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Henri Gillain (1913-1999), alias Jean Darc ou Luc Bermar, est un scénariste belge de bande dessinée. Il est le frère aîné de Jijé pour qui il réalise quelques scénarios. Il est surtout connu pour avoir créé l'univers de Champignac dans une longue histoire adaptée par André Franquin pour les aventures de Spirou et Fantasio, Il y a un sorcier à Champignac.

Les débuts dans la presse
C'est son frère Joseph Gillain qui lui permet d'écrire dans les publications Dupuis, à partir d'avril 1947 pour le journal Spirou, puis en 1950 pour le Moustique. Sous le pseudonyme de Luc Bermar, il réalise les textes de plusieurs nouvelles, contes et rédactionnels, qui sont parfois illustrés par Will ou René Follet. Devant le refus de Charles Dupuis de continuer les scénarios de Tif et Tondu, sa production dans les publications Dupuis diminue fortement après 1952.

Henri Gillain écrit également durant les années 1950 des romans à l'eau de rose et des romans-photos, généralement sous son pseudonyme de Jean Darc, pour plusieurs hebdomadaires : Les Bonnes Soirées, un autre magazine appartenant aux éditions Dupuis, ainsi que Femmes d'aujourd'hui et Lectures d'aujourd'hui.

Il écrit aussi des reportages pour divers journaux belges, et tient une rubrique hebdomadaire « Par-dessus la haie » dans Le Messager, journal local du canton de Fosses et de la Basse-Sambre.

Le sorcier de Champignac

En 1950, André Franquin en panne d'idées vient voir son mentor, Jijé, en espérant qu'il pourra l'aider. Celui-ci l'oriente vers son frère, bouillonnant d'idées, qui lui compose un long scénario que Franquin va adapter. C'est Il y a un sorcier à Champignac.

Pour le village de Champignac, Henri Gillain s'inspire de son propre village natal, Corbion, tout près de Bouillon dans la province de Luxembourg.

Henri et Joseph Gillain
Henri Gillain devient à l'occasion un donneur d'idées pour son frère, au point de réaliser des scénarios complets, officieusement, comme pour Blondin et Cirage en 1951 avec Le Nègre blanc.

Tif et Tondu
À la suite du rachat des personnages de Tif et Tondu par les éditions Dupuis ; leur créateur Fernand Dineur abandonne l'histoire en cours, La Villa « sans souci » en laissant le dessinateur Will sans fin de scénario. C'est d'abord pour aider celui-ci qu'Henri Gillain termine le scénario de cette histoire, à partir de la planche n°20.
Il connaît Will, autre élève de son frère Jijé, car celui-ci a déjà illustré certains de ses textes dans le journal Spirou, le Moustique ou le Messager.
En 1952, il écrit l'entièreté du scénario de l'épisode Le Trésor d'Alaric.
Henri Gillain écrit le synopsis du récit suivant, ainsi que le découpage d'une quinzaine de planches. Ce projet, intitulé La Bataille du pétrole, est refusé par Charles Dupuis, ce qui stoppe net la collaboration d'Henri Gillain sur la série Tif et Tondu, alors même que Gillain avait l'idée d'un nouveau scénario pour Tif et Tondu, se passant à Luna Park.

Sandy et Hoppy
En 1959, Henri Gillain crée avec le dessinateur Lambil la série Sandy et Hoppy, dont il ne scénarise que le premier album, Une aventure en Australie.

Œuvres publiées

Dans des périodiques

Journal de Spirou
Les Merveilleuses Cloches de petit Jean (texte), conte, 1947.
 Spirou et Fantasio (scénario adapté) avec Franquin (dessin) :
 Il y a un sorcier à Champignac, 1950.
 Sa plus belle chasse (texte), avec Will (dessin), nouvelle, 1950.
 Noël coréen (texte), avec ? (dessin), nouvelle, 1950.
 Psalmanazar (texte), avec Follet (dessin), rédactionnel, 1951.
 Blondin et Cirage (scénario, non crédité) avec Jijé (dessin) :
 Le Nègre blanc, 1951.
 Les Crocodiles dans les arbres (texte), avec ? (dessin), rédactionnel, 1951.
 Bob en eut la moitié (texte), avec Will (dessin), nouvelle, 1951.
 Tif et Tondu (scénario) avec Will (dessin) :
 La Villa « sans souci » (de la planche 20 à la planche 46), 1951.
 Le Trésor d'Alaric, 1952.
 La Lionne de Maldonata (texte), conte, 1954.
 Sandy et Hoppy (scénario, non crédité) avec Lambil (dessin) :
 Une Aventure en Australie, 1959.

Le Moustique
 L'Aventure du salon rose (texte), avec Will (dessin), nouvelle, n°1249, .

En albums
 Spirou et Fantasio (scénario adapté), avec André Franquin (dessin), Dupuis :
2. Il y a un sorcier à Champignac, 1951.
- rééd. dans De Champignac au Marsupilami, intégrale 2, 2006.
 Blondin et Cirage (scénario, non crédité), avec Jijé (dessin), Dupuis :
6. Le Nègre blanc, 1952.
 Tif et Tondu (scénario), avec Will (dessin) :
2. Le Trésor d'Alaric, Dupuis, 1954.
1. La Villa « sans souci », (scénario, avec Dineur), Albino, 1982 (325 ex.).
1. La Villa « sans souci », (scénario, avec Dineur), Dupuis, 1985.
- rééd. dans Tif et Tondu 1949-1954, intégrale 1, Dupuis, 2017.
 Sandy et Hoppy (scénario), avec Lambil (dessin) :
- Samedi-Jeunesse  : Hoppy le kangourou, éditions Samedi, 1966.
- rééd. dans Aventure en Australie, intégrale volume 1 : 1959-1960, Le Coffre à BD, 2008.

Hommage
Une rue Jean Darc apparaît dans un one shot de Spirou et Fantasio, Le Groom vert-de-gris (dans le quartier des Marolles, planche 14) d'Olivier Schwartz et Yann.

Références

Annexes

Bibliographie
 José-Louis Bocquet et Éric Verhoest, Franquin : Chronologie d'une œuvre, Marsu Productions, 2007
 Bertrand et Christelle Pissavy-Yvernault, « Henri de Champignac », dans Tif et Tondu 1949-1954, Dupuis, 2017, pp.34-49
 François Deneyer, Joseph Gillain - une vie de Bohême, Musée Jijé, 2020

Articles connexes
 Il y a un sorcier à Champignac
 Champignac
 Sandy et Hoppy

Liens externes

 Biographie sur le site de Dupuis

Auteur belge de bande dessinée
Scénariste belge de bande dessinée
Collaborateur belge de Spirou
Collaborateur de Spirou dans les années 1950
Auteur de Spirou et Fantasio
Champignac-en-Cambrousse
Nom de plume
Personnalité utilisant un pseudonyme
Romancier belge du XXe siècle
Jijé
Naissance en janvier 1913
Décès en août 1999
Décès à 86 ans


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Hubert Korbacher (né le  à Arnstein et mort le  à Schwabmünchen) est un homme politique allemand (BVP).

Biographie
Korbacher est pilote pendant la Première Guerre mondiale jusqu'à ce qu'il soit grièvement blessé en septembre 1917, avec le Fliegerabteilung 46 b. Après la mort de son frère jumeau Fritz, il devient maître horloger, reprend l'entreprise de ses parents et s'engage au Parti populaire bavarois (BVP) sous la République de Weimar. Il est membre du Reichstag de 1930 à novembre 1933 en réprésentant la 26e circonscription (Franconie), où, comme tous les membres du BVP, il vote pour la loi des pleins pouvoirs d'Hitler.

De 1931 à 1932, Korbacher prend position à plusieurs reprises contre la montée du national-socialisme de l'époque en tant qu'orateur lors de réunions de masse du parti populaire bavarois. Après la « prise du pouvoir » national-socialiste en 1933, la pression contre Korbacher augmente en conséquence. Lorsque Hubert Korbacher est inscrit comme candidat du NSDAP dans l'annonce de la proposition électorale pour l'élection du Reichstag le 12 novembre 1933, le groupe local du NSDAP de sa ville natale exige dans une lettre adressée au Gauleitung de Wurtzbourg le 15 novembre 1933 : «Korbacher doit se retirer de la scène politique parce qu'il est intolérable".

Liens externes

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Député du Reichstag (république de Weimar)
Personnalité du Parti populaire bavarois
Naissance en juillet 1892
Naissance à Arnstein (Basse-Franconie)
Naissance dans le royaume de Bavière
Décès en mai 1961
Décès en Bavière
Décès à 69 ans

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Award winning film 'Alif – ladna nahi padhna zaroori hai,' narrated by Jaya Bachchan, will be releasing in India on 3rd February 2017. The film is written and directed by Zaigham Imam and produced by Pawan Tiwari and Zaigham Imam.
Alif is a movie about a father, his son and his ambition to make him a doctor. His fight with the orthodox seminary education and his fellow neighbors. The film stars Neelima Azeem, Danish Hussain, Bhavna Pani, Simala Prasad, Pawan Tiwari, Aditya Om and child artist – Mohammad Saud and Ishaan Kaurav.Alif was world premiered in Australia's famous Indian International film festival of Queensland in November and it has been screened in many well-known universities of India. Recently, the film was showcased in Aligarh Muslim University where it has been greatly applauded. The film won Best Screenplay and Best child artist award in Bioscope Global film festival.
Other credits include: cinematographer – Dipak Nayak, music – Aman Pant, editor – Prakash Jha, creative producer – Abhay Chabbra, costume – Nivya Chabbra, sound designer – Kailash Singh and art director – Sumit Mishra.
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Ambitious professionals looking to combine the powers of a law degree and a graduate business education have a new option, thanks to a just created partnership between Lewis & Clark Law School and Portland State University's graduate school of management.
The partnership, a joint JD/MBA Program, is the only one of its kind in the Portland region, Oregon's largest legal and business marketplace. The value proposition is clear: students in the program will save a full year's worth of time and expenses, completing both the Juris Doctor (JD) and Master's in Business Administration (MBA) in four years, rather than the traditional five. The accelerated program saves participants approximately $25,000 in tuition. Students in the joint program will spend two years at Lewis & Clark, one year at PSU and one year at both.
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A shooting at a home on the north end of Irwin Street Monday afternoon appeared to be targeted and left one person with a non-life-threatening leg injury, according to the Anchorage Police Department.
The call came in just before 4 p.m., police said. The 35-year-old victim reported that a man entered the home, assaulted him while he was sleeping then shot him in the leg. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male standing a little over 6 feet tall and wearing a black jersey, but there was no clear suspect description, and no consensus on whether he left on foot or in a vehicle.
"We got conflicting stories," said Sgt. Steve Childers.
Investigation revealed the suspect and the victim had been in a seperate fight about a month ago, police said.
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Remarkably, thirty percent of North American teenagers—millions of people between the ages of 13 and 17—have engaged in religious missions or service projects. Building on this statistic, the authors of TransforMission believe that short-term mission is one way God is taking the gospel to the nations and, concurrently, transforming the lives of these student participants.
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The theme for this year's International Women's Day (IWD) is 'Press for Progress' – an admirable sentiment, indeed.
Little wonder, then, that International Women's Day claims that, at the current rate of 'progress', gender parity is still two centuries away.
I believe that being a entrepreneurial woman in a position of leadership and managing a young family gives me a distinct perspective on much of this.
One thing I know is that women tend to lead differently to men. Not better. Just differently. I also think we are often held to higher standards than our male counterparts. Our failures and mistakes are not always so easily forgiven. We have to pedal faster and juggle more to prove our worth. It's the darndest thing.
Women are, however, well-represented in leadership positions in the travel industry, in Australia at least. I'm not exactly sure why we seem to be a bit of an outlyer in this way, but there are some magnificently clever and capable women at the top right across the industry. I work with some of them. I'm on Boards and committees with others. And I see dozens of them providing direction and inspiration as mentors to the next generation of (female and male) leaders in our industry through the Travel Industry Mentor Experience (TIME) organisation I founded in 2009.
International Women's Day has me thinking about women who inspire me at close quarters and from a distance. I'm fortunate to have had many of them in my life. Like my mother.
My mother has been my mentor for as long as I can remember. She worked two jobs to put my brother and myself through private schools and has 100% encouraged me every day of my life to be whatever I want to be. She encouraged and supported me through motherhood and as an ambitious young business woman.
I know it's a cliche, but I really wouldn't be where I am today without her.
Ann Sherry is another inspiration. Even the quickest glance at Ann's LinkedIn profile will have you wondering 'How on earth can someone fit all of that into a single lifetime?' As CEO of Carnival Australia, Ann led the cruise line through some particularly difficult headwinds, but her career and influence extend well beyond the travel industry, into banking, politics, retail, even rugby as a Director of Rugby Australia.
In the early 90s, Ann accepted the position of head of the Office of the Status of Women, a role in which she advised the Prime Minister on how to improve the status of women in Australia. And if that's not enough, there's the Order of Australia for corporate management policies and practices addressing issues of gender, family life, and social justice.
Little wonder I'm thinking of her in the context of International Women's Day.
I've written before about my admiration for Hillary Clinton. She may never become President, but to have provided leadership for so long on a global stage dominated by men and old-thinking, she has inspired a generation of women to believe they should aim very, very high. Bangs optional.
As IWD 2018 approaches, which influential women do you think about when you reflect on your life and career? Who are your female champions of change and progress?


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Q: How to received data from arduino using bluetooth flutter? I am able to connect and send data to arduino but I don't know how I can received data from arduino. Please help me.
I am using flutter_bluetooth_serial package
Send message to arduio code here:
Future<bool> sendMessage(String text) async {
    if (connected != false) {
      //await connectToBluetooth();
      text = text.trim();
      connection!.output.add(Uint8List.fromList(utf8.encode(text + "\r\n")));
      await connection!.output.allSent;
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
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April 28, 1999: The Beginning Of The End Of Buddy Cianci's Wild Ride In Providence Politics
This Sunday, April 28, marks an important milestone in Rhode Island politics. That day marked the beginning of the end of Buddy Cianci's long tenure as the 800-pound gorilla of Providence politics. And Cianci's legacy remains a subject of debate.
by Ian Donnis
Mike Stanton remembers Wednesday, April 28, 1999, as a beautiful sunny spring day in Providence.
Bill Clinton was in the White House. The Matrix was in movie theaters. Buddy Cianci was the mayor of Providence. And Stanton was working as an investigative reporter for The Providence Journal.
"I came in," he remembered. "And then we started getting calls that the FBI was over at City Hall."
The FBI was at City Hall because of a corruption probe dubbed Operation Plunder Dome. Stanton grabbed a notepad and sprinted.
"So I rushed over there," Stanton said, "and the tax office was closed, and FBI agents were carrying boxes out of City Hall."
The idea of FBI agents carrying boxes out of City Hall was a long way from the image presented by Cianci during his first run for mayor, back in 1974.
With dramatic music in the background, an announcer in a campaign commercial said, "Take a good look at the face on your TV screen. It belongs to Cianci, Buddy Cianci …"
Cianci burst onto Rhode Island's political scene, after making his name as an up-and-coming prosecutor in the attorney general's office.
"Cianci is so incorruptible he headed up the anti-corruption strike force in this state," the campaign ad continued. "And Cianci's moves with so much personal conviction, he's willing to run as a Republican in this of all cities. In this of all years."
With a mix of charm and bullying behavior, Cianci emerged as a big player in local politics, even though he lost a run for governor in 1980. But Cianci's upward trajectory was in ruins by 1984. That's when he pleaded no contest to assaulting a man he suspected of having an affair with his wife. The sentencing was carried on live TV.
Prosecutor: "The defendant attempted to hit him with a log and was only stopped through the intervention of a third person. And more importantly …
Cianci: "…It's not true.
Prosecutor: "the defendant attempted two times to burn the victim with a cigarette and finally accomplished this …"
Cianci got a suspended sentence and resigned as mayor. Around this time The Wall Street Journal disparaged Providence as a smudge on the way to Cape Cod. The newspaper said Rhode Island was infested with crime and corruption and served as the base for the New England Mob.
But Providence's national reputation was on the rise even before Cianci staged an improbable comeback in 1990.
Once again, a Cianci campaign ad helped set the tone: "On November 6th you have a chance to have the best mayor this city has ever had – the mayor that will never stop caring about Providence."
Cianci won a three-way race by 317 votes.
His return to City Hall coincided with a series of changes that transformed the face of Providence. One of the most dramatic was a river relocation project long in the works changed the look and feel of the city's downtown. Cianci was among the many responsible for that, but he seized the limelight and claimed much of the credit.
There were other positive developments on Cianci's watch. The art installation WaterFire, with burning braziers set in the Providence River, attracted suburban visitors.
The Providence Place Mall was developed. Cianci would boast to anyone who'd listen about Providence's restaurants, theater, nightlife, zoo, ice rink, nearby beaches, institutions of higher learning, and so on. The mayor was so popular that he ran for re-election uncontested in 1998.
"He was at the height of his glory," recalled Mike Stanton. "And he was winning national acclaim – Providence was the Renaissance City."
By then, no one was calling Providence a smudge on the way to the Cape.
But there was an underside to the nationally hyped Providence Renaissance. And then came a knock on the door at Cianci's East Side home. It was his longtime nemesis, FBI Special Agent Dennis Aiken. Other agents ranged through City Hall. It was the morning of April 28, 1999.
"I knew it was right," said H. Philip West Jr., then the director of the good government group Common Cause of Rhode Island. "It was no surprise to me that it was coming down again."
West was not surprised that Cianci was back in hot water, in part since 22 people from his first tenure back in the 70s and 80s were convicted of crimes.
"In Providence, it seemed to be so clear that almost everything was for sale," West said.
In 2001, Cianci was indicted on 27 counts alleging racketeering, bribery and extortion. He maintained his innocence during a City Hall news conference packed with reporters.
"I'm not guilty of this stuff," Cianci said, "and I'm going to fight as long as I can as far as I can, and I will go all the way to the Supreme Court, the Hague, wherever they want to go, because this is not true."
But Cianci was convicted of a single count of racketeering conspiracy, and he was sentenced to serve about five years in federal prison.
The U.S. District Court judge, Ernest Torres, likened Cianci to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because of his mix of political gifts and his penchant for self-inflicted wounds.
Cianci left the mayor's office in 2002, and he was never able to get back in. His legacy remains a subject of debate.
An agreement presided over by Cianci back in the '90s blew up the size of the city's unfunded long-term pension obligations. That's a ticking time bomb still in search of a solution.
Another unresolved issue is the longstanding under-performance of Providence's public schools.
Despite these nagging problems, Cianci tried staging another comeback in 2014. And people like Mario Santomassimo of North Providence still admired him.
"He's smart, very smart, good politician," Santomassimo told me while visiting Federal Hill in 2014. "He knows how to work the system, get the system going."
Cianci was 73 at the time, but he remained glib and quick with a retort when asked about his checkered past.
"The person who's going to win this election is the person who can capture the imagination of the people of Providence," the former mayor told reporters on the day he announced his campaign.
Cianci got 45 percent of the vote in 2014, so he still had a hold on a lot of people's imagination in Providence. But Jorge Elorza won election as the third mayor after the Cianci era. Cianci died from an illness two years later.
So how much has City Hall changed since Cianci left office almost 20 years ago?
"I think with any political system you're always going to have patronage, you're always going to have people looking for jobs," said former ProJo reporter Mike Stanton, now a journalism professor at the University of Connecticut.
"But we certainly haven't seen the open scandals that we saw during Operation Plunder Dome, the FBI coming in with subpoenas and grabbing records and arresting city officials," Stanton said.
Love him or hate him, the former mayor remains part of Rhode Island's brand.
He figured prominently in the hit podcast Crimetown. Journalist Matt Bai invoked Cianci during a recent discussion about President Donald Trump on NBC's Meet the Press, And Trinity Repertory Company plans to stage a play this fall based on Stanton's Cianci biography, The Prince of Providence.
So it's worth remembering that one of the jagged turns in the dramatic life of Buddy Cianci happened 20 years ago this Sunday.
Many thanks to Cherry Arnold, for the use of archival tape in this story from her documentary, "Buddy: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Mayor."
Cianci got 45 percent of the vote in 2014, but his final comeback fell short of victory.
Cianci talking with Ian Donnis toward the end of his second tenure as mayor


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The Unknown Friends
Hermetic Conversations
Seven of Cups (II)
The first part of an ongoing Signal chat amongst Natalia, Sabrina, Phillip and Joel. Much of what follows centers around a shared study of the "Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz" during Holy Week. See for example here: http://www.levity.com/alchemy/chymwed1.html
March 30:
Natalia on reading the notes to the Ace of Swords…the void was brought up. The silence of the prophetess. Nature waiting for a redemptive gesture. It makes her think of making the Word whole again. Like in Sabrina's process her Word, her power of speaking, was "updated." After the Swords and the wounds with silence, is it a new level of Word that is there, the Cups flowing more abundantly, substantially, with Word?
Like Phillip once said about the red portion of the Cups forming a Vesica Piscis and what comes out of the cup comes through that Vesica Piscis…
Sabrina is wondering about the mysterious initials SM on the Chariot.
It's interesting that Christian Rosenkreutz in his Chymical Wedding receives from the second Porter (on the second day) the initials SM as a gift in return for the salt. Anthrowiki.at explains SM as:
Studio Merentis (to study the worthy?)
Sponso Mittendus (to bring to the bridegroom)
Sal Mineralis (mineral salt)
Sal Menstrualis (salt of purification)
Natalia shares some Arcana that have come up in different occasions, somehow connected to the Chymical Wedding's first and second day. The Six of Cups, the rope where people try to catch on in the first dream. The Fool when he is running to the road. The Chariot with SM sign on it as on the coin he receives. The Hanged Man as the people hanging in the second dream. Maybe Libra (i.e., Justice) too as they wait for the morning to be judged, weighed.
In the past, Joel has also thought of the "S" above the red horse as indicating Sulphur (Hot, Lucifer, Astral, Moses, Tree of Knowledge, Pillar of Wisdom, etc.) and the "M" above the blue horse indicating Mercury (Cold, Ahriman, Etheric, Elijah, Tree of Life, Pillar of Strength, etc.). So the Charioteer would be Salt—Christ, the Tree of Love. The turning point of time holding the balance between the two halves of Earth evolution (Mars/Sulphur and Mercury). "You are the Salt of the Earth."
But "to bring the bridegroom" is new to him. It feels very true to both the Chymical Wedding as well as the Suit of Cups.
April 1:
Natalia shares that in the Finnish transition it explains SM as:
1. For someone who has developed worthily
2. Sal humour: possibly a mistake?
3. Sponso mittendus, bridegroom's pledge
4 and 5 are the same as what Sabrina shared.
Joel shares that it's quite a thing to be living with the Chymical Wedding during Holy Week. Yesterday's section was so long and strange and laborious, felt rather oppressive. Reading it, you're also being weighed like these men in the story. He got this initial impression which will be tested as the story unfolds, that the first day with the receiving of this invitation is actually expressing this moment of death. The second day is more of an etheric review. This third day is the passage through Kamaloka, a purgatory experience. And it's only on the 4th day that you enter the planetary spheres proper, so to speak. And he kind of had a bit of that experience when he says on the third day that he had a quiet night but was kept awake all night by a dream where he's tormented by a dream of a door he can't open. Joel had difficult sleep last night, a real "panic and anxiety" feeling, but akin to this feeling of being tormented by a door you can't open or a problem you can't solve or something. Bringing this into connection with trying to figure out the new date for the Footwashing Ritual and the Sophia Foundation's Annual Retreat, which has been postponed once again. A dream of Natalia's that indicated that Joel already knew or had chosen the date, even though he is not aware of that! A little bit of a door being unlocked or a mystery beings solved on the fourth day. But then the ending of the fourth day is quite intense, with this beheading of the six kings and queens, and then the beheading of the executioner himself! We got the Lover and Death quite a bit today, and a lot of Justice yesterday.
Natalia also had dark dreams Thursday to Friday, energetically, taken into very deep corners. In a kind of asylum, she was crazy. All this very heavy atmosphere, waking many times. It feels the planetary spheres releases this tension a bit.
Joel shares about these seven ships on the fifth day of the initiation. The 7 planets are assigned to them, except instead of Jupiter there is Earth. And it made Joel think, what if this whole 7-day initiation is some kind of vision, like his consciousness is transported to Future Jupiter? Therefore, Jupiter would equal Earth? Maybe this whole bizarre, fairy tale, non-rational, image rich experience is expressing in our language to a limited degree the way that reality will be experienced in Future Jupiter, as this recapitulation on a higher level of the dream consciousness or dream experience of Old Moon. Maybe there's an emphasis throughout on the number six, and then especially on the fifth day of the initiation he sees Venus sleeping in the heart of the Earth, waiting to be resurrected. So in the Jupiter consciousness or planetary evolution is Venus, the goal is this sixth stage.
Natalia is reminded in this part of the lifting of the veil of Isis, these curtains around Venus, he's forbidden to go and have a look during the night.
And he's sitting in this boat with this ball which is connected with the Earth. She has something in her Finnish translation about the signs on those boats. Not sure if it exists in every translation. The Pyramid is mentioned in the Saturn. In the Mars, the boat is called B, with Dodecahedron. Then G which is Venus icosahedron (21 sided). Then D which is Mercury is octahedron. Then C is the Earth which is a ball. Does that give more information? Or how was that brought? That is like the translator's extra at the bottom of the page. All these forms that the different boats had.
Sabrina is living closely with these images as well…the 8th Major Arcanum wove into her day, as well as the Cosmic Dance of Libra, and a course she is doing called "The Power of Eight" by Lynne McTaggart. Quite a powerful tapestry!
On Easter Morning (April 4) Natalia shares some different collages of Arcana to express the Chymical Wedding. She particularly points out Death who has the heads of a King and Queen under him, and a "red moon" scythe.
A few reflections from Joel:
Rudolf Steiner says Mani-Parzival initiated CR at this time. Was Mani the Virgin in the Chymical Wedding?
The presence of Atlas as a kind of spokesman for the King is significant.
Why were three couples slaughtered/beheaded and only one couple resurrected? Does this have some connection to the dissolution and recreation of the body/bodies between death and rebirth?
The bittersweet ending, when CR must take over as gatekeeper for the "famous astrologer" because he too had seen Venus in all her glory in the subterranean realm resonated very deeply with Joel, as a kind of experience or life situation or destiny that feels so familiar and personal to him.
April 5: Sabrina points out the various Steiner editions (CW, ha!) that refer to the CW: 35, 175, 232, 262. She responds to Joel's reflection on the bittersweet ending…First of all, she feels what he means and she had been thinking of him. But then, for her understanding, especially after having read Steiner's comment, CR gets back to his hermitage and he kind of simultaneously is the gatekeeper (from CW 35). She'd say he masters this experience and is the one on the Chariot, SM.
In any case, this Libra-Venus aspect is very interesting, CR sails under the sign of Libra, and Venus rules Libra.
Joel responds…Yes! And interesting how on the way the boats are planetary, and on the return they are zodiacal. Which again makes him think of the journey of the soul through the planetary spheres to the midnight hour/realm of fixed stars after death. And he could tell in his translation, which is a bit arcane, but it did seem like CR goes to bed thinking he will awake the next morning as the gatekeeper, but instead he sleeps for two days straight and awakes back at home. So a kind of ambivalent, paradoxical ending. This is akin to the ending of George MacDonald's Lilith. It ends with the main character experiencing two biographies simultaneously, one in the waking realm and the other in the realm of sleep. It is equally bittersweet and ambiguous. And this is pretty much how Joel's life feels all the time!
The Tarot really do feel like the cast of characters from the CW now.
Sabrina has a seven year old friend, who sent her a picture via her grandmother of four red roses…so tuned in, without any conscious idea what her endeavour is! This symbol of the four red roses resonated so deeply with Sabrina…
For Natalia, this is very interesting, because she has not read Steiner's work on CW, but had similar thoughts to his coming up…because it seems like there is all the time this sort of Venusian mood and also, she understands what Joel is saying but then again it seems like he is led by this maiden as if that would be a conscious entering into that realm of the underground Venus. On the other hand, she thinks He's so modern in his way, the way he observes things and writes down what is written there, the threat there. As if he would need to also enter there, and he's led there. And in the end, everything comes out yet he agrees and acknowledges it, he is honest about it and takes ownership of it. There is this difference with the astrologer in that he not only sees but touches or holds Venus, and with CR it is more observation. Really hard to memorise all those details.
As he becomes this gatekeeper, it reminded her of the analysis that Joel did of Natalia's dream with Schythe and Queen of Swords, with CH pointing to Christian Rosenkreuz and Chymical Wedding. What came out of this was also these Masters of the lower chakras: Zarathustra with the Heart, Christian Rosenkreuz with the Solar Plexus, Mani with the Sacral, and Skythianos with the Root. If Mani—this Venus/Sacral/Grail realm—is the next…he needs then Rosenkreuz also before him to make this moral development for humanity before the confrontation with evil can really happen with Mani. So that made her think, this portal, this solar plexus (ruled by CR) could also be where the gatekeeper is needed. Because this solar plexus really is the portal to the underworlds, and that really does need to be held in check or morality needs to develop there.
The gatekeeper needs to know also what he is gatekeeping, that was her conclusion yesterday evening. So he needs to have seen Venus in the underground.
Also this initiation, that the Masters go before the other portion of humanity…that is this change of consciousness, the Consciousness Soul. This was in 1459. Only later do more and more "ordinary" people enter into this state that the initiate has achieved already much sooner. Tarot was already existing before that, right? And then the Parzival story in the 800, where Mani-Parzival goes through his experience, it was also written down later on. It has a very different view on some things, but there is still this feeling like there is an echo with these maidens, still this kind of…another kind of Grail initiation, but still some kind of connection one could feel to be there.
So perhaps this maiden is somehow Mani? Is she the same which is called Alchemy? The one in the beginning who is telling her name after CR asks? Now she can't recall if that is the same one who is leading him every night and day…that is one of her questions…what does that perhaps mean? But Atlas, perhaps he didn't understand so well. She forgot all the things he was doing there. She only knew that he was the brother of Prometheus in Greek mythology. This holding of earth and sky. He was giving advice throughout the book.
She agrees with Sabrina, that CR was given the mission of gatekeeper, and at the same time he was having the initiation, so there is something that shows the paradoxical side of it. But still back to this night, Thursday to Friday, that many of us had something going on there. For her it was also about taking her to this realm of Venus and something of her transgressions with that. Now she sees that is part of reading the book, is also showing that side of ourselves more clearly in one way or another.
Natalia shares a portion of the Lord's Prayer Course about the transformation of the double with the help of Zarathustra (heart chakra), Christian Rosenkreuz (solar plexus), Mani (sacral) and Skythianos (root). This portion has taken on significance for her ever since this dream.
Joel is on vacation at his cabin, so might not be so responsive…but he wanted to respond to this image of the Solar Plexus as gatekeeper, and then Mani in relation to the sacral chakra…so Christian Rosenkreuz as this five at the solar plexus setting the stage for the six, for the Venus of Mani and the sacral chakra and the next stage of human evolution. That feels very true.
And he got the impression from the CW that…well, it was hard to keep track of which Virgin was which and how many there actually were…it's very vague. But you feel as though she/they were the ones who initiated CR. So, he got this strong impression that the whole initiation was about guarding or becoming aware of the Venus stage of evolution or consciousness. The Divine Feminine and the Earth Mysteries. Those belong to Mani. He…or rather she is the one who can initiate you into these mysteries. CR, because he becomes aware of these future mysteries…well, it's like the initiation is to become a gatekeeper, in a way.
As for taking over for the "famous astrologer," Joel's mind goes in two directions. If we're heading down towards the sacral chakra of Mani via the solar plexus of CR, the heart chakra of Zarathustra precedes CR/Solar Plexus. And he is the Astrologer, right? He's the one who more or less initiated Babylonian astrology in the 6th-5th century BC or so. So this CR taking over for Zarathustra is one piece of that, as the guiding initiate of the West. Steiner or Tomberg says that, that at the time of the CW, CR took over for Zarathustra as guiding initiate of the West.
On the other hand, when Robert talks about this meeting of the Masters of the lower chakras as initiates in the 4th century AD, Mani organises this. And Rudolf Steiner says that it was Skythianos and Zarathustra and Buddha who were invited by Mani. Robert clarifies, and says that Buddha was no longer incarnating at that point, and so it was the earthly representative of Buddha, who is Christian Rosenkreuz. At other times, however, Robert says that this earthly representative of Buddha is Maitreya Boddhisatva. So Robert more or less indicates that these two are the same individuality. So on the other hand, it's CR as Maitreya taking over for Gautama Buddha as gatekeeper, Gautama Buddha's successor.
But he thinks in general it indicates that there is something bittersweet in coming to self-awareness through karma. It's very much this thing of a blessing and a curse at the same time. That the initiation is at the same time a punishment. "Oh, you saw what you weren't supposed to see, so now you have to be the gatekeeper." But also a recognition, "out of gratitude for this person who has stood this post so long, I will gladly become the gatekeeper." It's a whole mixture, it's a multivocal thing. So Joel can relate to that in the most practical sense in terms of, say, taking over Journal for Star Wisdom from Robert. At times it feels like a privilege and at others a punishment. He's not a famous astrologer per se, but he's dear to all of us.
And the Tarot…they were coming out at the same time that CW is supposed to be taking place, around 1459 the first Tarot decks were being created in Europe. And it would probably be more like the time period that CW was published in the 1600's that the Tarot were widespread and the designs that we're familiar with, the oldest ones that are still in existence were coming out around that time period—the 17th century. Definitely something there in terms of the imagery and the tone and the dream-like mood of it, something very similar between the Parzival story and this. And with Parzival the action takes place in the 8th-9th centuries, not published until the early 13th. This takes place in the 15th century, not published until the 17th. Something really analogous between those two in that way. Again this thing of, something is taking place in preparation for the future. There's the time during which it takes place, but it's actually setting the stage for the culture in the next couple of hundred years or so.
The question of Atlas…well, this mythological figure of Atlas is very much tied up with Robert Powell's mission. That's over on one side. On another side, Robert has characterised himself at times, and his own work, in that he is not a Master per se. He's not a Boddhisatva. He's the supporter, he's the spokesperson, the helper of the Initiates. And that's exactly the role that Atlas plays in this story. That seemed significant to Joel.
April 6: Natalia feels Atlas sounds like Robert in the way Joel put it. She is reading Four of Coins. There was a comparison of Ace of Coins—Steiner; Two of Coins—Tomberg; Three of Coins—Robert; Four of Coins—Future generations of Hermeticists, Grail Knights, etc. Also toward the end about the Initiates as ahead of humanity but also having a human side and struggles. Reminds her much of what we have talked about lately. Also there was this observation of the small red flower, similar to our recent conversations.
April 7: Natalia is still playing around with CW Tarot imagery. Schythe is still making her ponder. The three beheaded couples makes her think of the three doubles and how they are beheaded in the Queen of Swords. CR says that only one Queen is smiling, the others were serious and soon they had to change their wedding clothes to black. The couples become wax-like too. The room was made black, and everyone had to wear black. On the altar was a skull, snake, black book, crystal ball. Schythe (Death) has much of that mood. What if the first part of the wedding has to do somehow with the Doubles? Something needs to be cut off, right? Then a new Creation can arise, through an alchemical process.
The King of Swords has a very similar writing on his throne to the "Venus writing" in CW.
Natalia wonders about connections between Tarot and Beatitudes? It was in her dream last night. Also the King of Swords has appeared two or three times this week in her dreams. Maybe time to read the notes on him!
The first thing that comes to Sabrina's mind is the Pope (Vow of Poverty) in connection with "Blessed are the Poor in Spirit" and The Fool in connection with the 9th Beatitude (Blessed are you when you are reviled in my name).
Natalia had simply lined up the first nine Arcana in order, which would put the Magician with Poor in Spirit, but maybe he is not so poor. The Emperor lines up well: Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Pope could be Blessed are the Merciful. How does that feel?
Lovers, Blessed are the Pure in Heart, for they shall see God.
The Ninth is very much the Fool…
Joel sees the Hermit as "Blessed are the Peacemakers", the Hanged Man as the 8th Beatitude, "Blessed are those who are persecuted for Righteousness' sake."
Natalia feels maybe the Hanged Man is the first part of the 9th, and the Fool the second part, "Rejoice and be exceedingly glad."
She wonders who is mourning, in terms of Blessed are those who Mourn?
Joel points out that sometimes it is translated "Bearing Suffering" rather than "Mourning." That makes him think of the Emperor. Poor in Spirit as Pope…Blessed are the Merciful as Temperance…The Pure in Heart either the Lover or Force. Blessed are the Meek as The World. Those who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness as Justice. Meek could also be The Star or The Sun.
Uberta shared with Natalia that the lowest Sephiroth, Malkuth, is ruled by the Ishim, the 10th Hierarchy, which comes from Hebrew. Ish = Man, and Isha = Woman. This she did not know. Uberta was thinking Meek would go with Star or Temperance or Force. Interesting how many possibilities for Meek we all find.
Tomberg writes in The Lord's Prayer Course that meekness is a condition of the astral body which can behold the Truth about ourselves, and the Angel helps in this. One day we need to create this mood of calm ourselves. Would that be Temperance then?
With "Blessed are the Meek, for they shall inherit the Earth", this inheritance made The World jump naturally to Joel's mind. But also this meekness seems to him to have something childlike about it. Like St. Francis, so that's when he thought of The Star, The Sun, also Force perhaps.
He think of Temperance in terms of Mercy, because she is like the "defense attorney," always advocating mercy for her charge in the face of the "accusers" of the hierarchy of the left.
Maybe there is a call and response though? For example, maybe one Arcanum is "Blessed are the Meek" and another is "For they shall inherit the Earth."
April 10:
Natalia also wondered about this call and response, due to the Hanged Man and Fool being paired together for the 9th Beatitude. Maybe something like this for the first five beatitudes:
Magician and Pope for the first Beatitude
High Priestess and Emperor for the second. Her heart is pierced by she also receives, that could be "comforting." That would make the Emperor the first part, the "mourning." But perhaps that goes a bit for both.
Lover and Force for the sixth Beatitude, Blessed are the Pure in Heart.
For Blessed are the Merciful, Temperance as the merciful one, and then who is "obtaining Mercy"?
For the 4th Beatitude, Justice as the first part, but then who represents "For they shall be filled"?
Sabrina responds to this indication about Ishim from Natalia…yes, Humanity = Ishim, the 10th Hierarchy. "Im" usually indicates the grammatical plural form such as in "Cherubim", that's quite interesting and useful to know maybe!
In terms of the Sephiroth Tree, she has a question…what role to Archangels such as Metatron and Sandalphon play for us? She feels them quite close to her personally. In other "systems", such as in the Universal White Brotherhood (Aivanhov group), Metatron is connected with Kether, and Sandalphon with Malkuth. She shares a picture of "their" version…what do we think about it?
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History of the Office of the Attorney General
About the AG
In California, the Office of Attorney General was created in 1850 to contend with what was considered at the time an unstructured, inadequate and inconsistent system of law enforcement.
Since its establishment, the Office of the Attorney General has been molded and changed by three distinct forces: first, the California Constitution and state government codes, which specify the duties and responsibilities of the Attorney General; second, legislative decree altering the duties of the Attorney General in response to specific state needs; and third, the personalities and ambitions of those who have served as Attorney General.
Of all in state government, the Office of the Attorney General has probably changed the most dramatically in its more than 160 year history. Its development essentially mirrors California's history and the development of the state itself.
The Office of Attorney General in its present form is radically different from the office created by California's founders. Like the Constitution, the office has evolved to serve changing state needs. "I wish to see a good Constitution formed," declared C. T. Botts at California's first Constitutional Convention, "...but it will take time to make it. It is true that houses were built in a single night in San Francisco. It is a go-ahead place. I fear if this Constitution is built in the same way, it will bear about the same relation to an enduring political structure, that a shanty in San Francisco bore to a great monument of architectural skill."
Gradually, through the protection of state lands and resources, through monitoring corporate practices, by asserting the rights of the people against discrimination, and by assuming leadership as the state's central law enforcement authority, the Attorney General has grown to play a critical and, like the Constitution, an enduring role in the life of California.
1850 until Present
Dates of Office
Rob Bonta Apr. 2021 - Present
Xavier Becerra Jan. 2017 - Mar. 2021
Kamala D. Harris Jan. 2011 - Jan. 2017
Edmund G. Brown Jr. Jan. 2007 - Jan. 2011
Bill Lockyer Jan. 1999 - Jan. 2007
Daniel E. Lungren Jan. 1991 - Jan. 1999
John K. Van de Kamp Jan. 1983 - Jan. 1991
George Deukmejian Jan. 1979 - Jan. 1983
Evelle J. Younger Jan. 1971 - Jan. 1979
Thomas C. Lynch Sep. 1964 - Jan. 1971
Stanley Mosk Jan. 1959 - Sep. 1964
Edmund G. Brown Sr. Jan. 1951 - Jan. 1959
Frederick N. Howser Jan. 1947 - Jan. 1951
Robert W. Kenny Jan. 1943 - Jan. 1947
Earl Warren Jan. 1939 - Jan. 1943
Ulysses S. Webb Sep. 1902 - Jan. 1939
Tirey L. Ford Jan. 1899 - Sep. 1902
William F. Fitzgerald Jan. 1895 - Jan. 1899
William H. H. Hart Jan. 1891 - Jan. 1895
George A. Johnson Jan. 1887 - Jan. 1891
Edward C. Marshall Jan. 1883 - Jan. 1887
Augustus L. Hart Jan. 1880 - Jan. 1883
Jo Hamilton Dec. 1875 - Jan. 1880
John Lord Love Dec. 1871 - Dec. 1875
Jo Hamilton Dec. 1867 - Dec. 1871
John C. McCullough Dec. 1863 - Dec. 1867
Frank M. Pixley Jan. 1862 - Dec. 1863
Thomas H. Williams Jan. 1858 - Jan. 1862
William T. Wallace Jan. 1856 - Jan. 1858
William M. Stewart Jun. 1854 - (Temporary)
John R. McConnell Jan. 1854 - Jan. 1856
S. Clinton Hastings Jan. 1852 - Jan. 1854
James A. McDougall Oct. 1850 - Dec. 1851
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The Cookie Project is nominated as a finalist in the 2019 Diversity Awards. Photo / Doug Sherring.
By: Lincoln Tan
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald's diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.
lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz @LincolnTanNZH
A business that offered work paying minimum wage to a blind woman in a $2.30-an-hour job has been nominated as a finalist for the 2019 Diversity Awards.
The awards recognising organisations that are embedding workplace diversity and inclusion are run by Diversity Works, a Government-backed organisation that teaches workplaces how to promote diversity and prevent discrimination.
A panel of 10 judges chose 36 finalists, and The Cookie Project was one of two finalists in the Diversability Category.
The business, started in June last year by two Auckland men, Graeme Haddon and Eric Chuah, offers employment opportunities for people with special needs.
Eric Chuah, co-founder of The Cookie Project. Photo / File
Following a Herald report that a blind worker was being paid $2.30-an-hour at another company to untangle Air New Zealand headphones, Cookie Project offered her a job as a baker on the $17.70 adult minimum wage.
Judging convenor Neil Porteous said the judges chose initiatives that were sustainable and offered long-term benefits rather than entries based on one-off events.
Initiatives impacting a significant proportion of the organisation's workforce were also favoured.
The diversability category acknowledges innovative responses to employment opportunities for people with disabilities, and organisations that created a culture of inclusion.
Chuah said he felt very honoured that The Cookie Project has been named as a finalist.
"It will help us to highlight the issue of 250,000 capable Kiwis with disabilities who are unemployed," he said.
"We as a country need to wake up, partner up and step up urgently to solve because long-term unemployment is a slippery slope towards poverty, social and health issues."
According to the 2013 Census data, one in four New Zealanders lived with some form of disability.
They are vastly overrepresented in poverty figures and 74 per cent of those with a disability who are not in employment want to be working.
Craig Hudson, Xero New Zealand, finalist in the Walk the Talk category. Photo / Supplied.
Other finalists include Air New Zealand, HSBC, IAG and Downer in the Cultural Celebration category and Engineering NZ, Spark, Vodafone and Yellow in the Emerging Diversity and Inclusion category.
Porteous said the panel found the Walk the Talk category, which celebrated leaders who exemplified excellence in promoting and managing a diverse workforce, the most difficult to judge.
The category, he said, highlighted the importance of leadership in the diversity and inclusion space.
It had seven finalists, including Craig Hudson from Xero, Catherine Smith from Auckland Museum and Prestige Law's Royal Reed.
Royal Reed, Prestige Law, finalist in the Walk the Talk category. Photo / File
"There are so many people standing up and influencing the workplace over and above their job descriptions," Porteous said.
He said it was gratifying that so many small-to-medium-sized organisations had entered the awards this year.
"Its fantastic to see such a breadth of organisations focusing in this space and understanding the benefits of an inclusive workplace culture," he said.
Diversity Works has been embroiled in controversy after its chief executive Rachel Hopkins was accused of bullying and cultural insensitivity by a Samoan staff member, Fia Collins.
The complaint was dealt with internally last December, and Collins left with a payout of about $100,000, and Hopkins remained in the top job.
Winners will be announced at a gala dinner event in Auckland on August 28.


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Adam Smith // (ur.  w Kirkcaldy, zm. 17 lipca 1790 w Edynburgu) – szkocki myśliciel i filozof, autor Badań nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów (1776), które były jedną z pierwszych prób usystematyzowania wiedzy na temat historii rozwoju przemysłu i handlu w Europie.

Dokonania Smitha były podstawą do wyodrębnienia przez Davida Ricarda ekonomii jako osobnej dziedziny nauki. Jego prace są jednymi z najbardziej znanych i cenionych opracowań na temat gospodarki rynkowej, kapitalizmu i liberalizmu.

Przez trzynaście lat wykładał na University of Glasgow przedmiot "filozofia moralna" ().

Adam Smith publikował prace z filozofii moralnej, czyli teorii ludzkiego działania w ramach społeczeństwa, a także eseje z historii literatury, historii nauki, retoryki, estetyki i krytyki literackiej.

Życiorys

Dzieciństwo
Adam Smith urodził się jako syn Margaret Douglas w Kirkcaldy w Fife w Szkocji. Jego ojciec, również Adam, pracował jako prawnik i urzędnik służby cywilnej. Zanim poślubił Margaret był wdowcem. Ślub wzięli w 1720 roku. Zmarł dwa miesiące przed urodzinami syna. Mimo że dokładna data urodzenia Smitha jest nieznana, jego chrzest został zarejestrowany  w Kirkcaldy.

Znane jest zaledwie kilka wydarzeń z wczesnego dzieciństwa Smitha, niemniej jednak szkocki dziennikarz i biograf Smitha John Rae zanotował, że Adam został porwany przez Cyganów w wieku czterech lat i został zwolniony, gdy mieszkańcy ruszyli, aby go ratować. Smith był blisko związany z matką, która prawdopodobnie zachęcała go do kontynuowania kariery naukowej. Uczęszczał do Szkoły Kirkcaldy Burgh – określonej przez Rae jako "jedną z najlepszych szkół średnich w Szkocji w tamtym okresie" Podczas pobytu w latach 1729–1737 Smith uczył się łaciny, matematyki, historii i literatury.

Edukacja

W wieku czternastu lat Smith został przyjęty na Uniwersytet w Glasgow. Pobierał nauki z filozofii moralnej pod kierunkiem Francisa Hutchesona. W Glasgow Smith rozwijał swoje zamiłowanie do wolności, rozumu i wolności słowa. W 1740 roku został nagrodzony stypendium Snella i otrzymał zgodę, na kontynuowanie edukacji na Balliol College w Oksfordzie. Jego zdaniem poziom nauczania w Glasgow był o wiele wyższy, niż ten w Oxfordzie, który określał jako intelektualnie spowalniający. W II rozdziale V księgi Bogactwa narodów, Smith napisał: "Na Uniwersytecie w Oxfordzie, większa część profesorów, przez wiele lat, w ogóle zrezygnowała nawet z pozorów nauczania". Znany jest przypadek ukarania Smitha za czytanie Traktatu o naturze ludzkiej Davida Hume'a. Książka została skonfiskowana. Według Williama Roberta Scotta, "Oxford czasu [Smitha] przyczynił się niewiele, jeśli w jakiekolwiek sposób, do tego co miało być w przyszłości dorobkiem jego życia". Jednak mimo wszystko Smith, przy okazji pobytu w Oxfordzie, zdołał nauczyć się kilku przedmiotów poprzez czytanie książek zgromadzonych na półkach olbrzymiej biblioteki uniwersyteckiej. Jak wynika z listów, kiedy nie uczył się na własną rękę, jego czas w Oksfordzie nie należał do najszczęśliwszych. Pod koniec pobytu zaczął cierpieć na drgawki, prawdopodobnie objawy załamania nerwowego. Opuścił uniwersytet w 1746 roku, a jego pobyt tam zakończył się przed wygaśnięciem stypendium.

W V księdze Bogactwa narodów Smith komentuje niską jakość nauczania i skromną aktywność intelektualną na uniwersytetach angielskich w porównaniu z ich odpowiednikami w Szkocji. Przypisuje to zarówno wysokości dotacji dla wydziałów w Oxfordzie i Cambridge, które wypłacały pensję profesorom, niezależnie od ich zdolności do przyciągania studentów, jak również sytuacji, w której wielu wybitnych intelektualistów (ludzi pióra) wiodła komfortowe życie jako ministrowie Kościoła Anglii.

Kariera nauczycielska

Smith rozpoczął publiczne wykłady w 1748 roku w Edynburgu pod patronatem Lorda Kames. Tematy wykładów dotyczyły retoryki, literatury pięknej, a w późniejszym czasie zagadnienia "postępu bogactwa". W tym ostatnim temacie po raz pierwszy wyłożył swoją ekonomiczną filozofię "systemu oczywistości i prostoty naturalnej wolności". Mimo że nie można określić go mianem mistrza w zakresie wystąpień publicznych, jego wykłady spotkały się z uznaniem i osiągnęły sukces. W 1750 roku spotkał filozofa Davida Hume'a który był jego mentorem przez ponad dekadę. W swoich wspólnych pismach dotyczących historii, polityki, filozofii, ekonomii i religii wykształcili wzajemną więź, dużo bliższą niż z innymi przedstawicielami szkockiego oświecenia.

W 1751 przyznano mu profesurę na Uniwersytecie w Glasgow, wykładał logikę. Kiedy kierownik zakładu filozofii moralnej zmarł rok później, Smith przejął jego stanowisko. Pracował na uczelni przez kolejne 13 lat, które opisywał jako "zdecydowanie najbardziej twórczy, a zatem zdecydowanie najszczęśliwszy i najbardziej zaszczytny okres [życia]".

Smith opublikował Teorię uczuć moralnych w 1759 roku zawierającą w sobie niektóre z jego wykładów. Praca ta dotyczy zagadnienia, zależności pomiędzy współodczuwaniem a ludzką moralnością. Smith wykorzystuje kategorię współodczuwania w swojej refleksji ekonomicznej opisując ludzką zdolność do zrozumienia potrzeb innych i zaspokajania tych potrzeb na drodze wymiany towarów i usług. Zdefiniował współodczuwanie jako poczucie moralne. Współodczuwanie określa ludzką zdolność do rozumienia innych ludzi. Skłonność do zachowań społecznych wyjaśniana jest przez Smitha przy pomocy właśnie tej kategorii. Również uczucia i emocje regulujące funkcjonowanie społeczeństwa są pochodnymi tej instynktownej umiejętności.

Oparł on wyjaśnienie nie na specjalnym zmyśle moralnym, jak uczynił to Lord Shaftesbury III i Hutcheson, ani na użyteczności jak Hume, ale właśnie na współodczuwaniu.

Po opublikowaniu Teorii uczuć moralnych Smith stał się tak popularny, że wielu bogatych studentów opuściło swoje szkoły w innych krajach tylko po to, aby przenieść się do Glasgow i studiować pod kierunkiem Smitha. Po publikacji Smith zaczął zwracać większą uwagę na jurysprudencję i ekonomię w swoich wykładach, a mniej miejsca poświęcał teorii moralności. Na przykład sformułował tezę głoszącą, że przyczyną wzrostu bogactwa narodowego jest praca, a nie ilość zgromadzonego złota lub srebra, co było sprzeczne z podstawą merkantylizmu, teorii ekonomicznej, która dominowała w polityce gospodarczej Europy Zachodniej w tamtym okresie.

W 1762 roku na Uniwersytecie w Glasgow przyznano Smithowi tytuł doktora prawa (LL.D.). Pod koniec 1763 roku otrzymał ofertę od Charlesa Townshenda, który został mu przedstawiony przez Davida Hume'a, aby zajął się wychowaniem i kształceniem swego pasierba, Henryka Scotta – młodego księcia Buccleuch. Smith przyjął ofertę rezygnując z posady profesora. W konsekwencji złożenia profesury w połowie semestru próbował zwrócić czesne opłacone przez swoich uczniów. Studenci odmówili.

Nauczanie i podróże
Praca prywatnego nauczyciela związana była z podróżami po Europie. Smith podróżował ze Scottem prowadząc nauczanie w trasie. Otrzymywał 300 funtów rocznie oraz zwrot kosztów wraz z 300 funtową emeryturą. Dochód ten wynosił w przybliżeniu dwukrotność jego wcześniejszej pensji. Zadebiutował w roli opiekuna podczas wyjazdu do Tuluzy we Francji, gdzie przebywał przez półtora roku. Według relacji, uważał Tuluzę za bardzo nudną.
Pisał do Hume'a, że "zaczął pisać książkę, aby zabić czas". Po przejechaniu południa Francji, grupa przeniosła się do Genewy, gdzie Smith spotkał się z Voltaire'em.

Po pobycie w Genewie grupa udała się do Paryża gdzie Smith spotkał się z wybitnymi intelektualistami takimi, jak Benjamin Franklin, Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Jean le Rond d'Alembert, André Morellet, Claude Adrien Helvétius, a w szczególności François Quesnay – kierownik szkoły fizjokratów, którego idee zrobiły na Smicie tak ogromne wrażenie, że rozważał zadedykowanie Quesnayowi swojego traktatu pt. Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów gdyby ten nie zmarł wcześniej. Fizjokraci przeciwstawiali się merkantylizmowi, dominującej teorii ekonomicznej w tamtym czasie poprzez sformułowanie motta: Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même! (pozwólcie czynić, pozwólcie przechodzić, świat porusza się sam). Ponadto twierdzili, że tylko rolnictwo produkuje bogactwo, natomiast handel i manufaktury nie.

Ale ta pochwała charakteru i naturalnego stylu życia była niezbędną zasłoną dymną, gdyż otwarta krytyka wzorców konsumpcji szlachty i kościoła – a tylko ci klienci pozostali kupcom i przemysłowcom po czasach Ludwika XIV i Ludwika XV, kiedy to Francja została zniszczona przez przegrane wojny, pomoc dla powstańców amerykańskich przeciw Brytyjczykom, a przede wszystkim przez nadmierne spożycie nieproduktywnej pracy – pracy, która nie przyczyniała się do gospodarczej reprodukcji – byłaby zabójcza dla jej autorów. Jeśli przyjąć szlachtę i Kościół za jedynego użytkownika gospodarki, razem z tymi, którzy dla nich pracują, w feudalnej Francji rolnictwo było jedynym sektorem ważnym dla utrzymania społeczeństwa.
Ponieważ angielski system dystrybucji dóbr różnił się znacząco od francuskiego, poglądy fizjokratów nie zostały w pełni zrozumiane przez Smitha, który twierdził, że ich myśli są "ze wszystkimi ich niedoskonałościami [może] najbliższe dotarcia do prawdy, która nie została jeszcze opublikowana w temacie ekonomii politycznej". Podział pracy produktywnej w porównaniu z bezproduktywną stał się kluczową kwestią dla rozwoju koncepcji ekonomii klasycznej.

Późne lata
W 1766 roku zmarł młodszy brat Henry'ego Scotta. W krótkim czasie po tym wydarzeniu Smith zakończył pracę korepetytora. Tego samego roku wrócił do domu w Kirkcaldy, gdzie następne dziesięć lat poświęcił pracy nad swoim "opus magnum". W Kirkcaldy zaprzyjaźnił się z Henrym Moyesem, młodym niewidomym mężczyzną wykazującym nieprzeciętne zdolności. Poza uczeniem Moyesa Smith zadbał o patronat nad jego edukacją u Davida Hume'a i Thomasa Reida. W maju 1773 został członkiem Royal Society of London, ponadto w 1775 przyjęto go do Klubu Literackiego.

Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów zostały opublikowane w 1776 roku. Okazały się błyskawicznym sukcesem, pierwszy nakład został w całości wyprzedany w ciągu pierwszych sześciu miesięcy.
W 1778 powołano go na stanowisko komisarza celnego w Szkocji. W związku z pracą udał się do Edynburga gdzie zamieszkał ze swoją matką w Panmure House. Pięć lat później otrzymał status "członka założyciela" Royal Society of Edinburgh. W latach 1787–1789 piastował zaszczytną funkcję Lorda Rektora Uniwersytetu w Glasgow.

Smith zmarł w północnym skrzydle swojego domu Panmure House w Edynburgu 17 lipca 1790 roku po bolesnej chorobie i został pochowany na cmentarzu Canongate Kirkyard. Na łożu śmierci wyraził żal z powodu braku większej liczby osiągnięć.

Jako wykonawców testamentu zmarły wyznaczył dwójkę przyjaciół z kręgów akademickich: fizyka i chemika Josepha Blacka i pioniera geologii Jamesa Huttona. Smith pozostawił po sobie pokaźne zbiory notatek i niepublikowanych materiałów. Wydał polecenie spalenia wszystkiego, co nie było gotowe do publikacji. Wspomniał o Historii astronomii jako prawdopodobnie nadającej się do druku. Książka ukazała się wraz z innymi materiałami w 1795 roku.

Biblioteka Smitha zgodnie z jego wolą została przekazana Davidowi Douglasowi, Lordowi Reston (syn pułkownika Roberta Douglasa – kuzyna Smitha). W późniejszych latach księgozbiór został podzielony pomiędzy dwójkę dzieci Davida: Cecilie Margaret (Pani Cunningham) i David Anne (Pani Bannerman). Po śmierci męża w 1878 roku Pani Cunningham sprzedała część książek. Pozostałe przeszły na własność jej syna profesora Roberta Oliviera Cunninghama z Królewskiej Akademii w Belfaście, który przekazał część biblioteki Akademii. Po jego śmierci pozostałe książki zostały sprzedane. W 1879 biblioteka Pani Bannerman została przekazana w stanie nienaruszonym New College w Edynburgu.

Osobowość i przekonania

Cechy charakteru
Niewiele wiadomo na temat prywatnych poglądów Smitha ponad to, co można wydedukować z jego prac. Wszystkie prywatne zapiski zostały zniszczone krótko po jego śmierci, na wyraźne życzenie autora. Smith nigdy się nie ożenił. Utrzymywał za to bliskie relacje z matką, z którą mieszkał po swoim powrocie z Francji i która zmarła na 6 lat przed jego śmiercią.

Smith był często opisywany przez historyków jako typowy "roztargniony profesor". Prezentował się jako ekscentryczny, ale życzliwy intelektualista, zabawnie roztargniony, o osobliwym sposobie wysławiania się i chodzenia, z uśmiechem "niewyrażalnie łagodnym". Znane są przypadki kiedy mówił sam do siebie. Nawyk ten pozostał mu z dzieciństwa, kiedy to rozmawiał i śmiał się podczas zażartych konwersacji z niewidzialnymi przyjaciółmi.

Poglądy religijne
Od lat toczy się spór naukowy na temat natury poglądów religijnych Smitha. Ojciec Adama przejawiał silne zainteresowanie chrześcijaństwem, należał do umiarkowanego skrzydła Kościoła Szkockiego. Pomimo otrzymania stypendium Snella, przyjmuje się, że Smith wyjechał do Anglii z intencją rozwoju swojej kariery w strukturach Kościoła Anglii. Podczas pobytu w Oksfordzie odrzucił chrześcijaństwo. Do Szkocji powrócił jako deista.
Ekonomista Ronald Coase zakwestionował deistyczność przekonań Smitha. Twierdził on, że o ile Smith odwoływał się w swoich dziełach do Wielkiego Architekta Wszechświata, to inni badacze wyolbrzymili zakres w jakim Adam Smith przyznawał się do wiary w osobowego Boga. Coase opiera swój wywód na analizie uwagi zawartej w Badaniach nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów gdzie autor relacjonuje jak wrodzona ciekawość natury ludzkiej w kwestii "wielkiego fenomenu natury" takiego jak "powstawanie, życie i znikanie roślin i zwierząt" doprowadziły go niechybnie "do rozważań nad ich przyczyną". Ponadto przytacza uwagę Smitha, że "zabobon w pierwszej kolejności będzie próbował zaspokoić ową ciekawość odnosząc wszystkie te cuda do natychmiastowej ingerencji bogów".

Publikacje
 1759 – The Theory of Moral Sentiments, online (EN),
 Kolejne wydania w 1761 (zmienione), 1767, 1774, 1781 i 1790 (zmienione i rozszerzone),
 (pl) 1989 – Teoria uczuć moralnych, tłum. Stanisław Jedynak, Warszawa: PWN,
 1761 – Considerations Concerning the Formation of Languages and the Different Genius of original and compounded Languages, online (EN),
 Wydane jako dodatek do nowego wydania Theory of Moral Sentiments, kolejne wydanie w 1767,
 1776 – An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, online (EN)
 Kolejne wydania w 1778, 1784 (zmienione), 1786, 1789,
 (pl) 1954 – Badania nad naturą i przyczynami bogactwa narodów, tłum. Stefan Wolff, Oswald Einfeld, Zdzisław Sadowski, Antoni Prejbisz, Bronisława Jasińska, Warszawa: PWN; II wyd. 2007, Warszawa:PWN,
 1795 – Essays on Philosophical Subjects, ed. Dugald Stewart, London: T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies; [etc. etc.], online (EN),
 1896 – Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms, Oxford: Clarendon Press, online (EN)
 Zapis wykładów na University of Glasgow z lat 1762–1763.

W 1976 Oxford University Press wydało The Glasgow Edition of the Works and Correspondence of Adam Smith, będącą najpełniejszym i krytycznym wydaniem dzieł Adama Smitha (red. serii R.H. Campbell, D.D. Raphael, A.S. Skinner). Poszczególne tomy obejmowały:
 The Theory of Moral Sentiments (ed. D.D. Raphael, A.L. Macfie)
 An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (ed. W.B. Todd),
 Essays on Philosophical Subjects: With Dugald Stewart's 'Account of Adam Smith (ed. W.P.D. Wightman, J.C. Bryce, I.S. Ross),
 Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres (ed. J.C. Bryce),
 Lectures on Jurisprudence (R.L. Meek, D.D. Raphael, Peter Stein),
 Correspondence (ed. Ernest Campbell Mossner, Ian Simpson Ross),
 Index to the Works of Adam Smith (ed. Andrew S. Skinner, Knud Haakonssen).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Robert L. Heilbroner, Wielcy ekonomiści. Czasy, życie, idee, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Ekonomiczne, Warszawa 1993, rozdział III Wspaniały świat Adama Smitha

 Wiktor Werner, Historyczność kultury. W poszukiwaniu myślowego fundamentu współczesnej historiografii, Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, Poznań 2009, podrozdział 2c Adam Smith. Problem equlibrium
 Stefan Zabieglik – "Adam Smith", seria Myśli i Ludzie, Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna 2003.

Linki zewnętrzne

 Dzieła Adama Smitha w bibliotece Polona

Brytyjscy ekonomiści
Brytyjscy filozofowie XVIII wieku
Brytyjscy myśliciele polityczni
Ludzie oświecenia
Wykładowcy Uniwersytetu w Edynburgu
Ludzie związani z Glasgow
Ludzie urodzeni w Kirkcaldy
Szkoci
Urodzeni w 1723
Zmarli w 1790


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La Deutschmeister Jubiläumsmarsch (Marcia del giubileo della Deutschmeister) op.470, è una composizione musicale di Johann Strauss (figlio).

Nel 1525 Alberto di Hohenzollern, Hochmeister (gran maestro) dell'Ordine dei cavalieri tedeschi, fondato in Terra Santa come confraternita religiosa nel 1190, voltò le spalle dal suo credo cattolico. Cinque anni più tardi il suo superiore Deutschmeister (maestro tedesco) si unì al resto della nobiltà in una forza militare sotto il nome di Hoch-und Teutschmeister.

Nel 1694 la Hoch-und Teutschmeister, a seguito del decreto del cavaliere tedesco Franz Ludwig (conte dell'Elettorato Palatino e duca di Neuburg), avviò l'istituzione di una forza militare denominata Teutschmeistertruppe. Nel 1696 le tredici periferie di Vienna vennero comprese nella Deutschmeister, che fu ribattezzata "Reggimento di fanteria n° 4 Hoch-und Deutschmeister", affettuosamente chiamato dai viennesi Uns're Edelknaben (i nostri nobili ragazzi).

Nel 1781 l'imperatore Giuseppe II impose la coscrizione forzata e istituì "l'assunzione dei distretti", a ciascuno dei quali venne assegnato il proprio reggimento di fanteria.

In occasione del 200º anniversario della Hoch-und Deutschmeister, vennero istituiti quattro giorni di celebrazioni ufficiali che si svolsero a Vienna dal 4 al 7 settembre 1896. Dalla Galizia, dove in quel momento si trovava, l'imperatore Francesco Giuseppe inviò un telegramma di congratulazioni e svariati articoli di giornale si occuparono di descrivere nei minimi particolari la storia del reggimento, alcuni teatri scrissero delle opere appositamente per l'occasione (Die Deutschmeister, Wiener Edelknaben...) e tra le numerose feste organizzate ve ne fu una al Prater in cui sfilarono gli ufficiali della Hoch-und Deutschmeister nelle loro divise.

Il 9 settembre, due giorni dopo la chiusura dei festeggiamenti, Gabor Steiner, un popolare attore di teatro, propose un "gran festival viennese" i cui proventi sarebbero stati destinati ai veterani del reggimento. Il 5 settembre, la Neue Freie Presse annunciò:

Bayer e Hellmesberger, a differenza di Strauss, avevano in passato già avuto modo di collaborare con la Hoch-und Deutschmeister, anche se mai come capi banda. Al  festival vi fu la prima per queste tre marce (Deutschmeister Jubiläums-Marsch di Strauss, Deutschmeister regiment-Marsch di Bayer e Hoch-und Nieder-Marsch di Joseph Hellmesberger) che nel corso della manifestazione furono eseguite da un'orchestra di 400 musicisti provenienti da otto bande di reggimento, al cospetto di 18.000 visitatori.

Dal Fremdenblatt del 10 settembre:

Il reporter del Neue Freie Presse, fu più specifico rivelando:

Marce di Johann Strauss (figlio)