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Picasso was that rare thing in history, an artist of cultic presence, a secular manifestation of the spirit, a genuinely commanding phenomenon.
Pablo Picasso (1962)
Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter who is broadly acknowledged as being one of the most important and influential artists of the 20th century. Throughout his career Picasso experimented with a diverse range of painting styles, most notably inspiring the Cubist movement.
The birth and death of Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz was born on 25 October 1881 in the Andalucian city of Malaga. He later adopted his mother's maiden name of Picasso. The son of an art teacher, Picasso showed an interest and skill in art at an early age and received formal art training from his father. In 1895 the family moved to Barcelona where Picasso was given a place at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts at just 13 years of age. In the early 1900s, Picasso moved between France and Spain before finally settling in Paris in 1904, the art capital of Europe. Unlike many artists living in France in the 20th century, Picasso remained in Paris during the German occupation, producing sculptures, ceramics, etchings and paintings on a colossal scale. On 8 April 1973, Pablo Picasso died of a heart attack at his home near Cannes.
Picasso's 'Blue' and 'Rose' period
Picasso's work is often categorised into periods. Between 1901 and 1904 the Spanish painter experimented with what has become known as his 'Blue Period'. It was during this period he produced sombre and monochromatic impressions in shades of blue and green; austere colours accompanied by equally doleful subject matter, such as 'The Tragedy' (1903), depicting a bearded man, a woman, and a child, shoeless and in rags, huddled on a beach.
Beggars, drunks and prostitutes were frequent subjects during the 'Blue Period', perhaps inspired by past experiences and time spent on a journey through Spain including the suicide of his friend Carlos Casagemas, another artist and early friend who liked to drink and was prone to depression. It was Casagemas who financed their first trip to Paris towards the end of 1900. Picasso is said to have said: "I started painting in blue when I learned of Casagemas's death."
By contrast, Picasso's 'Rose Period' has been considered to have been influenced by the artist's experiences of France. This short-lived 'period', which lasted from 1904 – 1906, saw Picasso painting with much more cheerful tones of orange and pink, with circus performers, clowns and harlequins dominating the subjects.
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
In 1907 Picasso painted 'Les Demoiselles d'Avignon', (The Young Ladies of Avignon), a large oil painting that portrays five nude female prostitutes, two of which wear African-style masks, in a brothel in Barcelona. This seminal piece of work, which was strikingly different to anything Picasso or his contemporaries had previously produced, split the Parisian art community, with some observing the painting as having the potential to change the nature of visual art, and others, including some of Picasso's closest friends, viewing it as a crude travesty. Nonetheless this revolutionary and controversial painting is widely considered to being pivotal in the development of Cubism and modern art.
The arrival of Cubism
"The art of painting original arrangements composed of elements taken from conceived rather than perceived reality." – Guillaume Apollinaire, 'The Beginnings of Cubism' (1912).
What was to become one of the most revolutionary and influential movements in art was attributed to just two men – Pablo Picasso and the French artist Georges Braque. In breaking up subjects and reassembling them in a more abstract way, both Picasso and Braque depicted their paintings from a host of viewpoints, representing the subjects in a greater context. The initial phase of this avant-garde movement, which lasted until 1912, is referred to as Analytical Cubism, whereby Picasso and Braque used subdued tones and concentrated on geometrical forms. The second phase is known as Synthetic Cubism, which consisted of much brighter colours, more decorative shapes and incorporated stencilling. It was during this time Picasso stated to use pieces of cut up newspaper in his paintings, marking the creation of another major innovation, the first use of collage in art.
Picasso's involvement in the Surrealist Movement
In 1924 the Surrealist Movement was officially founded when the French writer and poet Andre Breton wrote 'Le Manifest du Surrealisme'. In this manifesto Breton defined Surrealism as "Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express verbally, by the written word, or by any other manner – the actual functioning of thought."
What started life as a literary movement was later embraced and painted by the art world, with Pablo Picasso becoming a leading figure. Experimenting with painting and sculpture throughout the 1920s, Picasso's involvement in the Surrealist Movement, drew on Surrealist imagery and techniques to paint images of morphed and distorted figures. One of Picasso's most seminal paintings influenced by the Surrealist Movement, was the 'Nude Standing by the Sea' (1929) – a surreal painting of a nude woman stood in a classical pose with her arms raised, but her body swollen and monstrously rearranged.
Arguably Picasso's most famous painting was created during the artist's Surrealist period. The Guernica (1937) is Picasso's representation of the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes during the Spanish Civil War. In what has become a poignant anti-war symbol, the Guernica, with a woman grieving over a dead child in her arms, a horse falling in agony with a spear in its side, a dismembered soldier, a bull goring the horse from underneath and a human skull overlaying the horse's body, depicts the intense suffering caused by the violence and chaos of war.
Picasso made no effort to keep his support of the Republican Government fighting General Franco a secret, and when the Spanish Civil War officially ended with Franco's victory in 1939, the Spanish artist never returned to Spain.
With Picasso obstinately refusing to explain the imagery of Guernica, interpretations of the Guernica are widely varied. Given Picasso's well-publicised abhorrence to war and the brutality that engulfed Spain during the Civil War, one of the most popular readings of Guernica's meaning is that the bull in and the horse represent the fight between the Nationalists and the Loyalists, Franco's brutal dictatorship and the determined Spanish people.
Malaga keeps the legacy of Picasso alive
Picasso's legacy remains very much alive in Spain and nowhere more so than in his birth town of Malaga. This southern coastal city regards the influential painter as being its 'favourite son' and consequently, Malaga is home to a horde of Picasso-related attractions. From the Museo Casa Natal de Picasso – the artist's birthplace and family home, which has been converted into an art museum, to the Picasso Museum, one of the most important museums in the world, Malaga is a trove of Picasso-adorning treasure. The Picasso Museum was opened in 2003 thanks to the Picasso's oldest son's widow Christine Ruiz-Picasso and his grandson Bernard who both donated hundreds of original Picasso works to the museum.
By injecting political themes into art, by using the symbolism of tribal and primitive art in ways that had never been used before, and in helping to create a new school of art known as 'Cubism', Pablo Picasso re-wrote the 'rules' on perspective. Given Picasso's prolific and enduring impact on modern art it is of little surprise that Spain wants to cherish and celebrate the legacy of a man who was the single greatest influence on art in the twentieth century.
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Home News 'She Was Everyone's Grandmother': Washington Art Exhibit Honors Betty White
'She Was Everyone's Grandmother': Washington Art Exhibit Honors Betty White
WASHINGTON — Fans from all over the D.C. metropolitan area showed up for a special art exhibit celebrating the life of the iconic actor Betty White.
The Betty White Unites exhibit, which includes nearly 20 pieces of original artwork honoring the late "Golden Girls" actor, was the brainchild of Margery Goldberg, owner of Zenith Gallery, a fine arts gallery located in her private home in northwest Washington.
Goldberg, who is an art curator and has worked with White for 40+ years, called several artists and requested artwork to honor White. A longtime fan of the actor, she was inspired to put together an exhibit celebrating White after "so much division" in the country.
"People always say everybody loves Betty White. I just thought, this country has been so unbelievably divided," Goldberg HuffPost. "I thought [the exhibit] would be something that unites people."
At Zenith Gallery, Washington D.C., the Betty White Unites exhibition is on display
Zenith Gallery is a gallery that displays a variety of artworks, including drawings, paintings and sculptures. You will find the Betty White Unites exhibition on the lower floor. There are many beautiful paintings along the way.
The artwork — a mix of paintings, jewelry, sculptures and drawings — was created by several local and national artists. Every piece is on sale. Fans of the comedian can view art from Brad Stevens, one of the nation's top realist painters whose work can be found in the National Portrait Gallery, or Jennifer Wagner, an award-winning artist who created a mosaic of White from the glass of a TV screen.
"She was everyone's grandmother. And her ability to be real and off-the-cuff, that's how we should all live our lives," Wagner said, noting that her piece took three days to make. "We shouldn't say, 'Now I have to step into this box, because I'm this age.' You should be real, and that's why everybody loves her."
Jennifer Wagner's mosaic depicting Betty White made of the TV screen glass.
It is open to all, and it will remain on display through Jan. 29,
"I used to watch 'Golden Girls' with my grandmother. 'Back in St. Olaf!' That was one of her favorite lines. And eating cheesecake with my grandmother," said Brittany Fooks, one of the early visitors to the exhibit. "I love Betty White."
White died on Dec. 31, 2021Just a few short weeks before her 100th birthday, she was pictured here. With a storied career of over 80 years, the actor is perhaps best known for her roles as Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" from 1985 to 1992 and as Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" from 1973 to 1977.
"Betty White: 100 Years Young—A Birthday Celebration," a documentary about her life that was planned for what would have been her 100th birthday, will still be released in theatersOn Jan. 17,
Vicki Lawrence Reveals Betty White's Emotional Last Word
Ryan Reynolds Sums Up How We're All Feeling About Losing Betty White At 99
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we change a word, it changes the text/document. period. fact. we've altered it at that point. so i'm curious, how many times have all of the major texts from all religions been altered over the generations/millenia? i'm actually asking... anyone know?
3 وَأحَبَّ إسْرائِيلُ يُوسُفَ أكثَرَ مِنْ كُلِّ أبْنائِهِ الآخَرِينَ، لِأنَّهُ وُلِدَ وَهُوَ شَيخٌ. وَصَنَعَ إسْرائِيلُ لِيُوسُفَ ثَوباً مُلَوَّناً.
3 وَكَانَ إِسْرَائِيلُ يُحِبُّ يُوسُفَ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ بَقِيَّةِ إِخْوَتِهِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ شَيْخُوخَتِهِ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُ قَمِيصاً مُلَوَّناً.
3 Израил обичаше Йосиф повече от другите си синове, защото се беше родил в старините му, и специално за него направи шарена дреха.
3 А Израил обичаше Йосиф повече от всичките си деца, защото беше син на старостта му, и му беше направил шарена дрешка.
3 Izrael miloval Josefa víc než všechny své ostatní syny, neboť ho zplodil ve svém stáří. Dokonce mu udělal zdobenou suknici.
3 Ac Israel oedd hoffach ganddo Joseff na'i holl feibion, oblegid efe oedd fab ei henaint ef: ac efe a wnaeth siaced fraith iddo ef.
3 Jakob elskede Josef højere end sine andre sønner, fordi han havde fået ham i sin alderdom. En dag forærede han Josef en fornem lang kjortel i flotte farver.
3 Israel aber hatte Joseph lieber als alle seine Söhne, weil er ihn in seinem Alter bekommen hatte; und er hatte ihm einen bunten Leibrock machen lassen.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colors.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him [a]a coat of many colors.
3 Now Israel (Jacob) loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [distinctive][a]multicolored tunic.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons because he was born when Jacob was old. Jacob had made for him a long[a] robe.
3 Now Isra'el loved Yosef (dj channeling/download= Yesod?) the most of all his children, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a long-sleeved robe.
3 And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was son of his old age; and he made him a vest of many colours.
3 Since Joseph was born when his father Israel [C Jacob's other name]was old, Israel loved him more than his other sons. He made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves [C traditionally a multicolored robe].
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he begat him in his old age and he made him a coat of many [a]colors.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because Joseph had been born in Israel's old age. So he made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves.
3 Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves[a]for him.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a robe of many colors[a]for him.
3 Joseph was born when his father Israel, also called Jacob, was old. So Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons. He made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his brothers, since he was born to him in his old age, so he had made a richly-embroidered[a] tunic for him.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colours.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he was a son of his old age. And he made a robe with long sleeves[a] for him.
a.	Genesis 37:3 From the Septuagint, a cloak with long sleeves, a full-length cloak, or an embroidered cloak, showing favoritism.
the meaning of the Hebrew phrase is unclear. In 2 Sm 13:18–19, it is the distinctive dress of unmarried royal daughters.
symbolizes honor beyond his years. Later, Pharaoh will clothe Joseph in a robe that symbolizes honor (41:42).
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [a]varicolored tunic.
3 Since Joseph was born when his father Israel[a] was old, Israel loved him more than his other sons. He made Joseph a special robe with long sleeves.
a.	37:3 Israel Also called Jacob.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him.
3 Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other sons. That's because Joseph had been born to him when he was old. Israel made him a beautiful robe.
(dj note: now all of a sudden what was a "tunic" or a "septaguint" or "ornamental robe" or "cloak" is now "beautiful" … and a "robe" again… why?
a.	Genesis 37:3 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain; also in verses 23 and 32.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because Joseph was born when he was an old man. And Israel made him a long coat of many colors.
a.	37:3a Hebrew Israel; also in 37:13. See note on 35:21.
b.	37:3b Traditionally rendered a coat of many colors. The exact meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
3 Now Yisroel loved Yosef more than all his children, because he was the ben zekunim (the son of his old age); and he made him a kesones passim (ketonet [tunic] reaching to palms and soles, [see Messianic significance Yn 19:23 OJBC]).
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his other sons because he was the son of his old age. So he had made him a long-sleeved tunic.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than any of his other children because he came along when he was an old man. So Israel presented Joseph with a special[a] robe he had made for him—a spectacularly colorful robe with long sleeves in it.
3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
3 Forsooth Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, for he had begotten him in his eld (age); and he made to Joseph a coat of many colours (and he made a coat of many colours for Joseph).
3 Israël aimait Joseph beaucoup plus que tous ses autres fils, car il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse. Il lui fit une tunique splendide[a].
a.	Genèse 37:3 Diverses traductions ont été données du qualificatif de cette tunique:bigarrée, princière, de fine laine, à pans, multicolore, ample et longue, à manches longues.
3 Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce qu'il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.
3 Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils, parce qu'il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse; et il lui fit une tunique de plusieurs couleurs.
3 Israël aimait Joseph plus que tous ses autres fils parce qu'il l'avait eu dans sa vieillesse, et il lui fit un habit de plusieurs couleurs.
a.	Genesis 37:3 3a Jacob: sa Hebreo, Israel.
b.	Genesis 37:3 3b matahom kag malaba nga bayo: Indi klaro ang buot silingon sang Hebreo sini.
3 Izráel pedig minden fiánál inkább szereti vala Józsefet, mivelhogy vén korában nemzette vala õt; és czifra ruhát csináltat vala néki.
3 Izráel már öreg volt, amikor József született, emiatt a gyermekei közül őt szerette a legjobban, és szép színes ruhát csináltatott neki.
3 De Izráel Józsefet minden fiánál jobban szerette, mert öregkorában született fia volt, s ezért tarka ruhát csináltatott neki.
3 Ísrael unni Jósef mest allra sona sinna, því að hann hafði átt hann í elli sinni. Og hann lét gjöra honum dragkyrtil.
3 Israele amava Giuseppe più di tutti i suoi figli, perché era il figlio avuto in vecchiaia, e gli aveva fatto una tunica dalle lunghe maniche.
3 Or Israele amava Giuseppe piú di tutti i suoi figli, perché era il figlio della sua vecchiaia; e gli fece una veste lunga fino ai piedi.
3 *Israele amava Giuseppe piú di tutti gli altri suoi figli, perché era il figlio della sua vecchiaia; e gli fece una veste lunga con le maniche[a].
a.	Genesi 37:3 Una veste lunga con le maniche, altri traducono: una veste di vari colori.
3 Israele amava Giuseppe più di tutti gli altri suoi figli, perché era il figlio della sua vecchiaia; e gli fece una veste lunga con le maniche[a].
3 Na i arohaina nuitia a Hohepa e Iharaira i ana tama katoa, no te mea ko te tama ia o tona koroheketanga: a ka hanga e ia tetahi koti purepure mona.
3 इस्राएल (याकोब) सर्व मुलांपेक्षा योसेफावर अधिक प्रीती करीत असे कारण तो त्याचा म्हातारपणाचा मुलगा होता. त्याने योसेफाला एक विशेष सुंदर पायघोळ झगा दिला होता.
3 Nu was het zo dat Israël meer van Jozef hield dan van zijn andere kinderen, omdat hij deze zoon op hoge leeftijd had gekregen. Op een dag gaf Jakob hem een prachtige, veelkleurige mantel.
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Grass Roots je debitantski album američkog hip-hop sastava Atban Klann.

O albumu
S albuma je objavljen jedan singl "Puddles Of H2O", dvije godine nakon što je album trebao biti obajvljen. Pjesme s albuma, kao i njegov omot, kasnije su objavljeni. Omot albuma je nastao na slikanju za omot albuma Bridging The Gap. Omot uključuje lica apl.de.apa i Will 1Xa. Grass Roots je jedini album sastava Atban Klann objavljen pod tim imennom. 6 godina kasnije izdaju svoj prvi studijski album Behind the Front, pod novim imenom Black Eyed Peas.

Popis pjesama
"Open Your Mind"
"Goin for a Ride"
"Lord of the Flies"
"Adidas"
"Mountain Top"
"Quid Pro Quo"
"No Sequel"
"Worlds Gone"
"Rain on Me"
"Dedicated"
"Styles are Critical"
"Puddles Of H2O"
"Focus on You"
"Strolling"
"La Borio Woman Beater"
"Let Me Get Down"

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It's official, Sensation will be making it's United States debut in Brooklyn this October for two nights! I have heard from friends that have been to Sensation in Europe, and they all say the same thing, IT'S CRAZY! I recommend everyone try to get tickets for this, you will certainly not be disappointed!
The moment is here. After more than seventy events for millions of visitors in over twenty countries Sensation, presented by Bud Light Platinum, will hit the US.
Tickets on sale Friday, June 8 at noon EST through Sensation.com. Minimum age requirement 21. Become a clubmember if you want to buy the tickets during the special presale.
For those who want to combine an amazing Sensation night with a weekend in NYC, Sensation offers travel packages. The packages include of one or more overnight stays in a hotel, a Regular or Deluxe ticket and a transfer to and from the venue. The packages are now available on sensation.com.


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Aqib Talib Conference Call Transcript
New England Patriots CB Aqib Talib addresses the Miami media during his conference call on Wednesday, December 11, 2013.
Q: When you play a team like the Dolphins whose backs are against the wall and they have to win to stay alive in the playoff hunt, is there a danger in playing a team that is so desperate?
AT: It's football, man. I mean, whether your back's against the wall or you're undefeated, you're going to come out to win the game. So, we're going to prepare to win the game as we normally do, no matter who we play. That's how we are going to prepare for the week and that's how we are going to come out and play.
Q: How do you view the way Ryan Tannehill has played this season? He had some success against you in the first half of the previous meeting, but you were able to shut him out in the second half of that game. Do you view him as a guy that is on the rise?
AT: We see him as a quarterback in this league that is getting better. He's working, man, and you can definitely see the improvements with them winning four of the last six games or something like that. You can just see it. You saw it last year, you see it this year. So that's how we view him, man; as a quarterback on the up, [on the] rise. He improves every week.
Q: What's one thing Tannehill does well?
AT: I think he makes quick decisions. He gets the ball out of his hand, he makes quick decisions and he uses the weapons that they put around them.
Q: What kind of attention does Charles Clay get from a defense?
AT: It's tricky because they have weapons on the outside. They have a speed guy like [Mike] Wallace on the outside. They have a great route runner and a speedy guy like [Brian] Hartline. Both of those guys [are on] the outside, and then you have him [Clay] on the inside. He tends to get less attention, but you see what happens when he gets less attention. He comes out and he's their leading receiver. So, he definitely demands more attention.
Q: The Patriots have had an unbelievable amount of injuries on both sides of the ball, and then another injury this past week with Rob Gronkowski. How have you held it together?
AT: It's just work. The preparation makes up for a lot of stuff. You lose those bodies man, it just makes you have to work harder in the classroom, more guys have to step in and learn their stuff at a fast rate. They have to just hop right in and learn it and count on the guys around them to help them out, and if they're wrong, you've got to make them right.
Q: Have you ever played for a coach who is as detail oriented at getting you prepared for a game as Bill Belichick?
AT: Never, never. We go down – we are so detailed around here and it definitely pays off. I've never played for a coach like that.
Q: Brian Hartline doesn't get the national media attention that someone like Mike Wallace does, but can you talk about his skill set and the plays that he makes?
AT: I think he plays at one speed. He runs his slants, his fades, his comebacks – he gives the same speed, and then he [does] everything off that same speed. There are a lot of guys when they run their comebacks, they run slow outside and then run the comeback, or you know when they're running that fade because they're running their fastest when they release. I think he [does] a great job of disguising his routes by playing at one speed.
Q: Mike Wallace's main weapon is speed, but what makes him so dangerous?
AT: It's definitely his speed. When you have a guy that can run like that, man, that opens up all the other routes for you because you have to respect that deep ball.
Q: What makes a team more dangerous, when they have one guy like Calvin Johnson who can just kill you anytime, or you have a team like the Dolphins who have three guys with the capability of going over 100 yards receiving?
AT: I think it balances out, because with a guy like, like you said, with a Megatron-type team you kind of focus on one guy, and a team like [Miami] you have to kind of pick your poison. Who's going to get the one-on-one matchup? You've kind of got to pick, you can't double everybody. So I think it kind of balances out as far as the difficult teams and preparing for those teams.


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In a time where a no one was helping those in poverty there was one woman who helped. Jane Addams gave those in poverty not only a place to live but a place where they can learn to thrive. Jane, was born in 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. As a child Jane had slight curvature to her spine, this overtook most of her appearance. She did not let that stop her, in college she was class president, wrote for the campus magazine, she also helped the scientific association. She graduated with a bachelor of the arts degree from Rockford university. She wanted to take another year at Smith college then go on to medical school, but she was doing so much her senior year that a month after graduation from Rockford she collapsed with severe pain in her back and from general exhaustion. After that her doctor told her that she had to give up on her medical career, soon after that her father died from a heart attack. This was a big blow to Jane, she described it as "the greatest sorrow that can ever come to me." Her father was her biggest supporter, her biggest inspiration. Jane always had a passion for helping others as well as the general public, after her father died Jane took a trip to europe with her two close friends Ellen Starr and Sarah Anderson. While they were in London they visited Toynbee Hall, this was a place called a settlement house. They were inhabited by young university graduates. This gave them a place "…to establish friendly relationships with neighbors while providing them with cultural and educational opportunities"(Opdycke 2012 20). This gave Jane the idea to do something similar in the United States when she retured in 1888. Before Jane and Ellen retured they had decided that their settlement would be in Chicago, Illinois because it was the closest major city to Cedarville where she lived, Ellen had also taught there for many years. In January 1889 they rented an apartment in the city and started to look for a suitable location for their settlement house. Chicago was in need of this type of housing. At this time most companies were not paying people enough to live on, that paired with bouncing back from the Chicago fire that destroyed large sections of the city. This led to large portions of the population living in poverty. Also at this time workers rights were nonexistent, Jane helped fight for things such as 40 hour work week, 8 hour days, and time off. Jane Addams can be looked at as someone who gave those who were looked down on because of the status and gave them and place to live and thrive and also helped to get them fair working laws.
Jane Addams was committed to helping those in need. From January 1889 to May 1889 Jane and Ellen looked for somewhere to set up their settlement house. In May they found a building that would fit their needs perfectly. It was owned by built by Charles Hull and had been passed down to cousin Helen Culver, Jane rented the second floor and one of the large rooms on the first floor. After being renovated in the summer of 1889, Jane and Ellen moved in on September 18, 1889. They had hoped the house would not only be a place for the poor to live but a place for them to learn and teach each other skills. This gave them the opportunity to thrive and a chance for people to get into the upper class. When they first opened they remembered what it was like to be left alone while their parents were at work so the first service they offered was child care. "Within a month, two volunteers were caring for 24 children every morning…" and with that "One program lead to the next. As older children began stopping in to see what was happening, Addams and Starr organized three clubs for them" (Opdycke 2012 26). After running the house for 8 months Charles Hull's Cousin agreed to give them the whole house rent free for the next four years. That gave their project its name the Hull House, with the expanded space "Addams and Starr developed a variety of activities for young working people…Women's programs increased. The men of the neighborhood were the wariest, but even they gradually began to appear…"(Opdycke 2012 26-27). This push for people to become not only educated but cultured was the core of the progressive movement. Jane Addams pushed for people to be able to help themselves. To help people to change then you have to give them the ability or tools to change and Jane did just that. She gave people a place to come together and a place for them to grow as a community. She gave these people a way to move out of the lower class in the hopes of finally getting to the middle class, not by handouts but by giving people a place where they can learn new skills and learn to thrive.
Jane Addams also fought so that those living in poverty could earn a living wage and work in safe condition. At this time in history there were no laws regarding workers compensation, sick days, or minimum health insurance. This meant that if the worker got hurt or sick, which was very common at the time working in such dangerous conditions, and the worker could not work then they would not get paid. With money so tight some people did what was referred as 'homework' these were things that could be made in the home and brought to the factory, often making even less money than those getting paid hourly. Jane soon realised that she would have to do something about it. She first tried to get the politicians to change things and make them better, but she soon realized that it would take supporting their unions to make a change "Probably the labor-unions come nearer to expressing moral striving in politics than any other portion of the community" (Opdycke 2012 138). Jane provided support to the unions by not only giving them a place to meet but helping them run successfully. It also gave all of the unions a place to come together and talk about how things need to change and what laws they think need to be put in place. Jane also helped to develop Jane club, this would become one of the first cooperative residences. They started with 2 apartments near the Hull house, but after three years they took over all six apartments. This gave working woman a place to live so they didn't have to worry as much about making rent every month with their low paying jobs. Both of these are centered around the idea you cannot just hand out to people they must work for their own. Jane gave them the tools, she gave them a place to meet, people who would help run unions, and people who would help the unions spread their message. This was difficult at the time with employers not believing that they needed to a representative of their workers, also most workers afraid of getting fired for speaking out against the company. Jane gave these people a voice and taught them that the best way to fix things for everyone is to compromise. This was pushing the progressive movement forward and showing those running companies that people are important and not expendable.
Jane Addams was a voice for those in poverty. She not only worked to give them a place where they could learn new skills, she gave them a place where they could come together as a community. She supported their labor rights and their unions to help them live a better life. Jane Addams can be looked at as one of the largest pushers of the progressive movement, because she never gave anyone anything. She gave them the tools to make their lives better, she gave them the support they needed to be able to thrive not just survive.
"A Study on Jane Addams' Philanthropic Nature." GradesFixer, 03 Jan. 2019, https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/a-study-on-jane-addams-philanthropic-nature/. Accessed 20 April 2019.


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Online petition to save van maker LDV gathers pace
THOUSANDS of people are signing up to an online petition to save LDV as hopes of a resumption of production at the Birmingham van-maker next week stalled.
Jon Griffin
A petition launched on the No.10 Downing Street website has already attracted nearly 3,000 signatures in support of the struggling Washwood Heath van-maker, it was revealed today.
The company is appealing to as many people as possible to pledge their support to LDV as critical negotiations between the company, owners GAZ and would-be investors continue.
But PR and Marketing Director Guy Jones said hopes of a restart of MAXUS production on a three-day a week basis from next Monday had now been put back.
"We think the petition is something of a success story, there is clearly interest out there in us," he said.
"If people want to view this, they should go to our website and click on the breaking news to go to the blog. By scrolling down they can see the links section on the right-hand side and at the bottom of this is the LDV petition."


Dave Burrows is the CEO of Damibu a Digital Health Technology company based in the trendy Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool. Dave spent the first 20 years of his working life in the Computer Gaming sector, with the later ten years at Sony. He started Damibu with the intention of bring the same high-tech innovation to the health sector.


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HAY Pear Crisscross Bubble Pendant Lamp by George Nelson
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Custom Order: Availability 3-6 weeks
The Pear Crisscross Bubble Pendant Lamp by George Nelson. In conjunction with HAY's partnership with Herman Miller, HAY will be the European distributor of George Nelson's iconic Bubble Lamp, first produced in the 1950s.
Part of the Nelson Bubble Lamp series, the Nelson Pear Bubble Pendant has a pear shape that flares towards the center, with crisscrossing lines in the understructure that accentuate its curves. George Nelson originally designed the Bubble Lamp series in 1952. He was inspired by a set of silk-covered Swedish hanging lamps.
Designed by pioneering American designer George Nelson in 1947, and first produced in 1952, the Bubble lamp signalled a revolution in the Modernist lighting industry. Available in an assortment of organic sizes and shapes, these elegant orbs were inspired by a set of silk-covered Swedish pendant lamps Nelson wanted for his office, but found to be too expensive. Employing the resourcefulness that characterised his working process, he decided to use a self-webbing plastic spray developed by the U.S. military, and applied it over a lightweight, rounded-steel frame to produce these soft, glowing fixtures.
All Bubble Lamp models are produced in the same American factory that originally developed them in the 1950s. The Bubble Lamp is produced in several shapes, including the classic spherical ball shape and an elongated oval shape. Each model has a steel-wire skeleton on the interior, which is spray coated with the translucent plastic polymer Nelson first encountered in that 1947 photograph of U.S. military ships, resulting in a lamp, that is both opaque and transparent as it glows. Bubble Lamps are available from HAY in pendant- and wall-lamp styles.
As a product that embodies Nelson's obsession with new materials and technologies, the Bubble Lamp is perfectly at home among HAY's extensive lighting collection, which features innovative products by some of the world's most respected contemporary designers. At the same time that it represents a moment of pure revolution from Modernism's heyday, it also brings a sense of heritage and history that anchors the collection.


'Tis the season for presents…..want to give yourself one?
HomeBuy a business'Tis the season for presents…..want to give yourself one?
This post is for all the hard working business owners and those who one day hope to become business owners.
Far too many business owners live in a constant state of stress. Their reasoning is "it's a good stress". I'm no doctor but I doubt that stress 24/7 is really good for your health.
Cash flow – too many bills at the wrong time.
Employees – too many need baby sitters, not bosses!
Customers – Is perfection a reasonable expectation?
Family – Why doesn't my family appreciate me working 7 days a week? After all, I'm doing it for them.
Ok, here goes. You knew it was going this way didn't you. The Uncle Joe talk…..you know, the uncle who told you exactly what he thought about your hair brained thinking when you were 12 years old. Well, I'm your Uncle Joe.
Here's my recommendation for your New Year's resolutions for 2011.
Stop using your business as an excuse for not doing the family things that you just don't want to do. Helping your family hate your business is not a good plan.
Start thinking about your cash flow problems before you have them instead of waiting until you have them.
Give your employees written and detailed systems so they know what you expect and how to do it. Believe me, they'd rather not listen to your rants any more than you claim you don't want to give your rants.
Only promise your customers what you KNOW you can deliver… then do it. Most unhappy customers are created by you. Did you tell the customer what to expect? Did you deliver? Did your employees deliver (see #4 above)?
There's your simple 5 step program to giving yourself a Christmas present that will benefit you, your family, your employees and your customers.


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Florida man with Giuliani ties gets year in prison in foreign donor case
Loose camel flees live nativity scene, ends up on highway
by: Heidi Schmidt, Nexstar Media Wire
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (WDAF) — A camel roaming loose for hours in Kansas before being captured had escaped from a live nativity scene, according to police.
Officers with the Bonner Springs Police Department said the camel's halter broke while the animal was on display at the Agriculture Hall of Fame's nativity scene Saturday evening. The camel ran away before anyone noticed the issue.
'It's a jungle out there': Clearwater police pull 5-foot snake from man's new couch
An animal control officer for the police department said people in the area searched for the missing camel until 2 a.m. Sunday but lost sight of the animal.
Dispatchers later notified Bonner Springs police that the camel was running on the K-7 highway around 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
"If you've heard the unbelievable tales, let us tell you that they are true!" the department wrote on Facebook. Officers and Animal Control spent the entire day chasing down a loose camel."
Officers cornered the animal in a backyard before it was lassoed and safely "taken into custody" by an animal control officer.
The owners arrived with a trailer, loaded up the camel, and drove home.
"The camel was reunited with its owners and will go back to doing camel things," the department said.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Florida man who helped Rudy Giuliani seek damaging information against Joe Biden in Ukraine was sentenced to a year and a day in prison and fined $10,000 Friday in an unrelated campaign finance case.
Igor Fruman was told to report to prison March 14. He pleaded guilty in September to a single charge of solicitation of a contribution by a foreign national.
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Q: Unable to display custom fields on WooCommerce product pages I've set up some custom fields using the existing 'custom fields' panel on a WooCommerce product page. I'm unable to display these on the front end. My technical knowledge is limited but I've tried every example and code snippet found elsewhere on this site, including;
// Display Custom Field Value
echo get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'field', true );

and a bunch of others.
However, when I use the_meta(), which, from what I understand, should display all meta, it gives me this on the front end:
frs_woo_product_tabs: a:1:{i:0;a:3:{s:5:"title";s:12:"License Info";s:2:"id";s:16:"tab-license-info";s:7:"content";s:19:"License description";}}

It doesn't appear to recognize any of the custom fields that I've entered. Am I missing something obvious?

A: Where are you pasting that code?
The code snippet needs to be put in the right spot.
So you need to copy the content-product.php template from the woocommerce plugin folder and place it in your theme folder in a "woocommerce" folder.
Then paste that code within the Loop.

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Okay so I believe that you need to use the get_post_custom function.
Take note of the Name of your custom field. Then we can something like this to output the results:
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  $custom_fields = get_post_custom($post->ID);
  $my_custom_field = $custom_fields["Name of your Field"];
  foreach ( $my_custom_field as $key => $value ) {
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cookies and the sweet little birds.
and pressing it onto my white panel.
It's very faint and hard to see in the photo.
as well as PTI Green Parakeet.
You have until Friday, February 2nd to link up your card.
This is stunning!! I Love all that PINK!! The bird is fabulous!!
LOVE your card, Leigh, and especially thrilled that it's living at my house! Thank you, sweet friend, for this beauty, your wonderful note and the package!
Too bad we can't see the embossing, Leigh, because I imagine it's as beautiful as the pink inked background. The bird looks so sweet perched there on the branch.
Such a pretty card Leigh! Love the seeet bird!
oh ! i love it , so nice !
How original! This is the sweetest!
How delicate and sweet!!! Love that birdie and amazing warm colors.
This is so soft and lovely!
What a sweet little bird on your lovely card, Leigh. Thanks for having me as GD this month.
Love that soft pink background and the sweet bird, Leigh!
Beautiful...love how you used this set!


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In order to preserve values inherent in nature and natural wood, Wesse designs and produces furniture from different wood species. For centuries wood has been used as a traditional and valuable building material for homes and furnishing elements.
Products designed by Wesse use only 100% natural colours, waxes and oils to preserve the natural appearance of the wood and to create a clean, safe living environment. Through the use of natural raw materials and finishes we assist you in creating a safe living environment that is free of air polluting toxic compounds and unpleasant smells caused by processed materials.
All manufacturing processes have been designed to minimise damage to nature. Our production and finishes use local raw materials and we collaborate with Estonian small producers. We believe in the sustainability of Estonian design and production and see that there is a place for them in Scandinavia and elsewhere in Europe.
We are convinced that contemporary and environment friendly products allow to create a safe, unique and delightful living environment. Wood has long been a traditional building material for homes and furnishing items within homes. Processed wood used to be unaffordable or technologically unavailable in the early days, therefore natural wood was widely used. Wood furniture and other furnishing items have, ever since, been an integral part of homes.


I know an Ode is meant to be a lyrical poem telling you how much I like something. But I am rubbish at poetry (I bang out the odd haiku, but that is about it), so I am going to stick to prose.
I had this idea to do an infrequent series of "odes" to things I find particularly Slow. Things that, if we did it more, would slow us all down.
And, inspired by travelling around London on the Tube I thought I would start with public transport.
Which is in an odd one for me. I have a love hate relationship with public transport. At rush hour, it is hell on toast. All that pushing and shoving and shuffling along, and being stuck with your head in someone else's armpit.
I also have "issues" with public transport (especially buses) mainly because I don't understand it, I have never been able to figure out those timetable things, I dunno what bus to get to go where, how to pay, when to get off, that sort of thing. So new journeys on any public transport system are often fraught with stress for me as I am panicking about whether I am on the right bus/train/tube/plane, when I need to get off. That sort of thing.
But there are other times, when I know what I am doing, or don't mind if I am on the wrong bus/train/tube/plane (when it is all a bit of an adventure! Working out how to get around a city you haven't been to before, for example), outside of rush hour when travelling on public transport is just great.
It is cheap, easy and like having your own chauffer (sort off) you get to gaze out of the window, people watch, nap, drink coffee. All those things that are hard to do when you are driving.
I find something incredibly relaxing about a journey on public transport, you are getting to where your need to go, but once your journey has started you have nothing to do until you get there. It is Idling on the move!


The referee's job is to make the calls whether they're tough or not. Some went our way and some didn't.
My approach has been, since they're already focused on it, why bring more attention to it? We certainly have to realize we are wrestling two teams this weekend.
Obviously, his future is bright. He's going to be the future of Penn wrestling. ... We're really looking forward to Matt accomplishing some high goals and having that opportunity to compete to become a high All-American or national champion.
He just has been a tremendous blessing in the program. He's had some rough patches between injury and being behind Valenti. He got his opportunity this year and to make it into the Sweet Sixteen is something he can be very proud of.
I think in some spots we competed well and there were some spots where we could have done a little better.
I think in any sport home court advantage is always health. Sleep in your own bed, eat your own food, go through your own same patterns.
A lot of the teams will be pretty equally matched up there. There is no giant separation from the first to the last team.
They have a lot of big bullets, we have more smaller mid-sized shots at scoring points. It's going to take a collective effort to have the kind of success we are hoping to have at this tournament.
It's the most health I've seen a team that I've been a part of in 15 years.
It's great that people will be able to get a deeper look into the program.
In a close bout you always need to take advantage of the opportunities and really a lot of times get charge of the moment that can go either way.
He's slowly becoming the pride of our program.
The kid made a mistake, and Matt was all over it. Herrington being able to do that, that was critical. ... I told him earlier in the day that there's only one thing worse than losing once, and that's called losing twice. I don't think he wants that feeling again. He's a momentum kid, you can see it.


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Open Data Scotland
We wanted to encourage collaboration between local authorities and digital media developers to provide innovative, digital services
Why we did this?
The value of opening up data is multi-layered, providing both economic and social value to policymakers, citizens, the development community (SMEs) and data providers. Savings are made in terms of time, money and efficiencies. Businesses are created. Democratic participation is increased by giving citizens and businesses access to public sector information.
What we did?
Following on from our work on the Make It Local Scotland project (more on this below), we worked on an open data programme, Open Data Scotland. This drew on our own experience from Make it Local and combined this with learning from the Code for Europe and Code for America programmes.
We created a collaborative project involving European local government partners as part of our Code for Europe Programme together with a small number of Scottish city and regional authorities, as well as created a network of developers who were integrated with the government authorities.
The programme supported the development of new digital services which solved real issues. These useful digital services were built on an 'open' basis, meaning they offered both open source content and digital frameworks, so they could be copied, adapted and brought to scale.
Open Data Scotland aimed to add social and economic value to communities, developers and local government through opening up data sets. The four Scottish local authorities - Edinburgh, East Lothian, Clackmannanshire and Aberdeen - tackled specific issues in their communities and tried to solve problems using digital technology. These could have been straight-forward issues for example like local travel and transport, tourism and leisure information; to 'grittier' issues like crime, health, youth unemployment.
The four technology developers, Alan Gardner, Andrew Sage, David Morisson and Rory Gianni, have now joined their local authority teams as Code for Europe fellows.
Make it Local Scotland
This programme aimed to show how local authorities can work with digital media companies to unlock their data and provide really useful apps and web services for their citizens. We invited Scottish councils to submit ideas for digital services powered by their own data sets, which had a practical focus for local residents.
Five Scottish councils were selected, including one joint project: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Orkney Islands. Each received up to £25,000 in funding to develop their digital services, in partnership with a digital media company.
Here's a look at the four projects to emerge from the Make it Local Scotland programme:
Aberdeen City Council & Aberdeenshire Council created SmartJourney, a mobile-friendly website that helps the people of Aberdeenshire share and discover up-to-date local weather and travel information. It includes information on gritting routes, road and footpath conditions, weather forecasts and more, and also allows citizens to provide their own live updates, ensuring timely and detailed information. View the source code for SmartJourney
City of Edinburgh Council created Edinburgh Outdoors, a new digital service that allows local communities and visitors to discover and enjoy Edinburgh's parks and green spaces. Information on historic monuments, public toilets and play areas have been added to an interactive map, along with tips on outdoor activities, events, beautiful trees in the city, and more. Users can also add their own images and comments, while Android and iPhone apps help people find helpful info on the go. View the source code for Edinburgh Outdoors
Glasgow City Council created Glasgow Gritting, a website which offers live real time information on road and pavement gritting services during the autumn and winter period. The service shows which routes have been gritted, when a street was last treated and info on priority gritting routes, using real-time data from GPS tracking equipment on gritting vehicles. View the source code to generate data and for content management.
Orkney Islands Council developed Into Orkney, which brings together data about archaeological sites and monuments in the Orkney Islands, allowing users to explore and learn about Orkney's heritage. The interactive service also allows users to add data such as updates on key monuments which are at risk from coastal erosion, sound files of place-names and photographic records, giving communities a central place to record their own history. View the open source code for Into Orkney
Our review emphasises the need for an eco-system to be established. It's not simply about the data or the technology, it's about the culture shift required to support data being opened up and used to support civic life. Our thanks go to our many partners who made this possible.
We hope that these ideas will be useful not only to residents of these local authorities, but also to other councils who may wish to emulate these ideas. The data for the content has all been uploaded to data.gov.uk, while the code for the digital services is Open Source and freely available for anyone to use on GitHub, via the links above.
Our first Make it Local programme, run in England, resulted in the creation of three new services using data on libraries, land ownership and contact centres. Find out more about our first Make it Local projects.
We've also put together a Make it Local toolkit, offering 10 top tips for creating local services using open data.
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Christchurch Terrorist Attack: Many Unanswered Questions Remain
March 16, 2019 By 21wire Leave a Comment
On Friday March 15, a suspected perpetrator of a massacre taking place at two mosques in Christchurch New Zealand is said to have killed 50 people in what is being regarded as one of the biggest mass shootings involving Muslim victims taking place in a western country. However, in the wake of New Zealand's worst-ever domestic terror attack, a number of important unanswered questions still remain.
As of Saturday, some 39 people remain hospitalized, 11 of who are still in critical condition in intensive care. A four-year-old child is also said to be in a critical condition and was flown to the children's Starship hospital in Auckland. According to Christchurch hospital's chief of surgery, Dr Greg Robertson, many of the victims may require multiple surgeries afterwards.
The primary suspect in this anti-Muslim terrorist attack is said to 28 year old Brenton Harrison Tarrant (image, left), an Australian citizen from New South Wales.
Tarrant has since been charged with murder and remanded in custody to appear again on April 5. According to news reports – he did not enter a plea.
As of Saturday, Police have said they cannot confirm for certain that Tarrant was working alone, but they will likely have some definitive statement on this aspect of the case in the coming days.
Social Media Controversy
According to multiple reports, the main perpetrator of the massacre is said to have "teased on Twitter," and 'announced' his attack on the message board 8chan (see image below).
Brenton Tarrant is said to have authored a 74 page 'Manifesto' which seems to be mix of right-wing rhetoric, anti-immigrant polemics and some self-contradictory commentary about left vs right politics in the US, as well as an ode to various online 'Alt-Right' internet personalities like Candace Owens (he states, in his manifesto, that she had influenced him "above all"). Most western mainstream media outlets have already classifying his manifesto as a document for "white nationalism," and "meant to troll" his political opposition.
The shooter has also triggered a potential crisis for Silicon Valley when he livestreamed his attack on Facebook (see some clips from his livestream in Nine News clip below), where he shot and killed dozens worshipers during Friday prayer at two mosques.
Predictably, this spectacle aspect of the event has prompted calls for increased regulations of video livestreaming on social media, and pressure on companies like Facebook to 'do more to stop extremism' and censor political content. On Friday, Facebook Inc shares plunged 5% to their lowest in nearly three months – at the very same time as a surprise departure by their Chief Product Officer Chris Cox.
Multiple Perpetrators, Accomplices?
The Washington Post reported that there was in fact a second and third man allegedly involved with the attack, 18-year-old Daniel John Burrough, who was scheduled to appear in court Saturday and charged with "inciting racial hostility or ill-will." This same report also states that a third accomplice remained unidentified as of Friday evening, Eastern Time.
However, according to a report by The Guardian, PM Ardern has said the investigation was ongoing but authorities believed there was only "one primary perpetrator".
CNN's reporting on March 15 also clearly indicated there were multiple shooters:
"One of the shooters appears to have livestreamed the attack on Facebook (FB). The disturbing video, which has not been verified by CNN, ran for nearly 17 minutes and purportedly shows the gunman walking into a mosque and opening fire."
Why did CNN report multiple shooters so early in the coverage of this event? If this was not the case, and there is only one shooter, then how could a news agency at large and well-resourced as CNN (or any other large outlet for that matter) misreport a detail so crucial to what is clearly the world's biggest story?
Not just guns in the shooter's car, but also IED's as well, one of which was deactivated by police and which was said to be attached to the "suspects" (plural – according to Washington Post) vehicle.
"New Zealand police said they arrested three people in connection with the shootings. Authorities consider Brenton Harrison Tarrant, an Australian national, the primary suspect."
UPDATE: According to Police, 2 other suspects arrested, one man and one woman, appear to not have been involved in the shooting. The female has been released, but the male suspect remains in custody and a possible unrelated charge for unlawful possessing of a firearm. A fourth armed suspected was arrested whilst helping school children to safety. Police do not believe that either of these additional 3 suspects were involved in the incident.
Watch the following report by Nine News Australia which shows some brief clips from the shooter's infamous Facebook live stream of his rampage:
Political Outcome: More Gun Control
Multiple guns are said to have been used in this attack, including two semi-automatic weapons and two shotguns, totally some five different firearms altogether.
In her statement to the press, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated that the suspect was "the offender was in possession of a gun license. I can tell you one thing right now – our gun laws will change."
Not long after, it was announced that New Zealand will ban semi-automatic weapons. See the full details of New Zealand's new gun control proposal here.
Parkland Student Flown in from US to Help Agitate for Gun Control
As part of the political reaction to the Christchurch Attack,the gun control issue has been elevated again.
In July 2018, student activists from the US were deployed to New Zealand to help generate media coverage for gun control issue. Reports state that some 28 students from Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, USA, spent a week with New Zealand's "Student Volunteer Army," which was set up following the Christchurch earthquake in 2011. According to reports, Parkland survivors are coming "to share their experiences of living through a tragedy." Student Volunteer Army president Josh Blackmore, told Morning Report that the high school students 'were inspiring' and that they were looking forward to welcoming them.
This part of a global effort: "More than 800 protests were planned throughout the United States and abroad, with solidarity events taking place in Edinburgh, London, Geneva, Sydney and Tokyo."
Why was New Zealand chosen as a venue for the 2018 Parkland campaign?
The Parkland School Shooting took place approximately one year ago in February 2018, with numerous students killed and injured in that attack. But the tragedy quickly descended into a media-driven political campaign with accusations of astroturfing as critics accusing Democratic Party operatives and media outlets like CNN and MSNBC of using the students not only to gain political leverage by using the gun issue in such an emotive setting – but also as a platform to help register Democratic Party voters for the upcoming 2018 Midterm Elections in the US.
Links to Fascists in Ukraine?
In addition to the confusion about multiple arrests, there are also competing narratives in the media about which extremist camp which protagonist Tarrant belongs to. Most media outlets are framing Tarrant as a "White Supremacist" due to the symbolism which has appeared in a loose collection of extremist writings, internet ranting, free association comments, and images – in what the media are calling a "manifesto".
Archive of now deleted twitter account of New Zealand "white genocide" mosque terrorist Brenton Tarrant: https://t.co/rYfPbYGmpX
Full manifesto: https://t.co/PoDdfnf68j
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 15, 2019
Predictably, CNN's Don Lemon and Max Boot were pinning the blame on Donald Trump.
His weapon was scrawled with neo-Nazi symbols and the names of white right-wing extremists who had killed others because of their ethnicity or faith. A manifesto released online laid his motivations out to bare: to kill Muslim immigrants. Seven other people were killed at another mosque nearby, bringing the toll of the two attacks to 49 people, a brutal act of terrorism that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "one of New Zealand's darkest days."
However, a closer look into the symbolism in his paraphernalia reveals a real possibility of connections to right-wing fascist militant groups based in Ukraine – part of the same NeoNazi and fascist movement which was given political and material backing by the Obama Administration and John McCain in order to help carry out Washington's violent coup in Kiev in February 2014. In this scenario, it's possible that Tarrant could have been radicalized overseas and also online.
Apparently, Tarrant also made the reference "For Rotherham" on his ammunition clips (pictured above), a nod to the UK town of which was the sight of the 'Rotherham Asian Grooming' sex abuse scandal, one of the stories championed by infamous British right-wing political actor Tommy Robinson (real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon). Other references to right-wing criminal folklore were also made.
Top ranked US talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has attempted to flip this theory, claiming that Tarrant is a leftist agitator trying to discredit the right:
"There's an ongoing theory that the shooter himself may in fact be a leftist who writes the manifesto and then goes out and performs the deed purposely to smear his political enemies, knowing he's going to get shot in the process."
Shades of Breivik
More than any other single mass shooting or terrorist event in recent years, the Christchurch event closely resembles the 2011 Norway Massacre carried out by right-wing Mason, Templar and Christian Zionist, Anders Breivik (Note: Breivik was also linked to Tommy Robinson, see here and here) were he massacred 77 members of Norway's Young Labour Party at a Workers' Youth League (AUF) summer camp (Note that Young Labor were dedicated supporters of Palestinian at that time and opposed the Israeli occupation).
Just like Breivik's 2012 Norway Attack, Tarrant's Christchurch event also featured two separate venues on the same day.
In addition, both men are said to have prepared a manifesto before their operations. In Tarrant's 74-page document posted online, he claims to want to create "an atmosphere of fear" which would incite Muslims and trigger a right-wing counter-reactions, but then turns to say "CONSERVATISM IS DEAD, THANK GOD." This is just one of the many nonsensical twists and turns in this seemingly incoherent 'manifesto.' The document also pays homage to American Dylann Roof and other mass shooters, and seemed to infer that Tarrant himself had had received Breivik's "blessing" for this latest mass shooting and terrorist attack in Christchurch.
As 21WIRE reported back in 2011, the Norway Massacre was a catalyst for extremist right-wing fascism and terrorism, and that future extremists like Tarrant would indeed be inspired by the bravado of Breivik.
It should be noted also that in the case of Breivik, his initial processing and police interview was held in secret and not recorded, and therefore no public record of what was said can be analyzed. Similarly with the Christchurch Shooting, hearings on the Saturday were held in closed session with Judge Paul Keller denying any open, public access, supposedly "in the interest of safety" — an unusual move for New Zealand courts.
'Unknown' Wolf?
Many of the high-profile mass shootings and terror attacks in recent years have featured a leading actor who was a "known wolf" – some one who was already 'on the radar' of the security services as a known extremist or informant, as opposed to a merely a lone wolf. This does not appear to be the case in Christchurch. According to reports, authorities in both Australia and New Zealand did not have Tarrant listed on any counter-terrorism watch list, despite the currently theory that he was planning the attack for several years.
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Edwardian Encounters: C.J. Holmes's 'Red Ruin'
Fig 1 Charles John Holmes, The Red Ruin, Lucerne, 1906, 46 x 81, Private Collection
Samuel Shaw is right to remind us of the neglected Edwardian and inter-war landscape painter, Charles John Holmes. As a clever artist occupying panjandrum positions in the art world his work was arguably hidden in plain sight. Rediscovering his pictures is a bit like finding, years from now, that Sir Nicholas Serota had been quietly exhibiting all along in the New English Art Club.
Holmes began to show at the NEAC in 1900 and continued every year thereafter until his death in 1936. In the mid-eighteen-nineties he was 'discovered' by Charles Ricketts and Charles Haslewood Shannon, a 'power couple' in the art world who published his early essays in the little magazines with which they were associated. Short books followed on Hokusai (1899) and Constable (1902), with a perceptive account of contemporary collecting (1903). Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: Jacob Kramer – A Study in Resolvable Contradictions
Self-Portrait by Jacob Kramer, 1930
Since July 2, 2015, the Ben Uri Gallery has been celebrating its hundredth year in London. Founded in July, 1915, by a Russian Jew, the gallery has, in the course of a century, exhibited the work of Eastern European (largely Pale-of-Settlement born) Jewish painters living in England.
In "Ben Uri at 100", David Herman splits these painters into two groups (roughly pre- and post-World War II) and notes the "variety and vitality of modern Jewish art and its complicated relationship with modern Jewish history". Herman argues that the so-called "Whitechapel Boys," who came of age at the turn of the century, among them the Vorticist fellow-traveler Mark Gertler, Isaac Rosenberg, and Jacob Kramer, expressed clear interest in Jewish-identified themes. Conversely, the post-war, post-Holocaust generation, which featured such luminaries as Lucien Freud and Frank Auerbach, fought shy of Jewish content and only, somehow, expressed Jewishness through formal "darkness."
Jacob Kramer clearly does not fit into the generational or identitarian binaries outlined by Herman. Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: 'The Glimpse' by Arnold Bennett
'Self-Portrait' by Charles Conder (Tullie House) [Charles Conder is one of several artists mentioned in 'The Glimpse']
Arnold Bennett, The Glimpse, (London: Chapman and Hall, 1909)
Arnold Bennett has been described as a materialist, a realist, a writer whose novels have 'a narrative emphasis on the drab, the squalid and the mundane'. [1] He was, however, also capable of dreaming. In one such dream, he writes that he 'stood by my own dead body and saw the pennies upon my eyes. I cannot remember at this distance of time what the rest of the dream was, but it had to do with the adventures of a soul after death'.[2]
Never one to waste good material, Bennett immediately saw the potential for a story, and in May 1908 he wrote the short story 'The Glimpse' about the proprietor of a Staffordshire earthenware factory who has an out-of-body experience whilst lying in bed close to death. Bennett quickly came to the view that the material of the story was capable of being much more fully developed into a full-length novel with sound commercial prospects. Belief in Spiritualism was widespread, so the story of a soul's adventures at the point of death would not lack a potential audience. Bennett wrote and published his approximately 70,000 word novel The Glimpse in 1909, between his two longer and better-known acknowledged masterpieces The Old Wives' Tale (1908) and Clayhanger (1910). Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: The Edwardian Bookplate
The Edwardian era coincided with "a steady expansion of British reading habits", with the number of books published and made available to readers – through the establishment of new public libraries, Workers' Educational Associations and book clubs – showing remarkable advances from the turn of the century to the mid 1910s. [1] Beyond this trend lay an improvement in family incomes and a rising level of literacy, in addition to vast population growth and increase in life expectancy.[2] The fastidiousness and inequality of Victorian Britain resonated strongly with this new Edwardian society, generating a soar in fiction on social realism and the fantasies of romantic adventure, the spirit of childhood and outdoor life.[3] Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: Richard Strauss in London in 1903
Programme cover for the December 1903 recital
In 1903 one of the world's leading composers came to London to perform an evening of his own ground-breaking songs. In today's parlance this was what could well be called 'a dream recital', and yet amazingly it met with a marked detachment from both contemporary critics and the concert-going public as a whole. Such aloof disinterest, I would say, reveals much about the insular attitudes towards foreign music in Britain at the time.
Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was born in Munich and by the turn of the last century he had become a composer of Lieder and tone poems of international significance. In 1894 he had married the German soprano, Pauline de Ahna (1863-1950), and together they formed a formidable performing couple, touring extensively across the whole of Europe. It was the London-based concert manager, Hugo Görlitz, who organised the visit of the Strausses to Britain at the end of 1903, primarily so that Strauss could conduct a Berlioz Centenary Concert at the Queen's Hall on 11 December that year. How enterprising it would be, Görlitz no doubt thought, to arrange for Pauline to sing some of her husband's sensational songs while they were here. Continue reading →
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Essay: Bennett Amongst the Modernists
Posted on October 6, 2014 | Leave a comment
On October 17th-18th, the Edwardian Culture Network will host a symposium entitled 'Arnold Bennett and his Circle' (see our 'events' pages for more details). In the following short essay, Dr. Andrew Glazzard, one of the co-organizers, anticipates some of the issues we intend to cover in our discussions.
I'd like to try a thought experiment – a game of matching the novel with the writer. Take two novels, both written in 1922 – 'the year of Modernism'. One is set in a city, but very little happens. This novel is narrated with ironic detachment, and dwells on the drab lives of ordinary people who fail to understand each other. The other is an adventure story, set on the French coast during the Napoleonic Wars. It is about a pirate, features buried treasure, includes a love story between a dashing soldier and a beautiful woman, and ends with an exciting chase featuring Horatio Nelson.
One of these novels was written by an early modernist – an innovator who remains a fixture on university syllabuses, and has been widely acknowledged for his technical achievements and for bringing a sceptical, disillusioned world-view to British fiction. The other writer became immensely popular in his lifetime, was regarded by his younger contemporaries as an exemplar of everything that was wrong about the Edwardian novel, and today in the world of academic Eng.Lit is almost completely disregarded. Which author do you think wrote which novel? Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: Laurel Leaves and Swimming Pools
Sprays of laurel and oak leaves surround the head of Edward VII, king and emperor, looking so wise and benign in this finely sculptured likeness created, not as one might expect by an artist from the British Empire, but by an Austrian, Emil Fuchs. Here at the highest level, and yet at the most mundane, is an emblem of nationhood, proclaiming a country that – superficially at least – sees itself as cultured, unshakably monarchist, and ultimately pacific. Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: 'A Fancy Dress Dinner Party' by Charles Ricketts
'A Fancy Dress Dinner Party' by Charles Ricketts, c.1904
A small canvas in the Tullie House Gallery, Carlisle, offers a fascinating insight into the social life of a small group of Edwardian artists. The painting, by the multi-talented Charles Ricketts, depicts seven guests assembled at 11-13 Lansdowne Road, Holland Park, the house of Sir Edmund and Lady Mary Davis, on the 10th December 1904.
The Australian-born Edmund Davis was a highly successful businessman, who made most of his money in various South African ventures; not least gold and diamond mining. In 1889 he moved to London and married the talented Mary Halford, who encouraged his interest in art, which the couple started collecting in the late 1890s. Their tastes ranged widely, incorporating Old Master paintings, eighteenth century sculpture and contemporary works by the likes of Rodin (it is said that Edmund 'liked to exercise surrounded by Rodin statues'). Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: The Caravaners
[Jennifer Walker, the author of this post, has just published "Elizabeth of the German Garden – A Literary Journey"]
THE CARAVANERS, by the author of "Elizabeth and her German Garden" (now known as Elizabeth von Arnim), first published in 1909 by Smith & Elder.
When Mary Beauchamp married the Count von Arnim in 1891, she had no idea that her newly-acquired German nationality would divide her life and her family for generations to come. She had been swept off her feet by the widowed Prussian Count, some fifteen years her senior, finding at last that she was valued by him as a musically gifted and intelligent young woman. For, on their engagement, the Count von Arnim-Schlagenthin took her straight to Bayreuth where Mary could perform Bach on the organ in the presence of Cosima Wagner. But maybe the Count got more than her bargained for. Mary was gifted, not only in music, but also in words, and it was by means of her writing that she managed to escape from the life proscribed for her; that of the wife of a member of the Prussian aristocracy in the latter years of the nineteenth century.
Writing as 'Elizabeth', she immediately established a literary reputation with her first best-selling novel, Elizabeth and her German Garden (published anonymously in 1898). Continue reading →
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Edwardian Encounters: Spade House
Calling a Heart a Spade: Wells and Voysey's Kentish Utopia
The Wells House Nursing Home stands on a hilltop in Sandgate – a prosperous and attractive seaside village on the borders of Folkestone in Kent – with fine views over the village and the coastline. Wells House – previously Spade House – was built in 1899-1900 to the designs of two men: C.F.A. Voysey, the house's architect, and Voysey's client, H.G. Wells.
Wells came to be in Sandgate, and to commission Voysey, as a result of a combination of illness and literary friendship. In 1896 Wells had befriended the ailing novelist George Gissing, and, when Wells's own chronic kidney condition led to his collapse during a cycling holiday along the south coast in 1898, it was Gissing's childhood friend, Dr Henry Hick, who became Wells's personal physician. Continue reading →
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** Recommended listenings for those first encountering Mu-Xuan's music.
**Double Jeopardy (2013) Premiere by the Ensemble Proton Bern (Bettina Berger, flute; Martin Bliggenstorfer, lupophon; Richard Haynes, clarinet; Lucas Rössner, kontraforte; Maximilian Haft, violin; Jan-Filip Tupa, violoncello; Samuel Fried, piano; Vera Schider, harp; Matthias Kuhn, conductor) on February 24th, 2014 at Dampfzentrale, Bern, Switzerland.
Melancholia (2011-12) for percussion quartet (video) same performance as above.
Metamorphosis Part I (2013) Premiere by Jessica Fulkerson (flute), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Yohanan Chendler (violin), Bryan Hayslett (violoncello), and Yoko Hagino (piano) under the direction of Jeffrey Means (conductor) on May 4th, 2013 in Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA.
aer- (2011) KoFoMi performance Released Sylvie Lacroux, flute; Maria Gstättner, bassoon; and Julia Purgina, viola. Part of KoFoMi 2011 final concert.
The Sea, the Sea (2010) for saxophone quartet. Premiere by Radnofsky Quartet in October, 2010 in Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA (USA).
Commissioned by the Innovation Series 2017 of the National Cultural Center of Taiwan.
Searching for the Searchers (Los rastreadores 1) (2015) for chamber orchestra and video.
Commissioned by Novalis music+art Festival 2015 (Croatia), collaboration with artist Claudia Joskowicz.
Premiere performances by Secession Orchestra (France) in August, 2015, Novalja, Croatia.
Bonjour Minuit (2014-15) – a theatre of poetry : Proem, Episodes I:I, I:II, I:III, and I:IV for soprano, mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute, horn, violin, violoncello, contrabass, percussion, piano, and electronics.
Premiere performance in May, 2016, Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA.
Peinture N˚1 (2013-14) for clarinet/bass clarinet and marimba.
Premiere by Transient Canvas on June 9th, 2014 at Davis Square Theater in Somerville (Boston) MA, USA.
Double Jeopardy (2013) for flute, clarinet, lupophon, kontraforte, violin, violoncello, harp, and piano.
Commissioned by Ensemble Proton Bern.
Premiere by Ensemble Proton Bern (Bettina Berger, flute; Richard Haynes, clarinet; Martin Bliggenstorfoer, lupophon; Lucas A. Rössner, kontraforte; Maximilian Haft, violin; Jan-Filip Tupa, violoncello; Samuel Fried, piano; Vera Schnider, harp; Matthias Kuhn, conductor) on February 24th, 2014 at the Dampfzentrale in Berne, Switzerland.
Radio broadcast by Schweizer Radio SRF2 kultur on July 9th, 22H35 (CET), 2014.
Metamorphosis Part I (2013) (rev. 2014) for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano.
Premiere by Jessica Fulkerson (flute), Gleb Kanasevich (clarinet), Yohanan Chendler (violin), Bryan Hayslett (violoncello), and Yoko Hagino (piano) under the direction of Jeffrey Means (conductor) on May 4th, 2013 in Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA.
Performance (with revision) on June 5th, 2014 at the Baird Recital Hall of University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY, USA by Norrbotten NEO (Sweden) as part of the June in Buffalo Festival.
Petits Quatuors : I. petite chambre (2012) for string quartet.
Premiere by Lydian String Quartet (Daniel Stepner, Judith Eissenberg, Mark Berger, and Joshua Gordon) on December 1st, 2012 in Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA.
La passion d'une belle journee (selon une toillette autonettoyante) (2012) for electronic music (tape) and video. Video by Dominique Schafer.
Premiere as part of the 2012 Bernstein Festival of the Creative Arts at the Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA. Lee Gallery of Rose Art Museum, April 27th, 2012.
Melancholia (2011-12) for percussion quartet.
Premiere by Talujon Percussion Group on March 17th, 2012 in Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University, Waltham MA, USA.
Phantom Museum (2011) for video (by Zdenek Kveton), tape, and improvisers.
Premiered by Michael Moser (cello and live electronics) and Wolfgang Fuchs (turntable) on September 17th, 2011 in Mittersill, Austria as a part of the KoFoMi (KomponistInnenforum Mittersill) final concert program.
Performed by Travis Alford (trumpet), Peter Lane (live electronics), and Mu-Xuan Lin (piano) in October 2011 at Brandeis University Slosberg Hall, Waltham, USA.
aer- (2011) for flute, bassoon, and viola.
Premiered on September 17th, 2011 by Sylvie Lacroux, Maria Gstättner, and Julia Purgina in Mittersill, Austria as a part of the KoFoMi (KomponistInnenforum Mittersill) final concert program.
Performed by members of Lapland Chamber Orchestra (Lapin Kamariorkesteri) on May 18th, 2013 in Rovaniemi, Finland.
Journal Entry : I : (2010) for vocal sextet, written for New York Virtuoso Singers.
Premiered on March 5th, 2011 by NYVS under the baton of Harold Rosenbaum at Brandeis University.
The Sea, the Sea (2010) for saxophone quartet, written for Radnofsky Quartet.
Premiered on December 12th, 2010 by Radnofsky Quartet at Brandeis University.
Little Blue Dot (2010) for clarinet, violin, and piano.
Commissioned by Boston based modern dance company "Urbanity Project" for their spring show in 2010.
Premiere by Rane Moore (clarinet), Ethan Wood (violin), and David Robbins (piano) on February 28th in the "Big Red Door and Other Stories" show at BU Dance Theater.
A room of French windows and limestone sculptures (2009) for chamber music (soprano, recorder, viola, double bass, and piano), solo dancer, and video.
Premiere as part of Leonard Bernstein Festival for the Arts on April 26th, 2009, at Brandeis University. Music-only premier with flute in December, 2009 with conductor Nathan Lofton and soprano Ceceilia Alwein.
long, long, the September rain… (2008) for voice flute.
Commissioned by recorder player Ching-Wei Lin.
Premiere on November 1st, 2008 at Slosberg Hall of Brandeis University.
Performed on other occasions in the greater Boston area and was praised by the American Recorder Society journal as "lovely and virtuosic".
The second collaboration with poet Jesse Diamond.
First movement premiered on May 13th, at "Collexuan", and third movement premiered in April by Mu-Xuan Lin in Jordan Hall, Boston.
Swimming the Hellespont zhi San (2008) for baritone and guitar.
Collaboration with poet Jesse Mavro Diamond.
New York premiere at St. Peter's Church by Seth Gilman (baritone) and Kurt Toreillo (guitar).
Featured music on the Holocaust Memorial Concert in Boston direct by Osnat Netzer on April 13th, 2008.


In our modern and comfortable gîte (125 m²), you will find a spacious, sunny main room (70 m²) on the ground floor and two bedrooms upstairs. This cottage can sleep up to 7. We have decorated it with taste and simplicity, so that you can just relax and enjoy short intimate weekends or long family holidays with your children.
The main room is L-shaped with a lounge area, satellite TV, wi-fi, DVD player and hi-fi and leads onto the dining area. Another part of this big room has a very comfortable double sofa-bed which can be separated from the rest by curtains.
The kitchen is fully equipped: dish-washer, microwave oven, fridge with freezer, bar stools and table as well as all the necessary to prepare your meals, not forgetting the barbecue for your outside meals !
You will have access to the main house's basement where you will find a washing machine and clothes dryer.
Upstairs, there are two charming bedrooms, each with an en-suite bathroom. One has a king-size double bed while the second has two single beds (which can join to become a big double bed) and a pretty iron couch either to relax on or to use as a third single bed.
A fold-up cot, bath and high-chair for the baby are available on request.
The direct access from the cottage onto the pool area can be blocked off by gates, so that young children cannot go into the water without surveillance.


Adrian is president and chief executive officer of Foghorn Therapeutics. An experienced leader in biotech, Adrian is interested in solving complex issues at the intersection of science, medicine, and business on a global scale to help people and families dealing with diseases.
Prior to joining Foghorn, Adrian spent 13 years at Biogen, where he was most recently a senior vice president and the neurodegeneration therapeutic area head. In this role, he was responsible for the late-stage development and commercialization of medicines for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and ayotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). During his time at Biogen, Adrian held additional roles of increasing responsibility ranging from head of corporate strategy, head of global commercial strategy, head of Japan, and head of the Japan, Australia and Emerging Markets geographies. He has also worked as a consultant for Price Waterhouse in Dallas, Texas.
He holds a BS in biochemistry from Texas A&M University and received his MBA from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He also holds an ScM degree from the joint Harvard Medical School / MIT Biomedical Enterprise Program, where his graduate work was focused on evaluating the costs and benefits of the Prescription Drug User Fee Acts and improving the efficiency of the drug development process.