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Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Mylan, Cholesterol and..
Hello, folks, and how are you today? Cloudy skies are, once again, hovering over the Pharmalot campus this morning, but our spirits remain as sunny as ever. As you may recall, the Morning Mayor taught us long ago that every brand new day should be unwrapped like a precious gift. Speaking of new days, next week we will migrate to Stat, our new home. So please adjust your habits. Now, though, it is time to get cracking. Have a successful day and do drop us a line when you hear something fascinating…
When Perrigo shareholders cast their votes on Mylan's $26 billion takeover proposal by Friday's deadline, it will mark the biggest hostile bid ever settled at the ballot box; a small cadre of employees at Valeant Pharmaceuticals were deeply involved in directing the daily operations of a specialty pharmacy that has drawn scrutiny for its billing practices; and a new vaccine developed by the University of New Mexico and the National Institutes of Health shows promise in lowering cholesterol and may be more effective than the statins millions of Americans currently take.
Antibiotics / Biosimilars / Cholesterol / Clinical Trials / Litigation / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pricing & Patient Access / Product Recall / Quality Control / Research & Development / Uncategorized / Vaccines
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Valeant, Allergan, Novartis and..
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing fine, thank you, especially given that this is the middle of the week. Perhaps you can relate. Of course, we will forge ahead, as always, since the alternatives appear bleak. This calls for a cup of stimulation and we invite you to join us. By the way, we would like to note that, next week, we will shift over to Stat, so please adjust your reading habits. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Have a smashing day…
Valeant Pharmaceuticals is offering discounts and, in some cases, giving dermatological drugs away for free in a bid to retain market share; The Japanese health ministry plans to censure Novartis for failing to report serious side effects from some of its drugs within a certain period of time; Pfizer and Allergan are moving toward a plan to make Brent Saunders chief executive officer if the two drug giants reach a takeover agreement; and India has taken step to ease norms for testing and clinical trials needed for introduction of drugs already approved in other countries.
Clinical Trials / Drug Development / FDA / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pricing & Patient Access / Research & Development / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalot.. Good Morning.. Catching up on J&J, Mallinckrodt and..
Rise and shine, another busy day is on the way. And here on the Pharmalot campus, where clouds are hovering and leaves are falling, we are coping with our mandatory cup of stimulation. Our to-do list is so crammed, in fact, that posting may be sporadic over the next day or two as we complete some more involved efforts than usual. Meanwhile, here is the usual, although lengthy, items of interest. Hope you have a successful day and do keep in touch…
US prosecutors plan to ask the Canadian and British governments to extradite officials with an online pharmacy on charges of smuggling $78 million worth of mislabeled, unapproved and counterfeit cancer drugs into the country; Federal prosecutors in at least four states are mounting investigations into what they describe as widespread fraud by compounding pharmacies in claims to the Tricare health-insurance program; Mallinckrodt stock plummeted by more than 25 percent yesterday after Andrew Left of Citron Research, the short seller, tweeted the drug maker has "more downside" than Valeant Pharmaceuticals; A jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $1.8 million to a Maryland man who developed female breasts while taking the company's Risperdal antipsychotic drug; an Indian government official says that complaints about quality issues at Indian drug makers are part of a "turf war" with Western companies.
Compound Pharmacies / Counterfeit Medicines / Diabetes / FDA / Litigation / Mergers and Acquisitions / Patient Safety / Quality Control / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Amgen, Pfizer and..
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. Once again, a weekend respite has come and gone. We hope it was invigorating and relaxing, because the usual routine of meetings, deadlines and what-not has returned. As always, we are attacking our own to-do list with help from a cup of stimulation. Please join us, or grab a bottle of water, if you prefer. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Have a great day and do keep in touch…
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has agreed to cover Amgen's pricey new cholesterol drug in exchange for a discount and potential rebates if the treatment fails to meet performance targets; Pfizer told investors it had a 25.5% global tax rate in 2014, but could have cut its rate to 7.5% by reporting foreign earnings the way most U.S. companies do; and a Delaware federal judge granted a request from AstraZeneca for a temporary restraining order that bars Dr. Reddy's Laboratories from selling a generic version of the Nexium heartburn drug, because the copy allegedly infringes on the 'Purple Pill' trademark.
Cholesterol / Diabetes / FDA / Generics / Legislation / Litigation / Medicaid / Mergers and Acquisitions / Patents / Pricing & Patient Access / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. As the weekend nears, catching up on Valeant, PhRMA and..
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, as you may recall, our treasured moment to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is quite modest. We hope to clear some leaves from the campus, visit with the Pharmalot ancestors and do some writing. And what about you? Once again, we remind you this is a lovely time of year to enjoy the great outdoors. You could also make plans for a winter get-away or simply take stock. The possibilities are endless. Well, whatever you do, have a grand time, but be safe. See you soon…
There is rising uncertainty about J. Michael Pearson's tenure as chief executive of Valeant Pharmaceuticals after hedge fund investor Bill Ackman expressed doubts publicly; Faced with nationwide rebukes and attacks from presidential candidates over drug prices, the PhRMA trade group is confronting a public storm unlike any in years; A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel overwhelmingly called for heightened label warnings on widely prescribed antibiotics called fluoroquinolones; and Sanofi chief executive officer Olivier Brandicourt plans to put some assets such as the animal health and European generics units under review, and cut costs by $1.63 billion.
AIDS / Diabetes / FDA / Generics / Mergers and Acquisitions / Patents / Pricing & Patient Access / Quality Control / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Pfizer, Valeant, Shkreli and..
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are just fine, thank you. Our outlook is brightened by the delightful combination of a shiny sun enveloping the leafy Pharmalot campus and a few cups of stimulation, which are as needed as ever. Feel free to join us. Remember, no prescription is required. And now, time to get cracking. We trust that you can relate. So here are a few items of interest to help you along. Have a great day and keep in touch…
Pfizer is increasing its financial assistance to patients, doubling the allowable income level for people to receive dozens of its medicines for free; What does Martin Shkreli think of the US Senators investigating pricing practices at his company? "The senators have their facts wrong," he says; Gilead Sciences' blockbuster hepatitis C medicine Sovaldi may trigger an abnormally slow heartbeat and put patients at risk of passing out; and Roche's Kadcyla, an expensive breast cancer drug, will remain on the list of medicines available on the UK's National Health Service after the drug maker agreed to lower the price.
Bribes / Cancer / Diabetes / FDA / Generics / Hepatitis C / Marketing / Mergers and Acquisitions / Painkillers / Pharmacy Benefit Managers / Pricing & Patient Access / Quality Control / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Valeant, Smart Drugs and..
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the middle of the week. You made it this far, so why not continue, yes? After all, consider the alternatives. So why not celebrate with a cup or two of stimulation as you persevere? Our flavor, for those keeping track, remains the ever-seasonal Pumpkin Spice. What do you prefer? Meanwhile, here is the usual menu of tidbits. Hope your day goes well and you conquer the world. Good luck…
Weeks before Valeant Pharmaceuticals said it would cut ties with Philidor Rx Services, the drug maker was planning to expand its use of the mail-order pharmacy; More Americans are using prescription medicines, particularly drugs that treat conditions triggered by obesity; and if there was a drug that made you smarter, helped you learn, and made you more focused, would you take it? That question opened a debate the other night at George Washington University.
Antitrust / Cancer / Drug Development / FDA / FTC / Layoffs / Mergers and Acquisitions / Patient Safety / Quality Control / Research & Development / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Valeant, AbbVie and..
Rise and shine, everyone. Another busy day has arrived. And this is shaping up to be a pleasant one, too. A warm sun is enveloping the Pharmalot campus, where the official mascots are snoozing and we are exercising our new coffee kettle. As usual, there is much to do and we assume you can relate. So time to get cracking. Here are a few items of interest for you to peruse. Have a productive day and keep us in mind when something interesting happens…
Valeant Pharmaceuticals sought to reassure doctors that cutting ties with Philidor Rx Services, a mail-order pharmacy, would not disrupt their ability to prescribe its drugs; The South African government is considering a recommendation by Doctors Without Borders to allow generic versions of the Lopinavir HIV drug after shortages resulted in interruptions to some treatments; and AbbVie has vowed to keep biosimilars of its Humira rheumatoid arthritis treatment from reaching the US market before 2022.
AIDS / Biosimilars / Cancer / FDA / Generics / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pharmacy Benefit Managers / Pricing & Patient Access / Research & Development / Uncategorized / Vaccines
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. Good Morning.. Catching up on Valeant, Mylan and..
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. The weekend respite went by rather quickly, yes? Well, it generally does. Nonetheless, we hope you enjoyed yourselves and prepared for another round of meetings, deadlines and whatever else may be lurking. To cope we are not only brewing cups of stimulation and purchased a new coffee kettle. Given our intake, we were overdue. So please join us. Meanwhile, here are some tidbits. Have a smashing day and do stay in touch…
Charlie Munger, who is Warren Buffett's business partner, says Valeant Pharmaceuticals' strategy of buying drugs and boosting prices may be legal, but is "deeply immoral"; The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether Mylan failed to properly disclose real estate deals involving the company and its lead outside director; and a Pfizer plant in China that was inspected by FDA in order to ship drugs to the US kept a second set of quality and manufacturing records that didn't match official ones.
FDA / Laboratory Tests / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pricing & Patient Access / Product Recall / Quality Control / Rare Diseases / Research & Development / Uncategorized
Pharmalot.. Pharmalittle.. As the weekend nears.. we're catching up on Valeant and…
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. You were waiting for this moment, yes? This is, of course, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. As usual, our agenda is rather modest. We plan to putter around the castle and catch up on some reading. And what about you? This is, of course, a nice time of year to watch the leaves fall, preferably in a location that does not require you to do any raking. Or better yet, you could search for the Great Pumpkin. Intriguing, yes? Whatever you do, have a jolly old time. But please, be safe. See you soon…
Valeant Pharmaceuticals has cut ties with Philidor Rx Services, which is now shutting down. And yesterday, CVS Health, Express Scripts and Optum Rx, the three largest pharmacy benefits managers in the US, decided not to work with the mail-order pharmacy; As drug makers race to launch CAR T cells, which may be the most effective treatments ever seen for leukemia and other blood cancers, they are grappling with how to make them widely available in a reliable and cost-efficient way; Pfizer faces political risks in Washington if it proceeds with a bid for Allergan, but with little chance of legislation to curb such tax inversion deals, the Obama administration may be able to throw up only limited obstacles; and In nearly 100 news articles describing 36 cancer drugs, words like "breakthrough" and "miracle" were used, even though 50 percent of the time those drugs were not approved by the FDA.
Cancer / Drug Development / FDA / Generics / Legislation / Mergers and Acquisitions / Pharmacy Benefit Managers / Pricing & Patient Access / Research & Development / Uncategorized
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I've stopped and started this blog again and again. Each time with another excuse to keep me away from catching up and posting. Death in the family, loss of a job, too much work, too much stress, death of my beloved pet. It's always something.
So I'm leaving this last post here. Partly because I don't have time to try to figure out how to make a landing page. And partly because I still get lots of page views each day from Pinterest or Buzzfeed traffic. If you're stopping by from an external link, thanks for the visit! Feel free to look around. I have a lot of older posts with some fun tutorials (check the DIY tab on the side for a quick link).
And if you were a follower for some time and a commenter at any time - I thank you for coming around when you did. I had fun with this blog for a few years. I just can't make it successful while trying to have my corporate career. The honest truth - I don't have the energy.
I hope to return one day - probably with some other variation of this blog. Hopefully it will include our new adventure in farming. It's a few years away, but I'm looking forward to giving up corporate life and working with my hands until I'm too old to stand.
Maybe I'll see you then. But for now, I figured I should do a proper sign off. I'm still on Instagram and Facebook (rarely). And for the time being, my shops are still on Etsy, although they're not super active as I haven't had much time for making anything but a paycheck and midsection (I need to get back to the gym!).
Thanks for everything, blog friends! This has been such a great outlet for me. Being an introvert, it's difficult at times to open up and meet new people. I'm lucky to have had my little corner of the blogosphere to share with you!
I've always been a bit of a couch potato and NetFlix streaming doesn't make it any easier on me! I've finished The Fall and Downton Abbey. And since Orange is the New Black is still a few months away, I need my old standbys to fill the time.
But this year there are already a couple of new shows that have caught my attention.
Better Call Saul (AMC) - If you were a fan of Breaking Bad (I was obsessed!), then you'll want to check out this new series. It is basically the prequel to BB, where it follows Saul, our favorite attorney, in his early years before he met Mr. White. The series includes some other BB cast members who you might remember. It was created by Vince Gilligan and carries the same style of storytelling. Definitely one to watch!
The Americans (FX) - This is not a new series, since it is now on season 3. But I feel like it's one not a lot of people are watching, although they should be! It takes place in 1980's America during the Cold War. The main characters are Russian spies, attempting to blend in to the normal American life, while carrying out their missions.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (NetFlix) - Tina Fey wrote a new series which recently aired on NetFlix. It stars Ellie Kemper (The Office) and Jane Krakowski. I think of the main character as a female version of Kenneth from 30 Rock. It's about a young woman who was abducted by a cult member and forced to live underground. 15 years later she is rescued and attempts to start over in New York City.
Impratical Jokers (TruTV) - This is another show that has been around for a few seasons. It follows a group of four real life best friends as they play practical jokes on unsuspecting folks. Their jokes are hilarious, especially the incredibly awkward or embarrassing moments. They each take turns playing jokes on people and are scored. At the end of the show, the loser is punished (example: interview your childhood crush while wearing nothing but a speedo and baby oil).
My DVR is full of other shows each week, but these are my tops right now. What are you watching?
Last summer I embarked on a huge project - updating my craft room! Before Katie passed away, the room was basically her area with my stuff taking up about a quarter of the space. Due to a major lack of storage, most of my craft supplies lived in large plastic tubs which I kept stored in the pantry.
After Katie's stuff was moved out, the room was much larger and so empty. It was also depressing because my little fur monster was the one who gave it life and made it warm and inviting. I decided a drastic change was in order. I figured some bright colors would make it more cheerful. And allowing myself to take over the space would re-purpose it into a true craft room, instead of being thought of "that place where my fur-baby used to sleep".
organize supplies so I know where everything is!
The first thing I did was sell off the giant hutch that held my computer and all of the junk I stored in there. I also got rid of the huge, dark brown, 8 foot folding table. That thing was a beast that took up way too much room!
I then took on the daunting task of going through tubs of craft supplies and getting rid of the ones dedicated to "projects I'll try one day" that I haven't gotten around to in years!
I picked up a few storage cube bookcases and fabric storage bins. I also bought a large, white laminated sheet of plywood from Home Depot. Greg cut it down and added trim to the cut sides to make a table top over 2 of the bookcases.
I also picked up a sheet of white pegboard for my vertical craft supply storage. This is probably my most favorite part, because the things I use the most are within reach when I'm sitting at the desk.
Because I had some large pieces of brown wood furniture that were actually solid and nice, I decided to keep those and move them to the other wall. Basically my space is now broken up into two parts: the white/pink/blue craft space and the cozy nook with warm tones. For the warmer side, I bought fabric bins in pale yellow and blue instead of the bright colors of the craft side.
I brought a plush, shag rug in white and made my little reading nook. I picked up a cute little chair and ottoman that fit perfectly in that space.
After these photos were taken, I completed a painting project on the blue shelves; you can see the before & after HERE!
I've also since replaced the desk chair and my sitting chair. The white drafting chair was so cute, but not comfortable to sit on for long periods of time. The sitting chair was a little tough and the back was too short to lean into and really get cozy. So I found this comfy black with gold peacock patterned chair at Pier 1. It doesn't match my white + hot pink + blue, but it's super cozy!
I also removed the pink paper from the back of the vintage hutch and moved it over to the small wall by the door. It currently holds my vintage camera collection and small shrine to Katie.
The walls have still not been fully decorated, I have a lot more to add. I also have a couple of painting projects on the existing shelves that I hope to complete this summer. Another future project is to make my own ottoman. The pink cube is a bit flimsy and I use it more as my footrest under my desk, for when I want to stretch my legs.
The biggest issue I still have is with my lighting. This is a rental house, so I can't make all of the changes I'd like to make (or at least, I don't want to spend my own money on it). But I am always on the look out for a brighter overhead light. I also need to pick up a floor lamp and small side table for my nook area, right now it's not the best light for embroidery and there's no place to set down the supplies I'm working with.
But for now, it's cozy and functional and I can finally get to all of my craft supplies thanks to all of the extra storage!
This is my last post in this blog series. I hope you enjoyed the last few posts and found something you might want to try for yourself.
My last DIY project from Pinterest is one that has been popular for the last few years, especially amongst hipsters. From purses to tights to shoes, this technique has been done to death. But that didn't stop me from trying because I still think it's gorgeous!
Before we dig into the results, let me be honest by stating I am NOT a painter! My main crafts are sculpting polymer clay and hand embroidery. Every time I paint something, I struggle with it. One day I hope to learn some basic techniques so I don't end up with something that looks like it was done by a third grader. But that time is not now; onto the results!
There are a gazillion posts of finished projects and tutorials for galaxy painting. I looked at three different ones to get a better idea of how the artists achieved their final look. After a while, I gave up on research and decided to dive in and just try it.
So I will call this Pinterest find a Win. Don't let some of the gorgeous final results discourage you from trying. Maybe start on paper until you have a good technique down. I would add more purples and reds to my next attempt. Either way, just have fun with it!
Have you tried a galaxy painting on anything yet? If so, do you have any tips for making it easier?
That brings us to the end of my Week of Pinterest Wins and Fails. Thank you for taking the time to read through and definitely let me know if you try any of these DIYs for yourself. I'd love to see the results!
A running joke Greg and I have with each other is that the closer we get to buying our future farm, the more "granola" we are becoming.
But I promise one thing, I will never go full granola - I will always shave my armpits!!
Also, I doubt I'll ever fully cut out processed foods because I don't think I can make Skittles as well as Mars, Inc. can!
First, let me say that Pinterest is FILLED with granola cereal and bar recipes. I haven't tried the bars yet, but they seem fairly simple, so I think that will be my next attempt.
You can find all different kinds of recipes for granola, including no-bake bars. The granola I made is baked for about 20 minutes and is a perfect topping for yogurt. You can also use it as a cereal, especially if you use more honey to create clusters.
Since my first attempt, I have made 4 more batches of granola, all with tweaks for flavor. My favorites so far is vanilla honey almond. I think the next one I'll try will include peanut butter.
So if you couldn't already tell - this DIY was a total WIN! It is soooooo easy to make your own granola. I actually want to kick myself for not trying it sooner. When you think about how expensive a box of granola cereal can be (and you hardly get anything for that price!) it's really quite crazy that I've wasted so much money on granola over the years!
I will never, EVER buy pre-made granola again! If you buy your oats at Costco in bulk, it ends up being so cheap to make.
I would highly suggest you run to the kitchen and try making your own batch. I promise you will be so glad that you did!
Have you made your own granola cereal or bars? If so, which recipe is your favorite?
Come back tomorrow for my last post of this series and my attempt at a Galaxy painting!
Lately I've been trying more DIYs to see just how well I can handle homesteading on my future farm. I still have my full time job and am not quite ready to pull back on the budget and simplify life, but it's fun to try different things like making my own cereal, granola, etc.
This next Pinterest craft is not true down-on-the-farm homesteading, but it's a tiny step in that direction.
Now here's where most folks will say "well you're not really making soap". So let's call it what it is - re-purposing products to create soap!
My mission for the future is to have a goat creamery on our farm. With all that milk, we plan to drink it, feed the chickens and pigs, make yogurt, cheese and soap! That soap will be made with a true soapmaking process.
For this project, I used the melt and pour stuff you can buy at the craft store. I also added some color, glitter and essential oils for scent. I followed the instructions on the packaging to melt the soap blocks. It's fairly simple, just cut it up and melt it in the microwave!
And I gotta say, it may not be true made-from-scratch soap, but it IS soap and I did make it by hand. It was also VERY easy and fun!
I ended up giving away all of my soaps as gifts. But I can't wait to make more. Next time, I plan to buy some goat's milk and try the cold process technique. For now, I'll just consider this a total win, because Pinterest has several tutorials with ideas of color mixes and scents. And it really is just that easy.
Do you make your own soap? If so, what is your favorite recipe or tutorial?
Tomorrow, it's all about going granola!
I ended up skipping town last week and headed down to Portland for an extended weekend visit with my niece. So I was unable to wrap up my Pinterest series.
But now I'm back (Portland was gorgeous!) and ready to finish sharing my wins and fails with you!
Oh boy, this one was a doozy! Weaving your own wall hanging is all the hippie rage these days. And with a large amount of beautiful Pinterest tutorials on the subject, I figured it was going to be really easy.
Apparently, I am not a natural weaver, if that's an actual thing.
Spoiler alert: I don't crochet or knit; I should have seen the outcome from a galaxy away!
Since my main craft these days is embroidery, I didn't have any yarn on hand. What a shame, guess a trip to the craft store was necessary (wheeeee!).
I bought some fun yarn, not having any clue about what would work best. I also picked up some larger needles.
The tutorials were fairly easy to follow along with. I think my biggest obstacle was with tightening each row. I'm pretty sure I used every bit of muscle to yank the yarn through to the other side. And in the end, instead of a lovely rectangular woven masterpiece, I ended up with a furry teepee.
This fail is ALL MY FAULT! I probably need to be more patient. I definitely need to choose the correct materials next time. And I should also start with some sort of idea of what I want my finished piece to look like.
Here's hoping my next attempt will be less misshapen! If you've got any tips or tricks on how to make one of these turn out fabulous, I'd love to hear about it in the comments!
Check back for my next Pinterest-y test when I try my hand at making soap!


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Day 14 – Largs to Glasgow
Day 14 – Largs to Glasgow – August 24, 2013
What a difference a day makes. Late yesterday afternoon when we arrived in Largs, it was dull and overcast, not to mention, cold with showers. This morning, it was bright and sunny. Over breakfast, I chatted with Pica, the lady who runs Tigh-An-Struan Guest House. She knew I was a writer from my email signature and asked about my book and could she buy a copy. Since I still had some in the boot of the car, I was more than happy to oblige. I gave her the price and told her I would even sign it for her. While I was at the car getting a copy and the book swag to go with it, I made a note to myself to tell hubby I wanted to go back down to the beach and take pictures since it was so different than when we arrived. Book signed, bill paid, hugs from Pica (especially after I showed her the page I had signed on), we headed to the car only for me to have to go back because I'd left my warm poncho in our room. She handed me the key and I dashed upstairs. Not only had I left my poncho on the bed, but hubby had left his shampoo and body wash in the shower. Before we left, we put as much of our stuff as possible into the suitcases since for the most part, any extra bags from purchases had just been tossed into the boot. Our rental car would be going back later today and the fewer items we had to contend with, the easier it would make our lives. Before leaving Largs, we walked down to the beach so I could take pictures.
Seaside at Largs looking towards Great Cumbrae
Ferry at Largs
As we'd done the day before and back on Day 8 when we headed south, I wanted to stay along the coast for as much of the drive to Johnstone where we would catch the train into Glasgow as possible.
River Clyde near Langbank
Same day return tickets purchased, we went out onto the platform to wait for our train. We weren't there more than ten minutes before it pulled into the station.
Johnstone Station platform
As soon as we were off the train and out of the station, we immediately headed for Argyle Street where we turned left and made our way to the High Street and up to the Necropolis.
Corner of The Trongate and Albion Street
The Mercat Cross
The Tolbooth Steeple and McChuills from High Street
Call me weird, but I love cemeteries – especially old ones. The stonework in these older monuments is amazing, not to mention the architecture of the mausoleums.
Me on the Bridge of Sighs
Necropolis from the Bridge of Sighs
Grave of William Miller author of Wee Willie Winkie
Headstone in the Necropolis
Mausoleum in the Necropolis
We had barely scratched the surface of this amazing 'City of the Dead' when it was time to move on. From here we went to George Square where there used to be a tourist information shop but was closed and relocated to Buchanan Street. So off we went but not before taking a slight detour down to Royal Exchange Square to see the Duke of Wellington Statue.
The Duke of Wellington statue
Yes, that's a traffic cone on his head. If my murky memory serves, back in the day people would climb up and put it on the statue only to have the city come along and take it down. Finally, once it was up there it was left as is because the statue was being damaged. Now it's illegal to remove the 'jaunty chapeau'. Buchanan Street was alive with bands playing and buskers on almost every block.
Clanadonia playing on Buchanan Street
We stopped in at the tourist information looking to see how far out the new transportation museum was, only to discover it was far from being within walking distance. I had toyed with the idea of buying the guys something from here but that didn't happen. From here, we walked down to Argyle Street and went into the St Enoch Centre where I visited my favourite department store – Debenhams along with a few others but didn't find what I was looking for. On our way back to the train station, we went into The Glasgow Kilt Company on Union Street. Much to my delight, they had the tartan corset I've ogled and drooled over for a few years and decided that buying online wasn't an option. There was no change room here, and with UK sizes being different than North American, I needed to be able to try it on. One of the staff was extremely helpful. He told us of their other store on Hope Street which had more tartans to choose from plus, the needed change room. He even came out onto the pavement with us and told us how to get there so off we went. What a score! It took some time trying on various sizes (hubby was even allowed to come and help me) until I found the right size. I got my corset (one that fit and less expensive than online), a couple of fridge magnets and 'Glasgow' hoodies for the guys. Here it is, what do you think? I'm seeing some new author photos done wearing it. Maybe up at St Lawrence Park after the leaves change since it's gorgeous up there in the the autumn.
tartan corset
When we finally got back to the airport complex to return the car and check into our room, we decided to return the rental car first. It wasn't a long walk between the two places. We made sure all of our loot was out and got one of the baggage carts to put most of the stuff on to go back. They were quite pleased at the condition the car came back in, and surprised when hubby told them that one of the back-up lights was out. I guess they don't get a lot of people fess up?
Our room at the Holiday Inn
After we got checked into the hotel, the first thing we did was re-pack up the suitcases ensuring they weren't overweight and that said weight was relatively equal, and a few pounds below the maximum allowable so that we'd have the wiggle room we needed in the morning to put our 'can't pack until the end' stuff in. Despite having a well stocked mini-fridge in the hall just inside the door and a bottle of wine on the desk, we steered clear of them (well, I used a wine glass later so I could finish up the bottle of red wine I'd brought with me from Earlsfield Farm) and visited the bar downstairs where we had a bite to eat and a few well-deserved pints of Becks, and toasted a very successful trip. It's really hard to believe it's gone by so fast. Tomorrow morning, we'll be trundling our luggage over to the airport and flying home.
But one last time before we leave Scotland, let's play SEEKING SARAH SHAND!
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Jammed machines, rejected ballots, malfunctions that declare the losing candidate the winner...if this were occurring on American Idol, you can imagine the outrage, but it's happening with a far more important American institution: democratic elections. New election machines, as mandated and funded by federal law, may create a new election debacle instead of correcting the old one.
In 2002, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which allocated $3.1 billion for all 50 states to update their voting systems, following election fiascos in years past.
Some industry analysts suggest that the government implemented the new technology too quickly to the detriment of not only security and performance of the new machines, but the integrity of our democratic process. "Losing candidates are going to have more and more credibility when they say 'Well, I think that the voting machines were rigged,'" Avi Rubin, a computer science professor at John Hopkins University, told NOW.
Rubin performed an analysis of voting machines produced by Diebold, one of the four manufacturers of the county's electronic voting machines. But his recommendation that the machines not be used in elections fell on deaf ears.
To see for ourselves if the new technology was up to task, NOW traveled to Oakland County, Michigan on Primary Day, where election workers encountered more than a few frustrating snags, even when demonstrating the machines for us. In one instance, it took five attempts for the machine to accept a ballot.
We also checked in on other states, including Texas, Iowa, New Mexico, and - you guessed it — Ohio. What we found were alarming scenes of computer and human error, poor results validation, nonexistent contingency plans, and extreme vulnerability to tampering.
An extra 100,000 votes recorded but never cast in Texas, which was blamed on a programming error.
A ballot-counting malfunction in Iowa that declared a losing candidate the winner.
Allegations of discrepancies between votes cast and the corresponding paper trail created by machines in Ohio.
"We are no more certain today than we were in 2000 that we will not have an embarrassing moment and a tragic outcome in this year's election," Deforest Soaries, former Chairman of the Election Assistance Commission, told NOW.
Will new voting machines cure election headaches or cause them? Next time on NOW.


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It is a fairy tale, indeed.
Because my life has changed since then. The fairy tale did not only have excitement and happiness but also countless days of research and many unsuccessful attempts. The idea of Swing Love was not until having the first satisfying pair of shoes for myself, and dancers friends started asking for shoe advice, then someone said: "I think you should start selling your shoes!" And it all got started like that. It was the last day of 2018.
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PS: If you are not a dancer, you might be wondering which dance that gives me so much inspiration, it's Swing dance, it's Lindy Hop, a joyful dance which was born in the African-American communities in Harlem, New York City. If you are also a Swing dancer, hope to swing out with you one day on the social dance floor!


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Had visited Kumbakonam in 2003 and happy to visit again in 2016. This is the famous Sri Mahamaham Tank. It covers 6.2 acres of land and is in the shape of a pot. The tank is surrounded by 16 small Mandapams and a Nava Kannika Temple in the eastern side. "Govinda Theekshitan, the Chieftain of Achutha Nayaka of Thanjavur constructed 16 Mandapams and stone steps around the tank. The tank was being cleaned for the Mahagam Festival ie the Kumbh Mela of South India and held once in 12 years.
This collections covers Sri Sarangapani Temple, Uppiliappan Kovil (both Divyadesams), Sri Adi Kumbeswarar Temple, Nachiyar Lovil and Sri Nageshwarar Temple. Gopuram of Sarangapani temple. This shrine is one among the 3 major shrines of Lord Vishnu, the first two being Srirangam and Tirupathi. It was renovated during the period of Naicks of 15th century. Gopuram is 150 feet.
Temple sanctum has elephant and horse on either side. When visiting temple always do a parikrama of outer wall before going for darshan. Elephant with wheels, note elephants foot is bent, how did artisans manage that in stone. Temple belongs to the 13th century.
One of the two wheels, women with musical instruments in dancing pose.
Can today''s machines sculpt a horse like this.
Images of Lord Vishnu. Words in Tamil are Podhu Darisanam meaning common darshan. This temple is one of the 108 Divya Desams in Tamil Nadu.
Other side of temple you see the horse and elephant. "The Karuvarai and Vimanam are made with 12 sculptured columns & shaped like a chariot. Temple gopuram is 150 feet and 5 Prakarams (inner walls) and a holy tank called Golden Lotus Tank also known as Lakshmi Theertham."
Hall that leads to the sanctum. Goddess Lakshmi performed penance here and Vishnu came down as Aravamudhan and married here.
Whilst coming out saw puja being done on temple chariot.
Rear side of chariot, note wheel size.
Thick ropes tied to chariot, devotees trying to pull.
A crane is called to pull the chariot.
A close up of images on gopuram.
Entrance to Uppiliappan Kovil 6 kms away. It is one of the 108 Divya Desams.
Pic of deity. The deity is known by various names as Srinivasan, Venkatachala, Uppliliappan, Oppiliappan. The Goddess is known as Bhoomi Devi.
Paintings along temple walls and ceiling are awesome.
U see Trivikram, the 5th avatar of Vishnu who came to earth as Vamana (hope it is correct description). Had seen similar Trivikram in stone in Badami caves.
Right pic Lord Vishnu in reclining pose. Had seen stone sculpture similar pose in a restaurant in Chiang Mia Thailand.
Left is Narasimha Avatar of Lord Vishnu.
Left main gopuram, right temple tank.
Next to entrance of Sri Adi Kumbeswarar Temple saw a huge flower market so ran to click this pic. "The Kumbeswarar is in Shiva linga form which is a formless form called aaru (formless and uru form." It is a conical shaped lingam. The presiding deity is called Adikumbeswarara and his consort Mangalambika.
Entrance to Sri Adi Kumbeswarar Temple. It has I think two entrances so got a bit lost figuring out temple lay out. This is a major Saivite temple with 3 praharas and 3 gopurams. East gopuram has 9 stories with a height of 128 feet.
Board outside temple. "Kumbha means a pot and it is believed that an Amrit Kumbha ( Pot of nectar) with seeds of creation was set afloat by Lord Shiva during the Maha Pralaya ( floods) and it landed at this place. The divine nectar flowed out and it became the Mahamaham tank and every 12 years."
Flag post before entry to sanctum.
Horses mean influence of Vijayanagara kings. End is sanctum. The sixteen-pillared hall built during the Vijayanagar Period has all the 27 stars and 12 zodiac signs carved in a single stone. Missed seeing that.
Image of Nandi facing sanctum.
Ceiling - images of ladies in dancing posture, also see some animals.
Kirathamoorthi (Lord Shiva). Note the footwear in the image.
Outer wall of sanctum area.
East side gopuram, that was closed when we went. It has 9 stories with a height of 128 feet.
Images on gopuram - notice the lingams.
Devotee family with temple elephant in background.
Huge temple tank outside Nachiyar Kovil 10 kms away. We reached here about 6 pm. It is a Vishnu shrine dedicated to Srinivasa Perumal. Here the "Garuda Vahanam is made of stone. The divine consort is Nachiyar or Vanulavalli Thayar''.
Entrance to Sri Nageswara Temple. Adithya Cholan of Chola dynasty constructed temple during the 9th century. Adi Sesha and Surya had worshipped Sri Nageswara here. It is also a Rahu Parihara Sthalam.
Horse with wheel. Reminded me of the Vithhala Temple at Hampi which has a Stone Chariot. "The orientation is structured in such a way that it allows sunlight inside the temple, right on the sanctum sanctorum only during the Tamil month of Chithirai (April/May)."
Painting ceiling. "It is said that Sanctum Sanctorum of both Nageswaran temple and the Sarangapani Temple are similar in the form of a chariot. "


I'm not entirely certain what I think the best thing about today's sock picture is: the blue-on-blue stripes topped with a ring of pinkish orange, or my awesome Captain America pants. I would totally understand if you felt the tiniest amount of envy for either. Or even both.
What is definitely not the best thing about today's picture is that the dog bed in the background seems to be lacking the usual black lab mutt, Smoky. The canine punk decided he was ready for actual bed a bit earlier than usual tonight, and so the traitorous pup hightailed it upstairs to snuggle in at the Puddinette's feet.
I guess I see where I fit on his priority list.
Perhaps the socks drove him to it.


Guest post from Edward W. Robertson via David Gaughran. I'm barely coming to grips with the idea of a Popularity List vs. a Bestseller List, and now there are three?!
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This weekend Chelsea face Swansea having drawn two of their last three matches in the Premier League and if this type of form continues for much longer they are at risk of being caught.
Granted they have faced both Arsenal and Liverpool in these games and managed to get four points with is an excellent return against fellow challengers. It is last week's draw against Burnley though that will be will worry for the Blues fans.
They do have luck on their side this campaign unlike last as every time they drop points in the Premier League more often than does so do their closest rivals.
The Chelsea players will be desperate to get back on track and extend their lead even further than the eight points they currently have over second-placed Manchester City. It means they can not afford any more slip-ups and if they lose to Swansea they will give the others hope that they are catch-able.
The title is Chelsea's to lose and with the lead, they have all they need to do is to avoid a disastrous run of results. In most leagues around the world that are possible but as we have seen in the Premier League the players need to be at the top of their game for each match or they will get beaten.
Antonio Conte will look to restore a number of first team regulars back into his starting line-up after resting players for FA Cup win against Wolves last weekend.
John Terry, Kurt Zouma, and Nathan Ake will likely be dropped, though David Luiz's knee concerns may give the chance for one of the trio to play.
Thibaut Courtois is a slight doubt with a case of gastroenteritis (stomach bug), so Asmir Begovic may well continue as goalkeeper if the Belgian does not recover in time.
Swansea is a team on the up and if they keep up their current form they will comfortably survive the drop this season. They have won three of their last four games and during that time they faced Leicester City, Southampton, Manchester City and Arsenal.
The only loss came against Man City and a 1-2 is nothing to be ashamed of against the multi-million-pound squad assembled. They players will be full of confidence that they can get something at Stamford Bridge and Chelsea will have their hands full.
Swansea is now in 15th place and four points above the relegation zone. The points tally to survive this campaign could beat the record as it is so close down at the bottom it is almost impossible to predict who will go down.
The Swans are going to need a lot more wins if they want to carry on playing in the Premier League next season. If they can beat Chelsea it will help them carry on their momentum and get them to the finish line before it because crunch time.
They will want to avoid having to get a result in their last match to stay up and out of all the teams battling, they have the best chance. It would be worth looking for which betting sites offer the best odds for them surviving and putting a punt on it.
After the dropped points against Burnley, the Chelsea players will be fired up for this one and bounce straight back.
Due to the fact that they are playing at home, they should get the win they need to cement their title credentials even further. It will be a difficult game though for them due to the Swans current form. That is why I am predicting a tight game with Chelsea winning it 1-0.
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Joe Cocker dies at 70
Bob Collins December 22, 2014, 1:33 PM Dec 22, 2014
Joe Cocker died today. He was 70 years old. As if Boomers needed another reason to feel old as dirt.
He became a pop star when his version of The Beatles' With A Little Help from My Friends reached number one in 1968, after he performed it at Woodstock.
Joe Cocker isn't in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, which a few people see as an oversight, because it couldn't possibly be a snub.
Cocker lives in cultural lore beyond his music. If you're a person of a certain age, when you hear the words "Joe Cocker," you see this:
It was even better after Cocker went along with the joke.
Joe Cocker was #97 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.
"He brought Ray Charles to the mix as an influence on rock & roll," says Steve Van Zandt. Joe Cocker's voice is an irresistible force that combines a love of American soul music with an undeniable depth of feeling: The Northern English belter supercharged Charles' raw-throated vocals with rock & roll attitude, most famously on his hit cover of the Boxtops' "The Letter" and his monumental Woodstock performance of the Beatles' "With a Little Help From My Friends." The response to that helped push along a wave of blue-eyed-soul acts, including Leon Russell, and Delaney and Bonnie. Cocker would go on to interpret tunes by Randy Newman and Traffic as if they were R&B classics. And once he was done with them, that's what they were.
The Current's Andrea Swensson notes that he was the first act to play at First Avenue in Minneapolis, then known as The Depot.
His agent said Cocker's death is due to lung cancer.
Related: Joe Cocker: The 'Hard Knock' Life Of A Singular Singer (NPR).
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Damn lung cancer. His "You Are So Beautiful" is an achingly beautiful song.
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I'm crying a river…
One of the greatest performances ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKNJj6MsGfI
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"get by with a little help from my friends"… Another larger than life musical titan from my youth who made growing up in the late sixties and early seventies so real I can still feel and taste it. His music transports fans back to a time when everything was still possible.
Rich in Duluth
Damn sad to hear it.
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Bayern Munich signing Haaland is 'unthinkable' at the moment
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Bayern Munich are not even thinking about signing Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Haaland as they cannot afford the transfer fee, the club's next CEO Oliver Kahn said.
The 20-year-old Haaland has scored 37 goals and recorded 11 assists in all competitions this season and has been linked with a move to several top European sides, with his agent Mino Raiola meeting with officials from various clubs.
Kahn, who is to take over as club CEO when Karl-Heinz Rummenigge leaves at the end of the year, said the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic means Bayern are unable to sign the Norway forward.
"Sorry, but those who are talking about (Haaland's transfer) still haven't understood the situation," Kahn told German newspaper Bild.
"A transfer estimated at more than €100million is absolutely unthinkable for Bayern at the moment."
Kahn said the form of Robert Lewandowski, who has scored 39 league goals this season, means Bayern do not have to make a move for Haaland anyway.
The 32-year-old Polish striker is within touching distance of Gerd Mueller's all-time record of 40 league goals in a season, set in the 1971/72 campaign. Bayern have two league games left to play.
"Robert still has a two-year contract here. His performances cannot be questioned," Kahn added.
"He can keep his level for a few more years. That's enough reason not to think of Haaland."
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Tick-tock tick-tock, 2 more days until LUZID's launch party. Taking a short break with all the last minute preparations, here's one quick post sharing one of my winter-to-spring transition outfits. Styling essentials? A pair of knee-high boots.
Merging in my personal 'styling guidelines' between the changing season, nothing can be more chic-looking in wearing dresses, pencil skirts and shorts with boots wrapping up till your thighs (Educated by the SS15 collections of Givenchy, Emilio Pucci, Louis Vuitton and the list goes on…). If you are asking me, those from Stuart Weitzman always brings a contemporary edge within is classic sleek silhouette, no wonder it is being loved by countless Hollywood superstars.


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Self-Enslavement Laws: Introduction and Initial Historiography Review
What follows is a rough, preliminary introduction to my research paper on Texas's self-enslavement law of 1858, and how it fits into the proslavery rhetoric of the late 1850s. Any comments on structure, style, or anything else would be greatly appreciated. I will be updating this post over the next 24 hours as I add to it, primarily by adding int he proslavery historiography in addition to the free blacks historiography outlined below. Just wanted to get something up 24 hours in advance of class.
Late in 1857, Austin's State Gazette published an article under the title "A Right Move," discussing the introduction of a bill into the Texas state legislature that would allow free blacks in Texas to voluntarily enslave themselves to masters of their own choosing. Or, as the Gazette phrased it, the bill would allow "free negroes to return to their original state of slavery." The author continued, noting that "free negroes live in a state of great wretchedness and destitution in the North, who under such a law would be glad to return to slavery."[1] Despite the author's celebration of the introduction of the bill, and his lament of the condition of free blacks in the North, mention of self-enslavement would not appear again in the pages of the State Gazette for over a year, when they reported two stories of free blacks voluntarily enslaving themselves. In the interim, items stressing the need to reopen the African Slave Trade, the dangers of California and Kansas being admitted as free states, and depictions of black incapacity for freedom filled the pages of the State Gazette.
Self-enslavement laws have typically only been analyzed by historians of free blacks, as they try to piece together often disparate data points to gain insight into free blacks' social and cultural worlds, especially in the lead up to the civil war. Though historians' treatment of self-enslavement laws often provides a summary dismissal of their relation to the reality of free blacks' lived experiences or acknowledges how they either supported or reflected proslavery ideology, the discussion of these laws seems to be trapped in a historiography within which they cannot be fully understood. Though a small number of free blacks in the South voluntarily enslaved themselves, the law served a much broader purpose than allowing free blacks a legal mechanism by which they could enter into slavery.
By divorcing self-enslavement laws from the study of free blacks, and instead viewing them from the perspective of wider southern political debates over the future of slavery in the 1850s, these laws appear to have a much different purpose: they allowed southern proslavery ideologues to make certain rhetorical maneuvers, highlighting slavery as a benevolent institution that made blacks into good Christians, provided them moral guidance, taught them necessary habits of industry and discipline, and prevented social and political discord.
Historians often conflate the passage of self-enslavement laws with black decisions to utilize them. By viewing more critically the way self-enslavement laws fit in with a broader proslavery ideology, the adoption of self-enslavement laws by state legislatures between 1856 and 1860 highlights the influence of South-wide debates in state capitols, and the way debates there in turn influenced regional ideology. While self-enslavement laws functioned as a boon to proslavery ideology, their discussion often took a back seat to other proslavery issues in the press. These broader proslavery arguments are addressed in an extensive historiography on proslavery thought, but that historiography completely ignores the way the passage and discussion of self-enslavement laws fits within that framework. What we are left with, then, is two parallel strains of historiography speaking past each other. Historians of free blacks, when they view self-enslavement laws as indicative of something beyond free blacks' social experience, view them as proslavery thought in isolation; meanwhile, the historiography discussing proslavery ideology and rhetoric fails to acknowledge the way self-enslavement laws represent an important aspect of the development of that strain of thought, especially the way in which national and state-level debates mutually reinforced one another.
In his discussion of self-enslavement laws in Texas in particular, Randolph B. Campbell takes them largely at face value. He notes that after years of lax enforcement of the state's 1840 free black expulsion law, free blacks' social position became far more tenuous in the 1850s. He cites the passage of the self-enslavement law in 1858 as an indication that "the legislature had made its point of view clear: free Negroes constituted an unwelcome anomaly in Texas. Only a few would be allowed to remain in the state, and those would be encouraged to return to their 'natural condition' as slaves."[2] Like other scholars, Campbell takes a remarkably narrow view of Texas's self-enslavement law, seeing it as reflective of the free blacks' lived experiences, and their declining social position in the 1850s in Texas.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Melvin Patrick Ely, in what has been one of the most transformative recent books about the southern free black experience, sees Virginia's 1856 self-enslavement law as indicative of very little, as far as free blacks' lived realities are concerned, and thus dismisses the enactment of the law as inconsequential. "Today, people regard that enactment as a sign of Afro-Virginians' deteriorating position," Ely argues, "but the actual history of the statute suggests that laws signified little."[3] Ely alludes to those taking a position similar to Campbell's, arguing instead that most Virginians probably did not even know the law existed. He points to the procedural safeguards included in the law against coercion as indicative of the care with which Virginia's legislators tampered with black freedom.
Ely is probably correct in his assessment that Virginia's self-enslavement law reflects little of free black's social experience in the state, but if he viewed the law and its associated discussion in periodicals more broadly, he would see that the law in fact signified a great deal about white proslavery rhetoric. Self-enslavement laws fit in perfectly with proslavery arguments about the benevolence of the institution of slavery. When viewed with an eye towards political culture, the "procedural obstacles" highlighted by Ely as an indication of the laws lack of significance to free black's social position can be seen as the product of debate within the southern Democratic party.
In his recent legal history of slavery and manumission in the antebellum South, Andrew Fede assesses the petitions submitted to southern courts in response to the passage self-enslavement laws in southern states, and argues that they "speak eloquently of the dilemma that free blacks faced in the late antebellum South. The Southern legislatures adopted statutes that so limited free black legal rights and social standing that petitioners of both sexes and all ages found slavery to be a better alternative."[4] Fede acknowledges the fact that proslavery Legislators and newspaper editors viewed self-enslavement stories as "triumphs of slavery over freedom," but still places his focus on the social experiences of free blacks, noting that self-enslavement petitions were actually "a result of the unjust laws that provided free blacks with inferior legal rights."[5] Fede thus presents the a false dichotomy—the "triumph of slavery" on the one hand, and free black social experiences on the other—when in reality both could potentially be true, as the proslavery objective of self-enslavement laws exist irrespective of the reasons a small number of free blacks may have utilized them. Historians like Fede have failed to distinguish decisions by free blacks to enslave themselves with white proslavery advocates' reasoning behind providing them the legal mechanisms to do so.
Likewise, Judith Kelleher Schafer views free black petitions to enslave themselves as evidence that "[a]s the 1850s wore on, free people of color found themselves increasingly despised and feared for their allegedly corrupting influence on slaves," at least in New Orleans.[6] Like Fede, Schafer draws only a very thin distinction between the decision by free blacks to enslave themselves to masters of their choosing, and legislators' decision to pass self-enslavement laws. Schafer acknowledges that the passage of such laws "showed how thoroughly proslavery logic had conquered the lawmakers," and that they "represented the culmination of the 'positive good' theory of slavery—that people of African descent lived happily as slaves and found freedom inconvenient or miserable."[7] Schafer rightly acknowledges that self-enslavement laws and stories served the proslavery cause, but she fails to fully explain how these laws fit within a wider framework of proslavery rhetoric and ideology.
Ira Berlin presents perhaps the most measured assessment of self-enslavement as it relates to southern proslavery rhetoric. Berlin argues that southern newspapers highlighted self-enslavement stories because the stories "verified the sanctity of their ideals." Berlin acknowledges the fact that very few free blacks actually utilized these laws, and asserts that this "disproportion of interest to reality suggests that they searched these stories out as jewels to be collected, polished, and displayed as evidence of the beneficence of their society."[8] Again, Berlin is right to connect self-enslavement stories to proslavery ideology, but he, like Schafer, does not demonstrate how exactly self-enslavement laws and stories fit within that context. Further, Berlin seems to oversell the prominence of such stories in southern newspapers, when in fact they generally take a back seat to other, more important issues, making self-enslavement stories like jewels in another sense: their rarity.
[1] Austin State Gazette, Nov. 28, 1857, p. 1. The State Gazette is also referred to as the Texas State Gazette.(go back)
[2] Randolph B. Campbell, An Empire for Slavery: The Peculiar Institution in Texas, 1821–1865, (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989), 113–14.(go back)
[3] Melvin Patrick Ely, Israel on the Appomattox: A Southern Experiment in Slavery and Freedom from the 1790s through the Civil War, (New York: Knopf Press, 2005), 373. (go back)
[4] Andrew Fede, Roadblocks to Freedom: Slavery and Manumission in the United States, (New Orleans: Quid Pro LLC, 2011), 114–16.(go back)
[5] Ibid., 116.(go back)
[6] Judith Kelleher Schafer, Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846–1862, (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2003), 145.(go back)
[8] Ira Berlin, Slaves Without Masters: The Free Negro in the Antebellum South, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1974), 367.(go back)
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3 responses to "Self-Enslavement Laws: Introduction and Initial Historiography Review"
Caleb McDaniel (@wcaleb) | April 6, 2012 at 9:54 AM | Reply
This introduction is shaping up nicely, John. I especially like the paragraph that begins with the sentence, "Historians often conflate the passage of self-enslavement laws with black decisions to utilize them." That paragraph seems to nicely summarize the main points you want to make about the way each strain of historiography has approached the laws. The opening sentence of the paragraph could be clearer, however. Based on a later sentence in the draft, I think what you mean is "Historians often conflate the reasons for the passage of self-enslavement laws with the reasons for the scattered and scarce black decisions to utilize them."
I also really like the last sentence of the Berlin paragraph. I think it might be worth moving that up somehow, because it shows what historians of free black Southerners miss by viewing the laws as "proslavery thought in isolation"–namely, they miss how small a part these laws were in a broader strategy of getting the Democratic Party and white southerners as a whole to subscribe to a particular set of proslavery ideals.
In a later draft, I think you may be able to shorten the paragraphs summarizing each historian individually and may even be able to move them to a footnote, citing the names of the historians as representative of the broad positions you stake out in the paragraphs before you go into your summaries of each person.
One thing I think would be worthy of future research is the State Gazette's comment on free black Northerners. That's interesting for two reasons: one, it seems like the sort of point historians of free black Southerners would miss entirely, and it raises the possibility that the laws were shaped more (or as much) by a perception of the "tenuous social position" of free blacks in the North, and two, disputes with abolitionists about the condition of free black communities in the North were a big part of late antebellum debates about slavery. See, for example, Thomas Hietala's treatment of the debates about the census of 1840 in Manifest Design.
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