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The Untold Legend of the Batman #1
"In the Beginning"
Art by John Byrne & Jim Aparo
Batman is calmly opening the last of his mail in the Batcave when he opens a very large parcel containing... the tattered remnants of his father's original Bat-Man suit! Yep, turns out that Dr. Wayne was at a costume party when a batch of mobster Lew Moxon's men broke in and kidnapped Wayne to bring him back to the boss's pad. Moxon had been shot and needed first aid but Wayne knew that, once he fixed up the goon, he'd be a goner. He took on the lot of them with nothing but loaded fists and the police, led by a young Lt. Jim Gordon, arrived to haul them away.
Moxon vowed to get even with Wayne and, years later, hired Joe Chill to off the Doc and his Mrs. in the famous alleyway, leaving young Bruce as an "alibi" that Moxon didn't commit the murder. Batman eventually caught up with Chill and the murderer was ventilated by his fellow thugs. Bruce Wayne assumes that's the closing of the Wayne Murder Case but... a year later, while he and Dick Grayson are doing some dusting in the attic, Bruce finds a film canister featuring home movies, including that of the party the night his father was kidnapped, in his Pop's desk. A diary found in the same drawer maps out exactly who the real villain was... Lew Moxon!
Putting two and two together like the great detective he is, Batman deduces that Chill was actually an assassin sent by Moxon to get even for Wayne's testimony. Batman makes a citizen's arrest of Moxon, whom he finds working at a "blimp advertising" business, but the thug passes a lie detector test, convincing the police that, for the first time, Batman is wrong. Turns out Moxon had a very bad accident "right after Wayne Sr. was murdered," and his brain was wiped clean of all wrongdoing. He can't remember ordering Doc Wayne's death! The Dark Knight decides to confront Moxon (yet again) to see if his memory will come back and Robin goads Batman into wearing his Dad's bat-costume. That does the trick; Moxon flies into a panic and steps in front of a speeding truck. The Wayne Murder Case is finally closed. Well, um, until Batman gets his father's suit in the mail. So, who sent it?
Peter: What a confusing, confounding bit of claptrap. This comic should have been called The Rebooted Legend of the Batman. Of course, we know that nothing is sacred and "the new talent" feels the need to make the character their own every twenty years or so, but this script doesn't just rewrite the Caped Crusader's history; it juggles it. It skews it. It dumbs it down. Why bother showing that classic scene of Batman receiving inspiration from a bat flying in the window when we know now that it was a party suit his Pa wore that really put the twinkle in his eye? But the most perplexing twist Len Wein perpetrates is having young Bruce dress in a proto-Robin costume in order to impress a local detective. I'm sure by now some later generation has made Moxon the pawn of an even higher muckety-muck in the mob.
Now, I'm the first to admit I have not read every Batman comic book from 1939 through 1969, but has this bombshell ever been dropped before? In the middle of a narrative about young Bruce's training, it's more than a bit confusing. John Byrne's art is okay, other than the fact that his older characters all look alike (I had to re-read the thing a couple times to figure out that Chill wasn't actually supposed to be the same guy as Bruce's college law professor); his Bats is a cross between Neal Adams and Jim Aparo (which is probably not a coincidence as Aparo is inker here). Jim Aparo will take over as regular artist next issue. After one issue in the books, I can say that ULOTB is no worse nor better than the regular titles.
Jack: My first question relates to the Batcave: when did Batman stop acquiring big, weird souvenirs? The giant penny and the dinosaur have been showing up for decades, but did he run out of room? Did Alfred complain about having to dust it all? Did Bruce Wayne marry Selina Kyle and get told to stop accumulating junk?
I like the back story of the Wayne killing that makes it something other than a random event, though in the back of my mind I feel like there was a story somewhere that had the Joker involved. It certainly took guts for Wein to try to synthesize 40 years of mythology and add something new, but there are a few too many coincidences and I, like you, was not happy to see Batman in a Robin getup. I'm interested to see what next issue brings, since the coming attractions promise more origins.
"Death--Twenty Stories High"
Story by Roger McKenzie
Art by Irv Novick & Steve Mitchell
There's trouble in Gotham City when Commissioner Gordon receives a death threat targeting Batman! Gordon is up for re-election as police commissioner and a crime wave is spreading across the city. A sniper takes a shot at Batman while the Dark Knight talks to Gordon on a rooftop, but the bullet misses him and smashes the glass of the Bat Signal. Batman chases and catches the sniper, who reveals that he was hired by a crook named Sweet Lou Milligan.
As the Bat Signal is repaired, Gordon debates with Bob Brand, his opponent in the election, whose campaign manager Tom complains that Gordon lets Batman run Gotham City. Gunmen crash the debate, targeting Gordon, and Batman again saves his life. Batman tracks down Sweet Lou Milligan, who tells him that Bob Brand is the one who ordered the hit on Gordon. The Caped Crusader rushes to Brand's office, only to find the candidate dead; campaign manager Tom admits he's responsible. Brand deduced that Tom was behind the crime wave and threatened to expose him, so Tom did away with Brand.
But that's not all: Tom tells Batman that the Dark Knight is about to cause Gordon's death himself! Tom accidentally falls out of a window to his death and Batman races to Gordon's side after realizing that repairs to the Bat Signal included placing a bomb inside of it. In saving Gordon from the bomb, Batman knocks him off the roof, but our hero manages to catch the commissioner a moment before he hits the ground. Good thing, too, because Gordon is re-elected!
Jack: The romance between Bruce and Selina is interrupted by a fill-in story this issue, penned by Roger McKenzie. Gone are Len Wein's super villains and elaborate death traps, and in their place we have what could be a story from any issue in the 1970s. It features a straightforward plot with a villain who is not hard to guess. There's nothing wrong with the story; it's just rather bland. The moment when Tom trips over the dead body of Brand and falls out of a window to his death is ridiculous, but if he had just bounced off the glass it wouldn't have been very dramatic. The art by Novick and Mitchell is as bland as the story.
Peter: This could very well be the worst story of 1980, with a deadly dumb script and sloppy art. So many eye-rolling moments. The aforementioned "trip out the window" is more of a leap, when you think about it. The Dark Knight is the world's greatest detective but his deduction that the villain claiming Bats would be the death of Gordon short-cutting into his (brilliant) guess that there's a bomb in the Bat-Signal is positively Poirot-ian. About the only highlight I can point to is the photographer who's snapping Brand's pic. Coincidence, or is Roger borrowing a friend from the competition? Oh, and you gotta love those DC stamps (see far below). What a novel idea!
Jonah will sure be pissed when he finds out Parker is moonlighting in Gotham...
"The Mystery of the Mobile Museum!"
Story by J. M. DeMatteis
Two statues dubbed "The Mysterious Ones" were discovered in the desert and are being transported from the Gotham Metropolitan to the Midway City Museum. Batman and Hawkman are helping with the transport, since the statues have created a sensation. Batman's mind is attacked and suddenly the entire museum takes flight!
"The Mystery of the Mobile Museum!" requires both heroes to turn their attention to the floating building. Batman enters it but Hawkman is blocked by a force field; his wife Shiera is inside, having been knocked unconscious. Batman is attacked by two empty suits of armor, while Hawkman flies to his starship to grab a gizmo to try to breach the force field around the museum.
Hawkman enters the building and he and Batman fight off a dinosaur skeleton and a mummy, both of which have suddenly been brought to life. Shiera wakes up and, in a trance, grabs the Mysterious Ones and floats out of the building into mid-air. Despite Batman's attempts to stop him, Hawkman pursues his wife, who returns safely to Earth with the statues. Suddenly, a telepathic voice explains that the statues are gods that were lost from a distant world; an energy being has come to retrieve them but needs a physical being to help take them home. Batman and Hawkman volunteer and manage to survive a trip through a warp in space to return the gods before making it home safely.
Jack: The opening pages of this story made it seem like it would be a simple heist tale, with Hawkman taking fake statues to the museum while Batman had charge of the real ones. The narrative then goes off in a completely different direction and is reasonably entertaining. I have always liked Hawkman and this issue demonstrates how stories featuring the Winged Wonder can veer into a science fiction territory we don't usually see when we read about the Dark Knight. Garcia-Lopez and Mitchell render the pages beautifully with some of the nicest Bat art I've seen in awhile--and that's saying something in a comic usually drawn by Jim Aparo. All in all, this is an above-average issue of The Brave and the Bold.
Peter: I think I'm with the cops in the final panel, who say something along the lines of "What just happened?" As with you, Jack, I found the story entertaining enough, but it reminded me of those goofy, nonsensical DC superhero/sci-fi tales of the 1960s where the writer would cart out mind-reading gorillas or talking zebras and wrap the whole thing up at the end with an equally goofy, nonsensical explanation. The brief fight/misunderstanding between Bats and Hawks is obviously an "homage" to Marvel Team-Up. I'd give this one a solid "Meh."
"Vengeance Trail"
"At War With General Scarr"
Art by Don Newton & Bob Smith
Bruce Wayne's much-needed sleep is disturbed by his butler, Alfred, who rouses Wayne with the morning paper and condolences on his loss. "Batgirl Slain by Assassin," screams the headline! Pissed off beyond belief, Bruce throws back the covers and, for some reason, feels he has to put on his uniform before calling Commissioner Gordon to give him his heartfelts and promise that the guilty party will be apprehended by the end of business that night. Gordon calmly tells Bats to swing his way over to the Commish's place as he's got something he needs to talk to him about. "Hmmmm" thinks the Dark Knight, "Jim sure was calm. I wonder..."
Sure enough, when the Caped Crusader arrives at Gordon's place, there's Batgirl reclining on the couch, arm in a sling. She explains in very complicated (and yet, at the same time, very simple) detail how she managed to elude most of Cormorant's gunfire (last issue). It's very silly, so just take my word that it's not imperative for you to know how she did it. Batman tells Babs (in his way) how glad he is to see her and says let's go get that bad guy who ventilated your arm.
Batgirl sighs and tells her mentor that she's officially retired. She can't work up the enthusiasm every night like she used to and she's tired of these bad guys fighting back! When Batman scoffs, Babs emphatically vows that Batgirl will never fly again and slams the door in his face. Gordon allows how he doesn't blame his daughter for her feelings, but then subtly tells Barbara that all good people must make sacrifices or there will be nothing but bad in the world.
Meanwhile, Batman tracks General Scarr back to his hidey-hole and has himself caught on purpose (the reasoning behind this move is never satisfactorily explained--for some reason Bats arrives at the conclusion that he's got the advantage if he's in chains). Scarr rounds up his assassins and announces that Batman will be executed as a prisoner of war. At that very moment, on a nearby rooftop...
Having decided that 20 minutes was enough of a retirement, Batgirl uses her photographic memory to deduce the exact same lair where Bats is being held and swoops in to save the day. Only momentarily does she lose her nerve, as she stares at the back of the man who tried to assassinate her, but then, when she regains her composure, she has a laugh when the assassin falls to his knees and begs for mercy. She shoves the coward's head into a wall and announces that "Batgirl is Back!" Batman, for his part, shucks his chains and the two round up General Scarr and turn him over to the police.
Peter: A superior two-parter, with lots of fun twists and turns and fabulous art (thank God we don't have Delbo and Giella to deal with this time 'round). Sure, the over-hyped "Death" and "End" of Batgirl lasts just about as long as we expected, but that's the nature of this beast, isn't it? Whoever decided that the Cormorant might look more sinister without his Dudley Do-Right mountie's hat should be elevated to Editor. Did I mention the graphics? Holy cow, this is some very effective art we're graced with in this two-parter (with only the inkwell changing hands) and I'd be a very happy man to see this team tackling all the Bat-titles. Won't happen, but I can dream.
There's also some very strong writing going on here, especially the dialogue between Jim and Barbara. She's going through a mental hiccup and looking for guidance from a cop, who also happens to be her Dad. There's no doubt Jim's monologue about his feelings toward the Batman and what he does for Gotham came into play when Christopher and Jonathan Nolan were writing that Gordon speech in the finale of The Dark Knight.
Jack: I agree that the art is terrific, though I thought Dan Adkins did a better job inking Don Newton's pencils than did Bob Smith. I like the light touch on the amount of text in certain sections of the story, since it lets the art shine through. I really can't blame Batgirl for wanting out and the whole situation made me think of her injury at the hands of the Joker decades later. When Gordon is wondering what motivates Batman, I wanted to tell him to pick up a copy of this month's Untold Legend--all his questions would be answered! There's a very good sequence in part one where Batman is beating up crooks while Gordon is talking to Batgirl elsewhere; the dialogue and pictures complement each other even though they are occurring in two different places. Part two is mostly fighting, but I like the whole 25-page package.
"Fifty Million Tons of Soul!"
Story by Bob Haney
Art by Bob Oksner & Bob Smith
In this issue's installment of "Tales of Gotham City," we meet Rusty Krebs, the guy responsible for coating the bridge in anti-rust paint. Just as Rusty is musing how everything is beautiful in its own way, he spots a kid getting ready to jump. The boy, named David, tells him he has girl problems and Rusty tells him no dame is worth the five-hundred-foot drop. Just as the two are continuing their dialogue, a car full of bank robbers tries to make it across the bridge, despite the presence of Gotham's finest. Linda, who broke our prospective jumper's heart, shows up to try to talk David down; she's nabbed by the bad guys, who use her as a shield against the cops.
Rusty manages to grab the kid and swing down to put the kibosh on the bank robbers. Linda doesn't exactly say she'll reconsider David as a future beau but at least David isn't in the drink... for now. Stay tuned for the sequel, where David climbs to the top of the bridge on Rusty's day off.
Peter: I thought "Fifty Million Tons of Soul!" was cooking pretty well until Haney (our old war comic pal) had to throw in the sub-plot of the thugs. Rusty seemed an interesting character and his dialogue with David stayed far off the maudlin road. A pity we needed that action stuff to interfere. I was upset that Haney decided to handle the scene of Rusty scooping up David and dropping the bucket down on the bad guys' car off-panel. That would have been an interesting explanation. The art by Oksner and Smith is typical third-tier graphics, falling in line with the tepid visuals we get from the artists assigned to these back-up features.
Jack: The story is enjoyable but corny. Take a look at the closeup of David on page three and of the cop on page four. Do you think Don Heck stopped by the drawing board to help out? Those faces sure look like Heck. Wait, that did not come out right.
"We Are Experiencing a Slight Delay..."
Story by Bob Rozakis
Art by Romeo Tanghal & Vince Colletta
Man-Bat arrives home after a grueling day at work but wife, Francine, and daughter, 'Becca, aren't there. Seems they were at the house of Francine's friend and took the subway home but... the train was hijacked and never left the tunnel. Man-Bat flies down into the subway system and takes out the young hoods, but notices that one of the cars is badly damaged. How the heck did a bunch of kids do that? The answer arrives in the form of a giant rat, who puts a scare into the passengers until Man-Bat scares it off with fire.
Peter: A sub-par script that never really makes any kind of explanation for its fantastical elements. Oh, it's just a giant rat in New York! Nothing to see here, move long! I like the Man-Bat character, but he's a dark, tragic figure and shouldn't he be given scripts with a tad more... I don't know... sense? The Tanghal/Colletta art is hot/cold (as is much of what Colletta had a hand in); the Man-Bat panels are effective, but anything human looks cookie-cutter. Still, lousy script and iffy art notwithstanding, I'll take this any day over Black Lightning, Elongated Man, or Robin. Speaking of which...
Jack: Terrible writing, mediocre art. When did Man-Bat become a hero, popping pills to switch back and forth between human and bat form? I love that his little son yells "'Daddy!'" when he sees Man-Bat on the subway. Bob Rozakis's scripts are unimpressive to date.
"The First Bird"
Art by Charles Nicholas & Vince Colletta
Robin discovers that the Penguin is trying to steal the ultra-valuable "Kline Egg," the world's only surviving pterodactyl egg. He swings in to the museum to save the day only to discover that the Penguin's real plan was to trap Robin. Not so smart now, are we, Boy Blunder?
Peter: Not much to say about this one other than to echo my sentiments of the last installment: Yeccch! The art is nothing much more than Colorforms or Etch-A-Sketch. Penciller Charles Nicholas has a career that stretched from the 1930s into the 1980s, so he obviously filled some kind of gap. That gap being these below-par back-ups.
Jack: The art reminded me of those Hostess ads that always popped up in DC Comics around this time, though the GCD tells us that this issue's ad (with the Flash) is drawn by Curt Swan and Vince Colletta. Curt Swan was a great artist, but Charles Nicholas was not. I was thrilled to see the Penguin, but this story made me say "Wawwkk"!
Will we see a return to form
for Reed Crandall in time for
Uncle Creepy's 50th Celebration?
Considering how often the origin was re-told and re-written, I guess this version is still the least dumb. Even if it is so needless. I don't know how long ago the first Joe Chill story was done (80 years? I am too lazy to check), but it was perfect. A random mugging and a traumatized boy. How timeless. No elaborate conspiracy makes this better. I don't know what the current version is, I gave up on Batman before New 52. As everybody and his brother has wore the cape in the meantime, it has become devoid of meaning.
Batman wearing the Robin costume sure is dumb. I remember dimly one of those young Batman and Superboy stories rom whoever Bob Kane was at the time, where Bruce picks a foxfur for a mask and became Foxman. Come to think of it, it was still better as being Robin.
Batman # 325 is another weak issue. Most idiotic moment for me was the scene where Batman gives a press conference and endorses Gordon. Another eye-rolling scene. For a random tale about Gotham politics I don't expect another Boss Thorne as a villain, but this is just lazy. Maybe I am biased, can't remember a Roger McKenzie story I liked.
Thanks, Andy. Maybe next issue will be better! I've read quite a few recent Batman comics (mainly through the Wal-Mart 100 pagers) and I really liked them, so perhaps things improved. I also thought some of the recent Nightwing series were excellent.
Mark Cannon said...
Gents - while you obviously didn't think much of "Untold Legend of the Batman" #1, Len Wein wasn't really to blame for some of the things you criticised. Thomas Wayne once wearing a Batman costume and Lew Moxon being the real force behind the Wayne murders were the basis for a 1950s Batman story, as was young Bruce once wearing a Robin-like costume.
Since I was familiar with those stories (via Silver Age reprints) by the time I read "Untold Legend" not long after its publication, I quite enjoyed those aspects of the story, seeing them as geeky little nods to the past. Whether it was Len's own idea to revive those plot-lines or editorial dictate, we'll probably never know. I certainly suspect they'd be ignored if a similarly-themed comic was published today.
Thanks for pointing that out, Mark. I did not know that.
oneillb454@gmail.com said...
The 'collecting giant souvenirs' stuff took up most of the Jack Schiff era of the '50s and early to mid-60s(when a large number of Batman stories, mixing 'spin-off' characters, gadgets, 'common criminals' and science-fiction-fantasty elements, were semi-interchangeable with Weisinger-era Superman), and pretty much ended when Julius Schwartz took over, in 1964.
Thanks! I feel like there may have been a giant issue that reprinted some of the stories where those items were first featured.


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    root=NULL;
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Body Count Rises Along the Border
By MIKE SCHWARTZ
Mario Castillo and Raymundo Berreda were two of the 14 immigrant workers who were found dead in the Arizona desert in late May. Every day thousands of people leave Mexico with the hope of finding a decent paying job in the United States. This situation arises out of the massive poverty that exists in Mexico due largely to the super-exploitation carried out first by the Spanish colonizers and now by U.S. corporations.
Though most of the immigrants who flee Mexico do make it across the border, their dreams of a better life are almost always shattered. They find themselves working backbreaking minimum-wage jobs with no benefits. And although they earn more in the United States than in Mexico, they find out that things cost more in this country as well.
There's a famous quote by an immigrant who said, "They told me that in America the streets were paved with gold, but when I got here I found out there was no gold, the streets weren't paved, and they expected me to pave them."
Some immigrants are captured at the border and deported. Some are put into U.S. federal prisons for the crime of immigration. Others like Mario and Raymundo die just trying to get here.
The government has always flip flopped on the issue of immigration. At times it encourages immigrants to come by the tens of thousands so companies can exploit their labor. But when the economy goes sour, immigrants are always the first people blamed. That's when programs like Operation Wetback are created, a program enforced in the early 1950s when hundreds of thousands of immigrants were forcibly deported whether or not they had documents.
The early 1990s were another period in which immigrants became scapegoats for everything from the recession to failing schools. The result of this sentiment was Operation Gatekeeper. The number of dead immigrants has been steadily increasing since former President Bill Clinton instituted Operation Gatekeeper in 1994.
Operation Gatekeeper greatly increased the amount of money and agents used by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), now one of the largest armed forces in the United States. It also allowed for military equipment to be used in order to stop immigrants from crossing the border.
What this did was push immigrants away from the cities and force them into much deadlier areas, such as canals of swift flowing water, snowy mountains, and burning hot deserts. Mario and Raymundo were just two of the latest victims.
To say that the trip is deadly is actually an understatement. Let's put it into perspective. For years, the U.S. government pointed to the Berlin Wall as a symbol of "socialist" repression. "Look how many people have died trying to get from East Germany to West Germany," the media and the politicians shouted.
Of course, the Berlin Wall had nothing to do with socialism; it was a tool the Stalinist bureaucrats of East Germany used to oppress the workers who lived there. But, the heavily fortified U.S.-Mexico border has everything to do with capitalism, and is definitely a symbol of oppression.
In fact, in the past two years, over 800 people have died trying to cross the border. The Mexican government claims 491 deaths last year alone. Some of these people were actually killed by the INS. These were people who just wanted to find a job to earn a living for themselves and their families.
These numbers show that more people have died trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the past two years than those who died in the entire 28-year history of the Berlin Wall.
The politicians and the business owners have no problem with the free flow of their money across borders, but they are willing to let people die by the hundreds in their attempt to cross the border.
The fact of the matter is that workers on both sides of the border have everything in common with each other and nothing in common with their employers. The bosses want us to fight against each other so we cannot join forces and fight the people who exploit us.
Workers in the United States must realize that these are our brothers and sisters dying by the hundreds right at our doorstep. We need to fight against those who want us to look at immigrants as our enemies ("stealing our jobs") and want us to turn a blind eye to the deaths of our fellow workers.
The blood of Mario, Raymundo and the thousands of people who have died along the border is on the hands of the U.S. big business owners and the politicians who represent their interests. We must not forget it.
Biden Launches New Campaign Against Immigrants
By BARRY SHEPPARD
Biden has expanded the Trump-era Title 42 policy of expelling any immigrants who cross the border to apply to immigration authorities for asylum.
UPROAR GROWS IN UVALDE, TEXAS, DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY
BY MALIK MIAH and BARRY SHEPPARD
What the report did not say was why all the 376 officers failed to carry out their duty May 24. There is only one plausible explanation — racism — because the victims were primarily Latino. Texas is run by an ultra-right racist, sexist Republican administration. Uvalde, a town of 16,000 people, is closer to the Mexican border than the nearest large city, San Antonio. Texas, as well as federal law enforcement, is mobilized against any immigrant asylum seekers who manage to cross the border. They use force when necessary.
A Tale of Two Summits
By RICK STERLING
Last week (June 8-10) there were two summits in Los Angeles, California: the Summit of the Americas hosted by the US State Department and the Peoples Summit hosted by US and international activist organizations. The two summits were held in the same city at the same time but could not be otherwise more different.

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Election 2020 Issues: Gun Violence
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#1 May 20, 2019 @ 13:05:19
If you were President and had a House majority and Senate supermajority on your side, how would you address gun violence in our country?
For statistics on U.S. gun violence, read below...
The rate of violent crimes, overall homicides, and gun related homicides were at a peak near the mid 1990s, each having had risen steadily since the FBI started tracking such data in the early 1960s. At the end of 1993, the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act was enacted, which mandated federal background checks on commercial firearm purchasers in the U.S. Since then, the rate of violent crimes, overall homicides, and gun related homicides have been declining steadily and are now near their early 1960s levels, returning to half the rate it was in 1993.
Overall U.S. gun ownership rates have also decreased more gradually, from an estimated 50% to 40% in the past 70 years. But the number of guns per capita has almost tripled in the same time span. There are now more guns than people in the United States although only 40% of people in the United States possess them. By comparison, only one other country in the world has more than half as many guns as people living in that country.
There appears to be very little correlation between gun numbers and homicide rates when comparing these in countries around the world. Countries that have the highest homicide rates are among the lowest in terms of guns owned, and the countries with the lowest homicide rates are among the highest in terms of guns owned, including the U.S. Even among developed nations, the U.S. has only a slightly higher homicide rate than countries with vastly smaller number of firearms per capita.
However, the rate of gun related homicides in the U.S. is a lot higher than these other developed countries. It makes up for 70% of all homicides in the U.S., a sharp rise from a few years ago. This is more pronounced in U.S. states with higher gun ownership rates and guns per capita.
There also appears to be a correlation between states with higher homicide rates and less restrictive gun control laws, similar to the FBI data after the Brady bill above. This is despite the fact that illegally possessed guns are used in 65% of gun related crimes in states with more restrictive gun control laws compared to 40% in states with less restrictive gun control laws.
Suicides and mass shootings are also on the rise in the U.S. (and, in the case of suicides, worldwide). Mass shootings are generally defined as acts of violence in which a shooter kills at least four victims, but which excludes gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts. The number of mass shootings have tripled to an average of 5.4 per year the past twelve years, from an average of 1.6 per year between 1982 and 2006. The number of fatalities from mass shootings have increased fourfold since then as well. A mass shooting occurring on school grounds has been occurring at a rate of once per year.
I would propose legislation that removes all training, education, licensing, certification, etc... requirements for just about everything from being a beautician to driving a car to being an attorney to being a truck driver to being a doctor to being an accountant, banker, fireman, policeman, to being a pilot... etc... etc...
All based on our Constitutional Rights.
If anyone challenged me I would say, "These various certifications & licenses are just designed to take away people's rights... and their cars... and their trucks... and their ability to earn a living... they all violate our Constitution."
I wouldn't win, but the Libertarians would have to vote for me.
In conjunction with the mandatory "civil service" mentioned as another solution, firearm training would be included and upon graduation you will be issued a firearm - type determined by one's expertise.
The gun lobbyists and manufacturers will be ecstatic!!
But seriously, mandatory training.
We won't stop crime, but we will hopefully reduce the accidental and ignorant shootings.
Like the off-duty (?) cop breaking-dancing with a loaded firearm that drops and shoots another patron in the ankle. .. Oh wait, that's stupid - can't fix that...
And as to how that might affect crime? Maybe some people will gain more of a respect for firearms and not try to be Mr HotShot with a quick trigger finger
... maybe
Because I'm sure there are some shooters that regret their actions.
Edited: May 21, 2019 @ 01:27
I think the solution is pretty clear after looking at these statistics. Since the statistics, both worldwide and in America, show that increased gun ownership rates and gun rates do not correlate to an increase in homicides, and vice versa, we do not really need to go through the effort of repealing the 2nd amendment in banning all guns. However, the statistics do show that when we put in discerning limits on who is allowed to have these guns, namely keep them out of the hands of convicted criminals, domestic abusers, and those with psychological issues, we do see a reduction in gun violence. So obviously, this is what we need to focus on. We need to update the Brady bill to eliminate loopholes in it such as the private purchase/gun show exception and add even more stringency in who we allow to possess guns. This is particularly true with those with mental health issues. Mass shootings are on the rise, because suicides are on the rise.
To sum it up, the statistics show that less guns do not limit violent crime, but less guns in the hands of criminals while not limiting it in the hands of non-criminals, does. Which makes sense, if you think about it.
However, we probably don't need guns that unload multiple rounds in seconds that make it easier to rack up the deaths in a mass shooting. They really don't serve any purpose for civilians. Nor is it unconstitutional to limit certain weapons like this, because we already ban other types of weapons and these bans have not been overruled by the courts.
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Mary Ann Thomas, Spinster, aged 21 3/12, of Hutt, Period of residence 21 3/12 years.
To marry at Residence of Rev. John Clements, Taita 11 Jul 1870.
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Le ngondo est une fête traditionnelle et rituelle des peuples côtiers camerounais. Elle réunit les peuples sawa de la région du Littoral, Centre, Sud Ouest et Sud du Cameroun  à Douala du premier dimanche du mois de novembre au premier dimanche du mois de décembre.

Tradition

C'est une fête traditionnelle et culturelle antique de la tribu Douala et Grand Sawa (Littoral), qui a pour objectif de réunir les peuples côtiers une fois tous les douze mois en célébrant une grande fête rituelle, mystique et culturelle animée par les hauts dirigeants des différents cantons de la Ville de Douala et sa Métropole , son déroulement se fait  très  tôt  à l'aube par  les Initiés  qui pratique le Culte des ancêtres en communiant avec les forces ou esprits de l'eau protecteur du fleuve Wouri, des ondines dénommées Mengu au pluriel ou Jengu en langue duala. Jusqu'en 1972, cette fête était célébrée chaque  de l'année civile pour honorer la culture et la civilisation Duala et Sawa et également en souvenir du traité Camerouno-germanique signé par les rois Duala et les autorités allemandes. Après la célèbre et mémorable fête du , cette fête fut interdite par les autorités camerounaises avant de connaître un véritable renouveau et une renaissance, mieux une véritable RÉNOVATION
Depuis lors, elle est célébrée au mois de décembre.

Animations
Son animation culturelle est  faite par la course de pirogues, la lutte traditionnelle ainsi que les différents concours tels que : le concours de cuisine, du meilleur danseur et celui de Miss Ngondo ; pour ne citer que ceux-là. Cette cérémonie se déroule sur les berges du fleuve Wouri dans le Canton Ebélè (les ! Bon'Ebélè) le Clan de Ebelè plus communément appelé Deido.

L'ambiance très attractive et passionnelle attire des centaines d'hommes, de femmes et d'enfants habillés de tenue traditionnelle dont chapeau, chemise et pagne pour les hommes et grande robe colorée (kabas) pour les femmes. Les festivités s'étendent sur trois semaines.la journée qui marque la fin des activités est couronnée par la course des pirogues et l'immersion du vase sacrée par un véritable initié, qui après une longue apnée rapporte le vase qui généralement contient le message des ancêtres. En 1972, et lors des précédentes fêtes ; cette mission sacrée et mystique incombait à feu Bele Priso william.

Affirmation identitaire
Cette cérémonie se veut aussi politique, car les anciens disent que cette fête est d'abord une assemblée des peuples côtiers du Littoral camerounais et permet ainsi une meilleure cohésion et cohabitation de ces populations.

Ethnies participantes

 Barombi
 Bankon
 Bakoko
 Bakole
 Bakossi
 Bakweri
 Bassa
 Banyangi
 Batanga
 Bonkeng
 Douala
 Ewodi
 Isubu (peuple)
 Malimba
 Mbo
 Bamboko (peuple)

 Nyamtan
 Pongo

 Yabassi
Balong
Bafaw
Balondo
Bodiman

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie
 Ralph A. Austen  « Tradition, invention et histoire : Le cas du Ngondo », Cahiers d'études africaines, vol. 32, n° 126, 1992, p. 285-309.
 Séverine Dessajan, Les Duala et ngondo, ou comment une assemblée traditionnelle permet à un peuple du Cameroun d'affirmer son identité, EHESS, Paris, 2000, 430 p. (thèse)
 Maurice Doumbé-Moulongo, Le Ngondo, assemblée traditionnelle du peuple duala, Centre d'édition et de production de manuels et d'auxiliaires de l'enseignement, Yaoundé, 1972, 61 p.
 Roger Ekwe Mardochée, Pour une nouvelle histoire : l'origine Basaa du Ngondo et du nom Sawa, Édition Espoir, Douala, 2010, 64 p.
 Pierre Harter, « Le Ngondo », Bulletin de l'Association française pour les recherches et études camerounaises (Faculté des lettres et sciences humaines de Bordeaux), 1968, t. 3, p. 61-97
 Essobre Mouangue, Ode à la messe de l'eau. Du Ngondo. Du panafricanisme. De l'universalisme, 1999, 39 p. (poésie)
 Jean Bernard Toko Le Fils, Ngondo : impasses d'une mythologie. Éthique théologique de la liberté, Éditions universitaires européennes, Saarbrücken, 2013, 136 p.

Articles connexes

 Sawa (peuple)

Culture du Cameroun
Bankon (peuple)

Liens externes

Culture camerounaise
Fête religieuse
Fête de décembre
Festival au Cameroun

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З серпня 1994 р. по серпень 2014 р. працював на кафедрі конституційного та міжнародного права Харківського національного університету внутрішніх справ, пройшовши шлях від викладача до начальника кафедри. У межах даного періоду з червня 2011 р. по липень 2013 р. очолював кафедру державно-правових дисциплін факультету підготовки фахівців для підрозділів слідства та дізнання ХНУВС, створену в результаті об'єднання кафедри теорії та історії держави і права та кафедри конституційного та міжнародного права ХНУВС.

З серпня 2014 р. В. О. Серьогін працює на посаді професора кафедри конституційного і муніципального права юридичного факультету Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна.

З 1999 р. — кандидат юридичних наук за спеціальністю 12.00.02 — конституційне право. Тема кандидатської дисертації — «Конституційний принцип гласності в діяльності органів державної влади України».

З 2011 р. — доктор юридичних наук за спеціальностями 12.00.01 — теорія та історія держави і права; історія політичних і правових учень та 12.00.02 — конституційне право; муніципальне право. Тема докторської дисертації  – «Конституційне право особи на недоторканність приватного життя (прайвесі): проблеми теорії та практики».

У 2014 р. присвоєно вчене звання «професор» по кафедрі конституційного та міжнародного права Харківського національного університету внутрішніх справ.

Під керівництвом В. О. Серьогіна захищено 14 кандидатських та докторських дисертацій за спеціальностями 12.00.01 та 12.00.02.

Член редакційної колегії часопису «Вісник Харківського національного університету ім. В.Н. Каразіна. Серія: Право».

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 Харківський національний університет внутрішніх справ: Ювілейне видання / під заг. ред. С.М. Гусарова. – Харків, 2015. – С. 240-241, 276.

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sandrinerose@hotmail.com NWJS will be getting together for drinks at the Old Bull and Bush, North End Way, Hampstead, NW3. The Bull and Bush has been around since the 1700s and the song started here!.This event often attracts many Jewish singles - don't miss out. Meet NWJS's Sandrine who will be there from 7pm. Mostly first Wednesday of the month. Must buy a drink (or two.....). Email:sandrinerose@hotmail.co.uk or call: 07812 345806 or NWJS phone no. 07940 181000.
Quiz Night with Michael Finger. You don't have to be Mastermind or Brain of Britain! Please bring your friends (max tables of 8). £15 per person, to include light refreshments.
To book, call 020 8922 2908 or email sobell@jcare.org. Advance bookings essential, book by 8 May.


Question: Hello...I just entered into seventh month of my pregnancy...I feel sudden pain below my belly button where two legs joins. Whn I lift my leg or sleep in straight leg position I feel pain. Is this normal. I am very worried.
Answer: Hello! Sometimes due to anterior placenta, the movements are felt little late. There is nothing to be worried though. But yes, a check up from the doctor will also remove the stress entirely. So, better will be, please visit your doctor.


In some of the literature on Wodiczko's work it is mentioned that he was born in 1943 in Warsaw. Is it a fortuitous fact that the Jewish ghetto, established by the Nazis in 1940, and which, by 1942, sequestered 500,000 Jews, rose up in the year of Wodiczko's birth?
The key to Chuck Webster's work is drawing. His first show at ZieherSmith in 2003—this is his fifth solo exhibition at the same gallery—was packed salon style with drawings, most of them less than two by two feet. Many were done on old paper, rather than the pristine sheets you buy in an art supply store.
One of the best things about the state of painting right now is that nothing is central. You can literally paint whatever you want in whatever way you want. Amid this chaos, a viewer like myself understands and (for a second or two) even sympathizes with the critics and theorists who hate painting, and who have declared that a realm in which they have no authority has ceased to have any validity.
Just for the record, these paintings are not by the comedian Robin Williams. But this young artist does share some of the verve and originality of her coincidental namesake, making for a visually entertaining exhibition.
There is a perfect stillness to Mary Judge's installation at Storefront. Most of the works are on paper, mounted in two ranks: framed under glass at eye level and unframed above.
Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960 at the Museum of Modern Art, which features still images of artists performing specifically for the camera, proffers a conservative position with regard to categories of photographic performance documents, which have traditionally been seen as either "documentary" (records of live actions and events) or "theatrical" (performed for the camera).
With an emphasis on performative installations, the screening of avant-garde film and emerging artistic dialogues, the Kitchen, now 40 years into its tenure, has long since established itself as a hotbed for experimental exchange.
Invented by the critic Jules Langsner in 1959, the term "hard-edge painting" represented a kind of geometric or Classical painting in which the shapes within the painterly format were clearly defined by a hard edge—often, but not always, taped in the process of their delineation.
The Guggenheim's current survey of film and video-based installation art, Found in Translation, features a series of darkened rooms off the main rotunda. Each room houses the work of one of the 11 artists in the show, some of the very best working in this format.
Gallery intel reveals that Michael Patterson-Carver is a self-taught artist from Chicago with a wry sense of humor and a healthy disdain for the United States government. Loose Lips Do Sink Ships broadcasts itself as Outsider Art (oooh, can we still say that?) from 50 paces outside the gallery with all its flat perspectives, unadorned figures, and flat wash watercolors.
Déjà vu is a French expression that literally means "already seen." It describes such a universal phenomenon—the experience of feeling inexplicable familiarity—that the phrase was long ago adapted into English vernacular.
Today time seems to be moving faster. A visit to Times Square isn't necessary to experience this. Just glance at your iPhone and watch the e-mails tick by; that is, we have so many distractions that slowing down seems nearly impossible. Two shows in London offer interesting perspectives on this.
Alois Riegl (1858 – 1905), an Austrian art historian, was a major figure in establishing the study of art history as an independent discipline. He was also highly influential in the development of late 19th century formalism. It is well documented that Greenbergian formalism, with its blinkered appreciation of mid-20th century painting and sculpture, has brought this way of looking into serious disrepute.
Looking at the work of John McDevitt King, the word perfection—or some attempt to achieve it—stubbornly recurs. In the graphite fields of shading that precisely describe volume and light, and yet retain the warmth of the human touch.
It could only have happened where it happened—on the periphery." In speaking about the life and work of Louisville artist Stephen Irwin, curator Julien Robson invites the idea that there remains a type of art-making that is not only deaf to the siren song of New York, but in fact flourishes for being so.
Of Spanish ancestry, Esteban Vicente (1903 – 2001) is a lesser-known but seminal member of the New York School. His masterful collages, which follow in the Spanish avant-garde tradition of Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, and Juan Gris, now are reintroduced to the public at NYU's Grey Art Gallery, in the same neighborhood where the Ab-Ex revolution began (by way of the Cedar Tavern, the 9th Street Show, and the Club).
Watchers of stock markets and world governments these days well understand the word "volatile." Increasingly, patrons of the New York arts must patiently apply this term to the ever-inconsistent New Museum.
In 2011, the art world will make a rare appearance at the Academy Awards, and not in the guise of the stereotypically brooding lothario painter or tiny-dog-clutching patrician art collector.


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TOLLER PORCORUM WAR MEMORIAL
World War 1 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Andi Smart 2009
The war memorial takes the form of a brass plaque in a wooden frame within the church of St Peter and St Andrew Church, Toller Porcorum. It contains the names of three men who gave their lives in World War 1, none for World War 2.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF
DURNFORD
Henry Charles
Private 19241, 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Died, 16th September 1916. Son of Sylvester and Jael Durnford, of Great Toller, Maiden Newton, Dorchester, Dorset; husband of Laura A. Bowditch Durnford, of "Dulce Domum", 5, Wesley St., St. Helier, Jersey. Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial
Herbert John
Sapper WR/317280, Royal Engineers (Inland Water Transport). Died, 7th July 1918. Husband of Julia J. L. Marsh, of 2, The Gardens, Great Toller. Buried in Toller Porcorum Churchyard
Joseph Francis
Private 29677, 2nd Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Killed in action 16/8/1917. Enlisted Porth, Glamorgan. Born, Great Toller, Dorset. Formally 12570, Dorset Regiment. Buried in Clement House Cemetery (Flanders)
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-1918
THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
Last updated 9 January, 2009


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You are also welcome to drop-off and pick-up your athlete or wait in your car.
What kind of training do the athletes experience at Jerome's?
Our athletes are taught proper form prior to being allowed to use any weights. Athletes are also expected to perform physical tasks to their individual limits. Jerome and Coach Mike are constantly holding the boys accountable to perform exercises PROPERLY and to learn their limits both safely pushing themselves to get stronger and faster, but also to not over perform in an unsafe manner.
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Twentieth Television uses mobile to engage viewers
News Corp's Twentieth Television is using a mobile effort to engage consumers with its show Wedlock or Deadlock. The TV distributor teamed up with mobile marketing services firm HipCricket to power its interactive television show, which launched in July.
The goal of the interactive effort is to grow the reach of the show, which is being tested on Fox stations in New York, Tampa, Phoenix, Dallas and Memphis.
"Twentieth Television was looking to have its audience view the show in a more interactive way, rather than just passively watching it, to help grow its reach," said Jeff Hasen, CMO of HipCricket.
The weekly reality show features a couple that tells its story to a psychologist, who in turn decides if they should stay together or break up. Viewers and audience members are called to vote on what they think the couples should do.
"It is a bit natural these days to make a show like this more interactive and include audience participation," added Hasen.
When a viewer texts in a vote, he or she receives a confirmation text with an offer to opt-in to the Wedlock or Deadlock mobile club. The text also has a message from TV sponsor Tarot.com. The mobile ad promotes a daily mobile horoscope service, where users can subscribe to receive mobile love-themed horoscopes, or "lovescopes."
The audience poll is also active on the Wedlock or Deadlock Web site, as well as its Facebook and Twitter pages.
The show is targeted at young urbanites, who are "a natural fit for mobile and for texting," Hasen said.
HipCricket works with broadcasters to make TV content more interactive with mobile. The company is also in its third year of partnership with The Challenge, a trivia game show that airs after Sunday Night Football on NBC and can be played online or on a mobile phone.
"We find sports fans are the most active in our program, so [the show] is a natural fit for mobile," said Hasen.
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Can Pakistan be reborn as a modern nation?
TOPICS: The moderate people need to take back their nation from the extremists - serious challenge for Pakistani people due to the way nation was born - should Pakistan have been a separate nation? - Muslims and Hindus living in peace - upward or downward spiral - a president must be powerful without becoming dictatorial -
Question: I would like to know has the Bhutto assassination in Pakistan created an adverse situation there, do the moderates feel enough is enough, and is there any optimistic outlook for them?
Answer from ascended master Jesus through Kim Michaels:
Would you like it to be a positive or a negative development? For if you want it to be positive, then decide that it will be positive, that it will awaken the moderates in Pakistan to the need to step up to an entirely new approach to their nation.
You see, I cannot answer that question because it is up to the free will of the people in Pakistan. But what you can do as a spiritual person is to hold the immaculate concept. It may not be that enough people will be awakened by this event to shun the path of violence. It may be that there needs to be other violent events in Pakistan. But you should still hold the matrix, the immaculate concept, the vision, that there will come a point where the critical mass is reached, that the moderate people step forward and say, "We will take back our nation from the extremists. We will create a new nation, a reborn nation that is not based on tension and conflict."
This is an especially serious challenge for the Pakistani people, for when you study the creation of Pakistan as a nation independent from India, you will see that this nation was born out of conflict. In fact, the founder of Pakistan – I do not wish to withhold the fact – that this person was a top-ranking fallen angel, who was very much attached to the duality consciousness. In fact, so attached that he has since gone to the second death.
It is questionable whether Pakistan should have ever emerged as a separate nation. For it would indeed have been preferable that it had remained part of India, and therefore work towards a state where India as a nation could tolerate both Muslims and Hindus. And where they could live and work in peace, as was indeed the vision of Gandhi, who did everything he could to stop the bloodshed between Muslims and Hindus.
The question really is: Can Pakistan rise above its own background? Can it rise to the point where it does not see itself as the Muslim nation that is in opposition to the Hindu nation of India? Can it rise to be a truly free nation, or will it deteriorate into a power struggle, where the Muslim extremists start a downward violent spiral that can eventually lead to the collapse of the nation. Which could take several different scenarios, including an invasion by India or by an international force that would seek to create stability out of a chaos that is threatening to spread throughout the Muslim world.
This could potentially become a very serious situation, which is precisely why Mother Mary gave the prophecy LINK of making the calls and holding the vision that whatever conflict was started between Christmas and New Year would not escalate, and thus even though I give you the potential for what could happen, I do not wish you to focus on this. I wish you to hold the immaculate concept and to make the calls that the situation will not escalate into unstoppable violence, but will indeed lead to a positive outcome.
Yet I must tell you that Pakistan will not be able to rise while the current president is in power, so, again, you face a very delicate situation that you need to have a new president, but it needs to be a president that is strong enough so that there is no power vacuum that will encourage the extremists. And so the question becomes, how do you find such a candidate that is powerful enough to hold down the extremists, without at the same time abusing power by stopping democracy?
And this is, of course, a dilemma that has no easy solution—until the people raise their consciousness. And thus, the consciousness of the people themselves will precipitate the emergence of a candidate that has the necessary balance between love, wisdom and power.


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France Relaunch: Economic Recovery and Growth amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Anker Sorensen, Partner, and Parizad Irani, Trainee, De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés, Paris, France
France continues to grapple with the unprecedented dual challenge of an alarming health crisis and an ensuing economic crisis provoked by the COVID-19 pandemic. Constant efforts to maintain and refuel economic activity resulted in the implementation of an array of significant governmental measures, the most recent keystone measure being the EUR 100 billion France Relaunch plan ('France Relance', hereafter the Relaunch plan), presented by the French Prime Minister on 3 September 2020. A simplified break down of all the measures of the Relaunch plan as applicable to individuals, businesses, local authorities and administrative bodies may be accessed on the dedicated government website. The Relaunch plan, as the name aptly suggests, aims to revive the economy by restoring the pre COVID-19 pandemic level of GDP by 2022, coupled with a larger long term objective of transforming the French economy, by 2030, into one which is more independent, more competitive, more attractive and more sustainable. Thus, in the words of the French President, the ambitious Relaunch plan strives to 'transform risk into chance, crisis into opportunity.'
With a view to attain these objectives, the Relaunch plan is structured on three principal axes -ecological transition, competitiveness and social and territorial cohesion– consisting of allocations of EUR 30 billion, EUR 34 billion and EUR 36 billion respectively.6 Further, the draft finance bill for 2021 (projet de loi de finances 2021) (hereafter PLF 2021), presented by the Ministry of Economy, finance and relaunch on 28 September 2020, provides for a budgetary allocation of EUR 36.4 billion as commitment authorisations and EUR 22 billion as payment credits, of a total budget of EUR 152.8 billion for 2021, towards the financing requirements of the measures of the Relaunch plan during 2021.
The authors briefly present some of the primary measures of the Relaunch plan pertaining to providing an impetus to the competitiveness of businesses and industries in France thereby increasing the overall attractiveness of the country as a global business destination (I) and measures relating to the safeguarding of employment in France to ensure social cohesion (II).
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