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40 farmers under 40, Nos. 11-20
Meet the new crop of American farmers — young and energetic idealists who are bringing local, sustainable food back to the table.
Matt Hickman
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11) Molly Rockaman, 28
EarthDance FARMS
Molly Rockaman, a 28-year-old native Missourian, worked alongside sugarcane farmers in Fiji, rice farmers in Thailand and mushroom producers in Ghana before reclaiming St. Louis as her home. She co-founded EarthDance FARMS in 2008 with the initial aim of preserving Missouri's oldest organic farm. With the farm's 300 percent increase in production this year (due to more of the land being under cultivation), and 12 apprentices aspiring to careers in sustainable agriculture, EarthDance is not only preserving farmland — it's growing food and farmers. The farm's primary program is an organic farming apprenticeship program — combining field work, weekly enrichment sessions, field trips to local farms and selling at farmers markets into a season-long commitment to sustainable agriculture training.
Besides being a source of organic farming education, Rockaman's passion for music and the visual and performing arts comes through in EarthDance's mission, as the farm hosts concerts and open-studio artist sessions. One day she even hopes to create an artist-in-residence program on the farm, living out EarthDance's mantra of "Celebrating the Culture in Agriculture."
12) Daron "Farmer D" Joffe, 32
Farmer D Organics
South African-born Daron Joffe (who, in full disclosure, hosts the MNN video series In the Field) grew up in Atlanta and attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where his love of gardening sprouted during an apprenticeship at a local organic farm. After dropping out of college in 1995 and apprenticing at a biodynamic farm in Georgia, Joffe bought some land of his own back in Wisconsin. He ran a biodynamic farm, restaurant and education center there for several years, eventually moving west in 2000 to teach nutrition, organic farming and habitat restoration to troubled teens in San Francisco.
Joffe now has hubs in Atlanta — where he runs Farmer D Organics, serves on the board of Georgia Organics and helped start the organic farm at Serenbe — and in Riceboro, Ga., a small town south of Savannah where he runs a community-supported organic garden. At just 32, the entrepreneurial and well-traveled Joffe is an atypical farmer, as he likes to point out: "I live in the city. I travel more than I'm home. And I'm not 75 years old, wearing overalls with a piece of straw in my mouth."
13) Emily Jane Freed, 33
Jacobs Farm
Pescadero, Calif.
Emily Jane Freed is the assistant production manager at Jacobs Farm, where she's responsible for seven farms, including 250 acres of organic culinary herbs and edible flowers. She's the chair of the 2009 Hazon Food Conference and also served on the executive committee for the 2008 edition, where she chaired the Farmer's Connection/Sponsorship Committee, which highlighted farms and farmers from the greater Bay Area.
In 2007 and 2008, Freed attended the ROI (Return on Investment) Global Summit in Jerusalem for 120 Young Jewish Innovators from around the world, and in 2007 she was named one of Heeb magazine's top 100 in the category of food. She's a board member of the University of California-Santa Cruz's Friends of the Farm & Garden, which is committed to community outreach, education and organic agricultural practices on the California Central Coast.
14) Lyndon Hartz, 26
Hartz Produce
Wyoming, Ill.
When Hartz Produce was founded in 2004, Lyndon Hartz initially farmed about one acre of ground that his grandpa owned. It grew to four acres the next year, and in 2006, he moved the farm closer to where he lived, so he rented ground and began attending the Peoria RiverFront Market and the Stark County Farmers Market. That fall, he took out a loan for 10.5 acres of his own.
In 2007, Hartz began planting perennial crops like strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and asparagus, and launched his own CSA program with 15 members. He also bought a Hoop House and started experimenting with winter gardening. In 2008, the CSA grew to 22 members and the farmers markets thrived.
Hartz is a founding member of the Good Earth Food Alliance; the group has a 110-member CSA and sells to restaurants in the area. He continues to sell at farmers markets and also works with a local school district to provide fresh veggies with school lunches.
Hartz grows a wide range of crops, from the aforementioned fruits to almost any kind of vegetable: lettuces, spinach, red spinach, sweet corn, carrots, parsnips, tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, peppers, radish, broccoli, cabbage, green beans, chard — and the list goes on.
15) Page Atkinson, 27
16) Ian Ater, 26
17) Lucas Christenson, 24
Fledging Crow Vegetables
Keeseville, N.Y.
Fledging Crow Vegetables is located in the Champlain Valley of upstate New York, but it owes a lot to a mountaintop in southeastern Ecuador. While working on a farm there during the winter of 2006-'07, Ian Ater and Paige Atkinson met Lucas Christenson, and eventually all three found themselves picking rocks out of newly tilled land on 10 leased acres in Keeseville, N.Y., happily playing a part in the fast-developing local trend toward small, diversified farms.
The three amigos — who speak a lot of unnecessary Spanish on the farm (fueled, perhaps, by the 130 pounds of coffee beans that Atkinson and Christenson brought home from Ecuador this past winter) — are in their first season farming three acres of certified naturally grown vegetables for a 40-member CSA program; they also supply several restaurants in nearby Lake Placid, vend at three farmers markets (where their offerings include veggies along with pasture-raised pork, chickens and Thanksgiving turkeys), and sell their produce to local natural foods stores.
CSA memberships funded Fledging Crow's first year of equipment acquisitions, while the market season offers the farmers a steadier income. Hogs rotationally graze new land in one field, eating its quackgrass rhizomes so future crops can thrive there, and laying hens eat a cover crop and drop manure in another field to fertilize next year's garlic (and they lay eggs for the week!).
Atkinson's, Ater's and Christenson's farming backgrounds are just as diverse as their veggie fields, including everything from draft horses to hand-dug garden beds to dairy cows. They stay busy and laugh a lot, with a sunset lake swim at the end of most days.
Photo (left to right): Christenson, Ater and Atkinson
18) Jacob Cowgill, 31
19) Courtney Cowgill, 29
Prairie Heritage Farms
Conrad, Mont.
Jacob and Courtney Cowgill are artists, writers and farmers born and raised on the shortgrass prairie of central Montana. They recently moved home to start their own farm in Conrad, where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains. Prior to coming home, Jacob spent a few seasons in north-central Montana working on a farm experimenting with dryland vegetables, and Courtney worked in the big city in western Montana for NewWest.net, an online journal she co-created.
On their farm, they grow high-quality, nutritious, community-dense food, raising heritage and ancient grains and seeds, heirloom vegetables, and heritage turkeys. Their focus on older varieties of plants and animals helps protect the nation's genetic diversity and keeps the people's seeds and breeds alive and well.
20) Padraic MacLeish, 26
Pocantico Hills, N.Y.
The Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture is an 80-acre, nonprofit farm serving as a beacon for local, sustainable agriculture just about an hour north of New York City. A legacy of the Rockefeller estate, Stone Barns has become a leading light in the slow-food movement both through its farm market and by hosting classes and lectures on a variety of farming subjects. In addition to its four-season vegetable production, the center raises several species of livestock, including chickens, sheep, pigs and bees.
Padraic MacLeish, assistant livestock manager and beekeeper at Stone Barns, is a native of upstate New York. He worked at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown for eight years before attending Deep Springs College in Big Pine, Calif. Before MacLeish arrived at Stone Barns, he also worked at a dairy farm in New York, a cattle ranch in Nevada, taught horseback-riding lessons in California and attended the College of Alameda, where he received an associate's degree in automotive technology. In addition to his work tending the livestock, MacLeish has taught courses at Stone Barns such as "Beekeeping 101" and "ABCs in the Pasture: Honey."
Matt Hickman ( @mattyhick ) writes about design, architecture and the intersection between the natural world and the built environment.
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Employee disputes are best resolved informally directly between an employee and the supervisor. However, Vanderbilt recognizes that there are situations when a formal process may be beneficial and additional perspectives may be needed to review a dispute. Successful resolution of a dispute requires an open and honest exchange of information, a willingness to see a situation from a different perspective, an appreciation for the challenges and expectations of the jobs of both the employee and the manager, appropriate use of flexibility and an understanding of the business needs of the institution.
The purpose of this policy is to provide an opportunity for Vanderbilt employees to internally resolve disputes arising out of issues concerning the Progressive Discipline Policy (including end of employment) or other policies. This policy does not include concerns regarding performance feedback or a written performance review. Employees utilizing this process in good faith will be protected from any retaliatory actions, such as reprimands or harassment.
The goal of the dispute resolution process is to exchange and review information in order to determine whether revision or rescission is warranted of discipline, end of employment or other application of policy. The first step in the dispute resolution process is a meeting between the employee and immediate supervisor to determine if they can resolve the issue. In the event the employee and the supervisor are not able to resolve the dispute, the employee has the option to request a meeting with Human Resources to facilitate a conversation with the employee and the supervisor. There may be circumstances where HR is able to assist the employee and manager in finding a resolution, before additional levels of management are involved. The process may then continue, as needed, to a departmental review and a panel review.
The dispute resolution process is also available if an employee believes there was a procedural flaw related to a Performance Accountability and Commitment Plan. A procedural flaw relates to process, not content of the plan (performance expectations and examples) or feedback from the supervisor. Examples of a procedural flaw would include if an employee received the written performance plan by e-mail and the manager did not have a conversation with the employee or if the written performance plan did not include the areas of performance that need improvement.
Topics such as the content of the plan (the examples and expectations) and feedback from the supervisor are addressed in the Performance Accountability and Commitment Policy and are not subject to the dispute resolution process.
The dispute resolution process provides opportunities for the exchange of information between the concerned employee and members of management. The process will include in-person meetings and a review of any related documentation to ensure a full understanding of the facts and circumstances and to provide clarification on any issues. As appropriate, written decisions will be provided at the conclusion of the steps for departmental review and panel review.
If there are allegations of a violation of the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Policy, Anti-Harassment Policy, or retaliation, the employee should contact the Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action, and Disability Services Department (EAD). If allegations of this nature should arise at any point during the dispute resolution process, the process will be placed on hold while EAD reviews the allegations.
Employees utilizing this process may not be represented by an attorney at any of the internal proceedings nor may a recording device be utilized.
All employees (except temporary) who have completed their initial orientation period are eligible to use the Dispute Resolution Process. It may be used to appeal actions involving formal disciplinary written warnings, final warnings, suspensions and termination of employment. The process may not be used to challenge verbal disciplinary warnings, coaching actions, performance feedback or performance review related concerns. Participants who are disruptive of the process (e.g., using threatening behavior) or refuse to abide by the guidelines established in the policy will forfeit their opportunity to participate in the internal process. Failure of the department to meet time limits will move the dispute resolution to the next step of the process. However, if the employee fails to meet the time limits established for a response, the dispute will be considered resolved and the Dispute Resolution Process will be terminated. Time limits may be extended by mutual agreement. It is understood that work-related travel commitments or other significant personal or work-related needs or commitments may justify or necessitate extending deadlines.
Employees are always encouraged to address their concerns directly with their immediate supervisor. The first step in the dispute process is a discussion between the employee and the supervisor. This in-person conversation should include a review of the facts and any relevant policies or documents. As appropriate, the employee and supervisor should bring copies of related documents so they can be reviewed during the meeting.
Employees who intend to utilize this process must do so by notifying their supervisor within seven (7) calendar days of the action that gave rise to the dispute. The conversation between the supervisor and the employee should include the issue being disputed and the desired outcome of the dispute process.
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Game of Thrones star Kit Harrington has revealed that he has told one person how the show ends.
Harrington, who plays 'King of the North' and all-round hero Jon Snow, said he revealed the ending of the hit HBO series to a friend - because he felt he had to get it off his chest.
Speaking on The Graham Norton Show, Harrington says he told his friend James, who had started watching the epic saga but fallen asleep during the first episode.
And he was driven to divulge who would rule Westeros by the "intensity" of having to keep the show's ending a secret.
The 32-year-old said: "The intensity of finishing something like this and not being able to tell anybody is so hard.
"It got too much, so I've told one person - my friend James, who doesn't watch the show and fell asleep in the first episode of the very first season.
"I knew then that he was zero-interested in what I do.
"We were having a drink the other night and I told him everything about how the series ends, and he couldn't have looked less interested if he tried."
Harrington, who is appearing on BBC1's The Graham Norton Show on Friday night alongside co-star Emilia Clarke, also admitted having anxiety dreams about the final season of the show.
He added: "There are some incredible sequences, but I've woken up in the middle of the night recently thinking 'What if, after eight seasons, we have mucked it up?'."
The King of the North isn't the first cast member who has struggled to keep quiet about the show's ending.
Sophie Turner, who plays Jon's sister/cousin Sansa Stark, admitted sharing the ending of the show with her fiance Joe Jonas - but he is under strict orders not to spill any secrets.
The first episode of the final season of Game of Thrones will be on Sky Atlantic at 2am on Monday April 15.
It will then be repeated at the more forgiving time of 9pm later that evening.
The show is shown at 2am as it is simulcast with the time it airs in America so both the UK and USA receive the show at the same time.
The episode will be available to watch on NowTV on Monday morning. One month costs £7.99 on NowTV .


The two Koreas have agreed to take further steps toward peace following a one-on-one meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who is on his first ever visit to Pyongyang, Press TV reported.
It was not clear what measures were expected of the US.
Moon said Pyongyang had already pledged to work toward the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" during his first encounter with him in April, in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas.
The two Koreas "have continuously shown their trust toward one another and I hope there will be another summit between the two countries as soon as possible," Moon said.
Kim also agreed to work toward denuclearization during a summit with US President Donald Trump in Singapore back in June.
But North Korea has said denuclearization will have to be phased, with each stage coming in return for reciprocal steps by the US, potentially including the removal of US forces from the region.
Yet, no specific steps have been designated toward that goal, and Pyongyang says that, while it has taken several goodwill measures — including the suspension of missile and nuclear tests — the American side has taken no moves in return.
North Korea has also already dismantled a nuclear site and has returned the remains of some US soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War to America.
Pyongyang is also seeking relief from harsh international sanctions — mostly spearheaded by the US — imposed on the country over its nuclear and missile programs.
The US, however, has not offered any such relief.
When President Moon hoped for another summit, he must have had little idea that his wish would be granted very soon. Kim said shortly after their meeting that he would make a visit to the South in "the near future," in what would be the first-ever visit to the capital, Seoul, by a North Korean leader.
Kim described the latest agreements as a "leap forward" toward military peace on the peninsula.
"The world is going to see how this divided nation is going to bring about a new future on his own," the North Korean leader said, in a remark potentially meaning that diplomacy with the US, which has already stalled, may not be necessary.
The two Koreas also plan to link up their railways, allow reunions for families separated by the Korean War, and to co-host the 2032 Summer Olympics, according to the joint statement.
He failed to mention the North Korean demand for reciprocal US measures.


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MicroStrategy Releases MicroStrategy 10.1
MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today announced the general availability of MicroStrategy 10.1. The release includes hundreds of new and improved features and a wide range of performance enhancements across the product platform. Further extending the self-service capabilities of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise™, MicroStrategy Desktop™ 10.1 and MicroStrategy Web™ 10.1 add new enhancements for enterprise data discovery users, enabling data preparation and data wrangling across more data sources, while delivering a clean, new look with modern grid styles, navigation, and consolidated views and search. Other highlights include new capabilities for D3 visualizations, ESRI geospatial visualizations, and iOS 9 within MicroStrategy Mobile™ and custom Mobile Productivity Apps. To learn more about MicroStrategy Analytics™, visit: microstrategy.com/analytics.
The 10.1 release comes shortly after the major release of MicroStrategy 10 Secure Enterprise, a groundbreaking enterprise analytics solution that combines traditional business intelligence functionality with data discovery, mobile analytics, and powerful enterprise security. MicroStrategy 10.1 builds on the version 10 foundation with a significant collection of new capabilities in speed, flexibility, and performance. To register for the upcoming "What's New in MicroStrategy 10.1" webcast, visit: http://info.microstrategy.com/microstrategy-101?CID.
"Our customer focus has guided the development of MicroStrategy 10.1, helping to ensure that we continue to bring cutting-edge technology to the market," said Paul Zolfaghari, President, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Our new agile engineering development methods are resulting in new features and enhancements being rolled out to our global customer base on a more frequent basis. We are confident that 10.1 delivers an even higher level of analytics value for organizations and institutions around the world."
MicroStrategy 10.1 provides a number of key improvements, including:
• Extended support for data preparation and blending. Data preparation and data wrangling is now supported across all Big Data, cloud, ODBC, social, BI, and local data sources. These powerful data preparation capabilities enable any business user to prepare data directly in the MicroStrategy Desktop or Web product, avoiding the need for IT involvement or the use of third-party ETL tools.
• Presentation and editable mode. MicroStrategy 10.1 consolidates the previous range of views options into two powerful modes: a brand new presentation mode and an editable mode. New and old users will find it even easier to analyze and present their insights with these new display options.
• Use existing ad hoc reports in Desktop. In addition to using existing server-based dashboards and intelligent cubes, MicroStrategy Desktop now supports the use of existing ad-hoc reports. Business users can access and interact with server-based reports directly in Desktop, or use the reports as datasets to perform data discovery analysis.
• Previews and search. As part of the new homepage experience, users can now preview what their recently accessed reports and dashboards will look like before executing a query. In addition, users now have a single, consolidated search experience, making it easier to find objects quickly using a powerful search index of all project reports and dashboards.
• Enhanced native Big Data connectivity. MicroStrategy 10.1 further optimizes native connectivity to Hadoop with support for Kerberose authentication for Hadoop Gateway, a new Hadoop Gateway monitor, and enhanced performance while accessing data directly from Hadoop clusters. As a result of the optimizations on the MicroStrategy Hadoop Gateway, MicroStrategy Big Data users can now expect up to a 60% faster response time for cube publishing.
• Significant performance improvements for both users and administrators. MicroStrategy 10.1 further builds on the significant performance gains in MicroStrategy 10, delivering up to 2X query improvements when running a dashboard using cube live connect, 30% faster performance against partitioned cubes, 85% faster count distinct response times, nearly 2X faster count against attributes, and 41% faster incremental refresh (and up to an additional 71% increase in speed when partition is used) in internal testing. MicroStrategy 10.1 also reduces the load time of MicroStrategy Intelligence Server™ by up to 64% with parallel cube loading.
• Expanded mobile support. MicroStrategy Mobile apps now offer support for iOS 9, as well as rendering of D3 Visualizations, ESRI Maps, and all out-of-the-box visualizations and data discovery dashboards built in MicroStrategy Desktop and MicroStrategy Web.
• Improved Teradata access. MicroStrategy now offers support for high speed data transfer from Teradata with TPTAPI, accelerating the process of publishing large cubes. This new feature allows large volumes of data to be transferred quickly and in parallel from Teradata databases, enabling users to update in-memory cubes faster and with greater frequency.
• Hundreds of additional enhancements. MicroStrategy users can now benefit from hundreds of other enhancements across Web, Desktop, Mobile, Server, and administrative tools. Many of these enhancements were driven by input received through several recently launched customer programs, including the MicroStrategy Community and the Early Adopter Program. Because of these successful programs, 10.1 delivers new features that MicroStrategy developers will love, such as the ability to create and apply custom document themes across many documents at the same time and the ability to embed data discovery dashboard content into pixel-perfect dashboards, drastically reducing dashboard development time.
The speed at which these new features and enhancements have been made available to customers is the result of the company's new agile engineering development methods, directed by MicroStrategy CTO Tim Lang. The net result is faster, more frequent access to innovative analytics features for the MicroStrategy global customer base.
MicroStrategy 10.1 will be showcased at the Company's upcoming Symposium Series events in Boston and Atlanta, on September 15th and 23rd, 2015, respectively. Registration for the events is still open and can be found at: microstrategy.com/us/events/symposium.
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Faraday Future (FF) announced that the first complete body-in-white (BiW) for the FF 91, an all-purpose fully connected luxury EV, has successfully initiated full-vehicle assembly following its arrival at the new FF Hanford factory two days ahead of schedule.
Drive.ai has launched its pilot self-driving taxi service in Frisco, Texas. With a mission to create self-driving technology that solves people's transportation problems , the start-up has partnered with Frisco TMA to design a program that serves the community and brings them to and from the places they want to go.
Keihin is developing a range of new system technologies for future E-powertrain vehicles, supported by Horiba Mira.
ParkMobile, a provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in the US, will partner with Park Place Parking to allow customers to use their mobile devices to pay for parking.
With plans to make two-thirds of its global automobile sales from electrified vehicles by 2030, Honda is introducing a new Honda SmartCharge beta programme that allows electric vehicle customers to reduce the environmental footprint of charging their car while earning monetary rewards.
Cepton Technologies, a provider of 3D LiDAR solutions for automotive, industrial, and mapping applications, will provide Koito Manufacturing, a global supplier of exterior automotive lighting, with its miniaturised LiDAR solution for autonomous driving.
Over 300,000 new customers, new car models – and even a new city: Since the start of the year, the signs all firmly indicate continual growth for car2go.
ParkMobile, the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in the US, announced the appointment of Matt Ball as CTO. In this role, Ball will be responsible for the IT organisation as the company continues to scale and create the next generation of mobility solutions.
New energy technology company BYD has signed a deal to deliver ten 40-foot, pure electric zero-emission buses, with an option for an additional 30 buses to the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), Canada's largest transit operator and the third largest transit operator in North America.
As winning consortium bids are announced for simulation and modelling in relation to the development of self-driving vehicles on UK roads, Meridian is excited to see how the allocation of the funding pot will drive innovation for autonomous vehicle technology.
Lithium-ion battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) has announced a strategic co-operation with China's Jiangling Motors Co. Group (JMCG).
ElectReon Wireless Ltd. an Israeli company developing smart road technology that wirelessly charges electric cars, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance to develop inductive wireless charging solutions.
Faraday Future (FF) announced that it has joined MOBI, the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative, to explore blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) for use in the development of a digital mobility ecosystem that could make transportation safer, more affordable, and more widely available.
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Corporation announced plans to conduct a research experiment in Indonesia on battery sharing using the Honda Mobile Power Pack ("Mobile Power Pack") detachable mobile battery with electric mobility products, including electric motorcycles powered by the Mobile Power Pack.
On Sunday, June 10, 173 trips and deliveries started simultaneously at 10:12pm GMT, resulting in Uber clocking over 10 billion completed trips.
With collaboration between Germany and China accelerating in automated driving and intelligent connected vehicles, Daimler and Baidu have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance their Sino-German cooperation in these strategic fields.
Haptic sensation when driving is something that shouldn't be underestimated. What condition is the road in, how well are the tires gripping? Having or developing a feeling for this can help drivers handle their cars appropriately and safely.
Rotterdam public transport company RET awards VDL Bus & Coach an order for 55 VDL Citeas Electric. These are of the type Citea SLF-120 Electric.
Maruti Suzuki announced the launch of its advanced telematics solution 'Suzuki Connect' for its premium brand, 'NEXA' customers.
Nuvve Corp. has been selected as a Vehicle to Grid (V2G) system provider of V2G demonstration project by Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Chubu Electric Power Co.


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from the  JEWISH COMMUNITY  COUNCIL of METROPOLITAN  WSTnN April Ls,  19-0
{FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)
In keeping with our policy of investigating the use of appeals
to bigotry  in election campaigns,  we hare noted with deep regret  the mailing
of a crudely-written fund obvious'y anti-Semitic oomwunication in  the  Norfolk-
Suffolk District where a special election is  being held Tuesday to  nan« a
state senator.
Neither our investigation,  which is still under way,  nor any
other investigation of which we have  been infonaed has  succeeded in establishing the source of this unAmerican mailing.    We have obtained no evidence indicating that any persons identified with either candidate are responsible  for
the di8tribut-io- of this offensive literature.
Meanwhile,  we would remind all citlsens of the excellent Fair
Campaign Practices Committee pledge subscribed to by responsible national
leaders of both the Democratic and  Republican parties,  condemning "any appeal
to prejudice based on race,  creed,  or national  origin"  and condemning also "the
uae of personal vilification,   character defamation,  whispering campaigns,   libel,
slander,  or scurrilous attacks on any  candidate or his personal  or  family life".
We are confident that in  this nation    voters are offended by
appeals based on slurs against a man's   faith or origin and appeals  for the
back-street vote characterized by scurrility ana name-calling.
We strongly urge all voters  to disregard election literature
seeking to  stir up bigotry and  to  focus on  the legitimate  issues of the campaign.
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Transcript from the JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL of METROPOLITAN WSTnN April Ls, 19-0 {FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) In keeping with our policy of investigating the use of appeals to bigotry in election campaigns, we hare noted with deep regret the mailing of a crudely-written fund obvious'y anti-Semitic oomwunication in the Norfolk- Suffolk District where a special election is being held Tuesday to nan« a state senator. Neither our investigation, which is still under way, nor any other investigation of which we have been infonaed has succeeded in establishing the source of this unAmerican mailing. We have obtained no evidence indicating that any persons identified with either candidate are responsible for the di8tribut-io- of this offensive literature. Meanwhile, we would remind all citlsens of the excellent Fair Campaign Practices Committee pledge subscribed to by responsible national leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties, condemning "any appeal to prejudice based on race, creed, or national origin" and condemning also "the uae of personal vilification, character defamation, whispering campaigns, libel, slander, or scurrilous attacks on any candidate or his personal or family life". We are confident that in this nation voters are offended by appeals based on slurs against a man's faith or origin and appeals for the back-street vote characterized by scurrility ana name-calling. We strongly urge all voters to disregard election literature seeking to stir up bigotry and to focus on the legitimate issues of the campaign.


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Роберт Коулсон () — американський письменник у жанрі наукової фантастики та фентезі, критик та редактор жанрових творів, автор пісень у стилі філк та продавець книг із штату Індіана.

Біографія
Він працював секретарем Американської асоціації наукової фантастики та фентезі з 1972 по 1974 рр.

Коулсон і його дружина, письменниця  Хуаніта Коулсон були редакторами мімографованого фензину «Яндро», який був висунутий на премію Г'юго 10 років поспіль, з 1959 по 1968 рік, і виграв у 1965 році. Яндро містило в собі статті з критичними відгуками Коулсона про книги та, особливо, до фензинів.

Роберт був постійним учасником та книгорозповсюджувачем на кількох фантастичних конвенціях Середнього Заходу, включаючи InConJunction та Chambanacon, а також часто відвідував Capricon, DucKon, Windycon і ВісКон. Його часто бачили, одягнутим у шапку із скунса. Герої, що моделюються та називаються за ним, з'являються у двох романах, написаних Вілсоном Такером, До станції Томбо і Дні Воскресіння.

За межами наукової фантастики він працював технічним письменником. Коулсон помер 19 лютого 1999 року після тривалої хвороби.

Бібліографія
Романи Коулсона включають But What of Earth? (1976, ISBN 0-373-72044-0) (з Пієрсом Антоні), To Renew the Ages (1976, ISBN 0-373-72026-2) та Lazer Tag: Adventure No 1: High Spy (1987, ISBN 0 -88038-515-4).

З Джином де Візом він написав два романи, встановлені у фантастичній науково-фантастичній літературі Now You See It/Him/Them... (1975, ISBN 0-385-05624-9) та Charles Fort Never Mentioned Wombats (1977, ISBN 0-385 -12111-3); і два романи Агенти U.N.C.L.E. під псевдонімом Томас Страттон,The Invisibility Affair та The Mind-Twisters Affair (обидва 1967 року).

Примітки

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Письменники-романісти США
Наукові фантасти США
Письменники фентезі США
Критики-фантастикознавці США
Редактори фантастики США
Персоналії:Індіана
Новелісти США

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1 July 2004 Structural Heterogeneity of Cryotrapped Intermediates in the Bacterial Blue Light Photoreceptor, Photoactive Yellow Protein
Spencer Anderson, Vukica Šrajer, Keith Moffat
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Spencer Anderson,1,2,* Vukica Šrajer,1,2 Keith Moffat1,2,3
1aDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2bConsortium for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
3cInstitute for Biophysical Dynamics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Photochemistry and Photobiology, 80(1):7-14 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1562/2004-03-15-RA-115.1
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We investigate by X-ray crystallographic techniques the cryotrapped states that accumulate on controlled illumination of the blue light photoreceptor, photoactive yellow protein (PYP), at 110 K in both the wild-type species and its E46Q mutant. These states are related to those that occur during the chromophore isomerization process in the PYP photocycle at room temperature. The structures present in such states were determined at high resolution, 0.95–1.05Å. In both wild type and mutant PYP, the cryotrapped state is not composed of a single, quasitransition state structure but rather of a heterogeneous mixture of three species in addition to the ground state structure. We identify and refine these three photoactivated species under the assumption that the structural changes are limited to simple isomerization events of the chromophore that otherwise retains chemical bonding similar to that in the ground state. The refined chromophore models are essentially identical in the wild type and the E46Q mutant, which implies that the early stages of their photocycle mechanisms are the same.
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The Blue Note Journey: Releasing the Glory of the Blue Note
Please bear with us regarding this post – we are still editing it as the journey unfolds! Check back for further updates as we continue this monumental worship journey.
What is the blue note?
"The blues scale is sometimes referred to as a minor pentatonic scale or an altered major scale with lowered third, fifth, and seventh degrees. The transient use of the 'blue note' (flat fifth or sharp forth) is highly characteristic of blues music. This note relative to the tonic, is also known as a tritone, or in sacred music, the 'devil's note' which was avoided in that idiom. In any case the blues scale in practice is dynamic, it changes all the time... A slick blues lead might embellish any scale degree with repeated grace notes of a semi tone above the scale degree or below it depending if the line is ascending or descending." 1
Why is it called "The Blues"?
While it is uncertain definitively when and how the term "blues" came to refer to emotions, the prevalent theory is the following:
"Why is blues music called 'the blues'? The name of this great American music probably originated with the 17th-century English expression 'the blue devils,' for the intense visual hallucinations that can accompany severe alcohol withdrawal. Shortened over time to 'the blues,' it came to mean a state of agitation or depression." 2
One of the first recorded references to "the blues" used in this context is in the diary of Charlotte Forten, a free African-American woman who was a teacher of slaves on Edisto Island, SC (near Charleston). In December 14, 1862, she heard the sound of a slave being beaten. That day she wrote in her diary:
"I hadn't slept more than ten minutes when I was awakened by what seemed to me terrible screams coming from the Quarters... Nearly everybody was looking gay and happy; and yet I came home with the blues. Threw myself on the bed and for the first time since I have been here, felt very lonesome and pitied myself. But I have reasoned myself into a more sensible mood and am better now." 3
The Intent and purpose of the Blue Journey
The intent and purpose of the Blue Note Journey is very simple:
Psalm 24:1 – The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it. For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers.
Father is creator of ALL the notes of the scale and ALL the colors of the spectrum, and is copyright owner of it all! There is no note the devil owns!
Father (Yahweh Elohim, The Lord God) is also the creator of every bloodline and knows the history of each family tree. He knows exactly when and where the thief of destiny came in to steal the dreams, the songs, the joy, the dance, and the hope of bloodlines and the fragrance and fruit of family trees.
However, the Blood of the Son (Yeshua, who is He—the long-awaited King-Messiah of Israel or Jesus Christ) paid the price for every dream, song, dance, and fruit of every family tree to be restored to original intent.
Colossians 1:20 – And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross.
As this Blue Journey group of psalmists and minstrels step into a territory through the blood and light of Son, and release the sounds, decrees, declarations, and proclamations, born out of honor, and in plumb line alignment with eternal purpose and original intent, atmospheres shift.
We are not afraid to play any note or release any sound owned by the King of whose we are and whom we serve!
On a logistical note, this journey was unlike any we had ever done before – rather than merely driving from place to place over a one- or two-week period, this journey was broken up into several legs, going to a different city each month for several days. This allowed us to attain a greater feel for the region, as we weren't merely rushing in, worshipping, then tearing down to be on to the next site.
Leg one – Charleston, South Carolina – February 19-22, 2015
Our team in Charleston consisted of James Nesbit (vocals, percussion, and harmonica), Jamie Fitt (guitar and vocals), Jonathan Fitt (guitar), Keith Stone (guitar), David Munoz (bass), Isaac Nesbit (keyboards), and our hosts, Frank Seignious and Judy Jackson.
This leg of the journey began Thursday morning with James, David, Isaac, and Frank (Keith and the Fitts would arrive later that afternoon). Our first stop in Charleston was at Christ Church on Kingshighway, the old main route of town. Christ Church was erected in 1706, and we felt it was important to go to this gate which had been in the region for centuries.
After this stop, we headed to Sullivan's Island. On the way, we stopped and prayed at Hunley Bridge, site of the first use of submarines in warfare (during the Civil War - February 17, 1864).
When we arrived at Sullivan's Island, we didn't realize its historic importance in several dimensions. This island was also important in times of war - the Battle of Fort Sullivan, one of the earliest American victories In the Revolutionary War, was fought here on June 28, 1776. Local palmetto trees were significant to this battle, as they absorbed cannonball fire 4 - Frank commented on how this was a symbol of God's mercy, and how the palmetto trees became the symbol for the state of South Carolina as a result.
Fort Sullivan (renamed Fort Moultrie in honor of the Revolutionary general) was also used to fire on Fort Sumter in 1861, 5 the opening shots of the Civil War – there was a significant connection between the Blue Journey team and this act as well. Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard, the man who ordered the first shot, was from St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, where guitarist Keith Stone is from. Keith's wife Cindy is also a direct descendant of the man who fired the first shot, George S. James.
However, Sullivan's Island's most important historical significance was regarding slavery. While estimates vary, at least 40-60% of all African slaves were brought through this island during the Atlantic slave trade. 6
When we stepped on Sullivan's Island and realized such a significant percentage of African American bloodlines were effected this gate – dreams stolen, sorrow and loss roaring from every cell, joy taken, dance robbed, hope for a future for themselves or their bloodlines destroyed – we realized why we were sent to Charleston. We felt the trauma that still resounds within the bowels of our nation as does the state of agitation or depression on every reservation in the land, but… GOD!
We realized Father had perfectly positioned us to sing into the eternal destiny of these bloodlines and family trees (which are His planting) and in the power of the "It is finished song!" purchased by the Blood of the Son, we, sons of God, release awakening into each bloodline and tree. The sons of God, the revealing of which all creation has been waiting for, have found the power of the Blood-bought song that restores the dreams, the songs, the joy, the dance, and hope of bloodlines and the fragrance and fruit of family trees. The sound of awakening, as a mighty rushing whirlwind, is moving across the land. The sound of worship is changing from "somewhere, sometime, someday," to "NOW Father is!" Awakening is in the land, and it has a sound!
Sullivan's Island – 2/19/2015
(L-R) Isaac Nesbit, David Munoz, James Nesbit
Sullivan's Island – 2/19/15
(L-R) Isaac Nesbit, James Nesbit
(L-R) David Munoz, James Nesbit
Seacoast Church – 2/19/15
That evening, we met at Seacoast Church – we lacked a drummer for the night session. Drums were outlawed on slave plantations, and James and Keith both related this to our difficulty in finding a drummer. James also asked the Lord to send us a horn player while we were in Charleston. That evening, the Lord sent us Jack (drums), Joel (drums and guitar), Michael (harmonica), and Clay Robinson (violin) to join in with our team. There were two high points of the evening: seeing each of these men being touched, and the joy of the pastor, Ron Hamilton, worshiping with his son and grandson. He said, "I've gotta have more of this!" There was also a rabbi with us that evening, who released the following word: "God says I have given you a gift to release rivers of life." After this, the meeting went to a different level. James asked Clay to play a violin solo, and the meeting went to an even deeper level.
On Friday we journeyed out to Edisto Island, where Charlotte Forten taught and the term "the blues" was equated with emotions for one of the first times. We met at Trinity Church with the pastor, Way Camp. There was wonderful sound at this meeting – in keeping with the blues theme, we played the chord progression/movement of B.B. King's "The Thrill is Gone", changing the words to "The Joy has Come". We had several equipment issues, and we all felt this tied into the difficulty over the area. Jamie and Keith had cords break, one of Isaac's foot pedals broke. One line in particular that stuck out was: "The whole East Coast is lit up with the fire from Edisto. Signs, wonders, and miracles on Edisto." Since we lacked a drummer, we utilized Jonathan's iPad for drums, and this worked quite effectively. Keith said: "As we drove to Edisto Island, I started hearing a sound in my heart and the drums Jonathan picked drew the sound out."
After we finished at Trinity Church, we drove to the beach and released the blast of a shofar.
Trinity Church, Edisto Island – 2/20/15
(L-R) Isaac Nesbit, Jonathan Fitt
(L-R) Keith Stone, David Munoz, Way Camp
(L-R) James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Isaac Nesbit
Edisto Island – 2/20/15
We returned to Seacoast Church for an evening meeting. Barbara Walker, an African-American lady who used to be in a prophetic worship team with Keith, came to join us for this meeting. John, another friend of Keith's, played drums that evening. Isaac and Clay played over a lady named GeorgeAnn (farmer of grace) who was battling cancer. A lady saw a shutter open and release a multitude of colors – she said that there were jewels throughout the region and the angels were leading people to them. We also honored Lillian, a watchman who had been on the wall for a long time. James talked about (and then led the room in) sculpting the air. Once again we released the "Thrill is Gone" movement.
Saturday we remained at Seacoast Church. The meetings that day were a mixture of worship and teaching until noon, while the afternoon focused on worship. Deborah and Barbara joined us singing. We also discussed the importance of dances that affected the earth from this region (the Charleston and the Twist – Chubby Checker was from South Carolina). There were some people in the meeting from New England, and we closed by releasing our sound over New England and singing over them.
After the meeting, we went to the Fleet Landing Restaurant. We had purposely left Saturday night free to experience the city of Charleston, and after finishing our meal, began to walk the streets. We prayed for Benjamin, a young Jewish man, at the Old Exchange building. We also prayed at the birthplace of the Scottish Rite lodge – a passing dog stood at attention when we blew the shofar. Immediately after we blew the shofar, we heard a New Orleans-style wedding with a Dixieland band leading the processional. Went to the "Four Corners of Government" and blew the shofar at each corner – God's government, federal government, state government, local government.
After this, we followed the wedding processional to the Hibernian Hall where the reception was held. We listened to the band, then when they were finished we talked to Fred Sheets, the band leader (trumpet). James asked Fred to close his eyes and play whatever he had in his heart. Fred said he couldn't recall ever doing that or being asked to do such a thing. He then played a short motif which included a blue note or two. Keith in particular found this significant because James had prayed the Lord would send us horn players to release a sound while we were in Charleston. Before Fred left, he turned and told us how he had come from a long line of military men.
This whole series of events took place in Charleston's French Quarter, another connection to Keith and New Orleans. We then found and walked down Philadelphia Alley in the French Quarter. At this moment we realized there was a convergence taking place that began at the Battle of New Orleans conference in January. In January, there was a release of a musical militia, a release of a thankful army, and a joining of prophetic minstrels. Here we were now in Charleston with Philadelphia and New Orleans converging with musicians from St. Louis. We sensed heaven kissing us and blessing this journey. None of us knew that there was a French Quarter in Charlston or an alley called Philadelphia Alley. To finish the evening, we drove to Charlotte St, stopped between two churches and blew the shofar – we felt a very powerful release and a breaking in the heavens.
On Sunday morning, we went back to Sullivan's Island with the Fitts and Keith. We took communion, blew the shofar, and drove a stake in the sand. Keith repented for his bloodline's connection to the attack on Fort Sumter and its part in the Civil War. Jamie then prayed for all the bloodlines in Philadelphia who were connected to Sullivan's Island. We also repented over the devastation of the Reconstruction and the bitterness that still remains. We found it interesting that we were visiting Sullivan's Island in February, Black History Month.
We then returned to the historic Christ Church and set up outside under an old live oak tree (believed to have been used to lynch black slaves). We had a glorious time – Keith and Jonathan were on fire musically. We would have stayed and played longer, but had to pack up early because it started to rain.
Christ Church – 2/22/15
(L-R) Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt, James Nesbit, David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit, Frank Seignious, Keith Stone
(L-R) David Munoz, Jonathan Fitt, Judy Jackson, Frank Seignious, Keith Stone, James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt
(L-R) Jonathan Fitt, David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit, Frank Seignious
(L-R) Keith Stone, James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt
Before we left, however, we went inside the new Christ Church building (positioned directly behind the historic church) and Jonathan and Isaac played wonderfully together on a grand piano.
Afterwards
In light of the horrific shooting that took place in Charleston in June, we felt that our time there was even more poignant – we had left DNA in the region, and therefore had the authority to speak into this area that was dealing with the trauma of loss. We wrestle not with flesh and blood! The demonic spirit spoke through the Charleston shooter exactly what hell's intent was in the slaying of these nine innocent – to start a race war! But as satan always does, he over played his hand. He shed innocent blood in a prayer meeting and released the voice of the Blood of the Lamb!
These innocent people didn't choose to be a hinge point in history, but the lives they lived resound through their children and their children's children! And with the proclamation of the granddaughter of one of the martyrs, "I forgive you, they lived and loved and their legacies will live and love, hate won't win!", the enemy's attempt was trumped!
At this historic gate of our nation, where the curse is reversed, we have heard the sound of the Blood-bought anthem released.
On June 18, 2014, Chuck Pierce prophesied in Collinsville, IL:
"I'm realigning the sound of Heaven, and I'm going to cause a dividing line to come down and start dividing in this Nation the wheat and the tares. I'll do it in states. I'll do it in counties. I'll do it in cities. I'm going to cause my Judah people to arise."
Since that time, we have seen city after city enter the valley of decision: Ferguson, New York City, Baltimore, Charleston. As the wheat and the tares are being shown for what they are, we have watched as many of those who say they stand against racism have been shown to be the most racist.
After a year of watching for the sound of the Judah people to arise, I heard it again from Charleston, as family members and relatives in the depths of pain, sorrow, grief, and loss released the sound for which the Blood of the Son purchased:
"I forgive you… their legacies will live and love, hate won't win!"
Now, in the power of that sound, let there be intentional worship gatherings in every city in this nation with the black and white voices resounding together, lifting high the anthem of the Blood-redeemed! Every time we look at a piano, the answer is right there for all to see – the black and the white keys perfectly positioned together releasing the full spectrum of harmonious sound.
This is the sound that will change our cities – the black notes and white notes resounding together, releasing the love of the Father, through the Blood of the Son, and the breath of comforting truth igniting the hearts of everyone!
Leg two – Florence, Alabama – March 26-29, 2015
Our team in Florence was much larger than in Charleston – the team was comprised of James Nesbit, Colleen Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt, Keith Stone, David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit, Steve Shoaf (Native flute and percussion), Mike Curtis (drums, guitar, and vocals), Byron Bishop (saxophone and percussion), Cindy Bishop (vocals), Randy Webb (keyboards and vocals), Sylvia Gast (vocals), Chuck Thurston (saw), Therese Thurston (vocals), Steve Bell, and dear friends Donna Neeper, Trisha Jones, and Betty Love.
This leg of the journey began with James, Colleen, Isaac, David, and Steve Shoaf (with other team members joining throughout Thursday and Friday). We visited Tom Hendrix, Teh La Ney's great-great grandson at his memorial wall.
We worshipped, drove a stake in the middle of their small amphitheater, which had been dedicated for worship. Father brought several witnesses (tourists) who were deeply touched and ministered to.
That evening, we worshipped by the Tennessee River, "The Singing River" in McFarland Park – that night it was cold and rainy. We started bonfire, and it began rain as soon as we started to worship.
We found a guitar pick and the spiral of a notebook in the ashes of the fireplace. James saw Indians in canoes in the Tennessee River, David saw canoes on the clouds.
There was also a considerable amount of warfare around Keith and his wife Cindy, and considerable intercession was poured out for them both.
Tennessee River – 3/27/15
The next morning we visited the Tennessee River at McFarland Park again, worshipped with Mike's acoustic guitar, drove a stake, Steve played the flute, and Chuck got his photo taken playing his saw for the local newspaper.
After this brief stop, we met with Jimmy Johnson, one of the Swampers, the rhythm section which had made Muscle Shoals part of what it was. They broke away from the larger FAME Studios in 1969 to found Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, where we met him. Muscle Shoals Sound (3614 Jackson Highway) was a historic influence on American music, with many hits being recorded there: The Rolling Stones' "Brown Sugar" and "Wild Horses", The Staples Singers' "I'll Take You There", Paul Simon's "Kodachrome", as well as songs from Cher, Rod Stewart, Bob Seger, Boz Scaggs, and many others. As fans of much of the music that had been recorded there, the entire team thoroughly enjoyed the stop. Many pictures were taken, laughs had, and Jimmy told several stories about the studio back in its heyday. We finished by listening to some of his new recordings in his car (an experience the team greatly enjoyed as well).
Muscle Shoals Sound Studios – 3/27/15
(L-R) David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit
(L-R) Chuck Thurston, James Nesbit, Jimmy Johnson, David Munoz
James Nesbit, Isaac Nesbit, Jimmy Johnson, David Munoz
(L-R) James Nesbit, Jimmy Johnson, David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit
(L-R) James Nesbit, Isaac Nesbit, David Munoz
From there, we left to visit and record in FAME Studios (mentioned above). This studio has had as much of an impact (if not more) than Muscle Shoals Sound: Aretha Franklin's "Respect", Wilson Pickett's "Mustang Sally", Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman", Etta James' "Tell Mama", and countless other songs had been recorded there by everyone from the Allman Brothers to the Osmonds. As with the last stop, the entire team thoroughly enjoyed the historic aspect of it: Jonathan was able to use the amp that Duane Allman had used to record, and Isaac was able to use the Wurlitzer keyboard heard prominently on Aretha's Franklin's seminal album I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You.
We worked with John, Spencer, and Tyler, and they were a little overwhelmed by the amount of musicians we brought with us. They were accustomed to recording one or two musicians at a time in separate rooms – we had thirteen, and wanted to all be in the same room. We pushed them to their limit (and they were a little stressed), but once we started, Spencer said over and over "This is friggin' awesome!" At one point, James began singing over these three, their bloodlines, and their destinies. Before we were finished, they were recording videos on their phones as well, and the release in that studio was very powerful. One particular point of interest was our good friend, Dr. Chuck Thurston. Chuck plays a hand saw with a violin bow, which creates a very unique sound – this gets swept under the table sometimes because of its unorthodox sound and its difficulty to properly capture via microphone. None of the three technicians at FAME had ever heard a saw before, but they absolutely loved it. They recorded videos of him with their phones, set him up right in the middle of the room, and spent ample time getting him mic'd properly.
The audio clip below is a brief sample of our worship in FAME. This has not been mixed, and is raw, straight off of the studio mixing console from that afternoon. The full track went on for 35 minutes, but this has been edited down.
FAME Studios – 3/27/15
(L-R) Jamie Fitt (in back), David Munoz
(L-R) Chuck Thurston, Isaac Nesbit, Steve Bell, Sylvia Gast, Therese Thurston, Cindy Bishop, Steve Shoaf, Byron Bishop, James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt
(L-R) Randy Webb, Isaac Nesbit, Byron Bishop, Therese Thurston, Sylvia Gast, Cindy Bishop, Steve Shoaf, Chuck Thurston, David Munoz, James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt, Keith Stone, Steve Bell
(L-R) Isaac Nesbit, Colleen Nesbit, Randy Webb, Betty Love, John Gifford, James Nesbit
(L-R) James Nesbit, Mike Curtis
(L-R) James Nesbit, Mike Curtis, Chuck Thurston, Betty Love
Isaac Nesbit
Colleen Nesbit
That evening, because of the cold, we rescheduled from McFarland Park to Grace Christian Baptist Church with Pastor Tommy and wife Theresa, who graciously opened their doors to us. One of the phrases that evening was "Grace, grace, grace – triple grace!"
W.C. Handy Home – 3/28/15
(L-R) James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt
(L-R) Jonathan Fitt, Steve Shoaf
The next morning, we returned to Grace Christian Baptist Church and worshipped again.
That afternoon, we went to the W.C. Handy home and museum. W.C. Handy was an early blues trumpeter who has been widely recognized as "Father of the Blues" – he wrote several early blues pieces such as the "Memphis Blues" and the "St. Louis Blues", and helped to spread the blues sound from the South to other parts of the nation; he was also a Freemason. As we began to play, there was a tremendous warfare over the sound: cables didn't work, the sound was hard to mix, and most interesting was that the guitars were tuned almost a quarter step up (sharp) – both Jamie and Jonathan have carbon fiber guitars, which are designed not to detune so dramatically. After warring through the sound, we broke through, singing "No longer orphans, now we are kings." This stop had been announced by the local newspaper, and therefore a small crowd joined us. Ronita, a local, sang with us. Before we left, we drove a stake as well.
We returned to Grace Christian Baptist for an evening meeting. That night, at Mike's request, we experimented with the A=432 tuning that many are advocating. Before the end of the evening, we returned to A=440, standard concert pitch. We felt powerful releases of sound in both tunings. After the meeting we went to a place called Champy's to listen and connect with two people we had met at W.C. Handy's, John Blumer and Will McFarland.
Sunday – Selma
The next morning, we drove south to Selma to join forces with a Tent of David that had been worshipping for over two weeks by that point. Their tent got flooded on Thursday night, and they had to move to Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church, which was nearby. This stop was an excellent release, and we could tell that the region was open to receiving from us due to worship and intercession that had gone up from that region for over two weeks. There was a good response from the people, and before we left we asked permission and rang the bell out front several times, over the Philadelphia, Atlanta, the nation, and Israel.
After this we drove to the other side of the Edmund Pettus bridge, where we drove two stakes. We then walked to the middle of the bridge, and released the sound of the shofar as well.
Leg Three – New Orleans, Louisiana and the Mississippi Delta – April 23-28, 2015
New Orleans Thursday, Friday, Saturday morning
Our team for this leg of the journey was smaller than in Florence. James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt, Keith Stone, Byron Bishop, and Isaac Nesbit comprised our core team, and we were met in different locations by musicians who could join us along the way, some for multiple days, some for only one or two sessions.
This leg was also different in that we were not limited to one city/area, but instead traveled from New Orleans all the way up the Delta to Memphis.
New Orleans – 4/24/15
(L-R) Keith Stone, DeAnna Robinson, Byron Bishop, James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Eddie Robinson, Isaac Nesbit, Jonathan Fitt
Congo Square – 4/25/15
Vicksburg – Saturday night
Saturday, April 25 In Vicksburg there about 70 people in attendance as we played at River city mission. Ernie before marine is the director of the mission. We began the night with James doing a short teaching an explanation of what the blue journey was about so those listening would understand what they were about to hear. We saying over their destinies in dreams. We sing we all fall down it's how we get up that counts. "If you fall down seven times get up eight." James begin to ask those in attendance with their first and middle names minute and then we looked at their names up and told them what their names meant. Everyone want to know what the meaning of
Their name. There was one man there who was ashamed of his name. But when he found out his name meant smooth soaring Eagle he was able to begin to understand his destiny. Another man who had been in that a prison many times who is weeping over the sound he was hearing. The same man came to us later in the night and so although I'm a baby Christian I would like to pray for you and he prayed the sweetest prayer over the entire team everyman at the mission was moved but what God was doing and when we left they have hope in the next morning they all joined us at jubilee revival center.
Vicksburg – SUNDAY MORNING
Releasing the sound of Jubilee has been our theme for the year and God intended it in his purpose planted us in Mississippi at the Jubilee revival Center We were at Jubilee revival Center with pastors Robert and Lisa Sanders two very kind humble and hospitable people. James open the meeting by having everyone come forward and released a raw sound which sounded like a single tone it was actually an F note. The entire congregation joined us in releasing the sound and we felt heaven open. The beauty in Vicksburg Mississippi of black people and white people coming together to release that sound was overwhelming it moved several of us to tears. From that place we all moved as one and begin to come into agreement with grandma's prayers and the prayers of the Saints and family members that have gone before us. The worship was wonderful. At one point James invited one of the singers to come forward that is the churches singers to come forward and begin to seeing horse song and the song of Vicksburg in agreement with what heaven was hearing. Near the end of the gathering a lady named Barbara Ann came forward and wept as the whole congregation sang over her in honor. She had live the life in which most of it she was dishonored. As she wept she began her healing became more free and stepped into her true destiny of original intent. At the end we saying over the man whose name was smooth soaring eagle to the tune of smooth operator. And we sang the Vicksburg Eagles are flying. Jamie began to sing from Pittsburgh to Vicksburg the Eagles are flying. At the end of the meeting the pastor declared that the glory of the blue note had visited Vicksburg. Just a note here The state of Mississippi fully paid fully paid for our room and board blessed and blessed us in many many ways. thank you Betty love everyone and everyone else who contributed for the meals the gas in the rooms.
Cleveland, Mississippi – Sunday night
Dockery Plantation –4/26/15
(L-R) Ian Withrow, Keith Stone, Isaac Nesbit, Michael Chandler, Byron Bishop, James Nesbit, Jonathan Fitt, Jamie Fitt, Betty Love, Nita Maselle
That evening we traveled up to Cleveland, MS, to set up and play outside at the Dockery Plantation.This is one of the primal centers for blues. Charlie Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Howlin' Wolf, all played at Dockery plantation. As we stepped foot on the commissary where all these blues great plate on the front porch we were once again moved by the moment in the sense of American history and with deep Thanksgiving that the Lord would have us on this journey to release the original intent of the glory of the blue note. Thousands of poor African-American farmhands came to this location on Saturday evenings after they were paid to hear blues music played on this front porch. Afterwards they would have to pay $.25 to cross the bridge on the sunflower river to go to what was called the frolicking house. This was a little shanty where they installed huge mirrors on the walls and used lanterns as lighting the mirror is magnified the light. This is where the blues music would last all night long. It was said that Charlie Patton would make $250 a week playing is blues music just on Saturday nights. These poor farmhands only made $.50 a day. One of the highlights of the evening was singing over the bloodline of the thousands who have been baptized in what was called the dipping pool. The dipping pool was actually a watering trough used to water mules. Thousands were baptized at Dockery farms prior to using the dipping pool they used the sunflower river, but after several met their maker following baptism because of alligators and snakes these believers began to use the watering trough. At one point James direct it Byron Bishop are saxophonist to go and play his horn in the dipping pool. At the same time many of the intercessors were in the dipping pool praying and waving banners and large flags.
Sang love song
Played 2 5 change
Indianola, mississippi – Monday morning
Played on Church Street
A reporter came and said we were releasing the joy of the blues. We played thrill is gone groove and atmosphere shifted. We started and skies were gray and as we played the wind changed direction and the sun came out.
Clarksdale, mississippi – Monday night
Delta Blues Museum – 4/27/15
(L-R) Ian Withrow, Jonathan Fitt, James Nesbit, Isaac Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Keith Stone (in back)
Played on stage outside the Delta Blues Museum
Released body slaming love, original intent, jubilee from Clarksdale to Vicksburg.
James blew the shofar and it was very powerful.
We laid down a blues rock groove that took us to a different level musical level.
Later that night the mayor of Clarksdale, who was there, stopped us on the street and told us we were great and invited us back and said he would promote it.
Memphis, Tennessee – Tuesday
Graceland – 4/28/15
(L-R) Jonathan Fitt, Keith Stone, Isaac Nesbit, James Nesbit, Byron Bishop, Jamie Fitt
W.C. Handy Park – 4/28/15
We got to Memphis early in the day, and chose to visit some historic Memphis sites – Graceland (Elvis' home), Beale St., Sun Studios, and the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in 1968. Jonathan and Keith sat in with a blues band on Beale St.
We found a penny on the ground heads up which went back to a word spoken in NOLA about Abe Lincoln and a penny on top of a wave. The print date was 1968, the year of King's assassination.
We opened with thrill is gone groove With the words grace, grace, grace to Graceland Memphis were speaking to you.
We sang the fountains of the deep are open, living waters flowing.
We sang Hallelujah yes, hell no. We were made for hallelujah.
We ended a bit abruptly, as we noticed one of the speakers we were using (not our equipment) was starting to smoke.
(L-R) Jamie Fitt, Byron Bishop, Ian Withrow, Michael Chandler, Keith Stone, Isaac Nesbit, Jonathan Fitt, James Nesbit, Ken Toney
Leg Four – Collinsville, Illinois –June 9-13, 2015
This is a humorous video by Jamie Fitt, providing a brief tour across the stage, looking at the many instruments he dubbed the "Nesbit Orchestra" at the 2015 Tribe Quantum Worship Congress.
We merged the St. Louis leg of the journey with our annual Tribe Quantum Worship Congress in Collinsville, IL, and were joined by friends, musicians, and intercessors from across the nation. Ray Hughes, Chuck Pierce, Patti Amsden, David Van Koevering, Yolanda McCune, and James Nesbit were our featured speakers – each had a powerful release of revelatory insight about a wide variety of topics. Audio recordings of these teachings are available here.
The musicians who joined us were quite extensive: James Nesbit, Jamie Fitt, Jonathan Fitt, Keith Stone, David Munoz, Isaac Nesbit, Steve Shoaf, Byron Bishop, Randy Webb, Sylvia Gast, Chuck Thurston, Therese Thurston, and Steve Bell all returned, and were joined by several newcomers. These newcomers included: George Adamson (keyboards and vocals), Mark Lewis (violin), David Van Koevering (keyboards), Michael Bartula (drums), Charles Williams (drums), Mark Crowe, (bass), Doug Dietsch (bass), Dave Geiler (guitar), JD Russell (guitar), Calley Russell (vocals), Annette Birdsong (vocals), Jimmy Tercero (vocals), and Saundra Corner (vocals). What a wonderful lineup, and a full stage!
We had attempted to play in Ferguson, MO, but we couldn't get any permits to play outside. We decided to stay at the venue we had been all week, but devoted Saturday morning to the Blue Journey – that morning was a very powerful moment of worship, and the recordings we captured from that morning will most likely comprise a large portion of Tribe Quantum's next CD release.
Leg Five – Chicago, ILlinois – July 16-19, 2015
Our team for this leg of the Blue Journey was Keith Stone, Jonathan Fitt, Doug Dietsch, Michael Bartula, Isaac Nesbit, James Nesbit, George Adamson, and Byron and Cindy Bishop. The team (minus the Bishops) gathered Thursday evening at a ministry center George Adamson is constructing that he calls "The Hut". Byron and Cindy joined us Friday evening. George's motto for hosting is "lavish and unique" – believe me, that was the weekend expression of the Chicago Blue Journey. Thursday night the team set up and worshipped in the Hut and allowed Holy Spirit to make adjustments as necessary – a few had not been on different legs of the Blue Journey, and we used this time to find our rhythm and get comfortable playing together, then began to prepare for Stateville prison the following morning.
Our scheduled start time was 11:00 AM, but we left at 6:30 to unload all of our equipment from our vehicles into a state truck owned by Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, IL, which then took all the equipment through the security check into the prison itself. There was an officer at the gate that wanted to block the event from happening, and we were under the impression the day before that she would do everything in her power to prevent us getting our equipment in. However, the Lord gave us favor and all of our equipment was allowed inside, a fact that surprised all of us greatly.
Bishop Adamson, who is the Senior Chaplain at Stateville, had handpicked 75 inmates (all doing time for murder) to be with us for two hours in the prison auditorium. There were guards with rifles positioned in the balconies in case things got out of hand. The temperature was a hot and muggy 95°, and there is no air conditioning in the prison!
Holy Spirit was more than wonderful in His ministry to us all. Our intent was for the sound the Blood has purchased to minister deeply to not just the prisoners in the room, but every bloodline and family tree that has every been connected or affected by anyone in the penal system!
We began by releasing a very ethereal sound and moved into joining the four living creatures that surround the throne by singing holy. Our worship escalated during the morning, culminating with the prisoners (who had all murdered, remember) binding the spirit of murder in a thunderous shout. Bishop Adamson released a tremendous teaching and a holy hush filled the room. We came back and released the sound of joy, so these men could leave infused with the strength of the Living God!
At the end of the meeting, our team stood in the back of the room and shook hands and hugged these men, who were so appreciative of what had just transpired, as were we. Bishop Adamson said the reports that are still coming in are radical. Most reported seeing the sound travel through them, while others reported seeing shapes coming at them. Some were in awe of a sound they were convinced that no one had ever heard before. Others talked about the time of silence that they had never experienced, and others about being truly free for the first time while we were there.
After the meeting in the auditorium, Bishop Adamson took us on a tour of the prison to see the most famous and last panopticon housing unit in the world, where the worst of the worst are kept locked up 24 hours a day. After this, he took us to see the longest cell house in the world, where most of the men in our gathering were from.
We were exhausted after the day at the prison. We were moving a whole lot of things in the Spirit from Stateville.
We canceled our Friday evening outdoor gathering because of dark clouds that were forming and the report of strong lightning moving in and staying over the area for the rest of the evening; we returned to the Hut for some debriefing and regeneration for the next day.
Calumet Park – 7/18/15
On Saturday morning we gathered at Calumet Park, Grove #5, on the south side of Chicago – in the past Bishop Adamson, Pat McManus, and Richard Martinez had shot a fire arrow over the city of Chicago from this point. The forecast predicted it would be very hot and humid, feeling like 110°. However, at exactly 11:00 AM (when we were scheduled to start), a strong wind started to blow with a chill in the air. We asked Father to lessen the wind just a little, and it turned into a gentle breeze as we began to worship.
Our first musical movement lasted an hour and forty-five minutes – as we ascended on the currents of the spirit, it was a melodic motion journey . Somewhere around 1:30, we began singing about atmospheric change. Later in the evening, Pastor Louis Reeves would ask us if we felt the atmospheric change over Chicago at 1:30 – my, my!
About three minutes after we stopped playing, the generator we were using ran out of gas. We also noticed a swarm of dragon flies about the size of hummingbirds had gathered over Lake Michigan and would not come near us until the sound stopped – then swarms of them came ashore and were flying in very unique patterns going in all directions, almost like a picture of how the sound was moving.
When we were planning the journey, I wanted to worship at the darkest place in Chicago. That request led us to the intersection of 63rd and Wallace on Saturday evening. This intersection is in Englewood, a community known for the number of murders that have happened there.
We felt this was the tap root, from which the spirit of murder was operating through the gate opened by Dr. Henry Howard Holmes, one of the first documented serial killers in the modern sense of the term.
"In Chicago at the time of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, Holmes opened a hotel which he had designed and built for himself specifically with murder in mind, and which was the location of many of his murders. While he confessed to 27 murders, of which nine were confirmed, his actual body count could be over 200...
"After the completion of the hotel, Holmes selected mostly female victims from among his employees (many of whom were required as a condition of employment to take out life insurance policies, for which Holmes would pay the premiums but was also the beneficiary), as well as his lovers and hotel guests, whom he would later kill. Some were locked in soundproof bedrooms fitted with gas lines that let him asphyxiate them at any time. Holmes would also lock his victims in a room where the walls were covered with iron plates and had blowtorches installed to incinerate them. Other victims were locked in a huge soundproof bank vault near his office, where they were left to suffocate. The victims' bodies were dropped by a secret chute to the basement, where some were meticulously dissected, stripped of flesh, crafted into skeleton models, and then sold to medical schools. Holmes also buried some of the bodies in lime pits for disposal. Holmes had two giant furnaces used to incinerate some of the bodies or evidence, as well as pits of acid, bottles of various poisons, and even a stretching rack. Through the connections he had gained in medical school, he sold skeletons and organs with little difficulty."7
There is also a potential connection between Holmes' murders and the infamous Jack the Ripper:
"Jeff Mudgett, the great great grandson of H.H. Holmes, recently wrote a book about his infamous ancestor and his startling theory that Holmes was responsible for at least some of serial killer Jack the Ripper's London murders in 1888.
"Mudgett says Holmes seems to have disappeared from Chicago at the time of the ripper murders. He says a comparison of handwriting between the two men shows a 98 percent similarity and that a recent Scotland yard drawing of the ripper based on eyewitness accounts bears an uncanny resemblance to Holmes.
"'I showed it to professionals in the FBI. That's what they do. They run computer schematics with photographs to try to ID serial killers,' Mudgett says. 'They said that was the closest they'd ever seen in their career.'" 8
On the site where this hotel once stood is a branch of the United States Post Office. We gathered behind the Post Office between two witness trees and brought repentance for what had occurred on this land. It was during this time when I notice a very statuesque black lady with beautiful white hair had joined the group. I thought she may have been a passerby. It was at that point her husband, Pastor Louis Reeves, began to speak, "We pastor here in Englewood and have wanted to come to and pray at this location for two years, the Lord said, 'Wait until the reinforcements arrive!' When someone sent us an email and we saw the you were coming to this location, the Lord said, 'The reinforcements have arrived – go!'" It was at this point that Pastor Reeves mentioned the atmospheric change over the city around 1:30 that afternoon.
H.H. Holmes Site – 7/18/15
Bishop Adamson
We felt led to drive a wedge at this location. We all took a strike at it, but as George was finishing driving the wedge, two post office employees came out and were very agitated with us. The told us we should go drive the wedge somewhere else, but we were already done. Just like James sensed, the trees were witnesses. Jonathan felt as though the enemy had sent two witnesses as well.
We had been looking for a place to set up our equipment and worship in Englewood and Pastor Louis and his lovely wife invited us to worship on the sidewalk outside their storefront church, and worship we did. As we were setting up, we noticed the most peculiar thing – a white bust of Abraham Lincoln about 4' high that had been placed there in 1926 stood on the corner across the street. He had set the slaves free, united the country, and been murdered. For more information about this statue, please click here.
As we drove to the church, Jonathan felt we were to release brotherly love - which is the opposite spirit to that of murder. When we got to the street corner, there were two men screaming at each other; the sound of the corner was one of extreme anger and bitterness, but we released the burning love of the Father and brotherly love over that neighborhood and all of Chicago. Another example of the heavenly anthem drowning out every sound but its own!
By the end of the evening, George Adamson had two Englewood children, one on each knee, playing keyboard with him, and Michael Bartula had relinquished his drum throne to a young Englewood drummer and was helping another with percussion. We sang destiny over a young woman whose name meant Trinity. She had just buried her father earlier in the day – tears of joy were flowing down her cheeks. We also sang over a woman named Mildred who was watching us from a window directly overhead. Her name meant "gentle strength", so we released gentle strength into the neighborhood. What a glorious evening that only Father could orchestrate.
Pastor William Santos has been a friend of ours for several years, and I felt it important to connect with Church of the King on this strategic journey. We had very powerful times of worship with them during the Chicago 50 worship assignment in 2012.
Church of the King – 7/19/15
Sunday morning wasn't easy from a practical perspective – we had to lug all our equipment up two flights of stairs into a very warm meeting room with only one functioning window air conditioner. But yet again, worshipping with this Latino congregation was rich and wonderful. There were many tears in the room and great joy. We also had the honor of witnessing a very powerful conversion! Pastor Willie also released a very powerful prophetic word over us, which is one of the reasons I believe the Lord sent us there.
Pastor Willie blessed our wealth our health and our families at home. He declared that we would be releasing new sounds and melodies and that there were 1,000 angel musicians following us through Chicago, moving with us and following our lead. He also prophesied that James would see the change he was contending for in his lifetime and that he didn't need to be concerned about who would carry the torch after him.
Sunday afternoon Pastor Louis shared with us that there was a profound new level of freedom in worship at their Sunday morning service after we had been there the night before.
The atmosphere in the room Sunday evening was electric! We joined the Hub gathering, and having never been with many in the room before, we felt it important to explain our assignment and our experience on the Blue Journey Trail that had led us to Chicago.
The Hub – 7/19/15
(L-R) Keith Stone, Doug Dietsch, Eddie
Beginning with our January time in New Orleans at the Releasing the Musical Militia Gathering, I asked Keith Stone to release a little of that New Orleans sound that he carries. I was then prompted to have a Native American guitarist named Eddie (from the Rosebud Reservation) join Keith – friends shared with me later that Eddie was scheduled to leave earlier in the day, but felt that it was so important for him to be in that meeting that he chose to drive all night afterwards so he could stay and attend) and the room exploded as we released the Native American minstrels on every reservation through our sound.
The evening had a very different flow as we would teach, then prepare the room to move as one in intent, and then release worship from that position.
Recently, Chuck Pierce had given us a word about a wedge of worship. In the midst of that word he said, "Chicago becomes My eye in this season". We worshipped from that position and many others as well. We could tell that many in the room weren't used to this type of worship, and it was wonderful to watch the lights come on inside individuals throughout the evening.
Nancy Magiera and the Chicago Hub team were wonderful hosts. What an honor to connect with this tribe! I am so glad that she asked us to minister to the worship leaders – we called them forth, and as the team went into a beautiful ethereal season of release, Byron Bishop skillfully weaved through the worshippers with blessing each heart with his prophetic sax (including the musicians in our team).
LEG Six – Detroit, Michigan – August 20-23, 2015
LEG Seven – Austin, Texas – September 24-27, 2015
LEG Eight – Kansas City, Missouri – October 16-18, 2015
REPORT WRITTEN BY JAMES Nesbit, ISAAC NESBIT, Jonathan Fitt, George Adamson, and Keith Stone
1 Why Do the Notes of a Blues Scale Sound Good With the I, IV, and V Chords?
2 Why is the Blues Called the 'Blues'?
3 The Story of the Blues
4 The Battle of Fort Sullivan
5 The Battle of Fort Sumter
6 Charleston's African-American Heritage
7 H.H. Holmes and His "Murder Castle"
8 H.H. Holmes and Jack the Ripper
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