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Sulo's Family and Ancestry
Before we begin I must explain about some of the Finn names within this site. Earlier entries used the Finn keyboard to enter names. This keyboard allowed us to enter the the accent marks above certain letters. As an example many of the words place a mark above the o and a (most common), these marks change the way you pronounce the Finnish word. However, when we updated the WordPress program the accented characters created all sorts of problems. Some are still being corrected. So, as a result, we stopped using the Finnish Keyboard. This will, probably only be a concern to those who speak Finn. However we apologize since we wanted to make this site as useful as possible to all. My son, Eran, has added a new feature to the website. It is possible now to read the website in English and Finnish, just by clicking the appropriate flag icon. This may be the answer to the accent mark problem. We will see, Now to continue . . .
. . .Through the official archives personnel of Vaasan Province (Vaasan Maakunta-Arkisto) Finland, vital records dating back to the seventeen hundreds were retrieved for ancestors from both sides of my father, Sulo's, family. Both Sulo's parents were born in Finland. It was determined that the families were not acquainted with one another in Finland. Both families lived within the same general area in the Province of Vaasa, which is situated in western Finland beside the Gulf of Bothnia. The Gulf of Bothnia is the body of water that separates Finland and Sweden. The Kivisto's, Grandmother Hakanen's family, lived in and around Seinijoki, a city near the center of the province. The Hakanens lived in and near Jalasjarrvi; a village located about 30 miles south of Seinijoki. That general area of Vaasa is known as Southern Ostrobothinia.
There is a well accepted theory that those born in Jalasjarvi are almost certainly descendents of one man, Heikki Olavinpoika of Koskue. Heikki and his family who were the pioneer settlers of that area of Finland in the 1620's. He was assigned to the area by the King of Sweden.. With help from an email friend from Sweden, I was able to find the Hakanen link to Heikki. It was through grandfather (John) Hakanen's grandmother, Maija Kannosto. She was the link, ten generations removed from Heikki. So as far as the Hakanen family is concerned, the theory is true and my generation is fourteen generations removed. The following map gives a visual example of the locations from which the Hakanens and Kivistos came:
This is a map showing the location of South Ostrobothnia the area where both my Grandparents grew-up. Seinijoki and Jalasjarvi are located in this Provence.
Dad's Mother and Father. . .
. . Sulo's Father, Juho (John) Jaakko Hakanen, was born July 30, 1882. He was the fifth of eleven children born to Mikko and Anna (Kurkiso) Hakanen in Jalasjarvi Finland. He had seven brothers and three sisters. Two of the boys, Elis and Eino, died in infancy, Elis in 1893 and Eino in 1894. One of Grandfather's sisters, Lempi Susanna, died in 1896. She was two years-of-age; Grandfather was fourteen at the time. Grandfather John and the rest of his siblings (four brothers and two sisters) all emigrated to America.
My grandfather's older sister, Edla Maria, was the first to emigrate in 1895 at the age of twenty and sister Hilma was the second in 1897, she was seventeen. Edla later married John Lahti in America, we have little information about Hilma or Edla and their husbands. The only information I ever had about the two sisters came from Aunt Edith, my father's sister. . I do remember Aunt Hilma when she came to live with the Hakanen's. She was fighting cancer and had a hard time breathing. I remember she bought 'medicinal cigarettes'. They had a cardboard tube tip with a chunk of something in the tube. She would puff the cigarette, hold her nose and mouth and swallow the smoke. She would then proceed to cough and chock like crazy. She wasn't a smoker. I remember we boys sneaking a few of the cigarettes and 'trying' them. They were like a menthol brand cigarette with a little more 'medicinal' taste. I was there when Grandma found Hilma dead in bed. I was 14. Uncle Elmer held a mirror under her nose to determine if she was breathing. I was most impressed. Twenty-nine years later I remembered to do that when Mom discovered my step-dad,Bud, dead in a chair. She called me and I went to their house and used a mirror to determine that he was indeed dead.
Aunt Edith related that Hilma married a man from Connecticut later in life. They lived on a farm but he was a wife beater and spent all her savings. The documents I found, regarding the two sisters, were 1920 and 1930 census reports. The 1920 report shows Helma living in New york city, district 6, ward 10. She was one of two servants living with an Oppenheimer family. The 1930 report shows the two sisters living together. They were in Manhattan Borough, district 12. Edla (Hakanen) Lahti is the head of the household. I interpret this to mean that, she was widowed, divorced or separated by 1930. The other person living there was a boarder, Alexander Rose. This is about all I can find about the sisters. One other item, several of the ship manifests show that several of the brother's boat fare was paid by their sister. Elmer, specifies Hilma helped him, but the others, we can not be sure which sister they referred to. An early manifest (1899), which I believe is Mike Hakanen's first trip to America, shows Mikki Hakanen's destination as New York and indicates that his sister paid for his fare.
According to the records, Isaac, the third sibling of my Grandfather to come to America, was twenty-three when he departed Finland May 5, 1900. According to information from Finland's Institute of Migration, Isaac was a former farmhand and was unfit for military service ( the Russians were attempting to draft Finns into the Russian army at this time). He sailed from Finland on the ship Urania, destination being New York City. There were no records of the port or ship encountered in England as part of his trip. He lived only a short time in Pennsylvania before moving on to Minnesota. I did find a 1900 census document from Missabe Mountain, Saint Louis, Minnesota. It shows Isaac as one of ten boarders living with a Johnson family. According to that record Isaac was 20 and the document indicates his year of immigration was 1895. I have not been able to resolve the differences between the two records. Aunt Edith said uncle Arvid joined Issac in Minnesota and worked for a time as a lumberjack. Isaac died December 26,1908. We have not been able to find much about Isaac. Uncle Ernie also related the story of Arvid going to Minnesota. He might have gone with or visited his brother Isaac. Ernie said, he worked on a crew fighting a forest fire. He got stranded from the others and was trapped in the flames. He laid face-down in a potato field all night long and was able to escape to safety the next day. We don't know how long he was in Minnesota but he owned a revolver and we heard Minnesota was somewhat the frontier when he was there. We kids would occasionally sneak into his bedroom at my Grandfather's house and check-out the revolver. It was just like the ones real cowboys owned.
Grandpa John's Ship from Finland to England . . .
One of the most long-lived passenger steamers at the Hang'-Copenhagen-Hull route was this ship, the ARCTURUS, typical of all ships used to bring Finnish emigrants on the first leg of their trip to America. She was in service for 57 years. She arrived from Antwerp on her last voyage on 22nd October 1956.
. . .Available records show that Grandpa departed Hanko September 13, 1902 on the ship Arcturus, pictured above. The Arcturus belonged to the Cunard Line. The name of the ship, port, and departure date from England was left blank in the document. his destination was listed as Clearfield, PA, USA.
Additional Information regarding his passport, acquired in 1900, indicates he may have made an earlier trip to America and then returned. The 1902 trip, then, would have been his second trip.
His passport application stated his religion as Lutheran and his occupation as a Cottager's Son', which means his father leased or owned their house in town which his father acquired not long before my grandfather was born. Thus his name, 'Hakanen', was adopted. Hakanen means 'little house with a pasture'. It's surmised Clearfield Pennsylvania was my grandfather's destination because he was joining his brother Isaac there (or possibly brother Mike, too?). Records indicate Clearfield County was one of the places where Mike lived. his daughter Helen and son Arvo were born in Ansonville, Clearfield County. Helen was born March 28, 1904 and Arvo, July 16, 1905.
Brother Mike . . .
. . . It is not certain when Grandpa John's older brother Mike came to America. He might have arrived shortly after Isaac or close to the time his brother John came. He possibly came with John. Either way, that might have been his second trip. I found a ship manifest for the S.S. New York dated July 1899. It shows Mikki Hakanen arriving in New York and New York as his destination. It also states that his fare was paid by his sister. It is believed Mike worked and sent money to bring his wife-to-be, Laimi Maria Lahteenmaki, to America. They were married in America July 7, 1903. Mike and Laimi returned to Finland with their three children in 1908 and came back to America shortly after. Records show Mike departed from Hanko November 25, 1908 on the ship Titania. He then sailed from England on the Lusitania, departing December fifth. He probably arrived in America around the thirteenth of December. Records also show Laimi and her three children, Eeli (Helen), Arvo and Urho (Roy), also sailed from Finland on the Titania from Finland February 3, 1909. They departed from Southampton England February 10 on the ship Teutonic. They arrived in America February seventeenth. Laimi was six months pregnant with her fourth child, Esther Marie (cousin 'Billy's mom).
Mike and John Hakanen were the only siblings to have children (that is an assumption when it comes to Edla) and the annual Hakanen reunion, held at the Nanty-Glo community park, consists of Mike and John's descendants. Billy McMullen, Mike's grandson and I share memories of our grandfathers and others in their families.
The 2012 Reunion . . . The 2012 Reunion was a very special one. We had nine, newly discovered, cousins from Finland attend the event! Five were cousins through Mike's wife Laimi and four were related through grandma Hakanen. Her maiden name was Kivisto and we discovered many cousins through her older brother Juho and her younger sister Lempi. there is a picture and explanation about how this came about in the ,"New Cousins Discovered" album. To read Wes and others recollections and other personal thoughts click here.
The other Hakanen Siblings. . .
. . Elmer, age seventeen, was the seventh of the family to emigrate, ten years after Hilma had emigrated. The records show that Elmer departed from Hanko July 17, 1907 on the ship Polaris. He apparently sailed to Leith England and then went by rail to Glasgow Scotland. He then sailed from Glasgow on the ship Caledonia July 27, arriving in New York August 4, 1907. Information from the ship's passenger list indicates Elmer's Sister, Hilma, purchased his ticket. The price of the ticket was 39 United States dollars. Elmer stayed in New York several years, evidently in close touch with his sisters Edla and Hilma. Aunt Edith told us that Elmer worked in New York for seven years before coming to Nanty-Glo sometime after she was born, April 10, 1915. I have a picture postcard Elmer sent to his brother Sam, who was then in Warren Ohio. The postcard which is in the Photo section of this site, was sent from Nanty-Glo and was dated August 4, 1916. Although we have not been able to translate the message on the postcard, the name Solomon Lahti seems to appear in the message and the picture on the postcard is of Elmer and another unidentified man. We believe the man is Solomon Lahti, perhaps a brother to John Lahti, the man Edla married. The conjecture is that the picture postcard was taken when Elmer came to Nanty-Glo. On a trip to Nanty-Glo from New York,, he was accompanied by Solomon Lahti. They both may have been looking for work opportunities. There is no further information about Solomon, but Elmer spent the rest of his life living in Grandfather Hakanen's home in Nanty-Glo. Sulos brother Ernie said that all Grandpa's brothers and sisters, at one time, lived in his household. Brother Sam was the last of the Hakanen children to come to America. He came in 1911, at the age of twenty-three. Like Elmer, his destination was to sister Hilma's in New York City, he paid his own fare, however. He left Hanko on January 18, on the ship Titania. He then sailed from Southampton on the ship St. Paul, January 25 and arrived in America on February 3. The 1916 postcard to Sam mentioned above was addressed to him at 507 Union Street, Warren Ohio. He was probably working in Warren at that time. I was only seven when Sam died in 1939, so I have only vague recollections of Sam. He was living with John and Mary Hakanen at that time. He was ailing with a respiratory illness. Sulos sister Edith said in order to qualify for health benefits he had to live someplace other than her parents' house. So they built a small room attached to the garage for him to stay. I remember the room. Edith said that Grandfather felt terrible about Sam staying in the shanty-like room but it was necessary for him to get proper health care benefits. An Ancestors Report which shows the ancestry of John Hakanen was developed. The information would be the same for his siblings.
Many Kivisto's came too. . .
Sulo's mother was Maria (Mary) Sofia Kivistö born July 20, 1889 in Seinäjoki, Finland. She was the fraternal twin of brother Frans Iisakki. She had five other brothers and six sisters. Her twin and two other siblings, a brother and a sister, died as infants. Grandmother Mary was one of five Kivistö children who came to America. Her brother, Matti Evald, was first to emigrate in 1902 at age eighteen. Matti stayed only a short time in Pennsylvania and moved on to Minnesota where he married Elviira Loya. Matti and Elvira raised a family of seven children, six boys and one girl. Matti died in 1955. Our recent discovery of Grandma's cousins in Sanajoki has provided us with more information on Matti and other siblings who did not stay in Nanty-Glo. The next sibling to leave was grandma's twenty-seven year old brother Solomon Jaakko (Jakob) in 1903. He joined Matti in Ansonville, Clearfield County Pennsylvania. Mary's sister Anna Justiina came to America at age twenty-two in 1905. I originally thought that she came to Hibbing Minnesota to join her fiancé, Willie Elo whom she married soon after arriving in America. Mister Elo emigrated from Finland in 1902. I discovered from Leena, a cousin who lives in Finland that Mr Elo's wife died giving birth on the trip to America. Evidently he arrived in America as a single father. My new assumption is that Anna met Willie in America and married him shortly after her arrival in America. Anna departed Finland July 29, 1905 on the ship Astraea. She departed England August 5, on the ship Etruria. It is not certain which English port she sailed from. Grandma came to America in 1906 with Jakob's wife Sofia and Sofia's two children, 5-year-old Kaarlo and 3-year-old Everetti who became ill on the trip and died only a month and a half after their arrival. Everetti died in Vintondale. The death certificate indicated the cause of death as, "Morasumes, Caused by trip from Old Country". Morasumes is malnutrition
Mary was seventeen; her sister-in-law was in her early thirties when they made the journey. They sailed from Finland on the ship Astraea in August, 1906. They then departed Liverpool, England on the ship Lucania on August 25. They arrived in New York about a week later. They joined Jakob in Vintondale, PA, where grandma found work as a maid in a hotel. She met her future husband, John, in Vintondale. Grandma's brother Karl came to America in 1910. He left Finland June 22, on the ship Titania and departed England from Port Southampton June 29. Four sisters and one brother remained in Finland. An older sister, Sanna Liisa, was twenty-eight when Mary left Finland. A brother, Juho was twenty-five. Three younger sisters Edla Matilda, 15; Lempi Amalia, 12; and Eliina Johanna, 7; also stayed in Finland. Information about grandma Mary's ancestors can be seen by pressing here.
We have recently (2011) made contact with family members of my grandmother's brother Juho and her sister Lempi Amalia.
At one time I wondered if the families (Kivisto and Hakanen) were acquainted in some way prior to leaving Finland or if my grandparents met via the mail prior to my grandmother coming to America. my reasoning was that they married only five months after she arrived in America. I have since made contact with relatives in Finland and find that they did not meet prior to coming to America. I believe all the immigrants were anxious to start a new life in America and made commitments and decisions much more quickly than we do today. Sulo's parents were married January 23, 1907. Grandfather had been in this country about four years. However, I have recently found that he came to America two years (1900) prior to returning permanently in 1902. Other than his passport information, I have not been able to find other information. The investigation goes on. For some of my personal thoughts regarding my grandparents and others, you can presshere.
. . Grandmother Hakanen's brother Jakob's destination when he first came to America in 1903 was Ansonville. He was joining his brother Matti. This information causes us to wonder whether the Hakanen and Kivisto men were acquainted in Finland or if they met in Clearfield.
It is not certain whether jobs in lumber or mining brought them there. Both were booming industries in that area around the turn of the century. It was mining that brought them later to Vintondale and Nanty-Glo.
The town of, Gazzam, Clearfield County was Arvids destination when he left Finland December 3, 1902. Gazzam is a Clearfield County town near Ansonville. He sailed to England on the ship Polaris and from England on the ship Iternland, on December 10. The English port was not indicated in the Institute of Migration records. As indicated elsewhere on this site, Gazzam is where Mike and Laimi (Lateenmaki) Hakanen were married. From a self-published book on the history of Vintondale, I was able to determine that my grandfather and grandmother, with baby Veicho, left Vintondale around 1908 and Jacob Kivisto and his family left in 1909. I believe they both moved to the locations I remember as the homesteads of both. My grandparents in Finntown, Nanty-Glo and the Kivistos on the farm in Jackson Twp.
I found a self-published book by Denise Dusza Weber entitled, "Delano's Domain A History of Warren Delano's Mining Towns of Vintondale, Wehrum and Claghorn Volume I 1789-1930." The book is essentially a history of Vintondale. This is where my grandparents and many of the Finns worked when they first came to America. I always wondered when and why they left there and ended up in Nanty-Glo. The book does a great job answering my questions. I've copied a couple paragraphs here:
The earliest ethnic minority to arrive in Vintondale in any appreciable numbers were the emigres of the Grand Duchy of Finland, part of Russia's tsarist Empire. Some of the Finns who emigrated were from the west coast of Finland where they spoke Swedish. In all, about 250,000 Finns migrated to the United States between 1860 and 1930. About 2,500 Finns settled in Pennsylvania. An estimate of those living in Vintondale is unknown, but the majority lived on Sixth Street, which until 1917 only had houses on the east side of the street.
Lutheranism was the state church of Finland, and the Vintondale Finns had a meeting house behind the Village Inn. It is not known if this building served a a bona-fied Lutheran church. According to the clerk's 1907 minute book, the Baptist Church gave the Finns permission to use their church for services.
Since drinking was a major problem among miners, many Finns joined temperance societies. Their societies and meeting halls were center of Finnish culture. Dances, concerts and plays were held there. Vintondale had its own chapter of the temperance society, Urhojen Lutlo (League of the Brave).
Many Finns became involved in the Socialist movement which was growing at the turn of the century. The socialists stressed government ownership of the major industries. Many supported socialism as a means of bettering the conditions in the mines. Pennsylvania eventually had ten chapters of the Finnish Socialist Federation. Nearby Nanty-Glo was a hotbed of socialist activity well into the late 1920's.
Based on evidence from the birth certificates for 1906 to 1921, the majority of the Finns appear to have moved from Vintondale in 1909. There were only two birth certificates registered in Vintondale after 1909 that list the parents' birthplace as Finland. The most probable reason for the departure was labor problems. Many Finns were pro-union, and there was a long strike in 1909. Families in company houses were evicted. Many of these ex-Vintondale employees settled in the unionized mines of Nanty-Glo. A section of western Nanty-Glo is called Finntown, and a Finlanders' cemetery is still maintained there today.
This is the part of Nanty-Glo I grew up in. Near my grandparents and the other Finns who migrated to Nanty-Glo around this time. Jackson twp. is adjacent to Finntown and many Finns lived there in homes and on farms. I found another book that said the Finns were "cool" to the unions. But the way I remember it wasn't the idea of pro, or con-union, The Finns were interested in fairness!
Dad's family. . .
. . John and Mary subsequently had seven children: The oldest was Veikko (Waco) born January 11, 1908 in Vintondale PA; my father, Sulo was the second son born November 17, 1909. He was born in Nanty-Glo just down the street from the house where the Hakanens finally settled and where they lived the rest of their lives. Their third son, Arvid died at the age of 9 months in 1912, the exact date is uncertain. John and Mary's first daughter, Edith was born April 10, 1915 in Nanty-Glo. Their next child was a premature stillborn male child we think they named William, there is no record of the exact date of his birth. Williams birth may not have been registered. Some say that grandfather Hakanen carried him to the Finn cemetery and buried him in the same grave as their infant son Arvid. The cemetery is just a short distance from the Hakanen's house. Ernest, their youngest son, was born September 26, 1920 in Nanty-Glo; and Helen, their youngest child, was born February 23, 1925 in Nanty-Glo.
The trip from Finland. . .
. . Research regarding the emigration experience revealed the following information:
Most all the Finns sailed from the port city of Hanko (Hango to the Finns), which is located on the southern tip of Finland. Hanko is about 200 miles from the Seinijoki and Jalasjarvi area of Vaasa. Traveling by train, it would take twenty or more hours to reach Hanko. The trains did not travel at night, so they probably spent the first evening of the trip at an emigrant hotel in Hyvink, near the halfway point of the train trip. Emigrant hotels were located at key points along popular routes to Hanko. There were hotels located at most of the popular ports, in Finland and other countries. Those who emigrated before 1903 usually sailed on a Saturday. After 1903 the departure day was Wednesday, because the Finns exported butter to England and a Wednesday departure assured the butter would be in England Monday morning. During the peak years of emigration (1906 and 1907) they added other days of departure. The following photograph shows one of the emigrant hostiles. The large crowd of emigrants outside the building give a visual of why the hotels were constructed:
Emigrant Hotel at Hanko. Emigrant hotels were distributed at key points on popular routes and at the ports on the immigration routes, in Finland and other Countries.
The most popular route was from Hanko to Hull England, with a stop over in Copenhagen, Denmark. From Hull they went by rail to Liverpool, from there they sailed to any number of ports in America. Although the ship line tickets included land transportation to a large city nearest to the destination, ships and ports were sometimes changed, depending on space and number of travelers. For the trip from Hanko to England they often crowded 700 passengers on ships with cabin space for less than 200. Alternate routes from Copenhagen were: to one of three ports in Germany and then to New York; or to Leith England, then by rail to Glasgow Scotland and on to a port in America. The closer the port was to the final destination, the greater was the profit to the ship line. The journey from Hanko to New York would, under good circumstances, take about three weeks.
The travelers usually arrived in Hanko the day before their scheduled departure to take care of necessary paper work. As part of the process they had to deposit $50 in the bank as landing credit'. The landing credit amount would be returned to them once they reached their destination. This was to assure they had sufficient money to take care of themselves if they could not find immediate employment. We have not yet been able to trace all the family members routes to America but keep working at it from time to time.
Cousins Discovered
As explained in the photo album section, two cousins born in Finland. and now living in England and Finland contacted us recently and made a connection with our past in Finland. Their names are Arja and Pirkko and their grandmother was a sister of Laimi, Mikes wife. Pirkko now lives in England and visits Finland annually. She and her husband are considering buying a summer home there.
Cousin, Arja lives in Turko, Finland. She and her husband have a summer cottage in Jalasjarvi, near the old homestead. She lived as a young girl in Germany. Because of the circumstances before and during WWII, her parents sent her to Jalasjarvi and she was raised by her Grandparents. Pirkko and Arja have provide a 'window' into the Finnish world that has been invaluable. Their pictures are in a sub-album of the Hakanen album in the Photo section of this site. Until this contact all we had about the family was a letter to cousin Janet's Mother from a 'Sulo' in Finland. We had no idea who Sulo was (my Dad's name was Sulo). The contact has clarified that. Pirkko explained it this way: " Sulo Niemisto's who wrote to Mike and Laimi's youngest daughter, Anne. Was Hedvig Sofia's son. Hedvig Sofia was Laimi's younger sister (by 15 years), and there was another even younger sister Lilja Susanna who was born in 1899. Totally there were 9 children. Aini-Liisa was the eldest and Laimi was the second eldest. Uncle John (Aimo Juho) and Uncle William (Viljo Mikael) were Laimi's brothers. Pirrko's dad Aarne never met his cousins, as he was born in 1918.
Questions regarding Grandpa Hakanen. . .
Our newly discovered cousins are helping us clarify many unclear areas regarding our ancestors. Especially those concerning Grandpa Hakanen. It was generally believed that grandfather John and his brother Arvid came at separate times in 1902. John was twenty and Arvid seventeen. Records of their trips from Hanko to England were found on the Institute of Migration Internet site. However I have recently received a document from the Hakanen Parish in Finland that confused things. The document states:
Juho Jacob born 31.01.1882. Jalasjarvi, requested birth certificate for America 02.10.1900, returned from America year, requested new birth certificate 22.08.1902 for America. Registered having died. Date of death 01.07.1974
Information in this document seems to imply that Grandpa Hakanen came to America in 1900 and returned shortly after. Our cousins are helping us answer some of these questions through their access to documents in Finland and their knowledge of Finnish history.
At the 2010 reunion, we shared what we knew about the various immigrant ventures. No one seemed aware of the possible repeat trips of Grandpa John and Uncle Mike.
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The Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State, has held its 36th matriculation, where students were urged to show utmost determination, hard work, focus and commitment towards achieving their goals in the institution.
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Alexandra Daddario on 'True Detective's' Misogyny Claims and Her Hollywood Ascent
The up-and-coming actress sat down at the Venice Film Festival to discuss her wacky zom-com Burying the Ex, the acclaimed HBO potboiler, and her rise up the ranks.
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It was the scene that launched a thousand HBO subscriptions—and one misguided, mammary-centric New Yorker think piece.
During the second episode of HBO's potboiler-phenomenon True Detective, court reporter Lisa Tragnetti, played by the impossibly blue-eyed Alexandra Daddario, seduces Woody Harrelson's family man-cop with a wandering eye, Marty Hart. The steamy scene, coupled with the show's overall macho POV, led to trumped-up charges by the aforementioned periodical regarding the show's perceived misogyny. And Daddario, whose character was singled out by the New Yorker, doesn't see it that way."Referring to the misogyny thing, I would be very curious to go back and read that article," says Daddario. "I feel like the story was incredibly well-written, the character's were real to me, and I feel like the story was about these two, flawed men, and the women—especially my character and Lili Simmons' character—were there to propel their storylines forward. The truth is that they do some bad things, and it was just part of it. You see Woody Harrelson as this family man and he's well-respected, and then you see this naked girl on top of him, so it totally changes your perspective of the character. It made a lot of sense to me."
She adds, "On the other hand as well, opposite to what people are saying about misogyny, for the women on the show, it gave us a lot more power in Hollywood. Professionally, it created the opposite situation for myself. Immediately afterwards, I booked a very strong female role in San Andreas, so I do disagree—wholeheartedly."
Indeed, we're seated across from one another at something called the Jaeger-LeCoultre lounge—which sounds like a Bond villain—at the ritzy Hotel Excelsior overlooking the Adriatic Sea in Venice, Italy. The occasion is the Venice Film Festival, where Daddario's latest film, Burying the Ex, is making its world premiere.
Directed by Gremlins helmer Joe Dante, Burying the Ex is a cheeky zom-com that tells the tale of Max (Anton Yelchin), a horror movie nerd who works in a Halloween shop, and finds himself distancing from his too-hot-for-him girlfriend, Evelyn (Ashley Greene), whose outrageous obsession with all things "green" makes Gwyneth Paltrow look like one of those assholes on Duck Dynasty. Still, they make a pact next to a satanic doll that they'll be together foreva. And then… Evelyn gets totaled by a bus and dies. Soon thereafter, Max meets Olivia (Daddario), a fetching fellow fan of all things macabre who runs an ice cream shop called I Scream, and they fall for one another—that is, until the sex-crazed Evelyn rises from the dead (because, you know, satanic doll pact) and makes Max and Olivia's lives a living hell.
For Daddario, part of the attraction was working with Dante, the horror buff behind films like The Howling, Gremlins, and The 'Burbs.
"Gremlins is one of those eternal movies that stands the test of time, and that everyone loves and knows," she says.
The film is also, it seems, about when to pull the plug on a shitty relationship, as Max finds himself haunted by his empty promise of life-long love when, really, he wanted anything but.
"I think love is something you figure out later on in life, and you have to make a lot of mistakes to figure out what love is, which is why we all have shitty, tumultuous relationships when we're younger, and it's harder to let go," says Daddario. "I've had those relationships, and you have to make those mistakes to find out what we really want."
Daddario, a self-described "city girl" who grew up on 84th and 1st in Manhattan, got her first break at 16 when she won the role of Laurie Lewis, a troubled young gal whose mother was killed and whose father is an abusive drunk (soap opera, natch).
"I was fired from the soap," she says with a laugh. "My character went to go live with her alcoholic Dad when he went to rehab, which was somewhere far, far away. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan for college for a couple of years, but I kept taking semesters off and I really wanted to be an actor. I'd do an episode of Law & Order and miss class and get points deducted, or would miss class for auditions, so I was wearing myself too thin. I thought, I have to devote myself to this fully, or I'll regret it for the rest of my life."
The big break came when she was cast as Annabeth Chase, the female lead in the epic (and oddly titled) Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. While the Greek mythology-themed film was directed by Harry Potter helmer Chris Columbus, and went on to gross over $226 million worldwide, it didn't turn her into the next Emma Watson.
"Look, when I did Percy Jackson people told me, 'Oh, you're going to be so famous… you're not going to be able to walk down the street… it's going to be huge,' and it wasn't—although it was big for my career," she says, matter-of-factly. "You never know what's really going to hit."
One upcoming film that looks like a potential hit is the 3D disaster blockbuster San Andreas. Daddario is the female lead, starring as the daughter of a rescue pilot—played by Dwayne Johnson—who must rescue her when the mother of all earthquakes hits San Francisco. It crash-lands into cinemas on June 5, 2015.
And The Rock aside, Daddario knows a bit about badass dads. Her attorney-father, Richard Daddario, was appointed by then-Mayor Bloomberg to serve as the New York City Police Department's Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism.
"He works out a little less [than The Rock], probably," she says with a laugh. "He doesn't do the job anymore, but he did do counterterrorism in New York. He's very cognizant with the issues."
The San Andreas job, her biggest to date, came in part thanks to the enormous success of True Detective, which she says she knew was a big deal thanks to the talents involved, but "couldn't have imagined how big it would become." Now, she's doing her best to navigate the treacherous terrain of Hollywood and not fall prey to typecasting (as is Hollywood's wont).
"It's hard to get jobs, and Percy Jackson took me from being a nothing actress in New York struggling to get work to suddenly starring in a big movie," she says. "I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people."


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This couple has been working in business intelligence industry as consultants for a long time. They have been in the field and they are very bottom-line oriented. They get down to the specific process improvement examples and common mistakes with business intelligence programs implemented in many companies they have seen. It is a great read about business intelligence and beneficial to all business owners - regardless of what industry they are in.
Great book for communication. Invaluable for sales people but also applicable to anybody that needs effective communication.
This is a book about running your company - in any industry. The structure proposed is divided in three: people, strategy and operations. The authors are CEOs of really big companies and they have proven that they do not just talk - they walk as well.
This is a great book about human psychology. The author is a psychiatrist that is fascinated by the sales people's ability to manipulate him. So, he started working on the area of influence and how people get influenced. The most striking example is about a suicide cult. If you can sell joining a suicide cult, you can sell anything.


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This encouraged me to design 'My friend Guu'. it was born out of the opportunity to educate 4-6 year olds and potentially uplift the home-learning environment. This age group is concerned with the beginnings of personal expression; artistic, verbal or emotional. Small motor skills are refined so they can handle writing tools (Fischel, C. p40). My friend Guu provides an imaginative platform for children to express themselves. Guu represents a companion for children and an aid for parents' that allow their children to practice any kind of artistic of emotional expression. uu also makes use of interactive design device. Learning to keep a space tidy is a very useful skills to teach children.
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It's that time of year again….Spring Break! March Break! Easter Break! and if you are going on a cruise, LUCKY YOU!!!
You might ask why I think I'm such an "expert" (tongue in cheek) on cruises. My partner and I lived in Florida for 9 years, where we partook in many a cruise….cheap last minute prices plus you can hop in your car and drive to the cruise port in no time. We have cruised with most of the cruise lines, all multiple times and these are some of my favorite cruise tips.
1.Booking your Room! The most important part to having a relaxing vacation is having a great night's sleep. When you book your room, go online and view the ship deck map and look at the floor above and below the room you are interested in. Make sure that you are not above / below the disco, if you like to go to bed early. Make sure that you are not above / below the main cafeteria if you like to sleep in. You will hear noise and will be calling to complain. Also make sure that you are not near the elevators as they cause quite a bit of noise in the early mornings and late at night.
2.Pack once, unpack once! If you are planning on extending your trip for a week or two before or after your cruise, pack all of your cruise clothes, and the families, in one suitcase. This would be your fancy evening clothes, shoes, and anything that is just for the cruise. This saves a lot of time as you only have to unpack one suitcase instead of having to root through everyone's suitcase to find your daily clothes and the cruise suitcase stays in the closet!
3.Pack a Power Bar! There are usually only a couple of usable plugs in the staterooms and with so many electronic devices, everyone can charge and go all at once.
4.Download the cruise app for the cruise line you are sailing with before you leave home. This way, you can use your phone, using the ship's wifi, to send text messages and keep in touch with other people on the same cruise ship. You can also use it to book dining reservations, excusions and you can read the daily activity guide and highlight your favorites so you don't miss a single activity! Once you are on the cruise, log onto the app and sign into their wifi to start.
5.Check in online and book your excursions as soon as possible. If you have your heart set on a particular excursion, book early to avoid disappointment.
6.Specialty Restaurants! If you can afford it, book a reservation with a couple of the specialty restaurants, especially the steak, French and / or Teppanyaki style restaurants. If you are celebrating a special occasion, there is no better way to celebrate than at the Specialty Restaurants. The service is second to none, the presentation, the ambiance, the food, the wine…it is just amazing and will be a memory you will have forever! The small dining fee is worth every penny!
7.Buy the Beverage Package! All cruises offer different packages with different perks. The best one we have seen is on the Princess Cruise Lines…their beverage package includes all their specialty coffees, hot and cold, specialty shakes, the ice cream bar, all your waters, colas, energy drinks and all your alcohol. A great deal if you like your coffees and alcoholic beverages during the day and /or in the evenings….at the pool, with supper, at the theatre, the casino, relaxing in the lounge for a nightcap. Just perfect!
8.Bring your own bottled water or bring a reusable water bottle! We drink a lot of water on the cruise…hot days by the pool, rehydrating after overindulding the night before, at the beach, gym, etc. Bottled water on the cruise is SUPER EXPENSIVE! We bring a couple of cases for a few dollars and save a ton of money. Just pack it in a duffle bag and they will deliver it to your room.
9.Always pack an extra bag! We have a black duffle bag that easily fits in our suitcase. We use it to bring our bottled water onboard and then when empty, we store our dirty clothes in it and then throw all our sneakers and shoes in that bag and fill our suitcases with the great deals we got at the outlets, on the islands, and all our cruise mementos.
10.Check for Cabin Sales!!! As you get closer to your cruise date, the cruise line will put the rooms that haven't sold on sale. If you want to upgrade to a better room category, call who you booked with, either your travel agent or the cruise line direct and ask them the price on an upgrade. You can go from a port stateroom to a balcony for a couple hundred dollars to a mini suite for a bit more money. Check on Mondays / Tuesdays for price reductions, especially the week before the cruise.
Finally……RELAX! Enjoy your time with family and friends! It will go by so fast and then it's back to the rat race we call life!
Enjoy your spring vacation and create lasting memories!
What are your favorite cruise tips?
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In Many U.S. Airports, Guns OK Outside Security
By SHANNON McCAFFREYThe Associated Press
ATLANTA | Flying in the U.S. has been transformed since Sept. 11, with passengers forced to remove their shoes, to take out their laptop computers and put to liquids and gels into clear plastic bags. Yet it's perfectly legal to take a loaded gun right up to the security checkpoint at some of the nation's biggest airports.
An Associated Press survey of the 20 busiest U.S. airports found that seven of them - Philadelphia, Detroit, Phoenix, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles and San Francisco - let people with gun permits carry firearms in the general-public areas of the terminal.
Some anti-terrorism experts say that is a glaring security loophole that could endanger airport workers, passengers and people waiting to pick them up or see them off. Some suggest that allowing guns in terminals is practically asking for them to be smuggled aboard a plane.
"If your airport is not secure, then the security of your airplanes is jeopardized," said Rafi Ron, former security chief at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel who now works as an aviation consultant. "You cannot separate the two."
Other authorities say the nonsecure areas of the terminal are no different from other public venues and do not warrant special restrictions.
"It's really not more of a concern than at a mall or a train station," said Philadelphia police Lt. Louis Liberati.
Under federal law, it is illegal everywhere to try to carry a gun through a security checkpoint. The rest of the terminal, however, has long been the domain of state and local authorities.
Jon Allen, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration, said the TSA has not taken a position on guns in airports and has no authority under federal law to ban them.
The issue has led to clash in Georgia between a new state law that allows guns on public transportation and the Atlanta airport's ban on loaded weapons. Last month, a federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the city by a gun rights group. At an earlier hearing, he warned that guns at the world's busiest airport could pose a "serious threat to public safety and welfare." The gun group has appealed.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, was surprised to learn that airports have been allowing weapons for years, and warned that Congress could move to ban the practice. In a July letter to TSA, Thompson called guns in terminals "a threat to the safety of airline travelers."
However, even at those airports that ban guns, officials are not frisking people or using metal detectors on them as they enter the terminal. Experts say an additional layer of security like that would be unworkable at America's bustling airports.
In 2002, an Egyptian immigrant killed two people and wounded several others near a ticket counter at the Los Angeles airport before he was shot to death by an El Al Israel Airlines security guard.
Some gun owners who take their weapons to the airport cite the need for protection. Others carry a gun frequently and say they do not want to be bothered finding a place to stash it if they go to the airport.
Joel Rosenberg, a firearms instructor in Minneapolis, said he regularly carries a gun to the city's airport and has not heard of any problems caused by the policy.
"People who are law-abiding are going to be law-abiding whether they have a .38 snubby on their hip or not," he said.
Some airports that allow the guns say they are trying to accommodate the culture of their patrons.
"We like our guns in Michigan," said Scott Wintner, a spokesman for Detroit Metro Airport.
Similarly, Brian Murnahan, spokesman for the Dallas-Fort Worth airport, said his airport's policy is driven by pragmatism: Texans often carry guns. "While we certainly don't encourage people to bring guns to the airport, we are trying to be reasonable," he said.
The state's other major airport has a strict no-guns ordinance.
"It's posted everywhere," said Marlene McClinton of Houston-George Bush Intercontinental Airport. "But this is Texas," she said, explaining that the airport has cited some visitors for violations. Unlawful carrying of a weapon is a misdemeanor in Texas, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Gun rights supporters say law-abiding citizens with guns could fire back and cut short a gunman's rampage. But Ron, the Israeli security expert, said the last thing security agents need is a hail of bullets and no idea who the bad guy is.
"That leads to chaos," he said, "and that can lead to tragedy."
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How to Be Happier (as a Cyclist) This Year
By Jiri Kaloc March 3, 2021 at 8:11 am 5 min reading
With spring knocking on the door, it's a good time of year to reflect on New Year's resolutions. Did you stick to them? And did they help you feel happier? If you're like most people, the answer to both is probably no. The reason is not because losing weight or racing faster are wrong goals. The problem is that we are not very good at estimating what will make us happy. Let's see if experts in psychology and motivation can help us here.
Three basic needs
One of the most widely accepted frameworks of human motivation in behavioural science, self-determination theory (SDT), suggests that if we lack motivation or are unhappy, it could be because we are not fulfilling one of 3 basic needs.
Relatedness – This is a need to interact with, work with, feel connected to, and experience caring for others.
Competence – This is a need to feel in control of the outcome, feel effective, have a sense of accomplishment, and experience mastery.
Autonomy – This is a need to feel overall psychological liberty and to be able to engage in activities in which you feel true volition and find personal value.
Giving to others checks all three boxes
Richard Ryan, professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Rochester, who helped develop SDT about 40 years ago, says: "Think of how you can help. There's a lot of distress out there. If we can set goals that aim to help others, those kinds of goals will, in turn, also add to our own well-being."
Together with Edward Deci, co-author of SDT, they say that all humans have a natural tendency to behave in effective and healthful ways. But these are not automatic. They need to be activated. "If you want to make a New Year's resolution that really makes you happy, think about the ways in which you can contribute to the world. All three of these basic needs are fulfilled. The research shows it's not just good for the world but also really good for you," says Ryan.
Offer help to other cyclists
So, knowing that helping the world and helping others is a pretty reliable way to make yourself feel happier and more motivated, what can you do about it? Here are a few ideas how to help as a cyclist.
• Commute by bike. Help reduce emissions and traffic congestion.
• Get a friend into cycling. Help them fix up their old bike and take them out for a ride.
• Volunteer to help organize a local cycling race, triathlon, or a group ride.
• Offer advice to less experienced cyclists in your community offline and online.
• Stop and offer help if you see a cyclist (or anyone) in need on the side of the road or trail.
There's always someone who can use your help. Make yourself available and be a happier cyclist this year.
Edward Deci How to Be Happier Richard Ryan SDT Self-determination Theor University of Rochester
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Oct 7-9: Chicago Ghost Conference / Dark Shores 2016, Willow Springs, Il (chicagoghosts.com/conference.html) A full weekend of great presenters and parties. I will be on hand to talk about some of the research I've been doing in Los Angeles including talking about Linda Vista Hospital, the haunted house near the site of the Tate/Manson murders, the Formosa Cafe hauntings along Hollywood Blvd and possibly Pasadena's "famed" suicide bridge. Amazingly, this event will be held at one of Resurrection Mary's favorite locations, the Willowbrook Ballroom.
Oct 13: Special hosted screening of "Poltergeist" Details are TBD at this point.
Oct 15-16: Milwaukee ParaCon, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus (milwaukeeparacon.com). I will be on hand with Jay Bachochin, one of my partners in crime in creating the documentary "The Hidden Truth?" which chronicled the mysterious series of drownings in LaCrosse, WI, the possible paranormal connections and the investigation that followed. We will be meeting and greeting while sharing stories of ghosts and Jay's ongoing search for Bigfoot.
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The Work of Joseph Henry in Relation to Applied Science and Engineering
This article is the text of a lecture the author delivered before the Philosophical Society of Washington. Kennelly lauds the accomplishments of founding Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry as a scientific pioneer in not only the basic research for which he is known, but in applied science as well. It is noted that since Henry never filed an application for a patent of invention, he was not technically an inventor, but through his research and experiments he developed applications for his discoveries. Henry's work in civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering as well as in acoustics, illumination, and meteorology is outlined and then described in detail. The author makes reference to a number of papers Henry published on his scientific findings.
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Spanish SEVILLA, antediluvian Hispalis, metropolis and capital of the provincia of Seville, in the Andalusia comunidad aut? noma ( & # 8221 ; independent community & # 8221 ; ) of southern Spain. Seville lies on the left ( east ) bank of the Guadalquivir River at a point about 54 stat mis ( 87 kilometer ) North of the Atlantic, and about 340 stat mis ( 550 kilometer ) sou'-west of Madrid. An inland port, it is the main metropolis of Andalusia and the 4th largest in Spain. It was of import in history as a cultural Centre, as a capital of Muslim Spain, and as a Centre for Spanish geographic expedition of the New World.
Seville was originally an Iberian town. Under the Romans it flourished from the second century BC forth as Hispalis, and it was an administrative Centre of the state of Baetica. The Silingi Vandals made it the place of their land early in the fifth century AD, but in 461 it passed under Visigothic regulation. In 711 the town fell to the Muslims, and under their regulation Ixvillia, as it was now called, flourished. It became a prima cultural and commercial Centre under the & # 8216 ; Abbadid dynasty and the subsequent Almoravid and Almohad alliances. As the Almohad capital in the twelfth century, Seville enjoyed great prosperity and ambitious edifice plans. But after the Muslim ownership of Seville was ended in 1248 by Spanish Christians under Ferdinand III, the significant Moorish and Judaic minorities were driven into expatriate, and the local economic system temporarily fell into ruin.
The Spanish find of the Americas brought new prosperity to the metropolis. Seville became the Centre of the geographic expedition and development of America through the House of Trade, which was established at that place in 1503 to modulate commercialism between Spain and the New World. For two centuries Seville was to keep a dominant place in Spain & # 8217 ; s New World commercialism ; it was the site of the main batch for gold and Ag from the Americas, and many Spanish emigres to the New World sailed from its quays. Seville was in fact the richest and most thickly settled metropolis in Spain in the sixteenth century, with some 150,000 dwellers in 1588. This glare was fliting, nevertheless, since Seville & # 8217 ; s prosperity was based about wholly on the development of the settlements instead than on local industry and trade. As a consequence, Seville & # 8217 ; s economic system declined in the seventeenth century, though its cultural life underwent a great blossoming at this clip. The painters Diego Vel? zquez, Francisco de Zurbar? N, and Bartolom? Esteban Murillo, the sculpturer Juan Mart? nez Monta? ? s, and the poet Fernando de Herrera are the glorifications of Seville and of Spain. Miguel de Cervantes conceived of his fresh Don Quixote while he was confined in Seville & # 8217 ; s gaol.
In the eighteenth century Spain & # 8217 ; s Bourbon swayers managed to excite a limited economic resurgence in the metropolis, but in the nineteenth century the Gallic invasion, revolutions, and civil war halted such development. In 1847 the April Fair, an one-year jamboree following Easter, was established. The Iberoamerican Exposition of 1929 initiated a new Renaissance in Seville. During the twentieth century the port was enlarged, and the metropolis revived as an industrial and commercial Centre. The Universal Exposition universe & # 8217 ; s carnival opened in Seville in 1992.
struggle, and was therefore ne'er fought over. The oldest portion of Seville lies on the left bank of the Guadalquivir and is irregularly planned, with a labyrinth of narrow and writhing streets, little enclosed squares, and houses built and decorated in the Moresque manner. There is a slightly more broad layout in the cardinal territory near the Cathedral of Santa Maria and the Alc? zar Palace. Seville's cathedral is one of the largest in country of all Gothic churches. Most of it was constructed from 1402 to 1506 on the site of the city's chief mosque, which had been built by the Almohads in 1180-1200 on the site of an earlier Visigothic church. One of the mosque's few lasting parts, its minaret, called the Giralda, was incorporated into the cathedral as its bell tower. The minaret has surfaces about wholly covered with beautiful xanthous brick and rock panelling of Moorish design. The chief part of the Cathedral of Santa Maria is built in the Late Gothic manner of France, but its assorted parts display edifice manners runing from the Moorish through the Gothic to the Plateresque and the Baroque. The cathedral's inside contains pictures by Murillo and Zurbar? n, among others.
The finest endurance from the Moresque period is the Alc? zar Palace, which lies near the cathedral. The Alc? zar was begun in 1181 under the Almohads but was continued under the Christians, so that, like the cathedral, it exhibits both Moorish and Gothic stylistic characteristics. A decagonal brick tower, the Torre del Oro, one time portion of the Alc? zar & # 8217 ; s outer munitions, remains a dramatic characteristic of the riverside. Other illustrations of Moresque edifice are the tower of the Church of San Marcos ( once the minaret of a mosque ) and two sides of the cathedral & # 8217 ; s Patio de Naranjos. Seville has many other churches built in the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo manners.
The Casa Lonja, next to the cathedral and finished in 1599, houses the General Archive of the Indies, a brilliant aggregation of books, plans, manuscripts, and several million paperss bearing on the history and disposal of Spain & # 8217 ; s imperium in the Americas. The University of Seville, founded in 1502, is now housed in the imposing Baroque and Rococo edifices of the old Tobacco Factory, which was completed in 1757. The metropolis museum has a all right aggregation of pictures of the Seville school, with plants by Vel? zquez, Zurbar? N, Murillo, and Juan Vald? s Leal. Seville is still the place of a Roman Catholic diocese.
More broad and regular planning is found beyond the walls of the old metropolis Centre, where there are residential and industrial territories. Maria Luisa Park is a peculiarly beautiful park in the southern portion of the metropolis. Five stat mis ( 8 kilometer ) northwest of Seville are the ruins of the big Roman town of It? lica, which was the place of birth of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. The remains of its amphitheater are particularly enforcing.
Modern Seville is the most of import inland port of Spain. The port & # 8217 ; s chief exports are vinos, fruit, olives, cork, and minerals. The metropolis & # 8217 ; s industries include the industry of baccy, armaments, porcelain, and agricultural machinery. Shipbuilding became a major industry after World War II, as did the industry of fabrics from locally grown cotton. Tourism is a main economic pillar of the metropolis. Pop. ( 1988 est. ) 663,132.


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Will This Bourbon-Loving Kentucky Conservative Usher in Prison Reform?
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Welcome to a new era in politics around the world, from innovators at the local level to federal disrupters like the Trump administration in America's capital.
Because advocates like her make the Washington wheels go round.
By Nick Fouriezos
The black-heeled, red-dressed Kentuckian makes the trek from Union Station to Capitol Hill for her most important sit-down in three years of fighting for criminal justice reform. As director of the Justice Action Network, Holly Harris has helped funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to advocacy groups on both the left and right of this mostly bipartisan issue. Now, the First Step Act — which could ease punishment for well-behaved prisoners, exempt some drug offenders from mandatory minimum sentencing laws and prohibit the shackling of incarcerated pregnant women — is closer than ever to becoming a reality. Harris is quickening her pace.
While there are many working to help pass criminal justice reform, Harris and the Justice Action Network are seen as key to the First Step Act's potential passage. "I don't know if we would be where we are today without them," says Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican and major proponent of the bill. "For a long time, Democrats really were scared to be seen as soft on crime and weak on this issue," says Jessica Jackson Sloan, a left-leaning human-rights attorney and co-founder of reform initiative #cut50. But she says the voices of Republicans like Harris have been a "turning point," making the issue bipartisan rather than politically toxic.
She has all the attributes of a Southern Belle packing heat.
David Safavian, of the American Conservative Union Foundation
It's her roots that set Harris apart in this fight: The blonde University of Kentucky law grad is a veteran of Bluegrass State politics. And the bill has come down to a tug-of-war between her home state's two GOP senators: Rand Paul, a fierce advocate who has barnstormed Kentucky and Washington with his wife, Kelley, on behalf of the bill, and Mitch McConnell, who is hesitant to allow a vote on a bill that could be perceived as soft on crime and reveal cracks in his Republican caucus.
Thank you @senatemajldr for spending so much time with a few of our #FirstStep advocates today. Together, we can make this bill a groundbreaking win for our country...and our Commonwealth. #Kyproud pic.twitter.com/W4QTWfzhJ6
— Holly Harris (@holly_harris) November 28, 2018
She knows that McConnell, who is up for re-election in Kentucky in 2020, is torn. "He has a role to play that is difficult. He has to balance the voices of those in his caucus and also the voices back at home. Ultimately, I think the latter will win out."
This is why the 41-year-old single mother took the 6:18 a.m. flight from her home in Lexington, Kentucky, one morning last week, part of a commute to Washington now happening two to three times a week. From her office in the Hall of the States building, she convenes with some of her bipartisan staffers — one is a former intern for Democratic Sen. Cory Booker, another worked for the Barack Obama campaign in Waco, Texas. The West Wing and Gone With the Wind lover often talks of bourbon and horse racing and is deeply skeptical of the airplane stroopwafels (syrup waffle) her colleagues offer her. And through scrutinizing the word choices in press statements, tracking who is talking on which morning shows and debating the motives of various policymakers, they come up with a strategy to push the First Step Act through before the end of the year.
This may be the battle Harris was born for, having worked her way up from an entry-level attorney in the state law enforcement agency to chief of staff at the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. Her father was an itinerant suit-wearing orthodontist while she was growing up in Elizabethtown, but it was her conservative fundraiser mother who paved the way for her fixer status today. Cursed (or blessed) with "a serious lack of patience and a short temper," as Harris puts it, she is also charming, joking about marrying her son off to the daughters of fellow criminal justice crusader David Safavian, of the American Conservative Union Foundation.
"She has all the attributes of a Southern Belle packing heat," Safavian says, complimenting Harris's communication skills in "a town where perception is often reality." Those skills have helped her rise from the lowly task of handling prison transfers to working as the Kentucky Republican Party's general counsel and finance chair — in a building named for McConnell.
At the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, Harris helped convince McConnell to back legal hemp as a cannabis derivative with few psychoactive components but plenty of opportunities for profit. "Holy hell, Holly Harris knows her state better than anyone I've ever met," says Jason Pye, vice president of legislative affairs for libertarian-leaning advocacy group Freedom Works. As for McConnell? "She knows the things to say to get his attention."
With President Donald Trump holding two major press events to support the First Step Act, and with perhaps 65 to 70 senators across both parties willing to back the bill in an increasingly split Washington, Harris can't believe they have come this far. "It's really the perfect storm. I keep thinking I'm going to get hit by a bus," she laughs.
Still, there remain complex forces at play. Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton has repeatedly bashed the bill, saying it could let sexual deviants and violent criminals off early, despite safeguard provisions. And even in the face of a home-state charm offensive, McConnell remains hesitant. "The reason, if we don't move forward, will be Mitch McConnell is worried it divides the Republican caucus and it gives the opportunity for a bipartisan win," says Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat.
"It will actually be tragic if this opportunity passes us by," Harris reflects. But win or lose, she'll be flying home tonight to tuck her 7-year-old into bed, a brief respite before she rejoins the whirl of Washington.
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Q: NSWindow keep in back of all windows/apps So not really sure how to even google search this question... But, I'd like to make an NSWindow, reside in the back of all other windows/apps & I want it to be displayed on every Mission Control space (still in the back).
I've seen other applications that do this, so I know it's possible, just don't know how.
(I'm referring to Lion's function called Mission Control where you can switch through different spaces.)

A: Found the answer, there's a method/enum to make it so that the window will appear in all "spaces" (mission control).
[self.window setCollectionBehavior:NSWindowCollectionBehaviorCanJoinAllSpaces];
And a method to keep the window to the farthest back possible.
[self.window setLevel:kCGDesktopIconWindowLevelKey - 1];
All you have to do is use these two methods, and it'll do exactly what I requested. However, I wish there was a way to keep it from animating when coming down from Mission control (there is non to my knowledge).

A: You want to set the NSWindow's level and collectionBehavior properties.
The window level you'll want to use will depend on what behavior you're after from your window. You can find constants for the available window levels in CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevel.h. I'd suggest trying CGWindowLevelForKey(kCGDesktopIconWindowLevelKey) ± 1.
Which collection behavior you specify will also depend on what behavior you're after. The brief description in your question suggests that NSWindowCollectionBehaviorStationary | NSWindowCollectionBehaviorCanJoinAllSpaces may be a good starting point.

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Learning lessons from Cayman's past industries
The Cayman Islands has embraced an array of industries and activities in years gone by that have proved unsustainable, leading speakers at a recent National Trust seminar to ask if we've learned any lessons from the past.
Once upon a time, the Cayman Islands had a thriving sea turtle population until intense turtling decimated the species locally. Other industries, including sharking and bird egg collecting, had similar impacts.
These industries – done out of a necessity by a population isolated on islands in the middle of the Caribbean Sea – had the expected outcome of severely impacting the numbers of turtles, sharks and birds breeding, thus making those industries no longer able to sustain the people who carried them out, Denise Bodden, historic programmes manager of the National Trust said.
She and her fellow speaker, photographer Courtney Platt, presented a seminar at St. Matthew's University on 31 January that provided plenty of food for thought on how lessons learned from past industries should leave Cayman in no doubt that current overfishing and overdevelopment in the Cayman Islands is having a major impact on the environment – and subsequently to the Islands' tourism product.
Bodden showed images of Cayman turtlers offloading turtles in Jamaica, indicating that the meat was not just consumed locally, but sold to other islands. Turtlers would also sell turtle meat to passing ships. "Life was very hard here, they had to find a way to sustain themselves," Bodden said.
The turtles were caught by fishermen in cat boats, which could hold 10 or more of the animals, and transported to a ship or straight back to land where they were kept alive in crawls – fenced in areas – until they were ready for slaughter and consumption. This practice eventually led to the formation of Mariculture Limited, a precursor to today's Cayman Turtle Farm. "My mother used to work there," said Bodden, "and I can assure you that nothing was wasted", adding that the only part of the turtle that was not used was the "turtle's breath".
The eventual introduction of CITES regulations in 1963 that prevent the export of sea turtle products meant the industry was no longer as lucrative as it had been, as turtle shells, which were used for decorative items and jewellery, and the meat could not be sold overseas.
"The heritage we have in Cayman utilised turtles, but tried to utilise them in a way that the meat was used and not wasted… The turtle laws in effect now discourages turtles being taken from the wild…, prohibiting people from eating turtle eggs and ensuring that only licensed fishermen can take them [during the open season of December to March]," said Bodden.
She queried if turtle meat, which is now expensive, should be considered the way Caymanians of old considered beef – a foodstuff to be eaten once a year at Christmas. "I encourage people to think about it from that perspective so there is some reasonable balance that can be found to satisfy human needs with the needs of animals," she said.
The decline in the turtle industry meant fishermen looked towards other industries. "Sharking became a very important industry but it too was short lived," said Bodden, who explained that shark skins were used to produce shoes and handbags, while oil from the sharks were also used.
Due to the inevitable decline in the sharking industry, the harvesting of sea sponges rose in popularity. Next came the bird egg industry.
Bodden admitted that when she first saw photographs of the bird egging industry, she assumed the large mounds of round objects pictured in archive footage were great heaps of potatoes.
"They weren't potatoes. The bird eggs were mostly coming from the Serrana Cays, off the coast of Central America… Caymanians were spending quite a long time away from home basically trying to provide a living and a source of income and food for their families," she said.
The men and teenage boys who travelled to the Serrana Cays would arrive before the annual egg hatching to crush the old eggs that had not hatched to ensure they did not get stale eggs in their catch. Once they started collecting the eggs, they would leave one egg in each nest in a bid to try to ensure that the bird population could be sustained.
At one point, egg collectors from Cayman took 291,000 bird eggs the strip of land in a single year, Bodden said. "This does not include all the other years and all the other people who may have gone there and done the same thing. This certainly would have made an impact on the bird population in the Serrana Cays area… and neighbouring countries as well," she said.
Other industries that have come and gone in Cayman are phosphate mining and guano (bird faeces) collecting.
Ship building was another successful industry in the Cayman Islands. The vessels the ship builders made proved to be the "lifeline of the Cayman Islands to the outside world" at a time when there were no international phone lines and no planes to carry passengers to and from the islands, said Bodden. Later, the ship building and general construction skills of Caymanians, as well as their seafaring abilities, meant that they could export their skills and they worked overseas on building sites and in the maritime industry.
Back at home, more sustainable industries were continuing, like thatching from the native and endemic Silver Thatch tree, which was used for roofing, making rope, and baskets and hats.
"This one was actually sustainable. We did not kill the tree when we plucked the top out of it. The tree could continue to grow," said Bodden, who queried why thatch materials are not more popular in Cayman.
"Right now, we are completely relying on two industries – tourism and finance… Tourism is definitely a cornerstone of our economy but we also have to be thinking forward, not only do we have to preserve our environment, but also take on new industries that are sustainable and not damaging," said Bodden, as she closed her talk.
The second speaker at the seminar, photographer Platt, used many stunning images he's taken over the years to highlight the alarming impact overfishing has had on the Cayman's reefs and its fish populations.
When he first arrived in Cayman and worked as a dive instructor for Bob Soto in the 1980s, the dive sites were already declining in terms of the number of big fish, but he said he still at that stage saw many Nassau and black groupers, green moray eels, barracudas and the other large fish that divers and underwater photographers flock to see and photograph.
The impact on the environment above and below water is in part caused by the increase in Cayman's population in a relatively short space of time, Platt pointed out, saying that the population of the Cayman Island had tripled and nearly quadrupled in the same amount of time that the world population had doubled. "The problems that we have are a microcosm of the world's problems. The problems we're having are happening everywhere, especially in regards to overfishing," he said.
"The world's oceans are running out of fish, even the deep water pelagics, but I'm mostly concerned with the reef fish, for which we have a better use than just eating," said Platt, referring to the tourism dollars that reefs populated with the larger fish would bring.
"I've heard a few fishermen suggest, when they ask "Where did all the fish go?" that the boat noises or the scuba divers must have scared them away. Well, I'm here to tell you that when reef fish get scared, they dive into the reef. They will not take off swimming into the open ocean," he said, adding that tales from fishermen of catching huge quantities of fish in the past tell the real story of what's happened to Cayman's reef fish.
Cayman's narrow reef shelf makes the reef fish vulnerable to overfishing. Currently, only 15 per cent of the reef shelves are protected no-take zones.
The Department of Environment has been carrying out public consultation exercises to help draw up legislation that will expand the size of Cayman's marine parks and expand the no-take areas, but that has not yet been passed into law.
Unless and until that law can be passed and enforced, thus, helping to preserve the existing fish populations and hopefully bring those populations back up to pre-overfishing numbers, Platt suggests that consumers can do their bit to protect reef fish by simply not eating them anymore, thus reducing the demand.
He pointed out that the creatures that live underwater – the big reef fish, the stingrays, the sharks, the turtles – are "extremely valuable, monetarily" because of the amount of money tourists pay each year to come to Cayman and experience seeing and swimming and diving with those creatures.
"It was noticed in the mid-80s, among the diving community, that the big fish were disappearing fast. By the time I got here in '83, they were all grumbling about how fast they were disappearing," said Platt, as he brought up an image of the Ghost Mountain dive site off West Bay. "Where are all the fish in this picture?" he asked.
"At one point, back in the 80s, when I first dove it, that site would have been packed with fish. There would be a school of horse-eyed jacks going by in the background, there'd be big barracudas hanging out. You would see a big Nassau grouper coming up underneath that brown sponge and in the background there would be silhouettes of at least a dozen groupers around the edge of that pinnacle, and that's just missing," he said.
Platt says the big-spending divers and the international underwater professional photographers don't come to Cayman anymore because the local waters no longer have the big reef fish they want to see and shoot. "They're going off to the Pacific and Micronesia and Indonesia and Papau New Guinea. We're losing a whole lot of dive tourism, especially the wealthy guys because of this lack of big fish and we're losing the professional underwater photographers because of that. They want to come photograph the big fish and the big schools," he said.
He added that a well stocked reef would benefit every man, woman and child in Cayman from the tourism dollars it would bring in. Currently, he said, there are about 60,000 divers visiting Cayman every year.
"I believe if we had the big fish… we would have the great dominance in the region because everybody else is overfished too. If we were just smart enough to protect this and restore it, we could just multiply our tourism income hugely," he said.
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