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THEOSOPHY THE TRUE BASIS OF SOCIALISM
by R.B.Holt
A Paper read before the Adelphi Lodge of T. S.
as published in "Theosophical Siftings" - Volume 6 of 1893-1894
[Page 3] IN all ages and in every land a certain class of irresponsible politicians have posed as the friends of the people and denounced the dominant classes as ruthless pillagers of the poor. Nostrum after nostrum has been concocted by them, each warranted to cure every ill that Society is heir to. But after swallowing numberless revolutionary purges, followed by military phlebotomy and supplemented by constitutional alternatives, our chronic ailments have always re-asserted themselves, and today, as of old, toil and privation are the portion of the many, while idleness and luxury are the privileges of the few.
To say that this result is either satisfactory or creditable to us would be an outrage on our deepest convictions. We know that he who works should be able to eat, and that if any lack bread it should be those elegant inutilities who now feast upon the fat of the land.
But while it is very easy to dream of an ideal state, it is very hard to create one. That which we now have is what an effective majority has instituted. It has been evolved in accordance with our social exigencies, and suddenly to uproot it would be nothing less than a national disaster in which the poor and weak would again be the first to suffer. It is therefore a very grave question that we have to consider, and we shall do well to approach it in a calm and candid spirit.
Probably we shall be all agreed that every one who is born into a community has a right to live in that community, provided that there are sufficient of the necessaries of life, and that he duly performs the duties which society imposes upon him conjointly with his fellow citizens.
Unfortunately a good deal of mischief is often done by magnifying this right, while the duty is practically ignored. It is a great mistake also to suppose that selfishness is an aristocratic peculiarity. We all want to do as little work as possible, and each is eager to pocket the last penny that he can extort as payment for his services, while these services are always magnified by his imagination.
"Eight hours work, eight hours play,
Eight hours sleep and eight shillings a day",
was long the artisan's Shibboleth; but supposing that this were granted, does anyone imagine it would be a final settlement ? Nay, even if it were so amended that four hours' work would earn sixteen shillings pay, would [Page 4] that extinguish the desire to have " plenty of money and nothing to do", which is the ultimate idea of happiness with most of us ?
Possibly, too, some very liberal-minded patriot may demand what right has society to impose labour upon any one, and should he assert that if a man is obliged to work it matters little to him whether his master is the State or a Capitalist, it really would be very difficult to refute his contention.
The first point, then, that presents itself to us is, What are the personal rights that we hear so much about? It is perfectly true that in his primitive state man has an unconditioned right to all the products of Nature, and his appropriation of them is limited only by his power and his will. But we are not living in a primitive state, and his unconditioned rights cease to exist, directly a man becomes a member of a community. The common good and the collective will impose restrictions on individual desire, and the right of one is dominated by the right of all. While any person who objects to these restrictions is free to quit the community, it is puerile to complain of them. There are plenty of unoccupied lands where he can be free from all laws but his own will; where what his toil can win will be absolutely his, and where none will gainsay his pleasure. But if he expects to have social advantages without any personal sacrifice, he is demanding aristocratic privileges, and though he may slave in a fustian jacket, he only lacks power and opportunity to show that essentially he is at one with our oppressors.
Now it is the bastard Socialism founded on an assertion of spurious personal rights that Theosophy rejects as a snare and a delusion. As H.P.B. once said to me, " If they attempt to establish it the end can only be bloodshed and ruin."
Then the notion that an increase of money wage is necessarily of permanent advantage to the worker, is also an illusion that we should do well to get rid of. Where one class of workmen obtains increased pay, for a time they profit by it at the expense of their fellow citizens; but directly all workmen have obtained a proportionate rise, the advantage is lost in the enhanced price of all articles in which the money earned has to be expended.
Thorold Rogers tells us [Work and Wages, 388] that "up to 1540 the wages of artisans and mechanics averaged 3s a week, those of agricultural labourers 2s except in harvest time, when they had 3s. In 1495 the price of wheat was 4s 0¾d of Malt 2s. 4½d., Oats 1s, 7½d, and Oatmeal 5s.4d. a quarter. So an artisan could provision his house for a twelvemonth with three quarters of Wheat, three of Malt and two of Oatmeal by working for ten weeks, while an agricultural labourer could do the same in fifteen weeks. [Page 5]
In 1651 an artisan on an average could earn 7s 9d, to 8s.6d a week! an ordinary workman 6s. 9d., and in harvest time 9s, to 11s. But wheat was 51s, 4d, malt 22s.7d., oatmeal 48s, to 64s, so the cost of his year's provisions was £16 13s. 9d, while the work of 52 weeks only produced £20 3s. Consequently an artisan had to work about 42 weeks to earn as much as his predecessor with smaller wages could earn by ten weeks' labour." Of course this was partly owing to the confiscation of the People's right to the land, and things have been much amended since 1651, but the same principle still prevails and produces like results, so I do not think it is by an increase of the wage rate that we can hope permanently to improve the condition of the worker. To what then should we look ? Evidently to free labour; but then, how are we to emancipate our workers ?
In a lecture delivered before the Fabian Society, and published by it, Mr. Sidney Webb tells us that "Socialism is not an elaborate plan of society, but a principle of social action".
This principle, as explained by him, may be epitomised as "universal benevolence", and is one in which Theosophists heartily concur; nay more, they supply a most serious omission of the Socialist by detailing the only plan by which there seems any likelihood of this principle ever becoming the motive of our social activities, for as Mr. Webb afterwards tells us that the moment will never come when we can say, "Now Socialism is established", apparently all that he and the Fabian Society ask of us is to make the "unattainable" our definite object and to progress eternally in subjective altruism. Now though universal benevolence may be accepted as the highest ideal of a Social State, an abstract anticipation of it is hardly likely to commend itself to those who, not unnaturally, seek for a speedy amendment of their present social condition.
This Fabian proposal, therefore, has not sufficient backbone for a working policy, however beautiful it may be as a philosophical aspiration.
Of this Mr. Webb seems semi-conscious, for later on he would have Government "insist on the ethical right of joint workers, and workers alone, to the whole produce of their labour without any deduction for rent and interest or any other form of monopolist's toll".
He further tells us that "all forms of Socialism are agreed in repudiating any claim by particular workers to the competitive exchange value of their particular products".
Socialistic universal benevolence then, when reduced to practice, consists in the Government confiscating all which is possessed by the Haves and bestowing it upon the Have-not's. As it is not even suggested that these favoured ones are to do anything to earn the money, beyond giving themselves the trouble of receiving it, it is really very difficult for a person of average perception to discover what would be the essential [Page 6] difference between the proposed recipients and the scoundrels who have accepted the property that was bequeathed to them in the ordinary and legal manner.
As a supplement to his proposal Mr. Webb very graciously consents that the disappropriated capitalists shall receive payment in full for their estates. But as he forgets to tell us where the money is to come from, or who is to provide it, we are obliged to infer that he relegates that duty to the Man in the Moon or to some other still more ethereal benefactor.
Supposing, however, that we declared the private ownership of property illegal, and dealt with past accumulations in this summary manner: what about future aggregations ? Is thrift hereafter to be regarded as a crime ? Are the unexpended profits of a man's own industry to be confiscated by the State ? This is only a logical sequence of the initial proceeding and, if consistent, the advocates of the one must plead also for the other.
But even if we decide on this step, how are we to accomplish it ? Any tangible wealth, of course, could be "requisitioned", but skill and knowledge would be very difficult to deal with. How are we to make an artisan work satisfactorily when, of all that he earns, he is allowed to enjoy only so much as a State Official apportions to him ? And how are we to get at the knowledge which its possessor refuses to impart to us either gratuitously or at our valuation. And yet the skill of the artisan and the knowledge of the adept must control labour or but little wealth can be created by it. On the other hand, if we admit the private ownership of these means of production we can only make an arbitrary distinction between them and their products accumulated by thrift and invested in labour-saving machinery, consequently one way or the other such Socialistic propositions fail us in their application.
It is quite true that thrift, like every other virtue, has its dark side and becomes a vice when carried to excess: for " the love of money is the root of all evil"; but because some of our blinder brothers fall into this snare are Theosophists, whose eyes are open to the vanity of all transient toys, to repudiate the wise economy which prevents a worker becoming a tax on the community when his work-force is no longer efficient. Or are we to term a man an evil doer because he denies himself present gratification in order that he may accumulate the means that will henceforth render him more helpful to the poor and the distressed. It would be a sad day for any land when such sentiments prevailed, and Socialist spendthrifts will be a long time before they persuade the wise to adopt a policy that precedes universal destitution.
Another of Mr. Webb's contentions is that private ownership must be altered so as to leave the great means of wealth production, land and industrial capital, under the full control of the community. And in the Trades Union Congress of September, 1893, a resolution was carried by 137 votes to 97, that all labour members receiving financial assistance from the Trades Union Congress must in future pledge themselves to support the principle of collective ownership and control of all the means of production and distribution. We may therefore fairly take this to be the Socialist programme.
Now land and industrial capital cannot properly be classed together. Land is a product of Nature which, like air and light, is the birthright of everyone. Capital is the unexpended product of labour, and properly belongs to those whose self-denial has accumulated it; consequently unless we wish to impose a penalty on thrift and to institute a terrestrial lubber-land in which the idle and improvident shall luxuriate in laziness till our means are utterly exhausted, we cannot deny the right of individuals to possess capital, even if they do use it as an aid to industry.
Therefore, to ignore the radical distinction between land and capital would be a fundamental error, fatal to prosperity and ruinous to happiness. This proposition is easily demonstrated, for if any of us crossed the seas to seek for a new home we should find plenty of ready-made land but not a single ready-made steam engine, because the one is provided by Nature and the other must be created by man.
What legislation might do is this: —
1. Abolish all laws which artificially perpetuate the wealth of classes.
2. Remove the burden of taxation from labour and impose it on wealth.
3. Restore to every Briton the right of access to the natural opportunities for exercising his industry; in other words, nationalise the land.
4. Facilitate workers acquiring either individually or collectively the ownership of all aids to labour that they require in their respective industries.
Beyond this what right has anyone to ask the intervention of Government ? A worker who requires aid, whether it be that of a spade, a hammer or a steam engine, owes the maker or owner an equivalent for the advantage he has obtained by the use of an implement which he, the user, has not created. To demand this use without rendering the equivalent is arbitrary dishonesty, worthy only of an aristocrat.
Much, then, as we deplore the evils resulting from the deformities of our civilisation, strongly as we denounce the class edicts which favour and perpetuate the monopoly of wealth, and deeply as we deplore the ruthless avarice of strong oppressors, a calm consideration of the subject forces upon us the conviction that it is only by individual intelligence, manliness and thrift that workers as a whole can attain a higher social standing. [Page 8]
It is because Theosophy is the best incentive to these virtues that I hold it to be the true basis of true Socialism.
We read in The Secret Doctrine, Vol. II., p. 246, that "The Kumaras refused to create because they wished man to become his own creator". They did not want him to be a mere animal, content with physical gratification, but willed that he should be an immortal god " whose joy was the happiness of all and whose life was self-sacrifice for the good of others. If we could imbue each human soul with this spirit how speedily we should attain the universal benevolence which Mr. Webb and his colleagues vainly seek to manufacture by Acts of Parliament, and to obtain which they court the emasculation of paternal Government.
They would make Socialism compulsory, Theosophists hold that it must be voluntary, the natural outcome of individual altruism; they therefore seek by all means to render all men altruistic, for Socialism as well as thrift has its dark side, and if selfishness carry it to an excess it will be a curse instead of a blessing.
"Son of a bondman, know
Who would be free, himself must strike
The foremost blow"
said Lord Byron. And in this case that blow must be struck, not at external oppressors, but at the innate apathy and self-seeking which prevents men realising their divine possibilities.
Why, if workers would only combine to do their duty instead of whining about their rights, real or imaginary, in a very few years capitalists, as a class, could be extinguished, and the means of production would be the property of the producers.
With self-denial and resolution every Socialist dream can be realised without any alteration in the law, except in the case of land. It is well-known that wilful waste of time and material enhance the average cost of production by at least ten per cent. Were men working on their own account and if they avoided this loss, those who hired labour must speedily be driven out of the field, while every worker would be ensured the full social value of his own industry and would live as a free man.
But to accomplish this every one must be willing to do his appointed part in the effective carrying out of a definite and intelligent plan. He must overcome the temptation of taking holidays at inconvenient times, avoid such indulgences as impair his work force, and seek to make his production as large and as perfect as possible.
If losses are incurred through errors of judgment or unforeseen circumstances, he must bear them manfully and not querulously rebel against those who are in authority, because they have not proved infallible.
It is the lack of these qualities in our artisans that has hitherto hindered [Page 9] the success of co-operative production, and till they acquire them it is only in a few special cases that industrial operations can be profitable when undertaken by a community.
A good instance of this is found in the German railways. They were paying fair dividends and working pretty satisfactorily, but it was argued that by amalgamating the different lines the public could be carried much more cheaply, that the tariffs for the conveyance of goods could be equalised, the railway debt paid off by the profits, and finally an important addition would be made to the national revenue: so Government took them in hand.
For several years the enterprise was extremely advantageous to the State; in 1886 the Finance Minister had a credit balance of £125,000, and in the following year there was a still larger profit; but in 1890 the receipts, began to fall, and in 1892 a large sum had to be expended in rolling stock, while the permanent way was found to be in such sad disrepair that it is contemplated either to sell the railways or to farm them out. Now if this was the result under an almost absolute Government, and with so practical a people as the Germans, what would it be under democratic institutions and the free and easy methods of Socialism ?
The Post Office, Telegraphs, Gas and Water supplies, and a few similar enterprises can be advantageously undertaken by Government. The Dockyards are certainly not a financial success; neither is there much likelihood that anything else of the nature of manufactures ever could be so, while if you endeavoured to improve the workers' position by increasing the rate of payment, you would simply be taxing the community for the benefit of a class. It is only an extremely simple mechanical function which can be exercised on a large scale that seems suitable for nationalisation. A complicated industry, and above all, one where fashion and taste intervene, is best left to individual enterprise, stimulated by wholesome competition. Not the fratricidal grappling of throats in a mad struggle for superfluities that only burden their possessor, but the generous emulation which stimulates each worker to put forth his best efforts and to perfect his production, in order that the happiness of others may thereby be augmented.
It must also be borne in mind that under the Socialist scheme it would. be somewhat difficult to maintain the efficient authority which now makes the Post Office so successful, and if you relaxed that authority chaos would; ensue while if you vested all employment in a Labour Board with power to enforce its decrees, you would have a centralisation of authority that might readily prove dangerous to the liberty of the subject, unless perhaps, we could induce the Mahatmas to become our labour-lords.
The only thing then which ought absolutely and always to be national property, is the land. It was created by no man, and it is an element necessary for the life of everyone. Each Briton is entitled to the use of his [Page 10] portion of British land, and by the old law that portion was five free acres. Everyone who cannot obtain the use of that quantity on equitable terms for agricultural purposes, is robbed of his national birthright.
Here, therefore, we can justly insist upon Socialistic legislation. But we must act justly, By all means let the present holders of our heritage be paid in full for the estates they have legally acquired, but for that payment the labour of no man must be taxed.
All we have to concern ourselves about is that their land is restored to the people without further cavil or delay.
As our sturdy Saxon forefathers used to say, "A landless man is an unfree man", and no Briton can lawfully be enslaved. Any class, therefore, that insists on making us landless in perpetuity, for its own profit, deserves but little consideration at our hands. Their title is only a continuando of usurpation, and if they get any compensation for their loss, it is the rich, not the poor, who must pay it.
If we could but unite, and with one voice demand the righting of this wrong, half of our social grievances would vanish, and the rest would disappear in due course, provided we adopted suitable means.
Why, if you look the matter squarely in the face, industrial capital has but a very ephemeral existence. Would any machine last for five years if it were not constantly repaired, and at the end of twelve years what would remain of any aid to industry, if it were not periodically renewed ?
It is not, therefore, the existing machinery, but the new and improved machinery of the future that our workers should determine to secure for themselves.
If they would cease their clamour for imaginary right, and apply themselves in a Theosophical spirit to the performance of duty, by perfecting the individual, the class would inevitably be advanced. While they try to reverse this natural order of things, but little real good can be gained. The revolution is ridiculously easy to effect if we only go the right way about it.
Let, say, for instance, a thousand men, following the same calling, combine and agree to deny themselves one shilling's worth of beer, or some other luxury, every week. This, at the end of a year, would produce a capital of £2,600. With this a factory might be started, in which a certain number of them could find employment. They should be paid the current rate of wages, and the profits should be added to the capital. As these would certainly be not less than £500, at the end of the second year they would have £5,720 at command, and so it would go on increasing year by year, until all were employed in their own factory, and then the profits could be employed Theosophically in helping others to obtain a like emancipation. [Page 11]
I have worked out the result and find that at the end of twelve years after starting the factory, the co-operators would have a capital of £126,088 and an income of £25,218 in addition to their wages.
Particulars of the 20% charged in the following account: — Saving in manufacturing, 10%. Saving in interest, 5%. Profit on sales, 5%.
Subscriptions Profit 20 per cent Capital
By this time then, the whole thousand would be employed in their own factory, with the right to £25 a year each in addition to their regular wages. If they were content to receive half that amount and added the balance to their capital, without any further subscription at the end of twenty years, if the same rate were maintained, each worker would be receiving £24 I0s. 6d. a year in addition to wages, and his or her share in the capital would amount to £270. Consequently, if a worker joined the Society when thirty years old, he or she could be made entitled to a pension of at least fifty pounds a year at the age of sixty, and the Society would be able to give effective aid to any brothers or sisters who were seeking emancipation.
Subscriptions to cease, and half the yearly profits to be divided.
Profit Each worker to receive in addition to wages Capital
£ £ S. D. £
If this process were carried on throughout the kingdom, in a relatively short time all manufactures would be in the hands of the workers, and then, [Page 12] having no need to borrow money, payment of interest would be a thing of the past, and consequently no one would be able to live in idleness after he had consumed his capital. Thus, as no labour could be hired, and no money lent at interest, excessive fortunes would be dissipated by the natural law of dispersion, and no one would be able to avoid doing his own proper share of work.
When our workers are prepared to do this or something else on the same lines, there is no law to prevent their carrying it into effect: if they are not ready for self-sacrifice true Socialism is not for them. It should also be remembered that the number who can advantageously engage in any special manufacture is absolutely limited by the demand for the articles produced. You cannot compel people to pay for goods which they do not want, no matter how much labour, intelligence and skill has been expended in producing them. Therefore as municipal workshops would produce goods for which there is no demand, John Burns very wisely prognosticates that "they would end in failure and disappointment." (Westminster Review, September 21st, 1893.) It is this injudicious over-production which creates injurious competition, and it is only by judgment and a fraternal understanding among producers that this evil can be avoided. Government's interference would simply be mischievous.
What may be done by profit sharing, even with unfavourable conditions, is shown in the case of the South Metropolitan Gas Company. On July 1st, 1893, the workmen had £31,500 to their credit at the Company's bank and had invested £4,158 in the Company's shares. In a short time one of their number is to be elected a director, and if they continue investing their savings in the same way, before many years are over they may command a majority on the board and receive a lion's share of the profits. (Westminster Review, July 24th, 1893.)
Of course with the restoration of the land to the people a much larger proportion of the population would engage in agriculture than are able or willing to do so under existing circumstances, consequently the pressure on the town labour markets would at once be relieved, and so a good deal of the distress and degradation that we all so deplore would immediately be alleviated, and might gradually be extinguished.
I hold, then, that practical Theosophy is the only basis on which you can establish true Socialism. While our speculative politicians dream of improving the individual by amending legislation, Theosophists recognise that all laws are but formulated public convictions, and that these public convictions are the sum of individual convictions. They therefore seek to enlighten the individual, and through his regeneration to amend all social conditions.
When men and women feel and know that in reality there is but one-Be-ness [Page 13] in which all alike have their being, they will perceive that none can be truly blessed except in the blessedness of all.
When this conviction has been established in their inmost consciousness, they will live to promote that blessedness, and true Socialism will be the natural outcome, for none who is essentially altruistic can care for a pre-eminence of joy, much less for pleasures that are purchased by the privations of others.
Our workers then should consider first, not what occupation is most agreeable to them, but what work they can best do for the good of the community, and having found that, act upon the injunction "Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might". To be continually brooding over personal rights or quibbling about your pay-rate shows but a paltry spirit. Real good for all can only be accomplished by individual self-sacrifice, and duty must ever precede right. It is only on this Theosophical basis that we have any chance of establishing true Socialism. If you insist on bringing all men to a common level, that level will certainly be a very low one, for it will have to be gauged by the meanest capacity. In their propositions Socialists always pre-suppose an ideal Humanity, but as that exists only in their consciousness of future possibilities, the legislation they demand would certainly prove a snare and a delusion to the Humanity of today, and the result could only be what Eugen Richter has so graphically described in his Pictures of the Future. Therefore I say become Theosophists before you try Socialism. To attempt to build our social edifice with unsound materials would be a terrible mistake.


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Look: I didn't expect to be spending this whole week in May, 2015 writing about Jeb Bush's thoughts on the Iraq war, and you didn't expect to be reading about it. But we're not going to turn away from a good show, are we now? But alas, you'll have to get the rest of your "funnin' on the Internet" in now, because Jeb Bush has had enough of this business. He's calling in the troops to shut the whole thing down.
A brief recap of Jeb Bush's evolving answers to the straightforward and painfully predictable question, Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion of Iraq?
Round 1: Yes. I mean. Wait. I can't hear you, tra la la.
Which brings us to Round 3, which went down in Reno, Nevada on Wednesday. The good news is that Bush developed a new line beyond "I don't know." Yes, he's kept the part about not wanting to answer "hypotheticals," even though entertaining hypotheticals is the essential purpose of campaigning for public office. The new component is an explanation of why he won't entertain hypotheticals about the Iraq war. And that's because it would be disrespectful to the troops.
Bush said in Reno that he thought he was being asked whether he supported the war "knowing what we knew then" and had answered that although mistakes were made, politicians on the left and right had backed the invasion.
But he said, he had a problem with revisiting the decision, saying it's not fair to those who died in the war.
"I respect the question, but it does a disservice to a lot of people who sacrificed a lot," he said.
My God, he really is a Bush. This brings up faint memories of, oh, the entirety of politics between 2002 through 2008, when if you questioned George W. Bush's Iraq war, you were against the troops. You wanted them to lose.
Playing the troops card hasn't become a more ennobling tactic in the years since the Bush administration. It is still some combination of cynical, disgusting, cowardly and hilarious to hide behind the troops because you can't formulate an effective response to a question on the campaign trail. Jeb Bush is saying that he cannot comment on the wisdom of the Iraq war because a lot of troops died in the Iraq war. Think about that. This is an insane response that worked for his brother and fellow Iraq war dead-enders for a number of years and might work for Jeb, too, because lol nothing matters.
What this also means, per Jeb's understanding, is that several of his competitors for the Republican nomination are doing a disservice to the troops. Chris Christie and Ted Cruz both said on Tuesday that they would not have authorized the Iraq war had they known the intelligence was false. On Wednesday, John Kasich also said he would not have. Rand Paul would not have authorized the invasion knowing what we knew then or knowing what we know now, because we knew in 2003 what we know now: that the intelligence was thin. (Always nice to see Good Rand Paul show up, however rare it is these days.) Ben Carson, also, too, would not have done the Iraq. Marco Rubio probably still loves the Iraq war, ugh. He and Jeb Bush may be the only candidates who truly respect the troops by the end of news cycle. Alas.
So only Jeb Bush respects the troops.


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The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s.
The Kinks were one of the most influential bands of the British Invasion. Early singles "You Really Got Me" and "All Day and All of the Night" were brutal, three-chord ravers that paved the way for punk and metal while inspiring peers like the Who. In the mid-'60s, frontman Ray Davies came into his own as a songwriter, developing a wry wit and an eye for social commentary that culminated in a pair of conceptual LPs, The Village Green Preservation Society and Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire), that proved enormously influential over the years. By the end of the '70s, the Kinks had refashioned themselves as a hard rock stadium act, resulting in a surge of late-period popularity until they disbanded for good in the mid-'90s. Throughout their long, varied career, the core of the Kinks remained Ray (June 21, 1944) and Dave Davies (February 3, 1947), who were born and raised in Muswell Hill, London. In their teens, the brothers began playing skiffle and rock & roll. Soon, they recruited a schoolmate of Ray's, Peter Quaife, to play with them; like the Davies brothers, Quaife played guitar, but he switched to bass. By the summer of 1963, the group had decided to call itself the Ravens and had recruited a new drummer, Mickey Willet. Eventually, their demo tape reached Shel Talmy, an American record producer who was under contract to Pye Records. Talmy helped the band land a contract with Pye in 1964. Before signing to the label, the Ravens replaced drummer Willet with Mick Avory. The Ravens recorded their debut single, a cover of Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally," in January 1964. Before the single was released, the group changed their name to the Kinks. "Long Tall Sally" was released in February of 1964 and failed to chart, as did their second single, "You Still Want Me." The band's third single, "You Really Got Me," was much noisier and dynamic, featuring a savage, fuzz-toned two-chord riff and a frenzied solo from Dave Davies. Not only was the final version the blueprint for the Kinks' early sound, but scores of groups used the heavy power chords as a foundation for their own work. "You Really Got Me" reached number one within a month of its release; released on Reprise in the U.S., the single climbed into the Top Ten. "All Day and All of the Night," the group's fourth single, was released late in 1964 and it rose all the way to number two; in America, it hit number seven. During this time, the band also produced two full-length albums and several EPs. Not only was the group recording at a breakneck pace, they were touring relentlessly, as well, which caused much tension within the band. At the conclusion of their summer 1965 American tour, the Kinks were banned from re-entering the United States by the American government for unspecified reasons. For four years, they were prohibited from returning to the U.S., which not only meant that the group was deprived of the world's largest music market, but that they were effectively cut off from the musical and social upheavals of the late '60s. Consequently, Ray Davies' songwriting grew more introspective and nostalgic, relying more on overtly English musical influences such as music hall, country, and English folk, than the rest of his British contemporaries. The Kinks' next album, The Kink Kontroversy, demonstrated the progression in Davies' songwriting. "Sunny Afternoon" was one of Davies' wry social satires and the song was the biggest hit of the summer of 1966 in the U.K., reaching number one. "Sunny Afternoon" was a teaser for the band's great leap forward, Face to Face, a record that featured a vast array of musical styles. In May of 1967, they returned with "Waterloo Sunset," a ballad that reached number two in the U.K. in the spring of 1967. Released in the fall of 1967, Something Else by the Kinks continued the progressions of Face to Face. Despite the band's musical growth, their chart performance was beginning to stagnate. Following the lackluster performance of Something Else, the Kinks rushed out a new single, "Autumn Almanac," which became another big U.K. hit. Released in the spring of 1968, "Wonderboy" was the band's first single not to crack the Top Ten since "You Really Got Me." They recovered somewhat with "Days," but their commercial decline was evident by the lack of success of their next LP. Released in the fall of 1968, The Village Green Preservation Society was the culmination of Ray Davies' increasingly nostalgic tendencies. While the album was unsuccessful, it was well-received by critics, particularly in the U.S. Peter Quaife soon grew tired of the band's lack of success, and he left by the end of the year, replaced by John Dalton. In early 1969, the American ban upon the Kinks was lifted, leaving them free to tour the U.S. for the first time in four years. Before they began the tour, the Kinks released Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire). Like its two predecessors, Arthur contained distinctly British lyrical and musical themes, and it was only a modest success. As they were recording the follow-up to Arthur, the Kinks expanded their lineup to include keyboardist John Gosling. The first appearance of Gosling on a Kinks record was "Lola." Featuring a harder rock foundation than their last few singles, "Lola" was a Top Ten hit in both the U.K. and the U.S. Released in the fall of 1970, Lola Versus Powerman & the Moneygoround, Pt. 1 was their most successful record since the mid-'60s in both the U.S. and U.K., helping the band become concert favorites in the U.S. Their contract with Pye/Reprise expired in early 1971, leaving them free to pursue a new record contract. By the end of 1971, the Kinks had secured a five-album deal with RCA Records, which brought them a million-dollar advance. Released in late 1971, Muswell Hillbillies, the group's first album for RCA, marked a return to the nostalgia of the Kinks' late-'60s albums, only with more pronounced country and music hall influences. The album failed to be the commercial blockbuster RCA had hoped for. A few months after the release of Muswell Hillbillies, Reprise released a double-album compilation called The Kink Kronikles, which outsold their RCA debut. Everybody's in Showbiz (1973), a double-record set consisting of one album of studio tracks and another of live material, was a disappointment in the U.K., although the album was more successful in the U.S. In 1973, Ray Davies composed a full-blown rock opera called Preservation. When the first installment of the opera finally appeared in late 1973, it was harshly criticized and given a cold reception by the public. Act 2 appeared in the summer of 1974; the sequel received worse treatment than its predecessor. Davies began another musical, Starmaker, for the BBC; the project eventually metamorphosed into Soap Opera, which was released in the spring of 1975. Despite poor reviews, Soap Opera was a more commercially successful record than its predecessor. In 1976, the Kinks recorded Davies' third straight rock opera, Schoolboys in Disgrace, which rocked harder than any album they released on RCA. During 1976, the Kinks left RCA and signed with Arista, and refashioned themselves as a hard rock band. Bassist John Dalton left the group near the completion of their debut Arista album; he was replaced by Andy Pyle. Sleepwalker, the Kinks' first album for the label, became a major hit in the U.S. As the band was completing the follow-up to Sleepwalker, Pyle left the group and was replaced by the returning Dalton. Misfits, the band's second Arista album, was also a U.S. success. After a British tour, Dalton left the band again, along with keyboardist John Gosling; bassist Jim Rodford and keyboardist Gordon Edwards filled the vacancies. Soon, the band was playing arenas in the United States. Even though punk rockers like the Jam and the Pretenders were covering Kinks songs in the late '70s, the group was becoming more blatantly commercial with each release, culminating in the heavy rock of Low Budget (1979), which became their biggest American success, peaking at number 11. Their next album, Give the People What They Want, appeared in late 1981; the record peaked at number 15 and went gold. For most of 1982, the band was on tour. In the spring of 1983, "Come Dancing" became the group's biggest American hit since "Tired of Waiting for You," thanks to the video's repeated exposure on MTV; in the U.S., the song peaked at number six, in the U.K. it climbed to number 12. State of Confusion followed the release of "Come Dancing," and it was another success, peaking at number 12 in the U.S. For the remainder of 1983, Ray Davies worked on a film project, Return to Waterloo, which caused considerable tension between himself and his brother. Instead of breaking up, the Kinks merely reshuffled their lineup, but there was a major casualty: Mick Avory, the band's drummer for 20 years, was fired and replaced by Bob Henrit. As Ray finished post-production duties on Return to Waterloo, he wrote the next Kinks album, Word of Mouth. Released in late 1984, the album was similar in tone to the last few Kinks records, but it was a commercial disappointment and began a period of decline for the band; they never released another record that cracked the Top 40. Word of Mouth was the last album they would record for Arista. In early 1986, the band signed with MCA in the U.S. and London in the U.K. Think Visual, their first album for their new label, was released in late 1986. It was a mild success but there were no hit singles from the record. The following year, the Kinks released another live album, appropriately titled The Road, which spent a brief time on the charts. Two years later, the Kinks released their last studio record for MCA, UK Jive. During 1989, keyboardist Ian Gibbons left the band. The Kinks were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990, but the induction did not help revive their career. In 1991, a compilation of their MCA records, Lost & Found (1986-1989), appeared, signaling that their contract with the label had expired. Later in the year, the band signed with Columbia and released an EP called Did Ya, which didn't chart. Their first album for Columbia, Phobia, arrived in 1993 to fair reviews but poor sales. By this time, only Ray and Dave Davies remained from the original lineup. In 1994, the band was dropped from Columbia, leaving the group to release the live To the Bone on an independent label in the U.K.; they were left without a record label in the U.S. Despite a lack of commercial success, the band's public profile began to rise in 1995, as the group was hailed as an influence on several of the most popular British bands of the decade, including Blur and Oasis. Ray Davies was soon on popular television shows again, acting as these band's godfather and promoting his autobiography, X-Ray, which was published in early 1995 in the U.K. Dave Davies' autobiography, Kink, was published in the spring of 1996. Rumors of a Kinks reunion began circulating in the early 2000s, only to be quieted following Dave Davies' stroke in June 2004. Dave would later recover fully, spurring another round of reunion rumors in the late 2000s, yet nothing materialized. Peter Quaife, the band's original bassist, died of kidney failure on June 23, 2010. Following his death, Ray started demo'ing material with Mick Avory, and Dave slowly became part of the project. As the band prepared a 50th Anniversary reissue of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, the Davies brothers and Avory confirmed they were working on a new Kinks album – the first the drummer was involved with since 1984's Word of Mouth. Before any new music appeared, the Kinks celebrated the 50th Anniversaries of both Arthur and Lola with deluxe edition reissues, which appeared in 2019 and 2020, respectively. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine
1. You Really Got Me (2014 Remastered Version) (2:14)
2. Lola (2020 Stereo Remaster) (4:02)
3. Sunny Afternoon (Stereo Version) (3:35)
4. Waterloo Sunset (Stereo Version) [2014 Remastered Version] (3:18)
5. Supersonic Rocket Ship (3:32)
6. Tired of Waiting for You (2014 Remastered Version) (2:32)
7. Come Dancing (3:57)
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25. Mr. Pleasant (Stereo) [2014 Remastered Version] (3:02)
26. Death of a Clown (Stereo) [2014 Remastered Version] (3:32)
27. Wonderboy (Stereo Mix) [2018 Remastered Version] (2:46)
28. Days (Stereo Mix) [2018 Remastered Version] (2:54)
29. Plastic Man (Stereo) [2014 Remastered Version] (3:02)
30. Shangri-La (Stereo) [2019 – Remaster] (5:23)
31. Victoria (Stereo) [2019 – Remaster] (3:39)
32. Apeman (2020 Stereo Remaster) (3:54)
33. God's Children (2020 – Remaster) (3:19)
34. Celluloid Heroes (6:21)
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Q: Using Pusher with SimpleWebRTC I've come across the SimpleWebRTC package. Trying to get it to work, but can't seem to get the remote stream coming through. I'm also using Pusher for signalling, rather than the default that comes with SimpleWebRTC.
I've set up my own connection:
var myConnection = {
  pusher: new Pusher('mypusherkey', { cluster: 'ap1' } ),
  channel: null,

    on: function (event, callback) {
        this.pusher.bind (event, callback);
    },
    emit: function () {
        if (arguments.length == 1) {
            if (arguments[0] === "join") {
                this.channel = this.pusher.subscribe(arguments[1]);
            }
        }
        else
            this.channel.trigger(arguments);
    },
    getSessionId: function() {
        return this.pusher.connection.socket_id;
    },
    disconnect: function() {
        this.pusher.disconnect();
    }
};

Then I have the SimpleWebRTC initialisation:
var webrtc = new SimpleWebRTC({
  // the id/element dom element that will hold "our" video
  localVideoEl: 'localVideo',
  // the id/element dom element that will hold remote videos
  remoteVideosEl: 'remotesVideos',
  // immediately ask for camera access
  autoRequestMedia: true,
  debug: true,
  connection: myConnection
});

// we have to wait until it's ready
webrtc.on('readyToCall', function () {
    console.log('ready to join');
  // you can name it anything
  webrtc.joinRoom('test-video-chat');
});

Doing a simple test between 2 PCs, it's not setting up the remote stream. In the dev console apart from the intitial event hook ups, I'm not seeing any other activity happening, especially SimpleWebRTC "readyToCall" not firing.

A: you probably need to emit a 'connect' signal from your socket adapter to trigger this code

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So, you decided your timekeeper deserves a special box in order to be protected (mainly against dust deposits, moisture, shakes and falls). And although you are willing to spend a nice amount of money on the watch of your dreams, the box in itself has to be accessible. No need to worry, the market is full of various offers that have a good price/quality ratio so you can choose the right type for your watch and for your needs spending less than 100$. And they do offer all you may need from a watch boxes in terms of material, size, number of grids and security features.
If you just need a simple, single grid box you can choose from Chronos, Seiko or Fossil, made from leather or plastic, with different types of cushions or elastics to hold the watch in place. The variety of colors is endless so you can assort it with the watch. If you like a more unusual type of box, there are some in shapes that are different from the usual rectangular or square ones.
The multiple grids cases also come in a huge variety of shapes, materials or safety features. If you are the proud owner of a nice number of watches, you may choose a box with a glass or plastic display, in order to be able to admire your beauties whenever you may want to. H&S has some nice ones with 12 grids and velvet liner that will certainly fulfill your needs. And Songmics comes with a box that has 10 compartments with pillows that you can remove, a spacious drawer and a lock and key for safety purposes. Need more space? Brands like Feibrand offer an impressive storage for 20 watches , with double layers, in marvelous wooden finish boxes in different colors. Pursuing high levels of security? Then carbon fiber watch boxes or impact cases such those from Invicta – made from waterproof plastic and fitted with a rubber grid handle are what you need. The variety is even more impressive when it comes to this boxes interiors, as you can garage your watch on leather or velvet in every color you may think of.
If you travel a lot, maybe a compact box is not the best choice for you, and if that's the case, you can opt out for a watch case roll made from plastic or, even better, leather, small and flexible enough to fit your suitcase, but yet able to store even 8 pieces. Those are very practical boxes and you can find pieces like Wolf's Black Lizard skin leather that look quite exquisite and original.
From locks and keys to zippers, press buttons or straps, the security is assured depending on your needs.
As you can see, there are plenty of models to choose from. Explore all options and pick wisely; in the end, if you ever get tired of your watch box, you can also use it to store other things or as a decoration piece if you own a classic wood box, for example. It plays the double role of protecting and displaying your watches so, even if we are not talking about large amounts, it surely represents a good investment.


When we are on holiday, my children love to go to a supermarket, and head straight for the pick n' mix sweets counter. Pocket money is rapidly used up, as they pick their favourite sweets, (bribing Dad with some pieces of fudge). Pick n' mix is great fun when it comes to sweets; but it is not good as a way of approaching the Bible. For many people, the Bible is a resource book: they pick the bits they like and find comforting, and leave the bits they find uncomfortable or challenging, (rather as I take the fudge and leave the liquorice).
A pick n' mix approach to the Bible is ruled out by Jesus in John 10:22-42, the passage that I will preach on next Sunday, 26th August. In verse 36, Jesus has been threatened with death for blasphemy because he has claimed to be one with God his Father, and in his defence he appeals to Psalm 82:6. His defence rests on a single word- "gods", and he adds as an aside "the Scripture cannot be broken".
"The Scripture" is what we call "the Old Testament"- the first two thirds (roughly) of our Bible. Jesus is simply saying that if the Bible says something, then it must be correct. If the Bible says something is true, it is true. It cannot be contradicted, or falsified, or nullified, or set aside. Moreover, that isn't true simply of the general sense of the Bible, this unbreakability extends to its exact wording. The Bible, both in its whole and in its parts, is the word of the God of Israel, who is always faithful in what he says and does, and cannot lie; therefore his word contains no mistakes or deceptions. It cannot be broken.
Jesus clearly expected this to be common ground between him and his opponents. There could be controversy between them over what the Bible meant, and who he was, but he expectected no disagreement on this point. Most Jews at the time of Jesus would have agreed that the Old Testament was God's words, and therefore could not be broken. Jesus was not afraid to disagree with his contemporaries, even at great risk to himself; if he thought that they were wrong about this, he would surely have said so. But he did not, instead he confirmed what his fellow Jews thought. So he based his whole life works on the idea that the scripture was unbreakable, and completely reliable down to the last detail. For Jesus, to be able to say "it is written" settled the argument (e.g. Matthew 4:4). When asked about the permanence of marriage, he quoted the words of the human author of Genesis 2:24 as the words of God (Matthew 19:4-5).
The implications of this for Christians are immense. There are some today who refer to themselves as "red letter Christians". They would claim that their authority as Christians is the words of Jesus recorded in the four Gospels, and that the rest of the Bible is on a lower level, with less authority. The irony is that Jesus himself disagreed to this, and held the Old Testament to have absolute authority. Furthermore, as BB Warfield points out in his classic essay "The Real Problem of Inspiration", if Jesus was wrong about this, he is discredited, and he is not a trustworthy guide to what we should believe. The truth of the Bible is not a trivial matter; it was central to Jesus' mission and ministry. If he was wrong about this then we have no reason to believe what he says about (for instance) God's love. The same applies to the writers of the New Testament, who also held to this view of the Bible.
A Christian is, at the most basic, someone who says from the heart "Jesus is Lord". If we dismiss Jesus belief that the Scriptures are unbreakable, or try to evade its authority by cherry-picking the bits we will accept as authoritative, we are denying that Jesus is Lord. Therefore, it is not a matter on which Christians can have "good disagreement". This is what the disputes in the Anglican Communion and other churches are really about. On the surface, they are about human sexuality, but underneath they are about the unbreakableness of scripture, and therefore about the Lordship of Christ. In 1998, after the Lambeth Conference of bishops had passed its excellent resolution on sexuality, one American bishop opposed to the resolution infamously remarked "The church wrote the Bible, and the church can re-write the Bible". That is a denial that Jesus is Lord.
But as Charles writes, one cannot take a "pick n' mix" approach to the Bible. If we think that the Bible is unreliable when it speaks about sexual ethics, then we have no reason to think that it is reliable in what it says about suffering and the glory that awaits us after death. Only an unbreakable Bible can give us unbreakable confidence when faced with the last enemy.
So I hope that Christ Church Düsseldorf will not pick n' mix, but continue to say and live "Jesus is Lord", without compromising his unbreakable word.


Our little village school saw a great sense of camaraderie over the past two days. Thank you for supporting the decisions to both attend school and recognise the need to keep your children safe. Hot chocolate was certainly very much appreciated and perhaps we might get to finish the Kirk Langley igloo!


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The weirdest fighting games of all time Most fighting games have some degree of strangeness to them, but there are those who are downright bizarre.
The fighting game genre is one of the biggest in the industry, but even the most die-hard fan will admit that it can often times be somewhat… odd. Serious fighting games like Street Fighter feature characters that can launch projectiles from their hands, emit electricity, or stretch their limbs to unnatural lengths. The Virtua Fighter series, which is praised for its realism, also has its fair share of goofy characters.
Most fighting games have some degree of strangeness to them, but there are those who are downright bizarre. We've rounded up some of the most outlandish, eccentric, and unconventional fighting games to ever be released.
We've only picked games that have had official releases, so, as crazy as they may be, fan-made projects like M.U.G.E.N. don't qualify. Not all of these titles are necessarily good, but they are the cream of the crop when it comes to the bizarre.
Ballz 3D
Ballz 3D wasn't a very good game. It looked ugly, sounded atrocious, and had horrible controls. For most games, this alone would justify tossing it in the trash, but despite its issues, Ballz 3D is still weirdly charming. You have to respect any developer who would come up with a hair-brained idea like this. The game may not be sub-par, but can you really hate on a title whose tagline is "To be the champion, you gotta have Ballz"? I don't think so.
BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles
Even the most bizarre entries on this list feature traditional, human(oid) fighters, but BCV: Battle Construction Vehicles shakes things up by having combatants do battle inside of, well, construction vehicles. This game was only released in Japan and Europe, but given how crappy it was, we should be thankful it never made it over to the states. This could have been somewhat of a cult classic if not for its unresponsive controls and pathetic graphics. A missed opportunity for sure.
Bio F.R.E.A.K.S.
It's hard to believe that Midway, the same folks who brought us Mortal Kombat, released this turd of a fighter. It didn't play well and it certainly didn't look pretty. The game is mostly on this list because of its hokey premise of a future, civil war-ravaged United States (called Neo-America) where disputes between territories are settled in fighting tournaments. Perhaps we should follow the example set in Bio F.R.E.A.K.S. and have our current presidential candidates outfitted with bionic implants and have them fight to the death. Or maybe not. Just an idea.
Cho Aniki: Bakuretsu Ranto Hen
The hilariously over-the-top Cho Aniki series is mostly comprised of shoot 'em up games in the vein of Gradius and R-Type, but the franchise dipped its oily, musclebound toes into the fighting game genre with this entry. All of the hypersexualization and insane humor that made the core series so popular in Japan remains intact with this fighter. This may be one of the weirdest and most uncomfortable experiences one could have playing a fighting game, but that is also part of the alure.
Clayfighter
Clayfighter was marketed as an alternative to hyper violent games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II. The developers wanted it to have the same intense action of those titles, but with a decidedly comedic edge. Despite its weird premise of featuring a roster of clay combatants, this was actually a very innovative title at the time since all of the in-game graphics were created using stop motion animation. It was also a fairly competent fighter too, which is more than can be said about some of the other games on this list.
Divekick
In most fighting games, players abuse the hell out of dive kick attacks. That's why having a title centered completely on that mechanic may be one of the most genius things ever conceived. In Divekick, players can only dive or kick. You would think that having such a limited moveset would get boring fast, but the game is so silly that this simple gimmick keeps one's attention for longer than expected. The fact that Divekick has a ton of inside jokes about fighting games and the fighting game community also make it great fun.
Primal Rage was unique because it had a roster full of dinosaurs, giant apes, and other monsters battling it out. Just like Clayfighter, this game featured stop motion animation, though the models were much more detailed here. Primal Rage was basically a Mortal Kombat clone since it had a ton of violence and brutal fatalities. The only thing that keeps this game from being a definitive classic is its odd control scheme that had players holding down buttons while making movements on the joystick. Control quirks aside, this is one of the coolest and most bizarre games of the era.
Shaq-Fu
If you thought Shaq-Fu wouldn't make it on this list then you were sorely mistaken. Shaquille O'Neal was one of the biggest NBA stars of the 90's (both in fame and physical stature) who also just so happened to be a fan of fighting games. While having Shaq star in a fighter may have made sense at the time, the actual game itself was a mediocre brawler at best. O'Neal was the only recognizable person in the roster, with the rest consisting of derivative and uninspired characters. We love Shaq, but there is a reason why Shaq-Fu is often considered one of the worst games released.
Sonic the Fighters
In the 90's the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise was at its peak, but that didn't stop it from having a stinker or two see the light of day. Enter Sonic the Fighters, a stripped down version of Virtua Fighter without any of the depth or fun. The roster had recognizable characters like Sonic (naturally), Tails, and Knuckles. Then there were lesser known ones like Fang the Sniper, Bean the Dynamite, Bark the Bear, and… I'm losing you, aren't I? The game saw limited release in arcades and didn't make it to home systems until ten years afterwards. Thankfully, it wasn't long before Nintendo showed the world how to do a proper ensemble mascot brawler with its Smash Bros. series.
Tongue of the Fat Man
Tongue of the Fatman is considered to be, not only one of the worst fighting games of all time, but one of the worst video games period. The titular Fat Man is so hideously disgusting that he makes the X-Men's Mojo look like a swimsuit model. This was released before Street Fighter II standardized fighting game mechanics, meaning that its controls were an awful mess. If you've never played this game then consider yourself lucky.
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Feedback from Over-the-Phone Interpreter, working at Homeland Language Services
October 7, 2022 Kseniya
At Homeland Language Services, we are sure that we need to give a voice to our employees. This way, we want to show our values not only in the corporate presentation or on our website but from real people who work in our company.
Recently, our Business Support Coordinator Kseniya talked to Spanish-English Over-the-Phone interpreter Camila Rivas about her interpreting career.
Camila Rivas from Argentina started working at Homeland Language Services in April 2022. Her native language is Spanish. Camila mentioned that she didn't know a lot about Homeland Language Services, but she liked the onboarding process very much. The HR team answered all her questions and gave a clear understanding of the job.
The first thing Camila enjoyed was not a thing. She likes our team, our people.
Camila didn't have experience in interpreting. She worked as a simultaneous interpreter one day. But she had all the skills to get the job at Homeland Language Services and be successful.
Camila happily recommends our company as an employee and as a language services provider. Why? Watch the interview with her and discover why:
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The British Queen Elizabeth II, who weathered war and upheaval, died at 96
September 14, 2022 Kseniya
Queen Elizabeth II was the UK's longest-serving monarch. She died at Balmoral aged 96 on September 8, 2022, after reigning for 70 years.
She died peacefully on Thursday afternoon at Balmoral, her Scottish residence. Her son King Charles III said the death of his beloved mother was a "moment of great sadness" for him and his family and that her loss would be "deeply felt" around the world. King Charles, aged 73, became head of state in 14 Commonwealth realms.
A state funeral for the Queen is expected in the next two weeks.
Thousands of people gathered outside Buckingham Palace after the death was announced.
Queen Elizabeth II died after seven months she marked the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne. During her long reign, she saw and impacted the transformation of the British empire: Britain modernized from a war-weary declining imperial power into a modern multi-cultural state.
Elizabeth ruled over the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms and became one of the most recognizable women ever to have lived.
The Queen was last seen in public last Tuesday. She formally appointed Liz Truss (on the photo above) as the UK's new prime minister. A photograph from the audience showed the monarch smiling. Truss is the 15th – and the last – British Prime Minister to be appointed by Elizabeth.
This news shocked everyone. It feels like our world became lonely, like orphans without parents. But our Homeland Language Services team decided not to finish this material sadly. We found some warm words about the Queen from her interpreters.
Here is special condolence from Lamin Dampha, Lecturer at the University of the Gambia. He claims his grandfather was Queen Elizabeth's Gambian interpreter.
"My late grandfather was the official interpreter during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Gambia, which was part of her Royal tour of West Africa in December 1961. In the early 1990s, Queen Elizabeth II invited Second World War veterans to London for an award of medals. My late grandfather was part of the three-man Gambian delegation to Buckingham Palace.
On behalf of my uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters, I extend my condolences to the family and people of the United Kingdom for the death of her majesty Queen Elizabeth II," Dampha said.
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Chinese translator Kevin Lin recalls his memories of Queen Elizabeth II.
The news about Queen's death is very sad for countless people around the world. But let's remember her as a wise woman with a great sense of humor. This video will help us to do it:
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Thank you, Queen Elizabeth II, for 70 years of reign, for the epoch in world history!
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World Refugee Day in 2022
June 21, 2022 Kseniya
Can you imagine that you need to leave your home, your country, and flee to another? And it wasn't your choice. Every minute 20 people undergo this awful experience and become refugees.
It is very important to support refugees. But how we can do that if we even don't know about them? Today the topic of refugees is more spread and visible in daily news due to the war in Ukraine. Russian invasion highlighted lots of world problems and the problem of refugees is among them.
The concept of seeking a place to save a life dates back as far back as Ancient Egypt was. But the international efforts to protect refugees started only at the beginning of the 20th century. The High Commission for Refugees was founded by the League of Nations in 1921. Again it was intended to help people escape the Russian Revolution.
During the past century, people have fled terror and oppression all over the world, from such countries as Armenia and Germany, Spain and Turkey. In recent years many refugees were displaced from Afghanistan, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria. At the end of 2021, there were 70 million displaced people all over the world, and now this number increases enormously.
The ultimate goal for refugees is to return to their home country when it is safe for them to do it. Unfortunately, often it is impossible for years. Meanwhile, refugees aim to integrate into their host nation. Frequently, people, who leave their native country don't know foreign languages. So their adaptation process becomes even more complex.
It is a simple practice when refugees use language services. Moving to another country people often need translation services. They need to translate their documents, and application forms. Moreover, lots of countries require personal presence to apply for refugee status in special organizations. and this is the case when refugee needs interpretation services. Nowadays, it is a great opportunity to get different interpreting services. The refugee can choose the onsite interpretation, so the interpreter will be next to him, or Over-the-Phone interpretation, so the refugee will receive interpreting services in any place he needs.
The integration process in a new country is difficult and lengthy. The basic needs: food and shelter are covered the first of all. At these locations, volunteers work, and often they know the native language of refugees or are bilingual. Such practice for interpreters and translators is a priceless experience, considering what a great job they are doing. After refugees are accommodated, social and cultural integration starts. It depends on the mental and physical state of the refugee, so the process can also be long and not so easy.
Interpreters and translators at Homeland Language Services have huge experience in working with such sensitive situations. They all worked with clients on social issues, the healthcare and insurance sphere, and career-building. Moreover, they can be a confidential helper during the legal processes too.
Language specialists together with social and medical workers, volunteers, and government officers like no one else know the painful issues for refugees and can advise them partially.
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How is the process of immigration to the USA bound by language services?
May 23, 2022 Kseniya
In January 2022, the total immigrant population in the USA hit 46,6 million people according to the Census Bureau's monthly Current Population Survey. It is the highest number ever in the history of America. Despite the Covid-19 travel restrictions, the foreign-born population rebounded dramatically after President Biden's victory. Reasons for that were restarting of visa processing overseas and the surge of illegal immigration at the border. However, the 1,6 million increase over the last year is quite large and significant.
Whenever we speak about immigrants or foreign-born people, we mean people with native languages different from English. Of course, some of them have learned English at school or University, so they can freely communicate in English and solve their problems. But the majority don't know English. That's why there is a huge network of language providers. Homeland Language Services, one of them, provides non-English speaking people comprehensive interpreting and translating services in different spheres of their "new life". For example, interpreting services are very much needed for legal and social issues (from filling in the form in order to get the Green card to getting food stamps for the family), in healthcare and medical support (from taking out the insurance to visiting the doctor's appointment).
Going back to the background of immigration process development, we need to state that the United States of America has been the main country destination for international migrants since 1970. Since then, the number of foreign-born people residing in the country has more than quadrupled – from less than 12 million in 1070 to near 50 million in 2022. This amount is the highest percentage in 112 years – immigrants are 14,2 percent of the total population.
More than 40 percent of all international migrants worldwide in 2020 (115 million) were born in Asia, with nearly 20 percent primarily originating from six Asian countries including India, China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Philippines, and Afghanistan. Mexico was the second-largest country of origin, and the Russian Federation was the third. Several other European countries have sizable populations of emigrants, including Ukraine, Poland, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Germany.
States with the largest increase in the immigrant population from January 2020 to January 2022 are Florida (up 531,000), Virginia (up 268,000), Texas (up 263,000), California (up 212,000), Indiana (up 205,000), Tennessee (up 198,000) and New Jersey (up 183,000).
Nowadays, it is much easier to access the language needed by means of interpreters and translators. Homeland Language Services has a huge team of professionals who work remotely. We provide interpreting services that can be accessed from any city or state. The foreign-born individual can get the needed social service in his native language with the help of an Over-the-Phone interpreter or attend a telemedical appointment with a doctor with the help of a Video-remote interpreter. These services are affordable and easy to use because the certified interpreter can be in touch at any time and in any place, just a device, like a smartphone or computer, is needed. Our services are available in more than 100 languages.
Furthermore, our company has offices in California, Florida, New York, and Texas states. We can provide onsite interpreting services as well. There are some cases when an interpreter offline is needed for the meeting. Homeland Language Services offers simultaneous and consecutive interpretations.
Taking into account the current world situation, which has been changing since February 24th, 2022 when Russia started the military invasion in Ukraine, we expect an increase of Ukrainian and Russian-speaking refugees all over the world and in America too. Day after day our sales department searches for new partners to be helpful with language services. At the same time, our interpreters and translators work 24/7 to fulfill the current demand in Over-the-Phone interpretation and translation services.
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Homeland Language Services has been recently certified in the State of New York as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) program
We are pleased to announce that Homeland Language Services has been recently certified in the State of New York as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) program.
This Act promotes and encourages the participation of Service-Disable Veteran-Owned Businesses in the State's public procurement of public works, commodities, services, and technology to promote and advance economic development in New York State.
Homeland Language Services can serve the public sector of the state with comprehensive interpreting and translating services. We are looking for a greater role in the State's economy by increasing our participation in the State's contracting opportunities.
"We are very excited about this new certification. Our company already has the experience working with the public sector in many states, building trust & credibility among our clients. We are ready to position Homeland Languages Services as one of the most dependable and cost-effective Interpreting & Translating services across the State," – Ernesto Lanazca, COO & Co-founder of Homeland Language Services.
For over 6 years Homeland Language Services has been a reliable partner of language services. Our interpreters and translators work for the most important industries in the country, including medical and healthcare providers, government and legal services, and social and educational organizations.
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What is the Over-the-Phone Interpretation?
April 19, 2022 Kseniya
Over-the-Phone interpretation or OPI is a three-way call interpreting service. The interpreter works during the conversation between two parties who speak different languages. The biggest benefit of this service is that it can be provided remotely.
Homeland Language Services is one of the fastest-growing private Interpreting companies in the United States of America with more than 500 interpreters. A big number of specialists in this team are over-the-phone interpreters. That is the reason why we are talking about them here today.
What is Over-the-Phone interpretation used for?
Due to globalization, country boundaries took a step backwards and communication superseded them. The communication stepped on the first one. People need to communicate with each other even if they don't speak the same language. This can happen due to different reasons: immigration, relocation, international activity, or business. Lots of countries are becoming multicultural every day and this process needs new solutions. And one of such solutions is Over-the-Phone interpreting services.
Nowadays, they are used mostly in the medical and healthcare field, in legal and government, in educational and in social industries. Less English Proficiency (LEP) people need to get the services and the organization is interested in adequately providing the required aid. To overcome the language barrier, they are searching for reliable language services providers. By gaining such a partnership, you get the interpreting services on your fingerprints. There is no reason to wait for a language expert, to accommodate him and pay for all travel expenses and the job itself. Clients are getting their interpreters on the phone at any time, at any location in the world.
That's why OPI is vital for emergencies like when there is an accident, a crime, or difficult medical situations with people speaking other languages than English. There are lots of cases when fast and comprehensive interpretation saves a person's life.
Who is an Over-the-Phone interpreter?
The interpreter, who provides OPI service, works with consecutive interpretation. He is connected to the call with the help of a special software (VoIP or Skype for Business, for example) on his computer or laptop. Each interpreter is equipped with a good headset with noise cancellation, stable internet, and paper for note-taking. The interpreter in Homeland Language Services works for two parties: one of them speaks English and the second one – a foreign language. The main role of a language specialist is to listen carefully to speaker 1 and transfer messages to speaker 2 in the appropriate language and vice versa.
There are two types of accessing to OPI: automated and Operator-led.
The automated one uses an Interactive voice response application. The application converts the keyed Dual Tone Multi-Frequency data (or just the word) into a request to connect with the needed language interpreter. The system works with unique language combinations that the calling party uses as a code for the request.
The operator-lead type works due to the customer's relations team. The specialists gather the information from the client or calling party and connect him to the right interpreter. This method is more typical for emergency services when the caller has no idea which language code to use.
People can use the OPI service when both parties are located in different places. Moreover, two parties, speaking different languages, can be in the same room. They just need to call an interpreter and turn on the speakerphone. Such a variant is commonly used in medical facilities: when the doctor and the patient are in one room.
Different industries currently have a high need for professional language experts. Therefore, there is a rise in demand for Over-the-phone interpreters on the market. If you are an interpreter and you have experience, you can try working as an OPI in a language provider agency, such as Homeland Language Services. Our company values each staff member who helps a lot during the onboarding process and provides internal training and the possibility to get new certifications for your career development. Also, the benefit of working with us as OPI is that you can do that from any country in the world because the OPI positions are 100% remote. To know more follow our Career portal.
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How to become an interpreter?
March 22, 2022 Kseniya
If you have a strong knowledge of English, or if it is your Native Language, or you also know American Sign Language, you can think about a career as an interpreter. Nowadays, interpreting services have high demand all over the world. Moreover, due to technological development, you can work remotely from any country.
We are happy to share several tips on how to become an interpreter and a story from Homeland Language Services' interpreter to inspire you.
Interpreters are responsible for transferring messages from one language to another accurately. The interpreter acts between two parties with different voices, accents, and tempos. Meanwhile, the interpreter should stay neutral and transmit information without omissions or additions. The interpreter has to handle the communication according to the interpreting protocol in order to ensure transparency.
Steps to become an interpreter:
1. Get an educational background. A lot of companies require interpreters to get a bachelor's degree.
2. Get the experience. For the first time, you can volunteer at hospitals or non-profit organizations.
3. Get the interpretation training and certifications. Certifications from the American Translator's Association or Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters are not obligatory for getting the job, but they verify your professional skills.
4. Apply for a job. Update your resume, write a cover letter, find open positions for interpreters and apply to them. Besides, there is a choice of positions for professional interpreters. You can be an over-the-phone interpreter, video remote interpreter, onsite interpreter, or ASL interpreter. Choose, what better suits you.
And here is an inspiring review about interpreter's job from our language specialist Camila Fernandez from Argentina:
"Working as an interpreter caught my attention because I love helping people and I am fond of languages and translating; so I thought this position suited me. After one month of training, I was ready to work. However, it was not easy and it still isn't sometimes. I face different scenarios every day due to the vocabulary and situations according to the different people.
There were times when I felt like surrendering but had I taken the chance, I would not be where I am right now: I have grown both as a professional and as a person because of how much I have learned at my job. Failure has helped me improve.
Hence, as Ray Bradbury said, "love what you do and do what you love", try to find your vocation in life. Life is much better when you follow and work on your dreams. Looking back, I know that younger me would be proud of myself for accomplishing my objectives and for working hard. I guess I was cut out to be an interpreter after all.
Thank you for giving me the chance to tell my experience as an interpreter. I really like being part of this team!"
We hope that this article will inspire you to get a new profession and start your new career stage!
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How to Become a Certified Interpreter
April 18, 2019 Alfredo Hernandez
Acquiring an interpretation certification degree is a fundamental approval to potential clients that you are a resourceful interpreter. In addition, certification proves that you are professionally competent thus opening doors for higher compensation and career advancement. It used to be known across the United States that the federal court system was the only place you could get authentication as an interpreter. On the contrary, there are more options now to become a bona fide interpreter. The varied options imply that interpreters can pick out the precise rendition certification for them.
These options include:
American Translators Association (ATA)
National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators
National Board of Certified Medical Interpreters (CMI)
So, to become a certified interpreter, here are a couple of tips you need to follow.
Select Your Language Duet
In the first place, ascertain that the institution that offers certification is the one that will adequately train you in your source and target languages. This ensures that you get the feel of what interpretation is like by engaging in the practical application.
Choose Your Specialization
As I have mentioned earlier, becoming a court interpreter is no longer the only area of specialization for interpreters. As a result, it is vital that you focus on fields that are currently popular areas of specialty for interpreters. These areas include medical and legal fields. Be sure to specialize in an area that matches your skills and professional development goals.
Accrediting bodies have their own experience, proficiency and education prerequisites that you will need to meet in order to get authentication. Check out these eligibility requirements to increase your chances of admission.
You will be required to take a test that examines comprehension of the source language, writing in the target language and translation techniques including grammar and translation quality and accuracy. To increase your chances of passing the test, actively take online self-assessment tests. Once you pass the test, the accrediting body will give you a certification number upon which you can be found by an individual or a firm looking for a professed interpreter.
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