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Sexual Harassment At Work : The Inside Scoop with Melissa Sassi – Episode 43
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We discuss our experiences with sexual harassment and how we handed it at the time!
If you do need help then contact your local organisation, in the UK we have Citizens Advice
But of course elsewhere in the world there will be local organisations, or talk to a friend who will help you to workout what to do.
Nathaniel Schooler 0:24
In this episode, I'm interviewing Melissa Sassi from across the pond, she's actually an ex Microsoftie turned IBM-er who brings passion and purpose to the tech industry with her belief that digital literacy is a human right.
So about sexual harassment. I mean, this is something that, you know, happens to guys as well, right. But how do you deal with it?
Melissa Sassi 0:51
I think as someone who's been in that situation before, it's hard. You know I know, they're all these handbooks and guidance and things that tell you, you're supposed to, you know, go to your manager, or, you know, go to HR, but when you're in that situation, it's scary.
I personally was interviewing for a job, and this is a C level individual, I'm not going to name the company, I'm not going to name the individual. That's all water under the bridge now, but, you know, I went to this interview, and it was set up as, say, we were at a conference.
I was invited to this conference, because this individual is going to be at this conference and said, Why don't you join, come to this conference, we can get to know each other better. And we'll have formal interview. Okay, fine. We were in this hotel.
He had some stuff in his hands. And he's like, Can you help me carry this to my room? And yeah, and in my mind, I wasn't thinking that something I always expect, you know, the best in people. And, you know, I never think about, you know, is that person's intentions bad, and nor did I, you know, kind of think that what ended up happening was going to happen.
We get up to his room, and he's like, a whole and so he's putting some stuff away. And I'm standing there, and I can see he's like, messing around with something across the room. And so I sit down in this chair, like when waiting for him, and I looked down at my phone and paying attention to my phone and I look out, I look up and he's taken his pants down.
And, and I was like, what in the heck is going on here? Like, you know, I've been in some crazy situations we all have. But this one was like, the icing on the cake. And, you know, I wasn't an employee. But I knew, you know, he was on company business, and I knew I was there to be interviewed and, you know, I didn't punch him in the face that I didn't, you know, storm out, I just said:- "Hey, you know, can you put that away, and that's enough." And I didn't show up to the conference, and they say, I left and, you know, I thankfully didn't get the job.
And I didn't know what to do. You know, I really didn't, I went home. And I reached out to a friend of mine who, you know, worked as an attorney, and what, what do I do?
I'm not really an employee, you know, I don't get it. This is a C-level individual, I don't want it to, you know, impact my, my ability to find, you know, a role in my field. And I knew he was in a new a lot of different people. And, you know, I got some thinking, and I knew someone in the HR team at this particular company. And, you know, I decided I would, I would tell her, and I did.
I don't know what exact conversations happened. And I didn't do anything legally, formally. I know, everybody has their own path. You know, some people, you know, feel like, I have to take the legal route, I have to do the formal route.
And I honestly don't think I was strong enough to do that. You know, I said, something I spoke up and, you know, he ended up leaving the company. I don't know if that was related to related me. I'm not sure.
But I always, you know, look back on that situation. And I always feel like, gosh, should I have been stronger? Should I have done something formal? Should I have spoken out?
And I didn't, in a formal, outspoken way, and I still kind of regret it. I still kind of wish I would have done something different, but I was I was really scared. I think nowadays, I think things are much more formalized and open. This was probably this is more than five years ago.
Yeah, yeah, I had to, I had something happened to me. When I was at college, I had this so I worked in a wine merchant. So worked in a wholesale wine warehouse, which was was with a small company, I mean, they had like, nine shops or something like that, you know, they supplied a lot of a lot of pubs and hotels and posh bars and stuff. But my manager, he was basically just like, he was basically like, bullying me. And, yeah, he and he, basically, yeah, quite a few times. He sort of said to me, you know, some really awful things because he was, he was gay.
And he said some awful things to me. And I and I, and I, kind of one day, I was just like, you know, I'm just going to quit and, and I actually, actually, because I spoke to the owner of the company, I called him up and I said, Look, I said, He's, he's really not very nice to me.
He keeps harassing me, I didn't tell him that it was sexual because, you know, I mean, he never touched me or anything, but it was like the innuendos and he would harass me for like me. So I would leave my cup on the table. And within like, 20/30 seconds of me, finishing my last mouthful, he told me to wash my cup.
In England, we drink a lot of tea, right? That's, that's really, that's really annoying. If you drink tea. Like, that's your time. That's like your solace, you know, to me, like, when you finish that moment, have a nice cup of tea with a bit of milk, and you put your tea down, you know, that's, like, encroaching upon your space.
But so I called I called the called the owner of the company, the chairman. And I told him, I said, Look, you know, he's, he's not very nice. I'm not enjoying working in this warehouse here. And he said, Don't worry, you know, you just, you stick it out. And, you know, you can come and work at head office with me kind of thing. So he buried what I was saying, kind of with, with it with a carrot, you know, manipulated me to, to stay working there.
But one day, I just had enough and just decided it's quite a funny story. Actually, I was at the time. I don't ride motorcycles any more, thankfully. But at the time, I had this motorcycle and I bought I bought a new one. And the guy at the motorcycle shop. He said to me, he said he'd fix something on the bike, but he never actually fixed it. So one Friday, I just decided I was going to change my life. And I walked into the bike shop. And I said, I said, Look, you're not you're not, this isn't working for me. You need to just change this motorbike. I'll take that one over there. I'll, I want you to take the centre stand off for me. And I'm going to be leaving in an hour. Oh, and can I use your phone because this was back when before, you know, before we even had mobile phones, pretty much. And then I called the office, the head office of the company. And I just said, I just, it all just got on top of me. And I just called them up. And I said, I won't ever be in again. Goodbye. And I just hung up, you know?
And yeah, it was, it was it was such a relief. But my dad said to me, I should have actually taken the guy to call and I feel I feel that I should have done and I still feel like that now. Yeah,
Yeah, well, I feel this, I feel the same way about what, what happened there. But, you know, and I think, you know, I've been in a bullying situation, you know, with a manager, you know, myself, you know, in my professional career, where we did not see eye to eye, we did not like each other.
And, you know, I ended up, you know, looking and thinking, you know, you're just, you know, not a professional manager, and I don't want to work with you, I don't want to work for you. And I think we, you know, our, I always heard these things about, you know, whether you're talking about sexual harassment, or bullying or whatever, you know, you leave a boss, don't a company. And I'll tell you, I've left a boss. And I am very glad that I don't, you know, work with that same individual any any longer.
And I am so much happier, you know, thinking about that time that I left that manager and went on and did something new. And I'll tell you, it was really stressful, I was really distraught. And it took me a lot of time of kind of questioning myself, and then realizing that Wait a second, you know what, we just don't vibe and I don't like you, you don't like me, we're not going to see I to I, my career is important. My personal well being is important. And we spend a lot of time at at work.
So we've got to, like the people we work with, or at least be able to, you know, tolerate them, you know, and for me, having a good working relationship with my boss is important. I'm very thankful I have my boss, I would consider her a role model. You know, my current Boss, I look up to her. And one of the kind of important measures that I think about when I'm looking at a team member or a manager is what's going to happen if I get stuck in an airport with you?
If I stuck in an airport with you? Am I going to am I actually going to have a good time? You know, nobody wants to be stuck in an airport. But am I going to enjoy that time. And when I think about, you know, during my interview process here, at, you know, IBM and thinking about my manager, one of the things I asked myself was that very question when I was on my path of deciding whether I wanted to, you know, accept the offer from IBM for this role. And it was, yeah, I could totally get stuck in an airport with you. And we'd have, we'd have a good time and, you know, naturally in a miserable situation, but we'd have a good time.
Nathaniel Schooler 10:41
Yeah. So I think it's, I think women probably get a lot, you know, get harassed a lot. I mean, you know, I don't work within within a corporation myself, so, I don't, I don't really know about, you know, how women like, hit on guys, and then they, they kind of, you know, cause problems for them. I'm sure that that goes on as well. You know, and, and what I think is, don't be my feeling is, you've just got to go with your gut feeling. And that's the reason you and I both regret not going with our gut feeling, because I've got feeling was to do something about it. And we didn't listen to it. We listened to our head.
Melissa Sassi 11:14
It happened,
Which said, let's just leave it. We don't want to make it hassle with, it's embarrassing. You know, they're all these things that you.
Did I cause something, you know?
I was, I was like to open you know, I'm a pretty open person. And that's, that's part of what happened to me. It was a God was I was had to open so I give him a signal. You know, we had some wine at dinner. Oh, gosh, did I go tonight, and now I know better now. I know better. And I'm like, Hell no,
Because Wanger out Mel! In England. We call it we call it a tallywhacker.
He did he got it out and he showed it to me. And it was a pretty and he hadn't manscaped.
Awful. I don't wanna I don't want to hear any more details about that
I won't give you any more details. Because that wasn't all he did. And it was just terrible!
I yeah. It's terrible. But so. So has it happened to more than once? Yeah,
It has it. I it's happened to me. Actually. I said three times. But it's actually happened for it's having four times no one. That one was the worst. And when I told you about was the worst yeah, that's pretty other ones. Yeah, that one was awful.
That was one that was like, literally, in your face. But the, the other ones were just words. And that made me uncomfortable. But, you know, really also in your face words with, you know, no question. That's what was going on. It wasn't like an innuendo. It was like, in your face. And I, you know, I handled each of them, you know, each of them differently. And they were all equally hard.
Yeah, yeah. Well, it is, it is very difficult because you just get lost, don't you? It just, you know, it's must be, it must be quite upsetting. And it's almost like, you think that you've done something wrong. And you just and it's just because people can't control themselves.
You know, I mean, it's just, you know, it needs to be a certain level of decorum doesn't there. And, you know, it's unfortunate that these sort of things happen, really. But so what advice would you would you give to people who this is happening to, or may happen to?
So, you know, I think that the, the first thing is, you know, you shouldn't doubt yourself and blame it on you. Which if I think about, it's easier for, it's easy for me to say that. But if I think about the four times it's happened to me, like, I blame myself each and every time like, oh, gosh, what's gonna happen if I say something, or what they don't believe me, or what they think it's my fault.
You know, especially because in some these scenarios, we were in a social setting, you know, so we were outside of the office and you're at happy hour or having some drinks, you know, and we'd had a few drinks. And in that case, it's like, oh, gosh, you know, but I think it's important to find someone that you can confide in, and, you know, not be like, it's your fault. And I think nowadays, you've got, you know, whether you're working in a small company, a big company and non-profit, whatever, you know, they've got, you know, ways for you to, you know, confidentially even report things. So if you're scared of, you know, having it tied to you, you know, there are many, many different ways that we can, you know, do things confidentially if, you know, we don't feel comfortable to, you know, go to our manager, or Heck, if it is our manager.
I think it's important to speak out and not feel like it's, it's your fault. But again, I know that's easier said than done, because I just always do that for myself. And I, every single time that happened, I felt scared and I think part of that was, you know, kind of feeling like well, you know, that person's in a position of power.
That person is more senior than me, or that person has been with the company longer than me, you know, what if, what if I lose my job and I'm supporting my family, you know, or what if my significant other fix It's my fault, you know, so many different things going through your head.
Yeah, must be must be very difficult. Well, thank you, Mel. It's been it's been great. Thank you. Really appreciate it. Thank you very much. Thank you.
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Small firms dismayed by Darling's small print
By Nick Goodway for MailOnline
Updated: 05:39 EDT, 25 November 2008
The initial enthusiasm of small businesses for the Pre-Budget Report's £7billion recession package was being dampened today as companies examined the small print.
The Chancellor announced a £4billion package of loans from the European Investment Bank to be channelled through UK banks to smaller companies, a £1billion new Government small Business Finance scheme which will lend directly to small business, an extra £1billion to the export Credit Guarantee Department to ease shortterm cashflow for small exporters and £1billion of tax cuts.
But the details of yesterday's report make it clear that only £1billion of the EIB money will be available by the end of this year and the £1billion small Business Finance scheme will not come into effect until well into next year.
In effect, the immediate measures are worth less than £1,000 each for Britain's 4.7 million small businesses.
Tough times: Small firms are unimpressed with the Pre-Budget Report
And measures aimed not specifically at small businesses are likely to hit them hard - notably the temporary change in VAT and the rise in National Insurance.
Patrick Stevens, partner at Ernst & Young said: 'The message to entrepreneurs seems to have changed over the last three years from 'all systems go' to 'go away'.
A combination of higher income tax on earnings, higher capital gains tax on successful businesses, and last year's changes to the non-domicile regime means that entrepreneurs will feel less and less welcome in the UK.
'The proposed increase in the top rate of income tax in the UK contrasts strongly with the global trend over the last decade and if introduced would mean that our highest earners will be taxed far higher that the EU average.
In a global economy with increased potential mobility this has serious implications in terms of maintaining the UK as an attractive place to live and work.'
Only last week, Tom Phelan, director of Colorset, a graphic design printer, went bust after claiming to have been 'screwed" by HSBC on its overdraft.
Cormac Marum, a director of Grant Thornton, said: 'It will be a real hassle for small businesses who will have to change their VAT systems immediately this year and then change it all back at the end of next year.'
Similarly Modwenna Rees-Mogg, chief executive of the small business website AngelNews, said: 'The Chancellor's rise in NI is an absolute disaster for small business.'
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It would prevent pay rises and discourage hiring from 'the Chancellor's newly enormous unemployment register', she said.
She added: 'The 45 per cent income tax rate will penalise those who singly do the most to generate new wealth for this country, especially entrepreneurs who are already penalised from extracting the wealth they create.'
Michael Izza, chief executive of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, said: 'The PBR will be judged on whether it helps rebuild business and consumer confidence.
'Changes to tax time-to-pay arrangements, the extension of loss relief and the freezing of corporation tax for small businesses will have a positive impact in terms of cash flow, the biggest priority for most companies.
'Only time will tell if the measures announced today will help British businesses through what could be a very deep and damaging recession.'
Mark Fox of the Business services Association said: 'We are concerned at the increase in National Insurance and the duty on fuel.'
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A ballot referendum to create a community oversight board to handle cases of police misconduct won with nearly 60 percent of the vote. The board must be formed by the end of the year with professional support staff in place, per the amendment.
Most of the other ballot measures also passed, except the one that can never seem to get any traction in Nashville: expanding term limits for Metro Council members.
US Representative Marsha Blackburn (R) won her US Senate race over former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen (D), becoming the first female to win the role and only the second to win a statewide race. Republican Bill Lee (the guy with the HVAC vans around town) also defeated Karl Dean, the former mayor of Nashville.
As for the State House race, Bob Freeman (D) won his race to replace former Speaker of the House Beth Harwell (R), defeating Brent Moody (R) in a close race. All of Nashville's representatives in the state legislature are now Democrats.
Fourteen people were treated for exposure to carbon monoxide in an apparent gas leak Wednesday morning at the Westin Hotel in downtown Nashville. The hotel was evacuated and ventilated prior to allowing guests to return.
A $3.5 million grant awarded last year to help the city combat youth homelessness is up for discussion this week by a planning group. Members hope to offer housing and support services with the grant.
Certain long-range forecasts are calling for snow next week, in case Tennessee weather wasn't weird enough for you yet. Temperatures could get down into the 20s, so make sure you've pulled out the winter clothes.
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The Nashville Predators (12-3-0) started their annual CMA roadtrip with a 4-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche (7-5-3) in a game where Colton Scissons picked up his second career hat-trick. The team heads to Dallas to face the Stars (8-6-1) Saturday night.
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Much to the exasperation of his wife, Conn Smythe enlisted for duty in the Second World War. Many questioned why Smythe, almost 45 years of age with a family and significant business interests, would insist on joining up again having already served honourably in Canada's First World War effort. "I felt it was a shame that we had to go back to Europe and win the war again that we thought we'd won for all time back in 1918. But if we had to, I wanted to be there," he explained.
In 1941, Smythe formed the 30th Battery, a sportsmen's battery within the 7th Toronto Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery. Major Conn Smythe became the unit's Officer Commanding.
The National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA), which had passed in June 1940, required hockey players to undergo 30 days of training (the period of training was later extended to four months). By April 1941, men in non-essential employment were attached to their NRMA units as long as the war lasted. In the summer of 1940, NHL players were signing up to do their essential NPAM training. By joining, players were committing to training and, theoretically, the possibility of being called up to active service. But ostensibly, signing up allowed many players to continue their professional hockey careers.
The Maple Leafs were proud to announce that a large portion of the roster had enlisted. Conn Smythe boasted that the list included Syl Apps, Turk Broda, Jack Church, Bob Davidson, Hap Day, Gord Drillon, Hank Goldup, Reg Hamilton, Red Heron, Phil Stein, and Billy Taylor, all of whom joined the Toronto Scottish. Don and Nick Metz joined the Regina Rifles, while Pete Langelle and Wally Stanowski joined the Winnipeg Rifles. Bucko McDonald joined the Grey and Simcoe Foresters. Bingo Kampman joined a regiment in Kitchener and Lex Chisholm joined up in Oshawa. A willingness to serve their country was apparent up and down the Maple Leafs roster.
As the war continued, more and more players vacated their spot on the Maple Leaf Gardens bench for service. The roster was littered with players who had not passed their physicals along with several young university students adept with a stick and puck.
During the summer of 1944, Major Conn Smythe and his unit had been sent to Caen in northwestern France to continue battling the Nazis. On July 25, the Luftwaffe bombed an ammunition depot and Smythe was badly wounded.
The Major recalled the fateful evening in his memoirs. "That night, the rumble of guns and flickering of explosions were all around us. Then the Luftwaffe came after the bridges. High flares came first, drifting down by parachute and lighting the whole area. Our guns opened up as we ran for the stairs. I was almost outside when on an impulse that I couldn't explain – it was a warm summer night – I ran back and put on my heavy trenchcoat.
When I got outside, attacking planes were coming from every which direction dropping incendiaries as well as anti-personnel bombs that sent out a swath of fragments when they hit the ground. The night was full of gunfire, explosions, shouts and screams.
Smythe survived the wound, but his injuries were permanent. For the rest of his life, he walked with a limp and was plagued with bowel and urinary tract issues.
Smythe returned to Canada, recuperating at Chorley Park, formerly the official residence of Ontario's Lieutenant Governor before serving as a military hospital during World War II. But he was well enough to travel to Detroit on April 22, 1945 and looked on with glee as his Maple Leafs claimed the Stanley Cup with a 2-1 win over the Red Wings. NHL president Red Dutton presented the Stanley Cup to team captain Bob Davidson, coach Hap Day and to Major Conn Smythe.
Eight days after that on-ice celebration, Adolf Hitler took his own life. On May 7, 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender. The Maple Leafs' Cup win had been trumped – happily, of course – by victory in Europe. Yet, Canadians were emotionally exhausted when that expected victory finally arrived. Yet, despite the world's weariness of the war, reports from Germany began to reveal just how odious the Nazi regime had been. When Canadian soldiers walked into concentration camps such as Bergen-Belsen, they came face-to-face with the Nazi's unconscionable work. There, the Canadians found hideous pile upon pile of the skeletal dead and were welcomed by the skeletal undead who had somehow survived the unfathomable.
Shaken by what he had seen, CBC War Correspondent Matthew Halton issued a mournful report from Germany that was broadcast across Canada: "How could birds sing here? It seems impossible, almost a blasphemy that birds should sing in this country of unspeakable evil." The Canadian soldiers who had liberated the survivors of Bergen-Belsen would never need any jingoistic rhetoric to help them make sense of the importance of their duty. This was self-evident; it was staring back at them through the grateful, if sunken eyes of those who had managed to outlive Hitler.
In early August, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945. The Second World War was officially over.
The war had changed Canada. The war had strengthened the country's economy and had put Canada on the map as a true middle-power. It was not without its costs. 1.1 million Canadian men and women served in the three branches of the military. Of these, 44,000 lost their lives while another 54,000 were wounded.
A few NHL prospects perished during the war. Windsor's Joe Turner, signed to the Detroit Red Wings, had enlisted in the U.S. Marines and was killed in action in January 1945. So were one-time Maple Leafs prospects Dudley 'Red' Garrett, killed off the coast of Newfoundland, and Albert 'Red' Tilson, who was killed during the liberation of the Netherlands in October 1944. But this was not the First World War, where several senior level players saw plenty of serious active duty and where Stanley Cup champions such as Frank McGee and Allan 'Scotty' Davidson perished. Davidson, for instance, was captain of the Toronto Blueshirts and had been presented with the Stanley Cup in March 1914 after his team defeated the Victoria Aristocrats. Thirteen months later, Davidson was dead, killed in the aftermath of a trench-raid at Givenchy. In contrast, not one NHL regular was killed during the Second World War.
Still, hockey – and specifically, Toronto Maple Leafs hockey – had played an important role in surviving the darkness of the time. Just as Canadians had listened to Leafs radio broadcasts to forget about the Depression, so too did they listen to the Maple Leafs to forget about the War. Foster Hewitt's play-by-play had been a place to retreat to; a place where troubles were, at least for a moment, forgotten. And the Leafs' Stanley Cup win only added to the elation that came with the end of war.


Still, he didn't say a word to stop us. Standing bloodied and bruised before us, his face showed pity where hatred should have been. Something inside of me hesitated as I saw his anguish as if he still loved us even as we cursed him. His silence stung. I wanted him to shout, to curse us for cursing him. If he was really who he said he was he wouldn't let this happen. I guess not everyone is who we think they are.
The Romans beat him and led him off. I followed, wanting to know how this would end. A crowd formed and flowed through the streets after them, hurling insults like stones. Passing through the gates we saw a man take Jesus' cross from his shoulders, bearing the burden for him if only for a moment. Stumbling, they neared Golgotha, soldiers cursing and spitting at this would-be king with every step. Jews joined them in the mockery.
The whips of the soldiers lashed behind him as he walked. Slowing down, he turned to a cluster of women in the crowd, urging them not to weep for him. The whips caught up with him, and as the leather met his back he parted with the women, crying out in pain as he marched on towards the hill. Looks like all his great humility ever got him was more suffering. As the crowds crested the hill, the centurions raised the cross. He hung there drowning in the mockery from both sides.
Turning to face the thief hung at his side, he muttered a few words. I couldn't hear them over the shouting, but the criminal seemed to relax, even in the midst of his anguish. The other one shouted all the louder. Hurling abuse, he questioned Jesus, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!" I got the feeling the latter request was more important than the former.
With these words, we all shook. Bowing His head, He breathed His last breath as we watched in amazement. It is finished. The centurion cried out in anguish. "Surely this man was innocent!" His words gave voice to what we were all thinking. What had we done? Here we had a King. Someone who could have changed our lives, made us new. But we were too selfish to see it.
"Father forgive them." That's His voice. That's Your voice.
We hadn't just made a mistake. No, this was treason. All of us, down to the last soul. We put You there. It was my hand that hammered in those nails, my fist that bruised Your back, my mouth that cursed Your name. What had I done?
Still, You hung there. Surely you could have called a host of angels down with only a single word. Why didn't You? Could it be that it was true? Could it be that You really did love us? That You really did come here to die in our place? You came here, and You finished it once and for all. He may have bruised Your heel, but with that one simple word, You crushed his head. You finished it. Tetelestai.


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Oscar Freire de Carvalho (Salvador de Bahía; 3 de octubre de 1882-São Paulo, 11 de enero de 1923) fue un médico y catedrático brasileño.

Biografía
Hijo del abogado Manuel Freire de Carvalho y de Isaura Freire de Carvalho, estudió en la Faculdad de Medicina de la Universidad Federal de Bahía, siendo discípulo de Nina Rodrigues, de quien heredó el interés por la Medicina Legal.

En 1913 fue convocado por Arnaldo Vieira de Carvalho para ser profesor en la cátedra de Medicina Legal en la recién creada Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía de São Paulo. Tras su fallecimiento, uno de los edificios del complejo tomó su nombre.

También fue uno de los fundadores del Instituto Médico Legal de São Paulo.

Su nombre también le fue dado a una calle de São Paulo, caracterizada por tener tiendas de bienes de lujo.

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Resgatando a memória dos pioneiros: Oscar Freire de Carvalho (Salvador, * 03/10/1882 - São Paulo, † 11/01/1923)

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Security Benefits of Nuclear Abolition to USA
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ANNAPOLIS, USA (IDN) - The alarm over the Iranian nuclear program calls for reflection on the ultimate cause of all nuclear weapons-related threats: the absence of a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons. Focusing on the USA, below are security benefits of nuclear abolition – with axioms being that all states have joined a treaty banning nuclear weapons before it enters into force, and that worldwide inspection (verification) applies, and that before signing the nuclear ban treaty, states must fully join the current chem-bio weapons bans: 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). ARABIC | ARABIC TEXT VERSION
First, the USA would no longer face the threat of terrorist acquisition of a nuclear weapon from a state's arsenal. A terrorist nuclear detonation would be catastrophic beyond measure; but under nuclear abolition, terrorists would no longer have possible access, by theft or other means, to nuclear warheads of any state.
The other current avenue for terrorists to attain a nuclear weapon would be to obtain, by theft or other means, about 100 pounds of uranium already enriched to nearly 90 percent isotope uranium-235, and then to fabricate a relatively simple "gun-type" nuclear weapon. (The actual enrichment of uranium by terrorists for such a weapon would in extreme probability be beyond their scope, even if aided by rogue scientists and technicians.)
However, this possible means of terrorist nuclear attainment can also be cut off – if a worldwide nuclear weapons ban requires cessation of highly-enriched uranium [HEU] use (i.e., in some naval and research and isotope production reactors), and requires blending-down of HEU stocks to non-weapons usable low-enriched uranium.
Under a fully enacted nuclear weapons ban, there would likely still exist substantial stocks of plutonium, which is also usable for nuclear weapons. However, that would not open up worrisome danger of terrorists attaining a nuclear weapon even if they somehow acquired plutonium, because the complex engineering of an "implosion" weapon – which is required when using plutonium due to its level of neutron emission – is beyond the realistically conceived personnel and technological resources of even well-financed terrorists. (Plutonium could be used for a radiological or "dirty" bomb, but this would not be a true nuclear, i.e., fission explosion.)
To summarize on nuclear terrorism and the USA: only the worldwide elimination and prohibition of nuclear weapons, with stipulation also of blending-down of HEU to low-enriched uranium, will free the USA from the current terrorist dangers of acquisition of a nuclear weapon from a state's arsenal, or acquisition of HEU to fabricate a relatively simple gun-type weapon. ("Simple" does not imply lack of destructive power; the Hiroshima-weapon was of this design, so-named because masses of HEU are slammed together to form a supercritical mass in a container resembling a gun barrel.)
Second nuclear-abolition security benefit to the USA is that it would be freed from the threat of possible nuclear strike by a fanatic or deranged regime or leader of a state. With no nuclear weapons, none could be launched due to influence of madness or fervor (or vengeance or desperation).
Third, the possibility of "false-alarm" nuclear missile launch against the USA would finally vanish. The current danger to the USA, of course, is primarily related to the hundreds of U.S. and Russian warheads still on high-alert status – although many fewer than Cold War heights. In 1995 the U.S./Norwegian launch (from Norway) of a research rocket was communicated in advance to Russia, but word never reached necessary channels and President Boris Yeltsin came within minutes of activating a Russian nuclear response. Systems and humans can have failures; but under elimination of nuclear weapons the people of the USA (and Russia) would be freed from the possibility of "false-alarm" nuclear missile launch.
Fourth, particular U.S. foreign policy headaches, and potential concomitant disasters, would be obviated with a worldwide nuclear weapons ban. Pre-eminently, Iran would cease to pose a credible threat to attain nuclear weapons, this because Iran and all states would be under the unprecedented geopolitical, legal, psychological, and moral force of a nuclear abolition treaty that regards states equally and thus fairly, and relieves all states and people of current nuclear threats, and applies worldwide inspection/verification. (Iran, for its part, has long vocalized support for worldwide nuclear elimination while criticizing current arsenals of nuclear weapon states.) Further, the foreseeable certainty of international storms of opposition and obloquy against a pernicious violator of the treaty would be a high-wall deterrent to any inclination to its violation – especially so given that the treaty was joined by all states before its entry into force.
Fifth, any chemical or biological weapon threats from states against the USA would be diminished, likely to near-zero, with the geopolitical and other force of aforementioned (recommended) nuclear ban-required accession by states to the current chem-bio bans prior to signing a nuclear weapons ban. (Most countries, including the USA and Russia, are already parties to the CWC and BWC.)
In addition, the then-fully worldwide reach of the CWC and BWC would reduce the potential terrorist chem-bio threat against the USA, due to CWC/BWC strictures on amount and variety of chem-bio weapons-usable agents, plus no states having "weaponized" chem-bio agents that could possibly be obtained by terrorists.
Today's "weapons of mass destruction" threats, particularly nuclear, to the security of the USA and its people will persist at an unacceptably high level until the weapons are banned worldwide. Understandably, though, the USA and certain other countries most likely will insist that a nuclear abolition treaty only enter into force after it is unanimously joined. The mere introduction of such a treaty for states' signatures will bring to the forefront the authentic security benefits of nuclear abolition to all states.
*Frederick N. Mattis is author of "Banning Weapons of Mass Destruction", pub. ABC-CLIO/Praeger Security International (ISBN: 978-0-313-36538-6). [IDN-InDepthNews – January 4, 2012]
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The health giving effect of a daily meditative body scan, called in some traditions the inward smile meditation, has been known for centuries. This meditative exercise will play a core role in this weeklong imaginative exploration of the embryology, physiology and esoteric symbolism of the major systems and organs of the human body. The lecture themes will trace the path of the blood from the marrow of the limb bones through the various life organs and ultimately into the head. The evolution of the organs and systems will be presented from the point of view of both physiology and the symbolic or alchemical perspective. As an aid to the visualization process each new motif in the exercise will be accompanied by the appropriate eurythmy vowels and consonants used for healing and integration of the organ system in the body.
Topics include: old Saturn as a model for embryogenesis; the fall of man and the role of the senses; the polarity of blood and nerve; the four life organs; the blood tablet; digestion and soul processes; soul breathing; glands and the life body; anatomy and evolution of the brain; the system of the chakras; and the fundamental issues of healing.
Afternoon artistic sessions will include embryological studies in clay with Patricia Dickson as well as eurythmy exercises with Vincent McElroen. There will be evening lectures on Bach's Art of the Fugue as the basis for a protective meditative mantra technique, and rhythmic motifs from morphology, as well as an evening for social meet-up and sharing of research questions.
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Kroger and Ocado Announce Location of High-Tech Customer Fulfillment Center in Phoenix, Arizona
PHOENIX, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR), America's largest grocery retailer, and Ocado (LSE: OCDO), a world leader in technology for grocery ecommerce, today announced Phoenix, Arizona, as the latest location for a Customer Fulfillment Center (CFC). The location confirms a previous announcement stating Kroger and Ocado would construct a CFC in the Southwest Region.
Kroger has partnered with Ocado to accelerate its ability to provide customers with anything, anytime, anywhere. The CFC model – an automated warehouse facility with digital and robotic capabilities – will be used to serve customers across the region. Kroger is designing a flexible distribution network, combining disaggregated demand and the proximity of its stores and facilities that vary in design and size.
"Kroger continues to accelerate the expansion of our national network to redefine the customer experience," said Gabriel Arreaga, Kroger's chief supply chain officer. "Our partnership with Ocado is and will continue to be rooted in our ability to deliver a value-added customer-centric solution that brings fresh food to customers through our seamless ecosystem."
"With Kroger we are developing a game-changing ecosystem for serving online grocery to customers across the United States. This includes Ocado's automated CFCs across a range of sizes, as well as software to optimize fulfilment in stores for curbside pickup," said Luke Jensen, CEO of Ocado Solutions. "Powered by Ocado's state-of-the-art, proprietary technologies, this site will be crucial in bringing unrivalled online grocery experiences to homes across Arizona and wider geographies."
"This exciting new collaboration will create hundreds of new jobs in Arizona," said Governor Doug Ducey. "Arizona is proud to be one of the first sites in the country to launch this innovative technology. We thank Kroger and Ocado for their investment in our state."
"Phoenix is a global center of innovation with the experienced workforce and tech ecosystem that makes it a perfect location for Kroger's Customer Fulfillment Center," said Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego. "We are excited to see the potential of an estimated 700 jobs within its first five years of operation. These jobs include but not limited to transportation, warehousing, robotics and technology, which are four of Phoenix's workforce strengths. The location also takes advantage of our city's burgeoning, advanced transportation network. Kroger has long been a major part of the Phoenix economy, and this new expansion is a highly welcomed addition."
This new 200,000-square-foot CFC will accelerate Kroger's ability to expand its products to a larger footprint.
The CFC is expected to become operational 24 months after the site breaks ground and will support customers across Arizona.
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Anna von Gemmingen (* um 1517, † 21. Mai 1577 in Großwallstadt) entstammte dem Ast der Velscher der Freiherren von Gemmingen. Sie war die letzte lebende Angehörige des Astes und hatte als Erbtochter des Heidelberger Fauths Hans von Gemmingen († 1552) Besitz in Heidelberg, Stebbach, Hilsbach. Über das Erbe ihres ersten Gatten, des hanauischen Amtmanns Jacob von Praunheim-Bommersheim († 1560) kam sie zu weiterem Besitz in Großwallstadt, Umstadt und anderen Orten. Ihr Besitz kam größtenteils an ihren zweiten Gatten, den Aschaffenburger Vizdom Melchior von Grorodt. Das schmuckvolle Epitaph für sie und ihren ersten Gatten ist in der Pfarrkirche von Großwallstadt erhalten, ein Standbild ihres zweiten Gatten in der Stiftskirche in Aschaffenburg.

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Sie war eine von drei Töchtern des Heidelberger Fauths Hans von Gemmingen. Ihre Schwestern Ursula und Margaretha waren jedoch noch vor dem Tod des Vaters gestorben, so dass sie bei dessen Tod die einzige noch lebende Nachfahrin war. Der Vater hatte bereits 1523 bei Pfalzgraf Ludwig V. um die Umwandlung seines Stebbacher Mannlehens in ein Erblehen gebeten, da er nur Töchter habe. Später waren dem Vater noch verschiedene Besitztümer seines Neffen Philipp, genannt "der Grünewald", zugefallen, der in jungen Jahren verstorben war. Anna erbte daher unter anderem Haus und Güter in Hilsbach, ein Haus in Heidelberg (Gemminger Hof) sowie das halbe Dorf Stebbach.

Sie war seit 1528 mit dem hanauischen Amtmann Jacob von Praunheim (Praunheim) zu Ostheim verheiratet und bewohnte mit diesem das Schlossgut in Großwallstadt. Nach seinem Tod 1560 erbte sie das Schloss in Großwallstadt, den praunheimisch Neustätter Hof (heute zu Obernburg am Main), den Gans'schen Adelshof in Umstadt und weiteren Besitz. Nach dem Tod des ersten Gatten, mit dem sie zwei Töchter hatte, ging sie eine zweite Ehe mit Melchior von Grorodt (auch Groroth, Gräroth), kurfürstlicher Rat Vizdom in Aschaffenburg, ein.

Sie starb 1577 im Alter von 60 Jahren. Bereits ihr erster Ehemann hatte ein Epitaph für das Paar in der Pfarrkirche zu Großwallstadt errichten lassen, so dass sie an der Seite des ersten Gatten begraben wurde. Das Grabmal ist erhalten. Auch von ihrem zweiten Gatten Grorodt war in der Aschaffenburger Stiftskirche ein bedeutendes Grabmal erhalten. Melchior selbst starb nur ein Jahr später am 20. Juli 1578.

Ihr zweiter Gatte Grorodt hatte von Kurfürst Ludwig einst eine eiserne Kette erhalten mit dem Versprechen, diese gegen eine goldene einzutauschen, falls Grorodt einmal zur Kur kommen würde. Nach dem Tode Annas wandte sich Grorodt an den Kurfürsten und bat um das Stebbacher Lehen statt der versprochenen Goldkette. Die Pfalz zog darauf den Gemmingenschen Erblehensbesitz in Stebbach sowie Annas Güter bei Umstadt ein und sprach den Besitz Grorodt zu. Aus ihrer sonstigen Erbmasse kamen auch das Schloss in Großwallstadt, der Gans'sche Adelshof in Umstadt und der Neustatter Hof an Grorodt. Einen Teil des verbliebenen Besitzes verkauften ihre Erben an Leonhard von Gemmingen aus der Linie Gemmingen-Michelfeld, der von Anna testamentarisch schon mit einem goldenen Becher, dem Haus in Hilsbach und dem Anspruch auf günstigen Erwerb des Guts in Stebbach bedacht worden war. Einen weiteren goldenen Becher hatte sie Leonhards Bruder Sebastian von Gemmingen vermacht, Georg von Gemmingen vermachte sie 400 Batzen.

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Literatur
 Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker: Familien-Chronik der Freiherren von Gemmingen, Heidelberg 1895, S. 38f.

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Суро́вый стиль — направление в реалистической советской живописи, характерное для рубежа 1950—1960-х годов.

История
Термин «суровый стиль» ввёл искусствовед Александр Каменский. Мастера этого направления ориентировались на изобразительное искусство СССР досталинского периода (1920-х и начала 1930-х годов): в первую очередь творчество Александра Дейнеки и Георгия Нисского, в меньшей степени — на Петра Кончаловского, Александра Осмёркина, Аристарх Лентулова и других.

Некоторое влияние оказал и итальянский неореализм, как живописный (Ренато Гуттузо), так и неореализм в кинематографе (например, известная картина Гелия Коржева «Влюблённые» — это реминисценция кадра из итальянского фильма).

Основные представители «сурового стиля»:
 Герой Социалистического Труда, народный художник СССР, академик Иззат Клычев (1923—2006)
 Герой Социалистического Труда, народный художник СССР, академик Таир Салахов (1928—2021)
 народный художник СССР, академик Виктор Иванов (род. 1924)
 народный художник СССР, академик Андрей Васнецов (1924—2009)
 народный художник СССР, академик Гелий Коржев (1925—2012)
 народный художник СССР, академик Пётр Оссовский (1925—2015)
 народный художник РСФСР, академик Игорь Обросов (1930—2010)
 народный художник РФ, академик Николай Андронов (1929—1998)
 народный художник РФ, академик Павел Никонов (род. 1930)
 Виктор Попков (1932—1974)
 братья Смолины
 Михаил Савицкий
 Станислав Бабиков (1934—1977), член группы «Семёрка»

Художники воспевали судьбы современников, их энергию и волю, «героику трудовых будней». Изображения обобщены и лаконичны. Основой выразительности служат большие плоскости цвета и линейные контуры фигур.

Некоторые мастера в противоположность навязываемой соцреализмом тематической картины обратились к «низким» в академической иерархии жанрам — портрету, пейзажу, натюрморту.

Алексей Бобриков называет «суровый стиль» советской Реформацией: «Он демонстрирует протестантский тип героя — взрослого и ответственного, обладающего собственным опытом, личной верой и вообще развитой внутренней мотивацией (и потому не нуждающегося во внешнем идеологическом стимулировании со стороны партии-церкви), хотя и действующего в рамках общего преобразовательного проекта».

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Художники нового поколения, сурового стиля, отразили смысл перемен, произошедших в живописи. Наиболее заметными из художников этого круга были братья Смолины — Александр и Пётр. Их совместные работы демонстрируют суровый романтизм характера, причём данная индивидуальная черта сливается с общей тенденцией искусства того времени к монументализации жизненных впечатлений. Их полотно «Полярники» (1961) в этом отношении весьма характерно. «Истинный героизм полярников, романтический характер их профессии участвуют в произведении в качестве его глубокого смыслового подтекста. Сюжет же, по первому впечатлению, демонстративно противостоит привычному представлению о том и о другом. Полярники изображены в состоянии предельной усталости после долгой и изнуряющей работы в бесконечную полярную ночь. Однако по мере "вглядывания" в картину всё в большей мере ощущается значительность, необычность этих людей, ведущих героическую жизнь в труднейших условиях, причём этот героизм — их профессиональная повседневность». Свою картину «Стачка» (1964) они посвятили историко-революционной тематике. «Новым здесь является оттенок легендарности, сообщающей давно ушедшему в прошлое событию современную остроту. Изображение характеризуется отвлечённостью, внеконкретностью. Поэтому люди здесь воспринимаются как все пролетарии перед первым общим шагом в историю. В картине "Стачка" и некоторых более поздних полотнах братьев Смолиных проявились поэтико-метафорические тенденции, ставшие вскоре новым образным открытием для всего советского искусства».

Павел Никонов — ещё один видный мастер направления. В своём творчестве он придерживался проблематики сурового стиля, одновременно сочетая «мужественное, суровое восприятие действительности с лирическим, индивидуально-психологическим характером повествования». Одно из первых популярных полотен художника — «Наши будни» (1960). Это рабочие будни, изображение усталых рабочих, но при этом «истинную значительность и монументальность смысла обычных будней грандиозного строительства» автор выявляет художественными средствами — острыми, резкими пересекающимися ритмами, контрастами силуэтов, сдержанным колоритом. В его же картине «Геологи» (1962), по выражению советского критика, «декларативная агитационность сменяется пафосом глубокой духовной созерцательности». Художник изменил систему изобразительных средств — исчезла ритмическая резкость, силуэтные контрасты, колорит становится насыщенным и гармоничным, но образы при этом своей героической значимости не теряют. Его «Штаб Октября» (1965) по своему образно-эмоциональному характеру близок к «Стачке» Смолиных, но композиция более динамична.

Из этих примеров видно, что исторический жанр привлекает мастеров нового поколения. Современное звучание ему придал одним из первых Гелий Коржев — автор триптиха «Коммунисты» (1957-60), цикла «Опалённые огнём войны».

Николай Андронов — ещё один представитель этого поколения. В своих ранних произведениях он следует традициям «Бубнового валета», в особенности раннего Петра Кончаловского. Традиции «Бубнового валета», особенно раннего Ильи Машкова, стали фундаментом экспериментов с цветом Станислава Бабикова, получившего 2 премию на Всесоюзной художественной выставке ВДНХ (1962) за новаторство в живописи.

Виктор Попков пришёл в советскую живопись в конце 1950-х годов. Он выделялся даже среди художников своего специфического круга гражданственной, творческой активностью. Его творчество отличается вечным беспокойством, отсутствием благополучия, самоудовлетворённости. Самым значительным этапом в его творчестве стали середина и конец 1960-х годов. В 1960 написана его известная «Строители Братска». Теме единения людей в труде посвящена картина «Бригада отдыхает» (1965), идее любви — «Двое» (1966), «Лето. Июль» (1969), «Мой день» (1968). Значительной серией в творчестве Попкова стал цикл, посвящённый вдовам-солдаткам: триптих «Ой, как всех мужей побрали на войну» («Воспоминания», «Одна», «Северная песня», 1966—1968), написанный экспрессивно.

Виктор Иванов посвятил своё творчество советской деревне военных и послевоенных лет. В 1960-е годы он создаёт цикл «Русские женщины», соединив лирическое отношение к миру с чёткой, ясной композицией. Вообще, обращение Попкова и Иванова к деревенской теме не случайно: многие живописцы 1960-70-х годов любили деревенскую жизнь за естественность и простую красоту. Особенно это актуально для художников, испытавших влияние С. Герасимова и Пластова — Владимир Гаврилов, Владимир Стожаров, братья Ткачёвы — Сергей и Алексей.

Суровый стиль получал у разных художников свою окраску. Например, немолодой уже Евсей Моисеенко достигает выразительность изображения путём деформации, экспрессии, рваного ритма. А Дмитрий Жилинский обращается к Ренессансу, к классике русской живописи, например, Александру Иванову, при этом ориентируясь и на своего учителя Павла Корина. Его «У моря. Семья» (1964) — программное произведение, соединяющее строгость и уравновешенность композиции с экспрессивной интенсивностью цветов. Его же «Под старой яблоней» (1967) показывает пример единства конкретного и вневременного, бытового и символического.

Для национальных республиканских школ 1950-60-е годы стали основополагающим периодом для развития. Широкую известность приобрёл азербайджанец Таир Салахов. Он пишет индустриальный Азербайджан с драматизмом в качестве образной доминанты («Резервуарный парк», 1959) с резкими контрастами. В «Ремонтниках» (1963) Салахов выражает принципы «сурового стиля», героизма повседневного труда.

Широкую известность приобрёл туркмен Иззат Клычев. Его «Портрет китайского художника Ци Му-Дуна» (1957) определяет пластику построения мотива, основанную на выразительности силуэта. «Путь к воде» (1958), посвящённый строительству Каракумского канала, становится первым монументальным произведением «сурового стиля» в Туркмении. «В старой ковровой мастерской» (1960), «Завтра снова будет солнце. Нефтяники Челекена» (1964), «Сбор винограда» С. Бабикова приносят в «суровый стиль» туркменской живописи яркий колорит.

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Published July 7th, 2013 - 07:55 GMT
Mohammad Assaf is coming to you, Bahrain! Whoop!
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Anchoring the festival as always will be Nakhool, the festival's beloved mascot, as he educates and entertains the children at Nakhool City. Joined this year by the newest member of the Bahrain Summer Festival family, Nakhoola, the city will yet again be an active hub of fun and interactive activities which will take children and their parents on an exciting journey of discovery.
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The venue will also host a number of musicals, dance shows and artistic and creative workshops. Located in the Bahrain International Exhibition and Convention Center, Nakhool City will be open daily for the duration of Bahrain Summer Festival.
At the end of the press conference, Her Excellency also expressed her sincere gratitude to all corporate and media partners for their continued support in putting this year's festival together and working to make it as successful as possible, and they are: Bahrain City Center, Golden Tulip Hotel, Elite Hotel Group, Information Affairs Authority, TV5 Monde, Daily Tribune, Al Ayam Newspaper, Al Bilad Newspaper, Al Wasat Newspaper, Khaleej Times, Rotana magazine, Your FM, Weekender, and Bahrain This Week.
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Big Mississippi River Whitetails
The 'Big Muddy' produces big bucks, and there's plenty of public land to hunt them in the Midwest.
Finding success around the waters of the Mississippi often means going farther than others, usually by boat, kayak or canoe. (Photo by Bernie Barringer)
November 11, 2019 By Bernie Barringer
Take alook at the areas of the Midwest that consistently produce big whitetail bucks and you'll find some similarities. Winona and Houston counties in the far southeastern part of Minnesota have produced more Pope & Young bucks per square mile than any other counties in Minnesota, according to P&Y's 2015 record book.
Just across the border into Iowa is Allamakee County, which has produced the most P&Y bucks of any county in the famously whitetail-rich Hawkeye State, again based on P&Y's 2015 book.
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, you'll find Buffalo County, which has produced far and away more Boone & Crockett and P&Y bucks than any other county in North America. Just across the southern border into Illinois, is Jo Daviess County, a place well known for big bucks. Farther south in Illinois is the area of the state that is known as the "Golden Triangle" among serious trophy deer hunters. It consists of Pike, Adams, Schuyler and Brown counties. Back to the west again are Clark, Pike, Lincoln, St. Charles and St. Louis counties in Missouri. Starting to notice a pattern?
What you've just read is a list of most of the top counties in North America that consistently produce record-book bucks, and it might surprise you to find that they all have one thing in common: the Mississippi River. This is no coincidence. In fact, it's one of the best kept secrets in whitetail deer hunting, and to make it even more appealing, there's an abundance of public hunting land all along the Mighty Mississippi where anyone can hunt whitetails without an outfitter or guide.
The best of this is found along the river from St. Paul, Minnesota to St. Louis, Missouri. The Mississippi River has been forever altered by the lock and dam system, which creates floodplains and islands, most of which fall under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Land on either—and sometimes both—sides of the river has been set aside and protected from development. Because this is often federally owned land, most anything that isn't within the boundaries of a wildlife reserve or a park can be open to hunting by the public.
Few deer hunters, including many locals, fully understand the opportunities available here. Part of the reason it's overlooked is the difficulty of access. Roads are limited and often muddy after rains. Many excellent hunting areas are accessible only by boat. Overall, it's a challenging place to hunt, but of course all deer hunters know that the more challenging it is, the better the odds that bucks are growing old back in there out of reach of all but the most dedicated hunters.
The Upper Mississippi Fish & Wildlife Refuge borders more than 260 miles of the river, from Minnesota and through much of Iowa and the northern part of Illinois. Dozens of state- and county-owned public hunting areas create even more access points. Generally, the Corps of Engineers owns land near the dams, whereas lands between the dams are owned by other agencies. Any of these can hold good deer hunting; for the most part, they get less hunting pressure by deer hunters than properties away from the river.
The key to hunting success is finding the right elevations and the food. Lower islands and floodplains are often characterized by large silver maple trees with little understory due to the frequent flooding. Deer travel through these areas but find little food or bedding cover. Look for islands and shorelines with higher elevations, and you will find oaks and hickory along with their associated food. Because these higher elevation islands rarely flood, they can be well covered with forbs and the kinds of lush browse that deer look for to utilize both as food and bedding cover.
Dozens of tributaries empty into the big river, most of which offer deltas that typically feature excellent deer habitat. Many of these are a mix between farmland and wooded plains—ideal deer habitat. Accessing these areas can be difficult, but the use of a boat, canoe or kayak can put a hunter into some prime areas that few other hunters will ever see.
The upper part of the river bordering Minnesota and Wisconsin tends to be characterized by more sandy bottom, with some limestone outcroppings; in fact some of it can be waded, and getting to hunting areas where most people don't go is as simple as crossing a barrier of some sort such as a creek. It's surprising how many deer live on the islands. Imagine being able to do a DIY public land hunt in the famous Buffalo County, Wisconsin, where some estimates suggest nearly 80 percent of the farmland is leased by outfitters.
Photo by Bernie Barringer
The areas bordering Illinois and Missouri tend to be silt and mud, with large backwater areas that see little, if any, deer hunting pressure. If you're looking for elbow room (and there's plenty of it), you'll need a boat to hunt with any significant degree of success away from hunting pressure. In Pike County, Illinois, are found some of the most famous and successful whitetail outfitters, and you can hunt right in their back yard for free.
Some of the best places to hunt are areas where the fertile croplands surrounding the river meet with public forested lands. Much of the upper river is characterized by steep bluffs right down to the river's edge. However, where the river widens, crops are often planted for miles along the river, while a narrow strip of publicly owned timber separating the water from the fields creates a travel corridor for cruising bucks. These places can be excellent spots to park yourself in a treestand for long hours during the first two weeks of November.
Swimming and wading are normal parts of the daily lives of deer which live here. They routinely cross from island to island and often bed on islands and feed on shore. Deer drives are one effective way to hunt these islands during the firearms season (keep in mind state and local regulations), and some of them are known hotspots. But many islands have little deer hunting activity prior to the gun seasons.
Because this deer hunting opportunity is under utilized, the state wildlife agencies have little data on the number of deer being taken from the islands. However, the state game departments are learning just how much hunting success is taking place here by the few hunters who are in the know. The Iowa DNR has in recent years placed personnel at boat ramps during the firearms seasons to inventory deer coming from the islands hoping to get more detailed data on the amount of deer hunting and success rates.
SCOUT AND STRATEGIZE
So much land is available it can seem overwhelming, so break it down. Look at maps of public land and compare them with aerial photos and topographical maps to determine amount of cover and potential for the areas to have mast-producing trees. Crop fields are easy to spot on satellite photos as are funnels and pinch points along the river's edge. Then it's just a matter of getting out there and looking it over.
Study maps and regulations carefully. Some areas are designated waterfowl feeding and resting areas and have closures to all hunting on certain dates. The extra effort it takes to hunt these areas effectively limits the number of hunters willing to trek there. Quality deer are available, and they get little to no pressure in some areas, both islands and shorelines.
The public lands of the upper Mississippi River are possibly the most overlooked hunting opportunity in the Midwest both for their seclusion and for their trophy potential.
They're not just for fishing anymore.
LICENSE INSIGHTS FOR MISSISSIPPI RIVER BORDER STATES
Nonresident whitetailtags for Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri are available over the counter. Obtaining an Illinois or Iowa nonresident tag will require an application. The number of Illinois tags usually outnumbers applicants, so a tag can be acquired each year, but the zones along the Mississippi River in Iowa will require two to four preference points to draw for archery seasons and slightly fewer to draw for firearm seasons.
State boundaries run right down the middle of the original river channel and are clearly marked on federal and state hunting area maps. Hunters need to be careful to be sure they are hunting on lands where they are properly licensed.
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Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht (* 27. Dezember 1845 in Oberstrass; † 12. Januar 1939 in Zürich) war eine Vertreterin der Schweizer Abstinenzbewegung und Gründerin des Zürcher Frauenvereins.

Leben
Susanna Rinderknecht war die fünfte Tochter einer wohlhabenden Oberstrasser Bauernfamilie. Nach der Volksschule absolvierte sie verschiedene hauswirtschaftliche Kurse und ein Welschlandjahr.

1881 heiratete sie den Mathematikprofessor Johannes Orelli, der bereits 1885 starb.

Orelli-Rinderknecht war in verschiedenen gemeinnützigen Vereinen tätig. Im Hilfsverein für entlassene Geisteskranke lernte sie Auguste Forel kennen, sie wurde Mitglied des Blauen Kreuzes und arbeitete bei der Freiwilligen- und Einwohnerarmenpflege mit.

Ihr Engagement in der Abstinenzbewegung führte 1894 zur Gründung des Zürcher Frauenvereins für Mässigkeit und Volkswohl, der 1909 in Zürcher Frauenverein für alkoholfreie Wirtschaft umbenannt wurde und später in die ZFV-Unternehmungen überging.

Frauenverein für Mässigkeit und Volkswohl

Orelli gründete am 27. September 1894 zusammen mit 14 anderen Frauen den Zürcher Frauenverein für Mässigkeit und Volkswohl. Obwohl die Initiative massgeblich von ihr ausging, wurde Orelli-Rinderknecht nicht in den Vorstand gewählt, zwei Jahre später wurde sie aber Vorsitzende der neu geschaffenen Betriebskommission.

Bereits am 16. Dezember 1894 öffnete die Kaffeestube «Kleiner Marthahof» an der Stadelhoferstrasse 22. Die Statuten des Vereins wurden erst fünf Wochen später, am 22. Januar 1895, einstimmig angenommen. Der kleine Marthahof war von 5.30 bis 22 Uhr geöffnet und bot neben alkoholfreien Getränken anfangs hauptsächlich kalte Speisen zu sehr günstigen Preisen. Es herrschte kein Konsumationszwang. Der kleine Marthahof stiess bei der Öffentlichkeit und der Kundschaft auf positives Echo, so dass die Geschäftsführerin überfordert war und  Orelli-Rinderknecht nach knapp zwei Wochen auf Bitten des Vorstandes die Leitung übernahm. Aufgrund des Erfolges wurden im November 1895 zwei weitere alkoholfreie Speisewirtschaften eröffnet.

Auch das sechste alkoholfreie Restaurant des Vereins, das «Karl der Grosse» neben dem Grossmünster mit 250 Plätzen, wurde bei seiner Eröffnung am 1. April 1898 geradezu überrannt. Wegen des grossen Andranges fühlte sich die Vorsteherin überfordert und Orelli-Rinderknecht musste wiederum einspringen.

Im gleichen Jahr begann man mit den Plänen für ein Kurhaus auf dem Zürichberg. Im Gegensatz zu den bisherigen Projekten musste das Kurhaus neugebaut werden. Im Juli 1899 wurde mit den Bauarbeiten begonnen und im Oktober 1900 wurde das Haus eingeweiht. Die Baukosten beliefen sich auf 500'000 Franken. Das Restaurant wurde am 1. Januar 1901 in Betrieb genommen.

1904 hatten die 10 Restaurationsbetriebe durchschnittlich 5000–6000 Besucher pro Tag. 1909 wurde der Verein in Zürcher Frauenverein für alkoholfreie Wirtschaft umbenannt. Der Verein betrieb bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt bereits 10 Restaurants, zu denen weitere – wie der Rigiblick und das Restaurant des neuen Volkshauses – hinzukamen. Im Herbst 1914 gründete sie zusammen mit andern Exponentinnen der Frauen- und der Abstinenzbewegung einen Gemeinnützigen Verein für alkoholfreie Verpflegung der Truppen.  Dies, um dem starken Hang der Soldaten zum Trinken etwas Positives entgegenzusetzen.

1915 zog sich Orelli aus der Betriebskommission zurück und 1920 trat sie ganz zurück.

Sie fand auf dem Friedhof Sihlfeld ihre letzte Ruhestätte.

Förderung der Frauenerwerbsarbeit
Der Frauenverein bot seinen weiblichen Angestellten fortschrittliche Arbeitsbedingungen. Unter anderem war die Arbeitszeit je nach Tätigkeit auf 8 bis 10 Stunden beschränkt, ein Tag pro Monat und ein halber pro Woche waren frei, der Verein finanzierte eine Kranken- und Unfallversicherung für alle Angestellten, stellte Unterkunftsmöglichkeiten und ein Freizeitangebot zur Verfügung und bot ein festes Monatsgehalt.

Seit 1908 bot der Frauenverein eine zweijährige Ausbildung für die Vorsteherinnen ihrer alkoholfreien Betriebe an.

Ehrungen
 1919 erhielt Orelli-Rinderknecht als erste Frau die medizinische Ehrendoktorwürde von der Universität Zürich.
 Orelli-Rinderknecht war 1945 die erste Frau auf einer Schweizer Briefmarke.
 Nach ihr benannt ist neben der Orellistrasse auch der Orelliweg im Quartier Fluntern, der vom ehemaligen Kurhaus an der Orellistrasse weg (heute Hotel Zürichberg) dem Waldrand entlang bis zum Hanslinweg führt. An dieser Kreuzung steht ein Gedenkbrunnen für Susanna Orelli-Rinderknecht.

Literatur
 Monique R. Siegel: Weibliches Unternehmertum. Zürcherinnen schreiben Wirtschaftsgeschichte. Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich 1994, ISBN 3-85823-495-8.

Weblinks

 Matthias Dürst: Der Orelliweg. Abgerufen am 7. Mai 2010.

 Walter Schmid: Das Lächeln der Frau Orelli. In: ZFV Gazette. (PDF; 122 kB) Oktober 2002. Abgerufen am 8. Mai 2010.

Einzelnachweise

Abstinenzler
Person (Zürich)
Schweizer
Geboren 1845
Gestorben 1939
Frau