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Two West Coast Art Communities Outside the Mainstream
Years ago, Bruce Conner sent me a black and white photograph of "GLOBE" (1972). After I got it, he told me over the phone that it was in a private collection and had not been seen in many years. I think he relished that it was a one-of-a-kind work that […]
Years ago, Bruce Conner sent me a black and white photograph of "GLOBE" (1972). After I got it, he told me over the phone that it was in a private collection and had not been seen in many years. I think he relished that it was a one-of-a-kind work that people would have difficulty seeing in person. This was true of a number of Conner's greatest pieces, such as "CHILD" (1960), which the Museum of Modern Art had in its collection for many years, but did not show until Bruce Conner: It's All True (July 3–October 2, 2016). Conner also told me that the inspiration for "GLOBE" was the paint company Sherwin Williams's original logo, designed by George W. Ford and nicknamed, "Cover the Earth," showing a paint can suspended in the air above the earth, pouring over it.
This is one of many reasons to go the exhibition West Coast Collage and Assemblies: Helen Adam, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, George Herms, Jess, Lawrence Jordan, Patricia Jordan, Dean Stockwell, at Tibor de Nagy (July 17–August 27, 2021). Encompassing a poet, filmmaker, and movie star, the exhibition consists of individuals who belonged to one of two coteries — or countercultural groups — that formed in California, starting in the mid-1950s.
One group, largely associated with Los Angeles, included Berman, Herms, and Stockwell, while the other group was located in the Bay Area, and included the Jordans, the Conners, Jess, and Helen Adam, with the reclusive Jess and the voluble poet Robert Duncan at its center.
Installation view, West Coast Assemblies: Helen Adam, Wallace Berman, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, George Herms, Jess, Lawrence Jordan, Patricia Jordan, Dean Stockwell at Tibor de Nagy, New York
The figure who connected these two groups was Berman, whose one and only show during his lifetime was at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles, until the L.A.P.D. Vice Squad closed it because a copy of his loose-leaf magazine Semina, which was included in a sculpture, was considered "lewd." The offending material was a reproduction of an ink drawing of a "peyote vision" by an artist who went by the single name Cameron, a devotee of Aleister Crowley.
A few years after that, the exhibition An Opening of the Field: Jess, Robert Duncan, and Their Circle was at the same venue (January 14–March 29, 2014), curated by Michael Duncan and Christopher Wagstaff.
Were it not for the Grey Art Gallery, I doubt that either of these exhibitions would have been seen in New York, as the artists in both were outliers interested in the occult, visions, mysticism, and experimental poetry, a combination that practically guarantees that the artist will not become a commercial success story.
In addition to "GLOBE," which is one of Conner's singular works, I would add the series of original Verifax images that Berman assembled for his Radio/Aether Series (1966/1974), published by Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles as a portfolio of lithographs with letterpress, Radio//Aether (1974). In this series, Berman photocopied a hand holding a transistor radio, in which he has collaged different images — messages sent from the aether, the fifth element that fills the universe above the earth. Each work in the series consists of four images, whose meanings we are invited to speculate upon.
Jess (Collins), "Goblin Pye" (1961), collage, 26 x 20 inches
One of the many ways the occult and mysticism have been misrepresented by the art world's institutions is the suggestion that any work made under these signs leads away from everyday life, which is the opposite of what these works do. In the work of Conner, Berman, and the others in this exhibition, one sees critiques of American materialism, masculinity, and the preoccupation with the beautiful.
In addition to the collages and assemblies, there is a poster for the 1963 Marcel Duchamp exhibition at the Pasadena Museum, which Berman sent to Duncan and Jess with a note; a photograph by Berman of the Ferus Galley with a handwritten sign announcing his show was closed by the Vice Squad; two photographs of Berman by Patricia Jordan, including one where he is wearing an earring made by Jay DeFeo; and two stacked photographs by Charles Britton (who is mysteriously not listed in the exhibition announcement) of Wallace and Shirley Berman in front of his studio above an interior shot of the studio.
In addition to the ephemera — all of which adds to our knowledge and understanding of these two groups — there are two large, colorful collages by the filmmaker Lawrence Jordan, who is best known for his animated and live-action short films. I highly recommend the four-disc boxed set The Lawrence Jordan Album (2008), which has nearly eight hours of film.
Jordan's two collages, "Invocation of the Magi" (1995) and "Prodigies" (n.d.), which are nearly double the size of the other collages in the exhibition, reveal another side to this wonderful filmmaker who should be better known.
I have always found Jean Conner's collages — which do not resemble her husband's in any way — witty and critical. "Bearcat" (1980) shows a bear with cat's head collaged over its own, peering into a car window, one paw extending inside. A bearcat is an East Asian animal whose name might have inspired this collage. I am reminded of the visitors to Yellowstone National Park who think it is good thing to lower the car windows and feed the bears.
Wallace Berman, Radio Aether Series (1966-1974), collage; 13 works, 12 x 13 inches
A number of pieces are dedicated to Robert Duncan, including a collage by the poet Helen Adam and a wall piece by George Herms. One thing seems pretty clear about both groups: they separated themselves from mainstream culture, including the art world. This is practically unheard of today.
Jess has five collages (or what he called "paste-ups") in the exhibition. "Untitled Lean Mouth" (1953) consists only of phrases and sentences cut from different sources and arranged to suggest a narrative that dances nimbly around meaning. "Untitled (Tonsured Monk)" is one image glued onto another. In "Goblin Pye" (n.d.), Jess uses a Victorian sheet printed with a grid of 12 engraved rectangles, each of which forms the ground that he intervenes in with his images, as well as a text that in its playfulness, musicality, and shifting meanings underscores how deeply engaged he was with James Joyce.
Together, the five collages also make clear that Jess never settled into a style in this medium. That resistance to branding as well as a commitment to making art out of detritus, to apply paint to unlikely objects, such as a globe, which can never be seen in its entirety, and the inventiveness of their collages, convey the experimental, open-ended approach to art making that is common to all of the members of these two overlapping communities.
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CHCI Virtual Briefing Series
« CHCI Graduate Fellows' 2020 Capitol Hill Policy Briefing Series
LGBTQ+ Latinxs and COVID-19 »
Session #1: COVID-19: Addressing Health Disparities
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
This virtual briefing focuses on the impact of COVID-19 as we continue to navigate the new normal. The briefing will address deeply rooted health inequities and ways to ensure enhanced prevention, access to testing, and treatment for Latinos that are most affected by COVID-19.
Marco A. Davis, President & CEO, CHCI
Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D. (CA-36)
Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García (IL-4)
Rep. Robin Kelly (IL-2)
Elena V. Rios, M.D., MSPH, FACP, President & CEO, National Hispanic Medical Association, (NHMA)
Steven Lopez, Director of Health Policy, UnidosUS, and CHCI Alumnus
To watch the recording for Session 1, click here.
Session #2: CHCI Virtual Briefing Series: The Socio-Economic Impact of COVID-19
Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
This virtual briefing focuses on the impact of COVID-19 as we continue to navigate the new normal. Key topics will include the particular challenges faced by Latino small businesses and the workforce, including essential workers and immigrants, and what can be done in both policy and practice to support them and forge a way forward to a recovering economy. This briefing series will feature policy leaders and industry experts who will have a discourse on the socio-economic effects of this historic pandemic on the Latino community.
Adriana D. Kugler, Professor of Public Policy and Economics, McCourt School of Public Policy & Department of Economics, Georgetown University
Rep. Linda T. Sánchez (CA-38)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (AZ- 7), CHCI Chair
Martin Rosas, International Vice President and President District Union Local Two, Bel Aire, Kansas, UFCW
Session #3 Part 1: Education & Equity in a Post-COVID Society – PreK-12 Education
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
This virtual briefing focuses on the impact of COVID-19 as we continue to navigate the new normal. Key topics for the first part will include the role, nature, and needs of the teaching profession in a post COVID-19 phase, and what can be done in both policy and practice to strengthen education while forging a way forward for teachers and students of color. It will feature policy leaders and education experts who will discuss emerging best practices in teaching, adapting pedagogy to the digital classroom, diversity in the teaching workforce, and cultural competence among other topics.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (AZ-3)
Lily Eskelsen García, President, National Education Association (NEA)
Randi Weingarten, President, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
Patricia Gándara, Ph.D., Professor of Education and Co-Director, The Civil Rights Project, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
To watch the recording for Session 3 Part 1, click here.
Session #3 Part 2: Education & Equity in a Post-COVID Society – Postsecondary Education
This virtual briefing focuses on the impact of COVID-19 as we continue to navigate the new normal. The second part on postsecondary education will feature leaders from the public, private, and non-profit sectors who will discuss what community leaders can do to help advance and support success for Latino students in higher education as they navigate safety amidst a pandemic disproportionately impacting them, while trying to build their skillsets and consider their future prospects. The panelists will address a range of issues such as: the future of postsecondary education for Latinos and its impact on the workforce; college affordability; and other needs of Latino students and families in a time filled with uncertainty and financial volatility.
Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Sarita E. Brown, Co-Founder and President. Excelencia in Education
Shirley M. Collado, President. Ithaca College
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Leaving the EU: Devolution
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Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
1. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. [907020]
Patrick Grady (Glasgow North) (SNP)
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)
Mhairi Black (Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (SNP)
Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)
12. What discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament upon the UK leaving the EU. [907031]
Chris Stephens (Glasgow South West) (SNP)
The Secretary of State for Scotland (David Mundell)
The European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 confirmed that, where EU law intersects with devolved competence, those powers will flow directly to the devolved Administrations on exit day. This means that over 100 powers will go directly to the Scottish Parliament. We are also continuing to make progress in establishing common frameworks, which the Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations) discussed last week.
Brendan O'Hara
The Secretary of State is turning a blind eye to the depopulation crisis facing rural Scotland. His Government's refusal even to consider devolving immigration powers to the Scottish Parliament will cause further damage to these fragile communities. Will he explain to the people and businesses in my constituency how ending freedom of movement will help to solve that depopulation crisis?
David Mundell
The Smith commission, which was supported by the Scottish National party at the time, determined that immigration would not be devolved to the Scottish Parliament. I am acutely aware of issues surrounding depopulation and the demographic challenges. Indeed, I heard them mentioned directly in the hon. Gentleman's constituency. Migration is one part of the issue but, as I heard in his constituency, matters such as transport and housing are another part.
Patrick Grady
Is it not in fact the case that, by reappropriating powers to this Parliament without them going to Holyrood, he is the Secretary of State presiding over the biggest power grab since devolution began—not further devolution? Was his colleague Adam Tomkins correct this morning when he said that
"Scottish Tories are unionists first and Conservatives second"?
They never wanted the Scottish Parliament to succeed and now they are using Brexit to undermine it.
It is very clear that the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues want to break up our United Kingdom. I will defend our United Kingdom until my last breath.
Gavin Newlands
Not only have the Government taken the Scottish Government to court for trying to protect their own devolved powers; the Secretary of State is now saying that any measures offered to Scotland to reflect the overwhelming remain vote would cause him to consider his own position—a position confirmed this morning by Adam Tomkins as no idle threat made in the heat of the moment. Is he really surprised, therefore, that the Scottish people see this blatant Tory power grab for what it is, and will he follow through on his threat to go, and go now?
I make no apology for making it absolutely clear that the integrity of the United Kingdom is a red line for me and my Scottish Conservative colleagues in any deal on leaving the EU, and the position is exactly the same for our Prime Minister. I know that the preference of SNP Members would be a Brexit of the most disruptive kind, which they see as best able to take forward their cause.
Mhairi Black
The Migration Advisory Committee accepts the dangers to Scotland's labour force and economy under the current UK system. Sixty-four per cent. of Scottish voters now want to see immigration policy devolved to the Scottish Parliament. Given that we have seen the reality of the cruel system that the UK Government have implemented, why not give the Scottish Parliament the right to do things differently?
I made it clear in my earlier response that, when these matters were considered in depth by the Smith commission, it was agreed that immigration would not be devolved. At the recent Confederation of British Industry Scotland dinner, which was attended by the First Minister of Scotland, the director general of CBI Scotland made it clear that business did not support the devolution of immigration and having a separate immigration policy in Scotland.
Kirsty Blackman
If the Secretary of State really believes that he is "fighting Scotland's corner", as he said in Holyrood Magazine, why is he supporting an Agriculture Bill that will remove powers from the Scottish Parliament, and simultaneously failing to honour Tory promises on funding made to Scottish farmers?
Obviously, the hon. Lady did not see yesterday's announcement by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs that there is going to be a review of convergence funding. No powers on agriculture are being removed from the Scottish Parliament, but there is a complete and utter lack of policy from the Scottish Government in relation to Scottish agriculture. They have brought forward no proposals for post-Brexit agriculture in Scotland.
Chris Stephens
Given the non-answers so far, can the Secretary of State tell us whether there are any circumstances in which he would support the devolution of powers to protect Scotland's interests after Brexit—or is it the case, given his threats to resign, that he would rather resign his own position than support any measure aimed at ensuring that Scotland is protected from a hard, right-wing Tory Brexit?
As far as I am aware, there is only one party in this Parliament that has so far declared that it will support a no-deal Brexit, and that is the SNP. Nicola Sturgeon was very clear on Monday—[Interruption.]
Mr Speaker
Order. The Secretary of State has been asked a question. He is answering the question. In that context, a lot of finger pointing is, at the very least, discourteous to the Secretary of State.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. As you may be aware, on Monday, Nicola Sturgeon made it clear that she will order SNP MPs in this Parliament to vote for a no-deal Brexit. What they have to decide between now and then is whether they will blindly follow her through the Lobby or truly stand up for Scotland.
Bill Grant (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Con)
With reference to the fairy tale of a power grab, more than 100 powers that are currently held in Brussels are to be transferred to Holyrood after breakfast—after Brexit, I mean. The sooner the better! Does my right hon. Friend agree that, far from removing powers from Scotland, leaving the EU will actually give the Scottish Parliament far more powers?
I will certainly use my best endeavours to ensure that those powers are transferred as soon after breakfast on the day we leave the EU as possible. My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Only the SNP would complain that the Scottish Parliament will have significantly more powers after we leave the EU than it does today.
There is an opportunity for the hon. Member for East Renfrewshire (Paul Masterton) to come in on this question if he wants, because his question will not be reached. It is up to him.
Paul Masterton (East Renfrewshire) (Con)
14. Thank you, Mr Speaker. The devolution of significant amounts of welfare powers will represent a step change in the maturity of devolution in Scotland. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, in order for this to work for my constituents and his, it is absolutely vital that Scotland's two Governments work together properly? [907033]
Welfare is an area where there is a very good track record of the two Governments working together. We recently met in the joint ministerial group on welfare, which I co-chair, and we will do so again in the coming weeks. People in Scotland clearly want to see that, where the Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government are given additional powers, they use those powers.
David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) (Con)
Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that north-east Scotland, the heartland of the UK fishing industry, received just 15% of grants made by the Scottish Government under the European maritime and fisheries fund? Can he assure me that, as we leave the EU, he will work with the Scottish Government to ensure that the fishing communities in the north-east get the funding they need to make the most of the sea of opportunity?
I absolutely share my hon. Friend's concern. As he has set out many times, as a champion of the fishing industry, it is of course the policy of the SNP Scottish Government to take Scotland right back into the common fisheries policy. It is our policy to leave the common fisheries policy but also to support the industry to take advantage of that sea of opportunity.
Ross Thomson (Aberdeen South) (Con)
We will leave the hated common fisheries policy, so does my right hon. Friend agree with me and the Scottish Fishermen's Federation that Brexit can lead to a fishing boom worth up to £2.7 billion to the economy? Does he share my concern that the Scottish Government's proposal to keep us locked into the CFP, with decisions being made in Brussels, will betray our fishermen and our coastal communities?
It is incomprehensible to me and to the nearly half a million SNP voters who voted to leave the EU that the SNP Scottish Government still propose taking Scotland back into the common fisheries policy.
Stephen Kerr (Stirling) (Con)
Will my right hon. Friend confirm that one potential devolution that the Government will never allow is for SNP Members to drag Scotland out of the UK against the will of the people, without even holding another referendum?
Mr Speaker, you have heard me say many times at the Dispatch Box that I want a second independence referendum taken off the table. What I did not mean was the solution of the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), which is that independence could somehow be declared without a referendum.
Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Berwick-upon-Tweed) (Con)
Holyrood will gain powers over agriculture after Brexit, but the Scottish Government have decided not to put a schedule into the Agriculture Bill. That is offensive and disrespectful to not only Scottish farmers, but my farmers in Northumberland who have cross-border farms. It will be incredibly difficult for them. Will my right hon. Friend support me in trying to encourage the Scottish Government to put a schedule into the Bill?
I think everybody outwith the SNP agrees that it would be preferable to proceed with such a schedule to the Bill, but Scottish farmers who speak to me have one clear question: what is the Scottish Government's policy for agriculture post Brexit? The answer is that we just do not know.
Pete Wishart (Perth and North Perthshire) (SNP)
Over the weekend, the Secretary of State threatened to resign and almost typically managed to make a pig's ear out of it. Apparently he was so concerned that Scotland might join Northern Ireland in an outcome that would spare us the worst Brexit excesses that he would show them and go. Surely if anything requires his resignation, it is his inability to look after and protect the devolution settlement.
The hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends have to look the people of Scotland in the eye and tell them why they are voting for a no-deal Brexit. Day after day, we hear from them how damaging that would be for the economy of Scotland, but on Monday Nicola Sturgeon ordered the hon. Gentleman and his colleagues to vote for it. He needs to show some backbone and stand up against her.
Mr Ranil Jayawardena (North East Hampshire) (Con)
The Smith commission was signed up to by all five parties in the Scottish Parliament. Does my right hon. Friend believe that, instead of debating powers, the SNP Government should get on and make use of the powers they already have?
It is clear that the people of Scotland want to see the extensive powers that were devolved in the Scotland Act and the powers coming forward in relation to leaving the EU used, and agriculture, as we have just discussed, is a good example. The Scottish Parliament will have those powers, but we have no idea how the Scottish Government will use them.
Tommy Sheppard (Edinburgh East) (SNP)
In the Secretary of State's first answer, he referred to progress at the JMC on the common frameworks, which will constrain the operation of devolved powers after Brexit. Can he update the House by saying in how many areas frameworks have been agreed, which they are and by which date he expects the remainder to be completed?
The hon. Gentleman will be aware that, under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act, the Government are obliged to inform Parliament on those matters, and a report will be brought forward in the very near future.
Tommy Sheppard
It sounds as if the Secretary of State does not know. The truth is that in only four of the 24 areas have frameworks been agreed, and it is now practically impossible for the exercise to be completed by 29 March. He has threatened to resign. This is something he should resign over but, if he does not resign, will he give an assurance today to rule out the use of section 12 orders to impose frameworks against the consent of a devolved Administration?
I am seeking to be helpful to the hon. Gentleman and respectful to Parliament. The Government are obliged to bring forward a report to Parliament—that is what it wishes—in which both his first and second questions will be answered.
Lesley Laird (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) (Lab)
I ask for a moment of indulgence while I congratulate Kirkcaldy High School, which this week received the president's award from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities as a rights-respecting UNICEF school. Well done to everyone there.
The Secretary of State claims that protecting the integrity of the UK is the most important thing to him. The invisible man in the Cabinet got a few headlines for himself this week by flip-flopping over his threat to resign: sources close to him claimed that he would resign, but he denied it yesterday. Let us be clear—is it yes or no? If there is a deal that creates a border in the Irish sea and undermines the Union, will the Secretary of State resign?
I am very surprised that the hon. Lady should touch on the issue of resignation, since her resignation from Fife Council was such an unmitigated disaster for the Scottish Labour party. Her colleagues on the Benches opposite may not be aware, but the Scottish Conservatives won her seat.
On the issue of a border down the Irish sea, it would not be acceptable to me or my Scottish Conservative colleagues.
Lesley Laird
It may have escaped the Secretary of State's notice, but that still leaves Labour in joint control of Fife Council.
The Secretary of State and his Government have just run out of ideas when it comes to Brexit, so let me give him a bit of advice: take a step further and support Labour's suggestion for a customs union. He says that protecting the Union is his top priority, but he was silent on English votes for English laws and he has made a mess of Brexit powers coming back to Scotland from Brussels. If he really wants to protect Scotland's place in the UK and stop a border in the Irish sea, he should back Labour's plan for a customs union—so will he?
What I am absolutely clear on is that, whatever kind of Brexit might be achieved, the worst possible alternative would be a Labour Government for this country.
RBS Branch Closures
Danielle Rowley (Midlothian) (Lab)
2. What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the potential effect on local communities of the proposed closure of RBS branches in Scotland. [907021]
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire) (Lab)
11. What recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on the potential effect on local communities of the proposed closure of RBS branches in Scotland. [907030]
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mel Stride)
With permission, I will answer Questions 2 and 11 together. Our position on branch closures is clear. These should be commercial decisions, not those for the interference of politicians, but equally, we do recognise some of the difficulties that constituents face when this occurs. That is why we support the access to banking standard, which takes a number of steps both to support and to inform customers in that situation.
Danielle Rowley
RBS often says that, to make up for its pulling out of a town, the local post office will carry out the services. However, in Bonnyrigg in my constituency, the post office has shut as well, and now many businesses fear that they are going to have to close. What is the Secretary of State doing to stand up for local communities in Scotland?
Mel Stride
The hon. Lady raises a specific case of a closure of a post office in her constituency. I believe the Post Office is engaged in that particular matter but, on the general matter of post offices, they do provide a number of financial services, supported by the banking framework agreement, such that 99% of individual customers will have access for their financial needs and 95% of businesses likewise.
I call Rosie Cooper—let us hear from the hon. Lady.
Rosie Cooper
Question 11, Mr Speaker.
The hon. Lady's question has been grouped with Question 2, as the Minister advised, so we look forward to hearing from the hon. Lady on these important matters—she has now had time to think about it—now.
Thank you, Mr Speaker. Sorry for the confusion.
Given that RBS is 63%-owned by the taxpayer and the majority of branch closures are in Scotland or the north-west of England, could the Minister tell us: what does the taxpayer get for their money if not banks and banking services?
The hon. Lady is right to raise the issue of the taxpayer supporting the Royal Bank of Scotland to the tune of some tens of billions of pounds. It is right that the Government therefore expect the bank to show profitability and to come back into economic health. Our overarching principle is that the best way of achieving that is to leave commercial organisations such as the Royal Bank of Scotland to be in charge of their own affairs, rather than subject to political interference from Ministers.
Kirstene Hair (Angus) (Con)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that it was wrong of the Royal Bank of Scotland to turn its back on rural areas such as Angus, specifically when online banking is simply not viable because the SNP Government in Edinburgh have not been fast enough at rolling out broadband?
My hon. Friend makes an important point about the speed of broadband roll-out. Of course, on the broadband issue, the Government in Westminster have recently made available £1 billion across the UK to stimulate market delivery of fibre and mobile coverage.
Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)
Like rural Scotland, rural Cheshire has suffered from a number of branch closures that have left constituents without access to services that can be provided only by banks. What can the Minister do to ensure that my constituents can access those services?
As I have outlined, we support the access to banking standard, but post offices have also received considerable support from this Government and are able to provide a lot of the financial services that individuals and businesses require. In rural areas, for example, 99% of residents are within three miles of the nearest post office.
PIP Reassessment Cost
Hugh Gaffney (Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) (Lab)
4. If he will meet the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to discuss the potential cost to the public purse of the Government's reassessment of people who may be eligible for personal independence payments in Scotland. [907023]
Hugh Gaffney
The Labour party and the people of Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, and of Scotland, all want PIP reassessments to be scrapped immediately. They are cruel, callous and entirely inhumane. Will the Secretary of State therefore agree that they should be scrapped?
I can advise the hon. Gentleman that the Scottish Government have had legislative competence over PIP since May 2017, as part of this Government's continued commitment to implement the Smith commission in full. At the Scottish Government's request, the UK Government will continue to be responsible for PIP until the Scottish Government are ready.
Mr Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East) (Lab/Co-op)
On top of the misery that PIP reassessments are causing, by the end of the year the number of people on universal credit across Scotland will jump from 91,000 to almost half a million. The 13 Scottish Tory Members represent 82,000 people still to be moved on to universal credit, and even the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions now admits that many will find themselves worse off. Will the Secretary of State continue to let the poorest people in Scotland down, or will he have the gumption to resign unless this cliff-edge roll-out is sorted out?
Of course, the hon. Gentleman and others will have the opportunity to debate universal credit later today, but I am satisfied, in relation to my constituents in Scotland, that universal credit is the right approach that allows people to move into work, which is the best way out of poverty.
Christine Jardine (Edinburgh West) (LD)
Every week, I am approached by constituents who have been threatened with having their PIP either taken away completely or reduced, which results in stress and has serious mental health impacts. Does the Secretary of State agree that the interviews are simply not fit for purpose and should be scrapped?
If the hon. Lady has specific cases, I know that the Department for Work and Pensions, which is always seeking to improve the process, will listen to what she has to say.
Scotch Whisky Industry
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
5. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on helping to develop the Scotch whisky industry. [907024]
The Government are entirely committed to the Scottish whisky industry, which exported over 1.2 billion bottles in 2017, raising £4.3 billion for the UK economy. We have provided cuts and freezes in duty since 2013, with the result that the average bottle of Scottish whisky is now £1.19 cheaper than it would otherwise have been.
Alan Brown
Until Brexit, the biggest threat to the growth of the Scotch whisky industry was the right hon. Gentleman's Department using it as a cash cow. It is absolutely imperative that there is another freeze on whisky duty in the Budget. Can he confirm whether the Secretary of State for Scotland has made representations to Cabinet colleagues to call for a duty freeze?
The hon. Gentleman has entirely overlooked the considerable support that we have already provided in duty cuts and freezes since 2013—a total of £4 billion. We will continue to support that vital sector, recognising its contribution to both the economy of Scotland and that of the wider United Kingdom.
Douglas Ross (Moray) (Con)
Over the past five years, the Scotch whisky industry has invested over £500 million in capital projects in Moray and across the country. Does my right hon. Friend agree that that shows how important a good Budget for Scotch whisky is for Scotland and the UK economy?
My hon. Friend is entirely right. That is another example of why we should support the Scottish whisky industry. I have received many representations, not least from Conservative Members who represent Scottish constituencies, standing up for Scottish whisky and making sure that we make the investments we need going forward.
Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab)
The financial services sector is also critical for the Scottish economy and for my constituents in Edinburgh, but none of the Government's Brexit plans mention this service sector. What can the Minister say to the financial services sector in Edinburgh, and to my constituents whose jobs depend on it, about the Government's strategy for the service sector post Brexit?
With reference to whisky.
If I interpret the question as relating to financial services specifically around whisky, Mr Speaker, the answer will be the same as for financial services generally. The Government are committed to achieving a Brexit deal with the EU27 that is in the interests of this country, that keeps trade flowing and that ensures we have an implementation period that will provide the opportunity for consistency and certainty going forward.


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Lawrence Joseph Jansen (July 16, 1920 – October 10, 2009) was an American right-handed pitcher and coach in Major League Baseball. A native of Oregon, he played minor league baseball in the early 1940s before starting his Major League career in 1947 with the New York Giants. Jansen played nine seasons in the big leagues, and was twice an All-Star, winning 122 games in all. He later coached in the Major Leagues and minor leagues. Jansen is a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

Early life
Lawrence Jansen was born in Verboort, Oregon, on July 16, 1920. He was raised in the community of Verboort located near Forest Grove in Washington County where he graduated from Verboort High School in 1938. While still in school Jansen started his baseball career playing semi-pro ball. In 1940 Jansen was discovered by a scout and started playing for the Salt Lake City Bees, a Class C club at that time. Jansen married the former Eileen Vandehey that year, and they had 10 children. In 1941, he started playing for the San Francisco Seals in the Pacific Coast League, but in 1943, given the choice between being drafted to fight in World War II or taking  a deferment to work on the family dairy farm back in Oregon, he chose the latter.  He played semi-pro ball there part-time and returned to the Seals late in the 1945 season.

MLB career
Breaking in as a 27-year old rookie, Jansen became a key member of the New York Giants starting rotation from 1947 to 1953, twice winning more than 20 games. He was purchased from the Triple-A Seals after leading the Pacific Coast League in wins (30), earned run average (1.57) and winning percentage (.833) in 1946. In his rookie major league season in , Jansen won 21 of 26 decisions, leading the National League in winning percentage (.808), and finished second in the voting for Rookie of the Year behind the Brooklyn Dodgers' Jackie Robinson.

He pitched five innings of one-hit scoreless baseball in the 1950 All-Star Game, which lasted 14 innings.

In , he paced the NL-champion Giants with 23 victories and helped lead their improbable August and September comeback against the Dodgers. Jansen was the winning pitcher in the famous game on October 3, 1951, featuring the Shot Heard 'Round the World. Jansen, however, lost his only two decisions in the 1951 World Series. Jansen also won 19 games (1950) and 18 games (1948) for the New York club.

As an indication of the low salaries of even accomplished players in the mid-twentieth century, Jansen worked in a hardware store in Forest Grove, Oregon, during the off-seasons of his best years.

Arm miseries kept Jansen from a major role in the Giants'  world championship; he spent part of that season inactive, as a coach. His playing career ended after eight appearances with the 1956 Cincinnati Redlegs. During his nine-year NL career, Jansen won 122 games and lost 89 (.578) with an ERA of 3.58. He had five 15-win seasons and two 20-win seasons.

Coaching career
Jansen returned to the Pacific Coast League as a player-coach with Seattle (1955 and 1957) and Portland (1958–60). After a call from former teammate Alvin Dark, Jansen returned to the Major Leagues as pitching coach for the San Francisco Giants in , with Dark as manager. Jansen remained as pitching coach for eleven seasons, and helped to develop future Hall-of-Famers Juan Marichal and Gaylord Perry. During his tenure, the Giants made appearances in the 1962 World Series and 1971 National League Championship Series. He then moved on to his final MLB coaching job, handling pitchers for the Chicago Cubs in –73, working for his old Giants manager, Leo Durocher,  and then former teammate Whitey Lockman.

Author
In retirement, Larry Jansen (along with his co-author, George Jansen MD and illustrator Karl van Loo) left behind in book form his accumulated wisdom on every aspect of pitching in professional baseball: The Craft of Pitching (Masters Press, 1977).

Previously, Jansen had contributed a section on pitching in The Sporting News 1951 publication How to Play Baseball. Besides Jansen, the publication had other authors on specific topics: "Catching by Ray Schalk; Batting by Rogers Hornsby; Base Running by Bernie DeViveiros; First Base by George Sisler; Second Base by Rogers Hornsby; Shortstop by Honus Wagner; Third Base by George Kell; Outfield by Joe DiMaggio; and How to Umpire by George Barr."

Awards and honors
Jansen was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1980. Sports Illustrated selected Jansen as one of Oregon's Fifty Greatest Athletes in 2004.

In 2010, Jansen was inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

Later life and death
After retiring from baseball, he returned to his hometown Verboort, Oregon, where he sold real estate and lived the remainder of his life in the house he had built in 1951.

Lawrence Jansen died in his sleep in Verboort at the age of 89 on October 10, 2009. The cause of death was congestive heart failure and pneumonia. Jansen was survived by his wife Eileen, their ten children and their families.

See also
 List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders

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Інджон (); ім'я при народженні Ван Хе (; 29 жовтня 1109 — 10 квітня 1146) — корейський правитель, сімнадцятий володар Корьо.

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Був старшим сином і спадкоємцем вана Єджона. Зійшов на трон у 13-річному віці після смерті батька.

За його правління стались дві внутрішні кризи, що ледь не призвели до падіння родини Ван і припинення існування держави Корьо. Зокрема 1126 року Лі Джагьом, онук Лі Джайона — аристократа, який видав трьох своїх дочок заміж за вана Мунджона, двічі намагався вбити Інджона та за сприяння чжурчженьської династії Цзінь захопити владу. Однак Лі ніхто не підтримав. Зрештою його схопили та заслали з країни.

Пізніше в країні почало зростати невдоволення свавіллям чиновників, особливо родичів правителя. Багато нових чиновників, які отримали посади через систему державних іспитів та які служили в західній столиці, місті Согьоне (сучасний Пхеньян), об'єднались навколо буддійського ченця Мьочхона, який запропонував вану Інджону проголосити державу Корьо імперією та перенести столицю до Согьона. Проте столична аристократія з Кегьона почала опиратись перенесенню столиці до Согьона й виступала за війну проти Цзінь. Мьочхон 1135 року підбурив повстання, втім урядові війська на чолі з Кім Бусіком придушили його.

На міжнародній арені головними подіями часів правління Інджона стали падіння Північної Сун та заснування нової чжурчженьської держави Цзінь, яка зайняла панівні позиції в регіоні.

Помер 1146 року, після чого на престол зійшов його старший син Ийджон.

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The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) = DSGVO (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into force on 25 May 2018. With this article, we would like to give you a brief overview of our plans on how to deal with some of the concerns that arise from the GDPR regarding the processing of registration data currently published in Whois and how this will affect the future Domain registration services.
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While compliance with the GDPR is challenging for all involved parties, it will ultimately help to protect private data of Internet users from abuse and misuse both by restricting processing and by improving security. It will also help users to get a better idea of how their personal data is processed by whom and why, and how to take action against incorrect or illegal processing.
Processing data in the context of GDPR
Processing of private data will be limited to a certain extent, especially with regard to its transmission and disclosure.
However, we do not control the processing of data on each instance. Where we act as mere data processor we need to follow lawful instructions of data controllers such as ICANN and the registries in order to be able to continue to provide our services to you.
This also means we will need to continue to request full contact data both for our own business purposes under the GDPR as well as the legitimate purposes of the data controllers, but we will restrict processing and data transfers as much as possible. Publication and transmission of personal data will be reduced as summarized below.
Reduced publication and transmission of whois data
Reduced data provision by our whois server: The contact data provided by our whois server only includes data of domains managed by us in so called "thin" registry gTLDs, such as .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .jobs. To comply with GDPR requirements, we will reduce publication of contact data in whois to only a few fields. All other fields will be redacted or replaced.
Reduced data transmitted to gTLD "thick" registries: Contact data transfer to so-called gTLD thick registries (such as .info, .org, .xyz.) will be reduced to only a few fields as well unless we can be certain that both data transfer as well as the GDPR compliance measures taken by the registry operator are in full compliance with the GDPR.
In particular the data coming from our whois server and transmitted to non-compliant gTLD thick registries will be reduced to:
For organizations (O-handles, if the "organization" field is filled out and no first, middle, last name is given):
For private persons (P-handles, if no organization is given):
An Opt-in function to disclose data will be made available for all contact handles (Owner, Admin, Tech, Billing) in the near future. The underlying technical process is very similar to contact verification, i.e. the registrant will receive an email to approve or decline disclosure of her or his data in Whois. This will allow each individual contact holder to select for a particular contact handle whether he wishes his data to be disclosed in the whois.
Please note that even if a contact holder decides to disclose his details in our system, this does not mean that the registry controlling the Whois output will also disclose this data. Work is currently ongoing at ICANN to harmonize this approach.
Contact to an undisclosed entity
As the email address is no longer shown in whois, we will introduce the possibility to contact the registrant through a web form. Inquiries sent through this form will be sent to the respective contact of record.
The individual link to the web form will be published in whois, typically in the "Email"-Field.
Transfers from and to other registrars
We currently envision that contact data should be made available for certain purposes, in particular transfers from and to other registrars. This would allow data transmission for transfers.
However, this matter is still subject to additional reviews and may be changed accordingly.
Data in the whois of ccTLDs
ccTLD registries operate own whois Servers and must individually comply with GDPR. We are currently in the process of reviewing the plans supplied by the registry operators to determine the individual approach for each ccTLD.
In some cases changes to our backend connection to ccTLD registries will need to be applied where we have determined that we will not be able to process and/or transfer data under the GDPR. These planned changes will not affect the handling of the ccTLDs in our external gateways, portals and APIs, i.e. we expect no "code-breaking" changes for our customers.