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Today's Reading from the Rule of St. Benedict
Reading for: July, 18
Chapter 39: On the Measure of Food
"We think it sufficient for the daily dinner,
whether at the sixth or the ninth hour,
that every table have two cooked dishes
on account of individual infirmities,
so that he who for some reason cannot eat of the one
may make his meal of the other
Therefore let two cooked dishes suffice for all the brethren;
and if any fruit or fresh vegetables are available,
let a third dish be added.
Let a good pound weight of bread suffice for the day,
whether there be only one meal or both dinner and supper.
If they are to have supper,
the cellarer shall reserve a third of that pound,
to be given them at supper.
But if it happens that the work was heavier,
it shall lie within the Abbot's discretion and power,
should it be expedient,
to add something to the fare.
Above all things, however,
over-indulgence must be avoided
and a monk must never be overtaken by indigestion;
for there is nothing so opposed to the Christian character
as over-indulgence
according to Our Lord's words,
"See to it that your hearts be not burdened
with over-indulgence" (Luke 21:34).
shall not receive the same amount of food as their elders,
but less;
and frugality shall be observed in all circumstances.
Except the sick who are very weak,
let all abstain entirely
from eating the flesh of four-footed animals."
Note: To be inclusive, the even-numbered chapters below have been adapted for a women's community and the odd-numbered chapters are for a men's community.
Selections above from Saint Benedict's Rule for Monasteries, translated from the Latin by Leonard J. Doyle OblSB, of Saint John's Abbey, (© Copyright 1948, 2001, by the Order of Saint Benedict, Collegeville, MN 56321). Adapted for use here with the division into sense lines of the first edition that was republished in 2001 to mark the 75th anniversary of Liturgical Press. Doyle's translation is available in both hardcover and paperback editions.
Benedict's Rule: A Translation and Commentary by Terrence G. Kardong, O.S.B. is the first line-by-line exegesis of the entire Rule of Benedict written originally in English. This full commentary — predominately literary and historical criticism — is based on and includes a Latin text of Regula Benedicti (Liturgical Press).
RB 1980 in Latin and English with Notes is a modern, scholarly translation ed. by Timothy Fry, OSB (Liturgical Press, 1981), 672 p. The translation by itself is also available in paperback.


Unfortunately for the DIY traveller, in most cases, planning a holiday online is not as simple as choosing a book from Amazon.
They soon realise that a deal isn't as great as the website promised. In a lot of cases, there are hidden costs that aren't included in the advertised prices. Such as fuel surcharges, baggage fees, resorts fees, change fees, cancellation fees, the list goes on.
The holiday might not match the pictures on the website. Have you ever stayed at a hotel that didn't match the promises on their website, maybe you've had a nightclub next door when you were looking for peace and quiet? This holiday planning guide can help you to make the most on travel websites.
Perhaps you found a bargain flight and ended up spending a 10 hour flight sitting next to the toilet.
Maybe you've spent hours planning your travel and have been overwhelmed by the seemingly unlimited choice.
You could even be thinking about booking online for the first time.
Whatever your experience, and wherever you're planning to go, this is the guide for you.
John Guinn, the Travel Researcher, has put together the ultimate guide to travel planning so you can find the perfect holiday, helping you to avoid the pitfalls.
These pages present practical advice (and insider secrets) on the most useful websites, how to find the best deals, and how to help you decide where, and when, to go. Everything the best way to use the internet for travel planning.
How to avoid the common scams.
It doesn't matter what type of trip you're planning, it could be business or pleasure, budget or exotic getaway, family visit or a romantic celebration, The Travel Researcher's Guide is an indispensable travel resource for your travel planning.
If you prefer to read a book you can purchase a printed version here.
Before you hand over any money to book travel, you really need to ensure that you know exactly what you are doing and what you are getting for your money.
These guides have been written to help you to get the most from your travel by explaining how to use the Internet to find the best travel matches to your requirements. It'll also save you money.
In the old days, you just went to your local travel agent and booked their recommended trip. With the rise in Internet use, more and more people are now staying at home and booking their holidays on a website. Unfortunately, too many people get to their computers and just type in prices and dates. If you speak to these Internet bookers, they nearly all go on about the bargain that they have found, but the Internet offers much more than cut price holidays.
This guide does assume that you know how to access the World-Wide-Web and can use email. The following is a brief introduction to Internet use.
Since travel companies moved onto the Internet, travellers have taken advantage of the savings that they have found by shopping around on these travel websites.
However, not all of them have used the Internet to research their chosen destinations or have taken advantage of the wealth of travel resources that are available online.
Although there is so much information out there, it can be time consuming to find what you need. The trick is taking the time to plan where and how to look. It is important to take time in doing this, after all, despite what some airlines might tell you, the destination, and not the journey, is the main part of the trip.
There's no point being somewhere just because it's cheap if it doesn't meet your needs.
There's more to finding somewhere to sleep than hotels, camper vans and tents.
There are websites which can help you to find alternative places to lay your head, from swapping homes to sleeping on a spare bed, and from house sitting to a working holiday.
Booking flights online can be as easy as filling in your name and payment card details, but you may be missing out on better flights, deals or maybe you may be booking the wrong airport altogether.
This part of the guide will show you how to get the most from your flight booking and how to prevent the mistakes that many people make when booking a flight online.
It also contains information of compensation for cancelled flights, frequent flyer clubs, lost luggage and more.
Cruises are now one of the most popular types of holiday. Once thought of as just holidays for pensioners, the average age of the passengers is dropping all the time.
Cruises can be researched just like other forms of holidays. You can find the best cruise for your plans; check all the itineraries to see what takes your fancy, check reviews on the ships, cabins and even the ports. And of course you can book your trip too.
This chapter describes websites that you may need to help you to research your trip. As well as the web address, I have also given a brief description of the functions of the website. I have grouped the websites according to their type or use.
There's no legal requirement for you to have insurance when you travel abroad, but for most tour operators, you having suitable travel insurance is part of the terms of the sale for the booking.
However, it really is essential to have travel insurance, as each year holidays are ruined by illness, robbery or natural disaster, and these can be expensive to resolve.
The traveller knows what type of car they want or how much that they want to spend and as long as they get it from the cheapest source, they don't care who supplies it. Combined with price comparison websites, it couldn't get any easier.
Using the research techniques I have mentioned throughout this online guide, you can ensure that you get the right holiday for anyone, no matter what their specific needs.
Single travellers can feel that they are being penalised just because they decide to travel on their own. The 'single supplement' is regarded as unfair as the price increases during the school holidays.
Murder on the Orient Express might be a little too much excitement for you, but trains are an overlooked method of transport. Seen as slow and old fashioned by many, this mode of transport is making a comeback as more are concerned about the ecological impact of their travels.
Trains are also a great way to see the countryside, and to get immersed into local culture. It can be cheaper too.
I have grouped together useful travel tips on one section.
This page is a list of common travel jargon used by the travel industry.
This page is a list of airport codes for UK airports and the more popular destinations. As mentioned in the 'First Things First' chapter, correct use of these codes can ensure that you travel to and from your intended route.
How many times have you set off only to find that you have left something behind? Have you checked everything carefully before booking? This handy travel checklist will help you to remember what you need and what to check.


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Chelmsford, MA (Billerica Rd / Mill Rd)
Billerica Rd / Mill Rd
About Chelmsford, MA (Billerica Rd / Mill Rd)
Billerica Rd / Mill Rd median real estate price is $447,728, which is more expensive than 50.6% of the neighborhoods in Massachusetts and 79.0% of the neighborhoods in the U.S.
The average rental price in Billerica Rd / Mill Rd is currently $3,169, based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis. The average rental cost in this neighborhood is higher than 85.1% of the neighborhoods in Massachusetts.
Billerica Rd / Mill Rd is a suburban neighborhood (based on population density) located in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
Billerica Rd / Mill Rd real estate is primarily made up of medium sized (three or four bedroom) to large (four, five or more bedroom) single-family homes and apartment complexes/high-rise apartments. Most of the residential real estate is owner occupied. Many of the residences in the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood are older, well-established, built between 1940 and 1969. A number of residences were also built between 1970 and 1999.
In Billerica Rd / Mill Rd, the current vacancy rate is 4.0%, which is a lower rate of vacancies than 81.0% of all neighborhoods in the U.S. This means that the housing supply in Billerica Rd / Mill Rd is very tight compared to the demand for property here.
Did you know that the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood has more Scottish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 6.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
Billerica Rd / Mill Rd is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 4.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Langs. of India at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.
The neighbors in the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood in Chelmsford are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 94.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.8% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.5% of America's neighborhoods.
In the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood, 60.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 14.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (13.4%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood is English, spoken by 81.7% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India, French, Polish and Vietnamese.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood in Chelmsford, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (22.1%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (18.7%), and residents who report Asian roots (14.6%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (13.5%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (6.6%), among others. In addition, 13.8% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in Billerica Rd / Mill Rd neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
AGE OF Chelmsford, MA (Billerica Rd / Mill Rd) HOMES
TYPE OF Chelmsford, MA (Billerica Rd / Mill Rd) HOMES
SIZE OF Chelmsford, MA (Billerica Rd / Mill Rd) HOMES
Employment Industries in Billerica Rd / Mill Rd
in Billerica Rd / Mill Rd
in Chelmsford
in Massachusetts
Chelmsford VIOLENT CRIMES
Chelmsford Property CRIMES
District Quality Compared to Massachusetts
Better than of MA school districts.
Quality Rating Compared to MA*
Byam School
25 Maple Road
KG-04
Center Elementary School
84 Billerica Road
Charles D Harrington School
120 Richardson Rd
North Chelmsford, MA 01863
Chelmsford High School
Col Moses Parker School
75 Graniteville Rd
Community Education Center School
170 Dalton Road
PK-PK
Mccarthy Middle School
250 North Rd
South Row School
250 Boston Rd
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area regional investment potential
Housing Affordability Trends: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area
Popular real estate near Billerica Rd / Mill Rd
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87% Match ‐ Hudson, MA (Gleasondale Station)
86% Match ‐ Billerica, MA (Riverside)
85% Match ‐ Westford, MA (Camp Cielo Celeste / Camp Nashoba)
85% Match ‐ Chelmsford, MA (Westlands)
85% Match ‐ Tewksbury, MA (North Tewksbury / Wamesit)

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The DASH high school cross country team got their season started at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School last Thursday. This year's team is young and very talented. It was time to see how they would fare against some other good teams. We had our ups and downs, but in the end we could say the team got off to a respectable start.
Brady Klaves made his DASH debut in the boys JV race. He would not be held back early as he raced out to an early lead. Things got more challenging later for Brady as the heat and the length of the race brought him back to the pack. Brady made it to the finish line and now has some valuable experience to help him in his races later this year.
We lined up a full team of seven in the boys varsity race. Ransom Nyhart went out with the leaders early as he likes to do. Ransom is looking to post some great results this season, and this was the first of them. He raced to a 12th place finish to give the team a solid start. Jacob Dickman was never far behind Ransom and gave us his usual smart, steady race to finish 15th. Only three teams had a better 2nd runner. With Ransom and Jacob running this well, and all the talent behind them, this team is going to be very good. John Sherman ran with Jacob at the start, but the heat made him slow down some. He worked hard to make it to the finish as our third runner in. Joe Hughes started easy and then moved up as the race moved along. In the end he was not far behind John. He is running smart, and it will fun to see how good he will end up. Matt Lange, with his easy stride, impressed everyone in his first DASH race. He never seemed to tire and finished just behind Joe. Samuel Zinkgraf gave us his usual strong effort picking up where he left off last year. He will get even better as the season goes along. Isaac Fredricks is another exciting DASH newcomer. The distance was a burden this time, but that will change with a few more races. The boys placed 7th in the team scores, just two points out of 6th. Very nice!
The girls were next. Andrea Beck's training paid off for her as she ran as good as she ever has. She was the top sophomore to the finish line and placed 12th overall. Zipporah Caspers had a solid first mile, but then the heat got to her and she struggled to the finish in a disappointing 70th. She will definitely be better next time. Stefanie Klaves was a highlight for the girls. In her first cross country race she smiled her way to a better than expected finish. She was able to keep Zipporah in her sights the whole way. It is good we bumped her up to the varsity race. Amelie Kemmann was having a good race early, but fell and hurt her leg in the second mile. She made it to the finish, but the injury kept her from racing like she hoped to. Makayla Gergeni was not feeling well, but with a little encouragement she toed the start line and finished as our 5th girl. The team needed Makayla's finish as Isabel Trewhella was not able to finish the race. The heat got to her. Overall the girls did not do as well as expected, but with a little more luck this team will end up being competitive. Fortunately, we have a lot of races ahead to make amends.
Thanks to all the parents that made the trek up to Jackson to see the race. It was great seeing everyone cheering on the team and socializing throughout. Thanks to the athletes for running in very difficult conditions. Fall is coming. Thanks to Faith Caspers for getting the photos. With a sore foot, she hobbled around and got plenty of action shots. Thanks to Ed Beck for assisting with the coaching. Things always run smoother when Ed is helping out. It is going to be a great high school season ahead. We need to keep practicing and stay healthy. Good things are going to happen.


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Abū ʿUbayd Al-Qāsim b. Sallām, Faḍāʾil Al-Qurān article 907.
It is upon whoever seeks knowledge to have a solemn, dignified demeanour, fearful [of Allāh]; and to follow in the footsteps of those who went before him.
according to Sells, "Junayd seems to presuppose that his hearer or reader has had the experience about which he is speaking – or, even more radically, that the hearer or reader is able to enter that experience, or some re-creation of it – at the moment of encounter with Junaid's words." This statement makes it seem like Junayd was writing to a specific sect of the elite that he described earlier. The elite that he refers to are the elect, or "a tightly-knit group of 'brethren' that Junayd designates by such phrases as 'the choice of believers' or 'the pure ones'. They play significant roles in the community of believers."
As mentioned, Junayd has always been difficult to read for scholars because most of his writings have been lost to time. Junayd constantly uses precise words and language specific to try and describe God, the longing for Him, and the human condition. His ornate language immediately turns off most people, but Junayd had a reason for writing so cryptically. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, Junayd found out that a letter he had written was opened by a stranger before it got to its destination: "doubtless by some zealot desirous of finding cause for impugning his orthodoxy; and to this ever-present danger must in part be attributed the deliberate preciosity which marks the writings of all the mystics of J̲unayd's period". This constant worry about others getting a hold of his ideas caused Junayd to become very protective of his writings.


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August 19, 1976: Republican National Convention
Ford gives a forceful, well-received speech after a difficult battle for the nomination against Ronald Reagan.
Presidential Speeches | Gerald Ford Presidency
Miller Center: August 19, 1976: Republican National Convention
Mr. Chairman, delegates and alternates to this Republican Convention:
I am honored by your nomination, and I accept it with pride, with gratitude, and with a total will to win a great victory for the American people. We will wage a winning campaign in every region of this country, from the snowy banks of Minnesota to the sandy plains of Georgia. We concede not a single State. We concede not a single vote.
This evening I am proud to stand before this great convention as the first incumbent President since Dwight D. Eisenhower who can tell the American people America is at peace.
Tonight I can tell you straightaway this Nation is sound, this Nation is secure, this Nation is on the march to full economic recovery and a better quality of life for all Americans.
And I will tell you one more thing: This year the issues are on our side. I am ready, I am eager to go before the American people and debate the real issues face to face with Jimmy Carter. The American people have a right to know firsthand exactly where both of us stand.
I am deeply grateful to those who stood with me in winning the nomination of the party whose cause I have served all of my adult life. I respect the convictions of those who want a change in Washington. I want a change, too. After 22 long years of majority misrule, let's change the United States Congress.
My gratitude tonight reaches far beyond this arena to countless friends whose confidence, hard work, and unselfish support have brought me to this moment. It would be unfair to single out anyone, but may I make an exception for my wonderful family—Mike, Jack, Steve, and Susan and especially my dear wife, Betty.
We Republicans have had some tough competition. We not only preach the virtues of competition, we practice them. But tonight we come together not on a battlefield to conclude a cease-fire, but to join forces on a training field that has conditioned us all for the rugged contest ahead. Let me say this from the bottom of my heart: After the scrimmages of the past few months, it really feels good to have Ron Reagan on the same side of the line.
To strengthen our championship lineup, the convention has wisely chosen one of the ablest Americans as our next Vice President, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas. With his help, with your help, with the help of millions of Americans who cherish peace, who want freedom preserved, prosperity shared, and pride in America, we will win this election. I speak not of a Republican victory, but a victory for the American people.
You at home listening tonight, you are the people who pay the taxes and obey the laws. You are the people who make our system work. You are the people who make America what it is. It is from your ranks that I come and on your side that I stand.
Something wonderful happened to this country of ours the past two years. We all came to realize it on the Fourth of July. Together, out of years of turmoil and tragedy, wars and riots, assassinations and wrongdoing in high places, Americans recaptured the spirit of 1776. We saw again the pioneer vision of our revolutionary founders and our immigrant ancestors. Their vision was of free men and free women enjoying limited government and unlimited opportunity. The mandate I want in 1976 is to make this vision a reality, but it will take the voices and the votes of many more Americans who are not Republicans to make that mandate binding and my mission possible.
I have been called an unelected President, an accidental President. We may even hear that again from the other party, despite the fact that I was welcomed and endorsed by an overwhelming majority of their elected representatives in the Congress who certified my fitness to our highest office. Having become Vice President and President without expecting or seeking either, I have a special feeling toward these high offices. To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.
So, tonight it is not the power and the glamour of the Presidency that leads me to ask for another four years; it is something every hard-working American will understand—the challenge of a job well begun, but far from finished.
Two years ago, on August 9, 1974, I placed my hand on the Bible, which Betty held, and took the same constitutional oath that was administered to George Washington. I had faith in our people, in our institutions, and in myself. "My fellow Americans," I said, "our long national nightmare is over."
It was an hour in our history that troubled our minds and tore at our hearts. Anger and hatred had risen to dangerous levels, dividing friends and families. The polarization of our political order had aroused unworthy passions of reprisal and revenge. Our governmental system was closer to stalemate than at any time since Abraham Lincoln took the same oath of office. Our economy was in the throes of runaway inflation, taking us headlong into the worst recession since Franklin D. Roosevelt took the same oath.
On that dark day I told my fellow countrymen, "I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers."
On a marble fireplace in the White House is carved a prayer which John Adams wrote. It concludes, "May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof." Since I have resided in that historic house, I have tried to live by that prayer. I faced many tough problems. I probably made some mistakes, but on balance, America and Americans have made an incredible comeback since August 1974. Nobody can honestly say otherwise. And the plain truth is that the great progress we have made at home and abroad was in spite of the majority who run the Congress of the United States.
For two years I have stood for all the people against a vote-hungry, free-spending congressional majority on Capitol Hill. Fifty-five times I vetoed extravagant and unwise legislation; 45 times I made those vetoes stick. Those vetoes have saved American taxpayers billions and billions of dollars. I am against the big tax spender and for the little taxpayer.
I called for a permanent tax cut, coupled with spending reductions, to stimulate the economy and relieve hard-pressed, middle-income taxpayers. Your personal exemption must be raised from $750 to $1,000. The other party's platform talks about tax reform, but there is one big problem—their own Congress won't act.
I called for reasonable constitutional restrictions on court-ordered busing of schoolchildren, but the other party's platform concedes that busing should be a last resort. But there is the same problem—their own Congress won't act.
I called for a major overhaul of criminal laws to crack down on crime and illegal drugs. The other party's platform deplores America's $90 billion cost of crime. There is the problem again—their own Congress won't act.
The other party's platform talks about a strong defense. Now, here is the other side of the problem—their own Congress did act. They slashed $50 billion from our national defense needs in the last 10 years.
My friends, Washington is not the problem; their Congress is the problem. You know, the President of the United States is not a magician who can wave a wand or sign a paper that will instantly end a war, cure a recession, or make bureaucracy disappear. A President has immense powers under the Constitution, but all of them ultimately come from the American people and their mandate to him. That is why, tonight, I turn to the American people and ask not only for your prayers but also for your strength and your support, for your voice, and for your vote.
I come before you with a 2-year record of performance without your mandate. I offer you a 4-year pledge of greater performance with your mandate. As Governor Al Smith used to say, "Let's look at the record."
Two years ago inflation was 12 percent. Sales were off. Plants were shut down. Thousands were being laid off every week. Fear of the future was throttling down our economy and threatening millions of families.
Let's look at the record since August 1974. Inflation has been cut in half. Payrolls are up. Profits are up. Production is up. Purchases are up. Since the recession was turned around, almost 4 million of our fellow Americans have found new jobs or got their old jobs back. This year more men and women have jobs than ever before in the history of the United States. Confidence has returned, and we are in the full surge of sound recovery to steady prosperity.
Two years ago America was mired in withdrawal from Southeast Asia. A decade of Congresses had shortchanged our global defenses and threatened our strategic posture. Mounting tension between Israel and the Arab nations made another war seem inevitable. The whole world watched and wondered where America was going. Did we in our domestic turmoil have the will, the stamina, and the unity to stand up for freedom?
Look at the record since August, two years ago. Today America is at peace and seeks peace for all nations. Not a single American is at war anywhere on the face of this Earth tonight.
Our ties with Western Europe and Japan, economic as well as military, were never stronger. Our relations with Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and mainland China are firm, vigilant, and forward looking. Policies I have initiated offer sound progress for the peoples of the Pacific, Africa, and Latin America. Israel and Egypt, both trusting the United States, have taken an historic step that promises an eventual just settlement for the whole Middle East.
The world now respects America's policy of peace through strength. The United States is again the confident leader of the free world. Nobody questions our dedication to peace, but nobody doubts our willingness to use our strength when our vital interests are at stake, and we will. I called for an up-to-date, powerful Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines that will keep America secure for decades. A strong military posture is always the best insurance for peace. But America's strength has never rested on arms alone. It is rooted in our mutual commitment of our citizens and leaders in the highest standards of ethics and morality and in the spiritual renewal which our Nation is undergoing right now.
Two years ago people's confidence in their highest officials, to whom they had overwhelmingly entrusted power, had twice been shattered. Losing faith in the word of their elected leaders, Americans lost some of their own faith in themselves.
Again, let's look at the record since August 1974. From the start my administration has been open, candid, forthright. While my entire public and private life was under searching examination for the Vice-Presidency, I reaffirmed my lifelong conviction that truth is the glue that holds government together—not only government but civilization itself. I have demanded honesty, decency, and personal integrity from everybody in the executive branch of the Government. The House and Senate have the same duty.
The American people will not accept a double standard in the United States Congress. Those who make our laws today must not debase the reputation of our great legislative bodies that have given us such giants as Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, Sam Rayburn, and Robert A. Taft. Whether in the Nation's Capital, the State capital, or city hall, private morality and public trust must go together.
From August of 1974 to August of 1976, the record shows steady progress upward toward prosperity, peace, and public trust. My record is one of progress, not platitudes. My record is one of specifics, not smiles. My record is one of performance, not promises. It is a record I am proud to run on. It is a record the American people—Democrats, Independents, and Republicans alike—will support on November 2.
For the next four years I pledge to you that I will hold to the steady course we have begun. But I have no intention of standing on the record alone.
We will continue winning the fight against inflation. We will go on reducing the dead weight and impudence of bureaucracy. We will submit a balanced budget by 1978.
We will improve the quality of life at work, at play, and in our homes and in our neighborhoods. We will not abandon our cities. We will encourage urban programs which assure safety in the streets, create healthy environments, and restore neighborhood pride. We will return control of our children's education to parents and local school authorities.
We will make sure that the party of Lincoln remains the party of equal rights.
We will create a tax structure that is fair for all our citizens, one that preserves the continuity of the family home, the family farm, and the family business.
We will ensure the integrity of the social security system and improve Medicare so that our older citizens can enjoy the health and the happiness that they have earned. There is no reason they should have to go broke just to get well.
We will make sure that this rich Nation does not neglect citizens who are less fortunate, but provides for their needs with compassion and with dignity.
We will reduce the growth and the cost of government and allow individual breadwinners and businesses to keep more of the money that they earn.
We will create a climate in which our economy will provide a meaningful job for everyone who wants to work and a decent standard of life for all Americans. We will ensure that all of our young people have a better chance in life than we had, an education they can use, and a career they can be proud of.
We will carry out a farm policy that assures a fair market price for the farmer, encourages full production, leads to record exports, and eases the hunger within the human family. We will never use the bounty of America's farmers as a pawn in international diplomacy. There will be no embargoes.
We will continue our strong leadership to bring peace, justice, and economic progress where there is turmoil, especially in the Middle East. We will build a safer and saner world through patient negotiations and dependable arms agreements which reduce the danger of conflict and horror of thermonuclear war. While I am President, we will not return to a collision course that could reduce civilization to ashes.
We will build an America where people feel rich in spirit as well as in worldly goods. We will build an America where people feel proud about themselves and about their country.
We will build on performance, not promises; experience, not expediency; real progress instead of mysterious plans to be revealed in some dim and distant future. The American people are wise, wiser than our opponents think. They know who pays for every campaign promise. They are not afraid of the truth. We will tell them the truth.
From start to finish, our campaign will be credible; it will be responsible. We will come out fighting, and we will win. Yes, we have all seen the polls and the pundits who say our party is dead. I have heard that before. So did Harry Truman. I will tell you what I think. The only polls that count are the polls the American people go to on November 2. And right now, I predict that the American people are going to say that night, "Jerry, you have done a good job, keep right on doing it."
As I try in my imagination to look into the homes where families are watching the end of this great convention, I can't tell which faces are Republicans, which are Democrats, and which are Independents. I cannot see their color or their creed. I see only Americans.
I see Americans who love their husbands, their wives, and their children. I see Americans who love their country for what it has been and what it must become. I see Americans who work hard, but who are willing to sacrifice all they have worked for to keep their children and their country free. I see Americans who in their own quiet way pray for peace among nations and peace among themselves. We do love our neighbors, and we do forgive those who have trespassed against us.
I see a new generation that knows what is right and knows itself, a generation determined to preserve its ideals, its environment, our Nation, and the world.
My fellow Americans, I like what I see. I have no fear for the future of this great country. And as we go forward together, I promise you once more what I promised before: to uphold the Constitution, to do what is right as God gives? me to see the right, and to do the very best that I can for America.
God helping me, I won't let you down.
January 19, 1976: State of the Union Address
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A new Young Algerian Junior Chamber of Commerce in Canada (JCCAC) has been launched by several people in their 30s.
"We have three strategic axes," Amine Salah, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, said. "The first is to bring together young entrepreneurs from the Algerian community in Canada. The second is to inform them of all training and other services offered to established or launching companies. And last but not least, to participate in concrete projects."
Salah founded the JCCAC with Ikram Mecheri, a risk analyst at Bombardier, and Mehdi Houhou, a financial analyst at Caisse Desjardins.
"A chamber of commerce is a tool just like what its members will do," said Salah, a CGI Strategy and Business Intelligence Analyst.
Connecting with Algeria will be done through INICIA Networking and the Forum of Entrepreneurs (FCE).
"We want to build bridges between business people and between Algeria and Canada. We will build the part of the bridge to Algeria. The other part of the bridge will be built by the Algerians of Algeria," Salah said.
Nearly 150,000 Algerians live in Canada, and Algeria was Canada's largest trade partner in Africa last year.


The 1983 celebrity satire is, sadly, more pertinent than ever.
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If nothing else, Donald Trump's rise to political prominence proves that The King of Comedy, Martin Scorsese's masterfully disquieting 1983 black comedy, is more relevant than ever.
In The King of Comedy, no-talent obsessive Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) stalks his way to success after he kidnaps talk-show idol Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) and bullies his way into getting a 10-minute spot on Langford's show. Pupkin is a uniquely media-obsessed megalomaniac. His lack of talent is irrelevant: he succeeds because he cannot process rejection, and he is successful at pushing buttons. Sound familiar?
With The King of Comedy now playing at New York's Film Forum, Vanity Fair spoke to Scorsese on the phone about how he created Pupkin, from his mustache to his obsession with celebrity.
Martin Scorsese: I didn't really understand where I stood in relationship to the film, the story, Rupert Pupkin, and Jerry Langford, too, until I was in the process of making the film—the shooting, the editing. I don't think I necessarily liked what I found. What I mean is: I saw myself in Rupert, on the surface, as somebody that came from that appreciation of early television of the 50s—particularly New York variety comedy shows. Steve Allen, Jack Paar. These personalities were so vivid and so strong that they became something very new to me. I really appreciated that part of what I guess you'd call "show business." That part of me is there in Rupert, there is no doubt.
Over the years, I began to realize how genuine and how serious my involvement in The King of Comedy was. De Niro noticed that connection in Paul Zimmerman's script first. De Niro was also more aware of autograph people and the idolization for the sake of idolization of celebrities. I understand that now, but I stumbled my way through it each day back then. Being around Jerry Lewis helped. He was an idol of mine, and represented all aspects of American show business, which meant a lot to me. [King of Comedy] is about a certain aspect of our culture, and also about not taking yourself too seriously, even though I do. All of that came out during the making of the film.
De Niro had been trying to get you interested in the script since 1976. After you reread Zimmerman's script, were all three of you on the same page about how Pupkin sees and idolizes Langford, and about how to portray characters? Can you think of an instance where your collaborators surprised you with where they took the character?
Not really, because by that time, I had experienced more of that world that Bob had experienced. By the time I'd made Taxi Driver, New York, New York, The Last Waltz—success, failure, all kinds of things happened. And then I kind of began my career again on Raging Bull. After making Raging Bull, I was at a different point in my life, and was able to absorb The King of Comedy better. To a point. In 1981, when I was shooting [King of Comedy], I realized that I had to wipe the slate clean as a filmmaker and start all over again. I literally started relearning how to make movies. That's what King of Comedy really helped me to do.
The film's post-production process was lengthy. During a discussion about *King of Comedy *at the Tribeca Film Festival, you singled out an exchange that took 25 or 30 takes: Pupkin asks Shelly Hack's character . . .
How hard was it to keep Pupkin from being too pathetic, or grotesque, or easy to dismiss?
We tried out slightly different tones with each take. The other actors responded accordingly, but primarily it was [De Niro]. We were exploring; we didn't really know. It was a very arduous process.
The King of Comedy ends on a note of uncertainty: Rupert Pupkin succeeded, but we don't know how. Was that ending exactly what Paul Zimmerman scripted? Has its meaning changed for you since you shot it?
No, not really, except that he becomes successful without being good. He's good enough. That's the most unsettling part, that he's good enough. I didn't really go further than what Paul Zimmerman had put on the page. And by the way: the monologue that [De Niro] delivers is word-for-word from the script. Paul knew it; he was on another level. I was just making movies.
Could Rupert Pupkin succeed today? Would he be different at all, in a modern context?
I don't see how. And why should he be? There are so many Ruperts around us. There's so much dilution, and democratizing of what quality is, for better or for worse.


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Stanford in the 2010s: How do trends in majors stack up at other institutions?
Th graph shows the number of CS bachelor's degrees conferred over time at Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT.(Chart: SOPHIE ANDREWS/The Stanford Daily)
By Sophie Andrews on May 9, 2020
Stanford in the 2010s is a series featuring data visualizations on how things changed (or did not change) in the University community. We will explore academics, athletics, social life and more. To leave suggestions, contact The Daily's data team at data 'at' stanforddaily.com. Check out Part 1 of our series for a deep dive on majors at Stanford.
Recently, we looked at the trends in Stanford majors over the 2010s. In this article, we will see how trends in majors at Stanford compare to trends at Yale, Princeton, Harvard and MIT over the past decade. Although computer science (CS) showed some of the largest growth at each of these schools and was the most popular major at Stanford and MIT, economics proved to be the top choice of students at Harvard, Princeton and Yale.
The percent change over the decade is calculated using the average value over the first three and last three years of data as the baseline and endpoint values in order to smooth out fluctuations in the data that do not reflect a broader trend. Harvard does not provide information from 2015-16 to 2017-18, so the endpoint uses the final year of data. Furthermore, the majors shown are those that were claimed by at least 1% of the graduating class over the 2010s. Additional information about each major can be found by hovering over the bar chart.
Scroll through the charts below to see the trends in majors at Yale, Princeton, Harvard, MIT and Stanford.
At Yale, technical subjects generally had the greatest percent increases, while humanities subjects tended to decrease over the decade. The distribution of social sciences is remained relatively even throughout. CS experienced the biggest boom in popularity, but it is far from the most popular major at Yale, as economics and political science top the list. In 2017-18, economics majors more than doubled CS majors in degrees conferred.
Updated at 9:58 a.m. PT on May 15: The biology major at Yale was split into "molecular, cellular and developmental biology" and "ecology and evolutionary biology" in 2012. "Biology" has thus been removed from the graph.
The B.S.E. in CS is much more popular than its B.A. counterpart, but both variations experienced the same percent growth in the 2010s. Again, technical fields enjoyed the greatest increases overall, while natural sciences saw many percent decreases. Non-STEM majors in the humanities and social sciences generally fell on the left side of the graph. Economics is the single most popular major at Princeton. However, if both CS programs are combined, CS is the most popular subject at Princeton, with economics as a close second.
In what is probably the most visually striking graph due to lopsidedness, CS takes the top spot for percent change. A majority of majors experienced percent decreases, but this was compensated by colossal spikes in interest for CS and statistics. Humanities subjects had the greatest drops, with subjects like Romance languages and literature along with East Asian studies at the far left. CS is Harvard's second-most popular major, with economics as the overwhelming favorite.
The preferences of Stanford's student body are perhaps mirrored mostly closely by those of MIT's student body. This makes sense given Stanford's proximity with Silicon Valley and MIT's emphasis on technical subjects as evidenced by its name. But the numbers suggest that the STEM atmosphere at MIT is even more present than it is at Stanford. For degrees that were awarded to more than 1% of students, none of them were in the humanities, and all but two were STEM-related. Those two subjects, namely management science and economics, also experienced the greatest percent decrease. It's also worth noting how heavily MIT has integrated CS into its degree offerings. For MIT's class of 2019, more than 40% of students graduated with a degree that had "computer science" in the name.
The graph above summarizes the trends in CS across the five institutions we've looked at. The numbers for Princeton include both B.S.E. and B.A. degrees awarded in CS. The numbers for MIT are specifically for the computer science and engineering major. Harvard did not report numbers from 2015-16 to 2017-18. Unsurprisingly, Stanford and MIT show the highest rates of growth. CS degrees awarded at Yale sit below the other schools, while Princeton shows the most fluctuation from year to year.
Contact Sophie Andrews at sophie1 'at' stanford.edu or The Stanford Daily Data Team at data 'at' stanforddaily.com.
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This transfer guide assists communication students with their transition to Saint Xavier University. Please refer to the general education requirements for an A.A. or A.S. degree found in the College of DuPage (COD) Academic Catalog.
The Communication Department offers a rewarding curriculum that focuses on the process and effects of communication, the Internet and personal media, in both mediated and face-to-face contexts. Communication majors can select from three areas of emphasis: strategic communication, media communication or sports communication. The department also offers an Applied Communication Major which is an online adult degree completion program designed to prepare the student for a career in communication-related and professional fields.
*IAI Waivers are available for those students who transfer to SXU with an A.A. or A.S. degree or complete the majority of their General Education Core prior to transferring.
**As of Academic Catalog 2018-2019, students are required to take one U.S. and one non-U.S. History course. See IAI waiver note.
To receive a B.A. in Communications a student must complete 120 hours.
Students must obtain a grade of C or better for any course to be applied to the communication major or minor.
The Applied Communication Major is an online adult degree completion program designed to prepare the student for careers in communication-related and professional fields. Potential career areas include advertising, corporate relations, event planning, health communication, higher education, human resources, journalism, media production, media programming and management, the Internet and personal media, media research, organizational communication, public relations, speech writing, and training and consulting, among other possibilities.
To receive a B.A. in Applied Communication a student must complete 120 credit hours of study that include the major requirements, below, and the University General Education Requirements.


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Sainte-Pélagie was a prison in Paris, in active use from 1790 to 1899. It was founded earlier than that, however, in 1662, as place for "repentant girls" and later "debauched women and girls." The former Parisian prison was located between the current group of buildings bearing No. 56 Rue de la Clef with Rue du Puits-de-l'Ermite in the 5th arrondissement of Paris at the old Place Sainte-Pélagie.

The penal structure held many noted prisoners during the French Revolution, with Madame Roland, Grace Dalrymple Elliott and Marie-Louise O'Murphy being among the known prisoners. After the revolution, the Marquis de Sade was imprisoned here, as was the young mathematician Évariste Galois. During the July Monarchy, the "April insurgees" were also detained there, and some managed to escape through a tunnel. The painter Gustave Courbet was also imprisoned here for his activities in the Paris Commune. He painted a self-portrait titled, Gustave Courbet: Self-Portrait at Sainte-Pélagie.

See also
Bagne of Toulon
Grand Châtelet
La Force Prison
Timeline of the French Revolution

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Buildings and structures demolished in 1899

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Aide to anti-gun NYC Mayor de Blasio busted on gun charges, worked in city's criminal justice office
Reagan Stevens, a deputy director for anti-gun New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, was arrested on gun charges Saturday night. (Image source: WCBS-TV video screenshot)
A deputy director for anti-gun New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) was arrested on gun charges.
Reagan Stevens, 42, was inside a vehicle in Jamaica, Queens, on Saturday night when police found a loaded 9-millimeter gun in the vehicle, police told WCBS-TV.
Police said two men also were in the vehicle, but all three were arrested since no one claimed the gun, the station reported.
Stevens worked in the city's Office of Criminal Justice, fighting against putting 16- and 17-year-olds on trial as adults, WCBS reported.
"The employee has been suspended immediately without pay pending investigation," the de Blasio administration said in a statement, the station said. "We take these allegations very seriously."
What has been reported about the incident?
The double-parked SUV that Stevens and the two men occupied smelled of marijuana, the New York Post reported, citing a criminal complaint.
The SUV was found near the scene of a shooting, the paper added, citing sources who said five gunshots activated an NYPD ShotSpotter gunfire-detection device.
Stevens was in the back seat of the 2002 Infiniti when a loaded 9mm Hi-Point semi-automatic pistol was found in a green velvet bag in the glove compartment, the Post reported, citing court papers.
The gun's serial number was scratched off and loaded with two rounds of ammunition, the paper said, adding that a spent round was found on the driver's-side floor.
Police found a paintball gun and carbon dioxide cartridges in the vehicle's rear cargo area and a knife in 25-year-old driver Caesar Forbes' waistband, the Post reported.
Montel Hughes, 24, was sitting in the passenger seat and was allegedly found with five Ziploc bags of pot in his coat pocket and a knife in his pants pocket, the paper said, citing the complaint.
Stevens, Hughes and Forbes each were charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon, the Post reported, adding that Hughes was charged with marijuana possession.
What else do we know about Stevens?
Stevens' mother, Deborah Stevens, is a Queens Criminal Court judge, the Post reported, adding that Stevens' stepfather is an acting Queens Supreme Court justice.


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Heirs are surviving relatives by blood or marriage. This bill gives heir status to non-heirs, people NOT related by blood or marriage.
SB32 is NOT about giving property to non-relatives--that can already be done by using wills. This bill is about giving legal status as a relative, to non-relatives.
SB32 is one of six bills being promoted by Equality Utah at the Legislature this year. Who is Equality Utah? From their website: Equality Utah is a grassroots, statewide political advocacy organization working on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people to secure equality and fairness, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.


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Release Roundup: Black Midi's Cavalcade
Black Midi released their long awaited follow-up to their debut record Schlagenheim this Wednesday two days ahead of schedule.
Instead of continuing their post-punk sound they opted for a more traditional prog-rock aesthetic for Cavalcade, very reminiscent of pioneer acts like King Crimson.
This time around the band would also have to record their guitarist Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, due to his recent struggle with mental health issues. Regardless, Kwasniewski-Kelvin still retains some writing credits for a few tracks despite not making an appearance on the album.
The day of release Black Midi livestreamed the entire album on their YouTube channel holding a mock listening party for fans all over the world. Despite the listening party taking place two days before the album was slated to officially release it was almost immediately after the stream.
In early May Black Midi also announced a 2021 UK, Europe and US tour in support of Cavalcade.
If that wasn't enough they will also be making an appearance at Pitchforks Music Festival in Sept. 2021.
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John Nelson's Cassini Globe Ornament
Published on 14 December 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
Another year, another DIY papercraft globe ornament from John Nelson. "This ornament is a blending of NASA Visible Earth imagery and Esri/USGS Ecological Land Units. It uses the Cassini projection as six half-gores for the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, arranged in ArcGIS Pro." In this blog post he shows how to print and assemble it.
Last year John released a set of Dymaxion ornaments. The year before that, a more complex geodesic globe ornament. This is now officially a tradition, John.
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Christmas, globes, ornaments
A Guide to Map Stationery
Published on 24 November 2020 28 December 2020 by Jonathan Crowe
To keep myself connected to distant friends and family members during the pandemic, one thing I've been doing has been to send them actual, handwritten correspondence. A bit old-fashioned in the era of Zoom meetings and video chat, but it gets me away from the computer, and the firehose of awful that comes with it. Since I'm me, I was interested in finding map-themed postcards, notecards and stationery that I could use when writing to friends and colleagues who shared my interest in maps. It turns out that there is some out there.
This post is a roundup of what map-themed stationery for correspondence I've been able to find. It can serve as a gift guide, if map-themed stationery strikes you as a good gift; the holidays, after all, are coming up. As usual, I link to stores selling the stuff; I get a small cut of the income from qualifying purchases.
Continue reading "A Guide to Map Stationery" →
Categories Gift Guides, Memorabilia•Tags postcards, stationery
John Nelson's Dymaxion Globe Ornaments
Something to add to our list of map-based Christmas ornaments: John Nelson's papercraft Dymaxion globe ornaments. In three colours. Print, cut, fold, enjoy.
Previously: Waldseemüller Globe Ornament; DIY Map Ornaments.
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Christmas, Dymaxion map, ornaments
IKEA's All-Black Globe
Published on 22 August 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
IKEA sells an all-black globe as part of its LINDRADE series. It costs $20 in the U.S. and £17 in the U.K.; for some reason it's not available on the Canadian store. If it were, I might just get one.
Per standing IKEA policy, New Zealand is not shown.
The reviews on the U.S. store are hilarious, but on the U.K. store the single a review on the U.K. says that the globe is chalkboard (it's made of polystyrene), which makes the product a good deal less absurd. Otherwise, it occurs to me that it could make a halfway decent base on which you could paste your own globe gores. [Cartophilia]
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags globes, IKEA
New Canada-Shaped Coin Released
Published on 24 July 2019 24 July 2019 by Jonathan Crowe
This, believe it or not, is a coin—a coin in the shape of a map of Canada, with various animals forming the shape of each province and territory. The design was created by Ottawa illustrator Ali Giroux, who posted it online as a letterpress map. Then, as CBC News and CTV News report, the Royal Canadian Mint came calling.
Commemorative coins aren't cheap. This one is made of three ounces of pure silver and sells for $340 (Canadian). It is being produced in a mintage of 2,000 and will ship in December.
(And yes, despite its weirdo shape, it is a real coin: the Queen is on the other side, a traditional, coin-shaped portrait embedded in the centre. It has a face value of $50, but that's only if you want to use it to pay a bill or something, and who'd do that with this?)
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Canada, coins, Royal Canadian Mint
DIY Map Ornaments
Published on 5 December 2018 by Jonathan Crowe
Meanwhile, Caitlin has a roundup of guides to making your own map-based Christmas ornaments. They include John Nelson's printable geodesic globe ornament, a decoupage ornament made by gluing map cutouts onto a round ornament, and ornaments made by recycling old maps.
Previously: Waldseemüller Globe Ornament.
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Christmas, ornaments
A Hungarian Globe Puzzle
Sometimes called a Rubik's globe, though Rubik had nothing to do with it, this Hungarian-made globe puzzle from the 1980s, known variously as the Földgöm, Globus Gömb or Varázs Gömb, sometimes shows up on the lists of collectibles dealers. Consisting of a plastic core and tin surface pieces, the puzzle operates on two axes; the eight corners do not move. Jaap's Puzzle Page has details on its origins and how to solve it, and also shows a couple of non-geographical globe puzzle variants. Here's a short blog post from the Retro Game Museum (in Hungarian). And here's an unboxing video from someone who bought a globe (bundled with a Rubik's cube) on eBay. [Harvard Map Collection]
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags globes, toys
Waldseemüller Globe Ornament
I didn't know Replogle made Christmas ornaments. I stumbled across the above, a Waldseemüller globe ornament—i.e., an ornament based on the Waldseemüller globe gores—while poking around my local map store for the first time in years. I bought the last one they had in stock. It's 3¼″ (8.3 cm) in diameter, comes with a stand, and cost me all of $10. There's apparently a Coronelli globe ornament as well.
No links to point you at. Amazon doesn't stock them (though they have other globe ornaments, like this one and this one), and Replogle's terrible website is Flash-only.
Image•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Christmas, globes, ornaments, Replogle, Waldseemüller
Miniature Maps and Minchiate
Published on 24 November 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
The William P. Cumming Map Society's North Carolina Map Blog has a post looking at miniature maps of North Carolina ("miniature" is defined as less than four inches in size) and a post about minchiate, a 16th-century Florentine card game; there were were educational minchiate decks with a map on each of the 97 cards. [WMS]
Link•Categories Antique Maps, Memorabilia•Tags 1500s, cards, minchiate, miniature maps, North Carolina
Two Kickstarters
Published on 2 October 2017 2 October 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Two recent map-related Kickstarter campaigns:
Modern Map Art Prints turns a map of a location of your choice into an abstract art print. Already funded.
Map on Table aims to create a small (42×42 cm) table made up of a laser-cut metal map of New York, London or the world mounted on wooden legs (see above). Not yet funded; campaign runs until 17 October.
[The Verge, Mapping London]
Link•Categories Art, Memorabilia•Tags crowdfunding, Kickstarter
Computer Keyboard as Transit Map
Published on 1 March 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Oblotzky's SA Metro is a custom keycap set for mechanical keyboards "inspired by big city transit maps." I know you don't look at the keys when touch typing, but … man. [Boing Boing]
Link•Categories Memorabilia, Transit•Tags keyboards
An Error-Ridden Tube Map Shower Curtain
Published on 9 February 2017 by Jonathan Crowe
Speaking of Londonist, they had a great deal of fun pedantically savaging a decidedly unofficial tube map shower curtain. "This error-ridden shower curtain was purchased via a random seller on ebay, whom we're not going to gratify with a link. A bit of googling reveals that tube shower curtains are a bit of a thing. There are many variations out there, all presumably knocked together and marketed without permission from Transport for London." (So much of a thing that I thought I'd linked to something like this before, but apparently not. No doubt my readers can send me links.)
Previously: Map Shower Curtain and Bikini; More Map Shower Curtains; Sea Monster Shower Curtain.
Link•Categories Memorabilia, Transit•Tags London, shower curtains, tube
Great Circles in Cardboard
The Global Map (The Global Map Company, ca. 1940). David Rumsey Map Collection.
The Global Map is a neat toy from the 1940s. The whole thing is just under one by two feet in area, and consists of two rotating hemispheres that touch at a single point, with the purpose of showing the shortest distance by air or sea between two points—a quick and dirty way of showing a great-circle route with a bit of cardboard and no math. From the David Rumsey Map Collection. [Maps on the Web]
Link•Categories Aviation, Memorabilia•Tags great circle, orthodrome
Mini Metros
Published on 2 November 2016 by Jonathan Crowe
Mini Metros shrinks and simplifies 220 subway and light rail systems; the end result fits on a single sheet. Its creator, Peter Dovak, explains the challenge of making small and simple representations of sometimes inordinately complex transit systems:
All of the cities in the project had the same requirements: they had to fit in a 120px circle (with 10px of padding), the lines had to be 3px wide with a minimum of another 3px between the next parallel line, and all diagonals had to be 45-degrees. The systems themselves needed to be full-fledged heavy rail metro systems or light rail networks that were distinct enough from trolleys or streetcars.
Prints and mugs are available. [Maptitude]
Link•Categories Memorabilia, Transit•Tags cities, mugs, posters
Dymaxion Folding Globe
Published on 2 November 2016 2 November 2016 by Jonathan Crowe
This morning's post about the AuthaGraph World Map reminded me of Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion map (which after all was explicitly referenced by its creator). Designer Brendan Ravenhill has produced a version of Fuller's map in the form of a magnetic folding globe. Wired: "Like Fuller's original map, Ravenhill's globe can exist in two or three dimensions. Laid flat, it's a series of 20 triangles that show Fuller's projection as a single landmass. The back of each triangle features a magnet so you can fold the map into an angular globe. 'Really it's a toy, but a toy that has a lot of resonance and importance,' Ravenhill says." $15 each, in three colours. [Sociative GIS]
Link•Categories Memorabilia•Tags Dymaxion map, globes, map projections
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Notes from "Saddam Hussein's daughter" (no, not really)
by S. Nadia Hussain
The author at four years old in front of her home at the Fort Dix Army Base, New Jersey, wearing a traditional South Asian Salwar Kameez
I wish fear would never seep into my heart — the fear of something going terribly wrong, the fear that someone could hurt my child or take him away from me forever.
Though probably a normal part of the parenthood experience, it is heightened by the ever-present animosity in this country toward anyone deemed "not American enough." It grows deeper when former friends post memes stating "All Muslims Are Terrorists." It permeates me when at a rally in North Carolina I hear the familiar names of Deah Barakat, Razan Abu-Salha and Yusor Abu-Salha, three young American Muslims who were brutally gunned down a year ago in that state.
I feel the fear in my gut when Deah's brother appears on stage pleading for people to stand up against bigotry and hatred.
It's the feeling that strikes me instantly upon hearing of the recent murders of three young American Muslim men in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The media immediately speculates that this murder may be gang related, or a robbery, that it must be anything but a hate crime. I don't know if it is a hate crime, but when that fear seeps back, I can't help but ask myself the same nagging question.
Would they still be alive if they weren't Muslim?
This fear makes me feel as if I've betrayed myself as an activist, as an American, and as a new mother. I feel like I'm giving in to the people spreading ugliness, cruelty and violence, both domestically and abroad.
When I think about my one-year-old son, with his pudgy cheeks, curious teardrop eyes and impeccably smooth light tan skin, I yearn to preserve his current experience of the world. I want to preserve his world without this fear and open hostility, open hostility that is based on the triviality of one's perceived ethnicity or religious belief.
As our nation continues to transform into the most diverse society in human history, we are faced with a vicious backlash, a response to the unstoppable shift from a white majority. These movements need a target for their vitriol and hatred — and the more convenient the scapegoat, the better.
In the current presidential election season, Muslim bashing is celebrated, fueled by incidents of extremist violence in Paris and in my hometown of San Bernardino, California. Muslims may increasingly be the objects of negative attention, but this is hardly a new phenomenon.
Anti-Muslim sentiment has spiked in a post 9/11 world, but the dangerous stereotypes were present well before then. Certainly, they were present during my childhood.
Often, as the lone child of color, and certainly the lone South Asian and Muslim child in all-white elementary schools, the fact that I was 'different' was made very clear to me. Children can be teased and bullied for many reasons. In my case, it was because of my religion and culture. I was teased constantly for being the daughter of "Saddam Hussein," for not being allowed to date, and for not celebrating Christmas. Christmas was a big deal in the small towns I lived in. During class pizza parties, teachers ordered pepperoni pizzas by default, apparently not once wondering if everyone in the class could eat pork or meat. I'd mournfully eat leftovers from lunch while everyone around me enjoyed hot, melted slices of my favorite food.
When watching movies, the bad guys were always brown and speaking jargon Arabic, indiscriminately shooting machine guns to try to destroy the hero white protagonists. Every single time. These may sound like small incidents but they added up. Here I was, born in the US with a father who served in both the US Army and National Guard Reserve, and yet, in the end, I was not white, not Christian, and therefore not American.
But I am American and I am raising an American son of mixed Salvadoran and Bangladeshi heritage. My husband converted to Islam and though he practices and I do not we both consider ourselves to be Muslim and are entangled in the same issues that are impacting this community around the country.
A friend of mine, also a person of American Muslim background, once told me "If we do not affiliate with the religion, we will be affiliated anyhow." My child has a hyphenated last name and the ubiquitous "Hussain" is still there. I don't know if he will be a practicing Muslim, but chances are that he will be affiliated with it regardless.
I recently assisted a mother whose daughter experienced a shocking incident of bigotry in her classroom when her teacher announced to her class of fourth graders that "Muslims are terrorists; look what they did in San Bernardino and Paris." The daughter spoke up, insisting that she and her family were not terrorists, to which the teacher responded that they were fine but all other Muslims were suspect. This mother never spoke to her daughter about the incidents that had happened far away from them. She didn't think it applied since they had nothing to do with extremism. Yet, no matter how hard she tried, these horrors found her anyway; there will always be people who insist on seeing a connection.
So how do we, as an American community, address this? How do I ensure that my son doesn't grow up in a country and a world where being brown and being Muslim doesn't automatically label him as an enemy and a threat?
I don't have any easy answers. All I can do is work my hardest to demonstrate inclusiveness within my own life. I am deeply involved in social justice and political activism, embedding myself within the systems that govern our lives. I let people know that my family is what an American Muslim family looks like, because the truth is that we look like everyone!
Tokenizing and scapegoating people has led to the greatest tragedies in human history. We must all, Muslim and non-Muslim, stand together to understand one another, be in community and be visible together to spread the message that hating and marginalizing will not make anyone safer. It will not create a brighter future for our children.
I ask parents who feel discomfort about American Muslims to confront that feeling and challenge themselves to learn more about our community. Get to know us because we are part of the same neighborhoods, the same schools, and the same workplaces. We are all here to live the best lives for ourselves and for our families. I present the same challenge to American Muslim families that take refuge in cultural isolation. Be present in our democracy, be present with your whole community, not just with those from your own cultural background.
We must bridge this divide; otherwise, we cannot ensure a better future for the next generation. This may be an uphill battle, but hardly an impossible one. Every major demographic shift in the US has been met with anger and backlash. It is time for us to collectively break this pattern.
Enough is enough. Our children deserve a brighter and more inclusive future. We all do.
It is my hope that one day when my son is out there in the world without me, away from the safe spaces I created for him, that he will be seen for what he truly is.
S. Nadia Hussain
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Housing in Brief: A $64 Million Vote for Social Housing Passes in San Francisco
Also, mass-produced ADUs and St. Louis may issue fines on de-conversions.
Roshan Abraham December 2, 2021
(Photo by terencechisholm / Public Domain)
$64 million Social Housing Vote Passes in San Francisco
A measure to set aside $64 million for social housing was approved by the city's Board of Supervisors by an 8-3 vote on Tuesday, according to 48 Hills. The measure allocates the money to a city program called the "Small Sites Housing Acquisition Program," which purchases housing whose tenants are at risk of eviction and keeps the building permanently affordable. Mayor London Breed opposed the measure on the basis that the small sites program was problem-plagued. Breed will still need to approve spending on the program, but the measure's approval gives advocates more leverage. As soon as the measure was passed, Breed announced a plan to reform the small sites program by adding an additional $10 million of funding, possibly a sign she will work with the board of supervisors on spending the money.
The money was collected through a wealth transfer tax on the sale of properties worth more than $10 million, which was approved by voters last year. The money from that tax goes to the city's general fund, and San Francisco mayor London Breed had so far been hesitant to apply it to affordable housing. Pro-development advocates disagree with the social housing spending, saying money should go to building rather than rehabilitating housing, given the city's supply issue. Advocates of the measure, however, believe that in the long-term the city could use revenue from an expanded housing portfolio to eventually construct new units.
The vote, which was supported by a coalition of housing tenants, labor and community organizations, was a huge win for housing advocates. The ability of the program to purchase properties at scale, keep them affordable, and build new units will be a test of the viability of social housing as a sustainable solution to current housing pressures.
In a tweet, the Council of Community Housing Organizations wrote: "Next step: rapidly acquire homes in every neighborhood, and secure the political commitment for permanent allocation of the annual revenues."
Developers Are Building More Mass-Produced "Granny Flats"
In response to new statewide laws making it easier to build accessory dwelling units on private land, some developers are seeing a boom in production of mass-produced "granny flats." One company that produces mass-produced homes, HomeQuest, told the OC Register their business had increased 300 percent after the legal changes. ADUs don't always add to the housing stock — they can be home offices or guest houses, but ADU's that operate as rentals are typically more affordable than market rate housing in a multi-unit apartment building.
California Flunks Housing 'Report Card'
Zooming out on the California housing landscape: the Southern California News Group released a housing permit "report card" showing the state is lagging in building affordable housing. According to the OC Register — which is owned by the News Group — the state's cities and counties together issued 109,000 housing permits in 2020, of which 73 percent were for building units for higher-income earners and only 16 percent were built for lower-income earners. That is a mismatch with the need, which is around 41.5 percent for lower-income earners and for higher income earners and the remaining 17 percent for middle-income earners, according to the News Group. According to the report card, only 20 of the state's 538 jurisdictions are on their way to meet their housing mandates for every income bracket.
St Louis May Charge Conversion Fee to Preserve Multifamily Units
A St. Louis alderman is working on a bill to charge a fee for developers who want to convert multifamily units into single family units, according to St. Louis Public Radio. The city has lost 400 housing units to these conversions. While the legislation hasn't been written yet, it is being modeled on legislation passed in Chicago that pertains only to the Pilsen neighborhood and 606 trail area. Chicago's legislation was enacted in April of this year and elapses in April 2022; it charges $5,000 per dwelling unit for the demolition of a multi-family building that is replaced with a single-family home and $15,000 for the demolition of a two-flat or townhouse. It's unclear whether a surcharge this low would disincentivize de-conversions in Chicago, which has not released data on the success of the ordinance, or in St. Louis, but legislators are increasingly under pressure to try different tactics to keep multi-family units in supply.
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