves a multitude of the world's problems."
"If we fail to educate girls, we store up huge problems for the future and wilfully miss out on boosting economic growth, managing population pressures and creating stable, prosperous societies – and most importantly, it is the right thing to do."
"Gordon understands this, which is why he is a passionate advocate of improving education for women and girls around the world."
"It was a pleasure to listen to his ideas and exchange views on the ways which the UK can become the global leader in ending the gross sexism behind attitudes which shut 130 million girls out of the classroom."
Appallingly 90% of world's poorest children leave school unable to read and write. Mr Johnson believes that one of the root causes of girls' illiteracy and poor schooling is sexism masquerading as 'tradition', which is holding millions of the world's poorest girls back. Britain is leading by example by providing £212 million through the Department for International Development to ensure 1 million vulnerable girls across the Commonwealth get 12 years of quality education by 2030.
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Eighteenth-Century Scotland Through Austrian Eyes
Count Karl von Zinzendorf (1739-1813)
Almost 250 years ago, on August 8th 1768 a nobleman, Count Karl von Zinzendorf first set foot in Scotland. His name is familiar to many historians of European history as the avid diarist and celebrated administrator of the Habsburg Monarchy. However, his name is far less known to Scottish historians of the same period. Yet Zinzendorf knew Scotland much more than Scotland knows about him; in fact he not just explored the land but studied it as well.
His sojourn to Scotland brought him into contact with established companions and new figures. One of closest friends, the future Governor of New York and ill-fated Governor of Virginia John Murray 4th Earl of Dunmore, nicknamed by Zinzendorf as "the Highlander" introduced him to The Poker Club in Edinburgh — one of the primary organs of the Scottish Enlightenment and meeting-place for many of the Scottish intelligentsia.
In 'Auld Reekie' he walked the cobbled streets and roamed the Meadows parkland with his admired acquaintance William Robertson, one of the most prestigious professors of history at the University of Edinburgh. The same sort of mingling occurred over in Glasgow at the end of his tour when he strolled the university gardens with the moral philosophy Prof. Thomas Reid and the Regius Prof. of Astronomy Alexander Wilson.
In between hikes in the Highlands with his "Highlander" Dunmore, he rested with at the Earl of Elgin's estate, went to mass at St. Fillan's Church with John Campbell 3rd Earl of Breadalbane, and dined with fellow freemasons — and later Grandmasters of the Ancient Grand Lodge of England — John Murray 3rd Duke of Atholl and his son, Lord Tuillibardine, whom he called the "jolly infant."
The full route of Zinzendorf's journey through Scotland in August 1768
In the eighteenth century travel became a more frequent exercise for petty aristocrats or the emerging 'middle class' and Zinzendorf was by no means the first in this period to travel through the glens and slums of Scotland. However, his trip to Scotland (and his visit to Great Britain as a whole) was in some ways very unique.
For one, Zinzendorf's journey was sponsored by the Habsburg state; his first position in Vienna began in 1761 straight after he studies at the University of Jena but he departed in 1764 on extended leave to observe conditions of finance and state in foreign nations such as the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal and Great Britain. Zinzendorf's time in Scotland then was just as much about reconnoissance as pleasure.
Secondly, unlike other eighteenth-century travelogues about Scotland such as the contemporary works like the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant's 1769 A Tour of Scotland (which followed a very similar route) or the earlier published Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 by Richard Pococke, Zinzendorf's record of travel existed in the form of his personal diary — an item which he maintained throughout his life and in exquisite detail, listing the names of all individuals, meals, meteorological observations and, in this case, how the bagpipes reminded him of the sounds of "bear traders" in Germany.
'Some Observations of Scotland'
In addition Zinzendorf compiled a nearly seven-hundred page report simply entitled 'Observations' which is preserved today at the archives in Vienna. Scotland features heavily in the document and primarily within two sections: first in 'Observations from my Journey' and a second — shown above — called 'Some Observations of Scotland.'
Zinzendorf's report focuses particularly on the economic situation of Scotland in the late 1760s. Some of his most detailed passages discuss the various banks of Scotland — including a hand-copied samples of banknotes, see below — and a description of the Carron Ironworks which he visited. A notable entry also compares the coal miners of the central belt of Scotland with the plantation slaves elsewhere in the British Empire.
During my time as a guest researcher at the INZ in Vienna, I stumbled across the document and cross-checked it with his diary, the relevant parts of which are only available to view at the archive. Zinzendorf's section and analysis of the British colonies in North America greatly interested me and led me primarily to this chance personal discovery.
Scottish Banknotes of the Banks of Dumfries and Ayrshire
Although efforts have been underway to publish edited versions of Zinzendorf's diary by the Historical Commission in Austria, my project here seeks to focus in on his time spent in Scotland and the ramifications of his visit.
I am intrigued by how Zinzendorf viewed Scotland and the lessons he took back to the Habsburg Monarchy; he later became one of the leading financial thinkers during the time of Enlightened Absolutism and institutional change in Central Europe. But I also think there is a wider story to be told here.
Zinzendorf clearly entered into a Scottish network of enlightened noblemen and figures. His interactions with them are illuminating not just for the detail recorded in his diary but also for he, as a Catholic foreigner (he converted in 1764), was treated. My project in this sense explores Zinzendorf's visit along four distinct themes:
1. Entanglement of Austrian (Catholic) and Scottish (Protestant) Enlightenment
2. Wider connection of Scotland in the Age of Reason/Republic of Letters
3. Scotland as an 'international model of statehood'
4. Travelling and hospitality in eighteenth-century Scotland
At this stage much of my research into his journey has only been done scantily whilst I was in Vienna. The main research for my PhD Empires on the Edge took precedent however, and I'm hoping to expand my source base both in Austria and Scotland. I want to collate further sources which will better contextualise both sides of the story. With the completion of my PhD later this year (2017), I intend to devote considerable time and energy into this project and bring 'Eighteenth-Century Scotland through Austrian Eyes' into full view.
Please feel free to contact me about any potential research enquiries, leads, funding or collaboration with this project or any other of my projects and research interests.
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As a rule of thumb, telling my wife the event is a musical is a good way to ensure a bad evening. This show was so good she's willing to reconsider her opinion of musicals.
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The Quiet Innovators in Boating (Part 5)
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The Formula 382 FAS³Tech designed by John Adams
In this Part 5 of The Quiet Innovators, I want to introduce two more individuals who are somewhat different than the quiet icons in the first four parts of this series. The designers here have devoted a significant portion of their careers to designing primarily for one boat manufacturer. As with the others, they are well known inside the industry, but largely unknown to most boating aficionados.
It is likely that there never has been nor will there ever again be a boat designer that has been with one company as long and has had such an influence over a single company's design and branding as John Adams has had with Thunderbird/Formula. Adams started with the company in 1971 and has been there ever since as the head of design. That is over 50 years.
Fuqua Industries purchased Thunderbird/Formula in 1969. In 1973, Fuqua purchased Signa Boats and Vic Porter became President of both Signa and Thunderbird/Formula through to 1975. By this time, a young John Adams, a freelance designer, had become the fulltime designer for Thunderbird/Formula and its boats were being produced in California as well as in Florida. Signa boats were built in Decatur, Indiana.
In 1976, Vic Porter created Porter Inc. and purchased Thunderbird/Formula/Signa from Fuqua Industries. He did business under the Thunderbird Products name building both Formula deep-V and Signa tri-hull boats. In 1975, the Formula 255 deep-V series of cuddies and cruisers was designed by John Adams and in 1979, the same year that production of the Signa lineup was cancelled, came the legendary Formula 302 LS high performance offshore model. The Formula name along with its classic lines was making headlines.
The classic Formula hullside lines may have slightly altered from model to model over the years, depending on whether a sport/performance boat or crossover/cruiser in terms of freeboard or transom treatment, but the principles have remained the same and contribute in large part to Formula's recognition and success. The foredeck is not flat but just slightly convex, while the shear line runs almost flat from bow to stern with slight almost imperceptible downward tapering towards the stern and starting roughly at the cockpit.
There is very little bow flare and the hull sides are as smooth and as unencumbered as possible. These features combine to give Formula a classic, distinctive, and almost regal look in the same manner as a Rolls Royce does in the automotive world. Both brands remain identifiable year to year and both exude a signature look that is instantly recognizable.
John Adams / Photo- Formula Boats
Into the 1980's, Formula's focus was mainly the elite end of the high performance and sport boat market. It had won several classes of offshore racing and had introduced the first curved glass windshields in the industry, which had allowed Adams and his team to further smooth and modernize the classic lines of his boats. The very deep-vee hull design of up to twenty-four degrees of deadrise offered a smooth ride that has been a Formula standard in all models to the present day.
The Formula design team started tinkering with stepped hulls in the late 1980's but went at it full steam in the early 1990's with John Adams supervising the endless placement and testing of wedges on hull bottoms. The result was the 1997 introduction of the FAS³Tech™ ("Formula's Advanced, Speed, Stability and Structural Technology") stepped hull design. It was first introduced on the 382, one of which I tested on a bleak wintry day in December on a lake near Decatur. The technology soon expanded for use on the 271, 312, and 419 which could be powered at the time with triple 500's.
The high performance craze peaked and was very much weakening by the early 2000's. While maintaining its solid reputation in that market, Formula directed more of its attention to the upper echelons of the family performance boating segment where quality and luxury was demanded along with performance.
And so, while maintaining that Formula "look," John Adams supervised Formula's successful transition away from high performance boats and into smaller sport boats like the Super Sport series, cruisers, and most recently, the highly successful Crossover series of bowriders. Regardless of size or intended use, they all maintain that classic and classy "Formula look" and appeal.
John Adams is probably as deserving as any of the multi-generations of the Porter family for the success of Thunderbird/Formula over the past fifty years.
Neil Gilbert
Like most other boat designers, the name Neil Gilbert likely doesn't resonate with many outside the boating industry, let alone many boaters themselves. But Neil Gilbert is arguably Canada's most prolific designer of pleasure boats and his designs have helped propel two companies into the largest fiberglass boat builders of their time in Canada.
Neil Gilbert started out an ardent sailor and in 1981, along with his brothers, won the Shark Worlds Racing Championship. He came to the attention of C&C Yachts of Oakville, Ontario, at the time one of the largest and most respected sailboat makers in the world producing sleek and timeless designs. He earned his designer and builders papers while working with C&C and was Project Manager and lead designer for the C&C 27 Mark V which debuted in 1984.
The Canadian (and even global) sailboat market was tanking in the early 1980's following one of the worst recessions and financial crises ever. Neil was picked up by powerboat maker Doral of Grande Mere, Quebec to help make over the company's lineup as well as lead it into uncharted territories, namely designing larger cruisers designed not only for Canadians, but for the US and International markets as well.
After reworking some of Doral's runabout lineup, one of Neil's first designs was the 30-Prestancia. I water tested one of the original prototypes on an icy cold November day on the challenging waters of the Eastern St. Lawrence River. It was a miserable day but I was most impressed with the boat, which went on to be a winner and a mainstay for Doral as the company moved forward.
Neil was with Doral into the mid 1990's, producing ever-larger cruiser designs including the popular 35-Boca Grande which helped create almost worldwide recognition for Doral. Doral became Canada's largest fiberglass boatbuilder with dealerships throughout the world. Around this time, Neil also designed the Gilbert 30 sailboat, of which a number were built to positive acclaim by the sailors who owned them.
Gilbert left Doral and in 1994 became the Chief Designer for Campion Boats of Kelowna, British Columbia, an inland city on stunning Lake Okanagan. Neil personally reworked and renewed the entire Campion lineup in his first few years with the company. After the closure of Doral, Campion soon became Canada's largest fiberglass boat builder.
Through his Gilbert Creative Group Inc. situated in Kelowna, Neil has freelanced design work with many boatbuilders. He contracted with Malibu Boats through its Merced, California facility to rework its rather staid line of wakeboard and surf boats into exciting new designs for the fully refreshed Malibu lineup. Gilbert also did design work for Cobalt, Kingfisher, as well as for the futuristic 40-foot Vector high performance powerboat with retractable wings, among other builders.
Family owned Campion Marine was sold in 2019 to KV Private Equity of Edmonton, Alberta. These new owners almost immediately called Neil back to be Chief Designer to refresh and redevelop the Campion lineup. One of Neil and his team's first projects was the next generation of Campion's proprietary APEX hull design into the APEX² HULL featuring a dual deadrise.
The Campion Muskoka M284
In April, 2020, Campion revealed Neil Gilbert's stunning new Muskoka M26, a 27-foot family day boat with watersports amenities, wake augmentation devices, large social-inspiring lounges, plus a most unusual vertical stem design. The design could be powered by outboards or forward-facing sterndrives in bowrider or closed deck configurations. The Muskoka M284 became the newest iteration for 2022.
But alas in 2022, the Canadian government announced a luxury tax to be imposed on boats costing over $250,000. KV Private Equity announced the closure after almost 50 years in business. The Campion Marine manufacturing facility was closed as of August 31, laying off its workers and putting the factory for sale. KV Private Equity will keep the Campion name and hopes to contract out the boatbuilding in the future.
Back at Gilbert Creative Group Inc., Neil Gilbert feels that electric power is coming to pleasure boating. According to him, electric power has several advantages in that ballast (batteries) is a known factor in terms of weight and placement within the hull whereas a fuel tank is constantly changing and shifting weight. Once electrical re-charging becomes readily available the cost to top up will be negligible compared to filling a tank with gasoline. Also, the weight of batteries and electric motors may soon be much less than V-8 motors with outdrives and even of large outboard motors.
Perhaps he may slow down and enjoy his well-earned reputation as Canada's most prolific designer of pleasure boats. Perhaps he will undertake additional freelance assignments. Perhaps he will indulge in what could be called a personal project – that of putting a Canadian flag on a Canadian designed and built highly technical AC75 hydrofoil as seen in America's Cup racing. Having studied aerodynamics as well as hydrodynamics, he has already produced some renderings showing a Canadian Maple Leaf on the foredeck of course.
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Topic - Signs of Digital Addiction. Steve is preoccupied with thoughts of using the internet.
He spends more time playing than he intended and plays for longer and longer periods of time.
Topic - Computer Addiction. Ten years ago, I saw an article about the first residential treatment center in the world for internet addiction and it was in, of all places, China, where internet addiction is taken very seriously.
Topic - Four Year Itch. Is the 7-year itch for real? Yes and no.
Divorces peak at 7 years, but most couples leave the marriage at year 4 while in the height of their reproductive years. Why?
Topic - Diet Soda. The guy in front of you orders a double burger, chili cheese fries and a diet soda.
Is he thinking he can afford a few more calories because of the diet soda? What's the truth about diet drinks?
Topic - The Power of "No". The word "no" has a lot of potential.
There's the flat out no and then there's the not taking no for an answer.
How do you teach kids to say "no" to invitations that aren't healthy, but to be persistent in pursuing their dreams by not taking no for an answer.


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Kanye West Is "Not Doing Well" Amid Split from Kim Kardashian
"He also knows what he is losing in Kim."
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As Kim Kardashian and Kanye West move toward divorce, West is not handling it all so well, according to a source.
"Kanye is not doing well," the source told People. "He is anxious and very sad. He knows that the marriage is over, and there's nothing that can be done right now. He also knows what he is losing in Kim."
News first broke of the couple's split late last year. And while no papers have officially been filed, sources say the divorce is "imminent."
"There is very little hope of reconciliation," says the source. "It would have to be a miracle. But Kanye does believe in miracles."
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West Are Reportedly "No Longer Speaking"
According to E News!, the hesitation of filing is just a "mere formality" as logistics and legal matters get sorted out (or perhaps for filming purposes).
The last we heard, the couple was no longer speaking, but Kardashian is still encouraging West to communicate with their children.
"Kim has made it clear that Kanye can talk to his children anytime he wants," the source told People. "She has never threatened to keep him from the kids. She only requires that he is not going to damage them. Kanye can FaceTime the kids anytime he wants. He hasn't been great about that, but everyone is encouraging him to do it."
"Kim doesn't want to hurt him," the source added. "She just knows she can't be married to him anymore. He is very aware that she has been a good wife. He still loves her very much. But he understands."
Kim Kardashian Reportedly Wasn't Ready for "Something Serious" with Pete Davidson
Will Kim Kardashian Remove 'West' From Her Name?
Kim Kardashian Is Officially Single
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson Are Reportedly Ready To "Take Their Relationship to the Next Level"
Kim Kardashian Is Reportedly "Crazy" About Pete Davidson
Kanye West Compared Kim Kardashian's Outfit at the 'WSJ' Innovator Awards to Marge Simpson
Kim Kardashian Admits It's Not Always Easy to "Take the High Road" With Kanye West
Kim Kardashian Has Reportedly Filed to Become "Legally Single"
Kim Kardashian Was Biker-Chic in Balenciaga for Her First Public Event Since Becoming Legally Single
Julia Fox and Kanye West Are Officially Done
The Kardashians Allegedly "Love" Kim Kardashian's Relationship With Pete Davidson
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Any Bucks fan could argue that all 82 games are a must-see , but this is more to refresh the casual Bucks fan for what looks to be a very entertaining season.
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The silver market pulled back a bit during the trading session on Tuesday, as the $16.00 level continues to offer massive resistance. I think at this point, we will more than likely pull back towards the uptrend line, possibly even the 50 day EMA underneath. At this point, it's very likely that the market will continue to find buyers underneath, and that we should continue to find plenty of value hunters jump back in. Beyond that, the next couple of days are going to be crucial.
Not only are we at a technical level that will cause a lot of attention, we also have Jerome Powell speaking in front of Congress for the Humphrey Hawkins testimony for the next couple of days, which will greatly influence what happens with the greenback. If he is very dovish, it's very likely that the US dollar could lose a certain amount of strength, and that should send Silver to the upside.
If we can make a fresh, new high, the market will very likely go towards the $17.00 level given enough time which is my longer-term target.
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The projected lower bound is: 15.48.
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Business looks pretty slow so far, but many downtown retailers — especially those with Cleveland-specific or political wares — are hopeful for the business the Republican National Convention could bring.
Cleveland Clothing Co. on East Fourth Street is right in the heart of one of the busy hubs around town, as the restaurant-filled street is serving as home for media organizations like NBC, The Washington Post and Bloomberg Politics this week. Mike Kubinski, owner and founder of Cleveland Clothing Co., said he considered staffing up for the convention, but decided to instead operate business as usual. After two busy months due to the Cavaliers, culminating with the championship parade in June, the store's team is pretty well seasoned, he said. Despite the convention, Cleveland Clothing Co.'s merchandise largely continued to focus on the city and the state. "We like to stay out of politics," Kubinski said. While the shop was quiet early Monday afternoon, July 18, sales were strong on Sunday when they're typically slow. He thinks a lot of people came down during the weekend to check out the scene downtown, and he's hopeful it will be busy later in the week, too.
Prosperity glass!wear in the Arcade decided to try to make the most of the convention by making special RNC-related jewelry. The shop, which has been in the Arcade for almost two years, sells jewelry made by owners and designers Cat Zurchin and Laura Bosse, as well as other local handmade items. Bosse said the store has sold dozens of convention-related items in recent weeks, but the RNC itself was still an unknown.
"We don't have any idea what to expect," Bosse said. Zurchin said the pop-ups in the Arcade have been good for the permanent shops, too. She thinks it's brought people in who normally wouldn't stop by, and she's hoping it stays like that going forward. Another one of the permanent shops, Daydreams & Tea — Through the Looking Glass, is looking to educate visitors on the history of the Arcade. The shop sells gift items like stuffed animals, books and more that it hopes will become heirlooms, said owner Jennifer Cauffield. The store opened on Mother's Day this year and, because of the RNC, included a number of elephant toys and books among its offerings. The store also printed brochures and cards with historical photos of the Arcade and information about the building's past for guests to take. Most of Cleveland's downtown retail spots, like the Arcade and the Galleria, were pretty quiet on Monday. While Tower City Center's hallways were relatively busy, its stores were largely empty. The Starbucks kiosk and the Brooks Brothers store were a couple of notable exceptions Monday morning. The Brooks Brothers' manager couldn't comment, but the store's employees were busy searching for items like dress shirts for its customers. But not everyone was open for business at Tower City. Storefronts like Victoria's Secret and Bath & Body Works had signs posted that they would be closed for the duration of the RNC. Purnima Luhar, owner of Creative Tees in Tower City, decided to keep the store open all week for a chance at getting some business from the people coming downtown. The store wasn't playing politics with its offerings — just in the front of the store were Cleveland-centric shirts and shirts for the Black Lives Matter movement (and one for All Lives Matter), as well as memorial T-shirts for Prince and Muhammad Ali and band T-shirts for the Rolling Stones and Slipknot.


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Worried they won't like your healthy snacks and educational books better than the latest video game? Don't be. Here's the trick with kids: they look up to adults. They like to act older than their age, and to spend time with their elders. Be it auntie Jane, Grandpa Joe, big sister or even mom and dad, nothing is more precious to them than attention! If you're following our thoughts – we say, get them gifts they can use to spend time with you!
Bath time fun: bath time is a signal that bed time is coming, and often kids get rambunctious knowing it's their last chance to have fun being silly. No need to suppress it, just bargain a little fun time with hooded towels (they can be a dog, a flower or a blue prince!) and bath toys with the promise to settle down afterwards. The tiniest of your little once can also have their own baby robe! These are the daily moments they'll remember in years to come. (By the way, extra fun bath time should include kids hair scrunching shampoo and bubble bath in both Blueberry Burst and Cherry Bubble Gum).
They all scream for ice cream: imagine the face of a child who is told they can bring ice cream with them ANYWHERE, and it won't melt! It's possible with the ice cream cooler tote, complete with a scoop! It holds an entire half gallon and yes, is waterproof too! Birthday party at the playground, anyone?
Of course, no rule says you can't go traditional and get things like toys and clothing for kids gifts. Especially when you're buying for babies, it's the parents you want to impress the most. A bouquet of baby clothing or a baby gift basket may just contain what they're needing the most during the most expensive months of their lives! They'll love you for it, trust us!


These are simple, sweet little lemon puddings that I love to flavour with sweet lemon-scented geranium. Leave out the geranium if you wish, or replace it with mint, lemon balm or lemon verbena. If you want to make these even more citrusy, finely grate the rind of one of the lemons and mix it with the lemon juice, to add into the boiled cream and caster sugar mixture. These possets are delicious served with the lemon shortbread biscuits, see the recipe here.
Put the flour in a bowl with the caster sugar and the finely grated lemon zest. Mix, then rub in the cubes of butter and squeeze the mixture in your hands to bring it together to form a dough. Alternatively, you could bring these ingredients together very briefly in a food processor.
Place the apple wedges, the hot-smoked mackerel chunks, the watercress, the chopped walnuts, the extra-virgin olive oil and the lemon juice in a bowl and gently toss everything together.
First, prepare the fish for smoking. Put the pieces of salmon, skin side down, on a plate or tray and sprinkle with two tablespoons of the light brown sugar (keep the remaining one tablespoon for smoking the salmon) and the salt. Allow the fillets to sit somewhere cool in the kitchen for 30 minutes.


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Dragon-i Hong Kong
Asian-Style Nightclub in Central
Dragon-i Hong Kong is a nightclub that's been around since 1967, making it one of the longest running clubs on the island. This stylish nightlife and dining venue is often packed with a diverse crowd looking to eat, drink, dance and generally have a fun time throughout the week.
The décor inside Dragon-i Hong Kong is a blend of traditional Chinese with modern touches like quality sound systems, while its music policy covers mostly dance music, depending on the DJ for the day (and night). Contemporary Asian food is served throughout the day, and the club usually starts getting busy from 10pm onwards.
Dragon-i Club Hong Kong enforces a relatively strict dress code policy – expect fashion-forward elites carrying designer handbags, and suited businessmen popping champagne in VIP booths. The nightclub is split up into 3 zones, each having its own bar and dancefloor with elevated DJ booths. You'll also find seating booths if you want a break from dancing – these include swanky VIP booths, where you get table service and good views of the club.
Dragon-i Club Hong Kong's music policy caters for many tastes, with the main room playing mainstream hip-hop, R&B and EDM tracks. Explore the club's other areas to find more of an underground, bass-heavy set.
Located in The Centrium, Dragon-i Club Hong Kong is easily reachable from the MTR Central Station. Head towards Lan Kwai Fong and the club is just around the back on Wyndham Street.
Location: The Centrium, 60 Wyndham St, Central, Hong Kong
Open: Monday, Wednesday–Saturday from 12pm to 3.30pm and from 6pm to 4am, Sunday from 12pm to 3.30pm, (closed on Tuesdays)
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A vial of Ardberg single malt Islay scotch whisky will be returning to Earth after three years in orbit aboard the International Space Station.
It will re-enter the Earth's atmosphere aboard a Soyuz-U rocket and land in Kazakhstan on Friday September 12.
Brand owner LVMH Moët Hennessy says the flight has been part of a pioneering research experiment. It says the expedition will allow scientists to decipher the impact gravity has on the whisky maturation process.
The especially designed vial has been orbiting the Earth's atmosphere at 17,227 miles per hour, 15 times a day for 1,045 days. At the same time an identical vial has been housed in Warehouse 3 at the Ardbeg Distillery on Islay, acting as a control sample.
The first study of its kind, the two samples will be reunited in a laboratory in Houston. Researchers believe it could change the future of whisky production. Scientists will compare the two samples, examining the interaction of the Ardbeg-crafted molecules with charred oak to document what differences occur between Earth whisky and space whisky.
Ardbeg's director of distilling and whisky creation, Dr Bill Lumsden, will lead the research, working alongside Ardbeg's space partners – US-based space research company NanoRacks LLC.
Lumsden said: "Ardbeg is known for taking risks in its development of some of the most coveted whiskies in the world, so it is fitting that it is the first distillery ever in space. We are now close to the end, close to finding answers to something previously unknown which is truly exciting.
After landing, the vial of Ardbeg will be taken to Houston to begin the analysis. The final white paper with the full research findings will be published in 2015.


If you're like most of our customers, you'll want a reliable Electronic Call Monitoring system (ECM) in order to know where all your care workers are at any given time. You'll want to know this for their own safety, for the safety of your service users, for the quality of care that you deliver and for the efficiency of your business.
With CarePlanner, you have no fewer than four cost-effective call monitoring solutions to choose from – all you have to do is to pick the one that works best for your business. And, of course, if you need some advice our support team is always on hand and happy to help.
Our simplest electronic call monitoring solution is for care workers to simply log when they start or end a call by tapping a button on the CarePlanner Mobile App.
Even if they don't have an internet connection at the time, the app will record the event and then upload it to CarePlanner system when signal returns. The duration of the appointment is recorded and can be viewed immediately by administrators.
The mobile app will also record the care worker's location at the time they pressed the button, which is then visible on a map in the CarePlanner system.
Our OTP (One Time Password) devices are a really popular choice for monitoring calls. The devices are small, robust little widgets that look a bit like pagers. They are usually kept in the keysafe, or in the care plan folder at the service user's property.
Pressing a button on the OTP device brings up a six-digit number, which is unique to the time of day and service user. A care worker can then send this number via the mobile app, text it via SMS on their mobile phone, or even write it down on their timesheet and hand it to an administrator at the end of the day.
Because the code is unique, and can only be produced by one particular device at one particular time and date, it can always be verified by the CarePlanner system to guarantee that the care worker completed the call.
You've probably seen NFC (Near Field Communication) tags built in to bus stops or used in shops. The coin-sized tags are left at a service user's property and can be read by any smartphone. Electronic call monitoring with NFC Tags requires use of a smartphone NFC reader and the CarePlanner App to log in or out of the call.
The advantage of NFC tags is the speed – you can simply swipe a mobile phone over them. The CarePlanner App will automatically open, acknowledge your arrival, send this data back to the office and show you any care or medication notes that you need for the service user. Simple, but secure and effective.
NFC tag monitoring is available on all NFC-enabled Android and Windows phones.
If using the mobile app or OTP devices isn't an option then our landline call monitoring (LCM) solution might be the solution.
Using the landline call monitoring system, care workers need only make a free, 5 second call from the service user's landline to a dedicated number. The call is automatically picked up by the CarePlanner system and is shown to an administrator as 'started' or 'completed'.
Whichever call monitoring option you choose for your care workers, back in the office you'll have access to a mine of useful information. Want to be alerted if a care worker hasn't arrived at an appointment? Just tick a box and you'll be notified by pop-up, email or text.
Want to know how punctual your care workers have been this week? We've got a report that will tell you just that.
Want to know where your care workers are at any given time? CarePlanner overlays their last known position on a map, based on call monitoring or GPS data.
If your local authority requires you to use CM2000 for logging in and out of calls, don't worry – you can still do this whilst managing your schedule, invoicing and all other aspects via CarePlanner.
If you'd like to use the mobile app in your service but staff don't have up-to-date mobile phones, then do get in touch. We have competitive mobile phone packages available, supplying you with exactly the right technology for mobile care work – including electronic call monitoring.


One of the most important things we can do as a church is help build meaningful relationships between people. At Monte Sano United Methodist Church, we offer several different opportunities to grow together in love, faith, and friendship.
Every Wednesday evening in the Fall and Spring the entire community is invited to join us for Wednesday Night Dinner in the Fellowship Hall. Dinner is served from 5:30-6:30pm. Reservartions can be made HERE by noon on Tuesday.
On Wednesday mornings from 10:00am-1:00pm we welcome seniors in our community for a time of fellowship, games, and food in the Youth Room. This gathering features two hours of games followed by a sack lunch. Once a month, the group has a potluck meal as well!
Retired Mountaineers meets at Monte Sano Baptist Church in the Fall and Monte Sano United Methodist Church in the Spring.
Table is an opportunity for ten members of our church family (and their children) to gather for a meal with our pastors, John & Denise Mullaney. The Mullaney's open their home and provided the main course and guests are asked to bring side dishes, drinks, and desserts. These gatherings typically happen twice a month depending on the time of year and holidays. Sign Up sheets can be found in the Narthex of the church.


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He said the countries "cannot wait for American power to crush this enemy for them".
Mr Trump told leaders at the meeting that he brought "a message of friendship and hope and love", and urged Muslim countries to ensure "terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil".
Perhaps I just did not notice, but he did not utter the phrase that he was so adamant must be uttered by the former president, "Islamic Extremist Terrorist". Here it only seems to be extremist. That is the same logic that Russia is using to persecute our dear friends in Russia.


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Гюнтер Фридрих Карл I Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузенский (; 5 декабря 1760, Зондерсхаузен — 22 апреля 1837, там же) — правящий князь Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузена в 1794—1835 годах, граф Гонштейна, владетель Арнштадта, Зондерсгаузена, Лейтенберга и Бланкенбурга.

Биография
Гюнтер Фридрих Карл I — старший сын князя Кристиана Гюнтера Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузенского и его супруги Шарлотты Вильгельмины, дочери князя Виктора Фридриха Ангальт-Бернбургского и Альбертины Бранденбург-Шведтской. Наследовал отцу в Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузене в 1794 году и следовал его линии правления. Гюнтер Фридрих Карл часто проживал во дворце в Эбелебене, где отдавался своему увлечению охотой.

Правление Гюнтера Фридриха Карла пришлось на переломную эпоху. В 1806 году распалась Священная Римская империя германской нации, на политическую сцену вышел Наполеон I. Князь обеспечил суверенитет своего государства, вступив в Рейнский союз. В 1815 году после Венского конгресса перешёл в Германский союз. В наступившем затишье княжество Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузен пережило культурный расцвет, князь пользовался всеобщей любовью. Гюнтер Фридрих Карл способствовал развитию искусств и построил в Зондерсгаузенском дворце театр. Князь считается основателем популярного в XIX веке Зондерсгаузенского оркестра, который возник на основе его ансамбля духовых инструментов, сопровождавшего князя на охоте. В политике князь Гюнтер Фридрих Карл считался консерватором, настаивавшем на своей абсолютной власти, и не желал идти ни на какие уступки, что противоречило либеральным тенденциям XIX века. Князь подвергался резкой критике за фаворитизм и в конце концов в 1835 году был вынужден отречься от престола в результате дворцового переворота, возглавляемого его собственным сыном. Последние годы жизни провёл в охотничьем дворце в Поссене. Похоронен в Эбелебене.

Потомки
Гюнтер Фридрих Карл I женился 23 июня 1799 года на принцессе Каролине (1774—1854), дочери князя Фридриха Карла Шварцбург-Рудольштадтского. У супругов родились:
 Эмилия Фридерика Каролина (1800—1867), замужем за князем Леопольдом II Липпским (1796—1851)
 Гюнтер Фридрих Карл II (1801—1889), князь Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузена.

У князя Гюнтера Фридриха Карла I было также четверо внебрачных детей.

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Литература
 Apfelstedt, Börner u. Donhof: Heimathskunde für die Bewohner des Fürstenthums Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. 3. Tl. Geschichte des Fürstlich-Schwarzburgischen Hauses (1856) (Gebundene Ausgabe — Mai 1998)
 H. F. Apfelstedt: Das Haus Kevernburg-Schwarzburg von seinem Ursprunge bis auf unsere Zeit ISBN 3-910132-29-4
 Kamill von Behr: Genealogie der in Europa regierenden Fürstenhäuser, Leipzig 1870
 Christa Hirschler, Ulrich Hahnemann: Das Fürstliche Haus Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Deutsche Fürstenhäuser, Heft 10. Börde-Verlag, Werl 2004, ISBN 3-9809107-0-9

Князья Шварцбург-Зондерсгаузена
Похороненные в Тюрингии
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Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments in MENA by confidence level 2017-2018
Published by Amna Puri-Mirza, Aug 27, 2018
This statistic illustrates the share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level. According to the survey, 14 percent of the respondents have a high degree of confidence in the parliaments and councils.
Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level
Share of respondents
Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, MENA, Palestinian territories
18,830 respondents
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Tunisia.
Method of interview
Face-to-face interview
Research methodology can be found on page 2 of the report.
Original question was phrased as follows: "Respondent confidence in state institutions".
Saudi Arabia's oil sector GDP 2012-2018
Oil reserves in Saudi Arabia 1990-2018
Oil reserves of the United Arab Emirates 1990-2018
Petroleum & Refinery
Production of oil in the GCC by member states 2014
Statistics on "Crude oil industry of the Gulf Cooperation Council"
Volume of oil output in the GCC 2015 by country
Middle East crude oil reserves by selected country 2015
Fossil fuel as share of exports in the GCC by country 2016
Fossil fuel as share of GDP in the GCC by country 2016
Fossil fuel as share of government revenues in the GCC by country 2016
Production of crude oil by Saudi Aramco 2011-2017
Share of crude oil exports by Saudi Aramco by region 2017
Crude oil export volume from the UAE 2010-2015
Production volume of crude oil in the UAE 2009-2016
Crude oil input in the UAE 2010-2016
Daily crude oil production in Qatar 2006-2018
Crude oil imports from Qatar to Japan FY 2018, by oil type
Oil reserves in Kuwait 1990-2018
Crude oil production in Kuwait 2005-2016
Crude oil exports from Kuwait 2006-2016
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Vietnam 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Mongolia 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in the Philippines 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Sri Lanka 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Laos 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Pakistan 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Indonesia 2005-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Malaysia 2005-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Thailand 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Myanmar 2010-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Singapore 2005-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Bangladesh 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Nepal 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Cambodia 2009-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Bhutan 2009-2018
UK politics: public opinion on government effectiveness 2004-2018
Proportion of seats held by women in parliament in Asia-Pacific in 2018, by country
Opinions on equal representation in parliament for both genders the Netherlands 2019
UK politics: perceived impact of ordinary people 2004-2018
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Qatar Automotive Industry in the MENA region United Arab Emirates
ACW. (July 10, 2018). Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 17, 2020, from https://cdn2.statista.com/statistics/901488/mena-share-of-respondents-opinion-on-the-parliaments-by-confidence-level/
ACW. "Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level." Chart. July 10, 2018. Statista. Accessed January 17, 2020. https://cdn2.statista.com/statistics/901488/mena-share-of-respondents-opinion-on-the-parliaments-by-confidence-level/
ACW. (2018). Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 17, 2020. https://cdn2.statista.com/statistics/901488/mena-share-of-respondents-opinion-on-the-parliaments-by-confidence-level/
ACW. "Share of Respondents Opinion on The Parliaments and Councils in The Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by Confidence Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jul 2018, https://cdn2.statista.com/statistics/901488/mena-share-of-respondents-opinion-on-the-parliaments-by-confidence-level/
ACW, Share of respondents opinion on the parliaments and councils in the Middle East and North Africa between 2017 and 2018, by confidence level Statista, https://cdn2.statista.com/statistics/901488/mena-share-of-respondents-opinion-on-the-parliaments-by-confidence-level/ (last visited January 17, 2020)


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Fueled by cafecito, D-backs give the ball a jolt
Paige Leckie
@paige_leckie
MIAMI -- Could it be the cafecito? Probably not, but it's not out of the question.
The D-backs, many of whom have been drinking little cups of the Cuban coffee in the clubhouse pregame, were no strangers to shots Tuesday -- of both the coffee variety and the home run type.
Christian Walker and Pavin Smith each went deep to back 5 2/3 scoreless innings from starter Humberto Castellanos in the 5-4 win over the Marlins at loanDepot park.
The victory marked the second consecutive game in which the D-backs hit the first home run of the season off the Marlins' starter, this time Trevor Rogers, after David Peralta went yard Monday in the first inning against Pablo López.
This time it was Walker, who had been raking all of batting practice (it seemed like almost every swing he took was a home run, landing anywhere from left field to right-center). Walker drove the first pitch of the second inning, a 95.6 mph fastball in the middle of the zone, over the batter's eye a projected 435 feet.
The long ball was Walker's team-leading sixth of the season.
"The battle was going to be getting [Rogers] over the plate," Walker said. "If I could lay off the fringe stuff and lay off the heater in, the changeup down. Just try to get something over the heart of the plate."
Walker's strategy worked and was one that seemed to be employed by some of his teammates. Of Arizona's nine hits vs. Miami, five (including the team's two home runs) came against fastballs.
So the D-backs continued to pounce on Rogers' pitches; Florida native Smith, whose family was in attendance, hit his second home run to lead off the third inning.
Smith is one of many Arizona batters who hitting coach Joe Mather refers to as "naturally gifted" at seeing pitches. That talent was on display in that first at-bat Tuesday, when Smith took a fastball up and inside for a ball before knocking a middle-up fastball deep to right-center field, where it bounced off the second deck.
Having multiple players who are able to see pitches when they are in the batter's box is key, according to Mather, and fairly rare. But even more important than that talent is how Arizona's players have "trusted the process" this season.
"It's not something they haven't heard," Mather said pregame. "But they have stuck with it. They haven't come out of themselves; they stayed through a hard time early in the season where, you know -- we're still climbing out of that average-wise. But they stayed true to themselves and they've trusted it. And really, the credit goes to them for holding onto it and not trying to change and then [coming] back, because you eventually come back to who you are."
Smith went 1-for-4 on Tuesday. And Walker is already more than halfway to his home run total from last year (10).
But while much of the lineup is finding success, the D-backs left eight runners on base.
"We're just settling in to be honest," Walker said. "There's a lot of pressure around getting off to a good start every year. And not that like you know, the pressure got to us or anything but you know, the handful of games early didn't go our way. … This is who we thought we were, this is who we know we are. We can be this team every day. The bullpen has been great, offense has been good. We just want to keep it going."
Oh, and about that cafecito? Walker hasn't tried it yet, but others have.
"Maybe a little boost," Carson Kelly said pregame. "It's always fun. They've always had it here, and I mean, it's always fun to have a little, a little shot of cafecito for before you go out there."


The distributor of 5-Hour Energy, Living Essentials of Farmington Hills, Mich., did not respond to written questions about the filings, and its top executive declined to be interviewed. Living Essentials is a unit of the product's producer, Innovation Ventures.
However, in a statement, Living Essentials said the product was safe when used as directed and that it was "unaware of any deaths proven to be caused by the consumption of 5-Hour Energy."
In an interview Wednesday, Daniel Fabricant, the director of the agency's division of dietary supplement programs, said the agency was looking into the death reports that cited 5-Hour Energy. He said that while medical information in such reports could rule out a link with the product, other reports could contain insufficient information to determine what role, if any, a supplement might have played.
"I am not interested in making any comment," Mr. Bhargava said.
Subsequently, the company issued a statement that said, among other things, that it took "reports of any potential adverse event tied to our products very seriously," adding that the company complied "with all of our reporting requirements" to the F.D.A.
The company also stated that it marketed 5-Hour Energy to "hardworking adults who need an extra boost of energy." The product's label recommends that it not be used by woman who are pregnant or by children under 12 years of age.
Representatives for two of those companies - Red Bull and Coca-Cola, which sells NOS and Full Throttle - said they were unaware of any such reports. A representative for PepsiCo, which makes Amp, also said it was unaware of any such reports.


We would like to especially acknowledge Tania Mihailuk (Member for Bankstown) as a champion supporter of restoring the Inner West Line to Liverpool/Bankstown via Regents Park.
The original Inner West Line serviced all stations from City to Liverpool via Regents Park from 1924 until October 2013. Trains from City to Bankstown via Regents Park were also part of the Inner West Line until its removal in October 2013.
Labor has previously announced it will cancel the conversion of the Sydenham to Bankstown line for Sydney Metro given that it does not provide new rail and due to the disruptions associated with the line shutdown.
The Sydenham to Bankstown Metro line would also force at least 19,000 commuters west of Bankstown from 9 stations to interchange for trains to the City Circle.
The motion to restore the Inner West Line to Liverpool via Regents Park as part of Labor's Building Sustainable Communities policy was adopted at the 2018 NSW Labor Conference.