Today marks the third month of my "Top Ten" list! From the controversial (HERE) to the Skirt! Magazine Facebook page featured (HERE) I seem to have struck on something good here. While a list of movies seemed the natural next segue, I thought I'd jump to a more difficult topic this month. (Always gotta challenge myself, right?) It's difficult because there are just so many amazing places that could fit on this list: Where are my favorite places in the world?
Sure there are many different reasons why I love these places. Like the hot motorcycle date along the coast of Maui or the road trip with my then-boyfriend-now-husband through Southern Ireland. One constant? The gorgeous scenery. I'm a total sucker for a place that just lends itself to postcard worthy photos. I am certain there will be plenty more places to amend this list in the years to come... Iceland and Croatia anyone???
Until then... where's your favorite getaway spot?


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Cornie Rempel will be joining us for an assembly this afternoon. Be ready for some fun!
Reading a good book is like taking a journey. Continue reading!
Each year a parent committee is formed to organize a farewell that takes place in June, for grade 8's moving onto another school. If you are a parent of a grade 8 student and would like to be part of the planning committee, please call the school.
Thank you to our students for hosting such a great assembly yesterday. We were encouraged to pursue reading with grit and perseverance!
Parents, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents and community members are invited to join us for our "I Love to Read" assembly on Tuesday February 20 at 11:00am. Immediately following our assembly, you are invited to share a book a student.
Our Grade 8 students will be attending the Optimist Festival in Winnipeg, on Tuesday, February 20th. Students need to spend some time every evening, rehearsing for this event. Lets make some beautiful music together!
Grade 3 students are encouraged to audition for the spring musical.
If Windchills exceed -30, recess is held indoors.


Less than 18 months after their creation, the Daleks made their third appearance as the Doctor's arch enemies in the six part serial, The Chase. Almost universally panned in fan circles as the worst Dalek story ever, The Chase is not entirely without merit. It is in this story that Ian and Barbara leave the Tardis for the last time and return to 1965 London. Their arrival home in the Daleks' time travelling ship is one of the most iconic and best remembered segments in Who's history. The still photography of the teachers playfully posing against a variety of London landmarks joyfully demonstrates their relief to finally return to what passes as normality. How did they explain away their two year absence from Coal Hill School? That's a mystery that remains unanswered.
Ian and Barbara enjoy London as they pose in front of a real Police Box. Yes, they really did exist!
Prior to their tear jerking departure from the Doctor and Vicki, Ian and Barbara were as close to home as 1966 New York. It was on the Empire State Building, in episode three, that the viewer meets the character of Morton Dill, played by Peter Purves. The viewers and the production team alike were unaware that Purves would reappear in episode six of that same serial as a stranded spaceship pilot on the planet Mechanus, named Steven Taylor. Evidencing the almost complete absence of forward planning in the Doctor Who camp, the decision to appoint a replacement for Ian and Barbara was not made until Purves impressed all concerned during his role as a naive tourist from Alabama. In a period of less than three weeks Purves went from a bit-part extra to a companion-in-waiting. It would not be until the next serial, The Time Meddler, that the character of Steven Taylor would be officially invested into the Tardis Crew. Purves was the first person to have appeared as two separate characters in the same Who serial.
My 12 year old son considers Peter Purves to be the Doctor's best companion solely based upon his portrayal of Morton Dill. And he wasn't even a companion then! My son loves the Alabama imbecile and finds it hard to contain his laughter as he watches Dill's onscreen antics. Purves' attempt at an American accent was at least consistent in that episode, unlike the season three story, The Gunfighters, where he occasionally forgets that he's meant to be from the USA. Moreover, we don't have to listen to him sing in The Chase!
A Mechanoid. The "next big thing" that wasn't!
Not surprisingly, The Chase witnesses a number of firsts. There's the first, and regrettably only, appearance of yet another "next big thing", the Mechanoids. Their unwieldy size, slowness and limited movement undoubtedly had much to do with this. It was not for want of trying that it took almost another 18 months for Doctor Who to eventually invent a genuine contender to the Dalek popularity stakes, the Cybermen. Another first and last was the Time-and-Space Visualiser, a large disc with television monitor which was taken as a souvenir from the planet Xeros' Space Museum. Seemingly programmed by punch cards, the Visualiser enabled the Tardis occupants to view any event in history's past. To demonstrate the machine's awesome powers the crew were treated to clips from Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address", William Shakespeare conversing with Queen Elizabeth 1, and most prestigiously for Doctor Who, the Beatles performing in 1965. The Beatles clip was no mere piece of stock footage from the BBC Archives, but a song filmed specifically for Who and also shown on Top of the Pops. The Chase is the first to feature an evil android Doctor. The serial also sees debut of the redesigned Daleks, who at last have their own time machine.
Why is it that The Chase is held in such low regard? The answer would undoubtedly vary from person to person, although the hybrid nature of the story must be a likely cause. There are so many elements thrown in together, with no satisfactory explanation why. The only plot involves the Daleks chasing the Doctor and his crew to various locations throughout the universe. The Doctor is the Daleks ultimate enemy as he thwarted their attempts to commandeer the Earth as a spaceship in The Dalek Invasion of Earth. At least in The Keys of Marinus the crew were endeavouring to retrieve the lost keys to the Conscience of Marinus, and their adventures encompassed a series of locations and terrains on only one planet. During the course of The Chase the Doctor and his companions are variously in a Haunted House; the Mary Celeste; New York City; and the planets Aridius and Mechanus.
Bizarre is a less than adequate word to describe the Tardis Crew's adventures in the Haunted House in which with a robotic Count Dracula, Frankenstein and Grey Lady reside. One is left wondering why, and whatever was Terry Nation thinking at the time. Nation would also have us believe that Daleks were the cause of the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the British-American merchant ship, the Mary Celeste, in 1872. The Daleks also had a keen interest in New York's Empire State Building. Had the Twin Towers been built in 1965 then I'm sure Nation would have positioned them there instead. It almost seems as though Nation was giddy on the success of the Daleks and had assumed that viewers were gullible enough to accept anything thrown at them. Clearly the BBC production team agreed, at least at the time.
In retrospect, however, such criticism fails to acknowledge the sheer fun of the story. And it's probably the gaiety of this serial which is the principal reason why The Chase is held in such high disregard. Daleks are meant to be menacing and intimidating. Throw in a mix of comedy interludes and the foreboding in which they are ordinarily met quickly evaporates. Viewers have no need for bothersome distractions of a witty nature. They just want to be terrified, even if by mid 1965 it was plainly obvious that the Doctor and his companions always triumph. The Daleks' next appearance, in six months time, did not suffer from a similar fate. The highly regarded 12 parter, The Daleks' Master Plan, gave the audience three solid months of terror and the first time, the death of not only one, but two companions. Hereafter the security of the Tardis Crew could never again be assured.
The Chase was released in a Box Set with The Space Museum entitled (you guessed it!) "The Space Museum The Chase".


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Video: Paul George Elbows Jusuf Nurkic in the Face, Gets Headbutted by Portland Big Man
By Dan Cancian On 3/8/19 at 6:05 AM EST
Jusuf Nurkic, #27 of the Portland Trail Blazers look son during the second half of a game against the Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center on December 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images
Jusuf Nurkic will not forget his meeting with the Oklahoma City Thunder after he found himself on the receiving end of some very bruising treatment during Portland's 129-121 overtime loss.
Towards the end of regulation, the Trail Blazers center was elbowed on the chin by Thunder's forward Paul George.
The latter sidestepped past the Bosnian on his way to the basket but his flying elbow caught Nurkic squared in the face, momentarily taking him out of the action.
Nurkic took a Paul George elbow right to the chin pic.twitter.com/wsnkj0AIDm
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No foul was called on the play and the Thunder secured the rebound after George's miss, converting the resulting shot with just 13.1 seconds left to edge ahead 113-111. Nurkic and George then locked horns again on the following possession, when the former caught an offensive rebound after Damian Lillard missed a 12-foot jumper.
George appeared to utter a few words towards the Trail Blazers' big man, who reacted by placing his forehead on George's. While Nurkic didn't follow through in his movement, the referee deemed the contact worthy of sanction and both players were called for a technical foul and Nurkic, who had already one technical to his name, was ejected.
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Nurkic ejected with 2nd technical after headbutt, PG also charged with technical pic.twitter.com/w9RjRh5aGE
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Referee Ed Malloy told ESPN after the game that officials had deemed the physical contact between the two players "an unsportsmanlike act."
The flashpoint with George was not the first time Nurkic had been at the center of the action off the ball during the game. With just over three minutes left in the third quarter, the Bosnian was sent flying by Russell Westbrook as the Trail Blazers broke forward at pace.
As Nurkic crossed into the Thunder's half of the court, he was bodychecked by Oklahoma's guard Russell Westbrook with such force that he went flying. Westbrook was penalized with a flagrant foul, but Nurkic was called for a technical foul for tripping the 2017 MVP a few moments earlier.
Russ really just knocked down Nurkic 😳 pic.twitter.com/mc64hICDdP
"I may have tripped him, but I didn't do it on purpose," Nurkic was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Lillard added: "Every time we've played them over the years, it's pretty much been a war—physical, close games, chippy. This one was no different."
After Nurkic was ejected, the Trail Blazers drew level with 2.9 seconds left in regulation, when Al-Farouq Aminu converted two free throws to force the game into overtime.
Nurkic finished with 13 points and 17 rebounds, while Lillard erupted for 51 points on 15-of-28 from the field in 47 minutes. It was not enough for Portland to avoid a second consecutive defeat and slip to 39-26 for the season, 0.5 games behind the fourth-placed Houston Rockets in the Western Conference standings.
The Thunder, meanwhile, improved to 40-25 and remain third in the standings, 0.5 games ahead of Houston.
George finished with 32 points, 14 rebounds and six assists, while Westbrook had 37 points and seven rebounds.
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May 8, 2019 May 7, 2019 squirrelchat
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It began last September. A friend and I decided we'd do it. We brought a third friend on board. And we set out to put together a show for one of our favorite people on earth.
At times, it has felt like a pregnancy. Goodness knows, it's lasted as long as one! All that planning which started way back in September of 2018 will finally come to fruition at the end of this month.
Three of us are organizing this musical tribute. And twenty-three "old-timers" are pulling themselves out of retirement to take the stage. We are doing it for our former teacher, director, mentor and the man we still call friend. His name is Harold.
Harold retired after 39 years of teaching high school college prep English in 1998 in a small rural community in northern Indiana. He has directed countless plays and musicals over the years while overseeing the business end of the theater and faithfully doing set and stage work behind the scenes. If you really want to honor this fantastic man, (and you live locally or semi-locally), I invite you to join us for his musical tribute show. Oh sure, I will be performing snip-its of all the roles I specialize in: the mean child, the ditzy blonde, the hussy, and the deranged woman who hates her job, but this show is not about any of the performers. In fact, there won't even be a curtain call. You see, that would put the focus on the singers. And this focus will all be on our beloved former director and English teacher, Harold.
In a world where it seems everyone is out to make a name for him or herself, to climb the corporate ladder, and to go "big" let me share a few details about Harold.
Upon his college graduation, Harold taught for one year and then moved to my beloved school district where he completed his career. Could he have made more money in a bigger school system? Absolutely! But he stayed and created a consistency that is rarely seen in any business, let alone in education, these days. Because of his steadfastness there was consistency in the English department and the school. There was consistency with those of us who were his students. I'll admit, I didn't feel overly prepared for much of college, but I was more than adequately prepared for my college freshman English class. All because of Harold.
Harold demanded classroom excellence. We wrote and wrote and wrote some more. He was a stickler with grammar and I am sorry to admit, much to my blog editor's chagrin, I still have never quite conquered the proper use of a semi-colon, but please don't blame Harold! That's all on me. He would give us two grades on our papers. The top grade was always my favorite because it was based on content and it was usually an A. Imagine my good-little-student-shock when initially my bottom grade (the dreaded grammar grade) was a C. I thank God for those Cs. It taught me there really was a bar for excellence and the bar would not be lowered. I would somehow have to work hard enough to reach that bar. (Man, I wish parents would let our teachers bring back that high bar!) Harold forced us to read an enormous amount of literature. I complained at the time (as any respectable teenager in the 1980's would) yet when it came time for summer break, I'd been inspired and challenged myself to read a great American classic novel a week, not because I had to but because I wanted to possess just a fraction of the literature foundation Harold possessed. There's no denying Harold played a huge part in my love of literature and writing. All because of Harold. (That's a fragment and he'd kill me for using it, but he doesn't have a computer so he doesn't read my blog!)
But perhaps the greatest contribution Harold made to my life was providing a quality theatrical program. For a kid who grew up doing theater it was a must that I attend a school where theater, good theater, was a reality. At age 4, I was actually in the auditorium when Harold produced the first musical on the stage in which I would one day perform. Who knew at the time the importance that stage, Harold, and what Harold started would have in my life? My high school years were not necessarily easy. I faked my confidence to hide my numerous flaws and insecurities as much as anyone possibly could, but the stage was always my home. The characters I played were my best friends. And Harold was supportive through it all. Later in life, when I was hired to teach elementary school at the same school system which I'd attended, it was Harold who gave me my chance to direct musicals. He believed in a 25 year old, bossy, brash theater buff, and because of his vote of confidence in me I was able to direct some of the neatest most talented young people ever. And let's be real, I can hardly wait until the upcoming show just to spend time again with some of those "teenagers" I directed long ago. I even get to perform a duet with a young man who was in my third grade class the first year I taught so it truly will be a walk down memory lane for many of us. But once again, who made all of these connections possible with the never-ending investment of his time, talent, and treasure? Of course, it was Harold.
The theme of "finishing strong" keeps reappearing in my life. As my beloved octogenarian former English teacher and director ages, he still plays such a vital role in my life. In fact, just these past few months as I've slogged my way back to school through grad classes, he has encouraged me, checked on me to see how I'm holding up, and made me laugh with his unique sense of humor. He has listened to me. He has listened to me a lot since the wreck. And I never feel judgement but only the strength of a solid trustworthy mentor. Life is short and I want to be like Harold. I want to remain consistent. I want to always strive for excellence. And I want to provide amazing opportunities to young people (and adults) to help them find their place in this world.
I thank God for a wonderful mentor and friend in my life. I thank God for Harold. And as I grow old, I want to finish strong like him.
Tickets for the Saturday, May 25 show, "A Tribute to Harold Norman: 45 Years of Churubusco High School Musical Theater" are on sale now for $10 by contacting: baughman.melissa@sgcs.k12.in.us.
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Dickson just mashes pitchers
By BY Examiner Staff • May 2, 2007 12:00 am
The signs from the third-base coaching box have become pretty easy to decode when O'Koyea Dickson steps to the plate with a man in scoring position.
"In those situations, the first thing I do is look over and check in with the coach," Dickson said. "And he always just bumps his hands together and tells me to get it done."
It's a justifiably simple approach considering the damage the No. 3 hitter for the Washington baseball team has inflicted on opposing pitching this season.
Despite playing in just 21 games (he missed 10 early in the year with a strained oblique muscle), Dickson has the most RBIs in the state (53) and leads the Eagles in batting average (.600), home runs (three) and slugging percentage (a staggering 1.057). The 5-foot-10, 205-pound junior first baseman helped Washington (20-11) go 13-2 in the Academic Athletic Association and win the B Division to earn a bye into Thursday's semifinals of the San Francisco Section playoffs, where the Eagles will play either Galileo or International Studies Academy at Big Rec's Nealon Field at 3:30 p.m.
And with Dickson healthy and last year's AAA Co-Pitcher of the Year Mike Andrick back after missing the majority of the season due to injuries sustained in a car accident, the defending San Francisco Section and Transbay champion Eagles have won eight games in a row and appear poised to make another deep playoff run.
"We've had some bumps and bruises along the way this season," Dickson said. "But we feel like we're playing our best ball now at the right time going into the playoffs."
Dickson truly emerged as a player to watch during last year's postseason, smashing a long home run to left field that easily cleared the fence at AT&T Park and hitting another one even longer that bounced over the wall in Washington's 16-4 section championship game win over Lowell. Then, in the decisive third game of the Transbay Series against Oakland Section champion Skyline, he went 4-for-4 with a home run and six RBIs in a 16-12 Eagles win.
This year, Dickson had a 13-RBI game against ISA and drove in 10 against Marshall.
"He's a great player — a huge presence to have in the lineup — and his success doesn't surprise me because he's not afraid to put in the work to get better," Washington coach Rob Fung said. "Plus, he has great natural abilities and a swing and a lower body built for power."
Washington pitcher Thomas Mora has a unique perspective on Dickson, having faced him last year while playing for Skyline. His advice for those attempting to get his new and talented teammate out: Whatever you do, don't leave anything over the plate.
"You have to try to get him to bite at a waste pitch," Mora said. "Because if you throw him a strike, you know he's going to hit it hard somewhere. Always."
Dickson attributes his success in part to his father, Richard — a former minor-leaguer in the Giants' system who had his son playing catch as soon as he could walk — and the support of his mom, Alice Porter. He is already drawing interest from Division I programs including Santa Clara and dreams of playing professionally. But for now, he is content to concentrate on helping Washington win, one line drive at a time.
"My dad just tells me to think about hitting the ball hard," said Dickson, who got his unusual first name because his father saw Christian Okoye play in the NFL. "The rest will take care of itself."
SAN FRANCISCO SECTION PLAYOFFS
Today's games
» Lincoln vs. Balboa at Crocker-Amazon Field No. 1, 3:30 p.m.
» ISA vs. Galileo at Hennessey, 3:30 p.m.
Thursday's games
» Balboa-Lincoln winner vs. Lowell at Big Rec (Graham), 3:30 p.m.
» Galileo-ISA winner vs. Washington at Big Rec (Nealon), 3:30 p.m.
Championship Game of May 16
» Semifinal winners at AT&T Park, TBA
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Some Straight Talk from San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom You May Have Missed
Posted on August 10, 2005 by gdewar | Leave a comment
"Re-thinking" and "strategizin' " are popular topics amongst political types to the left of G. W. Bush. This past week members of the Young Democrats of America held their national convention in San Francisco, and the talk was punctuated with some hard realizations doing "business as usual" wasn't going to cut it anymore. Good.
What struck me most, though was the coverage of the event in the local press barely made mention of their own mayor's remarks, and those that did gave it short shrift, presumably because he's not on the "politically orthodox" side of politics.
Which is unfortunate. That's because in a time when you have so many Democratic politicians in Washington DC running around thinking they're in charge of things, when they're not, and you have lifetime political hacks from D.C. running around, grabbing corporate cash and attacking party chairman Howard Dean for daring to act like, well, a Democrat, Mayor Gavin Newsom's remarks were a breath of fresh air.
Here's a quote, from the San Francisco Bay Guardian, that's worth a look:
"I am not popular in my party," he said. "What's the point of winning if you can't advance your principles? You can't talk in ideals unless you are willing to manifest them…We need more clarity in our party," Newsom said. "It's about integrity."
You'd think a statement like that, coming from the guy who's had to take crap from wealthy, psueudo-Democratic battle-axe Dianne Feinstein, and who decided to stand on principle on an issue that was not going to get him any points in a future political career would be applauded, if not by the supposedly progressive Bay Guardian, then at least by the allegedly powerful "liberal blogosphere."
While I can forgive the latter for not reporting and amplifying Newsom's remarks since there's no way for them to know what's up without being able to read it somewhere, I have to take issue with the Guardian, both for their burial of what would seem to be a bold, progressive statement, and for their coverage of the event in general.
It becomes obvious in a situation like this that no matter what Mayor Newsom says, because he was Not The Politically Correct Person saying said statement, they had to bury it in a half-assed piece about the YD's.
You almost get the sense that there's such a determination to slam Mayor Newsom as "Willie Brown, Part Deux" (even though he's not), they can't even concede one little piece of decent coverage.
News flash: Mayor Newsom is not perfect, lefty folks. We know that. But trying to demonize the guy and being unable to concede on principle when he's done some great things ultimately kills La Causa a hell of a lot better than the Ghost of Satan Willie Brown could or will. It shows an inability to grasp today's political terrain, and a desire to return to what I call the "Bad Good Old Days" – when it was easy to be on
But there's a bigger issue. You'd think that they'd send someone to, oh I don't know, try and cover the issues at hand at said convention, and perhaps engage in a little reporting, maybe even quoting some people and attaching names to quotes. Even better, send a young person who'se politically savvy to try and bring the perspective of the people these folks are tryin' to reach.
Instead the Guardian sent an old college professor whose experience with the Young Democrats dates back to the 1950s. That's great. But nowhere in this coverage does any real history of the group get told, to place anything that happened at the convention itself in context.
The author clearly went over there with a presupposed concept in mind: the tired old saw of "How the 1960s are Still The Best Years for Activism Ever" and the new hack, "Oh You Democrats Didn't Talk About The War As Much as I Deem You Should (Even Though I Didn't Bother to Cover Most of the Convention Anyway)."
Hmm. Sounds like a bad country song. Oh, but I digress.
But to wind it up: Not only did the Guardian make a mis-step in under-reporting their own elected officials' statements at a natinoal convention in their home town, they also blew a chance to do some real research and come up with a story that might have told the reader a little more about the proceedings and asked some hard questions.
Instead, we got yet another iteration of the old "60's Great/Today Bad" rhetoric that makes me literally ill every time I hear it. The 60s have been over for some time now, folks. Smokin' pot and marching a lot may have been the way to go back then. But to make a difference today, one has to get with the times, not try and re-enact the 60s the way those Civil War buffs do so on battlefields in the South.
UPDATE: It seems in my haste to post something, I made the mistake of not noting Pat Murphy's coverage of said convention at his local news website, SF Sentinel that included coverage of Mayor Newsom's remarks.
Many people have opinions of Pat Murphy's work – whatever they say, I still find it a good local resource for many events that don't always get covered by the Big Papers In Town, and Pat's never shy about his opinions, or labeling them as such. Kudos to Pat for covering more of the Mayor's speech.
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Le Lavotchkine La-200 (en ) était un prototype d'intercepteur à réaction, conçu et fabriqué en Union soviétique par le bureau d'études (OKB) Lavotchkine au début de la Guerre froide.

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Our Muay Thai and kickboxing program is the best in the Portland area. We strive to have multiple coaches at EVERY class so that you are guaranteed hands on instruction. This often allows our students to even have one of our coaches serve as a pad holder for them in general classes! We are able to provide you with many of the benefits of private sessions in a classroom setting, helping you to improve your technique much more rapidly!
Our instructors are not only successful professional fighters but also have many years of coaching experience. Both Noah Kramer and Alex Branom's lineage is through the World Thai Boxing Association. They train under Ajarn Dan Burke, who is directly under Ajarn Chai.
We pride ourselves on being welcoming to all skill and ability levels. Whether it is your first class or you have been kickboxing for years, are interested in competing or not, we believe that EVERYONE should receive quality instruction. We hold ourselves to the highest standard whether it is a beginner or advanced class. Our style is very functional and is directly related to self-defense and competition, but it is also great for those looking for a fun way to get in shape. Our small class size and student instructor ratio allow us to tailor your Muay Thai experience to your individual goals.
Picture a rugged area, with a couple of heavy bags and an old tire in the room. There is someone jumping rope off to one side, another person is working the speed bag, while a wizened boxing coach holds mitts for someone else. Our Old School boxing program teaches proper footwork and striking for competition-level boxing. Our boxing program is for EVERYONE. Our students range from 5-70 years old, and include people looking to lose weight as well as those competing at the professional level. Our Head Boxing Instructor, George Gonzalez, has been coaching for over 25 years and is highly respected in the Portland boxing community. Whether you prefer a standard class environment, or prefer one-on-one instruction, our boxing program is an excellent way to get in shape, learn self-defense, or prepare for competition. George is available for early morning as well as evening training sessions. We also encourage our Muay Thai students to also take advantage of our boxing program.
Kids Class: In an era where social media dominates much of our time, it is really important to teach our children how to handle themselves in real-life situations. We incorporate team building along with sport and self-defense techniques including kids boxing and Muay Thai. Our program is designed to have both structured play and instruction.We welcome all school-age children, generally 5-12 years old (exceptions are made). Older kids are encouraged to take a leadership role with the younger, fostering a sense of community.Our Kids Class emphasizes collaborative learning while developing body awareness and improved health and fitness. There is an opportunity to participate in competitions for those who are interested.
Boxing: Monday through Friday, by appointment, with our head instructor, George. Children will gain basic boxing techniques including footwork, defense, and offensive combinations as well as discipline and exercise. Recommended for students 5-12 years old.
Muay Thai: Our children's Muay Thai incorporates traditional Thai training customs with the beautiful martial art of Thailand. It includes punches, elbows, knees, kicks, and throws. Recommended for students 7-12 years old.


The latest homemade fruitcake tasting took placeon the 28th, and many delicious cakes were enjoyed!! This evening was a homemade only event--no commercial bakeries were included.
Notice that quite a few of these are duplicates from last year's tasting. I guess they were good ones! They were all winners in this bunch.
Two of the guests made Alton Brown's Free Range Fruitcake, so we did a head-to-head tasting of it--and found them both to be yummy. There were slight variations between the two: one baker had soaked the cake in brandy, while the other had lightly spritzed same, and we found that the latter had a bit lighter taste because of it. So for anyone making their own, take note--adding alcohol gives the cake a heavier character. If you don't like candied fruit, this is a good recipe for you--all dried fruits. It almost looks like a quick bread, and we agreed that a generous dollop of cream cheese and this would be a delicious breakfast bread. Perhaps for Christmas morning?
Both the Best Fruitcake Ever and Fiona Cairns' fruitcakes are stellar--full of a variety of fresh and interesting flavors, rich and delicious, and the almond extract-flavored glaze adds an extra little pop.
Now, for that asterisk above on the Dark Fruitcake: I learned while searching for the Joy of Cooking Dark Fruitcake recipe on the internet, that the recipe in my edition of the Joy of Cooking was misprinted. It was actually missing about 6 eggs! There was also too much brandy in the recipe (but can there ever be too much brandy in a recipe, I ask you). We all did remark on my cake being sunken in the middle. I attributed that to (and still attribute it to) the fact that I mistakenly baked it in 2 stacked loaf pans instead of 1, so it was more insulated than it should have been.
Regardless, it was a good fruitcake. Everyone liked it for it's markedly dark flavor, attributable to the molasses and brown sugar in the recipe. I actually found it to be a bit too dark for my taste, edging into burnt tasting (to me). Could also be the large amount of raisins in the recipe.
Eat lightly. Our hostess ordered 2 big pizzas (from Roots--delicious!) for six people, which on an ordinary night could have easily been decimated, but people limited themselves to only a few slices, knowing that the tasting lay ahead.
Pace yourself. We enjoyed conversation for a while after dinner, ate the first round of fruitcakes, talked a bit more, than went back in for round two. This approach allowed us to clear our palates and heads so we could fully enjoy all the cakes.
Small slices! Notice the sizes of the slices we had cut above. The Free Range Fruitcake slices at top left were further cut into thirds for tasting. This is heavy stuff, and can only be fully appreciated and enjoyed when doled out in small pieces. Anything bigger and you're groaning in pain by the end of them all and might dream of fruitcake slices chasing you--which is what happened at previous tastings.
I'll post the stollen recipe soon!


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Monster Train is a roguelike deckbuilding game with three vertical playing fields. The objective is to protect the final burning pyre from the forces of heaven and restore the inferno.…
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Comcast plans to fiddle with its longstanding 250 GB data cap for broadband subscribers.
The company will run two trials in several markets, and both will bump the cap to at least 300 GB for all users. In one test, subscribers to higher-speed Internet will get more data, and in the other, everyone will get 300 GB. Users who exceed their limit in either trial will have to pay an overage charge -- possibly $10 per 50 GB.
This is good news and bad news. Streaming video services such as Netflix and YouTube gobble up an increasing amount of data, and although most Internet subscribers consume nowhere near 250 GB per month, Comcast is at least acknowledging that it must offer more data for subscribers who do.
Still, Comcast's increased data allotment feels like a distraction from the main policy change, which swaps hard data limits for overage charges. In the past, Comcast cut off users who exceeded their limit twice in a six-month span. In Comcast's trials, subscribers who use too much data will simply pay extra, just as you do for exceeding the limit on a smartphone data plan.
I think overage fees are better than yanking your account, but if Comcast really wanted to take a consumer-friendly approach, the company would just throttle users who go over their limit, or at least give them that option. Instead, Comcast wants to turn heavy data users into a revenue opportunity. It's not ideal, but it's understandable from a business angle.
The real trouble comes with Comcast's approach to net neutrality. The company landed in hot water with neutrality advocates last month when it announced that its Xfinity app for the Xbox 360 wouldn't count against users' data caps. In essence, users who watch lots of streaming video through other services, such as Netflix, risk hitting the cap and paying an overage fee, while users who stick with Xfinity can stream as much as they want, worry-free.
The writing's on the wall: If you're going to cut the cable cord, Comcast has a plan to get its money back. As with AT&T's switch to data caps for home broadband, precedent is the issue. You may not use 300 GB at the moment, but streaming video is going to get bigger, inevitably at the expense of cable TV. Service providers are planting the seeds of protection now.
Incidentally, Comcast will offer unlimited data for users outside of its trial markets, while the company tests the new 300 GB plans. Enjoy it while it lasts.


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Are there more blacks in Prison today than were in Slavery
Atqnews on September 20, 2014
by Alfred Edmond, Jr
The headline was for a post by Andreas Hale at the blog and news site TheWellVersed.com. Hale, who is identified as the editor of the site, cites as his sourceThe New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (The New Press, $27.95). Though I have yet to read The New Jim Crowfor myself, all indications are that it is an important and credible book on the over-representation, exploitation and ongoing oppression of African Americans, and Black males in particular, by what is now commonly referred to as the prison industrial complex. The headline to Hale's post points to a conclusion drawn from a study supporting the primary premise of the book—that American prisons have replaced the institution of American slavery as a profit-driven system for creating and maintaining a permanent second-class population with little or no rights as citizens, even for those who have paid their debt to society and ostensibly have a clean slate.
The problem is that the fact (and it is true) that there are more Blacks in prison today than were in slavery 160 years ago, without proper analysis and context (which I will assume that Alexander offers in her book), is misleading at best, and at worst, potentially damaging to the very population of Black males whose treatment and exploitation is being protested. That's because statistics, without the benefit of context, analysis and critical thinking, are extremely dangerous, especially for Black people. For every person who believes that the over-representation of Blacks in the prison system is proof of the bias inherent in that system, there is at least one other who believes that such disproportionate representation is proof positive that Black men are more prone to crime and violence—and worse, that most Black men are guilty until proven innocent. Statistics and facts can be used to define and defend, or to demonize and destroy. For every tweet of this headline shared as proof of Black males being systematically hounded and oppressed, there were others shared as evidence of the criminal nature of Black men—which ultimately speaks for all Black men, including me. And this is the case even when the facts that the statistics reveal prove ultimately meaningless, even though true.
In the case of Hale's post, the reporting and statistical analysis and context is vague or non-existent. While the fact that today's Black incarcerated population is larger than the 1850 slavery population in sheer numbers (and alarmingly out of proportion to Black Americans' share of the U.S. population) is a shocking comparison, it doesn't really say much. That's because today's total Black population is far larger than America's Black population in 1850. So a more accurate and illustrative comparison would be the percentage of the Black population who were slaves in 1850 versus the percentage of the Black population incarcerated today.
According to the 1850 Census, there were 3.6 million African Americans (including roughly 3.2 million slaves) in the U.S. population. By comparison, in 2010, the Census reported nearly 39 million African Americans (not counting those of mixed races), more than 10 times the Black population in 1850. Based on those figures, it is not plausible, even at first glance, that today's Black incarceration rates are anywhere near the proportion of Blacks in slavery in 1850. In fact, nearly 90 percent of Blacks in America were slaves 160 years ago. According the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, non-Hispanic Blacks (including women) are 39.4 percent of the total prison and jail population in 2009. Not even close.
So, is there a disproportionate number of African Americans in prison? Absolutely. Are most Black people in prison? Absolutely not. Are there strong parallels between the prison industrial complex and the American system of slavery and disenfranchisement of Black people? Again, absolutely. Is there a higher proportion of Black people in prison today than were in slavery in 1850? Again, absolutely not.
Should we sound the alarm to get people to adopt a greater sense of urgency and take action to change the criminal justice system and, more importantly, to keep African Americans out of it? Absolutely, positively, yes. But using statistics and citing facts and studies without providing critical analysis and context, for the sake of getting our attention, is the equivalent of pulling a false alarm. Both can result in the trampling of the very people we're trying to save.


Matt Khourie is Chief Executive Officer of Trammell Crow Company. In this role he is responsible for the management and day-to-day operations of the Company. He is also the chairman of the TCC Executive Committee, and a member of the TCC Investment Committee and CBRE Global Operating Committee.
Prior to being named CEO of TCC in 2016, Matt served as CEO of CBRE Global Investors for seven years where he was responsible for the global management of the firm and served as chairman of the firm's Global Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team.
With more than 35 years of experience in the real estate industry, Matt previously served as President, Southeast Operations for TCC and was a member of the firm's Executive and Investment Committees. During his original 29-year tenure at TCC, Matt worked in various management positions including leadership roles that focused on development, investment strategy, portfolio management, and institutional investor relations.


Live Rugby match update for : Huddersfield Warrington Wolves Super League Live Rugby online telecast on 17-Apr.
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Live online broadcast for this Warrington Wolves Huddersfield game will be available fifteen minutes before the scheduled start time - 16:00 GMT, 17-Apr, relaying live feeds from the tournament's - Rugby League - designated venue. Huddersfield has the odds in his favor for this match, however Warrington Wolves is always up and ready for any challenge.


David Bedard, born in 1967, began aikido training in Lewisville Texas in 1991. His teachers include C. Clark, Steve Duncan, Denis Dorris, Aaron Clark, David Martin, and Yoko Sato. He holds Jiyushinkai 4th dan and also practices Shinto Muso Ryu Jo and other Japanese koryu with Phil Relnick. He is an assistant instructor at the Jita Kyoei Dojo in Dallas, Texas.
Bill Parker, has been practicing Kodokan judo for many years and began aikibudo in 1992. His teachers include Vince Tamura, Russell Waddell, and C. Clark. He holds Jiyushinkai 4th dan and Kodokan Judo 5th dan. He is a high school teacher and is married to Linda. He is an instructor at the Jita Kyoei Dojo in Dallas, Texas.
The following students have been promoted to Gasan Ryu Kenpo ranks in Black Belt by Professor Nick Chamberlain and are part of the Yudansha, they are in alphabetical order with the date of their promotion to Shodan (first degree Black Belt) listed. Some of these students have also been promoted by Professor Chamberlain to ranks in Karazenpo Go Shinjutsu (authorized by Sijo Sonny Gascon), Nick Cerio's Kenpo (authorized by Professor Nick Cerio) , American Kenpo (authorized by Professor Nick Cerio) and Shaolin Kenpo.


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Summary of Consolidated Financial Results for the Q3 ended 31 December 2012 (abridged English version)
Sosei Group Corporation ("Sosei"; TSE Mothers Index: 4565) today reported financial results for the third quarter ended 31 December 2012 - please view here.
Cumulative net sales for the third quarter totalled ¥1,861M, an increase of 123.1% from ¥834M in the comparative period last year, as a result of increase in milestone payments from Novartis triggered by the approval of NVA237 (COPD) in Europe and Japan, as well as the regulatory submission for QVA149 in Europe.
Year-to-date Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) expenses were ¥1,907M (¥1,908M in the comparative period last year). Within SG&A expenses, R&D expenses increased to ¥258M from ¥153M in the same period last year mainly due to the increased development costs for SO-1105. Other SG&A costs decreased to ¥458M from ¥563M in the comparative period last year. Amortisation of goodwill was ¥1,191M which is equivalent to the comparative period of the previous year.
As a result, operating loss decreased to ¥331M (¥1,301M in the same period last year), and net loss to ¥200M (¥1,367M in the same period of the prior year).
The Group had ¥2,398M of cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments as of 31 December 2012, compared to ¥1,497M as of 31 March 2012.
Highlights of the third quarter:
NVA237 and QVA149 for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
NVA237 (glycopyrronium bromide) is a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) developed as once-daily inhaled maintenance therapy for the treatment of COPD. NVA237 was licensed to Novartis in April 2005 by Sosei and our co-development partner, Vectura Group.
In September 2012, NVA237 received approval in the EU (as Seebri® Breezhaler®) and Japan (under the brand name Seebri® Inhalation Capsules). The product has since been launched in Germany, the UK, Japan etc., and approvals have also been granted in Canada and Australia. Novartis expects to file the product for approval in the US in the beginning of 2014.
QVA149, a fixed-dose combination of glycopyrronium bromide and indacaterol maleate (Onbrez® Breezhaler®) was filed for approval in the EU in October 2012, and in Japan in November 2012.
To date, Novartis have announced positive results of five Phase III studies: SHINE, BRIGHT, ENLIGHTEN, ILLUMINATE and SPARK, conducted as part of IGNITE program, one of the largest international patient registration programs in COPD comprising 10 studies and including more than 7,000 subjects across 42 countries. Data from these five studies demonstrated the efficacy of QVA149 and showed a superior effect on lung function and patient-reported outcomes versus comparators Spiriva® and Seratide®.
The US application for approval is expected to be filed by the end of 2014.
To date, Sosei has received $52.5M from Novartis and, under the terms of the license, could receive up to an additional $135M for achievement of regulatory and commercialisation targets for both NVA237 and QVA149. In addition, royalties will be received on product sales upon successful product launches.
Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending 31 March 2013
The financial forecast for the year ending 31 March 2013 remains unchanged from that announced on 15 May 2012.


CHARLEVOIX - Some unusual circumstances have led prosecutors in Charlevoix County to re-issue previously dismissed sexual assault charges against a former Cheboygan County man.
Charlevoix County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Shaynee Fanara said earlier this month she re-issued three counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct against Aaron Beishlag, 39, now of Harrison. The charge is punishable by up to life in prison.
The charges stem from allegations that for an eight-month period from June 2003 to February 2004, Beishlag, then 34, had a long-term sexual relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time.
Under Michigan law, engaging in sexual penetration with anyone under the age of 16 is a felony, regardless of the victim's consent. Typically, in cases involving a victim between the ages of 13 and 16, the charge would be third-degree.
Beishlag was originally charged with crimes in both Cheboygan and Charlevoix counties because the incidents were alleged to have happened both at Beishlag's home in Cheboygan County and at his father's home in the Charlevoix area.
On June 20, following a four-day trial a Cheboygan County jury found Beishlag guilty on two counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct. His trial on the Charlevoix County charges was set to begin three days later, but prosecutors dismissed the charges before the trial began.
Fanara explained that she dropped the Charlevoix County charges after learning of the convictions in Cheboygan County to spare the victim from having to testify again.
However, at Beishlag's Aug. 28 sentencing hearing, Cheboygan County Circuit Court Judge Scott Pavlich granted a defense motion to set the jury's verdict aside and declare a mistrial.
Cheboygan County Prosecutor Catherine "Mickey" Castagne was not available to provide details on the reasons behind the judge's actions, but at the time of the ruling she issued a press release in which she expressed frustration with the judge and noted that the Beishlag case is the third time in a year that the judge has set aside a jury's verdict. That case is now set for an evidentiary hearing on Oct. 2.
Charlevoix County's Fanara said she re-issued the charges against Beishlag after learning that the Cheboygan County verdicts had been thrown out.
Beishlag turned himself in to authorities on the renewed Charlevoix County charges last week and is free from custody after posting a $5,000 surety bond. He is scheduled to face a preliminary examination at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 25, in 90th District Court.


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US, Japan begin war games; China denounces drills
Dec. 3: Japanese Self-Defense Forces, left, and U.S. military personnel salute at the launching ceremony of a base defense exercise at the start of the annual joint military drills 'Keen Sword' in Sasebo, southern Japan. (AP)
TOKYO – In an ongoing show of force following a deadly North Korean attack on a front-line island, the U.S. and Japan began one of their biggest-ever military exercises Friday, mobilizing more than 44,000 troops, hundreds of aircraft and a U.S. supercarrier.
The drills come just after the U.S. and South Korea concluded maneuvers in the Yellow Sea. The exercises brought immediate criticism from China, which is wary of having foreign navies off its shores and has been increasingly assertive over large swaths of waters in the south and east China seas, where some of the drills would take place.
"At present, there are already enough of these kinds of military exercises. Under the present conditions, all relevant parties ought to do more to benefit the maintenance of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and in the region, and not the opposite," said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu.
The Nov. 23 North Korean attack killed two South Korean marines and two civilians on Yeonpyeong Island, a tiny enclave of civilians and military bases located near a disputed maritime border.
The attack has heightened tensions in the region and renewed fears of a bigger clash breaking out that could draw in neighboring countries, including Japan, where about 50,000 U.S. troops are based under a security pact.
The drills in and around Japan are part of the annual "Keen Sword" maneuvers and involve tens of thousands of troops from both sides, including the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and its battle group. For the first time, the exercises also have observers from South Korea.
According to Japan's Defense Ministry, 34,100 Japanese personnel, 40 vessels and 250 aircraft from Japan's ground, maritime and air self-defense forces will take part, along with 10,400 troops, 20 ships and 150 aircraft from the U.S. military.
The maneuvers, which were scheduled well before the North Korean incident, are to continue through Dec. 10.
"By conducting exercises such as Keen Sword, we are ensuring that our forces will continue to be effective in meeting the challenges of the 21st century," said Lt. Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander of the U.S. 13th Air Force.
Officials said South Korea was included for the first time since the exercises were started in 1986 in an effort to bolster cooperation between the two neighbors.
"Japan-U.S. cooperation, as well as our three-way cooperation that includes South Korea, is extremely important for peace and stability in east Asia," Japan's Chief of Staff Gen. Ryoichi Oriki said.
Japan has reacted with alarm to the developments on the Korean peninsula. Prime Minister Naoto Kan even ordered his Cabinet ministers to stay near the capital in case of an emergency.
North Korea's state-run news agency has threatened "full-scale war" if the country's territory is violated by any military maneuvers. The U.S.-Japan exercises were to be held well away from Korean territory.
Still, South Korean intelligence chief Won Sei-hoon told lawmakers this week that North Korea is likely to strike again, Yonhap news agency reported.
He said North Korea likely carried out last week's attack in part because it needed a "breakthrough" amid internal dissatisfaction over a plan to transfer power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son.
Associated Press writer Christopher Bodeen in Beijing contributed to this report.


Kutztown University Small Business Development Center client Joseph G. Zidik, President and CEO of Custom Milling & Consulting Inc., Fleetwood, has been selected as Eastern Pennsylvania & Statewide Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration. Founded in 2002, and a client of the Kutztown University SBDC since 2003, CMC was established to provided custom material processing and toll processing services.
Connie Lindenmuth of QNB Bank has been awarded the Five Star Mortgage Professional Award. The award recognizes service professionals who provide quality services to their clients and is presented in more than 45 markets throughout the United States.
AAUW-Bethlehem recently awarded scholarships to a record-breaking twenty-nine college-bound high school seniors and four women returning to college following an interruption in their education. Awards were made from the proceeds of the AAUW-Bethlehem Book Fair. This year's event grossed more than $43,000. Students are: Elaine Fink (Freedom), Shaina Palmer (Freedom), Juliana Hong (Liberty), Ashley Martins (Saucon Valley), Aria Sivick (Charter Arts), Erica Barrett (Freedom), Marina Fam (Freedom), Alexandra Gaugler (Freedom), Flannery Johnston (Freedom), Lauren Heess (Liberty), Linnea Harris (Liberty), Natalie Vega (Charter Arts), Alyssa Villani (Freedom), Priyanka Patel (Freedom), Sabrina Morawej (Liberty), Kalyn Lazar (Liberty) and Marlena Krcelich (Freedom).
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Care Act 2014 / Children and Families Act 2014
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Young carers transition
Transition in the Care Act 2014 and the Children and Families Act 2014
Identifying support needs of young carers
Timing of a transition assessment
Transition assessments under the Care Act 2014
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The Care Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to assess young carers before they turn 18, so that they have the information they need to plan for their future. This is referred to as a transition assessment.
Local authorities must conduct this transition assessment for a young carer where it appears that the carer is likely to have needs for support after they turn 18 and where they think that there would be 'significant benefit' to the carer in carrying out the assessment (see below).
On the basis of a transition assessment, local authorities must give an indication of whether the young carer is likely to have eligible needs for support under the adult statute. They must also give advice and information about what can be done to meet those eligible needs, and what can be done to prevent or delay the development of needs.
Section 96 of the Children and Families Act 2014 introduces new rights for young carers (inserted into the Children Act 1989) to improve how young carers and their families are identified and supported. From April 2015, all young carers will be entitled to an assessment of their needs from the local authority. This new provision works alongside measures in the Care Act 2014 for assessing adults to enable a 'whole-family approach'
Part of: Young carer transition in practice under the Care Act 2014
to providing assessment and support: both the Care Act and the Children and Families Act include provision that assessment can be joint.
Where a young carer is caring for a child rather than an adult (for example a younger sibling) when they approach 18, they will be eligible for assessment and support under section 1(2) of the Carers (Recognition and Services) Act 1995.
A whole-family approach means making sure that any assessment takes into account and evaluates how the needs of the person being cared for impact on the needs of the child who is identified as a possible young carer, or on any other member of the household. This approach also allows the local authority to combine a young carer's needs assessment with any other assessment in relation to the young carer, the person being cared for or another member of the young carer's family.
The Department of Health has published good practice guidance on whole-family approaches to assessment. [2]
The provisions for young carers included in the Care Act 2014 link with provisions in the Children and Families Act 2014 to provide a clear framework for local authorities to take a whole-family approach to assessing and supporting adults and young carers and deliver support in a coordinated way.
It is the responsibility of councils to coordinate the support of those who have been using children's or transition services with the support provided by adult services. Examples from good practice suggest that the willingness of services such as social care, education, housing, employment and health to work together with families can make a difference to the future of young carers.
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Forum: The Future of Reconstruction Studies
Reconstruction in the South
The Civil War and State-Building: A Reconsideration
Birthright Citizenship and Reconstruction's Unfinished Revolution
Reconstructing Religion
In a Class by Itself: Slavery and the Emergence of Capitalist Social Relations during Reconstruction
Women's Rights and Reconstruction
Reconstruction in the West
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Spatial Roots, Lawsuits, and Leisurely Pursuits: A SHA 2018 Recap
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Morning panels on the last day of conferences can be difficult. But a Sunday morning panel at the SHA 2018 Annual Meeting offered refreshing perspectives on Reconstruction Studies scholarship. The three panelists of "Emancipationist Memory and Radical Dreams of Freedom: New Directions in African American History of the Reconstruction Era" epitomized the benefits of closing out a wonderful conference. With the sesquicentennial celebration underway, Nicole Myers Turner (Virginia Commonwealth University), Giuliana Perrone (UC-Santa Barbara), and Caitlin Verboon (Virginia Tech) demonstrate that Reconstruction Studies as a field offers critical questions and insights for the current political moment. This post attempts to answer the broad questions raised during Carol Emberton's comments–where does their work fit in the current historiography? Which specific conversations are the authors entering?
Nicole Myers Turner's paper explores the role of black Baptist networks in shaping African American political identity in Virginia. Her paper enters the scholarly conversations defined by Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, James M. Washington, and others for understanding postwar African American religious developments, and it extends the Reconstruction-era chronological frame by including the Readjusters as defined by Jane Dailey and others.[1]
By digitally mapping black Baptist networks in Virginia, Turner renders visible the spatial roots of African American Baptists' political influence. This fresh perspective reveals how religious networks converged with political gains. She cites the petition of Virginia students who despite attending Howard University, expected William Mahone, former Confederate general and Readjuster political leader, to provide a patronage position to their African American professor as a condition of their electoral support. By 1883, these African American Baptists held political sway and applied their networks accordingly for the extension of Reconstruction-era patronage.
Prof. John Mercer Langston, Howard University. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Though not fully appreciating the breadth and depth of these spatial roots, Mahone tapped into Baptist networks by using a circular to canvass for their support. Here, Turner's use of digital mapping reveals that the robust African American religious networks replicated the political networks necessary for Readjuster success. Mahone's lack of appreciation of these networks was exposed during John Mercer Langston's 1888 campaign to become U.S. House representative of the Virginia Congressional Fourth district. Although initially losing to Edward Venable, Langston successfully contested the election and was seated in 1889. His success revealed the strength of black churches and political networks in drawing on older efforts.
The combination of the Howard University students' petition, Mahone's canvas circular, and Langston's successful U.S. House campaign convincingly shows that the "Black Baptist Church held the soul of the nation." Based on this brief paper, her forthcoming larger work on black Baptist education, and political and religious networks, will definitely be a valuable addition to Reconstruction Studies.
Giuliana Perrone's "Claiming Freedom: Black Litigants in Post-Emancipation Southern Courts" enters the conversation recently shaped by Sharon Romeo, Melissa Milewski, and Martha Jones.[2] She differs from these legal scholars by seeing judicial opinions as evidence of the preservation and stretching of jurisprudence and not as a revolutionary Reconstruction-era gain. Rather, Perrone emphasizes the role of judges and the burden placed on African American litigants by examining three specific cases of apprenticeship, marriage, and child legitimacy.
As noted by Wilma King and Catherine Jones, former Confederate states employed its apprenticeship laws for restricting African American parental claims and often directly affecting the most vulnerable members of their families.[3] The 1867 Ambrose v. Russel ruling eviscerated portions but not all of North Carolina apprenticeship laws. Perone contends that the ruling merely stretched–without radically dismantling–antebellum jurisprudence. In other words, the Reconstruction Era judiciary extended due process previously afforded to free black North Carolinians to include newly freed African Americans. This is a novel interpretation but one that needs further clarification as suggested by Emberton's insightful question–"what would a revolutionary judicial opinion look like in this specific example?" Since judicial opinions did not exist in a vacuum, her paper, even if not intentionally, raises another question for future interrogation: what was the lived consequences of jurisprudence on post-emancipation African American children whose lives remained bound to adult decisions, whether their parents, former enslavers, lawyers, and/or appellate judges? Here Perrone's larger work has the opportunity to bridge legal studies and childhood studies in this example.
The next two examples demonstrate the promise of Perrone's larger work. The second example explored a legitimacy case between an African American widow and her white husband's extended family in a Shreveport, Louisiana estate dispute. Despite taking precautions of a postwar Catholic Church marriage and baptism of children born before emancipation, her husband's extended family contested her and her children's inheritance rights. The judicial opinion cited the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and Louisiana law sanctioning interracial marriage as eliminating previous disabilities. Thus, the judge applied both federal and state law evenly and not in a revolutionary act. In this regard, Perrone agrees with Mileweski who emphasizes the role of judges in shaping the courts, which now included former enslaved individuals as both litigants and appellants for the defining of postwar citizenship rights. Her last example explored a Kentucky ruling where Julia Martin's child was ruled as illegitimate because her marriage did not survive the transition into freedom. This continuing disability affected both mother and child and placed an incredible burden on the Martin household. Overall, Perrone's paper demonstrates the need for further contemplation over the radical (or not) of the Reconstruction-era judiciary.
"The Grand Lay-Out," c. 1874. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Lastly, Caitlin Verboon explores the circus and leisure activities as tools for defining and redefining notions of race, freedom, and citizenship in "Public Leisure: Black and White Social Life in the Reconstruction-Era South." Circuses were open to all crowds, including vice along the edges. She shows how "pleasure was political" and deepens the work of David Goldberg and Victoria Wolcott.[4]
The circus functioned as an important site for making and remaking postwar society. Some southern newspapers criticized African Americans for their lack of thrift by spending money at the circus and therefore demonstrating their unfitness for freedom. Some white southerners even employed African Americans' enjoyment of the circus as justification for denying them the right to participate in state militias. Simply put, the circus allowed for the advancement of white supremacy. In contrast, African Americans actively defended going to the circus as a right of citizenship. Here, they claimed the circus as an emancipatory space and in turn, leisure as a right of citizenship. Some even appealed directly to the Freedmen's Bureau when their admission was denied. Foretelling later African American struggles for leisurely pursuits, Verboon is astute in her analysis.
Verboon concludes with a discussion of racial incident at a Baton Rouge circus show to demonstrate the competing arguments for and against a racially-inclusive democratic society. By focusing on one racial incident depicted in three different accounts, she sheds light onto how vice occurring at the edges, and how the murder of a circus performer galvanized opposition toward the social-leveling possibilities found at the circus. After taking panel attendees to the circus, her paper raises questions about which other sites of leisure provided similar opportunities and even the role of African Americans' politics of respectability in either advancing or stifling leisure as a right of citizenship during and after Reconstruction.
By exploring spatial roots, lawsuits, and leisurely pursuits, these three papers demonstrate the rewards of expanding the temporal, spatial, and intersectional boundaries of Reconstruction Studies as a field. Turner, Perrone, and Verboon not only engage with "unfamiliar and uncomfortable ground," but in so doing, remind us that the legacy of the Reconstruction Era matters politically, legally, and socially in the present moment.[5] These forthcoming larger projects will add both vitality and depth of the current field.
[1] Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women's Movement in the Black Baptist Church, 1880-1920 (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992); James Melvin Washington, Frustrated Fellowship: The Black Baptist Quest for Social Power (Macon: Mercer University Press, 1986); Jane Dailey, Before Jim Crow: The Politics of Race in Postemancipation Virginia (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000).
[2] Sharon Romeo, Gender and the Jubilee: Black Freedom and the Reconstruction of Citizenship in Civil War Missouri (Athens: University of Georgia, 2016); Melissa Milewski, Litigating Across the Color Line: Civil Cases Between Black and White Southerners from the End of Slavery to Civil Rights (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018); Martha S. Jones, Birthright Citizens: A History of Race and Rights in Antebellum America (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018).
[3] Wilma King, Stolen Childhood: Slave Youth in Nineteen Century America (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1995); Catherine A. Jones, Intimate Reconstructions: Children in Postemancipation Virginia (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015).
[4] David E. Goldberg, The Retreats of Reconstruction: Race, Leisure, and the Politics of Segregation at the New Jersey Shore, 1865-1920 (New York: Fordham University Press, 2017); Victoria W. Wolcott, Race, Riots, and Roller Coasters: The Struggle over Segregated Recreation in America (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012).
[5] Luke E. Harlow, "Introduction: The Future of Reconstruction Studies," Journal of Civil War Era 7 (March 2017): 4-5.
Hilary N. Green
Hilary N. Green is an Associate Professor of History in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama. She earned her M.A. in History from Tufts University in 2003, and Ph.D. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010. Her research and teaching interests include the intersections of race, class, and gender in African American history, the American Civil War, Reconstruction, as well as Civil War memory, African American education, and the Black Atlantic. She is the author of Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890 (Fordham, 2016).
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