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Gwendolyn R. Lockman
Gwendolyn R. Lockman, M.A.
gwendolyn.lockman@utexas.edu
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2023 (expected) Ph.D. U.S. History, The University of Texas at Austin
ABD September 2021
Field: Post-1865 U.S. Labor and Leisure, U.S. West
Dissertation: "Recreation and Reclamation: Parks, Mining, and Community in Butte, MT"
Committee: Professors Erika Bsumek (chair), Janet Davis, Megan Raby, Joseph McCartin, Thaïsa Way
2020, M.A. U.S. History, The University of Texas at Austin
Master's Report: "Miners and Musicians: Rethinking Company Towns through the Butte Mines Band, 1887-1953"
Portfolio: Women's and Gender Studies
2016, A.B. American Studies, Georgetown University
Magna Cum Laude Minors: Government, History
Senior Thesis: "Overthrown: Curt Flood, Jim Bouton, and Baseball's Free Agency Revolution"
Awards, Honors, and Fellowships
2021 Mining History Association Research Grant ($750)
2021 Charles Redd Fellowship in Western American Studies, Brigham Young University ($2000)
2021-2022 Research Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($24,000 + insurance stipend)
2021 Landscape and Garden Studies Graduate Workshop, Dumbarton Oaks, Harvard University, with the Mellon Initiative in Urban Landscape Studies ($1,500)
2021 Gill Family Foundation Society of Architectural Historians Graduate Student Funding ($125)
2020 Summer Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($2,000)
2020 Carrie Johnson Fellowship, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives ($1,500)
2019-2021 Continuing Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($8,296/year)
2019 University of Texas Summer Fellow, Handbook of Texas Women, Texas State Historical Association ($2,500)
2018-2019 First-year Fellowship, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin ($24,000 + insurance stipend)
2015-2016 Phi Alpha Theta History Honors, Georgetown University
2012-2016 Dean's List, 8 Semesters (First Honors: Spring 2015, Fall 2015; Second Honors: Fall 2012), Georgetown University
2012-2016 Georgetown University Scholarship ($21,481 over 3 years)
[forthcoming] Invited talk, Brown Bag Lunch Series, Butte-Silver Bow Public Archives, Butte, Montana, April 13, 2022.
Handbook of Texas Women, s.v. "Rawalt, Marguerite Luella," (Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 2021), accessed December 20, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/rawalt-marguerite-luella.
"Baseball's lockout reflects renewed labor might in the United States," The Washington Post, Made by History, December 14, 2021, https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/12/14/baseballs-lockout-reflects-renewed-labor-might-united-states/.
"Five Books I Recommend from Comps," Not Even Past, December 6, 2020, https://notevenpast.org/five-books-i-recommend-from-comps-labor-and-citizenship-in-the-united-states/.
Book review, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native People in the Fight for the West, By Megan Kate Nelson (Scribner, 2020), Not Even Past, October 5, 2021, https://notevenpast.org/review-of-the-three-cornered-war-the-union-the-confederacy-and-native-peoples-in-the-fight-for-the-west-by-megan-kate-nelson-2020/.
"Forward Looking Perspectives upon Returning to the Classroom and the Zoomroom," Not Even Past, September 3, 2021, https://notevenpast.org/forward-looking-perspectives-upon-returning-to-the-classroom-and-the-zoomroom/.
Handbook of Texas Women, s.v. "Yerwood, Joyce," (Austin, TX: Texas State Historical Association, 2021), accessed June 7, 2021, https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/yerwood-joyce.
"Mining Columbia Gardens, Butte, MT 1884-1973," Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Montana (MOLLI), Missoula, Montana, via Zoom. February 23, 2021.
"Preservation and Decay as Public History at the Moon-Randolph Homestead," Not Even Past, September 14, 2020, https://notevenpast.org/preservation-and-decay-as-public-history-at-the-moon-randolph-homestead/.
Moon Randolph Homestead Interactive Historical Map, August 15, 2019 http://arcg.is/149z15.
Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission on Curation and Interpretation at the Moon Randolph Homestead, August 1, 2019, (9:35) https://bit.ly/2LD4MC1.
Presentation to the City of Missoula, Montana Historic Preservation Commission to Introduce the Summer 2019 Curation and Interpretation Intern for the Moon Randolph Homestead, June 6, 2019, (9:32), https://bit.ly/2yLdonj.
Summer Tour Guide, as part of Curation and Interpretation Internship at Moon Randolph Homestead, Missoula, Montana, June 2019-August 2019.
""Stand With Kap": Athlete Activism at the LBJ Library," Not Even Past, November 19, 2018, https://notevenpast.org/stand-with-kap-athlete-activism-at-the-lbj-library/.
Conferences and Presented Papers
(proposal submitted) "Re/creating Butte, Montana: How Historical Infrastructures of Recreation Influence the Creation of Public Space through Superfund Remediation," Western History Association, San Antonio, TX, October 2022.
"Recreation and Reclamation: Land Use, Mining, and Leisure in Butte, MT 1915-2021," Western History Association, Online Pre-Conference, October 2021.
"How Wild Was the West?: Women's Safety and Pleasure in Butte, Montana," Emerging Scholarship in Women's and Gender Studies Graduate Student Conference, UT Austin, March 2020.
"Modes of Survival as Preservation and Practice at the Moon-Randolph Homestead," Rocky Mountain Interdisciplinary History Conference, University of Colorado Boulder, September 2019.
"Super Fun to Superfund: Historicizing and Remembering Butte, Montana's Columbia Gardens Amusement Park," Biennial Graduate Student and Emerging Scholars' Conference, Department of American Studies, UT Austin, April 2019.
"Overthrown: Curt Flood, Jim Bouton, and Baseball's Free Agency Revolution," Georgetown University. Considered for the Mary Catherine Mita Prize in American Studies, April 2016.
"Black Women in Baseball: Without a League of Their Own" Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Regional Mid-Atlantic Conference, Panel on Race, Gender, and Culture, Mount St. Mary's University, April 2016.
Teaching and Higher Education Administration Experience
Supplemental Instruction Leader
Spring 2021 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L)
Fall 2020 U.S. 1492-1865 (HIS 315K)
Summer 2020 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS S315L)
Spring 2020 Building America (HIS 317L)
Fall 2019 U.S. History Since 1865 (HIS 315L)
Spring 2016 American Civilization II (AMST 204)
Fall 2015 American Civilization I (AMST 203)
Spring 2021 Supervised Teaching Methods, Department of History
Fall 2019 Pedagogy Colloquium, Department of History
Fall 2019 Teaching Preparation Series, Faculty Innovation Center
Spring 2019 Inclusive Classrooms Leadership Certificate Seminar for Excellence in Teaching, Division for Diversity and Community Engagement, UT Austin
Learning Enterprises
Summer 2015 Teaching Volunteer, Hungary & Slovakia Program
Oct 2021-Dec 2021 Rights and Permissions Assistant, Department of History
Sept 2019-May 2020 Social Media Manager, Department of History
Oct 2018-May 2019 Web News Assistant, Department of History
Sept 2012-May 2015 Student Information Assistant, Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Aug 2014-May 2016 Community Assistant, Magis Row Living Learning Community, Office of Residential Living
Aug 2013-May 2014 Resident Assistant, Office of Residential Living
Oct 2021-Nov 2021 Copyright and Permissions Assistant (Student Technician), Department of History, University of Texas at Austin.
June 2019–Aug 2019 Moon-Randolph Homestead Summer Intern, Curation and Interpretation
City of Missoula, Montana Parks & Recreation–Conservation Lands Management and City Planning–Historic Preservation Office, with North Missoula Community Development Corporation, Missoula, MT.
July 2018 Office Manager, 89th All-Star Game MLB Event Operations Headquarters
Major League Baseball, Washington, D.C.
July 2016-July 2018 Coordinator, Legal
Washington Nationals Baseball Club, Washington, D.C.
Administrative Support: Nationals Park Capital Improvements (with Events DC/Washington Convention and Sports Authority); Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy Board of Directors.
Summer 2014 Intern: Records, Administration, Marketing
Paul Ryan & Associates, Missoula, MT.
Summer 2013 Legislative Intern: Indian Affairs; Labor; Social Security
U.S. Senate, Office of Senator Jon Tester, Washington, D.C.
2020–present Affiliate, Center for Sports Communication and Media, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin
2020–present Alumni Interviewer, Georgetown University Alumni Admissions Program
2020–2021 Co-Coordinator, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
2019–2020 Planning Committee, Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
October 2019 Student Volunteer, Western History Association Conference, Las Vegas, NV
Fall 2019 History Graduate Student Council, Department of History, University of Texas at Austin
2015–2018 Mentor, Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy , Washington, D.C.
2015-2016 Chapter Officer, Phi Alpha Theta, Beta Pi Chapter, Georgetown University
2014-2016 Volunteer Coordinator, Native American Student Council, Georgetown University
2014-2015 Vice President, Georgetown University Pep Band, Georgetown University
Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA)
Mining History Association (MHA)
Montana Historical Society (MHS)
Society of Architectural Historians (SAH)
Texas State Employees' Union (TSEU-CWA #6186)
Western History Association (WHA)
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Yesterday I spent a little time at a friend's pad in Santa Monica. It was a potluck event for the viewing of the World Cup finals. It's a great group of friends. While I will admit that I've never really ever watched a full soccer game all the way thru, I will say that it was much more exciting than I imagined. I don't know if I need to attribute that to the fact that it was a high stakes World Cup type of thing.
I will concede that I was not rooting for any side in general. There was a part of me that wanted to see the underdogs win, the Dutch. Unfortunately during the play of the game I was a bit taken aback by the fact that they were extremely physical in attacking the other team with kicks that seemed a tad overboard. There was one such kick that surprised me when it didn't yield a red card. The kick I'm referring to is the one where a Dutch player completed a flying karate style kick to the chest of a Spanish player. It was plainly obvious the kick was not going for the ball and was intended to injure the other player. I'm all for playing hard, but that actually had me lose a little respect for the players in orange as it was highly unnecessary.
Either way, I'll probably end up spending a bit more time catching a soccer game or two.
Afterward, I caught a concert in the park in Woodland Hills. Followed by a house concert / party where I was asked to perform a few songs. Then finished off the evening with another concert at the Key Club in Hollywood with the Spazmatics.
Since I have the game on my mind and a little bit of humor and nostalgia from all of yesterday's events, I'm gonna run with Queen's Play The Game. While the song itself is all about the game of love, I'm relating it more to the game of life. The quality going on in any given Queen song should be self evident. Amazing vocals and melodies, fantastic drumming, guitar playing and bass. It's an overachievers dream.
If you're not familiar with them, you should be. Go forth and get their music now (by legal means). Then get out and enjoy the game.


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Jameson Distillery wins approval to move historic pot still
Aoife O'Brien
Monday January 11 2021, 12.01am, The Times
The pot still is located in the courtyard of the Jameson Distillery in Smithfield
Jameson Distillery has been granted permission to relocate a historic pot still feature from its Dublin premises to its original location in Cork.
The distillery was granted an exemption by Dublin city council to remove the pot still and brick base from the protected structure in Dublin without planning permission, on the condition that it receives a letter from Cork county council supporting its relocation.
The pot still, which was used to distil or purify the whiskey through a process of heating and cooling the liquid, is located in the courtyard of the Jameson Distillery in Smithfield.
According to an assessment from Dublin city council, it has no record of planning permission being granted for the initial installation of the historic feature at the Dublin

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Бенратер Марктплатц () — площадь в Дюссельдорфе (административный район Бенрат). Имеет важное историческое значение, являясь центром Бенрата.

Общие сведения
Площадь Бенратер Марктплатц протягивается с запада на восток на 100 метров и с севера на юг в самом широком месте на 50 метров. С запада ограничена улицей Зистенихштрассе, с севера улицами Гёррештрассе и Цецилиенштрассе, а с востока улицей Хауптштрассе.

Нумерация домов следует по часовой стрелке от 3 до 9 без деления на чётные или нечётные номера. Здания № 1,2,7 отсутствуют. Движение транспорта по площади запрещено, за исключением подвоза товаров к торговым лавкам в дни работы базара.

Литература
 Hermann Kleinfeld. Düsseldorfs Straßen und ihre Benennung. Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf, 1996. Seite 70. (нем.).
 Die Hauptstraße in Benrath. Benrath-historisch. Heimatgemeinschaft Groß-Benrath e.V., Heft № 12, 1993.

Ссылки

 Benrather Marktplatz www.duesseldorf.de
 5.000 Euro Schaden an Leuchte auf dem Benrather Marktplatz
 Benrath — Shoppingparadies im Düsseldorfer Süden www.rp-online.de
 Benrath
 7. Benrather Blumen- und Keramikmarkt 2009

Площади Дюссельдорфа
Улицы Бенрата

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Continuing with our series of posts about destinations along the Oregon Coast, it's time to take a close look at Florence. If you're traveling along the coast, this should probably be your "anchor" for the southern section of the trip. There's just so much to see and do in Florence, you may want to stop there for at least one full day. Maybe longer. We've visited Florence twice. In 2011 and again in 2015. I'm sure we'll be back again to explore more of what this lovely area has to offer.
Keep reading for more detailed information on each of these attractions, including the cost, hours of operation, and links to the attraction's websites. In addition, I have included a couple of suggestions on where to stay while enjoying the top things to do in Florence, Oregon.
Located in a cove at the mouth of Cape Creek this viewpoint provides visitors wonderful views of the ocean. In addition, there is the Heceta Head Lighthouse which has programs allowing you to view the ground floor of the tower and the base of the lighthouse.
The Heceta Lighthouse trail leads visitors to the lighthouse, but it is part of 7 miles of trails of varying difficulty. The lighthouse trail is easy and the parking lot at the head provides views of the ocean and beach access. Visitors caution to watch the tide schedule so that you don't get caught by surprise by a sneaker wave.
The Lighthouse stands on the west side of the 1,000-foot cliff of Heceta Head. It stands 56-feet tall and the automated beacon can be viewed as far as 21 miles from shore. The light was initially lit in 1894 and is considered the strongest light on the Oregon coast. It is also one of the most photographed lighthouses on the coast.
There are self-guided interpretive panels located along the trail to the lighthouse. In addition, programs are offered from 11 am to 3 pm (2 pm during the winter months) when the weather is good and there are people available to give them. For specific information about dates and times, you can e-mail them at [email protected]. We did take that guided tour and found it to be informational and entertaining. Even our boys – only 13 and 11 at the time – found it interesting!
The park is available to visit daily from dusk to dawn year-round. Day-use parking permits are required and cost $5. They can be purchased from a machine at the park. Detailed conditions for the park can be found on their website, as well as more information about the area.
This privately-owned wildlife preserve and bird sanctuary opened in 1932 and is still a favorite of locals and visitors alike! It is the largest sea cave and the area is home to hundreds of Steller sea lions. In addition, it is a place you can view various sea birds and migrating whales.
The main building houses a Steller Sea Lion skeleton on loan from the Hatfield Marine Science Center. It allows visitors a chance to seek the bone structure of these amazing animals. There are multiple viewing decks along the walk to the cave allowing you to take in the scenery above the cave system.
From there you can take an elevator to the floor of the cave. The main chamber of the cave has a floor area of around two acres and the vaulted dome stretches up to 125-feet. The north entrance opens into the main cave and offers visitors an elevated observation area from which they can view the different wildlife in the cave.
Sea Lion Caves is a part of the Oregon Marine Reserve, but it is not a zoo. The animals are free to come and go as they please, so each visit is a unique experience. In the winter, the cave is where the sea lions seek refuge from the weather. Throughout the spring and summer, the sea lions move to the rock ledges in front of the cave.
Weather permitting, the Caves are open daily with the exception of Thanksgiving and Christmas days. The hours of operation are 9 am to 5 pm and admission is $14 for adults, $8 for those 12 to 5 years old, and kids 4 and under are free. For more information on the Caves or the different animals you can see on your visit, go to their website.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places back in 2005, the Siuslaw River Bridge opened in 1936. This bridge is 140 feet long and is a drawbridge, or in more scientific terms a bascule bridge. When open, there are 110 feet of horizontal clearance for passing boats.
The Interpretive Center is located in Historic Old Town Florence. It has a viewing platform with a gorgeous view of the estuary and the Bridge. It gives visitors a chance to learn about the river, native plants, the bridge, and its history.
The center is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and there is no cost to visit. It has wheelchair accessible paths, benches, and picnic tables so that you can enjoy the scenery. You can also watch boats go by and the bridge's double-leaf bascule open and close.
If you want to learn more about what it was like to be a pioneer, this is the place for you! This museum has many historic displays, pictures, and artifacts that help bring the history of the area to life.
There is a video display in the lobby and different activities in the museum help teach visitors about the way life was when the pioneers were settling in the area. The pioneers that settled in the area were primarily loggers and fishermen and many displays help visitors see what life was like for these brave individuals.
Many different artifacts are also on display including early photographs of Mapleton, the Giving Wall, Mastodon teeth, and more. There is also a self-guided Historic Walking Tour that begins at the museum. The tour takes you by more than 20 different historic buildings and locations in the Old Town Florence area.
The museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 pm most months. They are closed from Christmas to February 1, Easter Sunday, and Thanksgiving. It is $4 for adults and anyone under the age of 16 is free. Visit their website for more information.
Once named by LIFE magazine as one of the Top 10 state parks in the nation there is a lot to take at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park. This park is a popular spot for locals due to the numerous hiking trails and three freshwater lakes located within its borders.
During the summer months, there are interpretive programs available in the park's amphitheater. In the fall you can have the chance to pick huckleberries. And the park's 43-acre historic district allows you a chance to step back in time to the 1930s.
Hiking the trails, you will be able to take in the coastal rain forest, ancient dunes, and freshwater lakes. At the end of the narrow fingers of the lakes you can find unique wetlands. If you enjoy camping, this park is filled with great options for extending your stay from the day to overnight or longer.
The historical Honeyman Lodge is open Memorial Day through Labor Day from 10 am to 5 pm. Inside are interpretive displays and books to help you learn about the area. In addition, they have a variety of watercraft available to rent by the half hour or hour including kayaks, canoes, and paddle boats.
The park is available year-round, and admission is $5 per vehicle. For more detailed information about the park you, can visit their website. They also have a brochure to give you information about the history of the park and the trails available there.
This 18-acre botanical park is the only Oregon state park dedicated to the protection of a single plant species. The Darlingtonia californica is the only carnivorous plant in the ecosystem. It is a rare plant that is also called a cobra lily.
The plant looks like a rearing cobra with a forked leaf coming from tubular leaves. When in bloom, the cobra lily has flowers with five purple petals surrounded by yellow sepals. While pretty to look at, collecting the plant is illegal.
The park has a boardwalk trail that is easily accessed by people from all walks of life. There is also a small picnic area perfect for eating a bite while enjoying the scenery.
The park is free to visit and open year-round. Visit their website for park conditions and information about the cobra lily. The best time to visit this park is while the Darlingtonia plants are blooming, typically late spring through early summer.
This viewpoint is actually made up of four different pull offs from Highway 101. Each one offers wonderful views, picnic spots, and wildlife watching. The area is known for the rocky shore and winter waves that crash along the shore.
The northern most pull-off has no name but is right next to Gwynn Creek. It offers beach access and grassy areas perfect for a picnic. The pull off furthest to the south is Bob Creek. From here you have access to the beach and can go agate hunting.
The Neptune has benches set into the cliff overlooking the beach. From here you can watch for migrating whales, different species of birds, sea lions, and even maybe a deer walking along the creek. At low tide you, can walk towards the south and find a natural cave to explore. Just please be careful and mindful of when the tide comes back in again.
Next, you will find Strawberry Hill, a place with great views of the ocean. There are also a series of stairs that lead you down to the various tide pools and sandy beaches. On pretty days visitors say they have seen harbor seals sunning themselves on the rocks just off the shore.
Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint is available to visitors 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is free to visit, just make sure you are able to get in and out before it gets too dark to do so as none of the areas are lit. For more information and driving directions you can check out their website.
For anyone who reads my blog, this will just be a reminder, but for those of you new to my site let me introduce you to my favorite reservation website! Booking.com is my go-to site for finding the perfect place to stay when I travel, so the links to these location suggestions will pull up the site.
Park Motel and Cabins The highest rated and most economical location in Florence, this motel offers clean and cozy rooms. Each room has a microwave and a refrigerator, and the property has barbecue facilities for visitors to use.
Quality Inn Florence This location is highly recommended and economical. It provides you with a free hot breakfast, an indoor hot tub, an exercise facility, and a laundry facility is available for guests to use.
As with many other posts on this site, we've yet to explore some of the options on this list. I'm sure we will be back to visit Florence in the future and plan on using this post for our visit as well – and make sure we check off the list those places we haven't seen yet. If you've seen them, or if you have other places to suggest – or just have questions about traveling along the Oregon Coast, leave me a comment to let me know!


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Human Rights Report Puts Focus on Iran Regime
Ahmed Shaheed, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran issued a new report saying that the Iran regime was on track to execute more than 1,000 people in 2015 in an unrelenting campaign of brutal human rights suppression that continues unabated after agreeing to a nuclear agreement that proponents said would shift the regime to a more moderate stance.
Calling it an "unprecedented assault on the right to life in Iran," Shaheed described a surge in executions over the past year. He said Iran hanged nearly 700 people since January.
Shaheed said that within the past two weeks, the Islamic Republic violated international law by hanging two juvenile offenders. He added "there are dozens more waiting a similar fate on death row."
According the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, at the end of last year, at least 30 journalists were held in Iranian prisons, including Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian. Others have been detained since, and in August state media accused a senior Wall Street Journal reporter who once served as a correspondent in Iran of conspiring against the government. The Journal called the claims "completely false, outlandish and irresponsible."
Sherif Mansour, the Middle East and North Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists, said in an interview with the Associated Press, reporters often get targeted because they are "much easier to frame" as spies.
Additionally, in more signs of a brutal crackdown, the regime jailed and sentenced two Iranian poets. Fatemeh Ekhtesari, a practicing obstetrician, and Mehdi Mousavi, a trained doctor who teaches literature and poetry, were first arrested in December 2013, months after Hassan Rouhani took office and sentenced to 99 lashes apiece for shaking hands with members of the opposite sex. Ekhtesari received an 11½-year prison sentence, while Mousavi got nine years on charges ranging from propaganda against the state to "insulting sanctities," as well as the lashings, according to PEN America, an organization promoting literature and freedom of speech.
"I think people thought with the nuclear deal, there would be sort of a bit of a thaw as well or a bit of an opening up," said Karin Deutsch Karlekar, the director of Free Expression Programs at PEN America. "I think the judiciary is sort of pushing back and trying to make clear that there isn't going to be that opening people were hoping for."
Shaheed's report detailed a grisly butcher's bill of death by the regime:
Between Jan. 1 to Sept. 15 this year, Tehran hanged at least 694 people, the highest rate of executions under the regime in 25 years;
The bulk of the crimes committed by those executed were for non-violent, political or drug offenses;
By way of comparison, in the last year of Mohammad Khatami's term as president in 2005, the regime carried out a total of 91 executions according to the report; nearly doubling in the first year of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's term to 177 executions;
According to Shaheed, the Iran regime executes more people per capita than any other country on the planet.
In addition to drug crimes, Iranian law applies the death penalty for a range of offenses: from threats to "the security of the state" to "enmity towards God," also known as moharebeh, to "insults against the memory of Imam Khomeini and against the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic," according to the State Department's 2014 human rights report on Iran. "Prosecutors frequently used moharebeh as a criminal charge against political dissidents and journalists, accusing them of struggling against the precepts of Islam and against the state that upholds those precepts."
Shaheed said a "deeply flawed justice system" that violates international standards and national laws sits at the heart of Iran's human rights troubles. He said he continues "to receive frequent, alarming reports" about the mistreatment of detainees and the use of torture to obtain confessions. Many of the accused lack access to defense lawyers.
The authorities, he said, have also refused to acknowledge rights for gay, lesbian, or transgender individuals, saying it is incompatible with sharia law. And authorities have imposed harsh sentences, including the death penalty, for posting articles on social media deemed offensive to the government. A semi-official news outlet reported that more than 480 people were flogged during the first two weeks of Ramadan for not fasting.
The regime refused comment on Shaheed's report and in fact has consistently refused to allow entry into Iran by Shaheed or any member of his office to see first-hand the human rights abuses going on in Iran.
In fact, while Shaheed was issuing his report, Rouhani was holding forth with state-controlled media IRNA in a ceremony welcoming the new Spanish ambassador to Iran, saying he believed sanctions on the regime would be lifted as early as the end of this year, again contradicting assurances by the nuclear deal proponents that the sanctions removal would only come after the regime had met its obligations for dismantling its nuclear infrastructure.
Clearly the regime remains committed to its policy of public executions and cares not a whit about international opinion on the matter.
By Michael Tomlinson
Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: Featured, Iran, Iran deal, Iran Human rights, Iran Talks, Irandeal, Jason Rezaian, Khamenei


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Sony Hack Spotlights Vulnerabilities: A Review of the Threat Landscape
Posted by Robert Holmes January 26, 2015
FBI director James Comey recently reaffirmed the agency's initial position, attributing the late December attacks on Sony Pictures Entertainment to North Korea. Some are already speculating that all out state-sponsored cyber warfare is just around the corner. However, this isn't the first time Sony's systems have been compromised, and government elements are rarely identified as instigators of these kinds of attacks. While a point of entry has yet to be discovered, there are myriad ways hackers of any stripe could have broken into Sony's systems. The most advanced cybersecurity teams in the industry anticipate multiple attack vectors, and with companies around the world beefing up security in the wake of this and other recent attacks on the likes of Home Depot and Target, it is important to take stock of three major classes of cyber attacks and how to defend against them.
Inbound Attacks
In addition to the recent breach of its entertainment division, Sony's Playstation Network has been compromised on several occasions; most recently this past Christmas, but perhaps most notably in 2011. The result of the 2011 attack was exposure of personally identifiable information of all 77 million users and a resulting cost to Sony of $171 million. How the hackers got in remains officially unknown (companies tend to keep known vulnerabilities close to the vest), but speculation across the web is rife with terms synonymous with inbound attacks, which are direct attempts to access corporate servers, databases, or other systems.
When considering inbound attack vectors used by external "bad actors," terms like 'SQL injection' and 'malware' should be highlighted in the IT security lexicon. Rushed coding and well-intended employees who open unfamiliar email attachments can lead to in increased system vulnerabilities. One of the most challenging aspects of inbound attacks comes in the form of rogue employees, who either deliberately install malicious software or steal files directly by way of a disk or USB memory stick. Companies can strengthen defenses by updating server hardware, firewall software, and threat intelligence capabilities. Equally important is the need to train managers in the identification and proactive monitoring of disgruntled employees.
Outbound Attacks
Outbound attacks threaten individual customers by convincing them to provide sensitive data or unknowingly download malicious software. Most often, these attacks occur in the form of widespread phishing. Whereas inbound attacks require at least a modicum of sophistication, phishing is cheap, can be done by anyone, and almost always garners some level of desired response. Those perpetrating outbound attacks range from government-sponsored organizations to small groups and individuals. Defending against these attacks can be difficult since attackers are able to sidestep corporate servers and send mail directly to known or suspected customers.
Fortunately, protocols are being adopted at the mailbox provider level (i.e. Gmail, Yahoo!, AOL, etc.) that allow for greater mitigation of and visibility into outbound attacks. One such protocol is known as Domain-based Message Authentication Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), of which Return Path is a cofounder and major proponent. This standard allows companies much greater control over their own sending domains. As of the publication of this article, only about 10% of global companies that are the target of outbound attacks have implemented DMARC, but demand is rising quickly. By implementing this relatively simple standard, global brands can eliminate an entire class of outbound attacks instantly. And with phishing-related fraud costing companies and consumers over $6 billion each year, no one can afford to be a laggard.
Targeted Attacks
An area of real concern is an extension of outbound attacks, most commonly manifesting as a tactic known as spear phishing. These attacks target individuals who hold key credentials, have access to information, or sit in a position of power in an organization. Spear phishing often incorporates some level of social engineering, which can come in the form of a phone call or email that not only sounds legitimate, but employs some measure of authority to convince victims to provide personal information.
On April 23, 2013, the Associated Press (AP) tweeted a report indicating there had been explosions at the White House and President Obama was injured. The resulting panic led to a 150-point flash crash of the Dow Jones, a loss of some $136 billion in market value.
In fact, the president was at the White House that day, but was meeting with advisors in the Oval Office, completely undisturbed. There was no attack. Instead, the AP's Twitter account had been hacked by a quasi-governmental group known as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). Details of the hack revealed that credentials had been stolen by way of a simple phishing email that encouraged AP employees to click on a link that appeared reputable, but led to a website that installed spyware, eventually providing hackers with information necessary to access and post to the AP's official Twitter account.
The nature of the attack on AP and geopolitical aims closely mirror some of the rhetoric that coincided with the Sony attack. It takes little stretch of the imagination to see how the Sony incident could have propagated as a result of a targeted attack such as spear phishing. Protecting against targeted attacks requires multiple layers of security, starting with authentication of communication methods (viz. email), adding advanced threat detection methods, and incorporating training on the importance of separating work data from personal.
Means, Motives, and Opportunities
While President Obama maintains that the recent Sony breach was not so much an act of war as an act of "cybervandalism," the truth is that the attack was one of the first of its kind to simultaneously expose corporate secrets, personal information, and incorporate terroristic threats. The dangers of cyberspace are as multifaceted as they are misunderstood. Unlike a physical battlefield where enemy combatants can be identified and grouped based on flags, uniforms, and equipment, the cyber battlefield is one where identities can be easily hidden, individuals are often as well-equipped as government entities, and motives are as varied as the people behind them. As threat intelligence measures continue to improve to identify behaviors associated with the planning and initial execution of an attack, the best defenses are keeping updated on prevalent attack vectors, using available tools and protocols to shut down bad actors, and taking every step necessary to ensure our people, customers, and companies remain safe.
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About Robert Holmes
Robert Holmes is General Manager, Email Fraud Protection at Return Path. Rob has been in the brand & fraud protection industry for 15 years, helping major corporations understand, quantify and manage risk across the digital channels. Having previously held global roles running the product teams at Corporation Service Company and Melbourne IT's Digital Brand Services, Rob is a frequent speaker at major security events, including RSA Conference, Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, FS-ISAC, and the global eCrime series. Rob has a MA (Hons) degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics from the University of Oxford.


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BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day was a Success!
The ISACA Vancouver British Columbia Privacy & Security Awareness Day Organizing Committee is very pleased to report that our inaugural event was a resounding success.
Approximately 200 representatives from the Government of BC, the Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner, Municipal Governments from around the Province, BC's corporate community, and ISACA's Vancouver & Victoria Chapters attended a reception hosted by ISACA Vancouver at the Victoria Conference Centre on February 5th and stood proudly in solidarity to advocate for public privacy & security awareness. Various media representatives also attended and a number of articles in various publications were successful in drawing attention to this inaugural day and the unprecedented cooperation amongst BC's privacy and security professionals that made it all possible. Public awareness with regard to privacy and security issues was also broadly promoted via our province-wide poster campaign, a comprehensive social media marketing campaign, and the BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day web site which can be found at www.bcaware.ca.
ISACA Vancouver thanks its corporate sponsors (CGI, TELUS, Coast Capital Savings, Websense, & CIPS) and the broader community of affiliates that participated and lent their support to this initiative once again. We are proud to announce that net proceeds of more than $5,000 have been raised and will be put towards ISACA Vancouver's ongoing educational outreach programs. ISACA Vancouver looks forward to continuing to work with all stakeholders to build on this year's success in the coming weeks, months and years.
ISACA Vancouver is spearheading a collaborative effort to promote privacy and security awareness in the Province of BC. To that end, Feb 6th, 2014 has been designated as BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day!
What is BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day?
ISACA Vancouver's intent is to take a leadership role in promoting privacy and security awareness in the Province of BC. BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day is a "call to arms" to draw focus to, and inform citizens throughout the province of, the inherent risks associated with cyberspace, and the simple, practical advice on how to minimize their exposure to these risks.
Whether they know it or not, all individuals, governments and commercial enterprises are potential targets of cybercrime. Today, the profits of criminal organizations derived from their cybercriminal activities now exceed the profits associated with the illegal drug trade. Cybercriminal activity amounts to a tremendous erosion of economic wealth, both current and future, from all targeted individuals and organizations. The potential for profit is great while the risk of conviction is low. Awareness of the risks to society must be highlighted to engage citizens and to galvanize privacy and security professionals around this cause.
BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day is unique in that it is community-based and aimed at the general public. Today, with the proliferation of personal mobile devices and notebooks constantly moving between home and corporate networks, we are all connected, and our collective IT savviness is essential to ensuring our privacy and our security.
What will be the staging point for Privacy & Security Awareness Day?
ISACA Vancouver is partnering with Reboot Communications, the organization responsible for hosting the BC Government's 15th Annual Privacy & Security Conference from Feb 5-7 in Victoria, BC.
Hosted by ISACA Vancouver, a cocktail reception will be held in the Salon C at the Victoria Convention Centre on the evening of Feb 5th (4:00pm to 6:00pm) and will serve as the staging point of the official proclamation of BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day by an all-star list of public officials and corporate leaders. Representatives of the media and of the privacy and security communities, sponsoring politicians, and other interested parties will be invited to attend and demonstrate their support. Key messages, including cyber-security facts and statistics, and the do's and don'ts of Internet usage, will be circulated prior to and during this event to ensure appropriate media coverage captures the essence and gravity of this issue.
Click on the link for more information regarding the list of panelists and panel topics News and Announcements.
For more information about BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day or to find out how to participate, please contact Justin Malczewski, ISACA Vancouver Marketing Director at Justin_Malczewski@hotmail.com.
BC Privacy & Security Awareness Day is building steam!
Municipalities from all over the province are proclaiming that Feb 6th, 2014 will be British Columbia Privacy & Security Awareness Day.
Download and display the BCAware.ca Poster and help spread the word that British Columbians won't stand idly by and accept privacy & security abuses without a fight!


Do you have plans this Sunday? If they do not include a trip to Luther's Wildhorse Park for a big party to help a beautiful girl, then maybe you can work it in.
We have a neighbor who needs help. And another neighbor who has planned a big event and a big project to help.
Taelor Heron is almost 12 years old and a sixth grader. She was diagnosed as a Manifesting Carrier of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in September 2014. Her mobility is very limited and she is in a manual wheelchair. But as her MD progresses, her arm strength to wheel herself from class to class at school is worsening. And her family is trying mightily to get her a mobilized chair to help her quality of life.
But as most of us can related to, there have been insurance battles and many medical related expenses for the family. Getting that mobilized chair has become a top priority and that's where a community is stepping in.
Joshua Smith, Luther's own master of entertainment with Opus Entertainment, has stepped in in a big way with two projects.
One is a building a ramp for Taelor to be able to get in and our of her home. Krone Construction and TB Construction & Dirt Work already have provided materials and labor to help get that done.
The other is an epic party this Sunday. DJ Shorty B (Josh) will be playing the tunes while we have a foam party, play on inflatables and carnival games, and try to win cool stuff through a raffle.
RSVP for the event on Facebook here, Family FUNdraiser Day To Benefit Taelor Heron. There you can read more, and catch the excitement for this event.
From a Mama's heart. Taelor's mom, Tasha, explains some of the family's situation, "We have great jobs and work so hard to make sure that our 4 daughters are taken care of, but expenses such as this, without assistance from insurance would make Taelor's life SO much easier," she said.
"Your donation would be such a blessing and a glimpse of hope and strength for Taelor. She is such an incredible young lady and never lets her struggles take her beautiful smile from her face. She carries so much at such a young age but has the most amazing soul, kindest heart, and is the strongest person I have ever known," said Tacha.


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Updated on October 17, 2017 2:51am EDT
Redstone's Ex-Companion Files RICO Suit -- WSJ
By Keach Hagey Dow Jones Newswires
This article is being republished as part of our daily reproduction of WSJ.com articles that also appeared in the U.S. print edition of The Wall Street Journal (October 17, 2017).
Sumner Redstone's former companion has sued his daughter and grandson for more than $100 million, alleging they effectively ran a criminal enterprise to illegally spy on her and oust her from the media mogul's life.
The complaint was filed in federal court in California on Monday, claiming violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act -- a law created to prosecute the mafia.
In the suit, Manuela Herzer claims that Shari Redstone and her son, Tyler Korff, conspired with Mr. Redstone's nurses and staff members to eavesdrop on Ms. Herzer and Mr. Redstone's communications with his attorneys, to break into her computer to plant documents and gather information, and to spy on her with security cameras in Mr. Redstone's mansion, among other actions.
Ms. Redstone, along with the help of family and staff, is accused of forcing Ms. Herzer from Mr. Redstone's life "as a direct means of gaining control of his estate plan and his media companies" -- National Amusements, CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc., according to the complaint.
Mr. Redstone, 94, is the controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS through his National Amusements holding company. Viacom and CBS declined to comment.
"Having gotten nowhere in her previous three lawsuits against Sumner, his family, and his nurses and household staff, Ms. Herzer has concocted a work of pure fiction designed for media spectacle," Robert Klieger, an attorney for Ms. Redstone who works at Hueston Hennigan, said in a statement. "Shari unequivocally rejects the fantastical allegations dreamt up by the latest in Ms. Herzer's revolving door of lawyers."
Tyler Korff's lawyer, Dan Small, of Holland & Knight, said in a statement that the filing "is yet another flimsy attempt by Ms. Herzer to demean the Redstone family through court filings filled with fictional allegations and outrageous claims.
"Just as all her past lawsuits have failed, we are confident that this latest installment will meet the same fate," the statement said.
Ms. Herzer, a onetime girlfriend of Mr. Redstone's, lived with him in his Beverly Park mansion from 2013 until 2015, when both she and another former girlfriend, Sydney Holland, were forced out of the mansion. In her complaint Monday, Ms. Herzer accuses Ms. Redstone of conspiring to kick them out of her father's house so that she could then begin to "puppet his wishes" and maneuver to take over his media empire.
Since the women left the mansion, Ms. Redstone has risen to prominence. Her longtime rival, Philippe Dauman, was ousted from her father's trust and his position as Viacom's chief executive following a precipitous decline in the company's stock.
Ms. Herzer's latest lawsuit ratchets up a continuing legal battle between herself and the Redstones.
In the spring of 2014, according to court documents from previously filed lawsuits, Mr. Redstone gave Ms. Holland and Ms. Herzer $45 million each, in addition to writing them into his estate plan for many millions more. Lawyers representing Mr. Redstone have alleged these gifts were the result of undue influence, as Mr. Redstone lacked the capacity to make decisions at the time, and have sued to reclaim the money.
Ms. Herzer and Ms. Holland have countersued, claiming that Mr. Redstone knew what he was doing when he gave them the gifts and that their ouster was engineered by Ms. Redstone. Those dueling lawsuits are pending.
In the wake of her ejection from the mansion, Ms. Herzer filed a separate suit in November 2015 claiming that Mr. Redstone was a "living ghost" who lacked the mental capacity to have removed her as his health-care agent. In the course of that legal battle, Mr. Redstone stepped down as executive chairman of CBS and Viacom.
Write to Keach Hagey at keach.hagey@wsj.com
October 17, 2017 02:47 ET (06:47 GMT)


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Do you ever feel sometimes that the exercises you are doing are completely wrong and that everyone is looking at you? This is a fear that many of us have because we are not as used to working out as most people. It is not something we do every day because we have a family to take care of and a business to run.
It is true that weight machines and even cardio machines can be daunting until we use them long enough. Once that happens they become like second nature and we will be comfortable on them. One of the best and most popular machines that people use is the elliptical. This is usually a very easy machine to use and fairly self explanatory as to how it should be used.
But most people do things wrong and are not able to get the best work out possible. For example did you know that you should never lean on the sides of the elliptical. They are there for you to grab hold of and for some people the only way they can keep their balance while on them.
However, if you are leaning back on them while trying to walk or even leaning forward too much then you are not getting a good work out. In fact you are decreasing the resistance in your exercise and not working out the muscles the way they should be. In other words you are not burning the calories you want to be.
In order to get the best work out you can you should use one of the many elliptical fitness programs. These will help to add and take away resistance when needed and to work out the muscles that you are trying to focus on. It will time you and help you to push yourself father then you could have hoped.


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Metallica perform 'Hit The Lights' on 'The Late Late Show' – watch
David Renshaw Nov 18, 2014 11:02 am GMT
Credit: Ed Miles/NME
Metal band will perform every night for Craig Ferguson's final week as host
Metallica began their week-long residency on The Late Late Show with a performance of 'Hit The Lights' last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv6CNdcRVnU
The band will appear on the chat show every night this week as host Craig Ferguson prepares to leave the programme he has hosted since 2004. This follows a similar residency on The Tonight Show by Foo Fighters and the now postponed plans by U2 to do the same thing.
Meanwhile, a 10th anniversary special edition of the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster is to be released on November 24. Also included will be the bonus feature Metallica: The Monster Lives, a 25-minute follow up film that chronicles the 10 years since the release of Some Kind of Monster.
In addition to the movie's reissue, Metallica recently announced a box set of 27 live albums, all of which have been recorded this year. The albums will be released in batches of three every Monday until the end of the year and can be purchased through LiveMetallica.com. The collection of all 27 performances will be released in December.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Us
March 17, 2015 March 17, 2015 by emorales7
The Economist's cover image for its current issue, "Firing Up America: A Special Report on America's Latinos" has already stirred up some controversy, for obvious reasons. It's another form of the horrendous stereotyping that affects not only Latin@s but any other non-majority group. It's a fancy reductio ad absurdum: Latin@s are essentially red hot chili peppers, otherwise there would be no Mexican restaurants. Many Latin@ media tweeters are, of course up in arms.
The report does focus on Mexican-Americans, who, as prolific consumers of chili peppers, make up around 64% of all Latin@s. This leaves out a lot of us–I haven't seen any complaints about the mag's relentless coverage of Puerto Rico's economic crisis as if it existed in a vacuum outside of its colonial status–and that is annoyingly typical. But the most problematic aspect of this special edition is the way it tries to assuage the racial fears raised by Samuel Huntington's infamous treatise on the Hispanic Challenge from his 2004 book Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity.
The timing of Huntington's screed was key, since it was published just eight years after his book Clash of Civilizations, which added "the West vs the Rest" to the lexicon of globalization's view of word conflicts, identifying Islam as one of the major enemies of the "free world." That Latin@s were identified by the highly influential political theorist (who passed away in 2008) as incompatible with American identity was significant, particularly when it came to light in those charged years immediately after 9/11. The tone the Economist sets in its introductory essay "From Minor to Major" (one of the few in the issue not behind a paywall) is obvious: "Hispanics are transforming the definition of what it means to be a mainstream American," but there's no need to fear, because even thought it may be hard to tell on the surface, we can and will assimilate.
Ain't that a thing? It turns out that even in the Economist, a mag that gets down to the brass tacks of free-trade agreements, import-substitution economic models, hedge funds and complex financial products, the dominant theme is race and assimilation. The problem for such a perspective is how to explain that Latin@ assimilation, though seemingly scary and unlikely, will actually follow a similarly rewarding path the European ethnic assimilation did in the years following World War 2. Why should America be patient and allow this to happen? Because Latin@s are making the US demographic "younger," are capable of losing their home country's identity, and have a purchasing power of $1.1 trillion.
To achieve this state of assimilation, as the essay states with the appropriate level of irony, Latin@s are even capable of slandering their own people to get ahead, certainly a key skill required in the making of the American character. The essay describes a moment when Colorado congressman John Salazar encounters some Hispanics who don't agree with his attempts to pass immigration reform, when "he was berated by Mexican-American constituents whose families had been in his valley "for ever" and "asked him why he was trying to help the mojados (wetbacks)—a pejorative for Mexicans supposed to have swum across the Rio Grande."
But even though most "moderate" Latin@s wouldn't go as far as using the w-word, variations of this kind of rhetoric abound in the discourse about Latin@ empowerment. Some champion intermarriage as a solution, many simply do not question the American economic system or how its intervention in Latin America masquerades as "foreign policy." This objection to the chili pepper cover in a sense seems like a full endorsement of the Economist's neoliberal point of view: "I was born in Venezuela, but I moved to the US when I was six years old. And if you ask me how I identify, I will almost never say Venezuelan — I am American," says German Lopez of Vox.
What's missing in the discourse about Latin@s in the US is an assertion of our dual consciousness, parallel to what African-American scholar W.E.B. Dubois called "double consciousness," in which our adaptation to the US involves a selective "assimilation" in which our home country culture exists side by side with a new one in the North, one informed by a heightened awareness of the legacy of racism, slavery, and colonialism. It's this double consciousness that has created most of our best work in music, theater, poetry, and film. Sometimes, even elected politicians promote it as a strength.
Latin@s should not be concerned with assuaging fears that we will disrupt American identity, rather we should revel in our ability to turn it upside-down. Our assimilation will not be one of submission to Anglo-Protestant values but one that joins with other similarly marginalized groups, one that rather than suppress differences, actively defines them as the source of our identity. When that happens for a sustained period, there will no longer be red hot chili pepper covers on major magazines, and we will not be reduced to anguished pleas for acceptance.
Tags: Chili Peppers Latinos Special Issue The Economist Venezuela Vox W.E.B. Dubois
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aric carrillo says:
I hope you can find a way to more easily post your commentary on Facebook and on emails. I really appreciate your perspective.
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In a recent Ted talk, Majora Carter draws a powerful connection between our blighted inner-city No Places and environmental and social degradation. She shows how her neighborhood's health, crime, and employment problems are directly related to land-use decisions made in the 1960s when the once-white neighborhood began to become African-American. Though once a shady, walk-to work neighborhood, Hunts Point quickly began to change when banks began red-lining this area disallowing most types of investment, and planners began locating power plants and highways there.
"Unfortunately," Carter argues, "race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities. As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility -- which I do. These land-use decisions created the hostile conditions that lead to problems like obesity, diabetes and asthma. Why would someone leave their home to go for a brisk walk in a toxic neighborhood? Our 27 percent obesity rate is high, even for this country, and diabetes comes with it. One out of four South Bronx children has asthma. Our asthma hospitalization rate is seven times higher than the national average. These impacts are coming everyone's way. And we all pay dearly for solid waste costs, health problems associated with pollution and more odiously, the cost of imprisoning our young black and Latino men, who possess untold amounts of untapped potential. 50 percent of our residents live at or below the poverty line. 25 percent of us are unemployed. Low-income citizens often use emergency room visits as primary care. This comes at a high cost to taxpayers and produces no proportional benefits. Poor people are not only still poor, they are still unhealthy."
I'd encourage anyone concerned with the effect that No-Place has on human well being to view Majora Carter's truly powerful talk. Photo courtesy of sgrunt.


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Deer Shed 9 - making waves
Deer Shed 2018 review
published: Tue 31st Jul 2018
Deer Shed Festival 2018
Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd July 2018
Baldersby Park, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire, YO7 3BZ, England MAP
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Baldersby St James. For much of the year, a sleepy North Yorkshire village with a population of around 300. For three days, host to several thousand revelers, young and old, for some serious festival shenanigans at the annual Deer Shed.
If you're coming here for the first time, congratulations: you've just found the best festival for families in the north – perhaps even the whole UK. I'm sure it's word of mouth which has helped persuade you this one, amongst the hundreds of others, is the one for you this Summer. You must be so excited!! Despite DS9 being my fourth on the bounce, I'm giddy as all hell to be here, too! Why? Well, it's never failed to impress prior to now, and with the DS crew having gone all out this year - bigger bands, a new site lay-out, more stalls than ever and tons of activities for the kids – I sense another goody coming on!
And so, with a spring in our collective wellies this Friday afternoon we're parked up, awning erected and away in search of adventure. The first thing we – ahem, our kids - spot on entering the site is the fairground, complete with Helter Skelter, Ferris Wheel and Chair-O-Planes. A trillion turns and several quid later, we manage to entice everyone away for a proper wander, first stop, the Leeds City College tent. My son tries his hand at screen printing whilst my daughter opts to have her face painted, leaving her looking like a Smurf dipped in glitter and me praying it comes off with a wet-wipe. Next, to the Big Top for a laugh at comedian Little Howard. He's impressive – at least, the kids in the tent think so, howling away at his ukulele-backed ditties about all kinds of stuff and nonsense. A good start to proceedings on the entertainment front and a chance to avoid the one and only downpour this weekend.
There's a couple of bands I'm keen to see tonight: Drenge, a Sheffield rock trio who're headlining the Main Stage, being one and HMLTD, a rather risque London lot I've seen play in Leeds semi-recently, the other. Unfortunately, I didn't manage either one thanks to my youngest child – Smurfette - selecting this very night to fall ill and want Mummy cuddles in the campervan... Not all bad, her nodding off the minute her blue face touched the pillow and leaving me alone with my private gin bar, and HMLTD's 'To The Door", which somehow finds my ears from two fields away. As for Drenge, again, I was able to hear the gig despite not seeing it. I have to say, they sound exactly as I'd expected– kind of dark, kind of grungey, kind of... Drengey?! My 'man on the ground', aka Rich the photographer, tells me the following morning they were decent enough, bringing plenty of bounce to an appreciative, half-full crowd. Not to mention a giant squid and illuminated jellyfish, the band's nod to this year's festival theme, Making Waves. Respect!
Saturday brings sunshine and some serious catching up to do after Friday's early night (thankfully, my youngest is OK – she still looks a little off-colour, but that's just the face paint; she's otherwise improving). I'm desperate to catch Sunderland's Slug, after his announcing on Twitter yesterday anyone watching his gig would need a bag in which to carry away their melted face. I arrive minus one shopping carrier, but no matter – I'm finally seeing a band in the flesh! And, by crikey, am I chuffed?! What a fab sound. Together with his accompanying musicians, a couple who're from Slug's ex-band, Field Music, he lays down some great bass-heavy rock tunes, chaotic in sound whilst well organized in structure. I'm unsure if Queens of The Stone Age is complimentary (it is in my book), but this is who springs to mind thanks to the vocal pitch and the bass. It's all nicely Higgledy Piggledy, which is clearly what helped Slug arrive at his latest album name. Dressed in a Nun's habit and Barbershop Quartet attire, they're as bonkers-looking as they are sounding and immediately become one of my festival 'Top 3', with a set which I'm sure would have easily held its own higher up on the bill.
It's a good time to explain one of this year's DS success stories. The lay-out – and band scheduling - which has been changed to accommodate the Main Stage and In the Dock stage in a rather genius tag-team style. If it's primarily music you're here for, or even if it's not, there's little excuse not to hear every band in action on these two stages over the course of the weekend. Great for the likes of us this Saturday, aiming to do just that. The afternoon ebbs and flows along to a range of sounds. Some, like Boy Azooga, easy on the ears and the perfect band to kick off today's Main Stage offering; others, like Orielles, a little less so, although I'd say it's the fault of a tech-type glitch over anything else. In between, AK/DK cause a stir up the hill by arriving on stage later than planned; down to transport issues after another gig last night, apparently... Subsequently, they're still plugging in equipment mid-gig which just adds to their charm. What a show, which they completely nail. Loads of drums and machines, hammering out big noise at full pelt. The crowd love it. They love it. Everyone's in love.
At this point, I have to mention Hyde Park Brass, who, according to the festival brochure, are playing several sets in different locations across the course of the weekend. In reality, they're everywhere! And not just playing in a static setting, either – they're playing on the move! You know, just wandering around the festival, playing quirky cover versions as they go, wowing everybody they come across. I manage to catch them delivering a cracking set in the Sloemotion tent left of the Main Stage mid-Saturday afternoon, which draws in one massive audience and has plenty of gin-fueled folk up and dancing to the Jackson 5, myself included. Such a talented bunch of lads and definitely a 'Top 3' for me. The gin cocktail isn't half bad, either.
Saturday evening sees some big names playing Baldersby Park. Avalanche Party, possibly the most local of bands to Baldersby, keep it noisy In The Dock area with post-punk delivered as it should be - fast and furious. Not a soul here looks disappointed with their performance and, if you're not already following them, do it! This Is The Kit, aka Kate Stables, hypnotises the slightly calmer Main Stage crowd shortly after with her beautiful brand of Folk; AND manages to have everyone up and 'flossing' in some kind of Guinness attempt at the largest festival floss ever! Fair play to her, this is the Chinese Year of the Floss, it seems - at least, you'd think that the case here at DS9, arms flapping madly everywhere you turn this weekend. Following Kate comes Public Service Broadcasting, returning to Deer Shed after a five-year break; nice they could fit us in, to be fair, busy as they are these days. Most will know of the visual aspect to their output, with old film footage comped together and projected on huge screens a part of each song they deliver. They're clearly a must-see band this weekend, the crowd doubling the moment they take to the stage tonight and remaining buoyant throughout, in particular, during hit song Go when an amazing flash mob takes full effect.
Back to In The Dock next, and one Gaz Coombes. Part cheeky-chappy, part cool. And a wonderful voice, too – not something I appreciated in full during the Supergrass years, despite being a fan. This evening, he has folk spilling way out of the tent into the surrounding ether to catch his set – as you'd expect – as he plays many of his solo songs as well as the odd '90s gem such as Caught By The Fuzz. My highlight was another classic, Moving, which leaves me close to tears. Nope, not the gin – more the nostalgia music from this era manages to evoke, when gigging was done impromptu and never involved a babysitter. Aww... Thanks for the memories, Gaz!
Here I am, thinking Gaz Coombes is cool; enter, Alison Goldfrapp. What to say. Wow. Just. Wow. From the very beginning, striding in from back stage fully caped up like a superhero, the singer's intent is clear. She and partner, William Owen Gregory, are about to kick us all up the you-know-what with some thumping Electronic tunes. They have the crowd on board in seconds – even the sceptics up the back near me! Not that they're against Goldfrapp, they tell me, more they don't see them as the ideal headliner for Deer Shed. I disagree. Goldfrapp is exactly what this festival needs to close out Saturday's show! And how amazing to hear from singer Goldfrapp they have never headlined a festival before this evening! They must have played hundreds, if not thousands, of festivals world-wide. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. An incredible 'Top 3' set, with plenty of Ooh La La which sees everyone up and pumped just as we're about to think about bed. Hmm. Anybody fancy the Silent Disco? Nope, me neither!
Despite DS9 upping the musical ante this year, it remains as balanced as ever in terms of its general festival offering. There is much more to behold than a few bands – way too much to mention all of it. But a few highlights deserve some air play, firstly, the Wilderwild area. Introduced last year as part of the festival theme, it was created for bush-craft activity and interactive theatre. It's great to see the organisers felt it worth keeping on as a regular feature; even better that it comes with a gin bar this year! Whilst our wee ones are not fussed for the bush-craft offering this time around, despite the many activities, they love the interactive theatre element. As we wander through the forest with our group leader, Sol, a tale unfolds around us. It's classic story-telling fodder – Old Father Time (the Goody) is kidnapped by the Bordermites (the Baddies) and we all work as a team to save our hero. A few cheers, boos and some well thrown water bombs later, good wins the day.
A second highlight for the kids is the Parkour circuit in the Sports Field. As if this area didn't have enough going on with skate-boarding, football, cricket, lacrosse, yoga and quidditch to choose from – even kids wrestling! But the Parkour wins on popularity, with each session fully booked except for the final one of the day - which we snaffle up in a flash. It's great to see the 7 year olds in our group giving the course a crack, jumping up and over all kinds of obstacles and pushing themselves to get around the course as quickly as possible. Much more fun than a ride on the Helter Skelter, I'd say. As for the tree climbing, our third highlight, wow. Another fantastic opportunity for the younger ones to step out of their comfort zone and try something new. In a harness, thankfully (and yes, I definitely feel more scared watching my kids than they do participating!).
There is so much more worth a mention. The amazing food on offer, which got better again this year, thanks to the new sushi caravan. OMG, it's quite possibly the tastiest sushi around (and way cheaper than a certain high-street restaurant which shall remain nameless…). The bars, again, more plentiful this year, meaning you're never too far from your next beer, wine or GnT – an absolute essential to many a camper. The facilities are as clean as you can get in a place more used to animals than humans for most of the year. It's easy to reach – come on, we're central-UK here, people - which means access to all. And we're friendly, too! I mean, why on earth would you head south??!
Then there's the plethora of stuff we didn't manage to do this Deer Shed. Like pretty much all of the comedy and spoken word on offer. Sunday's bands – yes, I'm talking to YOU, Field Music! And all of those other magic moments people tell you about after the fact, like Hyde Park Brass playing from the tree tops as the festival drew to a close. But the toughest thing about Deer Shed is always going to be knowing how and where to spend your time. There really is that much on offer and, unless you borrow Alison Goldfrapp's cape, there's no way you can do it all. My advice, for what it's worth. Just get there, that's the first step. The rest will take care of itself.
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photos by: Richard Nicholson
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