There are important responses we Christians must make when hurt, misunderstood, persecuted, or condemned. Our response is vital. It shows what our real Christian character is. We may discover that we are not nearly as perfect as we think and hope we are.
Suffering is important. Romans 8:16,17 says, "The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory." I can't understand the full import of that, but it tells me that suffering is a natural part of a Christians life, and that I should expect it. The question naturally arises, what should I do when it happens?
All that we must do is readily seen in Jesus, of course. Jesus was and is perfect. We are not. We strive for perfection, but we never reach sinless perfection as long as we live on earth; therefore, we must take what is done, or spoken, against us without offense. We must always continue doing God's work as if nothing important happened. We must avoid giving offense ourselves. If we offend because we were offended, we are acting in revenge, and we know God said that vengeance was His, not ours.
Every occasion of any sort of suffering produces profound pain in us, and I can begin to understand how painful it was for Jesus to suffer at the hands of his own countrymen! When we suffer, it is easy for us to strike back, to retaliate, but we must not! Instead, we need to take time not to count to ten, but to ask God who is right and who is wrong. He may reveal to us that we deserved what we got. In a sense, we always do, but we may discover we were right. In any case, we must remain staunchly where the Lord wants us, and we must be found living exclusively for Him.
We must do the work for which He called us. If we are not very careful, we will find ourselves in a predicament like Jonah did. From the point at which he decided not to do the Lord's will, he went down, down, down. In the belly of the great fish, he came to his senses, and prayed. Even after he found himself on dry land and proceeded to carry out God's will, he was angry with God. He didn't believe God would destroy the Ninevites, and he waited outside the city to see exactly what God would do.
I am always amazed at the patience of God. He still had to teach Jonah another lesson. He caused a gourd vine to grow up over the stick tabernacle Jonahbuil toshade himself from the blinding heat of the noonday sun. It made Jonah happy! That night God sent a cutworm to kill the vine. It did, and Jonah grieved for the vine. God asked Jonah, "Do you have any right to be angry about the vine?" Jonah maintained that he did and said he was angry enough to die!
Actually, we don't know whether Jonah repented of his stand, or not. We do know he recorded God's message for us. God gently imformed Jonah that his compassion for the gourd vine was nothing compared to His Own compassion for the 120,000 people in Nineveh.
We must strive to see the world about us through the eyes of God! When we do, we will discover that God loves the people He created. Each one of us fits into that classification. Whether we like to believe it or not does not matter, God loves the people who hurt us! We have no choice but to do the same! At the same time, we must stand with God. We must not allow ourselves to be pushed away from His will for our lives by the opinions of others, or by whatever force they may use.
We can expect God's enemies to be constantly seeking something wrong in our lives. Satan will help them do it! If we insist on convincing others we are right, we can expect them to tear us down, and they will probably be successful. Satan doesn't care whether he uses Christians or lost people. He just seeks to get the job done! We need humility in our attitudes and actions because we are flawed and humble in reality! All of us when we see people lost in the depths of sin should be quick to say, "There but for the grace of God, go I!" I don't remember who originated that saying, but it must become a very real part of our Christian lives.
It is humbling to me to realize that no matter what educational level I achieve, no matter how devoted to God I may become, every person has just as direct an access to God as I have! It doesn't even matter what language the person speaks, or if he is able to speak at all. Our wonderful God reaches across whatever distance there is between us. He bridges the gap, and He opens the way for us to enter His presence through His only born Son Jesus!
The Psalmist said, "Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me." In our deepest, most despairing trouble God is with us. We recognize His presence by His correcting rod and His upholding, protecting staff! In the midst of defeat, in Jesus, there is certain victory!


If you keep up at all with the Japanese anime community in the US, you may know that last month, there was a big anime convention called Sakura-con in Seattle. Living only 30 minutes away from the convention, I attended the convention and was exposed to a whole new world. After this experience, I thought that it would appropriate for this month's newletter to be on コスプレ(こすぷれ・cosplay).
コスプレ, as you may be able to guess, comes from the words "costume play". It is said to have started in the 1960s with the rise of the Sci-Fi television boom. コスプレ gained popularity in the 1990s almost simultaneously with the anime 新世紀エバンゲリオン(しんせいきえばんげりおん・shinseiki ebangelion・Neon Genesis Evangelion). Today, the コスプレーヤー(こすぷれーやー・cosplayer) community is growing rapidly due to the vast コスプレopportunities such as conventions and the advancement of media technologies.
There is no limit to cosplay. The two most common types of コスプレ would be: (1) cosplaying as anime, game, and manga characters and (2) cosplaying in uniforms such as maids or schoolgirls. But we often see cosplays of movie characters from the US such as Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Carribean or mascots like Domo-kun.
Most of the コスチューム(こすちゅーむ・costume) that コスプレーヤー wear are 手作り(てづくり・tezukuri・hand-made). コスチューム can be bought for most popular コスプレ characters, but mind you, they are not cheap. To think of the amount of effort and time these コスプレーヤーput into creating their incredibly replicated costumes, just blows me away.
Recently 人気(にんき・ninnki・popular) コスプレ include: Haruhi Suzumiya (the Meloncholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), Kei-on school uniform, Amagami school uniform, Lina Inverse (Slayers REVOLUTION), and Dream Club host girl uniform. All-time 人気 are : Chun li (Street Fighter), Rei and Asuka (エバンゲリオン), Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece), L (DeathNote), and Final Fantasy characters.
Take a look around you. There are people who are talking on skype on the droid, surfing the web on their blackberries, and using the navigation system on their iphones. It is quite impressive to think of how far 携帯 (けいたい・keitai・cell phones) have come even in the past few decades.
You've probably heard on some TV shows or tech blogs about how much more advanced Japanese 携帯 are. But really, how different can they be? Let's look into the latest developments in the 携帯 and also the 携帯 culture in Japan today.
Touch screen panels, cameras, and 4G network; you feel like you've seen it all.
But what about a cell phone that works as a credit card? IC chips that are built into the cell phone allow them to be scanned and used just like credit cards. This system was first introduced in 2004, and today, the おサイフ (おさいふ・osaifu・wallet) 携帯 can be used at some retail stores, almost all convenience stores, and many vending machines in Japan (photo to the right).
This past March, a Japanese 携帯 company announced a new an innovative design - the separable. While you can use it like a large touch screen sliding phone, the keypad and the screen can come apart, allowing people to keep their eyes on the screen (to surf the web, etc) while still talking on the phone. Also, (as the photo above) the screen can be propped up while the keypad can be used like a keyboard.
One of the most common question that people have about Japanese cell phones is the keypad. How is it different from the US ones that would allow them to type in Japanese?
Take a look at a Japanese keypad (photo to left) if you look closely, you see that they have ひらがな(hiragana・Japanese phonetic alphabet) characters. Each one of them represents a in the alphabet 行(ぎょう・gyou・row). The 『あ』 stands for the あ行, which includes あ, い, う, え, お the first 5 letters of ひらがな. Otherwise, it works similar to the keypads here. You press the key as many times as you get to the character you need, then you have the option to change the letters to kanji, and enter.
A recently developed concept of 二個持ち(にこもち・nikomochi・the use of two cell phones) in Japan is popular especially among the younger population that uses 携帯 the most. Depending on which carrier offers the lowest monthly rates for specific services, people will buy separate cell phones for them.
The fancy cell phones in Japan are expensive, so some people may buy one nice cell phone as their main phone, then one of the very inexpensive of free ones as their second phone (usually for texting) with a different carrier. This can be done because the monthly rates in Japan cost much less than in the US.
新年あけましておめでとうございます (Happy New Year)! With the holiday-induced eating season out of the way, it is yet again that time of the year when we stand on our scales at home and make a 抱負 (ほうふ・houfu・new year's resolution) to get (back) into shape. To assist you on achieving your newly set goal, this month, JOL has compiled for you a handy-dandy list of "fad" Japanese diets for you to try!
Perhaps many of you have already heard of the 朝バナナダイエット (あさばななだいえっと・asa banana daietto・morning banana diet). When this diet first broke out in Japan, it was literally impossible for people to buy bananas at popular supermarkets. Basically, you have bananas and water for breakfast every morning and you don't eat anything after 6pm. Perhaps because of how easy this diet is, plus the fact that it highlights overall well-being other than just eating bananas, if you really are looking into starting a diet from this list, this one is probably the best.
なっとう (natto-・fermented soy beans) are sticky, slimy, smelly soy beans that are most certainly an acquired taste that many Japanese do not even like. Though not as popular as the 朝バナナダイエット, なっとう sales also went up dramatically after the introduction of this diet. If you can get over the smell and taste, all you have to do is just eat なっとう as much as you can during the day. Supposedly, eating なっとう prevents you from eating other unhealthy food. It is also very good for your overall health and digestive system. This diet probably lost its popularity for practical reasons.
Now, these next diets are actually from the US. They are at-home workout videos that you may have heard of, but they do not have nearly as much popularity here as they did in Japan. Billy's Boot Camp created a pop culture phenomenon in Japan with its high-energy host Billy. Core Rhythm started becoming popular amongst popular celebrities and spread. If you can keep on track with workout videos and don't mind actually working out to lose weight, try and go out to find these.
Who knew that just rotating your pelvic bone in clockwise and counter-clockwise turns could help you shape up your stomach and lowerbody? Well, that is what the 骨盤強制 (こつばんきょうせい・kotsuban kyousei・hip-bone readjustment) diet teaches you to do. It looks like the laziest exercise, but this diet focuses on the core muscles and helps flatten the lower abdomen and waistline. Other than the turning exercises, you can go to a chiropractor and have them realign your bones, or do other types of exercises that supposedly realign your hip-bone, which makes your body lose weight more easily.
The Japanese, like many other societies, have gross generalizations or stereotypes of men and women. Men are to be strong and assertive in all social aspects, while women are to be gentle and calm. Recently these expectations or "ideals" are being challenged and gender roles in society are looking hazier.
草食系男子(そうしょくけいだんし・sou shoku kei danshi・literally "herbivorous men") is a relatively new term coined by cosmetic corporations and fashion magazines pointing to the rise of metrosexuality among men. They are straight men that are interested in things and activities that tend not to be associated with men. For example, these men care more about their appearance, which has spurred a mushroom of skincare and cosmetics lines specifically marketed towards men. In addition, cooking, baking, crafting, and other classes which were predominantly enrolled by women previously are now being taken by more and more men.
The 草食系男子 wave is sweeping through Japan, with a recent study showing that about 75% of men in Japan consider themselves 草食系(herbivorous). This movement is not just among the young, but also older aged men, as many of the customers who go to the Men's esthetic salon are in their 50s or older.
Perhaps it is just another one of the shortlived fads that come and go like waves in Japan, but 草食系男子 are in some ways portrayed as the "ideal" men among women in Japan. A man who is not aggressive towards women could potentially also be a more faithful man. He also cooks and cleans for you - there are some positives!
Spring is coming and it's about time we start changing our wardrobes for the warmer days to come. Maybe you'll think about going out to buy new clothes - And before you do, why not be inspired by some of the latest fashion trends in Japan? 雑誌 (ざっし・zasshi・magazine) may be interesting to look through, regardless of whether you can read the words or not.
Like in the US, there are many different kinds of different Japanese fashion 雑誌. Even if you think "Okay, I'm going to get one!", it can be hard to navigate through all of the different covers. This month's edition of JOL will help you out a bit by introducing some of the most popular 雑誌. Afterall, ike America, such 雑誌 vary in style.
If you're a Gyaru or interested in becoming/dressing like one, pick up 小悪魔アゲハ (こあくまあげは・koakuma ageha). The first part of the title 小悪魔, literally translates to "little devil". It's a term used in Japanese that means "a flirt" with a slight connotation of them being manipulative. Caution: it does not mean "little brat", which is 悪ガキ (わるがき・warugaki)!
The equivalent term for men, you could say, is サラリーマン (さらりーまん・sarari-man). Literally, "salary man". It's probably what the majority of Japanese businessmen would call themselves (unless their position in their perspective company is substantially higher). For young professional men's fashion, MEN'S NON-NO is one of the popular 雑誌.
立ち読み (たちよみ・tachiyomi・literally, "stand read") is when you read/look through 雑誌 (or any other book/comic/etc) at the store without paying. Watch out, you can get in trouble!
If you're interested in the more unique branch of Japanese fashion, ストリート系 (すとりーとけい・sutori-to kei・Street Mode/Style) is your genre. FRUiTS is a popular 雑誌 for these style. If you want something girly-frilly, CUTiE may be for you.
For men, Samurai (侍・samurai) Magazine introduces a fairly casual ストリート系 fashion advice.
立ち読み たちよみ tachiyomi reading at a store without paying for the book / 雑誌/ etc.
If you've been to Japan, perhaps you've noticed all the 野良猫 (のらねこ・noraneko・stray cats) on the streets. Or perhaps you've noticed those cat sculptures at Japanese restaurants? And speaking of cats, what about cat ear cafes? This month, it's all about 猫 (ねこ・neko・cats).
First off, the beckoning cat dolls at restaurants. Those are called 招き猫 (まねきねこ・manekineko・literally, "beckoning cat"). Originally, 猫 were favored by silkworm cultivators in Japan because they catch mice. But as time went on and silk production dwindled, 猫 started to become a symbol of good luck for businesses.
Looking at the dolls, if the 猫's right paw is raised, it's said to bring in money. If the left is raised, it's thought to bring in customers. There are some with both arms raised, but those aren't too popular since many think it's too 欲張り (よくばり・yokubari・greedy). Typically, they are 三毛猫 (みけねこ・mikeneko・ calico cat), with three colors, often seen among cats in Japan. In fact, "ミケ" [mike; MEE-kay] is a common name for cats.
Love Cats? What about a 猫 Cafe?
If you love cats but can't own any because of your lease or roommates or parents, head over to the kitty wonderland that is 猫カフェ (かふぇ・kafe・cafe). That's right, a place where you can look through the "menu" with a bunch of 猫 photos and bios, then go hang out with your favorite. Or you can just relax and be lazy with the other cats. Some places will actually be like a カフェ, others will just be a mini 猫 zoo.
Don't like 猫? What about 猫耳 (みみ・mimi・ears)? On humans, that is. Jumping into the totally different world of Otaku culture, 猫耳カフェ are like maid カフェ. As a matter of fact, there's a lot of maid カフェ where the maids also wear cat ears. At these cafes, the waiters usually end their sentences with "~ニャン" (~nyan), or cat talk, since 猫 in Japan cry ニャー (nya-) instead of meow.
When you want to hang out with your friends, what do you do? Do you go to the movies, the mall, or the park? Whatever you answer is, it probably wasn't カラオケ (からおけ・karaoke).
カラオケ is short for 空 (から・kara・empty) and オーケストラ (おーけすとら・orchestra). Basically, it is an activity where people sing along an instrumental recording of a song of their choice. The lyrics to the song are displayed on a TV screen and you have a microphone attached to speakers.
The most common type of karaoke available in the U.S. are karaoke bars. This is where a karaoke machine is set up in a restaurant or a bar and customers go up to sing in front of other customers. However, in Japan, カラオケボックス (からおけぼっくす・karaoke box) are more common than bars. Unlike the karaoke bars, these "boxes" are individual rooms that you can rent by the hour. Each room is furnished with a table, sofa, and of course, a karaoke machine. At the lobby, you specify the number of people in your group, chose the brand of karaoke machine that you wish to use, and that's it! It's really quite simple.
So... how much would a visit to the カラオケボックス cost you? Surprisingly, not very much at all. If you go by the hour, an average place would charge about 200円 (えん・enn・yen); approximately $2.5 US. There is also an option called フリータイム (ふりーたいむ・furi-taimu・free time) which is a カラオケ buffet. カラオケ companies will often split their operating hours in two (day/night) and have a フリータイム option for each.
For about 1100円, a person can sing for a maximum of 10 hours (ie. night time フリータイム from 7pm to 5am next day). There are even stores that offer 50円 for every 30min (only $0.64) as a weekday special!
Once you're in the room, you are free to sing, dance, and blast music all you want. Not only is the カラオケ experience like a private dance party, but it is also quite the stress reliever. You even get some room service; food and most drinks are ordered through a special phone, which are brought to you via the employees.
Don't know any J-pop? No problem! Along with the menu book with thousands of J-pop, カラオケボックス also provide foreign music menus, with popular Chinese, Korean, and English songs.
If you get a chance to go to Japan, and you are searching for something exciting and fun to do while hanging out with your friends, go to a karaoke and sing your souls out. I am certain you'll get hooked.
What is クール (くーる・ku-ru)? No, it's not "cool", though I guess アニメ (あにめ・anime) is, in fact, cool. クール, or cour, is a term that refers to the cycles or seasons of television shows.
A year of Japanese television can be split into four seasons: 冬 (ふゆ・fuyu・winter) starting in January, 春 (はる・haru・spring) from April, 夏 (なつ・natsu・summer) from July, and 秋 (あき・aki・fall) from October. The majority of アニメ and J-dramas fall within this cycle.
If you're up-to-date on current アニメ, then you've probably noticed that all of the shows are wrapping up with their last episodes. Now that it's October, you can look forward to a wave of new shows!
Generally, アニメ episodes air once a week. Each クール lasts approximately 13 weeks. Thus, アニメ seasons usually consist of 13 episodes. Recently however, there are many shows that don't fill the full season and end up between 9~13 episodes. These seasons are shorter than American television show cycles. Popular アニメ will sometimes carry over into two seasons- these are called 2 クール (つーくーつ・"Two" ku-ru・two cours/seasons). However, when アニメ series are more popular than expected, they will not last for two back-to-back クール, but will instead have a second season at a later time.
Just like the American "prime time", there is a Japanese ゴールデンタイム (ごーるでんたいむ・go-ruden taimu・golden time) or ゴールデン (go-ruden), for short. This is between 7pm-10pm, but these time slots are mainly filled with popular talk shows and long-lasting popular アニメ like One Piece, which airs year-round regardless of the クール.
Many of the popular アニメ aimed at older and mature audiences are aired during 深夜 (しんや・shinya・late-night, or middle-of-the-night). Quite appropriately, these shows are referred to as 深夜アニメ. There is a common misconception that these アニメ have mature content, but that is not necessarily true. I've been surprised to see many minor-friendly アニメ are 深夜アニメ.
Instead of the "guide" button on your remote, many households in Japan will have a television guide magazine or pamphlet that is purchased each month.
If you've had any exposure to Japanese celebrities or media, you've probably heard of AKB48 or Johnny's Jr. - Those young boy bands and girl bands the fans go crazy for. They can be singers, dancer, actors, tv personalities, etc. They fall in the category of アイドル (あいどる・aidoru・idol).
There are many アイドルグループ (ぐるーぷ・guru-pu・group), but one of the most popular is AKB48. As the name states, there are 48 female members and they're based out of Akihabara (hence, the AKB). They're a product of an ever growing アイドル boom and their innovative marketing styles (ie. the 48 girls compete in yearly popularity rankings determined by the fans) have proven successful, setting them apart from the countless others. As for male アイドルグループ, Johnny's Jr. Entertainment (known in Japan as ジャニーズ (じゃにーず・jani-zu・Johnny's), wins hands down. It's an entertainment agency with hundreds of members. It's the agency responsible for the creation of many successful アイドルグループ like SMAP, kat-tun, and Hey!Say!Jump!. The interesting thing about this agency is that the president, "Johnny" never comes out in the media. He's the mastermind in the dark. The biggest difference that's seen in these groups is that the female アイドルグループ tend to change their members often while the ジャニーズ ones don't.
As mentioned before, there is a growing アイドル boom in Japan. It seems like everyone just wants to be in on it. Many regions are taking over AKB48's concept of specifying a certain location and there are now many ご当地 (ごとうち・gotouchi・regional) アイドル. For example, Aomori prefecture is known for its apples so they created りんご娘 (ringo musume・literally "apple girls"). Their members are all assigned an apple name (ie. Red Gold, Fujiko).
スキャンダル The one common rule among アイドル seems to be that they are not allowed to (openly) date. Purity tends to be a strong selling point for these groups. Therefore a スキャンダル (すきゃんだる・sukyanndaru・scandal) can be fatal. Recently, one of AKB 48's top tanking members was caught spending a night with a man on some celebrity gossip magazine. While a common response would be to fire her, the member claims to have decided to shave her head (an old way of showing determination or apologizing in Japan) and publicly apologize for her actions. She was taken out of the main AKB48 and put into their "reserve" group. It caused a big outburst among angry fans and critics.
If you're in school, it's right around the beginning of a new school year. We've mentioned this before in past newsletters, but the new school year in Japan starts in April. Nevertheless, summer vacation in Japan is a good time for students to be free, perhaps more so than in the US. That's because many Japanese schools have stricter rules about dress-codes (usually school uniforms) and manners. A common rule in elementary through high school is the "no hair dye" rule. Concidentally, recently there's a growing demand of ファッション (ふぁっしょん・fasshon・fashion) ウイッグ (ういっぐ・uiggu・wig).
ウイッグ are becoming a ファッション staple in Japan. It's unclear what exactly prompted the sudden hype - perhaps just an effective marketing scheme from the manufacturers - but popular Gyaru models and 読モ (dokumo: short for 読者モデル; どくしゃもでる・dokusha moderu・literally "reader models" or amateur models who claim to be fans of the fashion magazine) like Tsubasa Masuwaka were often seen in the media talking about their ウイッグ experiences.
There's actually a Japanese word for "wig", which is かつら (かつら・katsura) but there's an association of baldness with that word, which must be why the more commonly used term is the English one. In fact, when you image search the two words, the difference in target audience is apparent. Now with the internet, ウイッグ are becoming more affordable. Even the affordable ones are starting to have features like heat-resistance.
The short answer is no. However, there's a stronger stigma for men to wear ウイッグ, just because there's the strong association of baldness and かつら. However, if you were to go online shopping to メンズ (めんず・menzu・men's) ウイッグ, you'll find a whole range of Gyaru-o to Korean actor hairstyles.
For School So going back to the ウイッグ for school idea. There's a growing selection of black haired, conservative 通学用 (つうがくよう・tsuugaku you・literally "commuting-to-school purpose") ウイッグ. It's for students who otherwise would not pass the school regulation on haircuts/styles. In Japanese schools, there are often teacher standing by the entrance checking students on their appearance. If you are caught breaking some rule (ie. wearing makeup, un-tucked shirt, dyed hair, etc.), you're normally instructed to fix it on the spot or in severe cases, instructed to go home until the problem is fixed.
An example of a typical 通学用ウイッグ.
招き猫 (left) designs are based off of 三毛猫 (right).
Looking at the dolls, if the 猫's right paw is raised, it's said to bring in money. If the left is raised, it's thought to bring in customers. There are some with both arms raised, but those aren't too popular since many think it's too 欲張り (よくばり・yokubari・greedy). Typically, they are 三毛猫 (みけねこ・mikeneko・ calico cat), with three colors, often seen among cats in Japan. In fact, "ミケ" (mike; MEE-kay) is a common name for cats.
猫ミミカフェ Don't like 猫? What about 猫耳 (みみ・mimi・ears)? On humans, that is. Jumping into the totally different world of Otaku culture, 猫耳カフェ are like maid カフェ. As a matter of fact, there's a lot of maid カフェ where the maids also wear cat ears. At these cafes, the waiters usually end their sentences with "~ニャン" (~nyan), or cat talk, since 猫 in Japan cry ニャー (nya-) instead of meow.


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The Minikahda Club dates back to 1898 and the club's first professional, Willie Watson – who co-designed the nearby Interlachen course – laid out the original 9-hole course. Seven years later, additional land was acquired to extend the layout to 18 holes and Robert Foulis oversaw its completion in 1907, with Tom Bendelow making some minor modifications very shortly after.
The club hosted the US Open in 1916 when Chick Evans became only the third amateur to capture the trophy and it was just after this competition that Donald Ross was called in to redesign the course. Unfortunately, World War I intervened so his changes were not implemented until the end of 1920, creating the much-loved layout that's in place today.
A number of significant amateur championships have been held at the club since Donald Ross revamped Minikahda.
The US Amateur Championship was held at the club in 1927 when Bobby Jones won the third of his five titles, defeating Chick Evans 8 & 7 in a somewhat one-sided Final and the Walker Cup was won by the US men's team in 1957 when they outplayed Great Britain and Ireland 8-3.
The ladies have made their mark too as the US Women's Amateur was held here in 1988 when Pearl Sinn defeated Karen Noble in the final match by a score of 6 & 5 and the 30th series of Curtis Cup matches were played ten years later with the US team defeating Great Britain & Ireland by the narrow margin of 10-8.
A number of prominent architects have worked on the course in recent years, including Geoffrey Cornish and Craig Schriner in the late 1980s and early 1990s and Ron Prichard – the "Ross Restorer" – who was called in by the club in 2001 to lengthen the layout, prune trees, reshape greens, reconstruct and replace bunkers.
According to the Top 100 website, there have been 8 architects that have touched this course. Seems alarming, but it was mostly Donald Ross and most recently a beautiful restoration carried out by Ron Prichard. The club has a special committee dedicated to reviewing any proposed changes to the course. This committee is made up of all living golf chairman and any consulting architects. It emphasized that any proposed changes to this old gem go through a rigorous and well calculated voting process. Thousands of trees have been cleared opening up wonderful views across the rolling property.
This is a hugely underrated Ross course and it emphasized to me how he left his mark in this state in addition to the outstanding layout at White Bear Yacht Club.
During my round, I was admiring the routing and the wonderful walk to each of the gorgeous green-sites until we reached a spaghetti junction type area on the back nine. I made two guesses as to where the next tee was, and on both occasions my guesses were incorrect. It turned out that we had to cross over behind a couple of greens, cross over a bridge over a busy road and continue onto a separate paddock for a 4-hole loop before returning back over the bridge to the main paddock. Fortunately, the quality of the golf doesn't diminish at all; there is just a break in the flow.
If you're fortunate to visit this special club, make sure you look at the old aerial photographs showing the original and current routing of the course. The course is in immaculate condition, however it is increasingly noticeable the different grass seeds sprouting on the fairways. The club is very aware of this encroaching feature and may end up just closing the course in the coming years to re-grass the entire property to ensure a consistent look. They are already experimenting in certain isolated places with a type of bent grass. But overall, it's an outstanding venue and a real treat so close to a city!


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You know there are times that too little too late does apply, We are in no way the way we should be in handling illegals, other Countries are not lax as we are, why are we the exctption to the rule, and burden with the consequences, of a border out of control, and no one seems to truly want to do a thing about it, act like it on the ouside, actions speak louder then words.
I have family who do live in Arizona, and unless you live there and do expreince the border problems, no one can understand the scope, of the filth, disgusting trash, that these people leave behind. Breathing ground of germs and bacteria, is not good at all. Arizonan'a have a right to feel as they do, look what these people have done to their cities, to their border, and to their State.
More anti myth. All the complaining in AZ is coming from areas not on the border. The border towns really have little trouble and don't see the problem...it does not appear until you get to Maricopa and environs .
How is the Arizona law threatening the civil liberties of the legal citizens of Arizona? Racial profiling is prohibited in it and even if you are stopped for a traffic violation for example just as long as you have a valid DL there is no questioning about status in this country. Sounds like your wife has bought into the pro-illegal propaganda about racial profiling or perhaps being a Mexican-American she is sympathetic to illegal Mexicans and doesn't want them caught? That is the "real" reason why the ethnocentrics are objecting to the Arizona law.
Ever hear of the crime of driving while black? Look it up. 1070 does the same for those who appear Mexican.
These illegals have put our states into bankrupcy. It is my opinion that they all should be identified, rounded up and ship back to where they came from. Their property assets they can split 50-50 to help pay the mountain of debt the other illegals created by going to the emergency rooms, welfare etc.
Cite a source. More anti myth. You really think Wisconsin has a huge illegal problem?
Drop that crap, 1070 has nothing to do with it, hold up, tell me what you know about 1070 right now. I'd like to hear it.
and for the record, I'm Black - and a cop in AZ. Why don't you tell me what I'm missing.
Driving while black or driving while brown. Who gives a crap just as long as you have valid I.D. then that will be the end of it. No questioning about status in this country will occur. Some people just can't read I guess. If you have valid I. D. and you are stopped regardless of your race or skin color I repeat again, THEN THERE IS NOT QUESTION ABOUT STATUS IN THIS COUNTRY. The only ones I know of that wouldn't have a valid DL or green card would be illegal aliens.
It is all about the vote. Nothing more or less. He just wants to make it look like he is doing something. Well down here in Manassas Va. his name is mud. We just had an illegal kill 3 of our citizens. It was made known this guy should have been deported 4-5 yeas ago but the stupid federal government let him out of jail. Three families lives forever changed because the federal government doesn't want to protect it's own citizens. And the government wants to restrict our gun rights. Yeh, right, hell will freeze over before I give up my handguns.
I would think that removes you from an unbiased opinion. And you too would get stopped if you went jogging at dawn in Belair.
Do I think A black police officer could be biased against hispanics? Why of course not...everyone knows that blacks and cops are both free of bias.
you have no clue of what it actually entails. Go ahead, I'll wait.
I'd also like to add, I'm half Hispanic. I have a Hispanic last name, so there is no bias here. If you would like me to DM you with my info, I will.
Ohh so we agree no police officer will stop a bedraggled hispanic wandering along a back road in Cochise County?
YOu think a hispanic in AZ could get away with the Hiible requirement. "Jose Sanchez" and stand mute?
The license is required only if you are driving. You think the cop will leave those in the back seat alone?
Sure right...and the moon is green cheese.


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March 17 - June 3 Simply Spring Butterfly Exhibit, Nicholas Conservatory in Rockford, enjoy butterflies flying freely in the conservatory, witness all of the butterfly life cycle, $6 resident, $8 non, $4 and $6 for seniors, kids 5-17 and veterans, Ages 3-4 $2, under 3 free, check website for times. ***Tropical Tuesdays Admission is $3.**
Saturday, April 14:
April 14 Earth Day Celebration, Fuller Air Station Prairie, 10AM-2PM, learn about environmental stewardship from local organizations, free
April 14-15 NIHJA Winter Horse Show, Palatine Stables, see website
April 14 Rock & Mineral Identification, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, 10:30AM, $5 per person, $3 per member, ages 8 and up, reservation necessary (630) 833-1616, admission $5 pp, $2 per child & $3 per teen
April 14 Animal Ambassadors of Willowbrook, Glen Ellyn, 11AM-12:30PM, tag a long with trainers as they interact with resident wildlife, for kids ages 12 and up, under 18 with an adult, must register, $5 pp
April 14 Magic by Randy, Mount Prospect Public Library, 11AM-11:45AM, free but must register
April 14-15 We Love Trees, Morton Arboretum, Lisle, 11AM-4PM, discover wonderful items made with trees in children's play area, free with admission, self-guided, also check out build a tree
April 14 Canine Carnival, Schaumburg, 11AM-1PM, dog agility course, vendors, trick contests and more, $2 pp and $5 for residents, $3 and $7 for non, dogs must have proof of vaccination
April 14 Multicultural Fest, Community Center, Schaumburg, 11:30AM-2:30PM, professional and student entertainment, crafts and food, free
April 14 Second Saturday, Cantigny Park, Wheaton, 12PM-3PM, make a planter out of recycled newspaper and other earth friendly crafts, free, parking $5
April 14 Spring Symphony, Crabtree Nature Center, Barrington, 1PM, learn local bird songs and frog choruses while on the trail, free
April 14 Rockin' Jewelry for Kids, Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst, 1:30PM, $10 per person, ages 8 - 16, reservation necessary (630) 833-1616
Sunday, April 15:
April 15 Springtime on the Farm, Volkening Heritage Farm, Schaumburg, 12PM-4PM, learn about how the farm gets ready for spring, meet newborn animals, $4 pp or $16 per family, ages 3 and under are free
April 15 Naperville Plays, Naper Settlement, Naperville, 1PM-4PM, engage your five senses with hands-on exhibits, free ice cream to first 300 people, $12/Adult, $10/Senior (62+), $8/Youth (4–12), Naperville residents free with proof of residency, kids under 4 free, DuPage Children's Museum Members free
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AMLCD's used in cockpit applications are transmissive devices and therefore require backlighting. The nominal luminance at the front panel is 200 fl for sunlight and 0.1 fl for night vision goggle operation. This corresponds to a backlight luminance of approximately 5000 and 2.5 fl respectively. The industry has been struggling to provide this dimming ratio of 2000:1. Recently dimming ratios of 4000:1 and 8000:1 have been requested to provide better compatibility with night vision goggles. This is analogous to operation from sun light to star light. The problem with conventional lamp systems has been that the lamps stop fluorescing at low levels. This paper presents a summary of the methods developed to control conduction and hence luminance. When the methods were implemented, it was demonstrated that dimming ratios of 50,000:1 are achievable.


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What Can You Expect as a Perm Candidate with Bromak?
At Bromak we understand that changing jobs can be a stressful time which often brings with it hushed phone calls, secret meetings and an unsettled feeling. Our aim is to reduce your stress and guide you through this difficult period, ensuring you end up with your dream job and a spring in your step.
We understand the complications that come with moving jobs. Especially in an industry like construction, everyone knows everyone, so keeping your upcoming move quiet is of the upmost importance to some of our candidates. And we respect that! Any enquiries we receive, details we take or jobs we put you forward for are done in the strictest of confidence. We might be out-going bubbly recruitment consultants, but keeping the upmost discretion we take very seriously.
Each candidate is different, and so is each job and client we recruit for, so a personal service is top of our priorities. When you register as a permanent candidate with Bromak we don't just put you on our system and hope for the best, we'll call you and get to know you. We'll make sure we understand your CV, what you're looking for from a new role and from your new employer to make sure we only offer you jobs that we know you'll be interested in.
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Luxury News: World's Largest Collection of Vintage Liquors To Be Sold for US$8 Million!
LUXURY NEWS: (Netherlands) 2012: The Netherlands national Bay van der Bunt has claimed the title of owning the "world's largest collection of old liquors". Sadly, however, he's willing to relinquish the title for the price $8 million (US). The historic collection holds over 5,000 bottled liquors to include 250 years old cognac, whisky, armagnac, port, madeira and rare liqueurs.
According to Bay, he and his wife do not have any children or potential heirs who would be able to take care of their prized collection.
"So sadly, I have to let it go," he said with a sense of remorse.
Rare & Historical Spirits
The 63-year-old Dutch speaking collector, who oddly doesn't drink not the precious elixirs himself, has over the years dedicated his life to finding the rarest and finest spirits on earth. Many of the cognacs, dating back to 1789, the year of the French revolution and the inauguration of George Washington as the 1st President of the United States.
The Origin of the Collection Started with Heirlooms
"Over the last 35 years, I frequented worldwide auctions like Christie's and Sotheby's. I bought from famous restaurants like Maxim's and La Tour d'Argent in Paris and Le Cirque in New York when they thinned-out their cellars. Some cognacs even belonged to the estate of the Duke of Windsor," he added.
Noting that it would take another two to three generations to gather a collection like this and assuming you would still be able to find such rare liquors, Bay said he inherited some of the liquor cache from father, who had inherited from his father (Bay's grandfather).
"My grandfather had hundreds of bottles which my father passed on to me, so collecting is something I have grown up with," said Bay, who for over 10 years has shared his passion with the world through his website www.oldliquors.com.
Admitting he never intend to sell his liquor collection, Bay sadly said: "But now age is forcing me to do so."
However, he's hoping for a collector who shares his passion to take over the entire collection, which contains many bottles of the last remaining in the world, which makes them very unique objects to have.
Otherwise, the rare spirits may find their way to connoisseurs, exclusive restaurants and hotels or even royalty through selected channels.
"Collecting cognacs and old liquors was very time consuming and cost a fortune, but it proves to be the best financial investment I have ever made," admitted Bay.
For further information visit www.oldliquors.com.
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His Girl Friday (1940), dir. Howard Hawks
The Cube, Dove St S, Avon, Bristol BS2 8JD
Sunday 25 November 2018, 12.30 – 2.15pm
Tickets: £8/£5 Concessions, plus £1.50 transaction fee
The Cube Cinema asks for £1 life-time membership fee, payable on the door. Becoming a member helps support this amazing, volunteer-run community cinema and invests in Bristol's local cinema culture.
Rating: U
Running Time: 1hr 32mins
"The movie that launched the careers of a thousand journalists… Genuinely hilarious" (The Guardian)
In a very early example of swapping the gender of key roles, Hawks chose to cast a woman as Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell), one of the lead characters in his screen adaptation of Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur's smash hit comedy play, The Front Page, and have her newly divorced from her boss Walter Burns (Cary Grant). What results is an effervescent mix of hard-boiled newsroom drama, hilarious wisecracks and exuberant romantic comedy that fully showcases its stars' impeccable comic timing. The screening will be introduced by freelance journalist, film blogger, author and critic Pamela Hutchinson.
When Burns learns of Hildy's engagement to boring insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy), he connives to win her back through her ambitious love of journalism by getting her embroiled in a political corruption scoop to die for.
This screening is part of the national BFI Comedy Genius season, with the support of the Independent Cinema Office:
"The BFI's blockbuster season for 2018 is the UK's greatest ever celebration of film and TV comedy – bringing the gift of laughter just when we need it most!" (BFI)
We're focusing on three key themes of the Comedy Genius season – Slapstick & Sight Gags, Wise-Cracks and Trailblazing Women. Screwball comedy is the successor of slapstick and His Girl Friday is one of the finest examples of this genre. Cary Grant is well known for his physical comedy, having trained with Pender's Troupe of Knock About Boys, an acrobatic group who he met at Bristol Hippodrome, juxtaposed with his effortless grace and style, he was coined "Slapstick's prince charming" by film critic Pauline Kael. The film's dialogue is positively gymnastic, with Russell and Grant making it look effortless.
"Perhaps the funniest, certainly the fastest talkie comedy ever made" (Time Out, London)
Rosalind Russell's iconic performance as "newspaperman" Hildy Johnson blazes a trail for women navigating that tension between gender expectations and personal fulfilment – still sadly relevant after 78 years. Their onscreen chemistry is palpable – with madcap pacing and crackling humor, the film fizzes with fast-paced dialogue and offers a glimpse into the dirty tricks journalists used in the era before pesky "ethics" came along, culminating in an amazing set piece in which a soon-to-be-hanged convict, now escaped, gets stashed in a courthouse office desk. Russell and Grant's onscreen chemistry was based on genuine friendship – Cary introduced Russell to her future husband Frederick Brisson and was best man at their wedding
Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell receiving Women's Press Club of Hollywood Most Cooperative Golden Apple Prize 1942.
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Getting to The Cube
Pamela Hutchinson is a UK-based freelance writer, critic and film historian who contributes regularly to The Guardian, Radio 4 and Sight & Sound as well as writing booklet essays for DVD and Blu-ray releases from the Criterion Collection, Indicator, Arrow Academy and Artificial Eye. She edits SilentLondon.co.uk and is the author of the BFI Film Classic on GW Pabst's Pandora's Box (1929). Pamela writes about all aspects of film, but especially silent and classic cinema, as well as women's film history. In 2018 she was elected to the juries of Il Cinema Ritrovato and Pordenone Silent Film Festival. She has also written about Cary Grant Festival for The Guardian.
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One of the worst things that happened in education in the 2000s was a seeming reduction in the number of academic subjects. MFL ceased to be compulsory, and some perverse changes in the league tables gave schools an incentive to concentrate on vocational qualifications. In the last few years, particularly with the introduction of the Ebacc and other changes in league table measures, efforts have been made to reverse this. During some of the debates it became clear how divisive it can be to refer to some subjects as "academic" and yet this is something we do quite easily, often without thinking what we mean.
If I had to put into words what I mean when I describe a subject as "academic", I'd say an academic subject was one where mastery of it was best characterised by further study. The people who are best at history, are historians and they study history; the people who are best at maths are mathematicians, and they study maths, and so on. This immediately creates a distinction between those subjects and some others, where mastery is shown in carrying out a particular activity or skill. We consider the people who are best at football to be footballers. We expect the people who are best at acting to be actors. We consider the people who are best at plumbing to be plumbers. We don't expect to find these people, who are the best at their subject, to be employed at universities doing research into those subjects. That doesn't mean you can't study these things at a university, but the academic study of the subject would be seen as distinct from being the best at the subject, in a way that wouldn't happen with history or maths.
Once you make this distinction, then you find a few difficult cases. Are the people with the greatest mastery in the field of music those who play music or those who study it? Similarly, who has the greatest mastery of a language? People who speak it, people who write it or people who study it? This leaves some doubt both about how academic MFL is, although probably not classical languages, and also some parts of what is studied in English lessons. In these cases it could be argued either way about whether the subject is academic, or whether parts of it are and parts of it aren't. Perhaps the best option in those cases is to consider them as subjects that could be taught more or less academically while still being equally focused on some form of mastery of that subject. Whereas in other subjects, we could be more or less academic but there is no dispute as to whether mastery is shown by further study or not. Artists are the best at art; carpenters are the best at woodwork, and nobody would expect a university to be the first place to find them and this contrasts clearly with where we'd find the people who are best at biology and ancient Greek.
Even if you can understand the logic of the distinction I have made, some people are likely to still be furious. The problem is that the place of a subject within schools is often based on how academic it seems. Therefore, even if it seems obvious that football and drama are not the same sort of thing as Latin and physics people will not want to make that distinction. And that's actually part of the problem here, people will want to make them as much like an academic discipline as possible. They will want budding footballers and actors to have written essays and compiled coursework that has been given a grade, because that's what academic subjects look like; that's the route to credibility and legitimacy in those subjects.
We need to create a culture in schools where the best drama teaching isn't that which produces the best grades at GCSE or (God forbid) performing arts BTECs, but the one that results in the best actors. A great school production should be seen as a sign of great drama teaching. The school with the best PE teaching is probably not the one where the PE qualifications make the biggest contribution to the league tables, it's going to be one where their sports teams win and their students have the best chance of becoming professionals in the sports they learnt at school. We need to let arts, sports and crafts be valued in schools as arts, sports and crafts not as pseudo-academic subjects. Being good at football, art or woodwork should not be about getting qualifications, they should be about playing a game, painting or producing a product. Conversely, we should try to stop people making serious academic disciplines into games or entertainment; stop trying to put creativity into maths while taking it out of pottery.
The distinction between academic subjects and non-academic subjects is not a distinction between what is important and what isn't; it's a distinction between the ways in which they are important. The arts in particular, are in many ways so much more important than the sciences, that it seems insane to treat them as sciences. I'd love it if the incentives were there so that schools could simultaneously reduce the number of qualifications taken in non-academic subjects, but increase the resources put into those subjects, because the cultural life of a school is as important as exam results. We need to make a distinction between academic subjects and non-academic subjects for the sake of both types of subject.
Having spent the better part of my working life on the tools, I can assure you that the 'parity of esteem' issue is one that only concerns hand-wringing liberal educators. It's a very rare to work from a set of architect's drawings that accurately represent the real world, and as every apprentice soon discovers, learning how to translate these fantasies into something do-able is an essential part of the craft. One of my favourites was a loft conversion where the owners of the house employed an architect friend to knock up the drawings; after pointing out that the stairs had just about enough headroom for a toddler, they had no choice but to ask me to go ahead and work it out myself.
Nor is the debate helped by those who insist that the purpose of education is to service the economy and prepare children for the world of work. Beyond basic literacy and numeracy, very little of what is taught in schools has much relevance in the workplace. A Science HoD recently assured me that he has encountered teachers with degrees in their subject who can't even teach it to the new GCSEs, given the renewed emphasis on knowledge.
On the whole, I agree with your comments. Sadly, most SLTs are focussed on the next Ofsted inspection to the exclusion worrying overmuch about what their pupils actually learn. We have far too many 'architects' telling teachers what to do, but it is seldom possible for teachers to merely ignore them and get on with the job.
An interesting piece . Are you restricting your definitions of academic /non academic to subjects studied at secondary school? If not , could you say something about school teaching, as a subject of study itself (ie. ITT , Education qualifications etc) ?
Teaching as academic or non academic? Perhaps there is a difficulty with the distinction when thinking about professional qualifications, Although, if I was sick I would expect to get the best medical treatment from a physician or surgeon employed at a university teaching hospital. Do you think we ever could be in an equivalent situation with teaching?
You convinced me of the importance of knowledge and an academically rigorous curriculum a long time ago. While I accept many of the arguments you put forward in this piece, I am concerned about some of the points you make. You suggest PE results probably will not make the biggest contribution to the league tables. I hope that's not the test of an academic subject. The reason 'vocational equivalents' were introduced was to contribute (inappropriately) to the league tables! I hope the reason for studying any subject goes well beyond league tables. However, if the test of the success of PE is to produce a winning football team, what happens to the child who derives great joy from the subject but will never make the team? And the reason for studying drama is to put on a wonderful school production? How about being able to enjoy and make sense of theatre in adulthood?
I am also concerned about some subjects having a monopoly of being 'academic'. You do realise you can study mechanical engineering at Cambridge? There are different levels of study within the discipline of engineering: some academic; some more vocational. The study stress distribution within a structure is highly academic. To weld that structure together is highly vocational. However, not all 'non-academic' subjects are simply about skills. To cut a thread on a centre lathe in metalwork not only requires skill, but also knowledge — lots of it. An understanding of pitch, angle, gearing calculations to control chuck and feed speeds, material characteristics (cutting a thread on brass is different from steel). Where does one learn the knowledge and facts associated with this? Are you conflating knowledge and subjects? You can learning new knowledge of an academic nature which doesn't always fit into the tidy understanding of traditional subject disciplines. That said, I am highly supportive of subject teaching in schools and see great difficulties with the concept of interdisciplinary learning.
I think there are ways to study a wide range of subjects academically. Not all 'practical' subjects have to be 'training for work'. Some subjects, e.g. sculpture, have an academic intrinsic value and people who study them are better educated once they have gained knowledge in that field.
The English have a propensity to always find ways to sub-divide society, splitting the wheat from the chaff. So, we create grammar schools to keep all the academic children together and give them a rigorous education. However, once these academic children get on the same train to go to Cambridge, we divide those studying engineering from those studying Classics. Where does all the sub-dividing lead us? Eventually, we will identify a tiny elite group whose membership is so select that we can then look at their radiant lines with pride of the King of Sparta.
I think you make an outstanding contribution to the debate in education and you are part of the move back towards a sensible approach to teaching which has been missing for many years. However, I would urge caution in writing off academic study which you yourself have not found to be stimulating.
MFL is? Whatever it is, we don't call it that in AUSTRALIA. Always good practice to use full term first time! Cheers.
Modern Foreign Languages. So French and German, but not Latin or (classical) Greek.
An excellent, thought-provoking piece – until I got to the remark "The arts in particular, are in many ways so much more important than the sciences". I'm immediately timewarped back to the 60s, CP Snow and the Two Cultures Debate. And in a way negating your core point about mis-applying value systems to academic, and non-academic… it's not about better/worse, but different though needing parity of esteem?
I would also point out that once one stops thinking about school curricula, the arguments get even more shaky. Where do you expect to find the best geologists, psychologists, computer scientists and a host of other subject specialists – in universities, or in the field practicing their subject. Or even in the less common school subjects such as Politics, Philosophy, Economics? Does that mean the only 'academic' subjects are the ones where you are only employable in the confines of a university? Of course not.
Tony's final comment reminds me of something I wrote when M Gove was S of S. I said "Our current [exam] system was devised, remember, to provide a route to university and to relieve universities of the burden of establishing (or continuing) their own admissions grading systems. It was originally run by universities individually or collectively (Cambridge still owns their exam board) and was designed to process a relatively small number of candidates from independent and grammar schools." http://www.curee.co.uk/trouble-levels.
So your point about the relationship between school academic subjects and university study is a entirely a propos. Now, of course, the alignment between the two systems is weak and the range of subjects offered in universities overlaps the school curriculum less than ever. That point of overlap has to be accessible cheaply and 'reliably' (= by writing about it not by demonstrating it).
I am a educator and have been teaching many years. Drama translates from Ancient Greek into 'to find a meaning'. The best art, music and drama are about exploration of the human condition; they challenge people to think about ethics and values. They move society on and give people a jolt. The human race needs maths and art in equal measures. What was it Churchill said about the art budget?
Which is not a statement about the arts budget, just the importance of the arts.
"To sustain" indicates funding them, does it not?
So? Having vague implications for funding does not make it a statement about the budget.
The word "academic" was originally synonymous with creative thought and the pursuit of philosophical truth. The distinction, which you seem wedded to, between arts and sciences is relatively recent and it is unhelpful. For a long time, the best education included the "art" of mathematics, astronomy, rhetoric (presumably judged as all other subjects through oral exam!) and archery. That would have been practical archery, I'd be prepared to bet my house. Having studied drama as 40% of an English and Drama degree, we were expected to approach it with an academic head on, but often through practical work. How else does a director direct a performance or a film? How else does a screenwriter write? It would be a failing art form if all we had ever produced in this country was Tom Hiddlestone. He has charm but he merely acts – so far anyhow. I could go on about how much role play, hot seating and creative presentation I've seen in recent years in the hallowed classrooms of science and history and MFL, led by those subject teachers, and how much it seemed to help with exam learning as much as with true grasp of subject. You studied maths – a logical subject – but your theory does not reach a logical conclusion. Your theory is flawed. You need better proof.
To be honest, not sure what part of this is addressing any point I have actually made.
I refer to O Mann comment above re Drama as part of a social / citizenship curriculum. Studying drama as part of a GCSE in secondary schools is not an actors training, the course includes history of theatre and elements, writing and devising, that is why the course has a written element not to give it more kudos but that's what drama is. There is some performing assessed too. Acting and learning purely to be an actor happens at drama school.


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