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Green Lane Community Special School
Green Lane Special School is in Woolston, Warrington. It is a Mixed school of Non Denominational religion.
All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 years are entitled to a free place at a state school. Legally your child reaches compulsory school age at the beginning of the term following his/her fifth birthday. In Warrington, however, it is current policy to provide education from the beginning of the school year in which your child is 5 years old. This means that a school place will be available in the September following your child's fourth birthday. Mainstream state schools are funded by the Local Authority (LA), follow the National Curriculum and are regularly inspected by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).
This link http://www.greenlaneschool.co.uk/site will take you to the schools website.
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Green Lane School
Woolston Learning Village
Holes Lane
WA1 4LS
Approx 9am - 3.30pm Mon - Fri
Green Lane School is a mixed, all-age (4-19) day specialist school for Cognition and Learning. Children/young people have complex learning difficulties and some have additional medical conditions.
School uses the communication method of MOON.
School offers needs leds services including Ophthalmic clinic, dental services, and Pediatric Consultant monthly visits.
Paul King (Head Teacher)
Local Offer Age Bands
11-16 - Secondary
5-11 - Primary
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How does the setting/school/college know if children/young people need extra help and what should I do if I think my child/young person may have special educational needs?
All children/young people who come to Green Lane School have a Statement of Special Educational Need (SEN) which in future years will be replaced by an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHC Plan). The school does not have an admittance policy as in all children/young people are admitted by the Local Authority (LA). The school currently caters for 140 pupils (126 in the main school with an additional 14 pupils in the sixth form) funded by a 'planned place' formula funding mechanism. Children/young people in the sixth form also receive higher needs funding grant. Children/young people join the school/college from across schools in Warrington with a very small number of children/young people coming from neighboring Local Authorities. These children/young people will have been assessed by an Educational Psychologist who would describe what an educational setting should be able to provide for that child/young person. A pupil panel from within the Local Authority would then make a decision as to the most appropriate provision (school) for meeting those needs. Parents/carers and children/young people would be invited to look around the proposed setting (if they haven't already done so.) All of our children/young people are working at levels of attainment significantly lower than their peers within mainstream settings.
Green Lane School was awarded specialist school status for Cognition and Learning in September 2010. We are also an accredited school of the NAS.
How will early years setting/school/college staff support my child/young person?
When children/young people join Green Lane School they are placed either within the main body of the school, or, if their ASD is so significant, within one of our discrete ASD classes (we have a discrete ASD class within each key stage). Our staff are very experienced in meeting the needs of a wide range of learning difficulties. In the lower school children may be in classes that are 'vertically grouped' i.e. containing more than one national curriculum (NC) year group. Generally in upper school children are placed in national curriculum year groups e.g. year 7, year 8 etc. Currently we have established two key stage groups, one at KS3 and the other KS4, for children/young people who have significantly more severe learning difficulties that their peers. These children/young people follow a very personalised curriculum that is lifeskills based. The ASD children/young people in the discrete provisions follow a curriculum that is heavily based on the SCERTS programme and encompasses the use of PECS, Makaton, TEAACH and other strategies. The majority of our children/young people follow an adapted curriculum that staff have worked on that seeks to meet the requirements of a National Curriculum with the requirements of the children.young people's individual needs. All classes are staffed by at least one teacher and teaching assistant (TA) for all lessons with some classes having additional staff dependent on pupil need. Individual speech and language programmes are delivered by speech and language therapy teaching assistants to ensure all pupils have their own individual education and individual behaviour plan (where required.) These are shared with parents and reviewed termly.
How will the curriculum be matched to my child's/young person's needs?
Our staff have reviewed the National Curriculum and made amendments that we believe better meet the needs of our children/young people. We continue to follow the National Curriculum but it has been adapted to better meet the needs of our children/young people. In lower school are children are taught as a class for all subjects, following a Primary model. In upper school children/young people are grouped according to ability for Maths and English. They move as a class to different members of staff to receive their Science, ICT, PE, Art and Food Technology lessons.
At KS4 children/young people begin a two year programme of awards, certificates and qualifications which are delivered at the levels the child/young person is working at. At present we deliver GCSE Maths for a small number of children/young people; GCSE Art for most children/young people; Entry Level qualifications in English, Maths, ICT and PE; Functional Skills in Maths, English and ICT and a range of ASDAN awards in Certificate in Personal Effectiveness (CoPE) and Personal and Social Development (PSD).
As mentioned above, all our children/young people have Individual Education Plans and Individual Behaviour Plans. These very closely match the curriculum to the children/young people's needs as described in their statement of SEN. Within our whole-school target setting arrangements, all children/young people are expected to make academic progress over a year. Termly assessments and tracking of children/young people takes place and these are shared with parents/carers at Parents' Evenings, through the Individual Education Plans and within the Record of Achievement (RoA) document. Class teachers closely monitor children/young people's progress and any concerns are passed through to the school leadership team (SLT). Termly data analysis carried out by the data manager and fed to the SLT. This is then discussed and advice produced for class teachers to improve progress via key stage meetings.
How will both you and I know how my child/young person is doing and how will you help me to support my child's/young person's learning?
Communication between home and school is vital. As a special school our pupil population is drawn from across Warrington and in some cases outside of Warrington. We currently run three Parents' Evenings each year (one per term). Individual Education Plans are written at the start of each term and reviewed at the end to show progress. Annual targets are set for children/young people progress in Maths and English as well as the other subject areas. These targets are closely monitored by the SLT and classteachers and any underperformance is addressed quickly. RoAs are sent home at the end of each term to show examples of children/young people's work. All of these encourage parents/carers' to play a full part in their child's education.
We encourage parents/carers to make appointments with staff to discuss any cause for concerns before they escalate. We make every attempt to 'free up' a member of staff at short notice but it is much better if an appointment is made so that cover can be put in place. The school has employed its own Family Support Officer who attends a variety of meetings to support families and who will also make home visits to discuss issues with parents. A range of other professionals work closely with the school. This allows for effective multi-agency working for the support of our families.
We have arranged a number of parent meetings in the summer term on topics such as 'managing sexual behaviours of young people with SEN and the new SEND Reforms. Staff from our discrete ASD provision offer home visit support as well as coffee mornings and joint trips.
What support will there be for my child's/young person's overall well being?
We are very keen to ensure that all our children/young people enjoy their schooling with us. Pastoral care is a very large part of the role our staff play in the lives of our children/young people. The social and emotional aspects of our children/young people are addressed via our PHSE curriculum but also by our school ethos and climate. We have a safeguarding team that monitors closely safeguarding and child protection within school. All staff receive regular training around safeguarding and child protection. Concerns are passed through to the Safeguarding team with the Local Authority. We have policies for the administering of medication and regular training from NHS colleagues on issues such as Asthma, allergies and specific medical conditions. Those staff involved in Intimate care of children/young people receive manual handling training, correct use of hoists and changing beds and wheelchair training.
Exclusions are rare and used as a last resort. We work closely with other agencies to support our children/young people if they are going through a difficult time. We have monthly meetings with the School Attendance Officer and he will write to parents/carers or make home visits to those very small numbers of children/young people whose attendance is a cause for concern.
Each class within Upper School elects its own School Council representative to meet with the Deputy Head Teacher to discuss issues that may be affecting our children/young people and to give them a voice as to developments within school. The school uniform came as a suggestion from the School Council. An annual questionnaire is completed by our children/young people and fed back to the School Council. The SLT also give feedback to class teachers so issues raised may be directly addressed with children/young people. An annual parent questionnaire is sent out every June to gauge parent/carer views and perceptions of what is happening in school.
What specialist services and expertise are available at or accessed by the setting/school/college?
Currently we have a number of staff who undertake specialist roles within the school. Four of our teaching assistants have been trained to deliver speech and language programmes that are written by the speech and language therapist. Two of the four deliver these programmes full-time. They organise the groups and individual speech and language sessions each day and ensure that the speech and language programmes are delivered. We also have an NHS speech and language assistant who also delivers speech and language programmes during the week.
The school has also invested in the services of an Occupational Therapist who carries out assessments, particularly of our ASD children/young people, then writes sensory programmes to meet the sensory needs of those children/young people. These programmes are delivered, on a daily basis, by the class based teaching assistants.
We have also employed our own family support worker (FSW) who is a trained teaching assistant but who works solely with families. This role is to attend Child in Care, Family support and child protection conferences and to support children/young people and their families and liaise with colleagues from other services.
We also have the services of a school nurse on site. The school nurse liaises with other NHS staff, i.e. consultant pediatrician and others to coordinate the medical services that come into school.
All of our teaching and support staff have regular training in areas of special needs to allow them to best support the needs of our children/young people. We also offer Outreach training and advice to other schools in order that they may best help the children/young people within their schools who have special needs, e.g. Makaton training, Team Teach training; Manual Handling training.
What training have the staff supporting children and young people with SEND had? Are any being trained currently?
The school is committed to the professional development of all staff. Recent training has included Team Teach; TEAACH; SCERTS; Administering of medication; Manual Handling as well as curriculum development training.
How will my child/young person be included in activities outside this classroom including school trips?
School trips and visits are an important aspect of our school curriculum. We currently have three minibuses which are used daily to transport children/young people on educational visits etc. Thorough risk assessments are carried out before any trip is allowed to take place. Every child/young person attends the trip irrespective of their need or disability. Adaptations to the school building and curriculum are made to accommodate pupils with physical disabilities. PE activities are as fully inclusive as we can possibly make them with our childrens/young people's learning to play Boccia, new age curling and other sports that can be accessed by all.
How accessible is the setting/school/college environment?
The school is now on the former site of Woolston High School. This building has been renovated and refurbished to a high standard. It was designed to be disabled friendly from the outset. Colleagues from the Visually Impaired (VI) and Hearing Impaired (HI) Teams have been involved in the design of the building to ensure it is disabled friendly. Corridors are wide to allow the easy movement of wheelchair users. A quiet and multi-sensory room have been constructed to offer additional areas and facilities for those children/young people who require them. We have shared access to a Hydrotherapy pool. Changing areas are disabled friendly and we have disabled toilet and changing facilities placed strategically around the school. A lift offers disabled access to the first floor specialist rooms.
How will the setting/school/college prepare and support my child/young person to join the setting/school/college or the next stage of education and life?
Wherever possible before a child/young person starts their education at Green Lane School they are offered some form of integration into the school and their new class. Usually this involves a member of staff visiting and meeting the child/young person in their current setting. Integration visits are then arranged. The child/young person is initially escorted by a member of the transferring school staff. They are introduced to all classes within the school and then spend time with the class/teacher they will be moving to. These visits are normally half a day initially building to full days. This allows for the child/young person to become familiar with the school building, the class and school routines and to allow them to get to know their classmates and teacher(s).
If a child/young person is to move from Green Lane to a new setting then the reverse arrangements apply. We support the children/young people to move into a new setting (where applicable). When children/young people leave school at 16 they are supported by visits to the establishments they are moving on to, e.g. Warrington Collegiate Institute (WCI) with members of staff. For those children/young people moving into the sixth form they experience a week long integration experience. Throughout this process parents/carers are kept fully informed and involved. We also employ the services of a 11-19 Inclusion Adviser who completes much of the paperwork around the transfer into training or further education.
How are the setting's/school's/college's resources allocated and matched to children's/young people's special educational needs?
The school is funded so that most needs can be met direct from the schools budget. Every class has at least one teacher and one teaching assistant, some classes have more teaching assistants. Very occasionally we may seek additional support from the Local Authority. Where we believe the needs of a child/young person require additional funding and support. Usually an Educational Psychology report will be sort to identify the additional needs of the child/young person. A request is then made to the Local Authority for additional funding. This request goes to a panel where it is considered and a decision fed back to school. The funding is for a set period of time and shouldn't be seen as a permanent arrangement. Where the funding needs extending, another application to the panel is made.
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Koreatown est un quartier situé dans le centre de Los Angeles, en Californie.

Histoire
Parmi les Asiatiques immigrant aux États-Unis entre la fin des années 1960 et la fin des années 1980, les Coréens sont les plus nombreux, succédant aux Chinois et aux Japonais. En effet, après la guerre de Corée, le gouvernement sud-coréen avait fortement développé l'éducation et formé une nouvelle génération éduquée, mais que le marché du travail ne parvint finalement pas à intégrer. Ces jeunes partirent donc aux États-Unis, mais ne parlant pas anglais, leur employabilité se révéla difficile. Beaucoup reprennent alors des magasins d'alcool, notamment dans le quartier de South Central, succédant à des juifs partis à la suite des émeutes de Watts de 1965.

Dans les années 1980, ils deviennent la cible de la communauté afro-américaine, qui dénonce une , le quartier ayant perdu un tiers de sa population noire, alors que le nombre d'Asiatiques et de Latinos augmente. Sur fond de délocalisation des entreprises, du développement d'un salariat sous-payé et du départ des classes moyennes vers la banlieue, les Coréens deviennent des bouc émissaires. En 1991, Latasha Harlins, une jeune Afro-Américaine suspectée du vol d'une bouteille de jus d'orange, est abattue d'une balle par une tenancière d'épicerie d'origine coréenne, conduisant des leaders afro-américains à prôner le boycott des magasins d'alcool tenus par des Coréens. Peu après débutent les émeutes de 1992 à Los Angeles, lors desquelles de nombreux commerces coréens sont détruits, à South Central et à Koreatown, leurs propriétaires étant accusés d'être des  à l'égard des Noirs, notamment des plus pauvres. Ce récit simpliste, propagé par les médias californiens de l'époque, entretenait alors l'idée de commerçants braqués dans une posture sécuritaire.

Le président George Bush père se rend ensuite sur les lieux des émeutes et, à mi-mot, conseille aux Coréo-Américains de se lancer en politique pour avoir des élus et que leur voix compte. Les émeutes de 1992 sont un électrochoc et beaucoup de membres de la communauté se mettent alors à penser au-delà, afin de notamment comprendre et de se greffer au modèle multiculturaliste américain.

Au début du XXI, la Corée devient tendance (via la musique et les séries) et la démographie évolue, le quartier de Koreatown devenant par exemple majoritairement latino, les Coréens d'origine ne comptant plus que pour 30 % de la population. Les commerces s'y font ainsi plus divers et le profil type du membre de la communauté, forcément tenancier d'un magasin d'alcool, s'atténue.

Géographie

Population
En 2008, la population s'élevait à .

Le Los Angeles Times considère le quartier comme modérément diversifié du point de vue ethnique,  de la population étant hispanique,  asiatique,  blanche non hispaniques,  afro-américaine et  appartenant à une autre catégorie ethno-raciale.

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Voir aussi

Article connexe
 Liste des quartiers de Los Angeles

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The California law will have different disclosure requirements for product labels (starting January 1, 2021) and manufacturer websites (starting January 1, 2020).
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The requirements on website disclosure will take effect on January 1, 2020. As expected more information is required to be on the manufacturer's website.
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Congress asked to hold public hearing on military training accidents
By Kyle Rempfer
A soldier guides an M2A3 Bradley during an exercise at the Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, in August 2018. (Sgt. Jamar Marcel Pugh/Army)
A Florida congressman upset by the "very preventable" training death of one of his constituents has asked leaders of the House Armed Services Committee to hold a public hearing "to get to the bottom of these tragic accidents."
Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan earlier sponsored an amendment to this year's defense bill requiring the Pentagon to examine emergency medical services at its bases following the death of Spc. Nicholas C. Panipinto. The 20-year-old died when his M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle overturned at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on Nov. 6.
An investigation identified a range of issues that played roles in Panipinto's death, Buchanan said. There was a lack of emergency services on base and there were delays in the medical response, as well as malfunctions within the vehicle's communication systems and other defective equipment.
Then, in late July, an amphibious assault vehicle sank off the coast of southern California during a training exercise, taking the lives of eight Marines and one sailor. The losses added more "tragic examples showing the obvious need for reforms to military training," Buchanan said in a letter to the HASC leaders.
A look at the lives of the 8 Marines, sailor lost in sunken amphibious assault vehicle
The crew of the AAV was able to escape and all the service members who died were in the rear compartment used to transport troops, a Marine spokesman said.
By Philip Athey
"That is why I am calling for the House Armed Services Committee to immediately hold a public hearing looking into the disturbing frequency of U.S. military training accidents around the world and to examine potential reforms to help save lives," Buchanan said.
"The recent deadly accident in California is the third accident involving an amphibious assault vehicle at Camp Pendleton in the past decade, accidents in 2011 and 2017 left one service member dead and 15 injured," Buchanan added.
The training deaths over the past few years have not been limited to armored and amphibious vehicles.
In 2019, Army Spc. Nicholas DiMona III died during a live-fire exercise in Alaska that some fellow soldiers said lacked control and felt rushed, according to witness statements obtained by Army Times. Soldiers also said that nighttime targets were not always clearly marked as they shot without tracer rounds, the roles of safety and training personnel were mixed and there was confusion among soldiers regarding the shifting and lifting of gunfire.
Soldier's 'very preventable death' prompts amendment ordering review of military MedEvac services
The safety pin in the driver's hatch of Spc. Panipinto's Bradley fighting vehicle failed. And the right-hand side tread of the vehicle came off, causing the vehicle to roll over.
A year earlier, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Paul J. Reidy died while training Saudi pilots in Riyadh. Reidy, who spent his career flying AH-64 Apaches, was given "minimal preparation" to train students on the much lighter AH-6i helicopter, according to a mishap investigation obtained by Army Times. Also, the instruction of Saudi pilots should have been conducted by Boeing civilian contractors, the investigation stated.
Even overseas, fatalities involving vehicle rollovers still occur. On July 3, Army Spc. Vincent S. Ibarria died in a rollover incident in Farah province, Afghanistan. Weeks later, Army Sgt. Bryan C. Mount died from injuries he suffered when his vehicle also rolled in Syria. The investigations into those incidents are ongoing.
In his letter to House leaders, Buchanan cited a recent Congressional Research Service report that said nearly 32 percent of active-duty military deaths between 2006 and 2020 were the result of training accidents, a number that far outpaces combat deaths.
"The highest tribute that can be paid to the soldiers lost in training accidents is to enact reforms that ensure that these mistakes never happen again," Buchanan said. "We cannot afford to wait any longer and risk the health and safety of our men and women in uniform."
About Kyle Rempfer
Kyle Rempfer is an editor and reporter who has covered combat operations, criminal cases, foreign military assistance and training accidents. Before entering journalism, Kyle served in U.S. Air Force Special Tactics and deployed in 2014 to Paktika Province, Afghanistan, and Baghdad, Iraq. Follow on Twitter @Kyle_Rempfer
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PRIMARY SOURCE: Speech, 1856
From Charles Sumner's "On the Crime Against Kansas" Address to the Senate, May 19-20, 1856
MR. PRESIDENT:
…The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight. I mean the harlot, Slavery. For her, his tongue is always profuse in words. Let her be impeached in character, or any proposition made to shut her out from the extension of her wantonness, and no extravagance of manner or hardihood of assertion is then too great for this Senator….
The asserted rights of Slavery, which shock equality of all kinds, are cloaked by a fantastic claim of equality. If the slave States cannot enjoy what, in mockery of the great fathers of the Republic, he misnames equality under the Constitution in other words, the full power in the National Territories to compel fellowmen to unpaid toil, to separate husband and wife, and to sell little children at the auction block then, sir, the chivalric Senator will conduct the State of South Carolina out of the Union! Heroic knight ! Exalted Senator! A second Moses come for a second exodus!
Quoted In The World's Famous Orations, ed. by William Jennings Bryan (Funk and Wagnalls, 1906).
Lowell "Factory Girls" respond
Comment by Mayo | 05/22/2005
[note] Southern plantation owners, politicians, and newspapers editors frequently claimed that northern "free labor" (Lowell female textile workers) were treated worst than southern "slaves." June 28, 1856 PROVINCIAL FREEMAN Chatham, Canada West The following brave sentiments from the "factory girls" of Lowell, Mass., on the outrage of Senator Sumner, speaks for themselves. The Factory Girls and [Preston] Brooks. The factory girls of Lowell have given expression to their feelings upon the late Sumner outrage, by sending to P.S. Brooks, thirty pieces of silver (3 cent pieces), a rope, and a winding sheet, with the following letter expressing their sentiments: Mr. B. - Sir: Perceiving by the public prints that your friends are giving expression to their sentiments towards you by rich tokens of esteem, we, too, the factory girls or "Slaves," yet who are not such abject slaves as not to understand - to appreciate - to detest - to abhor, with all the sympathy, humanity, and dignity of woman, and as the free daughters of New England, your late base, "murderous, brutal, cowardly" attack upon one of New England's sons and noblemen, Massachusetts, Senator Sumner the champion of freedom for those who now wear Southern fetters, and the watchman and guardian of the rights, of the Northern laborer, lest those same fetters be fastened upon our feet, and the slaves manacles encircle our wrists, and then dark pall of slavery be drawn over our minds. Such a man we honour, and he who has no arguments to use but the cudgel - no sense of honour but the duelists - no innate sense of truth, right, and justice, but the betrayer's, certainly deserves the fate of Judas. And we wish to aid him in obtaining it; we therefore send you thirty pieces of silver, a good new rope, and cloth of our own manufacture for a winding sheet, begging you to accept them as soon as possible follow your illustrious predecessor Judas: and know well as you do it, that a whole army of true women, here, are spinning the threads and watching the flying shuttles that shall ere long, as we trust, weave the web of Freedom, long and wide enough for the winding sheet of that atrocious system, American Slavery. FACTORY GIRLS.
Sumner's desk at Stoughton Historical Society
Comment by dwight | 05/22/2007
Senator Charles Sumner's desk, at which he was sitting, writing, while the Senate was not in session, when attacked by Preston Brooks, is on display at the Stoughton Historical Society. The ornately carved, oak desk recalls those ugly years, when America was compromising, compromising, and compromising some more, in order to avoid the bloodbath to come. The Society has just published, "I never knew there was so many people in the world." the Civil War diary and letters of Pvt Alfred Edward Waldo, a young man whose bitter opinions on "abolutionists" the folly of "fighting to free the niggers" seem to be the antithesis of those of Sumner, but who stays in the army, and eventually dies of wounds suffered at Spotsylvania Courthouse. Stoughton native Henry Lillie Pierce, President of Baker Chocolate at Dorchester Lower Mills, and eventual Mayor of Boston, wrote a biography of Charles Sumner, of which the Society has a copy. "The Education of Henry Adams" describes the close relationship between the Adams family and "difficult and quirky" Charles Sumner and the formation of the Free-Soil party in the Massachusetts and national political scene in the pre-war years. During the War, Henry's father, Charles Francis Adams (with the young Henry in tow) serves as envoy to England and whose efforts help keep England neutral, despite the pull of the South's cotton to the interests of Great Britain. A few years ago, the archives at the State House claimed to have Preston Brooks' cane, but I don't know what they could have, since Brooks smashed it to pieces on Sumner's head and retained only the gold knob, when a Senate orderly asked him if he wanted his shattered cane retrieved. Sympathetic southerners sent him scores of canes to replace the one he broke, and, I believe, there were even Preston Brooks canes manufactured to commemorate the event. For more on the Sumner desk and the Waldo diary check www.stoughtonhistory.com Dwight
I need to correct my earlier statement that it was Henry Lillie Pierce, who wrote the Sumner book and gave the dedication at Town Hall Speech. It was, rather, his younger brother, Edward L. Pierce, who did both. Dwight
And another correction: further research has revealed that our desk is one purchased by the Sumners from a supply of the desks used earlier in the House of Representatives, NOT the desk at which he was actually sitting when the attack occurred.
While the recent movie, "Lincoln" was much appreciated, we should note that one of the historical inaccuracies was the fact the desks in the House of Representatives, where much of the action takes place, did NOT look like our ornately carved oak double-desk; they should have.
The Sumner Cane
Comment by Gerrit Petersen | 05/22/2007
Charles Sumner was in fact attacked with his own walking stick, which today is on display at the Old State House Museum in Boston. It is featured in an exhibition entitled "Our Favorite Things," which displays a variety of artifacts from The Bostonian Society's collection selected by members of the board and staff. The Bostonian Society is Boston's historical society. The Old State House is Boston's oldest public building (1713), and is located at the corner of State and Washington Streets in Downtown Boston. It is open to the public daily from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
What is your source for the assertion that Sumner was attacked with his own walking stick? Dwight
My source, unfortunately, was nothing more than my own misunderstanding about this event, and our museum staff subsequently has supplied me with more accurate information. There is, in fact, a lot of speculation as to how Preston Brooks acquired the cane used in the assault of Charles Sumner. Some records show that Brooks purchased the cane that day and others say a friend from Baltimore sent him the cane months earlier. We do know however that it was not Sumnerýs cane used in the attack even though we refer to the cane as the Sumner cane. The cane did break during the assault and the subsequent owners smoothed the broken end down. Consequently the cane is shorter then a typical cane.
Comment by Judy | 05/22/2008
What injury did Sumner suffer from this attack that caused him to be absent from the Senate for so long? Weren't there other senators around & why didn't they stop it?
Comment by Zinc | 11/09/2010
Per Wikipedia, Sumner was seated at his desk on the Senate floor. At the time very few people were in the Senate chamber. When Brooks confronted Sumner expressing his anger over Sumners speech of two days prior, Sumner began to get up from his seat. It was at that time Brooks began beating him on the head with his "thick gutta-percha cane with a gold head on it." Sumner became trapped under his desk which was secured to the floor. Brooks, in the process of beating Sumner ripped the desk from the floor. Meantime Sumner's eyes were covered with blood making it difficult for him to see, he managed to stagger up the aisle. The beating was so severe he collasped in the aisle, and fell into unconsciousness. Not content with that Brooks continued to beat him until his cane broke. Brooks had been acompanied by two other southern congressman, Laurence M. Keitt, of S. C. and Henry A. Edmundson of VA. A few other Senators, who were present in the chamber, tried to offer assistance to Sumner; however, their attempts were hindered by Keitt who was holding a pistol on them.
Brooks proclivity towards violence and other facts
Preston Brooks seems to of had a predisposition toward violence. Consider, he was expelled from college prior to gradustion for threatening a police officer with a firearm. Additionally, he fought a duel with a gentleman by the name of Louis T. Wigfall. Both Brooks and Wigfall were each wounded in the duel. Brooks' wound was in the hip and consequently he required the use of a cane thereafter. Interestingly, Wigfall would go on to become a U. S. Senator from Texas and later be expelled from the Senate for supporting the Confederate rebellion, he would later serve as a General in the Civil War. Brooks survivied an expulsion effort in the House because it lacked the needed 2/3 vote. He voluntarily resigned his House seat on July 7, 1856. In the next election the voters of his district returned him to congress, where he served until his death on Jan. 27, 1857. Brooks was a first cousin to Confederate General Matthew Butler. This is not a defense of Brooks: the speech delivered by Sumner did contain some emotional statements that may have exceeded the bounds of acceptable decency of the day. The speech was very critical of fellow New Englander President Pierce and southeners who favored pro-slavery violence in Kansas. In the speech Sumner not only lambasted Brooks' relative, Sen. Andrew Butler, he made fun of a physical handicap Butler had. The speech compared Butler with Don Quixote in a very uncomplimentary fashion. Adding to the drama was the fact that sen. Butler was not present to defend himself from such a personal attack. An interesting aside, Sen. Stephen Douglas, of IL, was also verbally abused by Sumner during the speech. While Sumner was speaking, Douglas suggested to a fellow Senator that, "this damm fool [Sumner] is going to get himself shot by some other damm fool." (per Jordan et al., The Americans, as quoted on Wikipedia)
Sumner, a man ahead of his time.
Charles Sumner was indeed a visionary politician who was ahead of his time. His arguments in a MA desegragation case, which he lost, were 104 years later validated in the historic Brown Vs Board of Education decision when the U. S. Supreme Court cited said arguments in support of their decision. Abolitionist stood for freedom of black people but not necessarilly equality. Sumner's brand of abolition included equality in all aspects of American life. Such equally would finally and fully occure with passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Law. Once again Sumner was more than a hundred years ahead of his time.
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On this day in 1856, Preston Brooks, a congressman from South Carolina, viciously attacked Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner on the floor of the United States Senate. Three days earlier, in a passionate anti-slavery speech, Sumner had used language southerners found deeply offensive. Rather than challenge Sumner to a duel, as he would have a gentleman, Brooks beat him with a cane. It was three-and-a-half years before Charles Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate. Although he never fully recovered from the assault, he served another 15 years. An abolitionist who not only opposed slavery but advocated equal rights for African Americans, Charles Sumner was remembered as a man who marched "ahead of his followers when they were afraid to follow."
Sumner tried repeatedly to amend the act to outlaw segregation in travel, public accommodations, and education, but he was never successful.
The beating of Charles Sumner on May 22, 1856 has been described as "one of the most dramatic and deeply ominous moments in the Senate's entire history."
Preston Brooks was forced to resign his seat, but his district immediately re-elected him. Although it would be three-and-a-half years before Sumner was well enough to return to the Senate, Massachusetts re-elected him, too, by a huge majority. The deep divisions between North and South had never been clearer.
Born in Boston in 1811, Charles Sumner was descended from English Puritans who had come to Massachusetts during the Great Migration of the 1630s. Like his father before him, Sumner graduated from Harvard College. He continued on to Harvard Law School, earned his degree in 1833, and was admitted to the bar shortly thereafter.
Neither practicing law nor lecturing at the law school, which he had been invited to do, appealed to him. The two years he spent traveling in Europe provided an unusual opportunity for the young American to learn about other forms of government and systems of justice, and to master French, German, and Italian. On his return to Boston in 1839, Charles Sumner was still in search of his calling.
Contact with humanitarians such as Samuel Gridley Howe, educator Horace Mann, and Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing inspired Sumner to become involved in social reform. Massachusetts was teeming with organizations devoted to improving everything from education to agriculture, from diet to women's dress. Charles Sumner found the cause that would almost cost him his life — abolition.
Sumner had helped to organize the Free Soil Party; its slogan summed up its platform: "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, & Free Men."
Charles Sumner was an exceptional abolitionist; he not only opposed the institution of slavery but saw black men and women as human beings who were entitled to equal civil rights. He was ahead of his time in many ways. In 1849 he represented black parents in a case to desegregate Boston schools. In his argument before the Supreme Judicial Court, he asserted that segregation hurt white children as much as it did black children.
A few months before, Sumner had helped to organize the Free Soil Party; its slogan summed up its platform: "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, & Free Men." The party called for free homesteads for families that settled on public lands, the end of slavery in the territories, and a ban on the admission of slave states to the Union. In 1851 a coalition of Free Soilers and Democrats elected Sumner to the United States Senate. He would serve there until the day he died.
As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, he was instrumental in resolving a crisis that occurred in 1861, when a U.S. warship forcibly removed Confederate officials from a British vessel. When the White House sought Sumner's counsel, he met with Lincoln and explained the applicable international law. The very next day, Lincoln's administration assured British diplomats that the southerners would be released, and they were.
Sumner's opinions carried less weight with Ulysses S. Grant. The President did not appreciate Sumner's advice that the British were not offering enough for damage done by Confederate ships that had been built in British shipyards. The two men also clashed over the senator's opposition to Grant's plan to annex the Dominican Republic. However, while Charles Sumner had expertise in foreign affairs, his great passion was for the most pressing domestic issue of the day — the abolition of slavery.
He described Stephen Douglas as "the squire of Slavery . . . ready to do its humiliating offices . . . a noise-some squat, and nameless animal . . . not a proper model for an American senator."
When Congress convened in December 1855, Sumner said prophetically, "This session will not pass without the Senate Chamber's becoming the scene of some unparalleled outrage." The atmosphere was highly charged. Both houses were to vote on the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act, sponsored by Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois. The act carved two territories out of the Louisiana Purchase — Kansas and Nebraska — and allowed the residents of the new territories to vote on whether their constitutions would or would not allow slavery. This provoked a fierce debate between those wishing to protect — and, even more worrisome to northerners, expand — the institution of slavery and those wishing to abolish, or at least contain, it.
On the morning of May 19th, Sumner delivered a speech he called "The Crime Against Kansas." Pro-slavery men had denounced him, and now he was scathing about his opponents. He described Stephen Douglas as "the squire of Slavery . . . ready to do its humiliating offices . . . a noise-some squat, and nameless animal . . . not a proper model for an American senator." He accused South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler of having "a mistress . . . who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight. I mean the harlot, Slavery."
Butler was not present at the time, but his nephew Congressman Preston Brooks was, and he vowed to defend the honor of his uncle and of the South. Two days later, Brooks entered the senate chamber to exact revenge. He injured Sumner so badly that the Massachusetts senator was not well enough to take his seat again until December 1859. While he recuperated, the New York Tribune printed and the Republican Party distributed almost a million copies of "The Crime Against Kansas. " When Sumner finally returned to Congress, he was no less fervent and no less outspoken about his belief in "The Barbarism of Slavery," as he called one of his first speeches.
Sumner's persistence helped ensure that states of the former Confederacy could be readmitted to the Union only if they adopted constitutions that gave voting rights to black men.
Shortly after the Civil War began, Sumner urged emancipation. He pressed his friend the president to recruit black men for the Union Army. And he insisted on absolute equality, regardless of race. After the war, Sumner's persistence helped ensure that states of the former Confederacy could be readmitted to the Union only if they adopted constitutions that gave voting rights to black men.
During the post-war years, Sumner became the leading spokesman for the Radical Republicans in the Senate. He believed Congress should control reconstruction in the South, and he led the way in creating the Freedman's Bureau and providing free schools and homesteads for ex-slaves. He worked for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gave citizenship and other legal rights to the former slaves and was passed over the veto of President Andrew Johnson. Sumner tried repeatedly to amend the act to outlaw segregation in travel, public accommodations, and education, but he was never successful. His effort to have slaveholders' lands divided among freedmen also failed.
On March 10, 1874, after spending the day in the Senate, Charles Sumner had a fatal heart attack. He was the longest-serving member of the US Senate and one of the most influential politicians Massachusetts ever sent to Washington.
Charles Sumner's house on the north side of Beacon Hill (20 Hancock Street) is not open to the public but it does have a marker. The caning of Sumner is often mentioned on walking tours given by the Boston African American Historic Site.
North v. South: A Legal History of the Caning of Charles Sumner, by Williamjames Hull Hoffer
This Mass Moment occurred in the Greater Boston region of Massachusetts.
The U.S. Senate website
Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. 9.
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126 Years of MacArthur Park in Little Rock
Posted on July 4, 2019 by Scott
On July 4, 1893, Arsenal Park opened in Little Rock. This was the City's first municipal public park. Though it predated the establishment of a formal Parks and Recreation Department by several decades, it is the oldest part of that department.
The land now known as MacArthur Park had originally served as a horse racetrack in the early days of Little Rock. By 1836, the federal government purchased the land for construction of a military arsenal. The flagship building, the Arsenal Tower building, is the only remaining structure from that time period.
The land served as a military outpost until 1892. On April 23, 1892, a land swap took place where in the City of Little Rock was given the property with the stipulation that it would be "forever exclusively devoted to the uses and purposes of a public park." (Never mind that the federal government took part of the land back for the construction of the Wilbur Mills Freeway.) Congressman William L. Terry was active in negotiating the land swap. (His son David would also serve in Congress.)
In return for giving the City this land, the federal government took possession of land on the north side of the Arkansas River (then part of Little Rock) – that 1,000 acres became Fort Logan H. Roots.
The park officially opened on July 4, 1893, with the name Arsenal Park. Since it was the City's first and only park at the time, residents started referring to it as City Park. In time, the designation Arsenal Park fell from use. In fact, it is referred to as City Park exclusively and officially in City documents throughout the first 42 years of the 20th Century.
On March 9, 1942, Little Rock's first public park was renamed by the Little Rock City Council. By a vote of fourteen ayes, zero nays and four absent, the alderman approved Ordinance 6,388 which renamed the park in honor of General Douglas MacArthur.
In 1952, General MacArthur (contemplating a run for the GOP nomination for President) visited Little Rock in March. Later that year, the eventual GOP nominee (and 34th US President) General Dwight Eisenhower visited the park.
Today, MacArthur Park is the anchor of the burgeoning MacPark district as well as the MacArthur Park Historic Distric.
Posted in Government, History, LR Look Back	| Tagged Arkansas Arts Center, Arsenal Building, City of Little Rock, David D. Terry, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Little Rock City Hall, Little Rock Parks and Recreation, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History, MacArthur Park, MacArthur Park Historic District, William L. Terry (Congress)	| Leave a reply
Wilbur D. Mills, born on May 24, 1909
Posted on May 24, 2019 by Scott
While later known more as a punchline due to personal fallibilities, for decades Wilbur D. Mills was one of the most powerful men in the world. As the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee from 1958 to 1975, he was the architect not only of an overhaul of the tax code, but also determined ways to finance Medicare, Medicaid, and many other federal programs of the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford years.
Wilbur Daigh Mills was born in Kensett on May 24, 1909. When Mills went to Congress at the age of 29, he was the youngest man elected to that time. A scant four years later he joined the Ways and Means Committee.
Because Mills rarely had an opponent (only 1942, 1966, and 1974), he was able to focus on learning the ins and outs of the tax code. As long as he delivered some federal dollars to his largely rural district every so often, he did not have to preoccupy himself with the daily issues many in Congress face. It was not until 1963, when Arkansas lost two of its six congressional seats, that Mills had Little Rock in his district. Prior to that, Searcy had been the largest city he represented. (There had been concern that Rep. Dale Alford, who had upset incumbent Brooks Hays in 1958 before losing his seat due to reapportionment four years later might challenge Mills. But Alford opted to retire instead of taking on the powerful Mills.)
President Kennedy's visit to Little Rock and Greers Ferry in October 1963 was the result of bargaining with Congressman Mills over some tax policy. Mills gave in to JFK a bit, and JFK agreed to come to Arkansas to speak in Little Rock and at the dedication of two dams. In recognition of his national clout, Mills was briefly considered a contender for the 1972 Democratic nomination for President.
Though he probably struggled with alcoholism for years, he had been able to keep his behavior in check until 1974 when his car was stopped in Washington DC for not having its headlights on. Though Mills was not driving, he was inebriated. Another occupant of the car, a stripper with the stage name Fanne Fox ran from the car and frolicked in the Tidal Basin. It became fodder for worldwide headlines.
The incident happened about a month before Election Day, when Mills was facing Republican Judy Petty. A contrite Mills spent the remaining days in the campaign in Arkansas and won re-election by 59% of the vote. (Though later in November, he again was in the headlines when Fox pulled him on stage with her at a club in Boston.) In January 1975, he stepped down as Ways and Means Chair.
In 1976, he opted to retire from Congress and did not seek another term. In retirement, he practiced law in Washington DC before eventually moving back to Kensett full-time. He died in 1992.
Posted in Civic Engagement, Government, History, LR Look Back	| Tagged Congress, Dale Alford, Dwight Eisenhower, Fanne Fox, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Judy Petty, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Wilbur Mills
And the Pulitzer goes to SOUTH PACIFIC
Posted on May 5, 2019 by Scott
On May 5, 1950, the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific captured the Pulitzer Prize in Drama. This would receive special attention in the Arkansas Gazette. The reason this carried such weight in Arkansas was that the musical had a connection to Little Rock.
The 1950 Pulitzer for Drama went to a musical for only the second time in the history of the awards. The recipient was South Pacific by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan. The character was the leading lady of Nellie Forbush. She was an Navy ensign and a nurse stationed on an exotic island during World War II. The musical was based on a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific.
In the Michener novel, Miss Forbush is not from Little Rock. She is actually from a small town in Alabama. But the book does mention Nellie and her mother visiting Little Rock. The part was written for Mary Martin from Weatherford, Texas. Rodgers, Hammerstein & Logan did not discuss why they relocated Nellie's birthplace.
Originally the musical contained a song entitled "My Girl Back Home" in which Nellie sang of being from "Little Rock, A-R-K" while another character sang of being from "Philadelphia, P-A" and "Princeton, N-J." It is possible the change to Little Rock was made because it offered more lyrical possibilities, but that is only a supposition on the part of the Culture Vulture. That song did appear in the movie version in which Mitzi Gaynor played Nellie Forbush. It was also featured in the 2008 Broadway revival, this time with Kelli O'Hara playing Nellie.
In the musical, Nellie struggles with her own prejudices. This issue of prejudice became an instance of fact meeting fiction. In 1957, a few weeks after Eisenhower sent troops into Little Rock to ensure that Central High would be desegregated, a production of South Pacific on Long Island was temporarily halted when the audience booed and yelled after Nellie mentioned she was from Little Rock. Interestingly, the movie was released in 1958, but retained references to Little Rock. That was either a testament to the expense of re-editing it, or the fact that audience reaction had lessened.
Posted in History, Literature, Theatre	| Tagged Arkansas Gazette, Associated Press, Crisis at Central High, Dwight Eisenhower, James Michener, Joshua Logan, Kelli O'Hara, Little Rock Central High School, Mary Martin, Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Hammerstein II, Pulitzer Prize, Richard Rodgers, South Pacific, Tales of the South Pacific
Little Rock Look Back: In first day without 101st Airborne, LR Central plays final Thanksgiving game against NLR
Posted on November 28, 2018 by Scott
Central dominating NLR in 1957
The November 28, 1957, football game between Little Rock Central and North Little Rock had been poised to be memorable for a few years.
With the 1957 opening of Little Rock Hall High, the Tigers would switch their rivalry on Thanksgiving Day from a cross-river one to a cross-town one starting in 1958. So the 1957 edition of Tigers vs. Wildcats was set to be historic as the end of a 24 year tradition.
(In its first year, Hall played smaller schools because its team was largely younger. It would move up to top classification schools in the 1958 season.)
The events at Little Rock Central in September 1957 added a new layer of history to everything that school year. The 101st Airborne was sent in by President Eisenhower in the evening of September 24 to ensure the Little Rock Nine were able to attend classes. But President Eisenhower did not intend the Army to be there indefinitely. On Wednesday, November 27, the soldiers left Little Rock. The National Guard was now charged with keeping the peace at Central.
The first day without the US Army was also Thanksgiving Day, and the final Bengals vs. Cats game. The sports coverage of this game however belied all the drama off the field. News reports focused on Turkey Day as the final game between the longtime rivals and on the fact that it had a morning start time instead of the traditional afternoon start time.
In the end, the Tigers had the same result as they did in the first Turkey Day meeting: a win. The Bengals scored 40 while the Cats only managed 7.
After 24 meetings on Thanksgiving Day, Little Rock had 19 wins, 4 losses, and one tie. Seven times they shut out the Wildcats, and one time the northern team blanked them. The fewest total points scored were 2 in the 1934 game, while the 1950 game produced a cumulative total of 71 points (LR 64, NLR 7). The Tigers scored a total of 517 points over 24 games and gave up only 203.
Posted in History, LR Look Back, sports	| Tagged 101st Airborne Division, Arkansas Gazette, Crisis at Central High, Dwight Eisenhower, Earl Quigley, football, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock Hall High, Little Rock High School, North Little Rock High School, Orville Henry, Thanksgiving
Little Rock Look Back: Mayor Woodrow W. Mann
Future Little Rock Mayor Woodrow Wilson Mann was born on November 13, 1916, in Little Rock. His tenure at Little Rock mayor was tumultuous from both things of his doing as well as events that catapulted him onto the international scene.
In 1955, he ran as the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Little Rock and defeated two term incumbent Pratt C. Remmel, a Republican. He took office in January 1956 and immediately set about to make a lot of changes. In addition to revitalizing the City's bus system, and removing some color barriers at City Hall, he oversaw the dismantling of the copper dome on top of Little Rock City Hall (as opposed to the repair of the dome championed by Mayor Remmel).
Mayor Mann was caught up in a grand jury investigation into purchasing practices at City Hall as well as within the City government in North Little Rock. Partially in response to this, Little Rock voters approved a new form of government in late 1956. Mayor Mann opposed the switch to the City Manager form and refused to set the election for the new officials but was ultimately compelled to do so.
He was also Mayor during the 1957 integration of Little Rock Central High School. He sought to keep the peace and to broker a deal between President Dwight Eisenhower and Governor Orval Faubus. His powers within the city were, no doubt, hampered because of his lame duck status as Mayor. In November 1957 following the election of the new City Board of Directors, he chaired his last City Council meeting and left office.
In January of 1958, a series of articles written by Mayor Mann detailed his perspective on the events at Central High. These were carried by newspapers throughout the US.
Because of ill will toward him due to the Central High crisis (he was criticized by both sides) and grand jury investigation, Mayor Mann felt it would be difficult to maintain his insurance business in Little Rock. He moved to Texas in 1959 and remained there the rest of his life. He died in Houston on August 6, 2002.
An entry about Mayor Mann in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture can be found here.
Posted in Government, History, LR Look Back	| Tagged City of Little Rock, Dwight Eisenhower, Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock City Hall, Orval Faubus, Pratt C. Remmel, Woodrow Wilson Mann
JFK in ARK (and specifically LR)
Posted on October 3, 2018 by Scott
On October 3, 1963, President John F. Kennedy delivered remarks at the Arkansas State Fairgrounds. Only a few weeks later, he would be felled by an assassins bullet in Texas.
In the speech, the President praised Arkansas' congressional delegation including Senators John McClellan and J. William Fulbright and Congressmen Took Gathings, Bill Trimble, Wilbur Mills and Oren Harris. Each of these men held senior leadership positions in key committees. The main focus of the speech was to discuss President Kennedy's vision for a new economy in the South.
The President was actually in the state to speak at the dedication of the Greers Ferry Dam. He agreed to make that appearance as a part of a negotiation with Congressman Mills as they were deadlocked over changes to the tax code. He had previously visited Little Rock in 1957 when he came to the state to address the Arkansas Bar Association meeting in Hot Springs.
President Kennedy continued the string of 20th Century Presidents to visit Little Rock. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman had all visited while in office. Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover and Dwight Eisenhower all visited prior to attaining the presidency.
Posted in Government, History, LR Look Back	| Tagged Arkansas State Fair, Bill Trimble, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Herbert Hoover, J. William Fulbright, John F. Kennedy, John L. McClellan, Oren Harris, Presidency, Theodore Roosevelt, Took Gathings, Wilbur Mills, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
LR Culture Vulture turns 7
The Little Rock Culture Vulture debuted on Saturday, October 1, 2011, to kick off Arts & Humanities Month.
The first feature was on the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, which was kicking off its 2011-2012 season that evening. The program consisted of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4 in A, Op. 90, Rossini's, Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers, Puccini's Chrysanthemums and Respighi's Pines of Rome. In addition to the orchestra musicians, there was an organ on stage for this concert.
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Furnishing a bed bug-free home: suggestions?
The recent invitation for readers to ply (Bed Bug) Helloise with requests for advice gave way to a discussion of products which make it easier to get rid of bed bugs, or prevent reinfestations. Although some would argue that furniture does not need to be discarded, some of you have gotten rid of wooden furniture, especially old stuff without sentimental value. Others have not discarded anything but are nevertheless in the market for new furniture and solutions to storage issues.
Those of you who battled light infestations might not need to shop in this way, but for those who live in multi-unit dwellings, where the possibility of reinfestation is there, or if you just want the peace of mind of knowing that your all-metal bed frame or glass and metal table are not ideal bed bug homes, it's worth giving this some thought.
Personally, my home design tastes run toward the Ikea pine end of the spectrum; I always liked me some nice light-colored wood, and had a distaste for metal futon frames, glass tables, and the like.
I am going to paste the suggestions here which came up, since they may have been lost under the Helloise banner.
If you have a product or type of product (besides insecticides, plastic bags, and so on) that has helped you fight bed bugs (or makes you sleep better once they're gone), please add a comment below, with links if possible. We're talking furniture, storage solutions: products or clever solutions. We're not trying to sell anything, so much as to give people new ideas.
Costco has a nice wire shelving unit in their stores (not online) — large, 6 shelves, assembled with feet (rather than casters, also included). It was under $75. Could be made into two units as well, very solid.
Helloise tells me she has seen a lot of black metal daybeds in various stores–they're not as comfortable as a sofa or bed, alas, but for people without much furniture, perhaps a twin size bed / seating is something useful.
Now, I know you have some great suggestions. Click "comments" above the message to add them below. And remember, you can use a pseudonym and fake email if you're worried, but take Jess's advice and please be creative with the nickname you choose! And keep using it, so we remember you. Thanks!
For example, I bought stackable plastic utility shelves at BJ's (similar ones available at Home Depot) that you might normally use in a workshop, basement or garage. They come in black and white. I use them instead of bookcases. They are inexpensive, sturdy, and don't look too bad when you put things on them. Sort of "student decorating" in style, but I feel very comfortable knowing they are just for the time being. I can take them apart, look inside of them; they have no screws or wooden parts, just all smooth plastic. Best of all, I know I can toss them when I move. Utilitarian is the word.
I saw the very same thing Bulaina is talking about in a Crate and Barrel furniture display window in Boston, all chrome and glass, simplified furniture design. I posted about it on the Yahoo list, it was so striking to me. I think bedbugs have changed apartment design, particularly beginning with designers in Brooklyn and New York city.
I forgot to say that regarding furniture, I also threw out my bed and matching nightstand–furniture that was in our family for 60 years–and replaced them with a simple metal bed. My previous wooden bed had a mahogany veneer over hardwood, and a man I know who was very knowledgeable about bedbugs visited my apartment and told me the bedbugs could be living between the veneer and the wood on my type of bed, they are that thin.
–bridge chairs, replacing a stuffed chair and love seat that I had to toss.
It is beginning to look like "police headquarters" around here, if you ask me.
Nobugs, what a great idea for a post.
Yes, Bugalina and Parakeets, I have been calling myself a minimalist ever since I threw away almost everything I owned. It was then that I realized life would never quite look the same to me.
I'm hanging in for as long as I can to make sure the bugs here are truly gone before I leave this place to some poor unsuspecting soul, but I DREAM of what my new apartment will look like. Okay, actually, the only thing I really care about is that every single piece of furniture or shelving will have legs that will fit into bed risers. I'm telling you, people, EVERYTHING will be up off the floor and in risers full of tea tree oil. Tea tree oil has been wonderful at preventing the bugs from crawling into bed with me, and I've grown to adore the smell. I'm serious. My new apartment will REEK of it, and my new furniture (simple, basic, not-fluffy-at-all) will be protected by it forever. I think I'll ask to be doused in tea tree oil when I die. I'm not kidding.
I have a question that requires research which I mean to undertake but I was wondering if anyone already knew. What mattress retailers, if any, do not offer 30-day "comfort trials" and do not cart away used mattresses?
I find air mattresses–at least the one I'm using–extremely uncomfortable. They're fantastic on a metal cot, easy to lift, clean, etc., but not a long-term solution for me, or is it a matter of quality? I have a really cheap one. As I'm sure is the case with most of you, I get so little sleep as it is, and hate to be in bed any longer than absolutely necessary… but I also want to think ahead to a day when I may want to shop for a new mattress. Just thinking about it makes me nervous.
If no one knows, I will start making calls after the holidays and will let you know.


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The scientific ship "Abate Molina" celebrates 25 years dedicated to national fisheries and aquaculture research
July 11th, 2016 Periodista Gabriela.Gutiérrez
Leonardo Nunez Montaner, Executive Director of IFOP, and Naoto Nikai, Ambassador of Japan
With a ceremony held at the Cousino building in the city of Valparaiso, the Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, jointly with Instituto de Fomento Pesquero celebrated the quarter century of research vessel "Abate Molina," ship that arrived to our country in 1991 after being built in Japan with the highest naval and scientific technology.
In the activity, where major fisheries and aquaculture authorities attended, the important work of research conducted aboard the "Abate" was highlighted, which has allow to deliver valuable information and knowledge about the reality of resources that inhabit our shores, permitting advance public policies aimed at safeguarding, conservation and sustainability of national marine resources.
The development of fisheries and aquaculture in the country has been hand contributed by "Abate Molina" and researchers enrolled that year after year ride our waters from north to south in various expedition cruises. Also, it is important to mention that the vessel is fully operative, this thanks to a plan of maintenance and improvements which has raised its technical and structural capacities to international standards for 10 years on.
Raul Súnico, Undersecretary of Fisheries and Aquaculture, said that "the ship Abate Molina is the main generator of scientific research inputs for decision making on allocations of fishing quotas, so much of the sustainability of fisheries resources in the country depend on the Abate Molina action, its scientists and operating crew."
"Today, the Abate Molina does not sail alone. Cabo de Hornos vessel has joined, conducting cutting-edge research as well. Besides, we also commissioned the construction of a new research shore vessel – of a length of 20 meters- that will allow us to research in the 5 miles and internal seas of southern Chile. They are new vessels that will be part of the system of fisheries research in the country," he added.
Naoto Nikai, Ambassador of Japan, in his speech, he stressed "the fact that Abate Molina "remains in force after this long journey of twenty-five (25) years and continue performing duties as scientific vessel under the proper administration of IFOP, is very appreciated. "
Leonardo Nunez, Executive Director of Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP) emphasized that "has been a tremendous opportunity to bring together many generations around the ship
Abate Molina, from the origin to modern times, where she has already spent a quarter century. It is important to highlight its crew, hard working heroes that have made homeland and sovereignty by recognizing natural resources; and the researchers, who through their dedication, we could have timely and accurate information, being this managed through Subpesca, to take care of our fishing heritage."
In the last 10 years, the Abate Molina has accomplished 11 annual sailing cruises, with an average of 243 days per year, navigating between 277 and 289 days between 2006 and 2009. In 2016 and to date, the Abate has already made five cruises completing 139 days of operation.
This platform was donated by the Japanese government in 1990 to conduct oceanographic fisheries research with the best possible standards; for its design, Chilean and Japanese engineers and professionals participated, who established requirements with latest equipment for the time, considering the best technology available of acoustic detection for resource assessment and oceanographic and fisheries research, as well as navigation equipment and satellite communications.
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Con la presencia del Subsecretario de Pesca el Instituto de Fomento Pesquero celebra 51 años dedicados a la investigación El Instituto de Fomento Pesquero es creado en 1964 por la Corporación de Fomento de la Producción (CORFO) y la...


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Q: Optimize MySQL query with larger database how can be write the below query efficiently
SELECT DISTINCT a.id
FROM table1 a where a.id NOT IN (SELECT DISTINCT b.id
                                 FROM table2 b)

Post this query the result is inserted into table2 via an insert query.
The problem is that table1 has approx ~75300 records and table2 has ~74000 records.
This query is to be executed every 10 mins and it takes approx 1.5 mins to execute.
Any possibilities this query could be faster?

A: Try using a Join
SELECT DISTINCT a.id from table1 a
LEFT JOIN table2 b
on a.id = b.id
Where b.id is null

The Left Join clause will select all rows from a regardless of whether or not there are matching rows in b. You then can use the where clause at the end to ensure that the rows returned from a have no match in b

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