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20 tax and fee hikes totaling $4.6 billion coming soon for Illinoisans
Adam Schuster
by Adam Schuster
The Illinois General Assembly and governor devised 20 different ways to take more money from taxpayers to finance spending on government operations and infrastructure.
Illinois residents will soon be facing new or higher taxes and fees on gas, vehicle registrations, parking, marijuana, gambling, online shopping and more following actions at the Statehouse. In total, 20 new ways to extract money are estimated to raise $4.6 billion to pay for infrastructure and the state's fiscal year 2020 operating budget – which despite the new money may still be as much as $1.3 billion in the red.
The changes span three different bills – SB 690, SB 689, and SB 1939 – and total 2,029 pages. All three bills were passed in a single weekend, meaning neither taxpayers nor lawmakers had time to fully read them.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed SB 689 on June 5 and is expected to sign the remaining two bills. The biggest tax hike proposed by Pritzker – scrapping Illinois' constitutionally guaranteed flat tax and replacing it with a progressive income tax – would require voter approval on the November 2020 ballot to be enacted. Senate Democrats have estimated the rates signed by the governor would raise just over $3 billion.
While Pritzker has claimed his progressive tax plan would lower or at least not raise taxes on 97% of Illinoisans, just two of the revenue changes enacted this spring – doubling the motor fuel tax and increasing vehicle registration fees – more than wipe out any tax relief the governor promised. In fact, a typical Illinois family with two vehicles will end up $105 in the hole. And that's assuming lawmakers don't target the middle class for more revenue by changing the progressive income tax rates they passed.
Notably, the General Assembly passed and Pritzker signed a state budget that members of both parties claimed was balanced. The truth is it is out of balance by as much as $1.3 billion, despite significant new revenue.
Although Pritzker originally proposed 19 new or higher taxes and fees worth $6.9 billion, not all of his proposals were enacted and some new measures were passed that had not been previously discussed in public. Taxes Pritzker proposed but the General Assembly did not pass include the following:
Reducing the tax credit available to retailers for collecting sales taxes on behalf of the state ($75 million)
A new 5-cent statewide tax on plastic bags ($19 million to $23 million)
A statewide $1-per-ride fee on ridesharing ($214 million)
A 7% tax on streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify ($150 million)
Increased taxes on beer, wine and liquor ($120 million)
New tax and fee hikes not previously proposed include:
A $100 increase in vehicle registration fees for large trucks
Increased sales taxes on remote online retailers
New sales tax for online marketplaces
New progressive tax schedule for gambling proceeds that imposes lower taxes on table games than slot machines
Prior to the changes enacted this spring, Illinois residents already faced one of the highest total state and local tax burdens in the nation.
New revenue to balance general revenue budget ($1.7 billion)
Analysis from the Illinois Policy Institute has found the fiscal year 2020 spending plan is out of balance by up to $1.3 billion. This is despite more than $1 billion in new revenue for the first year. Several revenue sources proposed are one-time sources, while others will be lower in the first year but increase in subsequent years.
Recreational cannabis tax ($500 million)
Lawmakers have publicly stated they expect $57 million in tax revenue from the first six months of taxing recreational marijuana which will increase to $500 million annually after five years.
New tax on managed care health insurance organizations ($390 million)
Managed health care organizations, a type of health insurance company intended to control costs, will be hit with a new assessment fee based on the number of members they have and whether they are private or part of the state's Medicaid program.
As explained by the Civic Federation, the plan will free up $390 million in general revenues through a combination of increased federal reimbursements and shoring up Medicaid accounts that are not part of the general operating budget.
Increase in sales tax for online remote retailers ($260 million)
Following the Supreme Court decision last year making it easier for states to require online retailers to collect sales taxes, lawmakers required companies such as Amazon to collect the state's 6.25% tax on all transactions as of Oct. 1. Now, remote online retailers will also be required to collect the local portion of sales tax for online purchases based on where packages are being delivered. Combined state and local sales taxes average 8.74% across Illinois and range as high as 10.25% in Chicago.
Expanded tax amnesty program ($175 million)
Taxpayers who have failed to pay all income taxes owed to Illinois will have a chance to clear their liabilities without penalty from Oct. 1 to Nov. 15. This tax amnesty program will accelerate collections that would likely have been made through enforcement activity at some point, making this a one-time revenue source that will somewhat reduce future revenue collections.
Recreational cannabis licenses ($170 million)
The governor's proposed budget counted on $170 million in revenue from license sales to recreational marijuana dispensaries. This is likely to be a mostly one-time source of revenue with significantly lower collections in subsequent years.
Expansion of online sales tax to marketplace facilitators ($160 million)
Online marketplaces that facilitate transactions between third parties, such as Etsy and Ebay, will now be required to collect the state's 6.25% portion of the sales tax.
Decoupling from federal tax code treatment for foreign derived income ($94 million)
The federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act created a credit for businesses that export goods and services internationally, intended to encourage this income to be brought back to the United States. Because of interactions between Illinois' corporate income tax code and the Internal Revenue Code, this would have reduced the effective state tax rate to 5.9% from the regular 9.5% corporate income tax (which includes the 2.5% personal property replacement tax).
This change eliminates that credit, imposing higher taxes on foreign-derived corporate income.
New revenue to finance "horizontal" capital spending on roads and bridges ($1.8 billion)
Pritzker campaigned on a new capital plan for Illinois, originally proposing $41.5 billion for his "Rebuild Illinois" plan. The plan passed by the General Assembly spends even more, at $45 billion over six years, including $10 billion in expected federal matching grants.
Senate Democrats have said $33.2 billion of the total new spending will go to transportation infrastructure, such as roads and bridges. Lawmakers refer to those projects as "horizontal" infrastructure spending.
The Illinois Policy Institute released an alternative no-tax-hike capital plan that would have enabled state and local governments to invest $10 billion more in repairing existing infrastructure, not including federal matching dollars. It emphasized transportation project need rather than the age-old practice of rewarding political loyalty with shiny new projects.
The horizontal infrastructure proposal Pritzker plans to sign is financed by a number of increased taxes and fees on Illinois drivers. Even with these taxes and fees, the proposals do not raise enough revenue to pay for all new spending. The plan also relies on over $20 billion in new bond debt.
Double state's motor fuel tax ($1.3 billion)
Illinois' motor fuel tax will increase from 19 cents to 38 cents per gallon, effective July 1.
This makes Illinois' total gas tax burden the second-highest in the nation and possibly the highest when accounting for additional local authority to raise fuel taxes. Chicago will be able to add an additional 3 cents to its current 5 cents per gallon tax. Lake County and Will County will be able to impose a new 8 cent per gallon tax and the remaining collar counties of DuPage, Kane, and McHenry will be able to increase their per gallon taxes from 4 cents to 8 cents.
The state's motor fuel tax will also automatically increase every year on July 1 going forward because it has been pegged to inflation. Drivers will be notified on June 1 of the size of the increase, which cannot exceed one penny per year. The total increase will hit nearly 25 cents by 2025, based on current inflation projections.
An analysis produced by Local 150 of the Operating Engineers, a union that does infrastructure work for the state, estimates the changes will raise more than $1.3 billion in total.
$50 increase in vehicle registration for regular passenger vehicles ($441 million)
Most drivers will see their vehicle registration fee increase from $101 to $151. The plan differs from Pritzker's proposal to implement a tiered registration fee based on the age of a vehicle, which would have gone as high as $199 per year. Illinois' vehicle registration fee was just $79 as recently as 2009.
$100 increase in registration fees for large vehicles ($49 million)
Large vehicles such as buses, trailers and semi-trucks will see a $100 increase in their respective vehicle registration fees.
15-fold increase in electric vehicle registration fee ($4 million)
The registration fee for electric vehicles would rise to $250 per year from $35 every other year. Previous proposals would've increased the fee as high as $1,000 per year, but the enacted increase matches the Pritzker plan to raise $4 million annually.
New revenue to finance "vertical" capital spending on buildings ($1.1 billion)
In addition to the state's new transportation infrastructure spending, the Rebuild Illinois plan allocates billions of dollars for new spending on buildings such as state facilities and public universities. The bulk of funding comes from expanding gambling in the state.
Illinois' last major capital plan in 2009 also relied extensively on revenue from gambling. A ProPublica investigation found revenues over the course of the plan were about $1.1 billion less than lawmakers projected.
New casino licenses ($300 million)
The bill authorizes new casinos in Chicago, Waukegan, the south suburbs of Chicago, Walker's Bluff, Rockford and Danville. Additionally, horse racing tracks, truck stops and airports will have expanded authority to operate video gambling machines.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that combined revenue from sports betting licenses and casino licenses will be about $500 million. This suggests about $300 million will come from expanded traditional gambling licenses.
Licenses for legalized sports betting ($212 million)
Sports betting will now be legal in Illinois. Initially, only existing gambling interests such as sports venues, racetracks and casinos will be eligible for licenses. Online sports betting companies such as FanDuel and DraftKings will have to wait 18 months before they can apply.
The governor's proposed budget counted on $212 million in revenue from the sale of these licenses.
$1 per pack increase in cigarette taxes ($156 million)
Chicago already imposes the highest cigarette tax in the nation, at $7.17 per pack as of 2016. Illinois charges the fourth-highest cigarette tax in the Midwest at $1.98. The capital plan hikes this tax by $1 per pack.
According to the Illinois Department of Revenue, tax dollars generated by cigarette sales have declined every year since fiscal year 2015. Cigarette taxes are highly volatile, as shown in the Tax Foundation's recent analysis of cigarette tax revenues from 1955 to 2018 across all 50 states. This can be attributed in part to a general decline in smoking, as well as the ability of smokers in high-tax states to buy tobacco from bordering low-tax states.
Increased tax on video gaming machines ($150 million)
The tax rate for proceeds from video gambling machines will increase to 33% from 30%, with an additional 1% increase in the rate the following year.
Sports betting taxation ($136 million)
The governor's proposed budget predicted tax revenue from legalized sports betting could raise $77 million to $136 million per year.
Parking garage tax ($60 million)
Parking garage users would see an increase in their taxes starting Jan. 1, 2020. For hourly or daily parking garages, taxes would go up by 6%. Monthly or annual parking spaces would be slapped with a new 9% tax.
Cap on sales tax exemption for traded-in property ($60 million)
Trade-ins for property similar to the purchase, such as trading in a used vehicle during the purchase of a new vehicle at a car dealership, have traditionally been exempt from sales tax. SB690 caps that exemption at $10,000 of value, meaning amounts above that will now be subject to sales tax.
E-cigarette tax increase ($10 million)
Electronic cigarettes and vaporizers will see a new tax of 15% on wholesale value. Although a summary of the operating budget released by the governor's office claims the new revenue will be used to fill holes in the operating budget, the text of the bill indicates the new revenue will be dedicated to vertical capital projects along with the tax hike on regular cigarettes:
"(c) Beginning on July 1, 2019, all of the moneys from the additional taxes imposed by this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly received by the Department of Revenue pursuant to this Act and the Cigarette Use Tax Act shall be distributed each month into the Capital Projects Fund."
Graduated tax schedule differentiating between table games and slots (insufficient information for revenue estimate)
The gambling bill creates a new tax schedule which imposes higher taxes on slot machines – topping out at 50% for proceeds of over $200 million – compared with table games, which would see a maximum rate of 20% on earnings over $25 million. For both table games and slots, the tax rates get progressively higher with higher gambling proceeds.
While no revenue estimate exists for this change in isolation, total new revenue from gambling expansion is predicted to be about $700 million, according to ABC 7 Chicago.
Add up all 20, and Illinoisans' new tax and fee bill is $4.6 billion
Springfield's solution to every problem seems to be taking more money from taxpayers. Whether the goal is balancing a budget or investing in infrastructure, Illinoisans deserve better.
While it's too late to stop many of the new taxes and fees imposed this year, lawmakers should make a small gesture of respect toward taxpayers and show a willingness to challenge the status quo by repealing automatic increases in the motor fuel tax. At the very least, they should be accountable for votes to hike taxes.
Taxpayers can also take matters into their own hands by rejecting a progressive income tax on the ballot in November 2020. Only when lawmakers are sent a clear message that more tax hikes are unacceptable can Illinois begin to deal with the structural overspending at the root of the state's fiscal crisis.
Correction: A previous version of this piece cited 21 tax and fee hikes raising $4.7 billion, rather than 20 tax and fee hikes raising $4.6 billion. This previous analysis included a real estate transfer tax hike generating $68 million, but this tax was removed in a later amendment.
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You haven't lived until you've eaten a scoop—or ten—of creamy, authentic Italian gelato. This delectable frozen treat got its start in the 16th century, when a Florentine named Bernardo Buontalenti served his creation at a banquet held by the powerful Medici family. Nowadays, gelato is practically synonymous with Italy. With fresh, local ingredients (like lemons from Sorrento, hazelnuts from Piedmont, apricots from Vesuvius) and a sinfully smooth texture, it's no wonder that true Italian gelato has become a worldwide sensation.
With seemingly endless gelaterias scattered across Italy, finding the perfect cup (or cone) of gelato can be a tall order. To make it easier, we've created this comprehensive guide to the best gelato in Italy. Read on to learn more about this creamy concoction and how to find the very best in a variety of Italian cities.
Many people think that "gelato" is simply Italian for "ice cream," but the two actually differ in quite a few ways. Firstly, while both are made with milk, cream, and sugar, gelato contains no egg yolks and has a much higher proportion of milk to cream than ice cream. Less cream means a lower percentage of butterfat, which can often overpower the flavors. Gelato is also churned at a much slower rate than ice cream, and thus incorporates less air to create a denser, silkier texture. The two treats also differ in their serving temperatures. Authentic gelato is generally served at around 10 to 12°F, which is 10 to 15°F warmer than ice cream. The colder the dessert, the more the ice numbs your tongue and dulls your taste buds to flavor.
Look for less vibrant colors. We to gravitate toward bright, flashy displays, but resist the urge! Quality gelato will have a higher proportion of natural ingredients, and thus no (or very little) added coloring.
Find shops that keep their gelato in round metal tins with lids. Lids indicate that the gelato is kept at the correct temperature and that the shop doesn't need to lure its customers with bright colors and decorations.
Look for gelato that's served with a flat paddle, not a scoop. Paddles, or spatulas, allow the gelato to be worked and softened. Scoops alert you to a stiffer, less gelato-like texture.
Avoid shops with flashy signs out front. Really good gelaterias won't need the extra advertisement; their quality will spread through word-of-mouth.
Note the height of the gelato mounds. Giant piles might actually fall above the legal serving temperature. Good gelato is soft, and over time it will melt and settle like pudding. Gelato that's so stiff that it stays piled is probably over-whipped, and therefore not the silky, dense consistency it should be.
Are the fruit flavors seasonal? Most flavors come and go with the season: peach and watermelon in the summer, apple and pear in autumn. You shouldn't see watermelon in the winter or pear in the summer. Another thing to keep in mind with flavors is the labeling itself. If you see a brand name listed alongside the flavor, the gelato has probably been mass produced or made with industrial mixes.
Look for a list of ingredients. Good gelato shops take pride in what goes into their gelato and will post ingredients in a visible spot. Ingredient lists with "E" followed by a series of numbers indicate additives and preservatives. Another sign of these is gelato that's too shiny or opaque.
This neighborhood shop earned the top prize at the 2017 World Gelato Tour—a three-year competition featuring 1,800 gelato-makers from across the globe. The winning flavor? Pistachio, made from three types of Sicilian pistachios slow-roasted for 24 hours.
It doesn't get much better than watching ingredients churn themselves into gelato right in front of your eyes. At Gelateria I Caruso, you can watch the whole process through a glass window. And if that weren't enough, they'll even top your gelato with a generous dollop of fresh whipped cream if you so desire.
It's all about the high-quality, seasonal ingredients at Gelato San Lorenzo. Flavors include pineapple rosemary, ricotta anise, and honey walnut, in addition to a variety of vegan options. The mixtures contain 25% less sugar than many other gelato bases, as the fruits, nuts, and honey add a great deal of sweetness on their own.
With its silky smooth texture, this heavenly gelato knows how to turn a few heads. You'll need to walk a bit outside of the immediate city center to find it, but La Sorbetteria Castiglione is well worth the trek.
Served within 24 hours of being made in-house, the gelato here is a revelation. The flavors are pure and powerful and the staff is friendly. A winner all around.
What could be better than top-notch gelato with flavors like apricot cake and white fig (with caramelized figs from Cilento)? Top-notch gelato served (if you'd like) ice cream sandwich-style inside freshly baked brioche. Because, oh yeah, this gelateria is also a bakery.
This shop consistently ranks among the best gelaterias in Florence, and with good reason. Generous portions, reasonable prices, excellent service, and a menu packed with rich, decadent flavors? Yes please.
Opened in 1929, Vivoli is considered the oldest gelato shop in Florence. If you can get past the small portions, high prices, and the fact that there are no cones, the flavors are transcendent and the texture as smooth as velvet.
Who doesn't want a little live music served up alongside their gelato? La Gelateria della Musica is all about creating a sweet, musical experience. Many of their flavors are even inspired by famous songs and artists.
Head to Suso for scoops of diving gelato along with views of Venice's famous Rialto Bridge. They offer gluten-free and vegan cones, as well as a selection of vegan gelato—including dark chocolate and amarena cherry.
Opened in 2009, this small, tucked-away shop is a short walk from St. Mark's Square. In addition to its rich specialty flavors (including strawberry grape and ricotta with pistachio), the gelateria also serves up tantalizing crepes and slushes.
Ready to jet off to Italy? Let's go!


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The 'Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave'
May 5, 2016 In Uncategorized
With an election year now upon us, the unfortunate U.S. citizenry is being constantly assaulted by those who would 'make America great again', as if it ever was. From the Republicans, we learn that such horrors as health care for the masses and food stamps for the poor will be done away. The ability for everyone to marry the person of his or her choice, which apparently is the height of immorality, will no longer be allowed. The possibility of affordable higher education, with low-interest, government loans, is not even to be considered. And Muslims will no longer be allowed in the country because, as we all know, they are all terrorists.
On the Democratic side, things aren't all the much better. Before the so-called 'safety net', the taxpayer-provided assistance to the poor and needy, can be reinforced, or before the education system can be improved, or the nation's infrastructure repaired, one must assure that Israel has all that it wants and needs. Now this is no change from the current administration; President Barack Obama wrote all the checks Israel demanded, but he was not pleasant about it. His successor, whoever that may be, promises to jump through all the Israeli hoops with a big smile on his or her face.
The level of political discourse among the lesser gods striving for office isn't much better. For example, this writer last lived in the U.S. in Florida, and it is there that he is registered to vote. One Alan Grayson is running for senate there, and, until recently, this writer was on his mailing list. Among the qualifications Mr. Grayson listed in numerous and nauseating emails were more than one talking about how he has more U.S. flag ties than any other member of Congress. This is not what this voter needs to make an informed decision. He wrote to the candidate several times asking for his position on the Israel-Palestine situation, but Mr. Grayson did not see fit to respond. Oh well, maybe the question was simply too difficult for him.
Let us take a moment to discuss the legendary and mythical greatness of the U.S. Did it ever exist? Is there some 'greatness' that current politicians could bring the country back to? The irony of bringing the U.S. 'back' is lost on most of the candidates, and this writer will not insult the reader by explaining it. But let us take a short trip throughout U.S. history.
The nation started with thirteen colonies rebelling against the British government. That this was a people's movement, with wide support, is a popular story, but then again, so is the Three Little Pigs. One must as readily believe in the porcine construction of three huts as readily as the myth of the common man in the late 1700s rising up in rebellion against the Crown. A more careful look at history indicates that roughly one-third of the people living in the colonies supported the revolution; another third was loyal to Britain. The remainder vacillated; when Britain seemed to be winning, they supported Britain. When the 'revolutionaries' had the upper hand, they sided with them.
Regardless of how much support they had, the 'revolutionaries' defeated the British, and quickly began their own empire. With an entire continent, rich in natural resources, the opportunity for untold wealth was unlimited. So what if several million natives lived on the land? What right did they have to it? The slaughter of the Native Americans began long before the country was established, but became policy once the Revolutionary War ended. Countless millions of native men, women and children were brutally killed, driven from their lands and exploited in unspeakable ways as 'democracy' roared across the continent.
As lands were cleared of Native villages that had existed from time immemorial, cotton became a popular product. Unfortunately, there simply weren't enough people willing to pick it, at least not at wages that plantation owners wanted to pay. So how did the 'great' United States resolve this problem? Well, why not sail to the African continent, kidnap millions of people, and force them to do the work? 'Yankee ingenuity' at its best! These people were not white, and so in the view of the enlightened and 'great' United States, affirmed by the Supreme Court, they weren't quite human. They could be bought or sold, treated worse than dogs, and forced to labor long hours under horrendous conditions. Countless thousands died en route to the U.S., and their bodies were simply thrown overboard. Never mind how this might have impacted the parents or children of the deceased; these were not people, but simply commodities. If a sack of potatoes went bad on board, simply throw it over! Black kidnap victims were viewed the same way.
As the years progressed into decades, and the decades into centuries, things weren't much better. In their turn, Chinese workers, the Irish, Italians, Catholics, Mormons, Jews and many others were exploited, discriminated against, harassed, beaten and killed, simply because they were Chinese, Irish, etc.
Fast forward to Pearl Harbor and World War II. Concentration camps in the U.S. for Japanese citizens were mandated; many of these citizens lost their homes and businesses, simply because they were Japanese. During this time, anyone who might be considered a threat to national security was sifted out of the great melting pot, and the Japanese felt the brunt of this particular injustice.
We will do no more than mention the slaughter of Filipinos during the Philippine-American War, or the horrific massacre of over 2,000,000 Vietnamese during that tragic, imperial misadventure. Nor will we dwell on the dehumanization and murders of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis at the start of the new millennium. All part of U.S. 'greatness'.
Today, little has really changed. Young, unarmed and defenseless Black men serve as target practice for police officers, often trained by one of the most savage and brutal armies in the world, that of Israel. Why police officers, who are supposed to 'serve and protect', must receive military training, and be equipped with vehicles appropriate for an invasion, is puzzling, unless one considers that the powers that be have every intention of staying exactly where they are, and instilling fear in the populace is an excellent tool for accomplishing that goal. And what passes for the justice system in the U.S. allows murderous police officers to escape any penalty for their crimes.
Muslims suffer persecutions that would be headline news if they happened to any other group. One can only imagine the response in the mainstream media, and the highest offices in the land, if a group of armed Muslims surrounded a church or synagogue during services.
The U.S. provides billions upon billions of dollars to Israel, whose Prime Minister refers to Palestinians as beasts. The U.S. government persecutes those who would shed light on its crimes, condemning whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden. And it glorifies such mass murderers as sniper Chris Kyle.
Yet we are told we should vote for a senate candidate with several U.S. flag ties, and a presidential candidate who made a small fortune speaking to Goldman Sachs, but will not reveal what it is she said. The Supreme Court has allowed unlimited corporate donations to candidates; one is naïve indeed if one thinks those corporations are buying power for the good of the people. A quotation, thought to have originated with John Maynard Keynes, is this: "Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men for the nastiest of motives will somehow work for the benefit of all". Former President Ronald Reagan's 'trickle down' economics was the embodiment of this, and that practice hasn't changed much since the Reagan years.
The average worker in the U.S. is required to work a certain number of hours a week; he/she is generally responsible for creating some kind of artifact: computer code, documentation, report, a physical product, a lesson plan, etc. A few weeks of paid vacation are usually offered with the employment. There may be other benefits: medical insurance, bonuses, etc. If the number of days off taken exceeds the vacation or sick time allowed, the worker's pay is forfeited for that time. Excessive absences may result in termination of employment.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate are under no such constraints. The can work as many or as few hours as they choose, and even the required number of days is not onerous. In 2014, Congress was scheduled to be in session about 133 days; the average, non-Congressional worker (e.g. you and me), works about 240. And many of them spend much of their work time looking for a new job: campaigning for the presidency, senate, or other role seen as more powerful than their current one, or simply raising money for their next campaign.
This is the great United States; this is the sacred union that is the 'envy' of the world, according to its Congressional cheerleaders.
The history of the United States is over two hundred years of blood, exploitation and oppression. The November election will cause nothing to change.
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Jiří Lastiwka (1888, Bukovina - 19. května 1945, Praha - Motolská nemocnice) byl za Protektorátu Čechy a Morava praktickým lékařem u německé firmy Lufthansa v Praze. Již od konce března 1939 až do začátku května 1945 aktivně pomáhal několika domácím ilegálním odbojovým organizacím (mimo jiných i zpravodajsko-sabotážní skupině Tří králů). Během Pražského květnového povstání 1945 byl při výkonu své lékařské profese v terénu raněn střepinou v obličeji a na následky otravy tetanem i přes veškerou lékařskou pomoc zemřel 19. května 1945 v nemocnici v Praze - Motole. In memoriam byl v roce 1946 vyznamenám československým válečným křížem 1939.

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Jiří Lastiwka pocházel z Bukoviny.  Po dokončení studia lékařství na Karlově univerzitě v Praze (promoval v roce 1927) pracoval jako praktický lékař - chirurg.  Za protektorátu byl závodním lékařem německé firmy Lufthansa v Praze. (Tato firma na doktora Jiřího Lastiwku podala dne 2. listopadu 1943 udání na úřadovnu gestapa. Předmětem udání byl fakt, že MUDr. Jiří Lastiwka nechává mnoho lidí ve stavu pracovní neschopnosti.)

V Praze žil MUDr. Jiří Lastiwka na Malém Břevnově, kde se také záhy po německé okupaci (již koncem března 1939) zapojil do ilegální odbojové činnosti. (Byl zapojen aktivně do odbojové organizace "Bílá hora" a napojen na skupinu Kapitán NEMO, která působila na Bílé Hoře a v Břevnově] a to od března 1939 až do května 1945). Jeho ilegální protiněmecká činnost měla různé podoby:

 Od konce března 1939 plnil své lékařské povinnosti i pro odbojáře a partyzány;
 vydával potvrzení o nemoci, aby lidé v odboji mohli plnit své úkoly i přesto, že byli objektivně zdraví;
 zajišťoval odboji léky a zdravotnický materiál, k němuž měl, jako podnikový lékař firmy Lufthansa, přístup (především v roce 1944 spotřeba tohoto materiálu silně vzrostla);
 v ordinaci přechovával tiskoviny z ilegální tiskárny RONDO (od Antonína Ekstaina), odkud se dále kolportovaly;
 na doporučení MUDr. Sedláčkové z Letné doktor Lastiwka ošetřoval děti perzekvovaných, pomáhal jim finančně i s potravinami;
 s Josefem Francem  byl Jiří Lastiwka zapojen do zpravodajsko-sabotážní skupiny Tří králů, která působila v rámci vojenské ilegální organizace Obrana národa (ON)
 Lastiwka u sebe skrýval jednoho ze Tří králů - štábního kapitána Václava Morávka (ten údajně spal na operačním stole) a několikrát jej narychlo převážel v noci ve svém autě. (Václav Morávek tehdy nějaký čas žil na Petřinách v Zeyerově ulici u strážníka Václava Ajšmana. )
 příkazy k odbojové činnosti pro Tři krále dostával MUDr. Jiří Lastiwka od plukovníka Josefa Churavého, štábního kapitána Václava Morávka, podplukovníka Josefa Balabána a podplukovníka Josefa Mašína;
 začátkem roku 1945 byl MUDr. Jiří Lastiwka jmenován Revolučním národním výborem vedoucím pobočné nemocnice se sídlem v Malém Břevnově. Jiří Lastiwka tak na jaře 1945 zřídil ve škole v Malém Břevnově nemocnici a vybavil ji léky a dalším zdravotnickým materiálem. Nemocnice byla v provozu při Pražském květnovém povstání 1945.

Během Pražského květnového povstání 1945 se účastnil povstání se zbraní v ruce a to v období od 5. května 1945 do 12. května 1945 na Bílé hoře - Malý Břevnov ve skupině "Bílá hora". Při ošetřování zraněných v terénu byl při výkonu služby lékaře dne 7. května 1945 zraněn střepinou v obličeji. I přes toto zranění pokračoval až do 12. května 1945 v léčení raněných a ošetřování nemocných. Dne 12. května 1945 byl převezen do Motolské nemocnice v Praze, kde byl týden léčen až do 19. května 1945, kdy se jej nepodařilo zachránit a zemřel na otravu tetanem.

Za svoji odbojovou činnost byl MUDr. Jiří Lastiwka po druhé světové válce vyznamenán (in memoriam) československým válečným křížem 1939.

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 prof. JUDr. Zbyněk Kiesewetter, DrSc. (paměti, vzpomínky, výpověď)
 Podplukovník Fečo MV - Vojenský ústřední archiv - Osvědčení podle zákona č. 255/1946 Sb.
 Vlasta Blažková (paměti, vzpomínky, výpověď)

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South Bay Officials Call on Private Healthcare Providers to Ramp Up COVID Testing
By Kiet Do January 14, 2022 at 5:34 pm
Filed Under:COVID, covid surge, COVID testing, Omicron variant, Santa Clara County
SAN JOSE (KPIX) — As Santa Clara County logged another record day of COVID-19 cases amid the current omicron-fueled surge, officials warned private healthcare providers that they need to pull their weight when it comes to testing.
Santa Clara County Counsel James Williams on Friday threatened to fine two of the region's largest private healthcare providers — Kaiser and Palo Alto Medical Foundation — for not providing enough COVID-19 tests.
Williams pointed to data that showed the county disproportionately provides the majority of tests.
Santa Clara County provides healthcare to 15% of county residents, but conducts 20% of all COVID-19 testing.
Kaiser provides healthcare to more than 30% of county residents, but only conducts 12% of all COVID-19 testing.
PAMF provides healthcare to 16.5% county residents, but only conducts tests 2.4% of all COVID-19 testing.
Healthcare providers are required by law, under the September 16, 2020 health order, to provide prompt testing. Williams encouraged any potential violations to be reported to SCCcovidConcerns.org.
"That means if you are symptomatic or (had) a close contact, and you have tried to get access to testing from your healthcare provider, but were told it's not available for a week, or were told to go somewhere else, or were directed, for example, to the county health system. Those would be violations we want to hear about," said Williams.
Kaiser later contacted KPIX to provide a statement regarding testing. That statement read in part:
"Kaiser Permanente and our teams are working hard on testing, administering vaccines, and caring for our members and the people in our communities who need treatment, including hospitalization. Weekly, we are currently processing more than 140,000 tests here in Northern California, and administering more than 80,000 vaccine injections, while caring for an increase in patients who are sick with this virus. The highly contagious nature of this variant and its ability to infect even some who are fully immunized is challenging everyone, including those of us in health care. We are seeing significant staff illness as a result – similar to what is happening in the community.
We object to any suggestion that our front line health care workers are not doing their fair share. We are baffled by the county's suggestion that anyone is holding back."
Public health officials with the county also issued updated guidance on testing options.
If a patient tests positive with an antigen, or an over-the-counter at-home test, there is no need to "confirm" the result with a PCR test at a healthcare facility or county facility.
For patients who are positive and ready to emerge from quarantine, an antigen test should be used. A PCR test is not recommended in this instance, since it is high sensitivity is likely to detect trace amounts of virus in the patient's system and provide a false positive result.
The county advises Individuals who are symptomatic can take either a PCR or antigen test.
For those who have had a confirmed, close-contact exposure, a PCR is preferable.
"In addition, people who have previously tested positive within the past 90 days should not get tested again during that time frame unless they have new symptoms – in which case they should use an antigen test," according to a county press release.
"Testing opportunities are not unlimited, and we want to make sure tests are being used when and where they are most needed," said Santa Clara County Public Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody.
This week, Sonoma County announced it would be prohibiting large indoor gatherings of 50 people or more. Dr. Cody on Friday said she had no plans of issuing such a similar order.
"I would avoid large gatherings that would be my recommendation not a mandate but my recommendation," said Dr. Cody.
Some positive signs can be found in Santa Clara County's wastewater data. Since December, the county began regularly testing sewage for evidence of the omicron variant. The count peaked on January 7, leveled off, and has been declining since January 10.
"We're not out of the woods yet," said Dr. Cody. "But I wanted to provide a glimmer of hope."
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Did Nixon Win the Popular Vote in 1960?
October 23, 2012 in History, Politics, Students
In a blogpost yesterday on the Electoral College, NY Times columnist Ross Douthat reported that "if you believe Sean Trende's fascinating analysis," Richard Nixon won the popular vote in the 1960 presidential election. I hadn't seen this claim before, and I'm a dork, so I popped over to take a look.
Trende's piece, published over the weekend, notes that in 1960 Alabama voters didn't vote for presidential candidates, but for individual electors, and that they we allowed to split tickets. There were eleven Democratic electors and eleven Republicans, and voters could choose anywhere from one to eleven candidates from the two columns.
Five of the Democratic electors were "loyal," or pledged to Kennedy, while six were unpledged and eventually wound up voting for Senator Harry Byrd. Those eleven electors all won, and the Republican electors all lost.
The question Trende asks is how we should count these votes. (Since far more votes were cast than there were voters, we can't just tally up the scores for each slate and do it that way.) The traditional approach has been to credit Kennedy with the number equal to his highest scoring elector, and Nixon with the corresponding total for his, but as Trende notes, that results in Byrd getting no votes in a state where he obviously had substantial support.
Instead, Trende suggests, it makes more sense to give all the Democratic votes to Byrd instead of Kennedy, or split them on the basis of how many electoral votes each received. In either case, he notes, the result is a Nixon victory in the overall popular vote. Nixon won!
But no, he didn't. Here's why:
Nationally, according to the source Trende himself relied on, Nixon received 34,108,157 votes in 1960, and Kennedy received 34,220,984. If we set Alabama aside — take all their votes off the table, and tally up the rest of the country without them, here's what we're left with:
Kennedy: 33,902,681
Nixon: 33,870,176
That's a Kennedy victory of more than 32,000 votes. So in order to claim that Nixon beat Kennedy nationally, we have to argue that Nixon beat Kennedy by nearly 32,000 votes in Alabama. And that's not what happened — Kennedy's poorest-performing elector in Alabama received 316,934 votes. Nixon's best-performing elector received 237,981.
It's not easy to say how the votes should be carved up, since Kennedy had fewer electors on the ballot than Nixon. But the evidence suggests that the vast majority of those who went to the polls voted for all the electors they could. In a senate race on the same ballot, the two candidates received a total of 554,064 votes. If you divide the total number of votes cast in the presidential race by 11 — the maximum number of electors a single voter could support — you get 555,592.3 people voting, almost exactly the same.
The vast majority of Alabama voters in 1960 voted for a full slate of electors, and the strong majority of those chose the Democratic slate. Perhaps ten thousand or so voted only for Harry Byrd's electors, and not for Kennedy's, but the overwhelming number took what they were given from the party they supported.
Still not convinced? Let's look at it another way. Figure that 600,000 Alabama voters went to the polls in 1960. That's almost certainly too high, but it's within the realm of plausibility, and approximates the best-case scenario for the ticket-splitting hypothesis. In that scenario, John Kennedy's worst-performing elector received the support of 53% of the state's voters, and Nixon's best-performing elector received the votes of 40% of them.
Kennedy beat Nixon in Alabama. Kennedy beat Nixon outside of Alabama. Kennedy beat Nixon.
There's no other way to spin it. Sorry.
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Upton widow's caravan destroyed by city council
A WIDOW whose caravan was removed and destroyed by the city council had made 'Lost caravan - please help' posters.
Lily Chapman, of Heath Road, Upton had parked her mobile home on parish council land because her drive was not big enough.
So her caravan, which she says was worth £700 and contained a television and microwave, was towed away and crushed.
Lily, who lives with her 14-year-old daughter, lost her husband three years ago and has survived breast cancer.
Mike McGivern, spokesman for Chester City Council, said: "We are perfectly satisfied that we acted fairly and legally in removing this nuisance vehicle."
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Home/News/Finance/Personal Finance/Don't Tax The Wealth Of The Rich, Tax What They Borrow
Don't Tax The Wealth Of The Rich, Tax What They Borrow
BERLIN, GERMANY DECEMBER 01: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the … [+] Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)
ProPublica recently reported on a "trove of IRS data" that showed "the incomes and tax rates of the 400 Americans with the highest incomes from 2013 to 2018."
"First, for scale, this is the typical American's income compared to what it took to get into the top 5%, e.g., a primary care doctor's salary, or the top 1%, e.g., a successful law firm partner's haul," they wrote. That was $40,000 to at least $198,000 to at least $485,000 a year. And none of that comes close.
To get on the top 400 list meant an average annual income of $110 million a year, ruling out even the top sports and entertainment figures that have the reputation of being wealthy. And they are relatively, but they're still not overwhelmingly loaded the way those at the top of the economic period are.
Taxing wealth has become a popular topic among many, including politicians in D.C. It sounds like elected officials are finally doing something and trying to even the massive playing field that separates most of the population from those who are rich. But those who follow such things realize that this is highly unlikely to happen. Not just because of the billions poured into election campaigns. (According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in the decade immediately following the Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, which opened the floodgates for political spending, the top ten donors and their spouses alone put $1.2 billion into federal elections. That doesn't count whatever other they spend on state elections to protect their personal interests.)
Aside from influence by credit card, there are practical issues. Wealth at this level involves mostly non-cash assets that haven't been sold. Trying to decide what it's all truly worth would be a monumental tax. Then there would be the fight about assessments, even if you could get agreement on taxes. The legal challenges would take years with people of vast resources able to put up such a defense that the specific government budgets, time, and personnel available to keep up.
There's another approach that might work far better, taxing what the wealthy borrow. As ProPublica notes, many of the massively wealthy get loans, using their wealth as collateral. The average person might wonder why they would with enough money to buy virtually anything they like. That's because the rich have a different approach.
They look for limited income because that is taxable at high rates. Instead, they minimize the cash that would be taxed at regular rates, because they'd pay the top rate of 37% on anything they couldn't wipe away with technical losses in investments.
Instead, the wealthy borrow. They know there is a big difference in paying the lowest rates available for borrowed money—even now likely well under 2% because they are such good risks—and the top end of taxes. There is also the growth in value of their investments that are exceeds the cost of borrowing.
So, they borrow money, use it, and then when loans come due, the refinance and keep going until they die, Then there are loopholes that allows the heirs to minimize if not completely eliminate the taxes they would owe on the inheritance. For example, in the tax code is something called stepped-up basis. When the person with the property dies, that can get reassessed at current values and treat them as a new beginning for the heirs, who would have to see an increase in value over what they just received to have something that required a tax payment.
And so, we come to a new solution: Tax the borrowing. The tax system could even give them a credit on the interest they pay and still get a huge amount of taxes that are otherwise avoided. There is no question of valuating the assets because they don't come into play. If they're using the system to get money out without selling assets and paying taxes on the realized gains, then tax them on that maneuver.
This could apply to loans for cash, to buy real estate, and so on. A reasonable limit would allow average people to do something like take some money out on the value of their homes without being taxed, because these are the individuals who already pay a significant percentage of tax, unlikely the effective low single-digit rates that ProPublica calculated so many of the wealthy like Elon Musk or Warren Buffett do.
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Qatargas Chief Executive Officer, HE Khalid Bin Khalifa Al -Thani has presented Qatargas' views on the global LNG market fundamentals at the Monthly Gas Lecture organized by the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) at the GECF Secretariat headquarters in Doha recently.
The Gas Lecture Series is a GECF initiative designed to encourage discussions and debates on natural gas related topics in the energy sector involving all stakeholders including producers, consumers, businesses, academics, international organizations as well as non-governmental organizations and the media, a press release Qatargas issued on Wednesday said.
The audience included ambassadors, government officers, representatives from local relevant industries, members of academia and energy experts.
The Qatargas CEO began his speech explaining Qatargas' view on the global LNG market. Qatar delivers LNG to 26 out of a total of 29 LNG importing countries, accounting for 33% of the world's LNG supply. The bulk of these supplies are to Asia, which holds 75% of total LNG demand, said HE Khalid Bin Khalifa Al Thani.
He then went on to elaborate on the supply and demand in key LNG markets in Latin America, Europe and Asia.
The number of LNG importing countries in Latin America has doubled, from only three in 2007 to six in 2013 and is expected to reach nine by 2016.
"Even though the gas demand forecast in Latin America is relatively high, long-term volumes of LNG will have to compete with domestic and piped gas.
Additionally, these markets will most likely be supplied by North American LNG volumes from upcoming new regional projects" HE Qatargas' CEO said.
The LNG demand in Europe has been reduced by the Great Recession, Asia's strong pull on flexible cargoes, cheap US coal imports and government subsidized renewable energy sources. However, HE Sheikh Khalid expressed his optimism regarding the resurgence of Europe's LNG demand as its economy strengthens.
HE Khalid Bin Khalifa Al -Thani further told the audience, "Europe's long-term LNG demand will rebound as its economy improves; indigenous gas declines; supply source diversity becomes critical and gas is required to support intermittent renewable energy needed to meet environmental targets. We believe deliveries will approach 100 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) by 2025" he added.
The LNG demand in the Asia Pacific region, the world's biggest LNG market, has almost doubled since 2005 and is expected to reach 320 MTPA by 2025. Although China and India will experience strong LNG demand, the major area of LNG growth will come from South East Asia, a region which had not imported LNG until just three years ago.
Global LNG demand is expected to double in ten years' time, with 400 MTPA of proposed additional volumes to come online by 2025. However, a significant portion of these new projects will be delayed or cancelled due to the various challenges involved in bringing new supply on-stream. Even if an optimistic view is taken on the number of LNG projects that will go to completion, the LNG market will continue to be tight in the short and medium term as demand growth outpaces supply.
It is noted that Qatargas Operating Company Limited (Qatargas) was established in 1984, and pioneered the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry in Qatar. Today, Qatargas, under the guidance of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed Bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy & Industry of the State of Qatar and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Qatargas, is the largest LNG producing company in the world, with an annual LNG production capacity of 42 million tonnes per annum (MTA) and is realising its vision to deliver LNG to its customers around the globe, from its world-class facilities in Qatar.
Qatargas' Ras Laffan Terminal Operations team operates all the oil products Tank Farms and related Marine Terminals at Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. Ras Laffan is the largest LNG and oil products Export Terminal in the world.


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Ethics in Health Services and Policy: A Global Approach.Dean M. Harris - 2011 - Jossey-Bass.details
Machine generated contents note: Introduction. -- Acknowledgments. -- The Author. -- 1 Ethical Theories and Bioethics in a Global Perspective. -- Theories of Ethics. -- Are Theories of Ethics Global? -- Can Theories of Ethics Encourage People to Do the Right Thing? -- 2 Autonomy and Informed Consent in Global Perspective. -- Ethical Principles and Practical Issues of Informed Consent. -- Does Informed Consent Really Matter to Patients? -- Is Informed Consent a Universal Principle or a Cultural Value? -- 3 (...) Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment and Physician-Assisted Suicide. -- Withholding or Withdrawing Treatment at the End of Life. -- Assisting Patients in Committing Suicide. -- 4 Ethical Issues in Reproductive Health. -- Ethics of Abortion in Different Times, Places, and Cultures. -- Current Ethical Issues in Abortion. -- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Stem Cell Research. -- Emergency Contraception. -- Ethics of Imposing Conditions on Funding. -- 5 Ethical Issues of Female Genital Mutilation. -- The Facts About FGM. -- FGM as a Challenge to Ethical Relativism. -- Ethics of FGM for Adult Women. -- 6 Ethical Issues of Research with Human Subjects. -- Background Information and the Belmont Report. -- Autonomy and Voluntary Informed Consent. -- Beneficence and Cost-Benefit Analysis. -- Issues of Justice and Fairness for Human Subjects. -- 7 The Right to Health Care, and Ethical Obligations to Provide Care. -- Is There an Ethical Right to Health Care? -- Ethical Obligations of Health Care Professionals. -- Ethical Obligations of for-Profit Health Care Providers. -- 8 Ethical Issues in Rationing and Allocation of Limited Resources. -- Levels of Allocating Resources. -- Methods of Rationing Health Resources. -- Comparative Effectiveness Research and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis. -- 9 Ethical Issues of Health Insurance and Health System Reform. -- Ethical Issues in Financing Health Services and Designing Insurance Systems. -- Fundamental Values of Health Systems. -- 10 Ethical Issues in the Movement of Patients Across National Borders. -- Ethical Duties to Provide Health Care to Undocumented Aliens. -- Ethical Issues in Medical Tourism. -- 11 Ethical Issues in the Movement of Health Care Professionals Across National Borders. -- Ethical Issues in the Migration of Health Professionals. -- Proposed Solutions and Their Ethical Implications. -- Fair Treatment of Health Care Workers from Other Countries. -- 12 Corruption and Informal Payments in Health Systems. -- Payment of Informal Fees by Patients and Their Families. -- Is Corruption Bad for Your (and Other People's) Health? -- References. -- Index. (shrink)
Autonomy in Applied Ethics in Applied Ethics
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Medical Malpractice in the People's Republic of China: The 2002 Regulation on the Handling of Medical Accidents.Dean M. Harris & Chien-Chang Wu - 2005 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 33 (3):456-477.details
In China, there have been numerous reports that doctors or other health care workers have been attacked by patients or members of patient's families. From 2000 to 2003, there were 502 reports of violence against health care workers in the city of Beijing, in which 90 health care workers were wounded or disabled. From January 1991 to July 2001, in Hubei Province, 568 attacks on health care facilities and workers were reported, and some health care workers were even killed. In (...) Jiangsu Province, from 2000 to 2002, violent events against health care facilities and workers increased by 35% every year, with an average of 177 such events occurring each year. Those acts of violence have been attributed, in part, to the inadequacy of the legal system for handling medical disputes that was in effect prior to 2002. (shrink)
Malpractice in Applied Ethics
Recovering Religious Concepts: Closing Epistemic Divides.Dean M. Martin - 2003 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 54 (1):49-51.details
The Discrimination of Speech Sounds Within and Across Phoneme Boundaries.Alvin M. Liberman, Katherine Safford Harris, Howard S. Hoffman & Belver C. Griffith - 1957 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 54 (5):358.details
Hearing in Philosophy of Mind
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God and Objects: Beginning with Existence. [REVIEW]Dean M. Martin - 1997 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 41 (1):1-11.details
Language, Thinking and Religious Consciousness.Dean M. Martin - 1979 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 10 (3):163 - 176.details
The opposition in which many phenomenologists of religion stand to the above remarks is clear. Religious consciousness of the world, in being tied to the language of a particular faith, requires conceptual mastery for its emergence. Linguistic and non-linguistic skills in the use of concepts must be developed through fledgling attempts and repeated practice. In noticing this, attention has been called to the fact that such consciousness is far from being man's natural inheritance. It is acquired through instruction and learning, (...) and the concepts which generate Christian consciousness of the world make demands upon a person which go straight against his grain. Using the Christian concepts as tools in handling the various situations along life's way requires strenuous and repeatedly renewed effort. There remains a certain Christian distance from ordinary ways of doing commerce with the world. The way, after all, is said to be narrow. So to become conscious of the world in a Christian manner is to submit oneself to the rigors of the concepts. It is to permit one's life to be guided and ruled thereby in his regard for the world.In making these observations, it becomes clear, too, that the Christian life and consciousness is one in which a man chooses to be enmeshed. It is a matter of human decision. In so choosing, a man makes his life determinate; he gives it shape. The specificity or concreteness demanded in and with the language of faith should be contrasted with the rather diffuse and indeterminate character of the religious awareness thought to be so deep and abiding by phenomenologists. Because of its lack of particularity in contour, this notion of religious consciousness is virtually inconsequential. That which is increasingly common to all men begins to wane in significance within the life of the single individual. Comparatively speaking, the choice to reduplicate Christian avenues of thinking and acting is replete with ramifications and differences which are clearly discernible. By virtue of the specificity required, however, it is also the case that one must renew that decision daily, seek to nurture it, train and discipline himself in it. Making the faith one's own, abiding in it day and night--these lead down different pathways. But the distinctive patterns of living and thinking add up after a while with a cumulative effect. Through the acquisition and practice in exercising'Christian concepts, one earns a consciousness of the world which is Christian in scope and nature. (shrink)
Epistemology of Religion in Philosophy of Religion
Early Understanding of Emotion: Evidence From Natural Language.Henry M. Wellman, Paul L. Harris, Mita Banerjee & Anna Sinclair - 1995 - Cognition and Emotion 9 (2-3):117-149.details
The Discrimination of Relative Onset-Time of the Components of Certain Speech and Nonspeech Patterns.A. M. Liberman, Katherine S. Harris, Jo Ann Kinney & H. Lane - 1961 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 61 (5):379.details
Aspects of Consciousness in Philosophy of Mind
From Genomic Databases to Translation: A Call to Action.B. M. Knoppers, J. R. Harris, P. R. Burton, M. Murtagh, D. Cox, M. Deschenes, I. Fortier, T. J. Hudson, J. Kaye & K. Lindpaintner - 2011 - Journal of Medical Ethics 37 (8):515-516.details
The rapid rise of international collaborative science has enabled access to genomic data. In this article, it is argued that to move beyond mapping genomic variation to understanding its role in complex disease aetiology and treatment will require extending data sharing for the purposes of clinical research translation and implementation.
Genetic Ethics in Applied Ethics
Genetic Testing in Applied Ethics
Professor Katz's Study of Human Relationships.Dean M. Hashimoto & Mark E. Haddad - 1988 - Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 16 (3-4):160-166.details
Professional Ethics in Applied Ethics
Social Ethics in Applied Ethics
Transfer Mechanisms in Verbal Discrimination.N. Jack Kanak & M. Faith Dean - 1969 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 79 (2p1):300.details
An Index for Wittgenstein's On Certainty.Dean M. Martin - 1983 - Philosophy Research Archives 9 (9999):141-173.details
This work provides a thorough index of terms found in Ludwig Wittgenstein's On Certainty. The index includes not only every philosophical term found in Wittgenstein's text, but also many non-philosophical terms when they are used in highly charged philosophical contexts. In all, there are some 575 main entries. Moreover, a concerted effort is made to indicate in what connections a given term is used by adding subordinate qualifying phrases to the main entries. For crucial terms the sub-entries indicating context are (...) quite extensive. (shrink)
Ludwig Wittgenstein in 20th Century Philosophy
Some Problems in the Formal Representation of Hierarchical Knowledge.Dean M. Jones & Ray C. Paton - 1998 - In Nicola Guarino (ed.), Formal Ontology in Information Systems. Ios Press.details
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Locational Equilibria in Weberian Agglomeration.Dean M. Hanink & Robert G. Cromley - 2008 - Geographical Analysis 40 (4):401-421.details
A simple Weberian agglomeration is developed and then extended as an innovative fixed-charged, colocation model over a large set of locational possibilities. The model is applied to cases in which external economies (EE) arise due to colocation alone and also cases in which EE arise due to city size. Solutions to the model are interpreted in the context of contemporary equilibrium analysis, which allows Weberian agglomeration to be interpreted in a more general way than in previous analyses. Within that context, (...) the Nash points and Pareto efficient points in the location patterns derived in the model are shown to rarely coincide. The applications consider agglomeration from two perspectives: one is the colocation behavior of producers as the agents of agglomeration and the other is the interaction between government and those agents in the interest of agglomeration policy. Extending the analysis to games, potential Pareto efficiency and Hicks optimality are considered with respect to side payments between producers and with respect to appropriate government incentives toward agglomeration. (shrink)
D.Z. Phillips, Recovering Religious Concepts: Closing Epistemic Divides. [REVIEW]Dean M. Martin - 2003 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 54 (1):49-51.details
The Argument from Evil in Philosophy of Religion
John H. Whittaker (Ed.), The Possibilities of Sense: Essays in Honour of D. Z. Phillips.Dean M. Martin - 2004 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 55 (3):197-199.details
Motor Theory of Speech Perception: A Reply to Lane's Critical Review.Michael Studdert-Kennedy, Alvin M. Liberman, Katherine S. Harris & Franklin S. Cooper - 1970 - Psychological Review 77 (3):234-249.details
Finding Autonomy in Birth.Rebecca Kukla, Miriam Kuppermann, Margaret Little, Anne Drapkin Lyerly, Lisa M. Mitchell, Elizabeth M. Armstrong & Lisa Harris - 2009 - Bioethics 23 (1):1-8.details
Over the last several years, as cesarean deliveries have grown increasingly common, there has been a great deal of public and professional interest in the phenomenon of women 'choosing' to deliver by cesarean section in the absence of any specific medical indication. The issue has sparked intense conversation, as it raises questions about the nature of autonomy in birth. Whereas mainstream bioethical discourse is used to associating autonomy with having a large array of choices, this conception of autonomy does not (...) seem adequate to capture concerns and intuitions that have a strong grip outside this discourse. An empirical and conceptual exploration of how delivery decisions ought to be negotiated must be guided by a rich understanding of women's agency and its placement within a complicated set of cultural meanings and pressures surrounding birth. It is too early to be 'for' or 'against' women's access to cesarean delivery in the absence of traditional medical indications – and indeed, a simple pro- or con- position is never going to do justice to the subtlety of the issue. The right question is not whether women ought to be allowed to choose their delivery approach but, rather, taking the value of women's autonomy in decision-making around birth as a given, what sorts of guidelines, practices, and social conditions will best promote and protect women's full inclusion in a safe and positive birth process. (shrink)
Feminism: Reproduction in Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality
Feminist Ethics in Normative Ethics
Remarque.M. H. Freudenthal M. Harry Messel - 1967 - Dialectica 21 (1-4):255-257.details
Paulson, William. Literary Culture in a World Transformed: A Future for the Humanities. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2001. [REVIEW]M. Berube & P. Harris - 2006 - Substance 35 (2):178-182.details
Philosophy of Education in Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Literature, Misc in Aesthetics
Evaluating Psychodiagnostic Decisions.Cilia L. M. Witteman, Clare Harries, Hilary L. Bekker & Edward J. M. Van Aarle - 2007 - Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 13 (1):10-15.details
Philosophy of Medicine in Philosophy of Science, Misc
(E.M.) Harris, (D.F.) Leão and (P.J.) Rhodes Eds. Law and Drama in Ancient Greece. London: Duckworth, 2010. Pp. 208. £45. 9780715638927. [REVIEW]David Carter - 2011 - Journal of Hellenic Studies 131:181-182.details
Hellenistic and Later Ancient Philosophy, Misc in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Professional Education of African Americans: A Challenge to Ethical Teaching.Sr William M. Harris - 1990 - Business and Professional Ethics Journal 9 (1/2):159-170.details
Business Ethics in Applied Ethics
Carissa M. Harris, Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2018. Pp. 306. $42.95. ISBN: 978-1-5017-3040-5. [REVIEW]Mary C. Flannery - 2020 - Speculum 95 (2):567-568.details
Venous Drainage of the Brain.M. Christopher Dean - 1990 - Behavioral and Brain Sciences 13 (2):352-352.details
Biological Theories of Consciousness in Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Neuroscience in Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Changing Order: Replication and Induction in Scientific Practice.Harry M. Collins - 1985 - Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press.details
This fascinating study in the sociology of science explores the way scientists conduct, and draw conclusions from, their experiments. The book is organized around three case studies: replication of the TEA-laser, detecting gravitational rotation, and some experiments in the paranormal. "In his superb book, Collins shows why the quest for certainty is disappointed. He shows that standards of replication are, of course, social, and that there is consequently no outside standard, no Archimedean point beyond society from which we can lever (...) the intellects of our fellows. "- -Donald M. McCloskey, Journal of Economic Psychology "Collins is one of the genuine innovators of the sociology of scientific knowledge.... Changing Order is a rich and entertaining book. "- - Isis "The book gives a vivid sense of the contingent nature of research and is generally a good read. "- -Augustine Brannigan, Nature "This provocative book is a review of [Collins's] work, and an attempt to explain how scientists fit experimental results into pictures of the world.... A promising start for new explorations of our image of science, too often presented as infallibly authoritative. "- -Jon Turney, New Scientist. (shrink)
Sociology of Science in General Philosophy of Science
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Book Reviews Section 4.Adelia M. Peters, Mary B. Harris, Richard T. Walls, George A. Letchworth, Ruth G. Strickland, Thomas L. Patrick, Donald R. Chipley, David R. Stone, Diane Lapp, Joan S. Stark, James W. Wagener, Dewane E. Lamka, Ernest B. Jaski, John Spiess, John D. Lind, Thomas J. la Belle, Erwin H. Goldenstein, George R. la Noue, David M. Rafky, L. D. Haskew, Robert J. Nash, Norman H. Leeseberg, Joseph J. Pizzillo & Vincent Crockenberg - 1973 - Educational Studies 4 (3):169-185.details
The Law in Greek Courts E. M. Harris, L. Rubinstein (Edd.): The Law and the Courts in Ancient Greece . Pp. Xii + 240. London: Duckworth, 2004. Cased, £45. ISBN: 0-7156-3117-. [REVIEW]Douglas M. Macdowell - 2005 - The Classical Review 55 (02):584-.details
Classics in Arts and Humanities
Under the Big Stick: Nicaragua and the United States Since 1848.Karl Bermann, Carlos M. Vilas, Richard Harris & Carlos Vilas - 1988 - Science and Society 52 (3):353-357.details
Men in Their Books. Studies in the Modern History of Classical Scholarship. [REVIEW]Robert Renehan, W. M. Calder, J. P. Harris & R. Scott - 2000 - Journal of Hellenic Studies 120:166-167.details
Classical Greek Philosophy in Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy
Thought, Action and Intuition as a Symposium on the Philosophy of Benedetto Croce.L. M. Palmer & H. S. Harris (eds.) - 1975 - G. Olms.details
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Introduction: Science, Technology and Human Rights: Lessons Learned From the Right to Water and Sanitation.Jessica M. Wyndham & Theresa Harris - 2014 - Science and Engineering Ethics 20 (4):827-831.details
Technology Ethics in Applied Ethics
Cooking, Eating, Thinking: Transformative Philosophies of Food.Deane W. Curtin & Lisa M. Heldke (eds.) - 1992 - Indiana University Press.details
Philosophy has often been criticized for privileging the abstract; this volume attempts to remedy that situation. Focusing on one of the most concrete of human concerns, food, the editors argue for the existence of a philosophy of food.
Food Ethics, Misc in Philosophy of Biology
Food Ontology in Philosophy of Biology
Food Politics in Philosophy of Biology
Food and Drink Aesthetics in Aesthetics
Philosophy of Food and Drink, Miscellaneous in Philosophy of Biology
The Effects of Discourse Force on the Comprehension of Fables, Parables, and Folktales.Tony M. Dubitsky, Richard J. Harris, Linda K. Sanders, Robert J. Betzen & Robin L. Bunton - 1982 - Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 19 (3):127-130.details
"The Discrimination of Speech Sounds Within and Across Phoneme Boundaries": Erratum.Alvin M. Liberman, Katherine Safford Harris, Howard S. Hoffman & Belver C. Griffith - 1958 - Journal of Experimental Psychology 55 (4):396-396.details
Is the Party Over? Innovation and Music on the Web.A. M. Coles, Lisa Harris & R. Davis - 2004 - Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society 2 (1):21-29.details
Philosophy of Music in Aesthetics
Philosophy of Education. Supplement [by] Christiana M. Smith and Harry S. Broudy.Harry S. Broudy & Christiana M. Smith - 1969 - University of Illinois Press.details
Stages in the Empirical Programme of Relativism.Harry M. Collins - 1981 - Social Studies of Science 11:3-10.details
Epistemic Relativism, Misc in Epistemology
Seven Misconceptions About the Mereological Fallacy: A Compilation for the Perplexed.Harry Smit & Peter M. S. Hacker - 2014 - Erkenntnis 79 (5):1077-1097.details
If someone commits the mereological fallacy, then he ascribes psychological predicates to parts of an animal that apply only to the (behaving) animal as a whole. This incoherence is not strictly speaking a fallacy, i.e. an invalid argument, since it is not an argument but an illicit predication. However, it leads to invalid inferences and arguments, and so can loosely be called a fallacy. However, discussions of this particular illicit predication, the mereological fallacy, show that it is often misunderstood. Many (...) misunderstandings concern the use of this illicit predication in the course of discussions of understanding the mind/body problem. Our aim here is to provide an accessible overview through discussing common misconceptions of the fallacy. We also discuss how conceptual investigations of the relation between living organisms and their parts fit within the framework of modern evolutionary theory, i.e. inclusive fitness theory. (shrink)
Informal Logic in Logic and Philosophy of Logic
Comparing the Relative Strengths of EEG and Low-Cost Physiological Devices in Modeling Attention Allocation in Semiautonomous Vehicles.Dean Cisler, Pamela M. Greenwood, Daniel M. Roberts, Ryan McKendrick & Carryl L. Baldwin - 2019 - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 13.details
Philosophy of Mathematics and Natural Science.Harry M. Gehman - 1951 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 11 (3):433-435.details
Book Reviews. [REVIEW]Ann Hartle, William Kluback, Dean M. Martin, Edward L. Schoen, M. Jamie Ferreira & H. A. Nielsen - 1992 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 32 (3):185-189.details
Trust and Mistrust in the Marketplace: Statistics and Clinical Research, 1945–1960.Harry M. Marks - 2000 - History of Science 38 (3):343-355.details
Moral States and Processes in Normative Ethics
The Construction of the Paranormal: Nothing Unscientific is Happening.Harry M. Collins & Trevor J. Pinch - 1979 - In Roy Wallis (ed.), On the Margins of Science: The Social Construction of Rejected Knowledge. University of Keele. pp. 27--237.details
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Book Reviews. [REVIEW]Abrahim H. Khan, David J. Gouwens, Dean M. Martin & Lewis S. Ford - 1988 - International Journal for Philosophy of Religion 24 (3):189-198.details
A Journey of Faith: An Introduction to Christianity.H. Wayne Ballard, Donald N. Penny, W. Glenn Jonas & Dean M. Martin - 2002details
Automorphisms of Η -Like Computable Linear Orderings and Kierstead's Conjecture.Charles M. Harris, Kyung Il Lee & S. Barry Cooper - 2016 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 62 (6):481-506.details
Research Ethics Committee Audit: Differences Between Committees.M. E. Redshaw, A. Harris & J. D. Baum - 1996 - Journal of Medical Ethics 22 (2):78-82.details
The same research proposal was submitted to 24 district health authority (DHA) research ethics committees in different parts of the country. The objective was to obtain permission for a multi-centre research project. The study of neonatal care in different types of unit (regional, subregional and district), required that four health authorities were approached in each of six widely separated health regions in England. Data were collected and compared concerning aspects of processing, including application forms, information required, timing and decision-making. The (...) key finding was that ethics committees received and processed the applications variably, reflecting individual factors and local problems. To improve consensus and facilitate multicentre studies, standard forms and instructions are suggested and the establishment of a national committee or advisory group advocated. (shrink)
Children's Ideas About What Can Really Happen: The Impact of Age and Religious Background.Ayse Payir, Niamh Mcloughlin, Yixin Kelly Cui, Telli Davoodi, Jennifer M. Clegg, Paul L. Harris & Kathleen H. Corriveau - 2021 - Cognitive Science 45 (10):e13054.details
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COMNAP Chairman, Professor Kazuyuki Shairaishi of Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, successfully completed his 3-year term. Dr. Kelly Falkner, US Antarctic Program was elected to a 3-year term as COMNAP Chairwoman.
Kelly joins Vice Chairmen Javed Beg (India's NCAOR), John Guldahl (Norway's NPI), Rob Wooding (Australian Antarctic Division) and COMNAP Executive Secretary, Michelle Rogan-Finnemore on the EXCOM. Also newly elected EXCOM Vice Chairs were Agnieszka Kruszewka (Poland's PAS) and Uwe Nixdorf (Germany's AWI).


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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X is a biography of Malcolm X by Les Payne and Tamara Payne. The book was published in late 2020 by Liveright in hardcover format while an audiobook, narrated by actor Dion Graham, was simultaneously released by Recorded Books. Among other honors, the book won the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.

Publication

Les Payne spent almost 30 years on the book. He and his daughter, Tamara Payne, researched the book together. She completed the book after his 2018 death.

Reception
According to the review aggregator Book Marks, the book has received positive reviews, with eleven "rave" reviews, three "positive reviews", and three "mixed" reviews. Among others, the book was reviewed by Kerri Greenidge, Yohuru Williams, Colin Grant, Kehinde Andrews, Mark Whitaker, Alex Preston, and Trevor Phillips. In her review, Kerri Greenidge wrote that the book is "a meticulously researched, compassionately rendered, and fiercely analytical examination of the radical revolutionary as a human being".

Among literary publications, Publishers Weekly posted a starred review of the book stating that it is "richly detailed" and "an extraordinary and essential portrait of the man behind the icon". The New York Times Book Review wrote that "[n]obody has written a more poetic account". Kirkus Reviews wrote, in a starred review, that the book is a "superb biography and an essential addition to the library of African American political engagement". Library Journal posted another starred review that opened by stating that the "book is a monument to investigative reporting" and, in a "verdict" section, it was given their "highest recommendation" with a byline that says in part: "This gripping read, essential for anyone interested in the man or his times, delivers penetrating explanations and fresh insights into previously unexamined dimensions of Malcolm X and his becoming and being El-hajj Malik El Shabazz within the context of Black life." A review by Booklist called the book "monumental".

Awards and honors

 The book won the 2020 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
 It made the Longlist for the 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
It is the 2021 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography.

Best books lists
Among other honors, the book has been included in several year end book lists. The New York Times Book Review included the book in its list of "100 Notable Books of 2020" with a byline that called the book "magisterial". The book was also named as number five on the Time list "The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020" with a byline that stated, in part, that the authors had "written the essential book for understanding the force that was Malcolm, with deep insights into his childhood, his path to the Nation of Islam and his assassination."

 It was named as one of the "100 Notable Books of 2020" by The New York Times Book Review.
 The book was named as number five on the Time list "The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2020".
 It was named as one of "The Ten Best History Books of 2020" by Smithsonian Magazine.
 It was included on a list of "Best Biographies and Memoirs of 2020" by Library Journal.

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Boni & Liveright books
Works about Malcolm X
American biographies
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Biographies about African-American people
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Lucy "LuLu" Buffett, owner of three popular LuLu's restaurants in Destin, Florida, Gulf Shores, Alabama, and North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is opening her second outdoor Sky Trail aerial attraction in mid-February at Buffett's North Myrtle Beach restaurant at Barefoot Landing. The 48-foot tall (14.63m) Sky Trail is being designed and installed by Ropes Courses Incorporated (RCI). LuLu's waterfront location along the Intracoastal Waterway is known for its fun coastal menu and its beach and vacation-spirited merchandise available in its adjacent shop. And, new for 2019, Buffett is adding an extra element of excitement with the debut of her second Sky Trail in one of her three signature restaurants.
Planning and customised design work has been underway for months and RCI began installation of the multi-level attraction in December 2018. The Sky Trail will include 26 elements to challenge children and adults with such as the themed lily pad stepping stones and a tippy version of "Walk the Plank." This six-inch wide beam showcases a colour-wheel at its end that draws participants further along the beam for a chance to pull the hanging cable and set the spinning wheel in motion. Thrill-seekers who reach the top of the course have the option of taking the QuickJump free-fall exit, a three-story descent with a gentle landing that delivers a breathtaking grand finale. Every participant is outfitted in a harness equipped with a single redundant sling-line that keeps them secure while they work their way among the obstacles using RCI's U.S. patented overhead tracking system.
This Sky Trail with its splashy colour scheme of hot pink, turquoise, and yellow will be eye-catching and inviting to diners as it blends with LuLu's tropical theme, menu, and gifts.
RCI has built Sky Trail aerial attractions in 30 different countries and in a variety of different venues including amusement parks, zoos, community centres, hotels, resorts, cruise ships, shopping centres, adventure facilities, and natural or historic tourist attractions. The size, colours, elements, and designs are customised to each location to complement each setting.


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Trivia and oddities about the "King of Rock and Roll"
2. Stalin and Jesus. The year 1965 saw Elvis on a search for deeper meaning -- like so many who have conquered the world, he found life oddly dull and unsatisfying. Aided by new Mafioso Jerry Schilling, he embarked on a whirlwind tour of religious and metaphysical thought, along with some trips to cults that promised enlightenment. His quest came to a head, however, in a strange desert hallucination occurring on March 5, 1965, one that had nothing to do with drugs or drink.
3. Elvis and Elvira. Strange but true -- the one-time Cassandra Peterson, known to fans as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, was once Vegas' youngest showgirl. Presley took a professional interest in her, advising her to focus on her singing, which he thought was impressive. But this wasn't another chorus girl conquest... everyone's favorite Eighties TV horror host was able to keep her virginity. Until Tom Jones came along.
7. Elvis and Goulet. Did Elvis really hate Vegas rival Robert Goulet?
9. Elvis gets Bewitched. The King had a number of romantic liaisons in the Sixties, most of them famous. Yet few know about his reportedly deep love for Elizabeth Montgomery, better known as the original Samantha on TV's Bewitched.
And although Elvis played knight in shining armor on at least one occasion, Montgomery's marriage, career, and the times both lived in keeping these two from realizing their romance.
11. The King loses his crown jewels. The popular image of Elvis as a mansion-dwelling, fabulously wealthy man is only partly true: when he died, the King was nearly broke, thanks to the divorce from Priscilla, his extravagant spending, and the endless maneuvering of Colonel Tom Parker. In fact, Elvis sold off the rights to most of his catalog in 1974 just to stay afloat, and it took years after his death for Priscilla to turn Elvis' estate into a money-making venture again.
West Side Story. The Colonel, as usual, interfered, saying the role was wrong for his meal ticket. The producers then auditioned Warren Beatty, Tab Hunter, Anthony Perkins, Burt Reynolds, Troy Donahue, Bobby Darin, Richard Chamberlain, and Gary Lockwood before settling on Richard Beymer. Elvis would have been required to sing "Something's Coming" and "Tonight"!
Louisiana Hayride days. You can still sit at the same counter he did!
Patton, starring George C. Scott; he memorized every line of it and could repeat it at will. And his Dirty Harry fixation led directly to his purchase of a .44 Magnum.
16. Elvis the Red? Even the most casual Elvis fan knows he was born in Tupelo, MS, and grew up in Memphis. Yet his actual family lineage is impressive, as well: Author Allan Morrison has apparently traced the King's family history back to Lonmay, Scotland, and further claims that Elvis is the direct descendant of Andrew Presley, who landed in South Carolina in 1745. And although unprovable, Morrison is fairly sure the Presley name goes back to a band of Vikings!
Steve Allen Show "Hound Dog" performance has entered into the realm of legend by now, emblematic of the strained relationship between Elvis and the popular culture of the time. But while many fans thought Elvis was enjoying himself by singing to an actual basset hound, in truth he felt humiliated -- exploding in anger at the Colonel backstage for agreeing to such a stunt, and making the backing Jordanaires swear to never mention the appearance again.
18. His last words. Elvis always kept his mind on the future, even as he was physically and emotionally falling apart near the end of his life. So it shouldn't be surprising that the last words anyone heard him utter, as he headed to the bathroom, were about just that. They're not profound by any means, but they are telling: "Billy, son," he said, referring to his upcoming series of concerts, "this is gonna be my best tour ever."
19. His last song. Similarly, Presley's last performances, both public and private, don't reveal much in the way of understanding his demise -- if he was planning on slipping away into obscurity or simply realizing his mortality, it didn't show in the music. Then again, the very circumstances make his song selection seem sadder than usual.
20. Don't. Elvis only ever commissioned one song personally; usually he was content to sing whatever was given him (at least in the beginning, when the monstrous consequences of the Colonel's sweetheart songwriting deals hadn't yet occurred to him). But famed songwriting team Lieber and Stoller knew just what to do when Elvis approached them in April of 1957 and asked them to write "something real pretty." The result was the smash "Don't."
21. Elvis in Vegas -- Part One. The singer may have revived his career to a startling degree by playing Sin City, but not many fans are aware that he tried the town on for size earlier in his career, egged on by the Colonel -- and that his April 23, 1956 appearance were a resounding flop. However, he did score one of his biggest and most defining hits by enduring the humiliation, after he caught a house band tearing into Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog."
23. The Gunnery's mistake. Elvis' Army years have been the subject of much discussion, if only because of what he did in his off hours, and how little his fans minded waiting for him. But his singing career was almost cut short by his service; a Pentagon official made him a tank gunner, which almost ruined the King's hearing until Memphis "Mafiosi" Lamar Fike got the Colonel to straighten it all out.
24. It's Now Or Never. One of the King's biggest hits was written way back in the 19th century as the operatic standard "
25. The stage fight. Any number of female fans rushed the stage to get at Elvis, mostly in his early years, when getting at him was much easier. But on February 18th, 1973, Presley's midnight show at the Las Vegas Hilton was interrupted by four men who foolishly decided to shake his hand. But Elvis' karate hobby, fortunately, allowed him to immobilize them.
27. The King and the Killer. Jerry Lee Lewis was a friend of Elvis' from the old Sun days, but his penchant for showing up late, smarting off to cops, and carrying handguns led to his arrest... one that was pinned on Elvis for years, but which the Killer camp puts down to a mere misunderstanding. Turns out someone named "The Killer" should never joke about coming to Graceland in order to murder Elvis.
28. "If I Can Dream" and Bobby Kennedy. You may know that Elvis' '68 special was designed to make him relevant again, and that the time period it was released in was one of the most turbulent in American history. Yet not many know that director Steve Binder specifically commissioned the closing song -- a replacement for "Silent Night," which was the Colonel's idea of goodbye -- as a statement, a reaction to the death of Bobby Kennedy just a few days earlier.
29. No shoe shine. Although the myth persists, there is no truth to the rumor that Elvis ever made any public or private disparaging remarks about African-Americans. In fact, the most notorious remark attributed to him, about blacks being fit only to "buy my records and shine my shoes," has been fully disproven.
30. Elvis the sleepwalker. As a kid, Elvis suffered from a family addiction -- sleepwalking! There's no way of knowing whether the drugs taken in his later years curbed the affliction, but he'd stopped by the time he reached full adulthood. Nevertheless, sleeping on cue would become of paramount importance in his hectic professional life.