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Posted on July 13, 2020 July 14, 2020 by BigPapa909! — Leave a comment
The Origins of The Ku Klux Klan And why Black America votes for the Political Party that created it
More hidden History
The previous series of three essays seem to have turned out to be wastes of time if I have reception, tangible support, and positive feedback to go on. However, I was "attacked" pretty hard by actual Marxists on social media. Catching hella flak from four of them. One in my inbox privately. And three in public. One went "full retard" to use the phase and attempted to use "straw man" arguments to actually character assassinate me. Heavy stuff.
So by that measure, I must be on to something. As the saying goes, "you never catch flak unless you're flying over the target."
This time I write for me. I had planned to touch on this subject before I was moved spiritually to create the essay prior this one. If anyone is actually reading and comprehending my essays, enjoy.
I would hope that my fellow Black Americans would read my work, but I am fairly sure that this does not happen. Despite these essays being such a useful tool of personal upliftment for them.
C'est la vie
Origins The Democratic Party…
There is a saying, "See a jackass. Ride it." This is how my people are (mis)treated. Over and over
In the mid 1820s the Democratic Party sprung up in support of the Presidential Candidacy of Andrew Jackson. Jackson, a former General, was an outsider challenging the political establishment, and the elites of his day. His critics disparaged him as a Jackass. But Jackson embraced the animal as a symbol of determination. And donkeys started appearing in newspapers to represent him and his followers. This is why the jackass, and or donkey are symbols of the party to this very day.
In the 1828 presidential election, which saw record breaking participation, Jackson won in a landslide over John Quincy Adams. In the presidential election, Jackson won a plurality of the electoral vote, taking states in the South, West, and Mid-Atlantic. He was the only candidate to win states outside of his regional base. Thus he became the seventh president of The United States. His supporters argued that they, and not the old guard elites truly represented the popular will of country. Therefore they started calling themselves the "Democratic Party."
Jackson's party immediately began dispelling Native Americans living east of the Mississippi River. An issue that defined the new administration. After he signed the Indian Removal Act into law on May 28, 1830, five large tribes known as The Five Civilized Tribes (Chickasaw, Choctaw, Seminole, Cherokee, and Creek), were rounded up and forcibly marched into camps further west in a strange land in the Indian Territory. The act has been referred to as a unitary act of systematic genocide, because it discriminated against an ethnic group in so far as to make certain the death of vast numbers of its population. The Act was signed by Andrew Jackson and it was strongly enforced under his administration and that of Martin Van Buren, which extended until 1841. The exodus of over 60,000 Native Americans of the United States was termed The Trail of Tears.
The Infamous Trail of Tears
The Democrats ambitions then led them in the 1840s to adopt the doctrine of Manifest Destiny.
A widely held cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that its white settlers were destined to expand across North America. Democratic President James K. Polk put this plan into action.
There are three basic themes to manifest destiny:
The special virtues of the American people and their institutions
The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of agrarian America
An irresistible destiny to accomplish this essential duty
The Democratic Party's "Manifest Destiny"
In doing so, this plan massively expanded U.S. Holdings by annexing Texas. Acquiring Oregon. And winning much of what is now the South Western United States in a war with Mexico. But soon after, bitter controversy erupted over whether of not new states entering the Union should be allowed to permit slavery. The Democrats said that they should since their support base was strongest in slave owning states. Yet now another party, The Republicans sprang up in opposition of expanding slavery any further. The year was 1854.
When Abraham Lincoln won the presidency On November 6, 1860. He was the first Republican president and his victory was entirely due to his support in the North and West; no ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states, and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states. Lincoln received 1,866,452 votes, or 39.8% of the total in a four-way race, carrying the free Northern states, as well as California and Oregon. His victory in the electoral college was decisive: Lincoln had 180 votes to 123 for his opponents.
Secession and Civil War…
In response to Lincoln's election, The Democratic Party secessionists implemented plans to leave the Union before he took office in March 1861. On December 20, 1860, South Carolina took the lead by adopting an ordinance of secession; by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed.
Six of these states declared themselves to be a sovereign nation, the Confederate States of America, and adopted a constitution. The upper South and border states (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, and Arkansas) initially rejected the secessionist appeal. President Buchanan and President-elect Lincoln refused to recognize the Confederacy, declaring secession illegal. The Confederacy selected Jefferson Davis as its provisional President on February 9, 1861. This lead to the (first) U.S. Civil War. Which lasted from 1861 – 1865.
Once the Civil war was over, the Republican Party was bitterly unpopular among the wealthy white Southerners who wanted to maintain their right to own slaves. Interesting fact; only the most wealthy 25% of white Americans actually owned slaves. Contrary to popular myth. Another myth is the 400 years fallacy. Stating that Africans and their decedents were slaves in the U.S. For 400 years. This is not true. The actual number was eighty-nine years if we count from the beginning of the U.S. as a nation in 1776 until the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. However this did not take effect until January 1, 1863.
Although some slaves did not find out that they were actually free until after the war ended in 1865.
1865 – 1776 = 89.
Major General Gordon Granger
This gave birth to the (until just this past year) little known and obscure holiday known as Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth) also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, and Liberation Day. A holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States. Originating in Texas, it is now celebrated annually on the 19th of June throughout the United States, with varying official recognition. Specifically, it commemorates Union Army General Gordon Granger announcing federal orders in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, proclaiming that all slaves in Texas were free but I digress….
Historian Eric Foner observed: "In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party"
The Ku Klux Klan…
The Ku Klux Klan (/ˌkuː klʌks ˈklæn, ˌkjuː-/),[a] commonly called the KKK or the Klan, is an American white supremacist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans, as well as Jews, immigrants, and homosexuals, among others.
The Klan has existed in three distinct eras at different points in time during the history of the United States. Each has advocated extremist reactionary positions such as white nationalism, anti-immigration, and – especially in later iterations; Nordicism, antisemitism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. Although the terms ending in the word "phobia" are misnomers. Ones I am loathe to use, as they do not "fear" these groups. They 'hate" them.
Historically, the first Klan used terrorism – both physical assault and murder – against politically active blacks and their allies in the South in the late 1860s, until it was suppressed around 1872. All three movements have called for the "purification" of American society and all are considered "far right-wing, radical extremist" organizations. Although in actuality, they are are a "far left-wing, radical extremist" organization that utilizes the far right as "Controlled Opposition, Useful Idiots.
A new order of the ages
Anyone who has been following and reading my blog essays as of late will be fully aware of the Hegelian Dialectic at play here. As both the far left and far fight are controlled and funded by the same International Banking Cartels. Functioning as thesis and antithesis in order to bring about the synthesis "Novus ordo seclorum" A new order of the ages. Translated by Charles Thomson, a Latin expert who was involved in the design of the Great Seal and proposed it, as the motto thereof. It is also found on the back of the U.S. One Dollar Bill.
Overview: The Three Klans…
In each era, membership was secret and estimates of the total were highly exaggerated by both friends and enemies.
The First Klan
was an movement of white Southerners who opposed Reconstruction. It was founded in 1866 by members of the Democrat Party to inflict violence against black leaders and white Republicans. Its purpose was to take control and return Democrats to power. One of the founders, and the first "Grand Wizard," was former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Attempts were made to break up the Klan by President Ulysses S. Grant and the U.S. Army using the Civil Rights Act of 1871 (also known as the Ku Klux Klan Act).
Republicans stripped white males who engaged in rebellion against the United States of the vote, and gave it to Blacks. Newly freed Blacks held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions as Republicans. The white males who were deprived of the vote were also barred from holding any civil service position and were universally Democrats. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats, so they formed the Ku Klux Klan to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.
The Ku Klux Klan started attacking Black Republican conventions. At the Republican convention in Louisiana, the Klan joined with New Orleans police and New Orleans' Democrat mayor. The New Orleans Republican convention was attacked. 40 Blacks and 20 whites were killed. Another 150 were wounded. In 1868 the Democrats put out push cards in South Carolina listing what they called the "radical members of the South Carolina legislature." A push card is about the size of a baseball card. The cards had the pictures of 63 legislators they wanted to kill. 50 of the legislators were Black and 13 were white. All 63 were Republicans. On the back of the were the names of the legislators.
Marked for death by far left radical Democrats.
In 1872 Congress held hearings on the Klan. Democrat leaders from Democrat States admitted under oath unequivocally that the Klan belonged to the Democrat party and their propose was to restore control in Southern states to the Democratic party. The Congressional Hearings make up 13 volumes. Black congressmen John Roy Lynch and Richard Cain went to Congress armed for fear of Klan attacks. Blacks testified that they were instructed by the Klan and Democrats that, if they would stop voting the Republican ticket and would agree to vote the straight Democrat ticket, all the violence against Blacks would stop.
By 1876, the situation had become ungovernable for Republicans. The Republicans had been able to pass the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments which guaranteed Blacks basic equality and civil rights, but eventually had to declare an amnesty for whites who engaged in rebellion. Reconstruction ended, and Republicans withdrew from social engineering which had divided the country so deeply and stirred up such bitterness and hatred among Democrats toward both Blacks and Republicans. Reconstruction earned Republicans the undying hatred of Democrats.
African Americans in the South were left to the mercy of increasingly hostile state governments dominated by white Democratic legislatures; neither the legislatures, law enforcement or the courts worked to protect freedmen. As Democrats regained power in the late 1870s, they struggled to suppress black voting through intimidation and fraud at the polls. Paramilitary groups such as the Red Shirts acted on behalf of the Democrats to suppress black voting. From 1890 to 1908, 10 of the 11 former Confederate states passed disfranchising constitutions or amendments, with provisions for poll taxes, residency requirements, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses that effectively disfranchised most black voters and many poor white people. The disfranchisement also meant that black people could not serve on juries or hold any political office, which were restricted to voters; those who could not vote were excluded from the political system.
The Second Klan
Started small in 1915. And founded atop Stone Mountain Georgia by William Joseph Simmons. While Simmons relied on documents from the original Klan and memories of some surviving elders, the revived Klan was based significantly on the wildly popular film The Birth of a Nation.
The earlier Klan had not worn the white costumes or burned crosses; these were aspects introduced in the book on which the film was based. When the film was shown in Atlanta in December of that year, Simmons and his new klansmen paraded to the theater in robes and pointed hoods—many on robed horses—just like in the movie.
These mass parades would become another hallmark of the new Klan that had not existed in the original Reconstruction-era organization. It was primarily a nonviolent membership organization in the 1920s that flourished nationwide in the early and mid-1920s. Including urban areas of the Midwest and West reaching hundreds of thousands—possibly millions—of men, in every state.
It was mostly a Ponzi scheme, whereby the organizers took all the money (for initiation fees and costumes). The chapters did not have dues. And used K-words which were similar to those used by the first Klan, while adding cross burnings and mass parades to intimidate others.
All theater. Literally taken from a movie to intimidate and emotionally terrorize. The original KKK did not do this.
When they had organized an area they moved on, leaving local chapters without money or leadership. No prominent American admitted he was a member at the time, but state organizers claimed vast powers. There is a possibility that some local Klans in the deep South engaged in violence against blacks, but historians are unsure; allegations of systematic violence were common but have not been verified. In recent years historians have found enough records to show that local chapters were primarily discussion groups, often with speakers who denounced Catholics, Jews, crime and violation of the prohibition laws.
A series of scandals rocked the KKK's reputation and the group somewhat faded after the 1924 Democratic National Convention. In 1937 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed Alabama Senator Hugo Black to the Supreme Court. Black was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and built his career campaigning at Klan meetings. In Korematsu v. the United States, Black voted to uphold President Roosevelt's mass arrests and incarceration of Japanese men, women, and children based on race.
The Third and Current Manifestation of The KKK
The third Klan currently exists and comprises a few thousand members in local chapters. There is no real organization, and the group sponsors vehement hate talk as well as occasional violent threats and actions. It is racist and aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, homosexual, and Catholic interests. The current Klan presents itself as a "Christian" organization, but all denominations have rejected it as inherently non-Christian. The wolves in sheep's clothing tactic of subverting organizations and using them as front groups is alive and well.
Democrat Sen. Robert Byrd joined the Klan in the 1940s and was unanimously elected to the rank of Exalted Cyclops for his inborn leadership skills. He repeatedly expressed his desire for the Klan to expand to its previous size and power, once remarking in a letter that "The Klan is needed today as never before and I am anxious to see its rebirth here in West Virginia" and "in every state in the nation."
Byrd commented on the 1945 controversy raging over the idea of racially integrating the military. In his book When Jim Crow Met John Bull, Graham Smith referred to a letter written that year by Byrd, when he was 28 years old, to fellow Klansman Sen. Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi, in which Byrd vowed never to fight:
"Rather I should die a thousand times, and see Old Glory trampled in the dirt never to rise again, than to see this beloved land of ours become degraded by race mongrels, a throwback to the blackest specimen from the wilds."
Bilbo told Meet the Press in a 1949 interview:
"No man can leave the Klan. He takes an oath not to do that. Once a Ku Klux, always a Ku Klux"
Democrats tried to block passage of the bi-partisan 1964 Civil Rights Act by filibustering for 75 hours, led by a 14-hour and 13-minute speech by the Exalted Cyclops Sen. Byrd. The law was intended to block Republican gains in the South followed by buying off Blacks with Great Society welfare and affirmative action programs. By the 1960s the Klan was so thoroughly infiltrated by FBI informers, the joke existed that a Klan cell of 6 members often consisted of 5 FBI informants and one klansman. In 1981 when the Republicans took control of the Senate for the first time in 28 years, the Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd was again elected Democrat Senate Leader to oppose Ronald Reagan.
David Duke was a Democrat at the time of his official membership with the Klan and founded the National Association for the Advancement of White People (NAAWP). Duke quit the Klan and the Democrat party and was elected to the Louisiana state legislature. When Duke registered to run for higher office in a Republican primary, the Republican National Committee disavowed Duke and repudiated his racist views.
Emerged after 1950, in the form of localized and isolated groups that use the KKK name. They focused on opposition to the civil rights movement and desegregation, often using violence and murder to suppress activists. It is classified as a hate group by the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. As of 2016, the Anti-Defamation League puts total KKK membership nationwide at around 3,000, while the Southern Poverty Law Center puts it at 6,000 members total.
The second and third incarnations of the Ku Klux Klan made frequent references to America's "Anglo-Saxon" blood, hearkening back to 19th-century nativism. Although members of the KKK swear to uphold Christian morality, the group is widely denounced by Christian denominations.
Historian Eric Foner observed: "In effect, the Klan was a military force serving the interests of the Democratic party, the planter class, and all those who desired restoration of white supremacy. Its purposes were political, but political in the broadest sense, for it sought to affect power relations, both public and private, throughout Southern society. It aimed to reverse the interlocking changes sweeping over the South during Reconstruction: to destroy the Republican party's infrastructure, undermine the Reconstruction state, reestablish control of the black labor force, and restore racial subordination in every aspect of Southern life. To that end they worked to curb the education, economic advancement, voting rights, and right to keep and bear arms of blacks. The Klan soon spread into nearly every Southern state, launching a reign of terror against Republican leaders both black and white. Those political leaders assassinated during the campaign included Arkansas Congressman James M. Hinds, three members of the South Carolina legislature, and several men who served in constitutional conventions"
Why Black People Vote for the Democratic Party that hates them….
The violent leftists, who founded the Klan and have been loyal Democrats since its original inception, are now appealing to groups they had previously persecuted. Oh the bitter irony.
As they own and control all major forms of media, and thus are able to manipulate the narrative with lies, obfuscation, and subterfuge. Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson said regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "I'll have them niggers voting Democratic for two hundred years."
Allegedly said to two governors (whose names were not given) according to then-Air Force One steward Robert MacMillan. As quoted in Inside the White House (1996), by Ronald Kessler, New York: Simon and Schuster, p. 33
He is why Black people vote Democrat
Looks like he was correct in his assertions. As most black Americans vote Democratic by default. Never questioning why. Nor knowing the origins of the party that continues to use them as pawns and useful idiots to further their hidden Marx-Communist agenda. Go figure! And once again it can never be stated enough; I do not support either U.S. Political Party. Nor do I vote at all. As they are two elements of the same dialectic. Bought and paid for by corporate interests. The International Bankers. On top of that, they're all pedophiles!!!
Right now in the United States a Civil (Cold) War is underway. As with all cold wars, Psychological Warfare is the modus operandi. The results of which are everywhere for all to see. Facebook and social media in general have become completely toxic places. Life-long friendships have fractured. Families are rupturing. And even love relationships are bearing the brunt. The exact types of fallout as a result of the Communist subversion spoken of by Yuri Bezmenov in his series of lectures and books have literally transformed the nation.
Every U.S. Citizen has a duty to themselves and the people they love to watch and listen to Yuri's lectures. he was killed for giving us this information that explains exactly what is going on today.
Demoralize, divide, and conquer. The Frankfurt School's Cultural Marxist tactics first demoralize in order to create a victim class. Their version of the proletariat. In this case, Black America. They use well meaning White Americans as their bludgeoning hammer. This is done by creating and repeating the false narrative of white privilege and white superiority. But as I stated in my previous essay, one cannot believe in white superiority without first believing in minority inferiority. In the essay prior to that, I asserted that white guilt is a form of passive racism. I shall now demonstrate how this occurs….
How the Communist Media is using white guilt as a passive racist psychological weapon against black people. Wake up!
It is the far-left Communists in the Democratic Party who assume that Black People are victims who cannot fend for themselves and so they, the white man (sic) must help them. Because clearly they cannot take care of themselves. This, is passive racism. Black people are bludgeoned constantly by the media telling them that they are victims. Hearing this over and over every day for years will begin to take it's toll on a person's psyche. This, is passive racism.
Having the media repeat over and over how oppressed and defenseless they are as people are does real psychological damage and degrades a person's feelings of self worth. This, is passive racism.
And now we have BLM. An avowed Marxist Political group playing the same old far-left game. Using the shield of "protecting" black people to further consolidate power and advance their own, entirely different political agenda. And just like with the Democratic Party, black people fall for the same old okey doke lie. While the Communists laugh at them for being self destructive useful idiots who will vote for and back them anyway.
Their own words. But Black People Worship them. Just like they do the Democratic party
None of this is a popular thing to say, but as a person who really does care for all black lives, I say it anyway. Because it needs to be said. And it needs to be heard and read.
As previously stated, the Cold Civil War is well underway. Threatening to go hot at any moment. Nothing short of a Marxist revolution. And as I also previously stated in my last thesis. "The Revolution does not care about you." Wake up Black People. Or continue to live in a nightmare
Wake da fuq up, or get broke da fuq up! – Killarmy (from the album Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars) 1997
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Posted on July 9, 2020 July 14, 2020 by BigPapa909! — 6 Comments
What is Marxism? And why you should fear it.
Thank you for being here……
"In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act."– George Orwell
Once again, I cannot begin to discuss the today's topic without first thanking the loyal readership of this, my humble blog.
To you, my beloved, I am truly grateful.
The people who follow and support my work do so because they are in search of a truly independent voice. I use my international platform to affect positive change, education, well-being, wisdom, and good health. Both physically and mentally. As well as emotionally.
Now before we begin, check your emotions a the door, prepare to employ critical thinking, and read on with an open mind. Lastly, please do not believe me out of out hand? Do your own research. There are over a hundred hyperlinks and sources cited for you to confirm these things for yourselves.
In this grand thesis, we shall examine what amounts to an attempted Marxist Power Grab occurring in the United States (and thus rest of the Westernized World), likely masterminded by the Russian and Chinese Communists in concert with the Elitist International Banking Cartels who fund and control them all.
Since the early nineteenth century, despotic regimes have attempted to apply the eloquent, yet impractical theories of one man to gain power over large populations and control them mercilessly. This man is Karl Heinrich Marx.
To overstand Marx, one must first familiarize themselves with Hegel. A philosopher who had a profound influence upon a young Karl Marx. As well as every philosopher who has come after him. Hegel is notorious for being "obscure" and difficult to read. Often regarded as the most obscure and difficult to read.
Herein I will do my best to inform the reader without "weighing them down" with all the "abstract minutiae" Hegel is famous for.
Hegel….
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (/ˈheɪɡəl/; German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈheːɡl̩]; August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism. He achieved recognition in his day and—while primarily influential in the continental tradition of philosophy—has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well.
Hegel and the Dialectic
Hegel's principal achievement was his development of a distinctive articulation of idealism, sometimes termed absolute idealism, in which the dualisms of, for instance, mind and nature and subject and object are overcome. His account of the master–slave dialectic has been influential, especially in 20th-century France. Of special importance is his concept of spirit (Geist, sometimes also translated as "mind") as the historical manifestation of the logical concept – and the "sublation" (Aufhebung, integration without elimination or reduction) – of seemingly contradictory or opposing factors. Hegel has been seen in the twentieth century as the originator of the thesis, antithesis, synthesis triad, but as an explicit phrase it originated with Johann Gottlieb Fichte.
Hegel has influenced many thinkers and writers whose own positions vary widely. Maurice Merleau-Ponty wrote that "all the great philosophical ideas of the past century—the philosophies of Marx and Nietzsche, phenomenology, German existentialism, and psychoanalysis—had their beginnings in Hegel."
Hegelian dialectic….
Usually presented in a threefold manner, was stated by Heinrich Moritz Chalybäus as comprising three dialectical stages of development: a thesis, giving rise to its reaction; an antithesis, which contradicts or negates the thesis; and the tension between the two being resolved by means of a synthesis. In more simplistic terms, one can consider it thus: problem → reaction → solution. Although this model is often named after Hegel, he himself never used that specific formulation. Hegel ascribed that terminology to Kant. Carrying on Kant's work, Fichte greatly elaborated on the synthesis model and popularized it.
On the other hand, Hegel did use a three-valued logical model that is very similar to the antithesis model, but Hegel's most usual terms were: Abstract-Negative-Concrete. Hegel used this writing model as a backbone to accompany his points in many of his works.
The formula, thesis-antithesis-synthesis, does not explain why the thesis requires an antithesis. However, the formula, abstract-negative-concrete, suggests a flaw, or perhaps an incompleteness, in any initial thesis—it is too abstract and lacks the negative of trial, error, and experience. For Hegel, the concrete, the synthesis, the absolute, must always pass through the phase of the negative, in the journey to completion, that is, mediation. This is the essence of what is popularly called Hegelian dialectics.
According to the German philosopher Walter Kaufmann
Karl Marx….
Karl Heinrich Marx (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, economist, historian, sociologist, political theorist, journalist and socialist revolutionary.
Marx studied law and philosophy at university. Born in Trier, Germany, on 5 May 1818 to Heinrich Marx (1777–1838) and Henriette Pressburg (1788–1863). Marx was ethnically but not religiously Jewish. His maternal grandfather was a Dutch rabbi, while his paternal line had supplied Trier's rabbis since 1723, a role taken by his grandfather Meier Halevi Marx. His father, as a child known as Herschel, was the first in the line to receive a secular education. He became a lawyer with a comfortably Upper middle class income; in addition to his income as an attorney, the family owned a number of Moselle vineyards. Prior to his son's birth, Herschel converted from Judaism to join the state Evangelical Church of Prussia, taking on the German forename Heinrich over the Yiddish Herschel.
Due to his political publications, Marx became stateless and lived in exile with his wife and children in London for decades, where he continued to develop his thought in collaboration with German thinker Friedrich Engels and publish his writings, researching in the reading room of the British Museum. His best-known titles are the 1848 pamphlet, The Communist Manifesto, and the three-volume Das Kapital (1867–1883). His political and philosophical thought had enormous influence on subsequent intellectual, economic and political history, and his name has been used as an adjective, a noun and a school of social theory.
Marx's critical theories about society, economics and politics – collectively understood as Marxism – hold that human societies develop through class conflict. In capitalism, this manifests itself in the conflict between the ruling classes (known as the bourgeoisie) that control the means of production and the working classes (known as the proletariat) that enable these means by selling their labour power in return for wages. Employing a critical approach known as historical materialism, Marx predicted that, like previous socioeconomic systems, capitalism produced internal tensions that would lead to its self-destruction and replacement by a new system known as socialism.
Marx has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history, and his work has been both lauded and criticised. His work in economics laid the basis for much of the current understanding of labor and its relation to capital, and subsequent economic thought. Many intellectuals, labor unions, artists and political parties worldwide have been influenced by Marx's work, with many modifying or adapting his ideas. Marx is typically cited as one of the principal architects of modern social science.
The Communist Manifesto reflects an attempt to explain the goals of Communism, as well as the theory underlying this movement. It argues that class struggles, or the exploitation of one class by another, are the motivating force behind all historical developments. Class relationships are defined by an era's means of production. However, eventually these relationships cease to be compatible with the developing forces of production. At this point, a revolution occurs and a new class emerges as the ruling one. This process represents the "march of history" as driven by larger economic forces.
"Modern Industrial society in specific is characterized by class conflict between the bourgeoisie and proletariat…. Thus, the proletariat will lead a revolution. However, this revolution will be of a different character than all previous ones: previous revolutions simply reallocated property in favor of the new ruling class. However, by the nature of their class, the members of the proletariat have no way of appropriating property. Therefore, when they obtain control they will have to destroy all ownership of private property, and classes themselves will disappear.
The Manifesto argues that this development is inevitable, and that capitalism is inherently unstable. The Communists intend to promote this revolution, and will promote the parties and associations that are moving history towards its natural conclusion. They argue that the elimination of social classes cannot come about through reforms or changes in government. Rather, a revolution will be required.
The Communist Manifesto has four sections. In the first section, it discusses the Communists' theory of history and the relationship between proletarians and bourgeoisie. The second section explains the relationship between the Communists and the proletarians. The third section addresses the flaws in other, previous socialist literature. The final section discusses the relationship between the Communists and other parties."
Summary excerpt taken from Sparknotes dot com
Das Kapital, also called Capital. A Critique of Political Economy (German: Das Kapital. Kritik der politischen Ökonomie, pronounced [das kapiˈtaːl kʁɪˈtiːk deːɐ poˈliːtɪʃən økonoˈmiː]; 1867–1883), is a foundational theoretical text in materialist philosophy, economics and politics by Karl Marx. Marx aimed to reveal the economic patterns underpinning the capitalist mode of production in contrast to classical political economists such as Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, David Ricardo and John Stuart Mill. While Marx did not live to publish the planned second and third parts, they were both completed from his notes and published after his death by his colleague Friedrich Engels. Das Kapital is the most cited book in the social sciences published before 1950.
Karl Marx and the Communist Manifesto can never be seriously discussed without at least a cursory mention of Friedrich Engels.
How does one eat with a 'stache like that?
(/ˈɛŋ(ɡ)əlz/ ENG-(g)əlz;German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔɛŋl̩s]; sometimes anglicised Frederick Engels; 28 November 1820 – 5 August 1895) was a German philosopher, historian, communist, social scientist, sociologist, journalist and businessman. His father was an owner of large textile factories in Salford, England, and Barmen, Prussia (now Wuppertal, Germany).
Engels developed what is now known as Marxist theory together with Karl Marx and in 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research in English cities. In 1848, Engels co-authored The Communist Manifesto with Marx and also authored and co-authored (primarily with Marx) many other works. Later, Engels supported Marx financially, allowing him to do research and write Das Kapital. After Marx's death, Engels edited the second and third volumes of Das Kapital. Additionally, Engels organized Marx's notes on the Theories of Surplus Value, which were later published as the "fourth volume" of Das Kapital. In 1884, he published The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State on the basis of Marx's ethnographic research.
I've left several links for the intellectually curious among my readership to do further research about Marx's "right hand man." As time constraints simply do not allow me to go as in depth on all these facts and figures as I had to do in researching for this essay.
Despot Number One. The first man to attempt to put Marx's theories into practice. And the first to fail miserably.
Vladimir Lenin…..
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist.
Lenin's father, Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, was from a family of serfs. Despite this lower-class background Ilya had risen to middle-class status, studying physics and mathematics at Kazan Imperial University before teaching at the Penza Institute for the Nobility. Ilya married Maria Alexandrovna Blank in mid-1863. Well educated, she was the daughter of a wealthy German–Swedish Lutheran mother, and a Russian Jewish father who had converted to Christianity and worked as a physician.
Lenin served as head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia and then the wider Soviet Union became a one-party communist state governed by the Russian Communist Party. Ideologically a communist, he developed a variant of Marxism known as Leninism. Born to a moderately prosperous middle-class family in Simbirsk, Lenin embraced revolutionary socialist politics following his brother's 1887 execution.
Lenin's Bolshevik government initially shared power with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, elected soviets, and a multi-party Constituent Assembly, although by 1918 it had centralized power in the new Communist Party.
Opponents were suppressed in the Red Terror, a violent campaign administered by the state security services; tens of thousands were killed or interned in concentration camps. His health failing in 1922, Lenin died in Gorki in 1924, with Joseph Stalin succeeding him as the per-eminent figure in the Soviet government.
Widely considered one of the most significant and influential figures of the 20th century. He became an ideological figurehead behind Marxism–Leninism and thus a prominent influence over the international communist movement.
A controversial and highly divisive historical figure, Lenin is viewed by supporters as a champion of socialism and the working class, while critics on both the left and right emphasize his role as founder and leader of an authoritarian regime responsible for political repression and mass killings.
Leninist Communism is a direct descendant of Marxism. He did not believe that Capitalism alone would spark revolution. Lenin felt the need for "professional revolutionaries"
Leninism….
Marxism–Leninism is a political philosophy that seeks to establish a socialist state to develop further into socialism and eventually communism, a classless social system with common ownership of the means of production, with full social and economic equality of all members of society. Marxist–Leninists espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of orthodox Marxism and Leninism. As an ideology, it was developed by Joseph Stalin in the late 1920s based on his understanding and synthesis of both orthodox Marxism and Leninism. It was the official state ideology of the Soviet Union and the other ruling parties making up the Eastern Bloc as well as the political parties of the Communist International after Bolshevisation.
Today, Marxism–Leninism is the ideology of Stalinist and Maoist political parties around the world and remains the official ideology of the ruling parties of China, Cuba, Laos and Vietnam.
It rejected the common notions among Western Marxists at the time of world revolution as a prerequisite for building socialism in favor of the concept of socialism in one country.
The goal of Marxism–Leninism is the revolutionary transformation of a capitalist state into a socialist state by way of two-stage revolution led by a vanguard party of professional revolutionaries drawn from the proletariat.
To realize the two-stage transformation of the state, the vanguard party establishes the dictatorship of the proletariat (as opposed to that of the bourgeoisie) and determines policy through democratic centralism.
The Marxist–Leninist communist party is the vanguard for the political, economic and social transformation of a capitalist society into a socialist society which is the lower stage of socio-economic development and progress towards the upper-stage communist society which is stateless and classless. It features public ownership of the means of production, accelerated industrialization, pro-active development of society's productive forces (research and development) and nationalized natural resources.
The Fabian Society…
After the unsuccessful European revolutions of mid-nineteenth Century, socialist reformers realized that a different approach was required. While some hard core revolutionaries still persisted in their violent methods, a more clever approach was devised in England by a group of socialist intellectuals. In 1883 an American citizen born in Scotland, Thomas Davidson, joined with a group of socialists in the London apartment of Edward R. Pease and discussed the establishment of a society for the promotion of Socialism among intellectuals. An English couple, Beatrice and Sidney Webb, and George Bernard Shaw (an outspoken eugenicist), were among the early organizers. The name given to the new society was based on their planned intellectual guerrilla-type tactics. They called their group the British Fabian Socialist Society. The name Fabian was derived from that of the Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus (Cunctator), whose delaying guerrilla tactics were so effective in Opposing Hannibal across Italy during the second Punic war. The Fabian techniques consisted in attracting highly respectable intellectuals to influence the unsuspecting masses of the population. The scheme has worked to influence the unsuspecting masses of the population….
George Bernard Shaw Praises Hitler and Germany 1935
In 1907 the British Fabian society sponsored a meeting of a group of Russian Marxist revolutionaries in London. At that meeting the Russian Bolshevik Party was formed under the leadership of Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin). The close ideological ties between the Fabians and the Bolsheviks have remained through the years. The main difference between them lies in their methodology of takeover. The Fabians believe in imposing their brand of Marxism through their intellectual influence over universities, politicians, and the mass communications media. They disdain violence as a means of takeover; although not as eventual means of maintaining power. On the other hand, the Bolsheviks believe in the imposition of Marxism through violent revolution (Marxism-Leninism). Fabian Socialism, long having preceded Marxism-Leninism, achieved some influence in American intellectual circles before the Russian revolution of 1917. By 1929 a prominent Fabian became Prime Minister of Britain…
Since that time both forms of Marxist subversion have been influential in the United States….
Around the turn of this Century the Fabian Socialist Society founded the London School of Economics to insure proper Fabian economic education. By that instrument they have expanded their influence enormously throughout British society and government.
(except from "Extent of Subversion in Campus Disorders, Testimony of Ernesto E. Blanco. Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, First Session. June 19, 1969"
*(interesting to note… Bill Clinton and Tony Blair are Fabian Scholars)
Pavlovian conditioning…
"Given that Communism regards human being in this way, it follows that its major efforts have been towards "bestializing" them—beating them like wild animals, "training" them by instilling fear and inflicting pain and, when necessary, cutting their throats. Very clearly, Lenin accepted this materialist-Darwinist philosophy that regards human beings as animals. After speaking privately with Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, the Russian scientist famous for his experiments on the conditioned reflexes of animals, Lenin tried applying Pavlov's methods to Russian society. In his book, A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution, Orlando Figes writes about Lenin's desire to "educate" the Russian people as an animal trainer would, and how the roots of this ambition lie in Darwinism:
This is what the people have allowed the media (matrix) to do to them
In October 1919, according to legend, Lenin paid a secret visit to the laboratory of the great physiologist I. P. Pavlov to find out if his work on the conditional reflexes of the brain might help the Bolsheviks control human behavior. 'I want the masses of Russia to follow a Communistic pattern of thinking and reacting,' Lenin explained… Pavlov was astounded. It seemed that Lenin wanted him to do for humans what he had already done for dogs. 'Do you mean that you would like to standardize the population of Russia? Make them all behave in the same way?' he asked. 'Exactly' replied Lenin. 'Man can be corrected. Man can be made what we want him to be.'… [T]he ultimate aim of the Communist system was the transformation of human nature. It was an aim shared by the other so-called totalitarian regimes of the inter-war period…As one of the pioneers of the eugenics movement in Nazi Germany put in 1920, 'it could almost seem as if we have witnessed a change in the concept of humanity…We were forced by the terrible exigencies of war to ascribe a different value to the life of the individual than was the case before."
(excerpt from the book "Communism In Ambush" by Harun Yahya page 37)
*(Interestingly enough Pavlov was actually opposed to communism and spoke out against it. To his own great peril, and danger of becoming one of the hundreds of millions killed for doing so).
And despite Pavlov refusing Lenin's requests to enact this vile practice on an unsuspecting populace, less moralistic "scientists" after him indeed did so.
It is these very tactics that are employed to condition the world populace through the corporately owned mainstream media (matrix) of the westernized world. People claim to be "woke" (the opposite of awake ironically), while at the same time constantly sharing the memes, videos, and articles of the very people pulling their "puppet strings."
While at the same time wondering why there is so much stress and drama in the social media-sphere?
(pro tip – this!)
"Reality exists in the human mind, and nowhere else."
― George Orwell, 1984
The "Leninist-Communists cannot be mentioned without including Leon Trotsky.
A Menshevik and a very important piece of the Leninist puzzle, and as the War Commissar of the Red Army. I could easily write an entire essay on this incredibly interesting man but alas, I must stay on topic. Therefore I leave you with a summary along with a link or few to aid the research minded among you in your deeper exploration of this particular rabbit hole.
Leon Trotsky, was born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, to David Leontyevich Bronstein (1847-1922) and Anna Lvovna (née Zhivotovskaya, 1850-1910) on 7 November 1879 [October 26, Old Style], 1879, the fifth child of a Ukrainian-Jewish family of wealthy farmers in Yanovka or Yanivka, in the Kherson governorate of the Russian Empire (now Bereslavka, in Ukraine).
Trotsky's father, David Bronshtein, was a farmer of Russified Jewish background who had settled as a colonist in the steppe region, and his mother, Anna, was of the educated middle class. He had an older brother and sister; two other siblings died in infancy. At the age of eight, he was sent to school in Odessa, where he spent eight years with the family of his mother's nephew, a liberal intellectual. When he moved to Nikolayev in 1896 to complete his schooling, he was drawn into an underground socialist circle and introduced to Marxism. After briefly attending the University of Odessa, he returned to Nikolayev to help organize the underground South Russian Workers' Union.
Arrested in January 1898 for revolutionary activity, Bronshtein spent four and a half years in prison and in exile in Siberia, during which time he married his co-conspirator Aleksandra Sokolovskaya and fathered two daughters. He escaped in 1902 with a forged passport bearing the name Trotsky, which he adopted as his revolutionary pseudonym. His wife remained behind, and the separation became permanent. Trotsky made his way to London, where he joined the group of Russian Social-Democrats working with Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) on the revolutionary newspaper Iskra "The Spark."
At the Second Congress of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, held in Brussels and London in July 1903, Trotsky sided with the Menshevik faction—advocating a democratic approach to socialism—against Lenin and the Bolsheviks. Shortly before this, in Paris, Trotsky had met and married Natalya Sedova, by whom he subsequently had two sons, Lev and Sergey.
Stalin Lenin and Trotsky at the beginning of their rise to power
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jugashvili; 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet politician who led the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until 1953 as the general secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and premier of the Soviet Union (1941–1953). Despite initially governing the Soviet Union as part of a collective leadership, he eventually consolidated power to become the country's de facto dictator by the 1930s. A communist ideologically committed to the Leninist interpretation of Marxism, Stalin formalized these ideas as Marxism–Leninism, while his own policies are known as Stalinism.
Born to a poor family in Gori in the Russian Empire (now Georgia), Stalin joined the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party as a youth. He edited the party's newspaper, Pravda, and raised funds for Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik faction via robberies, kidnappings, and protection rackets. Repeatedly arrested, he underwent several internal exiles. Stalin formed a Bolshevik Battle Squad which he used to try to keep Baku's warring ethnic factions apart. Stalin's Squads disarmed local police and troops, raided government arsenals, and raised funds through protection rackets on large local businesses and mines. They launched attacks on the government's Cossack troops and pro-Tsarist Black Hundreds, coordinating some of their operations with the Menshevik militia.
Joseph Stalin. The man of Steel
In November 1905, Stalin met Lenin for the first time. Although Stalin held Lenin in deep respect, he was vocal in his disagreement with Lenin's view that the Bolsheviks should field candidates for the forthcoming election to the State Duma; Stalin saw the parliamentary process as a waste of time. Stalin married Kato Svanidze in a church ceremony at Senaki in July 1906. In March 1907 she bore a son, Yakov. By that year—according to the historian Robert Service—Stalin had established himself as "Georgia's leading Bolshevik".
In November 1907, his wife died of typhus, and he left his son with her family in Tiflis.
Deeply affected by the death of his wife, Stalin swore to himself to never allow anyone else into his heart. It was at this point that he became completely numb to the suffering of others.
After the Bolsheviks seized power during the 1917 October Revolution and created a one-party state under Lenin's newly renamed Communist Party, Stalin joined its governing Politburo. Serving in the Russian Civil War before overseeing the Soviet Union's establishment in 1922, Stalin assumed leadership over the country following Lenin's 1924 death. Under Stalin, "Socialism in One Country" became a central tenet of the party's dogma. Through the Five-Year Plans, the country underwent agricultural collectivisation and rapid industrialisation, creating a centralized command economy. This led to significant disruptions in food production that contributed to the famine of 1932–33. To eradicate accused "enemies of the working class", Stalin instituted the "Great Purge", in which over a million were imprisoned and at least 700,000 executed between 1934 and 1939. By 1937, he had complete personal control over the party and state.
Stalin's government promoted Marxism–Leninism abroad through the Communist International and supported European anti-fascist movements during the 1930s.
The Soviets annexed the Baltic states and helped establish Soviet-aligned governments throughout Central and Eastern Europe, China, and North Korea.
Widely considered one of the 20th century's most significant figures, Stalin was the subject of a pervasive personality cult within the international Marxist–Leninist movement, which revered him as a champion of the working class and socialism. Conversely, his totalitarian government has been widely condemned for overseeing mass repressions, ethnic cleansing, deportations, hundreds of thousands of executions, and famines that killed millions.
This is but a mere fraction of what there is to be known about "The Man of Steel".
Stalin, just like all the other men in this thesis could easily engulf the entire essay.
Once again, links for further independent research are provided.
"He declared that 'national socialism was based on Marx. Socialists have always disowned him. But a new book insists that he was, at heart, a left-winger"
In April 1945, when Adolf Hitler died by his own hand in the rubble of Berlin, nobody was much interested in what he had once believed. That was to be expected. War is no time for reflection, and what Hitler had done was so shattering, and so widely known through images of naked bodies piled high in mass graves, that little or no attention could readily be paid to National Socialism as an idea. It was hard to think of it as an idea at all. Hitler, who had once looked a crank or a clown, was exposed as the leader of a gang of thugs, and the world was content to know no more than that.
Half a century on, there is much to be said. Even thuggery can have its reasons, and the materials that have newly appeared, though they may not transform judgement, undoubtedly enrich and deepen it. Confidants of Hitler, such as the late Albert Speer, have published their reminiscences; his wartime table-talk is a book; early revelations like Hermann Rauschning's Hitler Speaks of 1939 have been validated by painstaking research, and the notes of dead Nazis like Otto Wagener have been edited, along with a full text of Goebbels's diary.
It is now clear beyond all reasonable doubt that Hitler and his associates believed they were socialists, and that others, including democratic socialists, thought so too. The title of National Socialism was not hypocritical. The evidence before 1945 was more private than public, which is perhaps significant in itself. In public Hitler was always anti-Marxist, and in an age in which the Soviet Union was the only socialist state on earth, and with anti-Bolshevism a large part of his popular appeal, he may have been understandably reluctant to speak openly of his sources. His megalomania, in any case, would have prevented him from calling himself anyone's disciple. That led to an odd and paradoxical alliance between modern historians and the mind of a dead dictator. Many recent analysts have fastidiously refused to study the mind of Hitler; and they accept, as unquestioningly as many Nazis did in the 1930s, the slogan "Crusade against Marxism" as a summary of his views. An age in which fascism has become a term of abuse is unlikely to analyse it profoundly.
National "Socialists" Left Wing/Right Wing. Same Dialectic Bird. Nazi's spoke rhetoric to appeal to the far right, but at their core, they were far left. Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis fully realized and embodied within one political ideology/regime.
His private conversations, however, though they do not overturn his reputation as an anti-Communist, qualify it heavily. Hermann Rauschning, for example, a Danzig Nazi who knew Hitler before and after his accession to power in 1933, tells how in private Hitler acknowledged his profound debt to the Marxian tradition. "I have learned a great deal from Marxism" he once remarked, "as I do not hesitate to admit". He was proud of a knowledge of Marxist texts acquired in his student days before the First World War and later in a Bavarian prison, in 1924, after the failure of the Munich putsch.
The trouble with Weimar Republic politicians, he told Otto Wagener at much the same time, was that "they had never even read Marx", implying that no one who had failed to read so important an author could even begin to understand the modern world; in consequence, he went on, they imagined that the October revolution in 1917 had been "a private Russian affair", whereas in fact it had changed the whole course of human history!
His differences with the communists, he explained, were less ideological than tactical. German communists he had known before he took power, he told Rauschning, thought politics meant talking and writing. They were mere pamphleteers, whereas "I have put into practice what these peddlers and pen pushers have timidly begun", adding revealingly that "the whole of National Socialism" was based on Marx. – George Watson
excerpt from "Hitler and the socialist dream" (Article published in The Independent – Sunday 22 November 1998 01:02)
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At ulearn14, Dr Katie Novak was a shining star. We all fell in love with her. 'We' being the fearless foursome from Woodford House.
Let me just dwell on that a sec: the foursome comprised three females and me; one mathematician, one scientist, one elearning/business studies expert and me.
I repeat: we all fell in love with Dr Novak!
That's some feat. How the dickens did that happen?
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides the answer. It hit a collective nerve.
The fundamental principle behind it is revolutionary - we are all different!
We all learn in different ways. We understand things in different ways so we all require different ways of approaching content. Some learn some things faster than others so providing options is essential.
We all approach learning tasks in different ways. Some may be able to express themselves well in written text but not speech, and vice versa so providing options for action and expression is essential.
As learners we all differ in our engagement and motivation. Some learners are highly engaged by spontaneity and novelty while others are disengaged, even frightened, by those aspects, preferring strict routine. Some learners might like to work alone, while others prefer to work with their peers. Providing multiple options for engagement is essential.
So - that's the orange. The mango?
Well, this all plays into our desire in the English Department at Woodford House to be much more flexible with programmes and approaches in 2015. See what I did there?
The only fly in the ointment, joker in the pack, gnawing voice in the back of my head is John Hattie and his meta-analysis regarding the effect size of inquiry based teaching as a strategy (in his book Visible learning for teachers). Inquiry based teaching intersects with UDL from what I can see.
That dilly of a pickle is explored in one of my next posts.


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Newly Announced: 311, Shovels and Rope, Radolescents, Cold War Kids and More
By Daniel Hill on Thu, Oct 24, 2019 at 12:35 pm
TODD COOPER
Shovels and Rope will perform at Delmar Hall on Wednesday, April 15.
Here, again, is every newly announced show for the week! On page one you'll find a quick list of shows that particularly caught our attention.
Page two contains our complete listing of new shows, so you can do some digging of your own and let us know which ones you are excited about. Click through, and start planning ahead.
311: W/ BoomTown United, Thu., Dec. 12, 8 p.m., $49.50-$52.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Angels & Airwaves: W/ I Don't Know How But They Found Me, Mon., Dec. 16, 8 p.m., $38-$48. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
The Anniversary: Fri., Jan. 31, 8:30 p.m., $23-$27. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.
Begin at Zero Album Release Show: W/ Bradtholomew, Biologist, Sat., Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m., $10. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
The Bottle Rockets: Sat., Nov. 30, 8 p.m., $20. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
Circa Survive: Mon., June 1, 7:30 p.m., $25-$30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Cold War Kids: W/ Tidal Volume, Thu., Dec. 19, 8 p.m., $30. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Cory Wong: W/ Scott Mulvahill, Fri., Jan. 17, 8 p.m., $22.50-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Cowboy Mouth: Fri., Feb. 28, 8 p.m., $20-$35. [edit secondary] Sat., Feb. 29, 8 p.m., $20-$35. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
Destroyer: W/ Nap Eyes, Sat., March 14, 8 p.m., $20-$23. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.
Durand Jones and the Indications: W/ Kaina, Fri., Feb. 28, 8 p.m., $15-$18. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Dweezil Zappa: Sat., March 28, 8 p.m., $25-$50. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
Golden Curls Album Release Show: W/ Holy Posers, Adult Fur, Fri., Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $7. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
Greek Fire: W/ Hounds, Wed., Dec. 18, 8 p.m., $20. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Greensky Bluegrass: Wed., Jan. 15, 8 p.m., $27.50-$32.50. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
The Gripsweats: W/ Looprat, Sat., Nov. 16, 8 p.m., $10. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
Guided by Voices New Album Listening Party: Thu., Oct. 24, 6 p.m., free. Planet Score Records, 7421 Manchester Rd, Maplewood, 314-282-0777.
Jess Hilarious: W/ Jovan Bibbs, Maurice G, JuJu, Sun., Nov. 24, 7 p.m., $35-$45. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
K.Flay & Meg Myers: Wed., Dec. 4, 8 p.m., $25-$35. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Lioness: A Tribute to Amy Winehouse: Sat., Dec. 21, 8 p.m., $15-$20. Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis, 314-533-0367.
Maggie Rose: W/ Them Vibes, Fri., Jan. 10, 8 p.m., $20-$23. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
The Mavericks: Fri., May 15, 8 p.m., $35-$55. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Nerf Herder: W/ The Haddonfields, The Copyrights, Fri., Dec. 6, 8 p.m., $18. Blueberry Hill - The Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd., University City, 314-727-4444.
Nghtmre: W/ Crankdat, Wavedash, Black A.M., Tue., Feb. 25, 8 p.m., $25-$30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Nirvanus: Unplugged in New York 25 Year Anniversary: Fri., Nov. 1, 8 p.m., $15-$25. Grandel Theatre, 3610 Grandel Square, St. Louis, 314-533-0367.
Palaye Royale: W/ the Federal Empire, Tue., Dec. 17, 8 p.m., $25-$28. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Phantogram: W/ Matt Maeson, Sun., Dec. 15, 8 p.m., $27-$30. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Pokey LaFarge: W/ Nick Africano, Fri., Dec. 27, 8 p.m., $25. [edit secondary] W/ Nick Africano, Sat., Dec. 28, 8 p.m., $25. Off Broadway, 3509 Lemp Ave., St. Louis, 314-498-6989.
Radolescents: W/ the Hajj, Thu., Jan. 9, 8 p.m., $15. Fubar, 3108 Locust St, St. Louis, 314-289-9050.
The Revivalists: Tue., March 10, 8 p.m., $41.50-$47. The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Saint Motel: Mon., Feb. 24, 8 p.m., $25-$28. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Shovels and Rope: Wed., April 15, 8 p.m., $25-$30. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Sum 41: W/ Broadside, Sun., Dec. 22, 8 p.m., $39.50-$42.50. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
The Supervillains: Tue., Nov. 26, 8 p.m., $12-$15. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
Terrapin Flyer: Fri., Jan. 10, 9 p.m., $12-$15. Old Rock House, 1200 S. 7th St., St. Louis, 314-588-0505.
Thames Record Release Show: W/ Le'Ponds, Drangus, Little Cowboy, Sat., Nov. 23, 8 p.m., $7-$10. The Ready Room, 4195 Manchester Ave, St. Louis, 314-833-3929.
The Nixons & Sponge: W/ Bleach, Wed., Dec. 11, 8 p.m., $22-$25. Delmar Hall, 6133 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, 314-726-6161.
Continue to page two for more shows.
Daniel Hill
Daniel Hill is editor at large for the Riverfront Times and he demands to be taken seriously, despite all evidence to the contrary. Follow him on Twitter at @rftmusic.
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I kind of finished this drawing in one of my sketchbooks.
I just wish I could stop shaking as I draw and use the camera.
First drawing since the brain operation.
Shaky or not, it's wonderful Stew. Peace to you.
Hello Phil. Thank you for taking a look.
Hello Hayli. Thank you for taking a peek.
Hello Suzanne. Thank you for visiting my blog.
Hello Sandra. Lovely to see you here. Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.
Hi Stew , I only can say the shaking was not an obstacle to achieve this great result ! Great ! I've read your story and that 'shaked' me !, I wish you all the best and send herewith a lot of power and I am already looking forward to your next drawing , thanks for sharing !
Hello Debora. Thank you so much for taking the time to have a little peek at my blog.
Thanks also for the comment.
Fantastic! I wish you well on your complete recovery. Been there but it's all behind me now.
Sorry to hear you have been through cancer yourself. Glad that it is behind you know though.
This is really good Stew, even with the shaking. Take your time and heal well.
Thank you also for the comments.
Hello Melissa. Great to see you hear.
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Marijana Matthäus (; ; born 27 September 1971) is a Serbian entrepreneur, businesswoman, writer and European socialite based in London. She is the Founder and Creative Director of Lux Uniforms, which specializes in custom corporate identity business uniforms and Andaj, a luxury outerwear brand.

Early life
Marijana Matthäus (born Marijana Čolić, in Serbia) developed her love for fashion early. As a young adult, she lived in New York City, where she graduated from Lubin School of Business in 1999. She enrolled at the University of Arts London – London College of Fashion in 2014.

Career
In 1990, Matthäus created Obuća Metro, which became a major shoe brand in Serbia and ran the company from 1990 – 1996 as CEO. In 2003, she opened her first fashion boutique "My Style" in Budapest and a second one in 2007 in Salzburg.

A few years later, Matthäus established her own label, Marijana Class (later The Marijana Matthaeus Collection) and held her first fashion show during Belgrade's Fashion Week in 2009. On June 1, 2010, Marijana presented her first line of swimsuits. The creations were worn by competitors at national beauty pageants. Her fashion show I Am Mariana, was held at Hotel Moskva followed by the Black & White World collection in September 2011.  The Flora Fashion Collection was held on the main stage of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad in 2012 and in December of that same year. Matthäus held a second fashion show at Hotel Moskva, where she introduced her new Allure Baroque collection.

Matthäus expanded her business operations in 2010 and established a new venture called Lux Uniforms to specialize in custom designed corporate identity business uniforms. Later she established new luxury outerwear brand called Andaj. This was initially designed for the British market and was launched and presented to media and clients at The Westbury Hotel in London in September 2016.

Celebrities and TV personalities often wear her creations, including one of the region's most famous singers, Svetlana Ceca Ražnatović. She was joined by Milena Vasić, Snežana Dakić, Sanja Marinković, Jelena Jovičić, Vesna Dedić, Katarina Radenković and Ksenija Mijatović.

Other work and ventures
Matthäus became the face of the Samsung football-themed TV campaign in 2006. On April 27, 2010, Matthäus released her first novel Amouage.

Personal life
Marijana Matthäus married businessman Miodrag Kostić, in 1990; they had three children.  Her second husband was German football coach and former player Lothar Matthäus. She divides her time between London, Budapest and Belgrade. She is fluent in 5 languages - Serbian, English, Italian, Hungarian and German.

Matthäus is known for her philanthropic endeavors and regularly gives to charities and causes. She regularly asks local celebrities to donate to charities that help women in need.

References

External links
 Official website
 Lux Uniforms
 Andaj
 Obuca Metro

1971 births
Living people

Fashion designers from Belgrade
People from Vrbas, Serbia
Serbian female models
Serbian novelists
Serbian autobiographers
Serbian socialites
Women autobiographers
Serbian women in business
Serbian women novelists

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Do I Need Dental Bone Grafting?
Dental implants have revolutionized how we can restore incomplete smiles. As the base for single tooth replacements, bridges and full dentures, they support your bone and give you a more stable solution for dental prostheses. For people with bone loss, your oral surgeon may recommend getting bone grafting before your implants. This now-routine procedure can help you achieve a more complete, secure smile.
Why Do Dental Implants Require Grafts?
Titanium implants sit inside the gum and jaw bone. They rely on the surrounding bone for support. In a healthy jaw, the bone will heal around a fresh implant and effectively cement it in place. A jaw with bone loss is weaker. It may not cement the implant in place, and it provides a less stable base for the implant. The amount of grafting necessary will depend on the amount of bone loss and the number of implants needed.
Not all implant procedures require grafting. Bone grafts are typically necessary when there's bone loss in the areas where the implants need to go or the jaw isn't otherwise enough for the implants. In some cases, a surgeon may decide to use grafting as an "insurance policy" to make sure an implant will be successful even in a healthier jaw.
Our bones are living tissues. They can be damaged by disease and often rely on other structures to support them. The most common cause of bone loss is missing teeth. The bone in our jaw is strengthened by the pressure of our teeth and the action of chewing. When a tooth is lost, the surrounding bone reabsorbs into the body. The longer the tooth has been missing, the more extensive the bone loss will be.
Gum disease is another common cause of bone loss. As the infection sinks below the gum line, it loosens the teeth and weakens the bone. Because of risk factors like diabetes, dry mouth, hypertension and weakened immune systems, the elderly are disproportionately at risk for gum disease. Any disease that causes bone loss directly, like osteoporosis, can weaken the bone as well.
Bone grafting works by combining a graft material with a growth medium. The graft material works like a scaffold, encouraging your body to fill in the spaces around the graft with fresh bone.
The graft material can be artificial "bone", sterile donor bone or bone taken from your own body. It's crushed into a powder and mixed with a growth medium. The growth medium is a mixture of collagen and protein that stimulate bone growth.
Gateway Oral Surgeons offers two augmented implantation methods: Platelet-rich plasma uses platelets taken from your own blood. Platelets are rich in growth factions, and they've been shown to improve the speed, healing time and overall success rate of bone grafts.
Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP). BMP occurs naturally in your own body, though in small amounts, and stimulates bone healing and growth. We use an identical, lab-created version. It's soaked into a sponge made of collagen and set in place with donor bone tissue.
In some cases, like for implant-supported dentures, you may have bone grafting done on the same day as your dental implants. In cases of extensive bone loss, you may need separate grafting with an accompanying procedure to restore your jaw thickness prior to implant placement.
Sinus Augmentation: One of the best places to put an implant is often the molar region of the jaw. Unfortunately, it can also be a difficult area. The bone is thin with the sinus cavity in close proximity. During a sinus augmentation, the sinus floor is surgically lifted and then thickened with bone graft material.
Ridge Modification: Bone loss anywhere along the inside ridge of the jaw can complicate implant placement. Incisions are made along the gums to expose the affected area, and the problem spot is filled in with bone grafting material.
Distraction Osteogenesis: Bone loss often causes the jaw to shrink. During distraction osteogenesis, a key area of the bone is cut and carefully pulled apart. The space is packed with grafting material to thicken the site.
Socket Preservation: Socket preservation, also known as aveolar ridge preservation, is performed at the same time a tooth is pulled to help preserve the bone. The wound is packed with grafting material and either sutured closed, or covered with a collagen material..
For more information or to schedule a consultation, contact Gateway Oral Surgeons of St. Louis.
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In a rare bi-partisan effort this week, the House Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions subcommittee heard testimony regarding what can be done to prevent patients from receiving medical bills for which they are unprepared.
How can that happen? In several ways. For example, a patient can be seen in the Emergency room, pay their ER co-pay and expect the rest to be covered according to their insurance plan guidelines. However, they may receive a separate bill from the provider who saw the patient in the ER. Another common area in which this happens is when the Hospital is in network with the patient's insurance plan, but the surgeon performing the procedure is out of network.
This is due to balance billing. While there is federal regulation around employer-sponsored insurance, there are state laws that govern balance billing, which is less regulated.
Frederick Isasi, the executive director of Families USA, a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans testified at this panel this week. He stated, "It is the providers and the insurers, not patients, who should bear the burden of settling on a fair payment." Current solutions require patients to file complaints and go through an arbitration process.
The idea behind this legislation is to make more incentives for providers to opt to be in-network. Also, there should be a "limit [as to] how much they can be paid in out-of-network scenarios to make it less attractive." Another suggestion is to cap reimbursement for out-of-network services at 125% of the current year Medicare fee schedule.
Balance billing can be detrimental to providers as well. Trying to collect patient balances after the fact greatly reduces the likelihood of receiving the payment. Oftentimes providers are left taking a payment plan or percentages off their balance to get the balance paid, but often, end up turning balances over to a collection agency. If a patient then files for bankruptcy, the provider will never be paid at all.
What some resolutions you can think of? One idea is better eligibility and benefits done by hospitals prior to procedures to make sure both the hospital and provider are in-network and making the patient aware of what their potential balances could be prior to surgery. However, this could discourage patients from receiving the medical treatment they desperately need. No doubt, there is a long way to go to reduce the hurdles of surprise billing to patients.
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Many restaurants claim to be both South and North Indian experts but we have listed the ones that seem to be more North Indian.
The Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list starts off with Bombay Chopstix. They are known for North Indian and Indo-Chinese catering. Fill out the form on this page and we will send you the contact information for everyone on this list. Also if you are still looking for a venue check out our blog on the Top 22 Indian Wedding Venues in DFW.
Great for vegetarians and they do also are known Jain food options.
One of the few restaurants that are based in Garland.
One of the best restaurants on the Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list. They are not cheap, but they are good.
We do 250 weddings per year and see a lot of the same vendors often. Maharaja is one of them. Friendly staff and easy to work with. Ask for Priya to be there.
Another one of the better restaurants on the Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list. They aren't cheap but the food is good.
Fill out the form on this page and we will send you the contact information for everyone on this list.
No restaurant name, no restaurant, no yelp review but still busy every weekend. He has recently became the king of catering in the gujarati wedding world. His food is fresh and they usually cook on site. Fill out the form if you want to get his contact information.
Locations in Plano and Irving. They are also planning on opening a ice cream store soon.
Most people don't even know that they cater. The real secret about them is they also have an extensive non-vegatarian catering options.
The most popular caterer on the Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list. We see them the most often and the venues love them too.
They have locations in Plano and Irving. Chaat is really good.
If you are still looking for a planner check out our blog on the Top 10 Indian Wedding Planners in Dallas.
Since the list is alphabetical they ended up on the bottom of the Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list, but they have done weddings with us this year and the clients liked their work. Fill out the form on this page and we will send you the contact information for everyone on this list.
A wedding is the happiest moment in your life and you should choose Indian wedding vendors in Dallas that you love. Over our 24 years of bringing joy to thousands of couples, the DJ Riz Entertainment team has performed with some of the above mentioned vendors. The idea behind helping our couples with Top 17 North Indian Wedding Caterers in Dallas list is so you can start your research and see what other couples are doing. If you would like to talk about which vendors you should select or want to talk to us about music and lighting for your wedding contact us here.


The first day of rehearsal is always the most exciting. Perhaps you've seen people posting on social media treating it like the first day of school. That is because, when rehearsal starts, you are at the beginning of a bonding experience. Everyone is meeting, perhaps for the first time, but certainly for the first time to work collectively on a new project.
We feel nervous because we want everyone to like us, and we want the show to be good. But instead of letting our nerves get the best of us, let's talk about how you can handle a meet and greet with your peers.
1) BUST OUT YOUR GOOD SHOES.
Dress nice. Yes, it's a rehearsal, but for the meet and greet you should try to look a little dressed up. I'm not talking formal, but first impressions are important, and if you FEEL that you look good, then everyone will sense your confidence. Bring a change of clothes though because you will be rehearsing.
Don't say too much. Meet and Greet really shouldn't be about the cast; it's about letting all of the creative team, and management teams introduce themselves. So, know when to "shut up," and let them have the spotlight for a moment.
Shake hands with everyone. Make sure you make eye contact with everyone, and introduce yourself. It's not important to remember everyone's names on the first day, but remember that we show people how we want to be treated. If you're the quiet one in the corner on your cell phone, people may get the wrong idea about you and your work ethic.
4) DON'T BE THAT GUY.
Just like every day of rehearsal, you should leave your drama at the door. If you've been unemployed for years, or just got divorced, or think you should be the understudy instead of that other girl, now is NOT the time to share it. Keep it simple, congratulate everyone, and save the drama for home.
You can really set the energy for the rehearsal process on that first day. The meet and greet is a wonderful way to come into a project with full consciousness, so set a good intention and follow these tips for an awesome start.
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What are your favorite parts of the meet and greet? Leave it in the comments section below.


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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR
Pigeon Paranoia
By ANDREW D. BLECHMAN
WHILE a proposal by Councilman Simcha Felder, a Democrat from Brooklyn, to ban the feeding of pigeons in New York City — and fine the violators — may speak to those who detest the humble rock dove, the proposition itself is sadly misguided.
Not only is the measure difficult to enforce — who wants to ticket toddlers and grandparents? — it skirts the real issue. While overfeeding does lead to overbreeding, the city's alleged overpopulation of pigeons has little to do with casual park bench encounters.
It has a lot more to do with the amount of litter we leave behind. It's important to remember that pigeons basically subsist on the food we drop. Pizza crusts, doughnuts, bagels, hot pretzels — sadly, these are the cornerstones of many a modern pigeon's diet, instead of the seeds and grains they should be eating. The city can install trashcans that leak less garbage, as Mr. Felder suggests, but New Yorkers need to actually use them.
The other problem has to do with compulsive overfeeders. Every city has them. New York probably has a dozen or two of them. These are the people who disperse 50 to 100 pounds of feed every day. They are generally eccentric loners who view flocks of pigeons as their friends — and their responsibility.
These people will continue to feed pigeons no matter what. If need be, they'll do it under the cover of darkness. The only way to handle habitual overfeeders is to identify them, befriend them and urge them to stop. The city can also establish designated areas for feeding. For example, urban dovecotes, where weekly egg culling retards population growth, are a perfect place to encourage bird feeders.
If New York is truly concerned about harnessing its pigeon population, then a comprehensive and coordinated strategy is needed, and there are a number of national animal-rights groups that can help. Such an effort would include controlled breeding in urban dovecotes, increased deterrent measures like netting and possibly feed laced with birth control drugs. Most important, the public must be thoroughly educated about the hazards of overfeeding, which harms everyone, pigeons included. (Overbreeding stresses the pigeon population and can lead to starvation.)
To be sure, Councilman Felder suggested some of these measures in his report to the City Council, but the question remains: Are pigeons really the problem? Like all living creatures, pigeons defecate. If that's a crime, then perhaps we should target squirrels for filching the city's acorns. Or instead, maybe we should celebrate the wildlife that is thankfully still in our midst.
Pigeons, squirrels, sparrows and the like animate our often-drab urban vista and give us something natural to marvel at. Indeed, Cornell University runs Project PigeonWatch, which encourages the city's schoolchildren to study pigeons as an introduction to the wonders of urban wildlife.
Moreover, pigeons pose little to no threat to human health. Their modern-day reputation as filthy disease carriers is unwarranted. Nor are they stupid. In addition to their heroic history and unparalleled athleticism, pigeons are among the most intelligent creatures in the animal kingdom. They mate for life and are wonderful parents as well.
And if you happen to appreciate pigeons, you are in good company. The Queen of England, Paul Newman and Mike Tyson are all pigeon fanciers.
Unfortunately, an irrational hatred of pigeons has led to their daily abuse. In addition to the use of poisons and caustic gels by landlords to drive away birds, thousands of pigeons are poached weekly from city streets and taken to Pennsylvania gun clubs where they are used as target fodder in lieu of clay pigeons. This brutal practice has been brought to the city's attention, but to no avail. After all, they're just pigeons...
It's true that wildlife can be inconvenient; nobody enjoys a window ledge or car hood splattered with excrement. But that doesn't mean we should persecute the animals in our midst, let alone those New Yorkers who appreciate and care for them. Councilman Felder's policy is flawed precisely because it fails to see this reality.
Andrew D. Blechman is the author of, ''Pigeons: The Fascinating Saga of the World's Most Revered and Reviled Bird.''


Late American humourist, Sam Levenson, said wryly, "The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy".
Growing up, I always knew that whatever mom and dad said "no" to, then inevitably, grandma and grandad would say "yes" to. In hindsight, it probably wasn't the nicest thing to do, but as a child I knew that it worked. Living far away from my grandparents always meant triple the spoils when we did see them, much to my parents' disdain.
For those three weeks a year, my brother and I would be horrible brats who could do no wrong and were far too spoiled.
Now, having grown up (somewhat), I can see what that sort of thing did to my parents. Yes, they got free babysitting, but they were also dreadfully undermined. Where should the line be drawn? Grandparents have earned the right to spoil their grandchildren but to what end?
Many say that the role of grandparents is to spoil their grandchildren like they couldn't spoil their own children, but this just seems like an excuse to sugar-load grandchildren and give them back to their parents at the end of the day.
In order to maintain the peace – boundaries need to be set by the parents. Roles need to be clearly defined to ensure a happy and healthy grandparent-parent-child relationship.
Opinions are allowed, but don't always need to be shared.
Support decisions made by parents – and that includes no sweets before dinner!
Trust your children to raise their children.
Don't sweat the small stuff. So, your daughter-in-law didn't tag a photo of you in a Facebook post? Let it slide, it's not worth fighting over.
Meet halfway – if you want a relationship with your grandchildren, be sure to put in the effort!
When all is said and done, the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is incredibly special and wonderful and sadly, may often be fleeting.
Love, laugh, cuddle and enjoy your time together.
Article by: Lauren Winn from Pecanwood College Pre-Preparatory.


At Ward Air we operate a variety of aircraft to better accommodate our clients. Our fleet consists of Turbine Super Otters, a Turbine Super Beaver, an assortment of DeHavilland Beavers and multiple types of Cessna aircraft. All of our aircraft are equipped with state of the art navigational equipment.


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Valor: This interesting name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and has a number of possible interpretations. The first of these is from the Old English pre 7th Century word 'cwic', Middle English 'quik', alive, lively, given originally as a nickname to an agile or lively person. Secondly, the surname may be topographical in origin, given to someone who lived by a kind of vegetation named from the Old English 'cwic', lively, such as couch grass, known as 'cwice' in Old English; the aspen (tree), which has leaves that tremble as if they were alive, known as 'cwictreow'; or the poplar tree, widely used to make quickset hedges, the 'cwicbeam' in Old English. A third meaning from the modern surname found as Quick and Quicke, is also topographical, for someone who lived at an outlying dairy farm, from the Old English 'cu', cow, and 'wic', outlying settlement. Finally, the name may be Cornish in origin, a topographical for someone who lived in a wood, from the Cornish word 'gwyk', wood. The marriage of John Quick and Martha Ware was recorded at Harefield, London, on September 23rd 1637. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Afwardus de Quike, which was dated 1179, The Yorkshire Pipe Rolls, during the reign of King Henry 11, 'The Builder of Churches', 1154 - 1189. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to 'develop' often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
Если бы маленький Геночка,
Наш замечательный деточка,
Жил бы в другие века,
Был бы он рыцарем смелым
Иль мушкетером умелым,
Была б его твердой рука
И сердце прекрасное гордым,
Ведь имя его - Благородный!
А впрочем, в любое время
Обмана и злости бремя
Не хочется людям нести.
Пусть будет Геннадий в пути!


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Home Culture Theatre The Play That Goes Wrong is obviously doing something right
The Play That Goes Wrong is obviously doing something right
Even though I didn't laugh as much as my knee-slapping seat mates, I appreciated the craft and the commitment that went into this touring farce
THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG by Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer and Henry Shields (Mirvish/Stage Presence Ltd). At the Ed Mirvish Theatre (244 Victoria). Runs to February 10. $29-$169. 416-872-1212, mirvish.com. See listing. Rating: NNN
Okay, here's the thing about farce. Yes, it's funny to watch someone slipping on a banana peel or bumping into a post. But can you watch two hours of it?
That's essentially the test set up by The Play That Goes Wrong, an imported comedy from the UK, which is still on in the West End and just finished a successful Broadway run.
The premise is that we're watching a terrible, terrible regional production of a generic murder mystery put on by the fictional Cornley University Drama Society.
Hence, the set's a little wobbly (faux technicians try to fix it before the show begins), the actors range from terrible over-actors (preening whenever they get a laugh, for instance) to woefully under-rehearsed and undereducated. And, well, anything can happen, especially once stage managers start replacing injured actors.
The problem with this kind of material – which is all about sight gags and not character – is maintaining momentum and interest.
Judging from the sustained laughs on opening night, this wasn't an issue.
While I began making grocery lists in my head after the first 20 minutes, people around me – young and old – were laughing hysterically. And the standing ovation seemed genuine, not forced.
To be sure, there's plenty of craft to the production, especially in Nigel Hook's Tony Award-winning set, which, managed by (unseen) technicians, works wonders, particularly in the increasingly chaotic second act.
And Roberto Surace's costumes send up those in every tired British drawing room mystery ever put on.
The cast is also skilful, from Evan Alexander Smith as the show's befuddled director and earnestly acted inspector to Jamie Ann Romero's flirty femme fatale to Peyton Crim, whose depiction of one of those character actors in love with the sound of his own baritone voice goes beyond parody to something rather inspired.
But you've got to be in the mood for something like this. And frankly, I like my comedy – even my farce – served up with a little bit more substance. Although there are glimpses of the actors' behind-the-scenes dynamics, particularly in Ned Noyes's obviously queer leading man, Max, the show rarely works on anything but the most superficial level.
Still, when a comedy gets laughs, you know something's working. This fictional play might go wrong, but the producers are obviously doing something right.
stage Mirvish Productions Nigel Hook Roberto Surface Henry Lewis Ned Noyes Peyton Crim Jonathan Sayer Henry Shields Jamie Ann Romero Evan Alexander Smith


Is Collin Peterson Sabotaging Climate Policy?
Well now, it seems like just about everyone's keen on figuring out if Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson is going to single-handedly destroy the House climate bill or not.
The latest: Here's Chris Bowers calling on liberals in Minnesota's 8th to unseat Peterson by voting third-party and tipping the next election to the GOP—since a freshman Republican could presumably do less harm to the Dem's green agenda than a conservative, climate-change-denying committee chair. (Personally, I doubt Peterson's ever at risk of losing, or that there are even enough liberal voters in his district to tilt the balance.) Meanwhile, Matt Yglesias has a post today on Peterson's odd district, which includes a small sliver of land accessible by land only via Canada, and that once tried to secede from the United States during a dispute over fishing rights. Peterson, curiously, supported the secession attempt.
The emission allowance issue is one of at least three items that Peterson has raised with Waxman as Democrats try to secure the necessary 218 votes for floor passage. Also on the table is debate over the Agriculture Department's management of the carbon offset program and whether to hold the ethanol industry accountable for "indirect" land use, like crop conversion in other countries.
Then there are agricultural offsets, which I mentioned yesterday. On this, Peterson really could weaken the bill's ability to reduce U.S. emissions if he allows too many dubious agricultural projects to get included as carbon offsets. This is the issue to watch closely, especially since, as a recent EPA analysis suggests, the current bill's already-heavy reliance on offsets could allow polluters to postpone making serious cuts for quite some time. More on this later.
The third issue here is that some farm-state Dems want to exempt all ethanol from "indirect land-use analysis." As researchers have pointed out, when you divert corn or soy from the world's food supply to make fuel, it often causes farmers in developing nations to hack down rain forests to plant their own corn or soy. The EPA recently proposed to take this into account when figuring out ethanol's emission footprint. The ethanol industry hates this idea, for obvious reasons. And Peterson raises a ton of money from agribusiness, so he doesn't like it, either. Now, this would be an ugly concession, but it's also true, as Joe Romm observes, that the 2007 energy bill already exempted 15 billion gallons of corn-based ethanol from scrutiny—more corn ethanol than is ever likely to be produced in America. Most of the real damage has already been accomplished.


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The transparent cell support is installed on your pipework, allowing the visualisation of the cleanliness of electrodes. Integrating a pH sensor, (a), an injector (b) and a flow detector (c). It's earthed connection (d) ensures the evacuation of stray currents that could attack metallic parts present in the pool water.
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