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Melissa Walls of the Center for American Indian Health in Duluth, Minnesota, talks about the lasting health effects of "Indian Relocation" policies of the 1950s.
Growing up as a member of the Ojibwe tribe, Melissa Walls knew that that diabetes ran in her maternal family. "I've lost two very close family members, my great grandfather and an uncle, to complications related to type 2 diabetes," she says. But it wasn't until she began studying American Indian health in graduate school, at the suggestion of another uncle who served as a liaison between academics and local tribal communities, that she understood that her family's plight was part of a much larger problem.
American Indian adults are more than twice as likely as white adults to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, according to the Office of Minority Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Native American youth experience the highest and fastest-growing rate of the disease of any racial or ethnic group. But those statistics only scratch the surface of the kinds of health disparities that indigenous people face.
Nationally, the average life expectancy for a Native American person born today is 73 years—5.5 years below that for all other races. Members of this community, adolescents in particular, also experience much higher rates of depression, substance abuse, and suicide and suicidal behaviors. In fact, while the national suicide rate has gone up 33 percent since 1999, the rates for Native American women and men have jumped by an alarming 139 percent and 71 precent, respectively, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"You could take almost any health outcome and find health inequity for tribes," Walls says. "I mean, take your pick."
The health statistics reflect a dire economic reality—1 in 4 Native Americans live in poverty, the highest rate compared to all other races—and the massive gap in medical resources available to this population. The Indian Health Service, which runs clinics and hospitals for Native Americans, spent $3,332 per person in 2017, compared to $9,207 spent on each person in the national health care system, according to a 2018 report on funding shortfalls by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Walls knows from experience: Like the majority of American Indians, she grew up outside a reservation. Her family lived in International Falls, Minnesota, a town of about 6,000 people—mostly white—near the Canadian border. But to access health services, her family had to go to the nearest reservation. "We drove an hour literally to go to the doctor, to go to the dentist, to get our eyes checked," she says. "But when you grow up in that context, you don't label it as an inequity or disparity. It's just sort of your reality."
More than two-thirds of Native Americans now live in urban areas, not reservations. That reflects 1950s-era federal policy designed to encourage American Indians living on reservations to urbanize, in the name of speeding "assimilation" (and freeing up tribal lands for federal exploitation). The Bureau of Indian Affairs' Urban Relocation Program of 1952 and the federal Indian Relocation Act of 1956 offered promises of job training and housing for the new arrivals; the hope was that moving to cities like Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis would allow more Native Americans to participate in the postwar economic boom. But in practice the relocation policy was "essentially a one-way bus ticket from rural to urban poverty," as former Indian Affairs Commissioner Philleo Nash admitted in the 1960s.
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Walls is now the head of the new Great Lakes hub of Johns Hopkins University's Center for American Indian Health in Duluth, Minnesota, the city of 86,000 located three hours south of where she grew up. Her team currently works with 11 different tribal communities to better understand the health inequities that Native Americans experience, and try to correct them. The hub is just a 15-minute drive from the Fond du Lac band of Ojibwe tribe, with whom Walls has been working closely on diabetes prevention. Among her research interests: how stress impacts can affect type 2 diabetes, and how culture and community can help to buffer the negative effects of modern lifestyles among Native Americans.
CityLab recently caught up with Walls to talk about possible solutions to health inequities among American Indians, and why the damage that government policies inflicted on this population has been so far-reaching. Our conversation has been edited and condensed.
Can you explain how government policy induced historical trauma in the indigenous population?
The historical trauma encompasses a lot of government actions like setting up reservations and marching people across the country. Then in the the 1950s and '60s, the government started a relocation program to get [Native Americans] into urban areas, and give them job training programs. It failed miserably, like most of these things did, in part because the job training was woefully inadequate, and often [the jobs available] were temp work or summer employment, if anything.
People were taken out of their family support systems or cultural safety nets, thrown into these urban environments, and expected to survive. Certainly in some cities, native people have worked to try build those kinds of networks. But you are very much a minority in the urban context. I think the idea of not having access to not just your friends and your family, which we all need, but those particular aspects of cultural teachings of ceremony that creates a sense of spirituality, purpose, and belonging would be scary to anybody.
[The relocation policy] was rooted in this flawed idea that all people need to look and act like European Americans, and live the way they do. It's shocking, if you go into some of these government records, just how blatantly plain the language is about how the goal was really to exterminate or assimilate.
That has impact on communities, and we see it play out in terms of mental health, substance abuse, suicide, and other chronic diseases.
You've been largely looking at diabetes—how does historical trauma fit into that story?
In the case of diabetes, one really tangible thing is what we call nutrition transition. In the Midwestern U.S., Ojibwe people once had a thing called a seasonal round, where with each season came new sources of food. In the springtime, you tap trees to get maple syrup. In the fall, you gather wild rice off the lake and you hunt deer. Every season had ways of getting [food] that burned a lot of calories.
Moving away from these ways of eating and getting your food, and suddenly relying on government-sponsored commodity programs [that included] flour, sugar, lard, butter, we start to see rates of obesity kind of going off the charts. And we continue to suffer the consequences.
And this trauma has affected multiple generations?
Some of the research we've done is really trying to link up negative health outcomes with specific policies. We've published a paper that demonstrates how families who've gone through those relocation programs have the worst health outcomes that we can track across three generations.
It's based on survey data from members of eight tribal communities. We were able to track parents' reports of their parents going through relocation. If they did, we saw a significant pathway where those [first-generation] parents might have had substance abuse issues, which led to substance abuse and depression in the [second-generation] parents. That led to them being not very good parents of their own kids—the third generation—who at the time were in adolescence. They had bad outcomes like delinquency and depression.
The article was published in 2012, but we continue to collect new data every year from that same cohort, so it's an ongoing study.
Your research is mostly on communities that live within reservations, but what can you tell us about the current urban Native American population so far?
In our cohort study, the kids who grew up on the reservation, a good chunk of them now have moved on to cities, which is another thing that happens. People tend to migrate between cities and reservations. With our new data that's being collected from that cohort, we're going to be able to examine urban-rural differences.
What I do know is that the health issues that hit tribal people on reservations, some reports say they're actually compounded and worse for people in the cities, for reasons like the lack of access to cultural protective factors and social networks. People are more likely to experience discrimination when they're in an urban area. And there's tons of research talking about how that hurts health.
What's a common misconception about the indigenous community that you hope to dispel?
One of the big stories I've helped to push forward is that yes, we have these health inequities, but people on reservations and in urban areas also have really amazing positive stories. Like with positive mental health, when we started measuring it, our communities were off the charts compared to non-native people.
We found this measure created by a sociologist called Corey Keyes [that] assesses emotional well-being, psychological well-being, and social well-being across three domains using 14 different indicators. These items assess basically how much you're flourishing or languishing in those domains. And the outcome was that the percentage of people in our sample who [reported] flourishing was much higher than what we had seen in other studies with non-Native samples.
So you can have these [inequity] issues, but also have vibrant and cultural richness, family centric [communities] with communal, take-care-of-one-another thinking.
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And that has implications for all humans: that being embedded in your community is good for you, that being tied culturally to other people is good for you. It's not just a dismal doom-and-gloom kind of story.
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TOLKIEN, J. R. R; 'The Hobbit', a rare first paperback edition signed to title page, pub. Puffin Books 1961, with illustrated front cover by Pauline Baynes, 11 x 17.9cm. Provenance: Purchased in 2003 from St. Mary's Books & Prints of Stamford, with receipt and further paperwork including signed statement of verification from St. Mary's detailing that the autograph has been verified by 'a leading autograph specialist' and a further statement of verification in the form of a photocopied typed and signed letter from the original owner of the book, Ian C. Postgate, detailing the circumstances in which the book was signed for him which are detailed below. This book was originally owned by Ian C. Postgate, a student at Malvern College studying Anglo-Saxon and Early English under Mr. George Sayer. Mr. Sayer was aware of his student's interest in Tolkien, Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, and, as he himself was a good friend of Tolkien's, arranged for Tolkien to sign the book while on a visit to Oxford and gifted this autographed copy to Mr. Postgate who kept it for forty years before selling it to St. Mary's. Mr. Sayer is of interest as the person who convinced a depressed Tolkien not to burn the manuscripts of The Lord of the Rings when he was struggling to find a publisher, hence this book, already rare, holds additional significance for Tolkien enthusiasts; this is possibly the only copy that Tolkien signed for his good and important friend Mr. Sayer. Mr. Sayer was also involved in the editing the Lord of the Rings manuscripts, was reportedly influential in obtaining a publishing deal with Allen & Unwin, and received Tolkien at his home many times and it was at his home that Tolkien recorded excerpts from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in 1952 which were later released as LP records.
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i adore stamps, so seeing this has made me rather happy!
I used to collect stamps with my dad. And I mean properly collect. Soak them off, put the mint ones in an album with those special tweezers, look stuff up in books, the whole shebang. These days I think of them much more as craft supplies either. They're so nice and colorful and you could use them to brighten up anything. But there's still that little collector voice in my head that says "be careful not to use one that's actually worth something", but I just don't know enough about that to actually keep stuff properly apart anymore.
What a lovely collection to look through!
What an amazing collection. My mother sends my son a postcard every month and he absolutely loves getting them as receiving lovely post is so rare nowadays. You should choose some of your favourites from the stamp collection and mount them in a frame so you can enjoy them every day, they do look beautiful.
Those stamps are beautiful! Yes, I had pen pals as a child too. Do kids even have those anymore? I loved looking for objects to send my penpals that would tell them a bit about what Trinidad and Tobago was like.
I LOVE this post! and I LOVE that you have some stamps from South Africa! (I will bring you back some "modern" south african stamps for Wilfs future collection on my next trip home!) My grandfather also used to collect stamps!
This is such a lovely collection! Those Nicaragua ones are fantastic! I'm quite jealous!
Oh tigerlilly - a lovely collection you have there.
My hubby is a philatelist! This is someone who deals in and collects stamps. He does the rare ones!
Beautiful stamps!I used to have several penpals. I sometimes get wistful for the days when I would receive a personal hand written letters through the post. There is something so exciting about it that you don't get from a personal e-mail don't you think?
Two of my boys love stamps and have recently started collecting. Such a great starting place for learning about Geography and so many other things!
That is quite an impressive collection!
I love looking through things like this. Collections are so fascinating!
Yes! I love my old letters, and going through an elderly relative's letters is so interesting.
I wonder why it is that old people want to give you all their clutter? My Mum sends us home with so much stuff every time we visit!
This is such a wonderful gift to share with Wilf. I know my son would love seeing all the pictures, especially the animals.
I love getting letters, I have been exchanging them with my American friends since 2008.
I never knew people still did this - I never get exciting stamps just the normal plain ones or Christmasy ones.
My favorite piece is the puppy chair. Way too cute. Perfect for my little one.
I do love stamps though, and used to collect them as a kid - still have my book somewhere. Dad used to collect them too - he had a huge sack of stamps that needing sorting out and I used to love rummaging through to look at all the wonderful images.
I used to write letters and receive them from friends every week. I remember getting so excited about them, such a shame. Now I get 200 emails a day but hardly any are as special as those letters I used to receive.
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I don't mean cutting with lawn mowers or any such contraptions, I am talking about the o'l school-kumbaya-grandpa's cutlass.
And may God bless your soul, just forget the cutlass and hoe but please bring the Bamboo cane. Some public schools also had to buy these items and each pupil's name would be inscribed on it.
I think our house master, usually looked for the hottest afternoons to initiate the gardening exercise. It was during one of such exercises that In discovered that bending the cutlass at its tip actually made cutting very easy.
I decided to write this post as a way to remember some things I learnt in school, while dreading the torturous environment we had to endure for learning to take place.
We were told that cutting grass was a way to teach us "discipline", I think the school just needed cheap labour!! What do you think?
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I really don't get it either, it was a part of boarding school i did not like… Long hours in the sun, sore blisters on my palms… Just glad that phase is over.
We also have this in common, I see. Didn't know you also were in boarding house… Wow!
Mine was similar to this,we call it manual labour.After cutting grasses,we 'scrape' it.By using our hands to uproot and broom to sweep.It was not an experience,I love.There was practically no way to avoid it,except you are in the senior class.Boarding school could be tough at times!
Wondering why a number of people seem to have enjoyed what seemed like torture to people like me lol.. Thanks for reading through.


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Rev. Harold M. Jones
June 29, 1940 - December 21, 2022
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Rev. Harold Manual Jones, 82, of Phenix City, AL stepped into Heaven on Wednesday, December 21, 2022.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM (EST) on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 in the Chapel of Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL with Rev. Norman Garrison officiating and military honors rendered by the U. S. Navy. A private interment will follow in Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 1:00PM till the funeral hour at the funeral home.
Mr. Jones was born June 29, 1940 in Ansley, AL son of the late Harper Jones and Myrtle Ruth Penn Jones. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran, where he was a Sea Bee. Mr. Jones was a Meat Cutter for 30 years working at Piggly Wiggly and Winn-Dixie. He was an avid Alabama Fan, enjoying game days with zest. Rev. Jones worshiped at Word of Faith Church with family and friends, was an ordained minister and sang with The Revelations gospel group. His wisdom, faith, love of God and family will continue to impact us and future generations.
Mr. Jones was preceded in death by his parents, Harper and Myrtle Jones; his wife of 52 years., Alma Juanita Wilson Jones; a son, Jerrell "Tony" Jones; two sisters, Edna Ruth Morrison and Joann Golding and great-granddaughter, Ravenna Prins.
He is survived by his daughter, Donna Day (Michael Edmonds); son, Donnie Jones; "adopted" daughter, Kim Johnson (Zack); one brother, Bobby Jones (Micky); five granddaughters, Brooke Winfree (Stephen), Mallory (Trey), Alex (Casey), Ava, and Natalie; seven grandsons, Scott Prins, Jr. (Tuzday), Ethan, Dylan, Garrett (Amanda), Dayton (Avery), Kenneth and Colton; six great-grandsons, Jude, Lawson, Les, Cameron, Grady, and Heath; three great-granddaughters, Anniston, Hallynn and Hadleigh; as well as several extended family and caring friends.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made in his memory to, Word of Faith Church, 4 All American Dr, Phenix City, AL 36870.
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Rev. Harold Manual Jones, 82, of Phenix City, AL stepped into Heaven on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 PM (EST) on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 in the Chapel of Vance Brooks Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL with Rev. Norman Garrison officiating and military honors rendered by the U. S.Continue Reading
KECIA A BREWER left a message on December 29, 2022:
Sorry for your loss! Prayers for all!!
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Donna praying for you and the whole family know that we love you all.
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Sorry to hear about brother Harold we will truly miss him we loved having his imput at Sunday school but he is now with Jesus and wanita.he is now at peace
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Attitudes To Sexual Harassment Changing
The #MeToo movement, not to mention the high-profile sexual harassment cases and revelations that led to the start of this initiative, appear to have set some changes in motion.
New research by the Fawcett Society found that over half (53 per cent) of people believe that since the #MeToo movement started, what's considered acceptable has changed. The organisation noted that what's even more encouraging is that more people are prepared to call out such behaviour than before.
This is most likely among the 18 to 34 age group, with half of young people saying they'd speak out against sexual harassment. Among young men, this was 58 per cent.
Although older people are less likely to speak out against sexual harassment or talk about the issue, they also believe that there has been a change in attitude when it comes to what is and isn't acceptable.
In fact, over half (56 per cent) of men aged over 55 said that they believed this to be the case.
While this is all positive, the Fawcett Society believes that the government isn't doing enough to protect women, and that there should be legislation introduced to improve the situation.
One of the big failings in the law, according to the organisation, is that there's no legal protection for women who are harassed by a client or customer. It cited the scandal surrounding the Presidents Club dinner that came out in January this year.
Allegations that some of the men who attended these exclusive dinners sexually harassed the hostesses hired to work at the event broke following an investigation by the Financial Times. One of the paper's reporters worked at the annual charity fundraiser and revealed what she experienced and witnessed.
Following the revelations, many of the charities that benefited from donations from the event said they would be returning them, and attendees sought to distance themselves from the scandal.
One of the issues highlighted was that the women working there were asked to sign a five-page non-disclosure agreement on arrival at the hotel on the night of the event.
Sam Smethers, Fawcett Society chief executive, commented: "We need to bring back section 40 of the Equality Act which would outlaw harassment from customers and clients. But we also need to go further and place a new duty on large employers to prevent discrimination and harassment."
Introducing this law would also protect women from harassment by patients in the healthcare sector, or from contractors. Personnel Today noted that section 40 of the Equality Act was repealed in 2013.
At the time, the government explained that section 40 wasn't necessary because there were other legal protections in place, such as within the Equality Act and the Protection from Harassment Act, Crunch reported.
Whether there will be any changes in legislation as a result of these movements has yet to be seen, but regardless it's important to ensure that all your employees are protected from harassment from colleagues, clients and contractors, and that they have a way of reporting any harassment that does occur.
These cases can be complicated, so working with specialist harassment solicitors on any complaints you're dealing with can be advisable to ensure you handle the process properly and fairly to all parties.
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DOUG MILNE: Kyle Stanley, thanks for joining us for a few minutes prior to the start of the 2012 John Deere Classic. You're coming here with a win under your belt, a runner‑up finish under your belt and runner‑up finish here last year under your belt as well. Just some comments on returning back here to the John Deere Classic and TPC Deere Run.
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah. I'm certainly excited to be back. Obviously last year finishing second I had a decent year kind of coming up to that point, but finishing second last year kind of spring‑boarded me, I think, into what I'm doing now and it was really my first time getting into contention. So I have some good vibes here.
DOUG MILNE: Great. We'll go ahead and jump right in and take some questions.
Q. That was just kind of leading into my question. Last year's disappointment on the 72nd, but all in all do you take a positive from last year? How long before you got over being down from missing out on that?
KYLE STANLEY: You know, like I said, the circumstances of it, I mean you have finishing second and what happened was tough, but for the most part I take really nothing but positives from the week.
You know, like I said, it was my first time really being in contention, so I was really happy about that. And just the experience of kind of being there down the stretch was really good for me.
Q. Did you have a conversation with Steve on the airplane over to ‑‑
KYLE STANLEY: No.
Q. He said he apologized.
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah. He did apologize when we landed, but he obviously had nothing to be sorry for.
Q. How much did that experience and dealing with that disappointment, how much did that help you going from San Diego to Phoenix this year?
KYLE STANLEY: Well, I think just kind of the more times you get yourself into contention, the more comfortable you are. Obviously there's quite a bit of time between the John Deere and San Diego. But San Diego and Phoenix were a lot closer.
Q. Did having that experience here, having that kind of heart break a little bit, did that help you deal with San Diego better?
KYLE STANLEY: Not really. I mean it's kind of two different ways to finish second. But you know, like I said, I mean both tournaments just kind of let me know that the state of my game was pretty good.
Q. Last year when Stricker was playing out of the bunker and made the putt, were you in the clubhouse? Were you watching on TV? Do you remember?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, I was in the scoring trailer.
Q. The scoring trailer.
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah. I remember you could see the crowd from the scoring trailer. Like I saw him hit the putt on 18, and then like there were like five or six people standing up in the grand stands and all their hands went up and you could kind of hear the roar.
Q. How difficult has it been to kind of balance those expectations now? You had a great start to the year and then you had some missed cuts kind of sprinkled in there? How difficult has it been to just kind of balance all that out and are there extra expectations placed on you?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, it's been tough. Obviously I played so well early on in the year and haven't the past couple months.
But you know, I think that's golf. And over the course of your career you're going to have some highs. You're going to have a few lows, but I'm really not too concerned about it. Started to play a little bit better at at&t, which was good and I feel like my game's coming around, so I'm pretty excited about that and optimistic about the events I have coming up. I think the biggest thing is I'm just trying to keep working hard and keep getting better.
Q. As I recall you came here and got your first exemption here. I remember you were out watching Zach play a few holes, like maybe at the pro am or something. Do you remember that and was it kind of ‑‑ were you scoping things out thinking this is where I want to be, I can do this? Were you just kind of soaking it all in at that point?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, that was back in '09. You know, Clair and the folks here were nice enough to give me a spot. But I think it was my ‑‑ I think it was my second event as a pro. So yeah, I was obviously stoked. I played pretty good at Travelers a couple weeks before, but I was still having days where I was trying to get my feet wet and get comfortable. But yeah, to be able to have those experiences was really good. And you know, I think I played pretty well this week, too, so from a confidence standpoint that helped me as well.
Q. Have you seen the bunker shot he hit? You obviously feel like he won it?
KYLE STANLEY: I mean not really. I've seen it a few times. But yeah, it was a really ‑‑ you know, I said before it was a pretty incredible shot. So you gotta hand it to him. Not only the bunker shot, but the putt he made on 17 and putt on 18. It was a really nice way for him to finish.
Q. The experience you've had, how does that ‑‑ can you share some perspective on how difficult it must be for Steve to come up here?
KYLE STANLEY: Well, just on ‑‑ you know, just on once is difficult. It's hard to win. Obviously the competition is really good. I think it just goes to say that there are a lot of courses sometimes you just find a course that you're comfortable with, it really sets up for your game and so you have a little advantage. But to win a tournament two times in a row or three times in a row it's really good. So there are how many people in the field? Quite a few of us trying to make that happen.
Q. My memory is failing me. Did you grab that spot in the British Open when it comes through here?
KYLE STANLEY: I did, yeah.
Q. Could you talk about how good a deal that is, that opportunity that's here this week?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, it's huge. It's huge. I didn't think about it too much last year. I actually found out I had to win to get in. But yeah, it's nice. It's kind of your last year to get into a major and you know, I think for a lot of us it's a goal of ours to be in the majors, contend in them, and you know, it's nice to have a chance to do that this week.
Q. Did you have your passport with you?
KYLE STANLEY: I did, yeah. I did.
Q. How difficult is it to get that spot like an hour before you get on a plane and make the adjustment that you're going over to actually try to compete?
KYLE STANLEY: I think that's how Ben got in, wasn't it?
DOUG MILNE: No.
KYLE STANLEY: No? I mean I don't know. I mean yeah, it is a different style of golf. Coming here you kind of have to be prepared for it if it happens. But I mean it is different. But you just have to adjust. That's really all there is to it.
Q. How gratifying was it all the support and all the people who really stood behind you, supported you? I mean how did that make you feel, like I know you can't overcome a loss, but going into next week, how valuable was that?
KYLE STANLEY: It was good. You know, from that standpoint it was pretty neat. I don't think I've ever felt like so loved by so many people. It was great. I mean brought me closer to my family, I think. Brought me closer to am some of my friends. And the support kind of ‑‑ a lot of people kind of made sure that I never kind of got too down in those years. It was really a difference maker.
Q. Can you talk about the golf course in comparison to last year? Have you had a chance to play? Does it seem like it might be a little firmer given the heat that we've had?
KYLE STANLEY: Yeah, I did. You know, I played nine yesterday. But the greens are soft, but they're surprisingly quick, especially downhill. But yeah, the course is in great shape.
DOUG MILNE: Okay. Kyle, as always, we appreciate your time, and best of luck this week.
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Five Finalists for the Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism
The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland has selected five finalists from among 65 entries for the 2005 Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. The awards recognize efforts at establishing new standards for American interactive journalism that advance creativity in digital storytelling and challenge the traditional roles new organizations play in their communities.
The News & Record of Greensboro, North Carolina's 'Town Square' was selected as a finalist for its "daring initiative to rethink the role of the newspaper in the community" by letting readers submit news stories.
ChicagoCrime.org, a public interest site by Web software programmer Adrian Holovaty, was selected for its merging of public crime database with Google's online mapping technology to allow users to see their neighborhood's relative safety through an easily searched and navigated interface.
Minnesota Public Radio's Public Insight Journalism was selected for its 'Idea Generator' online software designed"'to engage people in brainstorming public issues."
Interactive Magazine Online was selected for The View, its quarterly magazine full of stories produced by journalists from England, the U.S. and South Africa, who "use video-centric Web tools to tell personalized stories."
And Newsday was selected for its online section 'The Cost of War', which is described as "an extravaganza of detailed information and artful graphics about the U.S. effort in Iraq that set a new bar for telling fact-dense stories."
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The symposium will feature a keynote dialogue on participatory news with Michael Kinsley, departing Editorial and Opinion Editor of the Los Angeles Times, and Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia. The Batten Awards and Symposium are funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and honor the late James K. Batten, former CEO of Knight Ridder.
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We are convinced that the grand challenges of today cannot be reduced to a question of improved technology. It is clear that if we do not also change the way we live, we will not be able to achieve the changes necessary. To address issues such as these, we need a different philosophy as our starting point. We need to realize that there are important issues that are not problems for us to solve, but complex issues we need to understand.
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We believe that cross-agenda innovation and collaboration will be instrumental when facing the grand challenges of our time. We look for networks and interfaces not only between different research disciplines and stakeholders, but also between the problems, priorities and possibilities that in the end guide what issues social and technical development will be about. Technology plays an important part in this development, but it is not all about technology development. With this initiative, we aim to provide more than just technical solutions. We want to achieve results that has the power to initiate change as well as offer new perspectives on today's society.


One novel part of the design of interactions between people and computers, related with the facet of securing user satisfaction, is the capability of systems to adapt to their individual users showing empathy. Being empathetic implies that the computer is able to recognize user's affective states and understand the implication of those states. Automatic detection of affective states requires the computer: to sense information; to process and understand information integrating several sources that could range from brain-waves signals and biofeedback readings, passing from gestures recognition, to posture and pressure sensing; and to apply algorithms and data processing tools to understand user's affective states.
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While growing up on the family farm in Rowan County, a young Judy Myers Orrell spent her days feeding the farm animals and playing the piano.
"Music was my life," she said. "I started taking piano lessons when I was in the first or second grade."
Later at 15, she also began playing the organ. After graduating from West Rowan High School, Orrell was ready to enter Catawba College, where she planned to pursue a music degree.
"But then I met this young boy from Churchland," she said, referring to her husband, Tony Orrell. "I decided I didn't want to go to college for four years."
Instead, Orrell opted for a two-year business degree from Salisbury Business College, an education that would help her more in her future career as vice president of purchasing for Orrell Food Service.
The couple met at a beauty pageant, where Tony Orrell was dating one of the contestants Judy Orrell was competing against.
"He tells everyone that I placed better than her in the pageant, so he picked me," she said with a chuckle.
After the pageant, Orrell called her for a date. The pair dated for about 16 months before marrying in November 1963.
Tony Orrell's father and uncle had begun a profitable business in 1955. In Churchland along Highway 150, the family had a meat processing plant, where farmers brought their hogs and cows to be slaughter and processed. Across the street they was a grocery store.
For the first eight years of their marriage, Judy Orrell worked at Norman's of Salisbury, which made custom draperies and bed spreads.
Eventually, she and her husband decided to buy into the family business.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, the business wasn't going as well as it had in the beginning, Orrell said.
"So Tony got the idea to sell something else. He knew we were going to have to make a living some other way."
So the company began selling pre-packaged hamburgers, cube steak and stew beef to local family restaurants, fazing out the meat processing part of the business.
"But we found out real quick we weren't going to get rich selling hamburgers," he said. "We rented out the building across the street that used to be the grocery store and expanded our product line."
What is now Orrell's Food Service with two warehouses in Churchland and Kernersville and a fleet of 16 refrigerated trucks, delivering food in North Carolina and Virginia, started out with one delivery man, who made deliveries from the trunk of Judy Orrell's car.
The company kept expanding throughout the 1980s, and joined the Pocahantas Foods USA group in 1987. Now Orrell's Food Service was able to go into broaden food distribution. Today, the company delivers everything from ketchup and green beans to barbecue pork shoulders and french fries to about 800 customers, including restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes and the Davidson County School system.
Orrell, who is the vice president of purchasing, praised the company's employees for all of their hard work.
"We would not be here today without the great employees we have," she said.
Although some couples could not live together and work together, Orrell said the set-up works for her and her husband. They have worked together for 27 years.
In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, shopping and being with her daughter and two grandchildren. Pictures of her family cover about every surface in her office.
"We have a place a Lake Norman, so we're there a lot," she said. "We love to water ski and jet ski."


Last week, I blogged that I'm now a member of the The Writers' Union of Canada. I've been taking a closer look at TWUC's work.
TWUC just released its latest income survey of Canadian writers called Devaluing Creators, Endangering Creativity.
The results are ugly. From the press release: "For 81% of respondents, income from writing would not allow them to live above the poverty line, and the average writer's income ($12,879) is a full $36,000 below the national average." Yet writers' content supports a nearly $2 billion publishing industry in Canada.
I am new to the issues relating to fair compensation for writers. However, the obvious implication of TWUC's income survey is that writers will leave their profession. And I agree with the report that this, in turn, will affect the quality and depth of material available to Canadians as well as the publishing industry.
Perhaps in an age of disruption, this is how it must be. But first I ask everyone to think again about those income numbers. And perhaps consider buying and reading any writer's book. It'll be appreciated all around.


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FIX YORK COUNTY
Where's the snow?
Teresa Boeckel
YorkDailyRecord
It has been mild so far this month -- a disappointment for snow lovers.
So how warm has it been?
The temperature has been 7.1 degrees above normal so far this month, said Andy Mussoline, meteorologist with AccuWeather.com. The average temperature is 44.8 degrees.
"That's a pretty significant departure," Mussoline said.
The cold air has been locked up in Alaska and western Canada, and forecasters haven't seen a weather pattern change in the past couple of weeks that brings the chilly air south.
However, things are about to change.
Two to three storms will develop across the central part of the country between now and Christmas, and the early indication is that the cold air will team up with these storms, Mussoline said.
However, that will likely happen in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region, he said.
That means rain and more mild weather for York County, Mussoline said.
Snow lovers might have to wait until mid-January and February, when long-range forecasters predict the area will see some of the coldest weather for the season, he said.


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The last time the Giro visited the Blockhaus climb...
Studying the Giro: Is Blockhaus a blockbuster?
Spencer Powlison
The Giro d'Italia finishes atop the famous Blockhaus climb in stage 9. What can history teach us about this climb's significance?
The initial GC skirmishes anticipated in the Giro d'Italia's stage 4 summit finish on Mount Etna never happened. Instead, the top contenders for the pink jersey remained clumped together after the first week of racing. Now, the word on every rider's lips is "Blockhaus." The Giro's overall classification might crystallize on Sunday in stage 9. The race will finish atop a climb included in five other Giri, so let's see what history can teach us about Blockhaus.
Blockhaus by the numbers: 13.65km, 8.4 percent average gradient, with a max of 14 percent that riders reach after about 8.5km of climbing.
Previous Giro stages: 1967, stage 12; 1968, stage 21; 1972, stage 4a; 1984, stage 5; 2009, stage 17.
What history can teach us: In two out of the five previous trips up Blockhaus, the overall lead changed hands. In four of those five editions, the eventual GC winner finished top-10 on the climb. Of those, three were top five. Those maglia rosa winners — Felice Gimondi (1967), Eddy Merckx (1968 and 1972), Francesco Moser (1984), and Denis Menchov (2009) — didn't quite make their decisive moves on this climb, which is situated in Italy's midsection. Plus, none of those four finished first atop Blockhaus during the respective Giri they won.
However, there are some peculiarities that make history an opaque predictor. In two of those editions, the climb was the finish of a very short stage, unlike what the peloton will face this year. In 1972, the fourth day of racing was a split stage, with a 48km dash to the top of the climb in the morning and a 210km 4B stage in the afternoon. Ouch. In 2009 they raced just 83km on stage 17, which finished lower on the climb due to snow. In 1968, Blockhaus came in stage 21, well after Merckx had smothered the competition with a lead of nearly five minutes.
The 1984 Giro might be the best analog to 2017. Blockhaus was early in the race on stage 5, a 198km race, so a bit longer than the 149km stage 9 this year. Also akin to this year's route, 1984 was friendly to a time trialist like Moser, with three individual time trials, including one on the final stage. France's Laurent Fignon lost 1:28 to Moser on Blockhaus after bonking. At that point, the Italian held the overall lead. Fignon bounced back in stage 20 to take a 1:31 lead, but he was no match for Moser in the final 42km TT, losing 2:24 and the pink jersey.
Since Moser won the overall by 1:03, one could argue that his second-place finish on Blockhaus made the difference, but the dramatic stage win on the final day drew the most accolades. It certainly was the focus of our June 22 race recap. (That, and Moser's super high-tech "spokeless" wheel.)
Moser's first and only overall win at the Giro was 1984. Coincidentally, the 1967 stage up Blockhaus was Merckx's first career grand tour stage win.
What will we see this year? With a tough mountaintop finish capping off six days of racing, it's likely a GC favorite will crack, as Fignon did in 1984. It might not be a pure climber, like Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin), but Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), for example, should treat Sunday's stage with caution.
"It's a true climb, harder than Etna, shorter, but harder with true gradients. It's not like Etna where in the wheels you feel OK, it's a difficult climb, and I think that the bigs have to show themselves on the day," said Franco Pellizotti, who won the 2009 Blockhaus stage but later had that result stripped due to a doping violation.
"It's been a mental game so far in this Giro, but I think that Sunday there will be a mind game, too, but it's a stage where you can attack because it's a true climb."
An overall favorite could very well win on Blockhaus, like Moreno Argentin did in 1984, or Merckx in 1967. Perhaps it won't be Nairo Quintana, as the Movistar rider says he's still finding his sea legs after few days of early season racing. Such riders as Adam Yates (Orica-Scott) or Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida), on the other hand, might be eager to collect a victory and take some valuable time in the GC standings before Tuesday's formidable time trial.
"OK, the Giro is still long afterwards; the TT is coming up, and so if they attack, I think like always, it'll come in the last kilometers," Pellizotti added.
Gregor Brown contributed to this story.


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The DeFi Wars: Why transparency defines the future of finance | by Krypto Walker | The Capital | Apr, 2022
by Krypto Walker
The great downfall is always caused by great expectations
What may be considered an overhyped decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, currently leads innovation in cryptocurrency. What's clear is that there's a huge gap between trust in the old-school system and the profit-hungry and enthusiasm-fueled degen nation of the alternative finance underworld that generates magic internet money by leveraging the latest blockchain technologies.
However, in a world where the power balance shifts every few days, the DeFi realm has now returned to its traditional roots in a psychedelic vein — with profits rising like magic mushrooms. Nonetheless, a single bad trip can send everyone on the path of despair. Greed, frustration, and convicted felons all have their place in the wonderland of decentralized finance. Going down the rabbit hole leads to fascinating revelations about the rising idols of the alternative finance system. Just like after the good old ICO days, trust and reputation have never been more vital than they are now.
Leapfrogging into Madness
There is a sinister feel about DeFi from the bystander's perspective. The decentralized protocols have made many people rich and created a specific realm within the crypto world, with its own language, memes, and of course "gods".
Take, for example, Daniele Sesta, the self-proclaimed leader of the popular Frog Nation community, who fast became "famous" in the DeFi community for a mixture of populist Twitter content and tokens that made many people rich.
Liquidations, FUD, allegations, and a plunging market: January 2022 was beyond different from what we have come to expect — making it a wild ride for a range of stablecoins in DeFi. The emerging field skyrocketed from $0.9 billion in January 2020 to $240bn in November 2021. What's clear is that a highly-promising future is impossible without a few stumbling blocks here and there.
However, any idol relies on their lesser-known crew, who often do the lion's share of the work. When the illusions in Sesta's Wonderland dissipated, we saw that the $TIME token was managed badly.
The rotten core of the shiny project was that Michael Patrin, formerly Omar Dhanani, was the co-founder of QuadrigaCX, and is notorious for his fraudulent activities and connections to the mysterious disappearance of its founder, Gerald Cotten. In addition to being involved with Quadriga, Patrin also pleaded guilty to credit card fraud, burglary, grand larceny, and computer fraud. Sifu has already become fabulously rich with the help of Wonderland, and also thanks to his previous crimes, why would he need to continue.
A vote was called, which proves the point that Frog Nation does not share Daniele's principles. Could anyone be trying to damage the reputation of Cronje's new venture with this collaboration? Personal experiences aside, this incident had wide-ranging implications for all DeFi markets. Since Cronje and the launch of YFI, there has been a malicious (albeit unwanted) trend towards idolatry in DeFi, and Sesta is the latest example.
Waking Up from the American Dream?
DeFi users have created a situation where people are revered as gods. When anonymous members of the DAO can do whatever they want with protocol money worth millions of dollars, when multimillion-dollar setups and hacker attacks sweep through and are immediately forgotten, it is a far cry from what was originally created.
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Dirty secrets like this are exactly why DeFi is often slammed by regulators, as are traditional finance and the public at large. Even if most aren't happy with the current system, how can we convince new users to drop the safety net when dealing with scandals like this?
Hacks and exploits are inevitable followers of any emerging ecosystem. Traditional finance regulators can easily use this to win their case against DeFi. Despite the damage done to the reputation of the industry, DeFi is here to stay. But events like this will surely impact the look at transparency in the future.
The cost of capital to crypto is much higher than in traditional finance. STASIS as a major market maker has determined that the average rate of return in DeFi is 30% per annum, compared to the traditional world where it's only 4%. Under such conditions, the shift to alternative finance is inevitable.
However, spawning DeFi protocols and their forks just creates a copy of a copy of a copy… where algorithmic stablecoins arise. However, in order for these coins to become really stable, they need someone to participate in this inflation. Someone needs to buy that. So the wheel of progress launches Ponzinomics — when interest is paid from the new incoming wave of users.
The yield requirements for crypto assets are high and there is still a low percentage of institutional capital onboarding. The experiments will continue, and there is still no working model that would take into account the risks and in the medium term would guarantee the owner the preservation of value.
There were more than 240 projects in the stablecoin segment, but how many were able to cope with the consistency of accounts? Due to various statistics, 90% of projects in the crypto market have been considered scams.
There are always risks, and if you do not have a long-term stakeholder, then there may be different development scenarios. That is why the cost of capital is so expensive.
Leapfrogging ahead of the curve
Two things never change, and it doesn't matter if it's the 1st or 21st century — there is always a scammer promising magic money, and hordes of naive people who never learn, choose to invest, and then cry after losing their life savings.
However, if you invest in a project that doesn't really have a product, you'll always be faced with this risk. Some other protocols in DeFi 2.0 have product/market fit. DYOR and a careful attitude toward new developments is the key to success in the new market realities.
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Odyssey Dance Theatre presents its own version of a holiday classic
By: The PLACE
Odyssey Dance Theatre will present its own version of the Holiday Dance Classic - The Nutcracker!
Rave reviews from across the globe, for the sixth year, ODT brings this production to life in the present day, with the original Tchaikovsky score re-imagined and arranged in a pop/hip-hop style!
Imagine Clara as the young lady whose imagination is inspired by the technological advances of today and is drawn into her smartphone to a magical world where Drosselmeyer drives a DeLorean, the soldiers are actually robots, and the gangsta mice have a hip-hop swagga.
If you've been to one too many Nutcrackers, then this is the one you will want to see--re- imagined, updated, and a visual feast full of surprises.
The show runs December 12-22, 2018 at Kingsbury Hall.
Go to odysseydance.com for ticket, discounts and show information. It is as only Odyssey Dance Theatre can create - The ReduxNut-Cracker!


I just want to say that Jacky of Enogear/Fireflies did just reply to my email and sent me my replacement Enogear AA stainless steel and sent me a free stainless steel 14500 usb rechargeable light. Therefore I will definitely buy more of the ROT66 soon.
Can I send my DOA XP-L back?
I'm surprised your MF01 look that much brighter than the ROT66 and even more surprised that it is so much more on the rosy side of the BBL than even the Cree 3A. I have two MF01, one stock and one with Lexel's buck driver. The 219C tint on both is on the greenish side of the BBL. One is significantly greener than the other.
The MF01 renders colors the best in your comparison. I think you won the tint lottery with the 219C.
The MF01 219C v1 (6 wires) is more one the rosy side than the MF01 219C v2 (2 wires) that is more on the yellow/green side. If I remember well, charles lin's MF01 is a v1, both of yours are probably v2.
If the aux led board was offered with more emitter color choices, it would be a certain hit. Many people didn't like that Emisar only offered the cyan ones. This would have been a opportunity to set your stuff apart.
Yes please, amber secondary would be much more useful than blue.
Fireflies, can you post some photos of the board itself and installation procedure? Does the firmware of older lights support it properly?
I'm ocd and it kinda bugs me that the emitters on the side switch aren't the same color of blue as the gitd strip. Aux LEDs could alleviate that I guess but I like the subtle glow and color of the gitd strip.
Talking about tiny amber smd leds, has anyone found a version yet that is a phosfor-converted amber? (so more efficient than direct amber leds) I have several PC-amber leds in powerled version but have not seen them in tiny format.
Does the firmware of older lights support it properly?
Good question. If not though, I should have Anduril working on the ROT66 soon, and it can run aux LEDs in four different modes if compiled with that option.
+1. I want amber and pink/purple aux lights to match the 219B 9080.
Would be good if Fireflies can include Anduril in the next batch.
Lexel doesn't support Anduril so it's not likely to happen.
I should have Anduril working on the ROT66 soon, and it can run aux LEDs in four different modes if compiled with that option.
I think there's a good chance of Anduril or something Anduril-like on a Fireflies light, since they're looking for something like NarsilM but simpler.
I've got it running on a ROT66, as of about an hour ago, but I'm not done calibrating things yet. Gotta get the ramp shape fixed and the voltage calibrated, etc.
However, with a 3-channel driver and a switch LED, Anduril compiles just a few bytes too big to fit when I have all the options enabled. So for now I turned off the option for a blinking switch LED. It's a little awkward anyway, with the arrangement of two always-on LEDs and two which can turn off.
Long-term though, I hope I can reduce the base code size a little bit so it'll fit.
Has anyone received an XP-L version that was intact and working as advertised?
I have one en-route and am a bit fidgety about accepting the delivery.
Yeah, they would need your help to do it because I don't think Lexel wants to mess with a new UI.
I'm guessing all Firelies needs is a good working version of Anduril from you and they can send it to their people flashing the drivers.
On a side note, does the aux board wire into the same spot as the MCU controlled switch lights? So you set both sets of lights off, low or high?
I'm guessing yes? The pin layout is pretty full.
There is nowhere to attach it except pin 7, which is already driving the switch LEDs.
I got ya. The D4S does not have switch lights so you ran it's aux board to the "switch light" output. Then, the fact it's 2 channel (instead of 3 channel on the ROT66) means you have one leftover pin free.
I've been away for some time so missed this, which is really interesting.
1: How do I buy one ? and from where ? preferably at a BLF price.
3: Clearly the BLF gurus have been involved in the development and are continuing work. Any background info would be welcome (PM if necessary).
Fireflies is a new company but with some (they mentioned to me) experienced guys who worked for other flashlight companies before (they will not:say which). Before releasing their first flashlight they contacted several people on BLF for advice (they asked me about leds), which is a clever move, but they also have a good nose themselves for what are wanted features and are especially keen on high CRI. That is about what I know. Their first runs of their first flashlight, ROT66, show some teething problems but is seems sofar that they are very willing to solve that for the customers.
Finally got my Nichia version from the group buy.
First I thought they forgot the switch but then I noticed it was only the underdesigned lanyard mount .
But there was something black visible on the center LED, after removing the bezel it turned out as a solder clump. Removed it and light is ok now. Glad I checked before running the LED on full for a while which might have have burned the LEDs dome.
End control could be better though.
Bezel was very tight btw. and made a terrible squeaking noise when turning. I added some grease to the threads since I have to open the bezel again in future for a planned mod.
Did a rough lumen measurement with my Nicha version and got about 4800 to 5000 lumens at start, checked my last unmodified Q8 against and they showed almost the same values (within one or two percent), both with 30Q. Very nice tint, Q8 is green in direct comparison. But it gets hot very fast – much, much faster than the Q8. Temperature sensor doesn't seem to be adjusted yet, after a couple of seconds the light is too hot to touch.
Anyway, I'm pretty impressed with this light!
I have to say, for a first run "showing some teething problems", I absolutely love my nichia version of this light. No problems what so ever.
it gets hot very fast – much, much faster than the Q8. Temperature sensor doesn't seem to be adjusted yet, after a couple of seconds the light is too hot to touch. Anyway, I'm pretty impressed with this light!
It doesn't get so hot like that, but it might potentially err in the other direction. As soon as it thinks it's going to overheat, it glides down to about 2000 lm. The sensor can be calibrated though, and the temperature limit set to whatever you like.


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Свиязький Богородице-Успенський чоловічий монастир — діючий чоловічий монастир Казанської єпархії Татарстанської митрополії Російської православної церкви (Московський патріархат), колиска православ'я Казанського краю і Поволжя. Є об'єктом всесвітньої спадщини ЮНЕСКО.

Історія
Свиязький Богородице-Успенський чоловічий монастир був заснований в 1555 році одночасно з заснуванням Казанської єпархії. Засновником монастиря і його першим настоятелем став архімандрит Герман (Садирев-Полев), який пізніше став другим архієпископом Казанським, (1564- 1566) прославлений в лику святих як святитель Герман, Казанський чудотворець. Його мощі — головна святиня монастиря з 1592 року.
Свиязький Богородице-Успенський чоловічий монастир — головний православний духовно-просвітницький і місіонерський центр Казанської єпархії і Середнього Поволжя протягом XVI—XVIII століть. За збереженими відомостями, друкарня для друку Святого Письма і богослужбових книг з'явилася в монастирі ще при святителі Германі — раніше, ніж друкарня Івана Федорова в Москві.
У XVI—XVIII столітті монастир був найбагатшим в Середньому Поволжі і входив в число 20 найбагатших в Росії. За свиязьким архімандритом було закріплено 7-е місце за значимістю на Русі. На землях монастиря напередодні реформи 1764 року значилося 7200 чоловічих селянських душ — стільки ж, скільки у всіх інших монастирях Казанської єпархії, разом узятих.
За монастирської реформи 1764 року монастир зведений в I клас — вищий для монастирів Російської імперії. До 1809 року був єдиним першокласним в Казанській єпархії (з 1809 року цей статус отримав і Казанський Богородицький монастир).
Збідніння в XIX столітті міста Свиязька, а також наслідки секуляризації церковних земель 1764 року привели монастир до занепаду. Братія, колись перевищувала 100 чоловік, а до початку XX століття ледь сягала 20-25 ченців і послушників, доходи монастиря стали поступатися доходам інших монастирів єпархії.
9 серпня 1918 року червоноармійцями був по-звірячому вбитий без суду останній настоятель обителі — єпископ Свиязький Амвросій (Гудко), прославлений в лику Собору новомучеників і сповідників Церкви Руської в 2000 році.
В роки становлення радянської влади монастир був закритий і розграбований, а рака з мощами святителя Германа розкрита червоногвардійцями. Згодом, мощі приховали під престолом цвинтарного храму Ярославських чудотворців міста Казані, а в 2000 році знову повернуті в Свиязьк.
За радянських часів територію обителі займала психіатрична лікарня, яка в 1994 році була виведена.
У 1997 році Свиязький Богородице-Успенський чоловічий монастир був офіційно відроджений.
14 червня 2019 року в монастирі була відреставрована і відкрита меморіальна келія засновника монастиря святителя Германа (Садирева-Полева). 28 серпня того ж року митрополит митрополит Казанський і Татарстанський Феофан (Ашурков) освятив відреставрований Успенський собор монастиря. 20 серпня в монастирі був відновлений пам'ятник преподобному Сергію Радонезькому, створений в кінці 1990-х років з благословення ігумена Кирила (Коровіна), проте втрачений при реконструкції монастиря — його виявили закопаним в землю біля вівтарної частини Успенського собору.

Архітектурний ансамбль
Ансамбль монастиря представляє унікальну історико-архітектурну цінність, по якій він не має собі рівних в Середньому Поволжі. Найдавніші його храми — Успенський собор (1561) і Нікольська трапезна церква (1556) з 43-метровою дзвіницею — визнані шедеври російського зодчества XVI століття. Особливо цінний для мистецтвознавців Успенський собор і його фрески того ж 1561 року. Це пам'ятник в стилі псковсько — новгородських храмів (передбачувані архітектори — Постник Яковлєв та Іван Ширяй). У XVIII столітті він отримав новий купол в стилі українського бароко і 12 візерункових барокових кокошників, але в іншому його вигляд XVI століття залишився незмінним.
Фрески всередині собору займають загальну площу 1080 м². Це один з двох храмів Росії, де зберігся повний цикл настінного живопису епохи Івана Грозного (другий — собор Спасо-Преображенського монастиря в Ярославлі). Взагалі, російський фресковий живопис XVI століття відомий, головним чином, лише на прикладі названих соборів: збереглося багато давніших і пізніших фресок, але по XVI століттю є велика прогалина. У цьому сенсі, свиязькі розписи є всесвітнім раритетом. Найбільш знамениті їх композиції: «Вітчизна» («Новозавітна Трійця») в куполі, «Успіння Божої Матері» в вівтарі, «Розп'ятий Христос на грудях Бога Саваофа» в одному з вітрил зводу, «Хода праведних в рай», «Святий Христофор» (одна з небагатьох старовинних збережених фресок, де цей святий, згідно апокрифічною версією зображений з кінською головою). Унікальне і те, що розписи західної стіни не містять традиційної композиції геєни вогненної, зображуючи лише райські обителі.
Інші пам'ятки монастиря відносяться до рубежу XVII—XVIII ст .: т. н. архієрейський, настоятельський і братський корпуси. Вознесенський надбрамний храм (кін. XVII ст.) і храм св. Германа Казанського і Митрофана Воронезького (XIX ст.) були зруйновані за радянських часів.
Майже кілометрова огорожа монастиря, що надає йому вид кремля, відноситься до XVIII—XIX ст.

Схема

 Собор Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці
 Церква свт. Миколи Чудотворця
 Церква прп. Германа Казанського і прп. Митрофана Воронезького
 Церква Вознесіння Господнього над Святими воротами
 Архієрейський корпус
 Монастирське училище
 Братський корпус
 Огорожа
 Господарські ворота
 Баня
 Некрополь
 Господарський двір

Адреса та проїзд
Свиязьк, Зеленодольський район, Республіка Татарстан, 422500.
Проїзд: від річкового вокзалу Казані до річкового вокзалу «Свиязьк».
Проїзд: Федеральна автомобільна дорога М7 «Волга» (Горьковське шосе). Казань — Свиязьк (до 70 кілометрів, після моста через річку Свіягу і наступного за ним поста поліції (село Ісаково) побудована автомобільна розв'язка — поворот наліво, далі за вказівниками.
Проїзд: Приміський залізничний вокзал Казані, західний напрямок електропоїздів, (наприклад: Канаш, Буа, Албаба, ж/д станції Свиязька), далі на автомобілі 15 км.

Офіційний сайт Свиязького Богородице-Успенського чоловічого монастиря: http://sviyazhsk-monastery.ru/

Галерея

Примітки

Література

 Рощектаєв А. В. Історія Свіязького Успенського монастиря

Посилання

 Новини монастиря
 Про монастир на сайті Казанської єпархії
Світова спадщина в Росії
Церкви Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці
Православні монастирі Успіння Пресвятої Богородиці
Чоловічі монастирі
Культові споруди, побудовані 1555
Пам'ятки Татарстану
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