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Lubbock in Lubbock County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Mast/White Home
By Bill Kirchner, April 28, 2014
1. Mast/White Home Marker
Mast/White Home. . Originally located 2219 13th street, constructed 1925 by A.M. Hensley for C.S. Mast, member of the original faculty at Texas Technological College. Purchased by L.O. "Pop" and Ercil "Mom" White in 1948. Active in youth work, the Whites were instrumental in founding the Baptist Student Union for tech students. Acquired by First Baptist Church in 1978, and donated to the Lubbock Heritage Society for relocation. Moved to this site in October 1981. . This historical marker was erected in 1982 by City of Lubbock, Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission. It is in Lubbock in Lubbock County Texas
Originally located 2219 13th street, constructed 1925 by A.M. Hensley for C.S. Mast, member of the original faculty at Texas Technological College. Purchased by L.O. "Pop" and Ercil "Mom" White in 1948. Active in youth work, the Whites were instrumental in founding the Baptist Student Union for tech students. Acquired by First Baptist Church in 1978, and donated to the Lubbock Heritage Society for relocation. Moved to this site in October 1981.
Erected 1982 by City of Lubbock, Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission.
Location. 33° 35.063′ N, 101° 51.986′ W. Marker is in Lubbock, Texas, in Lubbock County. Marker is at the intersection of West Broadway Street and Avenue W, on the right when traveling east on West Broadway Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2747 West Broadway Street, Lubbock TX 79401, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Mast House (here, next to this marker); St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lubbock Women's Club
2. Mast/White Home Marker (on left)
The Mast House Marker (on right)
(approx. 0.3 miles away); Lubbock High School (approx. 0.6 miles away); Bacon Home (approx. 0.6 miles away); Texas Tech Judging Pavilion (approx. 0.6 miles away); Texas Tech Dairy Barn (approx. 0.7 miles away); First Methodist Church of Lubbock (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lubbock.
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3. Mast/White Home
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on May 9, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 323 times since then and 2 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.


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Ein Tick anders ist eine deutsche Filmkomödie von Regisseur Andi Rogenhagen aus dem Jahr 2011.

Handlung
Eva ist 17 Jahre alt und hat ein Problem: Sie leidet unter dem Tourette-Syndrom. Wegen ihrer ständigen Ticks hat sie die Schule abgebrochen und sucht die Einsamkeit im Wald, wo sie sich sicher fühlt.

Ihr Leben gerät allerdings völlig aus den Fugen, als sie dort eine Leiche findet, ihr Vater arbeitslos wird und die Familie nach Berlin umziehen muss. Die Angst vor den Veränderungen zwingt Eva dazu, sich einen Job zu suchen, damit sie sich das Leben in ihrem Heimatort finanzieren kann und nicht mit ihren Eltern in die Großstadt ziehen muss. Da die Suche nach einem Arbeitsplatz wegen ihrer Ticks scheitert, schmiedet sie mit ihrem durchgeknallten Onkel Bernie den Plan, an einem Gesangscasting teilzunehmen.

Der gemeinsam komponierte Song "Arschlicht" findet nicht die Gunst der Jury. Eva und Bernie haben aber schon einen neuen Plan: Sie erleichtern den gemeinen Sparkassen-Chef Kühne, welcher der Familie den Kredit gekündigt hatte, um einen Koffer voll Schwarzgeld, damit Eva in der Heimat bleiben kann.

Hintergrund
Gedreht wurde der Film unter dem Arbeitstitel "Johnny Kühlkissen" vom 27. April bis zum 10. Juni 2010 in der Stadt Marl, die Wohnung für die Innenszenen befindet sich in der Bitterfelder Straße, die Außenszenen spielen in der Leverkusener Straße, beide Straßen gehören zu der Bereitschaftssiedlung in Marl. Das Firmengebäude in dem der Vater zuletzt gearbeitet hat sind die beiden Rathaustürme von Marl. Die Wohnung des Onkels befindet sich in Marl-Hüls in der Viktoriastraße 2. Wenige Szenen wurden auch in Osnabrück gedreht. Das Schloss Herten diente ebenfalls als Kulisse für die Anfangsszene. Für das Szenenbild war der Künstler Peter Menne verantwortlich.

Finanziert wurde der von Wüste Film produzierte Film von der Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, der Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, dem Deutschen Filmförderfonds und Nordmedia.

Am 4. Juli 2011 wurde der Film als Kinopremiere im Theater Marl gezeigt. Seine Hamburg-Premiere feierte Ein Tick anders am 5. Juli 2011 im Abaton-Kino. Bereits davor war der Film auf Filmfestivals zu sehen. Der Film kam am 7. Juli 2011 in die deutschen Kinos und am 24. Januar 2014 auf ARTE im deutschen Fernsehen. In der ARD wurde er am 3. Juli 2014 (22.45 Uhr) wiederholt.

Kritik

Festivals
 Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2012: Wettbewerb
 Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) 2011: Wettbewerb
 Internationales Filmfest Emden-Norderney 2011: Wettbewerb
 Festival des deutschen Films 2011, in der Reihe Lichtblicke, d. h. außerhalb des Wettbewerbs
 Kinofest Lünen 2011: Wettbewerb

Auszeichnungen
 Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2011: Nachwuchsdarstellerpreis für Jasna Fritzi Bauer
 Publikumspreis des Festival des deutschen Films 2011
 Kinofest Lünen 2011: RuhrPott Leserfilmpreis
 New Faces Award der Zeitschrift Bunte für Jasna Fritzi Bauer als beste Nachwuchsdarstellerin
 Vornominierung für den 1. Filmpreis für Tongestaltung für Bernd Hackmann, Kai Storck und Richard Borowski

Weblinks

 Offizielle Website
 Ein Tick anders auf der Website der Produktionsfirma Wüste Film

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 2011
Deutscher Film
Filmkomödie
Behinderung im Film

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Q: ansi C - passing value to array If you call a function like:
coworkers = engineers(1,0,3);
...

int engineers(unsigned char nerd, unsigned char dweeb[], unsigned char derp) {
     printf("Is this the address of dweeb[0]? 0x%x \n", dweeb);
     printf("Is this the value of dweeb[0]? %x \n", dweeb[0]);
}

Output:
Is this the address of dweeb[0]? 0xfeedbeef
Is this the value of dweeb[0]?

When I pass the 0 value to dweeb[] does that become the value of dweeb[0]?
--I am the derp, have a happy Friday. Thanks

A: dweeb[0] is equivalent to *(dweeb+0) so yes, it does become the value at dweeb[0].
Note that because dweeb+0 = 0+dweeb, you can also write that as 0[dweeb].

On a closer look, when you pass 0 to your engineers function as the second argument, what happens is that the address 0x0 will be used as the location of the array dweeb. Dereferencing that address, as in dweeb[0], is undefined behavior. The most likely result is that the program crashes. What you would actually see is more likely:
Is this the address of dweeb[0]? 0x0
Segmentation fault

I'm not sure what you are asking, if it's "what happens if I put 0 between the brackets in dweep[ ]" or "what happens if I pass 0 as the value for dweep"

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/ Anthropology and Archaeology
/ Peoples (except New World)
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Aryan âr´ēən [key], [Sanskrit,=noble], term formerly used to designate the Indo-European race or language family or its Indo-Iranian subgroup. Originally a group of nomadic tribes, the Aryans were part of a great migratory movement that spread in successive waves from S Russia and Turkistan during the 2d millennium BC Throughout Mesopotamia and Asia Minor, literate urban centers fell to their warrior bands. Archaeological evidence corroborates the text of the Veda by placing the invasion of India by the Aryans at c.1500 BC They colonized the Punjab region of NW India and absorbed much of the indigenous culture. The resulting Indo-Aryan period saw the flourishing of a pastoral-agricultural economy that utilized bronze objects and horse-drawn chariots. Before the discovery of the Indus valley sites in the 1920s, Hindu culture had been attributed solely to the Aryan invaders. The idealization of conquest pictured in the Vedic hymns was incorporated into Nazi racist literature, in which German descent was supposedly traced back to Aryan forebears.
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Ripe, rich velvety flavours, the fruit is much brighter and redder than the darker Vaucrains. This is fine, intense and explosive with high-toned red fruit floral notes and touches of kirsch on the long expansive finish. The great vineyard of Nuits, many people believe it should be elevated to Grand Cru status.


The ball isn't dropping till tomorrow, but Times Square is already going batshit: The entire area from around 42nd Street at Seventh Avenue and Broadway was briefly evacuated while NYPD and bomb squads investigated an abandoned van. This led to an evacuation of both the NASDAQ building and 4 Times Square, the tower that Condé Nast calls home, though the few folks actually working this week were quickly returned to their cubicles. But for a few moments, it was totally Vanilla Sky out there.
CNN helpfully notes that the abandoned van had been sitting there for a few days; authorities just got around to panicking about it now. Better late than never?


"The day when we honor TVC's VIP's"
Join us on Sunday, April 7, 2019, as we honor TVC's VIP's! This is a fun afternoon of Scouting fellowship. We laugh, share stories, enjoy great food and celebrate how great the volunteers on Twin Valley Council are. There will be a presentation honoring this year's Silver Beaver Award (the highest honor bestowed upon a Scouting Volunteer). There will also be District Award of Merit presentations - all three districts are eligible plus the Rookie of the Year Award is back for 2019.
New for 2019 are the Cubmaster of the Year Award, Scoutmaster of the Year Award, Unit Committee Chair/Member of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
But the best part about this event, is YOU, our volunteers and parents are who nominate leaders for these awards. Complete an application for as many leaders as you wish (one per position) and submit to Ray Brauer. This is your chance to show "that special volunteer" how much you appreciate them.
Cubmaster of the Year: This award will go a Cubmaster that goes above and beyond to ensure a quality Cub Scouting program in their pack. This could include working with parents and committee to ensure a fun filled annual program plan, great support for pack's den leaders, or simply adding that "something special" at pack meetings that make a good program great.
Scoutmaster of the Year: This award will go a Scoutmaster that goes above and beyond to ensure a quality Scouts BSA program in their troop. This could include working with parents and committee to ensure a fun filled annual program plan, great support for assistant Scoutmaster's and/or Patrol Leader's Council, or simply adding that "something special" at troop meetings/campouts that make a good program great.
Committee Chair/Committee Member of the Year: This award will go to the unit committee chair or committee member that gives outstanding service to their unit. Much of their work may be unseen by the vast majority of unit members, but without them the unit program would not be as strong as it is. The work quietly behind the scene to ensure the unit leadership have the tools and resources they need to be successful.
Rookie of the Year: This is a person new to Scouting, just joining the volunteer ranks in 2018. They not only joined your unit, but hit the ground running with energy and enthusiasm. Their contribution to your unit has been infectious and encouraged others to get involved as well.
Volunteer of the Year: This individual has made a tremendous contribution to Scouting in 2018. Their service to Scouting has had a greater than usual impact on a Scout(s) life and went above and beyond to ensure a fun, safe, and rewarding Scouting program for your unit, the district, the council, or Scouting as a whole.
Cost to attend this event, which you won't want to miss, is $20 per person. Registration will be open until Thursday, April 4, 2019.
Questions please contact Denise Zernechel.


Pseudocrypturus cercanaxius (Houde 1988; Early Eocene) was originally considered a northern hemisphere ancestor to ratites (like the ostrich, Struthio). Today these primitive flightless birds are chiefly restricted to the southern hemisphere. It could be that early birds did start in the South and had migrated to the North during the Paleocene (66-56 mya).
Since ratites are basal to extant birds, and Pseudocrypturus is basal to ratites (paleognaths), Pseudocrypturus is also quite similar to the ancestor of all extant birds despite its late appearance in the early Eocene. Perhaps something very much like it was one of the few survivors of the K-T extinction event.
It's notable that Pseudocrypturus has long legs. Early ducks, like Presbyornis, and basal raptors, like Sagittarius, also had long legs. Evidence is building that this is the primitive condition for the clade of living birds arising from the K-T extinction event.
Apteryx (Shaw 1813) The extant flightless kiwi has an elongate naris that extends to the tip of its beak. Maybe two teeth are there. Here it nests with Pseudocrypturus, but flightless traits push it toward Struthio, by convergence. in the pre-cladistic era, Calder (1978, 1984) considered the kiwi a phylogenetic dwarf derived from the larger moa, but that was invalidated by Worthy et al. 2013 and the large reptile tree.
Proapteryx micromeros (Worthy et. al. 2013) was a slender, tiny Miocene (18 mya) ancestor likely capable of flight, but known from only a few 3D bones.
Skull courtesy of Digimorph.org and used with permission. DNA studies affirm that Apteryx is more closely related to ratites than to the moa, Dinornis.
Calder WA 1978. The kiwi. Scientific American 239(1):132–142.
Calder WA 1984. Size, function and life history. 448 pp. Cambridge (Harvard U Press).
Houde PW 1986. Ostrich ancestors found in the northern hemisphere suggest new hypothesis of ratite origins. Nature 324:563–565.
Houde PW 1988. Paleognathus birds from the early Tertiary of the northern hemisphere. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club 22. 147 pp.
Worthy, TH. et al. (5 coauthors) 2013. Miocene fossils show that kiwi (Apteryx, Apterygidae) are probably not phyletic dwarves. Paleornithological Research 2013, Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution. Retrieved 16 September 2017.


At this Sonder, you'll love the incredible, open-concept living area with stunning panoramic windows, spacious private balcony with a cozy sitting area, and sleek fully-equipped kitchen with modern appliances and ensuite laundry. Located in the West Loop, known for its beautiful architecture, you're close to an array of wonderful restaurants, bars, and entertainment.
You can't walk far on Randolph Street before hitting your new favorite thing. Try the highly-rated Asian BBQ bellyQ, with tabletop grills and sake on tap. Or head to Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, a heavy-hitting contender for Chicago's BEST deep dish pie. For shopping, head to the 4-story indoor-outdoor shopping mall, The Shops at North Bridge. To explore the rest of the city, hop on the subway at the Ashland station just a few blocks away.


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Haute Cuisine and Warped Priorities
The politicization of everything continues apace, to our peril.
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Dear Reader (including my cousin's friend who knew a guy who told him about a dude that said he heard it from a very reliable source that while you can't get pregnant from a toilet seat, you can become immune to the coronavirus if you lick the underside of a toilet seat at any Waffle House in the Southeast and some truck-stop Taco Bells in the Midwest),
Some news stories are important in their own right. Some stories aren't very important on the merits, but they represent an important trend.
For instance, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Met Gala dress stunt is not important on the merits at all. I mean, I get that AOC wants credit for having kicked "open the doors of the Met." (Stop laughing.) But there was no bravery, no edgy transgressive rebellion, no sticking-it-to-the-man on display here. There was terrific marketing for her own line of swag, though! Not since Columbia Records rolled out its "The Man can't bust our music" ad campaign have I seen such brilliant marketing of radical chic in the name of filthy lucre.
I do think, however, that this stunt is significant for what it represents. But I've written so much about how Congress—and coverage of Congress—is dominated by social media trolls that I don't think it's worth spending a lot of time on that. I'm especially reluctant because by writing about this pseudo-event I would be doing exactly what she wants.
Instead, let's talk about something that got a lot less attention, but is at least tangentially related to the Met's embrace of woke chic.
Taste the wokeness.
So let me ask you a question. Let's say you love burritos and you love bulldogs (but not bulldog burritos). In your neighborhood there are two burrito stands. One uses incredibly fresh ingredients, makes its tortillas from scratch, doesn't use canned beans, and slow roasts its pork, beef, and chicken to perfection. The other buys its burritos from a guy who gets a deal from a subsidiary of the RAMJAC Corporation's vending machine supplier. He diverts a couple cases every month from a shipment intended for a minimum-security prison in Muncie, Indiana. Before the bad burrito guys throw their frozen bricks into the microwave, you can see on the packaging: "May contain meat product."
In other words, for the sake of this hypothetical, the former's burritos are so good that if stoners had suicide bombers, they'd serve them in their promised paradisical afterlife. The latter's taste like something you might be grateful to eat a full decade into the zombie apocalypse.
But here's the thing: The owner of Garbage Burritos ("Ya gotta eat something"®) does fantastic work for the local bulldog rescue charity, dedicating a portion of every sale to helping bulldogs. Meanwhile, the owner of Heavenly Burritos is a cat person.
If you say, "Let's eat at Garbage because I want to support its work with bulldogs," that's fine. But I'd have huge problems with anybody who says Garbage Burritos are objectively better because of what the owner does for bulldogs.
Which brings me to the James Beard Awards. These are the Oscars of the food world. That's not my description, it's basically the group's unofficial motto. From the Washington Post:
The organization that doles out the prestigious annual awards has retooled its criteria and now will also base decisions on whether candidates have shown a "demonstrated commitment to racial and gender equity, community, environmental sustainability, and a culture where all can thrive." The James Beard Foundation, which administers the awards, also announced a slate of other changes aimed at diversifying its judging committees—a move it ultimately hopes will lead to a more diverse group of winners—and screening for potentially problematic chefs taking the industry's top honors.
I think this is horrible. Oh, I have no problem with diversifying judging committees and all that stuff (though the devil is in the details). But the idea that food should be graded on the chef's political commitments is gross. I say this regardless of what those political commitments are. When I was in college, Domino's was very controversial because its owner gave to pro-life causes. Some people refused to order from Domino's because they didn't like his politics. Some people ordered from Domino's because they liked his politics. But most people ordered—or didn't order—pizza from Domino's for reasons that had nothing to do with politics. What I can't imagine is anyone saying, "You know Domino's is the best pizza" because of their politics.
I don't know how to put this more plainly: You can't taste social justice. It doesn't have umami. It doesn't provide that third kind of heat. No one ever sent back a plate of ravioli saying, "I'm sorry, I don't taste any commitment to gender equity," or, "I asked for extra intersectionality awareness."
I think this matters in part because I actually care about the James Beard Awards—though much less now than I did before this announcement. But it also matters because I think one of the things ruining the culture and our politics is the refusal of institutions, and the people who run them, to stay in their lanes.
Merit is a dirty word these days, but merit matters. If I recommend a surgeon to you and he amputates your leg instead of removing your appendix, you might say, "I thought you told me he was the best surgeon in the area!" If I respond, "Well, as far as the actual medical stuff goes he's pretty subpar, but I was including his commitment to environmental justice in my evaluation," you might bludgeon me to death with your prosthetic leg. And rightly so.
I know the Academy Awards have gone a long way toward being the James Beard Awards of the film industry. But at least they haven't publicly changed the criteria for Best Actor to "Good enough acting plus an exceptional commitment to social justice."
If you want to start a social justice organization, great. I might have objections to your agenda, but go for it. Heck, if the James Beard Foundation wants to give out some special social justice award, more power to it. Jose Andres can probably find a little more room on his shelf. But not every institution needs to become a social justice organization. If you run a company that sells widgets, then sell excellent widgets and go into your own pocket to support the causes you care about. But whether its widgets, surgery, or awards for best cooking, diluting your commitment to excellence serves no one—especially you.
In fact, I would argue that doing what you're good at is better for society than trying to do good outside your own competency. Simone Biles is free to use her status as the best gymnast in the world to support any cause she wants (and she has, to great effect). But it would be insane to include "commitment to gender equity" as a criteria on the judge's scorecard. Either she stuck the landing or she didn't.
This cultural grading on a curve is a symptom of the politicization of everything and the politicization of everything is why so many people think the system is corrupt—not just on the right. For the left, refusal to participate in the cause is morally equivalent to opposing the cause. And that is literally a form of totalitarian thinking. No, it's not totalitarianism of the sort we associate with Stalinism or Nazism, but it is totalitarian in the way Mussolini—who coined the term—meant it. There's no safe harbor. No right to exit from orthodoxy. No freedom to not care or simply have other priorities. No freedom to judge excellence on criteria outside ideologically warped and warping priorities. It's gross.
74 words, 74 million voters.
Since I'm on the topic of warped and warping ideological priorities, let's cast our gaze to the ongoing corruption of the GOP. Last night, Rep. Anthony Gonzales announced he won't be running for re-election. He offered the almost obligatory "more time with my family" explanation. But he also made it clear that the decisive factor was that there is no room in the GOP—or at least the Ohio GOP—for someone who dissents from Trump worship and fidelity to his lies.
In today's GOP you can get drunk on fever swamp water all day long, rant endlessly about conspiracy theories, or dabble in white nationalism and you'll be fine. You'll even prosper. But refuse to say the election was stolen—when it wasn't—or decline to treat the January 6 rioters as patriotic political prisoners and you'll be hounded and harassed. There's no safe harbor. No room for dissent.
Now, I know a lot of people actually believe the BS they're spewing about the election being stolen and how the rioters did nothing wrong. But what makes this even more troubling is that most of the "leaders" saying this stuff—or refusing to refute it—know the truth but are too cowardly, selfish, or power-hungry to admit it. I loved the video of Ron Johnson revealing that he's secretly sane about the election. It was vaguely reminiscent of a Soviet Politburo member admitting in private that Stalin's economic theories make no sense. Of course, the analogy has flaws given that under Stalin, such blasphemy would get you executed. But the scent is the same even if the stench isn't as strong.
What truly fascinates me is how stupid all of this is. It's a cultural-political collective action problem. Everyone with any sense in them—which I know excludes a lot of people—knows that buying into the "big lie" is toxic for the Republican Party and the country. But the incentive structure is so warped that it's in no individual's political interest to do much about it. The same belling the cat problem that made Trump the GOP nominee has led to the GOP worshipping the intellectual bathtub residue he left behind.
Last Saturday, George W. Bush delivered an excellent speech commemorating the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I think it was arguably the best presidential rhetoric we've heard in years.
And I think a lot more people would agree with me were it not for half of one paragraph:
As a nation, our adjustments have been profound. Many Americans struggled to understand why an enemy would hate us with such zeal. The security measures incorporated into our lives are both sources of comfort and reminders of our vulnerability. And we have seen growing evidence that the dangers to our country can come not only across borders, but from violence that gathers within. There is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit. And it is our continuing duty to confront them.
Those 74 (italicized) words caused a remarkable number of people to take offense, mostly on behalf of other people.
Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec
Bush is publicly comparing 9/11 to Jan 6 They want Trump supporters treated like jihadists Are you paying attention yet?
Lisa Boothe @LisaMarieBoothe
Bush is a disgrace for this.
Bush is publicly comparing 9/11 to Jan 6 They want Trump supporters treated like jihadists Are you paying attention yet? https://t.co/ByOi5hEoXt
Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC
It's amazing people's brains are so irreparably broken that they think what happened at the Capitol is an even remotely appropriate thing to bring up in comparison to 9/11. Y'all have seriously arrived at your own reality.
Josh Jordan @NumbersMuncher
It's amazing to watch conservatives go after George W. Bush on 9/11 because he called out the Trump supporters who stormed the US Capitol. https://t.co/tz6TPW9BHb
Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2
George Bush uses his platform today to join Biden regime and media in pretending the greatest threat to the country are imaginary "domestic violent extremists," code for Trump and his supporters. Shame on him.
Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy
George W. Bush uses his speech to underscore the threat posed by domestic extremists: "They are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our continuing duty to confront them..." https://t.co/dQyQthZrGH
And then, of course, there was Donald Trump himself:
So interesting to watch former President Bush, who is responsible for getting us into the quicksand of the Middle East (and then not winning!), as he lectures us that terrorists on the "right" are a bigger problem than those from foreign countries that hate America, and that are pouring into our Country right now. If that is so, why was he willing to spend trillions of dollars and be responsible for the death of perhaps millions of people? He shouldn't be lecturing us about anything. The World Trade Center came down during his watch. Bush led a failed and uninspiring presidency. He shouldn't be lecturing anybody!
I could take my red pen to nearly every sentence here, but I have other points to make.
Imagine if the January 6 riot had not occurred at all, or if Bush had offered those 74 words last year. It would be obvious that he was talking, at least in part, about Antifa and the various Black Lives Matter rioters who spent much of 2020 determined "to defile national symbols"—not just of Confederates, but of abolitionists, too.
He would have been right. And while some lefties would have stupidly been outraged on behalf of Antifa—posting pictures of the Normandy invasion with the caption "the original anti-fascists" or some other inanity—most elected Democrats probably wouldn't take the bait. After all, Biden did condemn violence while running for the nomination.
But here's the thing: If he said, "How dare you attack my voters," it would have been spectacularly idiotic. Because taking offense at criticism of rioters and vandals is a roundabout way of taking ownership of them.
And that's what much of the GOP is doing now. It's amazing how rapidly the angry right adopted the ideological imperative of "love me, love my criminal whack jobs." It's like a fatwa went out, "You must believe that criticizing Trump or the rioters for the events of January 6—or the lies that motivated them—is an insult to 74 million Trump voters."
That's insane.
And I'm not even talking about the lunatics who not only believe the "big lie" but float the need to respond to that alleged conspiracy with mass executions for the "thousands" or "tens of thousands" who were in on it.
Factually, it's not true that 74 million Trump voters believe the election was stolen (though too many have bought the propaganda). It's not even true that 74 million voted for Trump or even love him. I know lots of Trump voters. Most of them voted against Biden rather than for Trump. And while there are lots of people so enthralled by him that if he took a dump on their dinner table on November 25 they'd say, "Happy Thanksgiving!" there certainly isn't anything close to 74 million of them.
And politically, it's just malpractice. There are two major political factions intent on claiming that all Trump voters supported the January 6 riot or are morally invested in it in some way: Trump haters and Trump lovers.
It's no shock that the MSNBC crowd interpreted Bush's remarks as a direct rebuke of the January 6 rioters. It's a standing order of American progressivism to link conventional Republicans and traditional American conservatism with violent extremism, racism, and all the other very bad things. This has been true since FDR was president; it's a through-line of American politics. After JFK was assassinated by a communist, the American right was blamed. When Barry Goldwater ran for president, the media portrayed him as a crazy Nazi. After Oklahoma City, Clinton blamed Rush Limbaugh and right-wing talk radio.
This guilt-by-association stuff isn't new. What is new is how so many on the right today agree with it!
If I write a "news"letter condemning cannibalistic pederasts and you reply, "How dare you insult 74 million Trump voters," I'm not the one calling Trump voters cannibalistic pederasts.
But when a former president condemns "violent extremists" and the response from Trumpy right-wingers is "How dare you?" I have to ask: What the actual fornication are these people doing?
The correct answer when some asks, "Do you condemn violent extremism?" is, "Of course." Not "It depends," or, "Only for the other team," or, "Why are you insulting 74 million Trump voters."
But that's not the world we live in now. Everybody has to be all in on the lies and propaganda that fuel the angriest fringes of their parties. The tails are wagging the dogs.
Various & Sundry
Canine update: So as I mentioned last week, Pippa needs surgery for her wrist, but the wait time to get it scheduled is like a month long. It's as if she's a poster pup for Canadian health care. Meanwhile, she now chews off her brace—even when it's wrapped in duct tape before the car ride to the park is over. So we're doing what we can. One additional problem is that I think she worries more about the ever- present menace of mean dogs because of her injury. It's harder to get the morning close-ups of her because she's constantly looking past me to see if there are any mean dogs in the vicinity, which is kind of sad.
Zoë is way into her rubber frog again, I think because of the recent thunderstorms. I don't want it to sound like they're a couple of neurotics. They're generally very happy girls. Gracie's doing well, too. But she's constantly monitoring me.
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George Bush's 9/11 commendation speech is the bookend to his National Cathedral speech in 2001. Both were sober calls to cultivate the spirit of our better angels and the pursuit of unifying national purpose. Bush does not get enough credit for either the impossible choices circumstances offered him or his several accomplishments legislatively. What he shares with Biden and Obama is fundamental decency.
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"But when a former president condemns 'violent extremists' and the response from Trumpy right-wingers is "How dare you?" I have to ask: What the actual fornication are these people doing?"
They're putting the shoe on and loudly announcing to the world that it fits. What's truly amazing is that the people who insist on wearing the bloody footwear aren't necessarily stupid. Byron effing York, for Pete's sake, wrote a column in the "Washington Examiner" proclaiming that Cinderella's slipper goes nicely with his ensemble:
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Shreveport Regional Airport
Shreveport Downtown Airport (DTN) is a general aviation/reliever airport located five minutes away from the Shreveport Downtown Business District.
Flights from the downtown airport began in 1929 with Delta Air Lines. Construction for the original terminal building began in 1930, with the official opening and dedication taking place in June, 1931.
In July, 1971, the current terminal building was dedicated and opened for business.
The Downtown Airport offers two runways, Runway 14/32, measuring 5,017 feet long by 150 feet wide and Runway 5/23 measures 3,200 feet long by 75 feet wide.
More than 350 aircraft are based at DTN, which makes it the largest general aviation airport in Louisiana.
Aerospace Technology Center
Southern University operates an Airframe and Power Plant School, which provides certification for aircraft mechanics.
Fixed Base Operators
The Fixed Base Operators at Downtown Airport is Tubreaux Aviation.
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Experimental Aircraft Association
The local chapter of the EAA, Chapter 343, is based at DTN.
Shreveport Ninety-Nines
The Ninety-Nines is the international organization of women pilots that promotes advancement of aviation through education, scholarships, and mutual support while honoring our unique history and sharing our passion for flight.
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The hotel offers an array of breathtaking event spaces for all occasions, from an intimate meeting to an extravagant rooftop reception. The rooftop features three levels of versatile event space, including options for indoor and outdoor events that can host up to 600 guests.
Rooftop at Royalton Park Avenue serves up a full bar plus menus consist of a delicious brunch complete with Nutella french toast and the triple-decker turkey club and the Café Menu serving up snacks and big bites of grilled veggie wraps, lobster rolls and fresh seasonal ceviche.
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Flycast Begins Testing Cost-Per-Action Deals
Flycast Communications Corp. is quietly testing relationships with two companies on opposite coasts — one a start-up expected to launch next week — that specialize in brokering Internet ad campaigns priced on a cost-per-action basis, DM News has learned.
The relationships would further entrench the San Francisco-based online ad network in turf opposite that of its two biggest competitors, 24/7 and DoubleClick. The test also is a shot across the bow of cost-per-click ad broker ValueClick, Santa Barbara, CA, though Flycast says differently.
"We don't think of this in terms of competition," said Lyn Chitow Oakes, vice president of marketing at Flycast. "We simply see an opportunity in the marketplace."
Where 24/7 and DoubleClick generally are associated with image advertising and higher cost-per-thousand impression rates, Flycast recommends that its advertisers test run-of-network advertising, which goes for $6 CPM on the 600-plus-site network, before testing targeted advertising at $15 CPM to gauge which is the most efficient ad buy. For comparison, DoubleClick's published CPM rate for general rotation advertising on search engine AltaVista, www.altavista.com, is $40. Flycast is a secondary sales agent for the first-tier sites in its network to avoid competing with their sales forces and a primary sales agent for second- and third-tier sites.
Next week, online agency ORB Digital Direct, New York, and start-up Nothing but Net Results, Corona del Mar, CA, will begin brokering CPA-based advertising campaigns to be run on the Flycast network. Flycast is relying on ORB and Nothing but Net to filter out unprofitable CPA deals.
"We're testing these relationships with a limited inventory," Oakes said, stressing that Flycast is not taking all comers.
When Nothing but Net launches next week, it will target old-school direct marketers with experience in CPA advertising in print and on television, said its president, Jerry Klein.
"We're [using] well-proven concepts that have been done for years in print, TV and radio and have yielded responses for the direct response community," he said. "We're not selling advertising. We're generating leads."
Klein would not name all of his clients, but said one is online media placement firm Avenue A Media, Seattle, working on behalf of Sprint. The company also says it has a staff of direct marketing creative professionals who will help clients execute campaigns as part of the lead-generation arrangement.
"If you've got an offer that works well in TV or print, let us help you migrate it to the Web," he said. "We'll do the creative [because] we only make money if the advertising works and, candidly, that's the kind of help these people [traditional direct marketers] need to make that transition."
Klein said the cost per lead to advertisers will vary widely, but as a benchmark offered that catalog requests generally will cost between $1 and $3 each.
Flycast's East Coast partner, ORB, has been brokering and implementing cost-per-action campaigns online since January 1996.
"We've always been focused on the Internet as a direct marketing vehicle that should be paid for on a per-response basis," said Laura Berland, executive vice president and co-founder of ORB. "Most sites have an enormous amount of excess inventory that if it's not sold on a CPM basis, it should be sold on some basis."
Jay Schwedelson, corporate vice president of Internet media placement firm WebConnect, said that he understands why Flycast is testing CPA deals but that the CPM model will dominate online ad buying in the end. WebConnect's parent company is list firm Worldata, Boca Raton, FL
"There's a general frustration with the CPM model right now because click-throughs [responses] are dropping and CPM costs are still very high," he said. "[But] as more people go onto the Internet and [ad] inventory grows, site owners will have more impressions to sell and they'll be able to lower their overall CPMs, which will lead to a lower cost of response. Everyone's a little scared right now so CPA and revenue-sharing deals are popping up all over the place, but those are temporary solutions to a problem that's going to solve itself."
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To say that casinos - both the types that exist in your area and those that are operated exclusively online - are popular worldwide is something of an understatement. According to a study conducted by Washington University at St. Louis, it is estimated that 1.6 billion people all over the world play some type of casino game at some point during a given year.
An incredible 4.2 billion people worldwide admit to having played at least one casino game at some point in their lives. Thanks to the rate at which technology continues to advance and the prevalence of online casinos, those numbers have only grown since the study was conducted in 2005.
Part of the appeal comes from the fact that most casino games are every bit as much an art as they are a science. When you sit down to play a game like poker, for example, you need both luck and skill on your side to see the results you need when you need them the most. You can study the ins and outs of the game for years, learning every possible card combination and memorizing odds and percentages, but all the proactive effort in the world can't undo the effects of a run of bad luck - something that happens to everyone.
The Rise of Online Casinos
In many ways, online casinos and the Internet-based gaming industry have only made casino games more popular by making them more accessible than ever before. Now, you no longer have to get dressed up, drive to the nearest casino, pay to park and wander around the floor until you find the game you like.
You're only a few seconds away from playing any game like blackjack, roulette, craps or others right from the comfort of your own computer chair. One study estimates that in 2015, the online gaming market had a volume of roughly $37.91 billion USD per year - a number that is expected to increase to $59.79 billion by as soon as 2020.
The Many Different Types of Casino Games
Variety isn't just the spice of life - it also happens to be another one of the reason why casinos in general are so popular. At any given time there are dozens of games that one can engage in both online and at a brick-and-mortar casino depending on their tastes, their preferences or even their mood. In addition to the aforementioned poker, craps and blackjack, this also includes keno, baccarat, variations like pai gow poker, sic bo and even slot machines.
These games are traditionally separated into different categories like table games, slot games and others. The key to not only picking the game that is right for you, but also advancing your own skill to the point where you start winning in the way you've always wanted, involves knowing as much about offline and online casinos as possible.
The Different Table Games Available at Casinos and Online Casinos
In the context of casinos, "table games" are a category of games distinguished not only by the fact that they're played on a literal table, but that they're also operated by at least one (but possibly more) live dealers.
Aside from the games themselves, this is the major factor that separates them from other types of games like Video Poker that are played on a mechanical device. Depending on the area that the casino you're visiting is located in, they may only have slot machines and not table games specifically due to laws governing the presence of said live dealer.
If you want to put yourself in a better position to find the table game that is right for you at an online casino or at a casino in your neighborhood, learning as much as you can about each one is always recommended.
Poker: The World's Pastime
Poker is a popular card game that combines strategy, skill and a little bit of luck - all at the same time. A game begins with players making a forced bet, often referred to as the blind or ante, based on the rank they believe their hand of cards is worth.
Betting proceeds clockwise around the table and each player must either match the previous bet or fold, which will cause them to lose the amount of money they've bet so far. Players can also raise, or increase, the bet. At the end of a hand, the player with the highest combination of cards in their hand wins the money that has been bet so far.
The Art of Blackjack
Unlike with Poker, Blackjack is a card game where players at a table do not play against themselves - they play against a dealer. Players are issued cards in an attempt to either get 21 points on their own first two cards, reach a final score that his higher than the score of the dealer without going over 21, or letting the dealer continue to draw cards until their own hand goes over 21.
Players are dealt two cards, as is the dealer. One of the dealer's cards is usually exposed, while the other is not. Based on what the player thinks the dealer may have, they decide to either draw additional cards or stay with their current cards based on the aforementioned objectives.
Roulette: Breaking It Down
Roulette is much more of a luck-based table game than either of the other two options. Players simply choose to bet on either a single number, groupings of numbers, whether a number is odd or even, whether a number is low or high or the color red or black.
The croupier at a Roulette table spins a wheel in one direction and a small ball spins in another. Based on which slot that ball lands in - and what results the user actually bet on in the first place - the player will either win or lose.
Other Casino Table Games
Depending on the online casino you use or the in-person casino that you visit, other types of table cables will also likely be present. These include but are not limited to dice or tile-based games like Craps, Pai Gow or Sic Bo, other games based on random numbers like Big Six Wheel, or other card-based games like Casino War, Faro, Red Dog or even Trente et Quarante.
The Many Different Types of Online Slot Games That Players Need to Know About
One of the major reasons why online slots are so popular ultimately comes down to the thing that matters the most: the quality and the consistency of the experience they offer. While it's true that a game of online poker and one taking place in a brick-and-mortar casino are played the same way, to use just one example, the experience ultimately varies a great deal on the Internet. You don't have people sitting next to you, you're not engaged with a live dealer, etc.
The same isn't true with online slots, which offer a virtually identical experience to that of traditional slot machines right in the comfort of your own home. Thanks to the rate at which technology continues to advance, there are also a wide range of different types of online slot games for players to choose from depending on their needs and preferences.
3 Reel Games
3 Reel games are essentially the online version of the classic slot machines that you've probably been playing in your area for years. They're also by far the most straightforward as far as the rules are concerned.
In a 3 Reel slot, the game interface shows three distinct columns and three rows of symbols. The middle row, as always, is the pay line. After you bet and spin the reels, you win the amount of money stated based on whether or not any symbols on screen match up to a winning combination as listed in the pay table.
5 Reel slots, as their name suggests, take the gameplay rules and mechanics of 3 Reel machines and elevate them to the next level. 5 Reel slows can often have as many as 100 different pay lines, greatly increasing the odds that the player will win on each spin. They also come with pay tables that are far more detailed, as there are many more combinations of symbols that can generate a win for the player.
Beyond that, the actual rules are roughly the same. After placing a bet, the player spins the wheels and wins money based on whether or not the symbols on screen match a winning combination on the pay table.
Progressive Slot Games
Progressive slot games are largely an invention of the digital era, offering a unique way to replicate the communal feeling of a casino in one's own home. In a Progressive slot situation, every player that is playing the same game anywhere in the world is essentially competing for the same jackpot - which is also steadily increasing as more people play.
Though they each have their own individual game, the games are all linked together - meaning that as more people sign on, the jackpot grows larger and larger.
Once someone wins that jackpot, it resets and starts all over again. Progressive slot games are particularly popular online because of the massive payouts that they can sometimes offer.
Video slots are definitely one of the most popular slot machines in the casino industry. Most of the gamblers tend to have a special connection with them because they have a wide range of gaming options. In fact, this is why almost all casinos offer their clients the video slots. You can easily choose any game, depending on your taste or level of your gaming skills. In most cases, experienced gamblers pick those slots that have sophisticated features or require some exceptional techniques.
Modern online video slots draw their inspiration from the traditional slot machines. In the past, gamblers operated these machines by inserting a coin before pulling a lever. Today, the modern interface gives you maximum convenience since you only need to touch a few buttons on your screen. Online video slots also give you the freedom to place bets ranging from 1 up to 243 pay lines. Of course, we can't undermine the excellent graphics that come with online video slots.
All About Pokies - The Most Popular Online Casino Games in All of New Zealand
In many ways, pokies are more than just digital or online slot machines - they're also one of the most popular casino games anywhere in New Zealand today. This is with good reason, too - from a certain perspective, the history and unparalleled success of the pokie as a format is directly tied to the country itself.
The History of Pokies
Though pokies have become particularly popular over the course of the last decade or so, their history actually dates back farther than most people realize. They were first introduced during the late 1980s as digital versions of slot machines.
Because of the popularity of the slot machine in general, as well as the malleability of the format, pokies quickly began to appear in a wide range of different locations throughout the world. In addition to having prominent placement in many casinos, they are also often found in hotels, in clubs and bars, in restaurants and in many other areas.
Pokies became particularly popular in New Zealand, and with good reason. According to a study conducted by the Department of Internal Affairs, pokie turnover in 2008 hit $10.096 billion dollars. A full $9.158 billion of that money was returned to players in the form of prize money. During that year there were 19,479 pokie machines in more than 1,500 different venues across the country, all being operated by 384 different licensees.
Because pokies are so popular, the New Zealand government in particular has enacted a number of rules designed to make sure the machines are capable of being responsibly played at all times. Since 2009, for example, all pokie machines in New Zealand are required to have what are referred to as PIDs, or Player Information Displays.
This informational boxes tell people how long they have been playing a particular game, how much money they've spent so far and also remind them to occasionally get up and take a walk for the benefit of their health and wellness.
Online Pokies vs. Traditional Pokies: The Evolution of a Format
The popularity of pokies in New Zealand really took off, however, when online pokies grew in prominence. The major difference between online pokies and traditional pokies ultimately comes down to one word: convenience.
Instead of planning your entire evening around going to a location with your favorite pokie machine, paying for parking, possibly paying to get in and more, you can enjoy all of your favorite games right from the comfort of your own home. What's more, many pokies are also available for mobile formats like smartphone and tablets - meaning that you can take the format with you on-the-go as well.
But the true strength of online pokies rests in terms of versatility. New games are being released all the time, many of which feature branded content from shows like "Game of Thrones" or films like "Jurassic Park."
The games themselves also change quite frequently, making attractive features like progressive jackpots or dramatic new gameplay rules - both of which would be largely unthinkable in a traditional setting - easier than ever for game developers.
The Most Popular Pokies From Microgaming
Microgaming is more than just an online gaming providers - they're also one of the leading providers of online pokies operating anywhere in the world today. As previously discussed, the pokie format is popular because of the variety that it offers and the huge jackpots that the games themselves are normally associated with. In terms of the most popular pokies from Microgaming, there are a few key titles in particular that keep people coming back again and again.
Mega Moolah is arguably the most popular Microgaming pokie for a very simple reason - jackpots tend to be so large that players have given it the nickname "The Millionaire Maker." The Mega Moolah Jackpot Wheel offers one of four different jackpots to choose from depending on preferences - Mini, Minor, Major and Mega.
The Mega jackpot is famous because it has a minimum payout of one million Pound Sterling (!). One player in New Zealand even won £13 million, which was recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest online slot jackpot of all time.
"Game of Thrones" is one of those television shows that is less a show and more a pop culture phenomenon. With the final season quickly approach, it's captured the attention of countless people worldwide - which is why you should not be surprised that it is also one of the most popular pokies from Microgaming, too.
"Game of Thrones" is undoubtedly popular because there are almost as many ways to win as there are characters on the show. There are two versions of the game to choose from - one a 243 line and the other a 15 line variety.
You can also choose from four different features depending on your preferences. Choosing House Stark, for example, gives you 14 games with a win multiplier of x3 plus stacks of five stark symbols that can be used to win a random prize of up to 100 times your bet.
If you had to make a list of some of the most beloved films of all time, Steven Spielberg's 1993 opus "Jurassic Park" would undoubtedly be right at the top. Based on the success it has enjoyed in the decades since, it also makes sense that the "Jurassic Park" pokie is and will likely always be one of the most popular games from Microgaming across the board.
Players love this pokie for the same reason they love the movie - there's just something about dinosaurs that demand your attention and admiration. Beyond standard pokie rules, "Jurassic Park" is a fun pokie because of the dinosaur-themed special features that it offers.
If a Brachiosaurus appears on the board, for example, you get free spins with mystery multipliers. If you're lucky enough to spot a Velociraptor, you get free spins with a multiplier and split wilds.
Cash Splash
Last but not least we have Cash Splash, a pokie that is famous less for its use of branded content and more for the type of money that players can win - all while having a large amount of fun at the same time.
As a 15 line progressive pokie from Microgaming, Cash Splash has a beginning jackpot of $5,000 on a maximum bet of just $3. If players get five wild "Cash Splash" logos on line 15, they win the progressive jackpot just like that. Cash Splash is also available to play on both mobile platforms as well as on Windows and Mac computers, adding to the popularity it has enjoyed over the years.
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Jiří Kroha (5 June 1893 – 7 June 1974) was a Czech architect, painter, sculptor, scenographer, designer and pedagogue. He was an important exponent of Czech architecture and design during inter-war period.

Biography
Kroha began his studies in Prague, but in 1904 his family moved to Plzeň. From 1907 to 1909 he gained his first experience with theatre, as a member of amateur cabaret group. In 1911, he graduated from realschule in Plzeň. The same year he began to study at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Among his professors were Jan Koula, Josef Fanta, Antonín Balšánek and Rudolf Kříženecký. In 1918 he successfully finished his studies at the Czech Technical University.

At the same time he made first contacts with bohemian group of the cabaret Montmartre from Řetězová Street in Prague. Among regular guests of the performances were Jaroslav Hašek, Max Brod, Franz Kafka, Eduard Bass, Eduard Bass, Konstantin Biebl, Egon Erwin Kisch, Vítězslav Nezval, Karel Teige and others. In 1918 Kroha became a member of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts, and he also began his collaboration with Artěl (Atelier for Art Work in Prague).

In 1921 Kroha married Miroslava Kubátová. Their daughter Sylva was born in 1926.

In the 1920s he designed several buildings in Mladá Boleslav and Kosmonosy. His building of Secondary Industrial School in Mladá Boleslav is a valuable architectural work, protected as a national cultural monument. In 1926 he began lecturing at the Brno University of Technology, and two years later, in 1928, he moved to Brno with his family.

From 1926 he began lecturing at the Brno University of Technology and in 1928 he moved with his family to Brno. He became close with Bedřich Václavek and joined the Left Front and the Society for Cultural and Economic Convergence with Soviet Russia. In 1930 he was appointed full professor of Brno technology. He completed a six-week trip to the Soviet Union. Upon his return, he embarked on intense political activity. From 1932 to 1933, he was chairman of the Committee for the Support of Families of Striking Miners in the Rosice - Oslavansk Region.

In 1935, he was sent into permanent retirement for his left-wing public lectures, in which he attacked the existing state institution as a civil servant. In 1937 he was allowed to lecture again.

After the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia he was arrested by the Gestapo for his Communist activities and was only released for his declining health with the request of the International Red Cross. He was under intense surveillance for the remainder of the Second World War.

After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, he embarked on intense political and architectural activities. From 1945 to 1948 he was again the dean of the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering of the University of Technology in Brno, in 1948 he was appointed rector of the University. His Studio of the National Artist (ANU) Jiří Kroha (later the Master Studio of the National Artist – MANU) worked on housing construction projects and propaganda installations of exhibitions and political events. The studio was dissolved in 1956. He has received a number of state and artistic awards for his work after 1948.

He died in 1974 in Prague.

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