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by T Fleischmann
Used by permission from Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through (Coffee House Press, 2019). Copyright © 2019 by T Fleischmann.
I rent an apartment with my partner Jackson, a couple's home after we'd each spent the past decade in anarchist collectives and punk houses. The apartment is in the furthest north neighborhood of Chicago, Rogers Park. One block away from us is the Leather Museum and Archives, and a couple more short blocks is my favorite leather bar, which is next to another leather bar I've never been inside. I guess it's a leather neighborhood? To go toward them I walk down the alley a block from my house, which is a grocery store alley. Sometimes people shoot up in the alley, and I carry Narcan with my keys. Our apartment is in a courtyard building, with a stone gate with decorative stones at the top that look like butt plugs, and our building management company is called S&M. Down the road is our friend Vicente and then just a little more down the road in different directions are some other friends. Vicente is a performance artist and when I talk to him about this one question I've been asking lately, "Why aren't we supposed to be next to each other?" he makes in response a performance where he fists a leather daddy in a gallery with the lyric "You make me feel mighty real" looping from the song. The grocery store next to us has a sign outside that says, "Everyone Is Welcome Here." Jackson and I have the front unit in our apartment building. The sun comes through all the windows at different times of day, and sometimes on a Sunday he and I make a large brunch with vegan options and muffins like it's the early 2000s again, and people come and go.
Inside the apartment Jackson and I have sex like my body is taller than his but his body is stronger than mine. And then we have sex like our thighs touch. The kind of sex we have in the apartment is on the couch, kissing, after the last time we had sex was also on the couch, but we didn't kiss much that time. Jackson uses his hands to rub my shoulders and I use my hands to rub his shoulders, also his feet. When we have sex I look at my ribs, and when we have sex his mouth is open. He uses his fingers to pull on his nipples, and I grab his tits, and when we have sex his hands go from a part of my body that is closer to my feet up toward the middle part of my body. Inside of our apartment sometimes we come. There are sometimes other people there and Jackson turns so that I am behind him and our bodies each have two points where they bend at an angle. I was scared that I didn't know, actually, how to have sex with the same person all the time when that person is always there, but Jackson and I keep having sex, and it turns out I do know how to do that.
Inside the leather bar there is almost never anyone until very late. In a row on the street outside there is my favorite taqueria, the leather bar I love, a fetish store, that other leather bar, a police station, and then the health center where I get my hormones and stitreatments and all that. Inside the bar it's quiet, often just me and whoever I go with, and then at the bar a few regulars who I sometimes kind of talk to, and the bartender who is always kind. I really like him. "No more bitters in the soda anymore; it's too much for me now," I had to say to him one day, after I developed an insensitivity to alcohol from long-term use of testosterone blockers. Before midnight or so, the only people who pass through the back of the bar are people going to fuck or do drugs in the bathroom. The pool table is next to that bathroom, the green fabric of which is loose, and cues that feel hollow and like a hard thing inside of them is loose, too. Also they are all bent. On a back porch and around a little corner into the alley I sometimes take someone to fuck. I press my hand against a brick wall when I do and there is one light. It's always like I might get caught. If someone came outside, he might say, "Hey, go in the dungeon if you want to fuck."
I don't really play with my trauma in sex, just sometimes with control a little bit. I understand that people all the time use sex to engage their trauma, and this is good for them, but I've never been drawn to process like that. I did convince myself that I should, though, for a while, like how I thought I had to bottom for years. I really believed I would fail my radical queer ethics if I didn't shove stuff up my butt. No one actually told me this or pressured me but I believed it anyway, and it was all my choice, which I got from somewhere else. So I leave my own, personal traumas off the table, and I never developed any real kinks, but my formative years in queerness gave me relatively stable, safe opportunities to try out all kinds of freaky sex shit anyway. I was always curious, and eager, and down for everyone else's perversions. Like I would never have shoved a needle in someone recreationally except that I found myself spending a lot of time with some people who shoved needles into each other recreationally. And although no kinks or real fetishes ever did take hold, I sometimes felt new desires shaping themselves out of my experiences, the roaming that also accustomed me to sometimes having unpleasant, painful, or psychologically convoluted sex. A foot up a friend's ass, or face-fucking someone in a kiddie pool filled with piss, electrocuting and punching and getting beat, none of which is really my thing—so what, a bad blow job, or some stranger trying to fuck me up out of nowhere, I was prepared for it.
Fun and pleasure are productive places to start building resilience, which is good because the work of resisting should feel good when it can. I don't think it's coincidence, this horrible placement of the police station among the leather bars. The Chicago police are murderous; they are trauma, white supremacy, death. I know enough about corruption in this city, and gay bars and police and money everywhere I've lived, that I assume some man is giving some other man something here. That they meet up sometimes, and they give each other what they want, and that this is why the bar can stay open until sunrise, crime and sin flowing. This is probably a continuation, years of this collective agreement redefining itself, that began in a time with slightly different laws and codes, different bars and men. I don't think there's some deep conspiracy between the leather daddies and the cops, just that they're certainly not distinct groups, not entirely, and a shared aesthetic can be a fucked up thing.
The basement of the bar, where you're supposed to fuck, does look just like the alley. It's called the Hole and there's another bar down there, but they don't even open it until eleven or twelve, when I'm already asleep. Only rarely because of drugs or a party I stay up late enough, and when I do I stand in the middle of the room and I am surrounded by gay dudes and I try to will myself to want to gorge like I used to but it's really just not there anymore. Whatever my first desire was, the one that drove me bursting away from what I knew, toward blow jobs and drag queens and something different, that one is gone and now other desires are there instead. The desire for a transsexual orgy and then a nap. The desire for someone who already knows how to have sex with me right. The desire to not have to talk about it actually. The desire I'm working with now is a thing that I shaped, rather than an inchoate mess, a clumsy what. When I fuck in the Hole I top but I'm not a daddy or a Sir or a boss lady. My desire is about what I'm doing, and what the other person is doing, and we're really not doing a lot, just fucking.
But a lot to do. The leather world in Chicago is, like most of the leather world, good at sometimes activating their community into political and charitable action. The Leather Archives are filled with stories of this, and of course meticulous documentation of organizational finances, which has something to do with doming capitalism, I think. The archives, in their documentation of organizations and community leaders, include important information like Where did the money go? Who was present and who was in a leadership position? How much cash was raised by this fund-raiser, how much of that cash went to provide services for people living with aids, and how much of it went to fight domestic violence in gay communities? Mostly, who got what? This kind of thing tells you a lot—who got what—which is why it should be written down and everyone should know it. Open accounting is a power play too, I guess.
Although saying the right political thing and giving some money, that can just be part of the pageant so no one knows how awful you are. Like a leather daddy Jackson meets, a community leader, who was a torture expert for the United States military during the Vietnam War before shifting into what, a similar costume? A similar power position? Whatever the horrors of the United States should be called, they never lack for disguises, new ways to hide in plain sight. Sometimes the people saying the right things, leading the community, and giving a little money to someone who needs it, they can be the last ones you should trust.
Thursdays the museum is free, which would be a nice way of approaching it, except that the building is not wheelchair accessible, so it's actually bullshit. I attend on some of those Thursdays, take the alley and go into its basement. There I sit in an armchair and read magazines, part of the exhibit on women and leather and, on the other side of a floating wall, trans people and leather. On display is the one-year anniversary issue ofOn Our Backs, the pro-sex lesbian magazine started in 1984, the year after I was born. It is easy to imagine myself into this world. The photographer Honey Lee Cottrell reflects on being featured as the first centerfold in the magazine a year earlier. "Bulldagger Self-portrait," she begins the column, a reflection on her body. "I wonder about butches and nudity as well about aging and nudity. Would you think butches would be more or less willing than femmes to take their clothes off publicly?" She writes about fearing her accumulating experience, "like being permanently bitter over the losses suffered in broken relationships." Alongside is the photo, short hair and an open dress shirt and that look, kind of leaned forward and cocky—if you know that look you know that look. She imagines straight men looking at the photo and getting turned on, and wonders if that would make a guy queer. The Q&A says the she was born not far from where I was born but in 1946. I google to see if there is a copy of the magazine online I can access but only find an article questioning the ethics of reproducing the magazine, taking it from its original and more secretive context and making it available to everyone, so instead I take pictures of it with my phone. A few pages before "Bulldagger Self-Portrait" there is a review of a porn film in which a butch person packs a meat sausage from the fridge and runs around the city as a gay man, as well as an advertisement for a store with "X-rated videos for lesbians," World of Video, in Manhattan.
The letters and the personals are beautifully inconsistent, no dominant experience or politics emerging, just some related and incompatible ones. People canceling because of the S&M content, people praising the S&M, people reporting back that everyone at MichFest is trash-talking the magazine. It's all people who know what they want, regardless. "I like menstrual sex, dildos, and fisting. Especially love anal sex. Attracted to virgins, women who do not shave, small tits, and bodybuilders," says one woman. "In heat if you're butch enough to sweep me off my feet—." Another, "Rhinestones are truly you and I know exactly where they should be placed." There are a lot of ads from Chicago and many of them say "no butches." One particularly femme ad ends, "Must accept heterosexuality."
There is a series of photographs of swollen clits, "The Family Pearl," and an instructional breakdown of biological tissue: "Our new definition of the clitoris helps to explain and validate all women's sexual experiences," which is kind of true—there's a way to squint at its gender language that I like, the word "penis" repeated across the article, a diagram of genitalia that dissolves some binary distinctions. Also inside is a photo series by Cottrell, of "Rachael and Elexis," with Rachael being the first Ms. Leather in 1981, and the first black person to win a national leather title in the United States. The photos close with Rachael and Elexis catching out of a train yard, matching butch and hard-femme leather outfits, an anarchist Aspray-painted on a car behind them. "Desperate Caboose. Lady of the Eighties seeks bad butch for fast action on the tracks. Coast-bound train leaves tomorrow. Be there . . ."
Behind the magazines, on the lesbian-themed wall, there's a flyer for "Powersurge 1992," an all-women S&M conference, and a little informative placard that explains the group was torn apart internally with arguments over their policy, which stated, "You must be able to slam your dick in a drawer and walk away without causing great physical harm to yourself." Next to it is a flyer with the number and address of the Lesbian Sex Mafia, with a drawing of five dykes on it. Four of them look just like different people I know, all guys. On the other side of the wall there is a celebration of Tyler McCormick, the first trans man and the first person using a wheelchair to win the International Mr. Leather title, in 2010. There's a nice picture of him, at the top of the wall, sexy in a white t-shirt, and he's celebratory. "It is true that I am trans and I have been well received by other trans people but the core of my identity is as a gay leather man," he said in an interview after the win. There's also a boot-blacking station nearby with a looping video so every now and then I hear some daddy, lacing up a boot, joke that "I can't find the hole. That's never happened to me, ha ha."
This is not about inclusion, I don't think, or representation. One night at the leather bar, events are already happening as Vicente and I leave kind of late, and a guy on the stage is drunk: "You all know about the incident," he begins and picks up after a pause to summarize his take on whatever the incident was. "But I think every person should be part of our leather community, whatever her gender." Inclusion is sometimes just more people performing labor to hold up the bullshit. I care more about detailed and welcoming instructions to explore anal sex, which are laid out in one of the dyke magazines, or S&M brunches where everyone brings money for a prisoner support group. Like remembering that Chicago is first and foremost a city of movement work, and that everyone here lives in the legacy of the Black Panthers, of the Rainbow Coalition Fred Hampton established. What people do, who has and had what, what they say about themselves—all of that mattering, including who is there.
Anyway, I try not to be scared of violence. It's ceaseless and unavoidable, and you don't want to be scared of something that you'll probably need to use to save yourself. Being scared is no way to live. A lot better, I think, is to remind myself that I'm a fucking badass, and to summon the full power of my imagination, which proves the world malleable, and that the better world is possible. That there shouldn't be a police station at all, not there or anywhere else, and if we all came together we could in fact get rid of it. I guess every time I fuck and I'm happy and I do what I want I would like to call that an anti-state action. The people I love and I alive—yes, we weaken the state. But also every time after I have felt pleasure and played pool with a bunch of transsexuals and smoked weed and then eaten a taco and gone home, when my body is at its best, then I need to set myself to contributing to the coalition, which is already underway, which has kept me alive, the work of liberation being one of the ceaseless things. That's what I think about, mainly, in the basement of the Leather Archive, surrounded by people yelling about dicks, or outside, on the street again.
And I do my best to join that work as a person who has taken the time to heal, because you help other people better once you've helped yourself. This is back in the apartment, Jackson teaching me to put my feet flat on the ground and to breathe and to identify where my strength is inside of me. Healing includes talking and crying, until I feel like I understand what has happened and what it means to me, and sometimes I talk about things from a long time ago, and sometimes from now. Jackson draws from his practice as a body worker, and sometimes I sit and I think of all the people who have survived who I did not think were going to survive, and then I think of myself alive. Some nights we gather all the houseplants and put them in the bathroom, then we run the shower all the way up to get everything steamy and light candles, and then we run a hot bath and sit in it together, what Jackson calls a Jurassic Sauna. And after that I eat some homemade kraut out of a stone crock, and then I'm ready to be a person doing something in the world again, and doing it with someone else.
T Fleischmann is the author of Syzygy, Beauty and Time Is the Thing a Body Moves Through and the curator of Body Forms: Queerness and the Essay. A nonfiction editor at DIAGRAM and contributing editor at Essay Daily, they have published critical and creative work in journals such as the Los Angeles Review of Books, Fourth Genre, Gulf Coast, and others, as well as in the anthologies Bending Genre, How We Speak to One Another, Little Boxes, and Feminisms in Motion.
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Punta Gorda Airport
The Capital Improvement Plan for the Airport is organized into Short-Term (2018 through 2022), Intermediate-Term (2023 through 2027) and Long-Term (2028 through 2037) periods. Projects proposed for each phase are intended to meet existing or projected shortfalls in the capacity of existing facilities or to improve the condition of facilities. Deviations from the levels of demand identified by the study may require certain projects to be moved into earlier or later phases. Changes to project phasing may also result from changes in the priorities of tenants and/or the Authority. The total cost of the plan is approximately 165 million in 2017 dollars. The following paragraphs describe the recommended plan.
Short-Term Projects
Project priorities in the short-term (2018 to 2022) include a focus on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of airfield pavements including the runway extension needed to accomplish subsequent projects, a relocation of the existing general aviation terminal to the north side of the airfield, the construction of new facilities for flight schools, the construction of high priority terminal area improvements such as additional automobile parking, wetland mitigation projects and various hangar projects.
Project Number / Project Name / Estimated Cost
53 Construct New GA Taxiways and Apron $5,666,357
54 Construct New General Aviation Terminal Apron & Taxiway $8,140,078
58 Construct New General Aviation Terminal and Parking $2,390,244
59 Construct New WMU Flight School Building and Parking $4,952,257
60 Construct Access from Challenger Road to New GA Facilities $613,749
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While searching for my NatPost column on line today I noticed an ad that said "90 Golfers. One Course. Davis Love." Turns out that Davis Love, who is in town to explain the work he's done to the North Course in preparation for the Canadian Open, will be playing with three lucky chaps willing to part with $5,000 for the pleasure. The other 86 players apparently get the privilege of playing the course while Love is on it.
The question now is whether Love will be back for the Canadian Open in July. It will sure be embarrassing for all involved if he's not.
If you want to play int he event, check it out here.
Lorne Rubenstein's latest column raises the question about whether Mike Weir will be in the field.
Weir has time to make the team automatically, based on his world ranking through the PGA Championship in August. Given that this isn't a sure thing, folks at this grand old club, which honours its past in so many ways, are a bit nervous.
"I hope he'll be here," a female member said while playing the 14th hole this week. "But he's struggling." Then the woman, like Weir a left-handed golfer, smacked her shot down the fairway.
Weir is currently ranked 17th, while Ames is ranked 13th. Weir was a big factor in getting the event to Montreal, but his game is not where it should be these days. Ames started the year well but has not played exceptionally well lately. Could it be that both will be watching the event on TV? PresCup standings are here.
Tiger gets the best of anything — that is unless it is a golf field. Woods said yesterday that a lot of golfers did not plan to play at the International, and are skipping his Washington event that was created following the International's demise.
If Woods can't get the best to play in an invitational event with a small field and a US$6 million purse, what chance does the Canadian Open have?
Those people who choose to skip Tiger's DC event better think twice before they make their decision if they want to get invited to the Tiger 'hand-out' event called Target World Challenge where even the last place finisher get over USD$100K.


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Neighbors voice concerns over prospective homeless housing location
The 99-room America's Best Value Inn at 11801 Blue Ridge Blvd. to provide long-term housing for homeless individuals and those at risk of becoming homeless.
"What business will want to come in here knowing right across the street there is a major facility for the homeless."
By Martin City Telegraph / June 23, 2022
By John Sharp
A proposal by KCMO city staff to possibly purchase the 99-room America's Best Value Inn at 11801 Blue Ridge Blvd. to provide long-term housing for homeless individuals and those at risk of becoming homeless encountered strong opposition during a nearly two-hour long in-person meeting May 31 to gather community input on the project.
Grandview Mayor Leonard Jones whose city limits at 119th St. are extremely close to the project site spoke forcefully in opposition to the site, noting his city had sent a letter to the KCMO mayor and city council stating his city and its board of aldermen are opposed to the location of the project.
He and Grandview Alderman Joe Runions both voiced their concerns about the impact housing so many homeless individuals at the site would have on Grandview's ability to provide prompt emergency medical services to its residents since Grandview Fire Department ambulances already are frequently called to respond to medical emergencies at the site which now has much fewer occupants.
The president of the adjacent Crossgates Homeowners Association Raymond Franks and nearby Kirkside Homes Association President Darrell Curls both stated their personal opposition to the project, as did Hickman Mills School Board member and nearby resident Beth Boerger, Southern Communities Coalition Treasurer Teresa Edens and other neighborhood residents.
Since the meeting, strong concerns have been raised by Grandview Fire Department Chief Ron Graham and KCMO South Patrol Division Commander James Buck about the impact housing this many homeless persons there would have on their emergency response times.
Graham said even with much fewer persons normally staying at the often sparsely occupied hotel the Grandview Fire Department has responded to medical emergencies there 38 times in 2020, 34 times in 2021 and as of June 1, 17 times this year.
Under an automatic aid agreement, the Kansas City Fire Department dispatches whichever ambulance can get to the scene of a medical emergency the quickest, which frequently is one of Grandview's three ambulances for emergencies at the hotel.
"The city is concerned that the proposed project, with its estimated 125-150 Kansas City residents, will result in more calls for service from the Grandview Fire Department and strain our resources, resulting in slower response times for our own residents who pay for our services," Graham said.
Commander Buck noted that the city didn't include any additional funding in the police department budget this fiscal year to increase South Patrol staffing, and its current staffing levels are below what they were two months ago. He said even with full staffing the division struggles to respond to the needs of the community.
He said temporarily housing a large number of homeless persons recently at another area hotel increased 911 calls from the site and increased crime in the area since the organizations placing them there did not have sufficient staffing to successfully deal with conflicts and misconduct.
Housing large numbers of homeless persons at the hotel on Blue Ridge Blvd. raises the possibility of additional resources being needed from South Patrol to respond to calls there, he said.
"This diversion of services means less time and resources available to deal with violent crime within the division," Buck said.
Nearby business owner David Eisenmenger, D.C., who operates Peak Performance Chiropractic at 11720 Blue Ridge Blvd. just down the street from the hotel, said the proposed project will cripple efforts to attract and retain businesses along Blue Ridge Blvd. near the hotel, an area that already has several vacant businesses.
"What business will want to come in here knowing right across the street there is a major facility for the homeless," he asked.
Eisenmenger said there already are problems with persons panhandling most of the daylight hours and often into the night at the stop lights on Blue Ridge Blvd. on both sides of the overpass over I-49 and littering the area.
"I've had about a dozen patients ask when I'm moving," he said, but noted he likes his patients and the overall community and has no present intention of moving.
The community input meeting at Hillcrest Community Center was hosted by 5th District-at-Large Councilwoman Ryana Parks-Shaw, who stayed to answer persons' questions and listened to their comments until everyone was leaving. She is chair of the city's Houseless Task Force.
If city staff continues to pursue the project and a price can be agreed on with the owner for the purchase of the hotel following a city appraisal, the city council will have to approve the purchase.
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The Borough food hall arrives in Marlborough
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Prime example of how people in power and our neighbors don't really want to help others. They would rather have people living in ditches or in jail instead of trying to give them a hand.


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Q: Finding the eigenvalues of a matrix problem So I do know how to compute the eigenvalues of a matrix. At least, that's what I thought. I got the matrix
A =
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My approach is by finding the determinant:
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But this gave me 8 lambda
According to calculators, it should give me -3, 3 and 0
What did I miss?

A: Probably You have some othe mistake in the calculus of determinat.
Hint:
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\right)=
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Can Iran preserve its interests in Latin America?
Amal Mukhtar
Friday، September 30، 2016
Iran has increased its activities in Latin America in recent months. On tour in August Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, visited Cuba, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela and Chile. Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, met Venezuelan president, Nicolas Maduro, his Ecuadorian and Bolivian counterparts, Rafael Correa and Evo Morales, respectively, on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Venezuela on September 17, 2016. Rouhani also visited Havana after the summit to meet President Raul Castro, and his predecessor, Fidel Castro.
The most notable feature of these trips and meetings is that they targeted the most left wing, radical governments on the continent, and those most opposed to American hegemony. Apart from Chile, all states are members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), which aims to integrate the nations of Latin America.
Despite the world powers (P5+1) signing a deal with Iran over its nuclear program early this year, including promises to gradually lift Western sanctions against Iran, tensions between Washington and Tehran have repeatedly risen to the surface in recent months.
Tehran, therefore, has a strong incentive to resume applying pressure by building ties with countries to the south of the US, and emphasizing that it has no intention of withdrawing from the continent, but will continue to see it as a top foreign policy priority, building on the strong ties it has established within the region.
Iranian interests
The last two visits by senior Iranian officials to Latin America had much the same aim as most Iranian activity in the region - serving Iranian interests as represented in the following:
1. Finding allies to support Iranian policies regionally and internationally
Tehran sees preserving friendly ties and mutual understanding with Latin American countries, a bloc with considerable clout in the international community, as an important way of supporting Iranian policies both in the Middle East and across the world.
Several Latin American states have adopted policies concerning the Middle East that are compatible with those of Iran, especially in Syria. The most influential states on the continent have supported the regime of Bashar al-Assad, to varying degrees. Some have rejected the Syrian revolution since the beginning, accusing other countries in the region of causing the rise of terrorist groups in Syria through their financial and political support for opposition groups.
Internationally, votes from Latin American countries in international forums have supported Iran in its disputes with the United States over its nuclear program. Rouhani and Zarif's visits were aimed at preserving ties with allies in support of Iranian policies both now and in the future. That is especially apparent during Zarif's visit when statements by both local and Iranian officials repeatedly talked of "countering Western hegemony" and supporting the "resistance economy."
2. Oil price crisis coordination
Iran, like many Latin American countries (particularly Venezuela), has been hard hit by the fall in oil prices. Therefore, Tehran has made significant efforts to work with the oil-producing nations on the continent to adopt policies that will ensure raising the price of a barrel of crude oil and offset their economic losses.
Zarif's visit was planned specifically for the purpose of discussing this issue. Official statements from his hosts, especially in Caracas, confirmed that a Venezuelan-Iranian deal had been struck to take a unified stance on dealing with the oil price crisis. In the last Iranian-Bolivian meeting, between Rouhani and Morales, the two presidents said they were making joint efforts to stabilize oil prices and preserve a reasonable price and fair production quotas at the meeting of OPEC nations in Algiers. When Rouhani met his counterpart in Ecuador, they agreed to call on other states to abide by oil production quotas set by the group, while refraining from violating the rights of others.
3. Iran's economic opening after the lifting of Western sanctions
While Tehran is preparing for an economic open-door policy to the world, it still suffers from a lack of capacity to trade with its immediate neighbors, either due to boycotts (as in the case of the Gulf states) or because of political and military strife in several Arab countries. Therefore, Iran has sought out new economic opportunities, even in distant lands.
Despite the gradual easing of international sanctions against Iran, the Islamic Republic still suffers from a lack of Western investment. On top of that, the reluctance of banks to work with Iran, because of warnings sent by the United States government, has meant that in practice the sanctions have not been fully lifted.
To overcome these obstacles, Iran is seeking to develop its economic and commercial relations overseas. In this regard, Zarif's visit was fruitful in economic terms, especially regarding banking. For example, Zarif signed a memorandum of understanding over joint Ecuadorian-Iranian banking. He also signed an agreement regarding transfers between the Central Bank of Iran and the Central Bank of Venezuela, in order to find a way of easing trade, bank transfers and economic cooperation between the two countries.
After his return, Zarif confirmed that his Latin American trip had offered opportunities to establish broader economic relations - both strengthening ties with countries that already had strong ties with Iran, such as Venezuela, and initiating relations with other countries for the first time, such as in Chile.
The private sector enjoyed a large share of the successes of this visit. When Zarif met the Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega, he expressed the desire to see the Iranian private sector take part in the new Nicaragua Canal project. The project will create a waterway that will join the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and play a significant role in international trade, posing as a serious competitor to the Panama Canal. Construction is set to begin at the end of this year and to be finalized by 2020.
Rouhani's meetings in other states also resulted in economic and banking deals. In his meeting with the Bolivian president, the Iranian President confirmed his country's willingness to support development projects in Bolivia and the importance of investment cooperation between the two states.
Challenges behind Iranian influence in Latin America
Iran faces several challenges in spreading its influence in Latin America, most prominently:
1. The rise of right-wing governments
The rise of the left in Latin America was a major incentive for Iranian-Latin American cooperation over the last decade. While the previous president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, made active diplomatic efforts towards the region, this policy was not successful in the absence of Hugo Chavez, Lula da Silva, Daniel Ortega, Rafael Correa, Fidel Castro and other left-wing leaders.
The common denominators between Iran and left-wing Latin American governments were a desire to resist American hegemony, and criticism of Washington's foreign policies in general -- both in terms of interference in its neighbors' affairs, and its geographical reach in Latin America and the Middle East. The arrival of the right wing governments in some Latin American countries represents a major threat to Iranian interests in the region.
The best example of this is a fundamental change in the official position of Argentina towards Tehran over the AMIA bombings, an attack on Argentine Israelite Mutual Association building in 1994. The Argentinian president, Mauricio Macri, annulled a memorandum of understanding with Iran over the issue, which was signed by President Cristina Kirchner's government in 2013, promising that Iranians accused of involvement in the affair would not be prosecuted. What happened in Argentina may be repeated in other Latin American states as governments move from left to right.
2. The growth of Arab Gulf activities in Latin America
The Gulf Arab states, notably the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, have shown an apparent interest in strengthening their ties with Latin American countries. Qatar and Saudi Arabia have both hosted the Summit of South American-Arab Countries (ASPA) in 2009 and 2015 respectively.
Commercial activity and investment have increased noticeably between the Arab Gulf and Latin American states, for example with the establishment of direct flights between the two regions. Thus, the Arab Gulf States are considered major competitors in Latin America.
3. The return of the United States to Latin America
The United States was largely absent from Latin American Affairs for two decades, despite its geographical proximity, partly because of being distracted by crises in the Middle East. Now it has returned with new tools at its disposal to deal with the new governments that are in power in Latin American states.
The most obvious example of this is a resumption of relations between the United States and Cuba, after five decades of conflict and blockade. The American President Barack Obama surprised the world when he visited Cuba in March 2016. Therefore, despite the fact that the United States and Iran have signed a nuclear deal in principle, the United States still poses a significant threat to Iranian influence in Latin America.
In conclusion, two visits by senior Iranian officials to individual American states in August and September 2016 confirmed that Iranian diplomacy is working hard to preserve its interests and its economic, cultural and intelligence presence in the region. These assets constitute a valuable tool in Tehran's relations with the United States. Recent tours by Iranian officials also reflect a determination to face down competition from the Arab Gulf States in Latin America.
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Whitey Bulger Killers Attempted to Remove His Tongue
#Entertainment #Prime #WestVirginia #WhiteyBulger #FurtherDetails
Whitey Bulger was targeted for a mob hit and the killers did what mob killers do with so-called "rats" — they try to cut out their tongue and gouge their eyes out.
Sources at the USP Hazelton prison in West Virginia tell TMZ, Bulger was killed in his cell at around 6 AM Tuesday, NOT in a common area as first reported. We're told 4 inmates walked into the cell where Whitey was sitting in his wheelchair.
They brutally beat him with a lock in a sock and used a shiv to try and gouge his eyes out. They also attempted to cut out his tongue. We're told there was a lot of blood in Bulger's mouth but we don't know if the tongue was actually removed.
We're told surveillance cameras captured the 4 inmates walking into Bulger's cell and walking out with their clothes clearly bloodied. The attack was not caught on video.
We're told the killers went back to their cells, changed out of their bloody clothes and then walked back to Bulger's cell with a mop and a bucket to clean up the mess.
As for the motive … our prison sources say prison officials believe it was mob retaliation because Bulger was considered a rat and an informant who helped put away several members of the mob.
The officials believe the mob put out a hit on Bulger and removal of the eyes and tongue are signs of such a hit.
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CNN Panel Erupts After Reporter Says Trump Has Radicalized More People Than ISIS
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Boston Crime Boss Whitey Bulger Beaten to Death in Prison at 89
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12:09 PM PT — A prison source tells us Bulger — who is wheelchair bound — was in general population Tuesday morning. We're told he was approached by 3 other inmates who wheeled him into a corner that could not be seen by surveillance cameras.
Our source says the inmates beat Bulger — one used a lock in a sock as a weapon — until he was unconscious. They also attempted to gouge his eyes out with some type of shiv, but were unsuccessful. Bulger fell to the ground covered in bruises and with several dents in his head.
As for the eyes, we've been doing some research — back in the days if Murder Inc., mobsters would gouge out the eyes of witnesses who talked to cops.
Whitey was an informant for the FBI starting back in 1975 — so, this may have been a message from his killers to warn others about snitching.
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I know that when I speak "comment or do anything, My words can be misconstrued and misunderstood but my intentions are good whatever I tweet whatever I post on Facebook for #GetOnGab I mean every word of it-I don't mince words I say what I want and I don't sugarcoat anything if I don't agree with you I'm get it let it be known -I am happy with our president, I'm not happy with the left attempting to derail my country . I am not happy about illegal immigrants invading or undocumented aliens living in my country. I don't think it's funny at all what's happening with the different "lawmakers" saying that President Trump isn't welcome here or they can't do this or they can't do that-when you were voted into office by the people of the United States of America-you have every fucking right to go wherever you damn well please. President just told the unwanted caravan invaders that they need to step back and they will not be admitted to the United States of America which I completely agree with they don't need to come here if they would just stay home and work on fixing their own damn country they would be no reason to come to America-it's not about the children it's about you invading my country. Ending this rant I will say I wish life was just like it was back in the 90s when I was in high school. If we could just bring those times to the present I will be much happier with life and apparently according to Nancy Grace, a couple has found a hidden camera in there cabin on a carnival cruise ship.


Balestier celebrate their third-place finish.
SINGAPORE, 6 OCT 2018 – Balestier Khalsa FC edged Home United FC on penalties to clinch third place in the RHB Singapore Cup after the game had ended 2-2 at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday evening.
Lightning rarely strikes twice at the same spot, but it proved to be the case for Balestier as they had led 2-0 through Hazzuwan Halim and Keegan Linderboom only to throw away the lead – as they did three days ago against Brunei DPMM FC in the second leg of their semi-final.
Faritz Hameed and Isaka Cernak scored for Home but Zaiful Nizam stood tall in the shootout by saving Fazli Ayob's attempt, allowing Sanjin Vrebac to dispatch the winning spot-kick in a 5-4 success.
The Protectors arguably controlled the entire game, but lapses in concentration saw them fall behind in the first half.
Hazzuwan should have opened the scoring in the 25th minute after latching onto Linderboom's knockdown, but Eko Pradana Putra was able to palm the ball away.
The forward made no mistake from the penalty spot just a minute later though, converting the spot-kick after Huzaifah Aziz was felled by Shahrin Saberin.
The lead was doubled in the 37th minute with Vrebac playing a delightful ball over the top for Hazzuwan, who cut it back for an arriving Linderboom to smash home.
But it was all Home thereafter. Song Ui-young had an attempt from close range but he blasted over, while Izzdin Shafiq's free-kick shaved the side of the woodwork on the hour mark.
Home finally made one chance count in the 74th minute when substitute Fazli made an immediate impact with a superb free-kick delivery for Faritz to power in a header.
Shakir Hamzah then headed Cernak's teasing cross onto the post on 84 minutes but just when it looked like time was running out, Home finally drew level.
Shahril Ishak tumbled over after being challenged by Shaqi Sulaiman in the box on 92 minutes and Cernak converted to send the game straight into the shootout.
The first eight takers all found the net before Zaiful made his brilliant save from Fazli and Vrebac put away his effort with aplomb, leaving Balestier to end their season on a high.
Home Head Coach Aidil Sharin: "We have to give our congratulations to Balestier, they have worked hard and gave us a tough time.
"In the first half, we were not the best and it was a big difference from the way we played against Albirex. We were attacking but as a team, we didn't defend well — they only had two good chances and they scored.
"In the second half, my boys transformed back to who they were and they did well, coming back from 2-0 down. In the penalty shootout, anything can happen. Zaiful is more experienced and we have to give credit to him. Eko is still earning but it's good for him to be up there and learn.
"Even though we are fourth in the Cup, do not forget we faced Tampines and then Albirex. If we were in the opposite side of the draw, it would have been different.
Balestier Head Coach Marko Kraljevic: "We started the first half very well and we scored two goals. We didn't dominate the game but we played well with our passes and went behind their defense often.
"In the second half we were under a lot of pressure and there were not many chances (for us), but they kept possession and didn't make as many chances.
"If you asked me now, I am not happy because I should be playing at 8pm (for the final). I like to win but I am not pleased to be playing at 5pm!
Home: Eko Pradana Putra (GK), Shakir Hamzah, Song Ui-young, Faritz Hameed, Iqram Rifqi (Aqhari Abdullah 46'), Izzdin Shafiq (C), Faizal Roslan (M. Anumanthan 56'), Shahril Ishak, Shahrin Saberin, Hafiz Nor (Fazli Ayob 72'), Isaka Cernak.
Unused subs: Kenji Rusydi (GK), Amy Recha, Muhelmy Suhaimi, Christopher Van Huizen.
Balestier: Zaiful Nizam (GK), Fadli Kamis, Shaqi Sulaiman, Khalili Khalif, Nurullah Hussein, Hazzuwan Halim (Akbar Shah Zainudeen 76'), Sufianto Salleh, Huzaifah Aziz, Fariz Faizal (Nurisham Jupri 86'), Keegan Linderboom (Noor Akid Nordin 59'), Sanjin Vrebac.
Unused subs: Hafiz Ahmad (GK), Nazri Sabri (GK), Afiq Salman Tan, Daniel Hazreel.


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Sławomir Sierakowski
Born in 1979, Sławomir Sierakowski is a Polish sociologist and political commentator. He is a founder and leader of Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), an Eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists, with branches in Ukraine and Russia. He is also the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw and the president of the Stanislaw Brzozowski Association, overseeing its publishing house, its online opinion site, cultural centers in Warsaw, Gdansk, Lodz and Cieszyn, in Poland, and in Kiev, Ukraine, and 20 local clubs.
The authors predict that Poland currently faces three potential political scenarios.
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Sławomir Sierakowski September 24, 2019, 11:57 am September 27, 2019
Merkel's House Divided
After years of blocking eurozone reforms at every turn, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suddenly come out in favor of a common budget. But the reason is not that she has seen the economic light…
Sławomir Sierakowski June 28, 2018, 11:15 am June 28, 2018
Will defunding Hungary and Poland backfire?
Macron and Verhofstadt's aim in raising the specter of Eastern European populists is to undermine their own populists at home.
Sławomir Sierakowski June 8, 2018, 9:58 am June 14, 2018
Germany's Populist Temptation
After months of difficult coalition talks, German Chancellor Angela Merkel finally managed to establish a new government in early March, only to find that she has a spoiler in her own camp.
Sławomir Sierakowski April 27, 2018, 10:09 am April 27, 2018
Poland's child-like state
The Polish government's wholesale refusal to admit any guilt or own up to mistakes speaks to a deep-seated immaturity. Recently, when the US secretary of state called President Andrzej Duda to oppose the government's controversial historical memory law, Duda wouldn't answer the phone, essentially sticking his fingers in his ears.
Sławomir Sierakowski April 18, 2018, 9:00 am April 18, 2018
Understanding populism in Eastern Europe
Eastern European populism differs from that in the West in important ways, owing to the region's weak liberal tradition, which translates into ineffective checks and balances on government and shallow support for institutions such as freedom of expression and independent courts. Sławomir Sierakowski, the founder of the Krytyka Polityczna movement, explains.
Sławomir Sierakowski February 17, 2018, 9:00 am February 17, 2018
How Eastern European populism is different
Only in Europe's post-communist east do populists routinely beat traditional parties in elections. Of 15 Eastern European countries, populist parties currently hold power in seven, belong to the ruling coalition in two more, and are the main opposition force in three.


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Library Archives Manuscript Collection - A0059
Local History Archive | Manuscript Collection List
A0059 – Boynton Beach Historical Society Collection
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Creator: Boynton Beach Historical Society
Title: Boynton Beach Historical Society Collection
Date span: 1960 - current
Physical description: 11.26 linear feet (23 boxes)
Language note: Materials entirely in English
Restriction on Access: The collection is available for supervised use by appointment during normal Boynton Beach City Library hours. Users are required to complete a registration form and comply with the library's regulations governing use.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction: Materials in the collections are to be used for private study, scholarship, or research in accord with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). The Boynton Beach City Library adheres to all conditions specified in the law when providing reproductions of copyrighted material. Any use of a reproduction in excess of "fair use," may result in the user's liability for copyright infringement.
Acquisition Information: The Boynton Beach Historical Society donated this collection to the Boynton Beach City Library on December 19, 2016 (see accession 2016.022 for more information).
Custodial History: The Boynton Beach Historical Society collected these records as a part of doing business. Various board members and members at large added to the collection over the years. For at least 8 years, the Boynton Beach City Library (BBCL) stored the Boynton Beach Historical Society records in their archives. Due to a lack of storage space, BBCL asked the Boynton Beach Historical Society to move their records to another facility in July of 2016. After reviewing the records and deeming them inactive, the Boynton Beach Historical Society offered to donate them to BBCL in December 2016. Other materials from other donors have also been added to this collection (2015.014, 2018.027)
Citation Note: Collection title including series, box, and item numbers, Boynton Beach City Library
Historical Note: In 1968, approximately 195 charter members founded the Boynton Beach Historical Society (BBHS). The society's mission was to act as a "living repository for Boynton Beach's traditions and history." Later, their mission expanded to include neighboring Ocean Ridge, Manalapan, Gulf Stream, Briny Breezes, Lantana, and Hypoluxo. In their founding year, they dedicated a Florida Room within the newly constructed addition to the Boynton Beach City Library. This served as an archive for both the city's history and the organization. Due to a lack of physical location, meetings were held in several locations, including the Boynton Beach Women's Club and the Boynton Beach City Library. In 1994, the Boynton Beach Historical Society succeeded in adding the 1913 Boynton Beach Elementary School to the National Registry of Historic Places, and spearheading efforts to restore the building for use as the Schoolhouse Children's Museum and Learning Center. In addition to their regular meetings, they host a series of educational program meetings and events, including talks given by historians and guided "history strolls."
Scope and Content Note: Collection includes administrative records, including meeting minutes, financial documents, correspondence, membership lists, event information, and publications; awards; historical research; and ephemera and artifacts, including a sign from the FEC railway, a wood piece from the Casino bathhouse, brackets from an unknown house, and a signal flag.
History--Societies, etc.—Archives
History--Societies, etc.--Photographs
Boynton Beach Historical Society (Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Arrangement Description:
The collection consists of 17 series:
Series 1 includes the Announcement records consisting of flyers for events, lectures and programs, regular society meetings, as well as promotional information.
Sub-series 1 is the event announcements and flyers from 1981.
Sub-series 2 contains the program notices from 1969.
Sub-series 3 includes contact information for various media outlets to assist in promotion.
Sub-series 4 is the meeting advertisements from 1967.
Series 2 contains Artifacts collected by the Boynton Beach Historical Society (BBHS), including wooden building pieces, a railroad sign, and a signal flag.
Series 3 consists of audio recordings from guest speaker presentations, both on compact disc and cassette tape. This series also holds four DVD recordings of meetings and presentations. Cassettes 1 through 4 are on the left side, while Cassettes 5 through 10 are on the right.
Series 4 includes awards and proclamations both received and given by the Boynton Beach Historical Society. The physical awards – three trophies, one ribbon, and one plaque – are housed in a separate box.
Sub-series 1 contains proclamations and awards given to the Boynton Beach Historical Society.
Sub-series 2 is awards presented by BBHS from 1982 to 1985.
Sub-series 3 consists of information regarding an essay contest sponsored by BBHS in 1998.
Series 5 contains the Board of Directors records consisting largely of committee lists, announcements, and minutes.
Sub-series 1 is the lists of officers, directors, and committee members from 1967.
Sub-series 2 consists of records from the nominating committee, including lists of potential officers.
Sub-series 3 includes memoranda and announcements, such as schedule changes and various notes from 1983.
Sub-series 4 consists of meeting minutes and agendas. Years with special meetings are noted on the folder.
Series 6 includes general BBHS correspondence.
Sub-series 1 contains correspondence addressed to the historical society.
Sub-series 2 consists of correspondence from BBHS, including informative notices to members.
Sub-series 3 is internal memoranda amongst officers, members, and city officials.
Series 7 is comprised of BBHS ephemera, including various logo designs, stationary, paper bags, and a pin. All materials, other than the paper bags, are housed in folders.
Series 8 consists of records of events sponsored or attended by BBHS from 1969.
Series 9 includes financial records and documents.
Sub-series 1 contains bank documents, such as monthly statements, balance sheets, and deposit receipts.
Sub-series 2 consists of fundraising opportunities either applied for or researched by the historical society. It is unclear if these grants were received or denied.
Sub-series 3 includes receipts for stationary, flyers, refreshments, and other expenses.
Sub-series 4 is treasurer's reports, often presented at various Board of Directors meetings.
Series 10 covers the governance of the Boynton Beach Historical Society.
Sub-series 1 includes the various by-laws drafted, edited, and confirmed by society members.
Sub-series 2 consists of the society's incorporation documents, including the original certificate of incorporation, signed by Florida Secretary of State, Tom Adams.
Sub-series 3 holds information regarding how the society should be, and then was, organized.
Sub-series 4 is comprised of documents regarding the society's tax exemption status.
Sub-series 5 includes information about the Florida Room/Archives in the library, particularly improvements that needed to be made and how it should be utilized.
Series 11 holds historical research completed by assorted members of the Boynton Beach Historical Society.
Sub-series 1 covers city-wide history, including demographic information, businesses, and municipal services.
Sub-series 2 consists of index cards describing gifts donated to the historical society as well as the name of the donor and the date it was given.
Sub-series 3 includes information on Boynton Beach's pioneering families. There are several short essays and a collection of index cards (organized alphabetically).
Sub-series 4 is comprised of research related to Florida history.
Series 12 contains notes and minutes from regular Historical Society meetings.
Series 13 includes membership information for the Boynton Beach Historical Society.
Sub-series 1 holds lists of members, including their names, addresses, and other contact information.
Sub-series 2 consists of information regarding charter members. The first folder contains membership dues forms. The second folder contains specific contact information for the society's charter members.
Sub-series 3 is comprised of index card files. The sub-series is housed in two small boxes (labeled as boxes rather than folders). It is organized alphabetically, as it was originally, but can be organized chronologically using the last date on each card.
Series 14 holds various newspaper clippings and stories about the society, its events, and/or its members.
Series 15 contains publications created by the historical society.
Sub-series 1 includes newsletters from 1985 to 2017.
Sub-series 2 consists of various membership applications.
Sub-series 3 holds pamphlets promoting the society and listing membership costs.
Sub-series 4 is comprised of a booklet, Boynton Beach: The First 100 Years, about the city's history.
Series 16 consists of photographs taken by the Boynton Beach Historical Society. Subjects include society meetings and other city events.
Series 17 includes scrapbooks created by the historical society. The pages include news clippings, photographs, and other mementoes. The scrapbooks are generally undated with two loose photographs dated 1998 and 1999, respectively.
Processing Information: Collection processed March-November 2017 by Kayleigh Howald and Susan Swiatosz.
Date of Finding Aid: revised May 2019/ gc
CONTAINER LIST
Box 1: Series 1: Announcements
Sub-series 1: Event Announcements
Folder 1: Undated
Folder 2: 1981-1986
Sub-series 2: Program Notices
Folder 9: 2000
Folder 10: 2009-2017
Folder 11: 2018-
Sub-series 3: Promotional Information
Sub-series 4: Meeting Advertisements
Box 3: Series 2: Artifacts
Artifact 1: Wood piece from bathhouse, beach casino 1984
Artifact 1: Sign from FEC railroad depot, demolished 1965
Artifact 2: Brackets/corbels (2) from historic house (not labeled)
Artifact 3: Signal flag, 1987
Box 5: Series 3: Audio-Visual
Cassette 1: Mrs. Harvey Oyer Sr., undated
Cassette 3: Mrs. Oyer, Harvey Oyer History of Methodist Church, March 16, 1983
Cassette 4: Nat Reed Presentation Everglades/Water, February 19, 1981
Cassette 5: Carrie Parker and Mayor Jerry Taylor, January 8, 1996
Cassette 6: Michael Daniel, Guest Speaker, February 12, 1996
Cassette 7: James Wright, Guest Speaker, March 11, 1996
Cassette 8: John Reis, April 8, 1996
Cassette 9: Harvey Oyer Slide – History of Boynton, October 1999
Cassette 10: Partin, March 11, 2002
CD 1: BBHS Presentation by Mrs. Harvey Oyer, Sr., undated
DVD 1: "History of Boynton Beach" narrated by Lowell Thomas, 1976
DVD 2: "Barefoot Mailman" presented by Mike Bornstein, October 2009
DVD 4: BBHS Meeting, April 2011
Box 6: Series 4: Awards
Sub-series 1: Awards to BBHS
Award 1: Ribbon, undated
Award 2: Trophy, 1972
Award 5: Plaque, March 19, 1977
Sub-series 2: Awards from BBHS
Sub-series 3: Essay Contest (sponsored by BBHS)
Box 8: Series 5: Board of Directors
Sub-series 1: Officers, Directors, and Committee Lists
Sub-series 2: Nominating Committee Records
Folder 13: Undated
Folder 20: 2000-2001, 2013
Sub-series 3: Memoranda and Announcements
Folder 24: 1991
Sub-series 4: Meeting Minutes and Agenda
Folder 2: 1967-1968, October 25, 1968
Folder 17: 1984, October 9
Folder 24: 1993, November 5 and December 1
Folder 25: 1994, June 21
Folder 30: 2000, January 10 and September 20
Box 10: Series 6: Correspondence
Sub-series 1: To BBHS
Sub-series 2: From BBHS
Sub-series 3: Internal Memoranda
Box 11: Series 7: Ephemera
Folder 1: Pin, undated
Folder 2: Logo design, 1987
Folder 3: Stationary, undated
Box 12: Series 8: Events
Box 13: Series 9: Financial
Sub-series 1: Bank Documents
Folder 2: April 1967 – December 1967
Folder 3: January 1968 – December 1968
Folder 5: January 1970 – November 1970
Folder 7: April 1973 – June 1973
Folder 8: January 1974 – January 1977
Folder 10: October 1979 – January 1981
Folder 11: March 1981 – December 1981
Folder 12: January 1982 – November 1982
Folder 13: January 1983 – June 1983
Folder 14: July 1983 – December 1983
Folder 23: January 1988 – December 1988
Folder 28: September 1993 – February 1995
Folder 29: September 1996 – March 1998
Folder 30: February 2003
Sub-series 2: Fundraising
Sub-series 3: Receipts
Sub-series 4: Treasurer Reports
Box 15: Series 10: Governance
Sub-series 1: By-laws
Sub-series 2: Incorporation Documents
Sub-series 3: Organization of BBHS
Sub-series 4: Tax Exemption Status
Sub-series 5: Florida Room/Archives
Box 16: Series 11: Historical Research
Sub-series 1: City History
Sub-series 2: Gifts from Donors
Sub-series 3: Pioneer Families
Sub-series 4: State History
Box 17: Series 12: Meeting Minutes
Box 18: Series 13: Membership
Sub-series 1: Lists
Sub-series 2: Charter Members
Folder 1: 1967-1968 (1)
Sub-series 3: Index Files
Box 1: A-Mc
Box 2: O-Z
Box 20: Series 14: Newsclippings
Box 21: Series 15: BBHS Publications
Sub-series 1: Newsletters
Sub-series 2: Membership Applications
Sub-series 3: Pamphlets
Sub-series 4: Boynton Beach: The First 100 Years
Box 22: Series 16: Photographs
Folder 1: Examiner, "Annual Historical," Undated
Folder 2: Unknown meeting [Polaroid], Undated
Folder 3: Unknown meeting, Undated
Folder 6: Meeting and Officers of Historical Society, October 1967-November 1967
Folder 7: Old Austin Supply Barn, November 1983
Folder 8: Historical Society Picnic, 29 April 1990
Folder 9: Sandpiper Motel Burn, March 1997
Box 23:
Series 17: Scrapbooks. Dismembered and reconstructed scrapbook, c. 1973-1974.
Series 17: Scrapbooks. Chiefly clippings, 1968


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Seal of the Prophets and His Message
Lesson One: Prophethood
Acquaintance with the School of the Prophets
Lesson Two: To whom belongs the right to legislate?
Lesson Three: A Rich and Fruitful School of Thought
No Guarantee for the Implementation of Human Law
Lesson Four: Miracles, An Effective and Eloquent Proof
Denial and Negation on the Basis of Pride
Lesson Five: The Answer of the Prophets to the Illogical Demands of the Polytheists
An Inadequate Analysis
Specimens of Human Perfection According to Imam 'Ali
Lesson Six: What is Revelation?
Revelation in the Qur'an
Lesson Seven: The Difference Between Prophets and Scholars of Genius
The Steadfastness of the Prophets in Conveying their Message
Lesson Eight: The Inerrancy of the Prophets
Inerrancy Does Not Negate Free Will
Lesson Nine: The Splendour of the Prophet of Islam
Lesson Ten: Beginning of the Mission
The Tactics of the Enemy
Lesson Eleven: The Beginning of Migration
An Answer to the Opponents of Islam
Lesson Twelve: Let Us Know the Qur'an Better
The Extraordinary Richness of the Qur'an
Lesson Thirteen: The Demand of the Qur'an for a Direct Confrontation
The Qur'an Modifies the Conditions of its Challenge
Lesson Fourteen: The Relationship of the Qur'an to Modern Science Part I
Lesson Fifteen: The Relationship of the Qur'an to Modern Science Part II
Lesson Sixteen: Prediction of the Defeat of a Great Power
The Prediction of Other Events
Lesson Seventeen: Unity and Multiplicity in the Themes of the Qur'an
Lesson Eighteen: The Inexhaustibility of the Different Dimensions of the Qur'an
The Permanent Attraction Exerted by the Qur'an
Lesson Nineteen: The Proclamation by Jesus of the Mission of the Prophet of Islam
Lesson Twenty: The Sealing of Prophethood
The Qur'an Confirms the Mission of Previous Prophets
Lesson Twenty-one: An Answer to the Materialists
Consider the thinking element within the human being and the relatively high degree of intellectual power it has gradually come to attain since the beginning of the human being's existence on earth; examine too, his capacities and his incapacities, and the problems and hardships with which he is faced. Despite all his faculties and properties - has he ever been able, or is he now able, to advance on a straight path of perfection merely by relying on his own mind? Can he preserve himself from all deviation and decline, or put an end to the disorders that plague his existence?
Can he plant the sapling of virtue and piety in the soil of his own being, alone and without drawing on the guidance of the teachers whom heaven has sent? Can he – unaided - bring to fruition the talents and capacities that are latent within him? If until now he has been unable to do any of these things, to implement any of these ideals, it is certain that he will be unable to do so in the future either.
Although some of his capacities may increase in the future, we must also accept that the difficulties and problems with which he is faced will also increase and grow more complex, just as his present problems are greater than those that confronted him in the past.
Apart from this, the scope of the intellect's ability to perceive and to judge is a limited area which is illuminated only by the light of knowledge and learning. What lies beyond reason is enveloped in veils of obscurity and darkness and lies beyond the grasp of our minds. By contrast, a considerable part of the teachings of God's Messengers relates precisely to the realities of which we are ignorant and unaware; it consists of the exposition of truths that are not contained within the sphere of our external perception.
In order to become acquainted as much as possible with the origin of all beings, with the duties of the human being and other realities, we need a teacher and a guide sent by God, who will guide us toward perfection and the aim of creation with teachings that are both clear and comprehensive. This is possible only by means of revelation and the teachings of Prophets who have a direct relationship with the source of creation and the lamp of whose intellects has been kindled from the eternal flame of His infinite knowledge.
Another portion of the Prophets' teachings relates to the reform of our state and the correction of the errors into which we have fallen. Whenever the sphere of what is knowable to us is penetrated by mistake or error, it is possible to correct the error and make up for the deficiency in our knowledge by referring to the guidance of the Prophets. We will thus be able to travel on a path that we could never traverse without the aid of those guides.
Thus we come to understand the significance and value of the mission of the Prophets and the services rendered by them in guiding the human beings and elevating them to the pinnacle of triumph and perfection.
We know that the human being attains and develops his knowledge gradually. If science wishes to display to the human being the principles of his development, it must first be acquainted with all of his powers, capacities, and inner mysteries, and discern all of his various needs. In the opinion of all contemporary thinkers who count as authorities in the areas of education, sociology and politics, any plan or ideology that fails to take into account the basic nature of the human being is bound to be fruitless and valueless.
The establishment of laws is dependent not only on a complete knowledge of all the dimensions of human existence but also on a knowledge of the other beings with which the human being has dealings. It also requires a knowledge of society and its complex relationships. Furthermore, the legislator must be completely removed from distorting and misguiding factors such as ambition, selfishness, personal inclination and desire, which militate against the acquisition of perfect knowledge. It is factors and obstacles such as these which cause the human beings to differ in their assessment of good and evil and the definition and implementation of justice.
Is it possible to cure a sick person without diagnosing his illness? Establishing laws for the human being without understanding his essence and permitting it to remain covered in a host of unknowns, is exactly like trying to cure a patient whose illness is unknown.
For this reason, and because no school of thought has yet succeeded in defining the human being, any plan in the area of legislation is bound to end in failure and defeat.
Despite all the efforts that have been made to discover the secrets contained in the existence of the human being (who is only one small entity among the countless and varied beings found in the scheme of the universe), and despite all the researches carried out by scientific associations having at their disposal precise and complex instruments, despite all this - who can doubt that there are numerous unconquered peaks in the spiritual being and inner world of the human being that we have not even glimpsed?
It is possible that a person may know many scientific and technical facts but be completely ignorant of one topic, namely the limits and nature of his own being. The knowledge he has acquired is next to zero when compared to this ignorance. Ignorance of the limited nature of one's ability to perceive and understand gives rise to many other forms of ignorance; it causes the human being to turn his back on many truths and avert his gaze from many realities.
If all obscure points concerning the corporeal aspect of the human being had been clarified, the scientific researches carried out throughout the world by millions of scientists would still be in vain. A French scholar says: "However much we try, we cannot render these mechanisms comprehensible to our minds. All we know is that the regularity of the parts of our body is greater and more precise than that of a thousand great machines operated by the most highly specialized engineers.
If you do not regard our opinion as a kind of belittlement or insult, all doctors and specialists who exert themselves in their field are convinced that the knowledge we have acquired until now is paltry and insignificant when compared to what we need to know in the future. The truth is that the human being is a complex, obscure and indivisible whole that cannot easily be known.
We still lack the methods that would enable us to know him in all of his different parts and, as a whole, as well as in his relations with his environment. Numerous techniques and precise sciences would be needed for such an undertaking, and each science would be able to study only one part of the complex system that is the human being, yielding only a partial result.
We advance on this path only so far as technological progress permits us, and the totality of the abstract concepts we acquire does not furnish us a perception of the reality of the human being, for there are numerous significant and valuable points that remain unclarified.
Anatomy, physiology, chemistry, education, history, economics, together with all their branches, cannot reach the ground of the human being's essence." 1
With respect to the astonishing activities of his soul, human being is without doubt a deep and limitless ocean, and our worldly knowledge concerning him is inevitably slight and insignificant.
Who can claim to have discovered all the capacities and minutiae contained within this mysterious being, or to be aware of all his capacities and the degrees of perfection that are open to him? Thus we conclude that we have but a drop of insignificant knowledge, shot through with doubt and hesitation, compared to an ocean of ignorance and unknowing.
Science today is then confronted with the problem of the limitation of human powers, on the one hand, and the expanse and infiniteness of the world and of the human being on the other; this problem has induced both bewilderment and humility in science.
In fact, science itself has aided us in understanding that the knowledge of the human being can illumine only a small and insignificant part of this expansive world.
Now let us see whether science and intellect alone can assume the mission of impelling the human being to perfection. A world that cannot provide a precise knowledge of being, that does not know what the human being is, from the point of view of either body or soul, that is ignorant of the mysterious social relationships that arise from his spiritual and bodily properties?
Does such a world have the capacity to lay down laws for the human being that will reflect intelligence and wisdom, and be formed in accordance with the knowledge of the human being's true needs in their various dimensions? Laws that will ensure his true happiness, answer the totality of his needs, and enable him to walk on the path that benefits him?
As long as we do not know what we wish to make, and for what purpose and for whose sake, how can we even speak of laying down a plan and a program? Those schools of thought which claim to be able to make the human being's capacities blossom do so without first knowing what the human being is.
How can they succeed in turning him into a being that would deserve all those efforts? The human being's basic problem today is not simply the acquisition of power but rather which of the various roads laid out before him he should travel.
Many scientific topics and principles were accepted unanimously by thinkers of the past, but with the passage of time and the advancement of knowledge it has become apparent that their views were erroneous and invalid.
If we look at the history of legislation among the nations of the world, we will see that many laws which were the product of careful reflection and lengthy study on the part of outstanding experts and were drawn up with recourse to considerable scientific and intellectual resources, were proved mistaken and inadequate by the passage of time and by the emergence of more accurate research.
That the social utility of which was yesterday regarded as proven is seen today as palpably inappropriate and even harmful. The place of such laws is then taken by a new set of laws which will, in turn, be amended and revised in accordance with the advancement of science and thought.
Naturally this does not mean that all the regulations and ordinances that originate in the human mind are useless and incorrect. The point is that because of such errors and their lack of inerrancy, man-made legal systems are incapable of providing for the different needs of the human beings and of leading society. It is entirely true that some scholars have expressed valuable views on the subject of legislation, but their ideas and works have been influenced, directly and indirectly, by the teachings of the Prophets.
We can clearly see that deficiency and inadequacy are the hallmark of all those systems in the world that derive from manmade laws. Moral and material inadequacy, forms of corruption that kill the personality of the human being and drag him down to decline - all these are caused by regulations and laws that derive from human thought. The insufficiency and fallibility of human laws is sufficient proof of this.
Even if they acquire knowledge of the principles of human development, science and human thought are unable to assume alone the responsibility for the human being's ascent. Such a mission presupposes freedom from arbitrary and capricious desire and from the desire for advantage, for these are factors which prevent the human being from realizing his knowledge of self.
The human being's love of the self and his devotion to its interests, as well as to whatever stands in relationship to him, is so profound that on a broad scale, whether consciously or unconsciously, he looks at all things from the point of view of his own interests; self-love deprives him of true realism. When taken to the extreme, the pursuit of self-interest becomes a powerful and destructive factor that does away with the human being's honor.
A condition appears in the human being such that every instant he is planning the violation of ethical norms and transgression against the rights of others, in order to draw to himself all conceivable benefits and gains. There is thus no guarantee that the human being can analyze affairs with true impartiality and establish just laws.
Are those who have studied the human being and then - whether individually or collectively - established legal system, really aware of the problem and its solution? Have they avoided the trap of egoism, and are their thoughts and reflections immune from self-interest, discrimination and error? Are they truly aware of the problems of groups and classes other than their own, scattered across the world, and the solutions those problems call for? Are they fully protected from the arbitrary whims and desires, the threats and the tricks of the wielders of power and influence, of biased and evil-hearted human beings?
Given all of these questions, it is possible to hope that such founders of legal systems will prove to be ideal, positive and desirable elements? Finally, is it confidently possible to ensure the happiness of the human being by following and submitting to such dubious systems?
Now all these systems are supposed to bring order and equilibrium to the capacities and abilities of the human being, to his perception and choice; they are situated on a higher level than he is. How then, can it be logically correct that the human being, the intended object of this process, should also be its subject? The human being, the object of the process, wishes to establish a system that will bring order and equilibrium, but ought not he himself be situated within four impenetrable walls that cannot be reached by the factors of deviance and error? If this is necessary, how is to be achieved?
Do the vision, perception and other faculties of the human being extend far enough to permit him to assume a position for which he is not qualified, to establish laws and regulations that take into account the different dimensions of the human being and bring order into all the affairs of the individual and of society, and solve both present difficulties and future problems?
Objective realities without doubt lead us to conclude that the human being is incapable of truly knowing his own individual world or the world of being, and that, at the same time, he faces obscure, complex and vital problems that call for solution.
It is here that the inability of science and thought to fulfill such a mission becomes fully apparent. Even if the ray of science were able one day to illumine all the corners of human existence and to solve all those mysteries that were thought incapable of solution, it would still be unable to guarantee human happiness, given the fact that the human being is by nature condemned to live beneath the sway of self-interest and personal inclination
Another problem that arises with respect to human legislation concerns the difference in levels of education and cultural circumstances prevailing among individuals that belong to different ranks of society. Judgments, interpretations and assessments of existing realities, as well as of national concepts and customs and many other matters, will differ according to the educational, cultural and social situation in which an individual has grown up.
Even the viewpoint of a single class in society is not uniform; the ways in which members of that class elaborate concepts and interpret certain words and terms may be completely different from each other.
Think of all the different interpretations of words such as peace, justice and equality, and of how the interpretation made by every individual or group corresponds to his breadth of vision or thought, as well as to personal or collective viewpoints. Normal people understand these truths in a clear and humane sense, but the rulers and leaders of society look on these terms and the matters connected with them in quite a different way.
Without doubt, the influence on the human beings of their environment is an important factor contributing to the deficiency and inadequacy of man-made laws. Legal scholars and legislators, subject to the influence of the ideas and beliefs prevailing in their societies, accept as irrefutable truth whatever they absorb from their environment. When they draw up laws, their minds are drawn, consciously or unconsciously, to the beliefs and ideas they have acquired or inherited. The specific cultural atmosphere of society robs them of a realistic spirit and does not permit them to perceive realities as they truly are.
Further, the views and opinions of the human being change according to different situations and conditions; as a result of the transformations, events and advances that occur in his life, his views and positions will change.
Once a the human being is installed in the seat of power, his ideas and manner of judgment will no longer be the same as when he was an ordinary individual without any power. According to circumstances, he will look at things in two quite different ways.
Once a the human being's position changes, his views may be so thoroughly transformed that they no longer bear any resemblance to those he held in the past or have any connection with them; it is as if everything has taken on a new meaning for him.
This is an obvious reality; everyone has seen in his own lifetime examples of these changes in direction as individuals rise and fall in the course of their lives. In addition, when drawing up laws, legislators generally take into account the desires and wishes of the majority, not the truth, even though those desires and wishes may not be beneficial and even be harmful for the individual and for society.
Addressing himself to the inadequacies of these various schools of thought that turn out to be opposed to the advancement and welfare of mankind, Rousseau makes the following realistic remarks: "In order to discover the best possible laws that should truly benefit all nations, a universal intelligence is needed that should be aware of all human passions but not experience them itself; that should have no connection with nature but know it intimately; and whose happiness is not in any way dependent on us but is willing to help us in attaining our happiness." 2
Another thinker says: "All of the different systems of government that have been fashioned by the thoughts and ideas of theoreticians are mere castles in the sky. Both the human being who was the good of the French Revolution and the human being who, according to the vision of Marx and Lenin, is to build the society of the future, are unreal. Let us not forget that the laws governing the relations of the human beings with each other have not yet been discovered.
Both physiology and economics are imperfect sciences, or even pseudo-sciences. It thus appears that the environment we have created around ourselves with the aid of science is not worthy of us, because it has been created in a haphazard way, without adequate knowledge of the human being's nature or attention to his nature." 3
Legislation can belong, then, only to God, Whose knowledge embraces all directions and dimensions. He knows the human being and his relations with the world and other beings; He is aware of the changes and developments that occur in the human being and the world; He has infinite knowledge of the conditions to which the human being is subject and the limits of his perfection; and His essence is exalted above all the factors that hold the human being back and inflict harm on him. The Qur'an says:
"The One Who created, does He not know?" (67:14)
1. Alexis Carrel, Insan, Maujud-i-Nashinakhta, pages 2, 3, 7, 149.
2. Qaradad-i Ijtima'i (The Social Contract), page 81.
3. Carrel, op. cit., page 30.
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When is the AP Exam?
What is my child learning about?
Human Geography evaluates the relationship between humans and the physical landscape. Topics which will be discussed include population, culture, agriculture, political geography, industrialization/development, and urban land use.
How do I know if my child has homework, project, quiz, or a test?
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How can I contact you if I have concerns?
When do you update your grade book?
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Why does my student's grade say EXEMPT or N/A or it is left blank?
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Schihab (auch Schehab; ; ) ist der Name folgender Personen:

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 Chalid Schihab (1892–1978), libanesischer Ministerpräsident
 Fuad Schihab (1902–1973), Präsident des Libanon
 Tariq Chihab (* 1975), marokkanischer Fußballspieler

Siehe auch
 Schihabismus (auch Chehabismus), Reformpolitik im Libanon

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