The US-led coalition's air strikes have killed at least 62 and wounded dozens of civilians in the eastern part of the Deir ez-Zor province in Syria, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Saturday, adding that the death toll may rise considering that dead bodies might remain strewn among the debris of collapsed buildings.
An airstrike targeted the civilian area of Aliyat in the As Susa settlement located 140 kilometers away from the administrative center Deir ez-Zor province where 15 women and children died. Missiles were also fired at the building of Othman Bin Affan Mosque where 37 civilians were reportedly killed and dozens were wounded. That was followed by an attack targeting a mosque in the Bu Badran settlement, which killed ten people.
On Thursday, the coalition's air forces attacked those settlements controlled by (the Islamic State terrorist group, outlawed in Russia).


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Calgary Foothills FC centre-back Tyrin Hutchings has been named in the PDL Team of the Week.
Hutchings' strong performance, particularly in the air, helped earn Calgary its first three points of the Premier Development League against Puget Sound Gunners Sunday.
Calgary Foothills FC defender Tyrin Hutchings, left, in action against the Puget Sound Gunners in Calgary Sunday, May 17, 2015.
Calgary won the match, their home-opener, 2-1.
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Growing up the high desert climate of Boise, Idaho, I have a strong yearning for lush green landscapes – what can I say, we always want what we don't have! So when I first arrived in Iceland and took in the surprisingly dry autumn grasses and lava fields around Reykjavik and Thingvellir National Park, I was a little disappointed. Where was the magical Icelandic green I had dreamed of? That magical green exists mostly in the summer, it turns out, but fortunately southern Iceland around small-town Vik (population: 291) has its fair share of green, even in October. Take a look at some of my favorites from the area below, and stay tuned for some incredible Icelandic waterfalls coming up next!
I'm a pretty big fan of autumn and a pretty big fan of travel adventures (also, surprise surprise, a pretty big fan of photography), so when I had the opportunity to extend a wedding photography trip to McCall over the entire weekend at the beginning of the October, no way I was going to back out! As it turns out, I was a little early for peak fall foliage and didn't find quite as much as I was hoping for, but there were some pretty beautiful sights all around Payette Lake and a few south around Lake Cascade nonetheless, including a very friendly red fox. Check out some favorites below!
Sunrise in a country with as many clouds as Iceland can be a bit iffy, to say the least. When I arrived at black sand beach Reynisdrangar with its towering iconic sea-stacks (petrified trolls, according to legend) and cube-like basalt columns, the wind was whipping, the sea was crashing, and there wasn't a spot of sun to be seen. In fact it was so cold and miserable with the weather conditions and my yet to recover from jetlag that it was all I could do not to throw in the towel and take shelter in the car! But I stuck it out and tried to make the best of the less-than-ideal conditions for photos, which involved watching my tripod to make sure it didn't blow over, and was eventually rewarded with this bit of color. Iceland is so far north that sometimes sunrise colors stick around well into mid-morning – a photographer's paradise. Well, with the colors at least. Check out some favorites below!
No gulls at Gullfoss! This famous set of waterfalls translates from Icelandic as "Golden Falls" and is one of Iceland's most famous (and most photographed) travel destinations. Small wonder: the sheer power of the raging water roaring into the canyon is jaw-dropping. Freezing October temperatures meant the canyon walls were dusted with a surreal layer of frost, making the landscape even more gorgeous. It's hard to find a new take on a place that has been captured so many times before, but here's my attempt – enjoy!


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17-time platinum powerhouse group Boston take the stage at Fallsview with their legendary rock anthems such as "More Than A Feeling", "Long Time", "Peace Of Mind", "Smokin'", "Don't Look Back", "Amanda" and "I Need Your Love".
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With final rehearsals underway, everyone is especially eager to hit the road soon to bring BOSTON's high-energy stage show and out-of-this-world sound to another 54 venues across North America. The exuberant audiences from last year's tour made the band want to get right back out to entertain the best fans in the world, who can expect some exciting new additions to the set list, based on their input. Sounding better than ever, the band will make certain that the multi-generational crowds are in for an audio and visual intergalactic treat.
Joining the lineup this summer on keyboards, guitar and vocals, is Beth Cohen, who lent background vocals on "You Gave Up on Love," which appeared on BOSTON's latest release, Life, Love & Hope in 2012, as well as on the earlier version which was released on Corporate America in 2002. A musician since childhood, Beth earned a music degree from the University of Miami on a full scholarship. She's a top vocal coach in Miami, sings in both Spanish and English, and has toured the world with many well-known musicians.
In addition to rehearsing, ensuring that the multitude of gear is in working order, getting all the techno-bugs sorted out with the new modifications and innovations in the systems, as well as general tour prep, Tom has been painstakingly constructing his third-in-existence hyperspace pedal. It is an exquisitely tricky piece of equipment to keep operating properly, so two backups are much better than one. There were a couple of occasions on last year's tour when the primary pedal malfunctioned, as did the back up concurrently. Tom was even tweaking one of the pedals an hour prior to the last show in Tokyo in October. Here is the beginning of that show, hyperspace pedal "go for launch."
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"Gendered Representations in 20th Century American Art & Culture" Conference 2020
Published on 6 March 2020 21 March 2020 by kclgia2020
Call for Papers!
We warmly welcome you all to a new LAHP student-led activities conference: Gendered Representations in 20th Century American Art & Culture. We are excited to bring you two days of thought-provoking discussions designed to showcase new and emerging approaches to the study of gender construction and identity in American culture, addressing how femininities and masculinities are explored through the modes of music, literature, art, and wider media and cultural apparatus. The aim of this conference is to bring together PhD students and early career academics within the field of American Studies across departmental boundaries, enabling them to share their research and engage in collaborative debates surrounding the role of gender in a culturally and socio-politically tumultuous period of American culture; the twentieth century.
The conference will be held on Wednesday 10th June and Thursday 11th June 2020 in the historical and cultural epicenter of London, at King's College London's Strand Campus.
We specifically aim to pose the question: how can examinations of creative practices and cultural products enable a deeper understanding of regionally determined expressions of gendered identity? Whether participants challenge current discourse surrounding gender and American Studies, or discuss the ways in which we as academics shape and pursue the intersection of such disciplines, we intend to create a space wherein interdisciplinary research is produced, debated, and assessed; our call for papers encourages exchange between diverse fields of interest.
Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following areas:
Articulations of gender and race, class, age, ability, sexuality, etc. in American culture, i.e. literature, music, film, audience engagement, reception, and participation
Exclusion and gender inequalities in American culture
Collaborative practices and the creation of community
Cultural and social histories
We are looking for 15 to 20 minute presentations, which may include formats such as films, digital artworks, lecture performances, etc.
Please submit an abstract (up to 250 words) outlining the paper's main arguments, format, and relevance to the conference theme. Submissions should also include your institutional affiliation, paper title, 3-4 keywords, a short biography (up to 100 words), and your contact details.
Email both the proposal and biography to genderinamericaconference@kcl.ac.uk by 23.59 GMT on Wednesday, 15th April 2020.
More information is available at kclgenderinamericaconference.wordpress.com, including registration details.
Costs: Participation in and attendance to the conference is free*.
*Please note that while there are potential bursaries for travel expenses, all participants are responsible for covering the majority of costs including possible visa expenses and accommodation.
We are thrilled to announce our two Keynote Speakers: Dr. Rona Cran, Lecturer in Twentieth-Century American Literature and Co-Director of the American & Canadian Studies Centre, and Assistant Professor Dr. Martin Lüthe, Assistant Professor of Culture.
Dr. Rona Cran
Lecturer in Twentieth-Century American Literature
Co-Director of the American & Canadian Studies Centre
Rona Cran is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century American Literature at the University of Birmingham, where she is also Director of the Centre for American and Canadian Studies. She is the author of Collage in Twentieth-Century American Art, Literature, and Culture (Ashgate/Routledge, 2014). Her current book project is entitled Multiple Voices: New York City Poetry, 1950-1995; she is also compiling a new anthology of New York City poetry, City of the World: Poems of New York (Fordham University Press, 2021). She has written or is writing articles on New York poetry, American women poet-editors and the mimeograph revolution, Joe Brainard and John Ashbery, Allen Ginsberg and Frank O'Hara, Allen Ginsberg and collage, place, space and identity in Richard Yates, William Burroughs and eating, and William Burroughs and art.
Dr. Martin Lüthe
Freie Universität Berlin (The Free University of Berlin), Germany
Martin Lüthe received his doctorate from the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture in Gießen. He is currently Einstein Junior fellow and assistant professor at the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. Lüthe published the monographs "We Missed a Lot of Church, So the Music Is Our Confessional": Rap and Religion (Lit Verlag, 2008) and Color-Line and Crossing-Over: Motown and Performances of Blackness in 1960s American Culture (WVT, 2011) and is working on a manuscript for Wire Writings: Media Change in the Culture of the Progressive Era.
Sophia Sakellaridis Mangoura
PhD Candidate, Department of Music, King's College London
Sophia Sakellaridis Mangoura is currently a PhD candidate in the Music Department at King's College London supported by the London Arts and Humanities Partnership to pursue a thesis in Opera Studies. Previously, she completed her LLB and MSc in Political Science and Sociology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. She holds a Classical Vocal Studies Diploma from the Musical Horizons Conservatory in Athens and now performs as a Soprano. Her major academic interests are centered on gender studies, specialising in operatic femininities.
Robyn Shooter
Robyn Shooter is a current PhD student enrolled in the Music department at King's College London (KCL), undertaking a thesis examining constructions of identity and authenticity in alternative country music. She has previously completed an MMus in Musicology and Ethnomusicology (KCL), an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries (KCL), and holds a BA (Hons) in Comparative Literature (Queen Mary University of London). Robyn's research is informed by her interdisciplinary background, with interests including popular culture in the United States, countercultural movements in twentieth-century America and Europe, regional identity and the American South, and nostalgic readings of Americana cultural heritage.
Categories Music history, Musicology•Tags american studies, arts and humanities, call for papers, conference, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, feminist studies, film studies, Gender and Music Studies, Gender Studies, masculinity studies, music and visual arts, PhD students, United States, visual culture
Iberian musical crossroads through the ages: Images of music-making in their transcultural exchanges
Published on 2 February 2018 by zdravko3
Fifteenth symposium of the ICTM Study Group on Iconography of the Performing Arts
organized by the Societat Catalana de Musicologia, Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Barcelona, 17–19 October 2018
Iberian peninsula—the home of Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, Basque, and Galician peoples—has been a significant economic and political region through the history, which had been both conquered by the powers coming from elsewhere and generating its own forces exploring and conquering other regions and cultures in the world. From the Bronze Age onwards, explorers and traders used the peninsula as the crossroad between the Mediterranean and much of the rest of the world. The Phoenicians came to Iberia in the ninth century BC, and the Greeks followed two centuries later. The Romans conquest of Hispania started during the second Punic War in 206 BC and by the time of Augustus near the entire peninsula was under the control of Rome. During the Middle Ages, Al-Andalus with its Islamic administration was open to an import of Arab knowledge, philosophy, culture, arts and music. Later on, Spain and Portugal were the strongest naval powers in the world and their overseas explorations have radically altered both the old and new worlds: Spain influenced South American and Caribbean cultures, and even the Philippines; the Portuguese travellers, traders and conquerors reached Brazil, sailed along the African coast, and arrived all the way to India, Malacca, and Macao. Through the crown of Aragon, Catalonia experienced cultural exchanges within the western Mediterranean Sea and southern Italy. In addition to the overseas networks, cultural and artistic exchanges were also occurring in Europe through commercial and political ties, and also through marriages between the royal houses. Throughout the history pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago, or visiting the shrines of Montserrat or Fatima were bringing with them songs, dances and instruments from all over Europe.
All these and many other explorations and migrations created a fertile framework for a rich exchange of musical ideas, sounds, forms, rhythms, dances, and instruments. The Barcelona conference of the ICTM Study Group on the Iconography of Performing Arts will examine visual sources documenting transborder and transcultural transmission of musical ideas between the peoples of the Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the world. Papers are invited concerning the following topics:
Sounds of the ancient world: The Iberian cultures in an exchange with other Mediterranean traditions
Islamic sounds in Al-Andalus
Music and dances of Spanish Sephardim
Music along the road: Travelers and pilgrimages in Spain and Portugal
The Borgia family as a mediator of musical life between Iberia, Rome and the Vatican
Music and explorers (Columbus, Vasco da Gama, trade routes to Latin America, Asia, Africa)
Portuguese ethnohistoric accounts about music of Brazil, Macao, and Estado da Índia
Spanish encounters with music cultures of pre-Colombian America
Music in Catholic missions of New Spain and in the Christianization of Goa
Exchanges between Catalonia and kingdoms of Naples and Sicily
Reception of the Italian opera in Spain and Portugal
Zarzuela and other music theater in Latin America
Spain as a topos in music exoticism (opera, operetta, ballet, dance); Orientalism in Spanish art
Exchanges of musical instruments between Iberian Peninsula and the rest of the world
Internal musical exchanges between the peoples of the Iberian peninsula
Spanish/Portuguese iconographic models used in Latin American decorative programs
Transcultural musical topics in the 20th- and 21st-century art
Proposals related to other transcultural music exchanges in the world may be also considered
English is preferred language for the conference presentations.
Abstracts of 250–300 words may be submitted before 2 April 2018 to:
Zdravko Blažeković
Research Center for Music Iconography
City University of New York, The Graduate Center
zblazekovic@gc.cuny.edu
Jordi Ballester
Societat Catalana de Musicologia
Institut d'Estudis Catalans
Jordi.Ballester@uab.cat
Categories Ethnomusicology, Music history, Musicology•Tags Cultural Studies, Latin America, migration, music and visual arts, music iconography, organology, Spanish Music, visual arts
Images of Music-Making and Its Trans-Cultural Exchanges
Published on 13 January 2016 by J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Fourteenth symposium of the ICTM Study Group for Iconography of the Performing Arts,
organized by the Xi'an Conservatory of Music (西安音乐学院)
Xi'an, 27–31 October 2016
Besides notated compositions, preserved instruments, and writings on music, images can also furnish an abundance of information important for music history. The conference will provide scholars of music iconography with a forum to present their views on exchanges of cultural and musical influences. For the Chinese scholars, this will be an opportunity to get acquainted in more detail with the Western visual sources, as well as the research methodologies and techniques facilitated by the Western scholars which are often significantly different from the Chinese models. For the Western scholars, on the other hand, the conference will bring into focus the richness of Chinese iconographic sources, their significance in the music history of Asia, and methods of research facilitated within Chinese academia.
Proposals for Papers on the Following Topics are Invited:
Music culture of China and other Asian countries reflected in visual sources
Instruments and their symbolism represented in visual arts
Scenography and iconography of music theater
(traditional Chinese/Asian theater forms, Western opera and music theater)
Iconography of dance
European visions of Chinese and other Asian musics
Methods of research in music iconography
Papers on other topics related to music iconography will be considered
Abstracts of 200–300 words may be submitted before 15 March 2016 to:
The City University of New York Graduate Center
杨婷婷 / Yang Tingting
Research Center for Northwestern Ethnic Music
Xi'an Conservatory of Music
No. 108, Chang'an Mid Road
Xi'an, Shaanxi Province 710061
xbmzyyyjzx@163.com
Timing of the symposium is coordinated with the dates of the 10th symposium of the International Study Group for Music Archaeology, which will be held at the Hubei Provincial Museum in Wuhan, 21–25 October 2016.
Categories Ethnomusicology, Music history, Musicology•Tags Asian art, Chinese art, chinoiserie, dance iconography, exoticism, music and visual arts, music iconography, organology, Orientalism, visual arts
Sounds of Wars and Victories: Images of Military Musicians on Battlefields and Promenades
Published on 20 September 2013 by J. P. E. Harper-ScottLeave a comment
The thirteenth conference of the Research Center for Music Iconography, City University of New York, The Graduate Center,
commemorating the centennial of World War I
New York, 11–13 November 2014
Marking the centennial of the beginning of World War I and starting on Armistice Day 2014, the conference will focus on the iconography of military musicians of all time and performing in any occasion. Throughout history, military musicians formed a significant part of the soundscape not only on battlefields during wartime, but also in the neighbourhood of their military barracks during peacetime. Still, as historical documentation of their performances, repertoire, and personnel is most often integrated with military matters at national war archives, music historians too often leave them out of their historical narratives.
Traditions of military ensembles are as rich and varied as they could be. Different nations and military branches have developed preferences for specific repertoires and instruments. Their performances were equally integrated into military and civilian musical life, having a variety of purposes spanning from strengthening national identity and patriotism to providing music accompaniment at middle class dances and ceremonies. Therefore, the visual aspect of their performances has always been as significant as their music repertoire. Whether marching across town or attending a welcoming ceremony for a state dignitary, they were always proponents of the government and its power. With that purpose, their uniforms developed over time into specific distinctive attributes forming national symbolism, and their performances became ceremonies in their own right.
The conference aims to examine the visual aspects of military musicians throughout history, in particular the role of military bands in creating national visual identities; occasions in which military ensembles performed and their interactions with audiences; their instruments and performing formations; graphic designs of editions of compositions by military bandmasters; and representations of music on commemorative war monuments.
Abstracts of 200–300 words may be submitted before 1 May 2014 to:
City University of New York, The GraduateCenter
New York, NY10016-4309
http://rcmi.gc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/WWI.pdf
Categories Ethnomusicology, Music history, Musicology•Tags antiquity, ceremonies, military band, military music, music and visual arts, music iconography, music iconology, power, public performances, state identity, World War I
Neoclassical Reverberations of Discovering Antiquity
Twelfth conference of the ICTM Study Group for the Iconography of the Performing Arts
in collaboration with the Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte
will be held at the Archivio di Stato di Torino
Torino, 6–10 October 2014
With the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii, the eighteenth century marked the birth of modern archaeological methods. The newly discovered Roman sites became a leading attraction for intellectuals travelling in Italy on the Grand Tour, and equally admired by royalty, young British students, or artists and musicians. On the other hand, Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign inspired the fashion of Egyptomania, which could be in its different forms traced back to antiquity. These new opportunities for the study of Mediterranean antiquity and the general fascination with it, made the ancient artistic vocabulary fashionable throughout Europe, and it was reflected in the most diverse aspects of nineteenth-century life, ranging from the decoration of public buildings and artistic and architectural styles, to fashion, furniture, and opera libretti. The conference aims to examine the influences and reflections of this new knowledge of antiquity on visual arts as related to music.
Music in neoclassical visual art
The impact of archaeological explorations at Pompeii and Herculaneum
New visions of ancient musical life and myths
Public buildings decorated in the ancient Roman style
Music of ancient Egypt and North Africa as seen by Western artists
Antiquity in operatic scenography
Musical impressions by artists on Grand Tours
Free papers will be also considered
City University of New York,
The GraduateCenter
Cristina Santarelli
Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte
Via Anton Giulio Barrili 7
cristina.santarelli@tin.it
Further information will be posted at
http://www.ictmusic.org/group/iconography-performing-arts
http://www.ibmp.it/entrata.htm
Categories Ethnomusicology, Music history, Musicology•Tags antiquity, architecture, music and visual arts, music iconography, music iconology, organology, reception of antiquity


The Komodo dragon is no pushover; the reptile, native to Indonesia, is as fearsome as its name sounds exotic. Komodo dragons wrestle with each other as fiercely as they do tenaciously. They are enormously strong and can inflict disastrous wounds on each other. But the losers in such bouts are resilient. Even in the face of catastrophic disaster and defeat, persistent Komodo dragons always return, looking for another challenge.
Indonesia shares some similarities with the Komodo dragon, its national animal. On Sept. 28, the Indonesian island of Sulawesi was struck by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake. With enough seismic force to make soil behave like a fluid, roads, building foundations and entire neighborhoods were swallowed by the earth in moments. Minutes later, a tsunami swept ashore, swamping the streets of Palu, the capital of the Central Sulawesi province.
The official death toll now stands above 2,000 and is expected to climb to as high as 4,000, while search and rescue efforts continue. Some 80,000 people have lost their homes.
Despite the curses of its geography, Indonesia will carry on. The extraordinary destruction of property provides some morbid opportunities to rebuild infrastructure more resilient than before and to reinforce best practices. This truth was borne out over a decade ago, after a 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami took the lives of more than 170,000 Indonesians.
That disaster prompted a massive global response. In addition to the enormous humanitarian effort — the international community raised more than $14 billion in aid — a consortium of governments built and completed a tsunami early warning system for Indian Ocean countries in 2006.
But this network of early warning systems failed repeatedly and catastrophically last month in Indonesia. The seismographic sensors designed to detect earthquakes accurately recorded the tremor, but text message alerts couldn't be sent to residents, as the earthquake had already toppled cellphone towers. All 22 of the buoys at sea intended to detect approaching tsunamis were not operational when the disaster struck: None have worked since 2012 because of vandalism and lack of maintenance. Palu officials admit that the local tidal monitoring station wasn't working either.
The government's critics are furious. Though vulnerable cities like Palu have drawn up disaster response plans since the 2004 tsunami, commentators worry that such contingency plans are worth little without necessary funding and equipment for local governments. Even the BNBP, Indonesia's disaster management bureau, complains of being underfunded. Consequently, when disaster strikes, regional authorities are often left waiting until the military arrives.
Authorities can learn from the most recent disaster. It is unacceptable that government neglect rendered early warning systems nonoperational. Potentially lifesaving information infrastructure must be maintained after it is built, even if routine upkeep is worth little political pork.
The foundations of the early warning systems can also be solidified. For example, soil liquification, which took down cell towers, can be combatted by reinforcing foundations with a construction technique called jet grouting.
Jet grouting to shore up building foundations, for example, is almost impossible to do for existing structures. Now is the time for reconstruction that will pay dividends in the future. Just as in 2004, when Indian Ocean countries learned what services can curb the worst of natural disasters, the Indonesian government will hopefully, in this moment of tragedy, learn the importance of infrastructure maintenance as well.
Other initiatives will also help. Better funding of local government, particularly for earthquake education, will go a long way. Disaster experts emphasize that, even in the absence of text message alerts, the earthquake itself is a warning of a potential tidal wave. These same experts suggest that educating Indonesians on this information could save countless lives. Indonesia spends far less money on earthquake education than Japan or New Zealand — both similarly earthquake-prone, albeit richer countries — but emergency drills are relatively inexpensive and can save lives in numerous disasters to come. With little more than fiscal expenditure, countless lives may be saved in future tragedies.
In the face of ruination, humanity endures. This instance will be no different. As Indonesians are once again forced to confront harrowing loss, they might find some small glimmer of hope in the fable of their national animal.
Even humbled Komodo dragons are relentless. A single setback is rarely fatal. Instead, it makes for more shrewd fighters. Similarly, resolute perseverance in the face of calamity will build a stronger country, for its loss all the wiser.
Joshua Levy is a junior in the School of Foreign Service. Animal Kingdom appears online every other Friday.


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I qualified for the Games as an Athlete. What tickets do I get?
What does the Festival + Coliseum Package get you?
Individuals who qualify for the Games will have the option to purchase (2) Coliseum + Festival Packages at 50% discounted rate (50% discount applies only to orange $275 tickets ONLY) and can then purchase (2) additional Coliseum + Festival Packages at full price for a total of (4) Coliseum + Festival Packages. Only the qualifying athletes will have the option to purchase these reserved tickets during a specific window after their respective Regional. Athletes who qualify will be contacted.
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A Response to Comments on Tridentine Judaism
Concerning the last blog posting, Tridentine Judaism, a reader has commented:
If you search Newadvent.org the term shekinah does come up in a few searches. Could this be the result of an ignorance of the origin of Shekinah or is the author of this blog jumping to conclusions?
The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia makes reference to the rabbinic texts in numerous instances. There is certainly a familiarity with the rabbinic texts there. Whether the writers/editors of the Catholic Encyclopedia knew of the rabbinic origin of "Shekinah" I cannot say. I can tell you with great certainty that the "Shekinah" is a non-biblical, post-Temple rabbinic invention. Its source is the Targum Onkelos which scholars date between 100-400 A.D. It is very likely a rabbinic reinvention/preservation of the pagan goddess that the apostate Israelites worshiped (Jeremias 7;18, Jeremias 44;17).
Am I overreacting? As I see it, Fr. Finigan, at least figuratively, perhaps unwittingly, is putting Asherah back in the Temple with his use of the term "Shekinah" in reference to the sanctuary. This is an abomination.
I would add that the logic behind the comment seems to be that the 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia, which predates Vatican II by several decades, is a solid test of orthodoxy by that fact. I'm sorry to say that if this is the thinking behind the comment, it is flawed. The errors that we're dealing with here go back centuries before Vatican II to the medieval and renaissance "Christian" Cabalists (Johannes Reuchlin, Pico della Mirandola, et al) who believed that post-Temple rabbinic texts, mysticism, gematria and other rabbinic exegetical methods could be incorporated into Christianity. This movement was largely pushed underground by the Council of Trent but was never fully stamped out. Today, this thinking has the endorsement of the Vatican and Benedict himself as documented here:
http://mauricepinay.blogspot.com/2007/05/vatican-christians-can-learn-much-from.html
The Vatican recommends that Christians learn from post-Temple rabbinic texts which they say are of great value for interpreting both the Old and New Testaments. So, Fr. Finigan is really only acting as the Vatican encourages all Catholics to do when he incorporates post-Temple rabbinic concepts into Catholic tradition. The title of his blog, "The Hermeneutic of Continuity" is really quite telling in this regard. I anticipate more of this kind of diabolical Tridentine Judaism to come from the priests whose concept of obedience is more akin to that of Masonry or the Mafia than the Gospel, or who don't know the difference between Catholic and rabbinic tradition to begin with.
According to the cabbala, the universe is ruled not by one god but by several deities, of various characters and influences, emanated by a dim, distant First Cause. Omitting many details, one can summarize the system as follows. From the First Cause, first a male god called 'Wisdom' or 'Father' and then a female goddess called 'Knowledge' or 'Mother' were emanated or born. From the marriage of these two, a pair of younger gods were born: Son, also called by many other names such as 'Small Face' or 'The Holy Blessed One'; and Daughter, also called 'Lady' (or 'Matronit', a word derived from Latin), 'Shekhinah', 'Queen', and so on. These two younger gods should be united, but their union is prevented by the machinations of Satan, who in this system is a very important and independent personage. The Creation was undertaken by the First Cause in order to allow them to unite, but because of the Fall they became more disunited than ever, and indeed Satan has managed to come very close to the divine Daughter and even to rape her (either seemingly or in fact - opinions differ on this). The creation of the Jewish people was undertaken in order to mend the break caused by Adam and Eve, and under Mount Sinai this was for a moment achieved: the male god Son, incarnated in Moses, was united with the goddess Shekhinah. Unfortunately, the sin of the Golden Calf again caused disunity in the godhead; but the repentance of the Jewish people has mended matters to some extent. Similarly, each incident of biblical Jewish history is believed to be associated with the union or disunion of the divine pair. The Jewish conquest of Palestine from the Canaanites and the building of the first and second Temple are particularly propitious for their. union, while the destruction of the Temples and exile of the Jews from the Holy Land are merely external signs not only of the divine disunion but also of a real 'whoring after strange gods': Daughter falls closely into the power of Satan, while Son takes various female satanic personages to his bed, instead of his proper wife.
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The duty of pious Jews is to restore through their prayers and religious acts the perfect divine unity, in the form of sexual union, between the male and female deities. Thus before most ritual acts, which every devout Jew has to perform many times each day, the following cabbalistic formula is recited: 'For the sake of the [sexual] congress of the Holy Blessed One and his Shekhinah... ' The Jewish morning prayers are also arranged so as to promote this sexual union, if only temporarily. Successive parts of the prayer mystically correspond to successive stages of the union: at one point the goddess approaches with her hand- maidens, at another the god puts his arm around her neck and fondles her breast, and finally the sexual act is supposed to take place.
Other prayers or religious acts, as interpreted by the cabbalists, are designed to deceive various angels (imagined as minor deities with a measure of independence)or to propitiate Satan. At a certain point in the morning prayer, some verses in Aramaic (rather than the more usual Hebrew) are pronounced. This is supposed to be a means for tricking the angels who operate the gates through which prayers enter heaven and who have the power to block the prayers of the pious. The angels only understand Hebrew and are baffled by the Aramaic verses; being somewhat dull-witted (presumably they are far less clever than the cabbalists) they open the gates, and at this moment all the prayers, including those in Hebrew, get through. Or take another example: both before and after a meal, a pious Jew ritually washes his hands, uttering a special blessing. On one of these two occasions he is worshiping God, by promoting the divine union of Son and Daughter; but on the other he is worshiping Satan, who likes Jewish prayers and ritual acts so much that when he is offered a few of them it keeps him busy for a while and he forgets to pester the divine Daughter. Indeed, the cabbalists believe that some of the sacrifices burnt in the Temple were intended for Satan. For example, the seventy bullocks sacrificed during the seven days of the feast of Tabernacles were supposedly offered to Satan in his capacity as ruler of all the Gentiles, in order to keep him too busy to interfere on the eighth day, when sacrifice is made to God. Many other examples of the same kind can be given.
I have seen authors influenced by the 'new theology' peddle this shekinah stuff. Before the last post I thought it was just a relatively harmless attempt to show off some Hebraist pseudo-erudition.
Priests who are genuinely traditional are careful to adhere to the rule of the Church-- never to interpret scripture contrary to the moral unanimity of the Fathers.
Maurice Pinay said...
I thought it was just a relatively harmless attempt to show off some Hebraist pseudo-erudition.
That may be the case in some instances. Perhaps that is how it ended up in the Catholic Encyclopedia.
However, the effect is that we become accustomed to hearing this foreign term and it becomes a part of our tradition solely on the basis of repetition. Only later once people believe the "Shekinah" is truly a part of their tradition would it be possible to unveil its true gnosis. I'm attempting to disrupt this pattern.
I don't suggest that all of the people who use this term understand it fully or know that it is a non-Biblical invention. But I'm certain that at least some of them do.
What's intersting is that in Genesis which clearly states, "Let US make man to OUR image." which is a clear reference to a Trinitarian Godhead which the Judaics reject, many Judaics say that the "Us" is a refernce to God and the cosmos creating man.
The rejection of Christ in turn causes a rejection of a Trinitarian Godhead which in turn leads to this nonsense of the cosmos partaking in creation.
I believe it can be all called an attempt to rationalize their rejection of God: Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Aug 10, 2016 | Filed in Advocacy
On July 21, the Movement for Black Lives' National Day of Action, a team of four public librarians with backgrounds in social justice launched a new initiative, Libraries4BlackLives (L4BL). Jessica Anne Bratt, branch manager at Grand Rapids Public Library, MI; Sarah Lawton, neighborhood library supervisor for Madison Public Library, WI; Amita Lonial, learning experiences manager at Skokie Public Library (SPL), IL; and Amy Sonnie, adult literacy and lifelong learning librarian at Oakland Public Library, CA, joined forces earlier in the summer to create a website that would bring together library-based advocates who want to support the ideals and activism behind the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Clockwise from upper left: Amita Lonial, Jessica Anne Bratt, Sarah Lawton, and Amy Sonnie
On July 21, the Movement for Black Lives' National Day of Action, a team of four public librarians with backgrounds in social justice launched a new initiative, Libraries4BlackLives (L4BL). Jessica Anne Bratt, branch manager at Grand Rapids Public Library, MI; Sarah Lawton, neighborhood library supervisor for Madison Public Library, WI; Amita Lonial, learning experiences manager at Skokie Public Library (SPL), IL; and Amy Sonnie, adult literacy and lifelong learning librarian at Oakland Public Library, CA, joined forces earlier in the summer to create a website that would bring together library-based advocates who want to support the ideals and activism behind the #BlackLivesMatter movement. (Bratt and Lonial are 2016 Library Journal Movers & Shakers; Lawton and Sonnie are self-professed "Shovers & Makers.") "This 'call to action' unifies library efforts and demonstrates our unequivocal professional commitment to social justice and equity," the site states. "We publicly affirm our support for the Movement for Black Lives and we commit to deepening racial equity work in our institutions and communities. Join the call for #FreedomNow. Help define the role libraries can play." Librarians, library workers, students, volunteers, administrators, and board members are invited to sign L4BL's pledge to support the Movement for Black Lives. A Resource Guide contains a Suggested Actions list; a collection of links to reading lists, curricula, articles, and other references for advocates; and a space for users to post their own links and ideas. The #libraries4blacklives hashtag has become an active space on Twitter for librarians to trade thoughts. In addition, the site's Call to Action asks a few important, actionable questions:
What role can libraries play to address systemic racial injustice and implicit personal bias?
What needs to change within our libraries, campuses and associations?
How can the library serve as a platform for communities seeking to pull back the veil so that we may all engage in social transformation?
SOCIAL JUSTICE ROOTS
L4BL's founders all have strong roots in the intersection of social justice and public libraries. Lawton first became involved with community engagement through her participation in the American Library Association's (ALA) Center for Civic Life and Libraries Transforming Communities. After working with underserved youth in rural communities, she arrived in Madison as city government was beginning to respond to its own long-term racial disparities. Lawton became active with a number of community organizations, including the Government Alliance on Race and Equity, which was working to create a Racial Equity Toolkit to reduce institutionalized racism through local governmental decision-making processes. "I was very drawn to an approach that recognizes that there's a lot of individual bias and explicit and implicit racism that we're all mired in, but that we might be able to find some strategies [to disrupt] the machine," Lawton told LJ. "Most of my work, and what I bring to this group, is looking at tools that are analogous to an environmental impact assessment...within libraries, but also within other government structures." Sonnie came to librarianship after a long career working with social justice movements and causes, including cofounding and serving on the board of the Oakland-based Center for Media Justice, toward the goal of expanding racial, economic, and gender parity for marginalized communities. As a librarian she has put together well-used resource lists and ongoing programming to help the Oakland community engage with similar concerns. "I believe deeply in learning from history, the civil rights movement and even further back," Sonnie noted, "engaging new ideas, lifting up hidden and marginalized voices, and amplifying calls for a more free, democratic, and participatory future.... That is why I became a librarian. That is what I think this movement is calling on us to do now, to encourage people to explore these ideas and our interconnections, to provide information and provide space for people who are most impacted by racial injustice…. There's nowhere better to do this work than in the public library." Bratt, an African American who was born and raised on Chicago's South Side, always recognized libraries as community lifelines for children and adults alike. Early in her career, she told LJ, "I took a youth services position in an urban library setting and the first thing I noticed is that my teens of color didn't have a good relationship with staff. So I made that my personal goal, to develop a relationship with kids." That goal morphed into DigiBridge, a partnership between the Grand Rapids Public Library and public schools to put technology in the hands of middle and high school students. "I got that support to make racial equity happen in an organic way," said Bratt, and now encourages local organizations to use the library "while helping guide them to learning more about social issues, whether they want to talk about that to the kids or whether they want to come in from the community and have a safe space to voice their thoughts." Like Sonnie, Lonial started out in the nonprofit sector doing direct action organizing. "My first few years as a librarian it felt very theoretical," she told LJ. "I was [thinking] OK, I know most librarians are down with social justice...but what does that praxis look like? How are we translating that theory into action?" Lonial went on to lead Skokie's cultural outreach educational program, Coming Together, to provide a wide range of diverse reading lists and programming for all ages. Her colleague Mikael Jacobsen, a 2013 LJ Mover & Shaker, calls her "a social and racial justice warrior with integrity."
THE ROOTS OF L4BL
Given their dedication to social justice issues, it was no surprise that the four found themselves in long-distance collaborations with one another. Sonnie and Lonial had gotten to know each other through a national network of community organizers and LGBTQ advocates. Lonial met Bratt at an Urban Library Council meeting at the 2016 Public Library Association (PLA) conference, and met Lawton at that conference as well. After Lonial, Lawton, and Sonnie collaborated on a recent PLA on-demand webinar titled "Engaged and Inclusive: Libraries Embracing Racial Equity and Social Justice," the three brought Bratt on board to plan some similar material and a possible event at the ALA annual meeting in 2017 in Chicago. Planning phone calls turned into brainstorming sessions where they shared ideas about the racial equity work each was doing in her institution. Taking inspiration from the Incluseum, an online space devoted to inclusion in museums, Lonial proposed that the four make a public statement as library professionals, ask the community how libraries and library workers were activating nationwide, and create a space where people could begin to have a conversation about it. "I saw this opportunity to more collectively harness our power," Lonial told LJ. "I thought it was great that libraries were responding at that local community level—that should obviously be a first priority—but it felt like there was this need…that could go beyond just providing access to that information but really leveraging our ability to create change on a bigger scale." Bratt created a simple Squarespace website, and with the addition of the call to action and hashtag, a movement was born. Their goals are twofold, explained Lonial: to capitalize on and leverage the enthusiasm evident in L4BL's library allies and to support individuals doing the work at the community level. The response has been strong. At press time L4BL had 107 members, many of them adding comments about the work they are already doing in their libraries and communities. "[People] are so happy that they have ways to start facilitating these conversations, whether it's frontline staff or middle managers, to show that racial equity is important and much needed in their communities," said Bratt, "or reaching out to say, 'Hey, I didn't have an idea how to get involved or how to help and I really want to, so thank you for providing the opportunity.'" A number of ALA and PLA committees and task forces have reached out to L4BL in appreciation, and the Black Caucus of ALA (BCALA) has been spreading the word in support of the initiative. The team is preparing to send out a survey to gather input from L4BL's allies to help define priorities, with the ultimate goal of forming a digital learning space to support participants. "There are dozens of things we could work on," Lonial told LJ. "We imagine that we'll be engaging in a discussion about the questions in our call to action, and trying to evolve the list of suggested actions that we put on our resources page, and to compile more resources that are specific to the needs of the folks we're in contact with. Is it stuff that will make the case to your administration? Is it programming resources? Is it deep training about how to form community partnerships? Is it a space for brainstorming?"
TRUE ALLIES
While the team members work on L4BL independently of their day jobs, all report that it aligns with their libraries' greater missions, and their leadership has been highly supportive. In talking to colleagues both within and outside her library, noted Lawton, "I've heard from a number of people that the radio silence on these issues is deafening. Not hearing strong support and not seeing our cultural institutions, our civic institutions, those with this reach and power, stand up and stand with people who are being marginalized—for library workers and for communities it feels like a disconnect and a disservice. I think the enthusiastic response we've been seeing has been the flip side." "The role of an ally, in some ways, can be drawn into part of the role of a librarian," she added. "The definition of a strong librarian is probably very similar to the definition of a true ally." "It's personal for all of us. Our country is in pain right now," said Sonnie. "At any given historical moment libraries are a part of civil society, in many ways facilitators of and/or gatekeepers…. I personally believe that our role is to use the spaces that we have, the resources that we have, the skills that we have, to facilitate and enable the kinds of changes we want to see." As a person and librarian of color, Bratt said, "it can be daunting and you sometimes feel, 'if I take a stand, who will defend me?' It can be a lonely place to be. So it's been awesome to connect with other librarians and...to have those conversations. To see that has been just revolutionary for me."
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Dan Kleinman of Sexual Harassment of Librarians says
This is from Reddit Libraries by "HeartlessWeeder": HeartlessWeeder 13 points 1 day ago I have to admit as a public librarian, this gives me pause and I won't be participating. I am all for equality, education on issues, and advocating for fair treatment for all. But the Black Lives Matter group specifically is extremely politically charged and controversial and so I hesitate, as a public employee and with the library being a public building, to support such a controversial private group. There was even a case a few months ago where a public library had to kick out a Black Lives Matter group who was meeting there because they wouldn't let white people (who came to support them) into their meeting. Library policies say gatherings at the library must be open to all, yet the group still accused the library of racism and discrimination after being told they couldn't meet there unless they allowed everyone to attend their meetings. So I'll continue to make book displays of books highlighting the issues facing minority groups and books that promote a diverse and inclusive world view. I'll provide resources for people to read up on current events and educate themselves about what's going on and how they can help. I'll make the library a safe space for everyone of all races, religions, genders, etc and a place where everyone who enters receives equal access to information, materials, and support. But I won't pledge allegiance to a private political group.
David Genesis says
Why use the words of someone else when you've personally called Black Lives Matter a hate group?
@David Genesis, I don't know enough about it to call it anything, but I do see enough media reports of others calling it what it is. It is what it is. And "HeartlessWeeder" hit the nail on the head. Here's just the latest evidence of hate: "Video: 'Black Lives Matter' Rioters Target Whites for Beat Downs; 'They Beating Up All the White People'" http://www.infowars.com/video-black-lives-matter-rioters-target-whites-for-beat-downs/
Way Barra says
"I don't know enough about it to call it anything..." Excerpts from Reddit Libraries by "SafeLibraries" "That BLM is a hate group is evident from its repeated calls to kill police officers, along with the murders of multiple police officers. That's my opinion." "Any organization that does and says what Black Lives Matter does and says is a hate group." "The reality is [BLM] is a hate group. That's my opinion but it appears to be the opinion of most others." Unless there's someone on Reddit impersonating you, Kleinman, you're a liar.
anonymous coward says
I agree with the big and original driving factors of the BLM movement. There is more than enough evidence and testimony to show that African Americans are treated as second class citizens by figures of authority all over the country. There has never been a time when this was not true. This must be stopped- but did these librarian not do any research beyond this? The BLM platform includes a constitutional amendment to a guaranteed fully funded education- including free daycare, "high quality food", etc. They call for an end to free trade agreements, literally use the phrase "redistribution of wealth" as a goal for a tax code restructuring, reparations- including a guaranteed minimum income- etc. This platform is economically unfeasible and so far removed from the real and present issues regarding police (and authority figure) mistreatment of people of color as to undermine the chances of any meaningful change. These are not issues of equality- but a radical political agenda that has little to do with justice- which is unfortunate since the BLM movement could have done great things, and the L4BL too, maybe. Instead it's just an opportunity to try to push a ridiculous social agenda on the back of very real tragedy. If you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao, you ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow.
Debra Collins-Thomas says
I have concerns about this also. Libraries by their very nature represent equality; doors are open to all in the community. We are about providing educational and recreational resources to all citizens. We are about providing a diverse collection within that framework and promoting a diverse workforce within our organizations. Given the invective and occasional violence in many of these protests, as well as exclusion tactics on the part of protest organizers at various events, I question the wisdom in aligning with the Black Lives Matter movement. Individual librarians can choose to do so in their private lives, but I am surprised and disappointed in 'ALA and PLA committees and task forces' and in LJ for endorsing and promoting an official affiliation.
Gabby says
I, too, am deeply concerned that ALA would associate themselves with a group promoting socialist views. As the granddaughter of a Soviet refugee, I know it's no way to build a society, much less a society that values free speech and the free exchange of information. Until this is clarified, count me out of ALA.
L Namov says
Whoops. Did I just see a librarian citing Infowars?
It's ok, he's not actually a librarian.
C. Moreno says
I'm curious where some of the information about the movement is coming from by those who have commented. I have been on the official website of this group several times and have seen nothing referencing the socialist agenda someone mentioned above nor anything about exclusion of people. The group was actually created by Queer black women, they are not interested in keeping anyone out. As they mention on their website, lots of people like using their organization's name or claiming to be a part of the movement when they are in fact not. Just because a group of black people claim they are down does not mean they are. Someone mentioned a group that was using a library space and refused to let white allies in. Do you really think that represents the movement? When every march they have held has had people of all ethnic groups? That means that particular one has decided to pervert the message and run their group the way they want. That doesn't take away from the BLM's overall purpose.Everyone has their own agenda, and there are those who use the well meaning ethos this group has developed and corrupt it. I am not going to be side tracked by the ignorant folks who have ill intent and want to use BLM as a scapegoat for their awful behavior and you all shouldn't either. Good on these librarians for standing up for what they believe.
I'm sorry but as a librarian i don't think it's right to support BLM. They are a violent racist group. I only see them protest when it's police shooting black people yet in Chicago there is tons of black on black shootings every day. I dont know but this just seems wrong to me. Maybe support black people but keep yourself separate from that group.
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My father is a Jehovah's Witness (yes, the people who knock on your door) and my mother is not. My mother wasn't religious in any conventional sense, but really loved decorating in seasonal themes, which led to most holidays being a conflicted mess, with Christmas the worst of all. We had a tree, but it was a garish fake monstrosity hidden away in what we called the family room, and what my friends with money would have called the library. I was given presents, but in a misguided attempt by my father to disassociate the largesse from the holiday, I was given everything days before so I knew what my presents were, and then the gifts were wrapped and placed under the tree. My mother once baked cookies "for Santa" but, when I was five, I noted that we didn't have a chimney, the presents were already in the front closet, and in the final blow, the oatmeal cookies she was baking were her own personal favorites. She stuck with the tree as her only nod to Christmas cheer from then on.
Adulthood did not make Christmas any more alluring. One year, I spent Christmas eating a rubbery slice of turkey at a truck stop with my now ex-husband and his mother. I have never been in to country music, but as I was chewing (and chewing… and chewing) through a pathetic cranberry apple crisp, I felt like if someone gave me a guitar and a beer, I could have come up with a song or two. Christmas for the irreligious in the early '90s was like prison. Everything was closed and you were stuck with your family, who only could be differentiated from inmates by their lack of orange jumpsuits. I didn't even have cable, so you couldn't escape into mindless television, because the only things on were the same movies that had been played for so long, that I knew all the words. Yes, Ralphie, you'll poke your eye out. And didn't I wish I could do the same. I love a Christmas Story, but not on Christmas.
Being the Black friend added another layer to the Yuletide. Thanks again to the easy accessibility of televised cultural sensitivity, I was always picked to be the one to explain Kwanzaa, the holiday created in 1966 by African Americans to honor our African heritage, and which became well-known to the general public in '80s and '90s. Looking back, I can't remember that I ever pointed out the obvious – I didn't have any more of a connection to the holiday then the rest of my more melanin challenged friends did. With my love of exposition, I jumped into my copy of the encyclopedia (it's like Wikipedia, but in a book form, and with actual editors) and did some investigating. At first, I would give an elaborate presentation, with a historical perspective, and descriptions of each of the eight days and their underlying themes. And then I started to hang out with more Jews.
"It's like Hanukkah, but with a better design aesthetic," I began to say.
Christmas in the workplace in America can also be problematic for a Jew, but not in the ways you would expect. One year, I worked in an office that began an "Employee of the Month" program. In a nod to union ingenuity, the names were to be picked from a hat. The first month of the rollout was October. We were given little cards shaped into something appropriate for the month. In this case, it was a pumpkin. While I had protested this as demoralizing and mildly offensive, my boss begged for my patience, and privately noted that this wasn't his idea, but rather a corporate initiative to increase recognition for all employees. Keeping in mind all of the weirdness that he was forced to put up with from me, I acquiesced, with the caveat that I had better not be picked as the turkey or the Christmas tree. I dodged the turkey bullet, but early in December, my boss's secretary came up to congratulate me as I arrived for work one morning on being selected as employee of the month, and then started handing out little construction paper Christmas trees to everyone. My boss came into the office a few minutes later and I took him aside.
He said the only curse word I would ever hear him use in two years, and strode off after his secretary. We were then all brought together for a "conference." She argued that I was being overly sensitive. I asked why she would be so blind as to make Christmas tree cards for the department's only Jew. She told me Christmas isn't a religious holiday. I told her that just because she's a bad Christian didn't make me a bad Jew. The Employee of the Month program was cancelled. I still kind of wonder what they would have used for January's theme. Martin Luther King, Jr. maybe?


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Poster Session B
Title of Presentation
Viruses as a Potential Food Source for the Brackish-Water Rotifer, Brachionus Plicatilis
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Stephanie Patton, Illinois Wesleyan University
William Jaeckle, Faculty Advisor, Illinois Wesleyan University
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Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Viruses are abundant within freshwater, saltwater, and brackish waters (~1×107 / mL). Consumption of bacteria (0.5-5 μm) by zooplankton has been studied, but few studies have addressed viruses (0.005-0.3 μm) as a possible source of diet. We studied the effects of viruses on survival and reproduction of Brachionus plicatilis, a brackish-water rotifer that feeds on algae, detritus, bacteria and protozoans. For each experiment, eighteen neonate rotifers (old) were each placed into an individual 2 ml well of a multiwell plate and were supplied with either viruses (5×106 cells / mL), algal cells (Nannochloropsis sp.; 1×105 cells / mL) or an equivalent volume of filtered seawater (starved controls); three times each day for a total 10 days the survival and reproduction of each rotifer was assessed. The experiment was replicated three times. Both survivorship and reproduction was greatest for rotifers fed Nannochloropsis (ANOVA; P < 0.05). The presence of viruses significantly (ANOVA; P < 0.05) increased the average reproduction and time reproducing (hrs) of rotifers when compared to starved controls. In contrast, the time (hrs) to first offspring was not significantly (ANOVA; P > 0.05) different between any of the treatments. Survivorship of rotifers varied across the three replicate experiments. Our data suggest that the viral particles contribute to a difference in reproductive output of rotifers that is not due to a survivorship limitation. These nonliving particles could serve as a source of nutrition for planktonic organisms and our results suggest an unrecognized, but prominent role of viruses in aquatic food webs.
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The Mirror Tracklist
Message to Mankind Lyrics
Uh-Ohhh! (Ft. Lil Wayne) Lyrics
Body (Ft. Ashley Joi) Lyrics
Sunset (Ft. The Game & Stefani) Lyrics
300 (Ft. Merc Montana, Newz & Tre (Rapper)) Lyrics
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The Mirror was released as a mixtape in July 2009, although it was originally intended to be a fully-fledged album. In 2007 the singles "Uh-Ohhhh!" and "Body" were released to a poor reception, and Ja fought to have the record released during Murder Inc's public legal troubles. Despite their assets having been frozen, Lil Wayne appeared on "Uh-Ohhhh!" and Ja found money for features from The Game, Gwen Stefani and Ashley Joi.
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The album was leaked already so I'm really just putting it out there for the people who didn't really get a chance to hear it. There's some extra records on there that I put on there that I didn't necessarily record for The Mirror and there are a couple of records that were recorded for The Mirror but didn't leak.
I have conversations with myself. I talk to the guy in the mirror. He never answers back; it's always the same guy that asks the questions and answers the questions…But the funny thing about that is, it's your moment of truth. You can't lie to yourself. And I'm sitting there and I'm looking in the mirror, and I'm saying to myself … 'This person you see in the mirror…you know who this person is, you know him very well. But is this the same person that your public sees when you walk outside? No. They don't have a clue who the f— that person is in that mirror.
"The Mirror" Q&A
Featuring Ashley Joi, The Game, Lil Wayne & 6 more
Producers 7 Aurelius, Chink Santana, Erick Sermon & 3 more
Writers 7 Aurelius, Chink Santana, Erick Sermon & 16 more
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Online MBA programs have become more popular for certain students as even major universities with well-established and accredited MBA programs have begun to offer online courses or even degree programs online, which has brought up a debate over how helpful these particular types of learning opportunities will be for those who plan to study this particular subject. Over the past weeks we have seen some concerns arise over financial aid in student loans available from online universities, as student debt has become a problem for many of the graduates who have completed online degree courses, and since some students will turn to loans when it comes to meeting the costs of an MBA program, be it from a traditional college or an online course, looking at the benefits of these online degree programs in general has created debates over the usefulness of these programs.
Easy access to courses have been greatly beneficial for many across the nation as someone who may live in an area far from a major university, or those who are simply in a position where they cannot attend traditional college classes, have had easier access to graduate degree programs and even undergraduate courses, which have led to many receiving their degree by simply taking these Internet classes. Many of the major educational institutions that implement these online courses are able to efficiently structure the course load, put students in contact with a variety of other students who are also studying in their particular field either across their state, country, or even from other nations, and access to professors and message boards can also be a useful tool for students who may have questions during a specific course.
However, for-profit universities are seeing a higher rate of student loan default in some cases, which has made some question why these online courses are not helping students find themselves in a position where they can get an employment opportunity that will allow them to pay their debt. Furthermore, when it comes to programs that have been popular as of late like these MBA degree programs, the usefulness of an online course in some fields of study have often brought up questions as to whether future employers will see these degrees as useful or accredited when it comes to selecting someone to hire for a position.
Specifically for MBA students, there was a recent report that indicated students with an MBA were doing quite well in terms of their earnings and may have been finding more job opportunities, despite the fact that we are in a weak job market, there are still questions over whether online courses, not specifically for MBA programs, but in general will be viewed in a positive light by future employers. Again, many students are turning to online MBA programs as a way to either get their foot in the door in certain businesses or as a way to start their own company, but some argue that these programs do not give enough real-world experience or are not challenging enough when it comes to helping students achieve the most from their education.
While there are arguments against this idea, as many reputable online college degree programs can be quite challenging and offer a quality education, advisers who are speaking with students pursuing online courses often point out that, in the case of those seeking an MBA or other degree, opting for universities that are well-established, reputable, and have a low rate of student loan debt and default may prove to be a more beneficial environment when it comes to earning a degree online and succeeding after graduation.


The Progressive Peel Replenishment Kit has a rating of 4.77777777777778 stars based on 18 reviews.
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Now that you've seen amazing results from the Progressive Peel, maintain your youthful, even-toned, glowing skin by making exfoliation part of your daily routine with the at home glycolic peel kit. Just like brushing your teeth, it is important to continue exfoliating so those dull, drying skin cells don't build up again. The Progressive Peel Replenishment Kit is an at home glycolic peel kit that contains the final two steps of the Progressive Peel, the pH-adjusted and buffered 10% glycolic Advanced Exfoliating Pads and 15% glycolic Maximum Exfoliating Cream, and will help you keep the skin you love.
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On the first night, use only the Pads. After cleansing, swipe pad across clean face, avoiding eyes and lips.
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I'm on my third go-round of the Progressive Peel, and my skin has never looked better (I'm 74). I especially like it because it's an easy routine, as well as getting good results. Great company to deal with, too!
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LunchSkins: Changing The Future of Ocean Plastic Pollution
BETHESDA, MD (PRWEB) MAY 03, 2016
LunchSkins is changing the future of ocean plastic pollution by launching a new line of reusable bags to replace billions of single-use, throw away plastic baggies. The mission-driven bags give back to global leaders in the fight to end plastic waste devastating our oceans and sea life.
"The LunchSkins mission is all about reducing global plastic waste and we've teamed up with some powerful advocates for plastic free oceans, with impressive results," said Kirsten Quigley, Founder/CEO of LunchSkins. "Already, our LunchSkins bags have replaced billions of plastic bags -- and we're just getting started."
The LunchSkins Sea Turtle cause bag is based off of many species that are being put at risk because of plastic pollution. "First, it was the Seabird and now LunchSkins hopes to raise awareness about the thousands of Sea Turtles who mistake plastic for jellyfish, a mainstay of their diet, and ingest it," said Anna Cummins, Executive Director, 5 Gyres Institute. "100% of all sea turtle species are threatened by our plastic pollution – they get entangled in it, or they mistake it for food. It's time to to do away with our throw away culture – the bags, bottles, straws, and packaging that we all see fouling our communities and oceans."
Just one LunchSkins reusable bag replaces 500 throw away plastic baggies.
What started with a few moms as a way to reduce waste in their local school has now grown into a collaboration of many people around the world committed to finding sustainable solutions for the fast-growing issue of ocean plastic pollution. "We created our LunchSkins brand as a smart, sustainable solution to disposable plastic bags and as an example of how a socially responsible company can give back and guide the daily choices that impact our environment, our health and our future," Quigley said.
Plastic Facts: Intended to be disposable but built to last forever, plastic is found everywhere: in our oceans and in our bodies (harmful PVC) and overflowing landfills. 50% of plastic is used only once then thrown away, 90% of all trash floating on the ocean's surface is plastic, with over 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile contributing to the death of millions of sea turtles and dolphins and other sea creatures, who mistake plastic for jellyfish and ingest it.
LunchSkins Partners: 5Gyres Institute, Sea Turtle Conservancy, Healthy Child, Healthy World, NAAEE, Smithsonian National Zoo, Washed Ashore Project, the National Aquarium and South Carolina Aquarium. LunchSkins also works with schools across the U.S. to promote education and sustainable solutions in classrooms and lunchrooms, with plans to boost outreach to participating schools over the next two years.
How LunchSkins Gives Back:
Create givebacks, like our Sea Turtle and Seabird design cause bags, with a portion of proceeds going to various mission partners
Support the conservation and education programs of many mission and peer partners
Feature "Did you know? educational postcards inside every LunchSkins bag
Work with schools to promote education and reduce plastic use
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Traditional anniversary presents might not seem very hip, but you can give a surprising number of creative gifts using the materials on this dated list.
Did you forget to eat the top tier of your wedding cake on your first anniversary? Don't worry; you can still inject nuptial-related rituals back into your annual celebration by consulting the traditional anniversary gift list, which assigns gifts of a particular material to each year of wedded bliss.
Regardless if you feel this gift list is dated and archaic or classic and hip, you'll enjoy learning how it came into favor in the first place. Keep reading to learn how old the traditional anniversary gift list is (hint: It's older than you, your grandma and probably your great, great grandmother).


The M&E Division of Global Rail Services Ltd (GRSL) has been awarded a contract with Irish Rail, to replace the existing life expired Mechanical and Electrical systems in Heuston Valeting Plant (HVP).
HVP is a currently unused facility within the confines of Heuston Station, Dublin. However, the site and its surrounding areas are busy at all times, especially in peak hours from 07.00 to 10.00 and from 16.00 to 19.00. GRSL has put forward a 24 hour – 7 day a week contract programme of works, which takes cognisance of this, particularly in relation to the delivery and movement of materials and the licenced disposal of waste. Normal access to HVP is via a subway.
GRSL has also been appointed to the role of Project Supervisor Construction Stage (PSCS) for the project, complying with the Safety, Health & Welfare At Work Act, and all legislation appropriate to the work in question including the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction Regulations) 2006 and any subsequent amendments.


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Prop. 63: Federal judge declares California's ban on high-capacity gun MAGAzines unconstitutional
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San Diego-based U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez wrote in his 86-page decision, upholding a lawsuit against the proposed ban of magazines holding more than 10 rounds, that such a statute "hits at the center of the Second Amendment and its burden is severe."
"Individual liberty and freedom are not outmoded concepts," he wrote.
The magazine restriction was due to take effect in July 2017, but Benitez had issued a statewide injunction against it two days before its start date.
In his Friday ruling, the judge cited three home invasions in which women fought against the attackers and, he said, would have been more effective if they'd had higher-capacity gun magazines. He wrote that although mass shootings are "tragic," they are far less prevalent than robberies, aggravated assaults and homicides in homes — and those more common crimes sometimes require maximum firepower because "unless a law-abiding individual has a firearm for his or her own defense, the police typically arrive after it is too late.
"The size limit (on magazines) directly impairs one's ability to defend one's self," he wrote.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Prop-63-Federal-judge-declares-California-s-13728022.php
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California reasoned that 10 rounds are plenty for someone firing a gun in self-defense (except, somehow, for active and retired police officers), since the average number of rounds used in such cases is just 2.2. But by the same logic, the state might argue that gun owners do not really need ammunition at all, since firearms are merely brandished in the vast majority of defensive uses. If there are situations where an LCM makes a significant difference in the hands of a mass shooter, there will also be situations where it makes a significant difference in the hands of someone defending himself or others. Benitez suggests a few:
When thousands of people are rioting, as happened in Los Angeles in 1992, or more recently with Antifa members in Berkeley in 2017, a 10-round limit for self-defense is a severe burden. When a group of armed burglars break into a citizen's home at night, and the homeowner in pajamas must choose between using their left hand to grab either a telephone, a flashlight, or an extra 10-round magazine, the burden is severe. When one is far from help in a sparsely populated part of the state, and law enforcement may not be able to respond in a timely manner, the burden of a 10-round limit is severe. When a major earthquake causes power outages, gas and water line ruptures, collapsed bridges and buildings, and chaos, the burden of a 10-round magazine limit is severe. When food distribution channels are disrupted and sustenance becomes scarce while criminals run rampant, the burden of a 10-round magazine limit is severe. Surely, the rights protected by the Second Amendment are not to be trimmed away as unnecessary because today's litigation happens during the best of times. It may be the best of times in Sunnyvale; it may be the worst of times in Bombay Beach or Potrero. California's ban covers the entire state at all times.
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Justin Timberlake will be part of the Super Sunday spectacle
by: Jerod Smalley
Posted: Feb 2, 2018 / 02:28 AM CST / Updated: Feb 2, 2018 / 02:28 AM CST
Super Sunday's grown into much more than a football game. It's a showcase for music's biggest stars. And this Sunday, Justin Timberlake will perform for the 3rd time at a Super Bowl.
Timberlake spoke to reporters Thursday as he prepared to perform inside U.S. Bank Stadium. He's been rehearsing inside the building throughout the week. "I'm excited to be on this stage once again at this point in my life and it's just a great opportunity," Timberlake said Thursday.
The last time he was on stage at the Super Bowl was back in 2004 with that infamous "wardrobe malfunction" moment he had with Janet Jackson.
He did not give out many details on the performance itself but hinted at some new heights for the NFL. "We're doing a few things with this halftime show they've never quite done before, so I'm excited to do that."
He also called Minneapolis's own Prince, "…the greatest all-around musician that I could think of in popular culture."
Timberlake's new album "Man of the Woods" releases early Friday morning.
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Elliott vows to avoid trouble after meeting with Goodell
NEW YORK (AP) — Ezekiel Elliott is vowing to avoid incidents similar to a recent one in Las Vegas that forced the star running back of the Dallas Cowboys to meet with Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Elliott tweeted Tuesday after meeting with Goodell in New York that he had "worked hard to make better decisions" but "failed to do that" during a music festival in May at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Elliott was handcuffed but not arrested after police say he pushed a security guard to the ground.
Alex Okafor moves on to new NFL franchise, but always comes back to Central Texas
by KXAN Sports / Jun 25, 2019
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Alex Okafor doesn't go too far away from Central Texas for too long.
Currently with the Kansas City Chiefs, Okafor owes a lot of his successful football career back to the Austin-area. He started at Pflugerville High School before going 15 miles south to the University of Texas for college.
"As deep a roster as we've ever had," Cowboys COO says
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Longtime Dallas Cowboys observer Mickey Spagnola said the 2019 NFL draft could be described as the "blinking lights" draft for the Cowboys.
Use the video link above to see why Spagnola described it that way.